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Weston
EADER
YOL. XXXI V.
WESTON, OltEGON, FK1DAY, DKCEMBKIt 25, 1914.
NO. ! 27.
NEWS OF M Mi
Ccncra! Resume of Important Events
taWtficWorli
ry ol
(1, and
Business In I'arU li Mid to U better
how than at any tjm tine th war
began.
Berlin (DM wild over victory
army against Russia In roland,
enthusiasm runt riot.
Repsir of tbo damage dona to tha
English eoaat towna by tba German
fleet ar rapidly Doing mada.
Roar Admiral Flak admit ther It
ono foreign nary that laada In gun
nary, but rafusea to naroo tbo country.
A British ahlpbuildlng concern built
a modam battleship In ton andono-balf
month,, aald to bo tha shorteat tlma
on record.
Deputy Game Warden Hubbard, of
Ashland, Oro., la ahot by alleged game
poacher, whan ba attampta to March
tholr cabins.
It la roportad from Amttordara that
two British ship war sunk Friday off
tba eoaat of England, but tha rumor
la not confirmed.
Ma i lean troopa on tha border abow
no algna of bvedlng tho warning of
rraaidaat Wilson, that firing into
American territory should bo stopped.
Report cornea from South Shields,
England, that three ships were sunk
by mines; ona la believed to ba pas
senger vessel, and tha other two are
nknown.
Food exports from tba United States
during November showed an Increase
of 800 per cant over aama month last
year. Tha great Increaao la attributed
to tha European war.
E. Henry Wemmo, prominent Port'
land eltlten and good roads enthusiast,
dlsa suddenly In Loa Angelea. He ia
reputed to have purchased tho first
automobile ever brought to Portland,
likewise m areoptano.
A German diplomat In New York
upholds tbo attack on tha English
coast towna on tha grounds that they
were either fortified or defendod.
which doea not conflict with tbo de
cision of Tbo Hague convention of Oct
1, 1907. ...
A letter from Robert Fulton to
General William Duan. March 1,
1818, telling bim of torpedoes invent
ed by bim capable of destroying any
foreign Invadera of New York harbor,
was sold for $82.60 at the auction aala
of tho library of tba late Adrian 11
Jollne. "1 am happy to find you con
tinue tha firm friend to torpedoes,"
Fulton wrote, "an Infant art which
requlrao only support and practice to
produce change In maritime affairs
of Immense Importance to this country
Expecting the enemy here, 1 have not
been Idle. 1 have prepared nine tor
pedoea, with locks that strike fire by
concussion, and four with clockwork
locks."
Vienna officials admit of the retak
Ing of Belgrade by the Servians.
President Wilson expresses deep
interest In the uplift of the negro.
Pendleton, Oregon, la sending 100
barrels of flour to aid the Belgians.
Russlana were forced to retreat be
fore the Auatrians In West Galicla.
It Is reported In Toklo Kiat the Ger
man armed merchantman Oxford has
been captured by the British in the In
dian Ocean. The German converted
cruiser Cormorant haa entered the har
bor of Guam, Id tha Lactone Arch I pel
go. .
The postofflc department baa ad
vised that hereafter all Oregon postal
aavinga funds at office without local
depositary bank, will be remitted to
tha Portland ofllco, which will servo aa
clearing house
withdrawals. -
President Wilson waa asked by a del
egation representing the Masters and
Pilots' . association to support an
amendment to the administration ship
purchase bill to restrict employment
of officers of government-owned ves
seta to America.
All the street lamps In Paris are
being extlngulsed at midnight. The
reason for this precaution Is said to be
tha receipt of a report that two Zep
pelin dirigible balloons had been sight
ed at Amiens, proceeding in the direc
tion of Paris.
Hobson' "Dry" Resolution
Meet Defeat In Ilouie
Washington, D. C The Hobson
resolution to submit a constitutional
amendment for national prohibition to
the state legislatures waa defeated In
tba bouse Wednesdsy night, 197 mem
bars voting for and 189 against It.
