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WXHTOX, OHWiON,. TIIIDAY, -JANVAKV 2, 1915.
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Bunding on th bridge of th itaroblp Orrana at No York. Charles
W. Mora raised th Bur and Stripe on (be big liner, tbs Oral sblp Bring
lb American Hag plying between New York and iscrmuda, lleslde Mr. Mora
la the photograph la Oat J. W. I'andltbury. commander of the Oceana.
GERMAN SHIP SUNK
KM Patrol Fleet Damages Two
Oilier Hostile Cruisers.
English Patrvillng Squadron Fore
stall Another Attack on
Coast Town.
London An attempt by a German
erulaer aquadron to repeat tba attack
recently mad on Scarborough, tba
Hartlepool and other British eoaat
towns was frustrated Sunday by the
British patrolling aquadron.
In running fight the German ar
mored emlaer Blueher was sunk and
two German battle erulsere were ser
iously damaged.
Tbe British ship suffered only
alight damage. So far aa la known
only 13 of tbe Bluecher'a crew of 885
were eaved.
A battle alo occurred between the
light crulaeri and destroy era accom
panying the bigger ahfpa, but tbe re
sult of tbl engagement has not yet
reached the admiralty.
The Brltlah were superior in ships
engaged, weight of armament and
speed, and ths flight of the German
ablps into the mine and eubmnrlne
Infeated field possibly saved thorn from
furber loeaea.
The Biuechor was a erulaer of 15,.
660 tons dlspaeement and although
eoromlsaloned in 1908 waa completely
re-rlgged last year. She waa not
claaaed aa a battle erulaer, but waa in
tba next calas of thoae formidable
fighter.
With her were the Derflinger, Ger
many'a lateat battle cruiser, which had
just left the builder1 hands, and the
battle cruisers Seydlits and Moitk
the Istter a Is tor ship of the Goebcn,
formerly of the German but now of
the Turkish fleet, which waa recently
reported damaged by tbe Russians in
the UIbck
Cart and Jitney Losing.
Seattle Both the streetcar ayatem
and the jitney busses operating In Se
attle are engaged in an unprofitable
business, according to atatlatica com
piled by tbe chief engineer of the State
Public Service commission. The re
port waa forwarded to Governor Lister
with a recommendation for Immediate
action. According to the report the
atreetcar ayatem is lotting $2450 reve
nue dally while the bus driver make an
average net profit or wage of 12.83 a
day. The report ays that 618 busses
are carrying 49,000 paaaengera daily.
Chlcagoans An In Bad Way.
Chicago Thouiand of Chlcagoana
are Buffering with compound hyper
metropic astigmatism, complicated
with' blepharitis marginalia, it waa
learned Saturday. The announcement
was by Alderman Nance, of ths council
transportation committee, and the ail
ment la more annoying than aerloua.
It ia caused by dirty atreet ear win
dows, according to Alderman Nance,
and It aymptom are tired eyea, due
to the atraln of peering through the
darkened glaa. '
Crinoline Skirt Is Near.
Chicago Full aklrts, reinforced and
made non-transparent by heavy lining
are to be next aummer'a faahiona, ac
cording to a flat publUhed In the atyle
bulletin of the Fashion Art League of
America. The bulletin declared tbe
gowna of tha old crinoline daya were
being approached step by step.
LINE TO BCMUDA
$3,000,000 Timber Land
Deal Cloted In Oregon
The largest aale of timber land made
in the Pacific Northwest in several
years haa jut teen closed by the Dee-
chute Lumber company, with bead
Quarters at Bend. Or., with tbe
Shevlln lumber interest of Minneapo
lis. Minn., aggregating 60,000 acre
and involving a consideration. It la un
derstood, of approximately is.ooo.ooo,
T. L. Shevlln la the principal factor In
the deal for the Shevlln Interests.
With the purchase of this tract, tbe
Shevlln Interest now own a body of
yellow pine timber in Central Oregon
of about 180,000 acre. They have
been Investing in .Oregon timber lands
for a number ot years, and next to tbe
Weyerhaeuaer Timber company taey
are the largest holders of yellow pine
timber in the state.
