OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume of General News From Ail Around the Earth. UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHELl Live News Items of All Nations and Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. GomperB has endorsed the strike of 60,000 garment workers in New York. More than half a million acres of land have been opened to entry in Ari zona. A new paper mill under construction at Oregon City may be doubled in ca pacity over the original plans, The governor of New York signed bills providing for compulsory military training in summer camps and compul sory physical training in public and private schools. President Wilson Bpoke intimately for half an hour to the members of the National Press club at Washington, D. C. He took supper with the club after his address. The speech was confiden tial. Three students of Willamette Uni versity, Salem, Or., were ducked in a nearby creek by fellow members of the D. I), club, a university organization, for using intoxicating liquor, and were afterward dismissed from the school. The Shanghai and Hankow branches of the Bank of China and the Bank of Communications have ignored the re cent government mandate forbidding the paying out of silver, and stopped runs upon their institutions by redeem ing bank notes. Because IT. R. Saunders, clerk of Yolo county, Cal., failed to advertise the notice of election the number of times required by law the $200,000 courthouse bonds which were voted last week cannot be sold, and another elec tion must be held. Two prisoners are dead and another injured as a reflult of a one-man mu tiny in the state prison at Nashville, Tenn. Jady Harris, who caused the trouble, was shot and killed after he had wounded two other prisoners, one fatally, with a rifle snatched from a guard. According to the Dagens Nyheter, of Stockholm, the International Red Cross conference resulted in a com plete rupture between the German and Russian Red Cross, owing to the re t f usal of Germany to express regret for the sinking of the Russian hospital ship Portugal. The International Banking Corpora tion has signed a contract with the Chinese government for the improve ment of the Grand Canal for a distance of 200 miles between the Yang-tse-Kiang and the northern boundary of Kians-su province. The corporation lends the government $3,000,000 for the purpose, to be secured by canal tolls. There will be but one graduate from the Wheatland, Cal., high school Fri day. The state commissioner of ele mentary schools will make the com emencement address to him. He will be the guest of honor at the alumni dinner and party, the hero in the an nual class play, and the board of edu cation will travel more than 75 miles to present him with a dilpoma. Senator Cummins, of Iowa, presi dential candidate, is touring the North west. A Minneapolis mother of Bix com mits suicide, that her life insurance of $1000 may revert to the benefit of her children. Colonol Goethals has announced that he would resign July 1. It is reported that he will not resign if there is trouble with Germany. Colonel Roosevelt has formally en tered the race for the presidential nomination in the Chicago conventions. He expresses desire to run on a "unit ed ticket." Seventy-five thousand dollars' worth of liquor was seized by the Seattle po lice Friday in the most sweeping raid made since the state-wide prohibition law went into effect January 1. Two large warehouses and nine drugstores were searched, but no arrests were made, and none of the liquor was de stroyed. The police obtained war rants for the search of 12 places of business where liquor was suspected to be stored, and in the first five places soarched seized $25,000 worth of liquor. A four-day dust storm, the worst ever experienced in Northwestern Min nesota, has abated with a clear sky and a chilly wave from the Northwest. Survivors of the steamer Roanoke, which sunk olf the Southern California coast, declare the vessel was over loaded, which caused the disaster in which some SO persons were lost. Announcement of a 10 per cent in crease in wages for its factory em ployes, effective May 8, was announced by the Victor Talking Machine com pany, of Philadelphia. Several thou sand workmen are affected. Irish Countess Sentenced to Jail for Life. if-. n '.: ' 1 1 ...... 4...- v.. .y.tf.'tj.i ,.,UvV.1 t- .'. . -v.'.f." " ........ i Saw Coumess at Head of Irish Rebels. New York Dr. Cecil C. McAdam, of Melbourne, Australia, who was at tached to the Royal medical corps of the British army during the Gallipoli campaign and who was besieged in the Shelbounre hotel in Dublin, Ireland, during the recent rebellion there, arrived here Monday on the steamship Philadelphia from Liverpool. Dr. McAdam said he saw the Countess Markiewiez attired in men's cloth ing and wearing a brace of revolvers, leading the Irish rebels. He was in formed, he added, that she had shot six of her followers because they re fused to obey her orders. Countess Markiewiez has been sentenced to penal servitude for life for her part in the uprising in Dublin. fOES OF ADEQUATE NATIONAL DEFENSE LOSE; CONFEREES AGREE Washington, D. C. A standing army of 206,000 men, capable of being expanded in emergency to 254,000 and backed up by a Federalized National guard of 425,000 as a reserve, finally was agreed on Monday by the house and senate conferees on the army bill. The agreement will be reported to congress at once and the measure, the first of the administration prepared ness bills, is expected to be before President Wilson for his signature soon. Advocates of adequate National de fense regard this conference agree ment as a triumph. The minimum enliBted Btrength would be attained under the conference agreement within