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PAGE TWO THE INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE, tNPMBNPENOE, OWMON. i .i i . I WORLD HAPPENINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED fOR BUSY READERS Events of Noted People, Governments and Pacific Northwest and Other Things Worth Knowing. August A. Brown, who served in the famous Light Brigade of the British army at Balaklava, died at Elkton, Md. King Constantine, of Greece, has applied for and received the regular bread card which is issued to all heads of families. Rev. Dr. David H. Fouse, a prom inent Denver minister, addressing the Ben Franklin club, made a plea for birth control on moral and racial im provement grounds. Senator Shafroth made a set speech in the senate advocating passage of a constitutional amendment to limit a President to one six-year term and have bim elected by direct vote. Six days after the fund available for paying oft gopher bounties in Marion county, Or., became available. $2500 of the fund had been expended. This represented 25,000 gopher scalps. A correspondent on the Belgian front writing to the Amsterdam TelegrafT says he learns Belgians deported from the neighborhood of Charleroi have been sent to occupied parts of Poland to perform compulsory labor. Canadian casualties from the open ing of the war until December 31, a period of 29 months, total 68,290. This is made up of killed, 10,854; died of wounds, 4010; died of illness, 484; presumed dead, 1108; wounded, 48, 454; missing, 1970. Conductor Clyde Gibson, of Port An geles, Wash., and two laborers were killed and Engineer Harry Legeer, Fireman Bert Ferguson and 20 labor ers injured when a work train on the Seattle, Port Angeles & Western rail road was wrecked west of Majestic. Baron Devonport, the English food controller, has fixed the following prices which .home growers may charge for their 1917 crops: wneat, tu smi lings per 504 pounds; oats, 38 shil lings 6 pence per 336 pounds; potatoes, a varying price of 115 to 130 shillings. Lena Boyd, 16 years old, and Isabel Harris, 17 years old, have disappeared from their homes in Lewiston, Idaho, and detectives and the police have been unable to trace them. The girls were companions and were last seen January 3. The mothers of both girls are widows. According to the Handelsblad, of Amsterdam, more than 1,000,000 marks' worth of German cut diamonds will be shipped at an early date to America by a German submarine. A combination of German underwriters has agreed to insure the shipment at 8 per cent, "free of capture," or 11 per cent against capture. There is a woman's suffrage move ment in China but it does not amount to much now. Dr. J. W. Bashford, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church, resident in China, said on his arrival in San Francisco recently. Suffrage in a constitution now making probably would be based upon educa tional and property qualifications, the bishop said. Postal clerks and carriers, both ur ban and rural, would receive increases of from 5 to 10 per cent in their sal aries by a bill agreed on by the house postal committee Friday. The in crease would affect about 200,000 car riers and cost $10,000,000 a year. The assassination of M. ' Jollos, an influential member of the Russian Duma, is reported by the Overseas News agency. According to this re port, M. Jollos disappeared mysteri ously a short time ago, and it is be lieved he was the victim of a political murder. All clocks in New South Wales were set ahead one hour January 1 to save daylight, according to a cablegram re ceived by the Australian Trade com mission in San Francisco. A daylight saving act has also been passed in the state of Victoria. An estimate that 60,000 persons in Massachusetts are addicted to the drug habit was included in a report of a commission appointed by Governor Mc Call to investigate the drug evil. The habit, it was said, is not confined to any particular class of people. Many Belgians who were deported to Germany for manual labor purposes, are returning to their native country in pitiful conditions. One young lady was killed and her sister Beriously injured when a Port land interurban train struck their au tomobile at a crossing on the Estacada line Thursday. E. L. McClure, of