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About Beaverton times. (Beaverton, Or.) 191?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1916)
raw dc::ss tfcora Lm News Items of AH Nations and Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. The mininc town, Too Bot, CaL, ia wept by firs. British railway trainmen hold oat for 14 ahiOiof adrmoc in pay. The allies continue to tighten the lines around Comblea, one of the moat important points on the western front. Four nan an dead and a score of others narrowly eacspod froan a fin which swept the Salvation Army In dustrial buirfiBf at Detroit. . Betarns from Thnraday's elections in British Colombia, indicated that warn en hare been given the right to vote and that prohibition' baa been A fishing bark from Alaska to San Pranciseo, carrying 200 persona and the season's salmon pack, is reported disabled US mites sooth of the Golden Gate, and is drifting towards the rocks. Tim steamship congress, en rente from San Franeisco to Seattle, eanght Are SO miles off the Southern Oregon meet Wedneaday, but landed her 432 persons at North Bend without mishap to them. The Turkish government consents to shipment of relief supplies from the United States to famine sufferers in Syria. The action ie Teresa the pre vious attitude of Turkish officials who had refused two argent pleas by the depaitment for the privilege to make A wireless dispatch from Borne says that at the general council of the central powers at the headquarters of the German empcroi, an off enisve cam paign in the Balkans was mapped out. Germany will send 200,000 men and Austria 100,000 for this purpose, says the report. To the high cost of living is now added the high cost of being bartered. On and after an early date it will cost half a dollar for a haircut in San Fran cisco. The Barber Shop Proprietors association, at a meeting held recently beaded to nun from So cents to the higher figure the priee of hnircntting. A number of young society men of Chihuahua City have been sentenced by Acting Governor Trevino to serve aa street aweepeit for 20 days. They wen found guilty of disturbing the night's rest of the household of the father of Governor. Ignaeio Enriquex while serenading the town alter a "Mary," the big circus elephant which killed her trainer at Kingsport, TemL, recently, waa hanged at Erwin. A railroad derrick ear was used in the execution. The animal was farced to the tracks by other elephants, heavy efaains wen tied around her neck and she was hoisted in the air. She was valued at $20,000 by her owners. Maine Republicans elect entire state and national ticket Monday. Greece is expected to enter the war soon on the side of the allies. The Southern Pacific is furnishing 60 freight cars daily to relieve the car shortage in Oregon. Men who nave been on strike at Chisholm, Minn., for the past three months, returned to the mines Wed nesday. Mine officials an prepared to start full enws at all properties, and all former strikers an quoted as de claring the iron on strike is over. Withdrawal of about 140,664 acres of land from the Monterey National Forest, California, to be opened for settlement, is snnounced by toe Inter ior department. The lands are in San Benito, Monterey and Fresno counties and an aaid to be valuable chiefly for grazing, though scattered tracts have some agricultural value. Dealers in Klamath Falls, Or., ship 88 fine, horses to New York for the French government. Surface cars in many sections of New York City, are stopped by the strike and the situation has become The number of eases of infantile paralysis reported in the New York dparUnent of health Wedneaday was smaller than on any previous day since June 26. The deaths wen only nine, which is the lowest since July 6. According to reporta from Rudolph M. Anderson, member of the Stofanason exploring party, the latter has discov ered new land hearing copper deposits. Colorado's first snow of the season fell at Leadvf In Wedneaday, according to reports to the weather bureau. The now began Tuesday night and amount ed to nearly one Inch. The Belgiache DagfaUd announce that the German authorities have acdsed 30,000,000, which