Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1915)
Weston SADER Top. XXXV. WESTON, OKEflON, nilD AY, JULY 0, 1915. KO. 3. FAMOUS OLD Vi v li " ' ' ' , . i .I, i i A If Th Liberty Bell, which, on July 4, 1779, 139 year am rang for more than two hour from th steeple of tho old But House in Philadelphia In joy ful annunciation of th fact that the representative of th IS colonies had proclaimed tha Independence of th United State, will visit tho following town In the Northwest an route to tho Panama-Pseifl exposition) , I Monday, July 12. Bolt, Idaho, Arrive at 7 a. in., fur tuy of 1 hour; Caldwell. Idaho, a. m., 20 minute; Walter, Idaho, 10:46 a. m., ft minute; Huntington, Or., 11,20 a. m.; Baker, Or.. 11:10 p. m.. 30 minutes; La Grand. Or., 2:30 p. m., 1ft minute; Pendleton, Or., IMA l lUIMALi WL.AL.ill. LnUtLUltUUniUOa. X AAA 1 lsJi Washington, D. C Th decennial report Wealth. Debt, and Taxation. aeea te kw lud by Director Bam. JU Refer of U Bureau of tb Canto, Daaertmeat of Commerce, nod com plt4sindr tba direction of Mr. Stark V. Qrogaa. chief autlaltolan In chart of tb Inquiry, will show aa Incraaa In tba national wealth or Tl per cent In algkt ye era; la net rdral Indebt ed nee, of I per cent In 11 year; In net tut Indebtedne, of 44.S per cent In 11 year; In not county Indent, da, of SS per cent In 11 year; In net munlolpal lndbtedn, of 114 per cent in 11 year, and m m gruerai property lax levy, of SS por cent la It .... year. ; la thl report ar brought together la two bound volume all tba ttatittle pertaining to tba general aubject of wealth, debt, nod taxation which bava keen burned from Urn to tlm during Ua poet rear la a tenet of bulietioa. Tb bureau tlmate tb total vat. no of all clatte of property in tho United Stale, xclutlv of a and the Intular powlon. In 1113 at SlS7.73t.tMtt, or S1.S45 per capita. Thla tlmate la presented merely a tb beat approximation which can be mad from tba data available and at being fairly comparable with that pub lished eight year ago. Th Increase betweea lt4 and 1911 wa 75 per cent . for th total amount and 4S per cant for tb par capita. Real estate and Improvement, Including public prop erty, alona constituted St 10,(77,000.000 or tt per cent of tha total, in 1012. The next greatest Item, l.14.eoo,000. wa contributed by th railroads; and tho third, S14,tt4,000,000, represented th valu of manufactured products, thor - tbaa clothing and iroal - adornmeata, furniture, vehicles, and kindred property. Th net public Indebtedness In 113 amounted to $4,168,461,000. This amount wa mad up aa follow: Na tional debt, $1,038,664,000, or $10.51 per capita; tt debt, $348,043,000. or $3.57 per capita; county debt, $371, Stt.OtO. or 34 33 per capita: and muni cipal debt, $3,1.14.383.000. or $64.37 per capita. Thus use average urnan ciu ssn's share of tho net federal, state, county and municipal debt combined wa $72.71! and th average rural cltl en' share of tha net federal, state and county debt combined waa $13.49. Tb total federal debt In 1010 was $2.tlt.20S.OOO, of which amount $967,- $61 .too waa represented by bonds, $3T6,112,0ut by non-interest-bearing debt (principally United States note er "greenbacks"), and $1,673,167,000 : by certificates and notes Issued on deposit of coin and bullion. Against this indebtedness there was in th treasury $1,117,651,000 In cash avail able for paymant of debt, leaving the set national Indebtedness at 31.02$, 164,010. or S10.5S per capita. The In crease In th net indebtedness be tween IMS and 1018 amounted to t Pfr cent, but for th per capita figure there was a decrease of 13 per cent The burden dua to tho national debt I thus very light In comparison with that Imposed by tha Indebtedness of; other great nations. - j Tba state debt, however, ret is tnu mora easily on th shoulder of th average cltlsen, being only one-third at great aa that of the nation, Tha total stat Indebtedness in 1118 was $422,707,300, and th net debt that Is tha total debt less sinking