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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1915)
Weston eader WESTON, OBEGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBElt 8, 1915. NO. 10. i ' i i 'I ' S t f 1 - 5 . WRfLESS CARRIES ; VOICE 2500 MILES Pote Proven Success by v:U.SJ3vy Dcptat rssr wmm spahs tmm Conversation Is Carried On Between Washington, D, C, and Naval ' Station at Mara Island. Wuhlnrton. D. C. Wlroles tlo- doom communication across the conti nent u accomplished for the first ' tins Thursday, wbta experiment aiuttns mm aawaral months eulml- mud In sueeeeeful trsnsmlaelons of IM human vole by radio from tM great um piani ai Arlington, to tha station at Mart Island, CL, MM nllM Tba experiment wort conducted an der direction of Captain Bullard. eblef of loo Mvy's radio service. In eo-oper-atiua with tho American TolephoM Telegraph company ana tM western Secretary Daniels, In announcing tM report, prMtctoa uh runner ow velopment of wlralaaa telephony would la mrmmk riiutM In lone- dlatanre oommunlcatlon both for military and Mry service and commercial usage. Sueceaaful oporatloo of a device for aalAmatUalla tranafarrln to the radio telephoM conversation originating on motallle circuits aiao was aecompusnea la tho testa. President Vail and otter official of tb Amarlcan TelephoM Talacraoh company at Now York I.1L...1 ...II alth tha Mara Ialand autlon over an ordinary metallic Um to Arlington and thoneo by radio acroe tha continent. 'Tho fact tbat too rolooa ean bo itartod on a land wira and automatical ly tranamltud to a vole radio-transmitter," Mid Secretary Daniel, "bold out hot that person Inland roadllyoould bo put In touch by tel pboM with others at aM through aome eontrat traamlttlng station." Tm Navy dopartntant'a formal an- kmmiummhiI In nart fnllnaraa 'Secretary Danlola la ploaaad to announce tM aueeoaarui ooteoma or ex periment which have boon carrlod on tha ' (mm month h tha Amar- Iom Telephone & Telegraph company ana woetern juectrte company id cd oporatlon with tba radio autiona under tha tnriarftrtloa nf tM Navv denert- ment, by which long-distance wirelaaa telephony Ma Men maoa poima. tottery aa um fumrai : Dcati in tea frasdsco Ban Francisco Persona la all walka of life bad tbeir laat chance Thuraday to participate In tha 120,000 capital prise in San Kranclaeo lottoriaa. There wa no formal order aent out by tho police It waa tacitly under stood by the Mven lottery companies, m tha reeult of an "order In council" Itaued by tho Polio commission, that "tha (amo" was off at loaat for a time. .. 1 . ; - .. ; The polio Judra fined a nsrro whom patrolman arrested wltavlottery tick et In hla poMMMMlon. The prisoner aaid ha would have to beg or ateal now that his occupation of selling lottery tickets was taken from him. It was admitted that the ousting of tha lot teries will cut off In fines accruing to tha city treasury tbouasnds of dollars month. -": It la also asserted that tha death of tho game would throw upon tba city 1 4000 indigents, men and woman who bare bean selling tickets. Some were sent to tfie lottery companies by char itable associations, It was Mid. One lottery representative said: "1 can only My that ws will not hold a drsw Ing next week. I can't yet see beyond that" Order Is In Difficulties. Ban Francisco Tba California Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen la experiencing financial difficulties, according to a report made under the direction of State Insurance Commlsslonej; Fhelpa. Tha main diffi culty seems to be a deficiency In the reserve funds. This was explained by A. H. McKeown, grand receiver, who Mid men more than 64 years old had not paid enough Into the fund to carry them after that age. They will now have to make this good, he said, or It will be deducted from their benefit. .. t 'Satlor Rules Schooner. ' 8n Frsnelsco S. P. Ware, one of the crew of the American schooner So home, which arrived here Thursday from