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ADMIRAL GEORGE PEWEY CALLED BY DEATH
WORLD EVENTS
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Happenings of Note the World Around During the Week
Reviewed for the Convenience of the Reader.
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European War.
BTTXHOS AIKES Twenty-three mer
chant ships have been sunk or
captured by a new German raider
vhose exploits, revealed Wednesday,
surpass any heretofore recorded in
the world's naval history. The Teu
tonic commerce destroyer, believed to
b the protected cruiser V'ineta, prob
ably eluded British patrols around
Germany and swept from north to
south across every Transatlantic
ocean steamship pathway. Some of
the survivors of vessels Eunk by the
raider, landed Wednesday at Pernam
buco, had been aboard the. raider 28
days indicating that the raider must
; have been operating for at least four
Weeks. Probably she has been , at
large, roaming the seas, for six weeks
or more.
Buenos Aires The list of victim
. .Vessels of the new German raider
which swept the Atlantic during the
past month was raised to 24 Thurs
day with the possibility that it may
.reach 26. Two more merchantmen.
one British and one French, are miss
ing. They probably have been cap
tured or sunk bv the Teutonic sea
terror, it was hHviui hero t t
Buenos Aires Not only the raider,
now believed to be the Moewe, but
two or more German commerce de
stroyers are still ploughing the sea
somewhere around South America and
I by this
ther
Washincton of a group of the na
tion's most powerful financiers,
headed by J. F. Morgan and F. A. Van
derlip, to shed any possible light they
may have as to how the advance news
of President Wilson's peace note
reached Wall street, was the big de
velopment of Tuesday's session of the
"leak" investigation.
Washington Title to the Danish
West Indies, latest territorial acquisi
tion of the United States, formally
passed from Denmark Wednesday
clared here Fridav
Washington The British admiralty
is working out a plan for the convoy
ing of British merchantmen through
Atlantic waters by fast cruisers and
sea-going destroyers, it was learned
Wednesday.
London The British admiralty an
nounced Wednesday the sinking of
eight British and two French mer
chantmen fcy a German raider.
Berlin A powerful offensive has
been started by the Russo-Roumanlan vice and is constitutional, in uphold
forces in the Roumanian theatre of ! ing the lower court trial resulting in
When Secretnrv of vStnto T.nneincr nnrl
lis time have probably taken fur- , Danish Minister Brun exchanged the
toll of allied shipping, it was de- ratifications of their respective gov
ernments, completing the transfer.
Washington Revenues, Including t
bond issues totaling $525,000,000, will
be raised by means of an additional
inheritance tax. an excess profits tax
Of 8 per cent on corporations and co-
partnerships, and by bomis. Demo- I
crats of the house ways and means
committee decided Tuesday.
Washington The supreme court
Monday held that the Mann white
slave law applies to non-commercial I
Are You Being Slowly
Poisoned?
Ths most eminent physicians recog
nize that uric acid stored up In the
system is the cause of gout and rheu
matism, that this uric acid poison 1
deposited in the joints, muscles or
nerve-sheath. By experimenting and
. anaylsis at the Surgical Institute in
Buffalo, N. Y., Dr. Pierce discovered
combination of native remedies thaj.
he called Anuric, which drives out the
uric .acid from the system, and in ttis
way the pain, 8welHng.-and inflamma
, tlon subside. If you are a sufferer
from rheumatism, backache, pains here
or there, you can obtain Anuric (dou
ble strength) at any drug store and
get relief from the pains and ills
brought about by uric acid.
. Swollen hands, ankles, feet are due
to a dropsical condition, often caused
-by disordered kidneys. Naturally,
""When the kidneys are deranged, the
blood la filled with poisonous uric
acid, which settles in the tissues of
: the feet, ankles, wrists or back
uratic salts, or under the eyes in bag-
Ilk formations.
It Is Just as necessary to keep the
v kidneys acting properly as to keep
A the bowels active to rid the body of
poisons.
The very best possible way to take
care of yourself is to take a glass of
, hot -water before meals and an Anuric
- tablet. In this way It is readily dls-
solved with the food, picked up by
. the Tlood and finally reaches the kid
, neys, where it has a cleansing and
tonic effect.
, Step Into the drug store and ask for
'a 10-eent package of Anuric, or send
Dr. Fierce 10 cents for trial package.
- r Anurio many times more potent than
11th la, eliminates uric acid as hot water
melts sugar. A short trial will con
vince you,---
war, it was stated Tuesday.
Iondon Convinced that there is no
prospect of a peace conference in the
immediate future, the people of Eng
land are now turning their attention
toward the next military enterprises
which the allied war council is plan
ning to launch.
PetrogTad Russian forces have
stormed and retaken the Roumanian
city of Vandeni, Wednesday's official
statement declared.
