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SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1916
VOL. XV. NCv 7
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DEFENDED BY IN
Sonntor Goorso E. Chnmborlaln
Tntks to Locnl Pooplo nt
Old Oporn Houso
CONFIDENCE IN AMERICANS'
Woodrow Wlliotv Leaoue Get 450 Out
to Hear Popular Senator Tell
Political 8ecret
Talking with tho people of Spring
field nnd tho flurroiindliig country
nhout tho affairs of ntnto nnd nation In
nn effort to show that tho present ad
ministration nnd tho congress that
backed the administration, hnd nctod
In nccordnnco with tho boat IntoroH.H
of tho American pooplo, Senator Geo-,
rgo K. Chninborluln, iipoko nt tho old
uporn iioubu ior more man one nour
nnd n half Sntttrdny night. The moot
ing was hold by tho locnl Woodrow
Wilson club, and wna ono stop In n
comploto circuit of tho atato tlint Son
ntor Ohnmborlaln Is making. Of tho
450 pooplo that hoard tho speaker
probably jaon than half of them wore
Republicans.
"I havo very groat confidence In tho
American people," bogan tho Senator;
ftnuiuioTniTinu
HummiGinn
WHO WASON
INSIDE
"and I feel that nil of -us nro vitally) Team and automobile traffic Is tied
Intoroetod In tho boat lntorosU of tho , up today and may bo tomorrow tlso
Unltod States. To my notion this is as seven workmen, undor tho direction
tho greatest presidential campaign 1 of W. W. Inmann of Eugene, are con-
nlnco tho tlmo of tho Civil war . This ! structlng a now aproach with cement
In a tlmo when thoro aro groat or Issues footings for tho Willamette rlvor
nt stake than thoro havo boon con-1 bridge-southwest of town. Tho work
fronting tho American pooplo for halt is being done for tho county.
n century. It Is ostlmatod that 35,000 foot of
HWhon wo are making our choice -umbor is being UBOd In this repair
for, tho president of tho Unltod States work nnd tho ostlmatod. cost of tho
wcshould consider tho man mora .than pyl.'teb tV0Ut 'l20-t Mr.Jnmau
tho party ho represents. Wo should . The Flschor-Boutin and the
consider tho candidate from tho point Booth-Kelly lumber company, aro fur-
of sorvlco ho has been to his country. I nlshlng tho lumbor.
,,..,. , n.. Tho approach has settled somowhat
"Mr. Hughes, tho opponent of Pros-i , , , . . ,,
, ,' ,, i nnn'nntl ban boon in poor shape, generally
idont Wilson In this campaign, Is ono , ,
.ii.,i..h..i ..i.nn. f of lato, although there has novor been
this country. Ho Is ono of tho most
distinguished cltlzons of New York
nnd has rendered that stato valiant
Borvlco. Notwithstanding this fact
practically all of tho actions of our
President hnyo boon severely criticis
ed. Tho slanderer has bqen abroad In
tho land. If tho statutos passod In
ihe last throo years havo not boon per
feet, tho opposition might at least havo
proposed amendments."
Senator Chamberlain then briefly i
Tovlewed, somo of tho ''constructive
I legislation" of tho las.t throo years. Ho
used this as nn argument to show that
tho last congress undor .tho guidance
of tho Prosldont has passed legisla
tion for tho good of tho wholo people
tf Ainorlca and not for tho vested In
terests. Tho Fodoral ncsorvo net was his
llrst example; Tho spoakor told how
In mAT InfAfnnid nt Wnll Qtrnnf hnA
gotten control of tho funds of tho
American banks nnd concentrated
thorn In Now York city in nuch a wuy
no in nmlrn It vnrv hnr.l for tho rural ,
iinnun in enrrv on inoir oub ness. no ,
Ho
told how tho bankers of Portland ask
ed his nsslstnnco whllo ho wns Gover
nor of this stato to doclaro 30 dnys ns
a holiday for tho bnnks to avoid dis
astrous "runs" on them, "Tho Perioral
Tlcsorvo act has mado panics, ns wo
know panics, a thing of tho past,"' said
the Sonator. "Now tho monoy of tho
American pooplo 1b not concontratori In
Now York whoro tho monoy kings enn
wi control of It, but it Is concontrntod
In 12 rosorvo conters in tho Unltod
Suiter. Wostorn monoy is kopt in
tho wost nnd Ih used to riovelop this
Boctlon of tho nation,
'.'Wo havo boon promised nn incoino
tnx law over Hlnco I was n boy," con
tluiicd Mr, Chamborlaln. . "No moro
just system of taxation was over do
vlao'd than thnt to support tho govorn
wont nccordlng to ono'B Income. Why
fthoultl a mnn with a small lncomo pay
iibimuch Indlroct tax to tho Fodoral
goYqrnmont ns tho "mnn who gets his
millions? Only two per cent ot tho
people of tho Unltod Stntos own nonrly
ulbnf tho monoy in this country, nnd
piovlously to tho ndoptlon of this stat
utq$thoy practically escaped taxation."
