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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1915)
If WES ton? Lead if. er V we T-V VV IfTTTTTfTTT'""' 1 r ' '" " " "" " ' - - p - .-.., .-.- . in niinAii it rsi urn WORLD'S DOINGS OF CURRENT; WEEK Brief Resume of General News from All Around tlieMi ,Uve News Items of All Nations and Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. A 16-year-eld girl of Hood River, Or., successfully land a X9-lrw:h fish. Pendleton, Or., will send tU Round up ahow to the San Kranclaco fair for a four-day exhibition, A Portland beauty li toon to become the bride of Lull a Abellll, Bolivian commissioner at the 8m Frenclaco fair. t Foreign exchange la reported ta have taken an alarming slump, and lb American bank ara "burning wltfcgoM." Tha Carman aubmarlna which aunk tba British steamer Arable, on which two Amtrleana wira lost, ia rtportad to be lost also. Tbraa mere U. 8. regiment hava bn ordered to the Mexican border to ralnforco tha American troopa In pa trolling tha boundary. Antonio Florae, ex-President of . Ecuador, Is deed. Senor Floraa waa I art ad to tha presidency of Ecuador In 188, and served tha tarn of four year. Canaral Orosco, one of tha Mexican revolutionary leader, was killed by American eltlxen and customs official when ba waa making a raid on a Texas ranch. Four other raiders were alain. Tha postmaster of St. Loo is has re ceived many handbllla purported to have bean originated by German eym pathlxere, calling for tha use of dyna mite In destroying American munition pi ante. German" business men hava trans mitted to tha United States an offer to buy 1,000,000 balee of cotton. The price offered waa IB certs a pound, payable on delivery of tba cotton in a German harbor. - Submarine F-4, which aunk In Hono lulu harbor March ft, has been ette ceesfutly drydoeked and an Inveatlga tloo of tha cauae of the mishap la be ing made. Only one of the 21 victims haa thus far been Indcntified. The' greatest favorable trade balance since March 13 was shown by tha statement of weakly Importa and ex ports for tha week ending August 28. Tha fsvorable balance for tha week waa $83,269,030. Exports ware 160,. 311,764, and Importa ware $27,042,726. Sir Rodmon RoWln. J. K. Howden, Dr. MonUgua and C. IU Coldwell, of Winnipeg, Man., charged by tha Vain er Royal Commission with conspiracy to defraud tha province, voluntarily appeared at tha city police station. After a conference with Deputy Chief Newton they were released on bail of $50,000 each, $25,000 consisting of a personal bond and two sureties of $12, 600 each being given. Premier Vivian! says Franca does not want prematura peace. Germans capture Brast-Litovsk, Rus sia's strongest .foothold In Poland. Secretary of War Garrison rebukes Gen. Wood for Inviting CoU Roosevelt to apeak at tha instruction camp at PlatUburg. , V ; , ?. ; -f . , :' Another flood swept tha White River valiey In-Arkanaaa. doing much dam age and rendering between 4000 and 6000 people homolesa. - ". ..' It Is reported that 24 pounds of radium-bearing ore haa been taken from amine en Boulder creek, 27 miles from Port Orford, Or, It ia aaid that In tha form In which the radium Is found it a worth $80 an ounce. A first payment of $504,198 for the securities of tha Alaska Northern rail road waa made by tha Interior depart-; ment. The road runs from Seward Into tha Interior of Alaska and will be utilised In the construction of tha new government road. The total cost of tha eeeurltles to tha United States wilj. ba $1,160,000.; :; -v-; -V, Washington haa agreed to give Haltl'a parliament until September 17 to act upon the proposed treaty by which the United State would extend financial protectorate oyer tha unstable little republic for 10 years. In the meantime the American marines will continue to occupy the principal cities of the Island to prevent a recurrence of anarchy.. . ' It la now believed that tha main Russian army will succeed In escaping from tha onrush I ng German forces. Imperial Valley, Cel., Is swept by a terrific wind, rain and electrio storm, which destroyed many houses and elec tric lines. The German admiralty admits the loss of a submarine which was destroy-' ad by a bomb from an aeroplane, and aaya it haa not heretofore acknow ledged such losses, which Is taken to mean thai many previous rumors of the destruction of submarines were true. I KLX1011 UPRISING IN TEXAS IS fEWED BY OSI Of 26 San Antonio, Tex. With tha arrest bar of 26 Mexicans, 23 of whom were detained. Chief of Police Lancaster and Federal authorities announced that a plan to Incite tha Mexican popula tion of San Antonio to deeds of vio lence had been frustrated. Tha prisoners, according to Chief of Police Lancaster, ara followers of the so-called plan of San Diego, tba ex travagant manlfeato promulgated