London The steamer Minnesota haa
been sunk in a collision. The Minne
sota hails from London, flies the Brit-
lsn nag, and displaces 3216 tons. The
Minnesota sank bv the head in a lock
after a collision, it was stated Monday.
Zurich Carl Ulebknecht. German
Socialist leaer. has been sentenced to
4fc years' imprisonment at hard la-
Dor and expulsion from the bar. te.
cording to Berlin advices Monday.
ixmaonKussia is exerting . aUch
tremendous pressure on the Herman
line south of Riga that it may con-
ceivaoiy nave its effect on the Ger
man progress in Rou mania.
Xjoaaon Defeat Of the florman
forces on both wings and evacuation
Dy the Teutons of Braila in Rou
manla, was announced in Petrograd
dispatches via wireless press Thurs
day. Petrograd FouV hundred and twentv
thousand German soldiers and 8770
German officers were captured by
Russian troops during the year 1916,
according to figures published by the
Service Journal Friday in reviewing
Russia's war achievements for the 12
months past.
National Capital.
Wasanazos Admiral George
Dewey's death Tuesday evening
removes one of the strongest
men in American naval history. Al
though long retired from active serv
ice. Admiral Dewev had Arvd
head of the naval board for a .number
or years. -
wasuagtoa The summoning to
convictions of Maury I. Diggs. F.
Drew Caminetti and L. T. Hayes for
violations of the law.
Washington The first move toward
preparing for the withdrawal of the
Pershinp column was made Monday.
In accordance with the tacit plan al
ready agreed upon by the war depart
ment and General Carransa, de facto
troops started moving in large num-
Ders Monday to occupy the territory
where General Pershing's men will be
back in the United States by March
1. the war department announced
Thursday.
Washington Farm production dur
ing the year 1916 broke all records
with a total value of S13, 499,000,000.
the department of agriculture an- j
nounced Thursday. This amount is
s'caici u i ,vvu,jimj wiai mat ni
1915, which was the former record,
and shows an increase over the 1914
figures of B, 554,000.000.
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In Today's Photographs
URCHELL PUTNAM, the presidential elector designated by Maine to
bring its election returns to Washington, is shown in the photo
graph above at the left handine the certified DaDers to Senator wil-
lard Saulsbury of Maryland, president pro tem of the senate. On Mr.
Putnam's right is Senator Johnson of Maine, and on his left is Senator
Fernald, who succeeded the late Senator Burleigh. Standing next to
Senator Saulsbury on the left is Mark Thistlewaite.secretary to the vice
president.
Most of the big gun positions are far behind the trenches. The
photograph,above in the middle shows the trench mortar, in action in a
French trench at Verdun. This is the big gun of the trenches. It is
used in the first line trenches just a few yards away from the enemy.
The plant of the Canadian Car and Foundry tompany, at Lynd
hurst (Kingsland), near Rutherford, New Jersey, 'was wrecked and
burned by a great explosion late in the afternoon of January 11. This
firm was engaged in manufacturing munitions for the allies.
The photograph above at the right shows the great column of
smoke rising from the wrecked and burning plant and the shells burst
ing in the burning warehouses.
Charges that embalmed beef is being fed the British soldiers in the
trenches, was made by Captain Reginald Bertram, one of the 50 surviv
ors of the Fighting Princess Patricia's own infantry, who arrived in this
country recently on the St. Paul.. Captain and Mrs. Bertram are shown
below at the left.
In the lower row is the photograph of a French sentry guarding
shells near Verdun. These shells all have a manufacture date of the
year 1914. Xhis seems conclusive proof that the French have a large
reserve supply of ammunition.
Prince Golitzin who succeeds Alexander Trapoff as Russian premier,
is the first prince who has ever served In this capacity. The prince is
a writii of fiction and a poet. He was born in i860.
Representative William R. Wood (Republican of Indiana), who
charges that Wall street profited by the president's peace note "leak,"
is shown below at the right.
urging the appropriation of $3,000,000
for a naval base at the mouth of the
Columbia river.
Oregon.
SAXiEM Oswald West's honor sys
tem, decried by Governor Withy
combo as "maudlin sentimental
ity" at the beginning of the present
administration, has come back into its
own at the Oregon state penitentiary
Warden Murphy made this known
Tuesday in aking the ways and mean
committee of the seWate for an appro
priation to carry out his improve
ments along this line.
Bold Hill By a vote of 17 for to S
against the farmers of the Gold Hill
Genera.
PTlOKIO The Japanese battle cruls- j cavalry
er rsuKuoa was sunk last Sun-
oy n KOKosuKa harbor by an xnmka Hone of flm.Hr..- tti.omi..
explosion of her magazine, caused by . er Milwaukee, agrodnd in the surf
more man 104 men were aiuea near Samoa, was virtually abandoned
break of May, 1915. began at 10:15 a.
m. Thursday. Observers who have
l.een watching the activities 'of the
mountain for two years declare the
entire crater must have opened up.
