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WORLD fßPPMNGS “ Something Behind" Belief Prevalent
OF CURRENT WELK in Minds of Many.
ENGLAND STILL SUSPICIOUS
COURT INVALIDATES TWENTY MISSING IN
ITILE TO (0 0 AERES MASONIC HOIK FIRE
n a t io n a l g u a r d is f a il u r e
Only Hope Lies in Universal Military
Training, Declare Generals.
i
WtSON.
TERMS KR
London— The Monday morning news
papers again are g iv in g ample space to
President W ilson ’s note, aesidously
seeking to penetrate any possibly con
cealed m otive that may have led the
fense,ui s w e
chief o f staff
President to what is considered here a
General Hugh U
General
!<eon-
most inopportune movement.
According to the W ashington cor
respondents o f London newspapers the
opinion in the United States as w ell as
committee considering the
lain universal military training bill.
here is that there must be “ someth
V
Both of the general. N Í W i U d unb Actio* Take* Without Netfa, ;
ing behind it,\” and it is the opinion o f
many
o
f
the
newspaper
w
riters
that
Eight
Tots
Trapped
in
Burning
Wing
venal
training.
General
E rrata o f Noted People, Govern me*
in Linn County Case in First
Helllgereals h Not Prep^
this act was inadvertently revealed by
W ith Rescue Impossible Institu
mod Pacific Northwest and Other
in Seven Actions P en d ia g- State
Secretary o f State Lansing when he
Peace Nor Mediada* 0$*, *
referred to the United States as on the
tion Thrown Into Darkncee.
Things W orth Knowing.
.M ust Return $1.25an Acre.
verge o f being drawn into the war.
T f b the** gu ards**«*
The suggestion is put forw ard hjr
met good troops they “ would never
some o f the w riters that what would
have known what hit them.
General j
--------- __— , D, C__ f
Washington,
W ichita, Kan.— O f more than 100 Scott told the committee that lesaone
The Austrians are again actively possibly so in volve the United States
has appealed to all the
Salem, O re.— Judge W illia m Gallo
persons in the Kansas Masonic Home drawn from the prpaent war Paired i w dlscW e term s of
bombarding the Italian advance posi would be a resumption on- a still way, in the Circuit court here
here, which burned early Friday, only that In case of war wjth a first-class
tions on the Carso front o f the Auatro-
w ith o u t actually pmpoAae
Saturday, decided that title to
80 had been accounted for at 3 a. m.. power the United State, would need offering mediation, t h e ^ *
1 tali an theater.
acres o f land in Linn county wa
according to Superintendent Daniel P. immediately a trained force o f l.oou.- *«nt formal notes to ths
A sharp controversy over the future
R w d l A , ______ ^ __ ________
tained by F. A . Hyde And his ai
000 men. with another 1,600,000 avail* 0f gty the w art
o f the National guard is foreseen in
Eight childre n, trapped in a , * i nJl 861» Within 90 day* — —
ates
through
fraud
and
that “ an early occasion be
congress when the matter reaches the
.
-
were sweeping,
On the other side of the question the l
the netioqiaa*
that the title in equity to auch lands,
senate and house.
and which had been entirely cut off committee heard W eller L Pizher. of ,uch an avowal of thtir
because o f the fraud and collusion, still from an entrance by the fire, "WWe
By order o f Mayor MacVicar, o f Des
Chicago, former secretary of the In- ■ views as to the terms urn
is vested in tbq State o f Oregon.
given up fo r lost after rescuers hail Urior, «h o opposed universal service, War might b* concluded g
Moines, la., the police seised a carload
o f coal in the local yards o f the Chi
But, he determined, that the $1.26 made many frantic efforts to enter the though he Stood for adequate defense rangemenU which would he
building to rescue the helpless little measures and suggested a regular j »atlsfactory as a guaranRaa^
cago & * Northwestern railroad.
The
an acre paid to the Atate fo r the* land
Mayor announced that the coal was to
ones.
; army of 500 , 000 . He thought if Um- renewal ........................
or tha kindling <6
should be repaid. The money has been
Aside from the tragic destruction of ,* y of pmaateAwere raised to $30 a
be delivered tq the poor.
