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WESTON'' BAD JILL . ' '. v. ... ; f. I VOL. XXXV. WESTON", OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVE5CBEH 12, 1015. NO. 21. WORLD'S DOINGS OFXURiltNT WEB Brief itene of General News freni AJI Arcnd the Earth. Uv8 News Items of Ail Nations and . Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. Cml Britain U considering laws to enforce domeeti economy. Lord Nortbellffe predict erlal la America, titer the European wu la war It la declared that Amarlea la far behind ethar nallona in giving aid to tbe Velgtane. A large meteor falla naar CI Can tro, Cal.. causing shock almllar to an earthquake. Tha new pramlar of Greece giv e- aorancaa to Ua alllaa that bar neutral Ity will ba tlncar! benevolent. A girl etodent of Berkeley college discovered tba art of living on good dlat at coat of only II eanta da. Portland polleo have discovered that woman burglar haa baan operating In tba faablonabla Nob Hill residence dis trict. ' Eight Amarlean soldier on tba Mai lean border art fired en from ambush. Tbroa Angara of ona aoldlar war abot away. ... After being a fugitive for 19 yaara man aged 80 yaara In Spring (laid, III. baa cotifaaaad to tba rfaarga of murder. Msdford. Ore., voters d rested par Ingbondaoff 1.030,000 by 101. Pour Un bundrad and aavantr-alsbt rot at war east. Tha plight of tba Sarblan army la aald to ba mora areata alnc tba Car. man and Austrlane have gatnad an In road to Coelnllropl. Tba board of health of Naw York City eatlmatea that it would eott 385,000 to exterminate tba mosquito pest within IU bordar a. . , Waablngtoa team that Meslco la returning to normal condition, and law and ardor ara raatorad In tha largar ciliaa under Carranaa control. A Bucharest dispatch by way of Geneva aaya that 60,000 Albanlana ara preparing to attack tha Serbian in tha rear at Monaatir and Prlsrend. The coronation eervele of tba 12 2d , ruler of Japan. Yoshihito, war bald In Kioto. Japan. Wednesday, attend ad by myatle and Impraaalre ceremony. Pearls valued at nearly 1100.000 werw etoten from the strongbox on tha French Line ateamer Rochsmbeau. just before bar arrival in Naw York on November I last. Spokane by an Initiative measure. moose to reduce the city eommls- eioners' aalarlaa from $6000 a year to 13000. It.eeems the measure will meet Utile opposition. , New York policemen are to be fur nished rifles and trained In marksman ship. The purpose is to make them rod marksman in case their services are needed in national defense. Miss Ellen Gates Starr, founder of Hull House, Chicago, waa placed under arrest, with others, on a charge or dis orderly conduct while picketing the tailoring plant whose employes went on strike. w " ' 1 "Health cars," from which alt win dows bare been removed to permit free ventilation, have been ao popular after brief trial on the elevated road, in Chicago, that tbey are to be tried on the surface Una. A British steamer, believed to be the Rio Lags, i off Halifax, N. 8. V .,,,..--': A piece of apple which lodged In tha throat of a 8 year-old lad of Richland, Ore., caused bis death. Both Democrats and Republicans are claiming viotory In Kentucky. Fraud Is charged and recount la likely. New York antl-suffraglsts have de cided to keep a lobby In Washington, D. C, during the nest session of con- grass.,,. ,,: German aircraft make an attack on a British merchantman, using bombs and a machine gun. No damage is re ported. .,., ..' .. . t Reports from New York show that diamonda ara becoming plentiful in this country, ' owing to the fact that many European, are selling their pre cious stones. A ripple of Joy and exeitement was manifest In monkeydom at tha Oaks park, Portland, recently, when baby monkey was born. The new addition is said to be worth 1500. The entire Greek cabinet has re signed and it ta predicted that the Chamber will be dlisolved. Tb na tion is facing a crista and the future aeems to rest with the king. A newspaper writer Just home from the seat of war declare that both sides are "pinched i" Russia la in tha throe of revolution; Germany needs more men, and England la asleep. DOMIC ISOUSf IUD win oppose culhsc ntooiui Washington, D. C Representative Claude Kitchen, Democrstle leader of the house, told President Wilson Wednesdsy, after a long eonference with him, that be could not support the administration's program