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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1915)
cm vFa « J e L ^ J i* E s ta b lis h e d 1 8 8 7 . f M oi*o, S h e r m a n C o u n t y , O r e g o n . TEUTONIC AIDES AT DOORS OF LEMBERG F r id a y , J u n e ‘2 5 , 1 9 1 5 . MINIATURE BATTLESHIP BLOWN UP AND MINE EX PLO SIO N IN T E R E S T IN G F E A T U R E S IN T W O E X H IB IT IO N P A L A C E S Amazing Voice Amplifier and Other Wonder» of Celebration— This Year the Year of AU Yi w A u l* . World*» Progress at the Great Panama-Pacific Canal GOVERNMENT LOSES LAND GRANT SRIT to Take Marvel Journey to the Pacific Coast neer required months to cross the Court Enjoins Company From plains, with that of today, when the F u tu r» Sates Until Congress orator in New York may address bis Efforts to Crush Russians audience In San Francisco. > Has Time to Act. And there are many other develop and Then Attach West ments as wonderful and as revolution ary. all revealing the trend of the Washington.— The government lost world’s progress In the arts, sciences Its suit In the supreme court to for London —After seven and Industries. I f you are Interested feit the unsold portion of the Oregon lag acroea Gallóla, daring In m ining,'for example, beneath the Russians bava been thrown A California railroad land grant, floor of the vast Palace of Mines you amounting to some 2,300,000 scree and than 1B0 asiles may find a mine In operation, with Its a elees ta at opes and tunnels and shafts and com valued at more than >30,000,000. Thia railroad and Its successor, the pressed sir drills. W alt a moment and yon may witness aa explosion in the Southern Faoifle, failed It was alleged, m ine A gong rings; an ambulance to dlgpoqe of the-laada tossttiera, as dashes np with a corps of rescuers pro provided In tke grants. vided with respiratory apparatus, and The court, however, granted an In effects a rescue junction against future violations of closed. Many of the exhibits are as In the Palace of Machinery yon may revolutionary In their character and see a miniature battleship blown up by the land grant by disposal through mean aa much to future generations a miniature mine patterned after one contracts, and enjoined the railroad as did the locomotive or telegraph of the latest types of the submarine from the sale of timber on unsold when it was first Introduced. The mine. In the Palace of Education you lands until congress can conserve the tian ta OnBcia. they have planed their Audton amplifier, for example, makes will see classes of students engaged in federal interesU. their studies, and perhaps you may be whale faith aa ea paralysing the Mua- K possible for a man In New York city The court rejected not only the for to deliver an address through the tele able to see Mine. Montessori. the c ele felture contentions of the government, ■laa army as ta permit the throwing phone to a large audience In Ban Fran brated Italian teacher, instructing but also the pleas of the lntervenors of a tremendous force of man and cisco, 8,000 miles away. Through the classes of children. In the vast ex metal lata the western theater, there ass of heat waves the,Intensity of the Dr. Meyer-Gerhard, whe was sent by for a trusteeship. It tied up the entire hiblt palaces and state buildings mo either to break through the Franco- voice vibrations Is increased to such an the German Embassy at Washington unsold land, however, with injunctions tion pictures are freely employed with M. Venlxelos, former premier of Brttlsh line or force aa Interminable extent that, although the orator may thia object in view. There are forty- against 1U sale or dilpoeal of timber to Berlin with Information about the Greece, whose success In the general deliver his address In a low voice Into period of sanguinary warfare. three free cinematograph shows upon from it until congress prescribes new German-American eltuatlen. election may reeult In Greece aiding ▲ diepatoh from Copenhagen says the telephone In New York, In San the Exposition grounds, and. by the regulations. However, it alee leaves the alliee. that the German emperor himself has Francisco It Is possible to Increase the way, there la no charge to enter the persons who have been sold land in exhibit palaces. taken supreme command of the Gall- sound In volume sufficient to fill • large undisturbed poeseasion, unless the halL On the other hand, the New York TWBNTT-TWO FXXT HIGH ST I f you are Interested In what the for government exercises an option given elan campaign, establishing his head speaker’s address may