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t 4 TON uEAD VOL. XXXVI. WESTON, OKEQON, FniDAY, SEPTEMBEI1 8, 1910. '0.' 12. WES ER y i . " WORLD'S DOINGS V'OF CURRGfT Wf Jficf f!csne cf General Kevs Live News Items of A3 Nations and Psqfic Northwest Condensed for Cur Busy Readers. About 2000 men msrthed In Fort land' Labor Pay pared, Monday, The Third Infantry of th Or goo Fallon! guard, arrlvM at camp Wllhyeotnb Tudy from duty cm th Doruer, A i ls'sirxxmced ofhcally that Der-ee- 1 Salaam, th hlf town of Carman 4 East Africa,, ha surrsndsrad to the !lriUV; " .. ' 7 from Klamath Falla. Oregon, It it f reported that labor la M oearco that . am r (ha luml mill- wu ntilltfeil to diabaoQAMJU night shift, . La than fifty par rant of tha aehool chlklrtn of Portland wr In attend ant on tha first da of school, owing V J to lb fact that It waa Labor Pay. v 1 n Argentine government t maehad no Anal decision aa to ita raply I u tha representation of tha entente ? atfllea that merchant suhmarle of a belligerent nation about, b traatad aa I warship. .... . , ; With mora than tOOO people from all aactlona of Douiflaa eounty, Oregon, . In attendance, tb Rod and Gun Club of Ridrfte hold I la fourth annual rani on barbu under the moat favorable jf eondiUona Monday. - Tb eoltapaa of a portion of tha bteecber eeaU at tha Welsh-White lightweight championship fight at Colorado Spring, Monday praeiplutad tOO spectator to toe ground and In jured at laaet 100, vral aarioualy, Another etaeh btwa Chlneaa and - Japan' troops la officially reportad from Chaoyanwpo, Mongolia, and baa led te tb dispatch of heavy Japan relnfor imenla. It la contended that tba Chlneaa attacked tha Japanoa while the Japan war advancing to mediate between tha Chlneaa arid Moo- gotiaoe. , ' Athena Selling the opportunity offerad by tb preeeno at Piraeus, within gunshot of Athena, of a large fleet of tb entente nation. Premier Zalmla haa aaumed onobtrualvaly what rnounte virtually to dictatorial pow era. All la now In readlneea for tha final act I to and tha neutrality of . Groec. Officer and men of th German air ahlp destroyed Saturday night whll raiding England, will be burled with full military honor in London. D- tail of the funeral hav not been Bat tled but th bodlee probably will be put in leparat gaavaa In a churchyard near th apot where they were found after tb airahlp fell ,,- Rioting, an outgrowth of a strike of atreet railway trainmen In progress In El Fso. Texaa, followed a Labor Day oared Monday. Tb rioter t- l tacked aavaral atreetcara being oper- f ated by atrtkebreakers in the down- town street. . wracked tha car and boat tha trainman. A Hoten person t were arretted cm chargea of inciting riot and and It la aatlmated that at lMt SO poraona war injured In th atrt fighting. ; v ' John P. St John, a candidal for ' th Presidency on th Prohibition , ticket In 1884. twice governor of Kan- aa. and on of th moat widely known . temparane advocataa In th United Etate, died at Oiathe, Kan., gd 83. At a aecret aeaalon ot the Chin ; parliament. Premier Tuan Chi Jul, re- plying to, Inqulrie about tha recant ctaah betwaan Chinee and Japanese 1 traona In Eaatern Monsolia. aaid tha Japanaa war th aggreaaora and fired tb flrat ahota. Th pric of platinum Jumped $20 an ounce in two daya. tha quotation now running from f 80 to $88 an ounce. Scarcity of tha metal because of th war embargo aet two year ago on platinum from Ruatla, together with th beginning of th Chriitmaa holiday demand from jeweler, waa attributed aa'reaeoneV.: "---. .'- A profit of more than t.000,000 a week waa made by th Ford Motor i company during tha year which ended Jttly 81, according to a financial etate- tnent The year ! oueinee lotaiea 8208.887.847j the year' profit waa 868,894,118. Henry Ford announced that moat of tha profit wilt be uied In expanding th company'! bueinea. , An all-day battle waa fonght be tween government force and Villa man, led by Villa blmatlf. No victory waa obtained by either. It Is officially announced that tha Britlah casualties, killed, wounded and mllng. on all fighting front In the month of August totaled 4711 officer and 128, S34 men. Tha value of th ruble has recently advanced in London, where Petroirrad exchange had fallen from 155 to 185 in of a week. Tha rise