BERLIN PIANS SIEGE OF BRITAIN BY SEA LONDON ROCKED BY BLAST SCHOOL WORK SHOWS W ELL APPLES IN STORAGE SCARCE Huge Munitions Plant Wiped Out by Oregon Pupils Rank First in U. S. in Of 2000 Carloads for 1916 Season Explosion, Killing Many. Regularity of Attendance. 350 Remain Unshipped. London — A portion of the area of I»ndon was shaken severely Saturday night when a chemical plant in which munitions were manufactured was the center of a series of exploaiona, scat­ tering death and destruction over a considerable section of the district in which the works were located. There is no evidence that the explo­ sion was other than the result of a fire, such as that to which any factory is sbuject. Between 60 and GO bodies have been recovered. In 10 hospitals on Sunday 21 persons died, and there were 112 patients re­ ceiving treatment, Lloyd’s Weekly says. In addition, 205 persons suffer­ ing from injuries were treated. The central point of the volcano-like upheaval was in the heart of the work­ ing district of a suburban town. At 6:45 p. m. a series of explosions sud- That the public schools of Oregon Hood River—Out of 2000 carloads of have made much progress during the apples produced by Hood River valley past two years ia shown by the bien­ last season, a yield almost twice the Formal Notice to Be Given to nial report which has just been issued tonnage of any former year, only Neutrals; Feb, 1 is Date. by Superintendent o f I'ublic Instruc­ about 360 carloads remain unshipped. tion, J. A. Churchill. The report con­ The Fruit Growers' Exchange has tains nearly one hundred pages and practically cleaned out its holdings, deals with many phases of school having shipped 150 carloads. A. E. work. Superintendent Churchill has Woolpert, of White Salmon, Wash., briefly noted the principal lines of who represents in the mid-Columbia district the Dan Wuille Co., an Eng­ progress, in the following words: lish importing firm, says that he has All Hhipa to It** Mulled, and Hunk if “ A summary o f the work of the handled a tonnage o f 176 carloads from Contraband la Found on Hoard - public schools o f Oregon during the ; mid-Columbia points, all but two of past two years shows that substantial which have rolled to Eastern seaports To Hink All Armed Veaaela. progress is being made. Every year for export. The Apple Growers’ association re­ the attendance o f the pupils has be- ! ported that approximately 350 car­ come more regular until Oregon now loads of extra fancy and fancy New- New York -Germany will declare a ranks first in the United States in reg- towns and Spitzenbergs, chiefly the deep aea barrier around the Iiritiah ularity o f attendance in the rural former variety, remain in local stor­ lalea, begi fining February 1. Thi* ________ newa ia brought to New York by four schools. There is a growing interest age. panaengura arriving from Iiritiah and Kussia’s “ Sacred Devil," 1 in the industrial club work, and the ; Has 500 Cars Fruit. Baltic porta on the Philadelphia, of Who Was Assassinated number o f children who carry their j Wenatchee— Shippers and dealers the American, and the Keltic, of the projects through to a successful ter-1 White Star line, Monday, gave the agree that there are in storage about »»mu veraiona of the new plana of the j mination is increasing each year. To 500 cars o f apples in the valley. German admiralty. use the words of a county superintend­ AEx>ut 50 cars leave this district week­ Thu deep aea barrier will be pa­ ent: 'The pupils are not only learn - 1 ly for Eastern points, m ost. of them trolled by 30 aubmarinea of the latent Demand now is at a ing to do things and acquire right back orders. tyjm, all of which have been launched standstill. The holdings in the valley habits, but they are learning to pro- i in the peat two montha and are cap­ are well divided among the shipping duce and make things at a profit.’ 1 able o f a GOOO-milo cruising radiua, ac­ agencies. It is not thought that any The standardization of the country cording to three Americana, travelera one has more than 75 cars. schools is doing much to improve the from Germany. It is thought that the movement to work o f that institution, and w hile; A note will be Bent by the central market will not t>e less than 50 cars a there are still many rural schools that powern to all neutral nationa, warning week, and on this basis the cleanup have not yet met all of the require­ them o f Germnay’a deciaion, aimilar to will be made by the latter part of ments for standardization, the number the note aent on February 18, 1915, April. that have done so is increasing from 1 which received Mr. Wilaon’a farnoua year to year. The work of the high reply in return demanding atrict ac­ Collier Judges Poultry. schools has been greatly strengthened countability, from Germany for any North Yakima — Yakima county’s through meeting the requirements of American life placed in jeojiardy. annual poultry show is