W H O HAPPENINGS
OF H
WEEK
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Events o f Noted People Government*
and Pacific North «eat and Other
Thine* Worth Knowing.
The administration bill to increase
the number o f cadets at the Annapolis
Naval academy was passed late Mon­
day by the house without debate, and
now goes to the senate.
German naval forces have made a
foray in t o t he North Sea and surprised
a convoy o f merchant ships, sinking
one British and five neutral vessels
and4four mine sweepers.
The period o f virtual inactivity con­
tinues in France and Belgium, except
for reciprocal bombardments on var­
ious sectors and here and there smal­
ler operations by reconnoitering par­
ties.
Mrs. Jean K ellet o f North Y'akima,
Wash., has received a telegram from
Halifax. N. S., saying that all mem­
bers o f the fam ily o f her sister, Mrs.
J. B. Hillis, were killed in the recent
disaster there.
The second court-martial o f enlisted
men of the 24th Infantry, negroes,
growing out of the riot and mutiny of
members o f that regiment at Houston,
the night o f August 23 last, was begun
Tuesday at Fort Sam Houston.
No restrictions upon the price or
distribution o f lead are deemed neces­
sary at this time by the war industries
board. This was announced Tuesday
after a conference between the board
and the principal lead producers o f the
country’.
PROHIBITION WINNER
llou w Adopt* Nation " id«-
to 12*
$ t*tn
Mrtnun.
Have S o « ««
Year* to Ratify Measure.
STATE N E W S
IN BRIEF.
l.uther J. Goldman, biological assist­
ant and predatory animal lns|>ector of
Idaho, is to make’ Pendleton his head­
quarter*.
Washington, P. G,— Nationwide pro­
hibition won in the bouse Monday, and
only the adjustment o f a alight differ­ Dairy of Captain Exposes Trick
Twenty-five recruits for the navy
ence in resolutions between the house
within 10 day* i* the record for the
Played at Honolulu.^
and senate now stands in the wav o f
Pendleton recruiting office.
From
early morning Thursday Recruiting
submitting to state legislatures an
Officer Schwart found hi* hands full,
amendment to the Federal Constitution
with men on the waiting list. The
forbidding the manufacture, sale or
men are hurrying to get ahead o f the
importation o f intoxicating liquor for '
draft.
beverage purposes in the United States
W illiam Fraker, Pendleton’s oldest
or its territories.
pioneer, Tuesday celebrated his ninety-
Revolutionary Propaganda I* I>i*s<
' first birthday. He crossed the plains
The vote in the bouse, taken a fter a
inated From Hawaii at Instiga­
by ox team in 1852 and lived nineteen
day o f debate before crowded gal­
year* in the W illam ette valley before
tion o f German Government.
leries. was 282 to 128, with the parties
moving to Pendleton. He brought the
dividing almost evenly.
The margin
first organ and sewing machine to that
for prohibition was just eight votes
etty.
more than the necessary two thirds of
Honolulu— While her band was play­
1-ane county's ^organization for the
the'membership o f the house required ing lively tune* to drown out all tell­ Red Cross membership drive which
for adoption and 26 more than two- tale sounds, the wireless apparatus of will be inaugurated Monday morning,
the German unprotected cruiser Geier. has been completed.
George (Juayle,
thirds o f those voting.
interned in this harbor, relayed mes­ county chairman, who will have per­
Both wets and drys had been pre­ sages between German agents in the
sonal charge o f the canvass in Eugene,
dicting victory all day, and it was not United States and Japan in further­ has announced chairmen for the vari­
until the last few names had been ance o f a plot to embroil the two coun­ ous cities and towns in I.ane county.
tries in war, according to an article
called that the anti-prohibition forces
Only six men student* are left at A l­
appearing in the Star-Bulletin here.
bany
College, and four o f these are
conceded their defeat. When Speaker
The article, which is published with
Clark announced the result the victor* the authority o f the United States Na­ planning to enlist. The war has made
the school practically a g irls’ institu­
were joined by the galleries in such a val Intelligence Bureau, declares that
tion. When war was declared last
the
seal
placed
on
the
G
eier’s
wireless
demonstration as is rarely permitted in
by the American government was bro­ spring a patriotic fervor swept the
the house. Former Secretary Bryan, ken by the Germans in order that the student body and more than 70 per
an interested spectator nearly all day, messages might be sent.
| cent o f the boys of the arhool enlisted.
appeared on the floor and joined in re­
The
information
regarding the
Because o f the many enlistments at
ceiving congratulations with Repre­ G eier’s activity in this supposed plot
Merrill, ranchers are alarmed as to
sentative Webb, o f North Carolina, was obtained from the dairy o f Cap­
how to handle their cro|ia in the fu­
who led the fight.
tain Grashof, o f that vessel, the a rti­ ture. It is feared that many o f the
The resolution adopted by the house cle asserts.
j dairymen w ill be compelled to sell
is identical with that passed by the
“ Grashof’s dairy says, according to their henls. Residents in the Merrill
senate last August, except that it the article, that in November, 1914,
district declare more labor must be se­
gives the states seven years instead of and Mqfrruary, 1917, messages order­
cured i f they are to maintain their
six in which to ratify the amendment. ing the Widespread promulgation o f re­
normal production.
