Œljr Jfalla (City Nruia D. L. W O O D ft SON, Publishers. Entervd a» seesad cia*« stall at U » p ««t»fflc» St ralla City. Pal» CoMty. O n e « *<t ~it (Vnyrraa of Mar. Il S. 1 ST*. T*l«ahsec- H k w s t n k * . S3. Subscription Ralaa: On» year. 11.00: aia month*. SO m b : th is » month». & caaiUi ain*U copy. S eta. Adrertialns Ralaa: Dlaplaj, IS canUan Inch: Busin»»» Notice». Scent» a lln a : Pur Sale. Kent, Exchange. Want and Pay Entertainment No tices. S eta a line. Card »(T h a n k * W ets: Leg* Notices, legal rate*. Copy (or new a d * and change» should be sent to The New» not later than Wednesday. Official Newspaper ef tha City ef Falls City I s s u e d E v e r y S a t u r d a y M o r n in g OFFICIAL DIRECTORY OT FALLS CITT H. J. Grtffin. Mayor. R. M. Wonderly, Councilman ai-Large G. W. Brentner. George C. March, f ' C o u n c l l m e n I. G. Singleton. C. L. Hopkins, N.Sellg. C. E. McPherren. Auditor and Police Judge Walter L. Tooie Jr.. City Attorney. Pat Murphy. Marshal and Water Supt. M. L. Thompson. Treasurer Dr. F. M. Hellwarth, Health Officer. THE PENSION BUSINESS OF THE COUNTRY IS DONE G REAT, angular red brick building, set In a green park. Is the home o f the pension building at Washington. It was built at a time when American architecture was In a form ative period. A feature of the exterior o f the building it a broad frtexe. showing repeated groups of infantry, cavalry, artillery and seamen In has relief. In side a great, beautiful court, somewhat marred by being made to contain bat talions o f file casea. Is another attrac tive feature. In times past, when there were such things as inaugural balls in Washington, these balls were held within the court. It seems to be the fixed belief o f the average citizen having business with the pension office that the commls- professional CarOs P H Y S IC IA N F. M. HELLWARTH PH YSIC IAN AN D SURGEON Office one door east of P. O. Falls City, Oregon CH IRO PRACTIC DR. W. L. Holloway CHIROPRACTIC W ill be at Falls City Hotel MONDAY ana FR ID AY Afternoons Each Week. Business CarOs H O TEL jfallôCtt\>1botd Sam ple Rooms Bo at A c c o m m o d a t i o n s F. Oroege, Proprietor B A R b E R SHOPS Bohle’s Barber Shops Fa lls C i t y , O re g o n Where you css Je t a Shave, Hair C a t. Bath or ‘ $ h i«e ‘ A ie n t fo r Dallas Steam La u n d ry Bun' nales forwarded Tuesday evening MONUMENTS G . L. H A W K I N S MONUM ENTS D a l l a s , O re g o n jR. L. C H A P M A N ^FUNERAL DIRECTOR jW e attend to all w ork prom ptly. Dallas and Falls C ity , Ore. R E A L ESTATE J. O. M I C K A L S O N D ealer in IR E A L E S T A T E F alls City, Oregon- CO; aio Mill Street. Dallas, Oregon. JOHN R. SIBLEY. Manager. Our abstract plant 1s postedjdally from Polk County Records. Free Methodist Church “ Sunday School 10:00 A. M. Preaching 11:00 A. M. Class meeting 12:00 P. M. Evening service 7:30. H . A. W alter , sioner personally sees and answers all correspondence. Since almost 4,000,- 004 pieces of mall a year go out o f the bureau, this Is hardly possible. In fact. It takes a force o f about 1,300 employees properly to handle the business, these Including doctors, law yers, expert accountants and other specialists. E very pension check now Issues from this central office, and Is received when due, instead o f many days there after, as form erly when pension agen cles w ere distributed over the coun try. This and other economies which have been Introduced, has greatly re duced the clerical help required, and the force o f the office Is gradually be ing cut down. Still, to handle some 785,000 lndl vidual pension accounts and to provide for regular payments thereon Is no small task, even though the total now is being decreased from year to year by death. The appropriation for the ensuing fiscal year is $164,000,000. and Commissioner Saltzgaber Is of the opinion that it w ill be $4,000,000 less during the following year. T H E O L D S O LD IE R S ! Our ranks are grow ing thinner, every year, And death is still a winner, e ve ry year. Y e t w e still must stick together L ik e the toughest sort o f leather And in any kin<L o f weather, e v e ry year Our steps are grow in g slower, every year. P a le death Is still a mower, e ve ry year Y e t w e faced him In the battle Am id the