TON EADER W1SSTON, OIU2GOX, FUEDAY, APBIL 23, 1915. NO 44. s- WES nt TTTTV. MISSIONARIES ASK FOR INTERVENTION Long Cablegram Sent to Wilson by Americans in China. TROtlW fOR ip SAM PROICTtD President li Urged to Tall Jepsn le Withdraw Her txcesslve Force. Toll Amounting to I0OOO, Paid by Pakln Official. Pekln. Intervention by the United Bis lee in III negotiations now pro ceeding between Cblna anil Japan la recommended to President Wllaon In the appeal recently aant to bin by American tnlaalonariaa la thla coun try. Tbo meaaaie ot aooo worus was aal.lail in Waahlnaton liandar. It characterises tbo Japanese demand On CHID a acta OI aagrwaaioa suca mm eventually will present a menace to tbo United State. Kocalllng tbo fact that Japan baa at proaoni in una country ooudin nor uaual quota of troop (amounting to (O.OOO man), tba missionaries urge tbat Japan bo notified that tbo exoees of troop abould bo removed. Til. i.rwtralnilln hara la that f'ainaaa orflnlal or antraral otflclala paid tba rablo charges, amounting to nearly IfQOO. on the message 10 itosi dent wllaon. Tbla communication waa init k mlaalonaiiaa all connected with tbo American Presbyterian mle- ion at ream; hot. cnauocay uwa rl-t, nf I ha Amartran board of Com nlaatonara for foreign mlaalona, who la ataUonad at Tien Tain; Rev. IL Jl. Lowry. of tba Methodist Episcopal mission at I'okln, and liar. C r. Hub bard. ' Tba petition aaka Frealdent Wllaon to demand of Cblna and not of Japan American participation In tba confer enrea now under way. It la suggested tbat Oreet Itrltaln and other nations bo Invited to participate. There aro la Cblna several hundred American mlaalonarloa, of whom tba great majority have not eeeo tba mee aage. Home of them who were re quested to algn It. declined. Tha Amer loan board recently requested It mis- aionana to avoid puono esprwaiu of nnininn n nollilcal affairs and al tbougb It ta aatd tba mlaalonarloa gen erally alda with Cblna In tba present Controvert, lew oi mom bbtw uotm active politically. rha nlaalnnarlaa aatr "that tha OV ernment of both China and Japan be notified tbat tba preaenca ot unusual bodtaa of Japaneaa troops on Chine awtl MAI At l aaiharraaaaa tha ffwadom of negotiation, but constitute an out rag to tba rlghU ot Cblna and a sort oa monaca to tbo peace and safety of Americana ana foreigners, general?, and recommend tbat "pending tha re moval ot oioaatlva contingent of Jap aneaa troops all negotiations should b suspended.- Ex-Governor West Wins VcrdkJ ta CcppaTtdd, Or., Salcoa Case flaha Op ITTnfnrnDr West won In tba suit brought In circuit court bora against him oy wuuatn wiegan, Copportleld saloonkeeper, for damage iiMit tn haa haan caused bv tha re moval ot liquor and saloon fixture from bta saloon, wben uovernor west deolared martial law In Copportleld, after rem Hobba visit on January 3, 114 Tba Jury returned the verdict after being out seven hours. Nine were lor tha ex-governor and three dissenting. Tba first several ballots the jurors stood eight for the defendant and tour against The verdict was a surprise here, be cauae It waa thought tbat the length of time occupied by tha Jury in lta de liberations Indicated an anti-West ver dict, and when the verdict waa read by Circuit Judge Anderson the few pres ent seemed dated. Ex -Governor West also was not pres ent, although he waa notified in time. At the Oelser-Grand hotel, while pack ing to leave for Portland, ho clearly showed elation. "I came here convinced I would get a square deal, even should I lose," he said. "I was naturally anxious that the verdict should be in my favor, for the case baa been one which attracted statewide attention involving the great question of human rights. Tha ques tion, I believe, Is now settled tor good and all, and the rights ot the human being are acknowledged to be superior to those Involving mere property." ' Road Buying Equipment. Philadelphia. The Pennsylvania Railroad company has entered the market for approximately $20,000,000 worth of new equipment and for new material for cars and locomotive which It will build In its own shops. The equipment program includes 144 new locomotives. 