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WliSTON, OILEGOX, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1015.
NO. S3.
XXXIV.
V,
NEWS OF THE WEEK
General Resume of Important Events
DiroosliootttieWorli
Russlana report eaptur of many
Carman supplies In North Pol ami.
Th United 8tataa baa dlpsU-hed
two additional battleships to Vara
Crua.
A British trulsar capturaa an A mar
lean bark and take tb cargo of 0000
baiaa of aotton Into a prls court.
French troopa advancing on Gormana
In Belgium And tha fooa In atrong po
rtion, and both flood and daap anewa
ara encountered.
Tha University of Toronto la figur
ing on closing aavaral weak aariiar
than usual to allow It atudanU to an-
Hat In tha army.
Giaca baa form ad a now cabinet,
but King Constantino daelaraa that
onlaaa It atand neutral, ba will cauM
It to bo dlesolved.
It la raportad that Frne baa ft
troop ihlpa anrouta to tho Uardanelle
apparently to aid In land operation
should Constanllnopl rsll.
Forty boura after dreaming that bar
brothw bad committed suicide, the
dead waa actually committed by J. C.
John, In Salt Lake City, Utah.
Tbree 8 en Francisco bakara were
found guilty of Bailing short-weight
loave. Tbelr plea of tha blgh price of
flour did not mti Item from nn.
The Gould family baa baan entirely
eliminated from the railway director-
hlpa of railroad by tba reorganisa
tion of tha Missouri I'aeino-iron Moun
tain railroad.
During tha early boura of Tueeday
mornlna- German aubmarlnoa made
tbelr presence known at three widely
apex ted point on tba BritUb eoaat
and tunk three mercbant steamers.
Tba London Dally Telegrapb'a Pari
correspondent ha learna thai ut.
Von Bethmann-Hollweg, tha German
Imperial chancellor, will make state
ment In tha Keichatag aoon, aaltlng
forth the term on which Germany la
willing to make peace.
Count Lastlo 8teckenyl, formerly
Mi Glady Vsndarbiit, or new iotk,
li'MMiarln. from amalloox. which
ha contracted while mining wounded
In an.Autrlan hospital inree weex
ago, according to a Budapest dispatch
to the rost aawa Karen s.
John K. Calther, who baa bean post
master of La Center. Wain., for 41
year, will retire from the service aa
aoon ai Patrick M. Kanea, recently ap
pointed, can file hi bond and receive
hi commission. Mr. liaitner. wno w
78 year old, earn from Indiana In
1873, and the following year became
postmaster. He baa mied only one
term of office.
Mr. E. A. Pierce, aged 72, of
Welch. Or., killed a big black hear
with a garden hoe when the bear at
tacked bar Saturday at her little cabin
on the aouth atop of Mount Hope,
The bear bad chaaed B. A. Hutchlnaon
from a neighboring cabin and ad
vanced on Mr. Pierce where ahe wai
hoeing her garden. While Mr. Hutch
lnaon ran for aid, Mr. Plorc alow
Bruin with the only weapon at hand,
tha boa.
The Middle Weat la bavlng a aevere
anowatorm.
Auatrla la laid to have refuaed aid
to Turkey In ber present engagement
with the allle' fleet.
If. V Berry,' originator of the pres
ent ayatem of express and potl
money order, I dead.
The Minnesota legialature baa re
fuaed to submit a woman auffrage
amendment to the people. '
Having "abatalned" during all of
February, the moon will be full twice
during March. Thia la the flrst occur
ence aince 1849.
"Unleea neutral nation are pre
pared to aaaiit In throwing the Ger
man out of Belgium, no suggestions
from them In the matter of preventing
the further devastation of that country
are wanted," aald Sir Edward Grey,
the foreign secretary, in th British
bouse of common.
William Wllletf daylight aavlng
bill, which waa diacuaied In the Britiah
parliament In tha apring of 1109, pro
vided for the earlier use of daylight
by putting forward the clock SO min
ute on four uccea!v Sundaya In
April and ravening the proceai on four
Sunday In September. Thia proced
ure, it waa argued, would bring more
time at the end of the day for recrea
tion while the sun waa atlll up. The
measure neve? became law in England.