by a nartv of Mexican agltatore which pro claims tha "Republic of Texas to be governed by Mexlcana. Recent upris ing In tha Lower Rio Grande valley caused tha program for tba establish ment of the new government to go amlsa and at tha asms time Federal officials were put on their guard. Three of the leaden were arretted while addressing a crowd of 1000 Max Irana m the market elate. The ad dressee were of an inflammatory na ture and ealculsted to arouse the poorer classes of Mexlcana to deeds of violence. . "One apeaker," Chief Lancaster a.lrl "afta hualns' tha President of the United States, . the government of this country ami the wnite race gen erally, openly declared : 'It ia no barm to kill a Gringo and an Allemane.' (Meaning Americana and Germane.)" It waa light at this point the polie charged tha crowd and arrested the titular, but not without a fiffht. As tha officers ware withdrawing, one of the Mexlcana shouted: -now is we tlma te rise. Let us kill tba Grin goes." - ' The arrival of the police for the time being quitted all martial Spirit. Following tha arrest of the leaders, 9S athara ware arrested. Thef will be placed In the cuatody of Federal oftl ctala, who said that chargea of treason probably would be Plea against mem. KinyKortSweslKiUs Start Work; , Trade Brisk and Prospects Good Eugene. Or The Booth-Kelly Lum ber company announced tbst Ita Wend II no mill will rauma alterations Imme- diatley, employing a crew of 126 men and 76 in the timber. A. C. Dixon, manager f the Booth Kelly company, announced: "Since we closed down a lore or w men n wu . wnrk ma VI iiir renalr. We have built a new dam and installed new saw busks, a new carriage, new trusses over tba boilers, and concrete foundations." Tha Springfield mill U at preaent working one 10-hour shift a day. " Ahanlaan. Wash. After B shutdown of eight months the Wilson Broa. mill haa resumed operations, wtm a crew of 160 men. John Wilson, tha man arer. Intimated that the mill would be kept in steady operation throughout the winter. fWonn niTh MUwaukle and University Park plants of the Menefee Lumber company began operation Wedneaday after a shutdown or several months. The plant at Milwaukie is employing 60 men and the one at Uni versity Park 76. ' Arabic Incident Closed. London The German government con Mere tha Arable incident closed mA haa declared its willinsneas to punish the commander of the subma rine which sank tha steamer, accord ing to a dispatch which the Exchange Teletrraph company' Amsterdam cor respondent aaya haa been received there from Berlin. There ia reported to he considerable feeling in German military circles be cause of Chancellor von Bethmann Bollweg'a eo-catled "weakneaa" to wards the United States. U. 3. Buys 100,000 Shells. Chicago George M. Getschow, sec retary of Phillips, Getschow Co., Is xnntwl In the Dailv Newa as Baying that he Is a stockholder in a firm which la making 100,000 six-inch shells lor the United State army, and that the Raman crovarnment. like the allies, la purchasing munitions of war In the American marxet. -as io mo Amer ican order. I am not at liberty to dia otnu tha name of the firm, further than to say that tha contract ia worth about $640,000," Mr. Getschow ia quoted as aalyng. f Braxll Dry; Cattle Dying.' XT, tar Vr If Prnlonrad drouth In the northern states of Brasil this summer, particularly in the states or riuny, Oeara, Rio Grande do Norte and Para hvba. has resulted In serious loss to cattle-raisers, according to George Holdemesa, of Oeara, Braxll, wno ar rived here on the steamship Denis from Para. "The loss in some of these districts baa been aa high aa 80 per cent of the herds," said Mr. Hoi derness, 'Crops alao suffered." 2,500,000 Live In Chicago. Chlcaao The 1916 edition of the Chicago city directory will indicate a population of Z.BOO.ooo. rne jonnsons 10,000 of them lead numerically, h.va tnr tha last two vearS. and are closely followed by the Ander sons and tha Smiths. Pigeon Files 2200 Miles. -T. Ant-etaa "Ben Bolt." a carrier pigeon, established a new longdistance flight when It arrived here Wednesday from Norwalk, O. The distance ap proximates 2200 miles and was trav eled in Ave days, nine hours, 21 min utes and 10 second. WESTON, OltEOON, FRIDAY, HEPTJSMJiIUt 3, 1915. COLONEL R00SEV&T DECRIES U.S. POLICY Ex-Presided Declares America Is Playing Ignoble Part. MANUfAQURE Of HONS ITO Rich and Unarmed Nation Certain to Invita Disaster Preparedness Is Most Urgently Advised. Plattaburg, N. Y. More than 8000 persona, Inluding 1200 members of the military Interaction camp, burt Into wild and prolonged applause here Thursday when, in the course of an ..Mr mi milltarv merjandnese. Theodore Roosevelt, former president of In unuea Btaiea, aiwppea n these words: "Don't applaud unless you feel a burning sense ef shame