An affirmative vote of two-tblrda was
required to ad pot the resolution.
Party lines were wiped out In the
atruggle. Democratic Leader Under
wood and Republican
Oregon Irrigation Plan
Agreed to by Secretary
INCREASE
GRANTED
Washington, D. C Secretary Lane,
after a long conference with Represen
tative Slnnott and Senator Chamber'
lain, expreassd bla willingness that
congress should appropriate, without
condition, $460,000 for the construc
tion of a government irrigation project
in Eastern Oregon, and aaid be poe-
Leader M.nn ilbly mlght '"T?. PP1'11""0'
fought shoulder to shoulder at the bead tn.t 46o,oOO would bo Inadequate.
of the forces opposing the resolution.
When the vote came, of the 197 stand-
Ing for the resolution, 1U were Demo
crats, 88 Republicans and 11 were
Progressives and four were Indopend
ent Republicans,
Immediately after announcement of
the vote, the house adjourned, the
crowds which had packed the gallerl
throughout the prolonged debate di
parsing with mingled expressions of
regret and Jubilation.
Prohibition leaders declared that the
majority for tha resolution bad ful
filled their expectations, aa they had
not hoped for a two-thirds vote at this
time. Whether similar resolution
pending In the senate submitted by
Senator Sheppard, of Texas, would
reach a vote in the aenate at thla
Ion was not certain. Administration
leaders were Inclined to believe, how
ever, that It would not, in view or tba
action of the bouse.
Notwithstanding repeated public at
sertlons that many members of ths
house would try to dodge a record vote
He gave assurance to both members
of the Oregon delegation that be
would not Insist on a new approprl
tion by the Oregon leglalature to
match the amount appropriated by con
gress,
In the course of the conference, Sen
ator Chamberlain and Representative
Slnnott quoted ef ' msively to Secre
tary Lane from ol.cial correspondence
bearing on the co-operative agreement
and insisted that this correspondence,
while perhaps not aa definite aa might
be desired, certainly justified the In
terpretation that haa been placed on it
by tho people of Oregon.
They reviewed negotiations from be
ginning to end, and Impressed on the
Secretary that the government ia mor
ally obligated to expend In Oregon
much more than the amount now in
controversy.
Tba secretary would not yield In bla
personal view of what waa intended by
the co-operative agreement, and, as
sustaining bia contention, pointed out
that the atate at no time co-operated
with or even consulted the government
about the Tumalo project which it re
cently completed. Plana of tha atate
on the issue, tne roucau aiecioeeu a projw.t MVer ww Mnt Washington
heavy attendance, larger than the av- fof inpecton ,pproT.i, Bor haa the
Interior department or Reclamation
erase throughout the session.
On the final vote 8H8 votes were re
corded. To have carried tho reeolu
tion would have required 58 affirma
tive votes. It thus failed by 61 votes.
It waa at the conclusion of one of
the most stirring contests of recent
daya In congress, and following votes
on several amendments that the final
vote waa reached. Representative
Hobson had closed the general debate.
participated in by all the house load'
era, many or whom were repeauidiy
cheered by men and women In the
crowded galleries. Speaker Clark re
peatedly admonished the spectators to
maintain order.
Although advocatea of the Hobson
resolution freely predicted that it
would receive majority vote, many
of them, Including Mr. Hobson, bad
conceded at the start that the resolu
tion would not receive the two-thirds
vote necessary for ita adoption.
Before the final roil call, Kopresen
tative Hobson presented an amendment.
which waa adpoted, giving to "the
congress and states concurrently" the
power to enforce the prohibition by
needful legislation.
An amendment offered by Represen
tative Adamson to give the states ab
solute control of prohibition under the
proposed prohibition amendment was
voted down on a rising vote, 179 to 32.
Louisiana German Plot
service been advised from time to time
as to the progress jnadeawilb. the state
work.
