I FALLS CITY NEWS T his N ew 4 Htandu for a greater and better Falla City all the time FALLS CITY. OREGON. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 24, 1014 VOL. XI Catholics Make United States Huy all goods of home merchants and help to make Falla City greater considers to he insuperable ob­ Appeal [ it stacles to its purposes—the regular Asked to Protect Clergy In Mexico. M a n y O u tr a g o s A g a in a t Re ligion E n u ­ m e ra te d and A m o rio a n a U rg e d to D o m an d S a tis fa c tio n . Washington, Ort. 21 — An ap­ peal to the American Government and people to protect the Catholic clergy and church in Mexico and demamj reparation for outragen al­ ready committed wan tiled with the State Department today by a committee of the American Federa­ tion of Catholic Societies. Describing the political condi­ tions which aro declared to he re­ sponsible (or the present stutu of unrest in Mexico, the committee asserted the attitude of the Roman Catholic clergy has been one of absolute neutrality, striving only to teach the uneducated clostln oliedience and respect for constitu ted nutlurity. “The revolution which will short­ ly be in control of the government in Mexico,” says the statement, “has proclaimed, us n necessary means for the establishment and working out of it« programme, the suppression of three classes which army, the Roman Catholic party und the large land holders. “The recent revolution differs from those that preceded it only in being more radical. The present generation of revolutionists are thor» uglily imbued with anti-Chris­ tian and anti-spiritull principles. They are, therefore, enemies of all religion and e speci all y the Catholic religion They propose at any cost to uproot the Catholic religion from the hearts of tile people. “The priests of u 11 the places which have I teen occupied by the revolutionists have beeu expelled i it a body ami without trial. They h a v e been robbed of everything they possessed. Many of them have been lliiowu into prison. Others have been tortured. Borne have been killed. Churches have been turned into batracks and stables. In Behuayo, Michocati, eleven priests were threatened with death if they would not pay a ran­ som. The bishop of Zacatecus was also subjected to ransom but had nothing to give. The Catholics freed them from captivity with the money they had gathered in order t» placate the revolutionists.” In conclusion tho appeal said: Wo trust that the American peo­ ple will realise that they are in hont r bound to defend us, to de­ mand aatisfactiou for the flagrant violation of the recommendations which were made by them to Car­ ranza and his followers.” VOTERS BEWARE! The Dental Trust, with all its powerful pol­ itical organization, is moving heaven and earth to defeat the dental reform bill. In every town and city members off the Trust are out working against the bill. The Medicai Trust is helping the Dental Trust by forcing nurses and druggists, under threat off boycott, to work against dental re­ form. All kinds off campaign lies are being cir­ culated to deceive the voters. Don’t let the Trust scare you. The Trust made the present dental law. Under this law it controls the State Board of Dental Examiners, every member of that board is a member of the Trust. In this way competent dentists are kept out of Oregon, and the Trust prevents com- petion and keeps up prices. VOTE YES X 340 AND BUST THE DENTAL TRUST PAINLESS RANKES, DENTIST. 6th and Washington Sts., Portland, Orogon. (Paid Advertisement.) AND TH E HOP INDUSTRY p r o h ib it io n GIGANTIC BATTLE ON EASTERN WING It is difficult to understand ju tt why the hop growers of this state Germans Endeaver to Break Through to Paris By Way are making so much of a fight against the prohibition amend­ of Seacoast. ment which is to be voted upon l ari».— A gigan tic b a ttle o f s ta r tl­ this fall. Statistics compiled by ing m agnitude and g re at im portance the Portland Reference Library I . being waged wrlth d esperate energy show that only two per cent of In a field of vast p ro p o rtio n , along Ir­ the hops raised in Oregon are reg u lar lin e* ju s t acro ss tho border In Belgium . T h e O erm ana have hurled manufactured in this state and an enorm ous force again st the a llie s — 66 per cent goes outside of the F ren ch , B ritish and B elgian troops who aro massed ou a fro n t from Ar- United States. If Oregon then m en tlers past L ille, to Ypres and then should go dry and cut off the to tb e sea. local market it would mean that London.