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flltyg jPalla (Eitii Nruie ___________ D. L. WOOD * SON, Publishers. • » m d •• n i l *« t* . ■t r»ll* City. Polk Ooamj. tfc* S e t ot Ctoagms ot M«rch J. 1K7*.____________ Tdcphoae News Office. S3. S ubscription R atas: O uoyuur. $1.00; « ii m o n th s i s cunts: thruu m o n th s 25 canta: sln cla copy. I c t s A d rc rtls in g R a te s : D isp lay . 1 4 c e n t s s n I n c h ; B u sin ess N o tic e s S c e n ts a l i n e : P o t Sale. R ent, E x ch an g e. W a n t a n d Pay E n te r ta in m e n t No tices. 4 eta. a lin e . C ard o f t h a n k s 40 e t a ; L egs N o tic e s le g a l r a t e s C opy fo r n ew a d s. a n d c h a n g e s s h o u ld b e s e a t to T h e N ew s n o t la te r t h a n W ednesday^______ O fficial N ewspaper ef th e City ef Tails Ctty I ssued E very S aturday M orning OFFICIAL D im rC T O lT OT FALLS CITY H . J. G rlffln. M ayor. R. M. W o n d arly , C o u n c ilm a n -a t-L a rg « G. W. B re n tn e r, G eorge C. M arch, C, J. 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Salem . . . 7:00 9.45 Dallas. . . 8.15 11.02 Falls City. 8.50 11.35 Bl’kRock. 11:55 1A IT N O U H D 1«7 pm. 4.00 5.30 6.05 164 A M 170 am. p m . pm. 1.05 Bl'k Rock Falls City. 9.30 1.25 Dallas. . . 10.10 2.00 Salem . . . 11.01 3.15 6.10 6.40 7.45 A. C. Po W inn, A gent ■■a ■■ a ....... WORLD’S DOINGS OF CURRENT WEEK This Shell Crashed Through Her Home. Brief Resume of General News from All Around.lhe Earth. UNIYBSAl HAPPfNINGS IN A NUTSHBJ Uve News Items of All Nations and Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. A large hotel for working girl» and women i» to be constructed in Chicago. A special session of the New York legislature may be called to pass a measure dealing w ith the streetcar strik e in New York City. Aside from the capture by th e Ital ians of an im portant mountain peak on the T rentino front, only bombard m ents have taken place in the Austro- Italian th eater. A Medford. Ore., lad of nine, was seriously injured by exploding dyna m ite caps. He lighted one cap w ith a match, the concussion from which ex ploded another in his hip pocket. All guns and movable machinery above w ater have been stripped from the wreck of the armored cruiser Memphis in Santo Domingo harbor and will be brought to the United S tates by the transport P rairie. Mr. an4 Mrs. Edlefsen, of Portland, who were lost on Mt. Hood Sunday morning, were found by a searching party Tuesday, a fte r having wandered in a severe storm 72 hours w ithout food or shelter. N otw ithstanding the loss of two Zep pelins in an air raid on E astern Eng land Saturday night, th e Germans Monday night again returned to the attack w ith airships and dropped bombs in the northern and northeast counties. The E arl of Essex was found dead in bed Tuesday. He had been il! for some tim e. He was 59 years old. He was a large land holder, owning about 15,000 acres. H is second wife, whom he m arried in 1893, was Adela Grant, daughter of Beach G rant, of New York. A carload of liquor, consisting of more than 13,000 pint bottles and two 50-gallon barrels of whiskey, was seized by the police in Seattle and de stroyed. Although the liquor ostensi bly was consigned to P etersburg, Alas ka, the police allege th a t it really was intended for sale in Seattle. There were more than 7000 persons a t th e afternoon perform ance of the first circus which came to Coos county. Or, and exhibited a t Marshfield Tues day. There was one woman 75 years of age present who had never seen a circus before. A nother woman, 91, who is a resident of the county, was a t th e perform ance. Secretary Baker announces th a t the President will nom inate Brigadier General Pershing, commander of the American expeditionary forces in Mexico, to be a m ajor general to fill the vacancy created by the death of Major General Mills. Except in France th ere have been no im portant engagem ents on any of the various fronts. Berlin reports the re pulse of Russian attac k s in Volhynia, Galicia, and th e C arpathian moun