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WTHTON, OILEQON, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1015.
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WORLD'S DOINGS
Of CURRENT WEEK
Brief Resume of General News
from All Around Ihe Earth.
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHOl
Llv Nsws Itsms From All Nstloni
Psclflc Northwest and Our Own
Commonwealth Condensed for
Our Msny Busy Rsader.
A now gold strike 1 reported from
Norn.
Heavy rain check battle in Klan-
dura and Franc.
l-ord Kitchener auk Ktigland for
300,000 mor men.
8hurka of a slight earthquake In
East Cortland ar reported.
Chart M. Schwab. Ih "tl king'
of Pittsburg, ayt 1'ortland a visit.
Spokan la visited hy a $160,000
fir which burned a wholesale grocery
house.
At a ronferenc of Western gov
mora at 8ealtl a atrong plea ia mad
for stronger coast defense.
A retrograd correspondent declare
a rollap of the Kuaslan lorce li
hinted in a bulletin iMUed In that city
Wallac llray, manager of the Ven
ice ball Uam. and known to the fana
a "Happy Hogan," die suddenly of
pneumonia.
It ia reported that a ship hearing the
dlatres call of the i.usitam wu not
permitted to go to her aid by Ueriran
submarines.
Probable entrance Into the war by
luty i said to b on of th cause of
delav of Germany answering the
American not.
Realimatlon of the veteran sailor.
Lord Fisher, has forced a crisis which
will result in the reorganisation of the
Urltish cabinet.
An entire German army corp Is
moved from. Franc to th frontier of
Russia and that country now look to
th allle for aid.
Washington hear that German sub
marine warfare in th war ton is to
b abandoned until after Berlin replies
to th American not.
German and Austrian envoys in Italy
hav packed their trunks and ar or
dered to be ready to leave thai country
on moment a notice.
Th British admiralty haa chocked
th English channel with mine so
numberoue that a channel only one-
third of a mil wide la left.
A giant gg 14 feet in diameter was
"hatched ' In th streets of fcugene,
Oregon, and out of It marched 171 new
member of th Commercial club.
Atlantic fleet, five mile long, passe
before President Wilson In the annual
Inspection parade In New York. The
fleet goes to sea for maneuvering pur-
Criminal record of 2500 Portland
children, who wer befor th Juvenile
court, ar destroyed by th outgoing
Judg Catena, In order to give them a
clean start with th new judge.
Th conslstorlal congregation at
Rom decide to submit for the ap
proval of Pop Benedict the appoint
msnt of Right Rev. Edward J. Hanna
a archbishop of San Francisco.
Brid of two month of Iloquiam,
Wash., ia instantly killed when thrown
from an automobile driven by her hus-
band,, who swerved his machine to
avoid striking a speeding motocycle.
The National Congress of Mother is
In session at Portland.
Wenatchee, Wash., apple are eel
Ilngjln Germany for $8 box.
Because of anti-German riot In
England, German subject ask Ameri
can aid.
The Italian cabinet ha resigned a
result of disagreement over th Eu
ropean war question.
Lightning strikes tree near Lebanon,
Or., and kill 20 goats that were
eking shelter there.
Baptist In session at Houston, Tex.,
unanimously decide to support Presi
dent Wilson In the war crisis.
Austro-Germans capture 143, 500 Rus
sians, 69 cannon, 256 machine guns
In th rcnt battle In Gallcia.
Portland, Or., is sprinkling coal oil
on all nearby lakes, pool and ponds,
In order to destroy the mosquito pest.
Th national committee of th So
cialist party adopted a peace program,
but met with considerable opposition
In doing so. i
United State government sends
not of protest to Germany concerning
th sinking of th Lusitanla and other
Teasels conveying Americans.
The cold from which King Constan
tino has been suffering for the past
week ha turned into pleurisy, says
Reuter's Athens correspondent.
William D. Haywood, secretary
treasurer of th 1. W. W., declares
befor th Federal Industrial Relations
eommitte that "implacable warfare"
against capital must b wiged until it
ends in confiscation of th means of
production.
HUMANITY FIRST IS PRESIDENT'S
VIEW IN SPEECH AT NEW YORK
New York-President Wilson th
man on whom th eye of th world
ar turned because of th International
situation Tuesday reviewed th At
lantic float In th Hudson river and at
a unrhon tendered to him on shore by
th City of New York told a dlstln
gulshed gathering of navy officers,
army officers and civilian what th
country and It navy stood for. Th
great battleship that lay in the river,
he said, wr "engine to promote th
Interests of humanity."
