Current Events of Interest Gathered From the World at Large. G eneral Resume o f Im portant Event« Presented In Condensed Form fo r O ur Busy Readers. The N orthern Pacific plans to spend 14 ,000,000 on improvements in the Inland Empire this year. “ Baby B liss,” the man who weighed 550, pounds, was found dead in bed at Bloomington, III. C alifornia representatives have asked congress for $50,000 to aid in fighting the M editerranean fru it fly. New York county, New York, will not have any women deputy sheriffs, as it has been found th a t "e v e ry dep­ uty sheriff m ust be a v o te r.” An agent of the Royal Mail steam ­ ship company is in Portland arranging for the establishm ent of a d irect line of steam ers to Europe via the Panam a canal. Those in charge of the G reat N orth­ ern exhibit car now touring the E ast predict a g rea t influx of homeseekers to the N orthw est during the coming summer. The U nited S tates has taken posses­ sion of the N icaraguan custom houses in order to receive paym ent of a $10,- 000,000 loan made to th a t country by J . Picrpont Morgan. Governor West, of Oregon, has set aside Friday, December 13, 1912, as a general “ hangm an’s d a y ,” in case the people fail to approve the m easure abolishing capital punishm ent. Hawley Bill Would Perm it State« to Make Lieu Selection«. Washington, D. C-— Realizing that w estern states can derive no practical benefit from school sections scattered through forest reserves, R epresenta­ tive Hawley introduced a bill which perm its the exchange of these lands fui compact buoies of equal area, situated as to be of value. H is bill provides th a t where any sta te owns lands w ithin a national forest or where its rights of indemnity selection in respect to school sections w ithin such boundaries has not been fully exercised, the state, subject to the approval of the secretary of ag ri­ culture, may change such lands for, or make indemnity selections of, other national forest lands of like q uantity and value, to be selected in reasonably com pact bodies, which lands shall th e re afte r be excluded from national forests for the benefit of the state. Hamilton Club at Mammoth Meeting Upholds Tafr. Chicago—Chicago’s voice was raised for international peace a t a mammoth m eeting held here under the auspices of the H am ilton club in the A uditori­ um th eater. Ex-V ice-President F air­ banks, Colonel Henry W atterson, of L ouisville; R epresentative Foster, of V erm ont; Jan e Addams and Dr. Emil G. Hirsch, of Chicago, made appeals for the ratification of the general arb i­ tration treaties now pending in the United States senate. Such ratification, advocates of peace declared, will mean the abolishment o f im plem ents of w ar in favor of the dignified councils of peaceful a rb itra ­ tion. President T aft was praised for his advocacy of the trea tie s which, if r a t­ ified, it was said, would insure world peace and the U nited S tates was de­ clared to be the first nation really to announce itself as in favor of a rb itra ­ tion o f international differences. This was in the tre a ty between this country and England, the early p art of the la st century, to settle boundary disputes on the border line of Maine and Canada. Mr. F airbanks defined the treaties advocated by P resident T aft, and which the senate is asked to ratify , as broader in scope than any previously j considered treaties. “ These tre a tie s ,” said Mr. F a ir­ banks, “ if ratified by the senate, will become a fixed featu re of our in tern a­ tional policy, and the policy of two of the other leading world pow ers.” F E D E R A L Q U A R A N T IN E NO W . Wheat C rop Safe U nder Heavy Blanket of S now —Z ero E ast of C ascades. i W eather C o nd ition s in Pacific N o rth w e st. Portland—City and v icinity cov­ ered w ith ice; tem p eratu re slightly below 30. Salem—Cellars flooded by ra in s; ( river rising. t S eattle—Freezing w eather, four j inches of snow; east wind blowing. t Albany—Stream s risin g in Linn I county; long-distance w ires down. I A berdeen— Logging camps are | forced to shut down on account of | snow. j Spokane— Mercury below zero; j snow foot deep. 5 Baker— Mercury a t zero, 12 inch- j es of snow, trains delayed. ; La Grande—Snow d rifts fill the ¡stre e ts; wind hampers snow plows Ion O.