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WORLD HAPPENINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR BUSY READERS Events of Noted People, Governments and Pacific Northwest and Other Things Worth Knowing. The tenth pair of twins are born in Portland since the first of January. Germany has released the 72 Ameri cans who were taken prisoners by the German raider in the South Atlantic. The Oregon troops returned from the border Wednesday, and on Thurs day a great parade was held in Port land. The second daughter of Senator and Mrs. Harry Lane, of Oregon, was mar ried to Dr. S. D. Hicks, of Norfolk, Va., Monday. A bone-dry prohibition bill was passed by the South Dakota houso late Friday by a vote of SS to 10. The measure now goes to the senate. The Washington state senate passes a bone-dry law which will be signed by Goveronr Lister. The bill becomes effective 90 days after the adjourn ment of the legislature. One hundred and sixty-six Demo crats and Republicans in Indianapolis have been indicted by the Federal grand jury charged with conspiracy to corrupt the 1914 election. The Minnesota senate has passed the house bill submitting to the people a proposed prohibition constitutional amendment. The measure would be voted on at the 1918 election, and if adopted would be effective July 1, 1920. Francisco Villa has disappeared from his command after promising his men that he would return at the end of three months and give them some "startling" news, according to reports brought to the border by passengers from Mexico. Principal railroads of the country have taken summary action to relieve the shortage of freight cars and the traffic congestion at Eastern seaports, again approaching the acute stage be cause of the curtailment of trans-Atlantic sailings by Germany's new sub marine policy. Pacificists generally and William J. Bryan particularly were attacked in the house by Representative Gardner, of Massachusetts, in making reply to previous declarations by Representa tive Moore, of Pennsylvania, that Great Britain seeks to draw the Unit ed States into the war. The first party of children from the occupied portion of France, numbering 250, arrived at Roozendall, Holland, Thursday. Their ages ranged from C to 14 years. They presented u most distressing spectacle, bearing evident suggestions of having endured hard ships, and all told storie3 of scarcity of food. In the U. S. senate drastic amend ments to the postal appropriation bill were agreed to which would make criminal the importation of liquor into states which prohibit its manufacture and sale for beverage purposes, and which would exclude liquor advertise-! ments from the mails in states which legislate against such advertising. Hachita, N. M. Lem Spillsbury, Mormon scout, and companions late Thursday discovered the bodies of Andrew P. Peterson, Hugh Acord and Burton Jensen, American cowboys kid naped last Monday when Mexican bandits raided the Corner ranch, GO miles southwest of here. The bodies, badly mutilated, were found on the I Mexican side, three miles south ofi Monmuent No. 53. It as believed they j were taken across the international i line and killed when they attempted to break away from their captors. j The English government has agreed ' to set aside a day for discussion in the ! house of commons of the Irish admin istration, as requested by the Nation alists. Charles J. White, professor emeritus of mathematics at Harvard University and author of several books on as tronomy, was found dead in his chair in his room Monday. He had been ill for several days with grippe. The "gratitude and thankB of the na tion" have been conveyed by tho Brit ish government to JarneB W. Gerard, former American, ambassador at Ber lin, for his work on behalf of British civilians and prisoners of war in Germany, VILLISTAS RAID ACROSS LINE Bandits Kill 3 Mormons find Drive Away Horses and Mules. El Paso, Tex. Private, advices re ceived Into Tuesday from Columbus. N. M said three Mormons wore killed by n band of Mexicans which crossed tho International boundary GO miles southwest of Hnchlta, N. M and raided tho "Corner Ranch." Andrew Peterson, nnothor Mormon, was hold a prisoner, it was said. H. S. Stephenson,' general manager of the Palomas Land & Cattle com pany, said he had received a report from his wagon boss at Hachitn that threo Americans and seven Mexicans were captured and 109 American horses and mules and $1500 worth of supplies taken away. His report made no reference to any loss of life. Two Moxiean families were said to havo been forced to accompany tho bandits in addition to tho Mexican ranch hands, according to tho tele gram. Germany Foreign Secretary, Who Was So "Astonished" ALFRED ZIMMERMAN Alfred Zimmerman, foreign secre tary in the German government, who sent the note to President Wilson, in forming him of the fact that Germany had broken her