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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1915)
Weston EADER WESTON, OICEaON, FEXDAY, DECEMBEIl 17, 1915. . NO. i G. VASMTOli DRY MEASURE UPHELD liyizt Tribunal Hands Dowa Unanlmoas Dedsloo. 1 COOff IS ICTT ONE lYK fin) Decision Upholds Woman Suffrage tnd Recall Also-Main Objec tions Fully Disposed Of. Olmypla, Wash. Weahlngton'a pro hibition law waa upheld onafllmoualy by tit Supreme court Friday and will becoma effective January 1. " Tba decision, Uia longest over filed la tha history tba court, containing 11,100 word, not only validate the Initiative prohibition measure but ' alaa apeelfleelly uphold tba InltiatWa . and referendum amendment to tba con otltutloo against the lataat and most weighty of tba objection brought against It. Tba affect of tba decision la to ad Judicata for all time tba validity of tba direct leg Walton amendment. Since tba earn) objection urged against tba Initiative and referendum emend merit, that of Insufficient publl cation, could be urged equally against tha woman tu (Trace and recall amend ateota, tba reel effect of tha declelon aleo la to uphold theee addltlona to tha constitution. Tba majority opinion waa written by Jodre F.mmett N. Parker, with Chief Justice George K. Morria and Jodgee O. a Elite a H. Holeomb, John K. Mela and Walla)' Moo tit concurring. There are no d I Meriting opinion, but Jodge 8. J. Chad wick note, In a e p areto opinion, that be doea not follow tba reasoning of tha majority, but yield his Judgment and concurs In the result "not because It la tha law aa I bad understood It. bat because it baa bean ao declared by a competent trl .... banal." - ": ' ' Jodga If. A. Fullerton notea tbatlte doe not follow the majority lesson ing, but concur In tba result and will Bis a separate opinion later rather then postpone further lbs filing of the decision. . . v: ' ' Briefly, tba 8opreme court decide that it cannot, and will not, notice ad mitted Irregularities la connection wltb tba publication both of the inl Mali and referendum amendment and tba prohibition law, which, though atlpulated by counsel In tba ease, do not appear s pert of tha official state record and are not mattar of common notoriety. This dispose of tba main abjection. Tba court than decides that any question of interference with Inter sute commerce la settled by tha Webb Kenyon act of eongrees of 1913, di vesting intoxicating liquor of It In terstate character, and that tba privLI agea In regard to aala and prescription of liquor granted to pharmacist and physician do not constitute such dis crimination aa to Invalidate tha act. Tha one crumb of comfort left for the "wet" la that the court, did not paaa on any constitutional question raised from the consumers' standpoint, the court stating specifically that since this waa an Injunction action to-pe-vent enforcement of tha act only quoa lona Involving property right could bo considered. . - jbsica Egtts Brings Senate Storm. Washington, D. C Tha long-ex-pocted storm In congT over tha ad ministration conduct of tha defense of American right on tha aeaa broke Saturday when Senator Hoke Smith, Democrat, demanded an Investigation of Croat Britain's interference with neutral trade and Senator Lodge, Re publican, replied with a demand that any investigation include tha loaa of American Uvea. '.