The author of the bill baa Juat died.
The British now claim that the war
will be abort, and that their artillery,
once weak, now dominate.
Bombardment of Turkey by the al
lied fleet continues and tha probable
results are that Conatantlnopla will
fall.
After two yaara of almost continu
ous session the CSd congraaa, Which re
vised the tariff and the currency sys
tem of the nation, . supplemented the
trust lawa, created an Income tax and
experienced the first popular election
of United State senator, ended at
noon March 4.
Crll in Mexico Caute
Washington Much Alarm
Washington. D. C President Wil
ton was confronted with one of the
moat serious and perplailng develop
ment that haa ever arisen in the Mex
ican situation. Mexico City la on the
verse of starvation. General (Jure-
gon, the Carranta commander, raruaa
to permit an International relief com
mittee eomDoaed of wealthy member
of the foreign colony to succor th
naarf.
"Max loo need no foreign aid," the
a-anaral la reported to have aald.
All the merchant who closed their
tnra hava baan ordered to reooen un
der threat Of punishment. Three hun
dred of them, all Mexican, have been
Imprisoned. The people or tba city
p livln In tarrnr at another evacua
tion, since Obragon baa announced that
be will not prevent looting or pillaging
for rood or money.
The Bratlllan, Britiah. Spanish and
Italian amhaaaadora called aeoaratelv
at the 8late department, bringing pes
simistic report or toe situation, wnicn
eorraanondad In raoorta already receiv
ed bv the American government. The
foreign diplomat suggested no solu
I Inn
Secretary Bryan announced that be
had aent an ora-ent telerram to Amer
ican Consul Sltllman with Instructions
to lav the situation ear neatly before
U oners I uairansa, so taat uenerai
Ohrairon mlo-ht ha directed to accept
the proffered aid of the foreign reel-
dent. Freight service I auspenaaa
between Mexico Cltv and Vara Crua.
Transportation facilities for relief
ouraosee are withheld by General
Obragon on the ground of military
leaaalty.
President Wilson waa advlaed of all
the facta aa revealed In official m
sage and reports from the foreign am
bassador. Th President wa report
ed to be studying the various phase
of the question closely. Should Gen
eral Obragon continue to refuse out
side aid. drastic measure might be
necessary. In the view of forelgtn dip
lomat. The situation U OaacriDea ny
there aa more nearly Intolerable than
It ever haa keen einee revolutionary
trouble began in the Southern repub
lic. .
Real Winter J Raging
Through Middle State
Chicago Old Winter played a fur
ious return engagement all over the
Middle Weat Saturday and la rapidly
extending the performance to the East
nd Southeast ,
Dispatch tail of heavy anew lo
Iowa. Nebraska and other state.
Trains are delayed In many direction
and atallad dead on small branch line.
In th cities transportation waa badly
crippled, but the storm bad It sliver
lining, for It provided work for tnoua-
anda of unemployed.
The storm swept up from the -oou lo
west, heralded by gJ of great rury,
Then came the snow, preceded by a
blaat of amall hall. There bad been
no warning of the storm, which (truck
Chicago shortly after midnight and In
creased In intensity aa morning ap
proached. Th city awoke to find an
Inch of anow over everything and the
wind blowing a mad gale. Two hour
later the snowfall bad Increased to two
and one-half Inches and waa turning to
rain. .... '' "'
Th fury of the torra waa most vis
ible on Lake Michigan, which had been
whipped Into a violent rage. Roaring
sea went over the breakwaters and
choked the mouth of the river. Lake
mariner aald it waa the worst storm
of th season.
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England Continue to
Delay U. S. food Ship
I.ondon Llttla llirht was thrown on
the steps that Great Britain will take
in nfnM her declared intention to
top trad to and from Germany. De
velopments on the declaration ninge on
an order-ln-eouncil which, it haa been
iaed. will be iasuad aoon. but no
definite date for the issuance of which
haa been announced.
