NEWS OF THE WEEK Four Army Reforms Are Outlined by Gen. Wood South Africa Placed Now Sell Apples Direct; Under Military Rule SUBMARINE GESTI I No More Consignments Washington, D. C.—Four steps of Capo Horn — A general strike all vital importance, essential to place through South Africa has been pro­ the United States army in a state of claimed by the Trades Federation, reasonable preparedness for possible and the Rand miners by a two-thirds Hood River—Through the efforts of “ It is a possible thing,’’ said Mr. Generai Hesse of Important Events war, were recommended to Secretary their president, H. F. Davidson, who Sieg, ‘‘that by the end of January few majority have voted to join in the British Navy Loses Member Unable Garriaon by Major General Wood in has been passing the winter at New apples will be left in Hood River for movement. Governmental retaliation D rapent tire World. to Rise From Depths. York, where he has charge of all of sale. It is our policy to sell the fruit was swift. It took the form of the his annual report as chief of staff. the eastern shipments of apples and on a basis that will give the buyers proclamation of martial law. General Wood proposed : the export trade, the North Pacific the advantage of some speculation. The Illinois Central railroad will re­ First—Establishment of a reserve Fruit Distributors are bringing about When this system becomes thoroughly This was the only step the authori­ Companion Ships Drag Bottom for place its station gatemen with women. of trained men sufficient to bring the a new order of things in the exports understood by European buyers it will ties believed adequate to meet the Half Day Without Result— Northwestern box apples. be of inestimable benefit to the mar­ situation, for the strike of the miners President Wilson rates trust ques­ regular army immediately to full of Up means not only tile turning loose of to this year all Northwestern keters in handling future crops.’’ Hope for Craft Abandoned. statutory strength and to replace the tion and rural credits as of equal im­ the most turbulent spirits in the Rand, box apples have been consigned. Con­ Mr. Sieg says that growers have to losses of the first three months of war. signments have been taboo this year, learn lessons as to the handling of but raises the question of the posses­ portance. Five members of the army of unem­ Second — Prompt provision of the and the merchants of the Continent fruit. “Too much of the crop of the sion of the native workers. If the Record of LI tm Loot in British Submarine». ployed in San Francisco must face remaining 42 per cent of the field ar­ and England have been making direct year is still in the hands of the grow­ miners actually obey the strike order A 1, lost in 1904, 12 deaths; No. 4, of the fruit. ers. Mhny loads of apples are coming the government will take steps to send lost in 1906; A 6, lost in 1906,4 charges of rioting. tillery project, including guns as yet purchases “ The buyers find the new order into the storage houses this week. the natives under escort back to their deaths; A 8, lost in 1906, 16 deaths; Wheat prices are strong on account unprovided for and the necessary am­ of things to their advantage,’’ says This is too late to pack fruit,’’ says kraals. lost in 1907, 4 deaths; C 11, lost of the Japanese demand, occasioned by munition fQr those now made or under Wilmer Sieg, sales manager of the dis­ Mr. Sieg. “ Much of this tardiness is This means that about 200,000 na­ C 8, 1909, 13 deaths; A 3, lost in 1912, the failure of crops is that country. manufacture. tributors. “ I get daily wire commu­ due to the carelessness of growers, but tives must be marched back by road in 11 deaths; B 2, lost in 1912, 15 to their homes at enormous cost. It nications and letters from Mr. David­ a system of co-operative packing­ Third—Creation of the necessary Chairman Moon, of the house post- deaths; total, 74 deaths. will be most difficult, after the end of office committee, defies the President organizations to give three complete son, and the new method is bringing houses, where the smaller orchardists in the matter of civil service practice. tactical infantry divisions within the about a wider distribution of the can haul their product and clean it up the strike, to recruit them again. In Plymouth, England — Two officers States. fruit. We are receiving calls from earlier in the season, will do much to brief, such a step would mean disaster and nine men, the crew of the British Wilson’s position on the tariff was continental limits of the of United such person­ points in Italy and Scandinavian eliminate the bad effects of having for the Rand for many years. “ A 7,” are trapped in severely criticized by the National al Fourth—Enactment Although official reports from Jo­ submarine overripe apples go on the market.’’ legislation as will eliminate effec­ cities. their craft beneath the waters of Woolgrowers’ convention at Salt Lake tively hannesburg show improvement in the Whitesand bay, the unfit and stimulate the effi­ about five miles south­ City. train service, reports from other dis­ west of Plymouth. cient officer to continued efforts trict are less encouraging. In Natal Whether the men are dead or alive Investigations show the Japanese is through establishing a condition under the situation is of great tension, and has not been established to a certain­ land recently tom by earthquake, to which progressa in rank and command it is feared that the loyalty of the ty, but navy officials expressed the be thickly coated with melted sulphur will have a close and dependent rela trainmen will not stand the strain opinion and ashes. tionship on capacity, fitness and accom' that all have perished. much longer. The men’s temper is The exact where the little ves­ South African strikers who had for­ plishment. shown by the action of an engine sel sank could spot of the reserve not be definitely fixed. tified themselves in their meeting hall and The the establishment driver who quit his train on the veldt completion of the artillery Pendleton—That the farmers of the three-fourths of a pound per bushel, The “ A 7,” in company with the finally surrendered to the militia and project, General Wood said, should be Pacific Coast are annually spending on the ground that the sack is not and left the passengers stranded. “ A 8” and “ A 9 ,” made a plunge the strike is believed broken. carried out at once to avert disaster in about noon while engaged in maneuv­ President Moyer, of the Western time of war. The shortage of ammu­ $5,000,000 unnecessarily for grain wheat, and then have the sacks to use Business Peace Wilson’s ers. Her sister ships came to the Federation of Miners, has been indict­ nition, he added, constituted a grave bags, and that the farmers of no other in the handling of millstuffs; and the surface, but nothing has been seen of Idea of Government ed for conspiring, with 37 other offi­ danger, as the ammunition could not part of the United States are so fool­ dishonest farmer who hopes by means “ A 7” since she opened her valve the sack to palm off chaff, dirt and Washington, D. C.—President Wil­ the cers and members of the union. be manufactured without great delay ish, was the statement made to the of and dived. It was believed at first by rocks as first-class wheat. He de­ tactical infantry divisions are graingrowers of Umatilla county in clared grain can be handled in bulk son gave the members of the cabinet the men on the other submarines that Since putting the federals to flight The necessary to complete one field army the convention which closed Saturday, at one-third the cost of the sack sys­ his ideas on the government’s relation the “ A 7 ” was merely overstaying her and capturing Ojinaga, the Mexican of about 70,000 regular troops within by Louis Delivuk, of Quincy, Wash. tem, at a great saving in labor; that to big business, the field that anti­ alloted time beneath the water, but rebels are now beginning their march the continental limits of the United legislation should cover and the when the officers realized that their southward toward Mexico City. speaker said there are only two there is less danger of loss by ele­ trust States. This would mean a field army The sprit with which he believed the task sister boat was in distress they sent classes of citizens who favor the ments, and that better prices can be A small valley 70 miles long was of about 70,000 mobile troops in a handling of grain in sacks. These are obtained through the avoidance of a should be approached. out signals for aid. inundated in West Virginia by the population of more than 80,000,000. the Peace and not war, a feeling of Rescue boats were immediately buyers, who charge the farmers congested market and the possibility breaking of a power dam, and hun­ friendly conciliation rather than of rushed to the vicinity where the “ A 15 cents per pound for the sacks, yet, of making a farmer’s entire crop av­ hostile dreds of people forced to the hills to antagonism and yet a con­ 7’’ went down. They threw out grap­ erage No. 1. when they buy the wheat, deduct escape the icy flood. structive program that will eliminate pling irons and dragged the bay until about the law and stimu­ darkness set in. Their efforts were Five men held up the Granite Falls Co-operative Cannery Couneilmen Are Recalled; uncertainty late the growth of legitimate business fruitless, however, for never once was State bank, 16 miles northeast of are the fundamentals of the there a tug at a chain to indicate that Started at Newberg Women Rally to Reforms —these Everett, Wash., and escaped with Washington, D. C.