muskets’ rattle. D e fyin g showers o f metal, every year. F U N E R A L DIRECTOR BROWN-SIBLEY ABSTRACT Main Entrance to Pension Office. Our com rades have departed, e ve ry year. And leave us broken hearted, e ve ry year. But their spirit* fon d ly greet us And constantly entreat us T o come th a t they m ay meet us. every year. M A R B L E A N D G R A N IT E Pa3tor. M. E. Church 8unday School 10:00 A. M. M orning Service 11:00 A. M. Junior League 3:30 P. M. Epworth League 0:30 P. M. Evening Service 7:30 P. M. Teacher Training class. Friday 7:00 P. M. Prayer M eeting,"Friday 8 P.M . W . J. W a r r e n , Pastor. S E V E N T H D AY A D V E N T IS T C H U R C H J Sabbath School 10 A. M. Preachingor bible study 11 A . M. Y ou n g peoples meeting 3:30 P. M. O f G e n e r a l In te re s t Liberal Member of Parliament Assails Ideas of Diplomats. A The Council meets in regular seaslon on the first Monday night of each month, at 7 SO o’clock, In the office o f the Falls C ity News. Office end n i o £Q Residence r n o n e ¿DO WITH SWEEP- NEWS ITEMS ENGLAND URGED TO FOOD ING DICTATORSHIP POWER CREATED IN GERMANY ENCOURAGE PEACE About Oregon W e are gro w in g old and lonely, every year. W e h ave recollection only, every year, And w e bled fo r this grand nation On m any a field and station And with any kind o f ration, e ve ry year M any people m ay fo rget us. e ve ry year. And our enemies m ay fret us, e ve ry year, But w h ile onward we are d riftin g Our souls w ith hopes are liftin g T o heavenly scenes still shifting, every year. The Stare and 8trlpes gro w brighter, e v e ry year, W ith labor burdens lighter, every year, B y blood o f soldier sages A lo n g the ro llin g ages On freem en ’s holy pages, e ve ry year. In the M ay tim e o f the flowers, e ve ry year. W e h a v e ’ lived In golden hours, every year. And our deeds be sung in story Through the future gro w in g hoary W ith a blase o f liv in g glory, e ve ry yea r! General Butler’s Way. Probably more stories were told about Butler than o f any other man in the war—unless, perhaps, It was Grant. T o Illustrate his habit of do ing things promptly and effectively, an Incident Is mentioned where a newspaper correspondent called to ask him for something that had to be writ ten. Possibly It was a paas. A t all events, there was no place to write, because the only table In the room was piled high with books and a great variety o f other articles. Butler, without saying a word, simply tilted the table, cleared It by the simple process o f spilling everything on the floor, aad sat down to write while a nimble negro servant picked up and removed the debris. In sending a pilot, who said he knew all about the location o f torpedoes of the James river, to Admiral Lee, he dictated a letter in the man’s pres ence, saying: " I f he faithfully and truly performs his duty, return him to me at Bermuda Landing. I f not, hang him to the yardarm.” Then, turn ing to the pilot, he added: "Now , my good man, go; you have your life In your own hands.” £ ARK coming. Father Abraham.” Yes they are coming, the veter ans of the Union army, responding to the call from the Great Beyond; coming faster now than ever before. When Memorial day was new In the United States there were dozens and •cores, yes. even hundreds o f the vet erans for each soldier grave to be deo- 3rated. Today, half a century after the peace, the graves are legion, and those who would decorate them hut a Handful. How fast the "boys In blue" are p att ing! In thla year 1916 they are going kt a rate never before reached since the war closed. The death roll o f February averaged 116 a day; 116 a lay waa the average for March, and In April it grew to 118. Official records show that 2,272,408 men fought under the Stars and Stripes In the Civil war. and that 349.- 944 loat their lives before L ee surren dered. How many o f these remain •live today? The records o f the census office, while perhaps not absolutely accurate, may be taken as approximately au thentic. It la believed that since the act of May 11. 