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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1912)
CURRENT EVENTS | OF THE WEEK Doings of the World at Large Told in Brief. ------------- Qeneral Return« of Important Events Presented In Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. Bulgarian forces are unable to lo cate the Turkish army. Vice President'Sherman is seriously ill at his.home in Utica, N. Y. Attorneys of the country are plan ning radical reforms in court proceed- ure. The cruiser Baltimore has been ordered to be ready to sail within 48 hours to a secret destination. A plot has been discovered to kidnap the czar of Russia and force him to abdicate the throne, and also to kill the crown prince. * Germany will require plenty of life boats, skilled oarsmen, and wireless telegraph on all passenger ships fly ing the German flag. Roosevelt granted first interview to newspaper men since the attempt upon bis life, and announces his intention to re-enter the campaign. BOILER WRECKS BANK. Five irjured. Two Probably at Salem, Oregon, Fatally, Salem, Or.—W. G. East, cashier of the Salem Bank <& Trust company, was horribly mangled and probably fatally injured; two others were ser iously injured, one perhaps fatally, and others suffered slight injuries, in 1 a boiler explosion in the bank building shortly after noon Tuesday. The in jured: W. G. East, cashier Salem Bank 4 Trust company, injuries probably fa tal. Harry Ahlers, son of president of bank, dangerously and may be fatally injured. I. B. Muchmore, publisher Salem Buyers’ Guide, seriously injured and may lose eyesight L. H. Roberts, director of the bank, blown through window, but only cut about the face and arms. A. L. Brockman, Portland, injured about the eyes, but not seriously. The cause of the explosion is more or less shrouded in mystery. What is considered as the only plausible ex planation is the probability of water in the boiler being low and cold water turned in, resulting in the explosion. Mr. East had gone into the base ment. attracted by rising steam, and it is thought he may have turned the cold water into the boiler. His con dition was such following the accident that he could give no explanation. His injuries seem to preclude little possibility of his surviving. Letters received at Salem, Or,, APPLES HURT BY FROST. state that there is a scarcity of wheat in the Middle West, and the Pacific Coast is looked to for the main supply. Wenatchee Growers Will Suffer Loss This Season. Fred S. Newman, fourth son of a Wenatchee, Wash.—For the first Scotch baron, married a bindery girl at Moose Jaw, Canada, against the time since apple growing assumed wishes of his father and was disin commercial proportions in the Wen herited. atchee valley, growers will lose from The last vessel to leave St. Mich frost this season. For five nights the aels, Alaska, for the season, has ar mercury steadily descended, reaching rived at Seattle, and reports that she a maximum of 25 degrees. It is es was unable to take all the passengers timated that 1,500,000 boxes of late who wanted to come out, so many will have to stay all winter or come out apples are still on the trees, and many with dog teams to more southerly of these will be hurt for shipment. It is impossible to form an estimate of ports. the approximate loss, but experts on Vera Cruz is not damaged during fruit growing say it will be heavy. the fighting between rebels and loyal Two unusual conditions have com troops. bined to cause the loss. This year’s crop matured slowly and harvest is It is announced that the Santa Fe two weeks later than usual. Further railroad now has over 31,000 stock more, the cold weather came earlier holders. than usual and was preceded by rains, Berlin women renew raids on butch which increased the humidity. Apple er shops which refuse to handle im shipments continue from this point at the rate of 50,000 boxes daily. Two ported meats. thousand carloads remain to be Leather has been extensively used shipped. in the construction of a new model fly EXACT TIME BY WIRELESS. ing machine. General Felix Diaz, captured leader of the Mexican rebels at Vera Cruz, Establishment of Precise Longitude of Two Hemispheres Possible. with his aides, are ordeaed to be shot. Paris—The exact time at a given The German reiehstag is consider ing giving pensions to mothers who are moment in America and Europe will too poor to care for their children. be established shortly by wireless tel egraphy. About the middle of No Many Turks drowned themselves af ter defeat at Marasch, believing the vember it will be possible for the first time u7estab)ish with precision the Bulgarians massacred all prisoners. Turks insist the loss of Kirk Kiles- longitudes