well under way the State Board of Education relative Thia neweat “ danger zone” la the I and Chief Judge Harry F. Collier, of to libraries and other equipment. This North Channel, which aeparatea Ire- Tacoma, says the showing, both in true of the smaller high i s especially land and Scotland; St. George‘a chan­ quantity and quality, is equal to any schools, many of which have hereto­ nel, between England and Ireland, 1 which has been held in the county. fore had almost no equipment or ap­ and the entrance to the English chan­ He is especially pleased with the en­ paratus with which to do their work. nel. tries in the White Leghorn and Black The high school tuition fund law, Ail allied vcHaela, whether carrying j Minorca classes. which was passed in 1915, is making contraband or not, will be stopped, it possible for thousands of pupils to their crewa ordered to take to the S86.0O0 for 5 5 .0 0 0 Bushels Wheat. attend high school who would other-1 ahip’ a boat« and the vessel immediate­ Spokane—Thomas F. Wren, who wise be denied the opportunity. That ly sunk. The aubmarinea which will patrol ! Gregory Rasputin, railed the "S a ­ the increase in attendance due directly owns a wheat ranch near Fenn, Idaho, thia newest zone have a speed of 18 cred Devil of Russia.’ ’ whose influence to this law has been phenomenal, is Thursday sold 55,000 bushels of wheat Four grain companies knots on the surface and 12 knots sub­ over the royal family, particularly the shown by the fact that in some high for $85,000. participated in the transaction. merged, it was aaid by the Americans, czarina, became obnoxious, was quietly schools the number of students has The county superintendent who asserted that they had the highest assassinated by several relatives o f the doubled. He was one o f one of the large counties o f West­ German authority on thia statement. ! czar and high officials. Each submarine will operate in a 10- of those strange mystical characters ern Oregon reports that the high mile radiua, and will be held reaponsi- who have floated through all Russian school attendance in his county has in­ Rasputin had gained such creased 128 per cent since the passage hie for any allied merchant vessel history. power over the royal family that it o f the high school tuition fund law. which slips past into an allied port. Each submarine ia to be equipped was feared he would interfere serious­ Among the other features of progress Portland— Wheat— Bluestem, $1.86 with six torpedo tubes, two rapid-fire ly with the conduct of the war. At should be mentioned the gradual in- j per bushel; club, $1.65; fortyfold, guns mounted fore and aft, bomE>- lay­ any rate he interfered with officials of crease in the requirements for certifi- i $1.65; red Russian, $1.62. ing chambers and a large supply of such im|>ortance that the Russian po- cation. which mean more thorough Oats— No. 1 white feed, $36.50. bomba, minea and grenades. They will lice fear to prosecute the men who preparation on the part of teachers Barley— No. 1 feed, $38.50. and t>etter teaching; the stimulated Flour — Patents, $8.40; straights, carry sufficient provisions to laBt five killed him. interest in supervised recreational ac­ $7.60 @ 7 .8 0 ; valley, $7.90; whole weeks without revictualing. In the case of neutral vessels’ pass­ denly transformed the works into a tivities, which has led to the improve­ wheat, $8.60; graham, $8.40. ing through the war zone their cargoes fiery furnace and great masses of ment of playgrounds and the installa­ Millfeed—Spot prices: Bran. $26.50 will E>e examined as previously and, if burning liquid and timbers and red-hot tion o f play apparatus; an improve­ per ton; shorts, $30.60; roiled barley, they are carrying contraband, they, iron were hurled high in the air. ment in the style o f school architec­ $41@42. Corn— Whole, $46 per ton; cracked, too, will be sunk, their crewa ttrst Mingled with the deafening crash of ture, embodying both utility and having taken to the lifeE>oats. beams and girders were cries from the beauty: and, finally, a better commun­ $47. It ia understood that Germany is working people. An adjoining flour ity spirit, due to the work o f the i Hay— Producers’ prices: Timothy, preparing a new list of contraband ar­ mill, in which a number of women and Parent-Teacher association and kindred Eastern Oregon, $19@21 per ton; val­ organizations.’ ’ ley, $16@17; alfalfa, $17@18; valley ticles, which will be in effect as soon girls were employed, was engulfed. grain hay, $13@15; clover, $12.50. as the new note ia sent to neutrals. It The explosions were only the centers Butter — Cubes, extras, 35@35§c; is believed that large quantities of o f a succession of widespread series of Would Make Every Oregon prime firsts, 34|c; firsts, 33i@34c. foodstuffs, as well as other necessities fires, as the masses of firebrands from o f life, will appear on this new con­ the affected quarter settled down on School House a Civic Center Jobbing prices: Prime extras, 38c; cartons, 1 cent extra; butterfat. No. traband list. surrounding areas. Added to the ter­ In his biennial report to the legisla­ Allied merchantmen similar to the ror of this upheaval was the sudden 1, 38c; No. 2, 36c, Portland. Eggs — Oregon ranch, current re­ British steamer Aberleau, which sailed darkness in which the entire quarter ture Superintendent o f Public Instruc­ tion J. A. Churchill highly commends ceipts, 38@40c per dozen; Oregon Friday for Southampton viH Halifax, was plunged. with a steel gun turret, to have a six- the law making every Oregon school- ranch, candled, 41c; selects, 43c. Poultry — Hens, 15@17c per pound; inch gun mounted for offensive, as Blizzard in East is Worst in house a civic center. In discussing springs, 16@17c; turkeys, live, 20@ well as defensive, warfare, will be Years; All Traffic is Hindered this subject Mr. Churchill says: considered as an armed cruiser and 22c; dressed, 25@26c; ducks, 16(320c; “ In 1915, the state legislature en­ geese, 12@14c. will be sunk on sight, it is said. St. Paul—The worst blizzard since acted a law making every public Veal— Fancy, 14T@15c per pound. 1908 raged over Southern Minnesota, schoolhouse a civic center, under the Pork— 12J@13c per pound. Western Wisconsin, North and South Twenty-Fve Thousand Guards­ control of the district school board, Vegetables—Artichokes, 90c@$1.10 Dakota and Northern Iowa Sunday, men on Border Ordered Home with slight signs of abatement. No where the citizens o f the district may per dozen; tomatoes, nominal; cab­ ’engage in supervised recreational ac­ bage, $3.25 per hundred;, eggplant, 25c Washington, D. C.— More then 26.- loss o f life has been reported. tivities, and where they may discuss per pound; lettuce, $2.50 per box; cu­ Fifteen inches o f snow fell here dur­ 000 National guardsmen, now on the any and all subjects which in their cumbers, $1.50@2.00 per dozen; cel­ Mexican border, have been designated ing the day. All railroads running in­ judgment pertain to the educational, ery, $5.60 per crate; cauliflower, by Major General Funston for return to St. Paul report trains many hours economic, artistic and moral interests $2.50, squash, l j c per pound; pep­ home and muster out of the Federal late, and on trains from the South Da­ of the citizens.’ Lighting, heating, pers, 25c; sack vegetables, $1.25; service. All these organizations will kota district indefinite reports are giv­ janitor service and the services of the sprouts. 10c per pound. be started homeward as soon as trans­ en. Pierre, South Dakota, reports all j supervising officer when needed, may Potatoes — Oregon buying prices, trains have been cancelled until th e ' portation facilities can be provided. be paid from the public school funds $1.76@2.00 per hundred; sweet, $4. Their departure will leave E>etween storm abates. of the district. Onions—Oregon buying prices, $5 Information received here indicate 46,000 and 60,000 men of the guard “ The passage o f this law has done per sack, country points. still in the Federal service doing bor­ the storm was the heaviest in the much to open the doors of our country Green Fruits— Apples, 60c@$1.59 South Dakota territory, where tele­ der patrol. schoolhouses to the church, the Grange, per box; pears, $1.50@2.50; cranber­ War department officials continue to phone and telegraphic communications the Farmers’ Union, and the Parent- ries, $11@12 per barrel. withhold comment on reports that the have been seriously hampered. Teacher association. Because these Hops— 1916 crop, 5@9c per pound. movement o f General Pershing’s regu­ buildings were erected primarily for Wool— Eastern Oregon, fine, 24@ lars out o f Mexico soon will be under British Propose to Lease the use of the schools, their use has 30c per pound; coarse, 33@36c; val­ way and the statement announcing the been refused for any other ley, 33@35c; mohair, nominal. Merchant Ships of Greece frequently guardsmen designated for relief does purposes, in spite of the fact that a Cascara Bark— Old and new, 5c per not connect these orders with the Athens — The cabinet Monday dis­ building for public meetings is greatly pound. withdrawal plans in any way. cussed at length a British proposal to needed in every rural community, and Cattle— Steers, prime, $8.25@8.60; lease the Greek merchant marine. It the schoolhouses are used for school fair to good, cows, $7.00@8.00; Kiss Rewards Governor. w bb decided to take measures to assure purposes’ only five days in the week, choice. $6.75@ 7.60; medium to good, Cheyenne, W yo.— A resounding kiss the retention o f the number of ships and then for not more than from six $6.25@ 6.75; ordinary to fair, $5.60@ Thus 6.00; implanted on the executive lips in full necessary to provide the foodstuffs to nine months in the year. heifers. $6.00@7.00; bulls, many thousands o f dollars’ worth of $2.76@5.25; calves, $3.00(