—President Wil­ President’s of action, to be em­ the iron sides of the plunger had been about $2000 after a running battle son has nominated John Skelton Wil Newberg—With 350 members at Medford — The recent city election bodied in the plan message which he will struck. with citizens and officers. Hams, of Virginia, assistant secretary the start, the Newberg Cannery asso­ resulted in a victory for the Citizens’ read at a joint session of congress. The oxygen supply on board the sub­ the treasury, for controller of the ciation was organized with the elec­ ticket. Councilman Millar in the Third He presented the document to the marine would last about 12 hours. A big ferry boat with hundreds of of and ex-officio member of the tion of nine trustees and settling the ward was recalled, Dr. Hargrave win­ cabinet. Members of the cabinet passengers on board went ashore in currency board, which will ad­ par value of shares of stock at $20. ning by a vote of 283 to 244, and spoke of the message as a progressive San Francisco bay during a heavy fog. Federal reserve the affairs of the new cur­ Several members present at the pre­ Councilman Stewart, in the Second declaration that would reassure the “Kodak Trust” Latest Another ferry, to avoid a collision, minister rency system. liminary meeting subscribed to five ward, was recalled, V. J. Emmerick business world of the sincere inten­ backed into a fleet of motor boats. Conquest of Government Williams is now in charge of the shares each. winning 368 to 300. In a large field tions of the administration to deal Washington, D. C .— The “ Kodak The last remaining house of the or­ fiscal bureau and is Secretary Mc- The annual meeting of the organiza­ Elmer Foss, city recorder, was re­ fairly with it. trust” is the latest of the great cor­ iginal settlement of Linn, across the Adoo’s first assistant in matters of tion was set for the second Tuesday in elected by a large majority, and G. porations sued under the Sherman Willamette river West of Oregon government finance. The office of February, at which time the election Samuels was re-elected city treasurer. Middle Western Storm anti-trust act to seek a peaceful settle­ City, Or., was destroyed by fire, sup­ controller of the currency has been of officers will be held. The other members of the Citizens’ ment of its troubles with the depart­ Takes Rap at East posed to have been set by hoboes. The vacant several months. Arrangements have been made for ticket elected were T. W. Miles, F. V. It is understood that during the the purchase of a $25,000 building Medynski and Col. H. H. Sargent, Chicago—The cold wave that envel­ ment of Justice. Negotiations be­ settlement flourished 70 years ago. President’s absence Secretary McAdo here for $6500, an option having been couneilmen. The women lined up oped the East Central and West Cen­ tween representatives of the so-called The entire country east of the Rock­ has been sounding senators about the held and the department have pro­ some time from Webber & Bus- throughout the city for the reform and Northwestern states vented trust ies is in the grip of winter. gressed so rapidly that an agreement nomination and believes it will be con sel, of Seattle, owners, who made a ticket. The administration forces tral its fury in the extreme East. probably will be reached within a firmed. So far as known, the Presi special price on the structure for the threaten to contest the result. The weather showed temperatures Grain buyers have been forced to has made no other selections for association. A strong effort will be made, how­ as low as 20 in some of the New Eng­ short time. raise their limit in order to secure dent Two Eastman concerns, the East­ the Federal reserve" board. ever, to forestall this action. The trustees named are: O. B. Rit- land states and Western New York. man wheat. company of New Jersey tey, H. E. Crowell, L. E. Arney, J. Temperatures slowly rose in the Cen­ and Kodak the Eastman Kodak company of W. Chambers, L. S. Otis, W. S. Maniac Killed in Fight Sixty-one converts to the Apostolic Coal Gained in Weight tral West. Chicago’s maximum Wed­ York, were charged with control­ Wharton, F. L. Parrott, Gottlieb .Faith