Officials mske It clear at every op
nnrtunit that the mode of making re
prisals will be outlined In such a man
ner that further negotiation win not
be precluded, insofar aa the declara
tion arTeeta neutrals. Meanwhile food-
(tuff from the United Sutes destined
to neutral countries continue to be de
layed without explanation which sat
isfy shippers,
rhicaira Deckers are much annoyed
over the delay at Falmouth aince Feb
ruary 20 of the Norwegian steamer
Vltalia. There are no prospect for
th release of th temer, although it
la aald avervthlno- ooaaible baa been
done to comply with the British re
quirements. Owners or tne cargo gave apecinc
guarantee that the food waa for Hol
land consumption, yet th ship la still
being bold.
Miner Bold "101 Death.'
Wheeling, W. Vs. The convention
of the fifth Ohio sub-district. United
Mlnaworkar of America, which renre-
aanta diraetlv tha IE. 000 striking? East
ern Ohio minora, voted unanimously to
hold out for a 47-cent mining rate "tin
death." The operator have offered
aim eenta. Tha action of the conven
tion I expected to have an Important
bearing on the effort 01 secretary 01
Labor Wilson to settle the atrlke. The
efforts being made by Secretary Wil
ton, however, did not enter into tne
deliberation of th convention.
Socialist Want Honor.
Berlin Th Over New Agency
gave out the follownlg: "The Social
ist deputy, Haeniach, speaking In the
Prussian diet, expressed the feelings
of the Social Democrat and aald that
the party desired to secure honorable
peace." ,
Highway May
, Astoria by July Fourth
Rainier Work on the Columbia
Highway through Columbia county
will be resumed before the end of the
month. Major Bowlby, state highway
engineer, and party of bis aseoci
tee. together with number of
Rainier eltisena, walked over that por
tion of the Incompleted highway be
tween Rainier and Coble and came to
the conclusion that by beginning work
as aoon aa the men and material can
be ssembled It will be possible to have
the road open for traffic all the way
from Portland to Astoria before July
4.
The state blghwsy engineer will
have available this spring about $50,
000 of th Columbia county road fund
for us on th highway that waa grad
ed Isst year and that la unfinished.
This be believes will go far toward
completing the road through tbia coun
ty. Tb party that hiked ovr ma itai-
nier-Goble link found that the graded
roadway bad stood tha winter wall.
At a few point th hillsid bad slid
down perceptibly and covered a por
tion of the graded surface. in en
Coos County
Counties of
nreevm Agricultural Collar. Cor-
vallle With all cow testing aasocls
tlnna Mmlnir atlirhtl mora than 8000
dairy cow on official teat, dairyman
of Coo county lead all countiee 01 tne
United Bute In this progreesive plan
of building up tb dairy herd. What
make the fact still more rumarkabl
la th comparatively abort time In
whlvh the work of testlns: ba been in
nnaratlnn In this new Waatern Oregon
county that haa pat Oregon on the
map. Just about one year ago we
County court of Coos county. In eo-
uilia with tha Agricultural col
lege, completed arrangement to se
cure the services or a county agricul
tural agent J. L. Smith, th present
Incumbent, waa selected bv the Col
lege Dairy department and Extension
division and aent Into the field, known
to be highly favorable to dairying.
Hla arark haa resulted in many things
of great importance and value to Coo
- TabUt Sent to Ortaon.
Salem R. A. Booth, Governor
Wlthvcombe'a Mrsonal renresentatlve
at tha ooenlnff of the Oregon building
t the Panama-Pacific Exposition,
Thursday telegraphed the executive
that the commemorative bronte tablet
ir-aeantad to Ore iron bv the Exposition
officials bad been sent to uia ataie.
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Mr. Booth' tales-ram la aa follows:
"For tha official opening of the Ore-
iron building the weather waa all that
could be desired. W ware attended
bv a splendid crowd, who manifested a
anlrlt nf mnnina frlenaiinee. rreei-
dent Wilson wsa represented by M. B.
Lamar, the governor by Arthur ArlatL
Mayor Rolph spoke for the city ana
Vice President Hale for the exposi
tion. At the close of bis address be
presented to our state a beautiful
commemorative bronte Unlet, wnicn t
am forwarding to you by expreaa. The
Californiana have fairly won the ad
miration of all the oeoole and th Ex
position commission has made the
whole world their debtor, ror you i
have expressed a genuine Interest and
pledged the loyal help of all Oregon-
tana." .
