5STON jLEADER
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WESTOX, OHEOON, FRIDAY, VIX'KMIIKII 4, 1014.
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BRITISH WARSHIP BLOWS
IP; 800 OF CREW PERISH
r President Hopes for Lasting Peace
Sheernesaf Eng., vl London The
British battleship Bulwark u de-
' etroyed by terrific explosion m ah
lay off her Thursday. There war
! only 14 lurYlvom from tha craw of 700
I or 800 man wbo war aboard.
In tha opinion of naal man It waa
an Internal aiploalon that put an and
Wilson presses flop. J hat BMJSJ
for Colorado Miners.
Side Will See Duty to Com
munity and Keep Unity.
Washington. D. C-Presldent Wll
aon announced Monday tha appoint
ment of Sath Uw, of New York
Cbarlca W. Mill, of rhllaiolphla, and
Patrick CI May. of Clearfield. Fa., u a
(aalon through which future dlf
fvrvncM botwaen oaratora and minora
Inrolved in tha preacnt Colorado atrlka
mav ba aattlod.
Tha commlaalon, ofllclala explained,
waa not annolntod to deal with the ex
lating dlhrenca which have cauavd
rioting and bloodihed In Colorado.
Hywal Davia and W. R. Falrley,
the conclllatora who have been at
temptlns to aettle the atrike for aev
oral month, will continue In their ef
fort to have the operator and miner
agree on aottlcment of the preacnt
atrike.
In (tatement announcing the ap
pointment of the commlaalon, tha
Ifeaident exprnmied "the very earneat
and linear hope that the partle may
ae It not merely to their own boat In
tereat, but alo a duty which they owe
to the communitiea they aerve and to
the nation itaelf to make UN of tlii
a Inatrumentality of peace and render
atrlkea of the kind which ha threat
ned the order and prosperity of the
great Bute of Colorado thing of the
mat."
The Prealdont announced In hi
atatement that the commission will
place Itself "at the service alike of the
miners and the operator of the mine
of Colorado In case controversy be
tween them ahould In the future de
velop circumstances which would ren
der mediation the obvloua way of
peace and just settlement."
Mr. Wilson added that "merely to
withdraw tha Federal troopa and leave
the situation to aettle itaelf would
aeem to me to be doing something lea
than my duty after all that ha oc
curred." The original basis of agreement
offered by the President Included the
establishment of a three yeara' truce,
subject to the enforcement of the min
ing and labor lawa of Colorado, the
return to work of miner who had not
been convicted of law violations, the
prohibition of Intimidation of union or
nonunion men and the appointment of
a grievance committee by the em'
' oloyea. It I provided that In case
where the officers of the company and
the grievance committee could not
settle differences, a commission of
three men named by the President
, ahould step In and act as the final re
feree of all dlsputea.
Ptnlant Oppose Allle$.
Berlin The official new bureau
ay: It I reported from Constant)'
nople that the larger part of Northern
Persia ha been aroused to hostile ac
tlon airalnst Ruaaia, and that In South'
ern Persia the movement against Great
Britain I Increasing. Prince Abba
and Prince Osman, relativea of the
Khedive of Jfrypt, have been baniahed
by tha British authorities on the charge
of engaging in an anu-urman conspir
acy. Seven foreigner disguised a
hodja were taken before a court mar
tial in Constantinople for conspiracy.
had dona
and lately had been doing ber part in
guarding England' shores. There was
no great upheaval of water auch as
would have occurred If (be had been
torpedoed or struck by a mine.
Instead, tha ship waa enveloped In
smoke and flame, and when thia had
cleared nothing could be seen but
wreckage floating on the water.
House In towns seven and eight
milee away were shaken by lbs
explosion and even before men on
ehie anchored near by could reach
their own decks, tha Bulwark had dis
appeared. The neighborhood was
strews with an enormous amount of
wreckage, while piece of the ship
were thrown six or seven mile onto
the Essex shore.