148 all-ateel pasaen ger cars and about 10.000 freight car. All tha locomotive, 64 of the passen ger cars and 1101 of tha freight cars wUl be built at the company's shops at Altoona, while the remainder will be plaoed with outside companies. The new equipment is to be vsed for re placements and will not be additions to the present equipment Allies' Campaign Is On. " Parte. The allied offensive on the western front Is developing. Accord ing to the military authorities here, tha offensive movement has been In progress for several weeks at strategio points from the sea to tha Alps, with successes In Champagne, at Lea Epar gea, Neuve Chapelle, Notre Dame de Lorette, La Bolstelle, Dlxmude and south of Meti and In Alsace. Hard fighting was in progress Monday In northeastern Prance and In thla way tha preesure is gradually being Increased. JAPAN UNSAY SUSPECTED BY AMERICANS, DELEGATES DEQARE New York At a dinner here Tuee day welcoming them home from their recent minion to Japan a represent stives of the Federal Council of the Church of Chrlat In America, Dr, Bhaller Mathews, dean of tha Unlver slty of Chicago, and Dr. Sidney L. Gullck eipreesed the necessity In thla country of a better understanding of the Japaneaa in order to allay what they deacribe as the unjuat suspicions entertained for the motives of Japan. Both speakers brought message of peace and friendship for tha United Bute from Count Okuma, tha Japan- ese prime mlnlater, and other Japanese sta teamen. The dinner was attended by mem bera of the council, of the Japan so ciety, of the New York Peace euclety and the Church Peace union. The irtsent situation aa regsrd China furolshee a supreme opportunity for the United Bute and Japan to show tha meaning not only of their friendship for each other, but lor China aa well, declared Dr. Mathews. It wss difficult at present, be said, to hold an unqualified conviction that Japan's plan toward China were mag nanimous In the Interest or inina, and herein "the United 8tatee and Japan have an opportunity to demon strate the power of diplomacy baaed on the giving of Justice." Dr. Mathews, discussing the, de mands made on Cblna by J ln, said that If Japan's only purpoae was to build up an Aslstlc Monroe Doctrine the American people can hardly feil to sympathise with her, particularly as we recall her need for territory Jn which to expand. Kaov Scalers Rash U Take Up Govensmest Land a Alaskan Port Seward. Alaska Rumors that the Alaska Engineering commission had decided to throw open to settlement the 60-acre terminal tract here ac quired by the government with the min-haaa of tha Alaska Northern rail road caused a atampede of squatters l at al-- who have occupied almost an oi inm Many prominent business men an several women are among we squsi tra whs hava armed themselves with lltaa In nravant claim iumolrur. There hsve been several minor quarrels, but as yet no one nas neen nun. United State District judge r roa M Rmarn had nlanned to obtain Use of this tract aa a temporary camp for the hundreds or men who are hurrying o.tt..i fmtn all narta of Alaaka and from tha United States as a result of the announcement that Seward would be the tidewater terminus of the gov ernment railroad to Fairbanks. rtaantta a annw tnrm. which blank eted Seward, the stampede continued and squatters were busy setting up tents and clearing their lota. Itsly to Fight, Is Report. Rome The Giornale d'lUtlia pub lishes an interview with an unnamed neutral diplomat, who is quoted as k.vlni, I.I "That Italv will uartic- ipate in the war has been decided on. What now Is necessary 1 to agree on the delimitation and distribution of a Eaatarn mast of the Adriatic be tween Italy and the Slave. Italy can not risk a war to drive out Austria tmm tha Adriatic and have Austria re placed, In a military sense, by the Russian advance guard. uaiy must have her strategic points completed. Atteck on Kiel Forecast. Vancouver. B. C That 800 SCOW- shaped, self-propelled lighters, capable of carrying 300,000 troops, are being constructed in Great Britain, is the in formation received bv A. E. Short of this city, who is a member of an Eng lish shipbuilding Arm. These ligniers are to be completed by June 1. Mr. Short irava it aa his ODinlon that the scows would be used to land troops on the German coast line ot acnieswig Holstein