WHAT YOU NEED .
The other fellow may have; what you
have the other fellow may want. Come
together by advertising in the Press.
Buy Your Groceries From Your Home Grocer
BARGAIN DAY
" v
Is every day with the Merchant who
advertises in the Press he has some
thing to sell and says so. '
"VOLUME XXVI.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 1914.
NUMBER 86.
POPE PIUS X IS DEAD
Pontiff's Demise Hastened By
Grief Over Great War.
Rome Pope Pius X died at 1 :20
o clock Thursday morning. He had
been ill for several days, but alarming
symptoms did not develop until WedV
nesday morning. s .
i Throughout the day Drs. Marchia
fava and Amici devoted their utmost
: energies to stimulating their patient
and keeping him alive, j : The cardinals
were informed of the Pope's grave
condition and some of them who en
tered the sick room describe the im
pressive scenes, especially when the
pontiff, rousing himself from time to
time, spoke. ,. . -,' ' .' -.
"In ancient times the Pope by a
word might have stayed the slaughter,
but now he is impotent," he said once.
Prayers were said by thousands and
the papal secretary, who take charge
of affairs in such an emergency, were
out of Borne, so little was the death of
the Pope expected.. ;
Outside the .apostolic palace the
scene waB mournful.
The Giornale D'ltalia, discussing
the difficulties of holding a conclave
for the election of a Pope while the
world is at war, says that even if Italy
were among the belligerents every fa
cility would be given the sacred col
lege to meet. tt expressed the belief
that a new Popa,.might be chosen from
among the foreign cardinals; for in
stance, Cardinal William Van Rossum,
of the archdiocese of Utrecht, tife
Netherlands, who would be representa
tive of a neutral power. - :
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POPE PIUS X.
259th Incumbent of Papal See, Since Year 67, A.
the bells of the churches sounded when
the sacrament was exposed upon all
the altars. When the court learned of
the Pope's condition there was the
deepest concern. King Victor Em
manuel personally informed Queen
Helena and the news was communicat
ed to the Queen mother. '
Extreme unction was administered
bv Monsignor Zampini, sacriBtan to
His Holiness. The sisters of the
Pope and his niece were overcome
with grief. Cardinal Merry del Val
knelt by the side of his bed, where
, other cardinals joined in, the members
of the household intoning prayers.
The dying Pope, in a moment of lu
cidity, said: . '
"Now I begin to think as the end is
approaching that the Almighty in his
inexhaustible goodness wishes to spare
me the horrors Europe is undergoing."
Wednesday was one of the most
anxious days in the history of the
papacy. The whole world knew that
the Pope was indisposed, but it was
supposed that he was suffering from
his usual ailment, the gout. Up to
noon even the members of the house
hold were unaware of the seriousness
of the developments. Almost without
: warning came the word that the Pon-
. tiff was at death's door. .
All day his agony continued. At
time he revived and was able to say
1 a few words, but hope of Baving him
was finally abandoned. Several times
throughout the city and at the palace
i the rumor spread that the- end had
come, onlv to be denied later.
' In the presence of Cardinal Merry
' del Val, the papal secretary, and Car
dinals Ferrata, Cagiano and Bieleti,
. and the two sisters of the Pope, a bul
letin on the "condition of the Pontiff
was posted early in the. afternoon on
the bronze door of the Vatican where
the Swiss sruards stood watch. A
great crowd outside gazed with grief-
' stricken faces up at the Pope's cham
ber on the second Boor.
Confusion reigned at the Vatican
because those, with the exception of
Early Career of Pope.
Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, known
to the world as Pope Pius X., was
elected to the Pontificate on August 4,
1903, since which time his administra
tion of that exalted office has been
confronted with some of the most mo
mentous problems, religious and gov'
ernmental, with which the Holy See
has had to deal in recent times.
