Sherman County observer., January 21, 1916, Image 1

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RISSI* M S NEW
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OF GENERAL INTEREST
Important Occurrences , f .Past
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neavlty Reinforced on
Front of 100 Ales; Turks
said:
Tbe Willamette Malfoy B
societies Gold Ite eew»Aaui
lu Rriwst.Oroye.
-Tqu high school of LfoM
reached foe standard* ruqui
M et« thaa 19.898
i b a it ted In £he P
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’ “O irth e Caucasus front the enemy,
heavily reinforced, commenced a gen
eral offensive on January 11.
The
fighting, which Is tubing place over a
front of nearly 188 miles between Kar-
adach, south of the Areas river, and
Icham, south of Milo. Is developing
favorably for us.
* “Two Russian attacks near K a ro
dach, south of KoglJ. oa ths 19th. ro
sulted In ths oomplste defeat of ths
enemy, who was compelled to flee In
disorder. Prisoners taken at this point
say that during four days* fighting
each of their regiment» lost at least
880 dead.”
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Petrograd, vía Loodon.— A n offlolal
Worid. le eoou te ett
statemebt glven out ssys:
a 910488 bujldjag
“On ths Csucaeus front In the conree
•Rabies bes brok
of the flghtlng Jaauary 14, we oap-
among the bogs and
la the Italian bombardment of this re­
tnred 28 Turkish officers and more
ley la Beker county.
than 400 men. a quantity of war and
Only eight persons were, arrested In gion form the chief events on the Ana-
engineering material and provisions,
Roseburg on chargee Of drunkeneeee tro-Italian Hoe. z- -
la M o n te n e g ro the Austro-Hunga,
one heavy gun and seven other guns
during the year 191».
and eight machine guns "
The Northern Pacino foltway has rtass ©ontlnue their pursuit, of the
opened far eels 8888 scree of graslag Monfosegrins. capturing- from them
positions and m et. Podgodltsa. to the
lend In UmaUlln county.
riaos are being discussed In Salem east of Cettinje. and Ntsc are the lat­
tor the erection of a 920,888 modem est places reported evacuated.
Un roe sees for the Russians In the
abattoir end packing ffteaL
Fire, of unknown cause, destroyed fighting In Persia are asserted by P a
General Carransa renewed his as­
trograd. In Its official statement.* Pe­
surances to the United States that he
trograd makes the first announcement
:;<w York. - F o u r ■en were killed
Chat the Germans are flghtlag with the 1 would make every effort to punish and 18 others Injured, rive of them
those responsible for the murders of
Turks In this region. The Turhs In
American mining men near Santa Ysa­ dangerously, in an.uxploslon which oo
, retreat along the Tigris are those who
curred on the submarine E-2 while
bot.
have been holding hack the British
A dispatch from Consul Stillman to the craft was undergoing repays In
oolumn proceeding up the river to the
the State department dated at Qupre- drydoek at the New York navy yard
, relief of the British a t Kut-el Amara.
taro said Carransa had personally as­ One' of the men killed was an enlisted
The Turhs are now being attacked sured Mr. 8illlm an, in reply to*the de­ electrician and the other three civilian
by both Russians and British, tn the partment’s demand that the murder- workers.
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Caucasus the Russians, rein forced, are
The mea wet« n t wtMr In tfoe 8n>
Ths Oregon City Rifle Club, coo on the offensive along a front of al- orders for the Immediate pursuit, cap­ tery oompartment of the E-2, dlscharg
nootod with ths National B ills fogs moet 188 miles, while (a Mesopotamia ture and punishment of those respon Ing the new Edison batteries through
a rheostat to measure ths voltage, and
elation, has been organised with 28 | the British have forced the retirement slble for the atrocity.**
of the Ottoman troops along both
members.
Simultaneously. In a dispatch to the explosion occurred In that com­
A movement has boon inaugurated 1 banks of the Tigris river to the south Ellseo Arredondo, his ambassador des­ partment while they were working
to pave M on m o uth s m ain street and of Kut-el-Amsra, and still are closely ignate here. General Carransa a n . there.
A statement Indicating that the new
an election on the questloa may be pressing them on the east and the □ounced that he was about to Issue a
worth.
called soon.
decree permitting any citizen of Mexi Edison storage battery was not In any
A warehouse and assembling plant I- - O n the other fronts, except In Mon can nationality to shoot the bandits way responsible for the explosion on
the submarine E-2 nt the New York
w ill be established In Albany this Uaegro. Uttte fighting la in progress. “without soy formality.”
navy yard was made by M iller Reese
spring by ths Linn-Benton Growers Ths offensive of the Russians In East
M is e ra i B ill Passed by Houss.