is at tributed to tha war. Roumsnia's entrance into I J msm wises vtwm m "big mm" ci mma Long Branch, N. J President Wll son Saturday formally opened hla aanv paign for re-election with speech ae eepting th Oemoerati nomination. In which ha characterised tb Republican nartv aa "practical and moral fail ure,'' defended hla Mexican and Euro pean policies, retfited th leglslstlv achievement ef hi administration. and declared for a "big America.' In bis speech President Wilson waa unsparing In bia criticism of th Ile- publlean party as a party f "masterly Inactivity and tunning resourcefulness In standing pat to resist change," and Mid that tba old leader III II Select its candidate, but be did not mention Charle E. Hughe, th Rpubll candidate by name. Tba r resident spoke from th vr anda of bis summer borne to a crowd which filled 8000 chair and ovr- flowed to th lawn. Sneaking In th open, hla voice eould be heard by only a small part of tha crowd, but those who did hear him constantly Interrupted with applause. One when he laid," I neither seek the fsvor nor fear the displeasure of that small alien element amounget us which puts loyalty to any foreign pow er before lovalty to tb unitM Stat," tha crowd stood and cheered Th notification cwremonle were brought to a eloa when more than a score of American flags attached , to parachute were fired Into th air by mortar and unfolded over th F dent' bead a band played "Amer ica." Afterward Mr. Wilson stood more than aa hour on tha voranda and shook hands with several thousand man, wo men and children. Senator Jemee. of Kentucky, chair man of th notification committee. In troduced tl President When be de clared that Mr. Wilson had kept Amer ica at peace the crowd responded In stantly and applauded aavaral minuwa. lie concluded bv handing tM r dent a cony of the St Louis platform. Reading from printed copy ox nia speech and frequently looking op to emphasise particular point. Mr. Wil son spoke of th Democratic platform ' definite pled ire." Reviewing th achievements of the administration be aaid: "Alike In th Democratic field and In th wide field of commerce of th world, American business and llfs and Industry have been set free to move aa they never moved Mar." "W hav provided for national da- fens upon a seal never Doror seri ously proposed opon the responsibility of an entire political party. Concluding hla list or measures Lseed by ton tress In tb last three roars, the President said: This axtreoruinarv reeiiai must sound' Ilk a platform, a list of guin promises, but It I not It is a record of promise mad four year ago and sow actually redeemed In con. atrucllv legislation. " Th President mad bid lor in PrMrreaiv vote by saying that hav in four year com very mart carrying out tb platform of the Pro gressive party, aa wen a our own, tor we are also progressive." Further along, rebuking foreign- born Amrlcn who ar not loyal to tha United State, be said: I tha candidate of a party. I am above all thins else an American eitlaen." When Mr. Wilson declared mat u revolution in Mexico is right and that so lonar aa Ita leaders represent. however imperfectly, a struggle for freedom, he I ready to serve their end, th crowd applauded. Appli also greeted his declaration that Amer ica must do its part in layng tha found- at Ion for world peace. Tha policy of the United State in dealing with violations of th right of Americans as a result ol the European ir. tha Preadent outlined thus: 'The property right can be vindi cated bv claims for damage when the war la over, and no modern nation can decline to arbitrate such claims, but th freedom right of humanity can not b." Th audience which listened to th President' address of acceptance waa mad up largely of resident of New Jersey coast towns, but included Democratic leader from every Motion of th country and delegation from New York, Pennsylvania and other nearby state. . When President Wilson waa ; wio that tha eight-hour bill was ready for his signature, he said: It la th climax of very happy day." ..