tains. P etrograd is still silent as to operations on th e eastern front, but unofficial advices say th e Russians have begun a new offensive on a large scale in the hope of p u ttin g down the counter attack s of the Teutons and piercing th e ir fro n t before w inter. Advices from Constantinople, says the Overseas News agency, tell I of a m utiny among troops of the Russian Caucasus arm y because of lack of pro visions. A revolution in the Greek island of Crete is reported in a Havas dispatch from Athens. The revolutionists are said to have proclaimed a provisional government. Admiral Mayo, commanding the A t lantic fleet, reported F riday th a t a 12- inch gun on the battleship Michigan had exploded during firing tests on the Southern drill grounds, the muzzle be ing blown to pieces, seriously injuring one man. American Red Cross officials have given serious consideration to the S tate departm ent dispatch saying th a t nearly 1,000,000 Chinese are homeless and thousands d estitu te as a result of the flooding of 7000 square miles by overflow of the Hwai riv er in Anhui province, China, two months ago. The American consul a t N anking reported th a t autum n crops were destroyed and calls for relief were pouring in from many d istricts. W hile Mrs M ary S w ann and h er little d a u g h te r M ary w ere e atlu g lunch In th e ir hom e th is en o rm ous 16 inch sh ell sm ash ed th ro u g h th e house from one side to th e o th e r and fell a t th e ir back s ta irs . N e ith e r m o th e r n o r child w as h u rt, an d a fte r a w hile little Mary m ade a p la y th in g of th e shell. It w as fired in a navy te s t a t In dian H ead. Md. It p ierced th e h e a v ie st a rm o r plate used by th e navy. A fter It passed through th is o b stru c tio n It ploughed through a san d bank, th e n c e th rough the house of S w an n , a g u n n er, who lived se v e ra l h u u d red y a rd s aw ay. T he shell e n te re d th e ho u se th rough a wall of the secoud sto ry , ploughed through the second floor und cam e out n e a r the ground floor th ro u g h th e re a r (torch. Commissioners Demand SHIPPING COMBINE Mexicaa Withdrawal of American Troops EORMS ON COAST Two Largest Companies Unite for Im provement of PuMic Service. THIRTEEN STEAMERS INCLUDED President of New Company Declares Great Increase of Trade Makes Move] Almost Necessity. S e a ttle .— M erger of th e P acific C oast S team sh ip com pany and th e P a cific A lask a N avigation com pany Into a new ste a m sh ip com pany to be know n as th e P acific S te a m sh ip com pany is a n n o u n ced here. T he m erg er, affe c tin g 13 larg e pas se n g e r an d fre ig h t ste a m sh ip s of the P acific C o ast S te a m sh ip com pany and n ine of th e P acific A lask a N avigation com pany, will go Into e ffe c t N ovem ber 1. T h e m e rg e r w as ra tifie d by the b o ard s of d ire c to rs of th e P acific C oast com pany an d th e P acific A lask a N avi g atio n com pany, th e fo rm er m eeting in New Y ork and th e la tte r In T acom a. T he fin a n c ia l d e ta ils of the m erg er w ere no t given o u t In th e announce m en t h e re , b u t th e v esse ls involved a re said to be valued a t m ore than New London, C onn.—T h e fat h as been th ro w u Into th e fire, so fur as th e A m erican and M exicau com m is sio n ers a re co n cern ed , by d evelop m en ts w hich took place h e re T h u rs day. T he M exican co m m issio n ers p recip i ta te d a situ a tio n w hich bodes ill for success u n less P re s id e n t W ilson should back down. A cting u n d e r In stru c tio n s from G en e ra l C arran za, th ey d em anded th u t G eneral P e rs h in g 's tro o p s be w ith draw n. T h e A m erican com m issioners flatly refu sed to do a n y th in g of th e kind. T he co m m issio n ers in siste d th e ir g o v ern m en t could not c o n sen t to pro tra c te d n eg o tia tio n s so long as A m er ican so ld iers w ere in o ccu p atio n of M exican te rrito ry . T h e A m erican com m issioners in q u ired If G eneral C a rran za w ere read