of America and Europe in sah is unimportant, though they their relation to each other by the ex fought desperately three days to hold change of wireless signals between it. the great station at Arlington, Va , The reported sickness of the crown and the Eiffel tower in Paris and prince of Russia is said to be in other European stations. Commissioner H. H. Hough at the reality a knife wound inflicted by a International Time conference here, Nihilist. Conservative reports insist that the declared that the observatory in Turkish army is well drilled, equipped Washington was now distributing and capable, and outnumbers the op time with errors of only one-thous andth of a second. Hitherto Euro posing allied armies. pean and American time has been es tablished by cable, allowance being PORTLAND MARKETS made for loss of time in transmission, and it has been fixed only three times Wheat — Track prices: Club, 78c; —in 1866, 1870 and 1872. bluestem, 82|c; forty-fold, 78@79c; red Russian, 76c; valley, 79c. Weight of Carat Reduced Hay — Timothy, choice, 3176/18; New York—Fifty leading jewelers No. 1, 316; oat and vetch, 312; alfal of the United States voted to adopt fa, 312; clover, 310; straw, 366/7. the metric carat as the standard of Corn—Whole, 338; cracked, 339. Milistuffs—Bran, 322 ton; shorts, weight for diamonds. Under the new standard a carat will weigh 200 milli 324; middlings, 330. Barley — Feed, 324(0,24.50 ton; grammes; under the old its weight is brewing, 3276/28; rolled, 3266/27.50. 205.3 milligrammes. The reduction is Oats—White, 325 ton ; gray feed, 2J per cent. The change will become effective July 1, 1913. The new stand 324.50; gray milling, 325.50. F Fresh Fruits — Apples, ordinary, ard weight is known as the interna 50c6/31-50 per box; peaches, 356/50c; tional carat and is in use all over the pears, 31.25<Q1.35; grapes, 90c6/31; world except in England, Holland, Bel cranberries, 39.50 per barrel; casa- gium and the United States. Congress will be asked to make it the legal carat. bas, 75e@31.50 per dozen. Onions—Oregon, 31.106/1.25 sack. Mrs. Cleveland jWill Marry. Potatoes — Jobbing prices: Bur banks, 75c per hundred. Princeton, N. J. — Mrs. Grover Vegetables — Beans, 10c pound; Cleveland authorizes the announce cabbage, Italic; cauliflower, 40c6z, ment of her engagement to Thomas 31.25 per dozen; celery, 2561,75c; cu Joseph Preston, professor of archaeol cumbers, 50(Q60c; eggplant, S1.25@ ogy and history of arts at Wells col 1.50 per box; head lettuce, 90c per lege. Mrs. Cleveland is a graduate of dozen; peppers, 6/Q 8c pound ; sprouts, Wells college and has been a trustee 8c; tomatoes, 75c<®31 per box; car of that institution since 1887. Her rots, 31.25 per sack; turnips, 31; wedding to President Grover Cleve beets, 31.10; parsnips, 31.25. land during bis first administration, Eggs—Fresh locals, candled, 406/ was one of the noteworthy events in 42Jc per dozen; Eastern, 30(Q35c. the history of the White House. Butter—Oregon creamery, cubes, Great Battle is Brewing. 35}c pound; prints, 88je. Pork—Fancy, 11c pound. Chicago — Cable dispatches to the Veal—Fancy, 124c pound. Chicago Daily News from Constanti Poultry—Hens, 146/14Jc; broilers, nople on the one hand and from Sofia 14@14}c; ducks, your.g, 136/14c; on the other, agree that the success of geese, 11c; turkeys, live, 186/20c; the allies against Turkey thus far have been only steps leading up to dressed, 25c. Hops—1921 crop, prime and choice, what is expected to be a terrific battle between Adrianople and Constanti 18@20}c pound. Cattle—Choice steers, 86.7561,6.85; nople, in which the Turks will make good, 36.25^/6.65; medium, 866/6.75; their master effort to save their cap choice cows, 366/6.50; good, 35.501Q ital and the ultimate victory. 5.75; medium, 856/5.25; choice cal Man Insures His Funeral. ves, 37(547.85; good heavy calves, 36 25(Q7; bulls, 836/5; stags, 34.756/, Seattle—Charles Brandt, 40 years old, of Everett, took out a policy a 5.25. Hogs—Light, 38.25ra8.50; heavy, month ago insuring his funeral, and Wednesday hfs body was found float 176)7.50. Sheep — Yearlings. 84.256/4.75; ing in Elliott bay, wear the Off man wethers, 33.50614.65; ewes, 32.7564 dock. The body had been in the wa ter several weeks. 8.80; lambs, 33.85@5.70. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE AUIO ROAD NEARLY READY. WILL FOUND IDEAL FARM. BULGARIANS CUT RAILWAY, Reported Capture of Line Between 8ofia and Constantinople. Paris A »pecial Rome dispatch says advices were received there say ing that Scutari had'capitulated. REBEL LEADERS WILL BE SHOT Diaz and Three Associates Con demned by Court Martial Cost of Portland-Hood River Boule Wealthy Portlander to Demonstráis Athens Thu Greek army In Epirus Burbank Products Free. vard Lass Than Estimates. has occupied the passes of Ix/uros and Portland—A plan for the most im Penteplgedia, on the road to Janina. Hood River—With the exception of work to be done at points where the portant lift ever given the Oregon Ixmdon -A brief Sofia dispatch an roadway will run short distances over movement for better farming is an nounces what may prove to be the Four Others Del Prison Benlenoa the right of way of the O.