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TOL. XXXV.
WORLD'S DOINGS
OF CURRENT WEEI
Brief Resume of General News
from All Around the Earth.
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSfin
Live News Items of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.
Th Eastman Kodak concern ha
been declared trust by th Federal
court.
Official Washington declare to bv
no favorite In Mexico Internal
trouble.
The British eatlrnsl the German
Iom In men at 1.600,000, with one-
third killed,
The joint aeeelon of the Oregon and
Washington liar aMOcltlonf, which
waa held in Portland, baa com to
cloee.
In a flatle encounter young man at
Whit Salmon. Waah., waa almoat In
stanliy killed by, a blow under the
heart.
A resolution before the American
liar aaeoclatlon In aeeelon at San Fran
elsco, to admit women attorney, waa
adopted.
Carrania official have put abaolut
prohibition Into effect in the larger
town of Sonora now under their con
trol, according to traveler from inte
rior point.
A ditatch from Rom Bay lb
Balkan leagu la to be reconstructed,
A combined Balkan army of 1,000,000
men la provided to b In th field, aay
th dispatch.
Th governor of Oregon ba aaked
th Navy department for th largest
battleehip In th Pacific fleet to attend
th Aatoria Regatta, which will b
held September S-S-4.
Cermanv officially announce her re-
rreU to th United Statee forth
Inking of th liner Arable, In wheb
two Americana lost their live. A
suspension of judgment by thla country
I aaked.
ClaMleal muaie waa hooted by
crowd of South Portland atudenU when
public concert wa Ming given oy
municipal band. Claaaic waa sup-
planted by ragtlm and th walling of
the youngatera were appeasM.
Six children in Idaho, who wer
locked In their bom by their parents.
while they war attending party,
wore burned to death. Evidence of
their effort to eecap war found by
th location of th bodle In th ruin.
According to th Cologn Caiett
th railway of Roumania bav re
ceived order to place aH rolling atock
at th diepoaltlon of th minister of
war on September 14. ' Thla move la
regarded a deeply algnlflcant of Rou
mania' possible course In th future.
Th Tokio premier and minlaUr of
war bav paid vllt to Mkko to re
port to th omperor their plana for in
craaing th supply of munition in ac
cordance with th deciaion recently
reached to employ all available re
sources, both governmental and prl
vat, for swelling th nation' output
to aid Japan' allies In th war. Or
der hav been dispatched to th foun
dries and factories of th empire that
ar engaged In th production of mu
nltion to ruth their work.
Italy, according to report from
Rome, la making slew but steady prog'
rees against Austrian on all front.
Edward Brown, ax-convict, sen'
tenced to four year In San Quentin for
burglary, explained on th witness
stand that certain kind of whisky Is
mad regularly within th walla of
Folsora and San Quentin prison. Th
Julo of potatoes and fruits is used In
preparing th concoction, h ssld.
Compilation just complated by th
auditing department or th U.-VY. it
A N. company show that during th
calendar year 1914 th company spent
for wsge. taxes, construction and
other purpose Incident to th conduct
of It business in Oregon, Washington
and Idaho, an aggregat of I IS, 873,
855.92, th equivalent of f50.892.S0
for each working day of th year.
Because of th delay in shipping,
caused by th war, Baker county, Ore
gon, rancher barely escaped disas
trous grain sack shortage just as th
threshing season was on. Nearly 80,-
000 aack had bean ordered early from
Calcutta. Farmer wer preparing to
construct temporary bin and wheat
waa filling every available receptacle
when 6000 aack arrived. Nearly 25,
000 ar expected within a few days.
Dead and missing In th recent Gulf
storm are now said to number 259.
Th chief signal officer at th Island
of Btrombell, off th Italian coast, re
port th eruption f a larg quantity
of lava from Btrotnboli volcano. The
lava i forming a lak of fir between
th crater and th sea.
An evangelist speaking In Portland
declare th prophesies ia th 24th
chapter of Matthew hav been accur
ately fulfilled up to th preeent time,
and that th present generation will
witness It complete fulfillment and
th return of th Lord to th world.
REAR ADMIRAL CAPERTON
Rear Admiral Cspsrton Is in com
mand of the United Statee naval
forest that have occupied Pert
Prince and Cape Hsltlsn, Hsltl.