S a lid a and along the Bessarabian
Hutohinson, ehlef engineer for Thomas
association.
The mineral and leasing bill, affect­
A. Edison, and a member of the naval
B. P. Elliott, Oregon pioneer of 1882, I front has died down again. On the
ing
all of ths 780.080,088 acres of pub­
consulting board.
wed one of Linn county’s oldest school line in France and Belgium the opera
lic land In continental United States
teachers, died at his home a | Lebanon, ttoas hqve constated mainly of artil
I tery duets and mining and oounter- and Alaska, bas passed the bouse.
aged 89 years.
Protection for California oil promoters TURKS DEFEATED ON TIGRIS
It In estimated th a t mors than 1888 l.saining woric _ T h e big British guns
whose claims were affected by the
head of sheep Have perished tn Dodg- I have thrown shells -into Lille, but Ber­
B ritis h F o rce » U n d e r G e n e ral A y lm e r
withdrawal of public lands under the
las cou nty as a re s u lt of re c e n t oold lin says oaly slight damage was dons.
Press E n em y Closely.
Taft administration Is one of the
rains and snow.
London.—Turkish
forces on both
prominent features.,, It now goes to
» H A K T SACteM < M U fifiE T Q
The North Dakota Agricultural col
b n v n • Wfc W 3 N v b h t 1 ö
banks
of
the
river
Tigris,
28 miles
the senate
lage debating team won a decision
The measure would lease public south of Kut-el-Amsra In Mesopota­
over the Oregon Agricultural college
Ifoa. ^SXgarat Wilson, ths. presi-
mineral lands on a royalty basis. Prop­ mia, are retreating, according to an
team nt Corvallis.
ifs daughter, has had adenoids and
er safeguards, its sponsors Insist, have announcement made by the official
A. L Fteher 8f Albany was elected ¿onsite Removed.
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been established to prevent corpora­ press bureau. The war office adds
Oeneral Vlcforlano Huerta, former
tions from acquiring any vast quanti­ that After hard fighting the Turks be­
provisional president of Mexico, died
gan to withdraw January 19, and are
ties.
Ml hits hosse In BI Paso, Tex.
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Control of the leases would rest behig closely pressed by British troops
-T w o bombs were burled Into thd
The state­
with the secretary of the Interior and under General Aylmer.
antomoblle of Premier Okuma, gup-
ment
says:
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the proceeds would he equally divided
firs t bnlt of e leagno of taxfapera of posedly by a fanatical Chinese, with­
“A fter their defeat on January 9-9
I between the federal government and
the W illam ette valley.
out effect
stetes In which the lands lie. Federal ths Turkish feme opposing General
Comptroller of the Treasury W il­
Tb« Clatoop oo«aty jso«rt rfo pfoa-
moneys would be used for reclamation Aylmer retired to a position across
nlng to ca ll,f« bids la ths-asaMbtars liams has ashed for a law to empower
the Tigris at Orahe, 26 miles down
purposes.
for the construction of 10 new bridges the department of justice to prosecute
stream
from K ut-elA m am .”
Locate Academies in Washington State
i national banks guilty df exacting
Senator Jones and Representative
Abdat 1888 gallons , of beer were usury.
poured IntojMfojtB*4 ^ghw ^M *rihe I Fire destroyed a block in the heart Humphrey, of Washington, Introduced DAMAGE ACTIONS BARRED
hills appropriating 918.000,000 for the
direction of « . Olutoch, of Portland, of the business district of Ottamwa,
establishment
and equipment of a. m il­ Compensation Law to Washington Is
representing a Portland brewery.
la., causing 9760,000 damage. While
Interpreted by Supreme Court.
itary
academy,
similar to West Point,
The constrootlon of. a forestry b«Hd- the blase was In progress th re e o th e r
Washington.—
The ft> supreme oourt
at
some
place
In
the
state
of
Wash­
Ing upon the campus of ths Oregon I large business houses were set on fire.
ing ton to be designated by the secra has construed the Washington state
Stockholm has been chosen as the
Agricultural foVfok« fob tfosd ^ t h o r
Ised by the «Pe»4 o t reBshta of that seat of the permanent peace tribunal tery of war. They also introduced workmen’s compensation law as abol­
1 sstsb llsh ed by the Ford peace party. Mils appropriating 98.000,000 tor es­ ishing all damage actions to the oourts
Institution.
tablishing In Washington a navdl acad­ by workmen In the baaardous employ­
Mads ravenous by winter, obyotes Ths selection was made Just before
emy
patterned after the academy at ments covered by the law, whether
la U m atilla oounty are reported to be the American delegates left for Rot­ I A nnapolis.