Tbe tract just taken over by the
Shevlln adjoins their other holding.
Th timber ia aaid to be of an excep
tionally (The quality of yellow pine,
and with easy grade and th absence
of denae underbrush, the tract la Ideal
for logging operation. It I an
nounced that plana are being formulat
ed to begin logging In the near future.
American Vesel Sails
tor Hamburg, Germany
Flra laland. N. Y. Under the noae
of s British erulaer watching at the
gateway or New xonc, we American
ateamship Wilhelmlna, which aailed
Saturday from New York with her
hold filled with food supplies for Ger
many, alipped out to aea unmoleated
and laid bur course for Hamburg.
After having her compasses adjuated
in the bay the Wllhellna dropped down
the Ambrose channel at nightfall. Six
mlloa tn tha eaatward of Ambrose
lightship the Wilhelmlna sighted a
two-funnelled urttian cruiaer unuur
teerageway, with all lighta out She
looked like a black patch agalnat the
akvline. Smoke waa pouring from her
stacks.
With all light burning tbe mer
chantman steamed past the warship,
which did not even apeak we Ameri
can. An hour later the wnneimtna,
driving through a thick anow storm,
waa lost to view, while the cruiser,
atlll lailly swinging back and forth
near the lightship, contented herself
H.lk nUwttii Kap aiMlfrh An MVArft
'tramp frelghtera waiting for pilots.
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Un ly one firman warsnip nas uovn
nhanrvMt Mpantlv watchinff commerce
in and out of New York harbor, but
other Brltlah cruisers are aaid to be
atationed along the trans-Atlantic lane.
Captain Brewer, captain of the Wil
helmlna, flew the code flaga giving the
name or ate snip aa ne put to aea.
Cardinal It Reitrained.
Amsterdam A correspondent of
Tijd, who wss received by Cardinal
Mercler, declares that the cardinal la
still being prevented by tha German
mllitara authorities from leaving his
diocese or communicating with hia bis
hop. Ths cardinal aaid he waa
greatly pleased at the aympathetic
manner In which hla now famoua pas
toral letter appeared to be regarded
abroad, but be requested the inter
viewer not to touch on the question of
hla arrest He aaid he would supple
ment the statement he had made.
Jitney Paengtr Killed.
Vancouver, B. C Th first jitney
bua fatality In Vancouver occurred Fri
day night when D. A. Young, a
traveler, waa killed. As the chauffeur
waa collecting the fares the automo
bile swerved agalnat m telephone pole
against which Young, who waa stand
ing nn tha footboard, waa dashed with
such fore that bia akull waa fractured.
The bua waa crowded so that Young
could not get a sest
NEWS OF THE WEEK
General Resume of Important Events
fct it U Wotll
Mora than one German ahip is re
ported lost In th aea battle Sunday,
Th U. B. government I attempting
to eecur an accurate censu of th
unemployed In thl country.
Russian submarine are reported to
have aerloualy damaged the German
erulaer Gasell In tbe Baltic.
John D. Rockefeller. Jr., I to en
tertain "Mother Jones" and aak her
advice about the labor question.
Germany officially assures tbe Unite!
8atee that food cargoes to neutral
will not be seised for military use.
A Portland policeman arrests him
self for failure to secure a license fur
hi dog. Hi eM w a continued for
ante nee.
A 8ookn auto transfer man com
mit auiclde because be believed tbe
jitney buss would completely ruin
hi business.
A Japanese peace society in New
York will Investigate what cause th
friction between that country and the
United Bute.
Theodore Roosevelt, In recent
speech, urges tba national government
to start work on needed projects to aid
the unemployed of the country.
A Portland policeman mlatakes a
police aargeant for an automobile thief
and Dree fatal abot Tbe Duiieiai
verted from the rear tire and lodged
In tbe aargeant'a brain.
A cook in a restaurant in Baker,
Ore., admits be aet fir to tb place by
agreement with hia employer and waa
promised half tbe Insurance money.
The blase destroyed a half block of
business house.