y w ith tro o p s to occupy th e te rrito ry w hich. If th e Mex ican d em and w ere heeded, G eneral P ersh in g w ould ev acu ate. T he M exican co m m issio n ers d eclin ed to bind th e ir g o v ern m en t to any condition, holding th a t a s a m a tte r of rig h t they w ere ju s tifie d In req u irin g G eneral P e rsh in g to leave th e ir coun try . an d a s a m a tte r of Justice, of frien d sh ip , P re s id e n t W ilson o u g h t not to h e sita te in d ire c tin g him to re tu rn n o rth of th e border. H ere th e m a tte r re s ts. T h e A m eri can co m m issio n ers forw arded the facts to S e c re ta ry L ansing, w ho will su b m it the re p o rt to the p re sid e n t for h is decision. It is c e rta in th a t G eneral P ersh in g will not be w ith d raw n , so fa r a s the A m erican co m m issio n ers a re co n cern ed, u n til se c u rity for life and p ro p erty alo n g th e b o rd e r h a s been arran g ed . C0MR11SI AKIN BV BRI1M1 AND fRERCII IN SWAP I ROM 3 SIMS London- Combles, the pivotal point In tha German Una guarding the ap proach to Hapaunie, on tha north, ami Peronne on the aouth, of tha Somme front, fall Wedneaday before attack s of French and Hritiah, the Germane fighting to death, or aurrendering when there waa no longer hope. French and Brltiah troops sw ept in from th ree aides a fte r th eir capture of Morval and Fregieourt. broke through th e German defenses, overran the town and carried all before them. This (dace, w ith ita marvelous su b ter ranean passages and powerful fortifica tions, had been caught in the g rip of the entente allies, who, coming from the north and aouth, had already ad vanced far beyond It ami cut off com munication w ith the rear, except a narrow strip which was covered by the allied guns. At the end of the fighting the town was filled w ith the bodies of Germans, the French official statem en t says. Prior to the loss of Comblea, the effect of the French and Brltiah arm ies in th e capture of inqiortant s tr a t egic points on the previous day was re flected in the official communication issued by the German war office, which, a fte r describing briefly the g reat artillery bombardment of the en tente allies, lasting four days, and the attack between the Ancre and the Somme, adm ita th a t “ th e conquest of these villages on the line of Gueude- court m ust be recognized,“ and add»: “ But before all we m ust think of our heroic troop# who faced the united An glo-French principal force and the massed employment of m aterial of the whole world's war industry, prepared during many m onths.” Thiepval, at the northw estern end of the B ritish line, and th e fortified town of Gucudecourt, northw est of I.ea Bouefa, also have fallen to the B rit ish. G eneral S ir IKiuglaa H aig ’s men, a fte r capturing Thiepval, drove on eastw ard and took the Zollern redoubt, a strongly fortified position which lies between Thiepval and the bend in the British line a t Courcelette. The French likew ise advanced be yond Fregieourt and captured the woods between th a t villago and Mur- valand the g rea ter p art of the German fortified positions lying between thia woods eastw ard across the Bcthune road to the w estern portion of the St. Vaaat woods, nipping off another por tion of the German line of com munica tion south of Bapaume. The German casualties in the fight ing are declared by P aris to have been heavy, and, in addition, during the two days' fighting, more than 1200 Germans were made prisoners by the French, while the B ritish took in ex cess of 1500. Large q u an tities of booty were taken by th e entente allies. five Hundred Captured Vistas Pay Death Penalty at Chihuahua IWOZEPPEUNSEALL IN RAID ON LONDON large Dirigible, Aflame, Brought Down With Shrapnel in Suburbs. THIRTY BRITONS ARE KILLED Second Flyer, Disabled, Lands and Crew Made Prisoners- Much Property Loss by Bombs. Ixmdon — Of the 12 big Zeppelins which Invaded the B ritish Isles S atu r day night to deal death and destruction from the skies, two lay Sunday stark and black masses of