— T h e c ris is in the Germ an only two bales out of every one attem p t to seize the Fren ch channel hundred would fail to find a ports, scarce ly 20 m iles from the coast ot England, cam e with the Fren ch o f­ market. ficial announcem ent th a t both the A great deal is made of the heavy Germ an guns th at destroyed the labor problem and the great Antwerp to rts and the B ritish flee t has taken part In a battle, the front amount of money to be made by of which extended from N ieuport to picking hops. The hop picking Yladslo. H eavy fighting n ear Dunkirk Is a n ­ season only lasts two or three nounced in state m e n ts from both P aris weeks, and, if the Oregon market and B erlin T h e G erm an w ar o ffice was closed, only two per cent of claim s th at the K a ise r’s troops have this would be deducted, which at reached tbe neighborhood of that port and th at the Inhabitants a re fleeing the most would only amount to from both Dunkirk and Boulogne. about three hours lost time dur­ T h e P aris statem en t d eclares that ing the season for each picker. the B elgian arm y has repulsed th e At the recent hop growers’ con­ G erm ans near N ieuport, which is half vention at Aurora it was admitt­ way between O stend and Dunkirk. It is also stated th at th e B ritish fleet ed that from that great hop sec­ p articipated In the b attle, th e heavy tion all the hops shipped to Ore­ guns of the battlesh ip s helping to hurl gon points jast year was one-half tbe G erm ans back. bale to Baker City and one-half B ritish Sink Four Germ an D estroyers. bale to The Dalles. London.— Fou r Germ an d estroyers, One of the greatest growers of w ere engaged and sunk o ff the hops in the state says that where­ D utch coast by a B ritish c ru iser and in at one time he had 2000 acres four torpedo-boat d estroyers. in hops, he has reduced his yards to 160 acres. This man says that BELGIANS MEET ALLIES at the best hop growing is a B ritish F leet F ire s on G erm ans and gamble and that it robs the soil B ayonet Duels Common. and is not a money-making in­ P aris.— K ing A lb ert’s B elgian arm y, vestm ent That it is impossible whose stam ina feels u n affected by tbe to raise hops continuously for any privations it has undergone, fought length of time, with success, on with the g re ate st gallantry alongside any but river bottom land, which the B ritish and Fren ch allies n ear the B elgian coast. ¡Overflows each year, is an estab­ A new elem ent w as Introduced in lished fact. The constant rob­ the co n flict when th e B ritish flee t bing of the soil re-acts on the made its p resence known by a brisk crop which soon begins to de­ cannonade of m assed G erm an colum ns crease. The state of Washing­ which are try in g to break down the a llie s' resistan ce. ton, which at one time held first T h e figh tin g w as sev ere along the place in the production of hops, R iv er Y ser, w here the G erm ans sought now stands sixth, due to exhaus­ to gain con trol of the fo rts. F u rth e r tion. One man who raised hops south, a t L a B a sse e, the struggle, on a large scale for several years which has been in progress sev eral days, developed into a house-to-house said that one year he made four com bat. B oth sid es displayed the thousand dollars, but added that g re a te st d eterm ination and in many during the next three years he c a se s bayonet duels progressed from one floor to an o th er until th e G erm ans lost it all and more too. w ere even tually overcom e. r Wherein is prohibition going to hurt the country? Ask the busi­ Huge Num bers of P riso n e rs T aken . ness men. One was overheard B erlin .— T h e w ar o ffice gave out the to say recently that his company follow ing recen tly com piled list of could afford from a business prisoners now in G erm an c o n ce n tra ­ standpoint to give a hundred tion cam ps, as revised up until O cto­ b er 1. dollars a year to keep Harrisburg B ritish , 180 o ffice rs, 8,600 men. dry and would then be money F ren ch , 2,050 o ffice rs. 123,000 men. R u ssian s, 2,150 o fficers, 92,000 men. ahead. Whv? More business. Less money for the saloon means more money for the business men. In conversation with a traveling salesman, who is a per­ sonal acquaintance of the editor, he said that nine out of every ten B erlin , via T h e H ague and London. business men whom he interro­ — P rep aratio n s a re under way fo r a gated on the subject said that d ecisive b attle in the eastern aren a of they expected to see Oregon go the war, w here A ustrian and Germ an dry this fall. arm ies have taken position along the The brewers and distillers real­ R iv er V istu la and the R iv er S an and are ready for ev en tu alities. ize that they are fighting in their T h e r e ta k in g of Przem ysl, ns an­ last trench in Oregon and they nounced from A ustrian sou rces, has are trying to enlist every person perm itted the unfolding of the power possible in their campaign. They of the A ustrians in the d irection ot are trying to draw in the hop L entberg and th eir ad vance^ in the southern C arpathian m ountains is growers and pickers, the hotel m enacing the extrem e le ft wing ot the men, the commercial clubs—in R u ssian s. fact anyone and everyone possi­ D esperate fighting is already going ble. Whether or not they suc­ on along the cen te r of the two arm ies ceed in defeating the prohibition on the bank s of the V istu la. T h is action has been In a m easure delayed amendment depends on the owing to the bad condition of the voters of course and the Com­ roads in southern Poland and the monwealth believes that the presence of section s of swampy land voters will stand up for the right. T h is condition has m ade necessary detours on the part of th e A ustrian - -From the Commonwealth, Har­ Ind Germ an forces. risburg, Oregon. (Fd. Adv.) T h e R u ssian array is e ast of the Anti-Saloon League. DECISIVE BATTLE IMMINENT IN EAST Vistula. T h is fact Is regarded in B e r­ lin a . m aking its advance and the general m anagem ent of the cam paign a d ifficu lt m atter, and at the sam e time unfavorable. B a ttle on at B elfort. B erlin .