-W. R. & N. j Pendleton — M ercury is below : zero; 13 inches of snow ; tra in s de­ c a y e d ; snow in m ountains three ! feet deep. i The Dalles — Show 41 inches ¡deep; mercury 14 above; De- I schutes railroad blocked; O.-W. R. i & N. trains delayed. : Hood River—-34 inches o f snow; J in upper valley depth is five feet. ; W alla W alla—2 inches o f snow ; I mercury a t zero. Snow protects j crops. California Wants Aid in Fignting Threatening Fruit Fly. W ashington, D. C. — The sum of $50,000 to repulse the invasion of the M editerranean fru it fly is asked in a bill introduced by Representatives Hayes and Kahn, of California. California, they say, had held an ex tra session of its legislature and passed legislation along this line. The invasion is threatened from the H aw aiian islands, the fly's habitat, and fru it brought from there carries the larvae, which flourish in the Cali­ DOUGLAS FIR OIL GOOD. fornia climate. A D M IRA L ROBLEY D. EVANS. The Californians in th eir fight Students at University of Washington against the pest, will urge the bill of Make Discovery. them. I am very sorry to hear of his Representative Simmons, of New d ea th .” York, for a national quarantine for U niversity of W ashington, S eattle One of the iron links th a t bound the imported nursery stock. — Discoveries th a t will place Douglas old navy to the new, a commanding fir oil on a par with th a t extracted Hitchcock Plan Boosted. figure in each, w as Robley D. Evans. from pine, will utilize the millions of He did not take kindly to the sobrie- Washington, D. C. — A feature of feet of fir stum ps, roots and tree quet of “ F ig h tin g Bob,” for, although the annual report of Joseph S. Stew­ limbs, representing one-half of the Portland—While Portland and V an­ of gruff exterior, he was a man of the art, second assistant postm aster gene­ The president of the Outlook Pub­ standing tim ber, and will provide for kindliest impulses. Thus it never was ral, is a recommendation th a t the gov­ couver suffered Saturday and Sunday lishing company, for whose magazine the m anufacture of fine paper from used in his presence by his friends. Roosevelt is one of the principal the w aste a fte r the oil has been manu­ ernm ent pay only for w hat it receives under the “ silver th a w ,” heavy rains fell in the W illam ette valley, and w riters, says Roosevelt will not be a factured, have been made by students in the transportation of the mails. presidential candidate this year. of the chem istry departm ent here, An elaborate discussion of the pro­ east of ithe Cascades m ountains the BATTLE DANGER REDUCED. posed plan of Postm aster General snowfall continued until Sunday morn­ A Boise, Idaho, man, believing him­ who, under the direction of Dr. H. K. Benson, have been experim enting on Hitchcock to pay the railroads for ing. Feeling Fine in Morning, Has Hearty self dying, gave a check for $3,000 to Navy A rranges to S trip S hips of actual service performed is presented. Sunday morning The D alles awoke 29,000 pounds of .fir stum ps received a neighbor woman who had befriended Lunch at Noon, and Dies at Wood When in Action. to see 41 inches of snow. A t Hood from Linden, Or. This plan, it is said, “ would elim i­ him. N ext m orning he found him self 4 :4 5 O 'clock P. M. “ Our discovery o f the oil of Doug­ W ashington, D. C.— Every year the nate all distinction between payment River the fall was 34 inches deep, feeling b etter than usual, and tried to las fir came as a resu lt of studying b attle practice in th e Am erican navy for w eight and payment for space, and while in the upper Hood R iver valley stop paym ent on the check. the oils of four cords of wood sent more closely approxim ates the condi­ would be based on the space occupied the depth in places is five feet. The snow area covers th e whole of by the m ails in tran sit and the haul of W ashington, Jan . 3.