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OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume of General News From All Around the Earth. UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHfll Live News Items of All Nations and Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. Astoria, Oregon, is visited by a $60,000 fire. Mexico wants a pursuit protocol with the United States. W. J. Bryan opens the Nebraka campaign for state-wide prohibition. A Portland business man is fined for hugging girls who applied to him for work. Food supplies are said to be becom ing short in the Torreon district of Mexico and rioting is feared. The immense Simpson holdings in Coos Bay district have been sold for a sum said to be near $1,000,000. President Wilson's name is the only one for president that will be on the primary ballot in Georgia this spring. A North Yakima, Wash., lad of 9 obtains a rifle, in the absence of his parents, and accidentally Bhoots his playmate, who, it is thought, will die. The effort to increase the army bill to 220,000 enlisted men was defeated by the house. The bill will probably remain at 140,000, expandable to 175, 000. Through arguments before the Rail road commission of California, it is learned that the Hill lines wish to enter that state through Lakeview, Ore., and also the Western Pacific seeks to extend a feeder into Reno, Nev. A German aviator has dropped sev eral smoke bombs near a French bat tery, it is reported from the front. This is the first time since the war be gan that such bumbs have been used. Not in themselves dangerous, the bombs give forth an intense Bmoke which persists for a long time and serves as a guide for the hoBtile ar tillery. A war conference of probable mo mentous importance is about to open in Paris, where military and political representatives of every one of the en tente allies are gathering. This, taken in conjunction with rumors of peace which have prevailed for several days, gives rise to all sorts of conjecture, and the forthcoming conference at The Hague is being watched and awaited with extraordinary interest, especially by the advocates of peace. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, presi dent of Columbia University, is the latost possibility considered for "key noter" of the Republican National con vention next June. Dr. Butler sec onded the nomination of Taft in the 1912 convention and, as chairman of the resolutions committee, was chief drafter of the Taft platform. It was said his name was taken up by the sub-committee of the Republican Na tional organization, which is meeting in Chicago. American troops in Mexico are re ported to have suffered from Bnipers. The Chicago Tribune strongly ad vises mobilization of the National Guard. Paris avers the German attack on Verdun has failed, and believes the worst is over. The people of Belgrade are suffering from a shortage of provisions and sani tary conditions are bad. A 15,000 ton Dutch liner was sunk off the coast of Holland, either by a mine or torpedo, the captain claiming the latter. Tom Swanson, of Vancouver, B. C, was shot and killed near Atlin by his partner, Charles Petit, who mistook him for a moose while the two were hunting. Count Von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, under instructions from his government, formally notified the State department that no German sub marine was concerned in the sinking of the Norwegian bark Silius, from which seven American members of the crew were rescued. With 13 Democrats and the one So cialist member opposing, the house, by a vote of 846 to 14, passed the admin istration bill to retain the present tariff of 1 cent a pound on sugar in stead of permitting the free clause of the Underwood-Simmons tariff act to go into effect May 1. The cannery tender Alpha sunk near Rachel island, on the British Columbia coast, and six of her crew of seven are believed to be lost. The name of Clarence True Wilson, of Kansas, was filed with the secretary of state as a prohibition candidate for the vice presidential nomination. The National Woman Suffrage asso ciation offered prizes aggregating $500 to artists for the best 10 posters for suffrage window display and billboards in a competition to end October 1. A prize of $25 was offered for a slogan of not more than Ave words. Asiatic cholera has broken out at Belgrade according to an Athens dis patch. Fifty cases have been reported daily and SO deaths have occurred. The senate has passed Senator Poin dexter's bill appropriating $2,065,000 to equip the Puget Sound navy yard for construction of battleships. It now goes to the house. Captain the Hon. W. J. Shaughnessy, eldest son of Lord Shaughnessy, of Montreal, Canada, enlisted for over seas service. He will go as an adju tant, an office ha has filled for more than a year. VILLA ESCAPES TO HIS LAIR Mexican Troops Give Aid to Fleeing Out law and His Band Movement of Soldiers Northward Alarms. El Paso, Tex. The Carranza forces have failed to hold their end of the net that was closing about Pancho Villa and the bandit chief has