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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1915)
ion EADER VOL. XXXV. WESTON", OHI2GON, FRIDAY, AUtlUHT 20, 1015. NO. 0. WES wf WORLD'S DOINGS OF CURRENT WEEK MRS. CHARLES REID RILEY III IP AC DIICIUPCC I ILL) Ul UUOMLM HEARD BY BOARD Brief Resume of General News FraAllArciiitheEsrli 17SVSSAI KAPPDCIGS W A KUTS' Live News Items of All Nations and Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. Cwrinu I Mid to be preparing reply refusing peace proposals. Yuan Shi Kal Is considering tit ad visability of proclaiming himself em peror of China. Application kaa been mad for lb appointment of receiver for the Mis souri Pacific railroad. A Georgia mob took Loo If. Prank, serving a Ufa sentence for the murder of Mary Pbagan, from jail and hanged bin. A terrlfle Gulf ttortn wrecked many vessels and did much other damage along the Gulf coast, and particularly at bslveston. A Carman aubmarlM torpadoad tba British transport Royal Edward In ths Aagtan sea, off tba Turk lab coast, and about 1000 Uvea wra lost Brltiab aganta In San Francisco charged with recruiting In violation of neutrality laws, rsisod technical point and galnad much tlrna by tba delay, Tba siecutlv committee of tba Ger man National Liberal party declarae permanent peace can only be bad by a wide extension of German frontier in all directions. French And on German prlaonera eoplee of a military order saying "we hall take, wa muet take, Verdun. Then tha war will be finished by De cember at the latest." " . .'. -'V- .. : '.. - ' v ,.. , '"' ''". ,, ANOTHER AMERICAN VESSEL SUNK BY GERMANS federal Commission Is Asked to Give Remedial Advice. mm mm is mm host Mlae Minnie Cenrad. daughter of the lata William 0. Cenrad, a Montana eepper' mean ate, was married recently Charles Held Riley, who ewna a large farm In Clark county, Virginia, near the Conrad heme. Mrs. Riley anal her eleter Inherited 11.000,000. MEXICAN FORCE CROSS R3VTJ AND ATTACK A5.0HCAM TROOPS Existing Depression Laid at Door of European War and Removal of Protection of High Tariff. Bualnea In the Pacific Northwest Is bad that waa freely and frankly and almost unanimously admitted before the Federal Trade commissioner bear ing held in Portland. But what caused It to be bad, and bow to Improve it, were elements In the situation that brought forth many conflicting the ories. All witnesses were agreed, how ever, that the commission can be and should be of material assistance in bringing about the Improvement. There waa universal agreement, too, on the pro position that the lumber In dustry is the backbone of business In 0RV1LLE WRIGHT Insurance Report Is Issued, Salem. Investmet's of all classes of Insurance companies in Oregon bond, their mortease loons on real stale and real estate owned total f23.Z3e.0SS, according to Harvey Wells, state Insurance Inspector, fig ures are based on the year Kit. Ufa and accident Insurance com panies lead all other la the amount of their Oregon Investments, with a total of I le.Zf.U. Of this sum. f 19, 0U.&15 is In mortgages. I2..3 In municipal, school, road and miscellan eous bonds, fl.lM.OOO In Interurbsn and street railway bonds, and f 14,771 In real estate. Fire and marine Insurance con pan lea have I2.410.1H Invested In bonds. morts:sr.es and reel estate; foreign mutual fire, $25,000; domestic mutual fire, $M5,6;0; fraternal benefit l B7.CtO, and miscellaneous companies M2Z.401. In distributing their Investments In Oregon, the Insurance companies have seemed to favor mortgage loans on realty, for these figures total 111.128, 711. It la to be noted, however, that life and accident companies, especial ly, have favored this class of In vest ment fraternal benefit societies operat ing In Oregon hsve confined their In vestments for the most pert to munici pal, school and road bonds, for the re port sbowa that of the 13,87,40 In vested, all but I887.SM Is in bonds of this character. Although property owned by local lodr.ee In the state aggregate several millions, only the property owned and controlled by the general lodge is mentioned In the report. This total tus.ouo and Is credited to the Women of Woodcraft f' j i " . . ' . " , a sfc-e-ew. - .. " w I - ?V . ' - . ", . , f I I . - .- J ' -jmzrr , ,,, - American steamship Leelanaw which waa torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine oS the coast of Scotland because it bad a cargo of flax for Belfast The crew was saved. VINCENT ASTOR'S NEW HYDRO-AEROPLANE ' A German aubmarlne shelled three towns on the Cumberland coast of Eng land. Several Urea ware started by halls from the underwater boat and the railroad waa damaged, but there were no casualties. Nancy Hanks, t:04, champion trot ter - from 189S to 1894, died at Ham burg Usee, the estate of J. IS. Mad den, who purchased the horse severs) yearn ago to pension bar until her death, Nancy Hanks was foaled In 188. A Spokane woman, while down town with her 10 -months-old babe In her arms, recognised man who had burg larised her home few day before and