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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1915)
NEW FRENCH One of the new French 120-mm. successful. Their range Is about five TRADE BALANCE FIRST TIE REAL Markets of World Now Open to People of United States. Economist Says America Is Keep ing Her Money at Home on Account of War. Chicago For the first time in his tory the United States is "experienc ing the sensation of a real trade bal ance in its favor," Dr. Edward E. Pratt, chief of the Federal bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, told the Illinois Bankers' association at its annual dinner here Thursday. As a result of the developments abroad during the last six months, Dr. Pratt said, "we have turned the corner and are facing a new era of business expansion in this country an era which has made the term 'home market' ob solete and rachaic and put in its place the unfamiliar term of 'world market.' He explained that while the export excess in favor of the United States had ranged annually for 14 years from $250,000,000 to $650,000,000 "invisi bleactors" had made this only an ap parent favorable balance. Foreign investment in the United States, the speaker said, totalled $7, 600,000,000, with an annual interest of $350,000,000, constituting a fixed charge on American industries, while American investments abroad pro duced a revenue yearly of only $75, 000,000, reducing the balance against the United States on this count to $275,000,000. Moreover, he pointed out, American tourist traffic poured millions into European coffers each year, the 1914 figure being approximately $286,000, 000: foreign-born Americans sent home annually at least $150,000,000 and foreign shipping concerns collected freight from American foreign com' merce amounting to $25,000,000 a year. The result of all these invisible fac tors during the fiscal year of 1914, Dr, Pratt declared, had been to produce an actual excess of remittance over re ceipts of $55,000,000. The change began on July 1, 1914, ha said, and by December 81 last year the trade balances exceeded remit tances by $133,000,000, due to the huge exportation of foosdtuffs, mer chandise and gold and silver. At the same time csme "a period of export capitalism, and we are just at the point of expanding Into the world's markets." To illustrate "export capitalism," Dr. Pratt cited the Swedish loan of $5,000,000; the Argentine loan of $16,000,000 and the Russian loan of $26,000,000, all floated in this country during the last six months. . German Airmen Drop Bombs on Yarmouth, Eng. Yarmouth A hostile aircraft passed over Yarmouth at 8 :30 o'clock Wednes day night and dropped seveal bombs. Considerable damage to property re Many Cadet See Service. London One of the unusual features of the war ia the number of naval training ships and cadets that have been in action. The Highflyer, which fought the ill-fated commerce destroy er, Wilhelm der Grosse, in the early days of the war, was naval training ship. Two seagoing training cruisers lor cadets, the Cornwall and Carnar von, distinguished themselves in the Falkland Islands battle. A large num ber of cadets also perished in the Hawke, Hogue, Aboukir and Creasy, which were sunk by submarine. GUN THROWS SHELL gum trained on a German position near miles sulted and there was some loss of life. One man is reported to have had Mb head blown off. One bomb fell in Norfolk Square, close to the seafront, and another on the south quay. A third struck the York Road drill hall, fragments of the casing of the shell crashing through the glass roof of the billiard room of the headquarters of the National Re serve. A fourth missile fell near the Trinity depot. Great excitement prevailed in the town and Bpecial constables, the police and miltiary were called out to calm the people, who streamed out of their homes when the explosions occurred. The electric supply was immediately cut off and the town was plunged in darkness. The whirring of the propellers of the air craft first attracted attention. Then came the explosions and the sound of breaking glass. The first bomb dropped near the recruiting ground and the others near the drill hall. In all Ave bombs were thrown by the aviators. After the attack the air craft sailed In a southwesterly direction. One man was found outside his home on St. Peter' Plain. His head had been crushed. He was Identified as Samuel Smith, a shoemaker. A wom an, who has not yet been identified, also was found dead, while a soldier waa discovered in Norfolk Square with a wound in hia chest. The towns of Yarmouth, Sandring ham. King's Lynn and Cromer are all in the province of Norfolk, which abuts the North Sea about 150 miles northeast of London. England Replaces Old Glory With Own Hag Washington, D. C. Ambassador Gerard cabled the State department the substance of a statement made to him by Captain