Saa Aatonio Charged with the mur
der of his beautiful wife. Crystal Hol
land Spanell, and of Lieutenant-Colo
nel Matthew C. Butler of the Sixth
United States army. HarrJ-
J. Spanell went on trial here Monday.
fire.
and 157 injured.
Pallas Northern
Texas was man-
Monday. Although the ship had been
on the sands only 48 hours, she was
beginning to break up.
I Salem The long expected "bone
I dry" bill made its appearance in the
house Tuesday morning, when the
time for Introduction of bills was
I reached. It is a long and Involved
I looking instrument, to look at it; but.
BTew Tor. George W. Perkins "blew according to Dr. Anderson, who is Its
the lid off the Republican national house father, it Is not hard to under
commlttee's executive committee Tues- j stand.
dav In a lensrthv statement aimed
I tied under seven Inches of snow Mon
I day. the heaviest fall ever recorded
for this section by the United States
weather bureau. The snow was gen-,
eral over Oklahoma - and northern
Texas, and fell as far south as Austin
and as Jar west as San Angelo.
jointly with Everett Colby of New
Jersey, declaring it was seeking to
force retirement of National Chairman
Willcox, and trying to "shift respon
sibility for Mr. Hughes' defeat from
their own shoulders where it right
fully .belongs to those of Willcox."
; tedding The - most spectacular
eruption of Mount Lassen, California's
active volcano, since the great out-
Baa rraacisoo Charges of an un
lawful combination by eight large
flour companies on the Pacific coast
to control prices to wholesaler, re
tailer and consumer were presented to
the federal authorities here Tuesday,
together . with a demand for f deral
grand Jury action. The charges were
niea oy me Berkeley citizens' com
mittee on the high cost of living, and
the firms complained of are: Globe
Milling company, Sperry Klour com
pany, Albers Bros. Miliing company.
Astoria Flour Mills company. Centen
nial Milling company, Southern Paci-
ric Milling company, C. A. Mutton
and the Washburn-Crosby company.
Legislative.
SAUGM The "trust company" bill,
which was drafted by a commlJ-
w' sion appointed by Governor Withy-
combe in accordance with a resolution
passed by the 1915 legislative assem
bly, was reported to the senate Wed
nesday by the governor and was im
mediately referred to -the committee
on banking.
Balom The fish and game commis
sion went before the joint ways and
means committee of the legislature
Wednesday night and asked for ap
propriations aggregating $89,600 which
had never been placed in the state
budget.
Salem -With but one opposing vote
the senate Monday took a crack at
high interest rates which prevail In
many of the central and eastern Ore
gon counties by passing Senator
Pierce's bill reducing the legal con
tract interest rate from 10 to I per
cent per annum, and reducing the reg
ular legal interest rate from C to 5
per cent.
Salem By unanimous vote the sen
ate Friday passed Senator Lelnen
weber'e joint memorial to congress
and Foots Creek districts created the
Gold Hill Irrigation district This
vote gives the required 60 per cent of
the votes cast. The land coming into
the district embraces about 1300 acres
lying along the south side of Rogue
river, in what is known as the River
side colony and Foots Creek district.
Ettgene Coryell pass, on the Paci
fic highway about fo.;r miles south of
Eugene, will be marked with an iron
plate by Lewis and Clark chapter. I
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion, in the near future. This is In
line with the plan recently inaugu
rated by the various chapters of this
order lo mark the pioneer trails of the
state.
Bead J. Russell Christenson. who
has been missing from his cabin on
the Deschutes national forest for the
last three weeks, was found dead last
Saturday afternoon by Ed Mann,
ranger for the .government.
The Bailee Suit was filed in cir
cuit court Thursday by O. E. Wilsosi
of Mosler. against the county court
enjoining the court from issuing the
$260,000 good roads bonds voted at
the November elect icy. It is a friendly
action.
Portland.
TBZ 1TUXE at the Northwest
Steel company was settled Tues
day. E. H. Meisner, representing
the Metal Trades council, and J. R.
Bowles, president of the plant, an
nounced the reaching of a final under
standing Tuesday morning.
Charges of fraud and deceit on the
part of officers and agents of the old
Title Guarantee & Trust company.
which went bankrupt in 1907. In re
fusing to account for and refurn real
and personal properties valued at over
$160,000, are made by Jennie C. Nat
terstad in a bill in equity to be filed
by her Monday in the United States
district court.
Drlsrlsg the contents of a two
ounce bottle of poison. Charles F.
Patton of a prominent pioneer family,
living at $93 East Thirty-third street,
ended his life last Sunday morning.
Deputy Coroner Smith, who investi
gated, announced there would be no
inquest.
