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mm 7 ¿ 7 7 - ç) NEWS OF THE WEEK Genera! Es s e * of ¡optant Events Ihroisgficut the W'orll ( t Anarchy, famine and war are threatening the inhabitants of Al bania. January 1, 1915, has been set for the opening of the Celilo canal on the Columbia. A prominent baseball pitcher de clares the uniform honesty of players kills all possibility of gambling in the game. A piece of radium about the size of a pinhead and worth $4500 has been lost, mislaid or stolen at a Chicago hospital. The kidneys of a woman in a St. Louis hospital were taken out, cleansed of poisonous accumulation and replaced. New York now leads London in pop ulation by nearly a million, according to statistics prepared by New York health officials. Secretary Redfields, of the bureau of commerce and labor, says he be lieves the 8-hour day would be a bene fit to all industries. ‘ The Massachusetts state board of conciliation and arbitration urges that every possible means be used to avoid labor troubles during 1914. Convicts in the penitentiary at Au burn, N. Y., organized a “ Good Con duct League,” and will endeavor to enforce perfert discipline in the pris on. More than 1000 unemployed men gathered in front of the residence of Gov. Johnson, of California, and de manded steady work at not less than $3 per day. Twenty-seven $1000 bills were trampled under foot several hours by the crowd paying taxes in the sheriff’s office at Detroit, Mich., before their loss was discovered. Professors in the biology depart ment of the University of Washington believes the time soon coming when the salmon fishing industry will be carried on continuously by means of deep sea fishing. Mexican rebels have completely routed the federal forces in Northern Mexico. Bank robbers tunneled 150 feet and dug into the vault of the First Na tional bank of Oroville, Cal., securing $3500. 4 Many Mexican federal soldiers who refused to fight the rebels were shot down by their officers. Methodists have asked the Portland school brfhrd to prohibit the teaching of dancing of any kind in the public schools. It is stated by the department of agriculture that 1913 was the most prosperous year ever known for the American farmer. It is reported that many Eastern cities are not at all anxious for the location of the reserve banks under the new currency law. | ( < 4 PORTLAND MARKETS Wheat—Track prices: Club, 85c; bluestem, 96@96c; forty-fold, 85}@ 86c; red Russian, 84c; valley, 85c. Oats—No. 1 white, $25.60(026 ton. Barley — Feed, $24.60 per ton; brewing, $25.60; rolled, $26.50@ 27.60. Millfeed—Bran, $20.50(0)21 per ton; shorts, $22.50(0)23; middlings, $29(0 30. Hay—No. 1 Eastern Oregon tim othy, $16.50; mixed timothy, $14; alfalfa, $14; clover, $9(010; valley, grain hay, $11(0)13. Onions—Oregon, $2.75(0)8 per sack; buying price, $2.50 f. o. b. shipping points. Vegetables—Cabbage, 11(0)1 jc per pound; cauliflowers, $76(0)1.25 per dozen; eggplant, 10(0) 121c per pound; peppers, 6(0)7c; head lettuce, $2.25(0) 2.60 per crate; garlic, 121(0}15c per pound; sprouts, 10c; artichokes, $1.76 per dozen; squash, ll(0)llc per pound; celery, $3(0)3.50 crate; rhu barb, 31c per pound; tomatoes, $1.75 (0'2 per crate; turnips, $1.25 per sack; carrots, $1.10; parsnips, $1.25; beets, $1.25. Poultry—Hens, 16(016c per pound; springs, 15(016c; turkeys, live, 20c; dressed, choice, 271(q)28c; ducks, 12 @16c; geese, 121(0)13c. Eggs—Oregon fresh ranch, 41(045c per dozen; storage, 35(0'371c. Green Fruit—Apples, 60c(0$2.50 per box; cranberries, $12(0)12.60 per bar rel; pears, $1.26(0(1.75. Potatoes—Oregon, 80c(0)$l per hun dred; buying price, 70(080c at ship ping points. Butter—Creamery prints, extras, 34 <035c pound; cubes, 32c pound. Pork—Fancy, 10(O101c per pound. Veal—Fancy, 141c per pound. Hops—1913 crop, prime and choice, 20(0)21c; 1914 contracts, 16(0l8c. Wool — Valley, 16<017c; Eastern Oregon, ll(0)16c; mohair, 1913 clip, 26c. Cattle—Prime steers, $7.50(08.10; choice, $7(07.60; medium, $6.76(07; choice cows, $6(06.85: medium, $5.75 (0.6; heifers, $6(06.85; light calves, $8(09; heavy. $6(07.75; bulls, $4<0 6.76; stags, $6(06.50. Hogs—Light, $7.26(07.90; heavy, $6.50(06.90. Sheep—Lambs, $5.50(06.35: weth ers, $4(06.50; ewes, $3.60(04 36. May Fish for Salmon During Entire Year Seattle—The salmon fishing indus try, worth millons of dollars to the Northwest, will be extended from Puget Sound and the Columbia river to the outer sea and a continuous sup ply of salmon made available irrespec tive of whether the fish are running in the rivers, according to professors in the biology department of the Univer sity of