WORLD HAPPENINGS OF CURRENT WEEK kmmm 15 D“ Dl0C,ED WILSON INDORSES Railroads and Men Can’t Agree; Not Stated Whether Strike is Meant. BONDS FOR DEFICIT COUNTY RECORDS ARE TAKEN Stalwarts Forcibly Grab Documents in County Seat Fight. CAN DRAFT MSI WHEN NECESSARY New York—Special circulars putting Culver, Ore.—Seventy-five residents up to the 400,000 members responsi­ of Madras, headed by William S. bility for the next step to be taken by lJ*Ren, of Portland, attorney for the War Department Finds Ample Panama Canal Issues May Be Brief Resume Most Im portant the railroad brotherhoods in their con­ l>oople of Madras in the county seat troversy with the railroads over the Used for Army and Navy. Authority in Law. application and interpretation of the Daily News Items. fight with Culver, came to Culver Mon­ Adamson act were sent broadcast by day, piled the county records in auto­ telegraph after a conference of the mobiles and sleds and carted them over four brotherhood chiefs here Saturday. to Madras. of the action taken COMPILED FOR BUSY READERS waa Announcement made by William G. Lee, presi­ EEADERS URGE QUICK ACTION The action followed the decision of FROM 18 TO 45 IS AGE LIMIT dent of the Brotherhood of Railway the Circiut court in favor of Madras in Trainmen, prior to his departure for a on which notice of ap|xed into the waiting vehices anil ment. President Wilson fell on a slippery extraordinary army and navy ex[>en- the drivers hurried away before the " I f for any reason,” the order con­ hillside while playing golf Saturday ditures. surprised residents of Culver could in­ tinues, “ there shall not be enough re­ and wrenched his ankle. He was able Representative Hull, of Tennessee, tercede. to continue the game, but walked with author of the income tax law, has out­ The presence of mind of the son of servists or enough voluntary enliat- a decided limp the rest of the day. lined a plan he drafted for considera­ Mrs. Lillian W atts, county superin- j Breaking all its coinage records, the tion of the ways and means committee tendent, the office of his mother Philadelphia Mint during 1916 pro­ for separating preparedness accounts from the saved visitors abandoned an duced 238,469,769 domestic coins in from the ordinary expenses and re­ attem pt to take her who files when the boy denominations ranging from one cent ceipts of the government. refused to deliver over the keys of the ! to half dollars and valued at $9,344,- He figures that ordinary expenses office. 266. this year and next will be less than Sheriff Black was outwitted by the the estim ated ordinary receipts and viaitors after he had placed the current Lincoln, Neb., dry advocates have that special taxation and bond issues assessment roll in the safe and locked ' drafted a law, which, if passed, would will be needed only to cover excess dis­ the doors of his office. Receipt books make liable to arrest any person with bursements for various purposes, in­ and the tax collection register were a liquor breath. It would also be an cluding army, navy and fortifications taken. offense to tell a man where he could extensions. As there are only three keys to the get a drink. Mr. Hull’s plan contemplates the office, as each has been accounted issuance of $125,000,000 of Panama for, the and method Acquitted of the charge of murder which the delega- ! Canal bonds for army and navy ex­ tion from Madras by gained on December 18, Thomas Green has re­ entrance is a pense, $70,000,000 under the shipping mystery here. Sheriff-elect fused to leave the Camden, N. J., Wood and for the proposed nitrate plant, made an effort to assume the duties j act county jail until he succeeds in beating of $25,000,000 to pay for the Danish the office, but retired when he discov­ his cellmate a game of checkers. Both Mrs. E. E. Starcher was not only and checker players are well on in years. elected mayor of Umatilla. Ore., but! West Indies, or a total of $220,000,000. ered that the bond of the sheriff had first to be approved by the county In spite of the high cost of living, she had to defeat her husband to win. Standard Oil Man Says Gasoline court. more m arriage licenses were issued at He had the tem erity to run on the op- j D istrict Attorney Myers stop|>ed the position ticket, and the women of the j the m arriage license bureau in New Supply is Nearly Exhausted raiders in his office after several York City in 1916 than ever before, it city just rose up and swatted him and j Chicago— A note of alarm concern­ threats of personal violence had been was announced. The total for the year many other male candidates. Four I ing the gasoline supply of the country made. He warned them not to touch was 67,133 as compared with 59,646 women were elected to the city coun­ was sounded at the convention of the any of the county property and a fight cil; another was chosen recorder, and