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VOLUME XXVII.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1915.
NUMBER 9.
NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
SHARP WARNING IS SENT
ENGLAND AND GERMANY
Resume of World's Important
Events Told in Brief.
Nebraska legislature passes an anti
tipping law.
Forty airmen raid four towns in
Belgium held by the Germans.
Germany notifies United States that
relations with that country are
"strained."
After six weeks deadlock the Illinois
legislature has elected an avowed
"wet" speaker.
The embargo put on potash by Ger
many is seriously effecting American
fertilizer manufacturers.
Pawn shops and loan sharks are to be
regulated if a bill passed by the Ore
gon legislature, becomes a law.
It is reported from Paris that the
French troops have retaken two miles
of German trenches in Champagne.
German government increases prices
of potatoes in order to conserve the
food supply, which is admittedly grow
ing short.
British steamer is blown up and
sunk off the coast of Cape Antifer, by
two internal explosions. Large num
ber of the crew lost their lives.
Fearing death at sea from German
submarines, the officers and crew of an
oil tank steamer, leaving San Fran
cisco for England, have made their
wills.
Oregon senate passes ultra "dry"
bill in half hour, one member dissent
ing. This is said to be the most dras
tic Prohibition measure of any state
in the Union.
A prize crew of three officers and 16
men was placed on board the American
steamer Wilhelmina at Falmouth. The
Wilhelmina is loaded with foodstuffs
bound for Germany.
A Dunkirk dispatch says a life buoy
inscribed U-12 has been found on the
shore at Zuydoote, near Dunkirk. It
is thought to have belonged to a Ger
man submarine, which possibly met
with disaster.
Judge Catena, of the Circuit court
of Multnomah county, Oregon, says he
"cannot assume ecclesiastical powers"
in opening the Taylor-street church in
Portland, which is closed by a disBen
tion in the Methodist congregation,
but if the property is not used for
church purposes, it will be subject to
taxation.
A'diBpatch from Bagdad says that in
an engagement between the advance
guard of the Turkish left wing and
British infantry and cavalry, the Brit
ish withdrew, leaving 17 men dead.
The dispatch adds that the right wing
of the Turkish army succeeded in ad
vancing as far as the woods near Kono.
The Turks, it is asserted, captured 500
camels. Only five Turks were
wounded.
The relations between Greece and
Turkey apparently are becoming more
strained. Although Turkey has offered
reparation for the insult to the Greek
military attache at Constantinople, it
is reported that the ureek minister has
left the legation in charge of a secre
tary, being dissatisfied with Turkey's
attitude. The Turkish minister bas
also left Athens. This is believed in
some quarters to be the first step in
the rupture of diplomatic relations be
tween Greece and Turkey, which are
said also to have been affected by the
Albanian invasion of Serbia.
Canada increases tax for war pur-
A San Francisco woman has started
a jitneyette for women only.
England declares that more stringent
action will be taken against German
trade.
Russians in East Prussia are report
ed retreating before the German
forces.
Two hundred and twenty thousand
Serbs are now fit for service in the
European war theater.
Commissioner Dieck, of Portland,
has inaugurated a demerit system
against city employes who are negli
gent about paying their personal bills.
Five hundred workmen employed in
the auto-truck body building depart
ment of the Theodor Kundtz plant, of
Cleveland, 0., went on strike.
German financiers have been sum
moned to a conference in Berlin with
the finance minister, who considers
that a new ban of $1,250,000,000 is
reanired for the continuance of the
war, aays a dispatch from Amsterdam.
Man tailors in session in Chicago,
declaring that economy in dress is
necessary, limit $1006 yearly for
clothes, which includes eight walking
suits, four overcoats, one full-dress
suit and six pairs of trousers. By the
same decree women should use only
$250 yearly.
Relief workers find that the Bel
flans especially enjoy the American
brand of "pork and beans.
President Wilson in a lecture before
Has National Council of Boy Scouts
advised them to develop character by
serving others.
The British government has capitu
lated at last to the insistent demand
far more naws from the front. Prime
UinitAP Awnith nromised that ar
rangements would be made to publish
communications from Sir John French,
the British commander-in-chief, twice
weekly.