because the United State has not stood up for Bel gium." - In his addrese Colonel Roosevelt censured the administration for Its attitude In the European situation and strongly urged preparedness for war. "The surest way lor a nation w in vite disaater la to be rich, aggreaalve COLONEL ROOSEVELT Colonel Rooeevelt, caught by the camera In tha midst of one ef his en ergstie nunolatlone of tha pac-at-any prlc advooatee during hie wt em trip. . and unarmed," the ex-president said, in a ataiament mada at the railway station shortly before leaving for New York. Colonel Booeeveit oeienaeo nis criticism of the admlnistration'a course In the present situation. : . "I wish to make one comment on the statement so frequently mad that we must stand by the President," he said. "I heartily subscribe to this on condition, and only on condition that it ia followed by the statement 'so long as tha President stands by the country.'-" - Several times he digressed from his written addresa. "No man la fitted," be aaid once, looking away from the printed page, n tha oOtxan of a frea eountrv unless he ia willing to defend that country."; ' - - Germany ia condemned aa "utterly brutal and ruthless In iu disregard of International morality," and declared that it would "be a Dase aoanaonmeni of mnrmv far American msnufse- turera of munitions to refuse to make shipments "for tha use ox tne armies that are striving to restore Belgium to ita own people," Munition maker who refused to make such shipments should be put, he ..ii nn a mil of dishonor." He added that they should be encouraged so that we may D aoie io noia our own when "the hour of peril cornea to us in our turn." Germane Accuse French. Berlin "A captured French offi cer," saya the Overseas Newa Agen cy, "carried in hia pocket an order . ui.Um a W UillarancL showing dearly that the French gov ernment had pressed into army ser vice German citizens, inhabitants of Alsace-Lorrain. "The order divided these into two .1..... .r.l nrnvirlad that those Wil ling to fight against Germany should be protected against tne uesiu sen tence for high treason in case of their capture." . -. - French Money Decllnesi New York French -money was worth less than Thursday In foreign exchange markets, notwithstanding the establishment here of a $20,000, 000 credit loan to the French govern ment The establishment of the loan already bad been discounted, and the sura lent was too small a fraction or the total amount due for American ..mi;.. n hrlno ahout eauilibrium. The rate on francs was quoted at 6.88. . !. l a ar oa t ""- A, s, V I - ' v - A : w - ' -J OREGON STATE NEWS Many Donations Cing Made to ' Aid Work of Oregon University University of Oregon, Eugene Tba Unlyersity library ha received as a gift from Mrs. Clara B, Colby, of Washington, D. C, a shipment of ninety-five booka and a number of pamphleta. Tha gift includes publica tions of the woman movement, tem perance and other reform movements, biography, history, travel, poetry and mlscellsneous literature. One Item of special Importance is 16 volumee of the "Woman's Tribune," published in Washington, D. C Another donation to the University has been received by the . department of Journalism from Mrs. Davenport, mother of Homer Dsvenport, who wss an Oregon boy and was raised at Sil verton. Mrs. Davenport desired to bsv preserved In the rooms of the de partment one of the fw remaining originals she had of Homer's cartoons, snd she aecleted 1 bis "World-wide Struggle for Money." She bad thla framed and sent it to the department by express from her present home in Los Angeles. The department of journalism ia also in receipt of several small donations ef printing materials in addition to the complete old-fashioned newspaper plant entrusted to the department by Hon. H. R Kincald. for nearly forty years editor of the Oregon State Jour nal. In the iaat year small gifta of varl oua kinds have been made the Univer sity in considerable numbers. Study Course Changed. . Salem Superintendent of Public In struction Churchill has announced a new course of study for high schools. Mr. Churchill aaid that in country high schools it often wss necessary for teacher to give Instruction in subjects for which they had made no special preparation, and for them a definite outline of the work Is of much value. Much freedom of the choice of sub jects ia given in the larger high arhnnla aa atndanta mav not be re quired to take subject in which they are little interested, ana xor wnico they have no particular aptitude. Tha minimnm requirement for grad uation ia 16 units of high school work with recitation periods or 40 minutes in length, but puptU ara urged to com plete the coarse by taking four sub ject each year for tour yeara, thereby earning 16 unite. Tha mnraa of atlldv Dermita DUpiU to earn from one to three