in 1915. the prosecutor and several of another became treasurer. ” 1 am for Society of Agricultural Engineers here between the raiders was averted by cooler heads Mrs. Joseph H. T. Jones, widow of a rigid enforcement of the law and Saturday by Dr. Oscar F. Bransky, of in the crowd. The crowd gained Captain Jones, has been elected presi­ lower expenses of government, ” said the Standard Oil company. entrance to the prosecutor’s office also dent of the Gulf & Ship Island rail­ Mrs. Mayor when she was asked about [ He declared that production was not by a ruse. road, to succeed her husband, it was her policy. keeping pace with consumption, and The raid prevents the checking out announced in Buffalo. Captain Jones that exhaustion of the supply was the retiring county officers by the died a month ago, leaving an estate of crue to the men from the passage of i drawing near. The tension was con- i of of Crandall & Roberts, account­ U g EM HUGH l. SCOTT r more than $15,000,000 to his wife and the Adamson act and asserting that siderably relieved, however, when it firm ants, as all of the papers on which daughter. was calculated that the estim ated re­ Say» 3,000,000 Trained Men Are for that reason the “ entire situation is supply of crude oil, visible they were working were taken. Needed for Defense of Country The m ilitary commander of Moscow to be placed before the m em bership.” I maining invisible, would last for 138 years has closed that city to refugees, says The chiefs refused to say whether j and the 1916 rate of consumption. the Overseas News Agency, which the action was a vieled threat of an- j at Dr. ments to organize or to keep the re­ Bransky said that next year University of Oregon Wins adds that the city is crowded with peo­ other strike vote such as brought about there would be 3,000,000 automobiles From U. of Pennsylvania Eleven serve hattlaion at prescribed strength ple from Roumania, Odessa and all the eight-hour day legislation. in the United States, or 750,000 more a sufficient number of unorganized Pasadena, Cal. — Pennsylvania’s parts of Southern Russia. Roumanian than this year. He estim ated that C ongress to Act Promptly. m ilitia shall be drafted by the Presi­ refugees, the agency says, will in the vaunted football eleven was crushed oil fields are 75 per cent ex- | future be sent to Siberia. Washington, D. C.—Prompt consid­ Eastern dent to m aintain such battalion or hausted; mid-continental fields 50 per and humiliated by the University of in congress of President Wil- j cent; Texas fields 80 per cent, and Oregon football heroes in their inter- lesser unit at the prescribed strength.” New York — A strike of tenants eration son’s proposed legislation was California fields 35 per cent exhausted. language follows closely that of against an increase of $1 a month in predicted here railway sectional battle in Tournament Park the The after announcement of j National defense act, in which the rent of 200 apartm ent and tenem ent the term ination of conferences be-j New Y ear’s day. The score was 14 to unorganized m ilitia is defined as in­ houses in The Bronx was begun New tween railway and Brotherhood heads Great Britain Battleship Deal 0. Oddly, this is in duplication of cluding every able-bodied male citizen Y ear’s Day. Heads of 300 fam ilies in New York in an unsuccessful at­ Washington S tate’s win over Brown within the prescribed age lim it or Denied by Japanese Authorities University in this same city one year signed a declaration that they would tem pt to settle their differences. The those who have declared their inten­ stand together and suffer eviction view was taken that representatives of New York—Denial that Great Bri­ ago. tion of becoming citizens. rather than pay the increase. employers and employes had thrown tain has agreed to furnish Japan, af­ Monday’s game was witnessed by The National Guard regulations, their entire controversy into the lap of I ter the war, with six battleships as the greatest crowd th at ever saw a which will be amplified in great detail London — The cutter Protector has congress for settlem ent. part of the price of Japanese partici­ football game on the Pacific Coast. later, also strike at the problem of de­ been blown up. The number of men Hearings on part of the President’s pation in the conflict was made here Approximately 27,000 were in the pendent families of soldiers, which has lost is not known. Vessels reported program begin before the senate j Saturday in a cable message from the stands, say tournam ent officials. coHt the government several millions sunk include the British steam er Aps- commerce will next week. Un - 1 Japanese government. A rumor of ar­ While the engagement began rather of dollars already through the bonier ley Hall, 3882 tons; Danish steam er! der a plan committee suggested by the President rangements