Considering the all of ber navy,
food Irice$ In Germany
Show Remarkable RUt
Berlin The effect of tb war on
the price of provlslona bad, until late
In October, hardly made luelf appar
ant.
In the but few day, however,
aharo general rise hi set In, embrac
ing practically everything to eat ex
cept meats, which, owing to Germany
unusually large stock of swine, have
riaen little, and In some case not at
all.
Vegetable hsve practically disap
peared from the market. Some lentila
are to be bad, but only Inferolr culls.
Bean are scarce and hulled peas are
not to be had. Price of pea and
lentil have riaen from 7 cents, the
price before the war, to 16 cents, and
It Is piedlcted that they will abortly
coat much more. The government re
cently confiscated all coffee held at
Hamburg by English warehouses, but
even with thia, the supply I runnln
short and prices have increased mark
edlv.
Kresb orange or lemon are rarely
to be bad. there ar no banana and
pineapple, except the canned stock
and with tha entrance of Turkey into
the war, the aupply of dates and fig
probably will be cut off.
Cold atorage stock of egga have
been greatly reduced, and It will be
but a abort time before there will be
none to be had. Tb Berlin chamber
of commerce point to the somewhat
surprising fact that Germany produces
only 6 per cent of it egg supply, the
remaining 95 per cent coming from
Ruaaia, Gallca, Hungary, Bulgaria,
Italy and Denmark.
Potatoes have reached price which
are a hardship to the poorer classes.
American Citizen Held
a Spyby German
New York Edward Bright.
American citixen, graduate of Colunv
bla, and formerly editor of the Baptiat
Examiner, la under arrest at Goetting
en, Germany, charged with being
apy, according to Information received
by hi wife In thia city. Mrs. Bright
got word recently that ber husband
was imprisoned on October 17, and.
after appealing to the State depart
ment at Washington, ahe decided to
make her Information public
Mr. Bright, with bis family, bad
resided at Goettingen nearly ten years.
Mrs. Bright said. Mra. Bright with
ber two aona, came here shortly be
fore the war began. Her flrat news
regarding ber husband' plight came
in a letter dated October 26, written
by a maid In the Bright' Goettingen
household. Thi was confirmed by a
letter from the same city October 30,
by an American friend, who said ber
WAR AND PEACE IN CHAMPAGNE COUNTRY
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French troops marching through a valley of the champagne country.
hare; tht peasant are picking the grape for th famous sparkling win,
Croker to Wed Indian Maid.
New York Ketaw Kaluntuchy,
whose grandfather, Chief Sequoy, waa
a Cherokee warrior and wise man, la
th bride-to-be of Richard W. Croker,
who used to b the "big chief" of
Tammany Hall. Her father, a Scotch
man, married Princess Sequoyah, the
Indian chief daughter. Thia devel
oped Thursday when a marriage license
was issued to Richard Welsted Croker,
73 years old, no occupation, and Miss
Beulah Benton Edmondson, 23 year
pld, a linger.
Great Britain ha been singularly free
from disaster of this character. Nev
ertheleaa when the French warship
Jena waa destroyed by an internal ex
ploaion In 1907 all cordite ammunition
waa taken from all the British ships
and carefully examined. Refrigera
tor were installed In the (hip to keep
the powder cool.
The Bulwark, which waa one of the
older battleships, cost 1,000,000 ($5,
000,000).
It i believed here that the explosion
of the Bulwark waa caused by the fall
and bunting of a 12-inch lyddite ahell
in her magaxina. '
Serb Stubbornly Resist
Vienna, via Amsterdam and London
An official announcement issued
here says: ;
"On the Southern front th enemy
I offering stubborn resistance and is
endeavoring to delay the advance by
heavy counter attack. On the East
ern bank of the Kola Bara our troops
again have gained. '
"Our troops, advancinrg beyond Val-
jevol and to th south have reached
th height east of the Ljlk river and
the line from Suvotor to Uxice."
KaUer's Coat is Captured.
Petrograd The Army Messenger
asserts that among th trophies taken
by theRussiana at Csenatochowa waa
Emperor , William' carriage, which
contained one of the emperor'a coat.