— R ear Admiral tions of actual w arfare. More than 8,000 persons attended through a wood d istillin g plant at the Inland Empire. Pendleton reports Anacortes, ” said Dr. Benson. “ Com­ Robley D. E vans— “ F ig h tin g Bob” to In the spring practice of the A tlan ­ the sam e.” the president’s New Year reception. mercial tu rpentine of a high grade and The plan would enable the govern­ 13 inches, w ith three feet in the Blue tic fleet th is y ear the idea of rid ­ A compensation act ia being urged the new oil were found by the stu ­ an adm iring nation—died suddenly to­ ding a ship as fa r as possible of com­ m ent to transport the mails a t a rate mountains. Baker had 13 inches of Acute bustible m aterial and woodwork th a t of 6 per cent above actual cost to the snow, Walla W alla 12 inches and Spo­ for the relief of injured postoffice em­ dents. When the ta r obtained from day a t his home in th is city. this fir wood was refined it yielded indigestion ended the career of one o f ' m ight cause splinters in action is to roads. kane the same. Zero w eather pre­ ployes. three product»—a very light oil, used vails at many places east of th e Cas­ be carried out. The plans contem­ The cost of living is less in the Pan­ in the m anufacture of shingle stain ; the most popular officers of the navy. plate the removal of all wooden boats, Navy Officers Grilled. cades. ama canal zone than in the United a heavier oil of tar, which, I believe, He was ill less than three hours. Train service in the Columbia riv er the bunks and the wooden furniture. W ashington, D. C.— Representative States. Admiral Evans arose today appar­ Not even the mess tables will be le ft Howard, of Georgia, urging before the gorge is heavily handicapped by the can be used for linseed oil, and a ta r Aged 94 years, the oldest member residue or pitch, which, we believe, ently in b e tte r health and sp irits than and the bluejackets will have to eat house naval affairs subcommittee, the deep snows, otherw ise no reports of Some fear of the San Diego Swimming club took can be used successfully asr a p rotect­ he had enjoyed in some tim e. For th e ir meals squatting, tailor-fashion, rein statem en t of L ieutenant Colonel damage have been made. C. M. Perkins, of the Marine corps, is felt at Hood River where young ap­ a half hour’s swim w ith the other ive paint for iron, steel and m etal sur­ years a sufferer from old wounds sus­ on deck. faces. Now, the rosin in the wood More dam age and loss of life have declared th a t Perkins discharge for ple trees are buried under the snow. members on New Years day. renders it useless for w hite paper, and tained in the Civil w ar and from re­ resulted on shipboard in tim e of w ar alleged “ mental incompetency” was a Baker county reports plenty of feed The South Yuba river is frozen over it is available only for the cheaper current attack s o f rheum atic gout, the from suffocating fires and flying splin­ “ D reyfus” conspiracy, hatched at the for cattle. in Southeastern California, a phenom­ grades of colored paper, b ut by using aged fighter seemed to have shaken off ters than from shot and shell wounds, Army and Navy club in Washington. Snow drifted badly in the stre e ts of enon never before known w ithin the our apparatus we can ex tra ct this the burden of his advancing days. He therefore it has been decided to de­ Mr. Howard attacked both the Ma­ La Grande, making futile the efforts rosin. memory of the oldest inhabitant. displayed high sp irits a t b reakfast, term ine ju st how much woodwork can rine corps and the navy. of the snowplows to clear th e tracks “ O ther experim ents deal w ith the and ate a h earty luncheon a t noon. be dispensed w ith when a c ra ft clears “ Only 32 per cent of the officers of of the O.