Portland, one of the promoters of the "Forty-five Effi ciency Club," became frantic at the organization meeting at the Library, DEFENDS AMERICAN POSITION German Paper Tells "Yankee Haters" Their Ideas Are All Wrong. llerlin. via London. Tho delivery of American ammunition to tho belliger ents is defended by the l.okal Anzieg er in a half-column article, published in connect ion with its comment on the sentiments voiced by Ambassador Gerard at the dinner jjiven to hi in by tho American Association of Com merce and Trade. The paper says it has the greatest satisfaction concerning Mr. C.erard's utterances, but some doubt as to the finished diplomacy of some parts of his address. It takes decided issue with that portion of the press which has been more or less savegely criticis ing him and the whole idea, of giving tho banquet in his honor. There are unfortunately." says the Anzieger, "too many people who re gard as degradation any result achiev ed by yielding and who belittle any thing" not pained with tho fist. Mean while, the number of Germany's ene mies has so increased that it is desir able to build "golden bridges' for those real or would-be enemies who manifest desire to revise their earlier opinions." In its defense of the. delivery of American war munitions, after ex pressing gratification that the tide of criticism in the German press has re ceded, the Lokal Anzieger says: "It must always he recalled to the German "Yankee haters' that their standpoint is legally wrong, that The Hague convention distinctly permits neutrals to make deliveries of ammu nition, and that Germany's representa tives in that convention expressly op posed changing this clause. "Despite the large number who loudly proclaim that one more enemy would not harm Germany, there still are wide circles of persons who would like to see the war brought to a close without accession to the ranks of our enemies, especially of an opponent truly not to be underestimated. For these reasons alone it seems useful to meet half way those who are, or seem to be, ready to work with us and go our way." Senate Would Make District of Columbia Dry; House Favorable Washington, D. C Designed to abolish saloons in the national capital after November 1. 1917, the Sheppard bill was passed by the senate and now goes to the house, where, its friends assert, it is assured of passage. The vote in the senate was 55 to 32. While the measure prohibits the sale of liquor in the District of Co lumbia, it permits importation for per sonal use. An amendment which would have submitted the proposal to a referendum of citizens of the Dis trict was defeated just before passage by a tie vote, 43 to 43. Neither the vote on the referendum amendment nor that on the passage of the bijl was on party lines, There were i5 democrats and 17 republicans voting for the referendum and 22 dem ocrats and 21 republicans voting against it. Most of the republicans of the so-called progressive group voted against it. For the bill itself there were 28 democrat and 27 republican votes, with 22 democrats and lu republicans against it. All the progressives voted for passage. Department Orders "Zeppelins;" Other Lessons of Europe Heeded Washington, D. C. Ordnance and aircraft innovations designed from lines developed by European belliger ents have been authorized by both war and navy departments. They include Zeppelin type airships, large-caliber mobile rifles and howitzers to be mounted on railroad trucks for the coast defense or hauled by tractor en gines over country roads. Secretary Daniels announced that the "Zeppelin" would be constructed at once. Determination to build the craft was reached after an exhaustive study of the question of rigid airships by a joint committee of officers rep resenting the aeronautical branches of both services, the general staff of the army and the general board of the navy, which recommended that con struction be undertaken at once. The recommendations have been ap proved by Secretary Daniels and Sec retary Baker and the cost will be equally divided between the army and navy. Army ordnance plants are already building at the Watervliet arsenal, New York, pilot guns of the 16 and 12 inch howitzer type. Plans are prac tically completed also for a 14-inch high-powered