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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1915)
Or CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume of General News Frcm Ml Around the Earth. QQtSAL HAPPn IN A NUTSHQ1 Live News Items of All Nations and Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. The Federal baseball league haa quit Seized "opium" valued $450,000 at Ban Francisco, prove to be bogus goods. The French make considerable gain at Hartmans-Weilerkopf, and capture 1200 Germans. Canada will raise a total of 260,000 men for Engalnd; 136,000 have al ready gone overseas. It is estimated that the Federal gov ernment will lose $250,000 in revenue when Oregon goes dry. Eighty-five thousand pupils of the Chicago schools are absent because of an epidemic of influenza. The barkentine S. N. Castle is in distress off the coast of Washington, with six feet of water in her hold. According to a dlBpatch an Austrian submarine haa been captured by two torpedo boata, presumably Italian. Nine Portland lawyers win a dam age suit for $10 started by a woman over possession of a hen and eleven chicks. A large number of cannon hidden by the Serbs in their flight from Austria-Hungary, have been recovered by the latter. Voulntary retirement'of the British in Gallipoli is denied by the Turks, who claim the English were defeated by their troops. The Washington board of parole are withholding the freedom of paroled convicts until after January 1st, when the state goes dry. Fifteen hundred men working on the Alaska railroad are icebound and will be compelled to live through the win ter on canned goods. Members of the Ford peace party are reported experiencing an epidemic of grippe, Mr. Ford himself being unable to appear at a meeting in Christiania, The Roach Timber company of Mus- catine, la., has raised $300,000 by trust deed and will build a logging railroad to its holdings near Sutherlin, Ore. Twenty-iix food dealers of Washing , ton, D. C, charged with raising prices on eatables duing the first few months of the war, pleaded guilty and were fined $25 each. A Central News dispatch from Am' aterdam says that (Jjount Zeppelin, builder of dirigibles, haa been elected member of the first chamber of Wuerttemberg. The movement for an increase of taxation by the German states has begun with Baden, where the Diet has Just passed a bill Increasing the in come tax 20 per cent on incomes above 2400 marks. Mme. Sarah Bernhardt, the famous actress, is reported dying in Paris. Great Britain now demands enlist ment of her eligible to full strength. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, gave considerable evidence before the grand jury Investigating the activities of the Labor National Peace Council in fo menting strikes of employes in muni' tlon plants. ' According to figures announced in London the number of casualties in Prussia, Saxony, Bavaria and Wurtem burg up to November 80 were 2,624,- 460. Of thia number 484,228 men were killed or died of their wounds, 854,198 were severely wounded, 27,674 died of disease and 881,149 were miss ing. Naval casualties were not in eluded in these figures. The Northern hemisphere produced in 1915 8,690,000,000 bushels of wheat, an increase of 19.4 per cent. An Athena dispatch to Reuter's Telegram company says that a British submarine has sunk the German ateamer Leros and other craft in the Sea of Marmora. The nitro-glycerln plant of the Aetna Powder company at Fayvlllo, 111., was blown up when 8000 pounds of nitro glycerin exploded. The explosion was due to chemical reaction. One woman is killed in Klamath county, Oregon, and one man wounded In a fued over ownership of a piece of property. It is announced from Teheran, that the Russians have occupied the town of Kum, 80 mile southwest of Te heran, after a great battle. The op posing force was completely defeated, The National Tidende, of Copen hagen, print statement of a Dane from Constantinople that the Krupps works outside Constantinople have been destroyed by bomb dropped by British airmen. Russian capture Bulgaria' chief seaport at Varna on the Black Sea. The city Ilea in ruins. The attorney general of Illinois de mands a grand jury investigation of the death of the deformed child in Chicago hospital, which was permitted to die when a simple operation might nave aavea it lire. The European mm fly, which at tack hone and cattle alike, has been found to Interfere seriously with farm operation In the West The depart ment of agriculture Is planning to temp oat the pest If possible. ALL RAILROAD TRAffiC RECORDS BROKEN fOR MONTH Of OCTOBER! Chicago All records in the history of railroad traffic were broken in Octo ber, when the flood of export ship ments for Europe, coupled with the unusual peak of Autumn activity, gross revenues of United States rail ways were carried to a total of more than $313,000,000. Simultaneously, for the first time in aimoBt two years, expenses recorded an increase over the year before. These are features of figures for the month compiled for roads which oper ated mileage of more than 256,000 miles, omitting the smaller roads. October, 1912, the previous record month, reported a total of about $306, 000,000. The old record thus is beat en bv about 87.000.000. Strikinsr as this October gross seems against the poor earnings of recent years, it is SENATOR CHARLES