Rather, the secretary aaid, the atate
haa built the Tumalo project as an In
dependent state enterprise, and had
Governor Weat and Slate Engineer
Lewis regarded that project as part of
the co-operative scheme, be thought
they certainly would have advised
I
with government engineers and author
ities from time to time.
However, after bearing all that Sen
ator Chamberlain and Representative
Slnnott bad to aay, Secretary Lane
announced bia willingness to withdraw
the condition be suggested should be
attached to the appropriation to be
made by congress, and If tbo Irrigation
commit) . after bearing all the facta.
la willing to make an unconditional
appropriation of ' 1460,000, or even
more, for bulling a new Irrigation
project in Eastern Oregon, be will
approve that proposal.
He will insist, however, that appro
priation made be spent on the project
found moot feasible by engineers of
the Reclamation -irvlc wbo have been
examining various possible projects In
Eastern Oregon, the Tumalo extension
among them.
That report of engineere haa not yet
been filed and until it la or record Sec
retary Lane will give no intimation aa
to what project tbey favor. The sec
retary assured bis callers that be main
Ulna hla view that Oregon baa been
discriminated against in the past in
the distribution of reclamation money
and that it should receive ita just
deserts from this time on.
In view of Secretary Lane a state
ment to bim. Representative Slnnott
will ask the secretary to appear before
the irrigation committee before its re
ports the bill making the appropriation
for irrigation projects for the next
fiscal year and will also aak officials of
the Reclamation service to appear, for
be ia confident that when the entire
record ia laid bare the committee will
appropriate not less than f 460,000 for
some new government project.
Before Senator Chamberlain and
Representative Sinnott left the depart
ment Secretary Lane told them ex
plicitly that be would not sanction the
use of the money be haa allotted for
any but co-operative work and under
the terms of agreement, as be under
stands them, but if congress desires to
make the appropriation without con
dition be then will be willing to drop
the co-operative idea.
Railroads to Advance Rates AdJIng
$30,000,000 Annually.
War In Europe, Added to Already
Existing Condition, Sway
Interstate Board,
Washington, D. C. Further In
creases tn freight ratce were granted
Saturday to the Eastern railroads by
the Interstate Commerce) commission
in a decision from which Chairman
Harlan and Commissioner Clements
dissented vigorously.
With the exception of Iake-and-rall
traffic, coal, coke, iron ore and certain
other traffic on which the commission
haa heretofore fixed rates adjudicated
General Scott Ready to
Confer With Mexican
Naeo. Arli. General Hugh L.
Scott, chief of staff of the United
States army, arrived bare Monday and
at once began an investigation of tbo
Mexican border trouble bare, wblcb
baa resulted In the killing of five
eons and the wounding of 47 by Mexi
can ballets crossing tbo line daring
the 10 weeks' siege of Naeo, Sonora.
General Scott began a series of eon
venations with persons Informed OS
Mexican affaire and also with those in
touch with General Hill, the Carranxa
commander entrenched in Naeo,
Sonora, and Governor Maytorena, the
Villa besieger. This Investigation Is
preliminary to conferences General
Scott expects to bold with Hill and
Maytorena In an effort to secure aome
agreement which will eliminate
further Mexican fighting along the
border.
It la recognised that, whatever
the Mexican factions might exereiae
not to fire Into tho United States,
stray bullets would continue to fall
here, either through bad marksman-
BOMBARD BiB
M East Coast Towns Tom
. dims of (ta fleet.
Three Churches, Abbey and Other
Buildings Damaged Coast
PatroU An Evaded,
London For tho first time in
turle England baa been struck by a
foreign foe. A squadron of swift r--t
man cruisers crept through the fog
Wednesday night to the eastern eoaat
and tamed their guns against the
Britonav ... .;.....-.
When day broke they began the
bombardment of three important towna
Hartlepool, at the mouth of the
Teas; Whitby. 88 mi lea southward.
reasonable," all the railroad systems ;hiP OT individual .disobedience ot or.lmASelbmmffc M , piu,. .
dere.