rifle with carriage for mounting on railroad trucks. Caplan Accepts Penalty. Los Angeles. David Caplan, recent ly sentenced to 10 years' imprison ment for manslaughter in the Los An geles Times dynamiting case, asked and was granted a revocation of a cer tificate of probable cause, staying his sentence, and will be taken to San Quentin penitentiary immediately. Caplan gave notice of appeal, but as a decision from the district court, of appeals might not be handed down for a year, Caplan chose to begin service of his sentence. Caplan has spent two years in jail,, bail having been denied him. This time doesnot count as part of his term. British Ship in Pacific. San Francisco. The presence in the Pacific of a British auxiliary cruiser, presumably a former Peninsular & Oriental liner, was reported here Wed nesday by officers of the Norwegian steamer Cuzco, which arrived from Mexican ports. The vessel encountered by the Cuz co was off Cape San Lucas, Lower California. After coming close enough to identify the Cuzco, the auxiliary proceeded south. German Steel Increases. Washington, D. C. Despite the war Germany is producing more steel than ever before, according to reports to the department of commerce. A pro- They Hold Balance of Power in House of Representatives in Coming Congress Tin. A .J '"Ik A A ! "S i 1 i'1 till i ill sua i n it VI i. . .1 U, 5 : 4... a) H 5 . J if J 4,1 t A -J 1 ' 4 i1 . 5 vN" vp nil,! ' 'lli .il l '.. ' - M it' .unillUimil Tlimi,.... t'. 8 S 1 n " 3 F A J j-.-. . .--x n it:1 W P. MAPTIN. LA, u 1 VfLYEB LONPON, ; N'.Vjt Here are five of the six indeendent8 in the House of Representatives, who will have the balance of power there when tho President calls the new con gress into session after March 4. Not only does the decision of the speaker ship depend on them, but the whole policy of the house in relation to the PAPER TRUST TO BE PROBED Manufacturers to Face Prosecution if Evidence Proves Combine. Democratic administration. Mr. Ran dall, of Los Angleles, is a Prohibition ist: Mr. Copley, of Illinois, is a Pro gressive, as are Thomas 1. Schall, of Minnesota, and W. P. Martin, of l-ou-isiana. Meyer London, of New York, is a Socialist. Alvin T. Fuller, of Massachusetts, seta himself down as an Independent. Washington, D. C Attorney Gen eral Gregory has taken over the field of the federal trade commission's in quiry into the print paper market, with a view to determining whether there is a paper trust and instituting civil and criminal proceedings against manufacturers or others who may have violated the anti-trust laws. President Wilson is understood to be following the inquiry closely. A mass of complaints and testimony and a large number of secret reports from the commission's field force of inves tigators have been placed in the attorney general's hands. For several weeks past department officials have been in frequent consul tation with the trade commission on the situation and are understood to have under serious consideration the early institution of grand jury pro ceedings at which indictments charg ing violation of the commercial section of the law will be asked. The formal taking over of the in quiry by the department was in re sponse to a letter sent the attorney general by Secretary Bracken of the commission. Beyond asserting that the investiga tion and any action the department might take would be hastened as much as possible, Mr. Gregory declined to comment on the situation. It is understood, however, that de partment officials are prepared to in stitute speedily a dissolution suit against any manufacturers within federal jurisdiction who are believed to have conspired in restraint of trade or to effect a monopoly. At the same time it was made clear the evidence adduced by the commission would be thoroughly digested so that no injus tice might be done manufacturers in nocent of illegal practices. In addition department officials are understood to be preparing to ask for criminal indictments should analysis of Transport Loss Denied. Berlin "One of our submarines," says an official statement issued Sun day by the German admiralty, "tor pedoed and sank, December 23, in the Mediterranean an enemy transport of more than 5000 tons. The vessel was accompanied by warships." London Commenting