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TON ' ii .Iff A 11 IRK WES NO. 5. VOL. XXXVI. WESTON, OIIEGON, rni DA V, JULY 21, 191C WORLD'S DOINGS Of CURRBiT WI Brief Fsstnne of tail Hews foAIiArcr-dtEsTti Uve News Hems of Ail Nations md ' Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. The allies continue to make big gains against Um central powers on all side. JTbe senate navel program Includes 1 I a I t I LI-.. .IVI. iku 9MML .Wilson postpones date of notification seremomee snwi uw wim louroe, , -. .vviuiuoib riwar mmih j bold a meet at Portland and declare ' -1 . . . L. I -J . i.--I - u-1. M against uw "soars. Three persona In an auto on their way w a circus in lows, run inrouga brtdg railing and art drowned. Tha Brltlah vorernment nubllshss lilt of from 70 to SO flrms In the Unit ad Btates with whom resident of the United Klncdom ara forbidden to trade. Four persona were killed by tba In tone boat which amotberad Chicago Tuesday, anothar was klllad by light- ning, and three, asking raliaf In tha lake, vara drowned. In Volhynla, in tha rtglon of Lutak, where tha troops of tha Teutonic allies hare bean forced to give ground before the attacks of tha RoMlane and retire behind the Lower Llpa river, the Rua Una continue to preaa their foea and are taking additional prisoners. General Clprlnno Castro, ex-presl dent of Venesuela, and 'hla wife, who arrived In New York Saturday from Port of 8paln, Trinidad, on the steam hip Vaubsn, have been ordered de- Dorted from the United btatee by apeeial board of Inquiry at the Kllla Island Immigration station. The new llarahan bridge a panning tha Mississippi river at Memphis, aaid to' be the longest structure on the river, waa opened to traffic this week. It coat IS, 000, 000. Including ap proaches the bridge la three miles ions- the bridge proper being 8600 feet. Construction waa started In June, 191S. The epidemic of Infantile paralysis in , New York ha been checked. In the opinion or Health commissioner cmer son, who Issued a statement In which h a Irf tha diminution In the number of new cases and deaths Indicated that tha health authorities are reaching Uis eases earlier and are finding a way to control mam. William Botbweli, , former Seattle City Controller, and recently a apeeial omeer on tne wsienront, waa smau, ai W W Mnrrla and C. V. Harvav. members of the prohibition enforce ment squad or tne Seattle police lores, mm aarlnnaltf wounded in a nlstol fight which resulted from raid on the Ferguson Bar, in the Ferguson Hotel, ' Monday. '' Tha captain of the German subma rine freighter says German rreignt earrylng ' Zeppelins will toon visit America. War's Increase of food prices In Eu rope, aa shown by the bureau of labor statistics, has touched neutrals almost aa heavily as it bas the belligerents. "A corporation will be organised by group of American bankers, beaded by J. P. Morgan Uo.. ana Brown tuoin- ers Co., to lend 1100,000,000 to the French government. , .William Zlmmar, aged 12 years, was arrested in New Orleans, charged with klllins? his mother. The boy, accord ing to tha nollee. aaid he shot his mother because she threatened to beat him when be returned home after an unsuccessful search for work. The engagement Is announced of Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain, widow of the late British it teaman, and the Rev. William Hartley Carnegie, rector of St, Margaret, and canon of West minster. Before her marriage, Mrs. Chamberlain was Miss Mary Endlcott, of Massachusetts. Ths Socialist newspaper Tribune, of Amsterdam, assarts that 68,000 workmen employed In the munition factories and electrical works In Ber lin arid In an aerodrome at Johanisthal have gone on strike aa a protest against the prison sentence Imposed on Dr. Karl Liebknecht, Socialist lesder, for participation in the May Day dem onstration at Berlin. A boy of 10 was killed and two girl playmates injured at Portland when their coaster wagon ran Into a motor truck. . Russian troops have eaptured the 'town of Msmakhatum, 60 miles west of Erserum. on the Tusulu river, by assault. The retreating Turks set Ore to the town. The Georgia bouse refused, 61 to SI, to adopt a special rule for considera tion of a suffrage amendment. The result is expected to end the fight for suffrsgs at this session of the legislature. Germans, In Deadly Fear, Hide the Merchant Submarine. Arrow Shorn the DcuUchland. la deadly fear that some one will blow ap or try to injure the merchant submarine Deutachtand the Germane la charge of