- Official said it would b legal lor th President to sign on Sunday. i Crazed Serbian Run Amuck, Seattle, Wash, George Yakich,' a Serbian, is declared by th police to have run amuck with a gas pipe In th heart of th business district, Inflict ing dangerous injurlea on one wan, and aerious injuriea on two others be fore he waa captured by th polio. Four hour previously Yaklch - had been released from Jail after serving six months', sentence for .subbing x men, a a result of a war argument at the same place. ; ' H. L. Peters, a printer, waa bit on th head, and is dangerously hurt Interned Vessels Seised. .Athena The French flag Saturday was hoisted on four German and three Austrian merchant ships In the har bor of Piraeus, London Four German Levant liners have been seised In the harbor of Pi raeus by boarding parties from the en- tent allied Beet, according to a dis patch from Athens to tha Evening News. Tb steamers were the Tinos, Anatolia, Sarippoa and Bolgaloa. RAILROAD STRIKE ORDER. CANCELED Sesste (Juicily Pisses kizxi Cstt Roar Dty issssrt DM OF TIE-UP IS AYEMD Bill Embraces Virtually All of Presi dent's Pjoposals Measure to Take Effect Jan. 1, 1917. Waahlngton, D. C Th threat of a general railroad strike, which has been banging Ilk pall over th country for a month, waa lifted Saturday nhrfat Three hour after th aaoate had ceased without amendment th Adam- son elght-bour-day bllL passed by tb house Friday, th head of th four great railroad employee' brotherhood Ulerrsuhed 600-odd code meaaage to their ceoeral chairmen In all part of th country cancelling qui striks order Issued a week ago, to tag eaeet Sep tember 4. The legists live expedient to avert th atrik waa passed in th senate by a trot of 48 to 28 almost a strict party vote amid stirring scenes, sixer many senators, Demoreau and Kepuo- ItcanaL had fought desperately to amend th measure by provision da signed to prevent industrial disasters In th future. Soma senator, thor oughly aroused, declared congress waa being coerced Into enactment or legis lation that it did not desire and that it knew would return to plagu it in th futur. In both house th measure signed within few minute after th final vote In tha senate and It waa aent at one to th White House, where tb President signed it Sunday. The bill that stopped the striks pro vide that after January 1, 1917. eight hour ahall be regarded as a baaia of reckoning for day' pay of men en- arared In th operation of railroad brain in interstate commerce, except ing roads lea than 100 miles long and electric line, that they ahall receive ore-rata pay for work In axcesa or eight hours, and that tb rate of com pensation ahall not be changed, pend ing an investigation for six to nine month of th effect of the eight-hour day upon th railroads by a commis sion to be appointed by th President Efforts to amend to bill in the ssn- ate war futil, tb uprm effort to Iter It having been led by Senator Underwood, who sought to provfd that tha Interstate Commerce commis sion should have power to fix railroad wage and hour of service In the fu tur. This smondment wss defeated. Railroad official hav declared that th action of congress will cost tbm 160,000,000 a year in inereaaead wage to th trainmen. . Brotherhood officials say th enactment will mean not more than an annual increase ol izo.ooo, 000. In congress and among the rail road officials there existed doubt aa to the constitutionality of th law, but what steps, if any, may be Uken to test this hav not been indicated. Quick action by th brotherhood heads followed th action In th senate. Th measure embraces virtually all of th President's original proposal to the employes and th railroad heads. although It la only a part of th legis lative program h took to congress last Tuesday when his negotiations - had failed. Slsadkisa toes 22 Casl- ' iways frca Bezant islasd Punts Arenas. Chile Lieutenant Shackleton returned here Sunday with the members of his Antarctic expedi tion whom be resuced and who had been marooned on Elephant Island. Th men ar all in good condition. It waa April 24 that Shackleton aet out from Elephant island . in a , Z&-1001 boat fitted with sledge runner, leav ing 88 men of his expedition behind him. Th men he left behind had ' five weeks provisions, their only shelter was an ice cave; night and day gales went th bleak shores, so that any on leaving th shelter had, v to crawl on hand and knees. - ? ' ' : v Jnsuranc Agents Strike. " Boise, Idaho An insurance war has broken out in Boise. Th Pacific Board