steel amt alum i num in the little village of Mangold, Essex county. One came down a flaming torch, while the aeccnd, diaabled by gunfire, effected a landing, which aaved the livea of the crew, who are now pria- onera In England. The crew of the firat raider died In the conauming llamea of th eir own ahip. The death and burning of the firat Zeppelin waa witneaaed by tana of thouaanda of Ixmilun residents, but the wounding and descent of the second raider waa a m atter of doubt until offi cial statem enta were given out. Few detaila are available of thia aecond raid er's condition, but it ia reliably re- portetl th at the crew surrendered to special conatablea. Many who saw the ahrapnel bursting like skyrockets about the invader, which subsequently caught fire, think there muat have been several direct hits. Many aeroplanes were aloft and attacked the Zeppelins from all aides. The raiders took a heavy toll of lives before th e ir destruction, 28 persons being killed and 99 wounded in the m etropolitan d istric t of Ixmdon. Two persona were killed, probably four, and 17 wounded in the provinces. The property dam age, while widely distributed, ia confined for the most p art to amall dw ellings and ahope, some em pty cars being deatroyed and p art of th e track* torn up. The roar of dropping bombs waa heard in many d istiic ta where the raiders were invisible. It ia not be lieved th a t more than tw o or th ree in vading Zeppelin* which croased tile east coast succeeded in reaching the environs of Ixindon, and th a t tw o of these paid the death penalty givea the g reatest satisfaction to th e m ilitary authorities. Seattle Ferryboat Triton Sinks While Crossing lake Washington S eattle — The Lake W ashington steam er Triton, owned by the Ander son Steam boat company and engaged in ferry service, struck a snag while approaching Byera’ Landing on the east shore of Lake W ashington and sank juat as she was drvien on the beach. All the passengers and crew landed safely. The vessel ran a mile a fte r strik in g the snag before the crew knew th a t she was leaking. When the vessel w h s a short distance from the shore the w ater began pouring into the en- gineroom, but C aptain H iram Riddle waa able to drive her on to the beach alongside the w harf at Byera’ Landing before the w ater stopped the engines. There were only 25 passengers atxiard and all stepped safely off the upper deck onto the wharf. Ten m inutes a fte r the vessel had been abandone«l she turned over and now is lying subm erged alongside th e pier. In m ak in g th e an n o u n c e m en t. M an a g e r A. F. H ain es of th e P acific A las ka N av ig atio n com pany, gave out the follow ing s ta te m e n t p re p a red by P re s id e n t H. F. A lex an d er: "T h e P acific S te a m sh ip com pany has been form ed by th e P acific C oast W ashington, D. C.—Official S tate S te a m sh ip com pany and the Pacific- A lask a N av ig atio n com pany to o p e ra te departm ent advices Tuesday report along th e e n tire P acific C oast, in clu d seizure of the Dutch steam er P rins ing A laska, w ith th e fu rth e r purpose Hendrik by G erman warships, but did of e x ten d in g its se rv ic e In o th e r dlrec not say on w hat charge Isador Polak, tions, and h a s m ade a rra n g e m e n ts to the naturalized American, removed o p e ra te a ll of th e v esse ls of th e Pacific from the vessel, was being held. The C oast com pany a n d th e Paclfic-A laska departm ent ia in v estig atin g further. N av ig atio n com pany. Much significance is attache«' by offi "In view of th e g re a t sc a rc ity of ves sets on th e P acific C oast, due tp th e cials to G erm any’s seizure of mail Some tim e ago g re a te r dem and fo r th em In o th er aboard the steam er. tra d e s, an d th e In ab ility to secu re ad Germany claimed th e rig h t to censor d ltlo n al v essels u n d e r e x istin g condi le tte r mail on th e basis th a t The tio n a fo r th e tra d e of th e Pacific Hague convention, declaring the “ in- C oast, th e P acific C o ast com pany and