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roN Leader WES' WESTON, -ORECJON, Fill DAY, FE11HUAJIV 23, 1016. NO. 30. WORLD'S DOINGS , of cm Brief Ita .f fecrcl Hews ? ,fixni AH Arcnd the Earth. RAfnOiS BAKU Uvfl News Items of A21 Nations and Pacific Northwed Condensed " for Our Busy Readers. Ill CHI U again nominated for mayor of Seattle. Th hous of common vote nw cwJlt of 1 082,000.000 pound iUrllmr- Tour hundred lumbermen of th Northwest ar hoUllng a mating In Portland. A Wenatch, Wash., euupl kept their wedding a Nmt alnc October I last year. . Th French aucceed In bringing to earth a Zeppelin Baking a raid over that country. Another Portland Chinaman u ahot Inthetongwar Monday, and a Hop 81 ng auapect la In Jail. Croat ave-ancbe ofanowand dirt In severs! district In Germany hava ! kUled 64 person recently. President Wilson ha Iliad a patiUon to plsr hla nam befor tha Iowa voter In tha April 10 primariea. "Ex-President Taft declare that "boaa-ridden conventlone" produce bat tar results than primary election. " Several Portland dniRglel ar under Investigation fur tha alleged aelllng of grain alcohol, which la uaed aa a bv rage. ' Mildred Marek, 6) year old. who , lived near Hols, Ida., waa elruck over tha heart with a batted baaeball and died from tha efferta. The Chicago police are momentarily efctlng to ttur Jean Crone, the I aiuurfhUl accuaed of polaonlng aeveral Ji " hundred banqueters la that city, y Wlllfsm Orpet, University of Wis consin Junior, I held to tha grand Jury la .connection with the death of hla former sweetheart, Marlon Franca Lambert. , -. .An entente alilea'a aubmarlne euc eeded In paaaing through tha Der danellea and alnklng four ahlp carry ing munltlor. Tha vlaiUllon cauaad a panic In Constantinople. "All tha lnma tajcaaea befor tha Surtth court ar disposed of In favor of lha government on tha authority of the' original decision, upholding th constitutionality of tha law. "Colonlatpaaaanger f area from point In Wlaconaln, Mlrhlgan, MlnneaoUand nearby atatea to Portland, Seattle, San Francisco and olhr point on tha Pa cific Coaat and In Western Canada war authorised by the interstate commerce commission. Alaska's trad with tha outaide world increased 112,000.000 last year, according to flgurea made public by the department of Commerce. Th balanc of trad in tha territory' favor waa $27,000,000. Export war valued at $55,000,000 and import at $28,000,000. , 'Report of acuta suffering and ap peala for immedlat relief have reach ed Natchez, Mis., from Concordia and Tnaa pariah, In Northern Louie- -Una, where a half dosen town, not heard from for aeveral day, were said to be Inundated, with their inhabitant marooned and In imminent danger. " The steamer Pavlof In Alaakan water, Bend S, O. S. - tFaahlon has decreed that the barrel skirt la correct apparel for thi apring. . Vir caused 1150,000 damages to the Inman-Foulsen lumber yard and mill In Portland. Sweden aaka Uncle Sam to aid In tholr protest to England agalnat tha Britons' Intercepting mail to that coun , try.';' ' President Wilson haa presented a lint of American killed In Mexico In the laat three year, to th senate. Tha tout la 112. A bachelor chool teacher at Ever ett, Wash., haa educated at hi own expense, seventeen boy and one girl. Ha i an author of soma note and from thi fund pay for tha schooling, living on his salary as teacher. ; Paper mills In tha United Statea are operating to capacity and many of them are turning away order, but the tnoreaao In tha price of raw materials and tha high price of labor hava re duced the profit of th buaniess. Federal detectives ar making a nation-wide search for the gang of an archist who, It is alleged, is instiga tors of tha poiaon plot. , The Umatilla Indiana object to tha building of a bridge serosa the Uma tilla river at their expense, declaring the bridge ia for tha benefit of the white man, and not them. Sawmill and logging companies de clare that by the middle of March there will be a shortage of unskilled labor In these lines. Day labor has advanced from $2 