— According to a telegram from Zurich received by the serai-of ficiai Cologne G azette, heavy Germ an m o rta r, have been placed east of tbe fo*1ress of B elfo rt, w here the fighting already has begun. T h e G erm ans so fs r a re gaining ground. though slowly. GENERAL VON KLUCK No. 8 governm ent has acted with g reat prom ptness in insuring the assistan ce of P ortugese troops If tbe mutiny should develop serious proportions. T h at it will do so In the face of the pro B ritish sym pathies of most of the B oer governm ent leaders Is improb­ able. T h e value of th e naval encounters of the week is about equally divided. Germ an subm arines have sunk a B rit­ ish and a Russian light cru iser, and B ritish w arships have destroyed four Germ an torpedo boat destroyers. Anti-Germ an R iots Started in London. London.— Anti-Germ an rioting in London caused the d estruction o f a score of shops. Damage was done in the Deptford borough and in Old K e n t road. In the form er d istrict sev eral sto res w ere attack ed and set afire. B ritish L osses A re 13,500. London.— An official report by Gen­ eral F ren ch , com m anding the B ritish expeditionary force, gives the to tal of B ritish killed, wounded and m issing from S ep tem ber 12 to O ctober 8 as 581 o ffic e rs and 12.980 men. THE RURAL I s T H E F A R M E R S TH E C U STO D IA N S O F T H E NATION’S M O RA LITY. r t io to b i A m erican P re ss A ssociation . G eneral Von Kluek, com m ander of the right wing of the Germ an arm y which invaded F ran ce through B el­ gium. Co-operation of Church, School and P re ss E ssen tial to Community Building. By P ete r Radford. Lecturer National F a r m e rs ' Union. T h e chu rch, the press and the school form a trip le allian ce of progress th at guides the d estiny of every com mun­ During the past week the G erm ans ity. s ta te and nation. W ithout them followed up th e ir cap tu re o f Antwerp civ ilization would w ither and die and through them life may attain its g re a t­ by occupying unopposed O stend, a e st blessing, power and knowledge. B elgian port cn tb e N orth Sea, near T h e farm ers of th is nation ore greatly w here the G erm an right wing and the Indebted to this social trium virate fo r a llie s' le ft engaged in a stru ggle to th e ir uplifting influence, and on behalf prevent Germ an occupation of Fren ch of th e A m erican plowman I w ant to ports, which would bring them n earer than k th o se engaged in th ese high to th e English coast. callin g s for th e ir able and efficient T h e allied line in th is region runs serv ice, and I shall offer to th e press from a point on the coast which has a series of a rticle s on co-operation not been disclosed. A rras is the ! betw een th ese im portant Influences scen e of the most p ersisten t fighting. and the farm ers in the hope o f In­ creasin g the efficiency o f all by mu­ T h e G erm ans a re try in g to break : tual understanding and organized ef through to the C alais railw ay while ] fort. W e will tak e up first th e ru ral the Fren ch a re attem p tin g to push the church. G erm an front to the north east. The F arm ers Are G reat Church Build­ T h e fighting has only begun in this ers. d istrict, however, fo r the Germ ans, T h e A m erican farm er is the g re a te st who would con sid er It a great su c ce ss church builder th e world has ev er to reach the co ast of F ran ce, have known. He is the custodian o f the brought up stro n g rein fo rcem en ts and j n ation's m o rality ; upon his shoulders w ill striv e w ith all th e ir m ight to j re s ts the "a rk of the co v en an t" and he is more responsive to religious in­ ach iev e th is o b je ct. T h e allies also can bring up rein- ) fluences than any oth er claua o f c it­ izenship. fo rcem en ts both by sea and land and T h e farm ers of th is nation have hav e been doing so. which m akes it built 120,000 ch u rch es a t a co st of c erta in th at a g reat b attle must be ^ 3750,000,000, and the annual contribu­ fought before e ith e r side gives ground, i tion of the nation toward all church T h e allies will be assisted by the in stitu tio n s approxim ates $200,000,808 B ritish ships when th e fighting per annum . T h e farm ers of th e U n it­ ed S ta te s build 22 ch u rch es per day. reach es a point n ear the coast. L ittle d efinite news cam e during the T h e re a re 20.000,000 ru ral church com ­ week from the V istu la R iv er, w here m u nicants on the farm , and 54 per the R u ssian s claim to have repulsed cen t of th e total m em bership o f all chu rches reside in the country. a G erm an attack . W h eth er o r not th e T h e farm