According to a preliminar) report
made by the roadmaster to the board'
of county commissioners there was
expended on roads anj bridges lait
year $691,223.87. The total amount
available was $73289.
yioyd rremoat Xvelaad, an appren
tice draftsman employed at the Smith
& Watson Iron, works, committed sui
cide, apparently about 5 o'clocjt Thurs
day morning, at the home of his
brother. Ralph W. Loveland. 911 Borth
wick street, by shooting himself
through the forehead with an auto
matic pistol.
A combination of r Italian wine
and a trivial quarrel alxut whether or
not to go home brought about the kill
ing of Garnet Stark, :: yfars old, a
machinist, who resided at 119i Rural
avenue, Krrol Height, and the arrest
of James Brus o. Ifnlian laborer, on a
charge yf murder, early .Monday morn
ing. Seventeen districts were represented
I at the opening meeting of the Port
land area which convened Tuesday
morning at 10 o'clock at the First
Methodist Episcopal chtirch. Twelfth
and Taylor streets. Of this number
four represent the Oregon conference
five Puget sound conference, five Co
lumbia river conference and three
the foreign speaking conference.
Orders for tu t ween 8.000.000 and 10.-
"uv.uun ieei or lumber tc he uei m
the ont rii. t ion of 100 refrizer&tor
cars for the Pacific Fruit Express are
wing piacea by the in Ion Pacific sys
tem among the lumber mills of this
territory it was announced Wednes
day byTiarvey K. Lounsbury general
freight agent of the O-W. R. & N. Co.
n man lost his life and three mnre
had narrow' en apes from drowning
Thursday morning when a swell from
me steamer Jessie Harkina swamped
the small boat in which the four were
riding. The drowned man was An
thony Ambrose, aged 30. residing at
105 Revere street.
Premiers Head Is
Becoming Larger
London. Jar. 10. 1'. P Lloyd
George's head is a growing lnt it ut ion.
Professor J. Millet Severn a con
sulting phrenologist, -xanilned the
i-rltish premier's head lark ill li01
and foun.l It to measure nearly ZZ 1m he
around the "percept i v k." A later ex
amination showed I hut the lapse of
years has Jncrenceil the circumference
more than a quarter of an Inch.
'This goes to prove that, as the mlrrd
is exerclKtd the brain and head are
subject to a larger 'evelopment." said
Professor Severn. "This growth can
continue after the subject has reach j.1
adult age."
I WONDERFUL STUFF !
I GEE i YOU'LL LIKE IT
Apply a few drop then lift
corns er calluses off with
Angers no pain.
No humbug! Any com, whether
hard, soft or between the toe, will
loosen right up and lift out. without a
(article of psln or soreness.
This drug is railed freexone, and is
a compound of ether discovered by a
Cincinnati man.
Ask at any drug store for a quarter
ounce of freexone, which will coat but
a trifle, but is sufficient to rid one's
feet of every corn or callus.
Put a few drops directly upon any -tender,
aching corn or callus. In
stantly the soreness disappear and
shortly the corn or calluses will loos
en and can be lifted off with the fin
gers. The drug freexone doesn't eat out
the corns or calluses, but shrlveli
them without even Irritating the sur
rounding skin.
Just think! No pain at all; no sore
i.ess or smarting when applying it or
afterward. Try a little and ee for
our self.
EATING NEAT REGULAR CLOGS THE
KIDNEYS, THEN YOUR BACK HURTS
Flush your Kidneys occasionally
with a tablespoonf ul of Salts
to avoid danger.
ter before breakfast for a few daysanj
your kidneys will then art fine. This
famous salts Is made from the acid of'
grapes and lemon Juice, combined with
llthla. and is harmless to flush clogged
Most ioiks rorget tnat tne moneys., ' .
like the bowels, get sluggish mj!,"m"r- 11 auo neutralises tne aeias
clogged and need a flushing occasion-1 th" UTln" !t n longer Irritates, t
llv else we hv. heekaehe anrf lull 1 thui ending bladder disorders.
misery in the kidney region, severe! Jed Salts is harmless. Inexpensive:
headaches, rheumatic twinges, torpid ! makes a delightful effervescent lithlv
1 1 - .1 i i i I wat rlnU . tA .- .RiL4"
lire), in M ! 1 1 , nirrier.nncBl bii-i ii j i.wwn .
all sorts of bladder disorders. take now in) then to keep their kid-'
You simply must keep jour kidneys neys clean, thus avoiding serious Csb
active and clean, and the moment you j plications. ,
feel an ache or pain In the kidney re-J A wej) known local druggist says he"
H vrij awus wuae.-;e ra w e e i vtiih ss, v aaej eTMe III v a VI W I'SjF VI
Salts from any good drug store here,jiv In overcoming kidney tremble
take a tmblepoonful In a glass of wa- while if Is only trouble, ' . ,