Senator Sheppard, author o f the reso­ ports that Japanese forces were to
The Buenher Lumber company has
lution, predicted that the senate would land in Mexico and German forces in
accept the amendment. He said he Canada were handled by the G eier’s asked the North Bend city council to
had assurances that the seven-year wireless, the operators working night vacate a strip o f the waterfront road
period would be approved and that he and day in order that there would be 10 feet wide by 2183 feet long, to per­
did not believe a rollcall necessary.
no delay in the transmission o f these mit the conqiany to install a sidetrack
to the Southern Pacific system, con­
The President’s approval is not re­ radiograms.”
quired, and the state legislatures may
According to the diary Count von necting the main line with a new plan­
act as soon as they please after the Bemstorff, ex-German ambassador to ing mill, dry sheds and drying kilns.
signatures o f the vice President and the United
States,
and Captains An electric crane ia also to be in­
Speaker Clark have been attached to Boy-Ed and Von Papen, his principal stalled.
the resolution.
aides, figured prominently in the plot.
Reporting Thursday the result o f in­
Miss Hariet A. Varney, a nurse o f
West Upton, Mass., was found not
guilty o f the murder o f Mrs. Pauline W R E C K E X E C U T I V E MANSION
Keyes, the 10-mor.ths bride of George
H. Keyes, a Boston real estate man, California Governor Barely Missed by
by a jury in the Norfolk county Super- ’
Assassin's Bomb.
ior court.
Sacramento, 'C al.— An abortive at­
Unidentified__bodies o f 200 victims
tempt
to assassinate Governor William
o f the explosion at the Halifax, N. S.,
disaster were buried Monday after D. Stephens was’ made at 11:15 Mon­
public funeral services conducted by- day night, when the entire southwest
Protestant and Catholic clergymen. wall o f the executive mansion was
Nearly 100 o f the bodies were charred
blown out by a blast o f high explosive.
beyond recognition.
N either the governor, Mrs. Ste­
The official text o f the armistice be­
phens, nor a servant, who was in the
tween the Russians and the Teutonic
allies confirms the unofficial reports house at'the time, was injured in any
that it is to run from December 17 to manner.
January 14.
The compact embraces
The detonation o f the explosion was
all the fighting fronts where Russian
heard all over the city and windows
troops have been engaged and also ex­
tends to the naval forces o f the con­ were broken by the force o f it two or
three blocks away.
tracting parties.
.Immediately following the blast two
President Felix Galonder, in the
first public speech he has delivered men were seen running away from the
since his recer.t election, said at Gene­ vicinity, but at an early hour Tuesday
va, Tuesday, that the Swiss people morning no arrests had been made, al­
were ready to pour out their blood
though virtually the entire police force
against anyone who might attempt to
invade their country.
Switzerland, was assigned to the case.
Governor and Mrs. Stephens were
declared the President, would defend
her neutrality to the end.
asleep in the wing o f the house adjoin­
ing the spot where the explosion oc­
A mob o f more than 100 men storm­
curred, hut, beyond a slight nervous
ed the county jail at Billings, Mont.,
sho^k, were unharmed.
Tuesday night, apparently in an effort
The attempt occurred just as the
to seize Juan Juarra, a Mexican sec­
guard
at the mansion was being
tion hand, who shot and killed Patrol­
changed.
H. Claussen, one o f the
man Enos Nelson.
A fte r battering
watchmen, was the first on the scene,
down the front door o f the jail the mob
having passed the spot but a few min­
was held by Sheriff Stone Matlock and
utes before the explosion occurred.
his deputies until police officers ar­
Claussen said he was certain there was
rived and dispersed it.
nothing unusual going on about the
The residence of John D. Rockefel­ grounds
where the explosive was
ler in the suburbs of Cleveland was planted.
totally destroyed by fire Tuesday. The
He expressed the opinion the ex­
rapid spread o f the flames led to the plosive was thrown from an alley
belief that the fire was of incendiary which runs along the rear o f the house.
origin. Mr. Rockefeller is now living
A hole several fe e t in depth and
at his winter home in Tarrytown, N. about five feet wide was tom in the
Y . , and the estate at Cleveland was in ground, underneath an overhanging
charge o f a caretaker. The house con­ bay-window at the rear o f the struc­
tained many valuablejpaintings, tapes­ ture, and the entire wall up to the sec­
tries and bronzes.
ond story was blown away.