S. THOMAS Senator Charles 8. Thomas of Colo rado, chairman of the senate com mittee on woman suffrage, pacified the suffragists by providing for a hearing before the committee on the 8usan B. Anthony amendment removing from the ballot the qualification of ex. noteworthy that the growth in three years since October, 1912, was only slightly more than 2 per cent. Since then about 7600 miles of oper ated mileage have been added. . Nor mal growth in traffic, with which ingle exceptional months cannot wholly be compared, is considered about 8 per cent a year. Abnormal conditions in expenses. which left in September a record- bearking net revenue, continued in October, and another new high point for net was set at nearly $120,000,000, over $7,000,000 above September's record. Hardwood Lumber Yard Burns At Portland With Great Loss Damage of probably $100,000 to $160,000 was caused to the plant of the Emerson Hardwood company, at Twentieth and North Front streets, Portland, at 1 o'clock Tuesday morn' ing. The fire broke out in a dry kiln at 12:05 o'clock. One block of the yards burned. It was estimated that 200,000 feet of hardwood lumber had been de stroyed. It was valued at $60 to $160 a thousand feet, according to the grades of wood. The plant was located In North Port' land between the Willamette Iron & Steel Works and the Eastern & West ern Lumber company, on the water front 1 be Eastern & western plant was not in any danger, but the firemen be gan playing water on the iron works. The Northern Pacific owl train, leav ing Portand at 12:30 o'clock, was halted by the fire. The fire was most spectacular, being visible through the mist from nearly every part of the city. Estate Goes to Charity. New York Mrs. Laura S. Roekefel ler, wife of John D. Rockefeller, who died last March, left an estate valued at $1,490,471, according to the ap praisal filed in the Surrogate's court The bulk of the estate, aa announced when the will was probated, goes to charitable and educational institutions. Mrs. Rockefeller's wedding ring, which she bequeathed to her son, is apparised at $3. Her moat valuable piece of jewelry, a diamond watch chain, valued at $12,000, goes to her daughter, Mrs. Edith McCormick. Germany Draws Tighter. The Hague Americana and other neutrals are further restricted from entering Germany under new regula tions issued by the Gorman foreign office. To obtain a vise of his pass port, the holder will be compelled to proceed personally to the German diplomatic or consular office and pro vide two photographs for filing, simi lar to that affixed to the passport and also show birth or naturalisation cer tificate. The holder of the passport must prove the urgency of hi journey, and submit hi business paper. War Airmen Not Citizen. Washington, D. C State depart ment officials have indicated that action would be taken on demands for the Internment of Elliott Cowdin, Nor man Prince and William Thaw, three Americans now home on furlough from the French army. The department probably will take the position that when the three men joined the army of foreign power they renounced their Ameircan citisenehlp and entered this country u soldier unarmed. LA GRIPPE EPIDEMIC COSTS MANY LIVES Death Rate in Philadelphia Is Alarmingly Large. EXTREMES Of YOUTH AND OLD AGE HIT Health Officers Warn Public to Keep Away From Crowded Places Many Industries Crippled! Philadelphia The death rate from the epidemic of la grippe now sweep ing the state has been so high that Samuel G. Dixon, state health commis sioner, issued a statement at Harris burg Saturday calling attention to the seriousness of the situation and cau tioning the public that if the disease is to be avoided "sacrifice must be made." "Keep out of crowded places," Dr" Dixon says, "as one person having the grippe may give it to a carload of passengers. In this city 660 burial permits were issued during the first three days of the week, the majority of the deaths being due directly or indirectly to la grippe. This is more than double the ordinary death rate. It is estimated that nearly 16,000 persons in Philadel phia alone ' are suffering 'with this disease, which has been particularly fatal to the very old and very young. Attendance at all the public schools has been greatly reduced, and in sever al sections of the state school and col leges have been forced to close. Factories, department stores and other business houses have also been affected by the epidemic, and in many instances the number of employed obliged to remain at home had been so great as to curtail operations seriously. Hundreds of firemen and policemen are confined to their homes with the dis ease, while Philadelphia's rapid transit company reports 400 of its employes on the sick list. Reports from Camden, N. J., are to the effect that there are at least 1000 cases in that city. 60,000 Are III in Chicago. Chicago Chicago doctors are work ing at high speed, many of them mak ing more than 60 calls a day. Chicago business is battling againBt the handicap of disablement of many employes and lack of full efficiency of many other thousands. All this is due to la grippe, or to be more accurate, to relatives of the old- fashioned grip. Although the epidemic is the most serious since 1891, it is remarkable be cause in no cutlures yet examined by the health department has the organ ism of true la grippe been found. Isolation of every victim of the epi demicforcible isolation by employ ers, if necessary, of every employe who attempts to work while Buffering from the grip is urged by Dr. Karl Meyer, superintendent of the Cook county hospital. He said: "I believe there are at least 60,000 persons seriously ill with la grippe in Chicago. We have from 40 to 50 cases that come to the county hospital every day. Because of the contagious nature of the disease, we attempt to take in only the moBt serious cases, The others simply receive first treat ment. 