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on Leader WEST - TOL. XXXV. WESTON, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUOL'ST 13, 1015. NO. H. WORLD'S DOINGS OF CURRENT WEEK THOMAS AT EDISON Brief Resume cf General News From A!! Around the Earth. usvDBtt mmm n a nibhp1 Live News Items of All Nations and Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. A 'pauper" round dsad In bit cabin Mar Toledo, Or., h dlscovsrsd to b worth 118,000. Th Ktualana I dm to th Germsns soother Important fortraaa In thslr flight from Warsaw. Tha "son of hata" against England and written by a Carman, ia deplored by nwspaprs of Bsrlln, Tha retnslns of Mrs, Joha D. Rocke feller have baan Intarrad and tha pises of burial la being guarded. Tha British raport regslnlng 1000 yarda of front in thalr campaign gainst tha Carmana In Belgium. A prominent Chlnaaa apaakar. at San : ' t ' ') ) (7 OREGON STATE NEVVSjEUROPE'S WAR LOSS TOTAL 14,398,000 Mr. Idlson hss aeeaptad tha peal tlon of hssd of tha naw navy fcarssu of Invantlon. Issldss Ma othar grest M sempllshmsnts, ha la an aipart an auh marine and haa In hand several im prevsmsnts for tha undsrsea era ft. STwufBff flWMM AND SOUTH ASDOa IK elarew thla la tha on great nation that I haa not abused China, A enfrne for auprem "sp pal" for pea In Msxleo la baiiig bald by tha mlnlatara and ambaaaadora of South Amerlcsa republics with tha Wshitigtrotborltias. Unitad Stat govenunant bssds- rlld to accent pay for tha ataaroar William P. Fry, aunk by Carman aubmsrfn. but In doing ao bold that tha traaty of 1828 will not b watvad. Tb bulk of tha 11.050,000 UU laf t by John R. Llndgran. lata vie praldant of tha Stat Bank of Chi- esgo, will go to raligioua and dura tional Institutions, according to hia will, which waa approved In court. Tli preliminary work ,of ralalng F-4, the United State aubmarln which went to th bottom March M with a crew of tl nan, haa begun. Tha aalvors hive succeeded In pawing a four-Inch Una under tha derelict a hull. 'Tha mlnlitsr of tha Interior of tha Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany,' aava a messsg from Karlaruhe, "on conferring with tb Socialist deputise. announced that good crop toon would permit of an lncraa tn bread portion ami ox decrees in price." ACCORD IN DEALING WITH fcWO Wshtnston,'D. C Powsrs of North and Bout. America already have ssreed noon a definite plsn for deal ing with the Mexlrsn problem, and when the Pan-American conference la resumed In New York the program III be formally ratified. Thla Information cam from Secre tary Lansing, who though he would not dlacuaa detslls, aald he waa decld' sdlv encouraged over the prospect Th eonfldonr expressed by orn- ctala gpnerally here, that th confer- who are repreaenting m unitca State. Brasll. Argentina, nolivia. oua- temala and Uruguay will oe am to ehap coura likely to bring peae and realor constitutional gOTernmont In Mexico, le due to the fact that ail are agreed that moat of th people of th revolution-torn republic are thor- oushlv aick of war and with encour agement from friendly powera will promptly Join la the movement to clnan houa. A large aectlon of th country and a vaat majority of tha people have not been involved In th righting which followed the overthrow of Huorta. Moreover. It haa been reported to President Wilson and Secretary I -an atng that only the fear of reprlsala by the military entertains naa sept u people in subjection while tha country How Dairymen Succeed. Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vail la Bueeful dairymen are tbos who produce th largaat amount of milk and butler at th lowest ot pos sible. Largs sod cheap production de pends on the use of sowa that have In herited th function of producing large amounts of milk, and supplying them with economical nutrients. Inherited productivity is determined by teat ap plied to ancestors and to th individual cow, and economical feeding calls for food In eoch forms and amounts as will enable tha w to ssarcls bar in herited ability to Its full aitent with out drawing upon her own body for milk material. From th foregoing, taken from Professor Graves' bulletin on feeding th dairy cow, it Is seen that profitable dairying ia rapidly being reduced to an sxsrt science, and that It will be profitable just to the degree that it is conducted on acientlfte lines. System