The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930, July 30, 1915, Image 5

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    U. S. WARNS BERLIN
ROAD WOULD SELL
COMMITTEE OF MERCY SAILS TO AID SERBIANS
OVERLOOK THE GARDEN.
TIMBER EROM LAND
Average Farmer Fails to Appre
ciate Rare Privilege.
Repetition of Sinking of Ships
"Deliberately Unfriendly."
Oregon & California Asks Court
One That li Poorly Planned and Net
Well Kept It Anything But Good
Advertliement Valut Cannot
be Reckoned In Money.
(By O. M. CLARK.)
The pleasure and profit to be de
to Modify Decree.
NEUTRAL RIGHTS DECLARED IMMUTABLE
Germany Must Adapt Practice to New
Conditions or Else Discontinue
It, Says Latest U. S. Note.
Washington, D. C The text of the
American note on submarine warfare,
presented at Berlin Saturday by Am
bassador Gerard, was made public here.
It reveals that the imperial govern
ment has been informed it is the inten
tion of the United StateB to regard as
"deliberately unfriendly" any repeti
tion by the commanders of German
naval vessels of acts in contravention
of American rights.
The United States announces that it
will continue to contend for the free
dom of the seas, "from whatever quar
ter violated, without compromise and
at any cost."
Contending that "defense of an act
as retaliatory is an admission that it is
illegal," the American government ar
gues that it cannot discuss actions of
Great Britain with Germany and must
regard as "irrevelant" in the present
negotiations the conduct of other bel
ligerents. "Illegal and inhuman acts," says the
note, "however justifiable they may be
thought against an enemy who is be
lieved to have acted in contravention
of law and humanity, are manifestly
indefensible when they deprive neu
trals of their rights, particularly when
they violate the right of life itself."
Pointing out that a belligerent
Bhould give up its measures of retalia
tion if unable to conduct them "with
out injuring the lives of neutrals," the
note declares that persistence in such
measures, under the circumstances,
would constitute an unpardonable
offense against the sovereignty of the
neutral nations affected.
"The United States," it is further
asserted, "is not unmindful of the ex
traordinary conditions" created by the
present war and is "ready to make
every reasonable allowance for these
novel and unexpected aspects of war
at sea," but cannot consent "to abate
any essential or fundamental right of
its people because of a mere alteration
of circumstances."
The note says that events of the
past two months clearly indicate that
it is "possible and practicable" to
conduct submarine operations "in sub
stantial accord with the accepted
practices of regulated warfare." The
comment is added that the whole
world has looked with interest and in
creasing satisfaction at the demonstra
tion of this fact by German naval com
manders, and that it is "manifestly
possible to lift the whole practice of
submarine attack above the criticism
which it has aroused and remove the
chief causes of offense."
Idaho Cowboys Capture Boy's
Abductor Youth Makes Escape
Idaho Falls, Ida. Cowboys late Sat
urday night captured the abductor of
Ernest Empey, son of a wealthy ranch-
er who was kidnaped several days ago
and held for $6000 ransom, according
to a report received here.
The desperado, it is said, came
down from Sheep mountain at night
fall and was surrounded and taken on
what is known as Crane's Flat.
Empey escaped from his abductor
and was found by United States forest
rangers and is now safe at Montpeuer,
according to advices reaching here.
Empey fled while his captor was
asleep in a hut on Sheep mountain,
five miles from Empey's ranch, where
he was taken at the point of a rifle.
Immediately upon recepit of the
news of Empey's escape a posse left
here to conduct a search for the kid
naper. Six thousand dollars in gold was
taken to the SDot indicated by the ab
ductor for payment for the release of
the cattleman In an effort to capture
the man.
Canal Paying Expenses,
Washington, D. C. Counting only
the cost of operation; of civil govern
ment, sanitary work and the adminis
tration and handling of ships, the Pan
ama canal is now on a paying basis,
according to official reports. Receipts
from May not only wiped out the defi
cit of $39,480, which had grown since
the opening up of the canal, but left a
balance of $177,799, which works out a
profit of 4.79 per cent on the expendi
ture. This, however, makes no allow
ance for interest on the vast sum ex
pended in the construction.
Loss of Warship Denied.
Berlin, via London Supplementing
the denial made recently that a Ger
man warship had been sunk in the Bal
tic by a hostile submarine, the German
admiralty authorized the statement
that in the operations in question no
battleship of the Deutschland class was
attacked by a submarine, and that no
German warship of any kind was sunk.
The only loss during the operations
was the Albatross, a minelayer, it was
said.
COMPANY CITES WORDING OF DECISION
Railroad Willing to Sell Cut-over Land
at Dictation of Government
More Litigation Probable.