Th Messenger also says:
"Th German ar making attack
after attack In an attempt to break tha
Russian force, but without success.
husband had appealed to the American
consul and to Ambassador Gerard and
that the consul at Hanover had prom'
Ised to make a trip to Goettingen to
investigate. Mrs. Bright notified the
State department, which cabled to the
consul at Hanover and received word
that Ambassador Gerard had "request
ed an early investigation."
The nature of Mr. Brigt' alleged
offense is not definitely known.
Mr. Bright wa born in Yonker,
New York, 47 yeara ago. He is a aon
of the late Dr. Edward Bright, whom
he followed as editor of the Baptist
Examiner.- He gave up this work to
travel and study abroad.
Rain It Arkansas' Hope.
Little Rock The great smoke cloud
from hundreds of forest ( fires which
lifted In Little Rock Thursday again
settled over the city, and it was im
possible to aee more than two or three
block even on well-lighted street.
Report indicate that similar condition
prevailed all over the state. The only
hope of extinguishing the fires 1 a
general rain, and the weather bureau
offers little hope of this. That any
considerable setback waa given to the
Area by rain in portions of the burning
district wa not Indicated in reports.
Germans Menace Sweden.
London The Daily Mail' Copen
hagen correspondent says Germany has
demanded that the Swediah govern
ment suppress unfriendly utterances
againat Germany in Swedish news
papers. It 4s said Germany baa threat
ened reprisals tn th event of non
compliance. ;
Capital Punishment Is
Abolished by Small Lead
Salem The constitutional amend
ment to abolish capital punishment
waa approved by the people at th re
cent election by a majority of 1S7,
according to official return received
from all counties by Secretary of State
Olcott. The vote in favor of tb meas
ure wa 100,896.
Return from all counties on meas
ures and candidate bav been received
by the secretary of atate, and a corps
and obtaining totals. When the re
sult ar obtained Mr. Olcott, in the
pretence of the governor and state
treasurer, will canvas tb vote, and
th governor will issu certificate of
taction to th successful candidate.
The vote wa remarkably close In all
counties on the measure to abolish cap
ital punishment. Multnomah giving
the biggeat msjorty for it, 2377.
Jackson county gave a majority in It
favor of 1067 and Washington gave a
of clerk is engaged In final checkings j msjority againat It of more than 1100.
Official Election Returns
Give Withycombe Big Vote
fiulem. James Withycombe' plur
ality over J. C. Smith for governor waa
Z4.M3 and George K. Chamberlain's
plurality over R. A. liooth for United
State senator waa 23,446, according
to complete official return received
br Secretary of Bute Olcott Dr.
Withycombe' total vote was-119,537
and It. Bmith'a, 94.694; Senator
ChamtHrlalns waa 111,743 and Mr.
Booth's. 82.297.
W. 8. U'ltea received 10.491 la the
race for governor W. J. Smith, social
ist candidate running almost 4000
ahead of him. William lianley. pro
creaalve candidate for United State
senator, received 28.220 vote.
Prank J. Miller, rep., for raliro&a
commissioner, received the largest
vote of any candidate, bla total being
185,370. HI eocuUlat opponent, 8. O.
Peurala received 23.886.
John H. Lewie, rep., wbo bad no
opposition for state engineer, received
the second largest vote, his total be
ing 179,164.
O. P. Hoff. rep.. lor labor commia-
aloner, opposed by a progressive and
a socialist, got 169,033 votes.
J. A. Churchill, rep., for superin
tendent of public instruction, despite
progressive and aoclallat oppoaltion,
was the choice of 144,714 elector, and
Thomas B. Kay, rep., for state treas
urer, although B. Lee Paget bad the
domocratlo and prohibition nomina
tions, received 132.252 to Mr. Paget'a
76.061. I
Henry J. Bean led all candidate by
a large plurality in tb race for su
preme court Justice, hi total being
128.674. Henry L. Benaon waa the
second choice. He received 123,196.