had been placed in the coffers of the Belgian National bank, in eoneequence of the suspension of the moratorium. E3 LZIOI) Washington, D. C - AH National guard organisations which nave been held at state aanhiliiatina they service are schoowJaa to start far the Mexican border soon. Offieiak indi cated Monday that they probably would go within two weeks. Secretary Baker personalty supervising all guard every guard unit undergo border Berr ies and training before it ia dis charged, and intends to use the troops in state camps to relieve those on the border, so that the latter may return home and be mustered out of the fed eral One thing may alter tins policy. though officials now think it win not That is the lack of funds available for transportation. Although no account of the expenditures incident to the border situation has been made public reporta indicate that the department President s Sister Dies. MRS, ANNIE E. HOVrtLl New London, Conn. Mrs. Anne . Howe, only sister of President Wood- row Wilson, died at her aparatment m a local hotel early Saturday. Mrs. Howe had been extremely ill for about a week with peritonitis, and the end had been expected at any moment for two days. Mre. Howe came here from her Phil adelphia home m the early summer with her neiee. Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of the President. Her health bad long been impaired. practically has exhausted its funds and will face a heavy deficit before other, appropriation can be secured from congress to meet the expenses of toe trader campaign. If the guard movements continue, it will be necessary to have an urgent de ficiency bill put through aa aoon congress meets in December. Exclusive of North Carolina organi sations ordered to the border, there are 18,000 guardsmen who have been held in their state camps. These an scattered throughout Alabama, Colo rado, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, West Virginia. Wyoming. Minnesota, Michigan, District of Co lumbia, California and Maryland, with aeverai small units in other states. Sen Uw, h-fcyv if tar Yst ai Mtd Midst, Ms New York Seth Low, former may or of New York and one time presi dent of Columbia university, died late Sunday at bis country home, Broad brook farm, Bedford Hills, N. Y., at the age of 00 years. He had been ill several months of a complication of diseases. Mr. Low'b most recent activities wen exerted in an effort to find a so lution of the differences between the Railroad Brotherhoods and the rail roads. . Since the outbreak of the European war, he had been especially active as president of the New York -Kmhw of commerce and president of the Na tional Civic federation. He waa chair man of the executive committee of Tuskegee Institute, delegate at large to the recent New York state consti tutional convention and a member of a government commission appointed to investigate labor troubles in Colorado. Berlin Opposes Loan. Washington, D. C. Ambassador Von Bernstorff has informed the State department that the German govern ment would consider "null and void any loan to Belgium negotiated in the United States during German occu pancy of that country. State depart ment officials declared they had no knowledge previous to the snnounce ment of Germany's attitude that the Belgian government was seeking a : in this country. It announced Germany's position, however, in order to protect American bankers. Germans Quit Dutch Una. London A dispatch to the Evening News from Amsterdam reports that the German guards along the Dutch frontier towards both Belgium and Germany nave been withdrawn. From Belgium, adds the dispatch. numbers of Beligan families, who for months had appealed for permission to r Holland, an now streaming across the line at various pointa, with their belongings piled on every kind of 3e Ek fca tea Ie J fci (ncps Is Ck licit, British Chamber of Commerce Urges New Plr-"lost-Favor-r tio&" Clause ETuninated. . Washington, D. C Division of the economic strata separated by tariff walls and classified as allies of the Britiah empire, friendly neu trals, unfriendly jmetrale and , is urged by the London Chamber of Commerce. To clear the