Farley, of the Ameri- can steamer Greenbrier, which arrived at Bremen a few days ago with a cot ton cargo from New Orleans, after having been subjected to a series of detentions, notwithstanding assur ances which had been given by Great Britain that shipments of cotton in American vessels would not be de tained. Officials did not disclose the details of Captain Farley's statement, but it is said he charged that after examin- ing the Greenbrier's papers, a British prize crew ordered the American flag hauled down and convoyed the ship into Kirkwall, a British port. Captain Farley refused to navigate the ship while the British flag waa at her mast, and asserted that through incompetent navigation by the British three booms were swept away. He was ordered to take the ship to Leith from Kirkwall, which he did after raising the Ameri' can flag and later was able to proceed to Germany, after a delay of three days. The State department, it is under stood, is investigating the case through the American embassy in London. Harbors Bill Pasted. Washington, D. C The rivers and harbors appropriation bill, carrying more than $34,000,000, passed the house by a vote of 164 to 81. The bill now goes to the senate, where a pro tracted fight is expected. All efforts to block or substantially amend the bill failed. Amendment after amend ment was voted down. The bill authoritea no new projects, the $34, 000,000 being apportioned to continue improvements already under way, with provision for examination and survey in various places, including Colorado. Ncted "Friar Tuck" Dead. Burlington, Vt. George Frothing ham, the original "Friar Tuck" of the old Bostoniana, died suddenly Wednes day of heart failure. He was 76 years old. Frothingham appeared her Tues day night In a revival of the comic opera "Robin Hood. " He had played the part of the jolly friar more than 6000 time In the last 27 years. FIVE MILES Arras. These guns are proving most Austria Will Make Big Display at Panama Fair San Francisco Austria will be rep resented at the Panama-Pacific Inter national Exposition with exhibits cov ering between 8000 and 10,000 square feet of floor space. Construction was begun in the center of the Palace of Varied Industries of an enormous cov- ered booth with a front facade 800 feet long. This block of one-fifth of an acre will be filled with a varied assortment of products of Austrian manufactures to come directly from Vienna, Prague, Carlsbad and Budapest, via Rotterdam. Some of these exhibits already have arrived in New York. The work of gathering and install ing these exhibits is in charge of Os car Moser, who was appointed by the Austrian government as exposition commissioner; Louis Kainz, of the Austrian board of trade; and Landor Decsenyi, assistant commissioner. In the Austrian exhibit are elabor ate and comprehensive exhibits of Bo hemian crystal glass from the Carls bad factories, porcelains, rare Vienna bronzes of great value, Bentwood fur niture, precious and semi-precious stones in great variety, carpets, rugs and a variety of textile products for which certain districts are famous. Also there will be exhibits of fine Aus trian wines and models and large painted scenes illustrative of the scenic railways and celebrated water ing places of the country. Consul-Elect From U. S. Rejected by English City London John L. Cutright, newly accredited United States vice consul at Nottingham, has returned to London without taking up his duties because the mayor and other city officials had advised him that he would not be ac ceptable in an official capacity. The objection to Mr. Cutright was based on articles which he wrote and which were published in a Lincoln, Neb., newspaper. It was charged that the letters expressed pro-German senti ments. Before coming to Nottingham, Mr. Cutright served as American vice con sul at Coburg, Germany. While there he wrote the letters to which the Not tingham officials took exception. Mr. Cutright is a son of John Cutright, ed itor of the Lincoln, Nebraska, Star and formerly was private secretary to William Jennings Bryan. The Bon, a graduate of the University of Nebras ka, has been in the consular service only a few months. The British foreign office has no in formation concerning objections on the on part of Nottingham officials to the assumption by John L, Cutright of his duties at the American consulate. The American embassy would say nothing concerning the case, further than to say that if Cutright was not accept' able to the Nottingham authorities, he probably would be sent eleswhere. Kaiser Foregoes Fete. Berlin The Relchanzeiger has pub lished a decree signed by Emperor William, according to which His Maj esty, in view of the seriousness of the present situation, asks that all festiv ities formally held on the occasion of his birthday be omitted this year. An exception is made, however, of the celebrations