-W. R. & N. Public Censures Manner of company, the Portland-Hood River nounced by Martin Winch, well known most important move of the victorious Bulgarian army so far the capture of Conducting Trials. automobile boulevard has been con Portland capitalist. structed and the convicts, under the That to serve his purpose, Mr. Eski Baba. The dispatch describes this town as supervision of Adani Shorgen, are at Winch has bought one of the most at an important position on the main line work east of Shell Rock extending the Vera Crus — Geperal Feliz (Dias, tractive and valuable tracts in the between Adrianople and Constanti road toward Viento. The construc leader of the recent revolt here, and district immediately east of Mount nople, bu fails to say whether the Major Zerate, Colonel Antonio Migoni tion of the road around the mountain of loose stone was cheaper than had Tabor became known this week. Here Bulgarians are in actual pOMMSlun of and Lieutenant Lima, officers under If they aru Diaz in hia attempt to overthrow the been anticipated. Murray Kay, who the object lesson farm will be estab the railway station. conducted the work, declares that it lished. So big is the scheme that a astride the railway nt this point, they government, were condemned to death have cut the communication between by court-martial. will not consume the whole of the 310,000 fund donated for the purpose year will be required in equipment Constantinople and Sofia. Lieutenant Camacho, Captain May With 4000 Turkish troops now in en, of the rurale guard, end Captain by S. Benson, the wealthy Portland alone. Luther Burbank, famous plant Adrianople, it had been Mppoaed the lumberman. wizard, will co-operate directly with Hermilio Martines were sentenced to The road district, in which are lo Mr. Winch in making the plan a suc Turkish forces after the fall of Kirk ten years’ imprisonment each, and Klleaseh were holding the line from cated the stations of Wyeth and Cas cess. Services of experts from the Kulesburgas to l.ulehburgas, a short Gabriel Rainos, customs collector, and cade Locks, has completed and graded Hernan Arostegul, censor of tele and surfaced the highway between the department at Washington are to be distance east of Eski Baba. graph, were sentenced to two years* secured. W*ith Mr. Winch will be two points. The stretch of road, imprisonment. Nine other officers more than six miles in length, forms a associated the state’s leaders in the INVENTOR TO GAIN FORTUNE and civilians were allowed to go free. roadway now ready for use. Within The court-martial, which was pre encouragement of "demonstration ed a short time travel from this city will Harnessmaker Offered Big Price for sided over by General Davila, sat in ucation" as a means of co-operating be able to reach Cascade Locks. At secret session from 2 o'clock Saturday Riveting Machine. present short stretches between here with the Agricultural college and to morning until 3:35 o'clock Sunday aid in peopling and developing Oregon. Chicot Cal.—J. B. Archer, a har and Shell Rock are impassable. The The sentences reused a Before allowing any part of the nessmaker of this city, has been morning. county will extend the road from Cas sensation. A great crowd, including cade Locks to the Multnomah county plan to become public, Mr. Winch has granted patents to the Archer auto- relatives and many friends of the ac definitely arranged al) its details. He matte riveting machine, which will line next year. will leave immediately for a tour of revolutionize the copper riveting busi cused men, assembled outside the the East, during which he will make ness of the world. It is the only ma building where the court sat and NEW MILL AT OTTER ROCKS. a large outlay in the best bred live chine that will place the copper rivet waited for hours the findings. General Davila refused to acknow stock, the most advanced farm equip in leather, cloth and canvas. Agents of the Northwest Large Plant Indicates Some Future ment. Heretofore the copper rivets used in ledge the orders of the district judge Farm Development company, the cor overalls, mail bags, gloves and har to suspend the proceedings in the case Railroad Building. porate name of the new enterprise, ness goods have been placed there by of General Diaz and Major Zerate. Newport—A