Washington. This possibility was revealed when it became known that the United States deep sea dredg ing vessel Albatross had been assigned for work on the fishing banks outside Puget Sound and the mouth of the Co lumbia river. Professor Trevor Kincaid, head of the department of biology, has ex plained the significance to Washington of the work to be done by the Al batross. “ It seems probable,” he said, “ that the salmon have fixed locations in the ocean and that they do not go very far out to sea. If this is so it should be a fairly easy matter to locate the sal mon banks outside the Sound. A con tinuous supply of salmon would then be available without regard to the run in the rivers.. Little is known of the deep-sea history of the salmon, but it has been thought by scientists that they migrated far out into the sea, returning to the rivers to spawn. “ It now seems probable that they never go far from shore, but have definite geographical locations in com paratively shallow water. The Alba tross will endeavor to locate the sal mon banks and an entirely new face will be put on the salmon fishing in dustry in the Northwest.” $230,000 GIVEN BY HEIR TO CHAIRTABLE INSTITUTIONS Minneapolis—Twelve colleges, hos pitals and charitable institutions of Minnesota, nine of them in Minneap olis, are the recipients of New Year’s gifts aggregating $230,000 from David D. Stewart, of St. Albans, Me., who inherited the estate of the late Levi M. Stewart, of Minneapolis, a pioneer who died here two years ago. No restrictions are attached to the gifts. Mr. Stewart’s charities in the past year have reached $630,000, nearly half of the estate that was left him. He had given about $40,000 to the churches, colleges and charitable in stitutions in Maine. Color Line Is Barred From Oregon Schools Salem—“ It is the imperative duty of all school boards of our public school system to admit to the schools within their districts all children re siding therein, between the ages of 6 and 21, without discrimination as to color or race. When the legislature has not passed any act expressly au thorizing them to do so, school boards, created for carrying or. the public schools of the state, have no lawful power to provide separate schools for the education of the white and colored Oregon Better Com State Than Average Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis—Oregon produces 25 per cent more com per acre than the average produced in the United States. Also, Oregon produces 10 per cent better corn than the average United States crop. Yet Oregon produces less than one-tenth of one per cent of all the corn grown in the United States. The average yield per acre in Ore gon is 28.5 bushels, and the average yield for the whole country is 23 bush els per acre. The average quality of the Oregon corn crop is 93 per cent, and the aver age quality for the whole country is 82 per cent. The amount of the Oregon com crop Tampa, Fla.—The first daily aero plane passenger and express service between two cities in the South, pos sibly in the country, was opened Jan uary 1, with a successful flight of a hydro-aeroplane from St. Petersburg, Fla., across the bay to Tampa, an air line distance of 18 miles. A. C. Pheil, ex-mayor of St. Petersburg, was the passenger. The flight was made in 23 minutes, at an average height of 80 feet above the water. The return flight was made at the same average speed. Japanese to Aid Strikers. Brother Sends Chickens. San Francisco—The dream of find ing a modern Utopia on Easter Island, in the South Pacific, which has claimed the attention of many aspiring young swains who seek to wed the island beauties and thereafter lead a life of luxurious ease, was rudely shattered by Steve Drinkwater, one of the sur vivors of the schooner Eldorado, who recently found a refuge on the island. " I spent three enforced months on Easter Isalnd, ” Drinkwater said, “ and if that place is Utopia, give me the nether regions.” In view of these and other facts re garding the island, Major Frank Pooley, a retired British army officer, has announced that the proposed ex pedition with a party of young men has been indefinitely postponed. 500 American Troops to Receive Federal Army Washington, D. C.