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 No. 52 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." j j I N . S E L I G ’S i F A LLS C ITY D E P A R T M E N T S TO R E j | 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 I TEXAS MENACED BY NEW 'DOPE” WEED Causas Much of Recent Grima Along the Bordar. j