Independence enterprise., January 05, 1917, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2

THE INDEPENDENCE ENTERWtlSE, INDEfrBN D6MOE, OHB00N.
WORLD HAPPENINGS
Of CURRENT TO
Brief Resume Most Important
Daily News Items.
COMPILED FOR BUSY READERS
Events of Noted People, Governments
and Pacific Northwest and Other
Things Worth Knowing.
About $15,000 in marriage license
fees was spent by Oregon couples who
were married in Vancouver, during the
year 1916.
At midnight Sunday the whole island
of New Foundland went "dry," a pro
hibition act becoming effective. A
long list of proprietary medicines has
been placed under the ban.
Forty-six women were burned to
death in a fire that destroyed St Fer
dinand de Halifax asylum, at St. Fer
dinand de Halifax, Megantic county,
Quebec, late Saturday night.
Three billion dollars is the value put
on the 1916 output of American mines
in estimates made to Secretary Lane
by the geological survey. Copper alone
increased about $300,000,000.
President Wilson fell on a slippery
hillside while playing golf Saturday
and wrenched his ankle. He was able
to continue the game, but walked with
a decided limp the rest of the day.
Breaking all its coinage records, the
Philadelphia Mint during 1916 pro
duced 238,469,769 domestic coins in
denominations ranging from one cent
to half dollars and valued at $9,344,
266. Lincoln, Neb., dry advocates have
drafted a law, which, if: passed, would
make liable1 to arrest any person with
a liquor breath. It would also be an
offense to tell a man where he could
get a drink.
Acquitted of the charge of murder
on December 18, Thomas Green has re
fused to leave the Camden, N. J.,
county jail until he succeeds in beating
his cellmate a game of checkers. Both
checker players are well on in years.
In spite of the high cost of living,
more marriage licenses were issued at
" the marrfae license bureau in New
York City in 19i6 than ever before, it
was announced. The total for the year
was 67,133 as compared with 59,646
in 1915.
Mrs. Joseph H. T. Jones, widow of
Captain Jones, has been elected presi
dent of the Gulf & Ship Island rail
road, to succeed her husband, it was
announced in Buffalo. Captain Jones
died a month ago, leaving an estate of
more than $15,000,000 to his wife and
daughter.
The military commander of Moscow
has closed that city to refugees, Eays
the Overseas News Agency, which
adds that the city is crowded with peo
ple from Roumania, Odessa and all
parts of Southern Russia. Roumanian
refugees, the agency says, will in the
future be sent to Siberia.
New York A strike of tenants
against an increase of $1 a month in
rent of 200 apartment and tenement
houses in The Bronx was begun New
Year's Day. Heads of 300 families
signed a declaration that they would
stand together and suffer eviction
rather than pay the increase.
London The cutter Protector has
been blown up. The number of men
lost is not known. Vessels reported
sunk include the British steamer Aps
ley Hall, 3882 tons; Danish steamer
Danmark, 2050 tons; Russian steamer
Tuskar, 3043 tons, and the Norwegian
steamer Edda, 137 tons. Three of the
crew of the Tuskar were drowned.
In reply to the proffer of Germany
and her allies for a peace conference,
the entente allies, in a collective note,
declare that they "refuse to consider a
proposal which is empty and insin
cere." The note was handed to the
American ambassador, William Graves
Sharp, Sunday, by Premier Briand,
and was made public simultaneously in
London and Paris.
Cpngress reconvened Tuesday to face
several salient issues which must be
considered, together with the annual
appropriation bills, and many general
legislative measures that long have
been awaiting action. Administration
leaders are inclined to view the legis
lative accumulation with despair and
to fear an extra session of the new
and, politically, somewhat uncertain
congress will be demanded.
The Oregon State Teachers' associa
tion is in session in Portland.
Miss Gussie Studebaker, 18 years
old, of Portland, was found in an un
conscious condition at midnight Thurs
day in a lonely spot, where she was
attacked by some man, unknown to
her, who beat her into insensibility
when she resisted and screamed.
After an all-day hearing the Inter
state Commerce commission Friday
took under advisement the question of
whether it shall eeek to solve the car
shortage problemby ordering all irail
roads to return cars of other linfes to
CARRANZA REFUSES TO SIGN
Mexican-American Conference Fails;
Pershing Likely to Retire.
