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BRIEF REVIEW OF THE WORLD'S NEWS IN PICTURE AND PARAGRAPH '.. '' '. ' - v.: '5K All the Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for Information- of the Busy Reader, Executive. THE United States treasury depart ment la worried over the mysteri ous disappearance of $5000 In bills, the first shortage of the kind that has occurred in 40 years. A commission -haa completed an ex amination of the affairs of the Carlisle Indian schools, with the result that certain recommendations for improve ments, have been made. President Wilson will likely name the men to corn pone the new Federal Reserve Bank board by about March 1. lit m ... m win corner wun Secretaries Mc Adoo and Houston after those men have finished their tour as organiza tion commlttemen. As a result of the signing of the Kenyon "red light" bill by President Wilaon, a moral crusade has been started In Washington, D. C. Police supervision of 'moving picture shows IS contemplated. The new appropriation bill provides ior an army of 500,000 men. Changes, In the articles of war which had not been disturbed for many years are pro vided In the measure which Juat passed the senate. Temporary method of electing sena tors in states which have not been pre. Vlded with the machinery for carry ing out the seventeenth amendment to the constitution, Is opposed by south ern senators. At a congressional reception given by President and Mrs. Wilson the hesi tation waits and one step were danced. This la the first time in the winter aeries that dancing has been Indulged In. . Lack of finances have Interfered with the work of the National Drain age congress in the matter of guard ing agalnat .floods. Red Cross asso ciations have been warned to be ready to carry on the work In the middle States, Speaker of the House of Representa . tlves Champ Clark says that the world Is getting better instead of worse, and adds that 99 per cent of the congress men leave congress poorer than when they entered It. It Is likely that the 30th infantry will be relieved from duty in Alaska. Demands at the Mexican border may make it difficult to replace the full number of troops In the Alaskan field. A small fire broke out in a thna.tr In "Waahlngton lust after Secretary of Btate Bryan and Vice President Mar shall and other notables had left the place. - The blaze was quickly put unoer control. .Small percentages of land remain ing open for entry in the districts of Seattle and Vancouver may cause the department to close the United States land offlcea in those cities and trans fer the, business to Olympia. Opposi tion to' the plan may cause other ar rangements. A nation wide campaign will be waged by the associations opposed to woman suffrage. Promoters claim that the boasted strength of the suffra gists Is "mythical." The senate committee will continue Its consideration of the Burn Immigra tion bill and report the same Just as soon as possible in spite of opposi tion of certain democrats. Disapproval of the agricultural ex tension bill is expressed by United States Senator Lane, because of the "fact that too many agricultural ex perts are provided positions and not a single farmer has urged the passage of the bill. Senator Brady of Idaho has been ap pointed a member of the committee on public grounds and buildings, which handles all public buildings legisla tion. The senate committee has completed ne posiomce appropriation diu. tne measure being 15,000,000 In excess of the amount as it came from the house - Maximum salaries of rural carriers Would be Increased to $1200. ' The following persons have been named' postmasters in towns of the northwest: Mamie A. Gldney, Days Creek; Pearl B. Colvlg, Galice; Luclnda Blackwell. Sparta; Cora M. Farnham, Walterville. i The fortifications appropriation bill, , , carrying a total of $6,895,200, was nearly $2,000,000 to the house appro priation for field artillery and ammu- nltlon. Commercial and-industrial.' r iXTT thousand pounds of smelt X have been shipped from the Col umbla river district to , eastern markets. Three carloads have been sent and other shipments are to be made. The record of previous years may be exceeded by the citrus crop belt of cauiornia, according to E. O. McCor- mlck, vice president of the Southern racirie railroad. Secretary of the Interior Lane ad- V V Tr 0 " mmr" vises that governors of western states and persons Interested In reclamation, meet soon to discuss plans for carry ing out the reclamation schemes. Evidence of criminal conspiracy was found by the commission which in vestigated the recent strike riots at Wheatland, CaL, which resulted In the death of several persons. - Conditions in other hop yards will be investi gated. ' j The Linn county grange has adopted resolutions urging the submission of an Initiative measure, regulating the courses and departments of the Uni versity of Oregon and Oregon Agricul tural