1912, granting a service pension to every man who served at least 90 days in the armed forces of the United States during the Civil war, no old soldier remains off the pension roll. If. however, there are any not pen sioned. they certainly are few In num ber. The pension office rolls show ETIQUETTE HELD BAR TO SETTLEMENT Requests Use of "American Press as Platform for Peace" and Rev elation of Pact With Allies. London— In an impromptu speech in the house o f commons Thursday the question o f peace and the propriety o f “ employing the American press as a platform ,” subjects unexpectedly raised by Arthur Pontonby, Liberal member for Stirling, Scotland, in a strong address attacking the govern ment for allowing diplomatic etiquette to stand in the way o f |H>ssible peace pour parleurs. Sir Edward Grey the British foreign secretary, set sside all ideas that peace negotiations were possible at the present stage ami plainly reiterated that the position o f the allies in no way was changed. Sir Edward declared that it was impossi ble to consider terms of peace without a previous agreement between the en tente allies. Further he expressed the decided opinion that the hostilities had not yet reached a stage where it was possible to talk o f peace, especially as the German public was constantly be ing “ fed with liea” by their ministers. Mr. Ponsonby’s reference to the use o f the American press “ as a platform ” was the outgrowth o f a recent inter view with Sir Edward Grey. Sir Edward in replying to this at tack, while admitting that important disclosures o f policy ought first to be made to parliament, argued that a crisis might arise during the war when considerations o f etiquette should not be allowed to stand in the way. He contended th a t. since German states men constantly were g ivin g interviews and statements to the American press, it would be mere pedantry which would hinder British statesmen from countering these statements in the in terests o f their own country. Mr. Ponsonby argued in favor of countenancing peace possibilities and against prolonging the war merely for the sake o f obligations to Great Brit ain’ s allies. The speaker said that if the war had to be continued until Con stantinople fell, or until the unknown obligations to allies were fulfilled, the country ought to be told what those obligations are, and if their was no essential difference between Germany and Great Britain and no such obliga tions, the government ought to take the earliest opportunity to press for a termination o f the war. that -May 1, 1915, there w ere 401,796 veterans o f the Civil war pensioned. It Is safe to say that no more than this number are now alive. Rapidly, too. Is the veteran o f the Union army passing out o f public life. In 1914 three veterans o f the blue were sole representatives o f the Union army In the house— Sherwood of Ohio, Kirkpatrick o f Iowa and Goulden of New York. The last named died May 3, 1915, and Kirkpatrick has retired, leav ing General Sherwood, so far ai known, the sole Union veteran In con London — A rumor that Prince von gress. ! Bueiow is to visit the United States as On September 27 those survivor* ol a peace delegate is current in diplo the Union army who were physically matic circles here. able to be present marched In grand review on Pennsylvania avenue. In London — The Exchange Telegraph Washington, reproducing the grand 1 company says it learns from diplo parade o f half a century agone. It matic circles that Prince von Beuiow, showed the thinning ranks, aa did tha form er German Chancellor, is proceed grand encampment o f the Grand Army ing to Washington, charged by Em o f the Republic, then in progress In peror W illiam with a special mission. The Exchange Telegraph company the capital city. This was the last large encampment the order w ill hold. also says it understands Prince von Truly, “ W e are oomlng. Father Beuiow w ill become ambassador to the ' United States. This information is Abraham.” said to have been obtained from diplo m atic circles in London. W ith the Naval Veterans. Prince von Beuiow, one o f the fore Nowhere In the entire country li most statesmen o f Europe, has been Memorial day solemnized with greater referred to frequently in the last few profundity o f feeling than at the montha as the man who m ight be se United States Naval home at Phila lected by Emperor W illiam to conduct delphia where the gray-halred vet preliminary peace negotiations, should erans o