Tha American-Hawaiian freight ahip
Wuh nvtM an. collided W1U tM
schooner Elisabeth Palmer near tbe
Delaware breakwater and sunk tbe
later. Only one of the two crews con
sisting of 54 men, was arownea.
A dianatch from Berlin aava that the
hareditarv nrlnee or UrunswlcK. wooee
mitm la tha daucrhtar of Emneror Wil
liam, la aerloualy ill. inecouanss
been suffering from inflammation of
tbe ear and an operation waa per
formed recently. There Is. however.
no caua for Immediate anxiety.
"t karahv beoueath jnv entire estate.
eonslatine of monev in banks and prop-
artv. tn the children of Mr. and Mrs.
A. & Nichols, of Riddle, Or., with the
understanding that they are to care lor
my dog-puppy aa long aa It Uvea," waa
tha easantial Dart of a will filed by
Jamea Rice, of Riddle, In the Probate
court
A chair made from niece of wood
aant tn him hv tha irovernor of each
aUte in tha Union ia to be shipped
from Ked Hank, . J., next wee oy
L. 3. Chaaey lor exnioiuon at ue
Pananta.Pai.ifln avnnaltlnn The ex
hibit, which will be known a the gov
mora' chair, ia of rustic design, each
piece of wood being in its natural state
and on each la a ailver plate on which
la inacriDCd tne name oi me governor
who gave It Each state exhibit will
h. tha 11. a of tha chair one dav.
after which It will be on exhibition in
the New Jersey section.
Martial law has been lifted st Cop
perfleld. Or.
King George will maintain only the
formal court social function.
After 60 vears of courtship, an Ore
gon couple were wedded at Vancouver,
Wash.
Oregon state senate votes 18 to 10
for the abolishment or tne atata navai
militia.
Germans make a decisive victory at
the battle of Solaaona, which began
January 8th.
Berlin hinta that America, by ex
porting munitions of war, ia prolong
ing the conflict
William D. Scott general manager
of the North Bank railroad, dies at hi
bom In Portland. '
ftarman anMiara ara charred with
circulating fora-ed entreaty for peace
among the Russian troop.
Jttnatt hna Mmninf finds that indi-
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vidua! auto owners are competing for
traffie business in Portland. Ore.
The remaining eight members of
tha Stefsnsaon Asatle exploring party
are thought to have perished months
ago.
Mavor Mitchel. of New York, and
Mavor Rolph. of San Francisco, will
talk on the telephone next Monday
over a direct' wire between the two
cities. Tbia will be the first telephone
conversation across the continent ever
heid, except between officials of tbe
telephone company who have been
teating tba wire for tha last month.
Earth tremblings are atill being re
ported in Italy.
A passenger arriving at Arnham
from Germany asserts that allied air
men Friday threw bombs upon the
town of Essen, destroying number of
bouse. Essen ia the home of the
famoua Krupp steel works.
Russian Consul Dogoravlensky an
nounce that the Ruaaian government
haa awarded a contract for 16, 000 rail
road cars to a Seattle firm, and aaya
that thla order ia only the beginning of
buaineaa between th Russian govern
ment and the Pacific Northwest
Pretldent WlUon An
nouneet Neutral Policy
Washington, D. C The United
State government liud Monday a
lengthy defen of '' Interpretation
of the rights and duties of a neutral In
tbe European war.
Tha document, orenared It Presl
dent Wilson, Secretary Bryan and
Counselor Robert Lansing, of tb Stat
iWiartment. after several dava of con
sultation, waa mads public in tbs form
of a letter from tne secretary or state
to Senator Stone, of Missouri, chair
man of th senste committee on for
eign relation.
Wbll tb letter I a reply to an in
quiry from Senator Stone for informa-
LADY SYBIL GREY
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Lady Sybil Grey, daughter of Earl
3rey, who U commandant of a corps
jf trained nursea caring for wounded
oldlera at Howtck Hall, tbe country
lest of her father In -Vortbumberland.
tlon as a result of complaints made in
tha nnwa and in letters from various
parte of the country, charging the
Washington government with unfair
ness to Germsny and Austria, it also
ia intended, aa a pronouncement of
nnltev on some ouestions of neutrality
previously unexplained.