Washington, D. C. Publication by
the State department Friday of the
texts of the notes sent to Great Brit
ain and Germany, respectivley, re
vealed that both countries had been
warned in most emphatic terms
against menacing the vessels or lives
of American citizens traversing the
recently proclaimed sea zones of war.
Germany was advised that the Unit
ed States "would be constrained to
hold the imperial government to a
strict accountability" for such acts of
its naval authorities as might result in
the destruction of American vessels
or the loss of American lives, and that
'if such a deplorable situation should
arise," the American government
would "take any steps that might be
necessary to take to safeguard Ameri
can lives and property."
To Great Britain the United States
pointed out "the measure of responsi
bility" which would seem to be im
posed on the British government for
the loss of American vessels and lives
in case of an attack by a German
naval force." If England sanctioned
the general misuse of the American
flag by British vessels, and thereby
cast doubt on the valid character of
the neutral ensigns.
The two communications were pre
sented respectively to the British gov
ernment by Ambassador Page and the
German foreign office by Ambassador
Gerard. They were prepared by Coun
sellor Robert Lansing and revised by
President Wilson and Secretary Bryan
after consultation with the entire cabinet.
The British, Spanish and Brazilian
ambassadors, who happened to call at
the State department, received copies
of the notes, as did the ministers of
Sweden, Norway and Denmark, who
especially requested them. The docu
ments created something of a sensa
tion among the diplomats generally be
cause of what some regarded as their
drastic.implication.
Neutral Envoys Approve
Uncle Sam's Protests
Washington, D. C. Reading of the
official texts of the two notes from the
United States to Germany and Great
Britain developed Saturday an intense
interest among officials and diplomats
in the question of what would be the
nature of the replies from the two
belligerent governments.
That Great Britain would give as
surances of no intention to sanction
the general use of neutral flags by
British merchant ships was the belief
of many officials. The widest sort of
speculation, based on a variety of con
ceptions of Germany's plana in waging
a submarine war on merchant ships
was heard as to the probable response
of the Berlin foreign office.
Count von Bernstorff, the German
ambassador, declined to discuss the
note to Germany, as he had received
no advices from Berlin concerning it,
and the British embassy also was
silent.
What excited most attention in con
gress and among diplomats, however,
was the serious tone of the notes, even
though qualified by polite terms of
diplomatic usage. The determination
of the United States government to
have the American flag used only by
ships entitled to fly it and the warning
that Germany would be held to
strict accountability if American
lives or vessels were lost in the at
tacks on merchant vessels in the new
sea zones of war were practically the
sole topic of discussion in executive
and congressional circles, as well as
among the ambassadors and represent
atives of belligerent and neutral nations.
While there were no authorized ex
pressions, it was evident that the neu
tral diplomats in general gave both
notes their approval because of the
identity of interests of their govern
ments and of the United States in the
circumstances.
KAISER SIMMONS
U. S. AMBASSADOR
Gerard to Confer With Emperor
On American Notes.
Choice of Friendship of Two Na
tions Seems Offered Situa
tion Very Delicate.
DOINGS OF OREGON'S LEGISLATURE
A Brief Resume of Proceedings of the People's Representatives
at the State Capital, Bills Introduced, Passed, Rejected, Etc.
Less "Uplift" Is Wanted.
Indianapolis Henry Lane Wilson,
ex-ambassador to Mexico, speaking
here before the Columbia club, said :
"There will be no hope for Mexico
until either the present administration
reverses its policy in entirety or until
a new administration, committed to
less uplift, but more genuine practical
advice and assistance in the way of in
telligent evolution, comes into power.
Mr. Wilson said it was not his pur
pose "to question the intention or
patriotism of the President, but the
performance of the administration."
West Getting Big Orders.
Aberdeen, Wash. Two orders for
barrel staves, the value of which ag
gregates $57,600, and which will take
more than 70 cars to carry them to the
East, have been received within the
last few days by the Western Cooper
age company. The first iB from the
Chicago headquarters of the Armour
Packing company, and iB for $50,000
of lard barrel stock. This order alone
will make 60 carloads of staves. The
other order is for $7600 worth of short
barrel staves and comes from a New
Hampshire firm.
Unfit To Be Exchanged.