her have hidden her away la Baltimore harbor so it Is almost Impos sible for the publle to get a glimpse of bar. ' Bbe la alongside a pier and la VISON VOTS SDUIf 10 ATPUl fC2 PASSACf Cf CK1D LASOR UW Wahincton. D. C Pressldent Wil son made a personal visit to the Cap! tolTueadsy to emphasise bis desire that a ehild labor law be put on statute books at the present session of congress. To senate leaders whom he summoned to a' series of conferences in the President's room adjoining the senate chamber, he Insisted that toe child labor bill Passed by the bouse should be made a part of the legisla tive Drocram to be put through the senate before adjournment. "Determined opposition by South ern senators i or ceo me nouse diil hlch would prevent shipment In in terstate commerce of goods manufac tured wholly or In part by children, out of the imperative program drawn op by the Democratic caucus last Sat urday. It was left In a secondary po- sltlon. to be considered only If ti remained after other measures regard ed aa more urgent bad been disposed of. Mr. Wilson had been told that an effort to force lis passage would mean serious party revolt. Whether the Preaident'a visit ae- eomDlishsd anything more than to bring his own position emphstlcaliy to tha front, waa not apparent Tuesday night So far aa could be learned the Democratic steering committee con- To Succeed Judge Hughes. It Wigitoi.iTT'AWil ': Judge John II. Clarke. Judge John II. Clark s of the United Sutes District Court at Cleveland has been nomlnsted by President Wilson for associate justice of the United States Supreme court to succeed Asso ciate Justice Charles E. Hughes. In Cleveland Judge Clarke for a long time was associated in politices with the late Mayor Tom Johnson and Sec retary of War Baker. He has been classed aa a Progressive Democrat and has taken part In several reform movements.- Notaries Reap Riches. Spokane, Wash. One hundred dol lars for six dsys'.work is the wage scale of the notaries who are handling the registration for the opening of the Colvllle reservation in Spokane, fig ured on the basis that there will be 60,000 registrations in Spokane. This rate of compensation, However, Is far below that at Wenacthee, where It Is estimated that each notary will receive about $276 for his work In handling the registration. The differ ence comes in the larger proportion of notaries in Spokane than Wenatchee, Elkus Is Sent to Turkey. . Washington, D. C Abrsm Elkus, of Nsw York, was nominated by Presi dent Wilson as ambassador to Turkey to succeed Henry Morgenthsu, who re tired to become chairman of the finance committee of the Democratic National eommltttee. Mr. Elkus is a lawyer and was recommended by Mr. Morgen thsu. Mr. Elkus is 60 years old and was born and educated In New York City. He has been one of the Jewish leaders of the United SUtes. V1 Jw - flanked en the opposite side by a barge. At one end is the high wall of a warehouse, and at the other is a tog. Strung along the warehouse and the pier Is barbed wire. Extending out from the barge Is a boom, and from this boom wire netting is dropped to templsted no change in the caucus pro gram and no call had been Issued for another caucus to consider Mr. Wil son's request. The President's arrival st the Capl tol was entirely unheralded. Accom panied only by two secret service men, be went directly to the President's room and aent for Senator Kern, the majority leader. Later he diacoaeed the subject with Vice President Mar shall, Senators Martin.. Williams, James and Owen, of the Democratic steering committee, and Senators Sim mons and Hughes. deed Waters Destroy b&t UcnV&seof 150 Pecple Bnertanburc. N. C According to Information brought bare Tuesday night by !!. A, Marietta, who went to Thermal City. N. C, In an automobile Monday, the village of Chimney Rock, N. C, near the famous rock of that name, waa completely washed away by the high waters of Hroad river. The population of the town was about 160. According to Hariette a party went to Chimney Rock to try to rescue those caught by tha flood, but water sur rounding the village prevented them from getting close to the houses. They saw no signs of human life, it was said. The postofSce and hotel were washed to a point several miles below the village. Ashevllla, N. C. Receding waters of the disastrous floods which swept through the French board valley Sun day gave up seven additional bodies wsdnesdsy and reports or eignt more deaths by drowning in tha Bat cava section brought the total