to $2.25 and will go to $2.50 per day. AXOSQtil KAYY ILTJ) C.I IET; EQUAL 10JXY BY YIAR 1925 Washington, D. C The object of th building poH'y formulated In IRIS by the Navy General Board, It waa dis closed Wednesday befor the houa na val committee, waa to keep tha United State ahead of Germany In the rar for naval supremacy. Th statement was mad by Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger, a member of the general board, who explained that the policy had contemplated a fleet of B ft rat-line battleships by 11 to accomplish Its purpose. ' The statement did not go Into the record of th bearing and Admiral llil..r did not amiiltf It to ehow why th board had thought such a course n)e?eMaMTYt Th admiral waa replying to a aug geetlon that th object of the old pol icy, abandoned thi year by th board for the first time,, was to keep the A mar Iran navy In second plsr. While GENERAL IVANOFF 11 General Ivanofl la In command ef th aouthsrn group ef Russian artnlee and, together with General ruellor?, la given the credit for the sever de feata UiflkUd en the Austrlana sine th Teotonlo Invaalon of Russia waa hecke that waa the effect It had, be said, the real object waa to keep ahead of Ger many. , Thia year tha board fixed aa It pol i .k. K 1U2S of a fleet equal to the most powerful afloat at that time, n aaiu. ine TOmniinwir did not go Into the board's reasons for i.Lua kauntui (trewinB' OUt th explanation that th board believed a fleet IV per cent eupvnur w mf ft-htlntr tnrr that mlffht b brOUcht agalnat it would be neceaaary to in sure agalnat tne invasion 01 American aoll by an enemy. Under quoeuoning oj nepreeenuuive v.llu tnlnl KAar aaid tha con- atruction of three additional dread naughU and eight battle cruisers would place the navy on a par wiui me capital ahlpa of the German fleet to day. Germany now haa 22 dread- naughU ami eignt oatue cruiaer n said, acwrding to the beat available inf.irm.Unn. while the United States ha all told 19 ahlpa of the dreadnaught class, built or omitting. - Tn antial P.re.t Britain's fleet within two years, Admiral Badgnr said, the Umtoa Mavea wouia DeouiiKvu u n . Att forra of 40 dreadnautrhts. 15 battle cruisers, 25 swift scouting craft, 200 aubmarlne ana xoo aesuoyer. m fve not favorinir auch a program. but merely answering questions by Representative Butler. Such a fleet A.,i.i nnt h hullt in two vears. he added, though it might be constructed in four. r'.. .;. -. - - : Roslyn Has $100,000 Fire. Tacoma, Wash. Approximately $100,000 loaa ' was caused by a fire tsrttnir In anma refuse, awect in front of the ash pan of a boiler in the big department store or tne wonnwesiern Improvement company at Roslyn, a coal mining town, according to advices received here. ' In the building were the real and t mil nf Kittitas county. These records and those of the com pany were rescued. Many fusee caps and much oil was stored in the build ing, but an explosion was averted. Blockade Minister Created. London The government through the Marquia of Lansdowne, announced in the house of lords that it had decid ed to turn over all matters connected with the blockade of Germany to one man who would rank aa a fullfledged cabinet minister. It la understood that th new post will go to Lord Rob ert Cecil, who, since th formation of the coalition government, haa been un der secretary for foreign affairs. He will retain thia post, joining the esbi net as blockade minister, Man and Wife Fight Duel. Louisville, Ky. Fourteen-year-old Geneve Hall waa ahot to death during a pistol duel between her mother and father in their home here Wednesday night. The father, Joseph T. Kail, 42, also waa killed and the mother, Mrs, Delia Hall, J7, ia in a hospital in a dying condition. She received four bullet wounds. The girl was struck by a strsy bul let as she crouched under a kitchen sink. .ft. -,i , t SOLVES PItOBlEl OF FRUIT MARKER AssodionscfKortlrtYeslfcrni Seills? Ccsbisalifli ADOPTS HAHS OUTO EY IOT Scheme Is Declared Most Advanced and Thorough ;of ;Any Fruit Experts to Tour