f Uncle Sam’s sea fighters, they be undertaken. many o f whom have seen service In Late in 1914 the form er chancellor the seven seas, are passing their de was sent by the emperor and succeeded clining years In well-earned comfort. in delaying Ita ly ’ s declaration o f war Thelr*Memorlal day memories are Far- on Austria. He is credited also with ragut and Porter. Foote and Winslow, having prevented war between Ger Cushing and Truxton, Dewey and many and Italy. From tim e to time it Schley, of the battles o f the Missis has been reported that the prince was sippi river, the historic running o f the engaged in peace negotiations, but so batteries In Mobile bay, the epoch fa r as has been ascertained, these ru marking fight o f the Kearsage and Ala mors were without foundation. bama, and In mere recent days, o f the famous battle of Manila bay that made Pastor Confesses Fraud. us an Asiatic power, and the battle San Francisco— The trial o f the so- o f Santiago which ended Spanish rule called Oregon & California Railroad in the western hemisphere. For the naval home houses veterans o f all land fraud casea, which began here these battles so decisive In the shap Thursday, in the United States Dis ing o f American destiny— battles trict court, was marked by the confes which make glorious chapters In the sion o f Rev. Richard Fysh, ex-Metho- Fysh, history o f the United States navy. dist minister o f Calwa, Cal. one o f the eigh t defendants, pleaded And the home has likewise sheltered gu ilty to the charge o f using the mails naval veterans o f the war o f 1812. to defraud in obtaining applicants to purchase grant lands belonging to the All Are Heroes. S. P. Co. in Oregon. He was led to 'H eroes are they who respond to confess his guilt, he said, by the de the nation's need.” sire to spare his wife. Our nation has never asked for men In vain. W ith Spartan bravery moth Bureau T o Dole Out Meat. ers give their sons, wives their hus Berlin, via I,ondon — The expropri bands and maidens their sweethearts ation o f all supplies o f meat in Ger when the country calls. Many o f them many is foreshadowed by the issuance will never return. Others w ill come Thursday o f an ordinance placing all back to lay their diseased and broken meat supplies on hand on May 26 at frames beside the hearths o f their the disposal o f the Imperial Meat Bu youth. Some as by divine protection reau, which has just been created. seem to have enchanted lives and re Thia bureau w ill authorize the sale or turn aa strong as when they le f t They further disposal o f meat at "reason all are heroes If they have felt the able prices.” thrill o f sacrifice and never hesitated A census o f all meat supplies will be In the face o f duty. taken May 26. Prince von Budow Said to Be On Peace Mission to America Berlin, via I,ondun— “ The adequate nourishment o f our population is fully aaaured and w ill be rendered doubtful by any blockade regulationa o f enemy statee, no matter how unacrupuloue they may be and no matter how long the war may last,” aaya the *emi- otficial North German Gazette, in an announcement o f the creation o f a food dictatorship with sweeping (lower*. "H ow ever, the short harvest o f 1915, together with reduced imports, have resulted in a food scarcity in aome directions which makes itself felt, and efforts to better conditions have been hindered by the fact that each federated state has been able to make independent regulationa. Thia w ill now lie corrected by a centraliza tion o f (tower. ” Probably never before have such ■weeping powers been concentrated aa now granted Herr von Hkitocki, the new food dictator. Various counselor* will be assigned to him, representing agriculture, industry, trade, the m ili tary and the consumer*, and the repre sentative* o f the federal states and as sociations connected with the war will aid him. Final decision on all ques tions, however, rests solely in Herr von Battacki’a hands. The regulations o f the federal coun cil w ill not be affected by the appoint ment o f the dictator, but in case o f pressing necessity the dictator is em powered even to issue contrary regula tions, but these must be laid before the federated council for approval. 30,000 Carranza Troops Hunt Bandits Along Northern Border Washington, I). C.