After answering 19 apeeinc cnargea
and calling attention to the fact that
tha United States has promptly taken
to task Great BriUin aa well aa Ger
many and every government which in
any way haa infringed upon the rights
of this country, the letter concludes
with tha following declaration on the
much-discussed question of exporta
tion or war munitions.
"If any American citixen. partisans
nf nrma nv and Auatria-Hunirarv. feel
that thla administration a acting in a
way injurious to tbe cause or tnose
countries, this feeling results from the
f.rt that on tha hi eh seas the German
and Auatro-Hungarian naval power ia
tbua far Inferior to ire oruisn. it is
the business of a belligerent operating
on the high seas, not the duty of a
neutral, to prevent contraband from
reaching an enemy.
Movie Men Are Indicted.
Chlco. Cel. George Sontag, mem
ber of the once-notorious Sontag and
Evana gang which terrorized Cali
fornia 20 years ago, and George E.
Duke, a former realty operator or
Oakland, Richmond and Santa Rosa,
were indicted by the Butte county
grand jury on chargea of obtaining
money under false pretenses. The in
dictments are the result of their oper-
ationa in connection with the United
States Feature Film company, which
was organised by thera last summer to
produce a pictture which was aaid to
depict some of the operations of the
Evana and Sontag gang. The princi
pal charge against them is that they
sold stock in Chico snd Oroville with
tbe understanding that they were to
receive no promotion stock, and that
Duke had put $15,000 of hia own
money into the company. Both these
statements were declared misrepre
sentations. Ton der Goltz It Shot
London A dispatch to the Daily
News from Cairo says that an attempt
has been made on the life of Field
Marshal Baron Kolmar von der Goltx.
of the German army, who It waa aaid
recently left Constantinople to take
command of the Turks on the Cauca
sian frontiers. The report emanated
from the German consulate at Jaffa,
Syria. It aaid that tha Field Marshal
had been fired at and that it was
believed he had been hit Other
officer were attacked at the same
time.
GirU Mutt Co Down Rope.
r.mhrMo-n Maaa. RadMifTa a-irla
living in the college dormitories are
much diaturbed over a rule postea oy
the college fire chief, Marjorle Bridg-
mnn that "all ball gins are aosoiuteiy
required to practice eliding down the
rope escape in the gymnasiums."
Nnt nnlv Miaa Bridrnnan but the Col
lege authorities insist that every girl
must learn now to use tne ropo ore
eacapea, which the law require placed
in every room above the first floor.
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Proceedings of the People' Kf prjMUUm at the SUU Capitol
On "Dry" Measure Boiled
Down to Only US Word
Slt Capitol, Salem AQ pending
legislation intended to make effective
tbe prohibition amendment enacted by
th people at tbe election last Novem
ber is embraced in a bill of precisely
115 words Introduced In tb bouse by
Representative Cardwell, of Douglas
county. Tb Cardwell bill, which, It
author aaya, I ail that is necessary to
make Oregon aa dry as tb proverbial
bona, la:
"Any person or person who shall,
after tbe first day of January, 1918,
manufacture, sell or hav in bia, her
or their possession for the purpose of
sal, any Intoxicating liquor of any
nature shall be deemed guilty of a mis
demeanor and upon convietion.thereof
shall be punished by a fine in a sum of
not leas than 1200 or more than $1000,
or by Imprisonment in the county jail
for a term not exceeding all m on ins;
provided, however, that thia act aball
not arl7 to licensed physiciana pre
scribing al--oVlif lrq 'T fr medicinal
purpose or tbe sale thereof lor scien
tific, sacramental or mechanical pur
poses. All lawa and parte of laws in
conflict herewith ar hereby repealed."
In striking contrast to tbia measure
is the Committee of One Hundred's
bill containing about 8000 words, and
the bill of Representative Lewis, con
taining about 6000 words, eithw de
signed to carry into effect tbe pro
hibition amendment Tbe Cardwell
bill ia proclaimed by ita author as con
taining more real legislation tbanthe
two others combined.