They have included, on the one hand,
his determined attitude in maintaining
the purity of Catholic faith, beginning
with his syllabus condemning criticism
of the holy scriptures and of the
origin of Christianity, and later bring
ing forth the famous Encyclical "fas
cendi" which expounds and condemns
the system of modernism; and, on the
other hand, the painful struggles
which he had inherited with France
sr the separation of church and
state, and later with Spain on similar
issues, and more recently with Porto
gal as a result of the revolution which
overthrew the monarchy. v
Pope Pius was born on June 2, laib,
at Riese, in the Venetian provences,
the first child of Gian-Battista Sarto,
a postman, and his wife Margherita,
They were of the upper peasantry, if
one may use the term, and besides the
boy destined to be Pope there were
seven children, a son and six daugh
ters. The fathers' salary of 40 cents
a day and the mother's modest earn
ings from making dresses afforded
them only the necessities of life.
Giuseppe's ea-ly career was fortun
ately influenced by the village priest,
who took a liking for the boy, taught
him to read and write and drummed
into the youthful head the rudiments
of Latin. ' With this impetus Giuseppe
at the age of 11 years entered the
seminary at Castelfranco, not far from
his birth place, and for four years
every day. rain or shine, be tramped
to school, usually barefooted,- until he
reached the outskirts of the village,
where he would ilp bn his shoes to
keep up appearances. Two pairs of
shoe was his yearly allowance.
German Army Sweeps'
Into France Unchecked
London A dispatch from Mons to
the Daily Telegraph Wednesday de
scribes the operations of the; German
forces. ,r ,"' ' ' ' '
"The German advance,"' it says,
"was like a great river bursting its
banks. A soon as the Belgians retired
o the entrenched camp it Antwerp
t.ie German horde Bwept over the coun
try without; check, west toward Ghent
and south toward Mons. The Ger
mans are committed to a great turning
movement. They are striving to hold
the French along the Meuse between
Namur and Dinant, while the armies
to the west of that river are' marching
southward along a front many miles
wide. - ,
"One army threatens Mons, With
the object of penetrating the French
frontier and descending on Maubeuge
and Valenciennes; and an army isad
vancing toward the line extending
from Tournai, capital or the depart
ment of Hainut. to Courtrai, which
covers the City of Lille. v
I came south in the hope of seeing
fighting at Charleroi. At Lessines the
local authorities were disarming all
civilians, so that the approaching Ger
mans would have no. excuse for vio
lence. All around were refugees hur
rying to eBcape the Germans; all wore
their best . clothes a sure sign of
flight " ".. .
French Abandon Captured
lerritory; Battle Rages
Paris The war office has issued the
following official announcement: ; "The
commander in chief, requiring all
available forces on the Meuse, has
ordered the progressive abandonment
of occupied territory. Mulhausen has
again been evacuated.
A new battle is in progress be
tween Maubeuge (department of the
Nord) and Donon (department of
Doubs). On it hangs the fate of the
French. Operations in Alsace along
the Rhine would take away troops
upon which might depend victory. It
is necessary that they all witnaraw
from Alsace temporarily in order to
assure its final deliverance. It is a
matter of hard necessity.
West of the Meuse, as a result of
orders issued on Sunday by the com
mander in chief, the troops which are
to remain on the covering line, to take
up the defensive, are massed as fol
lows:
"The French and British troops oc
cupy a front passing near Givet, which
they gained by hard fighting. They
are holding their adversaries and
sharply checking their attacks.
East of the Meuse our troops nave
regained their original positions com
manding the roads out of the great
foreBt of Ardennes.
To the right we assumed the offen
sive, driving back the enemy by a vig
orous onslaught, but General Joffre
stopped pursuit so as to re-establish
his front along the line'decided upon
on Sunday.
."In this attack our troops showed
admirable dash. The Sixth corps no
tably inflicted punishment on the enemy
close to Virton. ; -
In Lorraine the two armies have
begun a combined attack, one starting
from Grand Couronne De Nancy, and
the other from south of Luneville."