Washington, D. C. The Oregon &
California Railroad company wants
permission to cut or sell the timber on
the unsold portion of its grant before
disposing of the land, coupled with au
thority to retain all receipts from the
sales of this timber. The railroad
company has sought to file a petition
with the United States Supreme court
asking for modification of that portion
of its decree of June 21 which enjoins
the sale, cutting or other disposition
of the timber on the grant pending
action by congress.
The intimation is conveyed that if
this modification is not made by the
court further litigation will be insti
tuted in the hope of securing to the
railroad company full control of the
timber. If permitted to dispose of
the timber the railroad company is
willing to abide by the remainder of
the decree and sell the cut-over and
non-timbered lands to actual settlers.
The decision in the land grant case
was rendered at the last day ol tne
term and under the court rules parties
to cases decided on the last day must
at that time ask and receive from the
court permission to petition for re
hearing or else forfeit that right. The
government applied for and obtained
permission to petition within 30 days,
but after studying the decision the de
partment of Justice decided to abide
by. the decree as it stood and filed no
petition. Its right of petition has ex
pired.
The railroad company failed to ask
such permission and when its attorney
undertook to file the brief it was re
jected by the clerk of the court on the
ground that no authority had been
given the railroad company to petition
for the reopening of the case. When
the court reconvenes in October the
railroad company may seek to Bubmit
the brief which was rejected.
The railroad company cites the Su
preme court decision as saying "we
can only enforce the provisions as
written." The provisos, it contends,
relate only to the disposition of the
lands, the court having held that the
law authorized the company to sell to
whom it pleased, and when it pleased,
so long as the sales were consistent
with the settlers' clause.
United States Navy Yards Closely
Guarded All Sentries Fully Armed
Philadelphia Although officials at
the Philadelphia navy yard denied that
recent fires aboard battleships had
caused them to take extraordinary pre
cautions, it is noticed that the guards
about the yard had been increased to
more than five times the usual number,
Where there were formerly only three
posts there are now 16 and each sentry
carries a rifle loaded with ball car
tridges. Some of them said they had
instructions to shoot if necessary.
The guard at the entrance were also
strengthened and strangers passing
were closely scrutinized, while nearly
all the vessels of the reserve fleet
bore signs saying visitors were not
permitted. On some of the battle
ships, however, it was said that visi
tors would be allowed. In addition to
the close guard placed around the
buildings and warships, extra men
have been detailed to guard the avia
tion field and the guns of the advance
base.
The official investigation into the fire
on the dreadnaught Oklahoma at the
yard of the New York Shipbuilding
company in Camden has not been com
pleted, but preliminary reports leave
the exact cause a mystery. All the
water has not yet been pumped out of
the compartment where the blaze oc
curred, and until this is done it was
said the damage would not be known.
Two After Each Job.
Walla Walla, Wash. Not for years
has there been such a plentiful supply
of labor for the harvest work, E. L,
Wells, government employment agent
for this section, says. For every job
available south of the bnake river
there are two eager, capable men, and
most of the big outfits seem to be sup
plied. Many of the ranchers own their
own outfits and trade work with their
neighbors, leaving little for outsiders,
Hundreds of men are camped in and
around Walla Walla, along the creeks
and railroads, living off the country.
Grand Duke Is Confident.
Moscow Grand Duke Nicholas, the
Russian commander-in-chief, received
a deputation representing the munici
pality here Thursday. He spoke en
thusiastically of the Bpirit of the Rus
sian Boldiers, all of whom he said were
confident of final and complete victory,
A commission appointed to investigate
charges of inhuman methods on the
part of the Germans made a report that
they had employed shells with castiron
tips filled with prussic acid.
Professor Plpln's Columbia university expedition to aid Serbia, known
fraphed on the steamer Themlstocles
active head of the committee; below
the expedition.
Within the next few months agricultural land of as great an aera as some of the smaller states will be
added to the wealth of the nation through the opening of the Elephant Butte Irrigation project In New Mexico
In the valley of the Rlo Grande river. The United States reclamation service Is now putting the finishing touches
an one of the world's greatest dams In that river about 150 miles north of the Mexican boundary line, and when
the water fills up behind this great wall of masonry a lake 46 miles long will be formed, covering 40,000 acres of
land, and with this water reclaiming 180,000 acres of what is now an arid desert. The completed dam will be 18
teet thick on top, 215 feet thick at the bottom and 1,200 feet long.
ITALIAN ARMY'S
A feature of this new Italian field gun is the base, which can be moved
so as to afford wide range of fire.