— Reports to both the State and War departments Wed nesday further indicated plans o f the Carranza government to prosecute v ig orously pursiut o f Chihuahua outlaw bands while the American forces re main comparatively quiescent. Cloeely follow ing news o f with drawal from Mexico o f the second American punitive expedition sent from Boquillas, Texas, under Colonel Sibley and Major Langhorne, informa tion reached the State department that General Obregon had ordered 30,000 troops to engaged in the bandit hunt in Chihuahua and along the B ig Bend border. Delay in opening diplomatic discua- sions over the question o f American troops remaining in Mexico also was indicated in official dispatches. State department officials said that receipt o f the new note being prepared by General Carranxa waa not expected be fore next week. It waa thought probable that retire ment o f the Big Bend expedition to American soil had presented a new sit uation in connection with representa tions contemplated in General Car- tanza’ s new note. Battle at Verdun Grows Bloodier; French Withstand Titanic Assaults London — Tuesday witnessed the bloodiest fighting in the whole battle o f Verdun. The struggle o f the first days o f the German aasualt, or o f the second mighty effort to overwhelm the fortress, fade into nothing compared with the titanic force o f Tuftvlay’s blows. And their net result, so far aa the Germans are concerned, waa to leave the battle lines where the French had le ft them after the successful counter attacks o f Monday. Only about the Thiaumont farm, east o f the Meuse, does Paris admit the loss o f a single foot o f ground. Berlin herself claims only the capture o f s small blockhouse west o f the river and o f a sap mine near Vaux. For the rest it contents itself with re porting the repulse o f the French at tacks. Every available man and every avail able gun except those actually nec essary for the reserves the Germans have mustered into the battle. They made a supreme effort to recapture Fort Douaumont, which in their ab sorption at H ill 304 and Le Mort Hom me, they had neglected to prepare against the contingency o f French sur prise, but the French grip on their old fortifications was too strong. Assault after assault, so many o f them that they literabliy flowed into each other until even the French could not distinguish them, was delivered within the old ramparts. It was a repetition o f the hand-to-hand struggle in the streets o f Vaux. Winners of Industrial Prizes to Attend 0 . A . C. Summer School Arrangeinenta havs just been com pleted by J. A. Churchill, Superinten dent o f Public In a tr otion, for tending the boya ami girls who won the capital prizea in the industrial club work at the State fair laat fall to the Oregon Agricultural college for the Boys’ and (¿iris' Summer school. Twenty-one children were successful in winning these prises at the Slate fair laat Sep tember. The capital prizea conalst o f membership In the abort court« at the Agricultural college with all ex penses paid. It represents the highest award in each project offered in the Industrial department at the State fair laat year. The prizea are made possi ble through contributions made to Superintendent Churchill for the fur therance o f thia work by public-apirit- ed men and women o f the state. Those who received these awards are: I .viand Charley, Brownsboru; Gertrude Court ney, La Grande; Earl Stewart, Cot tage Grove; Homer Bursell, Mon mouth; Hazel Bursell, Monmouth; Clifford Cook, Yoncalla; Carmen Junes, Pendleton; Eather Miller, Medford; Warren McGowan, Independence; Har old Reynolds, Independence; Earl Cooley, Selem; L. M. Howie*. Dallas; Kudolph Mullinhoff, Boring; tV id y V ..' Funes, Carlton; Exie Morgan, The Dallea; Florence Wharton, Koaehurg; Marlon Lowe, Nyssa; Mae McDonald, Dallas; Muriel Blume, Albany; Paul Jaeger, Sherwood; Claus Charity, Browntboro. The Boys’ and G irls' club work which is carried on co-operatively by the State department o f Education, the Extension service o f the Oregon Agricultural college and the U. S. Bureau o f Agriculture, is increasing in tntereal to such an extent that clubs are being formad in every section of Oregon. Since the first o f the year Superintendent