Another payment o f $25,000,000 to
The entire neighborhood was alarmed
Italy Thursday, the first for many and a great throng o f people flocked to
weeks, brought the total actually paid the scene a few minutes after the ex-
to that government from the $500,- plosion. There is scarcely a house in
000,000 credit allowed up to $320,000,- the block that is not damaged.
000 ,
Tax Extension Proposed.
Western railroad lines were ordered
Washington, D. C.- legislation spe­
by the Railroad War board Thursday
to send 100 locomotives to aid in re­ cifically to subject all Federal officials
except the President and members o f
lievin g traffic congestion.
the Supreme Court to the excess profits
The Bolsheviki have dispersed the tax was agreed upon Monday by the
senate, the highest Russian court, and house ways and means committee.
all the other courts at Petrograd, in There has been widespread criticism
keeping with the recent decree o f the because the “ occupational tax” o f the
people’s commissaries,
substituting war bill lays upon the income o f pro­
new revolutionary tribunals. The only fessional and salaried men, when they
opposition met was at the congress of exceed $6000, a tax o f 8 per cent in
county judges, who refused to be dis­ addition to the regular income tax, but
persed, They were arrested.
exempted members o f congress.
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INTERNED SHIP IS
WIRELESS STATION
BAND DROWNS SOUND
George Roedick and H. A. Schroeder,
ex-German consuls at Honolulu and
Manila, respectively, are also im pli­
cated.
Both pleaded guilty in San Francia-
I co recently to complicity in a plot to
establish a revolutionary government
in India.
A German secret agent known as
“ K-17” was said in the dairy to have
aided in the transmission o f these mes­
sages, and also to have advised the
German government o f the sailing
times o f Danish vessels from here and
elsewhere.
S HA RK P U L L S A N G L E R TO S E A
Woman Fighting from Boulder Drowns
When Fish Takes Bait.
San Francisco— A large fish, pre­
sumably a shark, pulled Mrs. Anna
Conners to her death on the rocks of
Moss Beach near here Sunday.
Mrs.
Connors was fishing from a large boul­
der. A companion, Emil Bedenbeck,
heard her cry in alarm and turned to
see her bracing herself
against a
strong pull upon her line.
Before
Bedenbeck could reach her she was
dragged into the surf.
Bedenbeck, after an hour’s battle,
brought the woman’s unconscious body
back to the ledge upon which she was
fishing.
He then scaled the adjoin­
ing cliff and summoned aid.
When
he returned he discovered the body had
been swept out to the sea.
It had not
been recovered up to a late hour.
"Garabed” to Be Tested.
Washington, D. C.— The bill provid­
ing for tests o f a mysterious machine
for utilizing free energy devised by
Garabed T. K. Giragossian, an Armen­
ian inventor from Boston, was passed
Saturday by the house after lengthy
debate.
The measure provides for
securing the discoverer's rights i f the
machine is demonstrated to be practi­
cable and that the government may
use it without charge.
A similar hill passed by the last ses­
sion o f congress was vetoed by Presi­
dent Wilson. The new measure was
introduced to meet the President’s ob-
jection to providing that there shall
be no patent on the general principle
involved.
Teuton Republic Urged.
Washington, D. C.— The committee
on public information makes public an
article written by Germans and circu­
lated in Germany urging the over­
throw o f the German war lords and the
proclaiming o f a republic. The docu­
ment, which was distributed through
German republicans in Switzerland,
declares that peace w ill not come until
Hohenzollernism i* overthrown and the
German people take their stand for
*” m*oit.v and civilization.
vestigation o f food conditions in Bak-
er, requested by the state food admin­
istration, Mayor C. L. Palmer de­
clared that the sale o f ham, bacon,
wheat and sugar in Baker shows a de­
crease o f 25 to 50 per cent compared
with sales a few months ago.
He
found that the supplies o f com and rye
flour are running short and that some
dealers are entirely out o f these Hub-
sttutes for wheat flour and unable to
get more.
Beef prices showed a marked ad­
vance in the bids for the next six
months’ supplies for state institutions
as opened in Salem Thursday. The
two low bids were from Steusolff
Brothers, o f Salem, who bid $12.70 on
half o f the beef to be used, and the
Union Meat company, o f Portland,
which bid $12.74 on all o f it. An
effort will be made to arrange so that
one-half is furnished by the Salem firm
and the other half by the Portland
firm. The low bid o f six months ago
on beef was $10.20.
General Crozier Lays Blame on
Baker Before Committee.
INVESTIGATION BEGUN
Americana Abroad Fighting With Guna
o f French Make
Rifinì Scarce
in Training Cantonments.
