Heppner gazette., January 07, 1909, Image 2

Heppner Gazette
Issued Thursday of Each Week
HEPPNER OREGON
RESUME OF THE
WEEK'S DOINGS
General Review of Important Hap
penings Presented in a Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers National, Political, His
torical and Commercial.
The Italian earthquake will not af
fect the fruit trade.
Heney says Harriman is behind all
San Franciso grafters.
Local option people expect that a
large part of Indiana will go dry this
year.
All hope of American Consul Cheney
having escaped the earthquake has been
given up.
Lack of funds may cause the investi
gation of New York's financial condi
tion to stop.'
Night riers of Tennessee made an
unsuccessful attempt to kill Attorney
General Caldwell.
A Japanese steamer was wrecked
off the coast of China and the surviv
ors murdered by Chinese.
Roosevelt has cabled the Italian gov
ernment offering the use of the battle
ship fleet, which is near there.
Poisoned candy has been sent through
the mails to two families at Denver.
The police are entirely at sea.
Roosevelt has sent two cargoes of
supplies to the earthquake sufferers
and will ask congress to give $500,000.
All lines of the Milwaukee road have
been reorganized under the name of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railroad company.
Heney says he is not seeking public
office.
The Italian governmen has reduced
relief work to a system.
The first step in restoring independ
ence in Cuba has been taken.
A volcano at sea and a field of boil
ing water is reported off the coast of
Georgia.
Ex-Consul Price, of the United
States, and his entire family perished
in the earthquake.
The Baltimore water front had a fire
which for a time threatened the entire
district. The damage is placed at
$200,000.
The Chinese imperial railway has
displaced almost all foreign employes
and hereafter the road will be operated
. by natives.
The government has secured evidence
that meat packers have been soliciting
rebates from railroads in the form or
damage claims.
The Hamburg-American steamship
line is preparing for a direct line from
Europe to the Pacific coast through
the Panama canal.
Every state and city in the United
States, led by the government, has
hastened to raise relief funds for the
stricken earthquake sufferers.
Postmasters throughout Great Brit
ain have started paying old age pen
sions, by which the government will
distribute $35,000,000 annually.
Venezuelan students burned Castro
in effigy.
All nations are hurrying aid to the
Italian earthquake sufferers.
For a second time vandals have loot
ed a Jewish temple at San Francisco.
Cracksmen broke into the Fowler,
Cal., postoffice safe and secured $1,300.
The number of deaths in the Blue
field, W. Va., mine disaster may reach
50.
All cities in California have joined
in a protest against the new freight
rates.
The government has secured substan
tial evidence against the beef trust at
Chicago.
The Pioneer Flour mill at Scramento
has been destroyed by fire of incendi
ary origin.
Count Boni has lost control of his
children, the court awarding them to
the mother.
James A. Finch has been convicted
at Portland of murder in the first de
gree for killing Ralph Fisher.
Two men held up a Rose Ciy park
car at Portland and secured $20, escap
ing by taking the car. They were
later arrested.
The Chicago police department and
the Law and Order league have joined
hands in a crusade to prevent society
women from gambling.
Claus Spreckles left an estate valued
at about $50,000,000.
The Yaqui Indians and the Mexican
government have arranged terms of
peace.
Cosgrove has improved so much
that he has seen several callers.
A movement has been started in Ok
lahoma to disfranchise negroes.
The county treasurer at Woon
socket, S. D., was robbed of $5,000.
An Austrian scientist believes the
greater part of Sicily will sink beneath
the sea.
A blizzard in England has tied up
railroad traffic. Several persons have
frozen to death.
UNITED STATES LEADS.
Ahead of Other Nations in Relief of
Earthquake Sufferers.
Rome. Jan. 5. The United States
is far ahead of other nations in the re
lief work. Yesterday Ambassador
Griscom succeeded in finding an Aus
trian Lloyd steamer of 8,000 tons, cap
able of carrying 1,200 passengers. He
has chartered the steamer for two
weeks, and she is being loaded with
medical supplies and provisions. This
will cost $50,000. It is expected that
the steamer will sail from Civita
Vesshi, about 50 miles from Rome, on
Thursday. It will be placed under the
orders of the Italian government.