fund assets waa 345.942,000. or $3.67 per capita. Th net debt increased by 44.6 per cent between 1903 and 1913, and the . per capita net debt by IS per cent The only two states In whtch th per capita state debt in 1913 exceeded the per capita national debt were yassacbutetta, with a net debt of $73, 61.60. er $22.73 per capita, and Ari sona, with $3,085,000, or $13.33 pr capita. In the atatea, however, th LIBERTY BELL 1:25 m., IS minute; Walla Walla, Wash., 7:80 p. m;, 2 hour. Tuesday, July 13. Spoken. Wash., $ a. rru, 4 boura; Weualche. Waab., 6:30 p. ra., SO minutee; Evorett, Waah., 11:65 p. m., boura, Wedneaday, July 14. ' Seattle, Wash,, 9.16 a. m., 61 hour; Taeoma, Wash., 4 p. m., 4 boura; Olympia, Wash., 9:30 p. m., 3i boura. Thursday, duly 15. Portland. Or.. 8 a. m., boura; Sa lem, Or., I p. m.,80 mioute; Eugene, Or., ft p. m., It minutee; Cottage Oroya, Or., ft :Cft p. m , ft minutee; j Ho burg. Or., 8:16 p. m., 18 minute. largo per capita debt I duo prlacl pally not to tba ttate debt proper but to tb considerable amount of contin gent debt assumed by tb state la tb earn of tb metropolitan district In Massachusetts and tb counties and municipalities In Artsona. Tb total county debt In 1913 amounted to $393,207,000. of which amount $271,621,000, or $4 S3 per capi ta, was net debt Tba net Indebted aee Increased by 19 por cent between 1903 and 1918, and tb por capita net indebtedne kr tt per cent By far tb greatest Item of indebted ness In tbi country I that of munici palities. This amounted In 1913 to ta aggregate of $3,460,000,000, of which $3.884.SS.0O0 or $64.27 per capita, rep- resented net indebtedne. too rat I of lucres la net Indebtedne be tween 1902 and 1913 waa 114 per cent The total levlea of taxes on real estate, personal property and" bther property aubject to ad valorem taxa tion, by states, countlea, municipal! tie, school districts, and other civil divisions. Increased from $724,787,116 or $9.33 per capita, In 1903 to $1,349,- $41,000, or $13.91 per caplt, In 1913. th percentage or Increase being St for th total amount and 61 for tha per capita. Levies for ttate purpose increased from $80,403,000 in 1908 to $165,643, 000 In 1913, or by 94 per cent During the same neriod the levlee by coun-lnf tic, municipalities, achool districts, I lncrd from $644,336,000 to SV 134.253.000. or bv 14 oer cent The I county levies In 1913 wer $233,932,- 000, and thoae of municipalities, school districts, and other minor civil divi sions amounted to $895,821,000. Thus It appear that an Increas or 75 per cent In 8 year Indicating a gain of 116 per cent In 11 year In national wealth baa been accompanied by aa increase, during 11 years, of 6 per cent In net federal indebtedne, 44.6 per cent in net tate Indebtedne, SO per cent In net county Indebtedne and 114 par cent in net municipal in debtedntsa. In connection with th growth in ; munlolpal Indebtedness, however, It should be borne In mind that tie proportion which urban popu lotion represented of the total . was materially greater in 1913 than In 1903. The net Indebtedness of na tional, state, county, and munlolpal government combined Increased by 71 percent In 11 year. A more algnlf leant comparison, how. ever, can be made between the growth of the national wealth Ind the In- crease In tax levies. The national: wealth, on the assumption that it av erage annual rate of growth from 1903 to 1912 wa the same a that which prevailed from 1904 to 1913, Increased by 101 per ceut in 16 years, while the increase In tax levies during the per- lod 1903 to 1918 amounted to 86 per cent The total revenue receipt of tb national government during the fiscal year ended June 80.. 