General feott'i peece conference
will be held with an army of 4700
men, under command of Brigadier
General Taaker H. Bliaa, encamped op
I poaite the Mexican battleground. Tba
American army foreea now eonaist
I of the Eleventh, Eighteenth and Twen
ty-second Infantry, 10
the Ninth and Tenth
three batteries each of the Fifth and
Sixth Field Artillery. This ia a force
greater than the combined foreea of
! the two Mexican camps, with artillery
also superior to that ox tho Mexican.
State Land Board Leases
Salt Deposits in Lakes
Salem With the leaalng by the
State Land Board of Summer and Al
bert lake, wblcb contain rich deposits
of salts, to Jason C. Moore, bead of a
New York syndicate, the development
of another of Oregon a remarkable re
sources seems near.
What the value of the output of the
lakea annually will be la problematic,
but Mr. Moore declared that be and hla
aasociatea would expend at leaat $6,-
000,000 in equipment and development
within the next two years. He thought
that from 8S00 to 6000 men would be
employed.
Engineer will be put to work at
once, but because of a reservation of
the board that the leglalature must
to Destroy French Ship p, ?Pn P"P"it. of
building a plant and laying pipelinea
New Orleans The arrest here will not be started until that ia don.
Wednesday night of four Germane Is The board awarded the contract to
believed by the police to have frua-1 J'j Moore and will recommend to the
. . . . , . vac loiaatuav a ui a evus,jbivta u i
trated a plot to blow up the Tncn . -f
veara.
steamahip Rochambeau. The police Under the contract Mr. Moore must
confiscated a box containing 78 pounds give a bond of $26,000 and pay to the
of dynamite aet by clockwork to ex- ennually, beginning January 1,
plodeal, and on-half day. hence. The ". -..
prisoners, two of whom are said by the check for gio.ooo aa a guarantee of
authorities to have confessed, aald good faith. He agreea to give the
they understood the Rochambeau waa state 60 cents a ton for potassium
to sail from New York Saturday, salts, 10 cents a ton for sodium chlor-
Shipping records, however, show that Idea and 26 centa a ton tor all other
she left New York December 13, and salta. C. A. Sheppard, Mr. Moore's
the police believed the alleged con- lawyer, aaid it ia the pltui to pipe the
river to Portland and from there ship
ped to various markets by rail and
steamships.
But two bids were received by the
board, the other being by the Oregon
Sodium Potash association, through H.
S. Wallace, of Portland. The latter
one waa declared to be irregular be
cause it was not accompanied by
check for 810,000, aa stipulated in the
advertisement, and did not conform to
other requirement.
The aaaociation represented by Mr.
Wallace bid 6 centa a ton for sodium
chloridea and 60 centa a ton for sodium
carbonate and sodium bicarbonate. It
bid $3 a ton for potassium aalta, it be
ing 82.60 higher than that of Mr.
Moore. However, it was declared that
there was only trace of this salt in
tha lake, and the bid might aa weH
have been 820 a ton, because there
operating between the Atlantic sea
board and the Mississippi north of the
Potomac and Ohio rivers were allowed
to make the fiat 6 per cent increase
for which they have been asking for
the last four years.
The roads hoped to get increases
which would add to the annual revenue
aome $50,000,000. The commission's
decision is expected to give them ad
ditional revenue approximating 830,
000,000.
The roads east of a nortb-and-eouth
line drawn through Buffalo, Pittsburg
and Charleston, W. Va., won by the
decision the increases, other than on
the traffic expected, which were
denied them in the commission's de
cision last August. Tbo roads weat of
this line, which obtained partial ad
vance in the August decision, received
further advance, so that now all the
roads in what ia described aa "official
elaasifieation territory" will enjoy uni
form advance in both claaa and com
modity rate.
