WORLD'S DOINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume of General News From All Around the Earth. UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHELL Live News Items of All Nations and Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. Palmer H. Ellengsen was killed near Tacoma, Sunday, when struck above the heart with a pitched ball during an amateur baseball game. He died al most instantly. The sessions of the 27th General eonference of the Methodist Episcopal church, held at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., during the last four weeks, were concluded Wednesday. Led by Secretary Tumulty, employes of the White House will march in the preparedness parade on Flag Day, June 14. President Wilson probably will review the parade. . The United States cruiser Tennessee has arrived at Santo Domingo from Norfolk with several hundred marines to reinforce the American forces now engaged in policing the republic. An auto occupied by four persons plunged over a 25-foot embankment near Gaston, Oregon, turning a com plete somersault, landing right-side-up without injuring either of the persons. British consular officers in the Unit ed States have been instructed and warned by the British embassy to avoid being drawn into anything that might be construed as interference with American politics with the ap proach of the national elections. Attended by members of the Yale Corporation, the faculties of the vari ous departments, members of the stu dent body, and distinguished alumni, the funeral of Kev. Timothy Dwight, ex-president of Yale University, was held Wednesday from Battle chapel on the college campus. A jury composed entirely of women, Bitting in the case of four Mexicans accused of robbery, returned a verdict of guilty after three hours' delibera tion at San Diego, Cal. This is the first time on record in the Superior court of that city that a case was tried exclusively by women. Official announcement is made of the appointment by Emperor William of Baron von Schammer and Quaritz, president of the government of Bres lau, as secretary of state of Alsace Lorraine. He iB succeeded by Dr. von Jagow, police president of Berlin. Herr von Oppen, police president of Breslau, succeeds Dr. von Jagow. The wife of Major Robert B. Moton, the negro educator who succeeded Booker T. Washington as head of the TuBkegee Institute, and Blanton Mo ton, the Major's brother, were ejected from a Pullman car at Troy, Ala., on complaints from white passengers and required to ride in the coach provided for negroes under the Alabama law. Fifty men ended a 72-hour battlo Tuesday extinguishing a forest lire that burned SOU acres and threatened the town of Gascon, N. M. Forestry officials report nine fires this spring in the Santa Fe national forest alone, which they say were started by human agencies. Approximately 3000 acres wore devastated. Another fire is re ported in Pecos county. MethodiBts retain ban on dancing, cards and theaters. With tremendous losses the Germans make large gains at Verdun. Women's clubs are planning an In ternational congress for 1920. Vigorous notea have been sent both France and England on the subject of interference with mails. The Paris Temps in an editorial again goes on record as not favoring any idea of peace negotiations. One hundred and sixteen Texas mili tiamen who failed to respond to the call for service on the border will be courtmartialed. Exports of merchandise from the port of New York during April amounted to $184,751,940, compared with $135,125,523 in April a year ago. Imports for that month increased also, amounting to $115,290,402, compared with $92,252,029 In April, 1915. An unconfirmed report received at Fargo, N. D., said 10 persons had been killed at Rogers, N. D., in the storm which swept Southeastern North Da kota. Rogers was cut off completely from the outside world, all telephone and telegraph wires being down. Eggs shipped from Eugene, Ore., to England, retailed there at 96 cents a dozen. The shipper received a net re turn of $3.32 per case. The deepest May snow in the re membrance of pioneers of the Hood River Valley now lies in the forests around Lost Lake, Oregon. Victor Carlstrom, bearing message from the Aero Club of America to President Wilson and carrying Alan R. Hawley, president of the club, as a passenger, flew from New York to Washington, 220 miles, in three hour nd seven minutes. PRESIDENT INSISTS ON FULL AL LEGIANCE IN MEMORIAL DAY TALK Washington, D. C. President Wilson delivered a Memorial Day address here Tuesday, in which he defined the spirit of America, warned citizens of foreign birth not to set themselves against the purposes of the nation, called upon young men to perform voluntary mili tary service and defended his recent suggestion for an alliance of nations to preserve