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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1915)
Weston EADER . ' ' ' " t ' yorJ xxx7v wjisrcxx, oukmon, ritiUAY, jaxuakv is, iois. ' no 30- 1 NEW GOVERNOR IN Dr. James Witlpm&G fnauourated Oregon's Chieftain. Wit tint to Congratulate New Executive - Chambers Thronged With Prominent Spectators. Salat Capitol, Balem People of Oregon : You hsve now a naw gover- nor. Ha la Dr. Jama Wlthyeonib, of Corvallla. Ha look tha oath of offle at precisely 2 Tuesday aftar noon. Surrounded by members of hla fanv lly, state ofllelala, Including Justices of tha Supreme court and Irgislslort, prominent residents or Salem and old' ar parta of tha atata, Dr. Wlthycombe waa vested with tha pnwar or olllce and ImmodlaUly presented to tha two- pie bla first atata document, whlrh waa an Inaugural address and message to tha legislature combined. Hla drat official art waa to wrlta a letter accepting tha presidency of tha Oregon State Hoard of tha Ked Cross. IH profuse, but even mora Impies- alva, where tha decorstlons Inalda tha bouaa chamber where tha Inauguration took placa. Tha only dlspely of color waa that produced by th nag bang' Inar In tha doorway. . Hut tha portrait of til no ex -gov a mora of tha atata looked down on tha arena that transferred tha authority over tha atata'a affair from the hand ofOawaldWest into thoe of James Wlthycombe. Two ex-governors occu- pled tha roatrum with them. Afar tba retiring governor and tha Incoming governor had been escorted Into tba room W. I-alr Tbompaon, pres- Dr. Jamea Wlthycombe, Oregon's New Governor. Idantof tba senate, presented Gov amor .West. Tba retiring governor waa sharply applaudod a ha aroee. "Tba tlma baa come,"ald Governor Waat. "when politic ihould be forgot lan. and I. for one, want to give the Incoming governor all the help possl bla. In retiring from office 1 think that, In my limited ability, I have dona beat I could, but a I expect to stay bare I want to help all I can to make Oregon the greatest atata In tha Union," President Tbompaon then formally announced that the canvaaa of the vote ahowed Dr. Wlthycombe elected, and formally presented bim for the inaug ural ceremony. Chief Justice Moore adminitered tha oath. Governor Wlthycombe began at once hla formal message that he had pre' pared in advance, and apoke briefly of bla Ideal and purposea. "It la my hope and Intention," he aald, "tht my admlnlatration ahall be both economical and constructive. Ore gon need capital to develop it re. sources. Capital muat be encouraged, not hampered. Wa do not want cap ital tbat will override ua, but we muat make Investments attractive and not by undue reatrlctlona drive it away, The future of Oregon rent primarily in agricultural development. It muat be given aid and encouragemont. I ahall aurround myaelf ao far aa it ia Doaalbla with men who are in aym pathy with my purpose. The changea that may be made in the appointive office will not be on political ground, but in the interest of efficiency and in that of carrying out the policies I have outlined. Following ia a aynopala of Governor Wlthycombe' first menage to the Oregon legislature, delivered before that body immediately following hla inauguration Tuesday afternoon: Recommends that tha legislature let record for brevity, especially In the number of laws passed. Urges a abort, sane session, with a few good laws. Would have aeveral elective offices made appointive; recommends the consolidation of varloua commissions and bureaua and suggests that a com mittee be appointed to make survey Clatsop Back Bounty Bill State Capitol, Salem Membera of the Clatsop county delegation are be hind a bill introduced in tha house pro viding bounty of 1 each on seals caught In the Columbia river. The measure provide that one-half tha bounty be paid by the county opposite which, in tha river, the aeala are caught, and tha other half by the atata. It will be neceaaary for persona claiming these proposed bounties to make affidavit that the aeala are caucht on the Oregon aide of the river and not on the Washington aide. i ' " ' $ ) lf V Xf'f A - L. t. , of tha brit way to centralise the stale irovernment and report in 1917. Would abolish continuing approprii lions, except for atata educational In stitutions, and would place all atata re ceipt In tha general fund In charge of tha atata treasurer. Iteeommenda that efforts to econo mise should not stop with the state, but extend to tha counties. Of every 1100 taxea. 