OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERALjNTEREST
Events Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
Week.
Verdict In Arson Case "Not Guilty."
Portland. "Not guilty," was the
Verdict returned by the jury In the
case of Max Albert, charged with ar
on, whose trial was concluded In
Judge Morrow's department of the Cir
cuit Court The trial was the first of
a series of prosecutions of members
of the alleged "arson trust," tn which
it was expected to show illegal activi
ties of a group of Portland shopkeep
ers to defraud insurance companies.
Indictments charging arson were re
turned by the August grand, jury that
involved nearly a dozen small mer
chants and one local attorney, David
Pepp, who is charged with having
counseled the setting of incendiary
fires.
Veterans May Be Army Reserve.
Albany. Believing that it is the
first step towards making the mem
bers a reserve of the United States
Army, Captain F. C. Stellmacher of
this city, commander of the depart
ment of Oregon, United Spanish War
Veterans, has received an order from
the commander-in-chief at Washing
ton td take immediate action to re
cruit camps to the fullest possible
number. Similar orders have been
aent to every state commander in the
country.
Ex-City Official Guilty.
Astoria. Dan P. Belcher,' former
city superintendent of streets, pleaded
guilty in the circuit court to an in
dictment charging him with obtaining
money under false pretenses by pad
ding the July pay roll in the sum of
$60.50. The other indictments against
him were dismissed. He was sen
tenced to five years in the penitenti
ary and paroled.
STATE TO LEASE LAKES
Land Board Will Receive Bid for
Minerals In Water.
Salem. The state land board fixed
December 10 as the time for receiving
bids for the lease of Summer and Al
bert lakes, which have value on ac
count of mineral deposits contained in
the water.
The bidders will each be required
to file a surety bond in the sum of
$10,000 to guarantee that they will
carry out the contract and the leases
will be on a royalty basis of so much
per ton. The bidders will also be re
quired to name a minimum annual roy-
.alty so that there will be no delay in
commencing operations after the con
tract is awarded.
Jason Moore a few months ago of-
lered the board $1,275,000 outright for
the lakes. Another bidder offered
more and the board decided it would
be well to decline all the offers and
take up later the question of dispos
ing of the lakes.
Discussing the problem at the meet-
tag. Governor West and Treasurer
Kay, two of the three members of the
land board, favored action by the
loard, rather than putting the ques
tion of developing the lakes over to
the legislature. The bureau of mines,
which has been making an investiga
tion of the lakes, at the request of
Governor West, will have its report
ready November 1, said Governor
West.
C. M. Sain spent $75,000 in an effort
to develop the products of the Oregon
lakes some years ago and he was look
ed upon as a visionary dreamer by
many people of the state. He was
forced to drop his plan because of lack
of capital. Since then several com
panies and promoters have offered
schemes for the development of the
lakes, most of them bearing the ear
marks of wild-cat propositions.
Photo by American Preaa Association.
Cardinal Ferrata, papal tecretary of
ttate, who died in Rome of appendici
tis, complicated with peritonitis.
Shipping Bad Fruit.
Hood River. Because a large
amount of fruit has been shipped from
Hood River by private shippers who
lave placed inferior fruit on the mar
ket, the Apple Growers' association is
making investigations into the matter
of the shipment of diseased fruit and
will prosecute the violations of the
law regulating the shipment of apples
Baker Cattle Have Blackleg,
Baker. The first cases of blackleg
reported in a long time have been
found on the James Fleetwood ranch
at Hereford, on Burnt River. Mr.
Fleetwood has lost several calves and
ther ranchers in the vicinity are fol
lowing the example set by Rouse
Bros., prominent ranchers, in vaccina
tion of calves.
Postoffice Is Robbed.
Dallas. Safecrackers blew the safe
of the postoffice at Rickreall, taking
$150 in cash, but leaving all the
stamps. All indications point to the
faet that it was the same party that
has been operating In the valley some
time, and which blew up the safe at
Airlie about three weeks ago.
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BRIEF WAR NEWS
The most important event of the
past week on the European battle
fields was the capture by the Germans
of Antwerp and the forts surrounding
the city. Although the Belgians stub
bornly defended their temporary cap
ital, the fortifications, reputed to be
the strongest in the world, were un
able to withstand the shells from the
great seige guns used by the Germans.
It took the Germans ten days to ef
fect an entrance Into the city. The
surrender of the city came only after
it was seen that further resistance
would mean the utter destruction of
the city by the ruinous fire of the
giant guns which bad been pouring
their rain of deadly shells into it with
out surcease for three days.
The loss of life is believed to have
been large and the destruction of
property within the city Is said to have
been very great The real extent of
the damage will be slow in reaching
the outside world from nonpartisan
sources, owing to the fact that com
munication with the city is either cut
entirely or in the hands of the military
authorities. Among the buildings re
ported to have been damaged was the
cathedral of Notre Dame, one of the
most beautiful structures tn Europe,
dating from the fourteenth century.
Of one thing there is no doubt-
Antwerp suffered terribly from the
bombardment and the losses among
the civilian population have been
heavy. The city waa crowded, not
only with its normal population of
more than 300,000 persons, but with
other thousands who had sought ref
uge there on account of the German
invasion.
The strategic importance of Ant
werp to the Germans arose largely
from the fact of its menace to their
lines of communication. With the Bel
gian army withdrawn to a position
half way between Antwerp and Os
tend, the pressure on these lines will
be removed.
The capture of the city wag robbed
of some of its intrinsic value by the
escape of the Belgian field army.
When it was seen that the fall of the
city was inevitable, King Albert led
his field army out of the city leaving
only a force sufficient to work the
available guns.