Markets. Spoken, Wash. With th forma tioa hereof th Fruitgrowers' Agency, tka nrnl.toma af7wtin- the DTofitabl growing and marketing of fruit In the elm tea of Waahinglon, uregon, loano tut ynnl.ni hava nrartlealty been solved, according to participating gov ernment experts. Organisation of th agency waa effected and articles of Incorporation prepared as th result of an all-day conference between fruitgrower, rep resentative of practically every wllln event In tha NorthwaL and expert from the department of Agri culture at Washington. According to an official statement Issued by th government officiate, th Fruitgrowers- Agency is: "A mmblnad nrranlsation of fruit- rwmra mnA ellln aranciea roverned by a board of control divided equally between In producer ana marceiara. It ia tha ufctv.flret hraneh of th fruit Industry, Involving th grower' pro tection, aaaurea an oraeny comra m upward of 75 per cent of th fruit iiwMM nt tha North weet. and mbod- iea th Ideal sought for year by th grower in a mutual aeiung syawm wholly displacing deatructlv compe tition l fnrmfiiahla arffTaaaivan and th moat up-to-date progressive measure. It MmvMaa fiw ran neceaaitv of the grower In assembling, advertiaing. marketing, opening new ana wtaening markets throughout th world, and haa a Ita ha.ii th Individual and collec tive require menu of the grower from the aelling agencies wrougn a unuora contract around which th entire struc ture of th central protectivs body is built." . . , - "Th plan of organisation and pro mJui. mm aHnntad. " tha statement says, "waa aubmltted by the depart ment or Agriculture, roiiowing xwn siv Investigation of the growers' mmAm hv lha imvarnmant officials through their previous vtsita In the different Northwest sections. It la tha most complete and advanced plan that has ever been prepared for the producer or any pertsnauie wuueirj in th United State," Cklato legislators Riot Oklahoma CltvTumultuoua acns occurred In th Oklahoma house of representatives late Saturday while the members were voting on a section of an election law designed to take the place of the faraoua "grandfather law," which waa recently aecjarea un constitutional by the United Statea Supreme court because it in effect dis franchised the negro population of th state. '. Partisan feeling over th new meas ure finally culminated in an outbreak, precipitated by chargea of corruption and the passing of th lie between members, during wnicn ins. Domes, paper weight and other fixtures of th mW iWka ware uaed aa weanons and a set battle seemed inevitable. Mariner Age Limit Is Cut. Washington, D. C With a view of increasing the number of officers avail able for American merchant ships, the United States Steamboat Inspection service haa reduced the age limit for oflicera from 21 to 19 year. No change, however, waa made in the amount of experience necessary oeiore an officers' license can be obtained. vhm f rt a that an unprecedented num ber of merchantmen are building in the United Statea and a lack or omcera to fill commands was brought to the attention of the service by shipowners. Birth Control Case Ends. New York The Indictment charging Mr. Margaret Sanger, editor of the wnan RahaL" with Imnromr use of the maila In forwarding eopiea of the magazine containing an srac relative to birth control, waa dismissed by Judge Dayton in United States Dis trict court her Saturday on appHetion of Assistant United States District At torney Content. Her case waa to have gone to trial on Monday. . Horse Buying la Ceasing. Kansas City Major General F. W. Benson, of the general staff of the English army in charge of the pur chase of all horses and mulea for Brit ish forces, declared here that no Amer ican horses had been bought since lsst November, and the remount service In this country would be closed. Big Wsr Plant Dastroysd. Bristol, Tenn. According to a tele phone message received here early Saturday, t-he new Federal Dyestuffs & Chemical company at Kingport, Tenn., 25 miles from hare, waa de stroyed by fire Iste Friday night The plant was used for