1913, aRgregated $963,507,000, and the expenditure for kovarnmeptal costs were $963,601,000. The corresponding figure for 1903 were $667.Z33,ooo and $6i8,73.ooo. Tb percentaxe of Increase In govern mental eoet between 1908 and 1913 wa 64. Tbe nature and amount of the leading Item which made up the total revenue receipt In 1913 were: "Special property taxes" (principally receipts from custom and from tax on circulation of national bank). $313,963,000; earnings of public-service enterprises (principally postal re ceipts), $270,704,000? receipts from in ternal revenue taxes on manufacture and sate of liquor, $230,144,000; "busi ness taxes" (Internal-revenue receive from alt source except manufacture and sale of liquor, to tether with re ceipts from Income tax), $113,336,000. Of tb expenditure tor gveni4-i U costs, th leading Item wer: ror protection to person ami property (ex pense of military, naval, lighthouse, I steamboat Inspection, revenue-cutler, life savlug and immigration tod natur alisation aervlo), $!44.71.000; (or expense of postal service, Zf I.1U7- tioMi ouiinr' bouM, (., iiiz.iiir I vvv; lur puohpuci bi irniuT, executive, and judicial itabluhment I M 1 . . . a I . I . 1 and administration of eiocuUr de partments, $11,714,000; for taeerove ment and maintenance of waterway. I42.66Z.000; for ooaetruoUoa of tie Panama Canal, l4l.T41.00f: for inter est on publle lndabtednaea, $2I.I,- 000; for outlay on publl building and ground. Including military pocia. I and for th Bureau or Conatroction and Kepatr, Nary Department. 23,l3t.00; for odttcatloa (piioclpal)r malnteo- anc of military and naval aoadomle. Indian achool. library of ooagreaa. I agricultural ei perl meat (Utlon. and study of animal and plant Induatrtae), S17.t43.000. Bute revenue in itil aggragatea t3Ult.000; a ad tb aipondiluroa of tb elate for gorrnmatal eota dor Ing tb earn rear amounted to $3lt 661.000. or nearly I II. nor than their reveaue. stato revenue and governmental eoet paymant In 102 were lllt.U6.000 and SlSl.T44.00t reepectlvelr. Tb percenUge of la oreaa la (tat axpaodlturaa for gov era mental coil betweea 1101 ISIS wa 106. Th revenue receipt of eountlee In 1113 wr f27t.04t.000, and thlr par meat for governmental eoet affro nted S2tt.ltt.00t, or about 1 15.000 , oot mora tbaa their revenue receipt Tha governmental eeat paymant of tb ooaotle Iseraaaad by IS par oeat betweea ltti aad ilia. Tha reveauee of munlolpeJItte or t.600 and over amounted U S1.10S.10V 000 In 1113, whll ttetr aiooadituro for governmental coat aggregated Sl 24f.f37.O00, exceeding their revenue by mora than S13S.000.000, or about St per capita. Tb afire fa l aiue- or ataie prop- ertte (excluelv of tnoa of rnnyi vanla. for which no data worn obtain ed) In 1113 waa S4.4l9.00t. Tb largeet two Item. SlT6,t4,0Ot and S13f.Stf.tt. reereeeoted tho value of land, building, and atuipmant or ad' ueaUenal InaUtuUon and of ataU houae and dpartmntal llbrarlee, r (eetlvelr. Tb value or county properuea in ISIS wa SITt.tt7.t0t. of which amount S2t3.2tS,tOO, or mora than one- half. reprntd tb value of court- boueea. Tb value of publl propertloa In 1113 for Incorporated place of S.600 or uia I amount SL647JSS.S00. or mora one-iairc representee uo veiuo an laada, building, and equipment of ubllo service enterprises. Tb re mainder covered tho valu of land, bulldlnc. and equipment of tb var- leua municipal department, of which tho leading item wara: Property of echoel and llbrarl, SL01S.62S.OOO; ark and other property falling un der tb general bead or "recreation. S947.1SS.000. Turkey kink French transport in the Dardanelles. j; : f Twin deer have been born at the Washington Park, at Portland. Tha t.ihurtv Rail Is maVinir its first I trip across th continent to San Fran-1 cisoo. British report ' capture of German tranche on th extreme left line near Yprea. - -'. Indication point trongly to inter vention in Mexico by the . United State. ..,., San Francisco reports the safest Fourth of July in IU history. No one waa injured. , J. P. Morgan, who waa shot by a de mented would-be assassin. i reported I out of danger. England baa taken over the control! th. ul. nf ilmura in man districts where war material it being bandied. I ... . ... ; .... , - Italy la reported tuccessiui in ner warfare against forces in the Corsa