escaped to his mountain haunts about Guerrero, ac cording to reliable information re ceived here Tuesday. The escape of the bandit is, how ever, far from being the most serious item of news which reached the border. A feature of the gravest importance was injected into the situation by sub stantial confirmation of the numerous reports received for the past week that the Mexican government troops were not only failing to co-operate with the American troops, but, in certain in stances at least, were actually with drawing from the field of operations. The Associated Press learned on un questionable authority that the troops of the de facto government which had been stationed at Causa Grandes have a large section of the country supposed to be held by the troops of the first chief. In the last few days he has been variously reported by General Gavira, the Carranza commander at Juarez, at points along a line reaching north and south from Galena to Na- miquipa, a distance of about 75 miles. By the same accounts he has not been moving steadily south, but roving north and east. The mountainous, canyon-split, roadless country in which he is operating adds many miles to the country he has covered as compared with its distance on the map. The reason for the Carranza troops moving to the border remains unex plained. It is impossible even to make a fair estimate of the number of men under General Gavira at Juarez. The large staff at his headquarters and the fact that new troops are arriving daily indicates that his force is a large one. FRANCISCO VILLA I '' ,--'"X ,'V;; , -, x been withdrawn and are now in and about Juarez. From the same source it was learned that at least one detachment of Carran za troops had refused to fight Villa and had withdrawn on the bandit's ap proach, leaving him free to pass into hiB favorite mountain fastnesses in the great continental divide south of Na miquipa. This detachment withdrew on receipt of a message that he was warring, not on Mexicans, but the ene mies of Mexicans. The extraordinary rapidity with which the American cavarly had pushed into Mexico gave rise to high hopes that the unexpected had hap pened and the notorious bandit was cornered. ThiB seemed inevitable if the Carranza soldiers did their part and if the account of the strength of their field forces was correct. Villa, cut off from the north by the forward sweep of the American col umns, from the west by the Sierra Madre barring the approaches to the state of Sonora, was supposed to be equally barred from east and south by powerful Carranza forces. Those hopes have been completely dashed by recent developments. More than this, it now seems certain that Villa is moving freely in at least Mexico Proposes Protocol. Washington, D. C. The de facto government of Mexico proposes to the United States the drafting of a proto col, under which American and Mexi can troops may co-operate in running to earth Francisco Villa without dan ger of misunderstanding or conflict. The terms of such a formal convention would be designed to meet all ques tions which may arise in future, set ting forth the rights of the American expeditionary forces in pursuit of the bandit and the nature of the co-operation expected from the Mexican troops. Italians Driven Back, Berlin (By wireless to Sayvllle) Austro-Hungarian troops continue their successful attacks on the Italian front at the Tolmino bridge-head and have driven the Italjans from fortified posi tions south of Urzlivrh, capturing 283 prisoners, according to an Austrian official statement under Saturday's date. On the Dniester and Bessara bian fronts the enemy artillery was active and the Austrian, through the explosion of a Russian mine near Ua clesco, were' forced to evacuate a trend), says the siaUtmeut. NEWS ITEMS Of General Interest About Oregon Seattle Firm Will Establish $300,000 Shipyard at Astoria Astoria With the acquisition of 1200 feet of frontage on Young's Bay, at the foot of Seventh street, in this city, the J. A. McEachern company, of Seattle and Astoria, Monday completed final details that will give Astoria a $300,000 shipping concern with ex pansion unlimited. W. W. Clark, vice president, who built the battleship Nebraska for Moran Bros., now with the Seattle Construction & Drydock company, will be manager. Soundings have been made and show that deep water fronts the property with a deep channel to the main chan nel entrance. The concern will employ 400 men when the plant opens. . The firm is low bidder on barges for the Alaska Railway commission, and has other bids in for vessels. Timber can be secured close at hand. Local capital is interested in the enter prise. The capacity of the yards as to wooden vessels will be unlimited. The most conservative estimate places it at 3000 and calculations range from that point upward to 8000. Every precaution had been taken to prevent the facts being known and most of the men are kept out side the town among the hills. Reports from Agua Frieta and Ojinaga tell of Mexi can reinforcements reaching those points also, but nothing is known to their