submarine pledges of last year, was "astonished" when he learned that the United States govern ment had taken offense. A raid on the Nogales ranch, which is located 40 miles from tho border in Mexico and 100 miles from Hachita, N. M., occurred on February 10, ac cording to the messengo received here. The Mormons living in the section were said by a leader of the Mormon church here to be John Pierce, Miles Pierce, Andrew Peterson, Jr., two brothers named Jensen and a young man named Adams. Dedication of Interstate Bridge Opens Huge Span to Traffic Portland Hands were stretched across the Columbia Wednesday and Oregon and Washington exchanged congratulations over the completion of the interstate bridge. The dedication and opening of that structure to traffic was the motif for tho celebration in which Governors of both states, legis lators, prominent officials and citi zens joined. The new bridge was opened officially at 12.30. Two little girls pulled a bow of ribbon attached to a rope across the midchannel of the Columbia river. The rope crossed the lino be tween Oregon and Washington. Tho pull parted the rope, removing the last barrier between the two states and flags flew from the bridge tow ers. A cannon from tho Washington shore boomed out a loud salute and the structure opened for the uso of every one. Treasury Deficit $333,400,000. Washington, D. C. A treasury deficit of $333,400,000 at tho end of the next fiscal year is forecast in a report submitted Wednesday by tho senate finance committee, recommend ing that the administration revenue bill be amonded to authorize a bond is sue of $195,250,000 instead of $100,. 000,000, and that tho authoritization for certificates of indebtedness be made $500,000,000 instead of $300, 000,000. Work of Relief to Continue. New "Vork More than 10,000,000 persons who havo been fed through tho efforts of the American commission for relief in Belgium will suffer no im mediate hardship from tho withdrawal of the American commission from par ticipation in-this work in Belgium and Northern Franco, cauBed by tho Ger man authorities. Herbert C. Hoover, chairman of tho commission has plans under way for transfering this relief to another neutral organization. Doings of State Legislators High Schools Military Training Bill Passes Lower House Salem Military training in tho high schools of tho state in authorized in Representative Craudnll'H bill which was passed by the house Saturday with a big nlllrmntivo vote. Tho military courco Ih not to bo compuUory, however, or part either of schools or of students. It is to bo subject, though, of suitable credit on tho same basis ns other stint lea mid In nn amount to bo determined by tho board of education. Tho governor is mndo head of tho military training department. All schools that establish it must apply to him for authority. No company of cadets cbii bo organized with fewer than 20 members or without a suitable instructor. At least threo hours a week are to bo sot aside for tho work. The state is authorized, too, to fur nish tho several companies with rilles and other equipment. $181,300 Cut From Fair. Salem Tho joint ways and means committee operated on the requests of the State Fair board has cut out $183, 500, but added $2500 on two items. Estimates of $125,000 for a coli seum and $40,000 for a woman's build ing were eliminated entirely. A total of $35,000 was granted for premiums asked. Tho committee at first tenta tively decided to allow $30,000 for that purose, but on tho plea of Repre sentative W. Al Jones, ex-Becretary of the fair, it was increased to $35,000. , A request of $2500 for a tiro barn ap paratus was disallowed, and $1000 was cut from $800 asked for fencing. To a $2000 request for water supply, $2000 was added to connect with city water mains and $f00 was added to a $2000 request for more toilet facll ' ities. Tho committee also reconsidered its ' action of early in the session, doing ' away with agricultural assistants to ( tho Superintendent of Public instruc tion, who handle children's industrial club work, and granted $8000 out of tho $12,000. May Tax for Rose Festival. Salem Futuro Roso Festivals in Portland may bo financed by direct taxation on tho people of Multnomah county. This mothod is made possible by tho provisions of Senator Moser'B bill al ready passed by the senate, which went through the house Wednesday afternoon. The bill empowers tho commission ers of Multnomath county, "at their discretion," to levy a tax of 15-100 of a mill, the proceeds to bo placed in a separate fund and extended only for Rose Festival purposes. Representative Mann, who handled the bill on the floor of tho house, ex plained that at this rate of taxation approximately $10,000 would be avail abic annually. The law prescribes that evey Festi val muBt be "free for the uso of all inhabitants of the county where it is held." Modified Cigarette