The defense of Antwerp, during the
last week of the attack, was partici
pated In by three British naval bri
gades of 8,000 men. In the retreat
from Antwerp two of the British bri
gades reached Ostend safely, but the
third waa cut off near Lokeren, a town
of East Flanders, and 2,000 officers
and men entered Dutch territory near
Hoist and were interned in Holland,
according to the laws of neutrality.
The hope of the allies to deliver a
crushing blow against the German
army In France before the occupation
of Antwerp by the enemy is now, of
course, a thing of the past. The Ger
man right wing, under General Von
Kluck, apparently is still intact, and
the official communication given out
in Paris recorded no change in the sit
uation, merely emphasizing that there
was sharp fighting in the region of
Roye, nearly 100 miles south of the
northern extremity of the fighting
line, where opposing bodies of cavalry
were clashing almost within sight of
the North Sea.
The German and Russian forces on
the East Prussian frontier are still
fighting stubbornly. The Russians ap
parently continue to make progress
slowly and the Germans, evidently
fearing another invasion of East Prus
sia,' according to news from Berlin re
ceived through Rome, are sending re
inforcements to their army, both by
railway and through the Baltic ports,
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
Germany Jubilates On Antwerp's Fall.
Rome. Dispatches from Berlin say
the capitulation of Antwerp has caus
ed unprecedented enthusiasm through
out Germany, where the general opin
ion Is that the fall of the Belgian city
marks the beginning of the end.
Stephen Jewell, county judge of Jo
sephine county, died at Grants Pass,
aged 67.
Ernest Vesper, of Portland, has been
elected yell leader at the University
of Oregon.
Ed Burr, of Baker, lost bis lite in a
fire which deatroped a Bmall building
tn which he Jived.
After a delay which lasted most the
summer, rock is again being delivered
at the north jetty of the Columbia,
The Aalilimd Commercial club will
secure $1000 to be added to the fund
for the normal school at Ashland.
The Slate Editorial association will
meet tn annual convention In Oregon
City Friday for a two days' session.
Oregon City's total debt, excluding
water fund bonds and unpaid war
rants on the water fund, Is $461,605.43.
Survey stakes of the Pacific high
way are being driven on the boulevard
directly past the Ashland normal
school.
With a yield of 71 bushels to the
acre, C. R. KIger has hung up a new
record for untrrlgated oats In Silver
Lake valley.
The big mill of the Oregon Lumber
company at Dee has resumed opera
tions after being closed more than
three weeks.
The thirty-third annual convention
of the grand lodge of Oregon, Knights
of Pythias, convened In Portland Tues
day morning.
James Tracey, an employe of the
Smith-Powers logging company of
Marshfield, was killed by being caught
between two logs.
Seven hundred and fifty varieties of
dahlias were on exhibition at the an
nual show of the Oregon Dahlia So
ciety at Portland.
The Ben Harrison mine In the west
ern part of Baker county has been
compelled to close down on account
of the heavy snows.
A plan of establishing an auto bus
street car service has been taken up
for consideration by a committee of
the Commercial club of Baker.
Mail is being delayed because the
United States postoffice department
refuses to accept bids submitted for
the Cottage Grove-Bohemia route.
The sum of $168,891 was spent In
Linn county on road and bridge con
structlon during 1913, according to the
report of the Pacific Highway asso
ciation.
A. B. Gibson, a well-known resident
of Sodaville, was shot and fatally
wounded by W. C. Angel a Lebanon
man. The shooting took place on the
street at Sodaville.
Construction work on Albany's new
federal building is progressing rapidly
and from present indications, the
structure will be ready for occupaney
goon after January 1.
Governor West will be glad to ap
point anyons who cares to attend as
delegate the session of the American
Mining congress at Pboenlx, Ariz.,
during the week of December 7.
Commencing November 7, all stores,
pool and billiard rooms and other
places of amusement In La Grande,
must observe the Sunday closing law,
according to a new city ordinance.
A new species of duck, at least a
new kind to central Oregon, has made
its appearance on Lake county lakes
with the opening of the bunting sea
son. The stranger appears to be a
bluebill-mallard hybrid.
An auto bus line operated by Port
land and Linnton citizens has com
menced business on the Portland-Linn-ton
line in the fight to compel by
means of boycott, the United Railways
to grant a five cent fare.
The Oregon Trunk railway has com
pleted its annual transportation of
sheep from Its southern terminal at
Bend to Coleman, about 80 miles
north, where they will be fed through
the winter. About 55,000 head were
handled this year, requiring about 210
cars.
Corporation Commissioner Watson
announces that the department from
June 30, last year, to June 30, this
year, granted 985 permits to sell se
curities. An authorized capital stock
of $152,743,198 was represented by the
corporations to which the permits
were granted.
Gus Welsner, aged 70, a prominent
farmer of Baker county, was found
dead In the road half a mile from
Haines. Investigation revealed the
fact that Mr. Weisner's team had run
away and that one of the horses had
kicked him behind the ear, causing
fracture of the skull.
Statistics regarding enrollment at
the Oregon Agricultural college, sub
mitted by Registrar Tennant to the
board of regents Indicate an Increase
of 6 per cent over the registration at
B corresponding date last fall. Six
teen hundred and ninety-seven stu
dents are enrolled. The number last
year was 1577.
As a result of a decision of the
county court the Oregon & California
grant lands, .which are at present un
der litigation, in which the govern
ment seeks their forfeiture, will not
be assessed by Douglas county this
year. In case the lands are not for
feited to the government the railroad
company agrees to pay the back taxes,
together with 6 per cent Interest,
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