usually held in churches and schools. The emperor asks even that the many letters and telegrams generally sent to him on his birthday by societies and private Individuals, be dispensed with. General and Millions Go. Mexico City At its session Tuesday the sovereign convention of the revo lution decided to demand from General Gutierrez, the new provisional presi dent, who fled from the city on Jin uary 16, that he give an accounting re garding 106,000,000 peso ($5,250, 000.) They assert this amount had been In th treasury. WAR SECRETARY WOULD PREPARE Garrison Wants Truth of Con ditions Told in Schools. Government' Supply of Ammuni tion at Present Sufficient tor Only 30 to 40 Minutes. New York Preparation for the de fense of the United States in the event of war was advocated by Secretary of War Garrison, Henry L. Stimson, ex- secretary, and William C. Sanger, ex- assistant secretary, who were speakers at a discussion on the military require ments of the country at the Republican club here Monday. Secretary uarriaon said there was no occasion for hysteria or fear of compulsory service. When the gar risons in Hawaii and at the Panama canal were manned, he said, the mo bile army in the United States would number 25,000 men. Mr. Garrison Baid that in his opinion the regiments should be increased to their full strength of 1863 men each, thereby making a mobile army of 50, 000 men, and that congress should make provisions for 1000 additional officers. "The National guard," the secre tary said "is still far from what it should be. We must get a reserve of trained men in the states, a reserve of army officers to command the men, We should have the truth told in the public schools. Scholars should be told of our years of travail and be pre pared to deal with the problem of de fense in later years." Mr. Garrison asserted that it would be of infinite value to have the thous ands of enlisted men annually dis charged from the army and the re signed or retired officers where they could be found and recalled to service in the event of their being needed. Mr. Stimson said Americans should be assured that the fate of the Bel gians never should become theirs. He advocated that the standing army be increased to 60,000 men, exclusive of the reserve and coast artillery, and to more than 100,000 men, including the reserve, whicb be described as the foundation for a citizen army. Sup plies for such an army also should be provided for Mr. Stimson asserted. Congressional committees, he con tinued, had asserted that the United States had from 60 to 60 per cent of the necessary ammunition for the coast artillery. Upon application to General Crozier, he said, he learned that this was enough to last for 80 or 40 minutes of actual firing. "In 1912," he said, "we had ammu nition enough to supply an army of 450,000 men for half a day's battle at a rate equal to that with which ammu nition was consumed in the battle of Mukden. Now, after great efforts, it has been increased to a supply suffi cient for a day and a quarter." Continual Tremblings Keep Quake Victims in 1 error Rome A renewal of seismic dis turbances early Sunday served to add to the terror of the people in parts of the district that waB visited by the heavy earthquake last Wednesday. Although the shocks were light, buildings which had been cracked and were tottering from the effects of the first disturbance, were completely razed. In Avezzano and Sora, the towna which suffered most from the disaster, the people left their tem porary shelters and took refuge in open places. Rain and extremely cold weather in some part of the district are hamper ing badly the work of rescue. This is particularly true of Sora, where a cold rain fell Saturday night and Sunday, In many of the towns which were thrown down by the earthquake it is feared there are still living persons beneath the debris and that unless they are extricated soon, they will perish. Detailed reports received in the cap ital regarding Italy stupendous earth quake disaster increase rather than di mlnish the appalling list of dead and the enormous property Iobs. The Messaggeto, after making careful compilation of all the figures it has been able to gather from the on tricta and villages hitherto isolated, announces that the number of dead and injured in the Abruzzi district alone is 30,000 without Including the Sora dis trict Deny Kitchener Version, Berlin One of the statements made by Lord Kitchener, Great Britain' secretary of state for war, in his re view on the progress of military oper ations In the house of lords on January 6. is challenged in a statement issued from the German army headquarters, Lord Kitchener stated in his address that the Indian troops were surprised at Givenchy in December and lost trench, which they afterward regained, The German headquarters contend, that this trench never was retaken and is still in the