re- faZred ftOO T!"' " ' captured oo. Colonel A Men J. Blethen, editor and I publisher of the Seattle Times, is dan- gerously ill in that city, with little hope of recovery, Frank Holt, who exploded a bomb in tha national capital and shot j. i. Morgan in his home, succeeded in com mitting suicide in the jail In Mineoia, N. I , . A New York preacher, speaking at the Salem, Or., Chautauqua, predicts the downfall of the kaiser and accuse him of attempting to acquire posses sion of th iron resource of Belgium. An outline of the German note in I answer ' to the united states on the Lusltania disaster, is said to have been received in Washington, and that it had not received the approval of this government. Seeley Hall, of Medford, Or., drove a six-passenger car to tne summit oi the Crater Lake rim. Thi ia the ear liest date an automobile ha ever reached the lodire. The snow baa meited 12 days earlier than ever before. Twelve thousand Belgian soldier in- terned at Zeist held an athletic meet- McArthur( Portland, and kept on ing July 4 in honor of the American is farm near this place. Every ani national holiday. The game were ar- ., ,hfl herd wa found in perfect ranged in appreciation of the timely help given by Americans, which had saved thousands of the interned sol diers' fellow citixens from starvation. The camp was decorated with Ameri can, Dutch and Belgian flags. Work of discharging 4000 rifles. with aa many belts and bayonets and a million rounds of ammunition, the mysterious cargo of the schooner Annie r .-.on whtrh arrival at Hnnuiam. I Wash., last week, will begin at once under the direction of Deputy Customs I Collector R. L. Sebastian. The cargo will be placed in a warehouse here and will be held until the government de cides what disposition it will make of it or until the case ia settled. OREGON' jlR'S OF G01ERAI IffTEREST rjtpora in nneat num Portland Take Jump Wheat shlpcaonU from Portland for th cereal year torminatlnf Juno 80 reached a grand total of 18,078,710 bushel, of wblcb close to 12,000,000 bushels wer eiported. The combined wheat cargoes floated during tha 191S- 14 season reached 18,880,806 bushels. of Which los than" 7.000.000 bushels were sent foreign. ' , Exdusiv of general cargo th grain and flour export represented a valua tion of $18,254,259, a against $10, 219,678 for th 1918-14 period. Even facing a falling off in export lumber valuation, do to th war and conso- ouent lack of tonnage, the total value of the foreign grain and lumbar bus! ness for th year represent a gain over tb former oeaaon of $6,910,74. In tb June summery issued by the Merchants Exchange, that month is credited with wheat shipments of 876,- 263 bushels, while last Jane there were only 278,970 bushels. In the yearly summary iU is shown that do wheat went to the Far East, though last sea son 1,474,858 bushels found their way to Far Eastern porta. Franchise Is Extended. Uarshfield The city ef North Bend ha granted the Willamette-Pacific Railway company aa extension of time on IU francni wnien exacted ui operation of the railroad with through train from the coast to Eugene and I Portland on July 15, 191ft. Tb con tract with tb neighboring municipal itr was made in January, 1912, and th railroad waa allowed three year to build Into Coo Say. While the construction of th road ha been regarded a alow by peopl who have been looking forward for many year past to having railroad traffic, it is considered now the com pany ha been aa faithful and steady In the work a condition warranted. Tb Willamette-Pacific wss a difficult piece of work, and beside th nine tunnela averaging from 660 to 4300 feet, three large bridges across ths Siuslaw, TJmpqua sod Coo Bay re quired much time for assembling ma terial and particular constructive su pervision. . . ... . - Fire Blight Found in Orchards. Corvallia Fir blight baa been dis covered in orchard in Linn county a few mile east of Corral!! by Profes sors C I. Lewi and F. D. Bailey, of the horticultural