ground for this world reconstruct on the mWr concludes in a sped si report a eopy of which has just been received hen, that abrogation of all ' farored-naiion" treaties, including that with the United States, if inev itable. Free trade would be abandoned and a aeries of graded tariffs proposed in line with the present war groupings of the nationa. AH imports would be divided as fol lows: Wholly manufactured goads. Bemi-manfactnred goods and articles solely used as nw material in indus tries, manufactured foodstuffs and nw foodstuffs. All para f the British empire and ita allies would psy mini mum duties; friendly ueuti sli which allow the United Kingdom most fever ed treatment would pay twice as anich; other neutrals, giving preference to other powers and including neutrals which might swing into the Teutonic commercial system would pay a still greater tax; and all axaar tries would pay the maximum duties. running up as high as 30 per cent. Bonghly it is estimated in the report that this change from free trader to protection would net a yearly revenue Of about 1376:000,000. livery precaution is urged in the re port to assuage neutral nations to pre vent them from making commercial alliances with enemy countries after the war. The difficulties an spoken at as follows: lt must also bo remembered that our allies have tariff arrangements still in force with other foreign coun tries which it is assumed must be abrogated before any preferential trade arrangements can be made with the British empire as a whole; "In addition, the United Kingdom has ' most-f avared-nation ' clauses with certain foreign countries, including the United States. Then, it 1 sumed, would ban to be terminated, with or without compensatory advent V3. Attacks Otafca Oy; leds Defe! aid tavy Iksg Mexico City General Obregon, min ister of war, announces that a thousand followers of Franeiseo Villa, who at tacked Chihuahua Friday night, ware routed early Saturday morning with a loss of several hundred men killed and many captured. After the battle Gen eral Trevino's troops participated in .the Independence Day parade Saturday morning, in the ngnting General Trevino was slightly wounded in the shoulder. Aided by some of the townspeople. the Villa forces attacked at 11 o'clock Friday night and took the penitentiary ana we municipal and federal palaces. General Trevino recaptured the public buildings and completely defeated the attackers in the early morning li&ht. The captured man will be tried by courtmartiaL. General Obregon baa sent a n.iineaiiii oz congratulation to ueneral Trevino. Several of the captured men alreadv nave oven tneu oy courunartial and put to death. Normal conditions prevailed at Chi huahua Sunday. The details of the defeat of Villa forces aroused enthusiasm here. Idaho Gets S.47,614 Check. Boise, Idaho The laat chapter Hthe treasury steal was written this peek whan the state depository board accepted from the National Surety company a check for 1147, 614. VI, rep resenting the state's loss. The Na tional Surety company was surety on the $200,000 tend of O. V. Allen, de faulting state Iteasurei. After an ex amination of the t rue sui f books the total shortage, including the money Al ien and his deptuy, Fred M. Coleman, stole, and interest, waa compiled and suit brought againet toe eompany. Guheau's Attacker Dies. Washington, D. C. William Jones, 66, widely known as "Bill Jones, the Avenger' because he shot at Charles J. Guiteau, assassin of President Gas field; in 1881, died hen Sunday. GmV fcaa was being taken from the court house to the district jail in a carriage whan Jones rode up on a bone and find at him. The shot went wild and Jones was arrested. He waa held for some time, but was finally NEWS ITEMS , Of Ccncnl btawt About Oregon J500.000 Ptant is Soil !' M.tMtli Ahaswrh a WW tiou toot plsee May t 11. the of the palp Hill sad its sits is the center of tss use Bay eently. The property wm old to Wil liam w. Goreer. OT UK conn, uu- noia and too dead sssrad a bob ice. although tbe property was worm or tarn KMLMO. Tbe am ineradea a five-aen tract, and gin Hr. Gurley frontal on Isthmus inlet of 6Z leat. The Srsith-Powers