new sawmill plant is will search throughout the nation and hand. The nearest approach to ma General Beltran, military commander to be located at Otter Rocks. The abroad for the best specimens of chine work has been an appliance to of the zone, accepted a writ of habeas promoters of it are Messrs. Crane, horses, cattle and hogs. punch the holes and then hand opera corpus and suspended the executions, Case and Marsters, of Roseburg, al "We propose to prove that A-1 tors placed the rivet and with ham leaving the prisoners temporarily at though, it is reported other interests method farming will pay. We are not the disposition of the district court. mer and anvil aet therfi in place. are financing the planL The boilers, otherwise interested in commercializ It is thought probable that Colonel The machine invented by Archer two 80-horsepower each, a trimmer and ing the plan,” explained Mr. Winch, Migoni and Lieutenant Lima will be does the whole work, and where it edger and other equipment are now en who for many years ran the famous took one hand operator one minute shot without much more ado. route to Otter Rocks, about 12 miles Ladd and Reed farms. simply to punch six holes, the Archer up the coast from Newport. The ca "We will establish a dairy of 60 machine will punch the holes and CLO8ING IN ON TURKS. pacity of the mill will be from 25,000 cows upon a scale that will prove that place the rivets securely at the rate of to 30,000 per day. certified, absolutely pure milk can be 75 a minute. Archer worked aix Allied Armies Continue March of Con- There is much speculation going produced, delivered and sold at a years on his invention. He has been around as to the object of putting in profit. While in the East I will visit quest Toward Capital. offered by the Levi Strauss overall such a plant at this particular point. the world's dairy show at Chicago, London -The awitfnesa and effi people, of San Franicisco, 320,000 for While Otter Rocks is certainly a prepared to buy. the exclusive use of the machine in eiency of the onward movement of the charming place for a summer retreat, "I will go into the poultry business the overall business alone, and an armies of the allied Balkan states ia and there is a demand for lumber for for all it is worth. We will secure other man in the East has offered him making Europe open her eyes. From building cottages, yet this demand is between 3000 and 4000 of the beat 315,000 for a half interest in the pat the north and all along the line from limited, and a mill of this class would bred hens and will sell stamped eggs. Greece on the south they are crowding ent. cut more lumber within a few days "I have nearly closed a deal for the back the boundaries of the Ottoman than would supply the needs for a best Clydesdale sire and two mares in NINETEEN STRICKEN BLIND. empire in Europe. The often predict year to come. It is also too far from America. They will be placed on the ed and long delayed day when the any shipping point to make shipping object lesson farm. Sheep ana hogs Loss of Sight Results After Expos Turk will have his back against the the output a possibility. of the best breeding will be purchased wall seems at hand. ure to Electric Rays. The only feasible solution of the and put on the farm. The two pivotal points of Turkey’s The object problem seems to be that it is being lesson farm will represent the best Anderson, Ind.—Nineteen persons defense on. the north were Adrianople located there with a view to railroad stock, the best planta, the best equip are reported to have been stricken and Uskup. The Bulgarian army in building in the near future, when it ment, the best buildings, not only of blind as a result of gazing at a light the East has defeated the Turks at would be conveniently available for Oregon, but of the nation. caused by workmen welding with an Kirk Kilissrh. which ia the strongest cutting railroad material. "We are now getting into touch electrical process on a trolley wire, outpost of Adrianople, and appears to with the best known breeders of according to local physicians who were have almost invested that fortress. Several CREAMERY FIELD IS OPEN. horses, cattle, pigs, sheep and chick called to treat the cases. The Servian army in the West ens in Oregon. We are inviting them who saw the light were not stricken walked into Uskup without opposition. The Turkish garrison there withdrew John Day Valley Residents Offer Bus to have this part in the farm: That until several hours afterwards. John Hagel, of Hamilton, Ohio, was on the railway toward Saloniki. How they send to us specimen« of their iness for Big Plant best animals of whatever kind. We playing cards in a lodgeroom, when he far it intends to retreat, and