Berlin The first exchanges of dis
abled prisoners of war under the plan
of Pope Benedict were arranged
through the Berlin embassy. One
hundred and forty-six British prisoners
unfit for further service will leave
Germany February 16, and Great Brit
ain will release 107 Germans. The
exchanges apparently are not on
numerical basis, but all those who are
disabled will be included within the
scope of the order eventually.
London The German emperor, ac
cording to an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from The Hague, has invited the
American ambassador to Germany,
James W. Gerard, to a conference at
eastern headquarters.
Washington, D. C A situation of
the utmost delicacy for the United
States has arisen in relation to the
European war. Its character is indi
cated by the request of Emperor Wil
liam that Ambassador Gerard in com
pany with Herr von Bethmann-Holl-weg,
the German chancellor, shall
come at once to has headquarters in
the eastern theater of war.
This request is equivalent to a com
mand. Mr. Gerard and the chancellor
will go without delay. Mr. Gerard
has been equipped with the proper in
structions, approved by the President.
These instructions are in line with the
principles laid down in the note to the
German government protesting against
the enforcement of the German "war
zone" decree.
What results will follow from the
audience which the emperor, surround
ed by his troops, will grant to the
American ambassador, no one in Wash
ington knows. It will be a dramatic
setting for the conference. Within
the armed camp of a marvelously effi
cient military power will be the diplo
matic representative of the United
States, who realizes that the regular
army of his country comprises only
80,000 men. This force constitutes
only two army corps.
Under Emperor William s command
in the theater of war to which Mr.
Gerard has been summoned, there are
about 1,000,000 Germans 26 army
corps. There are also a larger num
ber of AuBtro-Hungarians.
Backed by the bayonets around him,
Emperor William will feel his power.
With the recollection of what the Uni
ted States has, Mr. Gerard cannot but
make comparisons which German dip
lomacy perhaps hopes will cause him
to feel at a disadvantage.
The German emperor is playing for
great stakes. It is nothing more nor
less than victory in the war. If the
United States can be brought to the
point of insisting that its cargoes of
foodstuffs shall pass freely to Ger
many, the emperor believes his cause
will be as good as won. Either Great
Britain must abandon its seizures of
such foodstuffs, in which event the
policy of "starving out" Germany will
no longer be effective, or continue to
do so in spite of objection of the
American government and thus force
drastic action on the part of the Unit
ed States.
Belgian Socialists Give
Aid to Needy Countrymen
London The organization of the
Socialist party in Brussels is doing
splendid work in alleviating distress,
according to a report from the Ameri
can Commission for Relief. It has
two bakeries, employing 185 men,
with a possible weekly output of 220
tons of bread. At present they are
baking and distributing about half
that amount. Their bakeries are not
allowed to sell for money, but for
every ounce of flour they receive from
the commission for relief they turn in
a coupon signed by the head of a Bel
gian family saying he has received the
bread.
"When a man makes application for
help," said the Socialist secretary,
"we ascertain his business and if pos
sible how many of his family are de
pendent on him and how many have
trades of their own. If it is possible
for him to do work that will assist the
commission for relief we let him pay
for the the coupons by doing that
work.
"For example, if a man is a shoe
maker we let him make boots that are
turned in to the commission. This
particular form of work is, however,
becoming impossible on account of the
failure of the supplies of raw material
of all kinds. The number of the un
employed among the many weavers,
bookbinders, miners, etc., in Brussels
and the country at large is increasing
enormously."
Flood Reservoirs Asked.
Denver The Kansas legislature
asked the Colorado legislature to join
in a memorial to congress, petiting
the National government to construct
a series of dams and reservoirs east of
the Rocky mountains to impound all
flood waters. The Kansas memorial
has already been sent to congress. The
memorial proposes an appropriation to
be used in the construction of a series
of canals, ditches and reservoirs. The
two-fold benefits of the project, would
be the reclamation of the land and the
prevention of overflow of the rivers.
Kaiser to Control Oats.
Berlin The Bundesrath has decided
to expropriate all the domestic stocks
of oats, with the exception of seed
oats and the grain necessary for fodder
for horses. The order became effective
February 16. The Bundesrath also
raised the maximum price of oats by
50 marks ($12.50) per metric ton.