chased him seven blocks, finally stopping blm and holding him nntil be waa taken by an officer. A cablegram from Paris announces the dsath of Jacques Neyvatte, mem- ber oi the French aviation corps. Ney vatte waa formerly a newspaper man of Pboenlx, Art. He was licensed by the Aero Club of France In 1908, and appeared In aerial exhibitions In this country. He served In the Doer war as a balloonist. Representatives of the Italian gov ernment have begun the purchase of 12,000 more horses for war purposes In East St, Louis. These are to be selected within 90 daya. - r- Thua far more than 160,000 horses have been sold to the belligerent nations through dealers at that place. A dealer aaid the Allies had spent 127,000,000 for horses In East St. Louis. Russians report Inflicting heavy loss on Turks In Cauoasui campaign. British minister of war munitions declares he has control of 84S plants. A recent German military decree Is said to have declared that peace la cer tain by October. Fetrograd Joyfully announces the re pulse of German naval force from the Gulf of Riga. After extensive Inspection, the Ore gon hop crop for 1918 is estimated at less than lOO.OOO.bales. Baron KikuJIo Ishll, new Japanese minister of foreign affairs, is said to be a firm friend of united States. Hall order liquor bouses of Horn brook, Cel., just s cross the Oregon line, are said to be preparing for a big business, In anticipation of the going Into affect of the prohibition law in Oregon and Washington Jan. 1, 1916. Brownsville. Tex. About 100 Mexl cans, under cover of darkness, Tue dsy night forded the Rio Orande near Mercedes, about 10 miles up the river from here, and partly surrounded XI men of the list United B tales cavalry, They killed one trooper and wounded two. ror a time It was reported tbst the Mexicans were advancing on Mer cedes, but at midnight all had disap peared. Soldiers and posses are searching the brush for them. The battle at the crossings waa short but sharp. The trooper are n able to aay whether the main body of Mexican crossed to stuck them or whether the crossing waa a cloak to cover crossings at other nearby river points. In addition to darkness, the Mexl esns had the cover of thick brush and bends of the river. During the height of the fighting the soldiers ssid msny hots were fired from the Mexican bank opposite their camp. This camp waa near Progreso, an excellent ford. where man and horse could cross with ease at n gallop, and where for two daya cavalrymen and rangers havs been watching the gatherings of Mexi cans In considerable numbers. A Mex ican at this point fired on the soldiers but hit no one. Ranger Lieutenant Reynan In an early report said he understood Z70 Mexicans bad crossed ana that loey were coming to attack Mercedee. The report from Render neyoan said that the Mexicans hsd crossed the river In three bands. Mercedee, according to details of troops In that region, should have available 70 unit ed Statos cavalrymen and half a do en rangera for protection, besides vig ilantes who have been organised in force there. Reynan said It was reported that In addition to tha Mexican who hsd crossed the river, s large number of others were lined up on the Mexican side. Reinforcements of rangers and aol- dlers from lisrllngen were hurriedly ordered to Mercedes by automobile. Harllnsen la about 18 miles from Mor- oede. Mexicans who crossed me river would have seven or eight miles to cover before they reached Mercedes Reinforcements to Mercedes should reach there ahead of the Mexicans, ac cording to officers at Brownsville. . , '. V Oi Assess Land Grant $5 Per Acre. Eocene. The Orexon ft California! lands In Lane county have been plac ed upon the assessment rolls at value-1 Uons or from IS to $20. tne total ap praisement amounting to $3,150,000,1 I br D. K. Keeney. county assessor, dls- regsrdlng the recent ruling of the su-1 Dreme court of the United tales, which held that the Southern Pacific Railroad company's Interest in this I land amounted to $2.S0 per acre: "Whether we have a right to sssess these Isnds only for the smount of the I railroad's equity of $3.60 per acre, or whether we have a right to assess it at all. la a matter for the board of I equalization to determine," be aaid. -This Isnd is assessed at virtually tne I same figure as last year. . u - "I . i K m 3 m i f . ' ill i ..MHC . I New photograph of Orvtlle Wright who, as a member of the new board of experts, will plsce at the command of the navy department hie greet knowledge of aeroplane and sero- nautlca. Russians Resist Bitterly, Rotterdam, via London, No point Is yielded by the Russians to the ad vancing Germans until the railroad bridges and everything else of mili tary value has been destroyed, accord ing to German reports received here. The Colons Gaxette admits the diffi culties confronting the Invaders and says: "The great area west of the Vistula la covered by ceaseless pro cessions of wagona bringing up sup plies. An incredible amount of work has to be done. Only by herculean exertions have