were baptized in the Willamette was 22, a rise from the low New Every Time Handled Sthaad, With Asylum Attendant nesday ling per cent of the trade of the and N. T. Nelson. river in Portland. mark of five above zero. The sun United 72 States in photographic sup­ San Francisco—Coal bought and sold Salem—Frank E. Wallace, an in­ shone brightly and the fierce winds plies, and with fixing the resale price It is expected that workers in all by the Western Fuel company became mate of the insane asylum, committed abated. of cameras, films and other patented lines will join the railway strikers in heavier every time it was rehandled, from Portland, who gave his occupa­ Charitable associations were be­ It was the first suit insti­ South Africa and serious trouble is ex­ according to figures from the com­ tion as sailor, soldier, salesman and sieged with pitiful appeals for food supplies. tuted by Attorney General McReynolds pected. pany’s books, read in court by the editor, engaged in a battle to death and fuel. The long continued mild applying the principle announced by government. Eight directors and em­ A cloudburst struck San Francisco, ployes of the company are on trial un­ Oregon Agricultural College, Cor­ with Oliver Whitney, an attendant. weather left thousands unprepared for the Supreme court denying the right Wallace, it is said, frequently attack­ the sudden cold, and they must be one-fifth of an inch of rain falling in der vallis—A dairy and hog demonstration ed attendants. to patentees to fix resale prices for re­ of defrauding the govern­ train carried along until conditions improve. ten minutes, paralyzing business and ment charges of seven cars and car­ by obtaining undeserved customs rying composed he was polishing the floor in Announcement was made that the tailers. doing much damage. a large staff of college lecturers, the While rebates. ward Whitney approached and steel mills at Gary would re-employ at several practical farmers and railway asked day him An instance presented by the gov­ officials, a question. Wallace jump­ once 3000 idle employes. This will Earthquake Shocks will start a tour of Western ernment was the discharge of 8418 and Southern Oregon February 2. The ed upon the attendant and a rough- lift a heavy load from the bread line PORTLAND MARKETS Still Trouble Japan tons of imported coal into the steamer train will be out for approximately and-tumble fight of several minutes in Chicago. Wheat—Track prices: Club, 85J(3 Algoa in 1908. The coal remained two resulted. Finally Wallace was thrown Dispatches from Florida to com­ Kagoshima, Japan—Although the weeks. 86c; bluestem, 96c; forty-fold, 86@ there 18 months and when it was This to the floor, his abdomen striking mission firms here indicate that the volcano Sakurajima is no longer ac­ announcement is made by Di­ taken out it weighed, according to the rector R. D. Hetzel, who has just re­ the polishing block which he had been freeze was not as extensive in the or­ tive, severe earthquake shocks are 78c; red Russian 85c; valley, 86c. Oats—No. 1 white, $24.50(325 ton. books, 659 tons more than when it went turned from a conference with South­ using. Other attendants went to the ange belt as had been expected. There being felt In the towns of Tarumizu Corn—Whole, $35; cracked, $36 ton. in. From barges, the same coal was ern Pacific officials. assistance of Whitney, but their help was little crop damage in the Palmet­ and Ushine, in the province of Ozumi, Barley—Feed, $24@24.50 per ton; loaded into American steamers, with “The train will be one of the best wa& not required. which lies across Kagoshima bay to to state. brewing, $25.50; rolled, $26.59@ another jump in weight and on this equipped demonstration trains that Wallace’s groans indicated that he the east. final weight the company collected a has ever been run in this section of had been severely injured and a phy­ “Trust” Threat Is Denied. 27.50. The inhabitants fled these towns in Hay—No. 1 Eastern Oregon timo­ customs rebate. sician found that several of his ribs Boston—Col. William Barbour, of terror. There were many casualties. the country,’’ said Mr. Hetzel. “ The thy, $16.60; mixed timothy, $14; al­ Edwin Powers, assistant superin­ Southern Pacific officials have agreed ; had been fractured and that he was in­ New York, vice president of the Numerous houses were destroyed. In falfa, $14; clover, 9@10; valley grain tendent for the company, testified to furnish the necessary cars and the jured internally. He lived about two United £hoe Machinery company, tes­ various places the movement of the that'although only one in every 15 hay, $11@18. tifying in the dissolution proceedings earth caused large crevasses. will equip them with model hours. Millfeed—Bran, $21(322 ton; shorts, buckets was weighed, he never had college against the company, denied that he The large quantities of lava and dairy machinery, specimen dairy cows New Courses Planned. received instruction from the company and about 20 hogs.’’ $23@24; middlings, $29@30. had threatened any one in connection rock thrown out by Sakurajima have Onions—Oregon, $3.25 sack; buy­ to make this 15th bucket heavier than Oregon Agricultural College, Cor­ with the proposed sale to the United of formed a peck which connects the is­ ing price $2.75 f. o. b. shipping points. the others. vallis—Professor Peavy, dean of for­ Standard Shoe Machinery com­ land on which it is situated with the State Engineer Makes Report. estry at the Oregon Agricultural col­ the Vegetables — Cabbage, 2c pound; pany. Province of Ozumi, a distance of cauliflower, 75c(3$1.25 dozen; egg­ Western Trip Is Revised. Salem—State Engineer Lewis gave lege and head of the student affairs James M. Darragh, a government about a mile. plant, 10@12Jc pound; peppers, 6(37c Washington, D. C.—Revised plans 466 permits to appropriate water in committee, returned to Corvallis last witness, had previously testified that pound; garlic, 12i@15c; sprouts, for the Western trip of the reserve 1913, according to his annual report week after an extended trip through Col. Barbour in a conversation at New Carmen’s Wages Raised. 12 Jc; artichokes, $2 dozen; squash, bank organization committee have just completed. The permits provide the East. During his journey Mr. York in April, 1900, said that he had Boston—Increased wages for many li@ ljc ; celery, $3.75 crate; hothouse been made. To the list of 13 cities for the irrigation of 442,181 acres, 41 Peavy visited the forestry depart­ a large interest in the United Shoe of the 9470 employes of the Boston El­ lettuce, $1@1.25 box; spinach, 75(3 originally of several of the larger colleges Machinery company and that he did selected as points where reservoirs are planned and 39,225 ments 80c crate; turnips, $1.25 sack; car­ public hearings and universities and gained much in­ not propose to have it placed in jeop­ evated Railway company are provided horsepower will be developed. The will be given, two for in the report of the arbitration rots, $1.10; parsnips, $1.25; beets, have been added, Lincoln, Neb., the average area to be supplied with wa­ formation, which will result in the es­ ardy by competition, and added: committee which had under considera­ tablishment of new courses in the for­ $1.25. “ We always try to buy our competi­ ter is 105 acres, as compared with 422 home of Secretary Bryan, and El Paso, tion for six months the grievances estry and logging engineering depart­ Cucumbers—Hothouse, $1.50(32 per Tex. tors. If we cannot buy them out we The time to be consumed on the acres for the previous biennial period. ment here. Particular attention was force them out. If you don’t sell out presented by the Carmen’s union. dozen. trip has been cut four days and the Mr. Lewis says the figures for the paid to the industry connected with we will crush you.” This report was made at a meeting of Walnuts—Black, 5c per pound. expects to be back in Wash­ past year indicate that there were the preservation and utilization of by­ the union. The advance awarded Poultry—Hens, 16(316 Jc; springs, committee fewer large projects of a speculative ington February 18. This will be four varied from a fraction of a cent an products of the lumber business. 16(316ic; turkeys, live, 20(322; dress­ days Sayres Meet Poincares. of the time set on National nature than during the previous year. hour to 11 per cent of the weekly ed, choice, 25(327|c; ducks, 12(316c; banks ahead Paris — President Poincare, on re­ wages. who want to enter the system. Both sides had agreed to geese, 12<314c. Smallpox Cases Found. Diseased Apples Under Ban. * ceiving Francis Bowes Sayre and his abide by the decision for at least one Eggs—Oregon fresh ranch, 34(335c Permanent World’s Fair Plan. Portland—Two cases of smallpox of Portland—Armed with cans of coal wife, formerly Miss Jessie Woodrow year. The men expressed satisfaction. dozen. and condemnation tags, the city the malignant type have been discov­ Wilson, at the Palace of the Elysee Butter—Creamery prints, extras, S3 Washington, D. C.