1 conflict in tha future, u (
portion o f the state school Ttind, the Maraqic Home, the fire began to
month th eW rvifs would be more at it possible frankly to
Copenhagen— A ft e r a single reading
lume serious financial aspects as
bearing six per cent interest.
A s to
tractive to recruits.
the Folkething passed the bill ra tify
W holly without Duties'i
whether tbe interest which the state several nearby houses began burning.
General Wood, from whose dc|>art- contrary, to what edmii
ing the treaty fo r the sale o f the Dan
Efforts to obtain telegraph operators ! ment went W.OOO j t
the guardsmen rials have described ae Ms i
ish W est Indies to the United S ta te s ? ^
has received on this money should be
wires to the outside world were sent t o the border, said that o f the
The v ote was 90 in f ame* of and 16
tSStttt to
hindered by the fact that live men men enrollwkwhen the call rama, an
against ratification.
F iv e members
the note# to all the
when the findings o f (p et and conclu from the telegraph office had been average o f 30 per cent of each com
were absent.
v* "? '
to all tha neutrals fo r ’ thsir
summoned
home
because
their
resi
sions o f law are signed by the court
pany Had to be dropped for phyalcal lion. Summarised in ths I
dences were on fire.
Attem pts to obtain action on the
defects, and the organization# went to own words ae contained ia IbT
next week.
The m ajority o f the older persons in
Adamson resolution to extend the life
his attitude ip as follows;
W h ile the cause in question involves the Masonic Home apparently escaped. the border filled up with green, tteWL
o f the Newlands railroad committee,
" I t ’» been a tragedy,” he said, ’ but
“ The President is not
only 600 acres o f tend, the decision is Many o f them were unhurt, but in the
now investigation all phases o f the
worth all It coat if we only M ft t fc y p ea r«; ha is not tven off«
scanty
clothing
which
they
were
able
o f widespread in terest,, as this is the
railroad situation, until January 7,
It. It was not the fault of tbe officer* tlon.
H e is merely
1918, w ere abandoned. They w ill be
first to be decided o f the seven Hyde- to snatch in their ex it form the borne, or men, blit of,a defective aystem. I f soundings bo tahen in a
they suffered keenly in a temperature
taken up a fter the holiday recess o f
we had been compelled to meet good may learn, tha neutral
Benaon cases, which have been sub
cloee to the zero mark. The refugees
congress.
m itted by A ttorn ey Genera) Brown and took shelter in a nearby chapel and troops down there, It would have been the belligerent, how near ths I
a scene of carnage.
The guardsmen peace m e « be fo r which s i
Vallejo, Cal.— A centrifu gal Machine
Frozen
Assistant A ttorn ey General Bailey, first aid was rushed to them.
would never haps known what hit longs w ith an Intense sad
gun, said to throw 3000 projectiles a
A ll told, the cases involve 37,000 acres fire plugs proved a serious handicap to
them.
, ____
Minute at an in itial.velocity o f 4000
longing, ilo believes that As |
o f land situated in Linn, Lane, Clack the firemen In their efforts to check
"Th ere is practically no m ilitary de- ,n
^
fe e t a second, was tested by naval au
•peaks u d ths
amas, Hood R iver, Crook, Klamath the flames, so that rescue work cqold fenee for this country today, ” G en eral1
The engagement o f Lord Curzon,
thorities’ here. The in itial velocity o f
which ho seeks w ill he
be
carried
on.
and Josephine counties.
Wood continued. " W e are dealing, in all concerned, and he i
the army rifle is 2000 fe e t per second. just named a member o f the British
One woman, caught under a falling
I f the lower court’ s contention that
consideration of thia prvpoeed uni ver- for a response which will M m ' s
The centrifugal gun is operated wholly war council, to Mrs. Grace Elvina
stairway,
received
injuries
which
prob
the $1.25 an acre should be repaid
sal training, with a matter o f national light into the affairs o f ths s
Duggan, widow o f A lfre d Duggan, o f
by electricity.
from the state school fund, proves to ably w ill prove fatal.
life-aaving. Uni venal training is the
Buenos Ayres, and daughter o f the
This latest development is I
Tbe fire is thought to have originat
Viscount Motono, foreign minister at late J. Munroe Hinds, once Am erican be correct on appeal, it w ill take
only wmy in which we will ever get ah m oving world events toward s i
ed
in
tbe
basement
o
f
the
home.