This Salmon Season Is
Best in Three Years
Astoria Not since 1911 have the
salmon fishing interests of the Colum
bia river had .so successful a season as
the one which will close next , week.
This is particularly true so far aB the
gillnetters and seiners on the lower
river, the wheelmen and seiners on the
upper river ' and the canners are con
cerned. The cold storage men, how
ever, suffered a severe blow when the
European war was declared, shutting
off their principal market, and as a re
sult the pack of that product, which
promised to be exceptionally large,
was curtailed. Strange to . say, the
catch by the traps was not so large as
was to have been expected and that is
the only class of gear that has not
made a fairly good harvest.
Taken as a whole, the pack of spring
salmon is approximately 40 per cent
ahead of last year, the canned pack
being fully 60 per cent better and
pickled or cold storage output being 20
per cent less. The total canned pack
for the season is slightly over 280,000
full cases of 48 pounds and is about
130,000 cases in excess of last year.
The cold storage output for the season
approximates 4375 tierces of pickled
fish.
The steelhead run was short also and
the pack of frozen fish is fully 300
tons short of the previous year.
The present season has been peculiar
in many -, ways. Thore has not been
what is commonly known as a "run"
since the fishing began May 1. On
the other hand there was what is much
better, an almost steady stream of fish
from the opening day up to about the
first of the present month, when there
was a break and since that time the
salmon have entered the river only in
little spurts. Early in the season the
fish averaged small and prior to July
1 the great bulk of them went into
cans. Up to that time there had been
little fishing in the upper river, but
then great schools of what were
termed bluebacks came in and as Boon
as they reached the upper river in the
vicinity Celilo, the wheels and seines
gobbled 'them up by the ton, making
the pack of the cannerieB there the
I largest in several years.
Northwest Dried Fruits
Greatly Reduced in Price
' Portland The housewife in search
of cheaper foodstuffs in this period of
war prices can turn gratefully to dried
fruit. It is one product that has not
gone up in price because of the war.
Dried apples, dried prunes, dried
peaches, dired pears and risins, quite
to the contrary, have slumped sharply
in price. Still lower t prices may be
expected unless sea traffic can be re
sumed shortly.
The reason ' for thiB is that 40 per
cent of the dried fruit output is sold in
foreign countries. "France is an es
pecially heavy buyer of dried prunes
in particular. Germany and Austria
take large quantities of apples and
prunes. England is also a heavy buyer.
Spain is one of the principal purchas
ers of apples. Even little Bulgaria,
down in'the Balkans, buys great quan
tities of American' dried fruit products.
This instance is cited by dealers In
foodstuffs to show that the law of sup
ply and demand is governing the pres
ent prices, and that they have not been
yanked skyward merely through lust
for profit. In this case, the supply
being greater than demand, there is a
Huerta h Seeing London. I
London Marooned in London be
cause of the war and the consequent
interruption of travel, Victoriano Hu
erta, ex-president of Mexico, and his
family, made a brief sight-seeing tour
about the city Friday. General Huerta
-and family slipped into London un
announced and took apartments in an
obscure hotel, where they have rested
qnietly for two days, worn out by the
trip from Jamaica. To inquiries aa to
his health General Huerta said he was
well but tired. He will remain here a
. few day, then go to Santander, Spain.
Approval Purchase of Ship.
Washington, D. C Comprehensive
plans were mapped out by the admin
istration for building np the American
merchant marine with government
money for the immediate purpose of
transporting the products of the coun
try to the warring nations of Europe
and to South and Central America.
President Wilson, in consultation with
Democratic leaden of the senate and
bouse, approved a project contemplat
ing the expenditure of about $25,000,
000 for the purchase of ocean-going
vessels to be run by the government.
.7oioii Taken Five Times.
Paris Charleroi.was taken and re
taken five times in the fighting 1
tween the French and Germans Satur
day. Sunday and Monday, according to
one of the railway station Btaff at
Feignies, on the frontier " between
France and Belgium, who saw some of
the battle until he was ordered away.