department of th Oregon Agricultural college, who mad an inspection trip a few day ago. They found that th blight exist in a number of orchard in thi vicinity"nd i well etablibbed a far north a Albany..., Three horticulturist ar lighting the blight in the Monroe district, where it was discovered last week, and on ex pert i attempting to fight it in Lane county In the vicinity of Junction City. State Commissioner Parka, who has the counties of Benton, Linn and Lane in his . territory, ha proposed to the governor that prison labor be used to fight the fire blight in the orchards or the state. Fish. Forked From River. uranoe oiueoaca ana vainwi salmon of enormous tire ar running in vJ-lrtherlne exwek. a ' tributerv of tie Grand Rondo river. So large and ao they -that boy caught them with pitchfork, a. they-went L. k- v. m.ntnn tat hstcherv suDerintendent. has been here to investigate, leaving word that two might be caught each day. The salmon show the results of contact with rocks in shallow streams, having come up the Columbia to the Snake, to the Grand Ronde and then 20 mile to Union. Albany Girl Win Three Scholarships. Albany iMis Came , Senders, of thi city, may attend any one of three Oregon college free next year. She has received scholarship in Albany College, Pacific University and Wil lamette University. Miss senders baa the highest scholarship average of any student in the graduating class of the Albany Hiirh School this year, bhe has not decided yet which one ahe will sccept Miss Sender It a daughter of M. Senders, a prominent local mer- chant. All Jersey Herd In Polk Tested. Rickreall Dr. W. H. Lytic, state veterinarian, has ' just finished the work of administering the tuberculin . .... t-. Ik. l,.nl tftf McrtatMMul jAffUtV ...... DwnMi bv Reoresentative a N. he8lth p,, Lytl baa tested all the , nerda in Polk county and has discovered only one case of tubercu- losis. Public Service Now Name. Salem The name of tbe Railroad Commission of Oregon ia now changed to Public Service Commission of Ore- gon, as provided by a iaw which it now effective. Since the placing of all public utilities unaer mo supervision ui the commission, the old name wa not sufficiently comprehensive, and upon the suggestion of the commissioners the last legislature passed a law to bo- come effective jury i mating me change. State Has Big Balance.' Salem The report of State Treas urer Kay for tlx month ending- June 30, just mad public, shows a balance of $1,005,429.56 for the general fund. Mr. Kay said the big balance wa aeeurancs that tb stat would not bav to pay interest on any warrant thiayear. - . Disbursement for tb sis months touted $3,778,864.16; receipt. $3, 927.647.22. The balance January ws $1,411,146.49. A law paaeed by th recent legislature merged all fund in the general fund, and mad it poeti- bl for th state to discontinue paying interest on warrant. Albany to;Cut Thistles. Albany A campaign ,ba launched to eradicate the Canada tl from Linn county. Gal 8. tbi- Bill, district attorney, ha sent out notices to 148 land owners oa who property thistles ar growing advising them that if they do not cut tbe thistles themselves th work will be done by county road supervisor and tb pense made a lien oa tbeir land, aa provided by law, until the county reimbursed. - There are no Canada thistle in most part of th county, but in on locality they have mad quite a start and ar spreading rapidly. - . ; -V Eugene Plans Sales Day. Eugene Eugene will have a public market day, on which th farmer may bring to th city produce, probably once a week, and offer it for sale, ac cording to th plana of S. D. Hooper, manager of the promotion department of the Commercial club. The date for the first day baa not yet been set, but it is proposed to set aside a place, probably about the pub lic plaza, where the Tanners' wagons can be parked and where th sale can be made from tbe back or tbe wagon. Th farmer in the district have asked that som such plan be developed. : Seaside