$30,000,000 fTDERAl CASH TO
BE SENT TO PROTECT COTTON
Wuhinrton. D. C. Treasury ofn
data have made nubile an announce
ment b Secretary McAdoo. that In
view of the action of the allies In put
ting cotton on th contraband list, h
would. If It becam necessary, deposit
130.000.000 or more In Bold in th
Federal Reserve banks at Atlanta,
Dallas and Richmond for the purpose
of enabllne- the reserve banks to re
discount loans on cotton secured by
warehouse receipts, made by national
and state banks belonging to .me tta
era! reeerve system.
The avid would b deposited tempo
ral-1 1 v. at least. without interest
II was explained nm ii iv
that the obleet could b accomplished
with greater efficiency thereby, the
deposit woud be made directly wun
National bank agreeing to lena tne
money on cotton at a rat not to ex
eead all Der cent.
Secretary mcaooo auioomea tne
announcement from hia summer bom
at North Haven. Maine, It cam at
the close of a dav'a abeculation In off)
ciai circle at to th nature of tb
steps which th entente power have
indicated they will take to uphold the
cotton market in th face of their con
traband order.
Itaads Are Cut Off by floods;
' Rescue Steamers forced to Qui!
Utile Rock. Ark. Fiv thousand
Monta In tha town of Newport. Ark..
ar marooned by the flood waters or
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White River.
According to
a talenhon meats-
received her.
th populace ia in dee-
Derate strait.
Eirht Dersona ar re-
al Ia Kava lost their lives.
Tha town ia Inundated to a depth
ranslna: from 6 to 12 feet and moat of
th population haa sought refuge in
tha tinner floor ol in noieis ana toe
MiirthmlaSL
Becaus of recent heavy rain, th
river rose to such an extent that all
th leveee protecting the town gave
tatttnir Innaa one of the moot dis
astrous flood In th, history of tb
community.
T.n ataamhnats continued maklnff
trips up and down the river In th vi-
rinltv of NowDort and aucceeded in
rescuing a number of families from
the roofs of bouses, whither they had
rone to eacap th flood. Finally th
flood becam too great, and tne boat
had to withdraw.
All meana of communication with
tha Inan aava tha telnlihone wire.
haa been destroyed, and ft waa feared
that even th telephone wfr would be
destroyed.
Several passenger trains ar aiauea
at Newport.
With tnnA anil aitnr sunnltea almoat
exhausted and with many refugee in
th town from other points aiong tne
river, tb situation waa on which au
thoritlea her considered grave.
Wheat Crop Estimated.
Washington, D. C The Canadian
West la expected to produc some
where between 200,000,000 and 260,-
000.000 bushels of wheat thi aeason
probably around about 240,000,000
buthela, so it la reported to the depart'
ment of commerce.
Th total grain crop ia expected to
KRTOgat 825,000,000 bushols. Of this
total it ia expected that 250,000,000
bushel will be available for lak ship
ment, and that from 130,000,000 to
150.000,000 bushela will be available
for export.
Stefansson Not Sighted.
Nome, Alaska -The United Statea
coast guard cutter Bear, which carried
th maila to Point Barrow, the most
northerly point of Alaska, returned to
Norn Tuesday and reports that no
word of Viljalmur Stefansson, th ex
plorer, and hi two companions had
been received. The Bear reported that
nothing further haa been heard of the
gasolin schooner New Jersey, hereto
fore reported missing. The New Jer
sey left Nome last fall.
Ninety Take Military Course.
Tacoma, Wash. Ninety business
and professional men, including on
minister and a half dosen capitalists,
reported for the camp of Instruction
for business men in command of Colo
nel R. H. Wilson, Fourteenth Infan
try, United Statea Army, at Cosgrove,
American Lake. They will spend three
weeks receiving military Instruction
from regular army officers.
WESTON, OKEGON, FB1DAY, AUGUST 27, 1915.
OREGON STATEJJEWS
Oregon Cadets Praised.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallls A IstUrTfroro Brigadier Gen
eral Tasksr II. Bliss, chief of staff,
United Bute Army, at Washington,
D. C, to th Oregon Agricultural col
lege, aaya that the attention of Secre
tary Garrison baa been drawn to th
satisfactory Improvement and steady
progress of th work of th military
department hr. Tb report wer
based on th latest annual Inspection
of the cadet regiment by Captain W.
T. Merry, who ba been tb Inspecting
officer for the last three year.
Tb cadet regiment la ranked In the
second hlgbest'class stUlnsbl by ca
dets of Institutions .other than solely
military.
Oregon Permit Refused.
