FALLS CITY NEWS
VOL. XI
COUNCIL MILTING
Ths Old Counoil Conclude Their Lobort
and the Now Take Charge of
Affaira.
I' ALLS CITY. OREGON, SATURDAY. MAY 8, 1915
equal to the occasion. He said
thut on taking the office it was the
desire o f the people to improve
streets and install u water system,
all o f which had been accomplish
ed. He felt that he had done his
duty and was not ashamed o f his
record. The new and the ok
councilmen were then called on to
express themselves and for
while they had an “ experience
meeting. The new councilmen
pledged themselves to the cause
and the old ones renewed faith.
EUROPEAN TRAVEL
HALTED BY WAR
No. 36
W A S H
G O O D S YOU CAN
“WASH”
MADE UP AND IN BOLT
The council met Monday night
to finish its work and give way to
the new officers.
Mayor Hubbard, Auditor Cle
ment and councilmen Hollowell,
Sampson, Titus, Hopkins and Gott
fried were present, Brown and
Teal being absent.
Great ,Paaeengar Liners That Formerly
The various bills for last month
Carried Thouaanda Bask and Forth
were read and referred to the
Now Doing Duty In tha War or Tied
finance committee.
Up at Their Piers In Neutral Porta.
The finance committee were un-
Statistics Show Loss to Europe.
ab'e from lack o f time to audit the
New York.—A ipiarter billion dollars
treasurer's report und it was laid
of good American money will be kept
over for the new council.
In this country this year on account of
The committee upjioihted to in
the uur
There will he ut least that
much naved hy the Inability of the
vestigate the electric light fran
public to trut el to Europe. Last year
chise also failed to tret together.
the steamship companies received In
The business being cleared up
furea alone approximately $83,000.000,
as nearly as i>ossiblo the new o f
Purl*. —When Holnrnl G Curro*, the carrying eastward uud westward more
ficers were duly installed and the <1 ari ni; Fri'iu'h uv tutor, wiia mptim-fl than 1.200.000 passenger*. A couserv
WHEN WE TELL YOU OUR WASH GOODS W O N T
hy tho Genuaim olio o f the most pic
council adjourned sine die.
alive estimate fixes the umouut spent
turou<]uo on room o f tho war ramo to
FADE THEY WILL H0L0 THEIR COLOR. JUST COME
The new Mayor then ca'led the n halt. Tho lioiitonaut bail proved hy this traveling uriny ut close to $192.
000.000, uiukiug the total umouut spent
hliiiKelf
tu
be
the
tuoni
brilliant
und
IN AND SEE OUR BREEZY. BEAUTIFUL WASH
council to order and c leu red the
fur European travel $275.000.000.
<lartug ulr muti In any uriny.
decks for future action.
There will he uo exodus to Europe
G O O D S-B O TH IN PIECE GOODS AND MADE UP.
IJeutouiuit Curro» la noil known In
The following standing commit iho United State*, bavins down In this summer, however. The Greut
Green W ay o f the Atlantic Is us lone
THEY WILL DELIGHT YOU AND YOU WILL BUY
tees were appointed.
ly us New York's Greut White Way
THEM. WHEN YOU WEAR THEM YO U ’LL FIND
on a summer Sunday night. This Is
Finance:—Hopkins. S in gleto n
the time o f yeur when the rush across
and Bradley.
THEY GIUE GOOD SERUICE.
the ocean begins. The tide of travel
Street:—Brown, Titus and Won-
sweeps east across the Atlantic from
deriy.
May till August und buck again from
OUR WASH GOODS WILL PLEASE YOU SO WELL
August till the middle of October. But
Health and Police:— Bradley,
TH A T YOU WILL BUY EUERYTHING YOU NEED FOR
this year the tide hasn't set In and it
Gottfreid and Titus.
won’t set lu. Uncle Sam Is holding
EUERY MEMBER OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD.
Fire a n d W ater: — Wunderly,
back the tide by refusing to Issue pass
ports. uud on the other side of the
Brown and Gottfreid.
ocean the kaiser's submarines prove
Ordinance—Singleton, Titus and
an obstacle.
Bradley.
Nobody Is going away who can't
prove to the satisfaction o f Uncle Sam
Water Board:- Wonderly, Sing
that he or she has business in Europe.
leton and Hopkins.