In addition to supplies, the Amerl
can relief vessel will embark six doc
tors and twenty male and female
nurses, three of the latter being Amer
ican girls from New York who volun
teered their services.
American energy has been strongly
manifested in the work looking to re
lief of the earthquake sufferers. Am
bassador Griscom and the members of
his committee have assumed personal
responsibility for the expenses of the
expedition, relying upon the American
public for funds.
Prior to engaging the steamer the
ambassador visited Foreign Minister
Tittoni and asked him if it would be a
real service to send south a vessel
properly supplied. Signor Tittoni
answered that it would be most appre
ciated. for medical and supplies were
urgently needed.
GUNBOAT TO NICARAGUA.
Report of Revolution Said to Have
Caused Action by Uncle Sam.
Washington, Jan. 5. Reports of ex
peditionary movements in Central
America have led to a close watch of
the situation by the Washington gov
ernment and, acting under orders from
the Navy department at the request of
Secretary Root, the gunboat Dubuque
today sailed from Havana for Biue
fields. The Dubuque will touch at Key
West for supplies. Her presence in
the neighborhood of Nicaraguan terri
tory will have a reassuring effect in
the event that any trouble occurs in
that section.
At the State department it was
stated that there was no fresh advice
from Central America and no official
explanation of the gunboat s dispatch
to Nicacaguan waters was forthcom
ing. Senor Corea, the Nicaraguan
minister, said there might be some
friction, but that he did not believe
that there was any revolution forming.
Reports connecting John Moisant,
of Sa.vador, with a revolutionary or
ganization claimed to be fitting out in
Nicaragua agamst Salvador, attracted
some attention here. It was recalled
that he is one of the two men claiming
to be naturalized American citizens
who were imprisoned in Salvador and
whose lives were barely saved through
the intervention of trie government.
STORM KING GRIPS ALASKA.
Temperature Low and Several Lives
Reported Lost Near Nome.
Nome, Jan. 5. The worst storms
which have ever swept the peninsula
are in progr ess. The glass is steadily
falling and much suffering results. Ice
last night backed up into First street
and merchants were forced to move
their goods.
During the storm four Eskimos were
stranded on an ice floe. Rescue was
impossible, and they perished almost
in sight of the city. One team of
Freighter J. E. Rowe is missing, with
the driver, and much alarm is felt for
his safety.
A searching party left last night to
seek seven miners, believed to have
perished in the storm. Neither miners
nor searchers have been heard from.
From reports received there has been
much suffering everywhere in the
storm zone except at Nome.
Leased tor 5,000 Years.
Dublin, Jan. 5. The fishermen of
Lough Neagh, from the counties of
Antrim, Downs and Derry, will appeal
to the house of lords against the judg
ment of the Court of Appeal restrain
ing them frdSn fishing for eels in the
portion of the lough known a3 Tooms
bay. The action has opened up a page
of very ancient history. The plaintiff-
obtained an injunction agamst the
fishermen under a lea-e dated July 18,
1905, from the Earl of Shaftesbury,
for the residue of 5,000 years, and
this lease is the cause of the fight.
Big Army Gun Cracked.
Manila, Jan. 5. One of the 10-inch
rifled guns in the coast defense fortifi
cations on Grande island, which lies at
the entrance of Subig bay, ha? been
found to be defective, and a board of
officers has been appointed to conduct
an investigation and determine the
responsibi'ity. The weapon was but
recently placed in position and during
the firing of the first shots from it a
crack in the inner tube developed,
which renders it useless.
Riot at Relief Meeting.
Lynn. Mass., Jan. 5. A mass meet
ing of talians held in La ters hall to
raise funds for the earthquake suffer
ers, ended in a riot. The trouble was
precipitated by a Socialist Labor speak
er, who charged that funds raised for
sufferers by a previous earthquake had
been misappropriated.
Castro Very Sick Again.