and that the Kiel canal would be the objective point Britain Charges Murder. London The admiralty issued the following statement: "Sunday a Ger man submarine torpedoed and aank tnb Vanilla Tha trawler Farmo endoavored to refcue the crew, but was fired at and driven orr. Ail tne crew of the Vanilla were lost This Irllllnsnf flWfnllr for no military purpose should not escape attention. It is the second murder oi this cnarac ter committed within week. A care ful record la kept of these evento." Troops Move on Straits. Rarlln A cahleoram received here from Athens says that unusual activity prevails at the Port of Mudro, on I-em- noss island, in the Aegean sea on me entrance to the Dardanelles straits. Almost all the French troops on the Island hava been eent away on trana- aporta. A total of 85,000 British and French soldiers were landed at Mudroe last week. It is reported that the operations against the Dardanelles are about to be resumed. Two Who Mulct Bars Freed. Chicago Two men who were arrest I attar thav rafuaad to nav for drinks which they ordered in a saloon Sunday were discharged by judge uemmiu in the municipal court here. "You don't have to pay for drinks you get in Chi cago on Sunday," declared the judge. 'If the saloons are open tney are open In violation of the law." 64,000 Acres Valley May Be Opened Ilaker Bt have been taken which, If carried through, will compel the Powder Land 4 Irrigation comiany to give up lta proposed plan of carry ing the Thief Valley project, In the Powder Valley northeast of Ilaker, to completion. It will mean that If ue ceeaful the 84, 000 acre now tied up by the company will be thrown open by the proceeding to entry and there I a possibility that If the Powder Val ley company's contract I cancelled a co-operative irrigation district will be organised. Acting upon the requeat of severs! fsmiliee In the Lower Powder and M..rtk PnwHar Hl.trlrla and In Baker. ex-Governor West and Claude C. Mc Culloch, attorneys of Portland, have havim tha nrallminarv work toward .! (n., a ,llll.n In tha Rtata Daacrt Land board at Salem to cancel the Powder Valley company's contract and to the Interior Department at Wash ington, V. C, to restore the lanas to entry. It is expected that by the time the petitions are ready to oe pre sented there will be at leaat 60 sub scribers. It Is thought they will be resdy within 60 dsys. The reasons given for tne request State Places On 11 Oregon Counties Salem. To prevent the spreading of rabies, the State Livestock Sanitary Hoard, at a meeting held bera recent ly, issued an order placing 11 counties under quarantine. It waa announced that the disease had been communi cated by coyotes to horses, dogs, cats and other animals In eight counties In the eastern part of the slate. Tha counties Included In the quarantine are Lake, Harney, Crook. Baker, Uma tilla, Malheur, Wheeler and Union, where rabies prevails, and Multnomah, Clackamas and Jackson, to which It la feared the disease may spread. Tba order requires that all dogs, un lets used In herding livestock, be mus sled. State Veterinarian Lytle, who attended the meeting, said that all violator of the quarantine would be punished to the fullest extent ot the lew, the penalties being fines from iso to 1100 for each offense. Mr. Lrtle announced that all peace officers would be called upon lor assistance in enforcing the order. The veterin arian declared that conditions were eaiieclallv alarming In Lake county, rabid coyotes and dogs running the range In large numbers. He said that All-Dan Community 3feet at Scio Well Attended Albany. Mora than 600 people at tended the all-day community meeting held at Scio Saturday and it waa one ot tha largest and best gatherings of the kind ever held In Linn county. People went from a distance of 16 mllea to hear school questions, good roads and dairying discussed by ex perts. The meeting waa held In tha assembly-room of the Scio High School, but with a good many unable to gain ad milnn at tha mornlne session, an overflow meeting waa held later In an other achooiroom. M. 8. Plttman, of the extension de- narlmant nf thn Orcffnn State Normal School, was the principal speaker at the morning session. n aiscuseea school problems and said It was the