Votes Bond issue. Seaside With one lone vote against the measure, a $35,000 bond issue was authorised by the voter of the Seaside school district to obtain a site and to erect a Union High School building. Thi will be tbe first Union High School in Clatsop county, and the work on the building will begin probably immediately so that it will be availa ble for use in th early falL Several sites are being considered by the board of director and it is probable that a relatively central ' location will chosen somewhere near th Pacific Ocean,. - . , Roseburg Dry Act Void. Roseburg Judge J. W. Hsmiltoa has decided that the city of Roseburg had no jurisdiction in prohibition ease. Th question arose in the case of the city against Frank Henslee, which wss appealed to the Circuit court. The de cision said that local option and pro hibition laws are state lawa and cannot be enforced by cities without special authority provided in the cities' char ters. Henslee waa sentenced for carry- insr liaoor on th city atreets not in an original package, under a city ordi nance passed a short time before. Dust Storm Does Damage. Echo A severe dust storm swept over the west end of Umatilla county Wednesday night, beginning at 9 o'clock and -continuing several hours. The electric light plant near Hermia ton, which supplies the towns of Uma tilla. Hermiston, Stanneid and rx:ho, was put out ' of commission at 10 o'clock, leavuia those places in dark ness for the rest of the night. Some damage is reported to trees, fruit and grain lathe neighborhood. Woman Watches Burglar. ; Pendleton Awakened at S o'clock in the morning by a noise in her hotel room, Mrs. E. H. Somersville, wife of a night waiter, watched a burly negro leisurely search her dresser. The in truder completed his task and depart ed, after which the woman regained control of her vocal organs and screamed. The burglar escaped with jewelry valued at $150. Pendleton Postal Receipts Gam. Pendleton An increase of more than 10 per cent in the receipts of the local postofBce in the past quarter it an nounced by Postmaster Tweedy. April, May and June each showed substantial increase in revenue this year over the same months of last'year, the net in crease for the quarter just ended being $748.05 over the receipts or the second quarter of 1914. Crop Near Monroe Mature Fast. Monroe The warm weather of the oast week ha ripened the grain and hay in this vicinity rapidly and the pros pec ta are good for an early harvest and a fine crop. Farmers are more than busy getting in their first crop of hay and with continued fair weather they will have bountiful supply. Cotton Oil Business Permit Granted. Salem The American Cotton Oil company, incorporated in New Jeresy with a capital stock of $30,435,700, haa received a permit from Corpora tion Commissioner Schulderman to do business in this state. The company is engaged in manufacturing and re fining cottonseed oil. 4 KOCIS; CAPTAHI KHlfD Queenetown With nine dead tailors stretched on her deck, eight men lying wounded below, and bef tides riddled with shot and shell, tha British steam ship Anglo-Calif orolan steamed Into Queenetown harbor Tuesday morning after having withstood the attack of German (ubmarin for four boor. Tbe chip' escape from destruction wa accomplished with no other means of defense than the Indomitable spirit of her captain and crew, combined with master! y seamanship, which en abled her to frustrate the effort of her assailant to torpedo bar. Th etory of bow Captain Parslow stood on th bridg of th Anglo-Cali- forniaa amidst a rain of shot, and calmly directed the movementa of hi hip until be wa killed by a shell, and of bow his place waa taken by hi son until British destroyer appeared and the submarine was compelled to Bee, was told by the survivors. - The Anglo-Californian left Montre al for the British Islee on June 24. The aubmarin wa sighted at o'clock Sunday morning. Captain Parslow ordered full steam ahead and wireless call for