the next five years and it is stipulated that at no time shall the total be less than 160,000. The conference report also provides for government nitrate manufacturing plants to cost not to exceed $20,000, 000, for vocational education in the regular army and for establishment of military training camps for volunteer citizens, whose transportation, cloth ing and subsistence expenses while in training would be paid by the Federal government. Other salient features of the meas ure provide for a board to investigate the advisability of establishing govern ment munition plants and a board to recommend mobilization of industries. Authority is given to the government to seize and operate private munition plants in time of war. France Wauls Central Powers to Ask, Not to Offer, Peace Nancy President Poincare, in an address here Monday, responded to Germany's suggestion regarding peace, contained in the German reply to the American note. "France does not want Germany to tender peace," said the president, "but wants her adversary to ask for peace." "France," he continued, "will not expose her sons to the dangers of new aggressions. The central empires, haunted by remorse for having brought Rate Rise Is Suspended. Washintgon, D. C Tariffs propos ing increases of from $5 to $20 a car in refrigeration charges on fruits and vegetables from points in Oregon and Idaho to points in Colorado, Arizona, Illinois and other states were suspend ed by the Interstate Commerce com mission until September 12, pending investigation. The present refrigera tion charge to points in Colorado is $40 a car and the proposed charges, $45. To Arizona the charge is $50 and the proposed charge $70. To Illinois the rate is $50 and the proposed rate $60. Girl Accepts $12,600. Seattle Twelve thousand five hun dred dollars in real money is better than a gamble that might win $25,000 or nothing. Mrs. Carola B. Jones, the 19-year-old wife of Thomas C. Jones, who obtained a verdict for $25,000 against her father-in-law, Thomas E. Jones, for alienation of her husband's afffections, so decided in the Superior court here. Judge Frater offered to give her a judgment for $12,600, or grant new trial. ' s i 'it i 1 if A 4 i ,ir -Tin ri .'iifr iVAi. riYiftinif" itt ri on the war and terrified by the indig nities and hatred they have stirred up in mankind, are trying today to make the world believe that the entente al lies alone are responsible for the pro longation of hostilities a dull irony which will deceive no one. "Neither directly nor indirectly have our enemies offered us peace. But we do not want them to offer it to us; we want them to ask it of us. We do not want to Bubmit to their conditions; we want to impose ours on them. We do not want a peace which would leave imperial Germany with the power to recommence the war and keep Europe eternally menaced. "So long as that peace is not assured to us; so long as our enemies will not recognize themselves as vanquished, we will not cease to fighj." Income Tax to Remain. Washington, D. C. Taxes on in comes, inheritances and war munitions will be depended on to pay for the preparedness program, Chairman Kitchin, of the house ways and means committee, said Monday after a con ference with Secretary McAdoo. The plan has the support, Mr. Kitchin said, of President Wilson. What amount will have to be raised cannot be determined until the navy and army bills are completed. Mem bers of the ways and means committee will begin work on this problem as quickly as possible, however. Other than a decision not to lower the pres ent exemption limit for incomes, $3000 for unmarried and $4000 for married men, none of the details of the tax plan have been worked out. Bandits Make Another Raid. Marathon, Tex. Another raid into American territory by Mexican bandits was made Friday night at McKinney Springs ranch, 67 miles south of Mara thon and 23 miles north of Boquillas, along the Marathon-Boquillas road, ac cording to H. E. Stafford, an attorney of El Paso. Mr. Stafford arrived here Tuesday from Boquillas, to which place he had accompanied Major Lang home last Saturday as a guide. He secured hfs information from ranchmen in the McKinney Springs district as he was passing through there en route to Marathon. There was no shooting, he said. 170 Indians Are Citizens. Greenwood Indian Agency, S. D. Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the In terior, has granted full citizenship rights to 170 residents of the Yankton Sioux reservation. Mr. Lane made an address in which he urged upon the redmen the full measure of responsi bility which has been impossed on them. Title to 30,000 acres of land, which has been held in trust for In dians, was transferred to them. The ceremony was full of color, many of the Indians appearing in the traditional dress of the tribe. Islands to Sell Silver. Manila Jeremiah L. Manning, in sular treasurer, has gone to China to investigate the silver market with a view to selling a portion of the 20, 000,000 pesos silver which the govern ment has at Corregidor. Owing to the demand for silver in China, which has caused the Chinese government to declare a partial mora torium, the silver held by the govern ment is salable at a profit of 35 per cent. BIG PARADE VOICES U.S. PREPAREDNESS New York Demonstration Has 150,000 in Line of March. All CLASSES IN PATRIOTIC PAGEANT Twelve Hours of Mankind Pass Re viewing Stand-Great Awaken- ing Is Shown by People. New York New York expressed its attitude on the question of national preparedness Saturday by holding the greatest civil parade in the history of the country. An almost countless host of men and women, estimated at more than 150,000, representing all walks of life in the nation's metropolis, marched for 12 hours, 20 