112.60 goee to tba etate and 137.60 to the county, therefore the county admlnlatration costs th taxpayer three time aa much aa tha late. The legislature should save at least I2U,0)0 in Its own expense of operation thla session. Recommend anil-liquor regulation that can be enforced; want the gov ernor to have the power to remove off) cere who do not enforce the prohibition lawa: favor a substantial approprla tion for Inveatlgatlon by peel si aifent. Recommends one-half mill state tax for road purpoeea and the use of the automobile license fund for the same purpose. Would evolve a rational state mort gage credit system and memorialise congress to take action on we rural credit banking lawa. Iteeommenda tbat non-salaried committee of aevan business men see what can be done to eatablish naw In' duslrlee. Unreasonable restriction on commercial artlvtlee ahould be frowned on. Would encourage tba normal schools Recommends that from the sale of landa in the Tumalo project aet the money aside for future Irrigation aid under atata u pert I Ion. With one axceptoln, tha slat Inati tut Ion are In good ahsp. Tba excep tion la tha penitentiary. Tbere la not enough work to keep the men In phy leal trim. They ahould work on road or manufacture something not made by free labor, because youths and bard' ened criminals are not segregated, the state la conducting a school of crime, aa the novice Imbibes the spirit of tbe veteran crooks. Tbe exaggerated leniency to prison era In the past will not be repeated, more sparing use of tbe pardoning rower will have a Military effect, Only In exceptional circumstance will the sentence be set aside or modified. Eastern Oregon Irrigation Project Ask or Million Central Oregon Irrigatlonlsta want not only the 1460.000 that the Federal government intend to expend for reclamation purpoeea in thia atata, but an additional appropriation of 1460,000 from the legislature, to be matched by a like amount from tbe Federal treas ury. Altogether. Central Oregon want 11,360,000 for Immediate development work. Resolutions to this effect were adopted at a caucus of delegate from the interior counties to the Irrigation congreaa being held In Portland. While the resolutions suggest tbst the money bo appropriated for work In "Central Oregon." It ia apparent tnat thia term ia intended to apply only to Crook county and its Immediate en vlrons, including Jefferson county, which recently waa carved out of Crook county. More than ISO delegates were repre sented at the Central Oregon caucus. All but a fow of them, however, were representative of Crook and Jefferson counties. Tbe meeting also went on record in favor of Federal guaranteee for bonds issued by separate irrigation districts, This plan also baa been auggested by the Umatilla county delegate and ia supported generally by the Eastern Oregon irrigatlonlsta. The Metoliua Irrigation el i'ower company's project, more generally known aa the lower desert project, also waa recommended and efforts will be made to have the general atata con' gross adopt resolution to that effect $2 Rise in Lumber Seen-- Mill to Reopen feb. 1st Eugene Anticipating a rise of from 2 to 13 in tbe price of lumber, now $10 a thousand, the Coast Range Lum ber company I booking no new orders, according to C E. Gatke, manager of the lumber company's mill at Mabel, in the Mohawk valley, east of Eugene. The mill will reopen February 1. Mr. Gatke expects the riae eooa after the ftret of the year. He aaya it will mark the beginning of a revival of the lumber business. An order for 4,000,000 tic, now being figured upon by the Coast mill, appeared week ago, and although Mr. Gatke states that it cannot be handled by the Inland mills, he regards it to be one of the factors which will help relieve the strain. Tha mill at Mabel haa a ca pacity of 100.000 feet dally. The first or the year aiwaya msrus spring buying in lumber yards, just I it doea for any of the wholesalers, stated A. C. Dixon, manager of the Booth-Kelly company. He aaya: "I have talked with a number of the fore most Portland lumbermen during the week. They are watching the begin ning of the new year with interest Such factors as the rate Increase, the large crops, the restoration of confi dence, and changea in tbe war situa tion, are considered." i Companies Seek Relief. State Capitol, Salom For the bene fit of Oregon fire insurance companiea of limited capital Senator Fsrrell pre aented a bill providing tbat the amount of money required to be deposited by foreign companiea to do bualneaa in thia atate be reduced from $50,000 to 126.000. Oregon companiea have com plained that other atatea are enforcing the (60,000 requirement on Oregon companiea desiring to do bualneaa then, with the result that foreign bua lneaa received by