Sydney. Ausrtalia, was turned over to the police by John Kilts, the ahip's captain, who alleged Ware laid out the captain and crew with a be laying pin off Apis, American Samoa, and took command of the vessel for 24 hours. Captain Kills said he escaped, obtained a revolver and regained his command. . Hill Lend to Both Sides. St Paul Besides participating In ths credit to Great Britain and France, , local banking interest controlled by James J. Hill will subscribe to the ibid German loan being offered in this country. M, - CROWN PRINCE HUMBERT If J Irj) i - -.v The eleven-year old Crown Prince Humbert of Italy, while vlsrtlnfl ths king at the leonie front, made his wsy Slong Several milea of the Italian trenches and sent ths following tele ersm to hla grandmother Queen Margherltai "I am en Austrlsn terri tory. I assistsd In sn artillery engage ment this afternoon." "VIST POCKET WKUSS SET IS mi mcncAi bv kew mm Bedford Hills, N. Y. A compact and efficient wireless receiving and sending apparatus, Invented recently by Dr. II. Barrlnger Cox, of this place, Is to be lent to one of the foreign pow ers for use In the trenches, according to announcement of the Inventor, The device, which may bo strapped round the waist and deftly hidden by the folds of a cloak so m to bo invis ible to an unsuspecting person. Is in reality a "vest-pocket" wireless sp Daratua. a complete as any. The sending spperatu comIsU of a box in which are Ave dry ceils ana vibrator. Tbeeloctrle pulsations are started by tapping telegraph key, and the current, which the doctor ays Is modified with a hidden transformer of his own invention, sends out It messages in waves, long and abort The equivalent to a half watt, or one- eightieth m much- as is required xor the ordinary electric light bulb Is the amount of electricity necessary. From tho box proJecU a wire In warfare use this wire is tarried down the leg of the soldier and con nected with a metal plate or spur in the shoe. The receiving instrument consists of a drum about which la a coil of wires. On top of this Is a Mm deflector. It ha a pair of ear-piece such m Is worn by telephone operator. Dr. Cox can send and receive mee- ssgee by this instrument over a dis tance of 18 miles. When be desires to receive a mossago be raises his cane. Stock frriaoge 0c& Overworked. N Vnrk Kn tremendous ha been the volume of trading on the stock ex change this week that several prom inent brokerage houses announced that they were considering tho advisability of asking the board of governors of tha avphanira ta dhclaro MotldaV full holiday. In order to give their over worked clerks a rest. Many nrms nave haan nhllirait to work their forces dsy and night In om house two clerks were taken away In an ambulance in an exhausted condition. The exchange governors, when sp- ai.haii an tha aublect of closinBT the exchange, maintained that they had no right to cut off the security business of the country on- such short notice. The promise u held out, however, that should th,e great volume of trad ing continue next week, the declara tion of a sDecial stock exchange holi day would be considered. Chicago Under Sunday Lid. Chicago Mayor Thompson, in a mMssge to the city council, announced that the owners of all saloons In Chl i haraafter would ha forced to obey the state law, which provides that they remain closed on bunasy. ine mayor ordered the city collector to nntlf In wrltine- all narsons holding licenses for saloons that they must comply with the requirements or tne state law. For many years owner of alnnna In Chlcaoro have defied the state law governing their operation on sunaay. Allies' Loan Ready to Sign. Kaw York Tha contract' for the 1500,000,000 credit losn to Great Brit ain and France probably will be signed Wedneeday by the members of ths Anglo-French commission and J. P. Morgan ft Co., ajrents in the United Statu I-nnt Readlnff I CXDected to sign for Great Britain and Ernest Mal let probably will sign for the French