possession of the Germans. Swiss Hear Heavy Guns. Paris A heavy eonnonade waa heard on the Swiss frontier near Basel Mon day and a red glare In the sky at night indicated that villages and farmhouses were burning, according to a dispatch from Berne. No foreigner will be allowed to remain tn Alsace after Jan- I nary SO, it is said. $3,000,000 Timber Land Deal Closed in Oregon The largest sale of timber land made the Pacific Northwest in several years has just been cloBed by the Des chutes Lumber company, with head quarters at Bend, Or., with the Shevlin lumber interests of Minneapo lis, Minn., aggregating 60,000 acres and involving a consideration, it is un derstood, of approximately $3,000,000. L. Shevlin is the principal factor in the deal for the Shevlin interests. With the purchase of this tract, the Shevlin interests now own a body of yellow pine timber in Central Oregon of about 180,000 acres. They have been investing in Oregon timber lands for a number of years, and next to the Weyerhaeuser Timber company they are the largest holders of yellow pine timber in the state. The tract just taken over by the Shevlin adjoins their other holdings. The timber is said to be of an excep tionally fine quality of yellow pine, and with easy grades and the absence of dense underbrush, the tract is ideal for logging operations. It is an nounced that plans are being formulat ed to begin logging in the near future, American Vessel Sails for Hamburg, Germany Fire Island, N. Y. Under the nose of a British cruiser watching at the gateway of New York, the American steamship Wilhelmina, which sailed Saturday from New York with her hold filled with food supplies for Ger many, slipped out to sea unmolested and laid her course for Hamburg. After having her compasses adjusted in the bay the Wilhelina dropped down the Ambrose channel at nightfall. Six miles to the eastward of Ambrose lightship the Wilhelmina Bighted two-funnelled British cruiser under steerageway, with all lights out. She looked like a black patch against the skyline. Smoke was pouring from her stacks. With all lights burning the mer- chantman steamed past the warship, which did not even speak the Ameri can. An hour later the Wilhelmina, driving through a thick snow storm, was lost to view, while the cruiser, still lazily swinging back and forth near the lightship, contented herself with playing her searchlight on several tramp freighters waiting for pilots, Only one British warship has been observed recently watching commerce in and out of New York harbor, but other British cruisers are said to be stationed along the trans-Atlantic lane. Captain Brewer, captain of the Wil helmina, flew the code flags giving the name of his ship as he put to sea. Cardinal Is Restrained. Amsterdam A correspondent of Tijd, who was received , by Cardinal Mercier, declares that the cardinal is still being prevented by the German military authorities from leaving his dioceBe or communicating with his bis hops. The cardinal Baid be was greatly pleased at the sympathetic manner in which his now famous pas toral letter appeared to be regarded abroad, but he requested the inter viewer not to touch on the question of his arrest. He said he would supple ment the statement he had made. FivelKilled on Cruiser. Washington, D. C. An explosion on board the United States cruiser San Diego Saturday caused the deaths of five members of the crew and injury to eight others, off the west coast of Mexico. This information was re ceived by the Navy department from Rear Admiral Howard, who makes the San Diego his flagship. A boiler tube blew out, putting four of the 16 boilers out of commission, The accident occurred just as the cruiser finished a four-hour steaming test. The vessel put in at Guaymas after the blowout. Chicagoans Are In Bad Way. Chicago Thousands of Chicagoans are suffering with compound hyper metropic astigmatism, complicated with blepharitis marginalia, it was learned Saturday. The announcement was by Alderman Nance, of the council transportation committee, and the ail ment is more annoying than serious. It ia caused by dirty street car win dows, according to Alderman Nance, and its symptoms are tired eyes, due to the strain of peering through the darkened glas. Jitney Passenger Killed. Vancouver, B. C The first jitney bus fatality in Vancouver occurred Fri day night, when D. A. Young, a traveler, was killed. As the chauffeur was collecting the fares the automo bile swerved against a telephone pole against which Young, who was stand ing on the footboard, was dashed with such force that hia skull was fractured. The bus was crowded so that Young could not get a seat. Army's Biggest Gun Sent Boston The army's biggest gun, re cently finished at Watervleit arsenal for the defense of the Panama canal. and which is capable of throwing a 2400-pound shell 21 miles, was brought to the Watertown arsenal