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X T h e N e w s stands for a greater and better Falla City all the time FALLS CITY NEWS •' ULTIMATUM SENT BY JAPAN ASSURES U. S. JAPAN --------- TO GERMANY | OF FRIENDLY ATTITUDE Demands Withdrawalof German BLAME TO WAR French Offenalva Movement Started Along the Line From Sarrebroug. Paris.—Official dlapatchea announce that the French offenalve movement began In great force along the line from Sarrebroug, on the Franco-Ger man frontier to Lunevllle, In the de partment of Muerthe-et Moeclle. "Blamont, 17 mllea eaat of Lune vllle, Clrcy. atlll further eaat, and Avrtcourt. decupled by a Bavarian army corpa, were atormed by our troops," the announcement contlnuea. "The German« arc In full retreat, hav ing left many dead, wounded and prls- onera. The French continue to ad vance to upper Voagee, the German« giving way before them. In upper Alaace we have retaken Thann. Prla- onera affirm that General von Detm- Itng. commanding the Fifteenth army corpa at Thann. waa wounded. Aliena Hera Free of Foreign Yokee. Waahlngton.— In response to many Inquiries from foreign born residents of the United States In all parts of the country. Secretary Bryan announc ed that "the United States la not a party to any treaties under which per sona of foreign origin residing In this country may he compelled to return to their country of origin for military service, nor |a there any way In which persons may be forced Into foreign armies agalnat their wills as long as they remain In the United Statea.” GENERAL FRENCH General French, eommander-ln-chlef of the British troopa now aiding the French and Belgians. Invading Uhlans Buffer Great Lose. Antwerp.— Stories were published here of the frightful losses the Ger man Uhlana, the kalaer’a finest cav alry, have auatalned since they invad ed Belgium. Of 6000 of them who took part In the battle of Haelen It was declared only 1000 escaped alive pnd unhurt. # follow the German cruiser Lelpsig, the Japanese cruiser Idzumo left the harbor here with decks cleared for action Captala 'Morlyaina, comman der of the Japanese warship, made tu> secret of bis orders. BRIEF WAR NEWS The beginning of the third week of the great European conflict found scarcely a German soldier In France. That Is regarded as a most significant fact In the military situation. Aside from the attempt to capture the forts around Liege, the fighting Is regarded as merely preliminary and inostly out post affairs, with the French and Bel gians disputing every inch of the ground. The outstanding fact In the develop ments of the present week Is the dram Stic abandonment of Brussels, which was an heroic act of self abnegation by the Belgians. The Belgian state lead ers almost broke down and wept In their council chambers. The meeting of these reconnottering parties in force has resulted In severe fighting. In which, according to French and German official accounts, the allies scored further successes. That the Germans are forcing their way through Belgium Is Indicated by the Brussels report' that German cav alry la approaching the Belgian capi tal. that measures for the defense of Brussels are being hastened and that the seat eg. government has been re moved to Antwerp. The royal family has left the city. The reported purchase of the Ger man crutsets Ooeben and Breslau by Turkey for $20,000,00») has been made the occasion of action by the British. French, Belgian and Russian allies, which call Turkey's attention to her duty as a neutral. Stern measures are being resorted to In Germany to compel military serv ice, according to a dispatch via Lon don. It Is reported that Dr. Karl Lleb- knecht, the famous German socialist leader, has been snot to death for refusing to Join the army. The German emperor, the crown prince and two other Imperial princes are at the great fortress of Mainz The emperor's departure from Berlin for the front haa evoked enthusiasm In the German capital. German cavalry patrols have been signaled to the northward o f Antwerp, according to the Antwerp correspond ent of Reuters. The military gover nor, the correspondent continues, has ordered the entire civil guard of Ant werp to bo mobilized on a war footing and to take their positions In the forts around Antwerp. Encounters which military histor ians a month from now may describe as "reconnaissances In foroe" are pro ceeding all along the border. They are heraldotl by both sides as battles and victories. In history most of them will rank as Incident!». From Brussels comes ward that the German movement toward the center has been checked, while from the French embassy In London the state ment has been Isgned that the Ger mans have retired from the Important Alsatian outpost of Saarburg. The British war office frankly communl cated to the papers that an ironclad News From