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WES TON EADER WESTON, OREGON, FB1DAY, JUNE II, 1915. NO. 51. m.. xxnv. W. J. BRYAN QUITS POST IN CABINET President Wilson and Secretaiy Disagree Oyer Germany. COMMONER'S KACf VIEW DISCORDANT Other Members Are Claimed to Have Threatened Retirement Unless Foreign Policy Was Firm. Wsahlngton. D. C. William Jen nlniri Hryan, thre time Democratic candidal for tha presidency of tha United Bute and author of nearly 80 peace treatise with tha principal na tion of tha world, resigned Tuesdsy aa secretary of itata aa a dramatic a qual to hla diaagraamant with Presi dent Wilaon over tha fovammant'a policy toward Germany. Tha resignation waa accepted by tha President Tha Cabinet then approved tha reopens which had baen prepared to tha German reply to tha Luaitania note. Acting Secretary ICobert Lan eing I ifned the document and It waa cabled to Berlin. Secretary Hryan will return to pri vate life. It waa learned that ha In tenia to continue bia political support of tha President. Kather than alim tha document which ha believed might possibly draw tha United State Into war, Mr. Bryan submitted hla resignation In a letter Robert Lansing, Counsellor of State Department and Now Acting Secretary of Btate, Whoa Signature I Gennao Ambassador Tries to Avoid Bread) of Peace With United States Washington, D. C Count von Barn etorff, the German ambassador, Thurs day called at the Whit House of hia own volition and without Instruction of any nature from hla government It la known that ha had no authority to declare that there has been, or will be, a change In Germany's attitude toward submarine warfare. He waa actuated by a desire to put aalde the formalities of diplomacy and take direct step that might lead to a continuation of peaca between the United State and Germany. In Uklng this position, Count von ' ' Noted Banker Dies. Berkeley, CaU Charles R. Bishop, vice president of the Bank of Califor nia, San Francisco, died here, aged 93. Bishop's career waa an adventurous and romantic ona and included hia mar riage to Bernic Pauahi Paki. a Ha waiian princess of royal blood, who, upon her death, left him custodian of a great fortune. - For many years prior to annexation. Bishop waa a command ing figure in the financial affairs of the Hawaiian nation. After the death of hla royal wife, he cam to California, more than 20 years ago. Zeppelin. Wires Words to Aviatora. Berlin Count Ferdinand Zeppelin haa sent the following telegram to the German Aviation league, which ia holding its seventh convention here : "Sineereat thanks for the greetings of the Aviation League, which haa caused a deep Impression on the day on which the new creation brought into existence by me in the field of aerial science haa brilliantly proved iu worth." Emperor William haa also tele graphed bis thanks. JacUrlna- that "tha laaue Involved la of auch moment that to remain a mem ber of tha Cabinet would bo aa unfair to vimi aa It would be to tha cauae which la neareit my heart, namely, tha i.MUant Inn tt mimm ' Tha President accepted tha resigna tion In a latter of ret-ret tinged with deep personal feeling of affection. Dramatically the oiuciai relation 01 Mr. Bryan with tha administration of tha man whose nomination ha assisted so materially In bringing about at tha Baltimore convention or ivix came to an end. It caused sensation In tha National capital scarcely paralleled In recent years. Ambassadors, ministers and diplo mats from foreign lands, officials of every rank and nation heard tha news aa it waa flashed by newspaper extras. They Interpreted variously Ita effect on the del Irate situation that had risen between Germany and tha United Statea. Tha realgantlon of the stauncheat advocate of peace in tha President's official family spread broadcast tha belief that the policy of the United Stales aa definitely deter mined on would assert and defend the riirhtaof the United Statea In any eventuality that might aria. Originally, It waa tha intention oi tha Praaldant and Mr. Bryan to bava tha announcement of tha resignation made simultaneously with tha dtspslrh of tha note to Germany, but when Mr. Bryan did not attend the cabinet meet In unltl Praaldant Wilson sent for him, rumors that tha President had been unable to bring tha Secretary of State to hla point of view filled the air. Finally, the news became known and waa conftrmend. Just when the subject waa first broached between the President and Mr. Bryan la not definitely known but tha fact that Mr. Bryan would reaign waa known to a small circle of officials aa early aa last Sunday. When the nlrulttla nn which the note to Ger many should be bsaed were discussed Mr. Bryan found that be could not rec oncile his own position with that of the administration. "... ... ,1 . 