numbers. There is no question that there is serious and growing uneasiness In El Paso, which has been sharply accentu ated by the problem which has arisen over the request of the United States to General Carranza for the use of the Mexican railroads to transport sup plies. Torreon, Mex. Fighting took place between Carranza forces and small bands of Villistas at five different points in the neighborhood of Torreon Monday, apparently with a view to reaching the Monterey train, which was derailed near Pomona two days ago. The attacks were concerted against Villisca, Matamorasos, Coyote, San Igarcio and Canon Chorritos, whore the government patrols success fully held their ground with but a small loss in killed and wounded. Horses Valued at $26,000 Burned Detroit Twelve race horses were burned to death in a fire which de stroyed six barns at the Michigan state fair grounds early Sunday. The horses were valued at $25,000 and the loss on the buildings was about $30,000. The cause of the fire is unknown. Most of the horses burned were being trained by for competition on the Grand Cir cuit here. Among them were : Aunt Barb, 2:051; Crescent Hal, 2:101; Ina Clare and Dunn. Three animals were rescued and a dozen or more were re moved from adjoining stables. Storm'a Death Toll Is One. Portland An electrical storm, ac companied by high wind, swept through Pnrtlnnri and aclinininff districts at 5:45 o'clock Sunday night and left a death toll of one. William Marks, a rancher in Happy Hollow, three and a half miles southeast of Lents, was killed when a huge tree fell across the kitchen of his house, pinning him to the flmir. His skull was fractured and he died before nhvsicians could reach him. Mrs. Marks and a daughter were bruised severely ana shocked. They were in the house, but escaped. SCENE OF GREAT RUSSIAN VICTORY OVER TURKS wimummmwuuiuwjM. Grangers Hear Address. " Portland In hiB address on "Money and Markets" before Woodlawn Grange Saturday, A. D. Stillman, of Helena, Mont., pointed out that farmers can assist themselves through co-operation and said that under the regional bank ing system farmers may organize na tional bankB, saving from 3 to 4 per cent on short-time loans. This has been done, he said, in Montana, with the result that the farmers are getting money to handle their crops at 6 per cent. "Before this co-operation," said Mr. Stillman, "the farmers were paying 8 per cent for money to pay for the marketing of their crops. When they asked the banks for 6 per cent, they were told the banks could not loan them money for less than 8 per cent. The farmers got together with the result that they moved their crops last year on 6 per cent money." Long Closed Mill Busy. Rainier After closing down for more than two years, the old Pacific National Lumber company's mill, re cently sold to the Multnomah Box & Lumber company by the receiver, started sawing lumber Tuesday. This same company has purchased the O. K. Mill, one of the Dodge prop erties, which adjoins the Pacific Na tional mill, and, according to Manager Mitchell, the new owners will take enough of the machinery from the 0. K. mill to bring the capacity of the other up to 175,000 feet a day. The remainder of the machinery will be sold and the buildings razed. This will give the mill about 8900 feet of water front and for yards and loading facilities. Cattlemen Lease Range. Baker To make possible the run ning of a large number of cattle in Eagle Valley, for which grazing priv ileges were denied by the Forestry service, the Cattle and Horse Raisers association of the section will lease all privately owned range lands remaining on Pine Creek, according to Forest Supervisor Barnes, who returned re cently from a trip to Eagle Valley. The stockmen also decided to im prove on the state regulations provid ing a minimum proportion of one bull for each 60 head of stock, making the porportion one to 25 instead. Mr. Barnes reported that the range is in fine condition. Rangers Will Gather. Baker To conduct the annual meet ing for the foresters employed on the Minam National forest, Charles H. Flory, assistant in the district super visor's office in Portland, arrived in Baker this week. All phases of for estry work will be gone over, special attention, however, being paid to the subject of fire prevention. Although it is thought that the tire Beason this year will be a comparatively short one, due to the heavy snows, forest officials are determined to take no chances. $80,000 Ore Is Reported. Baker A gold strike so rich as to be almost unbelievable has just been made en Canyon Mountain by Denver Leedy and Lynn George, who have been working on a claim belonging to J. A. Muldrick. Average samples of the ore, which have been taken to Canyon City, assay from $60,000 to $80,000 a ton. The mine had been yielding only average returns until last week, when a sudden increase in the values contained in the vein was manifest. It is reported that there is more in sight, but it is not known how large the high grade ore body will be. Beavers Cut Fruit Trees. Albany H. F, Struckmeier, of