—Full confidence in the ability of the 500 American troops at Presidio to deal with the situation there was expressed by offi cials of the War department. It was said no special orders had gone from Washington, the department deeming it unnecessary to interfere with the plans of Brigadier General Bliss, com manding the forces at the border. If the Mexican federáis seek Bafety on American soil they will be dis armed and held as refugees. No fight ing will be tolerated on the American side of the line and if the rebels fol low the fugitives across they will be given the same treatment accorded the federáis. Officials here are satis fied the chase will end at the border. Aerial Express Line Open. Seattle—At a recent meeting of the Central Labor council, a delegate of the Teamster's union announced that the Japanese grocers of the city had taken official action indorsing the teamsters’ strike and pledging them selves to patronize only wholesalers employing anion team drivers, and al so had adopted resolutions commend ing trades unionism. The Japanese own many retail grocery stores here, some of them large. for the year 1913 is 598,000 bushels. The entire yield of the United States is 2,463,017,000 bushels. The above figures are taken from the November Crop Report issued by the United States bureau of statistics and the weather bureau. That com may be successfully and profitably grown in Oregon has been demonstrated by the Oregon Agricul tural college, and by many private growers as well. The reports of the federal government show that not only can more and better corn be grown in Oregon than in the average state in the Union, but that corn prices are al so higher in Oregon. Progress of County New Fish Hatchery Demonstration Policy Gives Great Promise Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis—The policy of securing county field and farm demonstration agents is making rapid progress among the counties of Oregon. Already five counties in various parts of the state have complied with all requirements and made the necessary appropriations for maintaining the county agents in co-operation with the Oregon Agricul tural college. These five counties, to gether with the sum appropriated by each, are as follows: Lane, $2000; Crook, $1500; Coos, $2000; Tilla mook, $2000, and Harney, $2000. Two counties, Baker and Grant, have taken steps to establish a district for demonstration work, expenses and benefits to be shared according to agreement. As mining and lumbering are important industries In these coun ties, it is felt that one farm agent can serve both counties for a time, at least. Legislative provisions have been made to cover such cases. Wallowa and Marion counties will be among the next to make provision for securing county agents. Malheur, Union and Klamath are seriously considering the question. Douglas county officers are being im portuned by influential farmers to es tablish the system, and Jackson coun ty has taken up the matter with Pro fessor French, state leader of agri culture, who expects to see the system adopted there at an early date. The policy of maintaining county agents of field and farm demonstration work is heartily approved wherever it has been tried. A convention of 175 farmers and business men of Spring- field, Mass., passed resolutions ap proving the work and providing means of raising funds for its support. The State Bankers’ association of Colorado commended the plan, and pledged its moral support of an effort to finance a county agency in co-operation with the agricultural college and the federal department of agriculture, in every county in Colorado. Aside from their work in farm dem onstration, the county agents have be come active agents of co-operation. The county agents of two Ohio coun ties were able to effect the co-opera tive marketing of a large lot of sur plus potatoes that were grown in one county, to the farmers of another county in which there was a great scarcity. A county agent of Southern Colorado was the first to recognize a disease that was killing large numbers of hogs, as cholera. He found it very difficult to convince the farmers of the fact that the disease was cholera, and succeeded only when his diagnosis was confirmed by the veterinarian of the agricultural college. He then ex plained the impossibility of eradicat ing the disease single-handed and the imperative need of a co-operative campaign. By his skill and determin ation, he saved an industry that is worth to the county $5000 annually. Southern Sea Utopia Proves to Be a Myth children.” This was the finding of the Supreme court in an opinion by Justice Ramsey on the application of William Craw ford, of Klamath county, for a writ of mandamus to compel the school board of district No. 7 of that county to allow two of his children to attend the public school. Crawford and his wife are half Indian. The children were excluded from the school by the board and the act was upheld by the Circuit judge. Albany — Three white-faced Black Spanish chickens were a Christmas