them muat be limited because of lack of capital. Oregon Legislature Opens 28th Session State Capitol, Kalem ilen Selling, of Portland, waa elected apeaker of the bouse of representative at the opening of th 28th legislative assembly Mon day by a vote of 37 to 22 for Allen Eaton, of Eugene. The Selling forcee remained intact and voted solidly for their man on tbe ftret ballot. Likewise tha Eaton strength waa undisturbed by tbe efforts of the oppoalton. Selling had 87 vote on tbe first ballot. Cardwcll, of Douglas, one or hie supporters, wss absent. Eaton had the remaining 22 vote. Tha four Democrat. Including Miss Towne, tbe only woman member, voted for baton. Selling had the support of tha Mult nomah delegation with tha exception of Gill. On the other hand, Selling gained tbe vote or btewart, oi Wheeler, who previously had been counted with the Eaton forcee. Upon Eaton's own motion the elec tion of Selling waa made unanimous Ben gelling, of Multnomah County, Speak it of House. and Selling wss escorted to the chair by Eaton himself, and Hinkle, of Uma tilla. Chief Justice Moore administered th nxth and the new sneaker lost no time with speechmaklng. He imme diately proceeded with the organisa tion. The following named attachea were elected by the house: Chief clerk, W. F. Drager, Salem; journal ciera, Harold A. Wilkin, Portland; reading lrk DiiHInv. R. Clark. Portland: calendar clerk, Charles Erskine, Bend; sergeant-at-arms, H. T. Bruce. Port land; doorkeeper, George Miller, Baker: mailing clerk. W. S. Mc- Adams, Independence. The speaker appointed josepn i. Singer, of Portland, assistant sergeant- at-arma. The committee on rule also was named. The committee la com posed of Forbes, Jeffries, Eaton, Lewis and Hink b. The committee on resoiu tions is formed of Handley, Irvin, Rit nor, Davey and Hare. Tha hmma reconvened at 2:30 in the afternoon and immediately went into committee or the whole ror ine elec tion of clerka and other officer. - Dav- nf Malhaur. waa chairman of the committee and Olson, of Multnomah, secretary. Rnfnra renortinir back to the house the committee voted to destroy its rec ords and pledged lis memoers to Keep secret the vote and other proceedings of the committee. It was not until then that someone noticed that the newspaper reporters had been present the time and naa taxen notes on an i nrnMedinira. WhereUDon the re- nnrtara am-nad nnt to use the informa tion with the understanding that they admitted to ruture ao-cauea secret meetings. The committee of the whole reported back to the bouse the result of its de IlKaraHnna. The sneaker then ap pointed hla committees on rules and of resolutions and named Gerald Knewea, Edward Heenan ana arreu uias aa Counties An Held Liabls. Salem That counties are legally liar ble for the expense Incurred in audit in? their books under the supervision of the state auditing department ia the substance of an opinion handed down by Attorney General Brown, replying to a communication from Gale S. Hill, of Albany. Tbe attorney general did not pasa on the reasonableness or ine bills In question, stating that it waa the duty of the County court to audit auch bills. Tba opinion atated, how ever, there was a question whether the legislature could enact auch lawa. W. F. Drager, Salem, Chief Clerk of House. State Capitol, Salem Disposing of preliminaries with celerity, the state aenata early Monday afternoon per fee ted Its permanent organisation, and tbe announcement of committees made ft ready for active work. W. Lair Thompson, of Lakeview, was elected jrf Ident without eerloue opposition, althoagh Senator Dlmlck, of Clackmas. and Kellaher, of Mult- monah, voted for Senator Wood, of Washington county. Mr. i Tbompaon also voted for Senator Wood. Th vote waa, Thorn peon 26, Wood I. Aa was predicted. 1. N. Day, of Mult nomah, wa elected temporary preal dent and John P. Hunt, of Marion, temporary secretary. So far along did tbe senste get with it work resolutions were introduced by several membera and three mea- agee were recieved irom uovernor West. Tbe only exciting race waa that between Glenn O. Holman, Theo dore Rowland and Jamea Church for calendar clerk, t Eight ballots were W. Lair Thorn om) a. of Crook. Klamath and Lake Counties, President of Senate. taken without any candidate having majority. Then a roc ess was declared and when the session waa resumed Mr, Holman'a name waa withdrawn. On tbe nest ballot Mr. Church waa elected by a large majority. The senste waa called to order at 10:20 o'clock by W. D. Wood, dean of the upper house. I. S. Smith, of Marsbfield. nominated I. N. Day. for temporary president; Dan Kellaher, moved