Washington, I). C. Member* o f the
senate military committee Friday sub­
jected Major General Crozier, chief o f
ordnance, to three hour* o f sharp
cross-examination, seeking explanation
of delays in providing the war army
with weapons.
loiter they intend
to press question* which the general
objected to answering in the o|>en
hearing.
Throughout the examination General
Crozier insisted that there had been
and would be no delay in equipping
soldiers sent abroad.
He admitted
that because o f a shortage o f machine
guns the American troops in France
were supplied with weapon* o f French
make and that there was a lack o f
both machine guns and rifles in the
training
cantonments, but declared
that the training of troop« would not
be seriously retarded.
Responsibility for the machine gun
situation was placed by the general
squarely upon Secretary Baker, who,
he said, had taken a |>craonal interest
in the matter ami ordered an investi­
gation which resulted in the adoption
in June o f a new gun known as the
Browning ty[>e. This statement came
when Chairman Chamberlain said he
was not satisfied with the explanation
that the delay had been cause«] by in­
vestigation.
“ Neither -am I satisfiol,“ responde«!
the witness, “ but I am not (wrsonally
responsible. ’ ’
N'eary every member o f the commit­
tee joined in the examination and
questions were fired across the table as
rapidly as the general coultl answer.
Chairman Chamberlain took excep­
tion to conclusions drawn from Gen­
eral Crosier’* testimony that rongrcaa,
by failing to make prompt appropria­
tions, and labor troubles, were largely
responsible for the delay.
General
Crozier said he had not ¿intended that
such an interpretation be made and
that millions o f dollars appropriate«!
had not been expended. Delay in sup­
plying rifles, the general explained in
great detail, was due to the factory
changes incident to modification o f the
British Enfield ty[»e, which large pri­
vate plants in thia country are e«|uip-
l>e«i to make, to use American ammuni­
tion. Better rifles nre a result, he in­
sisted. He also said Craig and *other
types are now being sent to National
Army cantonments ami that other pro­
duction is increasing. Detailed state­
ments regarding prospective deliveries
o f rifles he regarde«! as confidential and
were postponed until a later session.
Albany high school may soon have
to close its manual training depart­
ment for lack o f instructors. Some of N E W K I T C H E N CARDS SOON
the instructors have enlisted and other
teachers in the school arc expected to Housewives to lt«‘ Ite«|Uested to Make
do so later.
Further Savings Sugar Short.
Competing with several private pav­
Washington, D. C.— A [sugar ration
ing and contracting firms, Clackamas j o f three pounds for «?ach person a
county won the contract for the com­ month, a (xirkless day and one wheat­
pletion o f the roadbed from Coaleo to less and meatless meal a day w ill be
Canemah by the State Highway com­ recommended to householders in a new
mission Monday.
kitchen card soon to be put out by the
i
Chairmen and campaign managers
for the Red Cross drive in every town
o f Umatilla county were announced at
a meeting held in Pendleton Wednes­
day. PlanH were laid for a Christmas
drive that w ill start next Monday and
continue for a week. Umatilla county’s
quota o f members is 7500.
Hiram L. flam ed, o f Baker, charged
with uttering seditious statements,
was fined $100 and sentenced to 60
days in jail in Police court Wednesday,
sentence being suspended.
Hamed
testified he meant no disloyalty, but
referred to President Wilson hh a
traitor in order to start an argument.
Witnesses testified that two o f his sons
had enlisted and he promised to refrain
from future talk that might geChim
into trouble.
food administration.
Observance o f
wheatleHS and meatless meals w ill be
asked in addition to the wheatless
ami meatless days called for now.
The normal consumption o f sugar
in the Unite«! States has been more
than seven pounds a month for each
person.
The cards w ill caution against hoar«l-
ing foodstuffs in homes, pointing out
that the practice not only is selfish but
that it contributes to high prices and
defeats the purposes o f the food ad­
ministration in seeking an equitable
distribution.
The reverse side o f the can! carries
a message to householders. “ The food
situation in Europe,” it says, “ Is far
graver than when the preliminary sur­
vey o f the food supply o f the world o f
last year was made.’ ’
IJannes Fritz, o f Huttulla, appeared
Free-Seed Plan Profitable.
before Deputy Collector o f Customs
Tacoma,
Wash.— Double the amount
Haddix at Astoria Wednesday, and
of
seed
potatoes
which Pierce county
asked to have his Russian passport
vised so that he could return to Fin­ loaned farmers and others unable to
buy them last spring, have been re­
land. The request was denied.
turned as payment o f the loan. Thia
H. A. Johnson, said to have been was true in every case except one
the oldest white child born in Oregon, where the farmer did not have a crop.
died at his home in Salem Monday. He So successful was the plan that the
was born in Marion county, March 3, commissioners are considering their
1849. He lived in Salem for about free seed program to include many
28 years and for many years was Jus­ other vegetables. Potatoes valued at
tice o f the Peace.
$500 were given to the county.