of Underwriters, has notified local fir insurance eompany representatives that th proposed advance in fir Insur ance rate lor Bote will go into enen. the matter having bean carefully con sidered and th increase believed to be justified. The company agent here do not take tha earn view aa to we jus tice of the increase and hav decided not to aell insurance under the new rates but to insist on th old schedule. They expect to secure concessions. - 1 ' Greek Civilians Ar Arming. Paris A dispatch, to th Petit Par isian from Saloniki dated Friday say that a committee of national defense, composed of prominent military men and civilian, haa been proclaimed aa tha provisional government of Mace donia. AH the gendarme and cavalry, aays th dispatch, hav joined this movement A parade or revolutionary troops under Lieutenant Colonel Zim- brakakis took place, after wntcn were was a pared of armed civilians and volunteer wearing th blue and whit. rascm mscx mm mm .Ka'oAsesniOKAmi Hodgenvllie, K. Preeldent Wllaon cam to Kentucky Monday to pay bonv ag to th memory of Lincoln. Tb President accepted for th Federal government th log cabin In which Lincoln waa born I a speech devoted to an eulogy of the Civil war Presi dent Standing' on a hill topped by a mamlflrant rranlte memorial building housing th Lincoln cabin, he praised Lincoln aa th emDodlmeni 01 Demo cracy. "W ar not worthy to stand nere unless w ourselves be indeed and in truth real Democrats and servants of mankind, read to aiva OUT Vry II V I for th freedom and Justic nd spirit ual exaltation si ut ar at nation which abetters and nurtures us." be said. Th noo-political character of th program waa emphasised by th men tion of tha nam of Charles EL lluirkaa the ftaoubliean nomine, by on of tb speakers In giving th list of directors of the Lincoln Farm as sociation. What waa aaid to be one or the urg eat crowd ever rathe red in this part of Kentucky cam to Lincoln farm in special train and automobile and on foot Tb President nd hi party mm tMkan from tha station to th farm in automobile, accompanied by . . . ... . si l a troop or ixxiisvuie poticev - wa tha President stODDCd and laid wreath on a status of Lincoln. At th farm be walked op a long flight of broad granite stair lined with thousands of enaerinr Hereon to th Lincoln memorial building ai ine top. Inalda ha examined ailcntly th ona- mnm cabin made of roush log and mod and than wrot hi nam in th retrister.'' Ex-Governor Joseph W. Folic, or Missouri, president of th Lincoln Farm aaaoeiation. presided at th for mal ceremonies. , Kooen 4. uuier, vica nreaident of the association, gave tha gift of th deed to th farm to Secretary Baker, representing th wb department. - tacriQ! Biis I tssse Before Kmm York ThaT Mrsonal Viffhta and their economic interests of American in Mexico most be considered in reacn- ina a . Derroaaent settlement of the difficulties between the United States and Mexico, Secretary Lansing said here liondsy in an address at a luncn ann attandad hv member of th Amer ican-Mexican joint commission. Con- erence looking toward a solution w tha international nroblema which eon- front th two countries are to begin shortly at New London, Conn. Secretary Lansing declared mat 11 ...nl.MA rinnht and aloofness marked the eominar deliberation, th commission might expect to aceonv niuh little and would nave tne two nations "in tb same tangle of mis understanding and false judgments afhlrh I feel, hav been tb chief rea son for our controversies in th past" Luis Cabrera, chairman 01 too meat can commission, in reply, aaid tha ra mi hla Anmmiaaion seek ia th Same ought by th American delegate and that th mutual spirit 01 mnmmj miirht be inferred from th note ex changed. , Secretary Lansing pointed out tnat th assembling of th ' commission "manifests to the world th spirit of good will and mutual regard which an imate tha republic of America in the settlement of their controversies." "I need not assure you." Secretary Lansing continued, "that my govern ment haa haen Insnirad throughout th past three years with a sincere desire to arrange in an ami can le way to nu merous questions which have arisen as a result of th civil atrif which haa shaken th Mexican republic to Its foundations and haa caused so mnrh Inaa i of . life and DroDerty. ao much suffering and privation." Word "Obey", Eliminated. ' Chicago Th commission of seven bishops, seven pastors and ven lay men of th Protestant Episcopal church, appointed to revise the ritual of th church, has determined to elim inate th word "obey" from th mar- it waa learned her. The commission will report to the gen eral convention 01 in enurea at ot Louis, October 11. Radical change were proposed in the ten command ments, the burial and baptismal serv lees and in arrsngemenU of various prayers. . - (j , . o.w.t .CnNiirlinr In Greece. I Rome i Information reached her Tueadav that th revolution in Groec -u 1 -,.