Washington, D. C. When the
American members of tho Mexican
American joint commission had finish
ed consideration Tuesday of General
Carranza's reply failing to comply
with their demand that the protocol
providing for withdrawal of the Amer
ican troops from Mexico be ratified,
there were indications that efforts to
enter into an agreement with the de
facto government through the commis
sion would be abandoned.
For the first time an official admis
sion was made that Carrania had re
fused to sign the protocol. The com
missioners said they expected to draft
theiT response to Carratua immediately-
Failure of the commission to give to
Mexican-American relations a bright
aspect was offset somewhat by official
intimations that Henry P. Fletcher,
confirmed as ambassador to Mexico al
most a year ago, was about to start
for his post, where American interests
now are represented by a clerk. The
report that General Pershing's expedi
tion soon would be withdrawn, regard
less of Carranza's attitude, also gained
fresh impetus, and it was understood
the administration had this move un
der serious consideration.
Mr. Fletcher conferred with Presi
dent Wilson after Wednesday's cabi
net meeting, and later referred in
quiries as to whether he would go to
Mexico to President Wilson and Secre
tary Lansing. No statement was
forthcoming from the White House or
the State department.
"Leaks" at Washington Admitted
But Investigation Withheld
Washington, D. C As a result of
the sensation stirred up by Thomas W.
Lawson, who offered to prove that mil
lions had been made in Wall street as
the result of "leaks" at Washington,
it was admitted on the floor of the sen
ate Tuesday that information concern
ing the "honor of the nation," had
been betrayed by someone in the de
partment. As to information of value
in rigging the tock market. Senator
Stone, who made the first disclosure,
said he did not know.
Meanwhile Mr. Lawson, who was
here, prepared, he said, to testitfy be
fore a congress committee, was in con
sultation with Chairman Henry, of
the house rules committee, but noth
ing came of it.
Mr. Henry announced afterward that
the Boston financier had been unable
to furnish any names or other definite
information about the alleged "leak
in advance of,pres;dep; Wilson's peace
note, and that so tar as ne was con
cerned the matter would be dropped. '
"Certainly on sensible person," said
Mr. Henry 's statement, would ask me
to trouble the committee with a meet
ing to chase a mirage. And I must
say that so far as this matter between
Mr. Lawson and myself is concerned it
is ended.
"In a thorough conference the al
leged leak has been discussed by Mr.
Lawson and myself. I have asked
him for the names of those thought to
be responsible for the so-called leak
between the State department and
Wall Street. He cannot give me a
single name. He cannot even give me
the names of those charged by him
with cleaning up $60,000,000 in con
nection with the leak and is not able
to furnish me the name of even one of
the suspects."
Railroad Brotherhoods Accuse
Managers of Permitting Delays
Cleveland -W. G. Lee, chief of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, is
sued a statement here Tuesday charg
ing that the railroads of the country
are permitting delays to trains and
overtime which would not ordinarily
be permitted, in order to prove the
enormous expense that would follow
obedience to the Adamson law. The
statement asked whether if the Su
perme court declares that law either
constitutional or invalid the brother
hoods should continue to await the
eight-hour day.
Mr. Lee denied a report published
Tuesday that a sealed statement put
ting the Adamson law situation up to
the men had been sent out by the
chiefs of the four brotherhoods.
It was learned from an authoritive
source that the general chairman of
the four brotherhoods will hold a meet
ing in Chicago January 11 to consider
the situation.
I. W. W. Arrive on Freight.
Bemidji, Minn. Suffering intensely
from the cold, 150 members of the In
dustrial Workers of the World arrived
here Wednesday night on a freight
train from International Falls, bound,
they said, for the Twin Cities in search
of work. Most of the men are strik
ing lumberjacks from the far northern
woods. Reports indicated that quiet
prevails in all the camps. Sheriff Rit-
tle and 50 deputies met the men when
they left the train. They walked
peacefully to the I. W. W. headquar
ters.
WILSON
MORSES
BONDS FOR DEFICIT
Panama Canal Issues May Be
Used for Army and Navy.
LEADERS URGE QUICK ACTION
President May Deliver Special Message
to Congress an Spur to Immedi
ate Action on Finance Hills.