"My bill will do the work," said
Representative Cardwell. "You don't
need another word to drive every sa
loon, brewery and distillery out of the
state."
In explanation of the provision that
will give physicians tbe right to pre
scribe alcoholic liquors for medicinal
purposes, be declares that tbe constitu
tional amendment require that excep
tion be made.
"Tbe amendment specifically pro
vides," he aaid, "that licensed physi
cians be permitted to prescribe intoxi
cating liauor for medicinal purpose.
Now this legislature can't go ahead
and pasa a bill that will deny them
that privilege. Our law would be un
constitutional if we would."
Many Sweepidg Change
Proposed in Election Bill
State Capitol, Salem A plan to
remedy many legislative ilia and to
establish a closer relation between the
legislature and the people who make
lawa through the use of the initiative
and referendum is embraced in a pair
of billa introduced in tbe house by
Representative Blanchard, of Josephine
county.
Mr. Blanchard'a first bill require
that all initiative measures be filed
with the secretary of state on or be
fore January 1 preceding the biennial
elections.
The second one proposes to change
the time of the biennial legislative
sessions from the odd-numbered to
the even-numbered years, and post
poning the 1917 aesaion to January,
1918.
Thia would place the legislative
meetings in the same year with the
elections and would eliminate the ne
cessity of holding special elections to
consider measures referred to the peo
ple by the legislature.
Because the initiative measures
would be on file with the secretary of
state before the legislatures would
meet it would be possible for the legis
latures to take up and dispose of the
measures proposed by initiative.
While the Blanchard bill wovJd not
compel the' legislature to consider those
measures, the author la sure that no
legislature would refuse to act on
them.
Free Textbook in PeriL
State House, Salem Oregon's free
textbook law may be repealed by the
present legislature, ine nouse com
mittee on judiciary introduced bill
providing for the repeal of the law
passed by tbe 1913 legislature, which
gives the various school districts of
the state the privilege of voting on
the question of free textbooks. Only
one district St Johns has adopted
books under the provisions of this act
The present law allows all schools
parochial as well aa public to obtain
free textbooks if a district votea to
adopt them. Representative Scheubel
introduced bill last week providing
thst only public schools be entitled to
free textbooks. The judiciary com
mittee did not agree on the Schoebel
bill, so compromised by drawing up a
new bill repealing the textbook law
and deciding to report the Schuebel
bill adversely.
Absent Voter BUI Filed.
State Capitol, Salem A bill provid
ing that registered voters who are
away from home at general elections
may, by presenting the proper certifi
cate, vote for presidential electors,
state officer and on constitutional
smendmenta wherever they may be in
the state, waa introduced by Senator
Perkins, of Multnomah. It la etyled
"Absent Voters' Law." The aet pro
vides that the voter must obtain a cer
tificate from the judge of election in
the district in which be lives. It will
also be necessary to identify himself.
Proposed Change In Haz
ard ZUt Hade tn House
State Capitol, Salem Classifica
tions of occupations and a scale of
premlume based upon the baxard risk
involved bv every claaa la proposed . In
a aariaa of amendment to the Work
man's eamnanaatioa act introduced In
the house by Representative Schuebel
or uiacamaar
Tb proa posed assessment ar to b
haaaH on tha total navroll in anv Der
tieular hazard. Tbe rate vary from
one-half of I per eent in tbe printnig
IfuIm tA II run- rant for structural
steel, subaqueous works and powder
works.
Kvarv workman coming under pro
visions of the set is required to con
tribute 1 cent a day regardless or tne
occupation he is engaged In, and tbe
atnnlovera ara reouired to retain the
money from every man's wages and
remit it to tne commission.
Whanavar tha monev Paid in any
one calendar year to the workmen of
any one employer coming onaer pro
visions of tbe act shall not exceed 60
nar cant of the contribution Into tb
fund by such employer, bl rate of
assessment shall be deereaeed by 10
nr Mint.