college to prevent conflicts in studies, , Washington state Is selling thou sands of potatoes to California as a result of- shortages there. To date more than 600 tons of spuds have left Seattle on steamers for the south ern port. ! Women workers In the Oregon City woolen mills won their request for payment of their wages twioe a month. instead of once a month.! L. C. Gilman. head of the Hill lines in Oregon, made a tour ' of the elec tric system, visiting the principal cities and towns and meeting commer cial clubs and other organizations along the route. Money to the amount of $1,800,000 has been distributed for use in recla mation work in the Yakima valley. An additional storage lake has been planned at Clear Lake at a cost of $49,000. i Workmen while sinking a "well at Sequin, Wash., struck oil In paying quantities. Machinery for boring will be installed at once. The find has caused considerable excitement In the vicinity. ' i Dividends of the Adams Express company have been cut! to $1.50 a share, the former dividends being $3 a share. Inroads of the parcel post is thought to have been responsible for the reduction in the earnings of the company. Erection of a cannery 1 at Junction City, Or., is planned by the Junction City grange. A meeting will be held February 14 to prepare plans for the enterprise. I Lela station on the Portland, Eugene A Eastern railroad is experiencing an industrial boom, among the new lm provements planned being a high school building. ' Work of paving the Central Point- Medford part of the Pacific highway will begin soon and it is expected that the work will be finished In 60 days. State Highway Commissioner Bowlby has ratified contracts for cement work. T Legal and Criminal. a WARRANT was obtained for tne A arrest of Principal Towell of the Gig Harbor, Wash public school. on complaint of former Director Sau ness, on assault charges. ! The princi pal is said to have knocked Saunesa down with the butt end of a gun. Mrs. Julia McKenna, aged 94. com mon law wife of James McKenna, a Chicago capitalist, has petitioned the Cook county court. Illinois, to compel a six year old dauahtar n? My-K-ann. mivui " nas never aeen, to support hoi. .mo Kin mnentm ttir, ttnnnnn estate of McKenna. I The Mercantile bank iof Memphis, Tenn has been declared Insolvent by the directors because of the alleged defalcations of the president r. tt name, ine snoriasre in uttmstiui at $300,000. The health department of New Tork has issued a warning against the prac tices oi iaite raaium cure, it being ex plained that the cure is only in an ex perlmental stage, as yetJ , Maury Diggs and Walter J. Gllli gan, or Ban Francisco, were held In bonds In the sum of $10,000. or xsooa cash, on charges preferred in connec tion with alleged mistreatment of Ida Pearlng. Plea of insufficient evidence was denied by the court. Edward Teesdale I. W. W. agitator, who was ordered out of gan Francisco, was allowed a f ew 'rdays of grace in order that he might? ;c lose up some affairs-before taking Iiis departure. He is said to have, written an inflamma tory letter to President Wilson. Thieves robbed the residence of Rob ert Newell. In the outskirts of Berke ley, getting away with . $3500 worth it - THE OREGON - SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MM 31 V If , '' of Jewelry, clothing and several hun dred dollars in currency. . Lopez, the ; slayer, is still at large, it is believed,; following discovery of a rifle which jLopes formerly carried, at the Utah-Apex mine, in which the murderer was supposed to have taken refuge after killing J. Douglas Hulsey and Tom Manderlch Suit for $300,000 damages for breach of promise has been filed by Ida M. McNabb of Milwaukee, against John Klnneyj millionaire millman of Escanaba, Mich. The defendant Is 71 years old. Two men were killed and two wound ed In a battle between constables and negroes at De Sota, Ga. Martin Bass, a deputy constable, and Edwin Ty son, a negro, were killed. Two other officers were seriously wounded. The shooting followed -an attempt to ar rest Tyson. - The. Pullman company at San Fran cisco sued State Treasurer Roberts for the difference between $83,243.66 and $44,965.11. It paid the larger sum In taxes tinder protest, declaring It was over-assessed Ion Its 1912 corporate In come In California. Foreign. TUDENTS of the universities at Stockholm, Sweden, to the num ber of 8000 paraded through the streets of the; city and made speeches before the king's palace, in support of King Gustavo's policy of armament. Many farmers and landowners are In the movement, whereas the cabinet Is opposed to It."