death list in this district to 28. Indications were that the property loss in Western North Carolina alone may be $12,000,- 000. Fears are felt that the loss of life and property may prove aven greater when the rivers subside. Has Longest Range Aircraft Guns. Washington, D. C. Construction of enough high-powered anti-aircraft guns to supply all active battleships and cruisers of the navy has been com pleted, it was announced Tuesday by Secretary Daniels. The new weapons la believed by navy experts to be the longest range guns of that type in the world. The new gun is a three-inch, 60 call ber weapon that will throw a shell 27,' 000 feet in air at an angle of 90 de grees. On each ship one will be mounted forward and one art, with an all-round Are so that the pair can sweep the skies in any direction. Guna Thunder on Vardar. . Parte The war office haa given out the following statement covering the operations of the army of the Orient from July 1 to July 16: "East of ' the Vardar artillery ac tions, often Intense,' have occurred daily on the front Advance post en gagements of little Importance took place July 7 north of Kalinoko, 10 kil ometers south of Lake Doiran. "West of the Vardar our patrols and light de tachments have had frequent skirm ishes with the enemy, who always was obliged to retreat" . Cessment Appeal Denied. London Without hearing the attor neys for the Crown, the Court of Crim inal Appeal dismissed Sir Roger, Case ment's sppeal from the verdict of the lower court, which found him guilty of treason for his part in tha Irish rebel lion, for which the Lord Chief Justice sentenced him to death. A further ap peal to tha House of Lords is possible only if the attorney general gives a certificate that the decision of ths Court of Criminal Appeal Involves a point of law so important that a still higher court should deal with it Guards Drawn From Spoksne. Spokane, Wash. Spokane has sent between 25 and 80 ex-policemen, dep uty sheriffs, guards, special officers and ex-United States deputy marshals to the Seattle and Taeoma waterfronts to assist In keeping order during the longshoremen's and cock workers strike. A week ego Jack Wemick, chief special agent for the Chicago, Milwaukee ft St Paul railroad, with headquarters Jn Spokane, came for deputies to guard Milwaukee property. Jr.. the bottom so that the only possible approach to the vessel Is from directly sbove. Even a view of more then the periscope and an occasional outline of the dock la impossible. The boot In the distance Is the German interned merchantman Neckar. L W. W. Are Drhta Out of Ike's, K&asfci, ty Sheriff Lincoln, Neb. Following a clash at the county jail late Tuesday night be tween County Sheriff Hires and mem bers of the Industrial 'Workers of the World who came to Lincoln to effect the release of members of the order who had been detained, peace was effected through the release of two of the men held by the authorities and there was an exodus of a hundred or more "workers," who have been here several days. The collision between Sheriff Hires and the Industrial Workers came when a delegation of two or three score ap proached the jail ami Insisted on the release of the prisoners. One of the men, whose attitude waa regarded threatening, waa knocked down by the eheriff, who then drew bia revolver and warned the delegation to keep its distance. The peaceably inclined Industrial Workers told the officer no violence waa intended, and afWa long parley itwaaaareed that two of the men aaainst whom charges were pending should be released, provided the others left with them. The exodus began Immediately. Seven members against whom char gee are pending are held. rWWWWwWVwVvAArAeAArV Boss of Woman's Party. few, .v Miss Anne Martin of Nevada, ia chairman of the campaign committee of the National Woman's Party, and ahe will manage her campaign in twelve suffrage states. There the men managers of the other two parties will have to take the lady into considera tion and be very nice to her. . Suffrage School Opens. Washington, D. C Women who desire to become active suffrage work ers, but who feel that they are noi qualified to take up the varied dutie of lobbyists, organisers or stump speakers, need not despair. There is a way out for them now, as they can learn all that is necessary to be full- fledged suffragists at tha "suffrage school," which haa just been opened here by women of the Congressional Union for. Woman Suffrage. . Miss Maud Youmrer. of San Francisco, Is head of the new school