London, Jan. 5. The Daily Mail's
Berlin correspondent says that Senor
Ca tro, ex-president of Venezuela, has
grown suddenly worse and will undergo
an operat or! in a few days.
NEWS NOTES GATHERED FROM
VARIOUS PARTS OF OREGON
WHAT OREGONIANS READ.
State Library Commission Gathers In
teresting Statistics.
It will undoubtedly be interesting
to the people of Oregon to learn what
hooks are generally the most popular
in the state. The Oregon Library
commission has a method of keeping
tab on the popularity of books sent
out in the traveling libraries and those
bought for the school libraries of the
state. The most popular books in the
$15,000 purchase of 190S for the pub
lic schools were: Carpenter, "North.
America"; Washington, "Up From
Slavery"; Saunders, "Beautiful Joe";
Alcott, "Little Women," "Sunbonnet
Habies' Primer"; F.ggleston, "Stories
of Great Americans for Little Ameri
cans"; Carpenter, "Kurope"; ,
"Foods; or, How the World Is Fed";
Carpenter, "South America"; Sewell,
"Black Beauty"; Andrews. "Seven Lit
tle Sisters"; Baldwin, "Fifty Famous
Stories Retold"; Carpenter, "Asia";
Defoe, "Robinson Crusoe"; Riis,
"Making of an American"; Hale. "Man
Without a Country"; Baldwin, "Amer
ican Book of Golden Deeds"; Lord,
"First Book Upon the Birds of Ore
gon"; Wyss, "Swiss Family Robin
son"; Lane, "Industries of Today."
The most popular books in the free
traveling libraries circulated through
the 100 different communities in the
state are:
Alcott. "Under the Lilacs"; Aldcn,
"Moral Pirates"; Bacheller, "Dri and
1"; Brown, "Two College Girls";
Brush. "Colonel's Opera Cloak";
Chambers, "Maid at Arms"; Fox,
"Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come";
Greene, "Pickett's " Gap"; Mitchell.
"Amos Judd"; Mtinroe, "Flamingo
Feather"; Ollivant, "Bob, Son of Bat
tle"; Rice, "Sandy"; Stoddard, "Talk
ing Leaves ; v coster, w nen ratty
Went to College ; White. "Blazed
Trail"; "Strange Stories of Colonial
Days"; "Strange Stories of 1812";
Heard, "Outdoor Handy Book";
Brady, "Border Fights and Fighters";
Brooks, "True Story of Lincoln";
Burton, "Four Amer'can Patriots";
DuChaillu, "Wild Life Under the
Equator"; Dumas, "Count of Monte
Cristo"; Kieffer, "Recollections of a
Drummer Boy"; Hornaday, "Two
Years in a Jungle"; Roberts, "Kindred
of the Wild"; Sloeum, "Around the
World in the Sloop 'Spray ' ; Steven-
son. ireasure lsianu ; i uwaues,
"Daniel Boone"; Willard, "Tramping
With Tramps ; Williams, Romance
of Modern Engineering.
There is a great amount of studying
being done in the debating clubs in
the state, and the schools and colleges
. i i- . r .. .ai:.
are busy witn discussions oi puouc
questions. The most popular subjects
for debates in Oregon just now are
the questions of:
"City Government by Commission.
Municipal Ownership of Public Util
ities, "Government Uwnersinp ot
Railroads," "Ship Subdies." "Tariff."
Trusts. Asiatic Immigration,
"Strikes." "Trades Unions," "Indus
trial Arbitration," "Injunctions,"
Woman Suffrage."
The young people of Oregon are
preparing themselves tor citizcusnip
in these debating societies. They are
devoting a good part of the time to
Oregon questions, the four state de
lating league questions this y.ar be
ing on Uregon sciiool conditions
the raising of school funds, apportion
ment of school funds, county unit of
dministration, and free text-books,
and in every debating district m the
tatc these questions are to be
threshed out. and snmenooy is going
to learn something about actual con
ditions and the means of remedying
them.