Thomas A. McBride beat Lawrence T.
Harris by aeven votea, the former's
total being 113,178 and Judge Harris
113,171. George M. Brown, republi
can nominee for attorney-general, re
ceived more than twice aa many vote
aa his democratic opponent, John A.
Jeffrey, the totals being 127,889 and
63,701, respectively. -
For representative in congress In
the second' congressional district, N.
J. Blnnott, rep., received 24,176; Geo.
U Cleaver, prohibition nominee, 16.
685, and Sam Evana, dem., 11.013. For
representative in the frt congression
al district, W.. C. Hawley, rep., maae a
runaway race of It, receiving 61.295
and Frederick Holllster. dem.. 32,639.
James T. Cblnnock. rep., who bad
no opposition for auperintendent of
water division No. 1. received 137.872
votes, and George T. Cochran, rep.
for superintendent of water dlrlalon
No. 2. received 34X32. He also was
without opposition.
Mr. Olcott' deputies have added all
returne from precinct forwarded by
county clerka and only two slight dif
ference exist in his totals and those
of th county clerks. County Clerk
Coffey's figure for Multnomah give
Justice McBride, for supreme court
Justice. 41,326, and Mr. Olcott' addi
tion g vea blm 41.405 m mat county.
Mr. Coffey a figure give -William v.
Lord for attorney-general, 6222 and
Mr. Olcott' addition give him 6322.
$500,000 Deal Closed tor
Clatsop County Timber
Astoria. The Isrgest timber deal
that has been consummated in Clatsop
county for several montha la aald to
hare been closed here. By it tne ren
Insular Lumber tz Box company, of
ortland. becomea the owner of what
la generally known a the W aanDurn
tract.
This tract i located lust north of
Saddle Mountain at the headwaters or
Young River, between that atream
and the Klaskanlne River. It Is held
in the name of the Young River com
pany, the principal owner of which is
said to be J. T. Washburn, of Minne
apolis. 1
The property consists of dzsu acres
and cruises show it contains 289,000,
000 feet of first-quality fir Umber. The
consideration Is said to have been ap
proximately $500,000, or slightly less
than $2 a thousand feet stumpage.
While located several miles from tne
Columbia river the tract is located
favorably for locginK operations and
at the present time the Bremner Log
ging company ran road extend 10
within a comparatively short distance
of it
Negotiation for the sale of this
property have been In progress lor
some time and approximately a year
ago the purchase of It by another com
pany was practically consummaiea
when complications arose in conse
quence of which the deal waa off.
WW Growers Combine to
Hold tor Better Prices
Baker. "Do not sell or contract to
ell wool for less than 25 cents a
pound." ,
This 1 the slogan which wooimen
of Baker and Grant county will take
to the Eastern Oregon Woolgrowera
association convention at Pendleton.
Byron Gale, secretary of the local as
sociation, declared that reports from
all sections of the Baker district indi
cate that there will be an enormous
wool clip In this part of the country
and that prices will be higher than
have been paid In many years.
"The English embargo on Austral
ian .wool and Bhortage in other sec
tion of the country outside Oregon
will have a combined effect of in
creasing the price," aald Mr. Gale.
We have more lambs and sheep than
ever In Oregon now and growers will
have a big supply, but indications
from elsewhere are that there is a
shortage.
Woolgrowera from ail over wis
section are declaring that thsy will
refuse to contract to sell wool at less
than 25 cents a pound. The price
seems high but the supply will be so
limited that there will be no trouble
In getting it."
Baker Bide for Factories.
Baker. Negotiations are pending
between the Commercial Club and the
Union Pacific Railway to establish in
Baker two factories, one a wool-scouring
plant and the other a furniture
factory. Agents of the railroad are
endeavoring to Interest persons who
want to establish auch plants in the
Baker field. The Commercial Club
has sent information showing that
there are several million pounds of
wool in the annual clip in and tribu
tary to Baker county and ba sent
ample of the eastern Oregon woods
which can be used in the manufacture
furniture.