1 V Affixed to Not to Germany, Bernstorff had before him the oppor tunity of pacifying another and power ful Incipient antagonist of hla native country. He took the one open chance, just aa other noteworthy figures of hla tory have done. The ambassador told the President that ha had been unable to communi cate with hia government In a satis factory manner recently because of the conditions surrounding lines of trans mission. He explained that for this reason it had been impossible for him to tell the Kaiser plainly and frankly how anti-German feeling in this coun try had grown and of the apparent de termination of the United Statea gov ernment to take extreme measures In support of the President's demands. Election Workers Riot. Los Anlgeles, Cel. Clamoring for their pay as election workers at the polls Thursday, a mob of more than 1000 men and women stormed the headquartera of tha Business Men's committee. After waiting several hours in front of the closed offices they paraded to police headquartera, where their statements were taken. - The workere aay they were em ployed in the interest of Frederick J. Whiffen, who waa defeated by Charles E. Sebastian for mayor in the recent city election. Gypsies Hold Weird Rites. Denver Gy pel ea from all over the West participated in weird rites here Thursday at the burial of Marie Adams, 98, "Queen" of one of the wealthiest nomadic tribe in the United State. Mrs. Adama died May 27 at San Ber nardino, Cel., after delegating her power to Alex Adams, the eldest of her two sons. The gypsy queen waa reputed to be worth $1,000,000. She had $80,000 on deposit in bank of Denver and suburban towns. ,)1 1 OREGON NEWS OF $776,911 Insurance Paid. Salem-Wlth $1,282,701.05 received In net premiums by 61 casualty and other accident insurance companies in Oregon, the companies paid In losses 1770,911.60 last year, according to a report of Slate Insurance Commission er Wells. The loas on liability Insur ance was I46S.848.0S and the net pre miums were $606,912.63. Figure for the last year show that the total net profit of the domestic mutual fire Insurance companies amounted to f44.231.02. Tb aggre gate Income waa $421,018.94, while the expenditure were $370,218.70. The net amount of risks carried by 11 companies December 81, 1914, waa $70,663,9118.80. The aggregate amount of cash on hand and other ad mitted aseeta la given aa $412,464.76. Unpaid losses totaled $49,702.89, while all other llabllltiee were $31, 647.21. The total unearned premiums were $180,033.62. Statement filed by life insurance companiee show tbat the three domes tic concerns at the close of 1914 had a total of $13,624,642 Insurance In force, distributed among 6363 policies. Do mestic companies, according to the re- nnrt maila auhaLantial rains during the year, Issuing total of $3,623,164 in new insurance, wnue i, voo.uoj in Insurance waa terminated. Claim naid. leas reinsurance In admitted companies, totaled $68,696.23. Pre miums collected, less reinsurance in authorized companies, amounted to $416,862.70. Project Opening Asked. Baker Thlrty-elx thousand acres that have been tied up by a Carey land project In Pine valley. Baker county, are expected to be thrown open within a few montha, if the United States Land department acta upon the request of thoae in that vicinity. U. A. Clement, land commissioner, is In Baker awaiting the land in spector from Washington to Uke him to the tract, which ia within a nine mile radius of Halfway. Upon the re port of the inspector will be decided whether the state will be aided In re claiming the land or whether it shall be thrown open at once for settlement. The larger part of the tract, 34,000 acres, waa filed on aix years ago by an Eastern irrigation company, under the Carey act. After expending about $7000 on the project the company de cided last year that It could not carry the project to completion and the mat ter waa put up to the state official, who In turn appealed to the United State Reclamation service. , In addition to the 23,000 acre filed on by the Eastern concern, there are 13,000 acre which would be taken up if the larger tract waa thrown open. Mr. Clement assert that many fami lies are waiting for government land. Coos Bay Channel Dries Up. ' l.-.kRM Thu Pnrt of Cooa BaV MMnttv avneivlMi aeveral thousand dollars in opening the canal between Cooa Bay and North Inlet landing and the job waa contracted to De done so that three feet of water would be as sured at mean low water. From the inlet proper to North Inlet landing ia a distance of four Biilea, and this water way had been the avenue over which all the railroad material used in the Beale Lake and Tenmile region waa routed. The Port Commission ordered a straightening of the channel between the bay and the inlet, mile in dis tance. Ths nh hail hen finished but two weeka and at low water the newly-dug channel ts dry ror a distance oi ow feet in the middle of the cutoff. There L kv traffta nvar tha route and the port will order new amountof dredg- ing to maintain tne