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Weston ' eader VOLUME 38 WESTON, OREGON.-FRIDAY, MAY'4, 1917 NUMBER 47 OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST ' Principal Events of Iht Wnk - . . . . . Briefly aneicnei ior inrtr- mttlin of Our Rutfars. Portland Kill bold lb roaa fetv tbla year aa usual. A chapter of tba American Red Crnea orty baa bea organised at peed. Th demand for Ingsnberrle prnv Im t trUfM all previeu record tbla ye.r. Karmira of caster Oregon etpect a good rrep. alfheugh Ibe aeeeen la da- lejed. A branch of the fedrl reserve bask at Kn Fraorlaco la lo be established In rnrttand. Tb twnigla rmimy court baa or derm) epeeisi county heed election t bo held on June 4. The I'nloa and Wallona Couatle Kir association hold Ita annual meet Ing at Cirand. The Rout her Oregon Association of Odd Fellnv. Min assembled In Ursula Pass last week. Tb Marlon county Young People' Society of t'brleilan F.ndeavor hold Id convention at W'oodbura. Tbo Albany rommorrlal club and tba Albany ftotall Merchante' esso. Utloa bar decided not to merge. Quito a number of Umatilla county farmer ara ehowing dlepoaltlon to ronlrart ihHr HIT wheat crop. Approximately 4000 peraona from all over rolk county witnessed a flag raining eeremouy bold In Hollas. Portland rarrultlng office baa pro lded mora than 1000 re.rult for the Valtod State navy alnco April I. Boy eroute of Portland are to co perata with tbo atato flab and tame eommlealoa la tba protection of gam and flab. Tba ninth ananal commonwealth confer nee will bo held on tbo rampua of tbo 1'nlveralty of Oregon at Sugeo May IMP. All but throe rtmnll of tba 3d la Oregon r roproaontod by delegate attending tba atate-wlde good roada conference bold la Portland laat week. ....... Oorernor withyeotubo ta to no tne kead llner at tho atate nanument ol tba Grand Army of tbe Beptibllo to be held at Forest Orov June S, J7 and SS. Btockralaer In tb Oregon national forest region report tba past winter to bave been a bard one, and aa a re sult tock condition am below nor rnsl. Tb. war department baa notified Senator Chamberlain that authority haa been granted to recruit a battalion of engineers for tba Oregon national guard. . Oregon waa the second atate In th union In proportionate recruiting foi the regular army between April 1 and 34 by contributing per cent of br war quota. . Nina hundred puplla, representing I achool dlatrlcta of Washington coun ty, participated In the annual county polling conteat and Juvenile carnival In Itllleboro. , A meeting of mlnlsiera and laymen of Linn, Benton and Lincoln rountlea waa held at Albany to organise Joi the purpose of bettering moral con ritlon In tbe army. Th Eugene chamber of commerce ba decided to abandon tbe Lane coun ty - flag experiment for tbe coming year, In view ot tbe war and tb de mand for food crop. rtobert N. Btanfleld of Btanfleld. apcaker of tbo Oregon house of repre- ZZZZ U reputing Oregon' at- the meeting of tbe council of national defense at Washington. Representatives of four Chin tong. which hav been engaged In warfare Intermittently alnco laat Feb ruary, bav lgned a permanent peace agreement t Portland. Sample! of rock from a nitrate field aald to cover 1100 acres, In Lake and Harney count lea, bav been brought to Bend by resident of Burna, who have located clalma on the tract. An Increase In wage of 3 cent an hour, amounting to more than 90.000 a year, wa granted by th Portland Railway. Light Power company to Ita 1200 trainmen on all llnea. That there la not enough bay In Una county to last th farmor until the flrat ' new hay la cut and cured waa an assertion made by C. J. Hurd, a prominent farmer of Eugene. Wllford Allen of Grant Taaa wa p Belated on th Ute Induatrlal e- olilnnt commission 10 nil tv-ow caused by Lieutenant Colonel Carl. -. Abrgi BtiM oiled U tt eIort Tb aecretery of war haa notified Senator Cbambcrlalfl ha bit decided to v: purchase tract of land near llolhrook alio for lb rlfla rang for the troop at Vaoouvr barrack. Meblltitlon of all lb bey in Ors- n of ,n, " United State