be distributed TSì-umOK» BRIEF WAR NEWS TBB raXAMA-FAClXIO SIPOelTIOW. eign nations have accomplished you quarters In Silesia, as near to the through telephonic receiving disks at This giant telephone Is shown In the have only to visit the marvelous dis to bring suits separately for forfeiture. Italy has completed the fourth week front ns practicable. This will be done In the big tract tached to es^b chair in the hall in San P alace of Liberal Arts. Pa nem a-Pacific plays of the European countries or of of her belligerent activity, without a I t Is argued that even should Lem Francisco. In one of the exhibit pal International Exposition, Ban Francisco. ----------- - u cases It Is understood. The court's those of the Orient or South America, success that can be received enthusi berg fall, tha Russians can drop back aces visitors may, without charge, hear decision wan unanimous, by Justice Canada or - Australia, Among the W ashington—General Venuatlano astically at home. . a man in New York rend from the ment of the long distance wireless tele French displays you may. if you wish, McKenna, but Justlcer McReynolds to equally formidable positions, util Carranza, original leader of the Mexi Reports of the fighting on the west islng the rivers and swamps and other headlines of tbs New York newspa phone this new Invention will make It behold priceless works of art never be^ took no part. can constitution« movemenL la tboe ern front, as given out .in Berlin and advantages of thd terrain, and It is pers. This performance begins In the possible to project the human voice fore exhibited in America and which It Is apparent that the supreme halfway around the globe without the to face with a situation that may elim Palace of Liberal Arts each (lay nt 3 Paris, differ In Important particulars, thé British contention that they could use of ft telephone wire Couirast the at the Exposition find sanctuary from oourt recognises the railroad's Inter inate him as a factor in Mexloaa poli o’clock. particularly with reference to the san thus hold out for months, England and the ravages of war. est In the property to the extent of tica unless he yields to tke dlctatloa The amazing voice amplifier Is but era slxty-flve years ago, when the pio guinary fighting that »till continues France In the meantime sending to >2.50 an acre, but as some of the land of his commanding general, Alvaro north of Arras. According to the Ger their aid men and munitions If neces Is worth much more than that it may Obrègon, and other high officers la his CRITICS OF WELLS WARNED HE WAS RESOURCEFUL man war office, new attacks by the sary. Whether Russia has sufficient be possible for congress to appropri army — _________ . French and British on the western ammunition to meet the present strain Court Wants no More Letters Attack ate money to pay the Southern Paclflo Officiai advices revealed that four front have resulted In defeats for la a question which cannot be answer But He Probably Didn't Get th e Jeb ing Commissioner. >2.50 an acre for the property. of Carransa’s cabinet ministers bad For Which He Applied. them Attempted advances in the Ar ed in England. Salem —Declaring that writers of resigned and that General Obregoa There is a certain middle aged and ras region in northwestern France letters In future criticising Harvey Land Grant Valuation le 21 Millions was Insisting on their retention, as old fashioned business man who is a near the Belgian border and in the Portland.—The assessed valuation well aa the dismissal of tbe members little doubtful whether be or the other Events Occurring Throughout Wells, insurance commissioner, for as Argonne have been repulsed. carried off the honors of w ar in an In sesslng policy holders of the Horticul of the Oregon A California land grant to whom they were opposed. The allied forces report gains at the State During the Past terview given to a smart young man. News coming through official chan tural Fire Relief and the Oregon Mer Is more than >21,000,060 in the 18 Ore various points. The French have at The smart youog man was applying chants’ Relief, which failed recently, gon counties, according to the state nels that Carranaa had removed bto Week. last completely surrounded and car for a berth. would be cited for contempt. Circuit tax commission’s annual report for headquarters to the old Isolated feri» ried by assault the Fond de Buval, a “Let nie see,” said the merchant; Judge Galloway declined to accept the 1915. resa, San Juan de Uloa, in tbe barbar -you’ve called on me before, but not on narrow ravine east of the Loretto Berlin, via London.