peace. He spoke at Arling ton National Cemetery before an au dience made up largely of Civil War veterans, who applauded him vigorous- While he declared he had no harsh ness in his heart for Americans of foreign birth and expected them still to love the sources of their origin, the President said "America must come first in every purpose we entertain and every man must count upon being cast out of our confidence, cast out even of our tolerance, who does not Bubmit to that great ruling principle." Speaking of America, made up out of all the peoples of the world, as the champion of the rights of mankind, he said: "We are not only ready to co-operate, but we are ready to fight against any aggression, whether from within or without. But we must guard our selves against any sort of aggression which would be unworthy of America. We are ready to fight for our rights when these rights are coincident with the rights of man and humanity." The President reiterated his sugges tion before the League to Enforce Peace last week that the United States was ready to become a partner in any alliance of the nations "which would guarantee public right against selfish aggression. Of published criticisms reminding him that George Washing ton warned the nation against "en tangling alliances," he Baid: "I shall never myself consent to an entangling alliance, but would gladly consent to a disentangling alliance, an alliance which would disentangle the peoples of the world from those com binations in which they seek their own separate and private interests and unite the people of the world to pre serve the peace of the world upon a basis of common right and justice." Universal training and preparedness were possible, Mr. Wilson declared, only if the men of suitable strength and age will volunteer. He said the "acid test" was about to be applied to business men, too, whether they would allow their employes to volunteer. He said the army reorganization bill now before him bristled with that interro gation point, which he warned all the business men of the country was star ing them in the face. The President said he was for "uni versal voluntary training," but that "America does not wish anything but the compulsion of the spirit of Ameri ca." He added that the people of the nation were watching each other, and that a great many men, even when they did not want to, were ready to stand and say "here." Four Killed When Wooden Awning falls on Parade Spectators Dallas, Tex. Four persons were killed when a wooden awning collapsed late Tuesday in front of a store in the heart of the business district while an immense crowd was witnessing a par ade in favor of preparedness. A score were injured, several of them probably fatally. The crowd watching the parade had surged forward at the approach of a band. Persons standing on the awn ing, which was suspended by chains over the sidewalk, crowded near the edge and under the increased weight the structure crashed to the ground. At least a ton of bricks and mortar was torn loose from the wall behind. More Defenses Give Way. London More French defenses at Verdun gave way before German bat terings Tuesday. Advancing over the widest front yet covered west of the Meuse, the huge war machine of the Crown Prince settled down in fresh positions to renew the grinding pro cess. Paris admits the abandonment of Bethincourt-Cumieres road, which the Germans have been seeking to break since early in April. The war office conceded losses in the Caurettes wood south of Cumieres and on the slopes of Le Mort Homme. President Visits Actors. Baltimore President Wilson came here Tuesday to attend a theatrical performance of the Friars' Club, of New York, and for three hours he and a group of some of the leading stars of the country were applauded by a crowd which taxed the capacity of the thea ter. The President's appearance was the signal for enthusiasm which was continued as the actors made jokes at his expense. The President went be hind the scenes and made a short speech to the assembled actors and shook hands with all. British Food Limit Likely. London There is now believed to be a possibility that the people of the British Isles will be placed on meat ra tions. Captain Ernest Pretyman, par liamentary under secretary for the board of trade, said in the house of commons that although there was no actual shortage, the existing high prices arose from a deficiency due to the requirements of the forces in the field. The government, he added, was reviewing the situation carefully. President's Physician and Bride. (Copyright Edmonston) Dr. Cary T. Grayson, physician to President Wilson, was married to Miss Alice Gertrude Gordon, of Washington, at St. George's Episcopal church, New York, May 24. The President and Mrs. Wilson, as well as Secretary and Mrs. McAdoo