In it decision tba majortiy of the
commission held that the road had es
tablished in the latest hearings a
greater need of additional net income
than ever before. Thia waa due, in
part, to exigencies which arose out of
the war in Europe, and in part to the
already exiating necessity, in the judg
ment of the commission, for addition
al revenue to maintain the railroad
properties. -
Chairman Harlan, in bia dissenting
opinion, held that sufficient aid had
been given the roads by the decision
of August 1 last, and that the findings
of the majority were "morally wrong."
Commissioner Clements baaed bis
disaention what ha reiranled aa tha in
ability in law, of the commission to Congres Will Consider
take cognizance or everything in the
making of rate other than their jus
tice and reasonableness.
Traffic on which no increase was al
lowed by the commission represent
about 66 per cent of the entire volume
of freight bandied by the roads. Coal,
coke and iron ore, however, axe bulky
commodities, taking low rates, conse
quently the amount of revenue derived J
from them i relatively small.
The coal roads, in the opinion of the
commission, already are profitable.
Maytorena Will Withdraw.
Washington, D. C Consular Agetit
Car-others telegraphed the Stat de
partment Monday that Governor May
torena, commanding tho Villa force
besieging General Hill' garrison at
Naeo, Sonora, was preparing to with
draw bia troopa to point 10 or 12
mi lea from the border to eliminate the
poeaibility of firing into Americas ter
ritory,
Thia move ba been awaited by offi-
ciala here since Provisional President
Gutierrex announced that ho bad di
rected Maytorena to abandon the at-
resort. 16 mile beyond. .
Hartlepool suffered most. There
two battle cruiser and an armored
cruiser were engaged, ' and at thia
place the greatest loaa of lif occurred.
The British war office fixes the number
of dead at Hartlepool a seven soldier
troop each of I Midier, ni co civilians, t
Cavalry, and - At a.-hommrh bm tntrla
cruiser and an armored eujaer shelled
the town, IS eamahle are reported,
while at Whitby two war killed and
two wounded. '
Men, women ' and children' of the
eMlian population were left dead or
rounded struck without warning
while at breakfast or at work. In alL
the casualty list total 110, according
to tho official estimate, of whom 81
are known to be dead.
Three) churche were) damaged, the
ga work and lumber yards at Hartle
pool were aet afire and the abbey at
Whitby was struck. The Balmoral
hotel at Scarborough received the full '
effect of shell. Several houses and .
shops war shattered and partly ;
burned in each of the town.
The hostile aquadron escaped in the "
mist after an encounter with eoaat
teck on Naeo tmlea the operations I fuard vessels patrolling the neighbor-
could be carried on without sending :
bullets across the international line.
Brigadier General Bliss, in com
mand of the artillery, infantry and
cavalry . concentrated about Naeo,
Ariz., to enforce the American gov
ernment a demand that firing
the line cease, reported earlier in the
day that Maytorena apparently had
withdrawn.
hood, which were reinforced a soon
aa the presence of the Germane waa
signaled.
A wave of intense anger has spread
over - England because of the attack,
and bitter denunciation ia heard every-'
where of policy which permits the
shelling of undefended town. Ths '
fortress at tho mouth of the Tees ia
supposed to give some protection to
tho important shipping base of Hartle
pool, but Whitby and Scarborough are
aa open to the enemy aa Atlantic City
Mail Department tfrfnrm " Nw Jery
spirators miscalculated the date 6f her raw product along the Deschutes river
departure. Two of thoae arrested con
fessed, according to the police.
The plan, it waa aaid, waa to ahip
the bomb bv exnreaa consumed to the
for ths payment of Rochambeau at New York. It waa in
tended that the vessel would be blown
up after ahe got to sea.
Worry over the prospective loss or
innocent Uvea is believed responsible
for discovery of the plot. One of thoae
arrested, Peter Langlaan, when ques
tioned by detectives who have been at
work on tha case for ten days, la said
to have told them ' that while he waa
willing to blow up a French or Engliah
ship ha was not willing to see persons
not directly connected with the war
die. -
On Information given by Langlaan,
the police arrested Frank' Helon, alias
Hani Heller, and held him on a charge
of preparing explosive for shipment
In violation of the Federal statute.
to the Columbia river, where a plant
for extracting the aalta will bo erect
ed.
