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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 9, 1914)
NEWS NOTE OF CURRENT WEEK Rcsumo of World's Important Events Told in Brief. Germany is urging Sweden to join her in the European war. Queen Elizabeth, of Belgium, with her children, has arrived in England. Tacoma Buffers a $150,000 fire, which destroyed a large packing plant. Martial law is tightly drawn In Butte, Mont., where miners are riotous. A report from Antwerp says the French defeated 50,000 Germans in battle. A Japanese liner was chased into port at San Francisco, by a German gunboat. Russians declare Austrians lost 100, 000 men and 67 cannon In a battle near Lemberg. More than 4000 prisoners were taken by the Russians in battle with the Austrians. President Poincare, of France, suc ceeds in reaching his new seat of gov ernment at Bordeaux. About 30,000 Grand Army veterans are holding the 48th national encamp ment at Detroit, Mich. The conclave of cardinals to elect a new pope was inaugurated in Rome with imposing ceremonies. . - Seventy-two thousand Russian sold iers join the allies, being transported through Scotland and via sea. Nearly 8000 reserves of Germany and Austria are being held prisoners by the British in South Africa. Butte, Mont., miners have threat ened to lay the city in ashes if the state or federal troops attempt to enter the city. A dispatch to the London Central News from Amsterdam says that fresh fighting is taking place near Malines, Belgium. Richard Harding Davis, war corres pondent, who was arrested in Germany as a spy, says he was released by mak ing a "bluff." The ballot in the California election this fall will be four feet long and con tain forty-eight initiative and referen dum measures. Turkey advises United States not to attempt to send the cruiser North Car olina through the Dardanelles, because the waters are heavily mined. A telegram from Nish, Servia, says that in a battle at Jedar between 200, 000 Austrians and 180,000 Servians, the latter put 140,000 Austrians "hors de combat." The Imperial Bank of Berlin has be gun its output of one and two-mark bank notes to satisfy the need for small change. The output of silver coin already has been augmented no tably. An immense and complicated system of intrenchments is being constructed outside the city of Paris. It is re ported the engineers in charge of the work are keeping several hundred thousand men busy. Premier Asquith and Arthur J. Bal four, one of the leaders of the opposi tion in the house of commons, are to speak in the historic Guild hall, in the city of London, this week in an effort to encourage recruiting. The United Railways company of San Francisco, has inaugurated a plan whereby employes may receive small loans from the company at 5 per cent a year. The system is to save em ployes from the loan sharks. The Russian embassy at Rome has been notified that the Austrians were overwhelmingly defeated near Lem berg, losing more than 100,000 men and 57 cannon. The occupation of the city of Lemberg was said to be im minent. A dispatch from Copenhagen says. "Great numbers of woundi'd are arriv ing in Berlin daily. The trains are not unloaded until dark, in order to avoid undue curiosity on the part of the public. The wounded are coming mostly from East Prussia." The official press bureau of London, in an announcement Bays the govern ment has gratefully accepted an offer from the people of Alberta of a half million bushels of oats for the army and from the government of Quebec of 4,000,000 pounds of cheese. The British steamship Holmwood has been sunk by a German cruiser off the coast of South America, according to a cablegram received by the owners of the Katherine Park, at New York, which has the crew of the ship aboard. The cablegram, which was from Rio Janeiro, did not state the time or place of the sinking, nor did it give the name of the German cruiser. Germany grants Americans leaving Berlin passes to ride on military trains, in order to escape the country. Germany opens her ports to neutral ships, but advises them to stay 10 jniles to sea until pilots are furnished. The first cablegram received at "Washington from Ambassador Morgan thau, at Constantinople, in several days, has reached the White House. It made no mention of any declaration of war. It was dated September 2 and aid the ambassador had succeeded in ending home all Americans who de-1 aired passage. I Militia Guards Butte; Winter Clothing Issued Butte, Mont, Two additional fir renin were made Sunday by the Na tional CJimrd of Molilalia, which is keeping peace in Butte by maintaining nmrtliil law, The men arrested are Herbert Gary and Wllllnm O'Hrlon, both chanted with kidnaping. They were members of the deportation com mittee of the Mlneworkuru' Union. O'Hrlen was temporary chairman of the Mlnoworkers' Union when It was first formed nnd In the election