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WHAT YOU NEED The other fellow may have; what you have the other fellow may want. Come together by advertising in the Press. t t ' Buy Your Groceries From Your Home Grocer BARGAIN DAY la every day with the' Merchant who advertises in the Press he has some thing to sell and says so. TX)LTT5E XXYLL AT1IEXA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, IHIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1915. NUMBER 52. WASHINGTON DRY MEASURE UPHELD Supreme Tribunal Hands Down Unanimous Decision. , DOCUMENT IS LONGEST ONE EVER FILED Decision Upholds Woman Suffrage and Recall Also Main Objec tions Fully Disposed Of. GERMAN CONSULATE ATTACHE AT -'FRISCO INDICTED ON 2 COUNTS ' Olmypia, Wash. Washington's pro hibition law was upheld unanimously by the Supreme court Friday and will become effective January 1. . The decision, the longest ever filed in the history of the court, containing 19,200 words, not only validates the initiative prohibition measures, but also specifically upholds the initiative and referendum amendment to the con stitution against the latest and most weighty of the objections brought gainst it , The effect of the decision is to ab judicate for all time the validity of! the direct legislation amendment. " Since the same ' objection urged against the initiative and referendum amendment, that of insufficient puhltr cation, could be Urged equally against : the woman suffrage and recall amend , menta, the real effect of :thelfleeision ' also is to uphold these additions to the constitution.' "" V . The majority opinion was written by Judge Emmett N." Parker, with Chief Justice George E. Morris and Judges 0. G, Ellis, 0. R. Holcomb. John F. ; Main and Wallace Mount .concurring. There are no dissenting Opinions, but Judge S. J. Chadwick notes, in a sep arate opinion, that he does not follow the reasoning of the' majority, but yields his judgment and concurs In the result "not because it is the law as I had understood it, but because it has been so declared by a competent tri bunal." . : : . Judge M. A. Fullerton notes that he does not follow the majority reason ing, but concurs in the result and will file a separate "opinion later rather than postpone further thrilling of the . decision...' Briefly, the Supreme court decides that it cannot, and will not, notice ad mitted irregularities . in connection with the publication both of the ini tiative and referendum'' amendment and the prohibition law, which, though stipulated by counsel in the case, do not appear as part of the official state records and are not matters of common notoriety. This disposes of the main objections. - ' " The court then decides that any auestion of interference with inter- state commerce is settled by the Webb Kenyon act of congress of 191S, di vesting intoxicating liquor of its in terstate character, and that the privil eges in regard to sale and prescription of liquor granted to pharmacists and physicians do not constitute such dis crimination as to invalidate tne act. The one crumb of comfort left for the "wets" is that the court did not pass on any constitutional question raised from the consumers' standpoint, the court stating specifically that since this was an injunction action to pre 5 vent' enforcement of the act only ques lons involving property rights could be considered. American Rights Brings Senate Storm. Washington, D. C The long-expected storm in congress over the ad ministration's conduct of , the defense of American rights on the seas broke Saturday when Senator Hoke Smith, Democrat, demanded an investigation of Great Britain's interferences with neutral trade and Senator Lodge, Ke Dublican. replied with a demand that any investigation include the loss, of American lives. "The body of an innocent child, floating dead on the water, the victim of destruction of an unarmed vessel, ia to me a more poignant and more tragic spectacle than an unsold bale of cotton." declared the Massachusetts senator. Men Cling to Launch. South Bend, Wash. Word reached here Saturday of the heroic struggle made by Captain C. 0. Reed and Mate Cuts, of the fishing launch Airdale, or . Bay Center, during a storm in which both nearly lost their lives and were rescued. They had left South Bend Tuesday night with a load of 15 metal tanks of gasoline for a fish-packing plant at Bay Center. They were a short dis tance from the fish company's wharf at Bay Center when the oil tanks were -Jost and the launch filled. Fruit Scarcity Predicted. Kansas City Plums and cherries may become scarce in the United States as a result of the European war, according to reports given here by speakers at the 26th annual conven tion of the Western Association of Nurserymen. Imports of plum and - cherry seedlings, grown chiefly In Eo " rope, have been cut off by the war. " The association, it fa said, represents more than one-half of the nursery bus . ineas of the nation. San Francisco Baron George Wil helm von Brincken, an attache of the German consulate here; C. C. Crowley, a detective employed by the consulate, and Mrs. Margaret W. Cornell, a se cret agent in Crowley' employ, were indicted late Tuesday by the United States grand jury on two counts each. The first count charged conspiracy to interfere with and destroy commerce between the several states of the Union and foreign countries; the sec ond alleged use of the mails to incite arson, assassination and murder. Bail was fixed at $6000 for each