attended. SENATE PASSES RIVER AND HARBOR BILL BY 35-32 VOTE Washington, D. C. The senate pass ed Tuesday the rivers and harbors ap propriation bill, carrying approxi mately $43,000,000, by a vote of 35 to 32 after adding many amendments. On the final passage Senators Cham berlain and Lane, of Oregon, and Sen ator Poindexter, of Washington, vot ed for the bill, while Senator Jones, of Washington, and Senators Borah and Brady, of Idaho, voted against the bill. The bill as passed carries all Ore gon, Washington and Columbia river items as agreed to in the house, and they are now assured at the original James I. Hill's Wealth Esti mated in Hundred Millions St. Paul The wealth of the late James J. Hill, who died Monday, is estimated all the way from $100,000, 000 to $500,000,000. He was worth probably between $200,000,000 and $250,000,000. An estimate of Mr. Hill's wealth was furnished when, at the opening of the European war, he called his bank ers together and displayed a mass of his securities. More than $100,000, 000 was said to have been in the boxes he laid before his bankers. "There should be no trouble," said Mr. Hill, "but if there is, this amount is at your disposal." The First National bank then bor rowed from Mr. Hill $10,000,000 worth of Great Northern railroad bonds. These were placed with the Treasury department in Washington, and $6,000,000 worth of emergency currency, allowed under the Aldrich act, was shipped at once to the First National bank. It was found neces sary to place only $125,000 worth of this in circulation. In a few weeks the entire amount was returned to Washington. Mr. Hill had the absolute control of the First National bank and the North western Trust company, which gave a combined capital and surplus of $6, 500,000. He was a large owner of stock in the Chase National bank of New York, First National bank Chicago, and the Northwestern Natoinal bank in Minne apolis. He was a large owner of the Great Northern Steamship company. The greatest portion of Mr. Hill's wealth, however, waB in stocks and bonds of the Great Northern, North ern Pacific and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroads. Germans Pierce French Lines, Berlin French infantry attacks on the German positions on the southwest slope of Dead Man's Hill and on the newly captured village of Cumieres, northweBt of Verdun, were repulsed Sunday with heavy losses to the at tackers, says the official statement at German army headquarters. The statement adds that German re connoitering detachments penetrated the lines of the entente allies at sev eral points during the night, capturing about 100 prisoners in the Champagne district. Villa Pursuit Doubted. Columbus, N. M. Little credence is placed by military authorities here in reports from Chihuahua that Carranza troops have discovered Villa in hiding near Jiminez. Several officers here expressed their conviction that Villa is still alive, but asserted that General Pershing, expeditionary commander, is in possession of information as to the probable whereabouts of the bandit chieftain, which does not coincide with that of General Trevino. figures, including $1,200,000 for the mouth of the Columbia. The only new Northwest item is $140,000 for Wil lapa harbor. Its ultimate adoption is doubtful, in view of Senator Jones' vote against the bill, the amendment having been offered by him. The bill will now go to a conference of the two houses. The fight against it, begun by Senator Kenyon, of Iowa and, Senator Sherman of Illinois, gained strength until a final effort to displace it with a substitute appropri ating a lump sum of $30,000,000 was defeated by only one vote. Big Force of Bulgars Occupy Important Forts in Neutral Greece London At the French headquar ters in the Balkans it was announced Monday that Bulgarians had occupied the Greek forts of Rupel, Dragotin and Spatovo, and were advancing from Demir-Hissar toward Kavalla. This information was received here in a dispatch from Athens to the Exchange Telegraph company. The Greek forts Rupel and Dragotin are, respectively, six and nine miles north of the town of Demir-Hissar, while Spatovo fort lies four miles east of that town. Kavalla, on which the Bulgarians are said to be marching, is a seaport on the Aegean Sea, 55 miles in an air line southeast of Demir-Hissar. After crossing the Aegean Sea without loss, the Serbian army in full strength has been landed at Saloniki, according to a dispatch. Serbia's new army has been various ly estimated numbering between 80, 000 and 100,000 officers and men. It was reorganized on the island of Cor fu, which is approximately 700 miles distant by water from Saloniki. The Serbian army totaled about 300,000 at the outbreak of the war, but this force was greatly depleted as a result of an epidemic of typhus and bitter engagements