for permanent officers he was a candidate for president In opposition to "Muck le" McDonald. No riot calls were turn ed In and the bulk of the state guards rested within military lines. Catholic and Protestant services were held In the courthouse for the men. Two hun dred members of the National Guard who have fulled to report In, Butte are to be brought here under guard. Of ficers with warrants were dispatched to the men's homes. Every Indication points to a pro longed stay of the militia here. Their winter overcoats will arrive soon, and the camp Is being fitted up for a long stay. The Butte Typographical Union passed a resolution asking that the Ba loons be kept closed during the time that martial law prevails here. Be cause Monday was labor day the mines closed Sunday and did not reopen un til Tuesday. TOTAL COST OF EUROPEAN WAR NOW $1,870,000,000 The European war to date has cost the countries Involved the vast total of $1,870,000,000. This total is based on the figures of $55,000,000 loss a day estimated by the most eminent French and English statisticians. The dally estimate of $55,000,000 In cludes lost earning power, economic loss, loss by destruction of warships, destruction of ammunitions, loss by normal bombardment of towns, eco nomic loss through casualties, loss in animals and industrial and commer cial loss. It does not include such abnormal losses as the destruction of Louvaln, which was approximately $100,000,000. Liner Strikes Submarine Mine; Twenty Drowned London. The Wilson passenger liner Runo, with 600 passengers on board, struck a mine in the North Sea and was sunk Monday. All of the crew and passengers, with the excep tion of about 20 Russian refugees, were saved. The Runo sailed from Hull for Arch angel and fouled the mine when about 40 miles off Shields at 4:35 o'clock. The rescues were made by a fishing trawler, a member of the crew of which said he heard a report and saw the Runo rise In the water, then settle by the head until the fore part of the ship was awash. She remained in this position long enough to enable her small boats and the trawlers to pick up the survivors, 200 of whom w8re later landed at Hull. The fishing trawler Prince Victor picked up 22 persons who were cling ing to acapsized boat. The trawler's crew saw three others drowned. The mate of the Prince Victor was lowered over the side of the fisherman by lines and thus helped in the work of rescue. The American consul, John Hay, bound for Odessa, was among the res cued, but was Injured. England Raises Anglo American Army Corps London. An Anglo-American con tingent to aid Great Britain and her allies is now in process of formation, under the direction of a committee consisting of leaders of Anglo-American society here. Lord Lyveden is the head of the organization, and also commandant of the corps. Speaking at the headquarters of the corps, Lord Lyveden said: '"We are accepting Anglo-Americans for this contingent, but only those not eligible for Lord Kitchener's special army. I have been in com munication with the war office offici als, and several members of the House of Lords, and have outlined the pro posed organization. Every one has been much impressed and believes we shall be able to produce a really use ful force to support the British army. "I have been asked by the authori ties to keep my committee at work on its organization and offer the corps in four months' time. We have already had a most generous response in both volunteers and donations. We must equip the corps ourselves. "The regiment will be composed of one and a half battalions of Infantry, three troops of mounted infantry, or rough riders, and maxim, ambulance, and transport detachments. If enough men volunteer we may have to form additional regiments. "The cost of equipping a single com pany Is $3600. Our horses will have to come from America, as the remount department here may need all the suitable horses In Great Britain." Russians Capture Zeppelin. Petrograd, via London. The Rus sians fired on and captured, near Zel da, a Zeppelin airship with its 30 oc cupants, including two staff officers and two gunners, together with explo sives, plans and photographs. The Russians also brought down an aero plane, in which was an Austrian colo nel. During the last two days 130 Au strian officers and 7000 men, prisoners of war, have passed through Minsk en route for Smolensk. General Rennenkampff's troops are taking with them to the field the col ors carried by Scobelff in 1875. Bomb-Dropping Airmen Wounded. London. A Reuter's dispatch from Antwerp Bays a German aeroplane which flew over Ghent, dropping two bombs, later descended at Oordegom. Its two officers had been wounded and they were brought to Antwerp. Prince Leopold's Nephew Killed. London. German papers received here show that Prince Ernest of Lippe, a nephew of Prince Leopold IV, has been killed. This is the third