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Weston Leader VOX. XSST. westok, ouxgon, feiday, vehiwahy 11, mo. NO. 34. WORLD'S Dd'GS OF CURIMT Wffli Brief EesEa'cf tail fa frcniAIIteibrti Uvs News Items of AD Nations mi Pacific Northwest Condensed (or Our Busy Readers. Now York murders during 19 1 S war 140, In 1914. 2&7. Large rebel force of China have been defeated at Ping Shan. Washington stand on (ha Lualtania tut with Germany ia unaltered. Colonel Hepburn, ax-repreaantaltve from Iowa, diM of heart trouble. Evening dreae tbla eeeaon It to b win colored with lavender veal. German raider capture British llnar Orlasa bound from Chi la to Liverpool. An air mail rout from Fairbanks to Brooke, Alaska, la proposed to tha Poatofflc department. : , Colonel House, President Wilson's paraonal adviaor, who visited Euro pean belligerents, la returning noma. Llnar IJarvard in danaa fog In San Francisco bay, rami ataamar Kxcel alor, which sinks. No Uvea war lost. Tha National sub-committee of tha Democratic party forecast tha noml natlon of President Wilaoo without op poaltlon. Mr. Annie Fauet fatally ahoota Rav. H. M. Cagle, Baptist minlatar, at ttberman. Tax., claiming tha preach ar Insulted bar. A war correspondent declare Car many ia instigating revolutions In tha Far East, hoping to keep Japan from aiding br allies. . A Grwk apaeial commission baa eubmltted long raport relative to tha , damagaa caused to tha town of Saloo iki by tha raeant attack of Zeppelin airship. : ; Twenty-five studentof th Unlver aity of Oregon, bava baan notiflad that Uiey bad not aarrwd tha tight required number of bourn' study and wara de clared "flunkara." An Amur Ir an army of 1,000,000 man will naad the aarvlcaa of 10,000 sur geons, according to an assertion by tiurgeon General W. C Gorge, of tha United Statea army. - , Tha nous Committee on clalma fa vorably report Rapreaentativ Sin- nott'a bill aouronUuinir 194.648 for tha aattlamant of all approved clalma of Sherman county, Urftjon. After aatahUatmtg a monopoly of tha sugar trad SwIUerland will again at tempt to ft port larga quantltiee from tha Unltoj state. Tha annual sugar Importl amount to 40,000,000 franca. Prince Oacar of Prussia,1 flfth son of Emperor William, baa baan slightly wounded in tha bead and on tha upper part of tha thigh by ehell splinters during the fighting in tha eastern war theater. ASIC.HA com ACM fC8 tOCAnCI Gf KAYAl EASf UMAIIIA CRISIS TURNS ON Astoria, Ore, A rapraaantatlva eommlttaa of rltlsana of this city are prosecuting a vlgoroua campaign or tha location of a government naval beae of tha first class at or near the mouth of tha Colmubia river. The camgnlgn is predicated on the broad claim that the Columbia river la tha logical location for tha third Pa cific Coast naval base of tha flint claaa; that It ia capable of admitting and ac commodating the largest vaaaals of the United Statea navy; that it Is the port of entrance for the greateet interland of the Pacific coast; that it is the liMtut aiul Huut nutlill frnm tha Pa doe to the Atlantic; that it baa tribu- Secretary Believes Kaiser Interprets tary to it, easy of asaemwy, an ma terials necessary for the maintenance of a naval station; that It can be moat aaaily mined and fortified for defense and for tha operation of battlashlpa. scout cruiser and submarines; . that for Uia government to neglect to ade quately equip It aa a naval base of the BerUa and VYashbgtca Differ as b Tern "IllegsT Bora katichs ecoc?22f ir?cnTm Illegality as Referring to Entire Campaign of Submarines. VVVVVVVraaerrarVrr LORD BROOKE w"',,a" Ik' i) ii i u iiiBMiasas i nMmnmwmmmmmm4mmmmmmmA Vt4 trook It In eommand of tht Canadian farm that hava prJ thamaalvta to ferava -umI alTtttlva In tht luptttan war. Tha Interstate Commerce commle alon authorises tha Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line to carry hay and arraln at reduced ratea for 80 days. Thla order la designed for the relief of Block men In-states that bava recently been snowbound. --. '"' Roofs of two larga Seattle churches collapsed under the weight of snow, Carman officials bava aeised all tax tila products suitable for army or navy UB. : . . fy, (.V', ." V ' "' '" A Constantinople dispatch reports the suicide of Crown Prince Yoaaof Iseddin. -alleging 111 health M tha onus..' , ; 'i . 