Doctors. Red Cross nurses, reserves,
Building Committee:—Titus, J.
continue to go, but even their number
FALLS C ITY D E P A R TM E N T STO R E
is dwindling.
R. Moyer and Singleton.
Trout all ports o f tbe north Atlantic
M. L. Thompson was re-elected
there left for Europe last year In four
Treasurer and Dr. llellwarth
mouths Just 27.727 passengers. Dur
ing the same four months o f this year the Hamburg-American line is eating
Health Officer.
test applied, too, by the then A t
the number o f departures was 4,198, a her bead off at tbe dock In Hobokeu.
Titus, Hopkins and Wonderly
fulling off o f 17.529. The westward Tbe $10.000.009 lmpcrator o f the same torney General less than 30 days
were appointed to look after the
sailings were 13,662 for tbe same pe line Is a hospital ship at Bremen. The
after the bill was signed.
riod last year and this year 4.674. a $10.000.000 ship Aqtiitnnin o f the Cu-
electric light franchise.
No sooner had the tariff bill
deficit o f 8.995.
nard line is u converted cruiser, and
Photo by Am erican P r e u Association,
A special committee was ap-
The arrivals and departures at New the $10.000.000 Olympic of the White been presented to the Secretary
jiointed to look after the electric
licit. an u <i status
York last year from and to Europe to Star line h->s also been Impressed by
o f the Treasury for administration
light franchise.
many competitions In thut country. taled an army o f more than 1,200,000. the British government. The Trance,
than a doubt arose in his mind as
The street committee was in One o f Ills latest exploits was at Dun O f this number 148,380 traveled first the beautiful $8.000.000 queen of the
kirk, \t hen lie shot dead In the ulr the class. 241,810 In the second cabin and Trench line fleet. Is doing government to the validity o f the five per cent
structed to see that the jack
aviator and the observer of u Cermau 813,743 In the steerage. The grand to duty for Trance. The North German discount provision. He appealed
screws belonging to Bancroft and aeroplane, lie went out ugalust this tal to mid from all north Atlantic ports Lloyd s Krouprtnzessln Cecilie. Kaiser
for advice to Attorney General
used in jacking the Dayton street machine alone, und us his miicblue was was: Eastward—first class, 83.261; sec Wilhelm II. and Kronprinz Wilhelm
ond
class.
121.085;
steerage.
479.232
McReynolds, who is now on the
have
figured
in
the
war
bridge up, were taken out and re the faster he was able to gaju an ad Westward—first class. 90,840; second
More ships on the average are arriv Supreme Court bench. The pro
vantageous position, from which he
turned to the owner.
class. 238,347; steerage. 631.862.
ing here today than ever before.
tired with fatul precision
The average first class fare across Steamers whose names are unfamiliar vision was pronounced inoperative.
Carnis was born of Trench parents
A motion prevailed that there
“ The five per cent discount to
the Atlantic on little ships and big
be no smoking in the council at Cape Town. South Africa. In 1885. ships is $120, second class $50. and to customs men ami shipping men have
reached the port In the past six weeks, American vessels cannot be given,”
lie Is a graduate o f the University of
chambers.
I’arls anil of Us law school and for a third or steerage $35. That means sometimes as many as ten a day. They is the language o f the Attorney
The Mayor then called the at lime practiced Ids profession in the that last year $20,892,120 was paid come here under charter or looking for
the steamship companies for first class
charter to carry away American General quoted by the Secretary,
tention o f the committees to their Trench capital
The exploits o f Garros bare made passages, $17,720,000 for second class goods
All kinds of freight Is being “ without impairing the stipula
duties as laid down in the Charter him a prominent figure In aviation cir anil $44,892.120 for steerage, a total of •-towed away In their holds, all kinds
tions o f existing treaties between
and said that he expected them to cles throughout the world, lie lias ap $83,055.780.
j f vessels ere In demand. They can’t
the United States and various
Placing
the
amount
o
f
money
spent
faithfully perform such duties. peared In meets In Richmond. Chatta during tho season In Europe by the come here fast enough to satisfy the
nooga, Memphis, New Orleans. Dallas.