Washington, 1. C. Tentative, ap
proval having been given by President
Wilson to plans for a bond issue to
meet a part of the prospective deficit
at the end of the next fiscal year, ad
ministration leaders in congress are
preparing to bring their revenue bills
as soon as possible after the holiday
recess.
It became known Saturday that they
have urged that tho President deliver
a special message or adopt some other
means to spur both houses to prompt
action so that the necessary legislation
may be passed before the end of the
present session.
It has been agreed that any bond is
sue shall be charged to the account of
extraordinary army and navy expen
ditures. Representative Hull, of Tennessee,
author of the income tax law, has out
lined a plan he drafted for considera
tion of the ways and means committee
for separating preparedness accounts
from the ordinary expenses and re
ceipts of the government.
He figures that ordinary expenses
this year and next will be less than
the estimated ordinary receipts and
that special taxation and bond issues
will be needed only to cover excess dis
bursements for various purposes, in
cluding army, navy and fortifications
extensions.
Mr. Hull's plan contemplates the
issuance of $125,000,000 of Panama
Canal bonds for army and navy ex
pense, $70,000,000 under the shipping
act and for the proposed nitrate plant,
and ?25, 000,000 to pay for the Danish
West Indies, or a total of $220,000,000.
Liquor Men Make Plans. '
Louisville At the annual meeting
here of the National Model License
League, it was announced that the lea
gue had made plans to curtail and mod
ify the retail liquor business in order y
Standard Oil Man Says Gasoline
.Supply is Nearly Exhausted
Chicago A note of alarm concern
ing the gasoline supply of the country
was Bounded at the convention of the
Society of Agricultural Engineers here
Saturday by Dr. Oscar F. Bransky, of
the Standard Oil company.
He declared that production was not
keeping pace with consumption, and
that exhaustion of the supply was
drawing near. The tension was con
siderably relieved, however, when it
was calculated that the estimated re
maining supply of crude oil, visible
and invisible, would laBt for 138 years
at the 1916 rate of consumption.
Dr. Bransky said that next year
there would be 3,000,000 automobiles
in the United States, or 750,000 more
than this year. He estimated that
Eastern oil fields are 75 per cent ex
hausted; mid-continental fields 50 per
cent; Texas fields 80 per cent, and
California fields 35 per cent exhausted.
Great Britain Battleship Deal
Denied by Japanese Authorities
New York Denial that Great Bri
tain has agreed to furnish Japan, af
ter the war, with six battleships as
part of the price of Japanese partici
pation in the conflict was made here
Saturday in a cable message from the
Japanese government. A rumor of ar
rangements between the two nations
that might have a detrimental effect
on the political and commercial inter
ests of the United States had been
heard here and in Washintgon and had
caused grave disquietude. The sub
stance of the rumor was that Japan
was seeking or had obtained an agree'
ment with Great Britain under which
a group of British-built superdread-
naughts would be transferred to the
Japanese fleets as soon as peace is re
stored. It is said that the number of
dreadnaughts to be transferred to Jap
an was six.
Wilson Threatens Veto.
Washington, D. C President Wil
son told callers Friday that he would
veto the $28,000,000 public buildings
bill if it comes to him in the form in
which it is now pending in the house.
Its advocates plan to seek to obtain a
rule for consideration of the measure
by the house soon after the Christmas
recess.
The President has reached no deci
sion on the rivers and harbors bill laid
before him by Chairman Sparkman, of
the house rivers and harbors committee.
Recruiting Officers Instructed to
courage Enlistment of Men With
Families or Other to Keep.
Washington, D. C Every able-bod
ied male citizen of tho United States
between the ages of 18 and 45 years Is
held liable for service In tho National
guard at war time, without further act
of congress, by War department regu
lations for tho government of tho
Guard issued under the Nationul do
fenao act.
fi In a circlular nearly two months
ago, but made public only Friday, the
Military bureau directs that where a
National guard regiment is called out
for war service a reserve training bat
talion to fill vacancies at the front
shall be organized out f the National
guard reserve and by voluntary enlist
ment. "If for any reason, " the order con
tinues, "there shall not be enough re
servists or enough voluntary enlist-
. . " i i ri , "
to make it conform readily to publiclfaithful service and especially that he
sentiment throughout the country.