Bill Passes. Salem A "safo and sane" anti cigarette bill was passed by the houso late Monday and probably will go through the senate and beromo the law of tho state. The bill is sort of a compromise be tween tho Sweeney bone-dry bill and the conservative Stott hill, both of which were passed by the Iioubo last week, later recalled and tabled. The bill paused is a redraft of tho Sweeney bill. It strictly prohibits tho Halo of cigarettes to youths under 21 years of age and makes it a misde meanor for a minor to smoke clga retteH and provides heavy penalties for violation. Auto Tax Doubled. Salem Licenses on automobiles and automobile trucks aro to be doubled under provisionH of a bill passed by the houHo Tuosduy and tho proceeds will bo applied to the state highway fund for distribution in counties out side Multnomath, This bill is a part of tho legislative road program; was prepared by tho joint houso and senate committee on roadH and highways, and is a compan ion to tho general road code put through the house last week. It is expected to raise approximately $280,000 in cash next year and to in crease from year to year. Tax Board's Budget is Cut. Salem The joint ways and means comrnitteo has granted tho State Labor commissioner $10,000 of IiIh $11,000 request; gave the Industrial Welfare commisHion and Hoard of Child i Labor inBpoctora $0000 botween them, with tho understanding that if tho commls Biona aro merged tho total of tho two appropriations will go to thp one com mission. The State Tax commhftioTi waa cut from $30,000 to $10,000. Petition Fraud Measure is Passed by Senate Snloni- Important safeguards of the honesty of initiative petitions aro eon tallied in a measure by Representative Herbert Gordon, that passed the senate by, unanimous vote rridny. It hud pro vi'ously passed the house. It will virtually restrict the signa ture on initiative petitions to those of registered voters, thus doing away with wholesale signatures by "float ers that have been so prolific n source of fraud in the past. At the sumo time the bill does not take away the right of legal voters who are not registered to sign puti tions. Before they can sign the petl Hons, however, they must make oath to their qualifications before a notary public. All signatures must be checked up by the county clerk. Still another lnixrtunt provision of the bill will tend to prevent the plac ing of misleading or deceptive ballot titles on initiative measures. All measures proisiscd under the iuilin tive, the measure provides, must be sent to the attorney general before they can be circulated. He is directed by tho law to prepare the title. Should tho attorney general's title not please the framcrs of tho measure they havo the recourse of appealing within 20 days to the Circuit court. Amendments to Go On Ballot. Salem At least two and MHslbly four or five constitutional amendments and other proKisals will be submitted by this legislature to the iH'ople at an election in November, 11118. Representative Sheldon's joint reso lution promising the establishment of a norui'ti scliooi al Asiiland and an other somewhere in Eastern Oregon has been adopted in both houses and will go on the ballot. It carries a spe cial tax levy of 1-25 of a mill for tlu) supHirt of each school. The location of tho Eastern Oregon school is to be left in the hands of the board of normal school regents, hut if the institution is not established at WeSton, where the state owns prop erty, it must be established on a site donated to the state. It is understood that many Eastern Oregon communi ties are ready to give tho necessary sites. Teachers' Bill Passes. Salem - Senator Orion's bill amend ing the teachers' tenure of office law, applying to the schools of Portland, was passed by tho house Friday with 45 allinnative votes. It already had passed the senate. The bill is one over which the teach ers in the Portland schools themselves have been divided. Some of them fa vored it. Others wanted the law left the way it is. The school board, ap parently, is opx)sed to it. The prcincipal provision in the bill places the cases of teachers subject for dismissal from the service in the hands of an independent board apointed at tho beginning of each year by the presiding judge of the Circuit court. This hoard is empowered to conduct investigations and make decisions. The votes of two commissioners will be final in every case. New Tax Law Notice. Salem Representative Forbes, of Deschutes county, won a decisive vic tory in the house Friday when he ob tained adoption of his amendments to the delinquent lax list bill. The Forbes plan provides for a .for mal notice by mail 1(0 days after the taxes become delinquent, and news paper publication of those who romaiu delinquent 30 days after the notices are sent out. In Multnomah county notices aro to be published in only two newspapers with a circulation of at