Bootleggers to Be Shot. Charleston. W. Vs. Police officers employed by the Chesapeake A Ohio railroad in West Virginia have been ordered to carry rifles as well aa revol vers to resist efforts of bootleggers and their agents to bring liquors into this state. These officers have also been Instruc ted to work in squads of four or singly or in pairs. The orders resulted from the increased numbers of attempts to violate the state prohibition laws. jlLiawWi&S' V'. J... . - ami NEWS ITEMS Of General Interest . About Oregon y-yUUsV"sVsreii,",aii s sisf Arguments in Favor of Three New Legislative Acts Art Piled Salem Arguments In behalf of the proposed tax limitation amendment. rural credits amendment and the amendment to repeal Oregon's 8unday closing law were filed with Secretary of 8tate Oleott this week for Inclusion In the official election pamphlet. The ta limitation argument submitted by Robert E. Smith, a tory of the Oregon Taxpayers' Leajrae, the rural credits argument by the com mittee In charge of the Oregon Refer endum League, and the argument for the repeal of the Sunday closing law by Dan Kellaher and Ben A. Bellamy, of the Independent Retailers' tion of Portland. The arcuoeoU for the three pro posed amendments in part are as fol lows: Are taxes In Oregon high enough? Shall we limit their further Increase to per cent a year? These are the Questions la considering the State- Wide Tax Limitation Amendemnt Oregon's per capita tax is higher than that of any other state in the Union. During the past ton years taxes have increased 87 per cent a year. Taxes have increased five times faster than population. As a result Oregon bas been going backward In population and wealth for the pest three years. Last year seven families left the state to each family coming into it In the face of these discouraging conditions there are those who have plans which will result In still greater increases in our taxes. Unless a limit U provided the legisla ture and our public officiate will con tinue to increase our taxes aa rapidly aa they have In the past "The amendment limits the Increase in taxation to an annual increase not to exceed six per cent unless a greater increase ia authorised by the people. "The farm debt of Oregon, secured by reel and chattel mortgagee, ia con servatively estimated at xmwauw. On this debt the farmers are paying an averaee rate of about eignt and one-fourth per cent interest Added to this the costs of renewal and com missions, the rate paid ia probably little under nine and one-fourth per cent The rural credits amendment pro poses to take the burden out of the farm mortgage at interest of five per cent The cost of title searching and aDorsisal wiU be from $10 to $50, ac cording to the amount of the loan. The fanner must pay off one per cent of the oH final sum borrowed each year. That ia, the payment of six per cent on the mortgage will pay interest cost of operation and wipe out tne debt en tirely in a period of Be years. 'This system would mean to Oregon an annual saving In interest and mort gage costs of $750,000. It would mean an end to the perpetual worry and ex pense of tnortinga renewing; pracu eally an end to foreclosures, lost homes and blighted hopes; better equipped farms and neater rural prosperity. "The continuation, of the old blue law. which will be enforced if not re pealed, simply means putting the peo ple of Oregon in a straight-jacket on Sundays. If not repealed this anti- auated law will be enforced strictly, aa it ia now being done in Washington, Lane. Linn, and other counties in Ore gon, where now you cannot purchase a newspaper, a cigar, refreshments, gas oline ot anything else on Sunday. "If enforced it means that all mov ing picture theaters must dose on Sun days; it means that no baeet'U games can be played on Sundays; it means that all pool and billiard parlors, and bowling alleys or other innocent exer cising sports and recreations operated for pay or profit must not operate on Sundays; it means that Sunday news papers cannot be printed, sold or deliv ered on Sundays; it means that all pleasure resorts and recreation delights of all kinds. Including picnics, must cease on Sundays, if entrance f sea or ehareee are made, "lee cream, confections, foods or ail kinds, and regular business of any kind except medicines, and medicines only, at drug stores cannot be sold delivered on Sundays. It means that yon cannot get a ahoe-ahine, that you cannot buy a cigar, or candies, or flow era, on Sundays, unless you can prove