$ ,V . "Tba body of an Innocent child, floating dead on tba water, tha victim of destruction of an unarmed vaasel, la to ma a mora poignant and mora tragic spectacle than an unsold bala of cotton," declared the Massachusetts senator, , : " -' ' Men Cling to Launch. ' South Band, Wash. Word reached bare Saturday of the heroic struggle made by Captain C 0. Reed and Mate Cut, of tba flahlng launch Alrdale, of Bay Canter, during a storm In which both nearly lost their Uvea and were rescued. , They bad left South Bend Tuesday night with a load of IS metal tank of gasoline for a fish-packing plant at Bay Canter. . Thay ware a abort die tanca from the flab company' wharf at Bay Center when tha oil tanks were lost and tha launch filled. Fruit Scarcity Predicted. ICinua Citv Plum and cherries may become scarce in the United State aa a result or the curopean war. setts-dlna- to renorta riven here by speakers at the 26th annual conven tion of too western Association m Nurserymen. Import of plum and eberry seedlings, grown chiefly in 'Eu rope, bava boon cut off by the war. The association, it la aald, represent mora than one-half of the nursery bus iness of tha nation. ami coNSUun attach ai TOSCO MED Cfl 2 OTIS San Francisco Baron George Wll balm von Brlncken, an attache of tba German consulate here! C. C Crowley, a detective employed by tba consulate. and lira. Margaret W. Cornell, a aa cret agent In Crowley' employ, were Indicted late Tueaday by the United States rrand Jury oo two count each. Tha first count charged conspiracy to Interfere with and destroy commerce between tha several state of the Union and foreign countries; the aee m aiiwad us of tha malla to Incite arson, MaM I nation and murder. Ball waa Died at iwoo lor aaea count In the three Indictment. Coon- l tnm tha AmtanndmntM. all of Whom bad been arrested previously on com- . I M .L.I. miseioner a warrenia, promisea appearance in court. Iiaron von Brlncken and Crowety were previously charged Intbeeom- mlaelonar'a warrant wita we ore GEORGE C CAROTHERS aero C Carol he re, special agent of the elate aeosrf 4 mUM tko Via. list fereea, aide fair to adg one anare difficulty to the piutile feeing the United ttetea In Mexloe. Oea Arvare Obreoen hss protected te Oenerel Cae re nra, saying that Mr. Carothera "la dangerous to the tranquillity of .the d facte gevemment" count and have bean at liberty on 10,- 000 ball, while Mr. Israeli, erresieo aa detained wltneea, gave 11000 bail The overt act set out In the Indict ment purporting to eueetantlato tha chargea against tba indicted persons ..I mU known, hut it waa said that tba government la In poaeeaaion of ell tha necessary aocumeniarj -dance to support the charge. ( Oregon and Wasbisgtea Kcs Incomes Washington. D. C. Tha richest par- Ih nnsnn ha an annual income of from 1300,000 to 1400,000, one other Individual has an income oi iron $150,000 to 1200,000, five bava In come between 76,00O and $100,000, 10 with Incomes from 160,000 to 175, 000. and 10 b twaan $40,000 and $60,- 000. - .- : -, "?-.'.. Washington baa one cltiaen of a big ger income than that of Oregon' rich est, for tha largest income tax paid in Washington ia on an Income that ex ceeds $500,000 per year. Washington also has two cltlaena wltb income from $260,000 to $300,000, one rrom $160,000 to $200,000, and 10 drawing $76,000 to $100,000. These figure are found in the an nual report of tba commissioner of In ternal revenue. . Araba Beaten by British. - London Tha defeat of an Arab band in an enmurement with a British ra- eonnoltarmg partJ on tha Sinai Penin sula ia announced in an omciai siew ment issued in Cairo, Egypt, eaye a Reuter dispatch. Tha dispatch fol lows: "A band of 800 hostile Araba waa routed Saturday by a British re connolterlng force in tha vicinity of Matrah, on tba Sinai Peninsula.. Tha Arabs, 85 of whom were killed and seven captured, were driven eastward. rtriH.h casualties wer 16 killed and three officers and 16 men wounded." Sober New Year Asked. Vnrk Kn atl-ntrht DerrniU for the aala of liquor for New Year ave will be granted in me metropolis wa year, it Mayor Mitchell compllea with a request made Tuesday by the board of, directors of the Anti-Saloon League. Tba league eaye tha practice ought to be discontinued "when tha die tresses Incident to tha war bang like a pall over ao large a proportion of the civltlied world." Meteor Kills Three Dogs. Dawson, T. T. Three doge driven by Andrew Johnaon, a telegraph Una .r. killed