FALLS CITY NEWS
WHALING SHIPS I
SEEK EXPLORER
Search For Stefansson In Arc
tic Vigorously Continued.
FROZEN IN TWO YEARS AGO
S * c r* ta ry M eC onn#ll T h in k a H ia C k ia f.
W h o la a D aad S h o t, C a n K ill G a m a
E n o u g h F o r M a n y M ontha— E x p lo re r
H a d W it h H im M o ra T h a n 400 P o u n d a
o f A m m u n itio n .
New York.—W ith tin* aaoond anniver
sary o f th » freezing In o f the Karlnk,
Vlltijalinur fitefanssoa'a exploring ship,
«nil the eiul o f a year and aeveral
inontha altx'e Htofansson hlmaelf was
men laat by men who afterward re
turned to rlvllIzatUm aurvlvora o f the
expedition itnd the friend» o f Ktefans-
aon are hanging to a Blender thread o f
hope that he may hux o been rearued or
that hla reaeue may aoon tie effeeted
when tw o whaling ablpa go to Wrang<*l
Inland, north o f Siberia, In the hope o f
finding that he and hla companlona
hnre reached land there.
One o f theae ahlpa la the Belvedere,
commanded by O laf Swenson. who on
Kept. 7. 11114. reached Wrangel Inland
on the (lower boat King arut W in g»
and reamed alxtren member* o f the
party under Captain Bartlett. Captain
l.ane of the Polar Bear, another whaler,
alao will make Wrangel laland ahortly
xx ben lee condition» are moat favorable
and will aeek the explorer.
Stefunssou and live mem tier* o f his
party left Martin Point, on the north
enast o f Alaska, on March 22. 1014. on
Photo by American Pres* Association.
V ILU JJU .M C 1I aTBPAKSSOM.
nn expedition Into the unexplored
roglon north of Alnakn. On April 7.
xvben the party was at the point known
fdtite ns Camp Separation. Stefansson
sent back his secretary, Burt M. Mc
Connell. and two other members o f the
party, Crawford and Johansen.
He
took with him Storkensen and Ander
son. two of the hardiest and most ex
perienced men In the party; six of the
best dogs, a sled and a load o f more
than 000 pounds.
.
Stefansson expected to return the
xvny ho came, or If that appeared un
feasible to go east to Ranks island. Mc
Connell and the others were sent back
to bate a boat sent to Banks island if
Stofauason and the others did not re
turn to the north coast of the North
American continent. On Stefansson«
failure to return to the mainland two
whaling captains were sent to Banks
Island, but there was uo trace o f
Stefansson or his party there.
The
whalers brought back word that the
Ice had broken up earlier than usual
and that Stefansson. If be sought to
reach Banka Island, had been pre
vented by open water
“ I believe that Stefansson’s resource
fulness xvould enable him and his com
pantons to live on the Ice for tw o and
a halfi or three years,” sftid McCon
nell at Ids home In this city
“ The
difficulty which he would face In try
ing to escape from the Ice to the main
land cr to Wrangel or Banks island
lies In the fact that his sled will carry
only food enough to snport the party
for a abort distance. On this accoupt
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FALLS CITY. OREGON. SATURDAY. AUGUST 28. 1915
VOL. XI
be will have lo atay near apola where
the hunting la good, utiles* he eventu
ally Hilda himself carried by the drift
to a point close enough to land to make
! a daah for It.
I “ Ktefaussou hud with him 400 rounds
i o f ammunition, lie Is a dead ahot. On
one o f Ills previous explorations he sup
ported himself and two eoinpunlous for
a year on Ibe game whleh he killed
with alxty-tw'o cartridges. I have never
seen him tnlss III* murk xxltli a title.
"There la plenty o f game In the eoun
try where he now Is—seals. polar bears
and foxes.
The polar bears live on
¡.eat and stay where they ure plentiful,
and the foxes live on the enri-u«».» left
behind by the beurj. so that all three
are found together
It Is not neces
sary to waste ammunition on foxes,
which can be trapped and killed lo
other ways. Stefansson In all hla ex
peditions has lived largely on game.
“ I f he reaches luud In the unexplored
region the party may live on the land
Indefinitely.
The 400 rounds o f am
munition ure enough. I should say. to
keep the party In tueoi for about two
years.”
STEEL TRAIN CARRIED
RECORD CARGO OF GOLD
Forty Armed Men Guarded
fitly Millions.
New York.—A special train carrying
$50,000.000 lu treasure, one third lu
gold and two thirds lu securities, whk-ii
had been shipped by the Bank o f Eng
land from London via Halifax to this
city, arrived at the terminal of the
American Express coaipuuy at Thirty-
third street uud Tenth avenue lu sev
en steel car* garrisoned by forty arm
ed men.
The treasure crossed the Atlantic In
it battle cruiser accompanied by a flo
tilla o f torpedo bout destroyers.