Thomas, has appealed to the county authorities for assistance in protecting his property from the beavers, who are frequenting his fruit orchard. They have cut down 50 prune trees, accord ing to a statement made by the county fruit inspector, who inspected the premises, and they also cut down five peach trees. During the recent high water a portion of the orchard was un der water, and it is supposed that the beavers cut down the trees in an effort to keep the water on the orchard. Bacteria Fraud Alleged. Eugene Two men selling bacteria for the inoculation of clover seed are victimising Oregon farmers, according to J. M. Alcorn, Lane county agricul turist He states that these men oper ated in Lane county last week Belling bacteria at a rate amounting to $20 an acre. "These men are holding up the farmers," he said. "The bacteria can be obtained from the Oregon Agricul tural College sufficient to inoculate 13 acres for 60 cents." In carrying on their traffic the peddlers are overes timating the necessity for inoculating. mWm Ik . m Mid" 4M w V wm'Wu i M i Mff ! ? tin ilii)i ; mm 1 -7 4 Kit View of Erzorum, the Important city which the Russians, under Grand Duke Nicholas, have captured from the Turks, together with many thousands of prisoners and hundreds of guns. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS LEARNING ABOUT WAR IB tar ' "4lfWiiJyr' i I Lieutenant Steever, U. S. A., assigned from Fort Myer, Va., instructing cadets of the Franklyn high school of Washington. The boys are receiving object lessons from a war map. TRAINING THE FIREMEN This photograph shows the firemeu of New Orleans being trained to fight flames by modern methods. They are climbing a tower constructed for the purpose. - Race of Woman Warriors. The word Amazon is Greek and was used thousands of years before Amer ica was discovered. According to tra dition, It was applied to a race of fe male warriors who had the form but hardly any of the attributes of wom en. In order that they might hurl a javelin or aim an arrow more effec tively, the right breast was removed to give greater freedom to the arm; hence the name Amazon from a-mazos, without breasts. In works of art, sculpture and painting, the Amazons were represented with the right side, the place of the removed breast, cov ered. The Amazon river in Brazil was so called by the Spanish explorer who discovered it because he said he encountered fighting women there. MRS. PANKHURST'S WAR BABIES J ! All IN IWirf-i mvi - ,grK" -m V , If f I. Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, asido from her activities In the cause of equal suffrage, loves children more than anything else. The photograph shows her four "war babies," the Misses Joan, Elizabeth and Mary, six months old each, and Kathleen, one year old. They were adopted by Mrs. Pankhurst COME TO STUDY AMERICAN HOTELS Not Opinionated. "So my daughter has consented to become your wife. Have you fixed the day of the wedding?" "I will leave that to her." "Will you have a church or a pri vate wedding?" "Her mother can decide that" "What have you to live on?" "I will leave that entirely to you, sir." Yale Record. Chinese Servants. The servants in a Chinese family are not expensive, as far as wages are concerned, but they cost a great deal In perquisites. " They rarely receive more than two dollars a month, but they are given their food, and they help themselves lavishly to anything they may desire. They dress them selves from the old clothing of the family, freely take the hairpins and the toilet articles of the mistress, clothe their children from the com mon wardrobe and, in fact, are a part of the family. i i v.-v.... - vi, y ls 't,, i The hotels of Japan are modern, well-equipped and their service is con sidered complete. Nevertheless the many thousands of foreign guesta, especially Americans, demand those personal attentions and niceties that go to make the hotels of this country so attractive. Aisaku Hayashi is said to be the leading boniface of Japan. He is chief director of the Imperial hotel at Tokyo. He is here to study , the hotel methods of this country and familiarize himself with all that contributes to the comfort and enjoyment of his guesta. Mrs. Hayashi accompanies him. INTERESTING FACTS In the last 38 years, from 1877 to 1914, inclusive, the total loss by fire In the Vnited States and Canada was $3,866,000,000. Those who were instrumental In passing the federal migratory bird law in 1913 may well feel proud of themselves', bird census data indicat ing an increase of from 10 to 100 per cent in the water fowl breeding in a number of specially examined localities. The largest butterflies are found in British Guiana, some of which hare a wing measurement of 11 inches. The Anglo-Swedish antarct'i expe dition, under the leadership of Prof. Otto Nordenskjold, has been post, poned until the European war Is end ed. Ten layers of honey, each eight feet long and more than a foot thick, the whole weighing nearly 200 pounds, was the sweet surprise a Maine man found the other day In the chimney (', farmhouse he bad bought