Every one seems to feel that the de
bating society is the best school for
citizenship, and it will not be long be
fore these societies are organized out
side of the schools, and each town will
have a young men's debating club for
the lawyers, doctors, clerks and other
voting men who want to get at the
facts of questions of public policy. The
old-fashioned "lyceum" was a good
school, and it ought to be renewed.
The Oregon Library commission at
Salem sends out free circulars telling
how to organize debating societies,
sends lists of questions for debates,
and tollows tins up with periodical ar
ticles and books upon the questions,
so that every one who debates may
have a chance to study the question
with the most reliable information at
hand.
Ice on Klamath Lakes.
Klamath Falls. The Klamath lakes
are entirely frozen over the first time
in several years. Ieo is being cut
that is nearly six inehos thick. Lake
Kti.inna, in front of Klamath Falls, is
affording excellent skating. On both
Lake Kuanna and LTpper Klamath lake,
fishing through the ice is meeting with
success. The steamer Klamath has been
able to make schedule time between
Klamath Falls and Tuter's landing, al
though a large ice breaker was neces
sary to make a channel.
Third Set of Teeth Appears.
Sumpter John Reinhardt, an aged
pioneer of John Day. not long ago had
removed all the teeth that remained to
him and supplied in their place a brand
new set of false teeth. Noticing that
his gums were paining him. he dis
carded the set, and not long afterward
he found that nature was providing
him with another, as well formed as
those given him in infancy. Today he
has as good teeth as ever and enjoys
life immensely.
New Building Is Voted.
Forest Grove. The Forest Grove
school district voted by a vote of 82
to nn to erect a new school building,
costing $12..r00. The population has
so increased that a ncw building is
necessary. The site and plans have
not yet been submitted, but a modern
ideal buildine will b constructed. The
present building will be used for the
intermediate grades.
CAPITOL MORE CONVENIENT
Numerous Changes in Equipment to
Greet Next Session.
Salem A number of improvements
are under way at the capitol with a
view to making conditions more com
fortable and convenient for the mem
bers of the legislature when they meet
here January 11. Secretary of State
Benson is having a telephone line in
stalled fronv the desk of the chief clerk
of the senate to the desk of the chief
elerk of the house. It is thought that
this will facilitate tho work of tho
(dorks by enabling them to communi
cate without sending a written mes
sage, as has been required in tho past.
Today two openings in tho railings
which separates the seuato floor from
the spectators' gallery wero made, so
that members or others may pass in or
out without walking through the center
of the room.
The last session of the legislature
provided for the purchase of new desks
and chairs for the senate, and a com
mittee composed of Senators Hart of
Baker, Johnson of Benton and Mulit
of Jackson, was appointed to procure,
the new furniture. This will bo here
in time for the opening of the session.
The new desks have flat tops and are
considerably larger than the old ones.
The chairs "have low backs, which will
be more convenient in some ways, but
not so comfortable to recline in.
Depositors to Get More.
La
i urancte. rrogress in unraveling
the tanerled affairs of the defunct
Farmers & Traders National Bank, of
which I. W. Scriber was cashier, is
advancing not only satisfactorily, but
even more hopefully than had been
anticinated. Receiver Walter Neidner
has stated that he has been rendered
invaluable aid by the ex-cashier. The
receiver is optimistic and has so ex
pressed himself to many of the de
funct bank's creditors. It is stated
on good authority that creditors will
receive a larger percentage of their de
posits than was first thought possible.
Divide Douglas and Lane.
Eugene. Cottage Grove business
men will possibly ask the legislature
to form a new county from the south
ern portion of Lane and the northern
portion of Douglas counties. For many
weeks the plan has been under discus
sion in Cottage Grove. The name of
t he new unit will probably be Bohemia.
If the two old counties fight the move
ment, the Cottage Grove people believe
that they will not be successful in the
legislature, but that recourse to the in
itiative at a future election will be suc
cessful. Woolen Mills Stay at Pendleton.