Churchill has had two field workers, N. C. Maris and L. P. Harrington, continually engaged in form ing clubs throughout the state. The work o f the Agricultural college in sending to the members o f these clubs, bulletins on how to select seed care for the growing crops and also bulletins on canning and sowing, has made a wonderful advancement in the standard o f the work done by the school children o f Oregon. The ex ample o f Clsua Charley o f Jackaon county shows what a wholesome in fluence on« boy may have in this work. A t the State fa ir in 1914 he won the state prize on his corn. The next, through the efforts o f the county school superintendent and one o f the Medford banks, fifty hoys of Jackson county were supplied with seed corn selected from Claus Charley's prixe- winnlng corn. Each o f the fifty hoys raised from one-eighth to one-fourth o f an sere o f corn, the amount which each boy planted being determined by the age o f the boy. The exhibits of corn coming from these boys to the State fa ir in 1916 were said by judges to exceed in quality fully 100 per cent the corn exhibit o f 1913. " A s a result o f this work,” says Superintendent Churchill, “ we can feel certain that in the next genera tion there will be a group o f expert farmers and home-keepers in every rural community o f Oregon.” Coos County Voters Favor $362,000 Road Building Bonds Marshfield — Complete returns from the 68 precincts in Coos county give a m ajority in favor o f good roads bonds o f 618. As soon as the count was completed the County court issued an order o f the election being carried. The county precincta, with a few ex ceptions, those in the northern portion o f the county, including Lakeside, Templeton, Kentuck and Haynea Inlet, and a few others, voted heavily against the bonds, and the success was due en tirely to the heavy votes in the cities. Coquille had a handsome majority, and Bandon gave the bonda a great booat, being nearly a three-to-one majority. The issue calls for the expenditure o f $362,000 for lining and grading, and it is not expected the fund w ill pro vide for any hard surfacing. The money w ill be expended be tween Marshfield and Coquille, Co quille and M yrtle Point, Bandon and Coquille, North Bend and North Inlet, Bandon to the Curry county line. The argument in favor o f bonding was that money spent from the bond Prohis May Name Bryan. issue would release the usual road Chicago— I f he w ill consent to make levies to be expended upon branch the race, W illiam Jennings Bryan may roads. be selected as the candidate for Presi Whlsksy Is Confiscated. dent o f the Prohibition party. Recent Pendleton— Holding that the barrel statements o f Mr. Bryan before the conference o f the Methodist Episcopal o f whiskey was in very bad company church at Saratoga Springs, in which and, except upon clear proof to the he was quoted as declaring that he had contrary, should be disposed of, Circuit about reached the point where he could Judge Phelps’ handed down a decision no longer follow a political party which reversing the decision o f Justice o f the refused to Indorse national prohibition, Peace Joe Perkes, end confiscating a was discussed by Prohibition party 52-gallon barrel o f whiskey in a lodg leaders here, who thought Bryan might ing house, in company with some beer, consent to run. which was found to be used for illegal purposes and confiscated. A claim for the whiskey was won in the Justice’s Beer and Egg Condemned. District Attorney Frederick Birmingham, A la.— The general as court. sembly o f the Cumberland Presbyter Steiwer appealed the case. ian church ended its 86th annual meet ing Wednesday night after adopting Roseburg Votes Municipal Railroad. a resolution favoring a constitutional Roseburg— By a vote o f nearly seven amendment for National prohibition to one, the taxpayers o f Roseburg and approving a committee report went to the polls Tuesday and author which deplored that a large number of ized an amendment to the city charter women had formed the habit o f using making It poeslble for Roseburg, as a alcoholic drinks. municipality, to construct and operate It condemned specifically the use of a standard-gauge railroad from this beer and egg aa a spring tonic. city to Rock Creek. ft