present from Judge McKnight, of Mal heur county, to Judge McKnight, of Linn county. The two jugdes are brothers, each having been chosen county judge of his respective county in the same election. The significance of the present is that when the two judges were young men on their father’s farm in this county, they raised this kind of chick ens and had the only ones in this sec John D. Gives to Church, Cleveland—John D. Rockefeller’- tion of the state. New Year greeting to the Eaclid Aves 1914 Motor Plates Sent Out. nue Baptist church, which he attends, was a gift of $7000. Three months Salem — Secretary of State Oleott ago he pledged himself to give one has delivered to 8600 autoista automo dollar for every 40 cents contributed bile and motorcycle plates for 1914. by the remainder of the congregation There are about 14,000 automobile and from November 1 to January 1. The motorcycle owners in the state, and congregation gave $3000. The money plates have been sent only to those will go to the church’s reserve fund. making application for them. Astoria—-The members of the state board of fish commissioners have re turned to Portland after visiting the Klaskanine hatchery. Chairman Bil- yeu stated that the commissioners are pleased with the location of the Klas kanine plant and can see no reason why it should not be made eventually one of the largest on the Coast. He also stated that the commissioners had visited the Bonneville hatchery and had found the young fish at both places in excellent condition, much better than anticipated after hearing the numer ous reports in circulation. Warden Clanton was directed to proceed with the improvements at the Klaskanine hatchery that were inter rupted by the dissolution of the old board. This work will consist princi pally of finishing the retaining ponds that were under construction and the improvement of the grounds generally. Oregon City Proposes to Have Mountain Water Oregon City—The peope of Oregon City are to be asked for $300,000 in the form of a bond issue to construct a pipe line to the south fork of the Clackamas river. At a meeting of the Mountain Water league the mem bers decided to ask the city council to present the matter to the people at once. The report of H. A. Rands, the en gineer who has been making the sur vey, shows that a pipe line can be run to the south fork of the river at a cost of $288,000. This includes the best wood stave piping and provides for the reservoir in the city. The plan includes a delivery of 3,000,000 gal lons of water every 24 hours with a total availabe supply of more than 15,- 000,000 gallons in the same length of time. Because of the adverse publicity that the city has had during the sum mer months and the number of typhoid cases that in the popular mind have been traced to the water, the commit tee in charge of the work of the league has been making surveys and conducting investigations independent of the city council. The report of the engineers gives the first estimate of the cost of con structing the line for 26 miles and gives a detailed description of the route that might be used. Band Will Go to Fair. Baker—The Baker band, which at tended the Lewis and Clark fair at Portland in 1906, the Elks’ convention at Los Angeles in 1909, and the Elks’ convention in Portland in 1912, has decided to go to the Panama-Pacific exposition at San Francisco in 1915. Heretofore the members of the Baker band, which is regarded as one of the finest amateur bands in Oregon, have paid their own expenses to these events, and this will be the case in the 1915 trip, unless the fair manage ment aids them. The band numbers 32. More Oysters Demanded. Portland — Concluding that oysters are not oysters when they are 25 per cent water. City Sealer of Weights and Measures Jones has started a cru sade against oyster dealers which may result in arrests on the charge of shortweighting. Mr. Jones says that he has found that the dealers in sell ing a pint of oysters make 26 per cent of the pint water. He says that from now on he will insist that the water in a measure of oysters shall not rise above the level of the oysters. Rebels Drive Federals to Death, Defeat, Desertion Presidio, Tex. — A battle in which 6000 or more rebels are seeking to exterminate or drive across the United States border the northern division of the Mexican federal army is in pro gress around Ojinaga, Mexico, oppo site here. For 36 hours the opposing forces have been under a fire which caused many dead and wounded or both sides. General Toribio Ortega's rebel army, reinforced by flanks to the right and left, kept steadily on the