on the Ger man report of the sinking of an en tente transport, the London Press Bu reau says: "No transport, British or French, was sunk in the Mediterranean December 23." . Explosion Rocks Butte. Butte, Mont. For the second time within six weeks, a charge of dyna mite was exploded in the local restrict ed district about midnight Sunday, when a Greek reBtaurant catering to the inmates of the district was the scene of a sharp explosion, which shook the center of the city. Glass was broken for a distance of a block from the explosion, but nobody wnn im'ured and the oronertv damage the evidence warrant such action, and it is believed the criminal proceedings, if undertaken, would be pressed ahead of the civil proceedings. Publishers charged at the hearing that the manufacturers had combined both to control prices and to restrict prcHioction. Some manufacturers had refused to sell to them because of their activity in exposing the manufactur ers' methods. Others declared they had been threatened with such refusal by manufacturers. Tangled Railroad Brotherhood Controversy Before Congress Washington, D. C. Activity in the tangled controversy between the rail roads and their employes was resumed Monday in two different parts of the capitol, where, six months ago, the Adamson bill, designed to blaze the way to peace, was enacted into law. While attorneys in the Supreme court are making their opening argu ments on the consitutionality of the Adamson act, Representative Adam son, father of the law, has begun a fight in the house for prompt passage of his new blanket railway bill, in tended to cover every phase of the sit uation, and will resume hiB efforts in behalf of continuing the life of the Newlands railway investigation com mittee. The new Adamson bill introduced re cently would provide an eight-hour day, make strikes illegal and permit the taking over of railway linen by the military on the orders of the Pres ident when public service demands such action. Drastic though the bill is admitted to be, Mr. Adamson expresses confi dence that it will be enacted into law. Save for the eight-hour-day provision, the measure is undertsood to have the approval of the President. Three Men Swept to Death, Seattle, Wash. One giant Bea that thundered down upon the schooner Sumner as she was battling with a great westerly gale, swept Ivan Jo hansen, Ira Atwood and Ole Harum, Seattle fishermen, to their death off Cape Ommaney, on December 3, ac cording to Captain M. J. Rolie, master of the craft. The Sumner arrived in Seattle Wed nesday night from the North, bring ing the first details of the loss of the three men in a terrific storm on the Alaska halibut banks. Legislators Lose Passes, Nashville, Tenn. The Louisville & Nashville and the Nashville, Chatta nooga & St. Louis railroads announced Thursday that hereafter no free passes would be issued through legislators for constituents. Figures produced by Interstate Commerce commission in vestigators showed in one year more than 22,000 passes, valued at $22G,0O0, were issued by the two roads, most of them at the request of legislators of Tennessee and Kentucky. Bent, whitehaired, although only CO years old, Herman Billik left Chicago Friday for Cleveland to begin life anew. Billik was freed after serving eight years in the state prison at Jo liet following his conviction for mur der on testimony which now is admit- NEWS ITEMS Of General Interest, About Oregon LEGISLATURIISIN SESSION Organization Perfected and Business Commenced on Fiist Day. Statu Capitol. Salem, )" K 1'ho Orchil lcKlHluturo P'l Tf t u flylnK utmt today. la both neimlo ninl him' ' K' HldlliK officers were, cl.'cted. uVhIi clerks choHrii and nil d'-l'iH r Iziitlon coinpleied when u.lj"'nmciil was liikeii'thlM uftoinmui. .Mori nuHpli'loun for Hucccnitfiil session even than this biiHlnexit like expedition was tho fact tlwit Uitc wasn't no much uh n rlUIo of Inlmr inony. l In tho Honnto Cum C Moner. of Mult noiliull, wim elected pien'itenl by lltmtl ImoiiH vote. All five of Mm Uotiiocnitlo BcnatorH voted for htm. and two i them, Uarluiul and lluhlwlit. mn-onded hlH iimultmtloti. ,. , In Mm hoiiHti Itobert N. Muti'leld. of Cniutlllii. wim electeil upeuKer wu out n tllsHentliiK voice nftiT tm hml been nominated by Louis