railroad J along tha waterfront, out this i con aidand sn aaat to the plant, sine K furnishes railroad connection for the nun if it should be made ever into nienufsrturing plant. Since toe purchase the mscrunery in the Dale mill waa sold t una any. wtuen be a punt at Ocean Fall, B. C snd the stes Northland i now shipping one cargo of tha raadunarr tor de&auT at that point. No information can he obtained reUtin to th aaea Mr. Gortey intend patting th diemanUcd mil) and iti ait. Right of Wiy is Given. Klamath Falls The committee eoa- auting of Wilaon 8. Wiley, eraurtnan; Bert E. Withrow and K. E. Bradbury, haying i charge tha obtaining of the n right of way lor th Robert E. Strahon railroad Eastward from thia city, report that they an meeting with piennid aoe- Tfaey realise that the eituan of team, and scrapers at work in thia ricinity thia fall. Tha committee reporta that every where the people are snowing keen enthnaiasm f or th enterpriae and a fine public spirit by readily donating right of way. They refer aa a axmnv ple to Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Gaatwr, rending a few miles oaat of thia city, who donated right of way aeroae their little ranch of 60 acres and wished they had more to giv. Polk Vfifl Hold Fair. Dallas Th Polk County fair win be held in Dallas the litter part of this month. - Much enthusiasm is being manifested and all sections are Tying with each other to make the amroal affair a big soeeeee. There will he many more exhibitors, with mora di versified exhibits. Special amusement features an be ing planned. In addition to tha pres ence of a carnival company and mane by various musical organisational of the county, many special want tor which apodal prise have been offered will he staged. During one day of the fair an aeroplane flight win be at- Pullets Mature Early. Cottage Grove William Hands A Son have some White Leghorn pullet that an adding to th reisitetion of Cottage Grove. All of them started laying at between four and five months of age. One bird in particular started laying at the age of four months and 20 days and when six months old bad laid 88 eggs. Trap nasta an used. that tbe record is accurate. Th an- eeeton of than pullets for 10 years 'back have been trsMHStad, as that strong lsying strain has bean devel oped. Lane Flax to Be Spun. Eugene Lane county flax will be spun into thread st the Lane County Jair. beginning next Wednesday. cording to an announcement made by the Fair board. An experienced oper- of the spinning wheel will ham charge of this leeture of the exhibit. Sample of flax straw and tbe fiber at the various stares of development will be shown, together with flax from all parts of th world, so that visitors at tbe fair, may compare the Oregon product with that of countries where flax growing is an established industry. Telephone Earning Big;. Salem Tbe annual report of the Pacific Telephone A Telegraph eom pany for the year ending Jons 80. mis, hied with the Oregon Public Ser vice eommisaion, shows that tha eom- a total isieuuss is Oregon wan 12,162,298.41, and that tha total sx- 11,674,011.64. For the entire system the company a net in come ws 12,187,284.41 Dividends totaling 11,920,000 wen paid. Tha system' total operating ran 819,477,808.84, and the total operat ing expenses wen 818,W,0Z.61. Grain is Not Damssed. Atkan. Th.. iX ... rains, grain in uus CDBxny IB raw, nsoiy AmwnmmmA im Km mh1m mS The rains have eolored the oata but the gvmarai opi mos is mat no msteruu in jury has been caused thus far. Ths opsiathiu and much clear weather is imwwhsi w eiBHue sue ussvessing ox xna main Hi i 1 I I l- H.,i ed that only about half of tha grain Forest Lose is Blight. Salem Forest Ave ' tMa . bid fair to touch the mark set in 1S12, Which is a low nenrd. In that wmm the damage arnooBted u but $4M. Than has been bat one ssriaus An llntx. and that (. . mr.u... ecamty logf ngeaawp and wss not nwi s irswai nra. IvvitlllrasAal w,nelT RLTClj U-M; fcrtyfokt tl.lt; ts, $IM; ii fide. tl.ti irtsmshv .. t .i. . Floor ratsea. .; smigasa, tLMsBt.iv; sxrairta, ta.M; allay, (8; whole wheat, 88.60; graham, tt.4o. MiUfeed-Spet prices: Bras, tatf nor ton: shorts. 