1 , .i'v k, Taylor, a Southern Paelflo en linear, died in the baggage ear of his train near Wateonvllle, Cal., from tha narvoua shock caused by running Into a harrow caught on tha track. Great Britain baa promised tha United States to permit the prompt transDortatlon from Rotterdam of a linre ouantitr of augar beet ae bought In Austria for sugar beet farms in Utah. This Is expected to make ' tha United State independent of tha European supply. ; ' Hies Minnie B. Werner,-who fell 18 storlee from a window of tha Trans portation building in Chicago, baa re covered consciousness. Her first worda were; "1 must be hard to kill." Fhy aleiana believe the glri will recover. She owes her escape to the fact that aha fell on top of a covered auto truck. Tha Premier of Russia, Jean L. Goremyktn, baa resigned on account of ill health. ' Paris reporters And Colonel House, , special agent of President Wilson, a regular Sphinx. The Canadian Pacific, tha Canadian Northern and tha Grand Trunk Pacific railroads announced at Calgary that on instructions from the Dominion gov ernment officials, an embargo baa been placed on shipments of rolled oata from Canada to tha United Statea. The ruling applies to all special mill prod uct manufactured from oata. first claaa, and to fully fortify It, is to leave tha logical point of attack open to the mercy of a hostile fleet. . This ia move ia line with the non partisan preparedness program of the general government, and ia a serious effort to safeguard tha Uvea and prop erty of tha cilisena of the Pacific Northwest. It (a argued that the equipment of the Columbia river aa outlined, is absolutely necessary for the protection of the Northwest coast of the United Statea, Including Puget Sound and the larga naval investments at Bremerton. ' Boiled down, the argument, aa forth by the chairman of the Astoria committee. P. C liarley, is aa follow The Columbia can and should be made aa Impregnable aa tha Darda nelles or the Kail canal. This can be accomplished by fort III cations at it entrance and close within its harbor and by the maintenane of mines and submarines. , The Columbia should bava tha ad ditional arm of naval base of the sistance of attack by a foreign fleet at ljf gfUl9 fmoSS tfl or our coast tine irom aan Washington, D. C The on word illegal." aa differently interpreted la the United 8tates and Oermnay, pro trude from tha tentative draft of the Lu I tenia agreement, perfected by Ambassador von Bernstorff and Sec retary Lanalng, aa tha stumbling block which baa caused Berlin to refer to tha negotiation as having reached crista and Washington to characterise the situation, as grave. Germany's answer, presented to Secretary Lansing Friday by Count von Barns torff, proposes instead of aa out-and-out-admtasloa of Illegality of tha method of aubmarin warfare used by tha Geraca naval authorities in sinking tha liner, an acceptance of liability for tha loea of neutral uvea, which Berlin bopea will aatiafy the United Slates and a It 11 not bind Ger many from continuing tha submarine eamDalcu. German officials believe mat weir previous promise to discontinue sink ing unresisting merchantmen without warninc bnnae tha submanna palgn within the pal of International law, and that any inclusion of that phaa In the Lualtania agreement ia unnecessary and humiliating to the Imperial covernmenU Tb word "Illegal" in the draft ua German ambassador transmitted to his government aa meeting all tee conten tions of the United Statea la taken to hava been regarded la Berlin aa being susceptible of application not to tha Lositania case alone, but to the entire aubmarin campaign. That la tha only explanation which officials here caa find for tn statement ox vr. gammer- man. under aecretary of foreign af fair, that "the United Bute sudden ly made new demands whica it is im possible f or ua to accept" Beers tary Leasing declare uai ua poaltlon of tha United Bute waa un changed, and the Oermna ambassador knew of no new demands which war embodied la the proposal he aent to Berlin. It la known that tha only change tb Berlin foreign office has mad la tha agreement drawn by tha aecretary and the ambassador la to substitute for the word "Illegal" a phrase which, while assuming liability for Use Uvea of neutrals lost on the Lualtania, doe not admit of construction Into prohi bition of submarine warfare. Tha dis patch the ambassador received and presented to tha aecretary waa brief and covered only that one point. Oth erwise tha document la unchanged aa it waa drawn to meet all the conten tions of tha United 8 late. NEWS ITEMS Of Contra Interest About Oregon env nan of our Francisco to the Strait of Juan ue Fura. . Our fleet at Puget Sound would be bottled un In the event of war with Great Britain or bar allies, and with tha Columbia river as tha point of con centration of a larga reserve it would be possible to speedily send a fleet to its relief, either to the Sound or to other points on the coast aa far aa the Southern Oregon line. :The Columbia baa tranacontinenai rail linea and highways reaching di rectly by watergrada into tha interior, providing facilities for easy and expe ditious movement or supplies ana troops. The Columbia river basin contains about one-third of tha available unde veloped waterpower of the United States, and fa rich in undeveloped ni trate for tha manufacture of explo sives. Considerable coal depoaita lio within it confines or are directly trib utary to it. Theae resources, available for our own mlantenance and defense, would, In tha present unprotected and help- lesa condition of tha Columbia river, he of immense advantage to an attack ing force, and easy of capture. , . . .1 in ii 700-Foot Pennant Flown. ' ' Seattle, Wash. The armored cruis er Saratoga, which haa been flagship