them necessities or charities." . School Terms Increased. The school directors of Clatsop coun ty have increased the length of their terms of school until the abort term of six or seven months during the year has been almost entirely eliminated. The annual report of County Superin tendent Byland, which haa just been filed With Superintendent or i-udiic in struction J. A. Churchill, shows that last year there were but two districts in the county having six months of school, while more than three-fourths of the remaining districts had terms of nine months. Prison Employes Quit. Salem T. E. Cornelius, head of the Oregon Penitentiary trick yard, has resigned, and his wife, who is matron in eharse of the women's ward, win reaign at the end of the present month. Mr. Cornelius haa been connected witft the penitentiary for six and a half years under four administrations and haa served as deputy warden, cnapet guard, farmer- and superintendent of the brick yard. Superintendent Minto said that it was the intention to does the brick yard this month, as the men would be needed in the flax fields. New Orleans A statement sod call to "the patriotic men and women of America," to bold a new National con vention of the Progressive party In Chiearo en August 6 and nominate candidates for President end Vice Pres ident and continue the party's exist ence aa a distinct political organisa tion, was Issued Monday by John M. Parker, Vice Presidential nominee of the Progressive convention held in Chi cago last June, lie urge tAe rToirree sives "eternally to bury" the "bun moose." which, be asaerts, "led Bis loyal followers Into the wilderness. and to adopt In Its place the American eagle aa the emblem of the party. Mr. Parker does not mention Col onel Roosevelt or any other Progres sive leaders or any candidates by me. He declares, however, that the Progreseivaa bad supposed its leaders to be "red-blooded Americana, wno Eliseo Arrodondo, ambassador desig nate from General Carranza'a Mexican government to the United Statea, la eery busy right now in the negotia tions which Secretary Linsing baa opened up with the Mexicans to settle the border trouble. This snapshot shows him on one of his rare visits to the secretary of state. oromiaed with their 'life blood' to stay with the party had been deserted by a large part of its officers, who could not stand the add test He charges that the leaders, for "steam roller reasons, have elected to be ateara rolled,'; and that the time haa come when every party working for human welfare and the future of America should unite against both dominant parties.- In connection with the Republican party the statement indirectly refers to Charles E. HuKhes, Republican candi date for President as "a splendid n" selected by the Republicans the man behind which they hope again to secure control of state and nation. t Refused by Conferee Waahlnirton. D. C Increasea rang ing from I to 8 cents a hundred pounds on lumber from tne racine norwwesi to New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas mm diaamiraved be the Interstate Commerce commission Monday on the - . . . - n 1 ground that they were not justineo. on he ' around or uniformity. . ine in- hH ntM held unreasonable are those filed to become effective January 1315, and suspended oy ine commis sion. : "" Tho mmmiaaion also cites the con tention of shippers that were these in creasea to become operative caiirornia lumber and particularly California Mnrrlaa WNllj Ha shift larffelv to ab- sorb the New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texaa markets to the exclusion or lum ber products from the Northwest Penny Holds Up. -Rifles. Albany, Or. Because a 1-cent reve nue stamp waa missing from a ship ping receipt the Albany Civilians' Rifle Club will be delayed about 10 days in receiving its supply of rifles for target practice, president bten macher, of the dub, received word several days ago that the rifles would be shipped from the United SUtes ar senal at Benicia, Cat. Word came that the shipment could not be made until a 1-cent revenue stamp was sent for the shipping receipt The stamp waa sent at once. ' Berlin Beer-Drinking Hit. Amsterdam, via London A protest against the consumption of barley for the making of beer is made in a letter to Chancellor von Beth man n-Hollweg, signed by 80,000 members . of Good Templar Lodges in Germany. The letter points out the "gigantic waste of bread material." in the use of large quantities of barley for the production of beer. It urges tnst Here after beer be only supplied on bread tickets. Represents Carranza. 