Tokio, told members o f parliament minister to Brazil, has been announced from the fund approxim ately $46,250,
Paul Zeilke, 16, an inmate o f the adequate military defenae In thia coun ■ion o f peace was n o t [
w ith the possibility o f payment o f six
that he believes the German peace in London.
home
five years, was sleeping in the try. It is anti-militaristic and purely come known until the i
p t f cent interest on that amount run
proposal lacked sincerity and that Ger
H is w ife, M ary V icto ria Leiter,
basement.
Zellkfe
was awakened democratic. Wruraat get it and get on th eir «ray to tha
many does not really desire peace. He daughter o f the Chicago m illionaire, ning from 1898.
ha as ado re in the belllgem t i
shortly
before
2
o
’
clock
by fire and it quickly.”
r
The
court
found
that
Hdye
and
his
added that Japan’ s reply to the propos died ten years ago. Mrs. Duggan is a
smoke.
He
rushed
to
an electric
It waa a most distinct i
associates, through “ dummy” entry-
al would be made a fte r consultation native o f Alabama.
She is tall and
official Washington, whi
■witch
and
pulled
it,
shutting
off
the
men,
obtained
47,000
acres
o
f
school
w ith her allies.
handsome, and has been known in Eu
led to believe
lands in the state. Before the fraud motor that pumped oil to- the furnace.
ropean capitate fo r some years. H er
Pekin— H sis T i Y in g , vice minister
trenemitui of the propsaab rfj
and collusion w ere discovered the This also threw the entire building in
form er husband made a large fortune
Central Pow ers the offices s< t i (
o f foreign- affairs, appeared before the
United States had patented 10,000 darkness.
Portland--Portland will houae the
in Argentina.
Revised figures indicate that there
ted States wodld await
lower house o f parliament and an
acres o f the land, and this was dis
annual convention of the National Ed
swered a rumor that China was pre
, between the belligerents I
posed o f by Hyde and his associates, were 99 inmates in the home besides
O f these but ucation association, the w o rld V larg and that certainly, In fh
paring to join the entente.
H e de greater scale o f Germany’ s submarine and the land fo rfe ite d as fa r as the the assistants and help.
teacher*, next
4
46 have been accounted for, but dozens est organization of
clared that China absolutely was not policy.
speech o f Prem ier I Jo yd
state was concerned.
July.
The
passage
in
the
President’
s
note
o
f
others
are
known
to
have
been
res
considering entering the
European
the announcements in Ra
The executive committee o f the as
cued and taken to nearby homes.
struggle and that she would maintain to which he professes to find the a im !
and Italy, further action by
sociation which met In Albany, N. Y.,
o f both belligerent groups indentical
the strictest neutrality.
would depend upon the and i
Monday, decided.in favor n f thia city
and his qu alifyin g phrase in the con
and delicate moves of the
after having had the matter under ad
In the opinion o f Senator Borah, text, “ as stated in general term s to
Tbe whole tenor o f offid
visement since last summer. A t th a t1
congress w ill be unable to pass an their own people and to the w orld,’ ’
North Yakim a, Wash.— The Bank of
throughout
Washington,
time, Asbury, N. J., was favored, with
effective compulsory arbitration bill, fo r the most part is ignored, except in Bickleton, 20 miles southwest o f Mab-
| President’a action bees*
Washington,
D.
C.—
A
definite
plan
such as President W ilson recommended the columns o f newspapers o f pacifist
Portland second choice, and the Mid
that It immeasurably
in his opening address to congress, and tendencies.