we been able to carry supplies over the Vistula." - Rusela Courts America. Milan, Italy, via Paris. A long dis patch from Petrograd outlining the situation In Russia, which gives the Impression of being inspired by 8er- glus Satanoff, Russian foreign minis ter, is published by the Corrlere Delia Sera. The article say a in conclusion: The proposal for a Russian-Japanese alliance finds no opposition on oondi- the Pacific Northwest, and that the lumber industry, more than any other. ia experiencing diitresslng' demoralisation. Most attention eras given to the lumber situation in the hearing that occupied the attention of the commis sion for four hours, but the grain situ ation, the fruit aituation and various other industries that represent the Pacific Northwest received ample at tention. The commission's bearingi were in formal, although all the testimony was transcribed for future reference by the commission. The session waa opened by Joseph E. Daviea, the chairman, who subsequently asked C. C Colt, of Portland, to preside. ; The various elements that have con tributed to the present stagnation of the lumber Industry were presented for the commission's review. Foremost In the list of causes was placed the diminishing demsnd due to the European war, but next in order and closely behind it were placed care less financing and speculation. Diffi culty in obtaining charters also waa named as a contributing factor, and this condition, it waa pointed out, was due entirely to the war. ' The commission also received some written testimony In , addition to. the oral evidence, and some of these doc uments emphasised the tariff as the probable cause of depression In some branches of the lumber industry, par ticularly the shingle industry. Re moval of the shingle tariff has permit ted shingles manufactured in British Columbia to enter into unnatural com petition with the shingle manufac turers of Oregon and Washington. Argentine Warned by Carranxa. Buenos Ayres Dr. Victorlno de la Plaxa, president of Argentina, has re ceived a telegram from Gen. Venus- Salmon Fishipg Improves. Astoria. There wss quite an Im provement In the catch of salmon the past few dsys. This wss especially true in the section of the river oppo site the city and above Tongue Point where several gill-netters secured in the neighborhood of a ton each, and catches of 500 to 600 pounds were common. The upriver seines and trap also msde Kood hauls. In the lower harbor. However, tne catch was not so good, indicating that the school of fish which began to en ter the river on Saturday hastened up stream. I'-." The first hydro-aeroplane made for Vincent Astor having been smashed In its trial flight he ordered various change, and the result is the machine here shown, the Or st of Its type. The seats are not on the pontoon, but higher, in the center of the plane, and the wings are In the form of a broken V. . Dsy of Rock Rosds Ends. Oregon City. To ultimate solution of the rural road-building problem la not In the construction of macadam or rock rosds, County Judge Anderson said here. In the future It will be the policy of the Clackamas county court, at least as far as Judge Anderson is concern ed, to replace worn-out rock roads with bituminous macadam, and the carrying- out of this programme has already beeun. Next year a bitumin ous road to Portland from Oregon City msy be completed. Polk Prune Yield Normal. Monmouth. Prune trees in the hills about Falls City, Monmouth, Dallas and Alrlle are expected to yield nor mally this year. The growers report a favorable Benson for fruit develop ment and claim only in a few In stances the early frosts have injured the fruit While not as large aa last year, the sise of the prunes will rank well up with the past few years, ac-l cordlnir to the growers. Many new orchards wilt bear this fall. FIRST BATTLESHIP THROUGH CANAL eW -r i 1 if .'- . .... r- "ii H.I 1 IRISH HERO AND FATHER f a.. V Sumnter and Auburn Fires Checked. Baker. That fire In the Sumpterl Valley and Auburn districts is now well under control wss reported by I County Fire Warden Palmer, who re-1 turned from Auburn, where be direct ed trenching operations. Mr. Palmer I believes that new fires will hold the only danger to timber in the section through which he was working, as those now burning are well safe guarded. Pumnkln Shew Plsnned. Junction City. The seventh annual Junction City Pumpkin Show win be held on September 16, 17 and 18. Tne show will have ten departments: Pumpkin, forage, orchard and vine-1 This photograph show the battleship Missouri In the west chamber of the Pedro Miguel locks as the first battleships to pass througb tba rename canal woro going through. At the right is one of the electric towing mules. KINDNESS alliance nnds no opposition on jcondi- ""- - '"-7 -.eatables train and seed cul- Sweeping Auction. In the an th cite freight rates of railroads handling 80 per cent of the country's anthracite production were ordered by the Inter state Commerce commission in a decis ion which held the carriers guilty