fought in an en deavor to check the Austro-German and Bulgarian invasion of Serbia and Montenegro. The remnant of the orig inal armies saved itself by retreating through the Albanian mountains. On reaching the seacoast, the Ser bians were transported to the Island of Corfu, off the southern coast of Al bania, where they were suppiled with new rifles and clothing and efficiently equipped for further service on the Balkan battlefield. Wreck Thefts Up Again. Marshfield, Ore. The wreck of the steamship Santa Clara last November was recalled Tuesday by the report that a deputy U. S. marshal is finish ing an investigation of the rifling of mails at the time of the wreck, and that a large number have been sum moned to appear before Arthur Peck, U. S. commissioner. The secret serv ice had an operator here the week fol lowing the wreck who took photographs of the scenes at the salving and se cured other interesting photographs taken before his arrival. Assassin's Plot Fails. Berlin, (By wireless to Sayville, N. Y.) An unsuccessful attempt to as sassinate the Austro-Hungarian minis ter to Persia is reported in a Constan tinople dispatch to the Overseas News agency Tuesday. The attempt, according to the dis patch, was made by Djemel Bey, "who several years ago was involved in the assassination of Mahmoud Schefket Pasha, Turkish grand vizier and min ister of war." NEWS ITEMS , Of General Interest About Oregon Secretary Classifies Lands in Whitman National Forest Portland Announcement is made by the district forester, George H. Cecil, Portland, Ore., of the classification, by the secretary of Agriculture, of practically all the lands within the boundaries of the Whitman national forest in north eastern Oregon. A net area of approximately 879,218 acres is embraced in this classification, and a small area of 2742 acres is left for ex amination later. The Whitman national forest lies in the Blue mountains, and, according to the report, consists mainly of a large body of positive forest land. The re port shows that there ia a stand of about four billion feet of valuable com mercial timber within the forest, fifty per cent of which is western yellow pine. There is also a considerable stand of young timber and inferior species which has a high value for wa tershed protection for the streams which are uesd for irrigation outside the national foreBt. This forest, it is said, has little ag ricultural value, and isolated, scattered tracts only could be used for farm pur poses. The soil, although fertile, is rocky and shallow, and although rec ords are meager, the rainfall is known to vary from 10 to 40 inches, the snow fall from 20 inches to 30 feet in the higher altitudes the snow cornea as late as mid-June or as early as the last of August; the killing frostB oc cur every month in the year. The temperature is also known to vary from 30 degrees below zero to 120 above. Practically the entire forest is at elevations from 4000 to 10,000 feet. The topography is rough, char acterized by deep, precititous canyons, and jagged peaks. Although over 70, 000 acres of alienated land exist with in the forest boundaries, taken up un der the homestead and timber and stone acts, it is claimed that most at tempts at agriculture have proven fail ures, and a large per cent of the pri vate lands have eihter been abandoned or are being held for their timber and grazing value. In view, therefore, of these circum stances, and with the exception of small isolated tracts, aggregating 2742 acres left for later examination, the secretary has classified the entire area of the Whitman national forest as chiefly valuable for forest purposes and not suited to agriculture or list able under the act of June 11, 1906. 27-Year Wait Is Rewarded. Marshfield George W. Suydam, who has a secret preparation for pre serving woods, waited 27 long years before realizing on his knowledge of chemicals. Nearly 30 years ago Mr. Suydam, who is a resident of Den mark, Curry county, prepared with his process a number of different woods and placed them away with woods of the same variety to see what time would do with each of his keepsakes. Now that the woods have been ex amined and passed upon by experts, it is found that those which were treated 27 years ago are as well preserved as when they were put away, while the wood which was not treated has rotted away and decayed. L. E. Swan, of Detroit, Mich., hear ing of the successful preservative, came to Curry county and, after an investi gation, purchased a half interest in the secret process and will finance its exploitation. Voters Order Irrigation. Vale Land owners in the Malheur valley voted 84 to 11 Saturday to or ganize an irrigation district, which contemplates construction of a dam at Riverside, holding 200,000 acre-feet of water. Government engineers have