MHmiiumL Pranaratl'na alaa will be made to cloee the underwriters' books, whUh will proMDiy m a one soon. ; OREGON STATE HEWS New Coal Era Is Seen. ' Euffsne The completion of the Wil lamette-Pacific railroad from Coos Bay to Eugene will change the character of fuel burned In the Willamette valley, is the opinion of Judge John 8. Coke, of Marshflsld, who arrived here to pre side In Circuit court cases in which Jodire G. F. Sklpworth Is disqualified by reason of previous association or personal Interest It wlU be possible to ship coal to Eugene to be sold cheaper than wood when mining development now under way Is completed and the new branch Una of tM Southern racins is in operation between the coal fields and this city, be said. Judge Coke declare thst the South ern Pacific and other Interests are preparing to open mines on a large scale. At tM Beaver Hill mine, owned bv the railroad, a dents) of (2.000 feet on a 82-degrM slope baa been reached. be announced. Judge Coke sees a wonderful future for bis home county. "With ontv water transportation. excepting the recently oonstructed timber road, a community of 10,000 people baa grown up around Marsn fleld." he stated. "We bare the har bor, timber, eoai and dairying, an on usual combination of reeoorces. "Harbor Improvement at Coos Bsy, renresentlng tM inveetment of $700,. 000, has just been completed. TM district raised 1800,000 by bonding, and about f 100,000 was contributed by tn-lvate subscription. We now have 31 feet of water inside the harbor at or dinary high tide and feet of water on tha bar at ordinary high tide." Banks Report Gains. Cl.l.m BinU awarth af btulnaas ritirlnv tha naat two months and an early return to normal conditions are indicated lit tM report or superintend ent of Banks Sargent, showing the condition of bank In Oregon at the eloM of business September t last In the combined statement of the 176 atata hanka and 88 national banka in the stats comparisoM with correspond ing ogures or a year ago point n a general financial Improvement Altlurnvh tha total demand denoaita of at! banks In tha state, including bal ances due to other banks, snow a de crease of I8.21M76.65 for the year, there has been a ateady increase dur ing the last three months. The state ment just Issued shows gain of 818,638.12, since tho statement of June 23 last Time and savings depoalts continue tt armor anil how fah a Brand total of $37,620,873.17. an IncreaM of $2, 379,672.88 since the statement . of September a year ago. Rediscounts with the Federal re serve bank amount to 8140,816.20, having increased only $36,625.67 since lbs June cell. Other rediscounts ana hllla navahla are nntuuallv high at this time of tho year, amounting to $2, 633,430.80. According to Superin tanrfant Sarrent. thia Is becauM farm ers apparently are holding thslr crops fornSgber prices. - The national banka of "the atate now have an investment of $461,788 84 In the stock of the Federal Reserve hank anJ ara famiiw raeerva bal ances with that institution amount ing to $1,464,609.41. ' Governors Are to Attend. . Salem Governor Withycombe will be present at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition at the North Portland Union Stockyards, probably several days, but certainly December 9, for. that date has been set aside a "Governor's Day," and in addition to tha Oregon executive it Is expected that the governors of at least three other Western states will bo In attend ance. , - "'.''" - Arwdln to advices received by Governor Withycombe from O. M. Plummer, general manager oi tne ex- j position. Governor Lister, of Washing ton and fSavarnor Alexander, of Idaho. have accepted Invitations. It is also expected that uovernor ssiewars, oi Montana, will attend. Governor Kend rick, of Wyoming, also may be on hand, and perhaps Governor , Hunt, of Arlions. . l"' "Z Phone Company Replies. , " K.tam AlWincr that section 8- of the public utilities act, referring to common-user rscuiiies, procedure