of the Asiatic fleet for six years, ar rived at the Puget Sound navy yard Wednesday night to undergo general repairs which will cost 1200,000 and require several months' work. , The Saratoga, which as the New York was Admiral Sampson's flagship during the Spanish-American war, entered port flying a pennant 700 feet long, a foot having been added for each man aboard. The pennant waa kept afloat by small balloons. Carranza Man In Mutiny. Laredo, Tex. A mutiny in Nuevo Laredo among the troops of the de fac to government caused tha closing of the international bridge between this place and tha Mexican town. About j 60 shots were fired and much alarm was occasioned here. Censorship tablished by the municipal authorities prevented the full facta from becoming known, although It waa said sue mutin ous troops had been captured and that loyal men were patrolling the town. States ca Sa&s cf linsr Appi Washington, U C In tha name of tha British owner of tha steamship Appam, Sir Cecil Spring Rice, tha British ambassador. Friday lodged with tha state department a formal re quest that tha ahip be turned over to the British consul under the terms of the Hasme convention. Notice also waa aerved that it would be In violation of International law It the United Btatea permitted the Ger man orise commander or the Appam either to Increase the efficiency of that ahtp, add to her offensive power or recruit hla crew. Lieutenant Berg haa only 22 men is bis prise crew at present, a number Insufficient to nav igate a shin as large aa me Appam. A compliance with tha British sugges tion only on tha latter point would ef fectually prevent the departure of tha Appam from Newport Mews. , , .Attacker Show No Flag. . London. A British official commu nication aays the master of the Harri son Una steamer Commodore, sun by a German submarine In the Mediter ranean December t. baa told tha naval authorities that the ship waa fired on without a showing of colors by tha submarine and that tha submarine carried two tlaga rolled up on its flag staff. The communication says the subma rine apparently carried German ana Austrian flairs, ready to fly either, ac cording to the nationality of the ship attacked. Teutone Buy All Grain. London. The Bucharest corres pondent of tha Timee aaya that Rou mania haa mad arrangements with the AustroGerman syndicate for the further sale to the latter of 1,000,000 tons of corn, 860.000 tons of wheat. 160,000 tons of barley and 100,000 tons of oats. This disposes of the entire remain der of the Roumanian crop available for export The price for the wheat waa the aame aa that paid by tha Brit ish government Boy, Aslssp Weak, Dice. Marinette. Wis. After sleeping con tinuously for mora than a week, Aug ustine Beauuhamp, years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. August Beauchamp of Eacanaba. died Saturday. Tha mal ady of which the lad suffered remain a mystery. t a1aaa4eaaaaaAaasasaaaaaA AH Oregon Schools Wilt Celebrate Burbank Day Tuesday, March 7th, will be ob served by the public schools of Oregon with appropriate axerclsee celebrating tha anniversary of tha birth of Lulber Burbank. . Superintendent J .'A. Churchill an nounce thla fact In , the 1910 Indus trial Club Bulletin which will be ready for diatributfon by tha 16th of Febru ary. Not only will thla bulletin eon- tain thia announcement, but it will hava Mr. Burbank 's latest picture and a paraonal letter rota him to the In- dua trial Club member of Oregon. "It seams particularly fitting," ssid Superintendent Churchill, "in connec tion with our agricultural and Indus trial club work In tha public schools, that wa should bava a Burbank Day, and with proper preparation and axer cieee familiarize tha boya and girl with tha man who baa accomplished so much for human prugreaa. When farm boys learn that soil chemistry, horti culture, stock breeding, etc., require aa much brain activity aa do electri city, law and medicine, and that Bur bank ia claased with such men aa Edi son, and baa an income greater wan most lawyers, they will hesitate before tving to the cities to become flunkies for corporations whose managers will consider them only so much property. Misa Marvin, state librarian, will give out Information tailing the pupils where they can get facta regarding tha Ufa and accomplishment of Mr. Bur bank in order that they may arrange an interesting and profitable program for that day." - Oregon Loan Shark Law Upheld ' On Appeal by Supreme Court Salem In an opinion by Justice Benson, the Supreme court bold that Oregon "loan ehark" law, passed by the legislature in 1913, ia constitution al. The opinion waa written in the cane of the Stat of Oregon againat E. E. Ware, J. Wieeen, O. O. Grovier and J. Rirchada, and affirms the judg ment of Circuit Judge McGinn, of Multmonah county. Dissenting opin ions were written by Justices Burnett and McBride. In appealing the case to the Supreme court, following the conviction of all four defendant, attorneya for the de fendant contended that the law waa invalid and, fruther, that