As our train was about to leave the
station seven Uhlans clattered into
town. The people, thinking them Eng
lish, began to welcome them, when a
patrol of French chasseurs galloped up
and captured the Prussians.
Ranks Leveled by War.
London From all parts of Belgium
refugees are arriving at Ostend, says
a correspondent of the Keuters .tele
gram company. Some come from dis
tant Charleroi and other points along
the Sambre, where, they say, they
were being deafened by the roar of
artillery. These people, of all classes,
are now on a level, the rich, or those
who were rich,' finding it just as
difficult to get the necessaries of life
as the poorest.
ir Diamonds to Be Dearer.
Chicago Diamonds and gold and
platinum jewelry will be increased 25
per cent in price as a result of the Eu
ropean war, delegates were told at the
ninth annual convention of the Ameri
can National Retail Jewelers' asso
ciation here. No diamonds were being
cut. it was said, as the workers in
gems and precious metals in Belgium,
France and Germany have been1 called
to their colors. , J.
Yankees in Italy Warned.
Rome The American embassy
through the consuls baa advised all
Americans in Italy to return home
now while sommunications between
Europe and the United States are free,
Later complications may arise render
ing communication difficult. "Ameri
cans doing otherwise remain at their
own risk. ' ;
Germany to Train Boys.
London The official news bureau
says the German papers of August 22
and 24 publish orders that boys from
16 to 19 years of age be put through a
course of musketry and military train
ing. Retired officers are to be en
gaged as instructors.
declining market. Where prices have
gone up, it is pointed out, demand is
ahead of the available supply.
Such is the situation in the rice and
bean market. On rice, one of the
moat important of food commodities,
the price locally has advanced all the
way from 50 cents to $2 a bag of 100
pounds, according to quality. There
was a rise of half a cent Wednesday,
and another the day before. At New
Orleans, fancy head rice, the best qual
ity, was $7 on board cars, the highest
price in 10 years.
The reason for this is the embargo
which the British government, on
August 8, put on shipments of No. 1
China rice, Siam rice and brewers
rice for the next six months. With
this source of supply cut off China rice
in bond in this country immediately
advanced from 1.50 a bag to $2
bag. By bonded rice is meant rice
held in storage on which no duty has
been paid, and which is generally ex
ported to Mexico and the South Amer
ican republics. The demand from
these countries is about 10,000 to 15,
000 bags a month, exported mostly
from San Fanrcisco.
Many Yean' Delay by'
State is Made Issue
Eugene The State of Oregon haB
ten days In which to explain a delay of
14 years between the granting of
school land deeds to one Hyde and the
filing of a suit to set aside these deeds,
which are alleged to have been ob
tained fraudulently.
If the state has a good, excuse the
test case of the State of Oregon
against Hyde may proceed and from
the basis for similar suits affecting
thousands of acres of Oregon school
lands.
This decision was voiced by Judge
Harris, before whom the test case is
on trail. The court sustained Hyde's
demurrer on the ground that the state
has been guilty of laches, or unreason
able delay. Other contentions in
Hyde'a demurrer were overruled.
The state contends that Hyde enter
ed into agreement with persons to
make application for school lands, but
that these applications were fraudu
lent, because, it is alleged, Hyde
agreed to pay from $1 to $20 to the
applicants. As soon as they obtained
a certificate of title they transferred it
to Hyde, the prosecution alleges.
' Orenco Club Revives.
Orenco : Citizens of Orenco have
tranformed the Civic Improvement
league into the Orenco Chamber of
commerce. A nominal fee will ' be
charged and a board of five directors
will be elected from the officers. The
old officers will have charge until 'the
annual meeting. : Steps were taken
toward establishing a cannery for the
next season's business. Another meet
ing will be held next week for further
discussion and to plan collection of
subscriptions for stock. Several hun
dred dollars already have been sub
scribed.