It will be transported from there by
will K llttl. nhtatmwl
It made no bid under the heading Herman iLVOCUate MjOOZ,
"other aalta," whereas the advertise
ment stipulated that prices should be
named for potassium salts, sodium
chloride and "other salts."
More than two year ago C M. Sain
obtained a lease from the state to de
velop the lakes, but was compelled to
forfeit bia lease because of lack of
money to complete the work. Imme
diately after that Mr. Moore bid more
than $1,600,000 for the property out
right and later a syndicate, represent
ed by Portland men, offered about 82,
000,000 for it. Reporta that actual
value waa from 815,000,000 to 830,
000.000 caused the rejection of both
offers and the determination of the
board to lease the property on the roy
alty plan.
Washington, D. C After 'several
days of hot words, which culminated
in an exchange of invitation to per
sonal combat between Representatives
Heflin, of Alabama, and Moon, of
Tennessee, the bouse adopted a special
rule to consider legislation for reforms
demanded by the Poetoffica department
in connection with the annual postal
appropriation bilL
A defection of Democrat from the
leader defeated a aimilar rule, which
provided for consideration of amend-
Columbia River Allowance
I Shaded by Congress
Washington, D. C. A river ' and
harbor bill haa been reported to the
bouse. It earrie a cash appropriation
of $1,250,000 for the continuing work
on the north jetty at the mouth of the
Columbia river, $500,000 less than the
amount recommended by army engi-
The bill doea not place thia
work on a continuing contract basis.
All other Oregon and Washington
item in the bill are in strict conform-
menta decreaaino' nostmaatera' aalar-
Claim of Russians liea, the elimination of assistant post-1 ity with the estimate sent to congress
masters, experimental substitution of I the opening day of the session. The
contract service for the rural delivery I total appropriation authorised for the
service, increased salaries for rural Northwest ia $2,521,675.
carriers, change in the compensation The committee in looking about for
paid railroads for ' carrying the maila item that could be cut, jumped on
and other reorganisation plans for the the mouth of the Columbia, which was
department.
The rule was passed late Tuesday
with the provisions for cutting post
masters salaries, abolishing assistant
postmasters and the rural service sub-
Petrograd A newspaper here quotes
a high authority aa aaying the Ger
mans have evacuated Lodx, having
found that the town would not serve aa
a base of operations.
It ia believed the German plan to
capture the right bank of the Vistula
and then advance from Mlawa and
exert pressure on the left bank has
completely failed.
London At the same time that the
Germans are cautioned by Berlin
military critic that talk of a destruc
tive defeat of the Russian forces is a
useless and misleading exaggera
tion."
The mikado's budget for 1916,
which show an estimated expenditure
of 666,000,000 yen ($278,000,000), and
a decrease of the revenues of $40,600,
000, li now before the bouse of repre
sentative for consideration. Consid
erable opposition to it haa developed.
There is good reason to believe that
unless the house passes the budget it
will be dissolved. The right of dis-
Thate Ordered to N, Y.
Manchester, N. H. There waa rea-
to believe that , the state of New
York haa taken precautions againat
any delay In obtaining possession or
Harry K. Thaw, alayer of Stanford
I W i i a wikan ttaaa iw)oii 4?na iet Mmftval
solving the bouse of representatives is t(J New York fof on a chnrg4 of
among the prerogative of the ,r, t0 M from M,ttetw,
peror.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., favor
reconciliation pliin between the minora
and mlnoowner In the ixiioraao coai
dlatricta.
Church, druggists and liquor men
are allied againat the "drys" In Ari-
tons, and th law recently carried by
tha nrohlbltionlst will be tested in
the oourta.