count In the three indictments. Coun sel for the defenndants, all of whom had been arrested previously on com missioner's warrants, promised their appearance in court. Baron von Brincken and Crowely were previously charged in the com missioner's warrants, with the first GEORGE C. CAROTHERS - U. S. SENDS PERT NOTE TO AUSTRIA Washington Communication Is Brief and to Point ANCONA LINER CASE GETS ATTENTION Assurances of Safety to Americans In Future Is Demanded To Avoid Controversy Is Aim. count and have been at liberty on $10, 000 bail, while Mrs: Cornell, arrested as a detained witness, gave S1000 bail. The overt acta set out in tbe indict ments purporting to substantiate the charges against the- indicted persons were not made known. But it fwas saia that the government is in. possession of all the necessary documentary evi dence to support the charges. George C. Carothera, apecial agent of the state department with the VII- llsta forces, bids fair to add one more difficulty to the puzzle facing the United States In Mexico. Gen Alvaro Obtpgon has protested to General Car- ranza, saying that Mr. Carothera "la dangerous to the tranquillity of the de facto government.". Washington, D. C The United States has sent to Austria-Hungary note asking for a disavowal, of the submarine attack on the Italian liner Ancona. assurances that such an act will not be repeated, some degree of punishment for the commander of the submarine and reparation . for the American lives lost. - -' The communication was sent from the State department to Ambassador Penfield at Vienna, who was instructed to hand it to the Austro-Hungarian Minister, of Foreign Affairs, Baron Burian. v"- ' ':' -'v. ' ' Friendly but firm terms, it is said, characterize the document, which is understood to make a particular point of oromot assurances for the future Bafety of American lives. -- Auatxia Hungary has never informed the Uni ted States whether the commanders of its submarines had received instruc tions similar to those4 which the Ger man government gave to its comman ders after the Lusitania tragedy. It is understood that the note re fefred particularly to the charge that shells from a submarine Kiuea or wounded some passengers on the An cona after she had halted, and . asked for an explanation on that point. In discussing dispatching the note Secretary Lansing acted . with the ap proval of President Wilson.' It is said authoritatively that the document, which is described as being compara tively brief and decidedly vigorous in tone, was so drafted as to attempt a settlement of the controversy at once without bringing on a series ' of com munications, such as followed the sinking of the Lusitania. t High officials are said to be ol the opinion that the situation is one which calls for grave consideration, the state of affairs having become more com nlicated since the note was dispatched by reports of attacks on American oil- arrying vessels in the Mediterranean, presumably by Austrian submarines. . Oregon and Washington Men - - Pay Large Taxes on Incomes Washington. D. C The richest per son in Oregon har an annual income of from $300,000 to $400,000, one other individual has an income ol irom S150.000 to $200,000, five have in comes between $75,000 and $100,000, 10 with incomes from $50,000 to $76, 000, and 10 between $40,000 and $50,- 000. ; - - ' Washington has one citizen of a big- eer income than that of Oregon's rich est, for the largest income tax paid in Washington is on an income that ex ceeds $600,000 per year. Washington also has two citizens with Incomes from $250,000 to $300,000, one from $160,000 to $200,000, and 10 drawing $75,000 to $100,000. -These figures are found in the an nual report of the commissioner of in ternal revenue. ; Arabs Beaten by British. London The defeat of an Arab band in an engagement with a British re- connoitering party on the Sinai Penin sula' is announced in an official state ment issued in Cairo, Egypt, says a Reuter dispatch. The dispatch fol lows:- "A band of 300 hostile Arabs was routed Saturday by a British re- eonnoitering force in the vicinity of Matrah, On the Sinai Peninsula. The Arabs. 85 of whom were killed and seven captured, were driven eastward. British casualties were 16 Killed and three officers and 15 men wounded." Sober New Year Asked. New York No all-night permits for the sale of liauor for New Year's eve will be granted in the metropolis this year, if Mayor Mitchell complies with a reauest made Tuesday by the board of directors of the Anti-Saloon League. The league says the practice ought to be discontinued "when the dis tresses incident to the war hang like nail over so laree a proportion of the civilized world." Meteor Kill Three Dogs."' Dawson, Y. T. Three dogs driven by Andrew Johnson, a telegraph line man, were killed by a giant meteorite which fell on the Yukon telephone line near Nahlin, south of Atlin, according to word reaching here. Johnson, who was traveling 50 feet behind the ani mals, was stunned for several hours as a result of the impact. The meteorite made a hole almost 60 feet in diameter, NEWS ITEMS Of General Interest 1 About Oregon Oregon High School Debating - ; League Begins Series in January University of Oregon, Eugene Fif ty high schools of Oregon have this year joined the- Oregon High school Debating league, the first debates of which will be held early in January. The question that will be debated among all these schools until a cham pion is determined will be : Resolved, that the United States should adopt the essential features of . the Swisi system of military training and serv ice. The finals will- be held, at the University of Oregon.