! v The tax office at Zurich has ap praised the real estate holdings of the late german socialist leader, August Bebel, at $250,000. Terms of the will have not been made public. According to reports from Perm, Russia, foreign ballonista believed to be Dr. Korn and bis companions, have landed near Krazno-Ufimsk, In the long distance endurance flight. London society is stirred over the suit for divorce filed against Mrs. Leslie- Melville, the famous beauty. In which Earl Fltswilliam is named as corespondent, i The woman is said to have ' created a sensation when she posed as the "sleeping beauty" at a pantomime ball. The parliament building at Toklo was stoned by mobs agitated over the fight for lower taxes. They are bitter at the ministry' of Osaka, , A young French aviator named Par- melln flew oyer the top of " Mount Blanc He ascended more thanf S00O feet and encountered a thick fog- on the French side of the Alps. Ingold. an aviator, broke the world's endurance record at Munich, Germany, by remaining In the air 16 hours and 20 minutes and oovertng 1050 miles. A man suspected to have been a Ger man spy was arrested at Toul, France, while in the act of taking pictures of the fortifications. Declaring that the terms of the sale had been misrepresented, the Earl of Derby refuses to sell to Baron De For est his Bootle estate, in the suburbs of Liverpool. The banter had been made during a political speech. Assassins at Barcelona attempted to kill the ex-governor. An Innocent by stander was slain m the attack. Friendliness of Japan toward , the United States Is supposed to have been Increased by the passage of the Bur nett Immigration bill In the' house. The bill avoids the Japanese exclusion act of California. Members of the Imperial family In Berlin are severely criticised in de bates in the Prussian diet because of their habit Of reckless auto driving. Lives of pedestrians are said to have been endangered by tne speeders. Attempts to compromise the dlf fl culties arising at Zapern, as result of trouble between the military and civil ians, have" been made by high German officers, Most of the injured persons preferred to take their cases to court to accepting a small payment and dis missal of the suits. William Marconi, using a 100 horse power engine, lighted an electric bulb a distance of six miles, by means ' of wireless. It Is hoped that -in course of time houses may be lighted and heated by wireless. A Savenko, a prominent douma member, challenged G. Zamistousky, also a member of the douma, and coun sel for .the "black hundred.' to a duel. i - A, f 'SI fr N S a s- s An assistant to the prosecutor In the Mendel Beills case, Zamistousky told the Jury that M. Shulgren, whose news paper, the Klevlianln, warmly defend ed Bel lis, took the prisoner's part be cause he wanted Jewish . support for a sugar factory he was Interested in. The reichstag authorized the German ' potash syndicate to spend $125,000 on an exhibit at the San Francisco ex position. General News. A PLAN may be adopted whereby votes at roll call In the house may taken by an electrical device, in order to save time. ' It now requires 45 minutes to take down the names of the 436 members. Chester H. Rowell, publisher of the Fresno Republican announces his can didacy for the United States senate on the Progressive ticket, in opposition to Francis J. Heney. Silas Christof f erson left San Fran cisco for San Diego, in a trial for the long distance aeroplane record. : Professor John Caspar Ban Brannar. head of the department of mines In Stanford university, announces he has discovered in : ore sent from Brazil quantities of radium. The news has been sent back to Brazil. Arthur F. Flynn, a San Frandsco- born Chinese, Is on bis way to Pekln Chlna, to demonstrate the possibilities of the aeroplane to the Chinese govern ment. He is one of the first of his race to master the navigation of the air. Rockford, HL, patients are : being. treated xor imaupoi iiiruusa tne me dium of the telephone In order that the attending physicians may not expose themselves to the disease. The doc tors fear the disease would be passed to the other patients. Miss Dana Douglass, of Stratton. Maine, announces her Intentions of en tering the dense. woods without cloth ing and food, saying she will gain her livelihood by her own wits, clothe her- self and emerge In good health In two months. ' ' A new Catholic diocese has been es tablished in eastern Washington with Spokane as Its see. The new district formerly . belonged In part to the Se attle diocese. ; J- The big oil tanker Frank H. Buck, said to be the largest of the kind In America, has been launched In ' San Francisco for the Associated Oil com pany. The boat Is 426 feet 9 Inches long, 65 feet 4 inches beam and SI feet 8 inches deep. - Henry Holyoke testified at Los An geles that he had burned up. the will of Frank H. Holyoke, wealthy Maine timberman, at the request of the tes tator. The document contained a $6000 bequest for the former. i- The honor system for students has been adopted at the University of Wis consin, and agreements between classes must be made at the beginning of each Orvllle WrlghC'iBne of the pioneer aviators, expresses doubts of the abil ity to sail across the Atlantic . ocean. He says engines will r not stand the grind and that the attempt would be foolhardy. .:.