"Th Inspiring thing about Amer-
lea," th President asserted, "is that
sh ask nothing for herself except
what sh haa a right to ask for human
Ity Itself. W want no nation's prop
erty; we wish to question no natlon'i
honor; we wish to stand elHshly In
th way of th development of no na
tion. . . It I not pretension on our
part to say that w ar privileged to
stand for what every nation would lik
to stand for and sjieaklng for those
things which ail humanity most de-
sir."
Th spirit which brooded over th
river, said th President, wa "just a
solemn evidence that the fore of
America Is the fore of moral princi
ple, that there 1 not anything els sh
love and that there 1 not anything
els for which sh will contend."
Th President took occasion in his
speech to pay tribute to Secretary of
the Navy Daniels, who sat beside him
Although the day wa damp and
chilly, with occasional downpour of
rain, th weather In no away abated
th enthusiasm with which New York
greeted the head of the nation. In
the forenoon h reviewed a land parade
of 5000 sailors and marine from the
fleet's 10 battleships, and from the
moment he set foot on shore until
after th luncheon he returned to the
Mayflower to review the fleet, hi
progress through the street was a con
tinuous ovation, remarked upon by
those who accompanied him a the
most enthusiastic they had witnessed
since the President's inauguration. He
wa plainly touched by the welcome
accorded him.
Stvei Battles in Week is Bloodiest
of Entire War in Western Europe
London Seven separata and distinct
battle wer fought in th week just
closed and there can be little doubt
that the day from Saturday, th 8th,
until Friday, the 14th, will rank
among the most bloody in the history
of Western Europe, says the corre
spondent of th Time. He adds:
'Saturday night saw no lessoning in
th Intensity of th struggle. On th
Ypre front, although outnumbered
and in danger of being outflanked, our
men again and again hurled back Ger
man attack.
During th darkness the Germans,
as though a war that with every paas-
Inir hour their opportunity wa lip
ping away, continued to hurl them
selves against our line.
"Men who lived through this night
shot until they could no longer hold
their rifle. Th fury of the assault
was Indescribable.
"Dawn of Sunday showed in the
fields in front of Ypres the dead piled
like cornstalk at harvest time, British
and Germana lying side by4side."
Freezing Temperature Over Wide Area
Washington, D. C Abnormally cold
weather prevailed 'Tuesday night
throughout the entire country except
In the Gulf states, with tempeature
20 degree below th seasonal average
In the Upper Lake region and th Da
kota. Snow fell in St. Paul and other
carta of Minnesota and West Virginia.
Reports to the weather bureau told ot
the disturbance, on accompnied by
heavy fronts in Nebraska, Minnesota
and part of Iowa and Wisconsin, and
th other attended by rains over the
Northern state cast of the Missis-
Ippi. which were said to be responsi
ble for the unsettled condition and low
temperatures.
The Eastern storm wa said to be
passing Into the Atlantic and the one
in the West to be moving eastward.
Frost warning were issued for
many section.
Liberty Bell Due July IB.
Philadelphia Saturday, July 17,
will be Liberty Bell Day at the Pana
ma-Pacific exposition. The relic will
leav Philadelphia July 5. It win ar-
rlv in San Francisco July 16. Sev
eral stop will be made along th way.
Omaha and Lincoln will be reached
July 9, Denver July 10, Portland and
Salem July 15, Sacramento July 16.
Th Liberty Bell will reach Portland at
a. m. and will be sidetracked her
six hour o that all who wish may
have th opportunity of viewing it. It
will leav her for Salem at noon.
Riot Surprl German.
Berlin The Oversea New Agency
Wednesday gave out the following:
"The German press expresses sur
prise at th impotenc of th London
police. Mob rul is easily suppressed
whr th police ar active. Official
report of parliamentary debate clearly
show that the hatred of the Germana
the only pretext left for plundering.
That the internment of all hostile for
eigner thould be necessary to protect
stranger Is a bad sign."
600 Farmers Attend Semi
annual Picnic at Silverton
8llverton Th farmers' Institute
and picnic, held in this city Saturday,
wa attended by COO farmer. Th
damp weather of th few day imme
diately preceding It necessitated a
slight change in plans and th ad.
dresses of th morning war held In
theater. Th entire day wa bright
and clear and by noon th dampness
had so far diapared from th park
that it was detuned advisable to hold
th remainder of th xercie ther.
County Agriculturist Chapin spoke
on "Soil Fertility;-How to Maintain
It." Miss Elisabeth Levy, of this
city, played several violin solo. "Di
versified Farming" wa th subject of
Professor French, of Oregon Agrlcul
tural colleg. Representative Hawley
suoke on "Farm Credits." Free
luncheon wa served by th business
men of Silverton at noon.
Mr. Chapin la preparing to hold a
corn show her thia fall and arrange
ment ar wall under way for It. Plan
ar being mad for cash prixas In lib
eral amount. Saturday' meeting
surpassed in Interest and attendance
th expectation of even th most
hopeful, and it ia believed beraua of
th interest now awaknd that this
event will b mad-a semi-annual oc
currence.