Pendleton. That the Pendleton
woolen mills will be retained in this
city seems almost assured by the offer
of E. Y. Judd to sell the machinery to
the Bishops, of Salem, for $5,000. The
offer will be accepted at oneo and steps
will be taken to arrange for a sub
scription of $30,000 in bonds among lo
cal capitalists. Only the questions of
a rate on electric power and a loca
tion for the mills are yet to be solved
to insure the mills to the city, for it
is believed the money will be secured
without trouble.
Directors Will Pass Judgement.
Portland Definite rews concerning
the building of the Deschutes branch
line of the O. R. & N. is expected at
the headquarters of the Harriman lines
here within a week. General Manager
J. P. O'Brien, of the lines in Oregon,
is in the East at present and will prob
ably attend the monthly meeting of the
directors. All large construction items
are referred to the directors for ap
proval before work is begun ard the
Deschutes line is awaiting approval.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Barley Feed, $27 per ton; brewing,
$2S.
Wheat Bluestem, 98c; club, 91c;
fife. 91c; red Russian, 89c; 40-fold,
0.'?c; valley, 91c.
Oats No. 1 white. $:i2 per ton.
Hay Timothy, Willamette valley,
$14 per ton; eastern Oregon, $10.5(K;
$17; clover. $12; alfalfa, $1213; grain
hav, $vifri?,.
Fruits Apnlcs. 757?:! per box:
pears, $K;1.75 per box; quinces, $1W
1.25 per box; cranberries, $14.50fal5
per barrel; persimmons, $ 1W 1.25.
Potatoes Httg 90c per cwt.; sweet
potatoes, 2tf2.1c per pound.
Onions $l(?il.25 per 100 pounds.
Vegetables Turnips, $1.25 per sack;
carrots, $1; parnsnips, $125; beets,
$1.50; horseradish, K fa. Uc per pound;
artichokes. $1.40 ner dozen; beans,
20(?722c per pound; cabbage, 1 1 3 c
per pound; cauliffcwcr. $1.25 per
dozen; celery, $4.50 per crate; cucum
bers, $2(2.50 per box; egg plant, 11c
per pound; lettuce, $lffi 1.25 per box;
parslev, 30c per dozen; peas, 17 i per
pound; peppers, 15'ff20c per pound;
oumpkins. If;" lie per pound; radishes,
30c per dozen; spinach, 2c per pound;
sprouts. 10c per pound; squash, If" "U
per pound; tomatoes, $1.50(2.
Butter City creamery, extras. 30tf?
37c; fancy outside creamery, 32jf'i35c
per pound; store. 1SV;20c.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 37'?740c;
eastern. 27f'i32'c per dozen.
Poultry Hens. l!c per pound;
spring, large, Il'if7l2c; small, l-tfe
H?c; mixed, 1 1 c ; ducks. 16'; 17c;
geese, lie: turkeys, IS';; 20c; dressed
turkeys, 20w 25c.
Veal Extra, ('ft 9?
jc per pound; or-
dinary. "fiSc: heavy. 5c.
Pork Fancy, 7 if'; 8c
per pound;
large, fi;tf;7c.
Mutton C7c per pound; lambs,
SfT; Sc.
Hops 19ns. choice. fnic pe:
. - i r t
pound: goon prime. '';ijc: inir prin
."liCc: medium,
5f; .
1907
W2c;
Uififi. lfilk.
Wocl Eastern 'cgon, average
best. ft(nlc per pouim. according to
shrinkage; valley, Mt tRc.
Mohair Choice, infglic per pound.
BLOW AT REFORM.
Chinese Regent Dismisses Yuan From
All Offices
Pekin, Jan. 4. It is the consensus
of opinion that the Manchus do not un
derstand the full significance of their
precipitate act, which resulted today
in the dismissal of Yuan Shi Kai,
crand counselor and commander in
chief of the forces. The act, however,
is attributed mainly to the regent and
is characterized as dangerous inasmuch
as it gives to the revolutionaries and
reformers an issue on the cry "China
for the Chinese."
That the situation is grave is becom
in? more and more at parent, lhata
government upheaval would folkw the
succession has been generally accepted,
but even the Chinese did not exect this
to occur before the expiration of the
hundred days of mourning.