-.i i.w haa I been proclaimed in Athens, Piraeus and several other cities. The uprising ia extending in Theasally and. Epirua, which, together with Greek Mac- donia, in which th movement was was taken it wss explainer tnat ut. al ala I a. . a. kakAB- t 1 started, constitute the northern nair oi Axea naa one i w com -Greece, King Constentin haa been in calary considerably lower than he waa ut l ik ..i MAviK. nM, MMitvlnor whan ha Kslimsd. H failed having recovered from an operation I for pleurisy. Thar hav been no pre vious serious indications. Food Gamblers Hard Hit. kaw York Food dealer who ram bled on th expected isolation of New York from outside supplies aa a result nf th threatened - railroad strike and held back shipment to unload at fam ine Driees. found themselves over- whelmed by their own plot Price suddenly collapsed with the averting i the strike and th looa gamoiers were caught with vast quantities of auppliea on their hands. On specula tor is reported to hav lost heavily. REVENUE BILL IS PASSED LTSEflAIE Presided Dnpowcrd lo Take to sary &ps to Prelect imt TAffiff PIACED m DYLSTCFfS tel Will Raise J25fl.000.000 by Taxes on Incomes and Munitions Tariff Board Is Created. Washington. D. C The administra tion emergency revenue bill, designed to rale I206.000.00fl annually from taxes on inheritance and war muni tions and from increase in th In come tax, creating a tariff commis sion and putting a protective tariff on dyeatuff. and providing for protec tion of American firms from "dump lnc" at tb end of th war, and giving tb president authority to tak drastic retaliatory atepa against allied Inter ference with American trade, waa passed by th senate, 41 to 16, late TitMjfav rtoii amAnifmanta to the bill trilrlnr at tha allied blackl latin of American merchants, discrimination against American commerce. Interfer ence with American mall and embar goes on American trad were incor porated In th bill to arm th presi dent wtui retaliatory weapons, icon amendments hav created eoneterna- finn iinnnf Hintnmatlfi reDreaentative ot th allied powers in Wsshington, who aaaert thev would constitute non-Intercourse act and lead to com mmrfial warfara. Paaaage ot th bill and adjournment of congress were threatened for a dm. hv n attAmnt tn attach to tha rneaaur th Webb bill desired by the president permitting American nrma to establish collective selling agencies Hsfti anmtrr Ijnrii . therennon withdrew the amendment, announcing mat it would te presseo aa a tepamw measure. An amendment hv Senator FhelaO to extend th time from so day to IX monlne lor tne urn tor tne pay ment of the tax of 6S cents a gallon on brandies used In fortifying wines wss adopted. - v :.' , Amend menu lor retaliation against Great Britain for embargoes on Amer ican goods, th trade blacklist and in terference with the maila were agreed to without rollcalla and were nnop- mm4 in riohate The amendment would authorise th president to: Deny us or urn tea etatee maus auu other- method of communication to cltUens of any belligerent nation which doe not accord those facilities to American vessels, ciuxena, com panies or corporations. withhnM clearance to any vessel from American porta which gives "any advantage woaiaoever mar rin.u lar person or institution In th United atafe nr Ita noaaeaalona or to the citizens of tb United States residing tn neutral countries aoroaa, or 1 buo wiin an nt them tn "anv undue db crimination in regard to accepting, re ceiving, transporting or aeuiwmj muj cargo, freight or passengers." Deny the commercial privilege and facilities of the United States to any vessel or citlxen 01 a oeuigereni nation which does