miaainn of a school to find out what a person la fitted for, Inspire him to fol low that line or wore ana men pro mm him fnp It Tha remainder of the ..inn itavntatt to ennteata amonr the schools ot that section ot the coun ty in school songs, solos, declamations and dramatisations. Songs by the Scio High School Glee Club were a feature. In the overflow meeting Froressor Q. V. Shelton gave a practical talk on thi Atnatmlrtlnn of ffnod TOada With the material available. Professor Schrant substituted lor state Dairy Commissioner Mickle, who waa unable a .Mini) V. Xf Paacan and others. representing tha Albany Commeeclal Club, explained tne proposed county svolf nmarara' aaaonlatlon. A basket dinner was served at IS o'clock. Improper Packing Hurt Price ot Good Applet itauI nivar Worth waatarn annla market men declare that indifference ot growers in maintaining a good sys tem of grading and packing resulted in more harm the past year than any other detrimental influence. H. F. Davidson believes tne cnange In system of packing apples baa been responsible for much ot the1 deteriora tion ot grade and pack. Formerly the growers paid a dally wage to their packers, who gave tha fruit close in spection. Sorting and sislng for the mn.t nart vraa dona hv hand. Now the fruit Is sited and graded by ma chines, payment is maae on yiem basis. om n namnhall. who for the cast two years has been chief Inspector for the Norm racmo htuk uisu-iouiorm, lukm that low nrlcea ta a Brest ex tent have been caused by poor pack, and that the remedy lies in the control of the growers themselves, rather than with the marketing agencies. Albany Janitor It Thrifty. Albany. What a man can accom plish who attends strictly to business and works steadily, on a small salary, is Illustrated by M. E. Bllyeu, Janitor at the Linn county courthouse, who has attained a record ot ten years' continuous service. Ten years ago Bllyeu. a widower with five small chil dren to support began work at the courthouse, his salary waa mw month, and during all of thla time it has not averaged more than x&O a month. Besides his other duties, he takes bride In tha courthouse lawn, in Thief for csneellstion are that Carey act projects have proved unsuceeeaful, that the Powder Valley company has not done any work on the land, that it has shown itself unable to finance the project, and these lands having been Idle and pt no use to anyone for six years, should be thrown open to those who seek farming land. According to Mr. McCulloch, the assertion that Carey act porjeeU have not proved success is baaed on in vestigation m all parts of tha United States and he says that Secretary of the Interior Lane has committed him self as Jbelng against tha Carey act Idea and la for tne co-operative aia trict plan Mr. McCulloch declare that at the lest irrigation congress at Den ver, which was attended by Mr. West and other governors, it wss shown that there are $12,000,000 of Carey act securities in default. He ssys that there Is only one euceeaaful Carey act project in the country and that is in Idaho, and its succesa is declared due to unusual circumstances. Ir. Mc Culloch added that only one Carey act project has been completed in Oregon, that of the Central Oregon Irrigation company in Crook county, and he said this baa not been a financial success. Quarantine many cattle and a number of persons had been bitten there. , "We shall try to get the city authori ties of Portland to enrorce me oraer there," continued Dr. Lytle. "It will require that doga be mussled, and, wben on the street, In leash. The board will see that it is enforced in Multnomah county outside the city. "Stock owners have suffered severe ly in eastern counties. Tba altuation Is especially hard for tha poor home steaders, where some of them have lost their only cow through being bit tenby a hydrophobic coyote or oog. Bven cats are becoming afflicted with tha disease and they are being killed bv fear-etricken owners." Everett Ooodmaa was appointed spe cial agent to Investigate abeep scab reported In Douglas county. Mr. Lytle aald that be haa no fear that tha dis ease is of serious proportions. The board made arrangements for Darment to the owners for horse and mulea It may be found