Salem Corporation Commissioner
Schuldermsn ba denied th American
Banking Credit company, with bead-
quarter In Chicago and Incorporated
in Delaware, permit to do bulsneaa
In thla stat. Tb company ba an
Investment and loan schsm which Mr
Schulderman haa decided I not feas
ible. He doe not bsllev it can mak
th loan promised with its means of
Investment.
To do business in Oregon, according
to Mr. Schulderman, tb company
would bav to comply with the build
ing and loan lawa and the banking
laws, which It ba not Intimated it
would do.
Oregon Foliage Pleases.
Portland A thoroughly successful
convention was that of th American
Association of Park Superintendents,
held In San Francisco laat wee, ac
cording to E. T. Mlsch. of Portland.
who wa elected tb association's pres
ident.
Many members present wer highly
pleased with what they aaw when
paaalng through Oregon. Some of th
greatest men In their line In th coun
try did not real is th variety of foli-
asre w bav in Oreson. They were
very much surprised and impressed.
Sandy Crops Are Large.
Sandy Farmers near this pises and
at George, Dover and Firwood ar har
vesting, and tb crops of oats, wheat
and barley will be larger than ever be
fnM aivl tha ulald ta the acre Greater.
according to th report received here.
The yield or nay also is large, c
Read, near Cherryville, haa field of
beardless barley that is exciting com
ment. He will sav seed for future
crops of th tsme sort.
Muoh mat work ia In nrooress. and
crushed rock is being used extensively
on all th roads near ibis place.
Ecclea Mill to Start Short Run.
Banks The big $200,000 Eccle
lumbar mill, comnleted more than a
year ago here, I preparing for a brief
run. The company plana to run tne
nlana and tin I ah UD the lumber HOW On
band for shipment, which will require
about a month. Thereafter the mill
and logging camp may be operated
about a month, or long enough to re
stock th ysrds. After being com
pleted the mill ran about 30 day and
then wa compelled to close on .account
of th poor market
Log Air Line Record Made.
Klamath Falia A record run of
155,000 feet of timber wa mad
Wednesday over th Algoma Ldmber
nmninv'i lift racentlv constructed
over the mountain north of its plant a
few miles, according to Manager
Grant The lift la double-tracked,
2800 feet In length and extend over a
mountain 800 feet high. The mill is
now cutting 3,600,000 feet of lumber
each month and Is employing nearly
200 men.
Pasts Boom Egg Output.
n.Vor Rraaahnnnera. a neat in the
John Day country for years, this sea
son have become a blessing.
Ira G. Boyce, an oldtlme mercnani
at John Day, aay egg are more plen
tiful than in year because of the
himHance of thla delicacy for the
chicken to feed on, and that the Au
gust record of production win beat any
in Ira hlatorv. The STasahoDDers are
more numerous than ever at this time
of year.
Chinook to Dredge Channel Shoal.
Astoria - To work on th shosl be
tween the channel in which she has
been digging and what is known as the
south channel, off the end of the jetty,
th dredge Chinook I now in the
mouth of th river. Th removal of
thla shoal, which ia expected to be ac
complished before fallf will provide
one main channel 8500 feet wide and
carrying depth of approximately 86
feet at low tide.
Ranch la Sold for $31,000.
Klamath Falts The well-known Bill
Smith ranch, comprising 720 acrea,
near Bly, 50 miles northeast of here,
waa nurehased bv L. A. Brittan, for
merly a prominent rancher of Bose-
man, Mont, lor 3 1,000 easn, Mr.
Brittan will stock the ranch with 250
dairy cows and 1000 sheep, as it is
Ideally located at th junction of th
north and south forks of th Spragu
river.
LINER TORPEDOED;
AMERICtoERISH
Fourteen of Ship's Passengers
Remain Unaccounted for.
WASHINGTON ANXIOUS OYER REPORTS
Seriousness ofAffajr Depends Upon
Whether Ship Tried to Ram or
Sharply Changed Course.
New York. A rvled list of the
surviving paDgers and those un
accounted for, corrected according to
tb only diapatch received by the
Whit Star lln Saturday, was given
out here. It ahowed 14 passenger
still missing, after careful checking.
The Hat Included two Americans-
Mrs. Josephine I Bruguler and Ed
mund F. Woods.
Whit Star list cabled previously
contained the names of Mr. and Mrs.
rred Uurgcsa a .among th survivors.
Officiate were unable to explain the
error if, according to consular reports.