-.!. Edmund C. Converse, a leading bank- er of New Tork, married Miss Mary SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 1914. its v 5ii -?i Edith Dunshee, a charity worker. The bridegroom Is 64 and. the bride 48. Bequests amounting to $326,000 were left; by Mrs. Harriet Otis Cruft, who died at Boston. To the Museum of Fine Arts was left $50,000 and $150,- 000 is given to Protestant women over 60 years of age, of American birth. who are In need. Tammany . Boss Charles Murphy says he will not oppose plans of Pres ident Wilson and Governor Glynn to reorganize the Democratic party of New Tork, although be does not see any necessity for the change. Rather than see her little daughter grqw up to womanhood a cripple for life Mrs. Amelia Bertat killed the girl then attempted to kill herself. She will recover. Suburban dwellers are opposing the raise In carfare from five to eight cents on the line between Cudahy and South Milwaukee. The Increase was ordered by the state railroad commis sion. The smallpox epidemic at Walla Walla Is Improved, there being only 22 cases reported In the past month, and only five families being under quaran tine. The "On to Washington" movement of San Francisco's, unemployed army will start early this week, according to announcement at San Francisco by Charles Kelley, who Is arranging the march. Sixteen hundred men, accord ing to Kelly, already have signed for the trip and he expects 1400 more to sign up before the week's end. Two thousand University of Texas students greeted Secretary MoAdoo and Secretary Houston when they arrived at Austin. Texas, to hold a regional bank hearing. Houston was formerly president of the university. To fill the'chairmanship of the exec utive committee of the United States sugar Industry, the committeemen from California and Michigan held an election by telegraph at Ogden, Utah, and chose Judge tt. tt. Roiapp or tne Amalgamated Sugar company. The vacancy was caused by John L. How ard's death. . - - Announcement of his candidacy for governor of Ohio on the Socialist ticket at the primaries next August was made by "General". J. 8. Coxey. at Massll lion.' Ohio, who led an army of unem ployed men on a march from Massll' lion (to Washington In 1894. In the presence of throngs of shop pers Miss Elna Zimmerman, a sten ographer. Jumped from the roof of the 15 story R. A. Long building and was dashed to death, at Kansas City. It was . said she had been despondent. Hit by a motorcycle recently, John Giismer died of his 'injuries at San Francisco. Arrangements have been closed for a sardine cannery on the shore of Gal llee,,' , The packet Gem burned In the Mis sissippi and five persons perished. . Members demanded- from the floor of the reichstag that automobile speed ing laws be enforced against royalty as wen os otners. News that the navy tug Potomac, 1 missing in - the Bet of Islands. safe, reached Washington, D. C Part J of the crew reached the Newfoundland shore at Loberster head light. They , x 4 -iiis ?' Photo & I sV said the tug was fast In the ice near Rocky Point. Peter P. Hansen, former secretary of state of Minnesota and for years a state senator there, died suddenly at Warner's Hot Springs, San Diego coun ty. He had been spending the winter therer" Hansen was closely associated with James J. Hill in railroad veiftures. Six hundred lots in the townsite of Agua Prieta, Sonora. confiscated from Arturo Morales, said to be a Huerta sympathizer, will be apportioned among poor citizens by the constitutionalists. The apportionment made Sunday has been revoked because the claim was made that wealthy constitutionalists secured a choice of property. . R. M. Smith's saloon at San Jose, CaL, was 'shot up" In true wild west style at 1 a. m. by a woman who says she is the proprietor's wife and who actually is suing him for divorce, "to show she was married," she said. Wage demands of coal miners pre sented by representatives of the United Mine Workers of America were re jected at Philadelphia by the operators of western Pennsylvania. Ohio, Illinois and Indiana. The wage increase re quired would be ruinous, the mine owners said. The Wausau Paper Mill company's $1,000,000 plant at Brockaw, Wis., caught fire. Firemen and apparatus were sent to aid in the effort to save it. The Mexican federal gunboat zara- goza arrived at New Orleans from Vera Cruz, firing a 21 gun salute as -it passed Jackson barracks but without receiving any response. WEST STAYT0N HAS GOOD ROADS "BUG" West Btayton, On. Feb. 14. The reg ular meeting of the West Stay ton Commercial club Thursday evening was one of the "largest ever held here, 75 attending. John H. Hartog. of Port land, was the speaker and promised the settlers to Install an auto truck dally service next .summer to take their nroduce from the receiving- warehouse of the West Stayton Can