necessary to kill bees ue ofgie-tre. Anl Rials un der 1000 pounds will be paid for at the rate of 125 a head, and animals weigh ing more than 1000 636 a bead. Bayocean To Have Water-grade Highway From City of Tillamook Tillamook The matter of the con struction of the Bayocean road was amicably decided upon here at a meet ing of the county court and represent atives of a realty company. It was agreed that the county court expend $10,250 which is now available on the mat and in addition to this the Bay- ocean people are to build two miles and a half of the road. About lour miles and a half remain to complete the road, which will be on the south ;.la r Tillamnnk Rav and on a water grade from Tillamook City. It will have deep water for vessels Dy tne siae of it nearly the entire distance. Tha ennntv court will call for bids for work on this end of the road and the Bayocean people will take hold or tha nthav and. commencinflr work at onca with their dredee. It will be open . for travel probably early next year. The progress oi eayocean naa been kept back for years for want of a mad. hut now that this is assured a large number of lot owners are ex pected to erect substantial cottages. A nart from this tha Bavocean neonle will expend $500,000 in improvements. Last year a large natatorium was erected costing $75,000. . ' Newberg Lays Plans for Great Agricultural and Horticultural Fair VawKotir A rArwnt mMtinflr of the nf tha Commercial club to discuss the feasibility of having an agricultural and horticultural xair held here this fall waa enthusiastic To enlist the co-operation of farmers and fruit growers, meetings will be halri at tha achnnlhousea in the vicin ity. Prixeswill be offered to boys and girls on various lines of industry. Newberg is the center of one of the most productive sections of the Wil lamette valley. Immediately after the club adjourned a conference was held Kv tha rnnwrnnn and an adviaorv com mittee in regard to arousing the inter est of farmers boys, who wui ne ex pected to make displays. Boy Earns $6; Fined $4.15. Ashland Verl Baruthouse, local Southern Pacific call boy, motorcycled to Medford with a passenger fwho missed his train and overt ook it at that station. The distance, 12 miles, waa wtvAMul In 11 minutes. He re ceived $5 for this service, the regular fare being 40 cents, tor speeaing on the Pacific Highway he was arrested ami finail 1 1 PL Later on he received a check from the stranger for $5 to square the fine. The passenger wnom Baruthouse accommodated turned out to be a British army officer. Six Astoria Dealers Fined. Aatnria In the Circuit court here six Astoria wholesale liquor dealers nlaaden oniltv to indictments charging them with selling liquor for delivery in dry districts. Jbacn was nnea ou, but the penalty was suspended, provid ed the defendants refrained hereafter from violating the law. NEWS NOTES OF CURRENT WEEK Rcsnme of World's Important Events Told in BricL Two Turkish destroyers are reported lost by coming in contact with Kuaatan mines. British destroy own submarine In Dardanelles to prevent capture by Turks. Germany announces that advance of ber lines in the west war zona have been made. P1.c, bt.M Hamaiita of mora than $1600 a pan la claimed to have been found in Alaska. Berlin haa closed its free war soup house because of tha splendid econom ical improvement. Japan is said to be hard hit by the war, aa the French demand for ailks has materially declined. The United States District court of Chicago baa granted a receivership to tha Rock bland railroad system. San Francisco refuses to bond itself for $34,500,000 to purchase the prop erties of the Spring Valley Water company. A Eugene, Or., man who became alarmed about the war. buried $500 in bis garden, but has dug it up and de posited it in the bank. Many women in Portland aign peti tions to the city council to allow men the privilege to smoke in the three rear seats of the street cars. Eiirht towns in Illinois went dry at a recent election, and none went wet. Fifteen towns in South Dakota also were added to the dry column. a mmrnmMit a frrl cultural exDert declare that the larmer aenves no nmfit fmm o-rowinff' oat, and that only two mill is made on a bushel of corn. Camnza soldiers