WILLIAM L TUTTLE, JR.
William E. Turtle, Jr. for two terms
Democratic congressman from Nv
Jersey, and a prominent banker and
business man, haa been appointed
United States commissioner to the
Panama exooeitlon which opena No
vember 3. The last eongreaa appro
priated 125,000 for thla country a par
tielnation In tha exDoeltion. and Mr.
Turtle la arranging for the exhibit
It. a., mra mlaalnr RlirepKS. a xhSuf-
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feur, and Mrs. Burgess, a maid, were
In Mrs. Bruguiere s employ.
The company'a message from Llver-
imnl mantlnnnH flva survlvora WhO
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had sailed at the last moment and
whose names were not on the list
cabled here Thursday night
tha tX'hlt Star nfflcAB closed
late Saturday night It was announced
that the list tnen stooa ai i passen
gers missing, two of whom were
Americans.
Waahinirtrin TV P. Tension in-
creased in official quarters Saturday
inn Minanlar mMuies forwarding
affidavits of American survivors of
the British liner Arable brougnt aei
inlte information that the vessel waa
tnriuuiwul without warnlntt and that
probably some Americans had been
lost
It seemed that but on point re
mained to be cleared up whether the
Arablo attempted to ram the subma
rine or whether a change of the liner's
course to assist the already sinking
British steamer uunsiey nearer w
MiinmvnMa Kv tha O Arm an aubma-
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rlne commander as a hostile approach.
The attitude ot th American gov
AwmmAnt tnw tha mnmnnt la raceetive.
anxiously , awaiting accurate -details
and reserving judgment as to wnewer
the action waa "deliberately unfriend
iy." ...
The final decision rests wiin presi
dent Wilson.
Fsar Fait For Islanders.
New Orleans. Efforts ar being
made to reach Marsh Island, about
150 miles southwest of here, to learn
the fate ot 100 Island residents, who,
Is feared, may have been lost In the
storm. Persons on th Island mostly
are fishermen, but several parties ot
camper were known to have been
there' when the hurricane struck.
The sea was still too rough to be
navigable, and an appeal was sent to
n-Amn Uall whn nrrinrad tha state
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conservation commission to direct one
ot Its large boats to go to the rescue-
Climber Killed on Rainier.
Tacoma. While climbing to Gibral
tar Rock on Mount Rainier, with a
party of eastern tourists, a. F. Ord
way, of Boston, plunged to death down
a canyon. Mrs. Ordway saw her bus
band's body go crashing down the
cliff. Ordwsy's body was recovered
by members of the party. Although
23,000 tourista hav registered at the
national park thla season, this Is the
first accident ot th kind since 1912,
when a young woman tell from a peak.
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at all well water waa sold at a high
ejected by force in order mat tne poor
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"Native daughter" of California kissing the Liberty Bell after it had com
pleted Its triumphant journey to the Panama-Pacific exposition. It haa been
installed In the Pennsylvania building to remain until December 1.
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rllbxge of, RequlevUle, after It Had been taken from the French.
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FAMOUS TOWER A WAR RUIN
The ancient and historical tower of
Rawa on the River Rawka. In Russian
Poland, ss It appeared after the bom
bardment by artillery and infantry that
resulted ia the capture of the city
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Building a Molasses Ship.
Another large shipbuilding contract
obtained by the Gore River Shipbuild
ing corporation has been announced.
It is a tank steamer tor the Cuban
Distilling company and Is a sister ship
of the steamer now in course ot con
struction at the yards, which will be
called the Cubadlst The newer ship
contracted for is to be 88 feet long,
64 feet 6 inches beam, 32 feet 6 inches
depth and 9.000 tons displacement It
will be capable of carrying 2,500,000
gallons of molasses. About a year
will be required to construct this ves
sel. . ,
The contract is the second received
within two weeks, the former being
for a 10,000-ton cargo capacity freight
steamer for Edgar E. Luckenbach of
New York. The yard now has about
5,000 employees. Boston Transcript ;
Thl Flth I Educated. .
Theodore Sharp, fisherman of San
dusky, Ohio, claims to be th owner
of the only educated carp in exis
tence. Sharp says the carp, which
weighs nearly 40 pounds and when (
out of the water resembles to a .
marked degree a fat hog, will come to
him when hewhlsUeii; that It will eat
out' Eli hand "and that when he is
out b a boat will follow him around,
swimming close astern near the sur
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