In breeding and feeding, and tb right sysUm at that, is requisite to steady consistent success. Hsp-hsxsrd meth ods of selecting th dairy cows and maintaining th dairy herd may occa sionally win when conditions are favorable, but assured euoeeee only awaits those who enter systematically upon th work of Meuring real dairy cow for th dairy and then feeding them In such. way that their- bodies will b maintained and their milk flow kept at tha maximum for th amount of feed consumed with th least wsst and at tha least cost. Of course, th handling and market ing of the milk and dairy product are part of this system, but that Is an other atory. Those who are interested In proper methods of fsedlng may get copy of th bulletin, "reeding toe Dairy Cow." prepared by iroieeeor Grave and issued by th college ex tension division. Corral lis, Oregon. $600,000 Rant to Rise. Uedford Two industrial projects, vital to th futur economic and agri cultural prosperity of th Rogu River valley, are assured: Tb beet sugar factory promoted by the -Western Sugar company, backed by Mormon capitalists, and th Portland Beaver Cement plant at Gold Hill. Both projects represent an outlay of mora than l,iwn,w. a aauv.uw factory will be built in tha Rogue River valley in tlm to handls th 1916 crop, Th Portland Beaver Cement plsnt at Gold Bill has Issued s call for ft Th auamshlp Seward sailed from haa bn Impoverished by the bsttlc I .uporintemlents, foremen and employee aasawB o am nsffwiraigrBH. a .a-Miar i iiisvt i v ves-w - . - with (00 tone of heavy steel rails and 1.600.000 feet of lumber for th gov ernment railroad. Tb rails will be used for construction of four miles of yard tracks at Anchorage. Tb lum ber will construct bridges along the Matanuska river. Hiram Maxim la credited by the London correspondent of th Petit Parisian with having invented a simple and Inexpensive contrivance to protect aoldiers from th effects of deadly gas employed In battle. Thla device ia designed to cause the gases to rise the heads or th men men. Reaching their conclusion on these reporu. th ran American coi.rerees are understood to bav determined to present the situation to all of th ver loua element In Mexico, addressing directly not only Oeneral Carranxa, Villa and Zapata, but th governors of states, all military Icadera with any considerable following and other Influ ential men, urging them to come to gether for a caucus at which a sub stantial provisional government might be framed. A government ao aet up would nave th support or tha united states ana other American republics. Since Recent Death of Wife nd pass over against whom they are directed. Pop Benedict has determined t JchfJ D. ROCkefeflCT OaHgCd RTjO mss a new appeal iur penes, grain ing to th newspaper Roma, which de clare th pontiff la resolved to use very means within his power to bring bout th desired result. H will aK tha help of th Episcopal and, the newspaper asserts, is even considering the convocation or a universal council of tha church at Rom. Germans finally take Warsaw. Germany makes apology to Norway for sinking steamship Mlnervla. Five hundred Austrlsn troops on train war burned to death whan Ital ians shelled it. Taller, darker women, clothed In more sensible dress, hung from ths shoulders, will typify th "eugenic woman" of th futur. Dr. A. J. Reed, orofessor of hygiene in th Normal School of Physical Education at Battle Creek, Mich., predicted in an address befor th Second international Con ference on Rsc Betterment at ths Panams-Paclno Mposltlon. Reports from Simla say intarces ' atonal services are being held in tha churches, mosques snd temples throughout Indis, all sections of ths British and Indian communltiea par ticipating. Numerous pstriotle meet ings also havs been organised by In dian eitlsens. It estlmsted that $5,000,000 bss been subscribed to ths British war loan through Bombay and Calcutta. A eomet, long "dead," to reported to bs coming back and will cause meteor shower. , Wheat yield In th Palouae country, Wsshlngton, ; reaches an average of be tween 88 and 40 bushels to ths acre. Bait consumed In the Untied States amounted to 0,998,620,660 pounds dur ing 1914, an Increase of 41,676.800 pounds" ovsr that consumed ia 1913, That amount, announced by the Geo logical Survey, would mean a per cap ita consumption of utmost 100 pounds for ths