Mine Comminlon Named.
Silem Governor Withycombe ha
announced the personnel of the new
Oregon bureau of mine and geology
as follows: H. N. Lawrta, 1 roruana;
W. a Fellows. Sumpter; J. F. Reddy,
Grant Pass; R. M. Be Us, Cornu
copia, and J. L. Wood, Albany.
Messr. Lawris, Fellow and Reddy
war reappointed. The term of office
of all member expired January 1.
In writing to members, notifying
them of their appointment, the gov
ernor urged the desirability of the
commission meeting at once, to that
Up could be taken to insure proper
representation of Oregon at the San
Francisco Exposition m tne rortn oi a
mineral exhibit.
. More Bertiet Planted.
Hood River Indications point to an
Increased strawberry crop In the Hood
River valley. Strawberries have been
profitable In the past few years, and
fruit haa liaan nlantad on manv addi
tional tracts, i Last year the Apple-
grower' association shipped iuu car
loads of strawberries. "I think that
the Underwood strawberry crop will be
of about the same quantity of last
year'a," Bay S. C. Clark, who haa one
of the largest tracts in tha Underwood
district of Skamania county. Washing
ton, just across th Columbia.
Reclamation Work Begun. '
Klamath Fall Tba Reclamation
service, finding little opposition to the
proposed enlargement oi tne urioiuu
lateral, have begun work with a force
of men and teams. A cook camp haa
been arranged and auppliee will be
shipped. It I intended to have ue
work completed by April 25, so that
the irrigation season may open May 1,
i usual. "
Governor Aide Coatt Detente.
Salem Governor Withycombe waa
notified of hi appointment aa second
vice president of the Pftcifie Coast De
fense Lesgue. He aent the league the
following telegram :
"I desire to co-operste in all tnings
which will tend to the ultimate better
ment and safeguarding of our coast."
Open to
gineers figured titat these obstacle
can be removed with little difficulty or
expens. They bad expected ucb be
havior by nature.
One Important piece of work that
remain to be done between Rainier
and Goble I at Pro. pact Point, where
the highway must be carried through
solid body of rock about 1600 feet
long. Part of th necessary blasting
haa been done. Major Bowlby eetl
mate that It will require lee than
I&000 to do th rest of the work on the
strip of highway,
The roadway for the entire dlatanee
covered by the party is fully 24 feet
wide, in accordance with contract
sneciflcatlona. All the fill and all th
culvert In the Rainier-Gobi link bv
been put In place. As the highway
commission never waa flush with
money on the Columbia county job, the
work la not finished with the earn
nicety aa In Multnomah county, but It
is every bit a ausbatantial and ser
viceable Tb scenic advantage are
equal to thos of the higbwsy through
Multnomah county, wito tne exception
that there are not so many picturesque
wsterfslls
Leads All
United States
county and to Oregon, but at the pres
ent time nothing else look so big to
those who ar following tb move
ments aa th wonderful dairy organ I
aatlon.
Cow testing In Coos county baa been
mad to mean precisely what tb term
Implies. Each cow under test baa her
milk weighed and tested for IU butter
fat content for each month in the year
by a competent. ' enthusiastic and dis
interested official tester working under
tb supervision of tb .college dairy
officers. Tb record are accepted by
dairyman everywhere aa being correct
and authentic, and if any cow fails to
measure up to standard dairy require
ment she is put out of the class of
profitable dairy cow and ber place in
the herd will be supplied by another
and better cow. In thia way good
cows are secured for th present pro
duction, and t ill better cow will be
bred for future producer.
Seed Sought tor ConteeL
Klamath Falls The Klamath Water
Users' association, with President
Abel Ady and County Agriculturist
H.R. Glslsyer bsve begun securing the
best seed possible for distribution
among th children of the water user
on the Klamath project who wish to
enter the contest announced by th
association recently.
The seed grain will be all of the
same variety and tne beat obtainable.
The contest is in th way of growing
th best vegetable and grains. To
the boy or girl growing the best potato
crop on a sixteenth of an acre will be
given the choice of three colts. The
second beet grower will have second
choice of the colts and the other colt
will go to the third best grower.