hv a plant meteorite which fell on tha Yukon telephone line near Nablln. south or Atn, accoruing to word reaching hero. Johnson, who wa traveling 60 feet behind tha ani mals, waa stunned for several hour aa a rwult of tha impact The meteorite made a hole almost 60 feet In diameter. !U. S. SENDS PERT NOTE TO AUSTRIA Washington taimkalioa Is Brief and to PciaL am m case ens attisucs Assurances of Safety b Americans In Future Is Demanded To Avoid Controversy Is Aim. Wuhinrtim- D. C Tba United States baa sent to Austria-Hungary a note asking far a disavowal of tba submarine attack on Ue Italian liner Aneona, assurances that such an act wiU not be repeated, eome degree of nuniahmant for tba commander of the submarine and reparation for tba Amerleaa Uvea lost. Tha communication waa aent from w. atmtm ibKrimait to Ambaasador Penneld at Vienna, who waa Instructed to hand It to tba Aoatro-Hfngarlan Minister of foreign An sirs, sinn Burlan. rrlendty but Arm terms, It la aald, characterize tba document, which la nnWtiil tit malra a nartlcular Doint of prompt assurances for tba future safety of American uvea. juui II ungery baa never informed tha Uni ted Statea whether tha commander of It submarines bad received instruc tion similar to those which the Ger ms, mnrnmant rave to Ita coBBmanv dare after tha Lositanla tragedy. v It la understood that u note re ferred particularly to tba charge that ball from a submarine killed or wounded eome paseengera on tba An eona after ana naa oaiieo, aim for aa explanation on that point. In dlacaeslng dispatching tba note Secretary Lansing acted with tba ap proval of President Wilson. It la aaid authoritatively that tba document, which is described a being compara tively brief end decidedly vigoroua In tone, waa ao drafted aa to attempt a settlement of ths controversy at once without bringing on a series of eom-tw-teatloeav eeeh ao - followed the sinking of the Lusitenla. High official ere said to be of the opinion that tba aituatloo la on which calls for grave consideration, the state of affairs having become more com plicated ainee the note waa dispatched by reports or attacaa on American on Mmiiw - in tha Mediterranean, presumably by Austrian submarine. Raff Ton ef Pert fcdcsssl " ' ; : . By Porltisd feed larlors tomHmwJI ' EImms hnndred and ninety-five pounds of diseased pork were eonaemnea inuruj uj hm tha r(( haalth office. pwvwa .w-m upon tba ground that tha meat showed tracee of cholera. a poxa was eoip- ped to COnstantina a maran irom a r.n.. t tha nam ef A. BlatL livinK In Clackamas county, it ia reported. - When " the port arrived at we max k., u. Pn.ntlna Aid not like the looks of the meat and called up the city haalth officer before he would ae- tk. kinmant An InsDector waa IU, M.j.MW.. sent to the market and declared tha pork to be dtceaaea, ao tha meat waa uin,fUui A mnort will be made to tha state food and dairy commissioner, Blatt living outatae too jurisuicuou w the city. ' Because of tha frequency of trichi nosis among Portland resident and four fataiitiee from tha disease, the nf tka lt health offiear WINB4IIIWMVII V. " may lead to an extensive investigation in the lino or porK ampmenie mi w .u rii. rf.t.fmvt and Hairv com missions will Investigate tha Blatt caaa. ' ' ' .. .' : All In City To Get Cheer. Pendleton, Or. Pendleton will bava two municipal Cbriatmaa traea, with preaanta for every child in tha city. A large choir or mtxea voices u prawn ing to sing Christmas carols Christmas in a erand sDectacla on Main street. One tree will be placed at the corner or Main and wort nreeis ana the other at tba corner of Main and Alta street. A program will be given and tba atrecta will be lined with ever-g-reens and red, white and blue cluster He-hta. Two dinnera are being ar ranged for tha poor. ; . . .. .53,886 Left by Beachey.! San Francisco Lincoln Beachey, tha young aviator who mat a spectacu lar death In tha bay