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against employers or against third
eomlng boldly into .the ottttfjhg farm terdam to take passage for America.
I ll n addition, Senator Jones Intro- persons.
yards and carrying off poultry and
I duced a hill appropriating 93,000,000
Tho decision was Is a case In which
small Snlmela. .
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, J t y a Papen1» OuIR Denied In Germany.
for the construction of à drydoek at the widow and chlldhm of Benjamin
A co*tr»et has bsdn tot by^fte W m -
Berlin, by wireless to Bayville.—De­
Meese sued the Northern Pacific rail­
eo county court to the Staadlfer-Clark- als] that Captain Frans von Papen, the Puget Sound navy yard.
way for the alleged negligent killing
son company of Portland for grading re c ite d German m lH te rf attache at
of Meese, an employ» of a brewery at
Ultimatum Sent Greses by Allies.
the Butler canyon and P ltchA r eflfopbu
Washington- P4dd money to Individu­
Beattie, alongside the railw ay’s traok.
Berlin,
by
wireless
to
Bayville.—A
roads In Tygh valley.
als tn Rie United States In connection
Greek government, The district court held the compensa­
The Port of Astoria was held by tbe ' with attempts to Mow np munitions note to the
tion l>w abolished a l| actions for dam­
supreme court to have ths right to factories or bridges was mads by ths amounting to an nltlmatuhi, Is said by
ages and dismissed tbs salt, but the
acquire and operate boat» lor trans­ semi-official Overseas News Agency. the Overseas News Agenqy to nave
ilro u lt court of sppbals held that It
been
presented
by
France
and
Great
portation of passengers toad freight
abolished litigation ^aly of employes
BritAin.
granted to It by the legislature.
Washington 8tste Marksmen Lead. • According to a Sofia dispatch to the against their employqrs. Ths suprdme
Manufacturers and deniers lntorest-
Washington.— Washington state col­ News Agency, Greece Is required to court upheld the dlsGlot oourt’s Inter­
- ed In the harness business gathered
pretation and ravetaed the circuit
In Portland Monday for the annual lege, with 999 hits out or a possible deliver their passports to the mtols-
oourt
ef appeals.
1880,
led
to
the
first
of
a
series
of
I
I
-
tors
of
the
central
powers
within
88
oonventton of the Nortbweat Eetell
rifle matches Just begun by 29 col­ hours, falling which the entente w ill
Berness Manufacturers* association.
Kaiser AgSfo at Prent.
Tbe Southern Pacific wHl insagor leges and university teams through­ take “necessary measures.’’
Berlin, via Londoiu—The following
out
the
country
under
the
ausploee
of
ate a train service for freight and* pas­
official communication was leaned:
Bandit Chief to Executed.
senger business between Cooe/Bay the National Rifle Association of
America.
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“After his oompfote reoovery Em­
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Paso,
Texafc—
Colonel
M.
Baca
and the Umpqua river, a dlstanoe of
Vallee, bandit chief, captured at Pa­ peror W illiam returned Bunday to the
29 miles, within ths next four weeks
.
Two children, a boy and girl, son 8000 Nerweglane Hsmeteee by Pire. lomas, south of Columbus, N. M., was war theater.“
and daughter of J. Smith, logger and
Christiania, Norway.— A third of the executed by a faring squad at Juarex.
All Orsgen le te W rlte East.
Baca Valles was known as V illa ’s
sawmill man, ware killed Instantly at etty of Bergen, a thriving Norwegian
Portland.—All Ovdgon will wrlte te
most
callous
executioner.
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the camp sf the Oregon F ir Lumber seaport with a population of 80,800,
thè eeet thte week Invitine tourteta
company, near Rockton, when a tree was destroyed by tira. Two Uvea are
of the enei to mah» tbelr piane for
flte feet la diameter was Mown down reported to have been lost and 8800
Vienna.— Montenegro asked peace of tbe summer ot 1918 to Include a risU
a n ^ ra ll across the cabin In which they persons are homeless. Tbs property
Austria,
It was officisi ly announced.