Whenever, in the opinion of the
commission, tbe money in tne indus
trial accident fund shall be sufficient
tr, mautt all navmenta then due. with
surplus of 80 per cent the employer
shall be exempt from payment for the
next calendar month.
A waiting period of aix daya is pro
vided, but if the incapacity or ina
bility extend beyond a period of four
weeks payments shall be computed
rrom the date or tne injury.
Tha eommlaaioB ia authorised to In
spect frctories and workabopa for the
purpose of determining wnetner em
nlnvara hava taken all Dossibla precau
tions to protect their employee from
injury.
Portage Line Men Report.
State CanitoL Salem The Portage
railway commission in a report filed in
the senate requests that action oe
taken with a view of turning over the
railwav. ita rolling stock, etc.. to the
regular ' state board of supervision
when the Celilo canal ia eompieteo
May 1. It announces that there re
mained January 1. 1915. in the state
treasury $22,841.40 of the last appro
priation of $25,000 to tne credit or tne
Portage railway. It ia requested that
tsoon ha lft in the nresent fund and
that the balance be turned over to the
general fund. Joseph . T. Peters, L.
A. Lewis and W. J. Mariner, the com
miaaionara. - who have served eontina-
aualv since thev were appointed by the
legislature February 23, 1907, tender
their resignation, to take effect upon
the completion of the Celilo canal.
Oregon Capitol Near Destruction,
Salem, Or. Oregon's historic State
house waa endangered for a time Sun
day by a fire which started shortly be
fore 5 o'clock p. m. following an ex
plosion of oil in the central heating
plant just outside the basement of the
Capitol. The entire interior of the
heating plant was a mass of flames
and the blaxe leaped out the ekylight
and" up along the aide of the State
house. Quick work by atate officials,
attA amnlnvea and the Salem fire de
partment soon had the blaze under
control.
It was feared that two filled oil
tanka would explode, but this danger
was eliminated by Joe Bernardi. fire
man, who rushed through the flames
and ahut the pipe which feeds oil to
the burner of the heater.
Merger Work Begin Soon.
State Capitol, Salem The. joint
committee to investigate bills and sug
gestions for consolidations and aboli
tions of boards and departments will
start work at once, announces Presi
dent Thompson, of the senate, who
named Day, Barrett and Bingham
members of the senate committee. The
house committee is composed of
Speaker Selling, Hare, Hunt Eaton
and Wentworth. It is the plan to
make a thorough investigation of con
ditions and make recommendations
for reform in the state government
Annexation Bill Signed.
State Capitol, Salem Governor
Withyeombe haa signed house bill No.
23, introduced by Representative
Lewis, which will enable cities to
merge under a constitutional amend
ment passed at the recent election.
Tha maaanra ia nrimarilv fcr the bene
fit of St Johns and Portland, both of
which will vote upon a proposal for a
merging of the smallr city with the
larger one in a few mouths.
Ann-Advertising Bill Liked.
State Capitol, Salem The house
mada anil hiirhwava
voted to report favorably on the bill
introduced by tcepresencative omnn,
nf Multnomah eountv. to prevent ad
vertising along the Columbia High
way. Thia measure ia fathered by the
good roads and motor enthusiasts, who
want to preeei.a tbe acenic beauties of
the highway.
Immigration Board Dead.
State Capitol, Salem The economy
program waa given impetus when Gov
ernor Withyeombe signed ths bill of
Senator Dimick abolishing the im
migration commission. An appropria
tion of $50,000 was made for the de
partment by the last legislature and
$71,000 waa asked for the present bi
ennial period.
BALANCE tiOW REAL
First He b History 11. S. fc'ti
Trade of " Workl
Economist Say America It Keep
ing Her Moneg at Jlome on
Account of War.
Chicago For tb first time in his
tory the United States is "experlene
Ing tbe sensation of a real trade bal
ance in IU favor," Dr. Edward E.
Pratt chief of the Federal bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce, told
tbe Illinois Banker' association at Its
annual dinner her Thursday.
As a result of the developments
abroad during the last aix! months. Dr.