The plan, it was said, has been in
dorsed by the National Wholesale Li
quor Dealers' Association of America
' by a , majority of ' the brewers of
216 Eggs Gift to Postman. ,
Albany, Or. Eighteen dozen eggs
was one of the Christmas presents re
ceived by Joseph E. Warner, rural
mail carrier on one of the routes run
ning out of Albany. Appreciating , his
iworked Christmas Day to deliver their
delayed Xmas packages, the people on
this route telephoned the word along to
give him an "egg shower." With the
eggs he was given chicken's, a
CAN DRAFT MEN
WHEN NECESSARY
War Department Finds Ample
Authority in Law.
FROM 18 TO 45 IS AGE LIMIT
I
Says 3,000,000 Trained Men Are
Needed fur Defense of Country
ments to organize or to keep the re
serve battlaion at prescribed strength
a sufficient number of unorganized
militia shall be drafted by the Presi
dent to maintain such battalion or
lesser unit at the prescribed strength."
The language follows cloBely that of
the National defense act, in which the
unorganized militia is defined as in
cluding every able-bodied male citizen
within the prescribed age limit or
those who have declared their inten
tion of becoming citizens.
The National Guard regulations,
which will be amplified in great detail
later, also strike at the problem of de
pendent families of soldiers, which has
cost the government several millions
of dollars already through the border
rnoblization. Recruiting officers for
the National guard are directed to, dis
courage the enlistment of married men
or those with others dependent upon
them. Such persons are to be accepted
only for reasons in the public interest,
men who wish to become officers being
the only xdass specifically excepted.
It is provided in the regulations that
no officer of the guard hereafter shall
be recognized as such under the de
fense act unless he shall have sub
scribed to an oath binding him to obey
the orders of the President and of the
governor of his state.
Submarine Mail to Start.
Berlin (By wireless to Sayville, N.
Y.) The mail to be carried on the
merchant submarine Deutschland and
her sister ships, the German postal au
thorities announce, will be known as
"submarine mail," and it will be dis
patched to the United States, Central
and South America, the West Indies,
China, the Dutch East Indies and the
Philippine Islands.
All letters for transmission by sub
marine must be sent to Bremen and
must bear the inscription, "submarine
letter."
Explosion Rocks City.
Sapulpa, Okla.-r-Explosion of a wag-
onload of nitroglycerine bound for the
oil fields shook the country for miles
around Saturday night. Two men
with the wagon probably were blown
to bits, aB on trace of their bodies has
been found. The explosion occurred
five miles west of Keifer, about 10
miles from here. It shattered hun
dreds of panes of glass here, rocked
buildings in jhe business district and
was heard for 25 miles around. '
COUNTY RECORDS ARE TAKEN
Stalwarts Forcibly Grab Documents
in County Seat Figlit.
Culver Oro.-Seventy nv resident
of Madras. headed by Willi""'
U'lton, of Portland, attorney for tl
pooploof Madras in tho county t
light with Culver, cntno to Culver Mon
day, piled tho county record In auto
mobiles and sleds and carted th.-m over
to MndrnH.
The action followed the decision of
the Clrclut court In favor of Mlrn In
a case on which notice of apl'! t
tho Supremo court has been
Culver,
Kvery county otllee except that of
tho Superintendent of schools, tho
Sheriff and District Attorney was
raided. Sheriff Black prevented Mr.
IPKen and his party from takhiK the
safe and tho current assessment rolls
from tho otllee, but other records and
furniture were loaded Into tho waiting
vehicles and taken away.
James Wood, Sheriff-elect: county
Clerk Johnson; Kohcoo (.aril, coumy
commissioner: O. A. Pierce, bunker;
U. T. Olson, merchant; It. C Poyleii,
county attorney-elect, and Mr. Kmish,
a merchant, were among the delega
tion frurn Madras.
Kxeitoment rsn high in Culver fur a
hilo tho records were Using
ru.iMf.Trn.L Tho visitors paid little
attention to sHctators, hurrying
through tho olllces and tnklng all of
tho county property that could be re
moved. Tho records were hurriedly
dumped Into tho waiting vehices nd
the drivers hurried away lelre inn
surprised residents of Culver could in
tercede. The presence of mind of the son of
Mrs. Lillian Wntls, county superin
tendent, saved the oiliee of his mother
from tho visitors who abandoned an
attempt to take her files when the Uy
refusid to deliver over the keys of the
office.