for Na tional defenss and that he would op pose the program In a personal capa city only and not as a majority leader, Mr. Kitchen waa with the President more than an hour, during which Mr. Wilson outlined to blm the army and navy plans for the next aeaslon of con gress and for tba next Ave yeara, and sought to Influence the majority leader to be In harmony wltb them. "All I ran say." aald Representa tive Kitchen, as be left the White House, "I that 1 very much regret that 1 eannot support the President' National defense program. The plana do not meet with my convictions, par ticularly with reference to the navy, I shall make it a clear exposition of my views aa soon as congress convene. In a speech In the house," be replied. 'Of course, I shsll not attempt to op pose . the program aa uia majority leader, but merely In my personal parity." Mr. Kitchen aald be thought it proo- able that the majority would favor the defense progrsm. SENATOR LEE S. OVERMAN OREGON STATE HEWS SffiDS NAVY ORDER ByWiRHxSSPiiOaE 1 enater Lee 8. Overmen, chairman of the eenate rulse committee and one of the administration's leaders In ths senate, haa anneunoad himself aa a supporter of a program for military preparedneee. .. li&h RoUeou in Speed, 3 Assails Great Bntam s Pciky London The debate on the conduct of the war and the censorship waa sumed In the bouse of lords late Wednesday. Earl Loreburn, former high chancellor, brought up the eub- Summary Government Crop Report for Oregon and U. S, Washington, D. C A summary of preliminary estimate of crop prodoe tlon and price, for the state of Ore gon and for tha United Slate. piled by the bureau of crop estimates. and transmitted through the Weather Bureau, U. 8. Department of Agricul ture, la aa follows: WHEAT State: Estimate thia year, 17,864,000 bushels; final estlmste Isst year, 18,804,000; price November 1 to producers, 84c; year ago, 9oc United States : Estimate this year, 1.002.000.000 bushels; final estimate last year, 891,000,000; November price 88.1c; year ago, 97.2c OATS State: Estimate this year 18,468.000 bushels; final estlmste last year 12,740,000; price November 1 producers 88c; year ago 40c, United States: Estlmste this year Is 1.817,000,000 bushels; final estl mste last year, 1,141,000,000; Novem ber 1 price, 84.9c) year ago, 4Z.V. BARLEY Stele: Estimate this year, 4,788,000 bushels; final estimate last year, 8,860,000; price November 1 to producers, 82e; year ago, 80c. United States: Estlmste this year, 236, 68 2. 000 bushels; final estimate last year, 184,968,000; November price, 60.1e; year ago, 61.7c POTATOES State: Estimate this year, e.izo.ooo posbsis; nnaj estimate last year, 4,768,000; price November 1 to producers, 62c bushel; year ago, 64c United State: Estimate this year. 869,000.000 bushel; final estlmste last year, 408.921,000; November 1 price, 68.8c; year ago, 62.8c APPLE3 State: Estimate thia year, 1,040,000 barrels, final eat 1 mate last year, 1.134,000; price October 16 to producer. 88e bushel; year ago, 70c United States: Estimate thia year, 76.700,000 barrela; final estimate year. 84.400,000 barrela; price Octo ber 16 to producer. 62.14 barrel; year ago, 11.79. More detailed data concerning crop production, quality, and price will be published In the "Monthly Crop Re port" of the U. S. Department of Ag riculture. . Big Timber Deal Is Reported From Eastern Oregon Section PrlnevSlle The development of the lumber Industry In Central Oregon expected to cause an Immense Increase In the business and population in PrineviUe, Reliable information con firm, the rumor that the Roger Yoo mans Lumber company baa practically I completed it trsds with the United State government, by which the lum ber company will exchange a Urge amount of scattered lands and get solid block of about 40.000 acre of valuable timber In what la known as tbe Ochoco forest reserve. The company will have In the neigh borhood of 800.000.000 feet, which will have to be milled within 20 years and will necessitate immediate con struction of a sawmill and railroad. Two mill sites are under consideration, one of which le in PrineviUe, which the business men of' PrineviUe no doubt will donate to the company, and the other Is about 20 mi lea above PrineviUe on the Ochoco river. - v Pension Allowed Widow, Salem The claim of Mrs. Basel McCune, whose husband, Claude Mc Cune, waa killed In Portland