offensive, gaining and holding foot by foot the approaches to the federal stronghod. The federal army, dazed and disor ganized by the first puff of rebel smoke, clung to the trenches dug on the hillside where it had decided to make a last stand. Though whipped in the first rebel onslaught, which drove their outposts to cover, and though some of their wounded, with deserters, jumped into the river and waded to the American side, the fed erals put up a plucky fight against insuperable odds. Something like a rally occurred among the federals when daylight disclosed the position of the enemy and encouraged the fed eral generals to promise a slight hope. The net results of the battle, so far as they are obtaionable on this side, w ere: Many fell on each side. It was im possible even to approximate the num ber. Several score deserters jumped into the river and waded to the American side. They were disarmed and sent back by Major McNamee, command ing the border patrol. About 15 of the deserters were wounded and were permitted to remain on this side on grounds of humanity. They were cared for by United States army phy sicians. That the federals will surrender is improbabe, because of General Or tega's explicit orders to execute the so-called volunteers and their com manders, Generals Pascual Orozco, Ynez Salazar, Antonio Rojas, Bias Orpilan, Lazaro Alanis and Roque Gomez. Eighteen hundred volunteers also come under the sentence of death imposed by order of General Villa. That the federals, with all their generals except perhaps General Fran cisco Castro, General Joe Mancila and General Manuel Landa, of the regu lars, will be forced over to the United States in case of utter defeat, was be lieved on the American side to be most likely. Big Siegel-Cooper Stores In Hands of Receiver New York — Two great department stores in New York and one in Bos ton; an express company, a wholesale house and a private banking house run in connection with the departments stores allied with and controlled by the Siegel Stores corporation, of which Henry Siegel, of this city, is directing head and president, were placed in the hands of receivers Thursday through a suit instituted by the holding company in the federal courts. None of the concerns, according to statements of counsel, is insolvent, and the action was taken to conserve the ability to rehabilitate and reor ganize them. The assets and liabili ties were not given. Curtailment of bank credit made receivership imper ative, it was said. Their gross earn ings heretofore have been estimated at $40,000,000 annually. The Green- hut-Siegel-Cooper company, of this city, has no connection, direct or otherwise, with the firms controlled by the Siegel Stores corporation, and in Chicago the store of Siegel, Cooper & Co., although its stock is owned by the Siegel Stores corporation, is pros pering. Counsel here issued a state ment to this effect, which was con firmed by Max Pam, general counsel for the Chicago store. The business there, he said, would be continued without interruption. San Francisco Places Ban on Auto Speeders San Francisco--Half a dozen speed ers were fined Thursday between $20 and $50 in Police court, although it was their first appearance. Several second offenders will be sentenced soon. Since the Police court judges adopted resolutions to fine all first offenders and jail all second offenders, the number of arrests for reckless driving has been cut in two. An epi demic of recklessness, culminating last week in two brutal killings within as many days, decided the judges, the mayor and the board of supervisors that drastic action was necessary. Canned Skin to Be Used. Baltimore—A departure in surgical operations which will be watched by several leading surgeons will be per formed at a hospital here. Twenty square inches of skin procured from volunteers at the Rockefeller Institute, of New York, will be grafted on the body of Harry Stabler, who was burned in an explosion. The skin is in a glass receptacle, kept at a tem perature that maintains what is known among medical men as latent life. During the operation the skin will be Eggs Down to 30 Cents. Medford—-With Christmas over, the warmed to the patient's temperature. hens of the Rogue River valley aban Beachey Flies Indoors. doned their policy of inaction and eggs San Francisco—In the first flight were so plentiful Saturday that the price fell 16 cents. Christmas Day ever attempted underneath a roof, eggs were 45 cents, but now there are Lincoln Beachey, circled successfully plenty at 30 cents. According to local the Interior of the Panama-Pacific ex poultry dealers eggs