not accord full facilities nf mmmarro to American citixena that are accorded to citixena of other nationalities or to witnnoia clearance to vessels of such belligerent nations until "reelnrocal liberty ot commerce haa been restored." Employ the land and navat rorcea 01 tha United States to enforce the re taliatory measures and to prohibit Im portation of goods into th United State from nations which prohibit th iiun4tinn into their own or into any other country or dependency of any legal article proauceu ui uiv uui ted Statee. ' - -- . - -- ' " annther mialiato nroviaion would prohibit the admission of halibut or salmon into the United 'States-from the Pacific Coast through any foreign nation except tn bond from a United States port This ia directed against an alleged Canadian monopoly ot tne Paclflo Northwest fish Industry and la dealcned to encourage revival of an American fish industry. The bill creates a tarut commission to consist of six members to be desig nated by tha president The commia aton would investigate the administra tion and fiscal effect ot th customs lawa:. relation . between the rate of duty on raw-materials and finished or nartlv finished products: errecis 01 all duties; all questions relating to th operation of th tariff laws; tarui Or. Aked Turned Down. SanTFraneisco Th Rev. Charle F, Aked, who resigned th pastorate of 1 .. . . . tha Firat Onn s tionai cnurea nere to accept an appointment aa delegate with th Ford peace party, waa re fused reinstatement by his former con- gregatibn Tuesday. Before the vote to obtain the two-thtrda vote necessary ai at.. ' a. a. a Va aVaiaa wavaia for his reinstatement. JlV VUVIW ewe mad of successor. Grief Kills Erring Judgs. rhieam After rrievinir for 20 years over a decision on which he sen tenced to prison lor lire tore men whom he was later convinced were in nocent, Herman Varman Freeman, for 17 years judge of th Superior ana ao- pellate courts of Chicago, died Tuesday on a train oearing nun norw summer nom in niiuuaau. h bad Deen in in neaito, nrount w, hia family aaid, by grief over tha de cision. relation between th United State and foreign countries and would niak report lo tb way aod means com mittee of th house end finance com mute of th senate. Salaries of the commissioners wsre fixed at 17600 a year. A section of th bill would make It unlawful to Import good at a price substantially leaa than the market value or wholesale price in th prin cipal markets of tha country of their production. Tb president haa author Ity to prohibit importattone to this country from nations which prohibit importattone from the United States. In section amending th existing tariff law, th bill provide for in creased tariff rate on dyeatuff to be applied after th European war. Tb duty on intermediate dyea would be IS per cent ad valorem and a special duty of t cent a pound; on finished dyes 10 per cent ad valorem, and a special duty of I cent a pound. Another amendment fixe th duty ot print paper valued at above t cent per pound at 12 per cent ad valorem. Th bill as finally agreed upon pro vide for an Increase from 1 to 2 per cent on th normal Income tax with an exemption of 14000 for married, and t3000 for alngl persona, and for the following surtaxes: On per cent on Amount by which the -net Income exceeds . 120,000 and doe not exceed (40,000; 2 per cent. (40.000 to 140,000; t per cent, $60,000 to 180,000; 4 per cent, $80,000 to $100 000; per cent, 1100,000 to flSOOOO; ( per cent. 1160,000 to izw.ooo; 7 per cent. 1200,000 to $290,000; I per cent, 1250.000 to 2300.000 ; t per cent 1300. 000 to I&00.000; 10 per cent. (500.000 to (1,000,000; II per cent, i,whj,ouo ,a tifijwinnn- 1 iur cent. II -00.000 tn iwwi'ma anil IX ner cent on the amount by which th net income ex- mmI, t OAO.oOO The eorooratlon income lax is re - AAmt,lna lahnr arrlraltural mw .rv.. , 7 , a 1 it...li.. I .....ni..Mnn. mnlnai uu Buruvuiimu wn saving mum wv ua.iue tvk renraaented bv share, "fra ternal beneficiary societies, domes tic building and loan associations, civ tit nmnluilnni. federal land bank and national farm loan associations. Special taxes ar imposed aa 101 ta nn tranafer of net atata nf fleMnanla rtvinsr alter naaa- or tn act. X per cent on . uie amount of euch net estates not in ex- cess of (50.000; 2 per cent. (50.000 to (ISO 000; S per cent, (150,000 to (250- 000:' 4 ner cent. (250,000 to (450.000; S per cent. (450,000 to (1.000,000; ner cent. (1.000.000 to (3,000,000; 7 per cent. (2,000,000 to (3,000.000 ; 8 ner rent 1.1 000.000 tO I'.UUU.WU: 9 .i tA naa nnn tn f 5.OOO.0O0. and in ner rent on the amount by which auch estate exceeds (5.000,000. Munitions -tax. 10 ner cent on net ..J thar aTnlnaivea. eartridces load ed or unloaded, except for industrial or sporting purposes; projectiles, shells, torpedoes, including shrapnel, ia.i nnlnacwl- fnaea. or comDlete iUBULU wa " . , round of ammunition: firearms or anv kind and appendages, including amall arms, manufactured and used nllitar 1UIP1VHM' ttllflOIL I71&- 1UI J " " - . chin gun, rifle and bayonets, elec tric motorboat and submarine or sun .ikia tvoa,a- these taxes to be in fore until one year after the Euro pean war ends. Lianor taxes Beer, ij sv oarrei, .tin arinea eenta ner callon: Cham nam a or snarklinK wine. 3 cents on V " -- ' artificially carbonated wine, 1 cents i..t,whi,HiiiMi.. i-jmttntg g a a ee t w vir nint nr munnn n-reui wine. Vt cents per half pint ana not .we, ii.u . . . - containing sweet wine, in, ceuia ri o. t nn, . -Ml, for each Wa . J , (1000 of capital, surplus and undivided nmflta of corDO rations. Joint stock anmnanlea and associations with cap! tal In excess of (99.000. Rneeial taxes PawnDroKers. saw a year; ship broker. (20; custom-house brokers. (10; theater and amusement places having a seating capacity not exceeding 250 (25 a year, not exctwu- ina- 800 $75 and exceeding 800 seating capacity (100. .;;., Bowling alleys ana ouuaru wiuea, Tnhayn manufacturers' tax Those H.A .-.l aalaa An not exceed 50, 000 pounds (3. not exceeding 100,000 pounds (6, . not exceeaing auu,w 119 erra11nz 200.000 8 Cent kn,.o.n ' mannfapttirers Of Clg- inuuw , ars whose annual sales do not exceed 50,000 cigars (2. not exceeding iuu.vuu ts. not exceedine 200.000 6. not ex ceeding 400,000 (12, exceeding 400,000 rente ner thousand. ctamn tavea Tionds. debentures or nf InHohtAitnAnn. n Cents On each (100 of face value; agreements of sale, 2 cents on each (loo or race value; certificates or mock, a cenis tino nf vatne aalea or trans fers. 2 cents per (100; merchandise agreement ot sale, 1 cent for each (100 In value; conveyance, 50 cents .k c;nit. warehouse TftCelDtS. 25 1VI uao. T" v J . ' eenU tor (100. 60 cents for (300. and (1 on receipts exceeding (500 In val ue; custem-nous receipts, oo wu, foreign steamship tickets costing not tin ti nnt more than 260 IV, uvmu mw T - (3 and mora than $60 (5; parlor-car and sleeping-car tickets. 1 cent eacn. " Alliea Shipa at Piraeus. ' London After two days of tele graphic silence with Athens, 'during which sensational rumors of a revolu tion have gained currency, but without confirmation, come tha startling news of th arrival of an entente allied fleet of 23 warships, with transports, at Pi raeus, and that th general Greek elec tions likely will bo postponed for a fortnight. Th brevity of th dispatches seem to indicate that something unusual is happening and developments are await ed with th greatest curiosity here. Japan May Land to Chin. Pekin Being unable to obtain fund in th United State. Chinese officials are unwillingly rosponding to overture, in the United States. Chines officials T.nan tn lend 230.000.000 Or larger amount. The money is needed immediately, as China's financial sit uation ia desperate. indication, ax that Japan's assistance will be accept ed within a fortnight Great Britain, France and Russia will participate in the Japanese loan. The salt monopoly surplus probably will be th security. NEWS ITEM Of Ckneral Interes! About Oregon Oregon Victims Allejsd to Have Lost T30,C00 to fromoisr Eugene Officer of th Untied State government are investigating th record of F. G. Mathlson, San Francisco real estate desler, arrctd in Oakland. Cel.. l!ondav. according' to a statement made ber by District At tomey J. M. Devers. Attorney Dever also Uted that the autlioritlne believe that alsttilson, who is charged yh having obtained title to real estate In Lanaand Linn counties ' worth from $30,000 to $40,000 In exehangw "?or boirua alwtrarta nf title tn Taiaa tnkd. - did not operate alone ' anxj .that other arresta revealing a conspiracy to da- fraud en an extensive seal ar prob able. : Jtt ' ' ' District Attorney -r Levers DrepsVed reqiustion papers for Msthison, trf be signed by the governor. In the evint a Federal charge Is oerf erred the Stat will likely turn the prisoner oven to th Federal authorities for trial, he said. , In one nf tha letters in the nosSes- sion of the officer Msthison is said to have written that he bad "unloaded th Orefron stuff" and had don very well. Th "Oregon stuff" referral to i alleged to have been land to wincn i u t,mA sh,.;.