Sheriff ltlack was outwitted by the
visitors after ho had placed the current
assessment roll in tho safe and locked
tho doors of his oiliee. Kuceipt books
and the tax collection register wero
taken.
As there aro only threw keys to the
office, and as each has been acciunted
for, tho method by which th delega
tion from Madras gained entrance is a
mystery here. , Sheriff-elect Wood
made an effort to assume the duties of
the office, but retired when he discov
ered that tho bond of tho sheriff had
first to be approved by tho county
court.
District Attorney Myers stopped the
raiders in hw office kfler several
threats (f iiersonal violence had been
made. Ho warned tliern not to touch
any of tho county property and a light
between the prosecutor and several of
the raiders was averted by cooler heads
in the crowd. Tho crowd gained
entrance to tho prosecutor's office also
by a ruse.
The raid prevents the checking out
of thu retiring county officers by the
firm of Crandall & Roberts, account
ants, as all of tho papers on which
they were working were taken.
University of Oregon Wins
From U. of Pennsylvania Eleven
Pasadena, Cal. Pennsylvania's
vaunted football eleven was crushed
and humiliated by the University of
Oregon football heroes in their inter
sectional battle in Tournament Park
New Year's day. The scoro was 14 to
0. Oddly, this is in duplication of
Washington State's win over ISrown
University in this same city one year
ago.
Monday's game was witnessed by
tho greatest crowd that ever saw a
football game on the Pacific Coast.
Approximately 27,000 were in the
stands, sny tournament officials.
While the engagement began rather
listlessly, it developed into a thrilling
spectacular battle well worthy of tho
day and the throng.
It was a battle that reflected tho
highest credit upon Pacific Coast foot
ball. Penn came west with proud
baosts of a diversified open field and
aerial attack that would startle the na
tives. Oregon was supposed to have
nothing but some old stuff that was
pulled when Pudge Ileffelfinger and
Walter Camp were singing their boola
boolas together. Instead ' Oregon
showed football of a su prior brand and
walked oil with the game.
Liquor Used to Lay Dust.
Pheonix, Ariz Five hundred gallons
of fine whiskies, wines and beer were
poured into a city water wagon here
Saturday, and the streets of the busi
ness, section sprinkled with the Honor.
Two hundred automobiles and several
floats formed a parade that followed
the "water" waeon. A brasn hunA
played a dirge. The sprinkler with its
cargo, valued at $20,000, was driven by
"dry" advocates. The liquor was con
fiscated in raids by the sheriff, under
the new Arizona prohibition law, and
its unique disposition was so ordered.
Wreckage of Ship is Seen.
Washington, D. C Coast Guard
headquarters here received a wireless
message Saturday from the cutter
Acushnct that she had passed through
wreckage covering the sea . for about
five miles well east of Nantucket light
ship in the vicinity where wireless
calls for help were sent out Christmas
night from the steamer Maryland.
The wreckage could not be identified
as the Maryland, for which the Acush
net had been iearching several days.
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of Ornu
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h'vlsa National fc't
ami the lmj'Ul fnk of Japan tt t
bined. f
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from tho Uslmiik cUI Novemlwr to
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fnct that thenrreas Ivi brtn et
rste of appriimatety 11 per te.
your during Ic past two )ear u
pared with 6 rr cent a yyr fw
10 year rto from 1U04 1 19H,
that the lotreuurco art w tr
more than dvlo what the m
years ago. (
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returns fr t. last bank ct' n
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all precedent WT
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sources of Na
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banks, snvirj,
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applications already ;ro jiour' g,
from every section of the J"U",)ke
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lierkeley, Cal.
Stock subscription book
will bo opened within t
days, probably about Jan
main open for SO days. I
however, that the gov
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capuai unuer mat seclioi
which empowers tho sec
treasury to make up thi
stock.
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hank, will be named by
soon
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each, six of whom will 1
the farm borrowers and S
Farm Loan board.
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stock in tho bank from W
rnwes 1i thn futonf- nf '
his loan, and the ori
to the capital stock
surrender their holding
be needed to meet thiB
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borrowers havo sum
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