I t cannot be said that ton. Wash., was robbed o f $4000 late fo r universal m ilitary training will dle Weat runner-up for the honor.
prospects fo r some sort
be
laid
before
congress
next
month
in
Friday
by
a
lone
robber,
who
rode
into
such as be also advocated last August. these late press opinions show less op
In deciding to bring the 1917 con
looking toward an sppraasb 6»|
W hile Senator Borah recognizes the position to tbe President’ s action than town on horseback, held up the bank the shape o f a bill formulated by the vention to Portland it waa stipulated
general staff o f the army, accompanied that thia will be the convention city In i without im pairing the
a b ility o f congress to pass a law such those o f last week.
and escaped.
i United States should they ft*
by complete estimates o f cost, as com the event the Transcontinental Pa a -1
as the President demands, he does not
The Morning Post says the kin g’ s
The robber compelled S. A . Rossier, pared to the present volunteer system.
unable to find a good ground SB 1
believe it wpuld stand the test in court. speech in parliament was perhaps the
aenger association makes satisfactory
:
to approach one another.
the
cashier,
to
hand
over
the
money,
M
ajor
General
Hugh
L.
Scott,
chief
o
f
best answer that could be made to
transportation ratea
It Is believed 1
An urgent deficiency appropriation “ the President’ s amiable proposal.’ *. and a fter locking Rossier in a room, staff, told the house m ilitary commit
A t tha W h ite House
here that the railroads will not hesi
bill, carrying approxim ately $4,500,- A lluding to the President’s b elief that mounted his horse and rode away.
tee Friday that the work was in prog tate to grant ratea such as are desired, whatever could be
000, was passed FViday by house and the nations are ready to welcome a
whether any o f tha pern
A posse was form ed as soon as Mr. ress, and would require about a month
as thia ¡1' invariably done for this con-!
senate and sent to the President fo r league o f peace, the newspaper sa ys:
mated bow they woold
Roesier could fre e him self and g iv e the to complete. Chairman Dent said the vention.
approval. It provides $4,260,000 fo r
committee would be glad to see the
“ W ith our experience w ith these alarm.
Membership in the National Eudca- note, and there was < r* 7
dependents o f national guardsmen en leagues o f peace behind us, we should
that the same careful sew
The robber’ s abandoned horse was bill.
___________
-
tion association numbers 16,000 from
gaged in Mexican
border service; think tw ice and thrice before throw ing found by the poese 30 miles from tbe
.
had prevented anything
all parts of the United States,
$210,000 for the Philadelphia, $37,000 over trusted allies in order to put our scene o f the robbery. The bandit had
Auto Robbers Get 63000.
coming known about tha
the coming convention will be the first
fo r the Denver, and $25,600 fo r the fortunes to the vote o f Guatemala, ridden the animal until it was exhaust
Los Angeles — Julius R. Miller, a time the association has ever met in action until it had fa
San Francisco mints, and $45,000 fo r
ed
and
then
had
continued
h
it
flight
on
H iati, Siam and other nations, large
chauffeur, was shot through the right the Pacific Northwest, a large attend surround any o f tha
the N ew York assay office.
N ow here on tbe surface
and small, which would compose such foot. The posse was said to be in shoulder by one o f two automobile rob ance is looked for, probably close to
close pursuit.
indication
of
the
15,000.
These
visitors
w
ill
come
A new record fo r butter production a federation.”
bers who attempted to rob him. Mil
T w o thousand dollars which the rob
events which diplomatists
The D aily News, one o f the most fa
from every section of the country.
has been established by a cow belong
ler
fled
when
they
ordered
him
to
halt
ber le ft behind when he abandoned his
in g to M. J. Smiley, at Belle Fourche, vorable o f tbe newspapers to President
Sessions of the convention will be are convinced must havs ‘
and the robbers opened fire but did not
horse wss recovered.