yean. Sugar's per capita con aumption during 1914 was 89.14 pounds. , Cleveland, O. There Is a changed master at Forest Hill, the big feast Cleveland estate of John D. Rockefel ler. That is whst Rockefellers clos est frlonds are saying after visits to rest 11111. , The oldest Inhabitant who has cared for th lawns and drives ot Forest Hill for years knows wby their master has changed. It la because their mistress haa gone, they aay. For th nrat time Mr. Rockefeller tramps and drivee about his estate without the oompan- ionshin of his wife. The attendants tell, too, now me changed master broke down and cried st his first breakfast at Forest Hill after his return because ot th vacant chair. Rockefeller used to play golf with keen delight He plays seldom now, and without the old-time seal. Crop Found In Army Waks. Berlin, by wirelesa to Sayvllle, N. T. Among the news items prepared by the Overseas. News Agency for; transmission abroad is the following: "Reports from ths front In Poland say the Russian announcement that farm crops were devastated ana mat tne RusHlana left a desert oemna mem is greatly exaggerated. The farmers dlsoboyed orders to destroy the crops. snd a full harvest ot rye. wheat and oats la being brought In with the ss slstsnoe ot German soldiers. Only ths villages were burned. . Csnsl Soon to Be Clear. Washington. D. C.IIalf a mile ot earth which slid Into the Panama Ca nal last week, reducing th depth through Oaillard cut to 19 feet, will have been dredged away within the next three daya, canal officlala report Ten steamers are awaiting passsge through tha cut - Tsft Is Grsndns New. Bsr Harbor. Me. Announcement of the arrival of ex-Presidont Taft's first . grandchild waa made her Wednes day. The child, a boy, waa bora to Mra. Robert Taft at her summer home three days before, but the fact did not become generally known until now. to report for work at one. Th plant, which haa bean in course of construc tion for th Isst 18 months, to now 86 per cent completed and practically all of th machinery baa been received and insulted. Tb analysis of rock near Gold Hill show on of tha finest deposits of cement material In the West Tests made by th bet sugar expert of seed planted in th vslley this year shows s high degree of saccharine and sis and productiveness. On soma land sowed to beets tha crop is estimated st from 20 to 24 tons to th sere. The beets have not yet reached th height of their development. In th best sugar beet districts or th Rocky Mountain states, th avr- sg tonnsg is from IS to 20 tons an scrs. Th bottom land la highly adapted for th growth of beeta. Mr. Bramwell will arrive in Hedtord soon snd with th sugar interest expert A. Storey will pass a month Inspecting conditions her. V Too Few Sign Petitions.' Marsh field The movement for bond ing Coos county for $370,000 to con struct "permanent" roads met a rebuff when tha petitions were circulated for two daya and. Instead of the required 1000, less than 600 signed them. The camnaisn was opened aa a plank road proposal, but th plan waa criticised. Ths petitions were drawn by District Attorney Llijeavlst. and too promoters stated th word "permanent" would be construed ss hard surf aes when the court would finally pass upon the term. It is planned to obtain another 600 names and ask ths County court to grant a special lection. Sewer Plsns Approvsd. Forest Grove Plans, specif! nations and estimates for th construction of sanitary sewers in th city have been completed by Consutling Engineer Ri. E. Koon, of Portland, and A. A. Kir it wood, city engineer, and approved by the city council and Stat board of health. The final date for remon strance has been set as August 24. Ths work will consist of about 14 miles of pipe sewers and a disposal plant Ths estimated cost is 130,600. Th en tire plant will be constructed in one district .,, " Woman Runs for Offics. Roseburg Mrs. F. E. Alley, wife of a former Roseburg lend attor ney and prominent horseman, has an nounced her candidacy for the efTSco of city treasurer. Miss Agnes Fitehford, incumbent of the ome has declined to accept another term. After August 1 shs will pass her entire tlm looking : after other Interest in this aectlots. France hXbdts Dead teat Abci 50,000. AMU-HUNGARY IS WORST SUTEKS WAR ROMANCE CULMINATES IN BRITISH HOSPITAL Number of Killed Almost Equal to That of Wounded Losses of Serbia Are Not Included. Paris Th tosses of Europe In the present wsr op to May SI, as pllad by tb French ministry of war, ar as follows: VIM WaomiaL PrtMMrs. TotaL VwMa.... hp.u iMisue l.u.m lal ., IU.CM . " S7I.O tiifnia . 