OUR ONLY WOMAN MAIL CARRIER
I. If r iWM-M)
Miss Ada Pearce of Manhattan, Kan., the only woman mall carrier In the
Jnited StateB, Is here seen delivering mall to a farmer. Her route Is 30
nlles long and she covers It each day.
as It sailed from New York. At the right Is Prof. Elbridge Colby of Columbia,
are Dr. George Baehr, Dr. Peter Obltsky end Dr. Henry Foltt, who went with
ELEPHANT BUTTE IRRIGATION
NEW FIELD GUN
as the Committee of Mercy, photo-
DAM
SHE REPRESENTS ELECTRA
Misa Florence CassaBa, selected to
pose for the figure of'Electra In the
design that is to be the keynote of the
nation-wide campaign preceding the
celebration of Electrical Prosperity
week, November 29 to December 4.
More than 100,000,0.00 copies of the
design, on posters and placards, will
be distributed all over the land.
Lives After Heart Stopped.
H. G. Harris lived 20 minutes and
retained consciousness after his heart
had stopped beating. Harris, a fruit
merchant of Los Angeles, was strick
en in his shop and was rushed to the
receiving hospital, where Dr. A
W. Hlller said be was dead,
Then Harris opened his eyes and
began to talk. For 20 minutes he
spoke at Intervals. He was able to
tell his name and address and de
scribe his sensations.
During this time his heart did not
beat perceptibly and powerful heart
stimulants failed to bring any re
sponse. Not all Kinds.
"Don't you think, after aM, war It
something of a tonic?"
"Perhaps It may be, If It's not Teu
tonic." Baltimore American.
rived from a good vegetable garden
is a privilege enjoyed to Its fullest ex
tent only by those leading a rural life;
but, strange to say, the average farmer
painfully falls to appreciate this rare
privilege, In fact, in many cases ha
neglects this opportunity to such a
pitiful extent that we are prone to
think that he, more than any other
person who pretends to have a garden
at all, needs to be urged to have, and
Informed how to make and maintain,
a good vegetable garden. The farmer
used to large areas of general farm
crops feels that he Is stooping from
his dignity or Is wasting his time when
he undertakes anything so small as he
Imagines the vegetable garden to be;
consequently, he plows It, perhaps,
and leaves the planting and tilling to
the "women folks." As a matter of
fact, there Is not on the farm a piece
of land of the same area, the profit
of which approaches anywhere near
to that of the vegetable garden. An
authority on this subject says: "Prom
careful observation the statement can
be safely made that a well-kept garden
will yield a return 10 to 15 times great
er than would the same area if devot-
A Handy Garden Tool.
ed to general farm crops." Besides,
the fact that there can be had at a
minute's notice a bountiful supply of
tresh, clean vegetables Is a value that
cannot be reckoned In dollars and;
cents.
The great question of keeping the
boy and girl on the farm would be
more than half solved if people would
only realize the important part the
vegetable garden plays in this regard.
It is hardly likely that too much at
tention can be given the vegetables,
tor if there is a surplus of any kind
Df produce, a ready market may be
found for it in the nearby towns.
In locating the garden, the question
of its proximity to the house Is of vast
Importance, for naturally moBt of the
work is done during spare moments
that could not be taken advantage of
If the garden were located a half mile
from the house. Too often it is tho
;ase that all of the gathering and most
jf the work Is done by the farmer's
wife. Even where the work Is done by
i man, the women of the household go
back and forth between the house and
garden many times during the year.
All these things tend to add to the
work of the already overburdened
Siousewife, which condition could be
materially improved by exercising a
little care and forethought in locating
the garden spot.
The general lay of the land de
termines to a considerable extent the
earllness of the garden crops. Well
grained land sloping gently to tha
south or southeast Is preferable for
the production of early vegetables.
Wind barriers, such as hills, woods,
hedges, buildings, etc., on the north
ind northwest produce much the
same effect. If none of these are so
located that they can be taken ad
vantage of, a tight board fence will
answer the purpose, and at the same
time act as a safeguard against farm
animals and poultry. Choose a loca
tion that Is well drained or bring it
to this conditions after it has been
chosen. None of the vegetables will
tolerate "wet feet." In many cases
It will pay a hundred per cent to tile
drain the garden.
BAD DISEASE AMONG CATTLE
Infectious Abortion Entitled to Rank
In Importance With Tubercu
loid and Hog Cholera.
Infectious abortion among cattle has
become one of the most serious prob
lems for cattle owners so far as in
fectious diseases are concerned. It is
well entitled to rank In Importance;
with tuberculosis, hog cholera and
rexas fever. Two new medical treat-v
mentt have recently appeared, either
3ne of which may possibly prove to be
)t very great importance. One abor
tin is used, like tuberculin, as a diag
nostic; and the other Is a vaccine,
which It Is hoped will Immunize heir
ra against the infection. There ia
aot sufficient reliable Information
tvallable as yet, uptn which to justify
tpy definite statement. Breeders
should keep these things In mind and
Hatch tor future development.
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