Various Parts Of The Country Interesting News Clipped From Exchanges and Gathered From Other Sources HUNTERS FACE ARREST man is not in custody. No disposition has yet been made of the case ot the 19-year- old boy whose alleged confession implicated other parties. Pros ecutions are expected. ‘ "Hunters are responsible for the fires which we have been fighting during the past month, Mr. Oglesby said today. “ They seek io clear the forest for game. We have just spent $500 fighting fires on Wolf Creek, which we know were set by hunters. Five fires were simultaneously along a path taken by a party o f hunters whose names we know.” Eilgene, Or., Aug. 8. — Arrests and prosecution o f men suspect ed o f starting fires in the Siuslaw Forests, west o f Eugene, are ex pected by the State Deputy For ester, and an example will be made if possible to warn hunters, whom, the forestry officials say, have been maliciously responsible for scores o f fires this year. Carl V. Oglesby, Deputy State Fire Warden, today received notice from Frank Fish, his de PENALTIES ON TAXES NOT TO BE ENFORCED. puty at Lorane, that one man has Orftfonlan. Washington, Aug. 18.— Demo admitted starting fires. T h e cratic leaders in Washington name is not yet available, for the Commission Has No Authority to have not belli slow to realize the Penalise. Out the County May possibility o f ¿ d e r iv in g political war wHI prove a boon to the Do So. benefits from the war in Europe. sugar growers and manufactur Already the deficit in the treas ers o f this country falls to the County Judge Teal and County ury, that developed s e v e r a l ground. It comes too late. Treasurer Staats have received Had war broken out in Europe months ago, is being charged to from the state tax commission the war. and the failure of the last winter, and before the plant its conclusions regarding the Underwood tariff act to provide ings were made, and before the payment o f penalties on the sec sufficient revenue to run the Louisana factories were disman ond half of taxes. It leaves the Government is explained on the tled, the sugar industry o f the ' matter o f penalties to the court. ground that the European con United States most certainly 1 Following is the letter from the flict has shut off our imports, and would have received an unex commission therefore greatly reduced the pected impetus. But war, de The tax commission is o f the custom-house receipts. This lat clared late in the growing season, opinion that the provisions of ter contention is sound, insofar and when crops are about to be Section 3682, Lord’s Oregon as it applies to conditions since harvested, will not prove the Laws, as amended by Chapter boon the Democrats say it will. the shutting down o f the trans atlantic trade. But in their efforts to bolster up their own legislation and to reap every possible advantage from the war issue, the Demo crats are overdoing things. For instance, when the price o f sugar took a jump from 4 cents to 7 cts a pound, the Democrats were ready with the explanation that this was the result o f war. DEMOCRATS LAY AGGRESSIVE MOVE BEGUN No. 51 veto of unauthorized Intelligence from Belgium had 1» i n agreed upon by the three allied armies. Thla has been enforced to the letter. The mobilization of the Russian army has been completed In perfect order, according to an official dispatch from the Itio.dah general ataff. Other reports from 8t. Petersburg by way of London set forth that the Russian armies begun a general advance last Suuday. The Servian premier Is authority tor the statement that Austrian forces have suffered a serious defeat on the Bervtun line, lie telegraphed London that 16,000 Auat/lans have been "an nihilated" near Sabac, whence they fled In disorder. The Servians cap CHAROE MA0E FOREST FIRES SET TO RUN OUT DEER. tured 14 Austrian guns. The French war office In an official statemeut declares Its forces are ad Foraater at Eugene Say» Two Mon vancing In Alsace and thal (hey are Have Confeaaed and Others now 32 miles Inside German territory. Known to Officers. The French say they have moat of the valleys of the Vosges and expect soon to advance on the plain. Washington.—The Jupaneae ambas sador, Huron Chlndu, delivered to Sec Warships From Orient and retary Bryan the written announce ment of Japan that an ultimatum had Evacuation of Kiau-Chau. beeu addressed to Germauy request ing the latter's withdrawal from her Toklo.