reported it to be the most feasible and cheapest project in the West and 25, 000 acres of new land will be put un der cultivation. Ten thousand acres are owned by the Oregon Western Colonization com pany, of St. Paul. Directors are George McLaughlin, R. E. Weant, James Harvey, C. W. Mallett, A. W. Trow, and treasurer, T. W. Halliday. Stockmen Plan Picnic. Carlton At a meeting of the exe cutive committee of the Carlton Board of Trade, there were present a number of breeders of fine Btock and a tempor ary organization of the Carlton Stock men's Picnic association was made and preliminary arrangements were made to hold the first annual picnic in Carl ton on Saturday, June 17. The stock men and the board of trade are co-operating in arranging for the picnic. There will be barbecued beef, mutton and pork, and the usual picnic dinner provided. Bankers Organize Group. Ashland Organization of Group 4, Oregon State Bankers' association, embracing Jackson, Klamath, Curry, Lake and Josephfne counties, was per fected here this week and adjourned after electing J. W. McCoy, cashier First National Bank of Ashland, chair man; W. H. Gore, of Medford, vice chairman; Marshall Hooper, Grants Pass, secretary and treasurer. Meet ings will be held semi-annually. JAMES J. HILL DIES AFTER OPERATION Railroad Magnate Passes at St. Paul After Short Illness. GREAT AGE AGAINST RECOVERY Northwest to Pay Tribute to Mem ory of Great Empire Builder. Life Was Momentous. St. Paul, Minn. James J. Hill, one of the last of the American empire builders, died at his home here at 9 :43 a. m. Monday, May 29, following an operation for the removal of a car buncle. On account of his age, 78 years, he was unable to resist success fully the shock of the operation. "The end came quickly," said the official bulletin. "Mr. Hill became unconscious a few hours before. There were no death agonies." Mr. Hill's death followed two opera tions upon his thigh to relieve inflam mation caused by a carbuncle. The fact that an operation had been per formed Friday was kept secret until James J. Hill, "Empire Builder." Monday. There was a second opera tion Saturday. Dr. Herman Biggs, New York state health commissioner, had been in attendance since Friday. Mr. Hill's final collapse came with startling suddenness. It was late last week before a word of his serious con dition was allowed to leak out. Then it was stated he was suffering from a cold. The Mayo brothers, surgical specialists, were brought from Roches ter, Minn., for a consultation, and it then developed that Mr. Hill was afflicted with an intestinal carbuncle. Special trains began bringing friends and relatives to the bedside. The best surgeons were summoned. Louis W. Hill, president of the Great Northern, opened his residence next door for the accommodation of doctors and nurses. Early Sunday afternoon Mr. Hill ex perienced a sinking spell. Rev. Father Thomas J. Gibbons, pastor of the St. Paul cathedral and vicar general of St. Paul archdiocese, hastened to the bed side. Four hours later Mr. Hill was said to have rallied. At 6 p. m. his pulse was reported improved. But at 9:30, 12 hours before his death was to come, Doctors Biggs and Gilfillan an nouced that "the outlook was ex tremely serious." St. Paul is preparing to honor Mr. Hill's memory. Every division point of the northwest is ready to pay trib ute in memorial ceremonies. Facts in Life of dames Jerome Hill. 1838 Born near Guelph, Ont. 1856 Left father's farm for busi ness life in Minnesota. 1856-1865 In steamboat office in St. Paul. 1867 Married Mary Theresa Mehe gan, of St. Paul. 1869- 75 Head of Hill, Griggs, & Co., fuel and transportation. 1870 Established Red River Trans portation company, first to open com munication between St. Paul and Win nipeg. 1878 Organized syndicate that se cured control of the St. Paul & Pacific railway from Dutch owners of securi ties. 1879 Reorganized road as St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba and became its general manager. 1882-1890 President of this road, which became part of the Great North ern system. 1889-07 President of the entire Great Northern, which he extended to Puget Sound from Lake Superior, with northern and southern branches and a steamship line to the Orient. 1907-12 President of Great North ern's board of directors. Elba Capital Bombarded. Berin, by wireless to Sayville Bom bardment of Porto Ferrajo, capital of the Island of Elba, in the Mediterran ean, by an Austrian submarine, is re ported in a statement issued by the Austro-Hungarian admiralty May 26. The announcement says : "An Autro Hungarian submarine on the morning of May 23 very successfully shelled important blast furnaces at Porto Ferrajo, on the Island of Elba. The fire of the land battery was without effect The submarine later sank the Italian steamer Washington."