Wilson,
says
editorially
that
the
recep
S. D., it is claimed. The official test
pursue him. Jewelry valued at $3000 held in the new Portland auditorium since the German allies fate»
made by Professor Larson, o f the State tion o f his note was respectful but un
and $5 in cash had been taken from now under way. Assurances are giVep their proposals to dispel ths
Pupils Made fo r Eyes.
college, shows a production o f 47.77 compromising. “ W hat had to be said
Frank R. Strung, wealthy real estate that it will be completed before that prevalent b e lie f that toeh M 1
Los
Angeles,
Cal.— Through a mar broker, by tw o automobile bandits time. The exact dates are yet to be tha part o f President W ihW l
has
been
said,
fo
r
the
most
part
in
pounds o f butter in seven days.
language which A m erica w ill neither velous operation Mrs. Susan B. John shortly before the shooting o f Miller.
unacceptable to the entente
■e.t ’ ^ut j t j * expected a week near the
Cuba’s sugar yield fo r 1916-17 w ill misunderstood nor resent.’ ’
The wish and hope o f _ths
son, o f 113 Charlevioux street, Pasa Charles Stewart also reported that he middle of July w ill be fixed upon with
be a record-breaking one, according to
powers
that President
in
a
abort
time.
had
been
held
up
by
two
robbers
in
an
dena, has regained her sight. A r t i
cable advices received in N ew York
El Arish Lost by Turks.
intercede In some way L
ficial pupils have been made to allow automobile and forced to give up $7.
by tbe Federal Sugar Refining com
known and haa been eonveysd *<
London— El Arish, 90 miles east o f tbe ligh t to penetrate and focus on the
Pope to Keep Hands O ff. "
pany, Th e current crop w ill amount the Suez canal, was captured Saturday retina. R em oving a small section of
ent ways to tha W hits WM*1
Irish to Be Released.
R o m e -P o p , Benedict haa no Inten
to 8,466,000 tons, as compared with
attitude o f the entente
the iris, the surgeons made artificial
London— The government has decid tion o f ^ attempting t'g mediate among’
8,006,000 tons last year, and 2,582,- by tbe British. The te x t o f the B ri pupils above the natural ones, and op
pressed by th eir
ed to release the Irish prisoners who
tish
official
statement
sa
ys:
246 in the previous season, according
the
belligerents
at
present,
according
tainly
until recently in
posite
the
clear
part
o
f
tbe
cornea.
-were interned a fter the rebellion in
“ Saturday the Egyptian town o f El
to tbe messages. The large output is
The bandages w ere removed Satur Ireland, Henry E. Duke, chief secre v .* iU U -? «n t issued Tuesday by the to the Am erican govern
Arish
was
occupied
by
our
troops
a
fter
attributed largely to the favorable
Vatican. The net reault o f several that a paaee o ffer by tha Us
being fo r tw o years in the hands o f the day and Mrs. Johnson saw clearly tary o f Ireland, announced Friday.
weather.
resolutions introduced in the chamber would be considered almost*
fo
r
the
first
tim
e
within
her
recol
“ The tim e haa come when the ad
enemy. From the fa ct that the enemy
vantages o f releasing these men far o f deputies regarding the German thing to unfriendly.
French capture 11,387 Germans in had constructed a storng entrenched lection.
outweigh the risk, and I have so ad P I '® ° * tT * nd ■ Prolonged discussion
three days’ fighting along the Verdun position covering the town and that a
deputies was
Peace M eeting Planned.
Attem pted to lu m
vised the government.
Steps, there
front.
large amount o f work recently had
W
aterloo, la .— Mrs.
fore,
w
ill
be
taken
to
proceed
with
the
N
e
w
Y
o
rk
—
Monster
peace
demon
been
carried
out
there,
it
appeared
that
wace'w^M
that
no
A ll publishers o f papers In the U n it
P«ace would be accepted unless In ac-
Elgin, k illed one o f b w l
ed States are asked to communicate the enemy had every intention o f offer strations. at which w ill be read a man leaat possible delay to return the in
ifes to “ from tha Am erican people to terned prisoners to their homes.”
w ith the Federal Trade commission, ing a stubborn resistance. ”
the rights o f peoples based on the tw in babiea by hitting tht
the
world in tha causa o f peace,” w ill
which is in vestigatin g the high cost o f
tbe back o f tha bead
principle of nationality.
be
held
at
midnight
on
N
e
w
Y
e
a
r’
s
Christmas Pardon Given.