ning company to the Salem canneries at a special rate. Another subject discussed was gooo roads and the new plan of bonding the countv for $850,900. A resolution was unanimously adopted, after discussion. to petition County Judge Bushey to consider the necessity of a model road between the Irrigation project and 8alen via Turner, the road between Stops Tobacco Habit in One Day Sanitarium Publishes Free Book Showing How Tobacco Habit Can Be Banished in Prom on to Five Days at Home. The Elders Sanitarium located at 1085 Main street. St. Joseph. Mo., has published a free book showing the deadly effect of the tobacco naoit, ana how it can be banished in from one to tivm dava m t hami. 1 Men who have used tobacco for more than 60 years have tried this method and sa it is entirely success ful, and in addition to banishing the desire for tobacco has improved their health wonderfully. This method ban ishes the desire for tobacco, no matter whether It is smoking, chewing, cigar ettes or snutr dipping. M Am thla hmk la helnar distributed free, anyone wantine a copy should send .their name and address at once. . -v. 1- rv.'i. y 'i 1 Joseph Cassidy, once Tammany Hall boss, who has been sen tenced to One year in Sing Sing for conspiracy. 2 Mayor Carter Harrison and Mrs. Harrison registering In Chi cago for the primary election. The Harrison household cook and chauffeur are also In line. - 3 -Delegation of working women who called on president Wilson recently in behalf of suffrage. 4 Charles F, Niles, the New York aviator, who jflew head down ward for a mile in a Molssant monoplane, establishing a new dare-devil record in aeronautics. 1 5 -Judge and Mrs. Beqa-Lindaey at a session of 'Denver's famous Juvenile court. 1i 6 Miss M. Mercedes Ilanly, daughter of Edward A.-Hanly of London, who will marry the Honorable Donald Forbes,1 brother and heir presumptive of the Earl of Qranard in April. ' 7 Prince Tokugawa Lyeasa to, president of the Japanese House of Peers. 8 The dreadnaught New York, the world's largest battleship, near- Ing completion at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Turner and Salem being for the greater part in good shape. MANY IN MONMOUTH HAVE SORE ARMS Monmouth. Or., Feb. 14. There are four cases of smallpox In this city and several homes are under quaran tine. To prevent further spread of the disease, the district board of edu cation recommended that pupils et the schools be vaccinated, and now the larger percentage have received the injection. Many cltlsens and normal school students are also receiving the vaccine. State Health Officer Calvin OREGON PEOPLE DISCOVER SHOfT WAY BACK TO STOMACH HEALTH Use of Mayr's Wonderful Stom ach Remedy Brings Surpris ingly Quick Results. If you want to feel well quick be sure that your stomach is alright. A very large part of human ills are cen tered in the stomach and the digestive apparatus.. Hundreds of Oregon people have found the way to health in the use of Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy, a truly remarkable remedy. The first dose proves what it will do and there is no long treatment. Here is what some Oregon people say of the rem edy: J : Mrs. W. H. Hell man. 222 Alns worth street. Portland, Or' wrote: I am be ginning to feel like a different person. I have been telling my friends about your wonderful remedy." WJ H. Oerrish. Albany. Or., wrote: "If it had not been for your medicine. I feel sure 1 would nave oeen ueaa uy 3- s.: T n mm SrJ v mm - s- ? $4 S. White was her, Thursday and In vestigated the prevailing conditions. He established a temporary of floe In the high school building, and vacci nated students and teachers. Precau tions are being taken by the city health officer and the citizens to check the contagion. ' Drilling for Oil. . Centralia. Washii Feb. 14. The Crescent Oil company began its oil drilling operations en the Server ranch near Tenino Thursday. The work of drilling la under the supervision of E. C. Miller, an engineer of long experi ence in oil field .work, The first well is being sunk near the old. Christopher well, drilled It years ago. now. I feel like a njw man." Thousands of others from, all parts of the country have written In praise of the remedy It I is known every where, because it brings results. Its record is astonishing: , ' na;ri wonaenut j eiomacn ntmniT clears the digestive! tract of mucoid accretions and removes poisonous mat- : ter. It brings swift relief to suffer-! era from ailments of the stomach. liver and bowels. Manyfaay that it 'has saved them from darfgerous operations' and many declare that it has savtd their lives. " j . , Because of the remarkable surcess of this remedy there; are many Imita tors, so be cautious. Be sure It's MAYR'S. Go to Owl company drug store and ask about jthe wonderful re sults ft has been accomplishing among people they know or eend to Oeo. II. Mayr, Mfg. 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