least 10,000 copies each, while in the outside coun ties publication is to be made in pa pern selected by the commissioners. The bill went back to the senate for concurrence, and in this form probably will become a law. Tax Bill is Passed. Salem -Assessors of Western Ore gon counties in which tho lands of the Oregon Ai California land grant aro situated aru instructed, under terms of a bill passed by the house this week, to restore the property to tho assess ment rolls, regardless of tho effects, pending legislation on the subject. Tho bill was introduced by Repre sentative Bean, who presented its pro visions on the floor. The object of the bill, as explained by Mr. Bean, is to declare forever the sovereign right of the state to tax these lands. To Reduce Cost of Printing. Salem Representative Burdlck's hill designed to reduce llie cost of printing tho Oregon Supremo court reports was passed by tho house. It places the printing in the hands of the Supreme court itself anil prohibits any ftiflmber or omployo from having any J personal interest in the work. MEXICAN BANDITS CROSS BOUNDARY Villista Raiders are Immediately . Pursued by U. S. Troopers. BORDER PATROL IS DOUBLED Precautionary Measures Taken Against Kahiznr's Threat to Repent Bar. der Ralds-Chlm-so Killed. Washington, I). C. - Tho War do partmeut made public Saturday thu following rcHirt from Colonel Tag gart, commanding Fort Ringgold: "Lieutenant Ayres, Florida trops at Lopena, reports that Friday night eight bandits crossed into the United States al Solcditd ranch, 15 miles north of El Tigre Arroya. One man mid seven horses were captured. Seven baiulils on foot in tho brush are being chased by troops. " Hachita. N. M. Lieutenant Colonel J. C. Waterman, commanding the Hachita district, sent orders to his troops Friday to maintain day and night patrols along tho bonier Instead of day patrols as heretofore. At the same time uuolllcliit reports were received here that all of the cav alry regiments on tho border from El Paso to Douglas, Ariz., had been In structed to hold themselves In readi ness to move immediately on instruc tions from General Funston. These preparations were believed to be pre cautionary against Salazar's threat of another raid. Two tnops of regular cavalry havo reinforced the border patrol and two more were to leave for the border im mediately. These troops, according to Lieutenant Colonel Waterman, are for patrol duty only and have no orders to go into Mexico. Juarez Five more Chinese were murdered al Madera, Chihuahua, when Julio Acosta, a Villa commander, raided that town on February 8, ac cording to a message received here by a relative of the Chinese. The Villa followers raided the Madera stores anil carried off much loot, the message added. England Broadens Danger Zone; Warnings Given All Neutrals Washington, I). C. Notice of a dangerous area in the North Sea be cause of operations against Germany has been given by the British admiral ty. A copy of the notice, dated Feb ruary 13, was received at the Stale de partment Friday. It warns shipping that after I'ohru- ary 7 a prescribed area, including all waters oir Germany and parts of Hol land and Denmark, will be dangerous and should be avoided. The new notice says: "In view of tho unrestricted warfare carried on by Germany at sea by means of mines and submarines, not only against the allied (towers, but al so against neutral shipping, and the fact that merchant ships are constant ly sunk without regard to the ultimatu safety of their crews, His Majesty a government gives notice that on and after February 7, 1117, thu mentioned area in the North Sea will bo rendered dangerous to all shipping by operations against the enemy and it should there fore be avoided. Germans Smash French Lines. Berlin--Troops of the German Crown Prince, in an attack against French ssitions south of Ripont, in the Champagne, Friday, tho War olllco an nounced, on u front of about a mile and a half, captured ground to a depth of a half u mile. Tho Germans took 858 prisoners, including 21 olllcers. The attack, which was peceded by intense artillery (ire, was made main ly against French positions at Malsous de Champagne and hill 185, about one third of a mile south of the farm. Four lines of French positions were stormed in the attack. The French made counter attacks in the night and morning, but were re pulsed with losses. The German loss es are said to have been small. Youth Holds Up Dnnkor, Lincoln, Neb.- A stranger strolled leisurely Into the First National Bank at University Place, a Lincoln suburb, Saturday at noon. There was no one in the bank but thu president. Tho young man, about 23 years old, flushed a revolver in tho olllcer's face and ordered him to retreat to the vault. Aflur locking him In tho vault, tho robber picked dp $2500 in currency, scorning a large amount of silver and gold, and madu his escape.