why, are Prairie City — The people of the will represent them. The newcomer to shoved back his chair and exclaimed, questions. The only answer to the John Day valley have long been ship Oregon, the prospective investor, the "I’m going blind.” He was assisted last queation is that the strength and ping out to a distance of more than settler, can then come to the farm and to the home of his mother, and had supplies of the garrison did not justify 125 miles the cream product of its in panorama see what Oregon has for not regained his sight at last accounts. an attempt to mako a stand. hundreds of blooded dairy cows and him. It will all be assembled there. Virtually all the 19 reported to physi Events about Adrianople are even shipping back from a like distance "I will have made a profile map. cians are being kept in dark rooms. more important. The Bulgarians ap practically all the butter for its own On it will be shown just where every A local eye specialist said that in parently are proceeding successfully consumption, thus paying two freights thing on the farm is. The model of each case attended by him the inside with the investment of the fortress. on thiB prime table necessity. the dairy buildings, for instance, will of the eyelid was greatly irritated. The Turkish army which was defeated Such a business anomaly cannot ex have glass roofs so that the viewer He gave as hie theory that the pe at Kirk Kilisaeh did not fall back upon ist when the facts become known to can look within and see just how culiar rays of light given out by the Adrianople, according to Intest re those who are seeking locations for every operation is performed. The welding process caused the quick de ports, but took the road to the south, creameries, and a movement is on foot same means of learning our plan for velopment of bacteria, already lodged where it could connect with the rail looking to the establishment of a fac loganberries, and all other small in the eye. and blindness resulted. way to Constantinople. tory. There are already more than fruits, the grains and grasses, the Outlaws Pillage Villages. 300 dairy cows in the valley and the livestock, will be afforded.” Picture Shows Credited herds are increasing from year to Athene—Crown Prince Constantine The work of the object lesson farm, Washington, D. C.—The cause of year. With the finest water power says Mr. Winch, will not be restricted, in a message from Kosam, northwest temperance has found a new ally in imaginable, an abundance of the best to food crops. An entire department of the town of Servia, says: pasturage for dairy cows and a home will be given over to floriculture. "When we entered the town to es the moving picture show, members of Columbia Excise market for butter at good prices, Specimens of all native Oregon flow tablish headquarters the inhabitants the District of Board are inclined to believe, after there is no doubt that those interested ers will be grown. including the school children, lined Rosea will be will meet with success in the quest given especial attention, and, by mak the streets cheering, waving flags and receiving reports from its saloon in spector to the effect that proprietors for a practical creamery enterprise. ing it a supply station for the entire throwing laurels upon the soldiers and of drinking establishments are com United States, the farm will give conducted us to the cathedral, where a plaining of a falling off in business. New Cannery Projected. Portland better than ever the name, te duem was sung.” It is said a number of proprietora From Arta it is reported that Turk Florence—Steps are being taken to “Rose City.” place the blame on the moving picturo ward the formation of a stock com In the same way horticulture will ish and Albanian bands are following theaters, assertng that the heads of pany to operate a fruit and vegetable ! be carried on. Experts will be placed the Turkish army, pillaging Christian poorer families, instead of dropping cannery here. George Melvin Miller, in charge of the orchards, in the same villages and massacreing the inhabi Into the corner saloon after dinner, tants. They have burned several vil of Eugene, who owns intereste here, way that proficient men will be given take their wives and children to a lages. has offered to put up a water-front charge of other departments. 