1 -J Al I - - r-...:'. ;. j V-:.- " : f 'i - .. , FORQGfl TRADE I!J YEAR 6 BlUIOliS Export Tcie Me fat if fcpsrts All FOrJSIB EtCO$ EHOKEN Munitions of War (or Twelve Months Predominating rFactor Steel and Iron Take Big Jump; Washington. D. C The country's foreign trade during the fiscal' year ending with last month reached a tota' of $6,625,000,000, exceeding by many millions all previous records, according to preliminary figures announced Tbursdsy by the Commerce depart ment Exports were valued at 14,- $45,000,000 and , imports at $2,180, 000,000. The figures are based on complete returns for the first 11 months of the year and estimates for Jane. The war munitions trade wae the predominating factor in estabishing the nsw exports record. Iron and steel exports jumped from $226, 000, 000 in the previous fiscall fear to $618, 000,000, and explosives from $41,000, 000 to $473,000,000. In 1914 the ex plosives exports amounted to only $8, 000,000. Raw cotton exported during the fis cal year waa valued at $370,000,000, compared to $376,000,030 the year previous; wheat and flour, $314,000, 000. compared to $428,000,000; meats, $270,000,000, compared to $206,000, 000; copper manufactures, $170,000, 000 compared to $109,000,000; miner al oils. $165,000,000, compared to $134,000,000; brass and manufac tures, $126,000,000, compared to $21, 000,000; automobiles and parts, $123, 000,000, compared to $68,000,000; chemicals, $123,000,000, compared to $46,000,000; cotton manufactures. $112,000,000, compared to $72,000,- ooo. ' -C. ' Principal imports were: Sugar, $206,000,000, compared to $174,000, 000 in the fiscal year 1915; rubber end it substitutes, $159,000,000, compared' to $87,000,000; bides and skins, $157, 000,000, compared to $104,000,000; raw wool, $145,000,000, compared to $68,000,000; raw ailk. $122,000,000, compared to $81,000,000; coffee, $117,000,000, compared to $107,000, 000, and chemicals and drugs, $108, 000,000 compared to $84,000,000. lafantie Paralysis Gen l!ay Ee Jsolatcd, Kdical Ken Decaf? ; xrw Ym-lrWh;f Health Commis sioner Emerson declined Thursday to discuss the report that . a New York physician haa succeeded In isolating the germ of infantile paralysis, great importance was attacneu oy meaicai nun a tha mafltinir nf nhvsiciafis to be held at once, which will be devoted to a discuussion of the disease which has cost more than 250 lives in this city since the epidemic began. " Among the speakers win oe ur. Simnn Flomer. of Rockefeller Found ation, who is devoting his energies to a study of infantile paralysis. It waa semi-officislly admitted that scientists have progressed so fsr that they are testing a culture' in which they believe they will find traces of too germ and ultimately isolate it Thore was a feelintr of optimism in the health department not only be cause there were fewer cases reported, but because all agencies combating the epidemic are in complete cO-operation. "'' Gocitais timi to Co. w,ki'niFtnn TV C -President Wil son Thursday agreed to accept the res ignation of Major uenerai uoetnais as of tha Panama canal at an early date, to be fixed by: the general. General Goetbals called at ' the White House and again urged his desire to Mno-n tha onvernorahio and retire from the active list of the army, now that his work of Winning tne canai naa been finished. Colonel Chester Eard inir. now enirineer of maintenance in the canal xone, probably will be ap pointed governor; - " . m ii ' ii 11 . ' .Cost of Living Recedes. Washington, D. C The cost of, liv- iner. after rising steadily since 1907, TMnt in 1911. took a downward trend during 1915. A report by the bureau of Labor, issued Thursday, , analyzing retail prices of 29 articles of food, shows that relative retail prices during 1915 averaged one point lower man in iqii Maata. lard and earn averaged .' hnmlfatl ner cent lower. Whi'a'po-'I totoes were 22 per cent lower. Wheat, flour, corn meal and granuiateq sugar m hiirhar than in 1914. flour beni2 20 per cent and sugar 11 per cent. Germans Hold Canadians. , Ottawa, Ont Canadian prisoners ; in Germany were sentenced to a year , in jail by the Germans for -ref sarin to make war munition, according t a letter received here from Corpoxal Daniel A. Simmons, formerly a priotai sr in Germany and now transerred to the internment camp in SHweHand. Corporal Simmona writes that Corporal Harry Hogarth is one cf those who refused to make munitions of war. t .' 7