fire on an Amer ican aeroplane which was flying near the border. Seventy anota are aaw to have been fired. The aircraft land ed safely. , Tha riamatra an it of Theodore Roose velt, brought by William Barnes, a political boss of New York, is pro gressing at Syracuse. Barnes claims $50,000 for alleged libeL A Reuter disDatch from Sofia says that the government of Adrianople and towns in that region have ordered the inhabitants not to go outside the limits of the towns without authorization Wnrlr on tha raisins' of the sunken submarine F-4 has been halted by bad weather. The hulk is now closer to the shore than when first located, hav- irnr haan raiand 12 feet and towed in until it touched again in shallower water. Twantv thousand flv traDa will be part of the apparatus : employed this year in the anti-fly campaign in Port land. The traps are to be made in the manual traintnfr ffonartmantS of the public schools and will be distributed throughout the city. Sixteen thousand Chicago carpen ters go on strike. German submarine sinks Dutch freight ship while at anchor oft The Netherlands. Tnhn Rnnnv. tha noted motion pic ture comedian, la near death at his home in Brooklyn. Tmt 7.nnnalna raid Rna-IIsh town On the eastern coast Friday and do con siderable damage to property. T.. qannma rialrlaa aro cloaed bv health authorities, who claim milk from tubercular cows waa freely sold. Twalva thnnaannV man emDloved by the Calumet ft Hecla Mining company. Calumet, Mich, and subsidiary prop erties, received an increase of 10 per cent In wages. The wage rate In ef fect prior to the outbreak of the Euro pean war is tnereoy reaioreo. The British government has offered ...,11 ami amnia annlorv" to the Chil ean government for the sinking on A3 arc a it in i;aueaa wrnwiuu ww ot the German cruiser Dresden, the InlammAItt of which had already been ordered by the maritime governor of . - . . . 1 T, t .1 - V. Cumberland nay wnen uie oriumi squadron attacked and aank her. eaiat mil common councils of Phil adelphia have decided to allow the his toric Liberty Bell to be sent to the Panama.Pactfln Rrnoaition. Resolu tions providing for lta trip across the continent were unanimously auuyicu by both branches. Mayor Blanken- liiin annnnncaH that he would SlKTt the resolutions and only minor details now remain to complete tne arraugomeuia. V.k.mantlv aaaartlns- that he had nnlhlnr tn rfn with tha death of Fran- cisco Madero, General Victorlano Hu- erta, ex-provisional president oi Mexi co, issued a long signed statement in Maw Tnrk aattlnv forth what he term ed his side ot the Mexican question. General Huerta ueciarea uiai n anew who waa responsible tor Madero's (loath, but that he waa keeping It aa a "professional secret" Germany declares Russian Invasion t t . - . f.llup mnA that tha ui xi uii,-u j wmn m Cxar's army haa been brought to a nait. Fait meltina- snow In Arisona wash out two dams near St Johns and drown eight persona, besides doing halt million dollars' damage to prop erty. P. C Jenkins, a prominent resident of Butler county, Kentucky, waa found guilty tn circuit court and aentencea 1a tmtr vaara and AflR dav in the peni tentiary on tha charge ot being con nected with night raiding operations in western Kentucky. PACKER WANTS NO UNION HELP Armour Says Working Classes Have Other Remedies. Industrial tUlattona InvaUgatlon In Chicago It Concluded Lut Vnmt PrtdlcUd. Chicago. Tba Chicago hearing of the United Bta Us commission oa in dustrial relations, begun two weeks ago, waa concluded Saturday with a flitting glance at working conditions and wages la local packing boosea. Tha chief witnesses were J. Ogden Armour, president of Armour ft Co., mnA tiratnF on tha hoard a of aeveral railroads and banks, and J. E O'Uem, his superintendent or plants. Host of the questions airectea at had been submitted to him la advance and ha repeated the questions and read tne answers rapid ly from a typewritten document Tha aaaantlal Dart of hla testimony bearing on repeated testimony of oth ers that organisation la the remedy through which worklngmen may attain their rights, waa to the effect that be waa opposed to the unionization of his employee. He cited the strike ot 1904, wben the offer of the packers to arbi trate