Pratt aaid, "we have turned the comer
and are facing a new era . of buaineaa
expansion in thia country an era which
haa mad tbe term "born .market' ob
solete and racbaic and put- in ita place
the unfamiliar term of "world market'
He explained that while tbe export
execs in favor of the United States
had ranged annually for 14 years from
$250,000,000 to $650,000,000 "invisi
ble factor" had made thla only an ap
parent favorable balance.
Foreign investment in tbe united
State, tb speaker aaid, totalled $7,
500.000.000. with an annual interest
of $350,000,000, constituting a fixed
charge on American Industrie, wbil
American Investments abroad pro
duced a revenue yearly of only $75,
000,000, reducing th balance against
the United State on thia count to
$276,000,000.
Moreover, he pointed out American
tourist traffic poured milllona into
European coffera each year, tb 1914
figure being approximately $286,000,
000; foreign-born Americana sent
home annually at least $150,000,000
and foreign ahipping concerns collected
freight from American foreign com
merce amounting to $25,000,000
year.
The result of all these invisible fac
tors during the fiscal year of 1914, Dr.
Pratt declared, had been to produce an .
actual excess of remittance over re
ceipt of $56,000,000. -
The change began on July I,
be aaid, and by December 81 last year
the trade balances exceeded remit
tances by $133,000,000, due to tne
huge exportation of fooadtuffe, mer
chandise and gold and ailver. At the
same time came "a period of export '
capitalism, and we are just at the
point of expanding into the world's
markets."
To illustrate "export capitalism, " .
Dr. Pratt cited the Swedish loan of ;
$5,000,000; the Argentine loan of '
$15,000,000 and the Russian loan of
$25,000,000, all floated in thia country
during the last six months.
Austria Will Make Big
Display at Panama lair
San Francisco Austria will be rep
resented at the Panama-Pacific Inter
national Exposition with exhibita cov
ering between 8000 and 10,000 square
feet of floor space. Construction was
kumn in tha rantar of tha Palace of
Varied Industries of an enormous cov
ered booth with a front facade 800
feet long. '
Thia block of one-fifth of an acre
rill h filial! with a varied assortment -
of products of Austrian manufactures
t"a iVASTian tin.tfo fmM Vianna. Prams.
Carlsbad and Budapest, via Rotterdam.
Some of these exiMbits sjreaay nave '
arrived in New York.
Th wnrk nf iratherintr and install-.
ing these exhibits is in charge of Os
car Moeer, who was appointed oy tne
Austrian government as exposition
commissioner; Louis Kainx, of the
Austrian board of trade; and Landor
Decsenyi, assistant commissioner.
In h Anatrian arhihit are elabor
ate and comprehensive exhibits of Bo
hemian crystal glass rrom tne aris-
bad factories, porcelains, rare Vienna
hmncaa nf great value. Bentwood fur
niture, precious and semi-precious
stones in great variety, carpeis, ruga
ami a variatv of textile product for
which certain diBtricta are famous.
Also there will be exhibits of fine Aus
trian wine and modela and large
nlntH aeanaa illustrative of the
acenic railwaya and celebrated water
ing places of the country.
Many Cadets See Service.
London One of the unusual feature
of
the war is. the number of naval
training ahipa and cadets that have
been in action. Tbe tugnnyer, wnicn
fought the ill-fated commerce destroy-
Wilhalm Akt ftrossa. in the earlv
daya of the war, was a naval training
ahip. Two aeagoing training cruisers
for cadets, the Cornwall and Carnar
von, distinguished themselves in the
Falkland Islands battle. A large num
ber of cadets also perished In tbe
Hawke. Hogue, Aboukir and Creasy,
which were sunk by submarines.
' Ban on Absinthe Favored.
Paris The license committee of the
chamber of deputise haa decided to
submit a report favoring tne prohi
bition of tbe aale of absinthe. Tb
ission of the chamber
began the consideration of the rehabil
itation of Industrie ruined oy me war,
methods of manufacturing products
fartnan'lv snnnliea1 tt BOW boatil coun
tries and tha question of finding a fcr-
ign market for l output.
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