-, in May. The winner receives a cup' given by,, the university." .. .i. - ' ' : The 50 high schools are divided into nine districts, and are as follows: Coos Bay district Myrtle Pout, Marshfield, North Bend, Coquille. . Eastern Oregon district Union, En terprise, Prairie-City. Lower Columbia district Tillamook, Astoria, Clatskanie, , Rainier, Scap poose, St. Helens,. St. Johns. Northern Willamette district Bil- verton, Woodburn,; Jefferson, Canby, Estacadaj . Forest - Grove, Newberg, Oregon City, Salem. ' ' Southern Oregon district Ashland, Grants Pass,. Klamath Falls, Medford, Talent. " .- Southern Willamette district Al bany, Brownsville, Corvallis, Eugene, Junction City, Lebanon, Roseburg, Springfield, Yoncalla. Umatilla district Athena, Condon, Echo. Upper Columbia district Bend, Madras, Moro, Prineville, The Dalles, Wasco, Redmond. - Southeastern Oregon district On tario, Nyssa, Vale. Hope Lies in Water Test. Salem Upon the result of tests of the water from Summer and Abert lakeB, which will be made in New York within the next month, depends Jason C. Moore's hope of financing his lease for develpment of the lake's de posits successfully. ' This information was contained in a letter received here by the State Land Board from C. A. Sheppard, of Portland, Moore's attorn ey. Moore expects to come to Oregon soon and arrange - for transporting a carload of water from the lakes back East. Under the new conditions Moore must assign his lease over to a com pany which shall be Incorporated in Oregon and deposit $4000 in addition to the $10,000 already put up to insure the board that he will complete the re quired $26,000 bond. -y.'yj : i; MESSAGES 60 FAR Range of Wireless Aerial Mate rially Increased. Successful Experiment! Have Shown Possibilities That Have Given : Great Encouragement to Those . Undertaking Them. A series of remarkably successful and Interesting experiments were con ducted by the United States Signal corps at the recent maneuvers In Massachusetts In maintaining a wire less aerial by means of box kites and thereby increasing the efficiency of an ordinary field wireless outfit from 6 to 16 times. The tests were conducted by Samuel F. Perkins, a maker and flyer of man-lifting kites. Favorable strong and steady winds, says the Scientific American, in re porting the experiment, enabled Mr. Perkins to send up a string of kites to an altitude of 1,600 feet. ' Messages Half Ton of Pork Condemned ' ' By Portland food Inspectors .Portland Eleven' hundred and ninety-five pounds, of - diseased pork were condemned Thursday by an in spector from the '"city health office, upon the ground that the meat showed traces of cholera, The pork was ship ped to Constantino's market from a farmer by the name of A. Blatt, living in Clackamas county, It is reported. When the pork arrived at the mar ket Mr. Constantino did hot like the looks of the meat and called up the city health officer before he would ac cept the shipment. An inspector was sent to the market and declared the pork to be diseased, so the meat was condemned. - A report will be made to the state food and dairy commissioner, Blatt living outside the jurisdiction of the city. Because of the freauencv of trichi nosis among Portland residents ana four fatalities from the disease, the condemnation of the city health officer may lead to an extensive Investigation in the line of pork shipments into the city; The state food and dairy com missioner will Investigate the Blatt case. All In City To Get Cheer, Pendleton, Or. Pendleton will have two municipal Christmas trees, with presents for every child in the city. A large choir of mixed voices is practic ing to sing Christmas carols Christmas eve, In a grand spectacle on Main street. One tree will be placed at the corner of Main and Court streets and the other at the corner of Main and Alta streets. A program will be given and the streets will be lined with ever greens and red, white and blue cluster lights. Two dinners are being ar ranged for the poor. - ... r 53,889 Left by Beacheyf San Francisco Lincoln Beachey, the young aviator who met a spectacu lar death in the bay off the exposition grounds early in the exposition period, left an estate valued at ib3,BSt.4, according to an appraisement filed in the probate department of the Supe rior court Thursday. All of the estate Is bequeathed to his mother and father. The mother, Mrs. Amy Beachey, is administratrix of the estate. Tanker's LossJConfirmed. Rome Tbe Giornale d'ltalia says tbe Egyptian authorities confirm the torpedoing of the. American oil tank steamer Communipaw. The subma rine which sent her to the bottom is said to have been a German of a large type. First report of tbe torpedoing of the American tank steamer, says the Giornale d'ltalia, was a radio message from an Italian steamer which bad High Schools Standardized. ; Salem Speaking recently before the Men's Club at Independence on Oregon High Schools, Assistant State Superin tendent Frank K. Welles announced that the State Department of Educa tion has now standardized 165 High Schools. Each of these schools Is not only ffering full four years of work above the Eighth grade, but they are all well supplied with libraries and ap paratus so that they can do their work efficiently. In referring to the rapid increase in the number of High