— A statement your present errand. The first time commissioner’s resignation as receiver Pupils Go to Fair. of Vera Crus, spread tbe tepresafiam hills. This position has been defended Corvallis —Tea young people, lead of the companies. given out* by the Oerman admiralty to you represented Up to Date Limited that be feared aa uprising again« bias with desperation by the Germane the effect that the Oerman submarine and offered to put our concern on mod ers of Oregon's young men and women Mr. Wells reported that only 422 out in Vera Crus. Amerioaa warships ly ■Ince May 9 and when It was finally U 29 had been rammed and sunk by ern lines. Then you came on behalf of are now an additional attraction at of 4607 policy holders subject to as ing in the harbor would giva him aay- taken by the French only a few of the a British tank steamer flying a Swed Systems & Files and said you were the Oregon building at the Panama- sessment to 100 par cent of the stan lum should he desire to escape defenders remained. lsh flag after the vessel had been or business doctors. And after that you Pacific Exposition. These young citl- dard rate had paid, and Judge Gallo The Austro-Oerman forces are not dered to stop Is expected to have an came as the publicity expert of tbe sens, three girls and sevea boys, are way again Instructed him to notify MEYER INCIDENT CLOSED only nearer Lemberg, Galicia, but say Important bearing on the Oerman Newest In Ads. company 7” the winners of the 10 capital prizes those who had not paid to do so. He Atlanta, Ga.— Leo Frank's death they have driven the Russians farther “That Is so, sir.” American negotiations. offered for the best work accomplish said failure to do so would result in sentence was commuted to life im Ambassador's Denial That Hoax Was across the frontier of Poland In the vi “And are all these— er—companies German naval officers and the pub ed In each of the 10 industrial club his instructing Mr. Wells to bring suit. prisonment by Governor Slaton. An Perpetrated la Aocepted. cinity of Tarnogrod, as well as pene deadr lic at large ask how It la possible for The receiver reported that of assess nouncement of the governor’s decision The young man reluctantly admitted projects carried oa by the state de Washington.— The Incident Involv trating farther Into Bessarabia. German submarines to treat merchant that they were. partment of education and the agricul ments levied on 3725 policies In the came several hours after Frank had ing the names of Anton Meyer-Gerhard From the Gallipoli peninsula comes men In the way requested by the U nit tural college Girls' and Boys' club de Horticultural Fire Relief, 238 mem been secretly taken from the Jail here and a Dr. Meyer, reputed official of “Yet after coming here three times the information that the British and ed States or to take steps to ascertain to offer to teach us our business when pertinent. T heir trip to the exposl bers have paid >1616.49; and of as and hurried to the state prison farm the Oerman war office, in which it French allies are In possession of on’ 7 the nationality of ships displaying your concerns go down you coolly so tlon city for a two weeks’ stay, with sessments of 882 policies in tha Ore at Milledgeville. Frank was sentenced was charged that the state department ■front 10 square miles of the southern neutral flags In the war zone so long licit a berth In this poor, effete old all expenses paid. Is thsir reward of gon Merchants' Mutual, 139 members to be hanged Tuesday for the murder had been hoaxed, was officially end of the peninsula. The Turks are as British captains adhere to the rules firm. Why, what use are you to us? winning the highest honors in their have paid >763.04. Regarding Mr. of Mary Phagan In April, 1911. well fortified and are not only offer- Glared closed. Look at your record.” laid down by the admiralty. respective contests. The young peo Wells’ request to be relieved of the A storm of bitter sentiment was The Oerman ambassador. Count von - ing a stubborn resistance to any fur The optimist countered that easily. Commenting on thia, German news pie arc in charge of H. C. Seymour, receivership Judge Galloway »aid: aroused against Governor Slaton for Bernstorff, called to see Acting-Secre ther advance, but are carrying out de "You never know, sir. I might be papers say It la proof of the British county school superintendent of Polk "The court Is of the opinion that commuting the death sentence of Leo tary Lansing. He said that reports very useful. Look what a splendid ex termined night attacks with the bay abuse of neutral flags and that the perience I ’ve had in winding up com county, and Mrs. Beymour, and will you as Insurance commissioner of thia M. Frank to life lmprisonemnt. tending to confuse Meyer-Gerhard and onet Illegal course followed by ships of 1 panies.’’