probably will be position palace of machinery, but down to 20 cents a dozen within a made a poor landing and smashed his biplane. Beachey was uninjured. week or so. Giant Banking House Withdraws From Big Coniorations. Four Other Prominent Financiers Follow—End of Interlocking Directorates Is Seen. New York—The withdrawal of J. P. Morgan & Co., from more than a score of great corporations and the state ment by George F. Baker, an almost equally dominant figure in American finance, that he soon would take simi lar action gave Wall street a thrill that almost brought trading on the Stock Exchange to a halt. While it is probably true that many of the prominent bankers had inform ation foreshadowing this momentous move toward ending interlocking di rectorates, the public and brokers had no advance knowledge of what was taking place in the inner councils of the greatest of all American houses of finance. Wherever telephone and ticker flashed the news about the street, groups of men gathered to dis cuss what was the all-absorbing topic. Mr. Morgan, departing from his firm’s traditional policy of silence, made a public statement announeng the withdrawal of five members of J. P. Morgan & Co. from directorships in 27 corporations and the intention to withdraw from more. The statement said: “ The necessity of attending many board meetings has been so serious a burden on our time that we have long wished to withdraw from the directo rates of many corporations. Many of these directorships we have accepted with reluctance, and only because we felt constrained to keep in touch with , properties which we had reorganized or whose securities we had recom mended to the public, both here and abroad. “ An apparent change in public sen timent in regard to directorships seems now to warrant us in seeking to resign from seme of these connections. “ Indeed, it may be, in view of the change in sentiment on the subject, that we shall be in better position to serve such properties and their secur ity holders, if we are not directors. We have already resigned from the companies mentioned and we expect from time to time to withdraw from other boards on which we feel there is no special obligation to remain.” MARTIAL LAW DECLARED AND SALOONS CLOSED Copperfleld, Or. — Martial law has been declared at Copperfleld by Colo nel B. K. Lawson. He was supported by five members of the Coast artillery. Miss Fern Hobbs, private secretary to Governor West, demanded that the saloonmen in the council resign, and they refused. She then left town and martial law was declared, all the sa loons were seized, and the city officials placed under arrest. The saloonmen were given 24 hours to ship their bar fixtures and liquors out of the county, on penalty of their confiscation. The city officials under arrest are not even permitted to communicate with their attorneys. Lazy Husbands Earn Much Cash for Families Seattle Wash.—Husbands and fath ers to the number of 80 earned $901.60 for their families at the King county stockade, near Ballard, during the month of December, according to the report of Sheriff Edward Cudihee, filed in the county commissioners’ office. The husbands and fathers are sent to the stockade on the commitment of Justice Fred C. Brown, who was the father of the law, and specific sen tences are given at a rate per day ac cording to the size of the man’s fam ily. The rate varies from $1 to $1.50. Employes Share $30,000. Washington, D. C. — Nearly 1000 employes of the Washington Street Railway company began the new year with a portion of the company’s surlus for the last 12 months. Under a profit-sharing plan, more than $80,000 was distributed among employes. Each check was accompanied by a let ter from President King thanking the employe for his faithful service. Motormen and conductors who had been in the service only one month got $3.56 each; those in the service more than a year got $42.53. Woman in Air Loops Loop. Hendon, England.—Gustave Hemel, for the first time in the history of avi ation, looped the loop in an aeroplane with a woman passenger. Miss Mary Trehawke Davis. She had accom panied Hemel on many previous flights, notable among them one from London to Paris. In the Paris flight Miss Davis gained the distinction of being the first woman to cross the English channel in a heavier-than-air machine. Radium Land Withdrawal Indorsed Washington, D. C.—The proposal of Secretary Lane to withdraw all lands of the publie domain believed to con tain radium, in the interest of the public good, meets with the hearty approval of Dr. George Otis Smith, director of the Federal geological sur vey.