K. Heiin, of Lane, his opponent for Mm pot.lllon up to last nlwlit. AliiKmuh the house did not n't quite so fur ns the Hi niite on tin first day. there remulim only for Speaker Stttllflelil to linnolilire Ills coiniultteeH to put the two bodied nil virtually the sumo footing. Mr. StunHeld will Klv out his committee list early tomorrow. In Mm Hetiutu five hills were Inlm duced before final adjournment for tho day. The house adjourned nt 4:05 o'clock. Iteforo they adjourned, however, the Issue of prohibition hud been put up to both houses, und they hud fueeil the Issue squarely. "Dry" Memorial Paisei. It clime about through Mm Introduc tlun in the senate by Kddy. of IoiiK bin, of a Joint iiuiiiorlul petitioning congress to puss n till pendliiK to make the IHstrict of Columbia dry. This lnemorlul wim brought to Imme diate vote on KiiHpetiHlon of the rulen after Senutor Kddy bud explained that ho desired Its passage today beenimo tho dry bill In iueHttm Is to bo con Hlderod in Mm United States senate tomorrow. With this explunatlon of the reason for rushlnt? It through, not a senator voted agultiHt It. There were two absentees, Senators HIiiKlium and Olson, and 2 voted ayo. It had to wait In the house until tho organization was completed. The rules were suspended and the question cume up promptly on its merits. 1). C. Lewis attempted to delay the proceed Inijs on tho technical Kroiind that the house was not ready for business. Dr. J. K. Anderson, leader of the "dry" forces, Insisted on an liinnedluto roll tall and was supported by Speaker Stun field. Mr. Lewis Insisted that b was not opposed to the merits of the measure and, to demonstrate his I'.oo.l fulth. moved Its adoption. Hut his position on the Issue was broiiKht Into question Haln when ho voted amiliiKt It on roll call. The seven negative votes were: Cullan, Corbett, Kubll, Lewis, Markay, Schlmpff and Htott. It Is believed that this Is the nmxl mum "wet." strength In the house, and it Is probable that most of this uroup of seven will vote favorably when the "bone dry" bill comes up. The text of the, Joint memorial was telegraphed to WftshliiKton, I). ('., tonight. Two more Joint memorial)!, one ask ing congress for a national prohibition law, tho other asking congress to bar liquor advertising from tho malls, will bo presented later by Senator Kddy. Opposition to Be Withdrawn. Salem, dr. Senator Pimick will abandon his attacks on tho Oregon naval militia at this session and from surface Indications that organization will have a peaceful Journey through the session. During the last six years, for three sessions, Senator Dlmlck has assailed tho naval militia appropria tion, standing sponsor for bills to abolish tho organization, aud ono year piloted his bill through the senate to victory, but it fulled to pass both houses. This year the naval militia Is nsklng for $15,800, $900 in excess of tho ap propriation given two years ago. Desks Filled by Veterans. Salem. The senate has an all-veteran desk organization. With ono ex ception, all the desk clerks and other officials of tho senate elected today served in the aame capacity at the last session. They fairly bristle with ex perience. John ttr. Cochran, re-elected chief clerk, has been chief clerk for two sessions preceding Mils one. Mr. Cochran, though, Is a mere infant In point of service as compared to John P. Hunt, of Woodburn, tho capable assistant chief clerk in 1907, and he has not missed a session since. Few Changes In Rules. Salotn. The house committee on rules mot and decided to recommend tho adoption of the rules used at tho 1915 session with tho exception of a few minor changes. The committee on military affairs is to bo Increased from three to five members. The committee on insurance will be allowed a clerk on account ot the, heavy work due to consideration of tho new Insurance code. Wants Public Kindergartens. Salem. Senator Conrad P. Olson favors kindergartens for tho young sters of Multnomah county, Ho Intro duced a bill providing for kindergar tens in counties of 20,000 or more, on petition of parents or guardians of 25 or more children between four and s x years, living within one mile, of an elementary school building. Not less than three nor mnm thnn pim im,i. gartens could be established the first BIG MEN NAMED R; "LEAK" INQUt f "Hearsay" Charges Secret Tumulty With Disclosure WILSON'S BROTHER-IN-LAW TC KmolutloiiM Committee Order r,,( lu Prrncrvo AH Itccordu ('ovrrlm , Sto k Market Trunnu.