—Philadelphia Ledger. make their headquarters st the Ore ■Ute are the proper person to look y it h several hundred men and boys I Alfred Meyer had been misted to commerce compels the commanders of a week ago and that he had de- gon building with living accommoda after the affairs of the many members olamoring to get In the front gates of | Offlce Force of School Head Quits. Performing • Duty. Oerman submarines to oonslder their of these associations, and therefore, I his country home, which had been bar- nled them then. No Dr. Meyer, be tions st the Oregon Inn. Olympia, Wash.— The tranquility of Mr. Choate told this one—not on him own safety first and sink sock ships would not consider relieving you aa rlcaded with barbed wire entangle said, w as known to him or to other the administration of Mrs. Josephine ■elf: An American called at the office without warning. Raila at Acme Bridge. receiver.” ments, and threatening to overpower members of the embassy. He added of the American ambassador In Lon Preston, state superintendent of pub Eugene Steel rails on the W illam 20 country policemen, armed with riot that the whole story reflecting op bi» don, with his w ife and baggage. lic instruction, was marred Saturday Medford Man Killed In Accident D enied by Britain. “W hen did you arrive?" w as tb e first ette-Pacific have reached the site of guns, Governor Slaton called out the sincerity It* asking safe conduct for by announcement of the resignation the Acme bridge, the point at which M edford— Stewart Patterson, m ilitia for protection as a result of his Meyer-Gerhard was an “absolute fab* London. — The official statement question. en masse of the major portion of her "Just arrived,” was the answer. the road turns south to Coos Bay. The wealthy Medford rancher, died as the pardon of Frank. ricatlon,” and that he had taken offi office force. Those who have resign was made pablle by the British gov "Have you been to your hotel?” was rails were completed to this point result of an automobile accident which The soldiers did not fire upon the cial notice of It only because of bis ed are C. A. Sprague, assistant super ernment that the German-submarine another question p u t within the ten day» predicted when occurred when the electric lights on mob, but steadily pressed them hack desire to assure the president of the intendent; Miss Martha A. Sherwood, U-M, oommanded by Captain Otto "No,” came the prompt answer. the car In which he was riding sud at the point of the bayonet Major United States and the secretary of the steel crews commenced. Weddlgen. which was destroyed two deputy superintendent; Miss Hannah Then the ordinary question was put Ballasting commenced Monday to denly went out on the Pacific A East Catron, In command, was struck by a state that he had not sought to de Cordy, chief clerk; Miss Edith Roe, months ago, “was sunk by one of His to him, as to every visitor of that kind make possible tke operation of trains ern curve of the Paclflo highway and stone. One soldier was knocked un ceive them. and which we put at the end of an in Mrs. Preston’s secretary, and Mrs. Majesty’s ships.“ Mr. Lansing assured the ambaae» This belated announcement appar terview, “Well, what can I do for to the lower SÍ usíhw . The work Is the car plunged into the ditch at the conscious when hit by a brick and Viola French, clerk. being rushed in order that the mater side of the road. several others received minor Injuries dor that he was fully satisfied with ently w as Issued at this tim e to dia- you?” Lucio Mintzer, of San Francisco, when stones, bottles, and clubs were the statement made by him. "Yon can do nothing for me,” came ials for the big nteel drawbridge Southern Vote Restrictions Illegal. pose of the report current in Germany the reply. " I merely came here td see across the Sluslaw may be moved. The owner and driver of the car, and J. C. hurled at them by the mob. Tha crowd W»»bington.— In probably one of that the U-I9 was rammed by a British whether my ambassador was in his excavation for the central pier of the Balllargeon, of San Francisco, were was practically dispersed by midnight, tank steamer flying the Swedish flag. V illa’s A rtillery Chief Leaves Him. the most important race decisions in place.