Two Per Cent of Berry
Crop Donated to Advertise
' Salem To advertise the berry that
the immense crop this year may be
sold profitably, the membership of the
Oregon Loganberry Growers' associa
tion agreed to donate 2 per cent of the
crop. More than $1200 was subscribed
at the meeting. ,
A committee appionted to co-operate
with the Salem Commercial club in the
exploitation of the berry is composed
of H. R. Crawford, H. S. Gile, George
F. Rodgers, Ralph Moorea and Frank
Gilbert. The Salem Fruit Union and
H. S. Gile & Co., promised dried ber
ries for use as samples in popularizing
the product.
' Because of the large increase in
acreage this year growers have felt for
some time that the demand for the
berries might fall far below the sup
ply. To obviate this the association
was'formed several months ago, and it
is now believed that the entire crop
will be disposed of at fair prices.
Several railroads have placed orders
for large supplies for use in dining
cars. -' ;' !
Pendleton to Get Another Park.
Pendleton Pendleton is to have an
other park. The latest addition is to
be jointly constructed by the city and
by the O.-W. R. & N., and it is to
face the depot. The present site is
a triangular area, known for years as
"Pendletion't Prairie." In windy
weather it is cloudy in dust, and in
wet weather it is ankle deep in mud.
The Commercial association of this
city has been trying to solve the prob
lem, and now the railroad -company
offers to donate the land on condition
that the city will care for It.
Hood ' River Roads Asked.
Hood River Charles Stelnhauser
was elected president and J. R. Bar-
roll secretary of the Upper Valley
Good Roads association. The 'organiz
ation aims to obtain construction of
one or two trunk lines from the lower
orchard districts. The upper valley
is idvided Into seven communities and
one resident from each district has
been appointed on a committee to cir
culate petition asking for the em
ployment of an engineer, to select the
most enconomical routes for the pro
posed highway. -
J Hop Picking to Start '
Dallas Hopgrowers are busy prepar
ing for picking. The crop all over
Polk county will be short this year. In
many yards the crop will only be 60
per cent of the usual yield. In some
yards the yield will be normal. Owing
to unsettled conditions in Europe, hop-
growers are looking for a high price
this year. Picking will commence in
some yards next week, and by Septenv
ber 16 all growers will be gathering
their 1 crops. It is believed the
quality will be about the same as
usual. ' ' .
Old Mine Is Reopened.
Molalla The Ogle Mountain mine,
29 miles south of Molalla, started Its
machinery running Wednesday for the
first time. , This : mine has : been
worked in a sort of a way for the last
18 years. A few years ago stamp mills
were installed, but when put In opera
tion it was discovered that too much of
the gold was being wasted and opera-
tipns ceased. The old stamp mills
have been discarded and $76,000 worth
of modern machinery installed. .
Medford Water Cheaper.
Medford After considering the sub
ject several weeks the city council
granted the request of outside water;
users and reduced the minimum rate
from $2.50 to $1.75 for 5000 gallons
and from 25 cents to 15 cent for over
1000 gallons over that amount. All
outside water-users were put on a me
ter basis, while city water-users are
still allowed flat rate of $1.50
month for oridnary household purposes,
European War Will Not ,
Hurt U. S., Says Expert
Washington, D. C. Daniel C. Rop
er, for many years statistical expert of
the ways and means committee and an
authority on economic subjects, has
prepared the following summary of the
important ' economic conditions and
changes In the United States, brought
about by the war in Europe:
The European war has precipitated a
distinct movement in the economic
development of the United States, the
potential benefits of which ' will be
realized by our people regardless of
what course that conflict may take, or
what its ultimate outcome may be,
This movement begins with a certain
shock to the economic organism. We
have been called upon to liquidate
large foreign holdings of American se
curities. Temporarily we have been
cut off from much of our foreign sup
ply of materials for manufacturers and
from important foreign markets for
our surpuls food products, raw mater
ials and manufactures,
This constitutes a disturbance of
normal condition sufficiently Berious
to cause alterations of the fundamental
industrial organization and to create
new channels of trade. The ultimate
beneficial effect of such a disturbance
well known and eventuates even
when the disturbance is accompanied
by great disaster and loss, which is
clearly not our case in the present in
stance. , '"
Our country is in a self-contained
and self-supporting state. It imports
only $18 worth of goods per capita
annually, and exports in return $25
per capita. ThiB foreign trade is not
large enough compared with our do
mestic commerce to be vitally essen
tial to our national well being and such
it if, the balance is safely in our
favor. The importance of our foreign
trade, though great, is therefore
easily exaggerated.