a inn nf biialneaa. is in violation of the state and Federal constitutions, the Pacifle Telephone ft Telegraph company has Clod with tne ruouc Sarvira Mmmlaalon ita answer to the complaint of tho Public Service League and others of Portland. With the Home Telephone & . Telegraph com pany, tho Pacifle la defendant in a mmnlalnt to force an interchange of telephone service in Portland. Horse Kicks Child in Face. Pandlaton With her face and skull In K tha hnnf (if a horse she had attempted to pet little 4-year-old . . . i v . . O. A Bessie Aiaaaen wa orougut i tu thony's hospital here from Hermlston Wednesday by her parent. An opera tion wm performed and although the child'a condition is dangerous hopes are held for her recovery. After try ing vainly to have tne norse ioww ue head the -child walked around and pulled It tail. Commercial Club to Reorganize. Corvallis The Corvallia Commer cial club has started a campaign to re organise under the plan adopted by the Portland Chamber of uommerce ana Salem Commercial club. H. V. Chase, who reorganised the Portland and Salem clubs, is here to take charge. WORLD'S DOINGS OF CU1BITVEEK Brief ttsszz cf General News frcnAlArcrJtte&rtl (mm wikm n a mw Live News Items of A3 Nations and Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. The allies are making a fierce fight for tho second German Um in the West. The Southern Pacific Is sending 400 aara to various lumbering points in Oregon In responM to demand. Anothar allda has blocked the Pana ma canal and the opening of tM ditch will M oelayea untu uctooer iu. Kaarle three aAJTe rjeraons lost their lives in hurrtcaM which also caosed immense property damage at New Or leans. William Ktaala ' avad 81. and Mr. Artata Coldan. eared 78. obtained fi marriage licenae and were married at Salem, Or. . " A raieh of 1ST.S walruses Is reported by the stoamer Corwln. The bides are (n mat aafnand In Eaatarn ammuni tion factories for burnishing shrapnel Raakalehawan. Canada, fanners won first and second prse in competition for tha best bushel of wheat at tha International Soil Product Exposition at Denver. ... , ,... A Portland. Ore on. man. in a fit of laughter, dislodged his falae teeth and (Ka artificial maatieatora lodsed in his throat. It required a physician to re move tM molars. :. Thraa linera have been added to the flaat of tM Tove Kiaen Kaisha Steam ship company and will be put into the trans-Pacific trade between racinc Coast point and ths Orient. . , A haaw hail Storm Draetically ruin ed the winter apple crop In the vicin itv of RoawelL N. M. The damage Is aatlmatad at 1200.000. Packing wss to have begun soon in the larger orch ard. - Tha inoJnaion of the Missouri. K an sa A Texa railroad, which recently went into a receivership, makes toe mileage of railways in the. United States in tha hands of receiver greater than ever before. A aamt-nfflfial dlaMtch received at Amatantam from Berlin MVS all the nhawintinna to the third German war loan, which amounted to 12,000.000,- 000 marks (X3,OOU,WU,uw), represent mw money. No conversions are in cluded. Tha Tvmdnn Mornina Post's Berne correspondent says he learns from Munich that T. St. John Gaffwy. the American consul general in Munich, after conferring with Sir Roger Case ment, ha decided to resign and go on a lecture tour in the United States on behalf of Germany. rvwaana In Hawaii are training with in tha hoM of being able to free Core from Japan, accord i.... Miia Sadia K Barrett, a mis sionary to Hawaii, who addressed the National Convention of the Women's Home Missionary Society of the Meth odist Episcopal church in Seattle. Germany declare she aeea the goal of her ambition. Tha Rrltlah admiralty has loaned a number of submarines to tho Russiana. TTnltad Ktatea sends artillery to Mexican border to repel further raids of bandit. Tha Washington government has made a final request that Dr. Dumb be recalled. '; - n- .v.