for its car riage Saturday. The gun, which i 56 feet long, required a specially con structed freight ear for transportation here. Crinoline Skirt Is Near. Chicago Full skirts, reinforced and made non-transparent by heavy lining are to be next summer' fashions, ac cording to a fiat published in the style bulletin of the Fashion Art League of America. The bulletin declared the gown of th old crinoline day wer being approached step by step. NEWS NOTES OF CURRENT WEEK Resume of World's Important Events Told in Brief Martial law haB been lifted at 6- perfield, Ore. Earth tremblings are still being re- portedjn Italy. King George will maintain only the formal court social functions. After 60 years of courtship, an 8re- gon couple were wedded at Vancouver, Wash. Oregon state Benate voteB 18 U 10 for the abolishment of thestate aaval militia. Germans make a decisive victory at the battle of Soissons, which began January8th. Berlin hints that America, by ex porting munitions of war, is prolong ing the conflict. William D. Scott, general manager of the North Bank railroad, dies at hia home in Portland. German soldiers are charged with circulating forged entreaty for peace among the Russian troops. Jitney bus company finds that indi vidual auto owners are competing for traffic business in Portland, Ore. The remaining eight members of the Stefansson Arctic exploring party are thought to have perished months ago. Two bills have been introduced in the California legislature proposing the study of the Bible in the public schools. England has notified the Washington government that if the steamer Dacia, laden with cotton, sails, she will be captured andjthe cargo bought. A passenger arriving at Arnham from Germany asserts that allied air men Friday threw bombs upon the town of Essen, destroying a number of houses. Essen is the home of the famous Krupp steel works. A resolution urging "friends of pro tection to American labor and indus try" to endeavor to secure the repeal of the existing tariff law was unani mously adopted at the thirtieth annual meeting of the American Protective Tariff league in New York. Russian Consul DogoraVlensky an nounces that - the Russian government haa awarded a contract for 16,000 rail road cars to a Seattle firm, and says that this order is only the beginning of business between the Russian govern ment and the Pacific Northwest. Mayor Mitchel, of New York, and Mayor Rolph, of San Francisco, will talk on the telephone next Monday over a direct wire between the two cities. This will be the first telephone conversation across the continent ever held, except between officials of the telephone company who have been testing the wire for the last month. At 4 o'clock p. m. April 2 the popu lation of the United States will have reached and passed the hundred million mark, according to C. D. Sloane, ge ographer of the census bureau, who estimates the population at that hour will be 100,000,059. J. S. McCoy, actuary of the Treasury department, however, calculates the population will be 100,016,000 on February 1. Germans plan another dash for Paris. SeiBmic disturbances have been felt in the European war zone. ' Fearing raids from aircraft, Pari has again ordered street illumination discontinued. Lighting a fire with a can of gaso line resulted in an explosion which probably will prove fatal to Mr. and Mr. Clarence Backus, of Yaquina, Or. The can exploded in Mrs. Backus' hands, throwing the flames over both. Mrs. 0. R. Meye, 36 years old, of Colfax, Wash., was killed accidentally by her 9-year-old son at their ranch home near Hay, in Western Whitman county. The boy had been sent to the house for the shotgun by his father, and upon leaving the houBe the gun was accidentally discharged. Portugal is reported in a singular situation in reference to the great war. German forces have invaded Portu guese Angola and fighting haB been going on there between German and Portuguese forces for several months. Yet Germany has not declared war en Portugal, the German minister remains in Lisbon and the Portuguese in Berlin. German aircraft made long-threatened raids on England Tuesday night and attempted with bomba to blow up the king's royal residence in Sand ringham, county Norfolk. King George and Queen Mary, who had been Btaying at Sandringham with their family, returned to London only Mon day to resume their residence in Buck ingham palace. Yarmouth, Eng., is visited by Ger man airmen, who demolish whole buildings, killing two persons. Lieutenant General Freiherr von Ompteda, of the German army, has been killed in the western arena at the head of hi brigade. Report convey news that General Villa with his troops, will evacuate Mexico City, and will go to Northern statea to strengthen his force. England hauls down Stars and Stripe from an American ship which i detained by that country, and in It stead raised th British emblem.