4i.o 'uo u.ao lu w till- -. 1 "' I J "1 SM.OI S1Wi.UA -i r-if .l.M.au 1.MA.V im am tMt.a AMna...U"e 1.x Smous .. larius ... Ilo.uuo IM.U st.ouo M i'l Touta...ljioas MTsu ls.oot iu Thistsbl originally was prepared for publication, - bat finally was with held bwesuss authorities fearsd the enormity of th figures might bsv bad a bad moral fleet spoo U population. Th computations, whil probably not exact, may be takes ss th most com ply record of loss which has been oat torether. Tb losses of Serbia are not avsilsble. but as that country has suffered from nlsgua in addition to tb war, thee must be considerable. Tb largest total loss is charged to Austria-Hungary; th largest propor tions! loss to Belgium. Tb number of killed in Eorop up U Msy 81 ' 6.290.000. or enough Individuals to populat a country Ilk Sweden. Th French ooeaaiv norm ox Arras, wher 16.000 ar aald to bav been alain; th Aostro-Itslian engage ments: th great battle in Gaiicia and th German offensive in tb Argonna, all go to swell th totals, and th war is not over. Tha most astounding lea- tura of this table is the ratio of killed to wounded, in previous modern wars th number of wounded has been to the number of dead aa four or flv to one. Her th two categories ar approxi malclv aauaL Many of th wounded bav reioineo. their regiments, but many ar crippled for life. Th aick, who bav been numerous in all armies, ar not listed bar. .. Germay Es Hna ia frye Case; WihyhtKotAdzutGiiia Washington. D. C Germany Is un yielding In ber refusal to concede that th sinking of the American sailing shio William P. Fry by tb auxiliary ernieer Prins Eitel Fierdrich in th South Atlantic last January was a vio lation of American rights under tha Prusslsn-American treaty or of inter national law. In reply to the last representations of th United States, th German fore ign offics, in a not mad public her by the State department, reiterates a previous justification of Germany's course, declares again her willingness to pay for tha ship, and accepts a pro posal first advanced by th United States that the amount of damages be fixed by two experts, one to be se lected by each country. Such a sum th German government pledgee itself to pay promptly, with tha stipulation, however, that th pay ment ahall not be viewed as a satisfac tion for violation of American rights. Should that method be unsatisfsctory, Germany invites th United States to arbitration at Th Hagua. Th unofficial view her Is that rep aration through a commission of ex perts probably will b saitsf actory to tha United States, with tha express provision, however, that it is not a waiver of treaty rights for which the American government contends, but applies only to th matter of damages. , essswsnassaw ... 1 , ' Dominions tolrlsv Vole. London Andrew Bonar Law, secre tary for tha colonies, speaking at Folkestone said it was his belief that as tha result of the war tha time would coma, and coma soon, when th whole self -governing dominions in proportion to their population and resources would take their part in th duties of govern ing th British empire. It waa already understood, he added, that , when the tim cam for peace negotiona th dominions would have their say in tbos negotia tions. - . ' .-"' Business on Up-grade. Washington, D. C General busi ness conditions throughout th country continue to show improvement, but antil crops ar harvested tha full measure of this improvement cannot b judged, according to th monthly bulletin of th Federal Reserve Board just issued. Crop prospects ar unusually bright and in several reserve districts wsr orders have brought a boom to many Industries. , Villa Loses 7000 Mon. San Antnloo, Tex. Seven thousand VTUa soldiers wsr killed, wounded or captured snd "immense spoils of wsr" take at th fall of Agues Calientes, Mexico, according te a report of Jesus Acuna, Carranxs's minister of foreign affairs, received from Vera Cms by th Carranas consulat her. U7 -r ' J t 1 " if v 'I ;' - e f A ... . ' : .V A ' CiIZIl!ZIZIlMlMlillCiMl A ar romsnce, which Is the tslh of Winnipeg. Canada, where the principals of ths story reside, b