-. ,ni Jnhn ft. Watmouirh. of Philadelphia, his hired girl falls helrtolOO,oou. A Walla Walla. Wash., ffirl takes dce of poison for headache, in dark. which proves ratal. F tha flrat time in hiatorv. Chinese shipbuilders are competitor of the European yaws, a sieamamp wm nnto rhanuMn haa ordsred three steamer to be delivered in Copen hagen In 1916 ana Ji7. ine placing of this order in China Is due to the unusual pressure in the home yards. Tha Mnnlrh Poat. aecOrdinaT tO ' U Overseas News Agency, has received a report from Switzerland that Pope Benedict ia preparing a circular letter to the belligerents asking for a gen eral trace on All Souls day. The Pon tiff asked that the truce be dedicated to the memory of the soldier who have perished in the war. Society women in Par! have en listed In the war and are driving army ambulances, using their own oars. Tha tilir loan to Britain and France, which was negotiated in this country, hss been made, however," the amount is $500,000,000, instead of om billion. i first stated. Jnhn Unlr'l famooa clock. Which, in addtion to keeping time, awoke him in the morning by tipping ms nea, win become the property of the University of Wisconsin at the close of the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Muir invent ed the clock many years ago. . RUSSIAN ARTILLERY RETREATING BEFORE GERMANS The railways were not equal to torlons German armies, ana many tnousanas mane meir way nnnn r TURKISH x U it ;H HIV ym. wm wmwprt, ijuijiji iuiihiiiii.his. - - r f ' ! j - A I .111! t f I V lSt e Is S ,i yht. t, stwlevr in the arhlah city of Chanafc. which was Btterly wrecked by ncirn araimct PnicnijmiQ HAQPQ I PERISCOPE OF A SUBMARINE (HOICU rtUrtJIIOI mm it'ja.'- i.. J 4 i,'-..k'Ww,,'r ft ' ,v WW V -HT. Brv Bquad of French artillerymen within firing range of the Germans wearing their antlpolsonousgas mssiis. r, , ,-.-.-.-y. -- u,j,.nr, n r.r TAKEN FROFi.1 WARSAW BY RUSSIANS i "V 1 i : j Zi V L n m ni . v-.; , , , CTTT-.W' i -- Before the Russians abandoned Warsaw they gathered l0th" Vh'1 metal they could find. Including Mils, boiler, lead piping and lead roofing, toeui tcey .uttable for the making of ammunitloa Is U1U CajTB It v" . heoomlng IncreasinAly scarce In Kurope. st( . jr. ! . t . ' if the task of carrying all the Russian TOWN RUINED BY SHELL FIRE I I - .-wv i KJ t- aM ijt r.-ilH'" 1 - ! I wlwuituww wnwa.w St V a e,.v' . "' ofeWN J 4 iimj 4 ' ' " ij Tiifirii i'li n "1 . . ; . . troops In their retreat before ths vie- .1 r i 'v 1 i f 4 Me J An unusual photograph showing the interior of a British submarine oper ating in the war lone. IThe 'oHlcer In command is looking through the. perk scope for possible frey. ; " U Sr i . e Pot ChryssntMafMims- ji,' . All of the single and pompon sorts are excellent for' pot -"coKuire, and quite a few of these do weU.aa slnglo- . 4 stem sorts, as long as you are not too particular as 'to tfiS'size' 6f lowers, v. People usually care more for the rn- I ersl effect of a plant In a pot than for the Individual flower. Don't bverJ not nlanta: rather feed a- little more : and pay tha very ie$ kttetjtion-to the watering, for you wahf 'plants" with as much foliage down to the pot as it is possible to have".", AttenoT to th suk- f tag; so much depends oh this It you 4 want a shapely plant. ; One stake in the center answers nicely for hied lufai I sired ones, but even her jt,i: often t better to make us of three or. dye; smaller stakes and properly' spread V the branches. It will add 60 per cout, x to the good looks of the plant anJ ' " that, after all. Is what counts. Prosperous Island. The lalsnd of Hombloa Is, for its.,. f siae, one of the most jirosperous Sad thrifty of ths Philippine falands. it population is 'about--S5;o00.-'It has thrM profitable indurtrles which yield good annual return to the-Jjxople'vj after paying for the principal food' staple of the peej.19 rl xwh!ch is l.relv imported. Cepr. he rar-.,,. ble. and hurt hats are the cij which account for most of tSe-ft.-; . t prosperity. , - -