—A permanent oil world’s fair in Washington was pro­ health officer and market inspectors of ered in St. Johns, a suburb of this Wednesday, sent messages on behalf McKinley Relics Do Not Sell Well. @35c pound; cubes, 30c. posed by Senator Myers, of Montana, the city health department have com­ city. Considerable complaint has of himself and wife and the French San Francisco—The last of the Pres­ Pork—Fancy, lojc pound. with a request that congress create a menced a crusade against inferior and been made about the other alleged people to President Wilson and Mrs. ident McKinley relics were sold at Veal—Fancy, H ie pound. storage apples which, it is case, which is in the family of a Mr. Wilson, to which Mrs. Sayre grace­ Hops— 1913 crop, prime and choice, commisson to investigate the project, diseased here Saturday and brought which, he said, had the indorsement of said, have appeared on the market, as Baker on Willamete boulevard. The fully replied. The interview was ex­ auction 21(322c; 1914 contracts, 16c. small prices. They realized only $990, ia customary at this season of the Pelts—Dry, 10c; dry short wool, ex-President Taft, the governors of 27 year. Nearly all day Monday the in­ son is reported to have smallpox, and tremely cordial. The French presi­ which was considerably less than the the father is going to and from the dent said he regretted that Mr. and 7e; dry shearlings, 10c; green shear­ states and 160 commercial bodies. value of the gold plate given spectors searched the' wholesale dis­ house. For some time there have Mrs. Sayre were sailing from Cher­ original lings. 10c; salted lights, 60(375c; | by the men of the Union Iron Works tricts in quest of a car of fruit report­ Mutineers Sentenced to Prison. been several cases of mild varioloids bourg the next day, as he would have salted heavy, 75(390c. to President McKinley on the occasion ed to have been prepared for shipment in St. Johns, but so far they have es­ liked to have them at dinner. Wool — Valley, 14(315c; Eastern Wilmington, Del.—Three years and out of the launching of the battleship of the city. caped detection. It is said there are Oregon, 10@15c; mohair, 1913 clip, j six months in the Federal penitentiary Ohio. plate coat $1600 and was New York Wants $13,200,000. sold for This at least four or five cases of this form. at Atlanta and $100 fine was the sen­ 26c. $325, or about the value of Corn Raisers Make Trip. Washington O. C.—Mayor Mitch­ the gold. Cascara bark—Old and new, 6c per tence imposed in the United States court on each of the seven men who Oregon Agricultural College, Cor­ Independent Company Complains. ell, of New York, in his maiden speech pound. Speck of Radium Arrives. Cattle—Prime steers, $7.60(37.75;' were convicted last week on a charge vallis— Seven boys, champion corn Salem—The Home Independent Tele­ before a congressional gathering, raisers of St. Paul, Or., visited the phone company has complained to the asked the bouse rivers and harbors Washington, D. C.—A tiny particle choice, $7.25(37.50; medium, $7<3 of mutiny on the Manga Reva. college recently as a reward for the State railroad commission that the Co­ committee to indorse a Federal ap­ of radium, on which the Federal bu­ 7.25; choice cows, $6.26(36.75; me­ Wilson Diplomats’ Host. excellence of their work in the corn operative Telephone association had propriation of $13,200,000 for the gen­ reau of standards will base its experi­ dium, $6(36.25; heifers, $6(37; light! calves, $8(3 9; heavy, $6(37.75; bolls, i Washington, D. C. — Diplomats of raising contest which has bee., carried declined to interchange service with eral improvement of New York har - 1 ments in an effort to standardize ra­ $4(35.76; stags, $6(36.50. every foreign nation represented in on in that district during the past ft over long distance lines. The Home bor. Chairman Sparkman told the dium in the United States, was re­ Hogs — Light, $7.25(38.06; heavy, Washington were entertained by Pres­ y e a r . They were under the escort of company asks that the association be mayor and dock commissioner, R. A. ceived from Paris Saturday. It $6.50(37.05. ident and Mrs. Wilson at the first Mr. Coleman of, St. Paul, and Prof­ compelled to interchange calls and that C. Smith, that the committee was weighs 20 milligrams and cost $1600. Sheep—Wethers, $5(35.75; ewes, i official White House reception of the essor Luther J. Chapin, agricultural it establish trunk lines leading to alive to the importance of improving Only 30 grams of this substance Is the harbor. Summerville, Elgin and Cove. known to be in existence. expert of Marion county. administration. $3.60(34.60; lambs, $5.50(36.35. Grain Sacks Attacked; Bulk Shipping Favored JOHN SKELTON WILLIAMS IS CHOSEN CONTROLLER WILL RUN DAIRY TRAIN OVER SOUTHERN PACIFIC