. Girl Beat Speller.
Oregon City The third spelling bee
in the all-county schedule arranged by
County School Superintendent Calavan
and Supervisors Vedder and McCor
mack, waa held at the Brown school
bouse, near New Era, this week, and
spelling team representing Brown,
Leland, Union Hall, Twilight and New
Era districts were present. The
school are divided into two divisions,
one composed of the fourth and fifth
grades and the other of the sixth, sev
enth and eighth. Miss Ruth Floyd, of
the Leland school, won in the lower
division, and Misa Easter Noble, of
Union Hall, was second.
Lawrence I Reappointed
Salem Arthur Lawrence, of Port
land, waa reappointed state printer by
the board of control Thursday. His
salary is $1800 a year, which ia fixed
by itatute.
R. A. Harris, under the old law, re
ceived $4000 a year. William Plimp
ton, aecretary of the department, re
ceived $2000 a year under the old law,
and Mr. Lawrence haa suggested to
the board that he ahould continue to
receive that aalary, or more, if the
board aeea fit to allow it.
Shelter Shed and Spur Allied.
Salem L. R. Gamble, in a com
plaint filed with the State Railroad
commission has asked that the South
ern Pacific Company be compelled to
provide a shelter shed and spur track
at Linn station on the Woodburn
Lpringfield branch.
Telephone Appeal Made.
Salem Declaring that ita long dis
tance service It made available to all
Portland patrons of the Home Tele
phone company by a decree of the
United State court, th FaciUc Tele
phone & Telegraph company haa asked
the railroad commission for a modifica
tion of ita order compelling an inter
change of telephone service in the Ho
tel Benson, in Portland. The order was
made when the building occupied by
the Benson hotel waa a part of the
Hotel Oregon. The Home company
object to a reopening of the case.
Legislator lake New Job.
Salem Governor Withycombe baa
accepted the resignation of Frank
Davey as representative in the legis
lature from Harney county. Mr. Davey
haa been appointed bookkeeper at the
penitentiary. -
WHEAT CROP LARGE
Greatest Prodiffitioa la History of
Country Is Predicted.
New Record I Expected tor Third
Consecutive YearAcreage
Increase It Big. ,
Chicago Indication point to a
wheat crop of more than 00,000,000
bushel this year, agalnat 891,000,000
bushel harvested Isst year. Thia, If
real i zad, will make the third consecu
tive record-breaking crop.
Tba United State last year raised
684,990,000 bushel of winter wheat
and act a new record. It waa one of
the best thing that ever happened to
thia country to have a bumper crop, as
It enabled the United State to feed
all Europ and obtain th hfgheet
price in year.
Tbl yoar it la possible to raise 700,-
000,000 busbeis busbel or more oi
winter wheat with favorable conditions
to harvest. This, with a spring wheat
crop estimated at 240,000,000 bushels.
which ia not a high figure, wiU make
tb wheat crop reach 840,000,000 bush
els. The wheat crop last spring waa a
poor one only 206,000,000 bushels.
A winter wheat acreage oi i,zoa.
000, an Increase of 4,185,000 acre, or
11.1 percent more than was needed
for the harvest of 1914 is the largest
evr known. Tba plant ba com
through the winter in unusually good
condition and indications ar that
there will be little less in aereag
from various cause up to harvest The
estimate of 700,000,000 bushels of
winter wheat ia based on a lo of only
263,000 acre up to harvest and yield
per acre of aligbtly more than 17 bush
els, or about two bushel an acre lees
than last year. or spring wneat,
which ia yet to be seeded, the estimate
ia baaed on an acreage of 18,000,000
acre and a yield of IS busbeis an
acre, or the same aa harvested In 1913,
when the crop waa 240,000,000 bush
el. A price are high it is expected
that with an early apring farmers in
the Northwest will put in the largest
in years and possibly It may exceed
19,000,000 acres; against 17,633,000
harvested last year.
47 Rescued After 96
Hour Underground
nintnn W. VaFortv-aeven miner
were rescued alive Sunday from the
working of tb Lay land mine oi in
New River & Pocahontas Consolidated
Coal company, wrecked by an ex
plosion Tuesday. Aa from a tomb the
men. who had been four dav and four
night without food or drink, earn
again into th light of day to be greet
ed by joyous relatives and friends.