abreast, be hind bands playing patriotic airs, through flag-bedecked streets lined with hundreds of thousands of cheer ing spectators. All the professions and trades which make up the complex life of the city were represented. In one division were the street sweepers in their uniforms of white, while in another were the dignified justices of the Supreme court of New York. There also were the clergy nearly 200, representing every denomination in the nation's greatest city. Law yers, physicians, trained nurses, vet erans of the Spanish-American war, were in line. But the most popular division was made up of the city's 10, 000 National Guardsmen infantry, cavalry and artillery who'brought up the rear. "This," declared Major General Leonard Wood, in command of the de partment of the East, who reviewed the parade, "is the greatest argument America has ever known in favor of preparedness against elements that are at present unknown. It shows an in terest in preparedness that amounts to a National awakening. This is what we need. It shows that the time has come to do something in the matter of National preparation." The mammoth pageant began au spiciously. Just as Mayor Mitchell and a party of municipal officers left the city hall at the head of the first division an aeroplane appeared above lower Broadway and hovered around the great skyscrapers. The paraders marched rapidly, more than 10,000 passing a given point within an hour. With few exceptions, the marchers carried small American flags. Most of them also wore buttonhole emblems. At frequent intervals came one of the 200 bands and musicians were the only persons in the civic divisions who wore uniforms. Plan to Form Woman's Party Attacked by Illinois Suffrage Society Chicago An attack on the plan to form a woman's party was issued Monday by the Illinois Equal Suffrage association, while officials of the Con gressional Union, promoters of the idea, were opening registration head quarters at 73 East Washintgon street. At the same time a campaign was launched by the Union with posters, banners and various advertising de vices to boom the woman's party con vention, which will be held June 5, 6 and 7 at the Blackstone theater during the time the Republican convention is in progress at the Coliseum. Twevle woman speakers will begin holding brief meetings at once under the au spices of the Congressional Union, on street corners, in factories or shops, offices, college dormitories and at la bor union gatherings.- "ConfuBion and duplication of work" will be the effect of the Con gressional Union's activities in Chi cago, it is declared in the statement issued by the Illinois Equal Suffrage association. The proposal to form a party "on sex lines" is also assailed, and the union is defined as "a detached group of Eastern suffragists." All Other Flags Taboo. Tacoma, Wash. None but the Amer ican flag will be allowed in the Me morial Day parade in Tacoma. This action was taken Monday by joint committees from patriotic bodies in which they decided that at this time individual banners of fraternal socie ties and the like were not in keeping with the spirit of the day. The veterans believe that the whole observance should be for the soldier dead, and as a consequence only the Stars and Stripes should be carried in the lines of March. Panama Police to Disarm. Panama William K. Price, the American minister, Monday delivered to the Panama government the final de mand for the surrender of 1200 rifles used by the Panama National Police. The disarmament of the police force has been sought on account of riots which resulted in the deaths of Amer icans. It is understood the adminis tration is opposed to the surrender of the rifles, but delivered up the arms under protest WILSON GIVES TO CORRESPONDENTS HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD EUROPEANS Washington, D. C President Wil son Wednesday night mado public a frank and intmiate review of his three years in the While House and his im pressions of foreign and domestic problems, delivered confidentially be fore Washington correspondents gath ered at tho National Press club. He s)ioke of the difficulties of the Presi dency and particularly of tho motives which have guided his handling of the European situation. . "America," the President said, "is for peace because she loves and be lieves the present war has carried the nations engaged so far that they can not be held to ordinary standards of responsibility." He added the United States has grown to be one of the greatest na tions of the world and therefore must act "more or less from the point of view of the rest of the world." "If I cannot retain' my morul influ ence over a man except 'by occasionally DR. ALEXIS CARREL ipiTfy T ill Ul ' : jififlfflgfll Dr. Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller ;!nstltute, working with Dr. Henry D. iDakln In the Frenoh military hospital t Complegne, has discovered a new antiseptic- which, if tpplled In time, It said to make Infection In wounds Impassible. knocking him down," he said; "if that is the only basis on which he will re spect me, then for the sake of his soul I have got occasionally to knock him down." The President declared he had been kept awake nights considering the Eu ropean situation, "because there might come a time when the United States would have to do what I did not desire to do," and "the great burden on my spirits has been that it has been up to me to choose when that time came." He added that he did not con ceive that he had been elected Presi dent to do as he pleased. "If I were it would have been much more interest ing," he said. Women Suffragists End 10,000 Mile Tour at Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C Envoys of the Congressional