the manufacture of munition of war and cost millions. NEWS ITEMS Of Cenerat Jntertst About Oregon VXrU-UJtjnjj'Vl"MillfV A a- aa ai a eaaaaaa firspon Stats Commission Asks Opening of Northern Gateway n.Um Rallaf At Or r on lumber mills and other shippers who ar suf fering from lack of Kara to ship their product I sought through opening of the Northern gateways. To thia end the Public Service i commiasioa tl grsphed th Interstai Com mere conv mlaalon at Washington, D. C. It is tha hatlaf of tha Orcetm commission that th railroads my haed a request . . J . at. , kt aft. for a temporary opening n u nw eni route if mad by the Federal tri bunal. In ita eommunicetlon to the Inter state Commerce commission, th Ore gon commission said; "Th car ehortag Is Increasing. Tha aMttannlafad short Pa OR the Southern Pacific is now 700 cars, and on the Oregon-Washington Kaiiwsy V..lll amnnanv' line ia S00. There Is no shortag la Oregon or Washington. We teal taat we are Be ing discriminated against. If It is poeaibl to open tha Northern gate way temporarily we might procure cars from other line." Ranllaa to innnlric aent by the Ore gon commission to tb commissions of California and Washington are that no car shortage exist In those statea. Coos Bay Cities Plan Biz Railroad Jollification if.knaU The Marahfleld and North Bend Chamber of corn mere hava mmmittaaa omniaed for the pur pose of planning for the celebration of completion or ine viiiaroevwj-ciu railarav from Eugene to Coo Bay. but they have been unable and will not likely aet tne date lor some nine, aa th Southern Pacific offlciala are still hcaitant about naming a time for the road to be flnlahed. According to the disposition in doic itiaa tha avent and entertainment will exceed anything ever attempted before on Uoe Bay. Ther ar already promise received from th main boosting bodies in the Willamette valley that big delegations will be eent officially, but the eommitr ta Km ariah tn have it renerally un derstood that everybody and hla rela- tivee wU be weloemeo. . in, vow rlana nf Salem, were th first to give aasurance they were preparing to com and see Coo Bay, ana aiuiougn u w formation came in a roundabout man ner, they ar expected to participate. Eugene and Albany ar also among the citiea that will send excursions, while the way stations on the Willamette Pacific will have a general outpouring of Joyseekera. Plans for Four Spans Made. c.i.m Th atata hlirhwav deoartr ast-eie aF-a-w . -CS a.,i ..mmwl thia week that it had completed plana and specifications for four bridges, iwo in lammu cvumj A in rvthimhia. Prarjoaals for the construction of the bridge will be accepted Dy tne counties wiuun luwt tlma The bridge In Yamhill county at Mc- Uinnvilla will be a reinforced concrete viaduct to coat 114,000. The other structure ia a 113,000 160-foot steel span between Athey'a Island and the mainland over Willamette Slough be low Wheatland. At Veronia, in Columbia county, a 100-foot steel span will be built over D.tr rvaalr and a EfWfoot triider will be placed acroea Tide creek, near Deer Island. ;- No Logs; Dallas Mill Idle. nallas For the first time in aeveral months, the large sawmill plant of th Willamette Valley Lumber company, in this city, ia clsoed. This ia due to the shortage of loga. Owing to the heavy enow storms of the psst month. work hss been Impossible in the camps near Black Rock. The supply of logs on hand when the snow stopped opera tions ia exhausted. All camna ar now in full operation. and by the tnidde of next week the mill will resume again. Only a few of the men were laid off, most of them halne- emnloved in repairing the plant. which has a capacity of 100,000 feet a day. ;. Stock Go to Bunch Grass. Baker Hope for relief from the threatened further loss of livestock be cause of lack of feed ia reported from narta nf thia vicinity. Horses and cattle are leaving their straw and hay for the bunchgrass. in tne vicinity oi xrk Pnniar where the snow waa unusually heavy, it ia reported that it ia melting and that n win not oe ionK Kaf.M tha erasa