voilability” of such mail had been th e P acific A lask a N av ig ation com rendered inoperative by failu re of sev pany, a fte r ca re fu lly c o n sid erin g th e situ a tio n , have decid ed th a t th ey can eral of the belligerent nations to r a ti b e st se rv e th e in te re s ts of th e public fy it, but more recently th e practice w ith m ore e ffic ie n t se rv ic e and m ore \ apparently had been discontinued. fre q u e n t sailin g s by o p e ra tin g th e tw o j fle e ts u n d e r a m a n a g e m e n t th a t will J Car Shortage H its Baker, Or. e lim in a te th e d isa d v a n ta g e s to the B aker, O r.— T h e co n tin u ed sh o rta g e tra v e lin g an d sh ip p in g public w hich of freig h t c a rs is still e m b a rra ss in g n e c e ssa rily a tte n d th e o p e ratio n of the th e B aker lu m b er com p an ies, w ho re tw o fle e ts s e p a ra te ly .” p o rt th a t they a re now 40 c a rs behind T he m e rg e r involves sh ip s h aving a in th e ir o rd ers. M ills a re still ru n n in g g ro ss to n n a g e of m ore th a n 55,000 and sto rin g th e lu m b er th a t c an n o t be to n s, th e to n n ag e of th e P acific Coast shipped, but th e s to ra g e room will S te a m sh ip co m p an y b eing m ore than soon be filled. G rain d e a le rs say th e ir 34,000 tons. w arehouses still hav e plenty of room. El Paso—Wholesale executions are tak in g place in Chihuahua City follow ing the Villa attack, it was announced a t m ilitary headquarters here T hurs day. Five hundred V illa adherents have been executed since the fight, the report to General George Bell, J r ., says, and many other prisoners have been taken. General Bell also has s report of a skirm ish which is reported to have oc curred a t Arena, 10 miles south of Juarez, Sunday night. He says wounded Carranza soliders have been brought back to Juarez from th a t sec tion. The Carranza officials in Juarez insist th a t these wounded soldiers were brought from Chihuahua City follow ing th e fight w ith V illa forces. A report from Chihuahua th a t Gen eral M atias Ramos had returned to th a t sta te capital w ith only 35 men left of his original force of 350 also was received by General Bell. A prom inent Mexican who was taken prisoner by V illa a t Chihuahua City and la ter released reached the border and reported to m ilitary author ities th a t Villa had executed only two of the 38 prisoners taken during the Chihuahua battle. One of these was a chauffeur for General Trevino. He gave the others th e choice of returning to Chihuahua City or joining him. T hirty-six returned and the rem ainder joined Villa. The Mexican refugee was one of these and says he saw Villa personally and th a t the bandit leader walked w ith a crutch because of his bullet wound in the leg and th a t he carried his crutch on his saddle on the march. Auditor C loses S eattle Institution. S eattle — The E quitable Savings, Loan & Investm ent association of Se a ttle was closed by the sta te auditor, who took charge of all records. In le tte rs sent to th e stockholders, Au d ito r Clausen said th e association was overloaded w ith real estate which had depreciated in value and which made it impossible for the association to “ con tinue in business.” H. O. Shuey, president of the association, said the liab ilities amount to 175,000. The assets equalled the liabilities, but could not be realized on im m ediately. Severe W inter F o recast. Hood River, Or. — Indian w eather forecasters and hunters who have killed bears th is fall are predicting an other hard w inter for the mid-Columbia d istric t. H erman Pregge, of Oak Grove, killed a 450-pound bruin th a t had invaded the orchard d istrict. The rolls of fa t are declared to indicate a long, severe cold period. Indian George, 90-year-old p atriarch of local redmen, who foretold the big snow last year, warns his w hite friends of coming cold. He points out the condition of moss on the trees and a g reat crop of acorns. Animals Are Fed B etter. Berlin — German horses and cattle are now sharing in the improved condi tions of sustenance made possible by the more plentiful harvests th is year. The rations of oats for horses kept in Germany have been increased from three to four pounds a day and those of bulls have been increased two and a half pounds. D raft oxen are now al lowed two and a half pounds of oats daily, and d ra ft cows one and a half fiounds, while employed at harvesting. D uring th e last year d ra ft oxen and cows have had no oats. W heat G rains Multiply. Oregon City, O r.