Rescuers, headed by J. w. raui, oi
the bureau of mines; Early Henry,
chief of the State department of
mlnaa. and H. M. BerteloL general
manager of the company, entered mine
Nn a. Tearins- down a brattice work
to let In fresh air, they found five men
who seised and kissed them, the men
were' able to walk to the mine en
Iranr unaided. Thev had barricaded
themselves under the direction of one
of their number, Sam Morici.
Continuing the search, the rescuers
aiwuintarad another brattice about 600
yard beyond. Here, in entry No. 10,
they found 42 men alive. The miner
were so weak the rescuers had to carry
them to the entrance. As Sam Morici
waa the hero who compelled his little
party to barricade themselves, so did
Huirh McMillan and John Whalen prac
tically force the larger party to build
a rude barricade to snut out ue nox
ious afterdamp. -
Rnalicino- that their onlv hop for
rescue lay in keeping out the gaa and
afterdamp, McMillan and wnaien
made their companions, mostly foreign
birth, collect planka for a barricade.
Behind this barricade the 42 waited in
the darkness 96 hours until th res
cuer came.
Th rescued men suffered severely
from lack of food and drink. Medical
aid waa given them promptly and they
were taken to their homes. All, it ia
believed, will recover. '
Fifty-three men, including those
found Sunday, had been rescued alive;
86 bodies had been recovered and 30
or more were unaccounted for. All
but 11 of the dead have been brought
out. , J
The rescue parties worked feverishly
following the rescue of the 47, but
found no more alive.
Submarine Scare Abates,
London A dispatch to Router Tele
gram company from Flushing, Hol
land, says an easier feeling with re
gard to the German submarine block
ade ia indicated by the announcement
that beginning March 9 passenger
service to England by the liners of the
Zealand company will be considerably
extended. At present the British au
thorities permit only 200 passenger to
leave England daily.
The rush of passengers in Flushing
bound for England ia enormous. Thou
sands ar awaiting accommodation.
trench Sent to Africa.
Paris The ministry of war an
nounce that on account of the situa
tion In tha Dardanelles and In order to
meet every eventuality the government
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nas ueciaeoK to concentrate in to
Africa an expeditionary force. Thia
will be ready to put to tea at the first
sign that it ia needed and be directed
to
the point where ita presence is re-
quired.
German Said Willing
to Make Conceuton
London. A dispatch to Renter Tel
egram company from Athena save:
"Tha allied fleet Tbarsday bombard
ad and red need to silence the fort Of
fiarrfantia Hamldleh and Tchemerllk.
on the Aslstlo side of the Inside Dar
danelles. The telegrapb station at xse-
ilkal also was demolished.
Tha hsimhanlment waa carried Out
br nine ship, which advanced two
mllaa nn the af ralta."
a Piri, rilinairh aava tha Hava
New Agency cave out a dispatch con
firming tne report puonsneo in we
Paria Matin that aa allied fleet ra-
Btimed tha bombardment or tna w
jfanaltaa Tnaailav mornlDSL
Tbl dupatcn, oata at Aioen
U..h Maria
Th bombardment of th interior
fortification of th Dardanelles waa
resumed this morning. The allle have
a total or x warsnipa on ue acano.
five of them entered th trait.
While tbl movement waa going on
four battleship began th bombard-
mn iha Turkish nnaltlona frontlnc
on th Gulf of 8aroe, which is separ
ated from ua uaraaneue oy u uaj-
upou renrasuia.-
Tha aitmlraltv (aaned tha following
report regarding the bombardment of
the Turkish torts by in Angio-rrencn
fleet:
Tha ruraMftfia In tna Dardanelles
were resumed at 11 o'clock Monday
morning wnen tne inumpn, vena
and Albion entered the strait and at
i.rW.it Fnrt Nn. t and tba batterlee at
White Cliff. The fire wa returned
by th fort and also by field gun
and howitzer.