-tl.mil. WttshitiKton, I. ('. SeiiKMlii)n j, mors of "leak" to Wall Mrcet , vanes of l'ridont WIIihiii'h pem' jK wen related to tht houno rule & niitteu Friday by KcprcKeiit , Wood, of Indian, in support uf,j, resolution for an Inquiry. Ho prL his teittimoiiy with tho utatenicnt r bu hud nothing I'Ut hvarany to mihI vainly proUmtcd against nn io Mention of tho committer. g Namra and rumored di-tmU of iilleued "leuk" came thick andf v. htm Mr. Wood l(tan hi atury. mentioned Joseph II. Tumulty, Jn Ury to I'reident Wilson; K, W. litiK, a !ritlier-in-law of the l'rjii? llenmrd ltarurh, of Now York, J various brokerage house, rreti' ' limut of hi Information to letu reived from "A. Curti.' of I" York. ' ' Thi letter, produred Ut?r, j" written on plain paper, witlwu:" writer' Hildres. and up to a lit. p Friday niht Kenneth Komncy, di?11 Hertfeiiiit-Bt-nrrti of tho bouse, Itit Y'ork, in urnrrliinif for A. Curtif Id-en uiiBbb' to find any trace uf tiJJ Stut. inriit wrre laauetl afu"' commit U- meotintr by SurreUr;' multy and Mr. ltollimf flatly dt-61 the rcKirt ri'trardinic tliem, an ' Tumulty demamiod that Hepn tivu WimxI publicly aHdoKi for1 turning his nnme. Mr, Wood folj with a statement pointing outt"' had desired to testify in privnl declaring that those whoso namc,ri tho subject of rumor should wn.'Vl fullent Invi'stiKation, Tho pomrnltteo probably wlllj Representative Gardner, who tit' on the floor of the house rt'it-ntljf8 he knew there was a "leak." I Thomas W. Lawson. of 5ohtot,)fj npiiear and if he rHn bo reached; p nurd Burueh will be ubpt;naed. i It I understood that Secretary or sitiKsnd Mr. Tumulty will ben , testify before tho committee dj on its rejiort to tho house on ! a the Wood resolution providinf Wi investigation by a special contra nhould pass. Bt Hit.' committee, a lopted a res nskitiK tho New York Slock i'n and local brokers to preserviW records ot transactions from Icf'wr 10 to date. Whether any of! to records ahull bo soUKht ns will bu derided Inter. 01 "I am informed." Reprewt Wood teatided before the ootM" "that liarncy llaruch had infonK uUnit the, note to tho Kuroptir liferents two or three days bef'" was pent and that on two or t! casions about that time bo waii.'' sultiitioti with Mr. Tumulty i P" Hiltmore hotel in New York." s ; Representative Uonnct, of'.' Y'ork, a member of the oomi'1 said on the floor Wednesday11 ltarurh was reported in New W01" have sold short 15,000 shares ot 'n on a rising market shortly befimel note was made public. ' Representative Wood object11 1 testifying in public, and snidrP'0 the statements he made were bi information in a letter to him i' 1 Curtis, a Wall street broker. "I have BHid and I wish to aaj , at this time that I have nadr. making no charge against Mf. fdii tdoc have received." Mr. Wood stated that the run current that there was a lea Stato department or in soma (0l,s. trative ofTice as to the sending i . note "and that the leak went j friends of the administration are acting on that information, they, edbyit." He added that he had no nt'0'iaBt; as to how the leak occurred e whom it came and that the best, wg was rumorB. i Spots Mar Face of Sun.,1" San Jose According to a "qqq K'ven out Saturday by Rev. Jjj card, of the Santa Clara Uni'mov meteorological observatory, a j Bunspots 7,987,400,000 square t.ja; area is now marring the fW( sun. The spots resemble a gTrm or pole in the cloud atmospher j sun, he says, and permits tho jon ( with a telescope to see further igg ? vitals of the luminary than usue Father Iiicard says the electi ng, netic influence of these Bunspo1 sponsible for weather condition' .. ? L v Bulgaria Talk Peace. 1'. London A Rotterdam dinrfrda3 the Exchange Telegraph 0f g which does not specify the Burtion information, says I'remier Ra(g of Bulgaria, made the followinf:ng8 , ment to a Hungarian journalis'ecti garia has won the game and c't'B j6 to sign a peace treaty satisf,tion all. Peace is nearing quickly ,j are expected to make concessii forn ine greatest concebBion on concession "'Hlii'i hern rn'iflf- l,"l'sssswav'Psisias1SBPisi,p