* were sfowteg, orwhtag tt stod tbton. damage l i
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The Rapid Reader’s Review ot
army
wireless to Lend
offensiva •» •M *
shadowed by It and conservation bills
and other Important legislative mesa
■las under consideration are not draw-
lug the attention that would ordinarily
be given them
There Is safe to ha mors of tbs fer­
vid discussion of ths Mexican prob­
lem th > K enlivened sessions of the
pgsl wash. Members of ths hones and
senate are unanimous la their Insist­
ence that ths bandits be punished, but
the majority oppose any step that
wbdld result la Intervention, which
aright mean destruction of ths da fac­
to government the United States and
dbe Pan-American nations lad la ss-
tofcHshlng
Discussion of ths Max leas problem
on the floor of the senate and house
la expected to arise from oonsMero
non of various latervehllon resolu-
tlous.
Senator Gore, of Oklahoma,
democrat. Is oooeiderleg submitting a
resolution to direct the use of Ameri­
can armed forces as aids to the Oar
ranxa forces la protecting American
cltlsens la a neutral sone In Mexico.
Legislation la congress is progressing
slowly, none of the supply bills being
anywhere near ready for discussion
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Carranza Renews Assurances.
DR. CECILE S. 6REIL
Recent Reports Rewritten
At the request ot Reprsaentattvs
Btnnott, ot Oregon, a hat factory to
Pennsylvania la conducting aafcet-t*
ments to determine whether o f not
the fur of western Jackrabbits sen he
utilised In the manufacture of derby
and other styles of felt hats.
Permits for Irrigating 87429 acres
of land, developing 10,788 horsepower
and storing 998,889 acre-feet of water
were issued last year by State Engi­
neer Lewis. The permits number 891
and the total estimated cost of all the
projects under them Is 95.349,184
Relative to the disputed question of
the authority of county courts to tax
Incorporated cities for county reads
Attorney General Brown has given an
opinion that the question cannot he
Jackaon county republicans plan to
surpass all records when they hold
their annual republican day banquet
at Medford Saturday, February 12.
The Woodburn Produce Clearing
House association has been formed by
the merchants of that city and a large
building leased to he used se a clear­
ing house.
About 900 additional acres of ths
reclaimed lands In ths had of Tule declslon has bean mads by ths courts.
lake are being advertised by the rec­
Secretary of Stats Olcott has Just
lamation service for leaee fo r the cov­
completed a digest of ths laws per­
ing three-year period, beginning March* taining to the primary sad general
elections of 1918, setting forth ths Sta­
The supreme court has affirmed tutes as to the duties of pnhUs offi­
the present titles to land In Portland, cials, electors and candidates, sad ths
formerly a part of the Proebstel dona­ preparation and filing of Initiative pe­
tion land claim, which were attacked titio ns.
by the Proebstel Land A Adjustment
According to an announcement mads
oompany.
by Secretary of Stats Olcott ths re ­
Captain Alfred Matson, s native of ceipts from motor vehicle sad chauf­
Sweden, for 46 years resident of Coos feur licenses for the year 1918 total
Bay, died at bis home In Marshfield, 1108.881.80, and of this sum 987480.88
aged 78. Captain Matson served in or 80 1-10 per cent, will be returned
Photo by Am ericas Press AssooRette«
the United States navy during the to the various counties of the state
Or. Cecils 8 Qrell, an American Civil War.
for their road fund.
survivor of ths Ancons, sunk by an
Announcement has,been made that
Fire department chiefs In towns of
Austrian submarine, who recently ar­
98800 has been pledged by women’s the state ware notified by Hhrvey
rived home.
organisations of ths stats to a fund Wells, Insurance commissioner, that
for the erection of a woman’s memOr- he had obtained a moving plotnre f|lm
lal building on the University of Ore­ entitled "The Fire Demon” whteh he
would loan them for use in educating
gon esmpua
The sixteenth annual convention of people on the value of taking precau­
ths K. of P. lodge fo? the eighth dis­ tion to prevent fires.
trict, comprising the lodges at the
Tbs ranchers of Ione are fighting
Cascade Locks, Wasco, The Dalles the jackrabbit pest as the heavy snow
Salt Lake City, YJlsh. Delegates to and Hood River, was held at Hood makes It possible to reach thousands
the National Wool Growers* associa­ River Tuesday.
of the animals. Poisoned feed has
tion convention raised a fund of more
Correspondence courses covering 19 been distributed broadcast, and 1« one
than 96000 In cash on tke floor of the special subjects along the lines of community near Cecil 10,000 rabbits
convention In 20 minutes to maintain agriculture, business management and were killed.
a lobby at Washington against the engineering have been announced by
The president, on recommondation
840-scre homestead bill, now under the extension department of the Ore­
sf the Oregon senators, bee nominated
debate In congress.
gon Agricultural college.
the following postmasters: Lewie C.