boya' working reserve, under aupervlsloo of tba federal government, waa atartod by a proclamation of Oov ernor Wtthyrombe, at the request. of Secretary Wllsoa, of tba department of commerce and labor. Svaty-Bln per cent of tba 1271 aealea Inspect during tba aftat ending March II, vara corroet, accord tng ta Deputy Plate Heeler Wortman, K. T. Allen, of tb foreal rv'r Portland. will b detained In Waabla ton Indefinitely by raeoa of bla tv polnlment on tb lumber advlaory com mine named by tba council or nation al defenee. That all grower of garden product of every kind aball band togntber and agree not to charge more ttraa a rr tain price for tboir product a la a plaa broached at Hclo to reduoa tbo' blgb root of living. In order that atudont of tba Albany high arbool may have moat of the afternoon to engage In gardening. plan la proposed to beg I a achool each moralnt al I o'clock and rloao at 1:JC In the afternoon. Tba data for the Aetorla regatta. th big lowor Columbia river feathat, ba been changed from tho flrat pant ol Beptembor to July 4 to . The Inten tlon la to make tb regatta a blf pat riot Is featlvaL 0 Whenever a Ilea of any kind eslau bwd brld la the atate, bo loan will be mad upon tbat laud from th atate achool fund or tbe rural rredlt fund. Tbla policy baa been announced by tb atate laad board. Tbe Klamath city council baa ac cepted the bid of Robert B. Btrabora of Portland, for tb construction ol tb Klamath Falle municipal railway from Klamath Falle to Dairy, 10 mile east, for tba um of Uoo.ooo. Drainage demonstrations which or being carried out as part of tbe eitcn alon service of tb Oregon Agricultural eoileg, will b. glveo In Coo. couat, am time neit monin ny rroiessoi W. U Power and bla associates. Lieutenant A, CantonL of tb Royal l.-ti-i. m.u ...u la irlMlttna1 tha - - nawmllla of Cooa county Inspecting lb. lumber output, a portion ot which In boat gradea of apruca Is going for the manufacture of aeroplane for Italy. Barring bad weather from now on until July. It I tb opinion of II. R Momyer, la charge of Crater Lake na Hons! park during tba past winter, that tbe tourist season there will open en time tbla year between June IS and July t. ' Instead of throwing down tbe bar tc the aalo ot revolvera In the state, ai haa been lb general Impression, tb law of the 1M7 legislature make the restriction aurrounUing their sale even more stringent, according to Attorney General Brown. While weather condltlona have !m proved and cattlo are being turned oui on tbe range, from tbo Long Creek section ot Grant eouuty cornea a re port of heavy loasea by sheepmen, hun dreds of young lamb, being lost as tb result of cold weatbar. - Arrangements were perfected al Eugene for a aertea of meetings t aumuiate iniereai in owiisrow,,., . meet tb national demand for food pro duction, and It la boped to securo th niantins of 10.000 acre to beans In tho neighborhood ot Engen. It I proposed by County School Su perlntendenf Duncan, of Yamhill coun ty, to release all high school atudoutt from further school work tbla spring. proWdln, tb, pupil far their orvlce to farmer and or chardlat wbo are In need ot help. Attorney General Brown advise Governor Wtthyeombo to Institut mandamui proceedings agalnat th of- flclala of Curry wyr U toV nM In refusing to can a spec.. uvu 'for Jun 4 to give tbe elector an op portunity to vote on measures referred by the recent legislature. Specification for roadbed section eulvert design and grade hav been EZkZnm Sunn to tb count, court, of the. tate. H has also forwarded copies of ap plication to th commission for ur vey and pectfleatloa for preparing aubgrade for hard eurfaclng. , Out of 340 aecldenta reported to th Industrial accident commiaaion for th week from April 30 to April 2$. in clusive, three were fatal. The fatali ties were H. L. Aumark. Mount Angel, light and power employe; L. C. 8timp aon. Wbeler, aawmill employe; John . ' 4.