casualty in Prince Leopold family circle. Huge Pavilion Salem State Salem. When the Oregon Stale Fair opens Monday, September 2R, a new pavilion will bo ready to rocelve visitors. The structure Is nearlng completion and the painters are busy on tho outer walls. The legislative assembly of 1913 made an appropria tion for a brick building to be used for housing agricultural and horticultural products of the state of Oregon, and work would have commenced last year, but brick could not be obtained. The contract was let last March to LeDoux & LeDeux of Portland, they being the lowest bidders among the 20 or more, They began work April 15 of the present year, and with the exception of two weeks' delay owing to the state's Inability to supply the brick, have been busy every day. The main structure Is 122x243 feet outside dimensions, and the auditor ium annex is 60x112 feet. There is a heavy concrete foundation, four feet, high, above which are 900,000 brick, the number in the combined building. The brick was made by the state and sold to the contractors at $8.50 a thou- Contract Let for 28 Miles Sutherlin-Coos Bay Road Sutherlin At a conference in the local office of the Roach Timber com pany a contract was signed by repre sentatives of the timber company and the McAllister & Son Construction company, of Portland, whereby the latter is to commence construction work on the first 28 mlies of the Suth erlin, Coos Bay & Eastern railroad within ten days, and carry the work through to completion as speedily as possible. E. A. Tudor, representing the McAllister Construction company, who has spent several days here figur ing on the contract, has departed for Portland to superintend the shipment of the company's grading outfit to Sutherlin. He said that he expected to have the equipment here in a few days and hoped to be in shape to com mence grading next week. There was much rejoicing through out the valley when it became known that the contract for the first unit of the railroad had been signed and that construction was to begin at once. The backers of the line are making a thorough investigation of the route both eastward and westward from Sutherlin, with the idea of an early extension of the line. While the first 28 miles of the road is primarily for the purpose of con verting the huge timber holdings of the Roach Timber company, east of Hunting Season May Be Closed by Governor Salem Whether the game season, which opened in the state Sept. 1, when a proclamation issued by Gover nor West a few weeks ago, closing it, expired, will continue to remain open is problematical, the executive saying he was undecided as to whether he would issue a new proclamation. The governor issued the proclama tion closing the season until Septem ber 1, on petition of timbermen, they representing that hunters in the woods were responsible to a great extent for the many forest fires. They have again petitioned the governor to close it until rain eliminates the fire danger. "When the game code was adopted the timbermen requested that it be amended so as to provide for the clos ing of the game season until Septem ber 1," said the governor. "By issu ing a proclamation, which expired September 1, I closed the Beason. Whether they are now entitled to have it closed for a longer period is a ques tion. I appreciate the danger from fire, however, and the damage which would result to the forests, and have taken the subject under advisement." State Forester Elliott, after con ferring with the governor, gave it as his opinion that the season should not be closed unless the forest fire situa tion became more serious. Cannery Site Is Settled. Gresham. The Gresham cannery site will occupy an acre near the Mt. Hood railway. The first assessment of 25 per cent of the capital stock has been levied and is now payable at the Bank of Gresham. The money will be used to erect the building. The lease on the property secured from the Port land Railway, Light & Power company is for ten years with the privilege of purchasing it at the expiration of that time for $1500. Union Dairymen Organize. Union. A permanent dairymen's organization, known as the Catherine Creek Dairymen's association, was formed here Saturday, with headquar ters at Union. W. A. Maxwell was elected president, W. S. Paddock vice president and W. S. Miller secretary and treasurer. This is the first or ganization of the kind in the county. By-laws were adopted and all neces sary arrangements made for future work. Warehouse Contract Awarded. Astoria. The Port of Astoria com mission awarded a contract for the erection of warehouse and transient shed, 90 by 1000 feet on the new mu nicipal wharf. The price is $128,352. Other bids submitted were as follows: Bovajohn-Arnold company, $128,925; J. E, Ferguson, $130,747. Wasco C. H. Howell just finished a 38 days' run with his new 24-foot com bine harvester. He harvested 2100 