oeairea inree xeei at low water, which would give serv ice at any stage of time. Malheur Storm Freakish. Baker The champion freak storm of Malheur county was reported here Friday. A heavy rainfall and wind did heavy damage throughout the county, but the edge skirted the town of Malheur. With a heavy roar a hailstorm broke there and hailstones as big aa bantam eggs raised welts sail AVAP tha hodiea of horses and cattle. The ground waa soon covered with hail three Inches deep. In inmA annta tha aun shone through out the peeing storm. Trees were also badly damaged. Roaeburg to Fix Road. Roseburg -At mass meeting of cititena held here action was taken to h!nr akrait an Imnrovement of the road through Pass Creek canyon. Re ports have reached this city mac many iitAmAhila nartlea have been unable to paaa through the canyon and were obliged to ahlp their machines south from Cottage Grove. The County court haa promised to co-operate wun h. (itlzana and have tha road improv ed at once; it probably will be paaa- able within a weex. . Forest Service Trail Work On. Alhanv WnrV haa haan hemin on the government forest service trail and telephone line rrom uaacaaia, on me Smith Rantiam river. 46 mile SOUth- east of Albany,"' over the divide to Quartiville. Twenty-tnree miiee 01 Hla trail waa mnatnicted last summer and the remaining 12 miles will be built this year. The trail and tele phone are being constructed at the aame time, it having been found more practicable to do the work In that manner. GENERAL INTEREST 750 Cows to Be Tested. Soon more than half the cows sup plying milk to the important cities of ha Willamatta vallev and Southwest- em Oregon will have been tuberculin tested, according to Information given out by Stat Dairy and Food Commie- alimna M irtt IM. Mr. Miekla aaid that a total of 760 cows bad been signed up and would be teeiea oy a man w do put Into the field Immediately by State Veterinarian Lytle. The cities where eow are to be tested are : Ashland, Medf ord. Grant Paaa, Cottage Groves Roseburg, Ee m Kalam. Ore if on Citv. CoTValliS. Independence, Dallas, McMinnville, Forest Grov and HillsDoro. u is probable that aom testing work will be don also at Tb Dalles, Hood River and Aahland. Mr. Lytle plans to visit the different cities with an exhibit showing the benefit of the tuberculin teat and also the result of tuberculosis on eowa. Alcohol Label Is Needed. Caivl which contains brand r and rum aa a flavoring must b labeled. says i. D. Mien, atai iooa ana uirj ntulnar. In hia a newer to the complaint for injunction filed by H. R. Moc tiler, an Aaiona canoy insmuwB- ...... u- Mirk la two weeka afO .Ul V . ma. " -w aeized 47 boxes of Centennial choco lates, on of tb Hoe tiler proud, eta, De cause they contained alcohol. Last week Mr. Hoeffler waa granted tamtvtrar Inlunction bv Circuit Judge Davis, restraining Mr. Mickl from aeixing any more of the choco lates. He declared tne coocoiaiee con tained only 1.06 per cent alcohol. Mr. Mickle, in the answer which be filed in County Clerk Coffey's office, says a chemical analysis of the candy showed it contained a greater percentage than tale. Governor Finds Waste. atm Governor Withveombe. who Umm imt niiinuul from Eastern Oreiron. put his knowledge of agriculture to a practical use, when ne oiscoverea uisi the silos at the Eastern Oregon Insane Asylum were not managed properly. Hia discovery will save the state many time th cost of his trip. "Tb asylum has two large ailoa, aaM tha travei-nor, "with capacities double that necessary for the present herd of 17 cows, as a reauii we man agement ia not able to feed the en ailage faat enough, and a large part of it spoils. The spoiled ensilage should not be fed. I suggested that the herd either be doubled or that the amount of ensilage be greatly reduced." Tillamook Cheese Industry Prospers. illamook countv pro duced 38,693,183 pound of milk last year and manufactured 4,.w,oiu pounds of cheese, valued at $664,374.- Thia in a few words, is the rec ord of the banner cheese section of Oregon and the Northwest. Notw'.th-tanriino- flurtuationB in the markets and uncertainties of free trade, Tillamook cheese held ita own in price, the average being but a trifle below 1913. when it waa 16.40 cenia per pound, and last year it was 16.88 cents per pound. Th avorura nrice for butter fat was 88.32 cents for the year, and the aver age price for cheese for the past six years waa 15.87 cents. Horticultural Post Gone. c.l.m That an amendment passed by the recent legislature to the law creating the btate Horticultural coiu mission abolishes the office of commia-sioner-at-large and that the five dis tricts will continue to be represented by a commissioner, waa an opinion given recently by Attorney General Brown. ' The terms of C A. Park, Saelm, and H. H. Witherspoon, Elgin, have ex .rut tha state board will appoint their successors at the next meeting. J. W. Pomeroy, Scappooee, will