off tbn exposition vMHinrla aarlv In the exposition period, left an aetata valued at $53,888.44, according to an appraisement nieo in the probate department of tha Supe- 1a. wtnvl TTmrmH V. All of the estate i bequeathed to bla mother and rawer. ne mouwr, Mr. Amy Beachey, ia administratrix of tha estate. - Tanker's Loss! Confirmed. D Tha Giornala d'ltalia says the Egyptian authorities confirm the torpedoing of the American ou tana steamer Communipaw. The aubraa rln. which sent her to the bottom i said to have been a German of a large typo. First report of the torpedoing oi th. inarina tank steamer, aaya tha Glornale d'ltalia, waa a radio message from an Italian ateamer wnicn oao picked ap a wireless call for help from tha Communipaw. NEWS ITEMS Of General, Interest About Oregon Oregon High School Debating Le3gue Begins Series in January I fnlMralt ftf OreetML EucwoavFlf- iw hlvh achoola of OfV?on BV this year joined tba Oregon High School Debating league, to nrax oeoaiesi oi which will be held early In January. Tha queetion that will be debated among all thee achoola until a cham pion la determined wlB be: Keeoivea, that the United States should adopt tba essential feature of tba Swiss system of military training and serv Ice, Tba finals will be bold at tba University of Oregoa In May. The winner receives a cup given by tba university. ' in., ka hlrh aehnola are divided Into ulna district, and are a follows: Coos Bay district atyruo roim, bjarahneld. North Band, Coqullle. Eastern Oreroa district Union, En terprise, Prairie City. I (VhimKla district Tillamook, Astoria, deUkenle, , Rainier. 8c p- pooea, Bt. Helena, Bt. woona. J Northern Willamette dirtrlct SIl verton, Woodborn,, Jefferaon, Canby, Eatacada, Forest Grove, New berg, Oregon City, Salem. iUtilim OrMDB district Ash Uod. Granta Paaa, Klamath Falla, Madford, Talent. Southern Willamette district Al bany, Brownsville, Corvallla, Eugene, Junction City, Lebanon, Roeeburg, Springfield, Yonealla. UmatllU district Athena, Condon, Echo. . Upper Columbia district Bend, Madraa. Mora. Prioeville. Tba Dallee, Wasco, Redmond. Southeastern Oregoa district On tario, Nyaaa, Vala. j Hope Lies in Water Test CLmllma tha aanlt of test of the water from Summer and Abort lakes, which win be) made In New York within tha next montn. oeperns t.-. r. Mwa'a hnna of flnaneinr bis leaaa for develpmeat of tba lake's de posit sucoeearuliy. inia imormauoD .. w.inal in a tattar racwived her by tba State Land Board from C A. Sbcpperd, of Portland, aioor a awocu- . um avnata ta soma to OresfOB aoon and arrange for transporting a . . feak earioao or wow nww " - East. tinaa tha mw rendition Moore must assign bla leaaa over to n com M,.h shall ha Ineoroorated In Oregon and deposit $4000 in addition to tba $I0,ooo already put up w insure tha board that ha will complete tba re quired $26,000 bond. , ; High Schools Standardized. B.l. Snaaklna- raeantlv before the Men'a Club at Independence on Oregon Hiirb School. Assistant State Superin tendent Frank K. Wellea announced ,k. .ka R.ata rianartmant of Educa tion baa now atandardised 166 High Schools. Each of these acnooia is not a4iw full four vears of work above tba Eighth grade, but they are Lparatua ao that they can do their work .ii mn nnniiai with iinrariae ana air- efficiently, in reierrinaT v m- increase In the unmoor ox nua o.kl. Mir Wallaa atated that only thirteen years ago there war but five high achoola in toe suua ana un won graduatea numbered from 12 to 16 each year, while now over 2000 stu dents are graduated annually. , ' Teacher Decision Is Due. . Clam k Whathar ' achool district boarda bava power to make rulee gov erning Instructor aoaoiuw or tha rule moat be auch aa will be deter- xlna4 raaannahle. will b decided by the Supremo Court shortly in tba eaae of Mrs. Maude Kicnaraa, nm Unitiuoiia, mha waa barred rrom re- W.W ' i ii i.i,.mit h tha board after her marriage. Tha caaa waa board by tha Supreme Court on appeal from urcuit Mm Mnrmw'l decision in fVOT Of Mrs. Richards. C W. Fulton ap peared in behalf of tha Portland seoooi Board, while her husband represented Mr. Richards. Pandleton Census 8180. Pendleton According to a prelimln- arv estimate made this week by Barry Bickers, who haa been taking the city oknnl aansns. renaeiton oaa oui . . 