But there ' is no reason to fear any
important stoppage of our foreign
trade. Shipping is not suspended
our commerce can be adjusted to the
changed conditions; the machinery for
International exchanges remains unim
paired.
The circumstances of the war are
such that at the present time the ves
sels of all belligerents except Germany
and Austria, as well as the vessels of
all neutral nations, are free to sail on
the high seas without any danger of
molestation that need deter them, es
pecially in view of the provision by
the several governments of war-risk
Insurance.
Only about one-sixth of the tonnage
of our foregin trade has been carried
under the flags of nations whose ship
ping ib now suspended. It is reason
able to expect that the shipping meas
ures now being authorized by congress
will effectually supply any vessels
needed in addition to those now avail
able. Moreover, it is to be noted that
cessation of shipping between belliger-
NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Resume of World's Important
Events Told in BricL
ent nations and the establishment of
effective blockades leaves free many
vessels that may be employed in Amer
ican trade.
Polk Court Term Is Over.
Dallas The August term of the
Circuit court for Polk county has ad
journed after one of the longest terms
ever held in , this county. An effort
will be made at the next session of the
legislature to get the term of court
changed so that court will not convene
during August, when farmer are par
ticularly busy with their crop.
Grain Exports Are Cut
Nearly 100,000,000 Bushels
Chicago The trade does not seem to
grasp the fact that in the European
war the allies control of the sea re
moves Germany as a wheat buyer,
says H. E. Rycroft. "She has been
a direct buyer of from 80,000,000 to
40.000,000 bushelB each year, but In
addition she has been the final market
for a large part of the takings of Bel-
glum and Holland.
These two countries import an av
erage of about 125,000,000 bushels
year and have a crop of about 20,000,-
000 bushels, making a supply of 145,
000,000 bushels. Their own consump
tion, with a popualtion of 13,000,000,
is only 80,000,000 bushels, so that over
60,000,000 of their imports are des
tined for Germany. This trade is also
cut off, so that the total European de
mand is reduced nearly 100,000,000
bushels on account of Germany' isolation.
"Should the allies obtain naval su
premacy in the Mediterranean It will
make possible to again draw Russian
supplies from the Black Sea, and as
she is not a wheat-eating country her
wheat will come out in exchange for
the credit she needs In prosecuting
her arms. Instead of the war stimu
lating the demand for wheat in Eu
rope it seems that the opposite for the
present is more likely, and export bus
iness must be more or less restricted.
: Liner to Race Enemy.
San Francisco Japan's declaration
of war against Germany ha not alter
ed the sailing time of the Toyo Kisen
Kaisha steamer Shinyo Maru. The
big liner is scheduled to sail for Japan
with 200 passengers and with more
than 2000 tons of merchandise in her
hold. It is probable that the ship will
steam no further than Nagasaki, where
she will be overhauled. Passengers for
more distant points will be transferred.
It Is considered probable that the ship,
with many others, will be utilized by
the Japanese government ai transports.
Carlsbad Refugees Arrive.
London Steamers from Flushing,
the Netherlands, brought here 650
Americans, most of whom were at
Carlsbad when the war broke out.
Among the passengers were Frank A.
Munsey, the publisher, who has been
active among relief workers at Carls
bad, and Archer M. Huntington, presi
dent of the American geographical so
ciety, and his wife, who were arrested
at Nuremburg two weeks ago and held
by the German police for a day or two
as spies.