- Fill In Picture Puzzle No. 4 w: ELI, children, the laet picture man's runet faithful friend, the bile la doing much of tb work children, you do lov a tin horse, don't youT Many rich people who own au tomobiles a)ao keep their horses (o go rlolag. Now, if you lot your pencil run again from I to 1 I. 4. etc., you'll And that you'll have a picture of one of the vi v iw -we wvu$ j m mm v queerest braking animals in the world. M of M or4ln,nw providing a flM Md ,mprUonment for p. son refusing to admit a health In spector Into a warehouse where food la burst of enthusiasm came. It waa a atored. Mayor Albe Instructed health J tribute to the horo of the Marne, officiate to atart an Investigation ol ! 1 response lo rousing tries of Mor atoraga food, with tbo Idas of forcing !. Jottn, Joffrc." from every corner tb releaalng ot largo quanUUea of J of tb chamber, th soldier rcapondod ainrwt fnad . Mark Woodraff, director of , tbo Northwest Tourist association, baa been advised by th attorney-general'a nfflca that the mil or in ISSl ies is is- 7U pwrt.tlnf ,.000 for th. pre, , M. , ,.-,.. BllMteitv. ihrouah. northwest. In coniunctlon with ..Mnrtnn mnS .,... Columbia, la ' rnlld In Ita termn ana UMt u appro- . t0 u nMi 8wreUry rjgniela baa assured Mayor ,Ur, f tn,t he wl tron. ly indorse the forthcoming report of tba Helm board recommending tbe es tablishment of a submarine and naval base near the mouth or the Columbia and In sending that report to congresa will ask tbat f 300,000 bo appropriated to acquire tb alto and prepare It tor governmental use. HOMAGE IS PAID AT TOMB OF WASHINGTON Mount Vernon. Va. The flags ot Great Britain, France and the United Btatee floated proudly together Sun , day over tho tomb ot George Waah lng ton. Beneath them, spokesmen ot the three great democracies paid homage to America's soldier and statesman and pledged themselves, each to the other in1 the name of tbe dead, to Ilwl nr(wn, m.h,v Btruale against autocracy on the lines he him elf bad followed In bringing America Into being. v ' Marahal Joffr victor of the Marne, and Idol of the French people, spoke two brief eentencea: "In the French army all venerate the name and memory of Washington. I respectfully aalute here tne great soldier and lay upon hla tomb the palm wo offer our aoidlora who nave aica for their country." . A Marahal Joffre passed back .Ma. mvxAot utAra Mr. Rnlfonr caffie forWMd wltn tDt Brlttah .u, . .... . mk ,.., tIod wtn the VS a saevw " colore of the three allied nation. He. too. entered the tomb and placed the Brltlah token beside the French. ' . " JOFFRE STIRS C. S. SENATE . Hero of Mama Acknowledge Ovation With Worda "Vlv I'Amtrlqu!" , Washington. France1 war mlaslon, headed by Ren Vlvlant, Marshal Jof fre and Admiral Chocheprat, apent more than halt an hour Tuesday on tbe floor of the aenate and attrred that body and gallorloa crowded to capacity first to vigorous applause and then to roars of cheers." .: After the senators and members ot the house had grasped the hands ot tta m.toiuUW TliVri. 04 M. Vt you mad was that of the animal called horse.. It Is true that today the automo that the trorse' once did for man. Hut, vlanl. vice-premier and leader of tho mission, bad delivered an addresa that tunned nia nesrers. in grcstcsi out- wiin eigai wuraa oi rrvnea sua cog' h' " Pak ' Engliah, I'Ameriquel" yjT8 . . . , , . . v Or9on Prepare, to T.k. War C.n.Ufc c.inni n,nn.. tv.i,.nn,hJ,.n tbe last week by German "aubma- ent 1rirr ot ln t,e l" nch mrk tbe preliminary mt an thmt tirlnpa tntn aetiial Anaratlnn - ' " In Oregon, conscription plana. The governor baa designated th sheriff, county clerk autt county physician ot each county aa tbe official ragiat ra tion board. Following the lines laid down in instructions received from Secretary ot War Baker the voting precinct will be the primary registra tion area. . Peace Not Considered by Russia. ; Petrograd, via London. Premier Lvoff, apeaking on the subject of a separate peace, said Russia will not and other nations were asked not to Judge tbe country by the remarks or opinions ot isolated socialists. China May Oeolara War on German Pekin. A declaration ot war against Germany by China ta expected within a fortnight