acres which made over 21,000 sacks. The best day's run was 924 sacks. Rises at Fair Grounds Band. There is an arcade 20x130 feet In which Is a drinking fountain, and there are nine double entrances nnd 110 windows, while In the roof there are 14 skyllghlB 12x20 feet. There were 1,724 barrels of cement, or 6, Slid sacks, used In the building and 1,000 pounds of putty were used in the skylights. The second floor has in,6r6 square feet of space, while the first has 24, 64(1 square feet. One-half mile of steel rods were used and 6,000 10-Inch boltB. One mile of holes was bored for the bolts, The flooring Is all of two-Inch Oregon fir. Frank Lnnnlng subcon tracted the brick work and plastering and employed on average of 20 men. T. J. Wilson subcontracted the paint ing nnd W. J. Morton of Portland sub contracted the roofing. State Archi tect Knighton drew the plans for the building. . The combined building pavilion and auditorium will cost about $01, 600, when finished, It will be the home of the permanent county exhib its. Sutherlin into cash, it is the intention of the lumbermen to co-operate with one of the big railroading interests in extending this first .unit which is un der construction, into a through east and west line. A survey has been completed from Sutherlin to Coos Bay and a maximum grade of 1 per cent established. A party under Chief Engineer H. D. Haley, of the Lumbermen's Engineer ing company, of Portland, will be outfitted at Sutherlin during the month, to investigate the North Ump qua River canyon and pass in the vi cinity of Diamond lake, the summit of the Cascade mountains, due east of Sutherlin. From the previous investi gations of the Forestry service, the Umpqua river pass is of less altitude and more accessible than that of the Willamette Fork at Odell lake, through which the Natron survey was made. On the report of the engineering party and the anticipated revival in trade and railroad building in this country, will depend the extension of the Sutherlin road east through the undeveloped empire of Eastern Ore gon, and to Boise, Idaho. The Suther lin survey will be made from Diamond lake through Klamath, Lake and Har ney counties to Malheur lake, where it is expected to connect up with the ex tension from the Oregon Short Line on Snake River to Juntura. Hop Yields Surpass All Expectations of Growers Newberg. A visit to the hop yards on the opposite side of the Willamette from Newberg discloses the fact that the crop will be much better than was predicted a few weeks ago. Dr. W. E. Mallory, who has 80 acres which have begun to bear recently, says that a portion of these will produce a ton this year, which is far beyond the yield of the first crop. C. F. Yeager, who has 14 acres and employs 65 pickers, begun work 'Au gust 26. He says he has the biggest crop on one-year vines in that part of the state and that they will produce a ton and a half to the acre. John P. Ranzau and wife, who have about 70 acres of hops, have just com menced picking. They often employ 400 pickers. Last year a portion of their land produced three tons to the acre. Three hundred and twenty-five pick ers went to work on the farm of A. J. Ray & Sons. It is expected that the picking will last three weeks. The crop is heavy and covers 130 acres. A. J. Ray & Sons have added to their drying capacity. It takes 100 pounds of green hops to make 25 pounds of dry. At all the places visited an immense amount of work had been expended in preparation for a crop. Heavy posts were set and well braced and from these heavy galvanized wire was strung on which te train the vines. The ground was as free of weeds as a well kept garden. The expense of cul tivating, picking and putting into the bins ready for drying is estimated at 6 cents a pound. The hop yards above referred to may be taken as fair sam ples of those in that vicinity. Water Right Owner Will Not Mar Latourelle Falls That he has no intention of exercis ing his water-right on Latourell Falls In such a manner as to impair their natural beauty, and that he Is more Interested in preserving the falls and exhibiting them to the public that Guy Talbot, who deeded them to the Btate, was asserted Saturday in a letter writ ten Governor West by George Joseph, victor In a recent suit with Mr. Talbot concerning the water rights on the falls. Mr. Joseph further offers to pay Governor West's expenses on a round trip from Salem to Latourell, if the executive cares to investigate the question himself. Better Schools Is Aim. Oregon City. "The banner year of Clackamas county schools" is the slo gan whscluhas been adopted by Coun ty School Superintendent Calavan and Supervisors Vedder and McCormlck. Every school teacher in the county and every school board has received a letter from the office of the county superintendent In which many sugges tions for the betterment of the school are made. Last year the success of