—Japan sent an ultimatum to field of activity In China. Germany Saturday night at S o'clock, At the same time aha communicated demanding the withdrawal of German warahlpu from the orient and the eva. the assurances of JapHii to the United cuatlon of Kiau-Chau nnd giving Ger States that the utmost endeavor would many until Sunday, Auguat 23, to com be exercised to safeguard the Intereata ply with the demand. Otherwlae, the of thla country and all others uut Im ultimatum atatea. Japan will take ac i mediately concerned In the present operations Uon. The ambassador presented a com The general expectation here la that munlcatlon which contained a strong the ultimatum will be followed by war. statement concerning Japan's pur Inaptred utterance« expreaa regret poses of maintaining the territorial at the Inability to maintain neutrality, Integrity of the Chinese republic by bur aay that Great Britain, the ally of restoring to her the territory of Klau Japan, la compelled to defend heraelt Chau, originally taken from China by agalnat the aggreaalona of Germany. Oarinany «■ an act of reprisal for the Moreover, It la pointed out that Ger killing of German inlsslonarleti. many la tnaklng preparation« day and night at Klau Chau. where It la atorlng President Warns Not to Take Sides. provlelone, while Ita warahlpa are Washington.— President Wilson has acourlng the aeaa of eaatern Aala to Issued a statement warning citizens the great detriment of commerce, and of the United Htutea against taking that Ita converted crutaera are aelxlng aides In the European war In public English merchant venaela. Such ac- dlscusstona In the United States. The tlona. It la argued, are directly calcu- effect of the war on the United Statea. Tressury Deficit ane Failure of the lated to dlaturb the peace of eaatern he said, depends on what Americana Tariff to Supply Funds Blamed Aala and accordingly, after* full and say and do. frank communication with Great Brit to Conflict. ain, Japan haa found heraelf compel Japanese Cruiser to Follow Lelpslg. led to aend an ultimatum to Germany. Sar. Diego, Cal.— Under orders to LEFT WITH THE COURT 194, Laws of 1913, requiring the collection o f penalties on the second half o f taxes, paid before September 1, where the first half was paid before April 1, are de finite and by no means unreason able. But injunctions restraining the collection o f such penalties have been issued in Multnomah and one or two other counties. It is not necessary to discuss the pro priety o f these injunctions or the circumstances under which they were granted- They are facts and present a situation o f inter est to every county. These injunctions as they stand are effective only in particular counties and, in the absence o f affirmation by the supreme court, do not necessarily modify the ad ministration o f the law in other counties. At the same time, in sound reason and fair dealing, taxpayers o f certain counties should not enjoy privileges and immunities in the administration o f a tax law which are not grant ed to the taxpayers o f all other counties. This commission has not suffic ient authority under the law to order the tax collectors o f the several counties to remit penal ties on second-half tax payments. But, inasmuch as the county courts o f the several counties prescribe the amounts and ap prove the bonds given by the tax collectors for the faithful per formance of their duties, we are o f the opinion that the county court o f any county, by an order properly made, may accept the injunction granted in Multnomah county, and remit the penalties on second-half tax payments. In obeying such an order o f the county court, the tax collector would be relieved o f responsibil ity under his bond for failure to collect such penalties.—Tuesday’s Observer. T ry a S a c k of Boon to Industry Claimed But they further contended that insofar as sugar Mas con cerned, the war would prove a boon, for it would give impetus to the cane sugar industry of Louisiana and to the beet sugar industry o f the West. In this latter instance their contention is proven to be absurd, for the Louisiana sugar industry practically went out o f existence when the Underwood law went into effect. Plantations were abandoned, or turned to other crops; sugar mills were disman tled and shipped to Central American countries, where sugar can be manufactured more cheap ly than in the United States, and the farmers of the West who have been accustomed to make large plantings of sugar beets in many instances turned to other crops, assuming that the Western factories would, as they threat ened, cut down their output, or else assuming that they would get a low price for their beets. HIGH FLIGHT FLOUR a n d w a t c h r e s u lt s All Goods and Prices Are Right AT Falls City Lumber Co. War Comes Too Late. The farmers all along contend ed that they could not stand any reduction in the price o f beets, and this was one ground on which a stubborn fight was made against the free sugar clause of the Underwood bill. These being the conditions, the Democratic contention that the European : Buy all goods o f home merchants and help to make Falls City greater FALLS CITY. OREGON, SATURDAY. 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