"An air reconnaissance mane oy
naval seaplanes in th evening brought
tha Mnnrt that aneoeaafiil new STUtt
nMltlwta itmA InM nrttnarad bv the
enemy but that no gun were erected
in them. The seaplane aiso locaxeo
surface mines.
nnHnf Unniiatr nleht fore Of
minesweeper covered by destroyers
swept witnm a mile ana a nan oi uwe
Kepbes and their work which was car
ried out under fire, ia reported to have
been excellent"
Wilton' Irip to Canal
I Cut Off bg Congre
tiraas.lrnn Tk C Vrte 1fitrT
fiMttiubwuf w "w
of the elaborate exercise planned for
the formal opening of the Panama
canal in July will be abandoned aa
the result or tn action oi cousreaa "
refusing to make the appropriation for
ih. nnmnaa Baked for br Secretary
Garrison, of the War department.
The appropriation requested wa to
v IK. avnanaaa nf a trin tO the
canal by President Wilson, members
of congress, mem per oi ue aipio
ntarivea from for
eign governments and other special
guest, including ex-rremueuia auun-
mA Tafi Prntrialnn a 1 It1 waa tO
be made for a banquet and other en
tertainment on the Isthmus, for gold
niulal, annvenlra and for the Printing
of special Invitations. .
It waa Intimated Here tnat tne presn
dent himself would not go to the for
mal opening, which Is planned for
T..l K,.t It la nnaathla that he mSV
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change his present plans. The Navy
haa an annroDrlstioA for
sending the fleet to the canal and It
wa said that some kina oi exercise
probably would be held.
All of the president' plans for the
spring and summer months were said
. a tu. aAnAnriant nn tha International
liW w w
Bltuatfon. While the prospect tor bi
going t7 train to &an r rauciscv
.hi. Mnnk w. iff tn h hrirhtar.
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he will make no final arrangements
tor us present. -
Three More fort In
Dardanelles Quit Action
prU Tha following supplementary
official statement waa issued late
Thursday by the French war office:
"It can be said that In the Argonne,
where we had been constantly attack
ed since December, the role in the
last three weeka have neen reverseo.
We have gained the indisputable as
cendancy. .. The effect is salutary in
these local actions, of which the Ar
eonne ia the theater, to feel that more
and more the enemy ia at our mercy
and that our moral superiority 1 as
sured.;; ''--x,; i . . . , ' . '
"We have obtained uia result oy a
series of limited operations, energeti
cally carried out, and although the
German force which confront us are
extremely courageou we feel that at
a given point and moment we are mas
ters and can do what we wish."
The atatement givea the details of
one of these engagement, which it
says, occur daily and show the splen
did ardor of the troops.
"Action began tn a ravine near iron
talne Madame at 8 o'clock in the morn
ing," says the report, "five companies
being charged with the attack.. We
exploded three mine under tranche
of enemy, while our artillery crushed
them under a hot fire. Three minute
later our columns debouched from
branches of trenches and stormed the
German works. ' -
"We penetrated tn three different
quarters, killing all the occupants of
the trenches, 75 infantrymen and about
30 prisoners. We took four wounded
prisoners. At 8:30 o'clock? we had
gained at least S50 yard of th ene
my' trenches."
r Trade With Europe Gain
Washington. An analysis of Ameri
ca' foreign trade for January, Issued
bv the department of commerce, show
ed In detail the amount of the tremen
dous increases in exports to many Eu
ropean nations and the decrease In
shipments to the principal countries of
Latin America, a compared with Jan
uary. 1914. No American products
reached Austria during the month, the
report showed, but shipments to Ger
many showed increases aa compared
with the first months of the war.
' Comet Is Coming Nearer.
Cambridge. Mass. Mellish'a comet
which is visible in the morning skies
through a small telescope, is increas
ing in brilliancy and will make its per
ihelion psssage around ue sun on juiy
20, according to computations made
by Professor Crawford and Miss
Young of the Students' Observatory.
Berkeley, CaL Thia waa announced at
the Harvard Observatory Thursday.
D1GUU2D AFFECTED
War slots Scrle ca People of
beat etttt KctropcEs,
Arm Seem t Fade Awag, But
' Movement to Front Is Indi
, . eated Nothing Is Said.