was declined, he said. The union, ha rfalanwt waa rruahsd. and since then organizers had been discouraged. Mr. Armour expresses tne opinion that industrial unrest in the United stataa ta alowlv decmaine. Hla Own employes, he said, were adequately protected througn tne privilege ot ap plying to the respective foremen. Tha wttnaaa aald he keot in touch with employes in their homes through foremen and tha company's welfare worker. Employee were pnvuegea to appeal to the president of tha com nanv whan thav thouiht subordinate officials dealt unjustly with them. "Do yon believe a proper sianaara of living can be maintained by a week ly waee ot $12.60!" Mr. Armour was asked. "It la a broad and diincuit question,- he replied. Ha danlad that his company took advantage of an overupply of Immi grant tabor to pay lesa tnan uving wage. -.' u, Armonr aald that he did not be lieve that anions were necessary to the welfare of employes. "The success oi an employer ruina in tha rnnnlAfA." aald he. "and nt tha haat Work of the employe tha best wsgea the market affords must be paid." Ex-Senator Aldrich Die Suddenly at Ripe Age v.. VorV Vol arm W. Aldrich. 30 years United States senator from dm. taianit and intimately associ ated with tariff and currency legisla tion in that time, died Friday at his k.na in mrth avannn. followinST a UVIHB M - ' " stroke of apoplexy. He waa 73 years old. Until Thursday, when he waa taxen m with iniMpaallon. Mr. Aldrich had been in good health. His physician left him an hour before he died, thlnk- h ha waa on tha WIT ID TO- au tuvu - . -- covery. ' When he became unconscious members of hla tnuneaiata iamiiy were hurriedly summoned and were at the KI.Ma whan ha riled ThpT included his wife. Miss Aldrich and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr bis aaugniers, ana Winthrop Aldrlcn, nis son. v.iu wiimarth Aldrich held a seat tn the United States senate continu ously from 1881 to 1911. The Influence .,l K him on pnvarnmantal af- QACI ICTA "J u.u. w n fairs waa best illustrated by tha fact that when he waa sauncaiiy intro duced to an audience aa "the general nf tha TTnltnd States." that appellation lived through the adminis trations Of MCK-tmey, Kooseven sua Taft He gave special attention to tariff and financial legislation in com mittee. Probably the greatest parUamentar- i. n tk.t .... MmH in tha aanate. Al- UU UW, ' - drich had no difficulty In malnUalnlng leadership or nis parcy. aiuiuusu W.aw11 amnnv tfiA VATArantl Aft & "COH1 aaiiir w as buuvmb " - - , mittee" senator, he was quite aa much at home on the floor and naturally was mora In evidence in the larger arena. Sinking oi Ship Angen. The HaKue. via London. Further ministerial conferences were held Sat urday to consider the sinking ot the Dutch steamer Katwyk, with grain consigned to The Netherlands govern ment. In the North Sea Wednesday night The sinking of the steamer without warning has arounsed the most wide-spread publio Irritation and has called forth stinging protests from all the newspapers, even thoaa In clined toward the German side. The papers say there appears no doubt but that a German submarine was guuij. Plea Made for Applet. i ...inn An annaal waa made to MV'.uuu. f f the Procurator-General by Robert P. Skinner, American consul-general m I indnn for anaclal treatment for Ships detained In British porta which carry American apples, because ot the per ishable nature of these cargoes, air. airinnaa alt that thonaanda of Oreeon and Washington apple-growers would suffer heavily unless these detained cargoes were released promptly. Four taamai-a with carsoea of apples are among the detained ships. - Stolen Silver It Coined. Portland. A gang of counterfeiters ataaiina- allvnrware from Portland homea and melting it down for coin .MnrHini to nitv detectivea. Sour- f" -, " ioua silver dollars have become com mon along the Pacifio Coast It is saw that many hundred dollars worth of sterling silver articles have been stol en. The detectives maintain mat meir kn.M n mmww tho ailvctr la due to its being melted down and coined Into dollars. LOSS OF 12310 Cost to Foe at Battle of Peeve Chapelle Claimed Heavier. Ihoutandt of German Go Down 18.000 Wounded Declared Removed From Field, London Held