Powder Magazine Rises.
Wlleonville. Watt Ship Is butlding
Dowder magaxine ber. adding one
more to hi list which are scattered
all along the line from here to Eugene.
The location selected for this maga-
sine is in the timber below town.
When completed the structure will
store about H carload of 20 per cent
Dupont for stumping.
Boat Canal FromSeaside
to Warrenton Is Proposed
Seaside Active steps toward pro
viding a canal for motor boats from
Seaside to Warrenton were taken here
at a meetinz of the resident of Sea
side and surrounding town. Commit
tee were appointed to confer with the
Port of Astoria commissioners and the
motorboat club of Astoria and Port
land. Prior to the meeting prominent
eitiiens of Seaside had gone over the
ground between here and Warrenton
with an engineer and a profile map had
been prepared, showing the elevations
alone; the line of the proposed canal,
which lies through a chain of natural
lakes, the highest point of which is
only seven feet above sea level and as
the greater portion of the distance is
already open by way of the string of
lakes and a canal that ha been used
for logging purposes, the project is a
simple one from an engineering stand'
point.
The possibilities lor a canal that
would connect Seaside with the Colum
bia river are so apparent that the proj
ect was proposed many yeara ago, but
the necessary backing was not pro
cured at that time. However, a canal
was built from Cullaby lake, which
lies about midway between Seaside
and Warrenton. , to connect with the
stream that empties into the Columbia
river at Warrenton and this canal was
used until quit recently for rafting
logs from the slopes near Cullaby lake
into the Columbia river. This canal,
which is about five miles long, is in
excellent condition. Cullaby lake is
about three miles long and the other
smaller lakes are available for use re
duce the distance that would be nec
essary to diet about three miles and
one-half. v
Mill Proposal la Made.
Medford Edgar Hafer, who recent
ly purchased the Renshaw ranch on
Bear creek, south of Medford, has
made a proposal to the people of Med'
ford for the erection of a sawmill and
box factory, to be located upon his
property, one-third of the capital of
$160,000 to be furnished by Mr. Hafer,
one-third to be subscribed by citixens
of the valley and the remaining one
third to be treasury stock for future
enlargements.
The Pacific & Eastern will extend to
the proposed mill and the Southern Pa
cific is already there.
CopperReld Cases Set
Baker The damage suits against
Governor West and other officials
brought by William Wiegand and H.
A. Stewart, Copperfield saloonmen,
were set as the last cases on the calen
dar for the Decmeber term, the court
apparently believing that the cases
would take ' an Indefinite period that
it would be unwise to have any other
cases awaiting tne termination, ine
cases were set for trial for Thursday,
December 17. That it will take a long
time even to obtain an unprejudiced
jury is the general belief.
Ashland to Buy Camping Space.
. Ashland The city will purchase
ample space for camping purposes,
necessitated by the tide of travel
through here. The area will cover
about two ordinary lot and will be
located near water and feed privileges.
Space also will be set aside for auto
mobile tourists. A resolution is now
pending before the council providing
for the levying of not to exceed a half
mill tax for general publicity purpose.
Hood and Blizzard lilts
City ot Nome, Alaska
Nom. Alaska A furious blixaird
which thia week ba been raging for
three day ba forced th Bering 8e
lea pack op againat th back of th
buildings, where so much property wa
detsroyed by th great storm In Octo
ber, 1913, and has driven th water
farther inland than it ba been In sev
eral rears.
All trails sre impassabl and several
mining camp alonsr th sbor ar en
tirely surrounded by water.
The water along the beach I rising,
but It is believed tb ice pack which
baa been jammed againat tb building
and bulkhead along th waterfront at
Nom will protect them from th
water and it I thought thar I littl
likelihood of their being washed away,
aa they were a year ago.
At the smaller camp along tb
abor conditions ar not so favorabl.
Solomon, 82 miles eaat of Nom, and
Dickson, th railway termiun at th
mouth of th Solomon river, are sur
rounded by water and ice.
All th telephone line along tb
eoaat were torn down by th storm.