“—Denver Post badly Injured, but w ill recover. bridge has been completed. but angry prowlers continued to linger Washington.—General Felipe An its history, the supreme court * an Kaiser is Personally Directing b of many ROM every part of the world visitors are thronging to the advances great Exposition at San Fran tlon. The In cisco. The Exposition there la the tran»con the most comprehensive and Interest principle which ing of all universal expositions, and it developed to Id that will probably be the last to be held within the prseent generation. Now ts the time to see tt The Panama-Pacific International Ex position, which opened on Feb. ¿0 last, has charmed the millions who have al ready beheld the magic city by the Golden Gate. •Is of the universe ana 1 a tbs m at exhibit pelneen. _ the moat comprehensive sem- mary of the world’s progress ever dis F lutlonary scientific ted at the Exposl- has made possible telephone, and the pplled has not been beet extent It la probable develop- CRISIS DEVELOPS IN CARRANZA CABINET OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL1NTEREST BERLIN SAYS BRITISH FtEW SWEDISH FLAG DEATH SENTENCE OF FRANK IS COMMUTED nulled os uncorstitutlonal the Oklaho ma oonvtltuMonti amendment and the Annapolis, MJ., voters’ qualification law restricting the suffrage rights of those who could not vote or whose an cestors could not vote prior to the rati fication of the 15th amendment to the federal constitution. Tom Taggart Indicted W ith Other». Indianapolis, Ind.— Thomas Taggart, former chairman of the national dem ocratic committee; Mayor Joseph Bell. Chief of Police Pertrott and 125 other Indianapolis citizens, were Indicted by the Marion county grand Jury here. They were charged with conspiracy to commit 48 felonies In the recent coun ty primary registration and election. Loggers Get First Aid Instruction. Olympia, W ash—Workman In log ging campa are responding with en thusiasm to first aid Instruction being given them by Red Cross physicians, who in a special car have started a tour of all logging works in the state. Oldfield Makes 111 Miles an Hour. Chicago.—Barney Oldfield establish ed a new American automobile speed record at Speedway Park when he ne gotiated a lap in 1:04 2-5, an average of 111.5 miles an hour. URGE BRITISH CONSCRIPTION Propaganda Gaining Ground and Pres sure From Russia Strong. London.—Conscription propaganda la making great headway In Great Bri tain. Despite the cautious assurances of Premier Asquith and Mr. Lloyd George that compulsion is not contem plated, it la well known in Fleet street that a new factor recently has been L-troduoed into this, the moet serious of -he controversies raised by the war. B i tain’s alllee are preesing her to adopt forthwith a sweeping measure of niiTonal military service. The de mand is particularly strong from Rus s ia Emperor Nicholas and his minis ters feel that England’s failure to frying more u>en to the firing line on the west during the period of Russian sensational advance in Galicia has proved to be a more demoralising In fluence on the general fortunes of war than Winston taencer Churchill’s fias co In the first Dardanelles assault Klenlath Project to Be Completod. Klamath Falla, Or.—While no more reclamation projects may be expected to be Initiated In Oregon or elsew h ere in tbe United States In the Immediate future, It may be written down as a fact that the Klamath Falls project Lose In Nebraska Nearly 82,000,000 of 250,000 scree will ultimately be Lincoln, Neb.—The lose as a result completed ea a reeult of tbe visit here _ of the appropriations of hall Is estimated at between |1*- Of 11 OMI 188.088 and U.000.088. ef tbe 84th B I» <M " Hieterioal Parallels. “Oh, pop.” — - f ---------- THE GERRYMANDER. “W ell, get rid of it—get rid of IL ” “W hat does this history 1 have been Gilbert 8 tu a rt’s Cartoon Made the Po lities! T rio k Notorious. reading mean by a ‘coop detat’T ’ "That, my son. In politics or state^ Gilbert Stuart, who is best remem c ra ft Is the name thing as a pinch bered for his portraits of Washington, hitter delivering the goods In the last was also a cartoonist, and It was he. half of the-ninth Inning of a baseball according to James Melvfti Lee. In Car game, with runners on second and toons Magazine, who designed the fa , . third and the score 2 to 1 In favor of mous G errym ander cartoon. the other team.”