Just culmlnsled In ths marrlags st an English hospital of Miss 8tonehouse to her soldier sweetbesrt. who was brought back from the front Ineapaellsted by wounds received In heroic sctloa on lbs fighting Uses. Ths bridegroom lad Canada with ons of ths first of the Canadian contingent. Ills nsms listed sroong tbs wounded Impelled Miss Btonehouse to leave her home la Winnipeg to make the long journey of 4.000 miles to comfort her wounded soldier sweetbesrt Ths photograph shows ths happy pslr. groom with hesd bandaged, brids st his left Tbs groom Is being congratulated by his sunkls, who had been wheeled out to the grounds ot lb hospital In order to he present st the weeding. GUARDIAN OF THE CAPITOt f' - . J . . . -i ill H aaasjeesavii'y f V f '"'""f Elliott Wood Is the superintendent of the t'nited States cspltoi ana grounds In Washington, snd hss en tire charge of the policing of the building. Osvics for Fsstsnlng Doors. Plarln a vedse under a door ft on ot the most effectual means for kiwninv it dosed, for pushing upon the door from the outside only In creases the effect of the weoga a onnvMilant device ot this kind is mad of metal, and it not only aerves to wedge the door but aiso conisins mnrhanlcal bell mounted on the same base and behind the wedge in such wsy that pressure on tna xace r th. wedce bv the door causes the bell to ring. The bsse carries a set ol short points underneath so that It ca be put In place and grips upon the carpet or floo-ing so ss not 'o slide out ot position, sucn a ue vtc can be carried In the pocket and It Is to be recommended for travel ing.' A Prsysr tj ma hiTH s good sense of propor tion. Let me live more in today, in stesd ot living so greatly la the past mm, a M,iniin. kb tersely upon the fu ture.- Teach me to realise that regrets over the past will get me noimng while too great preparations for the future many find me In my grav and unable to cash la on the climax. Teach to realise that the man woo spenus hi. ..m inn i simply snd solely an ssset to his relatives. Enable me to get Into the cheerful frame of mind .v wi. .iw.v. look fair and bright, wher all th disagreeable things In the past are forgotten and wher the future does not assume a vastly overrated importance w me present Foreigners In Chines asrvlc. ir.n fnr!enera are enssged by the nrnment In Its vsrious de- psrtments. either in the customs, rail ways, post oinces, or oioer orai.-u. to the 1st st informstion ths total is , persons, whose na tionalities are as-roiiows: oni.., U05; French. 1.003; Germans. 633; Russian. 463; American, 174; Japa nese. 107; Italian, 75; Austrian, 69; Belgian, 171; others. 16L VIRGINIA DAY AT THE EXPOSITION a m i C -; v ; ; Iv - y . - ... , ... . . , M.-.. j . t ' ; Si f .... .1 : j .. ; ' ' """"" I ! V ' I.... ," v,. ',.'. 1 I Vv ' . Si fJ - k i AS-' iri-, ' $5 Virginia day at the Panama Pacific exposition at San Francisco wss a great success. Our Illustration eh owe the color bearers ot the Rich mond Light Infantry Blues on parade, and, at th right. Governor Stuart NEW U. S. TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYER ;Jih ,Q'i 9 t i 1 Lsunchlng of the newest American torpedo-boat, destroyer, the Conyng ham. at the Cramps shipyard a. Philadelphia, and little Miss Anna Cocyngbam Stevens, who was sponsor for the vessel. When Tommy "Put Out to Sea." - Describing the death or a British Tommy who had been riddled with shrapnel, sn srmy surgeon in London on leave said: As we told the poor fellow tenderly on the hospital cot, suddenly be be gan to sing Tennyson's 'Crossing the Bar.' to Sir Joseph Barnby beautiful setting. His voice wss on of th sweetest tenors I sver heard. Doctors, nurses snd orderlies gathered at his bedside listeoln in silence, deeply moved, while he sang the song through to ths end. his strength waning with each versa it was almost la a whis per that he finished the line, 'And may there be no meaning at th bar when I put eut to sea. A moment later he was dead." ; ? Grsattst Llvlnj Poet, - Thero Is no "greet poet" living to day. Between the few so-called poets ot today there is but Uttl choice. This Is not sn sgs ot poetry. Ths su mospher of tbs time would instantly choke a real poet to death. Ths chsnces are, lowever, that w f'.'l hove soejs real poets latr ta this war Is over, snd tiss real soul cl humanity beetos to &ert Itself.