assistance were sent out. Tbe submarine on the surface proved to be a fsr speedier craft and speedily overhauled her, , meanwhile deluging her with shells. One shot put the wireless apparatus on the An- glo-Californiaa out of action. Finding be could not escape by running for it. captain Parslow devoted his attention to maneuvering hi ship to prevent the ubmarin from using torpedoes effec tively. li<, Wcald-be Assassin cf 1 P. . Eargaa, Kay U Sest Ta Asjfca New.York Frank Holt, the Cornell instructor who shot J. Pierpont Mor gan, will not, in th opinion of Na county officials, go to trial before a lury for hi crime. Instead, they ex- pect that be will be sent to the hospi tal for tha criminal insane in. Mattea- wan, there to end his days. He will be arraigned soon in Glen Cove before Justice William E. Lnys- ter, and unless he i granted a furthi continuance he will be held without bail for the Nassau county grand jury. Thia does not meet until September, and in tbe meantime alienist will study him In jail at Mineoia. Their report U expected to furnish the evi dence on which he will be sent to Mat- teawan. This disposition of the esse will be satisfactory to Mr. Morgan. It at once save him the necessity and an noyance of appearing in . court as witness against him. , Mrs. Morgan is also saved that trouble and any danger of annoyance in the future from the man escaping. Paranoia is not one of the diseases from which recoveries are made. That he ia suffering from thia disease is tbe positive declaration of Dr. Guy F. Cleghorn, the Nassau county jail physician, whose patient he is. Dr. Cleghorn is tbe only physi cian wbo Has seen toe prisoner since he waa committed. He ha seen him at least once a day line he was taken to the jail, and after his last visit aaid there wa no doubt as to his mental condition. IO.OOO Fall Before Turk. ... Berlin The Constantinople corre spondent of the Zeitung Ammittag re port that the British lost 10,000 men during the last 12 days' fighting around Seddul Bahr, on tbe Uallipoii penin sula. He states that he saw thousands of wounded sent to hospital ships. while the dead were left unburied. His disnatch coontinued: "The climax of thia awful carnage was reached July 1 after a three-day offensive that failed utterly. Boats traveled to and from the transports for hour with wounded. The Turkish losses were lighter." , Edison's Searchlight Big. New York A 8,000,000-candle- power searchlight, small and fed by stonure batteries, said to be the meet powerful portable searchlight in the world, ia the latest invention of Thomas A. Edison. It was operated for the first time in Llewellyn Park, N. J. Many residents, surprised by the bright light, telephoned the police to investigate. It ia especially de signed for use in mine rescue work, at fires, on ship and aeroplanes. America Arrests Briton. New York The old Dominion line steamer Jefferson failed to stop when iirnaled by the government boat on neutrality patrol while outward bound at quarantine Tuesday. The torpedo- boat destroyer Drayton started in pur suit and overhauled the Jefferson in the lower bay. The Jefferson was bought ' back to quarantine, but was subsequently released and proceeded on her voyage. Mexican Returns Salute. Washington, D. C. General Carran- ta's agency here announce that when the American naval squadron in Vera Crux harbor Thursday fired its salute to the Star and Stripe th salute would be returned by the Carransa gun in the fortress of San Juan. The Carranza guns there returned th Me morial day salute of the squadron. Cavalry After Mexicans. Harlington, Texaa Eight United States cavalrymen left here Tuesday in pursuit of a band of 40 Mexicans who crossed the border some time Sun day nieht and looted a ranch near Ly- ford, Tex., 80 miles from here, killing two men. IBOMPLODESIII NATION'S CAPITOL Terrific Sfiock Sellers Walls, EliiTcrs end Winfiws, Diusnc Aa atcot) to wa No One Injured, but Watchmen Ar Panicky Expert Investigation Is