The gold, which Is worth about $20.-
000,000, wulghs approximately seven
ty-lire tons. The cost o f shlpptug It
to this country. In the upkeep of the
naval forces, lu the elaborate guard
maintained on its railway journey and
In loss o f Interest Is sakl to amount to
about $170,000.
When the armed train left Halifax
It was preceded by a pilot engine for
tho purpose o f testing bridges and
trestles and to frustrate any attempt
to wreck the treasure cars by dyna
mite. This precaution wus suggested
by tho exploit o f Werner Horn, the
Herman reservist, who attempted to
blow up tho St. Croix River Interna
tional bridge on Feb. 2 to stop ship
ments o f munitions for the allies from
tms country to Canada over the Cana-
•I ion Pacific railroad.
News o f the arrival o f the greatest
enrgo o f treasure ever carried by a
single ship did not get out o f Halifax
because o f the rigor o f the British
censorship. It wus learned, however,
that before the treasure had been land
ed one day's delay ensued, for the rea
son that Admiral Beatty had orders to
deliver the shipment directly to the
American Express company, which
Imd no offices o f ita own in Halifax
and was represented there by the Do
minion Express company.
Admiral
Beatty cabled back for instructions
and was ordered to make the delivery
to the Dominion Express company.
In this case one day's delay means a
cost o f thousands o f dollars. The In
terest on the valuable shipment at 5
per cent would be $2,730 a day. which
was lost. The cost o f keeping the fleet
on the errand for an extra day and the
expense o f maintaining the express
company's train and guard was h I so a
heavy one.
BUG IN TAILOR’S EAR.
G ly e e rin W it h C a rb o lic A c id R o u ts I n
va d e r.
Spokane. Wash.—The removal o f an
Insect was asked for by H. Cook, a tal
lor. who went to tho Emergency bospl
tnl holding hla left ear n few days ago.
The bug entered at an open window
while Cook rode In a street car and
gave him much pain.
T w o drops o f glycerin containing 5
per cent carbolic acid was dropped into
the ear by Steward A. H. Woodruff
Bugs have an antipathy for this solu
tlon. according to tho experience o f the
steward In the tropics. As the second
drop disappeared the bug atock Its
green head forth cautiously and was
grabbed by the steward.
BRYAN DEALS
WITH ARABIC
Questions the Patrlotlem of Those
Who Travel in Danger Zone.
Chicago, Aug. 23. —William J.
Bryan, former secretary o f state,
tonight gave out a signed state
ment here, in part as follows:
“ I have read the editorial opin
ions concerning the sinking o f the
Arabic, as those opinions were re
produced in the papers, but they
seem to me to avoid the most im
portant question. The real ques
tion is not whether American cit
izens have, under international
law, a right to travel through the
danger zone on the ships o f belli
gerent nations. That is admitted.
“ The question just now is
whether an American citizen
should put his convenience, or even
his rights, above his nation's wel
fare. I f American citizens refuse
to consider their own safety or the
safety o f the nation, then a sec
ond question arises, whether the
government should permit a few
persons to drag the country into
this unparalled war.”
WE EN JO Y CHILDREN IN OUR S TO R E . BRING
THEM IN AND F IT THEM O U T W ITH BRAND NEW
O U T F IT S FOR S C H O O L. FROM T O E T O T O P . WE
SEE T H A T TH E CHILDREN S T H IN G S WE SELEC T
ARE S TR O N G L Y MADE SO T H E Y WILL S TA N D
T H E S TR A IN OF TH EIR P LA YF U L. B U SY. L IT T L E
BODIES.
MAKE YO U R GIRLS AND B O YS H A P P Y BY
DRESSING THEM WELL. T H E Y W ILL S T U D Y TH E IR
LESSO N S B ETTER WHEN N E A T L Y CLAD. Y O U
CAN BUY L O T S OF CHILDREN S C LO TH E S IN
OUR S TO R E FOR L IT T L E M O NEY.
PROVE PELLAGRAS CAUSE.
Du* to Exc*** o f S ta rc h y F o od , F e d
era l E x p e r t Says.
Savannah, Ga.—Dr. Joseph Goldberg-
er. In charge o f pellagra research
work for the public health service, an
nounced that experiments conducted at
the Georgia and Mlsslsslpl state sanl-
larlums have confirmed the theory that
pellagra is caused by eating too much
starchy food.
According to Dr. Goldberger, experl-
menta have proved the theory conclu
sively. He added that It had been de-
termined that the disease was not con,
taglous.
"W h ile pellagra is more prevalent In
the south than in the north, there Is
just ns much a posstbiity o f the re-
verse." said Dr. Goldberger. "except
for the fact that northern people eat
more meat and other nonstarch foods
than do the people o f the south."