State Grange Asks Rural
Credits at Annual Session
Tillamook Demand for a rural
credit or Federal long-time loan law
wer mad in a committee report to
the Stat Grang In session her. Af
ter an hour of discussion, th grange
decided to Uk no action on th report
until th committee in charge of the
Bathrick bill baa announced it find
ings.
Th eommitte also urged the grange
to declare It would support no candi
dal for th United States senate who
would not promise to work and voU
for rural credit law.
Increase in th limit placed on pos
tal savings account to $5000 with th
privilege of diverting these fund to
th farmer at a low rat of interest
was favored by th eommitte In a res
olution which waa adopted.
A resolution also wa adopted by th
grans declaring against tax exemp
tion on certain class of property.
Th resolution, however, was not op
posed to an exemption of $300 on
household goods actually in use.
The grange also declared in favor or
a Federal law that would require man
ufacturer of woolen good to mark
their product to indicate whether they
ar mad of long wool or recarded or
of old woolen garment. Change In
mail or rural route wer opposed in
a resolution adpoted and the changing
of th dat of th collection of th
aecond half of th Uxe from October
6 to th first Monday in November
favored In another.
In th demand for the rural credit
law the eommltUe. recite that th
people of th country expected relief
from the financial stringency after the
passer of the administration currency
act and that th Isw ha failed to
bring about that relief. It says that
money is a scare a it waa before th
passage of th act, and report that
rate of interest have remained a be
fore.
It call upon all of th aubordinaU
grange of th Ut to rapport
measure for th relict or toe rarmera.
contending that th interest rate now
charged by lender ar "eating th
vital and Hf out of th UU and na
tion."
Th eommitte would have congress
grant to th states th right to issue
non-lnterest-be axing bond to be used
a time loan on which th secretary
of the treasury would issue currency
leas 2 per cent discount. This would
be handled by the state land board and
applicant for fund would receive
loan not in excess of 60 per cent of
the valuation of land for periods of 5,
10, 15, 20, 25, 80 or 85 year at a rate
not mor than 4 per cent, payable
semi-annually.
Big Power Project Begun for
Oregon Electric at Eugene
Eugene A fore of men I at work
at th Oregon Electric' $5,000,000
power project at Clear Lake at th
head of th McKenxie river in th
summit of th Cascade mountain.
Preliminary work ia to be rushed say
L. C. Gillman, president of the Oregon
Electric, who arrived in Eugene thia
week. He stated definitely that no
other plana for development ar under
way.
"I am not prepared to state at this
time how soon the permanent con
struction work will begin," he said.
The McKenxie power project, one of
the largest in the state, involving the
tapping of one of the largest lake at
the summit or the Cascades, wa com
menced quietly several year ago.
Engineers established headquarters
and meteorological readings were made
daily over a period of two years.
Final surveys were made and engineers
report submitted were favorable to
th project.
Th first formal announcement wa
made more than a year ago, when one
of the engineers, returning with the
final reports, made public the plana.
New Stage Line to Start.
. Klamath Falls An automobile stage
service is to be inaugurated by George
Hoyt, of Fort Klamath, and will oper
ate between Chiloquin, which is the
point at which passengers on the
Southern Pacific for the North leave
the train, and Bend. Two machines
will be used, so the stages may leave
Bond and Chiloquin at the same time,
meetinir at Crescent. Trip will be
made on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
The route will permit or stops at
Harn. La Pine. Crescent. Lonroth,
Skean Ranch and other daces. Pas
sengers, freight and baggage will be
transported, and arrangements have
also been made for private mail de
livery for farmers living along the
route who are some distanc from
postofnees.
Big Rains Damag Roads.
Baker Torrent of rain this week
greatly benefited crops, but did consid
erable damage. In 24 hours .27 inch
of rain brought the total for th year
within .01 inch of normal and settled
definitely the possibilities of a dry
season. The city was without light or
nnwer five hours because th wind
blew a tree across the line of the East
ern Oregon Light & Power company
near the Rock Creek plant. The roads
are quagmire and many place are
lanlated. Roads between here and
Halfway ar practically impassable.
Saf Blast Fruitless.
Canyonville Robbers nho blew the
af. T U fiMM Jtr Knn tranAl-al
Hi- w. . a.vm w .wv.., ft
merchants, demolished the store office
and awakened the town tat S o clock
TliiiMilDit tnAnln vmm hawl 1V1V
before they could loot th cash drawer
after they had opened th vault wun
a gigantic charge of ni troglycerine.
The report of the exploiiion brought
neighbor to the stor and th men es
caped in th darkness witt tout any val
uable.