spelling bees was pronounced and Su perintendent Calavan plans to extend this enthusiasm to other lines of school work. I NEW POPE IS CHOSEN BY COLLEGE OF CARDINALS Rome The sacred college of Cardi nals Thursday elected Cardial Giacomo Delia Chiesa, archbishop of Bologna, supreme pontiff to succeed the lute Pope Pius X. His coronation bb Bene dict XV took place September 6. Immediately after his election the pontiff said he could not imagine how his frail boing was capable of enduring the enormous weight of responsibility thrown upon his shoulders, especially at a moment when all the countries of Europe were stained with blood; when the wounds inflicted upon humanity also were inflicted on the church, and when countless victims of the war were being cut down. The war, he said, had armed faith ful against faithful, prieBt against priest, while each of the bishops offered prayers for the success of the army of his own nation. But victory for one side meant slaughter to the other, the destruction of children equally dear to the heart of the pon tiff. The conclave of the sacred college had been in session since the evening of August 31, and the final vote was not taken until the morning of Sep tember 3. When the name of Cardinal Delia Chiesa was cried out by the Car dinal scrutineers as having received the prescribed two-thirds vote there was much excitement among the mem bers of the conclave. Then followed the traditional form ula, the cardinal being asked as to whether he accepted the election. Amid breathless silence he answered in the affirmative, but his reply, out of profound emotion, was scarcely audi ble. Immediately all the cardinals re moved the canopies from above their chairs, this being the tangible sign that the leadership of the church had passed from them to the newly elected Pope. Butte, Mont, Is Under Rule of State Militia Butte, Mont. Butte is under mar tial law under a proclamation issued by Governor Samuel V. Stewart Wed nesday. A proclamation issued by Major D. J. Donohue, commanding officer, pre scribed the rules for the conduct of Butte. All saloons are ordered closed until further notice and public gather ings of any character are forbidden without permission of the commanding officer. Women are not permitted on the streets after 8 p. m. nor before 6 o'clock in the morning. Even the courts are closed, and it is commanded that all cases of law vio lations will be tried by the military authorities, the court to be presided over by Major Jesse B. Roote, as ad jutant general. The proclamations were spread broadcast and it was announced that the National guard would take up their positions throughout the city. They are in control now according to the commanding officer, but the laws of the state require a 24-hour notice by proclamation of martial law before the soldiers actually march into the streets of the city. 7751 Banks Are National. Washington, D. C There were 7751 National banks doing business in the United States at the close of business August 31, according to a statement issued by the controller of the cur rency. They had an authorized capital of $1,073,624,175, and circulation out standing of $877,540,281, of which $126,241,760 was secured by other than by United States bonds. Eleven applications were made dur ing August for conversion or reorgani zation of State banks as National banks, and 13 formal applications for organization of National banks by in dividuals not connected with state or National institutions. Ten of the latter were approved. Rich Men Save Brussels. London A dispatch to the Express irom the Hague says the four richest men in Belgium have guaranteed the payment to Germany of the war tax which the Germans levied against Belgium. The four are Ernest Solvay, "Alkali King;" Baron Lambert, Bel gium representative of the Rothchilds; Raoul Warocque, mine owner, and Baron fcrnpain, railway magnate. "Had not this guarantee been given." says the correspondent, "Brussels would probably have been treated as Louvain was. Big guns were mounted in front of the palace ready for bom bardment" Cotton Men Want Help. Fort Worth, Tex. Virtual taking over of the 1914 cotton crop by the government because of the market stagnation caused by the war In En. rope was urged by prominent planters ol nan a dozen states at the conven tion of the Farmers' Educational and Co-operative union. C. S Barrett, of Union City, Ga., president, advocated an appeal to congress to provide for the outright purchase of the crop and urced the indorsement nf n hill intro duced by Representative Henry, of lexas, witn mis end in view. British Keep Their Jam. Washinsrton. D. C War Continent and mobilization in England win not De allowed to affect the Brit ish breakfast. Ambassador Page, at London, reported to the State ment that exportations of jam and marmalade, an essential part of the British breakfast, had been tnrWMon by