Coins C arry N ew . Designs.
newspaper stock.
barn the other child In •
Denver— The Denver mint Monday eve in Chicago, Denver, San Francisco
Albany, N, Y ,-— A Christmas pardon
and than cut her own '
Minneapolis m illers Wednesday be
Estate
is
»2
0
,0
0
0
.0
0
0
.
and
thia
city,
it
was
announced
hei
was granted by Governor Whitman
gan operation on half-tim e basis be began turning out the new ly designed
Sunday morning, aceocdli
Monday by the
Am erican Neutral Saturday to W illiam J. Cummins, who a ,!? i ! k 1 ij Y o TI c T The w il* ° f John D
cause o f the ear shortage. They said half-dollar pieces, and fo r an indefinite
tlon received hare Ws ‘ ~
Conference committee.
has served three years and two months
period
w
ill
coin
an
average
o
f
more
th ey hoped to maintain at least that
Tha second child Is In • 1
A t each maating a community o f a state’s prison sentence of four
Ths new
basis i f sufficient ears could be secured. than 150,000 pieces daily.
dition and m ay not liv *
chorus
w
ill
rin
g
out
the
present
year
years and eight months for his part in
coin bears tbe fa ll length o f the Statue
Conner also ia in a
Thai British government has cut o f Diberty, w ith the Stars and Stripes w ith song.
tha wrecking o f the Carnegie Trust
Fam ily and financial
service in hotels to 3-course dinners. flying to tiie wind as a background.
company, o f N ew York, several years tion T f . * chi|taren, with the excep-
to have been responsible
•
3
6
,0
0
0
Paid
tor
Farm.
a
few
minor
bequests
Tha
F o r breakfasts and luncheons tw o Branches o f oak also are imprinted.
ago. Governor Whitman said that let-
an’s actions.
On the reverse side an eagle is perched
courses only are allowed.
Pendleton. Or.— The old Prospect, tara and petitions asking fo r clemency town'Ti r* c®iv®* **r. Archbold’s T a ^ r
high on a crag, w ings unfolded. The farm , near Stanfield, one o f the oldest had been received from nearly everv
Companies o f state m ilitia from
a te
ThrchMH°n*
ord *h‘ Marla
r® of a 16,000 Guardsmen
rhe children, 't Mrs.
y « t aiaie.
coin bears the usual wording.
in U m atilla county, again changed state In the Union.
Nebraska, Iow a, Minnesota, Kansas,
San Antonio, Tax. — 1
hands, David R. Wood, o f Weston,
J *F BA?chh ! 5
Ann,# S,nderi »nd Wednesday by Ms
N orth Dakota and Utah, numbering
Treaty is Ratified Again.
buying it fo r 986,000 from W illiam
Luther Burbank Weddad.
' Fl Archbold. rcc« iv « the remainder
16,647, arc ordered to their respective
line w ith the w ar
Copenhagen— K in g Christian in tha Robbins and w ife, who purchased the
San Francisco— Luther Burbank the
to return the
4000 Get 10 Per Cent R | „.
cabinet council Monday ratified the place about a year ago. The farm con famous plant evolutionist, was married
homes wheq th eir
treaty providing fo r the sale o f the sists o f 1600 acres o f wheat land. here Thursday to bis secretary, Miss
Danish W est Indies to the United Robbins took in trade ae pert payment Elizabeth W aters» by Rev. a 8 S Coal*» Cokecomna^** Unlt* d 8tat* » unnecessary on tbe
home a body o f 16,0001
States. This follow s the passage by a house and lot in Weston, a chop m ill Dutton, pastor o f tha First Unitarian the
man from border duty,
both houses o f the Danish parliament and warehouse in W eston and a house church. The ceremony was private
were represented In UteJ
o f the bill fo r the ratification o f the and lot in Milton.
A t one tim e the “ 2 “ L Burbank and his bride were
dared to m ove and ’
place said at nearly $78,000.
whlaked away in a taxicab.
o f rollin g stack tha i
#
ad into^proupa fa r
Brief insum e Most Important
Daily News Items.
Judge Galloway, Salem, Finds Aged and Children Are Believed
Lost at Wichita»-Kansas.
Fraud in Hyde Entries.
COMPILO) FOR BUSY READERS
37,000 ACRES ARE AT STAKE DffECfIVE FURNACE IS CAUSE
President Sends Appm
Warring Nations.
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