General Bliss, who haa command on
th Mexican boundary, ha been rein
forced by ' three regiment and with
Inatruetions to return th fir of belllg- j
rent whos bullet fall on American i
territory.
prison waa received. It ia asserted by
friends of Thaw that several detectives
have since kept a cloae watch on tha
Thaw home. In on respect Thaw haa
changed markedly. He refuses abso
lutely to talk about hi case.
FUibueter It Dettroyed.
Brownsville, Tax. A filibustering
party from Texaa waa "met and com
pletely destroyed" by Carranxa troopa
opposite Zapata, Tex., near here, De
cember 20, according to a meaaage re
ceived by the Carranxa commander at
Matamoraa, Mexico. The measag
aaid a dosen horses, 50 rifles and 2000
round of ammunition were captured.
Athland Re-elect Four,
Ashland O. H. Johnson, mayor; C
H. Gillette., recorder; George Eu
banks, treasurer, and R. A. M inkier,
water commissioner, were re-elected
at the city election Tuesday. . S. Pen-
nlston waa elected park commissioner.
For councilman, R, P. Comeliua was
elected In the First ward; P. L. Ash
craft in th Second and A. J. Biegel
in the Third.
The biggest fight waa for recorder,
there having been six candidate in
th field. The town went dry by more
than 700 majority. Two measures.
one enlarging the city boundaries and
the other levying a half mill tax for
publicity purposes, carried. The total
vote waa 1438. The maximum polling
strength I 2000.
Baker Turkes Scarce,
Baker A famine in turkeys for the
Christmas market la predicted by
Baker dealers. Offerings of 16 centa
a pound live and 171 centa dressed
have failed to bring out the birds from
the farms, and the atatement ia made
that there ia a real possibility that this
may be as much due to there being but
few turkeys to offer a to a dealr for
higher price. Those in Baker who
want a real Christmas dinner, how
ever, will not have to go entirely
without thia year, as there Is wealth
of geese and ducka her this season.
Board Release Notes,
Salem Upon promise of the com
pany that it would make no additional
aaleaof land in th Central Oregon
canal unit, th State Desert Land
Board returned to the Central Oregon
Irrigation company $29,321 settlers
notes, deposited aa a guaranty of good
faith. Roscoe P. Howard, manager
of the company, reported the capacity
of the canal to be sufficient for irrigat
ing 30,800 acres. The unit, therefore.
waa cut to that acreage. The board
announced that hereafter under a rul
Ing of the Federal authorities proof of nine months
a contract for land would have to
made only by the original settler.
"Grandma" lodd Die at
Great Age of 105 Year
Walla Walla, Wash. Mrs. Sarah
Todd, the oldest resident of Walla
Walla and probably of the Northwest,
died at the Northwest Christian Home
Friday. Had she lived until March 29,
1915, she would bave been 105.
Mrs. Todd came to Walla Walla
ago' from Eugene, Or.,
be where . the Christian Home waa first
located.
Despite her age. she was active to
the last and retained all her mental
faculties.
atitution scheme eliminated.
A speech by Representative Moon
following the defeat of the original
rule, in which be intimated that some
"railroad influence" had operated to
ahift Democratic votes, caused bitter
debate.
Kaiser Report Victory.
Karlsruhe, via Berlin, to London-
Grand Duchess Louise, of Baden, has
received the following telegram from
Emperor William :
"Field Marshal von Hindenberg haa
just reported that the Russian army,
after desperate fighting, retreats and
is being pursued along the entire front.
It is evident that the Lord aided our
heroic troops. To Him alone ia due the
honors."
Emperor William thanked in tele
gram the Fourteenth army corps, which
one of th largest single appropriation .
in the bill, and in order to make a
showing, lopped off $500,000 from the '
amount which the engineers asserted
I would be required during 16 months,
beginning next March.
Mrs. Todd was an inveterate user of particpated prominently in tho fighting,
tobacco, aucking a pipe constantly.
Essay Prises Awarded.