House Passes New Bank
Bill Except Rise in Salary
State Capitol, Salem Shall the sal
ary of the state bank examiner be in
creased from $3000 a year to $4000?
After an hour of snappy debate the
house decided that it shall not. With
the exception of this detail the house
accepted in every particular the bank
ing committee's bill revising the state
banking laws to conform with the new
Federal reserve act.
Under the provisions of the bill
State banks will be placed in position
to become members of the Federal re
serve system if they so elect.
One change in the present law'will
prohibit state banks from investing
any of their assets in the capital stock
of any corporation with the exception
of that of the Federal reserve bank at
San Francisco.
All state banks acting as reserve
agents need carry only 15 per cent of
their total demand deposits and 5 per
cent of their savings deposits in re
serve. The present law places this
limit at 15 per cent in cities of less
than 50,000 population and at 25 per
cent in cities of more than 60,000. No
state bank or trust company ct bo
approved as a reserve bank unless u
shall have an unimpaired capital and
surplus of $75,000 or more.
The state bank examiner under the
new law will noed to examine those
banks that are members of a regularly
organized clearing house association
but once a year. Other banks will be
subject to the existing semi-annual ex
amination, however. It is assumed
that the clearing house banks will be
under constant inspection by the clear
ing house examiners.
With these few changes in the exist
ing law state banks will be enabled to
become members of theFederal re
serve system without any trouble or
inconvenience.
Hill to Aid Oregon
Goods Is Approved
State Capitol, Salem The senate
judiciary committee by unanimous vote
decided to report favorably on a bill
by Senator Bingham which, the mem
bers say, will aid the manufacturers
of the state and relieve the unem
ployed situation to a large extent.
Manufacturers and organized labor
leBderB, who appeared before the com
mittee, were a unit in urging adpotion
of the bill, which provides a differen
tial of 5 per cent in favor of Oregon
concerns in the letting of contracts for
public work and the purchase of ma
terials and supplies for public use.
Senator Bingham explained that
under the bill county courtB, boards of
county commissioners, school boards,
city councils and all other public
boards and commissioners charged
with the letting of contracts for public
work may accept bids of Oregon con
cerns which do not exceed by more
than 5 per cent the bids quoted by
competitors of other states.
D. M. Dunne, director of the Manu
facturers' association, said the passage
of the bill would aid employers by
keeping their plants in operation and
employes by providing them with
work.
Prison Fund Enlarged.
State Capitol, Salem An additional
appropriation of $25,000 for support
of the Btate penitentiary was voted by
the house and senate ways and means
committee. This action was due to
the representations made to the com
mittee that the "population" of the
institution would be substantially in
creased in the next two years, inas
much as Governor Withycombe does
not propose to practice a policy of
wholesale pardonings.
Moreover, a little extra money will
be needed owing to the desire of the
present governor to place the institu
tion, as far as possible, on a self-supporting
basiB. The committee again
discussed several plans through which
the prisoners may be employed. A
flax plant and a wagon-making plant
are under consideration. If either one
or both of these plans is adpoted, it is
probable that further appropriations
will be allowed for the penitentiary.
Divorce Ad BUI Is Passed.
State Capitol, Salem A bill by Rep
resentative Littlefield prohibiting law
yers from advertising for divorce busi
ness snd fixing penalties for violations
was passed by the senate inursoay.
Senator Strayer, of the committee on
revision of laws, in reporting the
measure favorably, said the practice
was common in Portland. It was
thought an encouragement of litiga
tion should not be allowed.
Senator Kellaher said there was no
reason why divorce lawyers should not
advertisise for business if they desired.
No Postal Saving limit Wins.
State Capitol, Salem The senate,
by a unanimous vote, adopted the joint
memorial of Senator Dimick asking
congress to remove the limit on postal
savings deposits and to use the de
posits as a basis for establishing a
system of rural credit. It also is pro
vided that interest to depositors be in
creased from 2 to 3 per cent, and that
the provision for depositing the postal
deposits in national banks be abolished.
Fair Display Wanted in State.
State Capitol, Salem Senator Day
bas introduced a bill providing for an
appropriation of $17,500 for returning
the Oregon exhibit at the Panama
Pacific Exposition to this state and
making a permanent display of it.