- hu in ,.hnir for f .. . . . . , . . - -.1 .. 1 anegeo wortmess abstracts m uusw I I Texas Sand. Attorney Devers stated that in the cases he had investigated, the ' ab stracts of title which on' their fo were genuine and set up a clear chain nf title tmrnnrtfvl to have been mad by a abstract company which did not exist. The records in tha county tn which the Texas land is located 'con tain no record of such abstracts. ; The land Msthison purported to con- - rr- vey to the Lane county farmers afeged to hav been swindled of their farms, belongs to Mrs. H. M. King, reputed to be a muiti-millionaire, of Corpus ChristL Tex. It is part of her ranch, which consists of a Mexican grant that has never been subdivided, her agent, Attorney Robert Kleberg, in a letter to District Attorney 3. M. Devers stated that Msthison was unknown to him.. - - CrnnTfnjtniir RiiaMit alia irnir to th complaint against Mathison, title to Lane eounty land wortn Jiu,uuu ana $600 in personal property was obtained in exchange for an abstract of tit! calling for 320 acres of th Texas land. Boesen announced some time ago tnat ha had sold his farm and that be wa going to Texas to develop his newly acquired land. ; ' ." ?. From Pierce & DeheL of Pleasant Hill, titile to a 820-acr tract of Lane county land was obtained by Mathison. Marvin Martin, ot urownsvuie, uim county, gava a deed for 378 acres of Oregon land and a note for iz&uu zor an abstract of title to v480 acres of Texas (and. ""'" -;--'-"-.v-.a..... S. J. Johns, of Myrtle Creek, Doug las county, wss about to complete an axchariire of his property for Texas land offered by Mathison. He- took Mathison s abstract of title to an at torney. There was some question as tn Taiaa liar and letters of inauiry written te attorney in Texas revealed that the abstracts of title were not genuine, it is stated. Baker Mill is Burned. Baker Fire destroyed the sawmill of th Oregon Lumber company at South Baker Monday afternoon, ' caus ing a lossof (40,000, with no insurance. The blase is believed to have started h Pn-nWlike sawdust in the engine- room, igniting from the fire under th boilers. Jn an instant the entire mill was ablaze and burned rapidly. ,ror a while the entire (100,000 plant .and anv rther buildinirs were threatened, but the Baker fire department and. 150 a 1 1 a. a,t. men warkea heroicauy na xep uw from Spreading. Several cars of lumber were pulled to safety just in time. ' ., " Klamath Realty Traded. Klamath Falls Several Important real estate deals were made in this city last week. The Rocky Point Summer Kesort, conauctea tor tne few years by Mr. ana sin. i-fiarit u. Wilson wss sold to W. W. Smith, of this city. The property is on govern ment land and Mr. Wilson held a 25- imav loOtlA ATI it. Mr.' Smith said' that he would build a large hot at Ro-ky Point, which is at the extreme tiorth- A nr TTnner KlamaLh lake, and vr.i w 1 1 . . will hav the hotel ready for use" when the tourist season opens next summer. Man 100 Years Old Dies. s)m George W. Bennett, aged 100 vears and 6 months, died Monday .t.. etata Insane hosnital. He hed ab b.iv .)." . ' been a patient of the hospital sine 1910 and previous to tnai iime an inmate of the Soldier's Home at Rose- burg. Mr. Bennett was nom in ivew York and served through the Civil wu He had no known relstivies and the body if. being held pending instructors from Bennett guardian, captain A. Duchanan, of Roseburg. f LoiJ , Cr4,rl ""l;. BhoWers of -Satnrdsj Rheridan The showers of Smmmy settled down into a steady, . threatening wholesale damajje t gran god hop. Hopplcamg comn;.--: with the growers anxious t. g't t: ' cror in. Tnev i!: 4 " v '' '" . ' ' to already 1"0 Wd ot 11 ' wu estimated th s.v . from this section.