Salem Field Workers Maris and
Harrington, of the State department
of education, announced that prixes
offered by them for the best essays by
school children on the exhibit of the
school industrial classes at the state
fair had been won by Perry Nathan
Thornton, of Union county. Mr. Maris raw oy uerman squaaron on me easi the weaving department
the number of essays submitted and
Loss of Ships Is Denied.
London The admiralty haa issued a
I statement denying that any British
warships were lost during the recent
because of the excellence of a majority
of them found it difficult to choose
th winners. '
"Go-to-School" Day Is Set.
Monmouth County School Superin
tendent Seymour haa set aside a "go
to achool day," on which all the par
ent in the county bave been asked to
attend the achool aesslon to see the
work that the pupils are doing. Since
th visiting of the parenta haa been
encouraged by the county officers a
large number have paid visita to the
schoolrooms thia fall. Later in the
term it ia planned to hav a general
'get together" day, when the people
of the diatricta will meet at the school
house and discus plana for th year.
that all German assertions to the con
trary are untrue. That the British
destroyer Hardy was among the war
ships which engaged the German squad
ron that made a raid on the east coast
of England Wednesday was disclosed
by the casualty list issued by the ad
miralty, which ahowa two killed and
15 wounded aboard the Hardy.
Belgian Editors Defiant
Amsterdam Efforta of General von
Bissing, the governor of Belgium, to
Induce the leading newspaper of Brus
sels and Antwerp to resume publica
tion have proved to be futile. The ed
itors of these newspapers Informed the
governor that ao long aa Belgium a
king waa absent from Brussels and
the German censorship continued, the
paper would not be published.
Cotton Mills Reopen,
Lowell, Mass. Orders were given
by which the machinery of the Tre-
mont and Suffolk cotton mill will be
run 24 hours a day, beginning imme
diately. Thia applies particularly to
About 2400
employes will be hired on the extra or
ders. An expected demand for fabrics
Forty of Emden' Crew ".
Arm Captured Ship
Manila, P. L Forty men of th
of tha German cruiser - Emden, .
who were left on Cocoa bland when
the Austrian cruiser Sydney discovered
the . Emden and forced her to run ;
ashore aome time ago, have captured a
collier, mounted two Maxima on her 1
and now are raiding commerce in the
Pacific, according to a report received '
here. . " :..;.-. ,. -
Th report came through officers of ,
the British steamer Malacca, which .
baa arrived at Jolo. Tha report haa ;
not been officially confirmed. . j
Th men of the Emden had gone t.
ashore on Cocoa Island to dismantle
th wireless and fled, but were unable
to rejoin their ahip when the Sydney .
put in aa appearance.
Shell Bit 100 Borne.
Scarborough (via London) Mors :
than 100 house were struck by shells
in Scarborough." On street near the
station was ruined, the buildings in it
including the Wesleyan church. Tha
wireless station waa th objective of
V,a nf Um w.mKin. mnA an avf in.
early 'in the year ia given as the reason Lent field wm completely ploughed up
for the increase in production.
Allies' Yser Lot 215,000.
Berlin, via The Hague and London
The Neusten Nachrichten ; printa a
Brussels dispatch estimating the leases
of the allies in the Yser campaign at
216,000 up to December 12. Thla
total is made up of 60,000 Belgians,
80,000 British and 76,000 French.
Kaiser Is Again at Front
London A dispatch to Reuter'a Tele
gram company from Amsterdam aaya:
"The German emperor haa completely
recovered and haa returned to the
front, according to an announcoment
from the Berlin main headquarters."
by the shell fire. Eight-inch shells
used. Scarborough Hospital,
which contained 20 wounded solidera,
struck by three shells. The resi
dence of th Right. Honorable Russell
Rea, , waa completely wrecked.
Mayor Instructs People,
Newcastle, Eng. The . mayor of
Tynemouth, a popular resort below
Newcastle on the North coast, has
issued a notice declaring that the civil
population should remain indoors or, if
necessary to lesv their dwellings,
they ar advised to go inland In the
direction of Newcastle. There are in
dication of military activity along
th coast near Tynemouth.
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