between the two nations listlessly, it developed into a thrilling moblization. Recruiting officers for Danmark, 2050 tons; Russian steam er can be obtained on the entire ! that might have a detrim ental effect spectacular battle well worthy of the the National guard are directed to dis­ Tuskar, 3043 tons, and the Norwegian action once it reaches the floor. The ' on the political and commercial inter­ day and the throng. courage the enlistm ent of m arried men steam er Edda, 137 tons. Three of the program President proposes amending a house ests of the United States had been It was a battle that reflected the or those with others de|>endent upon crew of the Tuskar were drowned. railroad proposed legislation instead heard here and in Washintgon and had highest credit upon Pacific Coast foot­ them. Such persons are to be accepted In reply to the proffer of Germany of introducing it in the form of separ­ caused grave disquietude. The sub- j ball. Penn came west with proud only for reasons in the public interest, stance of the rumor was that Japan haosts of a diversified open field and men who wish to become officers being and her allies for a peace conference, ate bills. the entente allies, in a collective note, Brotherhood men, aided by the was seeking or had obtained an agree-1 aerial attack that would Btartle the na­ the only class specifically excepted. declare th at they “ refuse to consider a American Federation of Labor, will ment with Great Britain under which tives. Oregon was supposed to have It is provided in the regulations that proposal which is empty and insin- j fight the proposed strike postponement a group of British-built superdread-1 nothing but some old stuff that was no officer o f the guard hereafter shall cere.” The note was handed to the j amendment. They insist that its pas­ naughts would be transferred to the pulled when Pudge Heffelfinger and be recognized as such under the de­ American ambassador, William Graves sage would only give employers time Japanese fleets as soon as peace is re­ W alter Camp were singing their boola fense act unless he shall have sub­ Sharp, Sunday, by Prem ier Briand, to prepare for strikes and would deny stored. It is said th at the number of booias together. Instead Oregon scribed to an oath binding him to obey and was made public simultaneously in labor the right to refuse to work when dreadnaughts to be transferred to Jap­ showed football of a suprior brand and the orders of the President and of the conditions are unsatisfactory. London and Paris. walked off with the game. an was six. governor of his state. Congress reconvened Tuesday to face Famous Airman is Killed. 210 Eggs Gift to Postman. W reckage of Ship is Seen. Explosion Rocka City. several salient issues which must be Berlin, (By wireless to Sayville, N. Albany, Or.—Eighteen dozen eggs Washington, D. C.—Coast Guard Sapulpa, Okla.—Explosion of a wag- considered, together with the annual Y .)—Lieutenant Gustav Leffers, the was one of the Christmas presents re­ headquarters here received a wireless onload of nitroglycerine bound for the appropriation bills, and many general noted German aviator who recently ceived by Joseph E. Warner, rural message Saturday from -the cutter oil fields shook the country for milea legislative measures that long have was decorated with the Order Pour le mail carrier on one of the routes run­ Acushnet that she hail passed through around Saturday night. Two men been aw aiting action. Administration Merite, has been killed in an air en­ ning out of Albany. Appreciating his wreckage covering the sea for about with the wagon probably were blown leaders are inclined to view the legis­ gagement on the western front, the faithful service and especially that he five miles well east of Nantucket light­ to bits, as on trace of their bodies has lative accumulation with despair and worked Christmas Day to deliver their ship in the vicinity where wireless been found. The explosion occurred to fear an extra session of the new Overseas News Agency announces. delayed packages, the people on calls for help were sent out Christmas five miles west of Keifer, about 10 and, politically, somewhat uncertain A news dispatch in mid-Npvember his route Xmas telephoned the word along to night from the steam er Maryland. miles from here. It shattered hun­ congress will be demanded. credited Lieutenant Leffers, aged 19, give him an “ egg shower.” W ith the The wreckage could not be identified dreds of panes of glass here, rocked The Oregon State Teachers’ associa­ with having up to th at time brought eggs he was given six chickens, a as the Maryland, for which the Acush­ buildings in the business district and tion is in session in Portland. down nine British airplanes. net had been searching several days. waa heard for 26 milea around. duck and eight bushels of oata. r>«a.. *TA«tHC3^Sl