the) admis sion of certain evidence by the lower court wa in error. Answering the allegation that the loan shark" law waa claaa legisla tion, the higher court declared that the law waa necessary to protect vic tims of rapacity as far aa practicable. Justice Benson held that the paaaage of tha new "loan shark" law by the last legislature while the appeal in the case waa pending waa not enough to causa ita dismissal. "Usury haa been looked upon with disfavor for ages," wrote Justice Ben son, "and it baa been uniformly held that the state may either regulate or absolutely prohibit the taking of usur ious interest." Endowment Is Charity. Salem Holding that the "E. Henry Wamme Endowment Fund" waa charitable corporation the Supreme court haa issued a writ of mandamus that Corporation Commissioner Schuld ermen file the Fund's article of incor poration aa a benevolent concern. The opinion waa written by Justice Mc Bride. ' Acting upon an opinion by Attorney General Brown Corporation Commis sioner Schulderman refused to file the articles under tha statutes relating to charitable croporationa. Tha attorney reneral held that the corporation was one for purpose of profit. Health Certificate Issue. Roseburg A case which baa no pre cedent in Douglas county, and prob ably not In Ore iron, will be presented to the grand jury during the February term of court, according to buthernn and Oakland people. - The case will In volve tha question of whether a mar riage can be annulled if it ia proved that the bridegroom obtained a health certificate in violation of the state law under which a medical examination is required before a marrige can be per formed. RESCUED FROM Jf)E .SINKING THESSALONIKI : ! 1 .a U .JT,rJ, ; - Power Site Action Taken. Hood River At tha annual meeting Tuesday tf the stockholders of the Farmers' Irrigating company, a sys tem covering a portion of the West Side orchard district, tha board of di rectors waa ' instructed to appoint a committee to finance tha improvement and development of a valuable power site on Hood River controlled by the ditch company. Only enough work will be carried to hold the power site. On the board of directors are: J. T. Jeffery, T. F. Johnson, August Guig- nard, Charles Keed, M. H. Micxeisen. New Creamery May Enter Tenmile. Marshfield The Hazel wood Cream ery haa algnifled ita intention of enter ing the field ror dairy proaucis at i en mile and shipping from there to Port land on the Willamette-Pacific when the railroad open thia summer. The company may operate a gasoline boat on the Tenmile Lakes, buying cream from the ranchers on all the inlets. There ar 800 dairy cows in th dis trict Borne of the second cabin passengers of tha Greek eteamer Theasaloniel which we abandoned at sea. The aaaaentera were brought to New York by th steamer Pstris. aboard which this photograph wa made. Aftr be lacbattered about for eighteen daya-by tha terrific galea of th North Atlantic, which threatened every moment to send the Theaaalonlkl to the bottom, tha Greek on their arrival wept oa the ahouldera of kinsmen and country men, who gathered by th hundred to welcome tnem aa irom mc peso. swsssaaaaSaaaaawaawaansasisw ss OHIO TOWN LOOTED AND BURNED Scene amid the ruina of Eaat Toungstown. O, after the town had been looted and burned by riotoua atrikera following a battle with armed guard of tna joungatowa oaeei ana nam Hnupur. ; v ROBERT VINCENT Y Robert Vincent alxteen-year-old aon at Dr. John Vincent, a prominent physician of Boston, ran away and enlisted in th French army. After eight months at tha front he haa re turned to hla home, in some rear 01 receiving a spanking despite aia ex periences and hla newly developed mustache, - . - Physician to-tha Prealdent Dr. Cary T. Grayson, the prealdenfa physician, la a Virginian, thlrty-aeven j ears of age, and a navy man. Ha en tered the navy as a paymaater and mimed a Tear later to enter the mea- tcal school of the University of Vir ginia. He was assigned aa th phy sician to the White House In the laat few months of the Tart administra tion, and haa been there aver since. He haa had aevea yeara of ae duty and haa traveled nearly every clime. He has an attractive, nonasseruve personality, la a daring eroes-eouniry rider, and enjoys a fox bant How 8n Cured Him. "So Katharine married ber husband to reform him. juiq sue aucceeu i "Completely. She so xtravagani that ha can't affrd even the smallest et his former vices." Boston Evening Transcript BERNSTORFF HAS A CLOSE CALL f-1 ; i 7- ? Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, nearly wrecked the speedy little roadster he drivea about the capital the other day when Count V. Macchl dl Cellere. the Italian ambassador bowed to hint from the aide walk. Th German official admitted he waa ao frustrated he almost ran hi car Into tha curb. The photograph ehowa tha ambassador In his car. A it .4' V Seen aboard the Norwegian oil tank steamstlp &Mo after tie ter rible explosion that killed 1J persons and injured score ci ciosrs. disaster occurred ia a drydock at Brooklyn. t t