8X1. M; rolied barley. tka.sBCtt.lo. Com WSole, su perion; cresses. Bay riuSs cars' pncee: nmcsny. amstera Oregon, tlt-suflll per ten; tiinethy, valley, 81&J1; alfalfa, $14. whssthsy, tlt-f0lt.W; est and vetch, LT1XU; assst, eu; donr, tit. - . Butter Exchange prieas: Cubat, extras, tSc bid; SOe asked. Jobbing prices: Printa, extras, tzdjt4c; but tarfat. No. 1, tic; No. t, We, Pert- pries, arrrent receipta, 2c par tksen. Jobbing pncee: Ongen ranch, eanojeo, SOSSllc: select 2allc. . Poultry Hera, 1814,c; hroilenvl 1618c; turkeys, live, vmgae; mat. lieuje; gees, 9 He. Veal Fancy, 18c per inund. Pork Fancy, lztftlte par pound. Vegetahies Artichokes. Ttogtl per doxen; tomatoes, sgeooe par crate; cabbage, 11.50 par ewt; peppers, g fx per pound; eggplant, MMe; let tuce, toette nor doasn; cucumbers. ibt&SCK per box; celery, fO07ec per doasn; corn, 10x2oc per dee. ; i Potatoes-New. SveStLlf par cart ; sweets, ZttJSc per pound. Onions Oregon and Walla Walla, I1.&0 pet sack. Groan Fruito AppLes, sow, Ttog 81.40 ear box; cantaloupes, Me81.75 per crate; poaches, 4(goe par box; watermelons. lltc par pound; nhsns, 76ctl par box; peart, .s0ctl.t8; grsraw, MeAtLH par crate; rssskat, lie par pound; btukbsrriaa, 76c Bop 1918 crop, . luminal; 1916 eontracta. 8c per pound; fugglee, lXz per pound. Wool Eastern Oregon, fin, : 26c per pound; coarse, t0tte; val ley, 80332e. Caacara Bark Old and new. 41c per poand. ... Cattle Steers, prime, 86.607.1S; good, t0CS0; common to fair, t&8 t.60; cows, choice, 8&5.60; rnedium to good, t4-80S; ordinary to fair, 844.60; bnfera, t4fi.7S; bulls, $3 4.26; carves, t8. Hogs rrune, 9.669.76; good, to ime rmxed, gi.su a 9.66; n heavy, $8.7fc9.6; - pigs and skips, IB.ZDti.75. Sheep Lambs. 10.6068.16: year ling wethers, 88.7o6.ft0; eld weth- , ts.ou6; ewes, L6ua.sO. ,. Hop Demand is Good; A more general demand has devel oped in the hop market and buyers an offering higher prices throughout the state of Oregon. Eight cents was be ing freely bid on contracts in the Wil lamette valley, with a substantial premium forfngglea. MeNeff Bros. have nurehsssd between 600 and 600 balsa of fuggles at 12 cents. ' In Wasters Washington the market hat also become man active. Seven hundred bales of clusters wen bought in that section at t cents, nMiTig the crops of Fry, Bremer, Cooper and PsrfieM. . .-. No trading was reported from Yaki ma, but the market then was also firm. Th first sample of Yskimas were received by McNcff Bros, and ths quality was fully equal to that of ths beat previous yean. California ad- wen of the sal of 600 bale of new Sacramentos at I and 8 cent. Pickers are busy in all tbe Onsen bop sections. Ths favorable change in tbe weather enabled the pickers to re operations, and it also held back the mold. It is too early for a definite estimate ss to ths sis of ths Oregon crop, but many of the dealers believe it will run close to 100.000 bales. New York win estimated the yield in that state at 8000 to 10,000 balsa, and tbe quality very fine. Offers ud w su com are ssing mace for states and giuweia are asking tz cents. liStten received from London deal ers put the English crop st 800,000 to 810,000 huudisd weight. Tha London Tunas has ths following from Canter- Dury, dated August 24: The bop have not made ss much progress during too past f aw weeks. owing uj ue pronounced orouth. Ths crop will vary io vieki aceordinw to dlstrlcta, many of the hops being on the small side. In the districts where rsin baa recently fallen the prospects an the best. Vermin has disappeared mora is not spreading to say ex- It is now expected that tha meting will commence earlier -was antieipstad. Trad aa ths market is quiet, and in tbe few sals effected P"oss sra DeUyw recent quotations." Central Washirigton Sheep SMcmentt. stcnee The Groat North nilway satiinstes that between now and the middle of October, 160 ran of npwui e stripped, ss compered with MO eava h,n.. .k. lastyaar. i Fifty ear has alreadv bsea snipped. Th vsJus of the see son's shipment will run doss to 8600, 000. Arrsiirements bees haae aml the r.nwll.n - '"P rota the Hns Into Britiah Celneflhia mw w . . traintoad of lambs mill lesv Thursday I far