Coos and Curry Farmers Will
Compete for Dairy Show Prizes
Marshfleld Coo and Curry counties
will bold their dairy show and annual
Fair at Myrtle Point soon. Since th
cow-testing association have been in
operation the interest in better cow
and closer attention to production has
increased wonderfully and the ranchers
are ready for any contest. Th Fair
association has appropriated $200 for
this particular feature of the Fair and
the following exhibit will o maae tor
prizes:
Dairv cow, showimr best records for
production of butter fat for period of
90 consecutive days in any or in cow
testing associations during 1915, get
three prises. All entries must be
registered cows or from a registered
sire.
Cheese and butter exhibit has three
nrizea for both commodities. Pro
fessor O. G. Simpson, of the depart
ment or dairy manuiacturing, vregon
Agricultural college, will score the
nninta in this ahowins-. Exhibitors
will show five full-weight cheddar
cheeses or 15 rolls of butter.
Klamath Shipping Cattle.
Klamath Falls Three carloads of
cattle hav been shipped to th Port
land markets. These ar the first
Klamath Falls cattle to go to the Port
land Union Stockyards for some time,
and th grading and prices they re-
KaIimt BMraltM) with interest
by Klamath Falls shippers. It is
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thought by some snippers mas uie
Portland market, while it offers in
some instances more attractive prices
ror Stock, cut we pronia irora enip
ments there by too strict grading.
If the prices and gradings at Port
land are what Klamath Falls men be
than atmiilH ha. ther is reason
to expect that some of the several car
loads of stock that are sent away from
Klamath Falls every Thursday will be
delivered to Portland instead of going
to Sacramento.
Notices Sent Officials.
Slm The State Tax commission
hia men circular letters to county offi
cials calling attention to an act passed
by the recent legislature, wmcn makes
sheriffs, instead of county treasurers,
tax collectors. The letter says in part:
"This act does not specify any partic
ular method to be followed in making
transfer nf the tax roll from the treas
urer to the sheriff. It is evident, how
ever, that th treasurer must make a
return to the County court, verified by
nmnAr Mtrtiflcata. as reauired by law.
showing clearly th atat of th tax
roll on the conclusion or nis auues as
tax collector."
Hatchery Building Plan.
Oregon City C. P. Henkel, super
intendent of the United State bureau
of fisheries, with headquarter at the
Clackamas nan natcnery, wno naa
on an inspection trip of those in South
ern Oregon, has returned to Oregon
City with Willi S. Rich, cientist for
the government natcnery.. nan are
niHa for sreat improvements at
the hatchery. Mr. Henkel is planning
for th new building, ana jso interna
to make the place a summer resort,
where visitor may hav picnics, but
no camping privilege.
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with about three hundred wounded Serbians who had become infected with
typhus.
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France, and failed to explode, as was the case with many of them.
Mny Thing Ar Mysteries.
Tn.t what electricity is no on
knows, but th fact is not astonishing.
nnrann knowa what anything is.
What Is carbon? What i iron? What
is oxygen? What is phosphorus? No
knows what any of these sab-
stances is, yet, of course, there are
theories which explain in pan. in
the same way there Is an electrical
theory which ia only of comparative-
recent origin.
This theory states that everywhere
),.,.hr,iii the universe, filling all
spaces and all substances, ther is
an all-pervading material known as
ether. It is this ether which trans
mit the light waves from the sun
through the enormous distance be
tween that heavenly body and our
own atmosphere, which only extends
a short distance above the earth. It
la the ether which transmit heat
from the incandescent filament with
in the vacuum bulb of an electric
lamp to the glass itself and to th
surrounding air. 80 electricity may
be merely part of thia ether in mo
tion. "Practical Talk on Farm Engineering.1
SIR FREDERICK HAMILTON
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aecond lord of the British admiralty
and one of th leading spirits to that
establishment.
Lsarnlng to Talk Real English.
Mack Cretcher, formerly a Kansas
newspaper man, who is now in th em
ploy of the insular aervice in th Phil
ippines, tells this story to show that
the natives are gradually adopting
American ways: While making a trip
out In one of the province recently
ha met a small Filipino boy of whom
ha inquired: "Young man, do you
speak English?" The youth stiffnd
up promptly and replied: i "T, 1
speak a small I talk a few. What
hell you want?" -Kansas City Star.
Great Fight Against Chinch Bug.
To fence against chinch bugs, 1.500
mile of barrier wer laid down to
protect cornfields last year This eost
$40,600, Including labor. Th ,vr
ag yield of the protected field ws
z( bushel to th acre, and it ia tl
mated that the barrier added to th
yield of corn the value of $711,710.
Thia sort of work has to b don by
co-operation. Farm and Fireside.
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