Braxil Ouata German Ex-Consuls. Rio Janeiro. The Bratillan govern ment has decided that all German ex consuls must leave the country. v HOME RULE FOR IRELAND IS AIDED Washington. The Irish home rule question haa been discussed at the conferencea between members of the British commission and American gov- crnment official. The subject ta a most delicate ono and the United suteg nM no intcntion of seeklug to a i. i... on J Great Britain's af- , . , . . . h ili llUHV'di tll CM "J V-. Md American officials have frankly told members or the British commla- ,jon that a strong element In tho United States believe that real frieml- between the two nations would factory settlement of the Irish prob lem. . It 1 generally accepted tbat the present offers a favorable opportunity for settling the question. The inter est in 1t here is great, not only be cause ot the large number ot cltlxens ot Irish birth or descent, but because of the strong fooling that no nation with which the United States is Join- in forces should have unsettled a question involving the right of self- fOramJEanU AMERICAN War briefs Tba total recruiting for tba army la April waa4 io.zi.. The enllated (renKth of tho navy Bow baa reached ri,32, within la than 700 of tb run war quota now au- ThTtbor department baa onli.ted tho aid of all tho auto la organising Ita army of a million boya for work on tbo country' farma thl aummer. Tho German llnera Portonla and Clara Manolg. at Now York, bav boen turnod over by tbo American govern ment for no of tba entent alllea. All reaerv offlcora of Infantry, car airy, field artillery and coaat artillery will be ordered into active aorvlec at once, tbo war department announced. Lieutenant Tbomaa, V. 8. N., loet bla life by the elnklng by a torpedo of the oil tanker Vacuum. Twenty-seven men were aaved from a total of 45 aboard tbo veeeel. Mavnr Thomnion rerueed to Inrtla General Joffra and membera of the French commiaaion to Chicago, partly on the ground that the city' Urge German population might not approve aucb an lavitatlon. The adminiatration'a food control leglalatlon baa been Introduced v In both bouaea of congresa. The legla latlon calla for an immediate survey of tho country's food resource and confers power upon the department to prevent speculation and price man ipulation. . 100,000 Germans Hsve Died In Wsr. Amsterdam, via London. -Joseph Priedricb Naunann, formerly a Con servstlve member of the relchstsg, lecturing on the "Influence ot tb War on Population," said in part: "Until now the war haa caused a loss of 1,200,000 dead. This, together with the decrease in births, gives a reduction of SJOO.000. The surplus female baa Increased from 800,000 to far more than 1,000,000." Exietenc of France, Britain, Menaced ,L- Vr'8BbtnsK. BecrUry .Lane told the .governors conferring, here with the council of national defense that the federal government bad heard ri.TJ.ZZr rinea. Tne aesimciion, secretary Lane said, was not only threatening the existence ot England and France, but wa alarming tbe United States. Rata Increase on Northwest Timber. Washington. A proposed Increase of 10 cents per 100 pounds In freight rates on long timber from North Pa cific Coast and Intermediate points to 'astern and Canadian destinations waa approved by tbo Interstate Com merce Commiaaion. Irish Freedom 1 Urged. Washington. A cablegram urging a aettlement ot the Irish problem was sent to Premier Lloyd George by 200 representatives In congress, headed by Speaker Champ Clark. Two Oregon Companiea Quarantined. . Portland. Companiea A and B, ot the Third Oregon Infantry, are quar antined . on account ot two well-defined cases ot spinal meningitis that have developed. Guatemala Breaka With Germany, Washington. Guatemala has sev ered diplomatic . relations with Ger many and offered all her resources to the United States. Change in French Command. Paris. The appointment of General Petaln, the hero of Verdun, as chief of ataff to succeed General Nivelle, ia generally welcomed. THE MARKETS. :'; Portland. 