merchants and manufacturers who other powers, and consequently
He then set forth his intentions Tort Worth, Oklahoma City, Waco. first class traveler at $1,000, the sec
have goods for foreign consumption.
the subsection is inoperative.”
which,
briefly told
were, to Houston, San Antonio, Tl Paso. Mex ond class at $500 and the steerage at
Acting on this opinion the Sec
$100,
a
pretty
good
average
of
Ameri
work for the best interests o f the ico City, Vera Crux. Havana and New can contributions abroad will be the
Democratic Blunders
retary o f the Treasury issued an
\ork und holds n number o f speed
citizens of Falls City and g iv e the prizes won nt tournaments held In result. Computed by tbese figures tbe
order to customs collectors, in
amount spent In Europe last year by From National PcpuMican Congressional Com
most humble citizen the same con ninny European cities.
structing them to make no allow
the
American
traveling
public
would
mlttee,
Washington.
I).
C
May
4
.
On Dec. 11, 1012. llarros ascended to
sideration as the most influential.
ance o f discount on duties under
a height o f 19.0:t2 feet and established have been $191,726,700. That these
To look after the financial condi n world's all it tide mark. On his flight figures are by no means overestimated
One o f the classic blunders of this provision.
tion o f the city and endeavor to from Tunis to Sicily In December. 1012, will be realized when one stops to re the present administration in now
Importers who had relied on
flect that $10,000 for the season would
reduce the expenses and increase he traveled for a distance o f 160 miles ho no money at all for each of 5.000
lefore the Court of Customs Ap the law appealed to the Board of
entirely over water.
When ho dew
her earnings. He also stated that across the Mediterranean from 8t Ainrrlcnn families to dissipate. This
peals. and a decision is looked for General Appraisers. Their ruling
during the deliberations of the Raphael to Rlzertn he traveled 558 would alone moan $50,000,000.
resulted in further confusion, and
At a modest calculation there was at an early date.
council no outside person would be tulles In 7 hours and 52 minutes.
spent last y»ur hy people from America
The Court is expected to inter neither side being satisfied, the
allowed to “ butt in” except when
on European travel $278,661.500; $300.
pret the meaning of the provision case was taken to the Court o f
527 DAYS FOR BOOZING.
000,000 would be, perhaps, nearer the
under the head o f miscellaneous
mark. It Is safe to say that the war in the Underwood Tariff bill pro Customs Appeals, more than a
business; that it was his desire to Tha Court Also Rubs In a Fins of $200. has cost Europe $250,000,000 of Amer
posing to give a five per cent dis year after the law had passed.
Must “ Stay Sober.”
transact all necessary business as
ican tourist money this year. That
The Democratic Committee re
count in customs duties on mer
Sandusky O —James Smith, thirty
speedily as possible and i f every live, was brought to tho county Jail much cash In hand would do strange
thing*. It would do wonders for the chandise imported in American port on the five per cent provision
one was allowed to give their opin here from Cnstalln to serve 527 days unemployed of the country. It's the
essels. Thus far that clause has defined it as “ a discrimination in
ion that it would be impossible. for drunkenness and disorderly eon ransom o f a king and no bagatelle
failed
in its purpose, just as the favor o f American shipping, de
duct.
even to a Rockefeller. There will be
He informed the council that if
Justice Charles CunOeld. before whom Just that much more money remaining tariff measure o f which it is a signed to build up our merchant
any o f them failed in their duty he entered a plea o f guilty, gnve him In the United States this year.
part failed to provide adequate marine and keep at home millions
Tho click o f glasses and the clink of
that he would not be slow in re six months after assessing a One of
of dollars now being paid to foreign
revenue.
$200 and costs.
wealth are hushed. The stewards' tips
minding them o f such neglect.
Candcld In passing sentence told are missing. The bauds o f music are
Enacted October 13, 1913, it
The retiring Mayor was called Smith he was determined to have him allent Tho $10,000,000 Vaterland of failed on its first test, and that
( Concluded on page 4 )
on to make a talk and he was stay sober for awhile.
As a Result $275,000,000
Stays In America.
OCEAN PATHWAY DESERTED.
BRAVE FRENCH AIR MAN
CAN FIGHT NO MORE
Capture of Roland Garros Big
Loss to Allies' Aerial Fleet.
N. SELIG ’S