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F A LLS C ITY D E P A R T M E N T S TO R E
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huana or Indian hemp." The ordi
HIMES CASE HEARD BY COURT.
j nance sets forth that the dangerous
properties o f marihuana and the In
The injunction suit o f Voth vs.
i creasing sale, with resulting Injury to Polk county, et al, to prevent de
| public health and public morals, de
livery o f county warrants for cer
' mand such sn ordinance and Its rigid
tain services rendered by the
enforcement.
The smoking of marihuana cigarettes Himes Engineering company, was
has gained such a hold on the M exi argued before Circuit Judge Belt
cans o f this region that the enactment on a demurrer to the complaint,
of a state law prohibiting the sale or | raising the question as to whether
use o f the drug In any form will be the plaintiff had legal capacity to
B u rb a n k C ro sse d th# O r d in a r y F ru it
urged upon the legislature.
l bring suit in his own name. It is
W it h * C a c tu s P s a r.
The prisons of Mexico contain thou contended by counsel for the de-
San Francisco.—W e have with us to sands o f men and women who are in
! fense that the suit should have
sane as a result o f indulging in mari
day the “ nonskld" banana peel.
80 announces Frederick Boegel of huana. The awful effects o f the weed been brought under the name of
the Burbank experiment farm, near were realized by the late President Por Mr. Canfield, county surveyor.
Hayward. Cal., who says he has pro- firio Diaz, and during the latter years Attorneys for the plaintiff and de
ductal a banana with a coat like sand of his administration an order was In fendants have submitted written
paper. He explains that the new fruit effect making ¡t an offense punishable briefs on the question o f the de
wus obtained by crossing the ordinary by death for any person to sell or give murrer and the court rendered
banana with the cactus pear. Boegle to any soldier marihuana cigarettes or its decision yesterday, overruling
says that the new fruit has the usual the weed In any other form.
the demurrer. The case will be
The story o f "poor Carlottn." who for
delicious taste o f banana, and the skin
tried on its merits.
may be dropped upon the sidewalk the last fifty years has been insane, her
It is to be understood that this
home being in France. Is well known
with perfect safety to pedestrians.
to the world. In Mexico the belief that decision does not settle the ques
her mind was dethroned by a brew of tion on its merits, as the case is
marihuana weed given to her by some not yet at issue on question of
enemy o f her husband, the Emperor facts.—Observer. „
Maximilian. Is general. It Is known
that the poison acts quickly and most
PASTOR SLAIN
effectively in the form o f a tea. The
Gary,
Ind.,
Aug. 25.— Rev. Ed
favorite method o f using the weed,
however. Is to crush the leaves and roll mund Kaiser. Pastor o f St. James
Evangelical Luthran church, was
the particles into cigarettes.
Mexicans who are addicted to the slain last night after he had pub
use o f the drug say that one cigarette licly denounced the allies.
places them In the seventh heaven.
The body was found lying
They seem to rise far above worldly hmong some bushes near Kaiser’s
things. It brings to them a sense of
aome. Cords had been twisted
pleasure and delight that is Incompara
Terllngua, T>.x.—It is stated by the ble and indescribable. That Is the e f about the neck and wrists and
peace authorities on the Texas side of fect o f one cigarette, but to keep up the I there were bullets in the neck
the ltlo Grande that enormous quanti feeling o f elation another and perhaps and shoulder.
That Rev. Mr. Kaiser had re
ties o f the w eed marihuana arc being another. Is consumed, until tne victim
Imported Into i!hls state from Mexico Is in a state o f wild frenzy. When In ceived death threats because o f
and that no Inconsiderable amount o f this condition he often goes on a ram his recent
pio-German utter
the crime that 1.-1 being constantly com page that brtng 9 death or injury to ances was revealed today, when
mitted by MexU »n s o f the lower class any one who may cross his path.
! Chief Heintz said he had asked
The period of temporary insanity
In the border re glon Is directly trace
permission to carry a revolver for
able to the cons omptlon o f the leaves lasts for several hours and Is followed
his own protection.
by
a
deep
sleep,
which
often
lasts
for
o f this poisonous plant.
Detectives declared today it
forty-eight
hours.
H
e
awakes
with
no
In El Paso th,» devotees o f the se
ductive marihuana fumes are so nu knowledge o f what has transpired was apparent the pastor had been
merous and such a menace to the law while the full effects o f the drug were attacked and murdered in his
and order that a n .ordinance was re upon him. It takes only a few months own home and then dragged out
cently passed by the city council mak o f constant Indulgence In the habit to into the bushes. T h eyi have no
ing It "unlawful to sell or give away trln g permanent Insanity.
clue to the identity o f the slayers.
or to have la I fosse» «Io n any marl
NON-SKID BANANA P E E L
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TEXAS MENACED BY
NEW 'DOPE” WEED
Causas Much of Recent Grima
Along the Bordar.
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