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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
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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.'-"
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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.
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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.
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a Tlllara In Poland lust behind the
tight base of this kind can be moved
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Wounded Italian aoldiers taken to
them from the aun.
CREW OF A DARING ? SUBMARINE
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and aunk a number of Turkish transports and other vessels. Mn her periscope
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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
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firing line trsnslormed Into a temporary base tor the Gormaa (orcea. A
at an Hour a notice.
. ITALIANS ARRIVING
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Rome and being wheeled by Red Cross
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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"
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