starts crowing if present conditions continue. John Usy stoexmen expect um vo ditions that have been very threaten in. m Imnrava no that livestock there will be able to. begin feeding early next montn. Faire-round Sale Likely. Eugene Within the next few day petitlona will be circulated in Lane county to authorise the purchase of th Lane County Fair grounds by the .a a 1S tt Tna county lor tne sum oi i.u.wv. property is owned by the Lane County . mnfiatv. an organization of Eugene business men, and haa been leased from year to year iot iir y m Tka .mnnment haa Droven unsatisfactory and it ia proposed to purchase th property ouvngn. The question will be placed on th ballot at th primary eiecuon in KAISER'S CORFU a-, f f i ! r J : " 4 . -Achilleion.- the palac of th emperor of Germany on the leland of Corfu, which haa been selxed by the flench and converted Into a boapiiaL Tb palac was originally built for Ellxabetb. th empree of Aaa ad waa bought by the kaiser in 107. Creee baa protested the aelnir of th Island by the elite, and th Utter tar fuet Juallfled their course by saying that th Island waa used aa a submarine baa by the Teuton. , M1RK0 OF MONTENEGRO i Prtna afirko nf atontenesTO ia SUP- nnaa tn ha in the handa ot the Aus trian and It la reported that, a ha haa had leanings toward the Teuton causa, ha wlU be made king nf a re organised Montenegro. GEN. SIR PERCY LAKE r ill ' - ' K' I a I.laut. finn Sir Percr Henry Noel Lake, who haa "ust succeeded Gen. Sir John Nixon aa commander ox me Ri-iHuh force In Mesopotamia, ha had a brilliant career In India and Egypt Ha received a medal in the ifoha war nf 1878-79 and also on In th Wolaeley Nile expedlUon ot 1885. Later he reorganised tne uasaaian miutta. Ha left Canada In 1911 to as sume command of a division In India. but since 1911 he haa been c&lef of the general staff la India. Tea Unoertaln. finma men mend their whole Uvea m the pursuit ot pleasure." said the moralist. "So they do," replied the philoso pher. "Men like mat eeem to laser under the Impression mat msy-wm Dver be invited anywhere." Thought He'd Be the Next The Newsy Tor's yer extra! AO about the bold-un. Cy Watertop Great gosh! I guess TO take th next train ttt hum. f: 53- r I - - , 1 la- ' f JT y iil PALACE SEIZED BY aa- J t'i 1 i - - GERMAN CLOCKS HAVE STONE WEIGHTS v A i ezzztL ; j " i nrli iiiiii . i 1 1 n i i -iii tr a. jt.. t The shortage of copper throughout the German empire ia marked to such a degree that not only have the copper cooking etonstls bees converted into food tor rifle and gun, but even the ancient clocks with heavy fume of copper have been made to add to the war contributions. Th plctw ahowa two quaint old clocks in th Black forest The copper weight of la penduhfina have been removed and stones have been substituted tor them. EDISON AND HIS OLDEST EMPLOYEE 1 a a-Jian. Kfarsrvtiwl amplov ot the famous inventor longer ftt-auKaprlaa. Herbert Spencer complains in his autobiography that his pleasures were spoiled by analysis ot their sources, and we must not mar thi record aea son tor strawTierriea by reflecting that -God' best berry" la a mere horticul tural parvenu. The ancient Greeks never ate strawberries at two obols a pound, the customary price en the oostermonger'a barrows in Fleet street, and had no word in their laa tuage tor the fruit The Roman poet Ovid describes the eating of straw barrlea among the delighta of the aoldea age, while VlrgU associate strawberry picking with the portia of THE FRENCH it J j TV ... T ' 1 - f 9 i H- :-,J J , , t! ,i i 1 ,! v miih John Otta WhO kftS 1)0611 III th than any other man forty-six yer love. But these were wild straw sor- a rles, aa were really the "good straw berries" which, acccrdteg to Bhake- spear, grew in Ely place. llolbnra. The evolution of our modern gari -a strawberries from tha CMiena i. i ety, introduced by Captain fn . date mainly from th begterl-s tf the nineteenth ' ceatory. L' Chronicle. He Wa W . Tha Mualcfa (at v:-s ssssvt) Th 'tlano ia very uch o!it eft Ir. Mr. Wise Fy f Wsgr-and they west P,