Under Way at Once. Washington, D. C A tremendous explosion, believed to bav been caused by some kind of bomb or Infernal ma chine, wrecked the public reception room on the east side of th Capitol building shortly before midnight Fri day. No on was injured. Official believ that the explosion waa placed by a crank wbo desired to create a sensation. Visitor were al lowed in the room during the dsy, and a timed machine might have been left without attracting attention. Superintendent Wood, of th Capi tol building, summoned by panic- stricken watchmen, made a hurried investigation, then telephoned for an expert on explosives. - Until tbe ex pert haa mad hi report, no official statement concerning the incident will be mad public Part of th ceiling and aid wail or th room were shaken down, a hug mirror and a crystal chandelier shat tered, and the doors blown open. One of the doors led into th office of the vie president and ia said not te have been opened in 40 year. Person wbo reached the Capitol soon after th explosion aaid they no ticed what smelled like burned pow der, which persisted 15 or 20 minutes. At the time of the explosion tbe Capitol had been closed tine dark and no one waa in th building except the . few watchmen on duty and telephone , operator. Th watchman in the hall , directly below the reception room laid he waa almost blown from hi chair. " wi Genc3a Wariljs Bsrtd Copenhagen The German battle ship Wittlesbach, which i damaged. and a battleship of the Kaiser, eisaa, with many ehoU under the water line from the battle in th Baltic, re turned to Kiel Saturday. The Politeken' Petrograd corre spondent say that it is reported that not only waa a German r torpedo boat sunk at Windau, but a cruiser of th Madgeburg type also waa lost. London "A naval action occurred Saturday morning off the east coast of the island of Gothland," says a Stock holm correspondent. The German mine layer Albatroee waa chased by four Russian cruiser and rac aground to escape capture. Twenty-one of the mine layer' crew were killed and 27 were wounded." . Grysa CEajs to Desk. Washington, D. C Though Mr. Bryan found it possible- to part com pany with President Wilson and to separate himself voluntarily from the office of secretary of state, he could not bear to leave the huge historic desk in his office in the State depart, ment. Accordingly he took the desk with him when he left While Presi dent and often cabinet member take their official chair with them, thi I th first time one has carried off a deck. -'. Mr. Bryan became greatly attached to the desk, chiefly because be felt it had a peculiar personal and historical value, , aa hi peace treaties were signed on it. He had a new desk of ', the same six made for the depart ment. When an effort was made last summer to take out the old desk and substitute a more modern one, Mr. , Bryan objected. ; The desk had been in the state department for nearly 50 year and had been used by every secretary of state for nearly two generations. , ; . s Coast Gets New Steamer. PhiladelphiaThe Western Naviga- . tion company ha chartered the steam-. ship Walter D. Noyes, due to arrive here July 19, which will be the second steamship of the line recently formed to establish a new service between this i Portland the Pacific Coast On arrival here the vessel will load general mer chandise for Pacific Coast porta, in cluding Portland and Puget Sound. The Waiter D. Noyes is a new steel iteamship, having been launched at Newport News on June 19. She has a carrying capacity of 7000 ton. . Coatles Audience Asked. Pendleton, Or. "Perdition is a per fectly proper place in which to per spire, but Christianity teaches that all mortals have the opportunity to es cape the heated hereafter. And I be lieve in beinsr cool here aa well as hereafter. Come to church next Sun day and leave yor coat at home. I'm ,, going to preach in my shirtsleeve." That is the meege communicated to ' tb men member cf bis .(.'"-- . j by Rev. E. R. Cleverer.