be re appointed, and the terms oi ur. M scrum, Mosier, and A. C Allen, Medford, have not expired. Albany to Get New Plant. Albanv A large fruit evaporator will be constructed in Albany this sum mer by Charles M. MUler, oi rorusno. m. Millar haa leased a tract of ground in this city for that purpose, and it is probable that a large warenouse wiu be erected on the tract adjoining the uuu h.ir nt tha Orecron Electric 1 1 Gig 11 V - ' Mr. Miller expects to install special equipment ror tne manuiacm wx -JLh.. ,ii Ha will establish a KfUIUWtJ J a .... laboratory in connection with his evap orator for experimenting in we uvmw tion of fruit and berries in by-products. Railroad la Incorporated, c.ion. Tha Rosebursr & Eastern Railroad company, with a capital atock of $1,000,000, filed articles of incor with Corporation Commie- .i.... fihiHnrman. The company plans building a railroad from Rose burg eastward to tne western of Umpqua national forest and the Umpqua river. . Fair Representative Chosen. . . -n Tvklllln P Sinnntt IU amain r ana i- - ---- has been appointed to represent Kia- x -1. Can liVaTUMMVh main county " - Fair. The representative who baa l .i .v.... ia nnt ahla to aerve Deen uiwre mw - longer. The salary of the represent- tlVe 18 paid iroui auuia iw" -v local merchants, together with an ap propriation maae oy tne va".j - CYCLE kT&v'i rJ,. - il4z Bicycle deuebment of the Italiaa RUINS - . - a " Z , SJg f iNr; C 1 1 :4iiiuaiij)7i More than half of the city of Colon. Panama, waa destroyed by the recent great wnflagation. The pMog"ph glve"a View of the ruin, from Bolivar atreet, looking toward Cristobal. The rulne of the market are aeen In the background. GERMAN DESTROYER AT ANTWERP LI ii. - , vi it. 'W'" -J - , ar. This photograph of a German destroyer passing through the docks or Antwerp waa taken secretly by a resident of that city, despite the German threat of fine and Imprisonment for anyone taking photographs. It would . . . ii j nit has Kann vlnlntAil teem to lxtaicaie iobi jiuuauu ucuuau HUERTA'S HOME 'V-i LI U. 5 Y 'ajaeaaei. Wjp-ji VV This Is the residence at Forest Hills, Long Island, which Gen. Vicioriano Huerta has leased and in which he has installed his wife and their household ef 30 children, grandchildren, tutors Safety Match Running Short. According te a Melbourne dispatch te the Sydaey (Australia) Herald, re produced in a commercial report, strict economy In the use of safety matches la being advocated by mer chants who know hew limited the atock in Australia are at present, and hew difficult It la to procure further supplies while the war lasts. Al ready Kioes have risen 1S3 per cent la the wholesale market, and only a meat careful use ef the matches can prevnt an actual ahortage. The chief reason tor this state of affairs CORPS OF THE ITALIAN ARMY Ail army maneuvering' near the northern border of the country. OF COLON AFTER GREAT FIRE -ws m. - t . 1 xh4 m m -fc-say .1 aye ' ' i ' ?f .im ft.. v v v. w.-r-ai' . wu ON LONG ISLAND and servanta. la aald to be. the rezulatlon In force in England that compela the factory which auppliea nearly all the Aus tralian matches to show no lights at night, it being situated close to the Thames estuary. Consequently, the output la reduced : to one-third of the normal quantity. Select Circle. "Dont any of your friends come to see you on visiting days?" asked the kindly old lady. "No'm," responded No. 777.444; "they're aU here with f CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS s JNOCOOI 5. A Camllle Saint-Saens, the famous French composer and the first dele gate of the Franco-American commis sion for the Development of Political, Economic, Literary and Artistic Rela tione, photographed as he landed in New York. The composer, who is eighty year old, looks forward with uncommon pleasure to revisiting the United States. He will be entertained extensively by the French societies in the many cities he expects to visit during the three months of hla stay here. , . . i Why Men Eat More Than Women. That men eat five or all per cent more than womennot because they are a-lnttons. but because they actually require that much more nourishment appears as a result of an investiga tion made In the nutrition laboratory of the Carnegie institute at Washing ton by Francis G. Benedict and L. E. Eamea, says the Literary Digest The reason for the discrepancy seems to ha that women have a smaller propor tion of active tissues than men of the aame weight and more Inactive material, such as fat The investiga tion dlaclosed that the average wom an generates only M&S heat anlts in the 24 hours, as against l.as pro duced by the man, or about two per cent more for the latter per pound o( body weight When groups were cor pared, after careful selection of indi vidual of nearly the aame helf fat and weight, the men were found to pro duce about 13 per cent more heat than women. . s f f r I i