Before communication by telephone
eessed a message from Safety Road-
house, 24 mile east of Noma, told of
th water pouring in from tb
forcing the inmate to seek refuge on
tb second floor. It I impossible to
rescue them as tb ic floe would
crush any boat which attempted to ap
proach the house.
American War Is Feared
Because of Monroe Doctrine
Princeton. N. J. That general di
armament and universal peace will
not follow tb European war and that
th United States may have trouble
with tb winner were prediction made
by George B. McClellan. ex-mayor of
New . York and now prof esaor of
economic history in Princeton univers
ity, in an address which he delivered
here:
"No matter wbo wins," said Pro
fessor McClellan, "it I almost certain
that some not far distant date w shall
be confronted with the alternative
either of abandoning the Monro Doe-
trine or fighting to maintain it. We
have msde of it a great national prin
ciple, a question of national honor, so
that if we abandon it we must concede
that we ar not storng enough to main
tain it, that we are only a second -class
power, at the mercy of all the swag
gering bullies 01 the eartn. 11 we
fight for it in our present unprepared
condition, there can be but one out
come. A triumphant and victorious
Germany would have little to fear
from us, and, while we might possibly
in the end be able to check Japan by
herself, we could scarcely nop to do so
if she received help."
The cause of war, according to Pro
fessor McClellan, is the spirit of na
tionality which has seixed all of Eu
rope and the present war cannot be
charged against any on man or t group
of men.
Professor McClellan made a strong
plea that Americans awake to their
present condition of unpreparadness
and that immediate steps be taken to
build up a national defense.
Naval Authority Dead.
Washington, D. C Rear Admiral
Alfred T. Mahan, U. S. N., retired,
acclaimed in naval circles aa the
"greatest modern writer on naval
strategy," died at the naval hospital
here Wednesday, aged 74 years.
Death wa due to heart trouble. The
admiral bad been in feeble health for
several weeks, but be waa not taken
to the hospital until a week ago and
it was not generally known that his
condition was critical.-. Admiral Ma
han had greatly overtaxed hi strength
in study of the present great European
conflict and it is thought that the
many long hours he devoted to follow
ing the naval operations of the bellig
erents probably caused the breakdown
which hastened hia end.
Lack of Stamps No Crime.
Washington, D. C Thousands of
persons in many cities who spent hours
Tuesday rushing to the offices of in
ternal revenue collectors, alarmed over
their inability to obtain revenue
stamps to comply with the new rev
enue tax law were needlessly frighten
ed over what might happen if they
were not on the minute with their
stamping. The internal revenue de
partment sent telegrams to collectors
making it plain that the government
has no intention of prosecuting any'
body subject to the tax who show that
he is willing and ready to buy stamps
and pay.
Trade Balance Growing.
Washington, D. C. Exports from
the 12 ports which handle 80 per cent
of the business of the United States
totaled $43,098,862 for the week end
ing November 28. as compared with
imports aggregating $26,685,657, leav
ing a favorable trade balance of $16,'
413,295. The 22 working day of No
vember yielded a trade balance in fav
or of the United States of $63,188,992,
which, according to official estimates,
indicates an export excess of approxi
mately $70,000,000 for the entire
country during November.
Wilson Waits on Ammons.
Washington, D. C President Wil
son, after discussing witn secretary
Garrison Wednesday, the request of
Governor Ammons of Colorado that
Federal troopa be , withdrawn from
aome of the Colorado strike districts,
decided that nothing should be don at
this time. Earlier in the day the
President told callers that he was
awaiting formal notice from Governor
Ammons that the state wa ready to
resume control in the strike son be
fore withdrawing the troop.
HEWS OF 1HE-WEEK
Ccicral Rcsnmc of Impoilaiit Events
HuouoHout tlic World.
Germany baa voted war credit of
11,250,000,000.
Th department of Agriculture pre
dicts cheaper fowl far th Christmas
dinner table.
Two prisoners la tb jail at Eugene,
Or., bound and gagged th turnkey
and mad their escape.