ths Chicsgo market. c:i go ra AaMvwenlvE Cf Csasssaal S,!T J UtkStitntjtpofbtolni Seaoummi CtwrtrteAntf ftcttd by Lftsst Ordtr. London Th plan of rattadnt th neutral comntnee of Norway, I further Uotnses will bs granted far tha usssnt to Britiah exporters, ha bees extended to apply to tha United State by tha expedient of refusing to allow The Netherlands' Oversees Trust to ac cept further Aroeriean Igiaaoull and by declining to grant letters sf ss sursnce for American shipments des tined for these ognatri. - In eerawxpene American shires sets for BoUand wUl ha stopped sbsolntely, while tha regular tjvuportation com panies trading between tha United States and Scandinavia will not Uks csrgoee without assnisncs of their tn nocent doitinstion by th Britiah as taan-itioa. " - - Ftnthenaon, tramp tlsaiaan srs hardly Uksly to risk the inrritshls landing in tha prise court of any cargo they might accept, " . Neutral diplomats sere believe two reasons irshued th Britiah govern ment to take this action. Tha first is the simplicity of tha plan, which an. .a ablaa the govarnroeat t eantrol np plias st the source. Th second is the growing bill with which Gnat Britain is now pressed by neutral governments for demurrage and otasr expessss to- y eurred by taking snspsctsd ahipa ssto Kirkwall and other ports for exsmins- isthe re- which bonsiis wan set up in Engbmd and France for granting licensee . for exchange of -goods which figure on th list of pro hibited imports. The American sa tboritioa eontend that under tha British-American eorsanercial treaty of 181S such prohibitions moat bo enforced- squally against all eountriea. Consequently any privileges granted to France and not extended to the United States are held to be in violation of that treaty.' - Msk teia (as "fcy" td Gvts Vtt a Wjaa Vsneouvar, B. C Woman uffraga and prohibition apparently have been adopted by the voters of British Co lumbia, according to incomplete re- . turns received late Tlnxradsy from the general election. . Th tuiasnistw gueoliuuent, heed ed by Premier W. J. ently has been decisively defeated. Tbaiatornindieate that the libersls will control the next ktgithvtore, tt to 14. Suffrsg appereatly was carried by an overwhelming majority and th re turns thus fsr received indicate that th probihition bin has bsen endorsed by ssfemsrgm. Too defeat of th government is th roost striking in tha history of the province- - The returns thus fsr sre generally decisive and it is not eoranderad Uksly that tbe soldiers' vote will restarially affect the result, although Premier Bowser may retain hi, aaat in th nra. vineial parlismeut, ss he is not tar be hind the liberal ticket, which appar ently was elected in it entirety in Vancouver. In Victoria, A, Stewart, th recent ly epponited minister of finance, was defeated, polling 600 votes leas than ths lowest liberal in too capital city, when the complete liberal ticket was elected. In Rosslsnd, Lorns Camp bell, minister of mines, is 100 vote babind his opponent with only twe small precincts to be reported. in itevelatoke, Thomas Taylor, min ister of public awlts sine a conserva tive government cam into power, was oseiai veiy defsstos. In Grand Forks, E. E. Millar, on of Premier Bowser's mlrdstera, loot by a substantial majority. Relief Oepenoa on Hoover, w Stanford University, CsL "Ths situation in Belgium is so extraordi nary that if Herbert C, Hooyariost heart today or died, in s few days th Belgians would bs without food and starring," was the nWlsrstion sand ban try Dr. David P. Barrows, who sdSTsaasd Stanford students on bis eight months' experience with nlisf work in Bslgium. Dr. Barrows said that Hoover's task of feeding 10,t0u 000 Belgians daily wm equal to feed ing th western arrniaa of bath the ' sUi and ths Gerrosns. Woman Raid Food Shop. 1 ' 1 - j 1,1.1 ll,. Mmm the Exchange Telegraph eeatpsny ssys: 'Serioos font riots occurred at Hamhars; Beturdsy evening. Accord ing to Berlin reports s mob of angry woman raided shop that hat been dosed owing to a sbortage of meet sod -vegetables, while another crowd daav ing'Down With ths Imim eaava ith ths people's torturers.' TUrty- n womsrj wen badly injursd."