'From 38 to 45 out of 400 nurse here are ill with la grippe. That in dicates about the proportion of vic tims all over town. Many doctors have been or are ill. "The epidemic is particularly dan gerouB because it might be followed by pneumonia or head infections. If the victim doeB not thoroughly conquer the germ he may become subject to chronic catarrh. Heney I City Attorney. Santa Monica, Cal. Francis J. He ney, who prosecuted the San Francisco graft cases several years ago, haa ac cepted the position of City attorney of Santa Monica, tendered him by the newly elected commissioners. His sal ary has not been decided on. Mr. Heney has made his residence here for several months. In taking the post tion Mr. Heney agreed to devote five and a half hour each day to the city. He said that he accepted the offer be- case he desired to see what could be done with commission government American Airmen Home. New York William Thaw, Norman Prince and Elliott C. Cowden, Ameri can aviators who have been serving with the French army since the war began, arrived here on the ateamshlp Rotterdam on leave of absence for Christmas. They said that approxl mately 47 per cent of the aviators who have heretofore enlisted have been lost either through death or by capture or through wounds. As fast as the men drop out bow- ever, there are many eager to take their places. Balloon Given to Militia. New York A large balloon for use of the signal corps or the coast artil lery of the National Guard of New York, and course of instruction in av iation for member of the militia of New Jersey, have been contributed to the National aeroplane fund. The bal loon was contributed by Robert Glen- dending, a member of the Aero Club, and the offer to train four member of the militia comes from John F. Sloane, an aeroplane manufacturer. Edison Offer Plan. New York Thomas A. Edison, at recent meeting of the naval consulting board at the Brooklyn navy yard. offered to furnish the board with plan and sueciflcationa for a laboratory of physical research to cost $1,400,000, to be used in the development of naval Inventions. NEWS ITEMS Of General Interest About Oregon Official Directory Shows 300 Schools Above 8th Grade Work The official directory recently issued by Superintendent of Public Instruc tion, J. A. Churchill, shows that there are about 300 schools in the state which offer work above the eighth grade, as follows : Forty-four offer one year of secondary work; 65 offer two years; 26 offer three years, and 165 offer four years of high school work. Approximately 1100 teachers are employed in the secondary schools, about 70 per cent of whom are gradu ates of colleges or universities, while many more are graduates of technical or normal schools. Colleges and uni versities from every section of the United States and from Europe are represented among the high school teaching forc6 of the state; but by far the largest number of graduates of any single institution come from the Uni versity of Oregon, there being about 185 graduates of that institution teach ing in the high schools of the state, A very large percentage of the teachers of the vocational high school subjects are supplied by the Oregon Agricul tural College. Manual Training Courses Popular. There are 17,389 students pursuing one or more of the live vocational courses offered in the high schools of Oregon, according to a report recently issued by Superintendent of Public In struction, J. A. Churchill. The Man ual Training and Commerial courses seem to be the most popular with the students. There are now 5141 students taking manual training, 2193 of whom are in the high school and 2948 in the grades. The total amount of equip ment, consisting of benches, tools, etc., amounts to $61,754.00. In the commercial courses there are 4141 stu dents enrolled, 3967 being in the high school and 174 in the grades. The value of the typewriters and other equipment amounts to $40,605.00. Manual Training is being taught in 70 high schools and commercial work in 71. Students Judge Stock. Perrydale Perrydale schools have one of the largest industrial club or ganizations in Polk county and there are students enrolled in all 14 projects. The Dairy Herd Record club has a special organization of its own and the boys make frequent trips into the neighboring dairy ranches and score the barns as well as the cattle. This work is done under the supervision of the Oregon Agricultural College ex tension department. In addition to a lively industrial club the district has the following organ izatibns: Parents and teachers asso ciation, brass band of 30 pieces, or chestra, dramatic club, W. C. T. U. organization and Athletic association, Coyote Bounties $3.50. Klamath Falls The Klamath Falls County Court haa signed an order for the payment of additional ' bounty money for coyotes