of giving Illegal preferential treatment to allied coal companies. William Barnes, Jr., speaking be fore the New York state constitutional convention, likened Roosevelt to Bis marck. General economy and thrift la being nrged as a regular atudy In the public schools by the National Educational association. Forest fire in Lyttle Creek canyon, near San Bernardino, Cel., have leaped the fire brakes and are on their way Into .the spruce timber. The flames hsve already destroyed timber and watershed brush covering 2000 acre. Forty additional men have been sent China and even less so against Amerl ea, whose friendship is necessary to Russia.. Wilson Studies Union Pay. Washington, D. C. Demands of ma chinists at the Washington navy yard for Increased pay were taken up by President Wilson In a conference with a committee representing the workmen. The president promised to discuss their demands aa soon as possible with Secretary Daniels. N. P. Allfas, president of the local branch of the machinists' union, said the delegation was much encouraged by the presi dent's attitude. Foodstuffs Pries Treble. Paris. A dispatch from Bucharest says that Austrian and German agents at points along the Roumanian fron tier are paying three times the normal price for wheat corn, hay, flax, peas and besns exported from that country. This is the result of heavy export tax. can Constitutionalists, which asserts that the Washington conference, should It decide, to Interfere in Mexican af fairs, would commit an unpardonable error. "Argentina," says the dispatch, "has made herself an accomplice in a crime against our race which possibly may help to bring on a war between two American nations." Young Turks Scorn Chief. Rome Reports have been received from Constantinople that the Young Turks held a meeting at which Enver Pasha, Turkish minister of War, argued the necessity for breaking relations! with Italy snd thus freeing Turkey from the "lesdins: spy." namely, th Italisn ambasssdor, and simultaneously adopting severe messures sgainst the Italians. After a long discussion, it Is reported, the meeting decided to postpone a deflntle decision.- I school exhibits, fancy work and poul try. The state exhibitors of poultry are invited to compete. B. F. Keeney will judge the poultry exhibits. Artesian Well Borings 8ucceed. Klamath Falls. Success obtained by B. S. Griirsby. of this city, a few weeks ago In obtaining artesian water I on his ranch near Fort Klamath, norm of here, was such that five other wells have since been put down, and more likelv will follow. The record ror get ting water is on the Grover Neal place. Percheren Prlzee Up. Salem. W. Al Jones, secretary of the state fair, announced that the Per- rheron Society of America bad onerea 13 special premiums for stallions and mares exhibited at the meeting, which opens September 27 and continues six days. The fair board has offered prlxes totaling $623 and a banner each for champion stallion and champion mare in the Fercfaeron exnibit A.. , ,,A3v-' t'-T. a I . , B . v. ? : v, " , t' t Virmnnr, run i.n.i ..... ...- ON THE BATTLEFIELD V -i 1 ' 1 ' "'vC" 'je War is not always as supposed by most people. Even the officers of the armies And other things on the field than mere fighting. Pity creeps forth even from the hardest of hearts. The photograpb snows a uerman o racer helping a wounded Russian soldier. The soldier had crawled for shelter into a large hole dug by an exploded shelL Here be lay patiently awaiting the end of the day a battle. A German oncer pasing noted tne pngBi 01 Ui Russian and atopped to minister to his wants. ft. ' V a 1 d 1 The return home on short leave ot the popular Irish Guardsmsr hero, Sergt Michsel O'Leary, V. C who "practically captured sn enemy's posi tion by himself." killing eight Ger mans single-handed and taking two others prisoners, at Culnchy, did not pass unobserved. The king sent for him to Buckingham palace and pinned the cross on his breast, with the queen and princess warmly congratulating the sergeant; Cork gave O'Leary an ovation as he drove througb the city with the lord mayor. We see him here at his cottage home at Inchlgeelah, near Macroom, County Cork, with his father, to whom Sergeant O'Leary Is showing his cross. Msy Give Bruin Bread Card. The authorities of Elberfeld, Ger many, are confronted with the most puzzling problem thst they have bad to solve since the bread card became an institution in Germany and all because of a show bear that is so fus sy about his food that he will eat nothing but bread. The owner of the animal recently waa haled before the lower court and fined and sentenced to prison because he had shared his weekly portion of bread with the bear. With two months' Incarceration staring fc'ra ia the face he appealed, alleging that the bear was his only means of support. A kind hearted judge chanted the sentence to a fine ot 130 marks, and advised the owner to apply to the president of the government re wM- 't Elberfold lies to issoe brain tr . ! card Just like any regular huwaa ! tog. eft