At the conclusion of a conference
between the British, American and
German ministers today a second meet
ing of diplomats was called to include
the representatives of other powers,
in the hope of formulating a concerted
program of action. It was realized at
the first meeting that Japan was the
doubtful element and there was a geh
eral conviction that the powers would
not be able to take any definite steps
before further developments.
GOOD FOR FORAGE.
Wizard Burbank Succeeds With His
Thornless Cactus.
Los Angeles, Jan. 4. The official
reports on the first summer's field cul
tivation of the Burbank thornless cac
tus were issued today by the Western
Empire, an agricultural journal which
has had charge of extensive experi
ments on the new forage plant.
With the exception that one lot
planted in the Indio desert nearly per
ished from the effects of excessive al
kali in the soil, the average results are
pronounced successful. The largest
tests were made upon the hardy thorn
less varieties, which Luther Burbank
collected from all parts of the world,
and of these varieties large quantities
will be distribute 1 this year to those
who will make experimental tests with
them.
The report concludes that thornless
varieties have to be fenced to protect
them from rabbits, but that the early
fears expressed that they would revert
to the old habits of growing thorns
have been dispelled by this year's re
sults, as the propagation is not from
seed, but from cuttings, which, accord
ing to all botanical law and history,
rigidly conform to the features of the
parent plant.
The uses as a fodder for the family
cow and for poultry upon the small
tracts where personal attention is giv
en seem to have been fully established.
DEAD AT MESSINA 115,000.
Estimates Increase Total of Losses
by Earthquake.
Rome, Jan. 4. Exact statistics of
the dead and surviving in the earth
quake district are still impossible to
obtain, because ell dead bodies buried
under the ruins have not yet been ex
cavated. It is equally impossible to
make any accurate count of the surviv
ors, for they are today scattered from
one end of the country to the other.
The only figures that can be given re
reached by calculating the total popu
lations before the disaster and sub
tracting therefrom the numbers that
are supposed to have survived. The
result is, of course, approximate.
On this basis is made the estimate
that about 25,000 reople have left Mes
sina and the communae. As the total
population of the city and communae
was about 155,000, and as there are
still about 15,000 people still in the
district, the dead probably number
close to 115,000.
The victims are increasing daily, not
only through the dying of the injured,
but also by the many suicides commit
ted by the desperate survivors.
Harriman Lines Extended.
Chicago, Jan. 4. Extensive work on
the Harriman lines, officials say, is to
be pushed during the com'ng summer.
The Southern Pacific is to build north
on an air line from Denison, through
Topeka to Lincoln, Neb. The Union
Pacific is to build a double track line
from Omaha through Lincoln, connect
ing with the present Union Pacific
main line at Central City, Neb. Ar
rangements are being completed by
General Manager Mohler, of the Union
Pacific, for the Central City cut-off
through Lincoln.
Used Dead Man's Name.
Los Angeles, Jan. 4. One of the
smoothest swindles that has been work
ed in the West is being perpetrated on
merchants of the Pacific- coast by an
unknown m?n, who is floating checks
ostensibly given by W. A. Cowden, ex
clerk of the Supreme court of the state
of Tennessee. The latter, according
to advices from Nashville, has been
dead several years. When a check
was returned from Nashville with the
statement Cowden had departed.
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Crooks Make Heavy Haul.
Los Angeles, Jan. 4. A Los Ange
les thief began the new year with what
is doubtless the heaviest haul, weight
c nsidered, ever made in this state.
Hp got away with 100 tons of coal, val
ued at $1,500, from the yards of the
Black Canyon Coal rompanv, on South
Alameda street. The greater part of
tbo rnv. for blacksmiths, was valued
at $17.50 per ton.
ITALY'S EFFORTS
TURN TO RELIEF
Sufferers Being Attended to In More
Systematic Manner.
Hundreds of Dangerous Criminals Be
ing Arrested by Troops Latest
Estimate of Dead Exceed 200,000
Slight Shocks Continue and
Tottering Walls Fall.