Schools, Mr. Welles stated that only thirteen years ago there were but five high schools in the state and that their graduates .numbered from 12 to 15 each year, while now over 2000 stu dents are graduated annually. .' Teacher Decision Is Due. . : Salem Whether school district boards have power to make rules -governing instructors absolute or whether the rules most be such as will be deter mined reasonable, will be decided by the Supreme Court shortly in the case of Mrs. Maude Richards; -the Portland schoolteacher who wait barred from re instatement by the beard. -after her marriage. The case was heard by the Supreme Court on appeal from Circuit Judee Morrow's decision . in favor of Mrs. Richards. C. W. Fulton ap peared in behalf of the Portland School Board, while her husband represented Mrs. Richards. ' The Wireless May Be 8ent to Great Altitudes With Kites. transmitted from the set of field wire less attached to . this kite-supported aerial were received 150 miles away with distinctness, although the ordi nary range of the set was only 25 miles. One thing that aided materially In obtaining this result was the fact that the kites flew so steadily that the aerial was always maintained at a constant altitude. Quite as remarkable as the sending power of the wireless was Its receiv ing quality.- Messages were received with distinctness from the battleship Georgia while off Newport and from the government station at Arlington, Va., and Bermuda. These experiments were but the first of a long series that will be con ducted, and it is the belief of those who are interested In the matter that they will lead to a syBtem by which the range of the ordinary field wire less will be materially Increased. Unit ed States government and Marconi officials are following the experiments closely. Pendleton Census 8180. Pendleton According to a prelimin ary estimate made this week by Harry Bickers, who has been taking the city school census, Pendelton has 807 bovs and 829 . girls of school age, Taking the usual . ratio Pendleton would have a population of oiu. While this estimate is considered a little below the actual population, yet' the showing is regarded as encourag ing, and If tbe present rate of increase is maintained Pendleton will show a population of 20,000 by the time the next National census is taken. Klamath Wheat Is Lauded, ' Klamath Falls Klamath county's hard wheat, which averages from 40 to 46 per cent in the gluten test, has been rated by Government experts as second in quality only to the famous Kansas product. Recently the Klamath Commercial club sent samples of local wheat to the Portland Flour Mills, to the 8 perry Flour company and to the Pillsbury company, asking them to give an opin ion as to Its milling qualities. The Pillsbury mills at Minneapolis declare that tbe wheat is of the finest quality. Freewater Apples All Harvested Freetwater The Lamb Fruit com pany, of Freewater, reported that nearly all of the apples of this vicinity picked up a wireless call for help from were either in warehouses or had been the Communipaw. jsnippia. Tremendous Waste of Energy. With reference to the immense lot' In wealth occasioned by the war, Theodore H. Price In World's Work says: There is hardly a man who works up to the limit of his capacity. There are millions who try to do as little work as possible. The waste even In the most scientfically conducted In dustries is enormous, and there is an Immense amount of energy generated that is not utilized at all. It haa been jokingly said that ths collective energy of the baby's cry would run the railroads of New York state ft It could be conserved, and when, we consider that only 15 pet cent of the energy ot coal Is utilized, that the unharnessed water power ol the United States represents millions of horse power going to waste, and that probably less than 5 per cent ol the available human energy In the flforld Is productively employed, w must -admit that a very slight In crease in Industry or efficiency will recover an enormous loss of wealth Answered Call of World. Emlle Verhaeren, the Belgian poet might have been a priest, but decided that his wild nature could not be clamped within cloister walls. As youth he attended the Jesuit college ol Salnte-Barbe at Ghent.- There he met Maeterlinck. The fathers would have saved their young pupils from the world by making them priests, and endeavored to inspire In them a pro found respect for the past, with hatred of all Innovation. After the school at Salnte-Barbe, Verhaeren studied law at Louvaln. Admitted to the bar at Brussels, he Joined a coterie of young artists, and, like Gautier, he won a name for shocking the bour geols by fantastic freaks of dress and conduct. The muse called, and the law was deserted. ; Power In Japan. Tbe great dictator In the legal ad ministration ot Japan Is not the min ister ot Justice or the chief Judge ol the court of cassation, but the chlel general public prosecutor of the su preme court, Klchlro Hlranuma Hogaku-hakushl. Doctor Hiranumo is the strength and embodiment ol the procuratorlal system as It worki In Japan today. He s a man of fifty, has been an official of the department of Justice since 1888, and in 1912 wai appointed chief procurator. No man'i word carries greater weight In tb( courts of Japan. Buy your Heater NOW n Cold weather will be here before you realize it. We are prepared for it with the best line of Heating Stoves on the market. 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