Judiciary Committee Has
Bill tor New Districts
State Capitol, Salem Four new ju
dicial districts are provided for in the
plan reported to the house by the ju
diciary committee by substitute house
bill 308. This plan will give the state
a total of 17 judicial districts and will
supersede entirely the system proposed
by President Thompson, of the senate,
for 24 districts and an appellate court.
It also disposes of the numerous inde
pendent district division bills intro
duced by various members of the house
and the senate.
The new plan, as worked out by
Chairman Olson, and other members
of the judiciary committee, moved up
a notch when the house passed Senator
Thompson's bill creating the Four
teenth judicial district by detaching
Lake county from the present Thir
teenth district. This leaves only
Klamath county in the Thirteenth.
Create the Fifteenth district, to con
sist of Lane, Lincoln and Benton coun
ties, by detaching them from the Sec
ond district.
Create the Sixteenth district, com
prising Coos county, by detaching it
from the present Second district.
Ureaui lh" Seventeenth district by
detaching Curry county irom the
Second district and Josephine county
from the First district. Jackson
county alone then will embrace the
First district, with Judge Frank M.
Calkins in charge.
This plan will leave Douglas county
alone as the Second judicial district
and the hill provides that Judge J. W.
Hamilton shall remain the circuit
judge of that distrirl .
Voters to Register but Once.
State Capitol, Salem House bill
191 providing for permanent registra
tion was passed by the senate without
argument. The law provides that as
long as an elector resides in the pre
cinct in which he registers and votes
at one election held throughout the
county within the biennial election
period ending November 30 following
the regular biennial general election,
he shall not be required to register
again.
If the elector fails to vote1, as stipu
lated he shall re-register or notify the
county clerk in not less than 30 days
nor more than 60 days after the regu
lar November election that he resides
in the district from which he regis
tered and requests in writing that his
name remain on the register of
electors.
This is the Becond permanent regis
tration law that has been passed by
the Oregon legislature, one passed at
the session in 1913 having been de
clared unconstitutional by the Supreme
court. The new law provides that the
county clerk shall use the card index
system in keeping his register of elec
tors. Each elector shall sign a card
giving his name, age, political affilia
tion, etc., and shall take an oath that
he is a citizen of the United States.
The cards shall be public records and
shall be kept in the office of the county
clerks as other public records are kept.
Trading Stamp Bill Dies.
State Capitol, Salem By agreeing
to the indefinite postponement of Rep
resentative Forbes' bill to levy a heavy
tax on trading stamps, those members
who are opposed to the use of trading
stamps in the state are centering their
efforts on Representative Tom Brown's
bill which probably be up for final
passage soon. The mail of every
member of the legislature haB been
flooded for the last few weeks with
letters from constituents who repre
sent either side of the question. The
bill promises to arouse considerable
debate.
Road-Merger Act Passed.
State Capitol, Salem By provisions
of Senator Hawley's bill passed by the
house the Southern Pacific company
will be enabled to proceed with the
consolidation of its subsidiary com
panies, plans for which already have
been completed by the railroads
affected. The bill amends the present
law so that one road may own and
operate a competing line. The South
ern Pacific plans to consolidate the
Portland, Eugene & Eastern, the Cor
vallis & Eastern, the Salem, Falls City
& Western and several other minor
roads it owns for the purpose of re
ducing expenses and promoting effi
ciency in operation.
District Road Plan Loses.
State Capitol, Salem One more
road bill was defeated in the house,
but another is on its way. By a vote
of 41 to 17 the house defeated Repre
sentative Sam Browne s bill to provide
a system of state, county and district
co-operation in road-building. The
measure carried a half-mill tax levy
and it was this feature to which the
house seemingly took objection. The
good roads enthusiasts are not discourr
aged, however, and have prepared an
other bill to be submitted through the
roads and highways committee.
No-Party Bench Act Is Out
State Capitol, Salem Representa
tive Tom Handley has consented to the
indefinite postponement of his bill pro
viding a non-partisan judiciary. The
measure had been indorsed by the
State Bar association. The attorneys
in the house generally favored the bill,
but they were opposed to passing it at
this session, for the reason that the
people defeated a similar measure at
the recent election.
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