Rome, Jan. 2. Although graphic
stories are coming into Rome of the
horrors in Southern Italy and Sicily,
these are but repetitions of individual
tragedies already recorded. What
chiefly concerns the government and
the people is the progress that is being
made toward the relief of those who
have suffered by the dread visitation.
Considerable advance in this respect
has been made at Messina, where, ac
cording to official reports received here,
the supply service is beginning to work
satisfactorily. The different region
of the coast have been allotted to vari
ous warships and other ships as centers,
from which torpedo boats and launches
may distribute rations and water to the
different villages.
Slight shocks were felt in the earth
quake zone today, completing the ruin
of the crumbling buildings. These
shocks keep up the alarm of the popu
lation. One quite severe shock was
felt at 3 o'clock in the morning and
another at 9 o'clock. Fires are still
burning, although much rain has fallen.
The latest investigations on both
sides of the straits make it certain that
many more than half the population of
the coast towns and villages have been
killed. Professor Ricco, director of
the observatory at Mount Aetna, esti
mates that the victims of the earth
quake exceed 200,000.
Hundreds of dangerous criminals
have been arrested by the troops and
arre under close guard.
Great relief was felt here when the
announcement was made that the
Lipari islands, which were reported to
have disappeared with their population
of 28,000, suffered little or no damage
from the earthquake.
CULGOA WILL GIVE SUPPLIES
Has
Much Food Which
Will Not Need
Battleships
Washington, Jan. 2. A more care
ful scrutiny of the data showing the
stores aboard the naval supply ship
Culgoa, now at Suez, discloses quanti
ties of staple articles, much of which
it is thought will not be required by
the battleships. This cannot be de
termined finally, however, until the
vessels reach Suez. The data have
been laid before 'Secretary Newberry,
who is keeping the State department
advised regarding the location of the
ships and available food resources. As
in the case of the battleships, some
time must elapse before the Culgoa can
reach the earthquake region.
Today the Navy department was in
communication with Admiral Sperry,
who said that he would want 25,000'
tons of coal for his hips at Port Said,
where the program of the Navy de
partment contempliated their coal'ng.
Contributions for the earthquake
sufferers continue to arrive at the
American Red Cross headquarters.
Miss Mabel T. Boardman, a member
of the executive committee, was at
headquarters today supervising the
work there.
OCTOPUS BEGS OFF.
Standard Oil Seeks Relief Fro-n Mis
souri Rulings.
Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 2. In a
motion for a rehearing in the Missouri
ouster suit against it, filed in the Su
preme court here today, the Standard
Oil company of Indiana asked to be al
lowed to remain in Missouri as long as
it conforms to rules and regulations
that may be laid down by the court.
An appeal was also filed wih the
court for a remittance of the fine of
$5,000 imposed on the Republic Oil
company, on the ground that this com
pany has gone out of business.
The action for a rehearing and the
appeal are signed by Alfred 1). Eddy,
of Chicago, and Frank Hagerman, of
Kansas City, attorneys for the com
pany. Mr. Hagerman will leave for
New York tomorrow to consult with
the chief officers of the company.
While the company has filed a motion
for a rehearing, it is said that the
Standard Oil attonrneya will seek a
modification of the recent decision of
the Supreme court. Attorney General
Hadley will not consent to a modifica
tion of the decision unless the Supreme
court orders it.
South Gets Drier.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 2. State-wide
prohibition laws went into e ffect yes
terday in three southern states North
Carolina, Mississippi and Alabama.
Georgia is the only other state wherein
statutory prohibition exists. A new
law which seeks to regulate the liquor
traffic in Louisiana became effective
yesterday, and although the law is not
so sweeping in its terms as a state-wide
measure, prohibitionists contend that
it will drive saloons out.
Earth's Crust Sinking.
P.altimore, Dec. 31. Dr. Harry
Fielding Reis, professor of geological
physics at Johns Hopkins University
and one of the leading authorities in
the United States on seismic disturb
ances attributes the eartlupnkc in
southern Italy to a pcncral dropping
or sinking of the earth in that locality.