that tbe nominations be closed. and Mr. Day waa elected by unan imous vote. W. Lair Thorn peon, of Lakeview, nominated John P. Hunt, of Marion, for temporary secretary, and there be tas; no other nominations, Mr. Hunt waa declared elected. John W. Cochran. Multnomah County, Chief Clerk of Senate. Upon motion of Burgess, of Pend leton, the temporary president, a com' mittee of three on credentials, com Dosed of Von der Hellen, of Jackson; Hawley, of Benton, and Smith, of Josephine. Burgess, Perkins, of Multnomah, and Hollia, of Forest Grove, were ap pointed a committee on permanent or ganisation. The report of the committee on cre dentials ceiled attention to tne va cancy in Douglas county because of the resignation of Senator Neuner to be come district attorney. Order of bua lneaa was outlined.ln the report of the committee on permanent organisation. , , Woman Appointed Senator. Salem Misa Marion Towne, of Jackson county, will not be the only woman member of the next General Assembly if tha plana of Governor West, announced Thursday, do not go astray. He aaid that he would appoint Miss Kathryn Clark, who conducts a hotel at Glendale, atate senator of Douglas county, to succeed George Nouner, recently named district attor ney. Tbe state senatorsmp waa onerea to Dexter Rice, or KoseDurg, Dut ne declined it, giving aa hia reason press of private business affairs. Brewery Loses Charter. Roeeburg By an order issued by Judge Harria, of Lane county, the Roseburg Brewing & Ice company, a corporation organised here many years ago, haa been deprived of its right in the future to manufacture, dispose of or keep in storage any quantity of beer. The order ia the result of action taken about two years ago by Governor Wost, when he instructed District At torney Brown to begin proceeding to annul the brewery charter. In his decision Judge Harria held that the brewery had violated local option lawa. BritUh Navy Still Holds Many American Cargoes London Th Norwegian steamer Alfred Nobel and BJoroatjerne Bjorn son, loaded chiefly with lard, bacon and other product of Chicago packing bouses, have been held with their car goes in Britiah port sine the middle of November. Tbe cargoes ar con signed "to order" at Copenhagen. Tbe Nobel aailed from New York October 20 and arrived in Liverpool November 17. The Bjornson left New York Oc tober 27 and was taken into Lefth November 17. It ia aaid by th owners of the aela tbat they aailed from tbe United States before th British announce ment of October 29 that all suppli that belligerent army might utilise must be definitely consigned to some firm or individual. The Swedish steamer Fridland, which left New York October 28 for Copenhagen and arrived at Kirkwall November 10; and wa taken thence to Shield November 80, also is atill be ing beld. Like the Nobel and BJron- son, the r rtdlana is loaaea witn paca a' products. Tbe foreign office was advised that theFridland'a manifest waa fraudu lent, it being alleged that ; rubber waa listed in it aa gum. The cargoes of all three ahipa have been beld for a prise court. Tbe foreign office says the delay in bringing tbe case to trial waa due to the reaueet of the owners for time to complete their evidence. The British government wanted to sell the cargoes at auction, but th owners refused to permit thia, aaying the bacon in them waa not the sort required by the Eng- lish market and that the other suppli in package were not dealrable for the trade. Therefore, they declared, the price reoeived would be below the in voice. Senators Approve Army Coast Defense Measures Washington, D. C War depart ment bills to strengthen the army and create a reserve corps were taken op Wednesday by the senate military com mittee in open session with Secretary Garrison and hia aides present to ex plain the various projects. Members of the committee indicated by their questions their general approval of tbe measures. Senator Dupont, however, objected to the bill providing for the addition of 1000 officers to tbe mobile army, contending that it would create nearly a thousand vacancies in the grade of aecond lieutenant and provide for disproportion of colonel and lieuten ant colonels. Secretary Garrison said the bills bad been prepared in the war college by hia direction and that he had di rected that efficiency of the army should be tbe 'end Bought. He aaid statements of the reason of the appor tionment selected would be drafted at once for the committee. Discussing the bill providing for the creation of a reserve corps by grant ing power to the secretary to discbarge competent men from the regular army into the reserve at the end of one year of service, Mr. Garrison aaid the pres ent reserve system, which bad pro duced a force of only 16 men in two years, was a "vacuum." His plan, he believed, would bring to the army a class of recruits not now available. The secretary strongly urged the enactment of the bill providing for the officers reserve corps. Even with the other bills enacted, be said, the department would be faced. in time of war, with the problem of providing officers for a force of 350. 