London London is settling down
to tba pace of war. Two month ago
It wa a eommow saving that th sver-
tre Londoner behaved ss though noth
ing war happening which involved
him and bia empire. Th contrast be
tween this Imperturbable capital and
closed, quiet, grief-trlekn Pari, or
peAlyed Brussels, struck th observer,
sometime, with a disagreeable sens
of contrast.
Now It begins to look liks a city at
war. it ta trna that tna anon ar ail
open j it is tru that theaters, hotel
and concert-ball and cafes are run
ning. But tba ehang in London I a
subtler thing than these mar external
appearance show.
Most or all. on notice u iaea oi
young mm on th streets. In Paria,
during October and November, th
crowd gav a curious appearanc of
we knees, ox languorous movement,
rhtrh nnon ana) vita, nrovad to be du
to that absence of young and histy
men. Then you cam to London and
found the street full of vigorous, red
cheeked young Englishmen. That type
ia fast disappearing; tha young men
aaa lun aa tn Pari, look charac
teristic V small and weak unfit ma
terial to go against the guns.
You begin to believe wnt many
Fngiiahman whisper that the Kitch
ener army is lanrer than the author
ities have let us know.
There's the feeling of war In tb
air, too, an indeseribebl sens of
something very grave and serious
mtnr I realized it moat filllv when I
dined in one of the large and popular
Paill matanranta. Externally.
th crowd looked about th same a
ever, though the dining room wa not
so full a in normal time. There
ware the same well-ffToomed English
men in smart evening drees; there
were the same not-quite-so-weii-nwnat
Ene-Hah women- far evening
dress which ranged from smart to
dowdy; there were the same liveried
doorkeeper and attentive waiters. To
the eye the only mark of war . were
the khaki uniforms officers seising a
last, chance to take out ueir fiance
or their families. Finally the music
atnnnad and I waa struck bv the si
lence. I thought at first that Bo one
waa talking ct all. 1 had to strain my
aaa tn nan-filTH that thev WOT all
talking, but in subdued tones, f An
English dinner crowd is never noisy,
but never befoae have I heard in a
raatanrant euch ouiet a thi. The
mood of England was In it, I think.
They are going about the accustomed
motions of life, but their heart and
their thoughts are in Flanders.
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Great Britain Insist
On Power of Navy
London - The order-tn-council put
ting th English declaration against
German commerce into effect, it is
said authoritatively, will explain tne
details as to bow the admiralty will
proceed in enforcing, tne sweeping
order.
Tha exact date of the order, ha not
yet been decided on, but it will prob
ably be published in a few days.
Great Britain haa not yet prepared
her answer to the American note tub
mlttad to the Britiah and German trov-.
ernments looking to the withdrawal of.
the submarine blockade ana tne con
tinuance of food movements to Ger
many for civil population.
The publication of th text of the
American note and Germany' reply in
the London papers ha attracted wide
attention.
The English view, which will un
doubtedly be embodied In the note to
the American arovemment. is that the
suggestions propose that Great Britain
virtually forego the strengtn ox ner
nnaitinn Hun to her superior navy. In
other word. , Great Britain feel that
Germany is trying to have the neutrals
perform duties for her wnicn sne couia
possibly carry out had she a superior
navy. -
Furthermore, the British govern
ment, it ia asserted, will ask what
aaanranM th' United State CSU giVO
that Germany would - not resume her '
submarine acvities after sne nsa on- .
tainmt aiifflcient food under the relaxed i
regulations to enable hereto carry on
the war indefinitely.
' Times Witnesses Dead.
Lot Angeles Two witnesses regard
ed aa extremely important to the state
in the prosecution of M. A. Schmidt
and David Caplan, alleged participant
in the conspiracy to blow up the Lo
Angele Times building in 1910, ar
dead, according to report received at
the office of th district attorney. One
of these was George H. Phillip, su
perintendent of the powder plant at
Giant, CaL, from which the dynamite
used to destroy the Times building waa
purchased. The other was Manuel Sil
va, a boy employ at the same place.
Land Grant Suit Advanced.
Washington, D. C Tb Oregon and
ralifnmla land Grant ult Will b
argued before tb Supreme court April
19. the eoort having advanced Ue css
. ... .. .
on motion or tn attorney general.
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