5-cent theater. building and give a five-year lease, “This will not be for selfish bene Shingle Mills Open. rent free, if the company will put in fit, ” said Mr. Winch. “We will go Germany Will Be at Fair Seattle — All the shingle mills of the necessary machinery and operate from farm to farm, learning condi Berlin—It ia expected that the Ger the cannery for this length of time. t tions there. It we find a man with Washington which have been shut The soil and climate here are well an old orchard we will offer to top his down for 30 days to steady the mar man government will soon announce suited to growing of berries and small trees and graft thereon as many cut ket, which showed signs of weaken its decision to participate in the Pan fruits, as well as apples, prunes, etc. tings as are necessary to renew that ing, resumed operations Monday morn ama-Pacific exposition at San Francis Huckleberries and evergreen black orchard, his part of the compact being ing. Leading manufacturers and job co in 1915. The appointment of a berries abound here in a wild state, an agreement to scientifically tend the bers said that the cessation of cutting permanent exposition commission is and, with the large amount of vegeta trees thereafter.” brought about improved conditions in not favored, but it was virtually decid bles which can be easily grown here, the trade, although better results ed during the visit here of Count von this bids fair to be a very profitable would have been obtained if the cur Bernstorff, the German ambassador at Gardiner-Coos Bay Line Building enterprise. tailment had not come between the Washington, that Germany, for politi Gardiner—Work on the new line of fall and spring buying seasons, when cal and commercial reasons, could not railroad between Gardiner and Coos Rye Averages 40 Bushels all the heavy orders had been given afford to hold aloof. There is a luke Kiamathl Fal|s—Forty bushels of Bay is quite active. About 60 men and new ones were not ready. warm feeling in big industrial and manufacturing circles, however. rye an acre from 20 acres and 37* and several teams are at work chang ing the course of Schofield creek near California Voters Many. bushels an acre from 40 acres are re the site of the big tunnel. The rail Man to Wed Again at 82. Sacramento—The total registration ported by farmers near Malin in this road company has bought the land on for the November election in Califor Los Angeles—Robert Allen, of Po- county. The usual yield is about 20 both sides of the creek from the ap nia is 988,706. Those figures are the mona, a wealthy man known widely bushels. Reports continue to come in proach to the tunnel, fully a mile of total of a compilation completed by throughout Southern California, ob of phenomenal yields of wheat, many creek bottom, for dumping ground. Frank Jordan, secretary of state. Ix»s tained a marriage license for himself fields being reported as yielding 25 to 40 bushels to the acre. Joseph Vic The tug L. Roscoe, owned by Porter Angeles county has overwhelmingly and Mrs. Sarah Ashcroft, of this city. Brothers, arrived in the Umpqua the largest registration, the figures Allen is 82 years old, but active as a torin, of Malin, has the record for in crease. He imported a peck of im river a few days ago towing a large from that county overtopping the com boy. He was divorced not long ago bined total of San Francisco and Ala from his second wife, and the bride to proved variety of barley, sowed it for barge loaded with supplies. meda counties. The figures are: Ix>s be is his sister-in-law. She Is not seed, sowed that seed again this year Snow on Hills of Hood River. Angeles, 259,115; San Francisco, many years younger than he. They and the yield Is about 600 bushels. were childhood friends and school Hood River — A cold wave swept 134,688; Alameda, 92,385. Alfalfa Seed Ready for Market. mates in Derbyshire, England. over the Hood River valley and the Tuberculosis War Urged, Vale—The alfalfa seed in the Mal heavy rain was turned into enow in Potato Shipping Rule Suspended. New York—Sermons to stir church heur valley is nearly all threshed and the foothills surrounding the valley. ready for the market. Although there It is reported that snow fell in some goers to realize that the white plague Washington, D. C.—A proposed rule has been little demand for seed as yet of the orchards of higher altitude. It is as much a social as a medical prob of Western railroads that potatoes will it is expected that the farmers will Is a rare occasion to have snow fall lem and to arouse them to practical not be taken for shipment between have no trouble in disposing of it a here during October. The Indians’ efforts to stay the disease were November 15 and April 15 unless the little later on. The seed Is better prophecy that there will be a hard preached from probably 100,000 pul- shippers line th* ears and supply than was expected owing to the light winter this year is beginning to be pita in churches of every denomination stoves, was suspended by the Inter frost that occurred last month. throughout the land Sunday. realize!. state Commerce commission. f s, 4