Dr. Henry Van Dyke, American
minister to The Netherlands, ssys
peace talk ia prematura.
Kaiser visit hi troop In East
Prussia, where fierce fighting with th
Russian la ia progresa.
Tb Supreme court of Oregon holds
that if bartender eel! a minora
drink, tb proprietor I likewise liable
to prosecution.
A dispatch from Berlin claim that
th German broke through th Rus
sian Una near Loda, capturing 12,000
men and 25 gun.
' A prominent department store owner
in Portland see a "rosy future" for
Northwest business, but add that op
timism I th only need.
John I). Rntkefllsr. head of th
Standard Oil Co., has expanded to th
extent mat th on neid or rem, nave
been taken over by that company.
Coalition chiefs, Villa and Zapata,
In the suburb of Mexico City in
readiness to enter when th conven
tional president Gutierrez, arrives.
An attorney of Harahfield, Or., I
disbarred three months for helping to
drive L W. W. advocates from that
city, according to a Supreme court
decision.
For the first time inj history the
mikado consented to Japan' gift of
$26,000 for th establishment of a hos
pital under th auspices of the Epis
copal miasion at Tokio.
Th World' Purity Federation in
session at La Crosse, Wis., is making
preparation for th safety of girls
who attend the Panama exposition at
San Francisco next year.
The government assures those who -
failed to secure revenue stamps the
first day of th new war tax law, that '
there will be no prosecution if their ,
intention were apparent.
Few saloons in Portland, Or., will
suspend business before the prohibition ,
amendment goes into effect January 1,
1916. aa a great majority have applied .
for a license covering that period.
"Human element" 1 blamed for the
wreck of the steamship Hanalei, which
went ashore on the reef of Duxbury, .
near San Francisco, November 28, by
coroner' jury. The jury further
recommends the erection of a life-
saving station at the scene of the dis
aster. . I
Arkansas has secured a new electri
cian who will pull the lever that will
put to death 10 condemned men who :
were reprieved to await the outcome ,
of the abolishment of capital punish
ment amendment that was lost in the
recent election. The former electri
cian quit the place because - of the
gruesomeness of the job. '
The Turkish embassy at Borne says
that the Egyptian advance guard on
the Sues canal has deserted to the
Turks. -'. 1 5 -.. ; -,?'"
Thanksgiving Day found .7.000,000
starving- Belgians in dire want of
bread and only half enough to appease
their hunger. '-
A vounir Portland streetcar con
ductor was electrocuted in a bath tub
when ho reached up to turn on the
electric light .
A dianatch to the Havas agency
from Athens says advices received in
the Greek capital from Mitylene state
that a Turkish mine-laver has been tor
pedoed and sunk in the Bosphorus.
It la said in Petrograd that the re-
port published in the Bourse Gazette
that Russia. France and ureal amain
were endeavoring to secure the re
opening of the Dardanelles is a pure
invention. -
Reports of a pan-Islamic anti-British
movement are confirmed by the Russ- ,
koye Slovo, of Petrograd, which say
that the movement bad its beginning
in Afghanistan. The Porte says that,
all Arabs who are fit for military serv
ice have declared their readiness for a
holy war., 1 .-.'. . .ty. : ' f,:-. I',
"The situation at present does not
demand legislation for tbe suppression
of football," said ITemter Asquitn m
the house of commons, replying to a
question as to whether such a move
was under way. . , 1 ne premier aaaeo
that negotiationa with the football
magnates were progressing irom
which satisfactory results were ex
pected. ' . ' .
Dispatches from Petrograd stat '
that the German lines in Russian Po
land have been seriously disorganised, ;
and that a great army i surrounded by
the Russians.
A British aviator dropped a bomb
squarely on a German ammunition
train, which blew up. The explosion
wss beard and felt many miles slong
th allies' lines, f v
Turkey has made a formal and ti-
factory explanation to tb United
Sl.tM imvarnment for firing on an
American launch that attempted to
enter a Turkish closed harbor.