000 men, and it now had no list of graduates of military schools or other civilians competent to take these posi tions. The secretary said the enactment of the coast artillery bill would bring that arm of the service up to 60 per cent of the strength it would have in war. He said he had considered this the most urgent matter, because the isolated position of the United States made its coast defenses of most im portance. A aingle shot from a big gun. he said, would sink $15,000,000 battleship, but no foe would take a chance against the coast defenses in order to drop few random shells into cities. General Weaver, chief of the coast artillery, told the committee that the United Statea had expended J 176,000, 000 on its coast defenses since 1888. and that, in material they were the best in the world. ' 400,000 to Meet Serbs. . London The Petrograd correspond ent reports it is the general belief in Russia that the projected new invasion of Servia ia due to the urgent de mands of Hungarian statesmen that aomethinsr should be done to defend their country, otherwise they threat en that Hungary will look after her self. It ia aaid that an expedition of 400,000 men ia being made ready un der the nominal command of Archduke Eugene of Austria, to which will be attached a German general as the real leader. Albanian Plan Attack. Athena The'Albanian insurgents, according to information which has reached here, have occupied tbe heights of RitspoL They have placed guns in position for us against Du raxso, the Albanian port recently shelled by Italian forces, and where Essad Pasha and hia troops, represent ing the provisional government, are stationed. FUNERAL OF JM Lis1 1 v . it. ' m . . j fti i m..Avr ) lis "-. , " . ' a.Il . V. J In a cold drizzle England paid her last tribute to Lord Roberta, th 'grand old man" of bar army, aa tbe cortege pasaed through th streets from baring Cross station to St Paul'a cathedral, where tbe remains of the late leld marshal were laid in the tomb. Th photograph shows tbe soldier's tody on the gun carriage which bis son tried to save at Colenso at th ixpense of bla life. ' U. S. NOTE IS RIGHT Great Britain Ms Correctness an. Prciscs Rit Detention of Our Ships Will Not Stop. But International Law Will Not Be Exceeded. Washington, D. C Great Britain's preliminary reply to th not from the United State government, requesting Improvement in the treatment of American commerce by the Britiah fleet, was made public her and in London Sunday by mutual agreement between th State department and tbe British foreign office. Tbe British communication concurs in the view of the United States that commerce between tbe neutral nations should be Interfered with only when imperatively necessary and officials of the Washington government construed it as conceding that the principle ex pressed by the American note were just and upheld by the previously t cepted usage of international law. The only formal comment made was contained in a brief statement issued by Secretary Bryan, who said: This answer, being preliminary, and not being intended as a complete reply, we will postpone comment until the full answer ia received." Briefly, the Britiah note, while con ceding the principles of the American govemment'a contentions, points out difficulties in actual practice, refers to alleged fraudulent practice by ship pers and cites statistics shownig an increase, rather than decrease, in cer tain neutral commerce, in support of Great Britain suspicions that Ger many and Austria have been indirectly obtaining contraband through neutral countries. The note promises, bow- ever, that ureat Britain "wiu maxe redress whenever the action of the British fleet may unintentionally ex ceed" the limits of international law. The text of the British communica tion is as follows: 'The Britiah secretary of State for foreign affairs to the American am bassador, foreign- office, Januray 7, 1915 Your Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your note of the 28th of December. 