August ject, declaring that be took this action 20, while he waa in the employ of the owing to his belief mat tbe Marquis or Shaver Transfer company, haa been Lansdowne, the . minister without portfolio, bsd not made adequate reply to arguments of Viscount Morley. Esrl Loreburn spoke of what he termed tbe misadventures of the Ant werp expedition, the loss of Rear Ad miral Sir Christopher Cradock'i squad ron.' the Dardanelles operations and the Balkan expedition. The speaker aald he bad been told two months am that 18,000.000 men had been killed or disabled for life and that multitudes hsd been added to this number since and that if the conflict continued indefinitely "revolution or anarchy" might follow In Europe. Lord Loreburn. who criticised tbe South African war, oddly enough aettled by . the State Industrial Acci dent Insurance commission. The widow la 21 years old and 1 to provide for her at the rate of SS0 a month throughout the period of her expect ancy of 41 yews, the commission set aside 17281 at 4 per cent interest. If Mrs. McCune lives 41 yeara and doea not remarry aha will receive $14,935 from the state. One daughter, aged 4, will receive $6 a month until aha is 16 yeara old, $661.11 being set aside for thia purpose, ;, , Ask Swine Breeders' Aid. Oregon awlne breeders can help the found bimaelf supported by Viscount problem of good breeding stock for Mllner, former high commissioner for South Africa, who waa one of those largely responsible for the South Afri can war, girla and boy of the pig clubs by sending to the club leader at O. A. C, Corral lis, a list of brood sows and gilt that they have for sale. This Army Wsnts No Miners. . should also help the breeders find a London Official notice baa been market for their surplus breeding posted In all coal mines stating that 'r- n :,i j 7Z. ZZl7Z . . , . . " . by the agent h will send them to club such ' large number of miner have al-1 g,,,,, mak!ng lnqu!rlea. Lists "" r ---ri-y .hould be detailed enouirh to give in- eoal, which is or national interest, t.ndnlr 1.- . iaa of the oual- ity and other necessary points, father pure breda or high grades may be listed for sale. Address lists to L. J. Allen, Pig Club Leader, O. A. C, Cor vallia, Ore. . the supply which is of national interest, seriously affected." Hereafter eoal miners offering themselves as recruits ill be accepted only on condition that they continue to work in the mines un til called upon. ' "The miners, one and all, must remember." the notice reads, that upon their efforts the success 01 the country depends no lesa than upon the men who serve with the forces." First Alssksn Trsln Run. Seward. Alaska Tha first train over the government's Alsskan railroad ran Wednesday between Seward and una Twenty-Nina, carrying passengers, msil and freight destined to the JUi ta red. From Mile Twenty-Nine the travelers will go Into the Interior by dog tearaT" The portion of the road placed in operation was part of the old Alaska Central, taken over by tha government and rehabilitated. May Send Oisplsy to Portland. Hood River According to plana an nounced to member of tb Commer cial club by C. N. Ravlin, the huge apple displayed by the Hood River Commercial club In the Palace of Hor ticulture at the Panama-Facifia Ex position, may b placed on permanent display in Portland. Through a large window in one side of the apple, wbtcn stands sbout 13 feet high, is shown a panorama view of the Hood River val ley with Mount Hood In the back ground. Tbe Columbia river in the foreground la shown. tciinentfcreshrVsDjyc kzzzzis to fleets. SICHTASY CA.u35 TALKS TO C stMtJi Other Stations Overbear tad Copy Conversation Every-Day Desk Phone Used by Speaker Washington, D. C Secretary Dan iels transmitted Saturday the first naval order ever sent by wireless tei- epbone to Rear Admiral Leber at the New York nary yard. - From bis desk In the Nsvy depart ment, the secretary talked to the com mandant of the New York navy yard by way of the big government radio tower at Arlington and ordered a re port 00 repairs to tbe dreadnought New York, Navy officials aay the aeeompliah- meot brliura eloaer the day when the COUNT CXUMA In a message to the International peace cenareee et San Franc toco. Count Okuma, Japanese premier, 1 elered there waa no hope far peace 'aa long as there exist natlona or In-' dlvlduale who believe or exalt