English authorities. BRITAIN MOVES TO GUARD EGYPT German Consuls Expelled From All English Territory. Spreading of Hostile Propaganda Among Moslems Feared Rou mania to Stand by Italy. Washington, D, C Gorman and Au strian consular officers have been or dered by British authorities to leuve Egypt at once. Koumanln has announced officially that if she abandons her position of neutrality, it will be to follow the course taken by Italy. Great Britain has Informed the United States that she would look with, favor on the sending of American war ships to Turkish ports to care for Christians in case there was a Mo hammedan uprising against them. These developments In the highly critical situation brought about by the feeling of the Triple Entente that Tur key is certain to Join the conflict on the side of Germuny and Austria were conveyed In official dispatches to tho United States government. Great Britain's expulsion of German and Austrian consular officers was tnken here to meun that she bad de termined to put an end to the pro German propaganda which she says the consular officers have been circu lating since the outbreak of hostili ties. The affairs of Egypt, a semi sovereign state, under the sovereign ty of the Sultan, practically have been administered by Great Britain ever since the bombardment of Alexandria and the suppression of the Arabic in surrection 32 yearB ago. The natives have never entirely lost their aversion, however, for the In truders, and Britain believes Germany has for a decade been busy fomenting anti-English feeling. Word of the Sul tan's friendliness of late to Germany and Austria is believed by British of ficials to have been spread to Egypt, an appeal being made not only to the Nationalist sentiment of ihe natives, but their religious feelings. France openly has charged In her communications with the American government that the German propa ganda is astir inciting Mohammedan, uprisings, not only in Egypt, but in India and Turkey. The intimation from Great Britain that she would be pleased to see Amer ican warships in Turkish ports is In line with what France Informed the United States two weeks ago. Various nations have declared in view of the appeal that has been made to the Mo hammedans they feared a general up rising against Christian"- Austrian Attack Fails; Russians Get Rich Booty Petrograd, via London. "Desperate fighting continues along the front from Lublin to Kholm, where the Tenth Austrian army corps made an attempt to break through the Russian lines," says an official statement is- ' sued here Monday. "The Austrians were heavily re pulsed and 5000 were made prisoners. The Russians secured various docu ments in which the Austrian generals, made urgent appeals for help from Germany. "In Galicla 30 locomotives and an enormous amount of rolling stock were captured. "The Russians entered the railway station at Lemberg and found it crowded with trains loaded with am munition, dynamite, benzine and med ical stores. The Russians captured the station so suddenly that three mo torcars which were on the point of leaving fell into their hands. "In the neighborhood of Svolen a German aeroplane was brought down and the aviator captured. "At Vlotslavsk a German armored train coming from Alexandrovo at tempted to shell the town, but was beaten off." Russian Troops Swarm to Attack German Rear New York. Runsian troops to the number of IKO.onn h through England and are now at the rear of the German army in France, aCCOrdine to Vance Thnmnnnn or. American writer who arrived here on tne Kea star liner Kroonland, which sailed from Liverpool August 28. On that dav. Mr. Thnmnann ooirl ho saw detachments of Cossacks on their way to the Channel ports, and learned that the British government had sus pended the reenlar train order to give the RussianB the right of way. Me aaaed that he could say from reliable authorities that iKnwvn sians had already crossed the Channel uu were now proDamy attacking the German rear, while it was understood that thousands mnrA xunra nn tr.nl,- way from Archangel by the Arctic rouie to itingiana. Peace Is Rebel Promise. London. A Reuter dispatch from Rome says an agreement has been reached between the people of Valo- na, Albania, and the Insurgents where by the letter will enter the town peacefully. The deposition of the gov ernment of Prince William nt Woirt being recognized, the notables of Va- lona nave taken possession of the town with great enthusiasm. A Havas agency disDatch frnm VPnintl nnmlnrr by way of Pari3, says the Prince and nis lamny nave left Venice for Switz erland. Rout of Austrians Reported. Rome. Via T.nnrlnrt A ,4;.... , -i. - UiBytllUU from Cettlnip in tho Ui...... - Bays Montenegrin troops, under the com- uiuuu oi uenerai vukotitch, the war minister haVA AafaataA V. A , mj Ausiriaus at Boljanitz, in Herzegovina, captur ing all their munitions of war and the commissariat