— Three years ago George Bon Jension planted 12 grains of w heat he had carried from Russia, his native land, in his pocket. This year he harvested 1276 pounds of cleaned w heat from the 12 kernels. He lives near Mount Pleasant. This gTain is somewhat larger than the ordinary v ariety of domestic w heat and is darker in color. Several Clack- amaa county farm ers have decided to give the imported w heat a trial. P ro se cu to r is Fired On. Lakeport. Cal. — While sittin g in his office D istrict A ttorney H. G. Church ill narrowly escaped death a t the hands of unknown persons. A bullet crash ing through th e window struck the desk at which Churchill was sittin g . The d istric t attorney said he had re ceived a th reatening le tte r a few days ago which was not signed, w arning him against prosecuting a liquor case which involved a violation of the county laws. Naval Airmen A ccurate. Norfolk, V a.— Reports from the A t lantic fleet on the Southern drill grounds announced th n t two airm en with gunners ascended from th e N orth Carolina, carrying 12 bombs, small rapid firers and small arms. N ine of the 12 bombs were dropped successful ly on ta rg e ts. Canvas targ ets, rep re senting men, were h it by rapid-fire guns and sharpshooters. The te sts were declared the best ever recorded and the firat for the A merican navy. $12,000,000. Germany Still Holds American Taken from Dutch Steamer Robber Suspect is Held. D ouglas, A riz.— F lin t (R u sty ) T ulk, a cow boy, a rre s te d on th e c h arg e of rob b in g th e U n ited S ta te s m ail in con n ectio n w ith th e ho ld in g up of th e G olden S ta te L im ited p a ssen g er tra in on th e El P aso & S o u th w estern ra il road S ep te m b e r 6, n e a r here, w as bound o v er to a w a it th e action of th e fed eral g ran d Jury. Bond w as fixed a t $10,000, w hich h a s n o t been fu r nished. R ay P re sto n , of P o rtlan d , Or., te stifie d th a t he reco g n ized T ulk, d es his m ask, and saw him tak e two Theodore Roosevelt and W illiam H. p re ite g iste re d m ail pack ag es. T aft, it was announced in New York, have accepted invitations to attend a H erm it L earn t of War. reception in honor of Charles E. Hughes at the Union League club on Marysville, Cal.—John C. Carlton, a October 3. Elihu Root, president of 75-year-old m iner, discovered the Eu the club, will preside. ropean w ar T hursday, when he paid A fter outstripping a Miami, Fla., Marysville his first visit In three sheriff’s posse in a motorboat race out years. Carlton lives in a cabin In the Yuba county m ountains. He once sub of Rock Harbor, four bank robbers scribed to a new spaper, he said, but who got $6000 in a daylight holdup of the editorials did not su it him and he the S tate Bank of Homestead aban stopped them 11 years ago. Since then, doned th e ir boat and have struck into he said, he has done all his reading In the Everglades again w ithout leaving one book, the Bible. Hi« cabin Is 20 miles from Marysville. a trail. r 1 1,000,000 Fire at Phoenix, N. Y. Syracuse, N. Y.— F ire early Sunday destroyed the en tire business d istric t and more than half the industrial sec tion of th e town of Phoenix, N. Y., 16 miles north of here, causing a loss of more than $1,000,000. One person is known to have perished. E ighty-tw o buildings were destroyed. The fire burned w ithout check for 15 hours. Not a store was left standing, and the people are confronted w ith a serious problem of food supply. Looters in vaded the ruins, and scores of deputies were sworn in w ith orders to shoot. fl