them-; aelvea ee abeolutely auperlor to others. and to assert that auperlerlty do net heeltate to appeal to material fereea.1 secretary of th navy may ait at bia deek in Washington and talk to the fleet commanders all over the world. Secretary Daniels transmitted this verbal order, which waa taken down bv a stenographer in Admiral Usher's office and aeknwledged verbally by the admiral himself. Rear Admiral Usher, commi dant. New York navy yard : Report aa soon aa practicable after the arrival of the New York bow soon can ue re pairs required be completed. Navy wire lees station in all parte of tbe country were eavesdropping to catch the conversation. While Secre tary Daniela waa still talking with Admiral Usher, the Charleston. S. C station telesraphed that the order bad been overheard and copied there. Tbe instrument used waa the regular desk telephone on Mr. Daniela' deek. It carried the sound to tha great Arl ington, Virginia, radio station, where the transfer waa made automatically bv delicate mechanism and the voices of the speakers hurled out into the air to be audible thousands of mile away by tha radio operator, whose est hap pened to be turned to the right pitch and who waa listening. ; To all appearances it waa an ordin ary long-distance telephone conversa tion. No effort waa made to subdue the hum cf voicea In Secretary Dan iel' office, and apparently the noise did not affect the clearness of the voices aa heard in New York. RepU to Questions came back instantly and with little need for repetitiona. Greek Premier Resigns. London King Constantino baa again offered the premiership to M. Zaimia, who had resigned on the defeat of his ministry in the chamber, according to Reuter dispatch from Athena, as. Zalmls refused to accept the offer and council of ministers waa called, the dispatch adds. M. Zaimia refused to retain the poet, the correspondent aaya, originally. Although he bad provis ionally accepted the premiership to 1 the aituation, be waa determined. he declared, to abstain from taking an active part In internal politic. Philippine Official Quits. Baltimore General Clinton L, Rigga, of thia city, a member of the Philippine commission and secretary of commerce and police, announced that he had resigned his post and that his resignation had been accepted by the President, General Rigga aaid that he took thia step because be found it Impossible to submit my views and ' actions to the apparent wishes of the administration, ss ex pressed by the governor general." INGENIOUS DEVICE USED BY THE FRENCH 33V 1 , - f , ' J t y- z - - Ai - 3v:sf- 3' 1-3? haVi7 x :K- U fry ii ih-' . V3 3 ... t2.:,.rr XBMOaS-J r, .yMrS . I' tut -.. m,- Tb Inienlous device here shown waa constructed for use ot the French army. It 1 rotary anti-aircraft mitrailleuse mounted on a cartwheel and supported on a J nJL'nj. J-u-u.L-L1-L-L--u-L-,n-,rir,-tJ- FRENCH BATTERY IN THE ARGONNE REGION t 1- ' r2A mr? a it,,,. 1 11. ... r ' , f J 1 J . 4 aft French mitrailleuse battery ta the Argonne region, well concealed and firing on the enemy. GETTING THE RANGE OF THE GERMANS f 4" ' J. - , V Sri,; " ' - - ; i l li ... .'3l hllh.ll immUiM ) )VM .n fs.sWaya D.f.i,k v...tinn Allien with a ranxe-finder noting; the elevation at """"" . .. .. r. .u, r. which the guns must be area to striae me pwmiuu u m TAKEN TO ENGLAND TO RECUPERATE 3 J Many wounded East Indiana are taken to Bournemouth, England, to re- euperate. A boatload of them is here showa going ashore SIR PERTA3 SINGH r I 13 V" r aA" : i Voyal to the empire, the East In-, dlana are doing their full share to ward winning final victory tor the en tente allies in the great war. Early in the war when the expeditionary forces were being mobilised and equipped, Sir Fertab Singh, a seventy year-old Indian prince who bad seoa active service In the past, organised . and equipped at hie own expeass al most an army corps of his subject and offered both himself and his mea to King George. Sir Fertab Slsgh ha, distinguished himself with his com mand with the British . forces la France. j A Terrible Thought "I ,ee when a man runs for oEe he has to put hUnself in the baas of his friends.' j "Yes, my dear." i "It a woman raa woo! 4 she bar to put herself ta the tmit of her woman friends 7" "I snppose so." "Well, 1 don't lrrsr'ne r"T wool en will run. Ttlr.k et (, . I 'ci. chances?" Louisville OUa-f-J, J nal.