Marahal Sir John French, eommsndef of tha Brltlah ex peditionary forces an tba continent, reports tha British losses in th three day' fighting at Nuv Chapelle as follows: Killed 190 officers, 2337 men. Wounded 859 officers, 8174 other ranks. ' Missing 13 officers, 1728 men. Field Marshal French's report con tinues; "Tha enemy left several thousand dead on tha field and wa hava positive information that opwarda of 12,000 wounded were removed by train. Thirty officers and 16S7 of other ranks were captured. Tha British commander's dispatch concerning tha battle of Neuve Cha pelle, which began early in March, says among other things: "Considerable delay occurred after tha capture of Nueve Chapelle and tha infantry waa greatly disorganised. I am of the opinion that . this delay would not have occurred had tha clearly-expressed order of tba general officer commanding the first army been more carefully observed." Field Marshal French' report, which covers tha battles of Neuve Chapelle and St. Eloi, under data of April 5, was published in tha Official Gazette, Tha commander-in-chief writes: "Tha event of - chief Interest and importance which haa taken place la tha victory achieved over tha enemy In the battle of Nueve Chapelle, which . was fought March 10, 11 and 12. "Tba main attack was delivered by tha troops of tha first army under com mand of General Sir Douglas Hslg, supported by a large force .of heavy ; artillery, a division of cavalry and some infantry of the general reserve." ' Good Road Bond Carry- by Two to One Majority Portland. Or. Multnomah county voted Wednesday in favor ot good roads. ?r "' Bv a majority of approximately 13,- 600 tha people authorised an issue of 11,250,000 in bonds to pay for Improv ing 70 miles of the county's principal trunk highways with modern hard- surf see pavement. The bonds will bear 5 per eent in terest and will be offered for sale at the earliest possible data allowed by law. The Issue before tha voters was clearly one of reconstructing tha roads or continuing with the present system of macadamized roads and dirt roads. The voters met the issue squarely and returned a most decisive verdict in favor of good road. Intense county wide interest was displayed in the election. Approximately 88 per eent of the registered vote was cast, which, in view of the fact that only this one Question was before the people, is con sidered a remarkably heavy proportion. German Airthip Bombard Many English Villages Newcastle, England A Zeppelin raid was made in the Tyne district of Nortumberland county Thursday night. It appears that the Zeppelin reached Blyth from the North Sea1 at about 8:10 o'clock,, passed over Blyth and Cramlington and proceeded to the -neighborhood of Seatonburu. Bombs were dropped on several of the villages five at Choppington; , three at Wallsend, two at Seatonburu and one at Bedlington. No loss of life or serious personal injury resulted, and the material loss was not heavy. t. It was an ideal night. There were no clouds and no wind, but the night was dark. The airship sailed at an altitude estimated at 2000 feet. When it was ascertained tbat it was a Ger- Airirriia tha . mwi waa tele graphed to all the neighboring towns. where electric - ngnts were eiun guished and other precautionary were taken. '7' ' , ,., ... , Irish Welcome Wimborne. Dublin Baron Wimborne, who has succeeded Lord Aberdeen aa lord lieu tenant of Ireland, made his state entry into Dublin Thursday, and a great welcome was given him by all classes of the population. The scene was a brilliant one. The new lord lieutenant was escorted by a detachment of cavalry and at the head of the troops he rode through the prin cipal streets of the city. 8 ' Lady Wimborne and their children, one son and two daughters, rode in tho process ion. Shock of Catch fatal Tacoma, Wash. With a live trout, 12 inches long, wriggling at the end of the line on his fishing rod, James Biiiley, a veteran angler of the Puysl lup valley, waa found dead by the side of a small stream at Lake Bay Thurs day. An uncle, Amsie King, and a neighbor, who found Bailey sitting up ringb, but with life gone, gsve it s their opinion that be died of - tbe ex citement of his catch. He had been subject to heart attacks.