Resolutions adopted ask congress to
Secretary Daniels has advised Rep­ Beebe, Drain; R. P. Wlrts, Fore»
amend existing tariff laws on sugar,
resentative Hawley that he has as­ Grove; W. P. Quinlan. Grants Pees.
meats, wool1. and other products
signed the cruiser Marblehead to the Homer 8. Wood, Independeuee; Harry
through a non-partisan tariff commis­
Oregon naval m ilit ia and the vessel M. Fensler, M yrtle Point; J. H. Lelgn-
sion. The department of agriculture
will arrive In Portland hsrhot for per­ ton, Seaside, H arry C. Gist. Yamhill.
Is urged to require that all Imports
manent station about Mareh 19.
Ths chief engineer has seat to con­
of wool and other animal products
r j
gress
adverse reports on ths proposed
-doom countries where the foot and r The eale ot 'near beer” will be pro­
Improvement of Port Orford harbor
hibited
in
.Crook
County,
according
to
mouth and other animal diseases pre­
and W illapa harbor. Both were sur­
vail be sterilised or excluded and sim­ a letter written to Mayor Esstes, of
veyed daring the past season, but the
Bead,
by
District
Attorney
Wlrts.
Mr.
ilar action by the various states Is re­
engineers
concluded that exlstiageesa-
W lrts takes the position that the var­
quested.
merce does not Justify the expenditure
ious
“near-beers”
are
ell
malt
liquors
Ex-Governor Gooding, of Idaho, was
that would be required to provide Che
named as chairman of ths lobby com­ and therefore are prohibited by the
depth of water desired at these points.
mittee and other members will be Oregon dry law.
named later.
$350,000,000
IN
MERGERS
Proposed Capitol Is 8200,000,000 And
8180,000,000, Respectively.
Chicago. — Announcement of the
formation of two great corporations—
ops a steel merger, with 9200,000,000
capital, and the other an oil combine,
capitalized at shout 9150,000,000— are
expected
th is
D odge B rothers
w eek.
In the steel deal, which la believed
to Involve the consolidation of the
Youngstown Sheet A Tube oompany
and the Cambria and Lackawanna
Steel companies, the Repogle syndi­
cate and the Drexel firm, of Philadel­
phia, are back of the new enterprise,
and National City Bank of Naw York
la terse to are associated with the ne­
gotiations.
In the oil deal bankers are working
with Paciflo Coast oil man In bringing
about the merger. In the proposed
combination of Mexican and California
oil properties by banking Interests,
the names of tbs Associated Oil oom­
pany and Union Oil company have fig­
ured conspicuously.
Comfort and Economy
Contribute
Largely to the Pleasure
of an Auto
Money Traced to Garman Atteobe.
London.— The British foreign office
h», turned over to the American em­
bassy, for transmission to Washing,
ton. foil copies of the correspondence
In the possession ot Captain Frans
von Papen, the recalled German at­
tache, when Captain von Papen reach­
ed Falmouth on his way to Germany.
Letters and entries show payments of
tyrgA sums, some for secret service
work, others to men In the United
States who have been charged with
conspiracy to violate neutrality in the
United. States.
The lentitive ipringi,
together with
the
wide »eat» and deeply
tufted cushion», in*
•ure comfort to the
passenger» / on any
road. The gasoline
and oil consumption
is unusually low and
the tire expenfce ia
trifling.
The motor is 30-35 horsepower
Portland.
Wheat—Club, 9102; blueetem 91-07;
rad Russian, 98c; forty-fold, 91.04; rad
fife, 980. /
timothy,
H ay—Eastern
Oregoi
The price of the car complete is $785
(f. o. b. Detroit)
91748; alfalfa^ 111.
Butter— Creamery, 29c.
Eggs— Ranch, 29c.
Wool— Eastern Oregon, 26c; valley,
Hope—1>1I erap. 8011e per lb.
•settle.
Wbeab—Blueetem. 91-07; club 91-01;
y«d Russian, 99c; forty-fold, 91-08;
fife, 99c.
Bartay—927.80 per ton.
H ay—Timothy. 910 P *
alfalfa.
919 per ton.
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Butter-Creamery. Me,
Walther-Williams Auto Company
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AGENTS
The Dalles, Oreron