—Richmond Tlroes-Dls- In 1811, writes Mr. Lee. the struggle between the Democrats and the Fed pateh. , . v ■. ' • ,. ■' erais for the control of Massachusetts Promoted. was extremely bitter. • The Democrats •Mrs. Nurich, I understand your hus had elected Elbridge Gerry governor band is one of tbe stewards of the and had carried both houses of the legislature. To retain this supremacy racing association.” * “Look here, >oung man, my husband they remapped the senatorial districts gave up cookin’ years ago and I ’d and divided the power of their political rather you wouldn’t refer to I t ”—Buf adversaries by paying no attention to county boundaries. In Essex county falo E r press. the relation of tho district to the town was most absurd, and a map of the A Sneaky Man. Mr. Kay See—Sneaky sort of man? county thus laid out hung in the office W hat do yon mean, »ir? W itness- of the Massachusetts Sentinel. One day ns Stuart .gazed at the map Well, aor, he’s the sort of man that’ll never look ye straight In the face until he remarked that the towns aa they yer back's turned.—Kansas City Times. had been assembled looked like some monstrous animal. A few touches of his pencil added the wing» and claws, Appreciation. “Has your w ife a sense of humor?” and he christened the creature a sala “Bure. I told her all the automobile mander. At the suggestion of Editor Jokes I could and now she want» one Russell, the name was changed to of tbe automobiles.“—Washington Star. Gerrymander. The cartoon thereafter Thoroughly Broken. frequently'appeared In a “broadside, ’ “Bnboter la a perfect husband.” while the term became one of reproach " I never beard be was so wonder Good Rule. . ... ful.” Just out of reach of the soldiers geles, artillery expert and right hand Douglas Taxpayers Organise League throughout the night man of General Francisco Villa, baa Roseburg.— The Douglas county tax left bis chief and la now In the United payers league was organised at a States en route to Boston to visit bis PEACE LEAGUE ORGANIZED largely attended and enthusiastic family. meeting held here. Robert 8. Smith, Taft Made President and a Propa secretary of the* state ta i reform ganda W ill Be Started. Warship Speeds 22 Knots. league, was the principal speaker. Philadelphia.—W ithin historic Inde Norfolk, V a — The torpedo-boat de Thirty-five directors were elected. pendence H all on the anniversary of stroyer Jouett returned to the Nor They will meet at Roseburg June 25, to elect officers and a smaller execu the battle of Bunker H ill, there was folk navy yard after a speed te st In formed an organisation whose object which It was said she developed 22.72 tive board. • It w ill he to promote the creation o t J knots. ■ league of nations with a view to pre Indian Gets Llf« Term. THE MARKETS Klamath Falls.— James George was venting wars, or, at least to lessen ... Portland. sentenced to life Imprisonment at Mo- the possibilities of armed conflicts. The n»me adopted by the organisation Wheat—Club, tie ; after some debate, was "League to En red Russian, 88c; forty-fold. 88e; red force Peace. American Branch Ex-President Taft, who presided fife, 19c. Hay—Eastern Oregon timothy. >18; over tbe conference part of tbe time was elected permanent president and grain hay. >12; alfalfa. |1M 8; ton. X • . * In addition, a long list of representa timothy, >12.58. Butter—Creamery, Me. tive American cltlsens was named as Much C os« Lumber to War. . Eggs— Ranch. 19e. permanent vice-presidents. A perma Portland.—More than 5,000,000 feet Wool—Eastern Ong»*. We; of Oregon spruoe clears have been nent executive committee was select 20c. sent to warring nations of Europe ed, with Instructions to take all urea necessary to promote tbe objects Mohair—lie* within the last three months to of the In making military aeroplam lng to records of the lumber Associa Wheat—Blneetem. Me; Mbdals Awarded Oregon Schoela tions. Orders for a considerable [rod Russian. 80e; forty fold. San Francisco.—The Oregon school amount additional were not filled be- 91c. oause scarcity of cargo space made exhibit In the Palace of Education nt | the expoeltlon won the gold medal on I Barley—822 per ton. shipment Impossible. playgrounds as portrayed in jthe offl- Hay—Timothy. 818 rial pamphlet a a U w n#dal 00 ln41' | P* The River Ganges. Hindus believe that if they bathe In vidual club work and tha silver medal Many a fellow Is a star because he “Well, every time he sees a mall box 1 (eels up, poeketa.”-Buffalo Ex- ■tuck io tbe dipper and the uallky way the waters of the Gangs» II I presa, __ - - 1 -CMumlda State. Neil’s Island, following his conviction In the federal court for the killing of Peter Brown, another Indian. Motions by Judge Lionel R. Webster for a new trial were overruled by Judge Wolver x ,