1 Wheat Club S2.S3; bluestem $2.70; red Russian $2.60; forty-fold, $2.65. Barley No. 1 Feed, $5.35 per ton. r Hay Timothy, $30 per ton; alfalfa, $23. ,'- ... Butter Creamery, 35c. , Eggs Ranch.' 81c Wool Eastern Oregon, 44c; valley, '45c.'. Hops 1916 crop, 36c; 1917 con- tracts, nominal. Seattle. Wheat Bluestem J2.71; club $2.64; forty-fold, $2.65; red Russian, $3.61; fife, $2.64; turkey red, $!.TL . Barley $55 per ton. Butter Creamery, 39c Eggs 37e. " ' ' FetrogTad There is open rupture between the provisional government breads ana tto workmen Uri loldicrt, EE1TISH TUEll EliD . OF HINDEKG ML Germans Throw Hen Forward : Without UaTlIt t , AdVtnC0. Lo"" ' "" ,or tni PraUm oauaM aay of U eonnicia oc two aaa a aau yaara m tb great war, Britiab force bad ap pareotly turned tbo flrat of Oennany'a great defena line of tb faaioo "Hlndeaburg front" aad part of Oppy. pivotal point of this defeoao aector, wa la Britiah banda. Tbo town Ilea u m,,e Arr- A" f Aneux, a dim wru m uvvj bu been taken. Both poaitlona were center for Ger man counter attack that for abeer ! aurpaaaed aay recent flgbt Ing on the western front The British thruat is toward Douai, northern pivot point of the Hinden burg lino. To stop It, Field Marshal Hlndenburg is recklessly throwing thousand of hi troopers in maseed. attack. Ererr word from tb front emphasised the enormous total of tbo Gnna loaaea. Dispatches now indicate that Ger many Is opposing the Franco-British advane with forces superior to the stuck log armies. And atill these dl; visions do no more than slow op the advance. It la evident that the whole strength of the French and British at tacking armies waa being made ready for another bolt to be hurled at the German line In a resumption of tho concerted offensive. ' ' t 1 If) nil CTflPaf of uniu mi uiuuft MARKET FLAISHED . New York. Intention ta aeatrer J. P. Morgan' office, tap telesraph trunk lines between Chicago, Wash- lngton aad New Tork. aend out false --- .r nu. .... 'J'L'iZT ainaUon and U-boat raids on the At- v u.. U prevent denial, all to affect tho atock market for apeeulative benefit, the ambitious plot confessed, the police declare, by Wolf Hlrsch.and . George Meyringar, two German ar- rested and charged with having a pic ric acid bomb in their possession. The men were employed at Roosevelt hos pital. V- ' Hirscb, the police assert, besides be ing a chemist, la a former German secret service officer and a reserve petty officer in the submarine division of the German navy, while Meyringer, who was a kitchen man In the hos pital, la an expert telegrapher and a atudent ot finance. ONLY 6 SUBMARINES LOST German Naval Chief Says England -i ; Will Aak for Peace. Amsterdam, via London. Accord ing to the statement regarding sub marine warfare made to tbe relchstsg main committee by Vice Admiral von Capelle. minister ot tbe navy, the Ger mans In the first two months of un restricted submarine operatlona lost only six U-boats, a number which in the same period waa aurpaaaed aaver al times by new construction. , Dwelling on the , submarine cam paign, the admiral said neither th British nor their allies dare publish, th names and tonnagea ot ships sunk. The minister expressed the opinion that the' day waa not tar oft when Great Britain must declare her readi ness to enter Into peace negotiations. ' U-BOAT TOLL 1,600,000 TONS German Put British Tonnag New , at 7,000,000. Amsterdam, via ' London. In . tb first two months ot unrestricted sub marine warfar more than 1,600.000 tons of shipping waa aunk by th Ger mans, Dr. , Karl Helftertcb, German secretary of tbe Interior, told tba Reichstag main committee. He aa- crted tbat tho submarine campaign waa proving a great success. "From our figure one may estimate tbe total tonnage still available for British trade at 7,000.000 to 10.000,000. It Is clear the British merchant fleet cannot long bear sinking at tbe pres ent rat. Adequate substitution by new construction are Impossible." A Hint to 6norr. If yon are the object of coutlnuat jibes from your family on tb acore of snoring, try fastening vertical atrii ot UiagltBi l liJA .