'It is being carefully examined and the points raised in it are receiving consideration, as the result of which a reply shall be addressed to your excel lency, dealing in detail with the issues raised and the points to which the United States government has drawn attention. This consideration and tbe preparation of the reply will necessar- ly require some time, and 1 tnereiore desire to send, without further delay, some preliminary observations which will, I trust, help to clear the ground and remove some misconceptions that eeem to exist. 'Let me say at once that we en tirely recognise the most friendly spirit referred to by yoar excellency and that we desire to reply in the same spirit and in the belief that, as your Students Discover Gold. Berkeley, Cal. Three students of the mining department of the Univer sity of California have discovered new and pleasant method of financing college education. They have been pending their Christmas holidays pros pecting in Placer county, and a letter received by the recorder of the univer sity seta forth that they had stumbled on a rich quarts vein and had begun to take out numerous semesters' worth of gold. They had employed a fore of men to mine the claim and war pre paring to return to the university. EARL ROBERTS i a . ) excellency states, frankness will best serve the continuance of cordial rel-. tions between the two countries. "His majesty's government cor-' dially concurs in th principle enun ciated by tbe government of th United Statea, that s belligerent is dealing with trad between neutral ahould not interfere, unless such inter-' ference is necessary to protect the belligerents national safety, and then only to the extent to which thia ia neceaaary. We shall endeavor to keep our action within th limit of this principle on the understanding that it admits our right to interfere when such interference ia not with 'bona fide' trade between the United State and another neutral Country, but with trade in contraband destined for th enemy's country, and we ai ready, whenever our action may unintention ally exceed thia principle, to mak re dress. "We think that much misconception exists as to th extent to which we have, in practice. Interfered with trade. Your excellency's note seems to bold Hi majesty' government responsible for the present condition of trade with neutral countries, and it is stated that, through the action of His maj esty's government, tha products of the great industries of the United States have been denied long established mar kets in European markets, which, , though neutral, ar contiguous to th seat of war." . ' German Strategy fails and Causes Heavy Loss Petrograd The following official communication was issued Tuesday from general headquarters: "On tha left bank of the Vistula, both day and night, January 10, th Germans attempted, without success, to attack our line at several points, but were repulsed everywhere by our fire. ' " ' "In an attack in the. region of th village of Samice, east of Skiernei wice, the Germans reached our barbed wire entanglements and began to shout: 'Do not fire; we are yours!' . "However, as similar strategy had been employed before, therefore tha vigilance of our troops was not de ceived by this maneuver of the Ger mane and we directed against them a destructive fire and delivered a coun ter attack, repulsing the . enemy and inflicting heavy losses upon them. " "In Galicia the cannon and rifle fir has been kept going and we remain in contact with the enemy." , rope to Act if War Gains. '. 1 Rome Information was obtained here that in case of Italy's Interven tion in the war the Pope ha agreed to recommend that diplomatic representa tives of enemy countries accredited to , the Holy See leave Rome, while the Italian government, on its part, under- takes to guarantee a continuance of the Pope'a telegraphic and epistolar correspondence with tbe entire world. '( The agreement ia the result of negotia tions between the Vatican and the gov eminent, in which Agliardi, bishop of Albano, acted as intermediary, y . 1 1 ? ' , State Sues Santa Claus. ' ?' North Yakima, Wash. Lucia A. Crangle, of Olympia, assistant stste labor commissioner, has filed a com plaint charging Mrs. Henshaw, pro prietor of tha Michigan Cafe, with violating the ' eight-hour law for women, in connection with th serving of a Christmas dinner to poor children Christmas Day. A patron of the hotel paid for the dinner. Mother-Teacher Victor. Albany, N. Y. A teacher may not be dismissed because she absents her self from th public schools to bear s child. Commissioner John H. Fialey, of the state department of education, has decided. Toe decision definite!?; determines the status of mother-tesoh-ers in th state, as under existing law there is no sppeal.