units for graduation in either vocal or instru mal taltan outside of the school, provided the work ia given by a competent teacner ana w spends at least 80 minutes daily in practice or Instruction. There Is also a new course required to be given in all high achoola. upon ha onmnUtinn of which a Student Will be permitted to enter a teachers ex amination. - , TM muna la made necessary on account of a law which became opera tive on September l, requiring au per sons who have not had at least aix months of successful teaching exper ience to complete an elementary teach ers training course before they are permitted to enter an examination for a teachers' certificate. The elemen tr taarhara training course ia in ad dition te the teachers' training course which has heretofore been given in many of the larger high achoola. Pilgrim Leave $50,000. Roseburg In tha death of George A fim:h mt hia camn near Los An geles a few days ago, Douglas county haa lost probably its most eccentric character and one of ita pioneer and prosperous farmers. tie waa on me way to visit a daughter when he died. Tha hmtv of Mr. Smith waa found be side his burro and goat, hia two com panions for the last tnree years, no believed that by living like some of the Bible characters he would reach the age of 100 years. He is thought to have left an estate of $60,000, in eluding hia Camas valley ranch. $19,000 Spent on Streets. ' Dallas Spending more thin $19,000 in the construction of macadam pave ment in the course of the summer, the Dallas City council naa earriea out me program outlined by . Mayor E. C Kirkpatrick in his inaugural mwage. Practically every street in Dallas is now either paved with hard surface or Mr. KirkDStrick took the stand that the hard times the people were now facing in mis section ouureu iha iitv ita hest oDDortunitv to con struct needed improvements, thus pro viding labor for unempioyea men. Extension Officer Resigns. - Paul M. Collins, secretary of Ex tension at the Oregon Agricultural college, haa resigned to accept the su perintendency of the city schools of Bonner Ferry, Idaho. Mr. Collins labor for the advancement of agricul tural interests in Oregon has been highly efficient and hia retirement from extension work will be regretted by the college and by the citizens of the state, many of whom have bene fitted by his extension work. Clothesline Loot Found. Cottage Grove Much of the cloth ing taken by clothe line thieves dur ing several months past has been found In a clump of bushes two miles south of the city. The articles stolen last week from the Orviite Spesr home were found in an empty building on Sixth street The clothing stolen from Mrs. Mary Smith was found on the river bank near the boaie. -.a, "V a Tlllara In Poland lust behind the tight base of this kind can be moved . WOUNDED ... - 7 Wounded Italian aoldiers taken to them from the aun. CREW OF A DARING ? SUBMARINE i WW Si snJ-rum J 'K x V"V , p..llli Crew of the British submarine E ll which penetrated the Sea of Marmora and aunk a number of Turkish transports and other vessels. Mn her periscope tUbO, at Upper Fig"- 1 "!JI,,'.rt,,'.-,r r,r -i - r nrMSrJ - jrn r - INTERCESSION V ' i ' -1 .u,- - - f of st bishop of London waa conducting Intercession day services from the stepa of the cathedral. Services and prayer for victory took place on this day throughout the British empire. Willi lilt ucnr.mro in nuooiMH ruuu.u !A : -7 firing line trsnslormed Into a temporary base tor the Gormaa (orcea. A at an Hour a notice. . ITALIANS ARRIVING Mi - ' - 1 -1 . ;,, Rome and being wheeled by Red Cross J . '-j-f DAY IN LONDON ' Paul's cathedral. London, while the NO. 11. "I i I i AT ROME nurses In covered litters that protect WAR AFFECTS FASHIONS Fashions In the battling countriei ' of Europe have been greatly influ enced by the war. Thl woman la wearing what Is known In England as tte Jellicoe hat, modoled after the naval design, and a military cape. ' Sophistication. Major Riddle of Atlantic City re sponded at a recent dinner to a toast to the summer girl. "There's a lot of false cynicism de voted to the summer girl," he said. "She is made out to be very worldly and sophisticated, but, aa a matter ol fact, the average summer girths a innocent as a little child. "But most people would have na be lieve that that was a typical summer girl to whom a young man said on the beach In the moonlight: " , "You are not the first girt I've kissed by any manner of means, joa know." "The summer girl's lip curled. - 'And at that she snswered, you're still got a lot to learn.'" An Advantage. "To what do you attribute your re markable health 7" "Well." replied the very eld gentle-. man. "I reckon I got a good -rt ca ' most peof! by befn' born be'or germs was discovered, thereby havla' less to worry about" ! I J l .. .:1J w