-W. R. & N. value of the tannic acid of the fir bark PORTLAND MARKETS. When in his lib rary a t 2 o ’clock in for action. th e nav y ,” he said, “ are in actual W inter reached Southern Oregon and the oil distilled from fir needles.” the afternoon the adm iral was stric k ­ The spring practice of the fleet in service. The rem ainder sit about Saturday afte r a heavy but w arm rain Wheat — Track prices : Bluestem, en. His fam ily sent instantly for Dr. the W est Indian w aters w ith Guan- W ashington engaged in social pur­ of the night before. A t noon th e 81(u,82e; club, 79c; red Russian, 78c; S. S. Adams, who on arrival found him tanomo as the base, will occupy ten suits. Naval battles are planned and mercury a t Roseburg began to fall LPowers Move Cautiously. valley, 80c; forty-fold, 79(/£80c. P aris—The possibility of an event­ in g rea t pain. A fter treatm en t. Ad­ days more than two months, begin­ fought in the clubs, where liquor rapidly and by nightfall was a t freez­ Corn—Whole, $37; cracked, $38 ton. m iral Evans fell into a restless sleep, ning Jan u ary 10. A fte r th a t is com­ tak es the place of the briny deep, ing point. Streams are reported as Millatuffs— Bran, $23 per ton; mid­ ual intervention by the powers and it was thought the danger had pleted the big ships will come north to w ith a red ¡cherry as the ship and a rising at alarm ing rapidity. T rains China in some form is an absorbing dlings, $30; shorts, $24; rolled b ar­ passed. Shortly a fte r 4 o ’clock, how­ the Southern drill grounds off the toothpick as the propelling force. are being operated with difficulty and topic of discussion in diplom atic cir­ ley, $37(lt88. ever, he awakened and, raising him ­ Chesapeake capes, for the regular b a t­ The officers furnish the w ind.” wire service is interrupted. In some Oats—No. 1 white, $30.500£31 ton. cles here. The feeling, however, is self, w ith difficulty, announced th a t he tle practice. parts of the county snow is five inches Hay—No. 1 E astern Oregon tim o­ th a t nothing of a concrete n atu re is was choking. S enate Curbs Newlands. deep. thy, $18(lvania and New Jersey Ship tion for a legislative programme made trailic on the Southern Pacific over the Ammunition to Mexico. Fresh F ru its— Pears, 60c ch the govern­ Cattle — Choice steers, $5.75u 6; food law. will be adm itted and sold in decided to report the m a tte r to the able language for the whole people They contend th a t sta te bounty laws m ent filed suit here last month, has are inadequate to exterm inate the pre­ good, $6/1/6.60; choice cows, $4.60 k 5; this country w ithin a few days unless police. o f China. datory wild anim als which breed in een dissolved. The proceedings w ere good, $4.25<<(4.60; choice spayed heif­ the governm ent acts quickly. Senator national forests. Federal assistance en toiL i?hm* L JudRe 0,in Wellbom ers. $6rnt8 named in D angerous Shelia Sunk Hogs—Choice light hogs. $fi66(ii be constituted in U lster im m ediately in ju ries sustained in the line of duty a n t™ 1 c?m pUint h8d made $.66; good to choice hogs. $6.25«£ Brest, F rance—One of the cruisers a fte r a home rule m easure has been b u t not attrib u ta b le to th e ir own neg­ D em ocrats Make Slate. U o n T and L J? agreeing t,n * the allega- $.50; fair, $6(d6.26; smooth heavy attached to this port sailed out to sea passed by the B ritish parliam enL The ligence. is urged in the annual report tiona to e,9ential dissolution. W ashington, D. C. — The first cau­ hogs. $6.266t6.60. and threw overboard into deep w ater most extrem e m easures will be reso rt­ of C. P. Grandfield. first assistan t cus of the house Democrats will be Sheep — Choice yearling wethers. 67 tons of m elenit« shells. The shells ed to for the defense o f U lster by the postm aster-general. Smallpox Like Plague. T here w ere in held soon to consider nom inations to 9193.76^4; choie« kl II ing ewes. $3.26 were condemned a fte r the ex plosion Loyalists, says the d o cu m en t Nogalea, Sonora, Mex.— Smallpox This operation Ju n e 30. 609,237 postoffices fill vacancies on com m ittees and a C$9.76; choie« lara b«, $4.9fl(i( 6 .10; on the b attlesh ip L iberte a t Toulon m anifesto Is reported to be th e ex ­ o f all classes in the U nited S tates. good, to choie« lamba, •4.76444.90; laat Septem ber, when 236 men were pression o f the un alterab le decision of The delivery service ia now in opera­ proposal to make Democratic caucuses rtctlm ™ eDt t? P* t h , t claims m any public sessions intend of secret m eet­ of M e x i« ,l0ng th * WMt « « • » J killed. aalls $9C$4. the anti-borne rule forces. tion on 42,000 rural routes. ings. K«v. Cuaymas and Mazatlan ADMIRAL EVANS DIES “Fighting Bob" Suddenly Laid Low By indigestion. I i li have been quarantined. rrtiwaprTr c