090 trirla of arhool aira. T.kitmr tha usual ratio Pendleton would have a population ox oiou. . wviia thfa aatimata ia conaioevwa a !:! k.1 tha actual Dooulation. Vet U,W. rvv i. . " ' the showing la regarded aa encourag ing, and If tha preeent rate oi increase t. -.It.lnarf Pandleton will how a population of 20,000 by tha time the next National census wmq. Klamath Wheat la Lauded, wi.-,.th Falla Klamath eountv'a bard wheat, which averagea from 40 . m u, Mnt in the srluten test, haa been rated by Government expert aa second in quality only to tna xamous Kansas product. tha Klamath Commercial club aent samples of local Wheat to the Portland Flour mum, w tno oporrj Flour company and to tha Pillsbury company, asking them to give an opin ion aa to ita milling qualities. The Pillsbury mills at Minneapolis declare that the wheat ia oi ma uwi Su...ji a-raawaiar Aootea All Harvested. Fretwter Tba Lamb Fruit com pany, of Freewater, reported o" uearly all of tha apple of thia vicinity were either in warehouse or bad been shipped. CZAR AND a V. . i. . thVcaueaslan troops la tba area of HOT DINNER ' t4 .t-ii.:' p- )4 -v; - Ration party of the Klnra Liverpool resunea. uu- - prepared by the traveling kitchen. WAR IN THE L k r s . -'-v -- 'ii - - ... '-- r- This photottraph. teken along the line of tha Italian advance Into Aua .... .- ?..'.?- .. .hn.in tha nature of the country and the reason for ina, u - - - - - - the Blow progress made ny tna invaaera. scaling a height In order to amouaa YOUNG VICTIMS OF s -i J aa-' T' f .j r i) n lit I ; ' " ' . K- - :.aw-"- A young boy and girl are her seen being ministered to by Red Crosa nttrse la muca after being wounded by German shells. Such scene ara treaoent. for many refugee axe n CZAREVITCH REVIEWING f -I t ..wt ika f-.mw'm ...nfflinf nf tba fighting line. They ere seas here FCR THE MEN IN THE 3 V s 'j'- . " '-. t ; 1 . . . .- ,.ka ha man DOLOMITE ALPS - J - mi.m ara hara seen luuiaua. THE GREAT WAR oeiwa uk, c. . i jj . : ' Li. 1 'jaa. 1 a ' --aa. f - -fit , ; At COSSACKS annrema commaiid over hi armlea. accompanied by one of tha com- TRENCHES i iv. v , - i if , f . in tha tranche In France a hot meal ay-aWaiO-a,eklar--w' SUGGESTS NEW PEACE PLAN 4swa9bBBBaitBaw Dr. David Starr Jordan, pvwsldent ot Leland SUnfQrd, Jr, university, called at the White House aa a repreeenta-' tive of the American Peace society to suggest to President Wilson-, that a conference of neutral nation be called to act as a voluntary court of arbitration to receive and consider any plana that may be advanced looking toward peace to " Ewop. - Tbla ia a part of the program agreed on at the International convention of the society held In Ban Francisco, i1" , " . . Orug Alone Stop" Leechter. Belay Green, a " "stout" ' woman, stood beside a big fat man at Elver-, view station here, when dowa tha street flitted a pufl of wind and neatly removed the fat man's hat and aent It aalllng up Central avenue. , . i Everyone- smiled as the fat man care chase aa best hi ayolrdujoia would permit Betsy laughed. , . When Betsy had laughed for one hour and 48 minute without being able to atop an ambulance- surgeon stopped it with a dose of morphine.- Kansas City Poet. ' ' Important Medical Discovery. Dr Richard Bull, a director of the bacteriological laboratory of tha Cut verslty of Melbourne. Australia, re cently announced tha discovery that eucalyptus Is a valuable n-'M tef " straying U of ecr-won menmgllia, aomatim-a nd ar: 4 fever," or "black death." vtltH t long baffled medical science. 1 A &wmmA : T