beginning January I and continuing up to April 1. A de termined effort is to be made to stamp out the danger of a rabies epidemic in Klamath county. The bounty offered by the Btate will be reduced beginning January 1 to $1.50, but, by the recent order of the County court, Klamath county will pay an additional bounty of $2, making a total of $3.50. The ranchers and business men of the Fort Klamath country are offerng yet an other sum of $2 each for coyotes. Hood River Is Invested. Hood River Members of the local Commercial club are looking with in terest on the proposed plans of the new route between Portland and North Yakima by way of this city. An offer has been made to co-operate with the Commercial club of White Salmon, Wash. The people of the Trout Lake and Camas Prairie districts of Northwest ern Klickitat county, spurred on by the completion of the Columbia River Highway to this city, have made plans to push a road up the base of Mount Adams as foar aa the snow line next year. Brookings Mill May Open. Gold Beach Arrangements are re ported to have been made by the Owens Lumber company to take over and operate the sawmill at Brookings. The mill was built a year ago at great expense, but was Bhut down last fall on account of market conditions. It is said to be the only mill on the CoaBt from which vessels are loaded by mean of an overhead cable tramway. The Owens Lumber company owns a large tract of redwood timber in the northern part of Del Norte county, California. Salem Entries Numerou. Salem Silver Cup and cash prizes offered for the best exhibits are at tracting many of the best breeders In this part of Oregon to enter the poul try show of the Marion County Poultry association. The show will be held in Salem, January 11, 12, IS and 14. En trie will close January 7. The Salem Commercial club is assisting the poul try association in arranging the show. A the Marion County show will be the only winter poultry exhibition in the valley this year, many more en trie than usual are expected. Coyotes Prey Heavily on Sheep. Gold Beach Sheepmen in Curry county are alarmed at the Inroad be ing made on their flock by coyotes, which appear to be much more numer ous than ever before. In view of con dition prevailing here this winter several owner of large band are plan ning to give up heep raising. County Ha Gravel Plant. Albany Through the operation of a county gravel plant which haa been installed here, Linn county will be able to procure gravel for road improv ment at a low cost and will be able to furnish it at all aeaaou of tie year. ITALIANS CHARGING ON AUSTRIAN " . ... ..: , - . This squad of Italian soldiers had 'gon a detachment of Austrlans on scouting duty. The Austrians were all captured. TEUTONS HURRYING MUNITIONS THROUGH BELGRADE This photograph, one of the first German and Austrian soldier on the Constantinople. HOSPITAL IN A Rd Cross hospital established region known as "the labyrinth." t I 4 Ml Iff ' ! SMASHED BY ITALIAN GUN FIRE :.sf(nF life ; :ii -v - V 2'' K J V - ft ... i Niiiiig "-FTif ThfliiS it I i i f f ' - in ii i i mi ii ii Some In Dobordo, a suburb of Gorlts. the Austrian stronghold which has been loot hammered by the great gun of the Italian army. TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES Turkey' aroa is about 695,000 aquare mile. Slate billiard table wero drat played oo tn Great Britain In 1827. The pin of Morocco have learned to climb trne In search of nut. A shall weighing about In j-onndi exploded Into a shower of 1.200 plrcca. Two of the 'ngrollMit of Cbineto loaa sticks are tcrnil to protoct tlietu rom ran and mice, and taaphor, hlch makos then bum atoaJlly. y-VMa.- m o, , , Ti ll TT n nw IsnsT W 1 I m been in ambush in the ruined farmhouse taken at Belgrade since the occupation docks working to expedite the shipment STONE QUARRY The Latin word from which pagan I derived originally meant a fountain or spring; then the village which sprang up around It, and Anally, the residents of the village. As Christian ity took strong root at Drat In the large tenter of population and the worship of the pagan deities lingered longest In the country and among the country Tillages, ii came to D understood thai a pagan or villager was. In virtue of ni residence, a worshiper of the old god, and thus the term acquired Its present ' tnincance. In a stone quarry of Soissons lu the DETACHMENT and was photographed as it charged of that city by the Germans, show of great quantities of war material to NEW FRENCH RESPIRATOR Tins Is tlie newest respirator adout- ed by the French army to combat the gas clouds of the Germans. This ap paratus will enable the men to charge through the thickest clouds of poison gas witnout the least difficulty. VICE ADMIRAL KANIN The strategy of Vice Admiral Kanln, who commands the Russian fleet In the Baltic, has prevented the Ger mans from landing near Riga anil capturing that Important seaport Serious Problem. A rather serious problem confront the editor when a prominent adver tiser sends in an original poem by hi bright little twelve-year-old grand daughter with the suggestion that it would look well on the editorial page, Ohio State Journal. It Eye Closed. Little Edna wa trying In vain to thread her needle. "Mamma," in said Anally, "1 fink this needle mutt be asleep; 1 Just can't get the thread In lu eye at all." toBiwat MimmuAm mmHk BaflMM 1