American tourists are fast leaving
Europe.
Plans are forming'in Rome' to elect
new pope.
General Carranza is now the provis
ional president of Mexico.
German cavalry is reported to have .
entered the city of Brussels.
J. P. Morgan tells U. S. Treasury
department business is Improving.
Austria has called to arms all able-
bodied men from 20 to 42 years of age.
Namur, a principal city in Belgium,
has fallen into the hand of the Gar-
ans. "-. -'
The German ambassador, Count von
Rex, at Tokio, will sail for Seattle,
Wash. .... ..
The burgomaster of the city of Brus
sels, has surrendered the city to the
Germans.
Nearly all German manufactories
are idle and the daily loss is said to be
$5,000,000.
The warring nations are buying the
Chinese eggs Intended for shipment to
this country. .
Chauncey Depew, stranded in Eu
rope, sat nine Hours on a natcar in a
drenching rain. . .
The French war office'admits Ger
man victory and the recovery of Lor
raine and Alsace.
The French fear an attack on the
Louvre and I have placed all valuable
pictures in vaults. ' '
A persistent report is to the effcet
that the Crown Prince of Germany
was killed in battle.
Five persons were killed by a tor
nado in Pennsylvania, and much dam
age to property was done.
The' French government is permit
ting 3000 Americans to leave France
via Paris, to the United States.
Every ship that sails out of New
York for English ports sails light,
though England is begging for food.
The Japanese liner. Shinyo Maru
sailed from San Fancisco to Japan es
corted by a Japanese armored cruiser.
Mexico City cheers lustily when Car-
ranza's army enters the city. The par
ade was six miles long and everything
orderly.
It is reported that Germany will re
fuse the ultimatum of Japan to evac
uate Kiau Chau, China, and will fight
to the last. ' .,
"Bob" Burdette, the famous humor
ist, i reported dangerously ill at hig
summer home in Pasadena, Cal. He is
70 year of age.
, The Montenegrin troops, with a bay
onet charge, repulsed a fresh Austrain
attack at Rahovo, taking 160 prisoners
and killing 800 AustrlanB.
A proclamation was Issued 'formally
from Washington setting forth the
neutrality of the United States in the
war between Belgium and Germany. .
In Paris 600,000 are out of employ
ment, and the government proposes to
put to work finishing buildings under
construction, all youths and old men.
Red Cross society of the United
States is urging mayors of large cities
to aid the campaign to secure funds to
care for the wounded in the European
Washington administration officials
are preparing a new proclamation set
ting forth the neutrality of the United
States during hostilities between Japan
and Germany. 1 - , .
According to Information, from Ber
lin, the Spanish government ha noti
fied Germany of its strict neutrality,
denying at the same time having any
treaty with any power.
A war appropriation of $50,000,000
has been put through the' Canadian
house of commons. There was no op
position or criticism. The proceeding
occupied just one minute. '
Speaker Clark issued warrants for
the arrest of absentee members of the
house of representatives. Many mem
ber were found at the baseball park, -cool
cafes and other resorts.
The correspondent of the London
Daily Telegraph at Amsterdam says it
is estimated that the total loss ol the
Belgians, up to date, has been 10,000
in killed, wounded and prisoners.
The Servian government in a pro
test to France declares that the Aus
trian army during its retreat along
the Drina river committed cruelties
upon old men, women and children In
violation of the rules of warfare. The
Drina forms the greater part of the
boundary between Bosnia and Servla.
Another Boxer uprising in China Is
feared by the government and precau
tion are taken to protect foreigners.
European nations at war are said to
oppose the United States' plan to buy
snip for international commerce pur
poses. ' The tramp steamer Mazatlan, which
at one time and another ha flown the
Mexican and German flags, was for
bidden to leave San Francisco until
she discharged 500 tons of coal, laden
in sack, which It la alleged was in
tended to be transferred at sea to the
German cruiser Leipsic.