Union for Woman Suf frage brought their 10,000-mile, 38- day tour of the country to a climax Tuesday night with a final plea to about 50 representatives and senators gathered in the rotunda of the capital for passage of the Susan B. Anthony suffrage amendment at this session of congress. A dozen suffragists, including sev eral representatives of states in which women are enfranchised, urged their cause and hinted broadly that this would be a good year for both Demo crats and Republicans to get ,on the suffrage band wagon. As many spectators as could crowd into the rotunda listened to the speech es and hundreds stood in the plaza out side to applaud the suffragists. Ship Sill Is Taken Up. Washington, D. C The administra tion shipping bill was taken up in the house under a special rule and fixed Friday for the vote on the measure and any amendments. Many speeches were made, Republicans generally being against the bill and Democrats for it. The rule was adopted by a vote of 191 to 141, after an hour's discussion. Majority Leader Kitchin, who had not been counted on to champion the bill, spoke vigorously for it and told the Democrats if they would stand together it would be passed. Neutral Trade Drops. Washington, D. C Restrictions on co'iimerce by the British order in coun cil are credited here with being the cause of sharp declines in American exports to the Northern European neu trals during the last year. Figures assembled in the bureau of domestic commerce show that Norway alone of the countries in the north had increas ed purchases in the United States. Spain and Switzerland, however, are buying in America. EARTHQUAKE ROCKS SOUTHERN IDAHO Boise Business District Severely Shaken by Tremor. LARGE CHIMNEY CRUMBLES TO EARTH Irrigation Canals Damaged, but Loss Is Light Gas Well Increased by Disturbance Takes Fire. Boise, Idaho Boise experienced the most violent earthquuke Bhock in the history of the city at 7:26 Friday night. The tremor lasted about three seconds and was more in the nature of an upheaval than a wave. In the downtown district people ruBhed from the buildings to the streets. Only slight damage had been reported early Saturday. The quake was the Becond in a fortnight, the last one having been recorded April 30. In Boise a chimney of a business block in the heart of the city was. shaken down and others were damaged, and in other buildings plaster was broken form the walls. Dishes fell from tables and plate racks, tables, chairs, beds and desks were moved. Aside from fright to residents and fear of a repetition of the shock, Boise and Sotuhern Idaho escaped ser ious injury. The quake in many sections of this part of the intermountain country was, without direction in its motion, and in that respect was different from the one felt here last fall. The swaying motion was not felt in the quake. Two weeks ago there was a distinct shock in this territory, but no damage was done. The swaying of lights, the rattling of furniture and dishes and straining of timbers in buildings for two or three seconds were other incidents of the shake. Residents exhibited as much curios ity as fear over the disturbance. Reports from the surrounding terri tory are to the effect that the shock was distinctly felt, but there were no casualties, and no particular damage, done. Fearing the quake might have dam aged the great Arrow Rock dam, 22 miles above this city, inquiry was im mediately made of the caretakers af ter the shock, but they reported that, while the quake had been felt there, the dam was not damaged in the slightest. From the irrigated sections reports have been received that some of the canals were damaged, but not beyond repair. The earthquake last fall split a deep seam across the New York canal, one of the largest in Idaho, and it required weeks to repair it. Instruments at the local weather bureau office indicate the quake was confined to the Intermountain country and that the duration of the quake was less than half a minute. At Weiser, 80 miles west, the quake was felt with exceptional violence. A new gas well, in which a flow was struck ten days ago, showed remarka ble increase of pressure immediately after the shake-up. The pressure in creased to 75 pounds, but later on the well caught fire, and hundreds of peo ple gathered to watch the shooting: flames. Twenty-five mileB north, at Emmett, the quake was violent and alarmed the inhabitants. Nampa, to the south, also felt the shake, as did Idaho City, 36 miles north. Windows rattled at Payette. New Disease Announced. Philadelphia The rush of modern life has produced a new disease, mor tally increasing in extent and espe cially prevalent among doctors, teach ers, clergymen, editors and other men of affairs. Dr. Oliver S. Haines, who announced the new ailment, calls it "angina of effort." That means a sud den shooting pain under your breast bone because you are working too hard. No connection with Spring fever was hinted at. It comes from living too hard, or from an "antagonistic atti tude toward the problems of life." Gifts of Bread Barred. Paris According to newspaper an nouncements it will not be permissible after May 15 to send bread in parcels for French prisoners in Germany. The French foreign office says if the an nouncement refers to the current situ ation it is inexpilcable, because an agreement was recently made between the French and the German govern ments allowing bread to be sent to French soldiers held prisoner by the Germans. Kaiser Honors Boy-Ed. London A Central News dispatch from Amsterdam says that Captain Karl Boy-ed, formerly German naval attache at Washington, has been dec orated with the Order of the Red Eagle, third-class, with swords, by the emperor, "in recognition of his serv ices in America."