) Aftor tho Sonator had shown, th
B'ptl points, of .Bovpral, other statutes
hofijald: "I do not claim that this log
iHlaUon was rill done by tho Domoornts.
Tf ft' had not been for the Republicans
(Continued on page two)
SARAH M. HILLS IS BURIED
Fall Creek Woman Who Died Friday
Interred In Mt Vernon Cemetry
Tho funeral or Mrs. Sarah M. Hills
of Full Crook, who (Mod nt (ho Eugono
hospital Friday morning, was hold nt
11 o'clock yesterday morning with
Intonnont In tho Mount Vernon com
orty of Springfield. W. F. Wnlkor was
In clmrgo of tho funornl iirnuiKomonts,
whllo tho BorvlcoH nt tho hurlnl placo
woro hold hy tho Women of Wood
craft clrclo, of which Mr. IIIIIh was
n membor.
Mrs. IIIIIh hnd boon making prepnra
tloiiH to return to her homo from tho
hospital, nlnco hIiu had hocn getting
along nlcoly nftur n recent operation
for nppondlcltUR when alio wnn slozod
with mi nttnek of heart troublo, which
wuh tho linmcdlnto cnuno of death.
Bho was 43 yonra of ngo.
Mm. Hills loaves her husband, W
II. IIIIIh, ono boh, Frank, nnd two
daughters, Mny nnd Doris, all of Fall
Crook, besides throo brothers, W. II.,
It. C. nnd J. H. Itonfro, nil of Fall
Crook, nnd two ulsters, Mm. Allco GIN
IohpIo of Wnlla Wnlla, Wash., nnd
j Mrs- LynR of Walton.
,
TRAFFIC IS TIED UP
ON COUNTY BRIDGE
AS REPAIRS ARE MADE
County Will Spend $1200 Thli Week
to Put Structure In Good Con
dition Before Winter
I any real dangor, it was said. After
I these repairs aro finished, which will
' probably bo tho end of tho woek, tho
1 structure will bo ready to stand nil
.kinds of traffic.
W. C. HAWLEY TO BE HERE
1 1 . i
Congressman Will Speak In Spring
field Saturday . Eve. Oct. 21
For tho purpose of planning for the
coming of Congressman W. O. Hnwloy,
who will speak -in Springfield at the
old opera houso on Saturday evonlng,
October 21', members of 'ho Hughes
Fairbanks' club are asked 'to bo pres
ent nt a mooting to bo hold at tho loc
al hoadquartors at 8 o'clock tomorrow
(Tuesday) evening. ,
Mr, Jlawloy 1st congressman from
tho Socond district of Oregon nnd has
boon rooloctod to this important na
tional position soveral times. Ho will
doubtless, spoaK or mo neoaa ot mis
district and it Is. desired that a good
crowd greet, him. Tho Springfield
band Will fumlsh hlU!lC for tho 00-
tuoiuii,
ESPEE OFFICERS INSPECT
Spend 15 Minutes Here Friday, Result
Is Not Yet Known
i
F. L. Durkhaltor, .superintendent of
tho Southern raclflo railway lines In
Oregon, apd a number of other olllclals
ot tho roari woro in Sprlngflold for 15
minutes Friday morning. Whllo bore
thoy Inspected .tho railroad yards, oil
station, ticket station and track, leav
ing Immediately aftor fpr Onkrldge.
Aftor making an Inspoctlon along that
lino n trip was made up tho Wondllng
branch. Tho party will Inspect In
Eugono tomorrow.
T.ho result of this trip will not bo
known to local ofllctnlB and employes
until aftor tho party returns to San
Francisco, and makes out tho find
ings. Car Shortage Situation Relieved
A fow cars, mostly ot tho opon typo,
have been coming In lately, according
(o Information given nt tho local Booth
Kolly Lumbor company's ofilce, and
tho car shortago Is being rolloved a
Jlttlo. During thq worst of tho short
nga. Just ,.xpo;ripncod, fl5i ''cars woro
noeriod to ship filled orders; tho cars
.rpcolvod during tho pnst soyoral days
havo reduced that numbor to about 40,
it was said.
GONVIGTS
IKE
ESCAPE FROM SIAIE
All Havo Made Got-a"Ways Dur
ing Mlnto Warden3hfp at
Stato Institution
ONLY NINE RE-CAPTURED
Four Darlno Men Have Scaled Walls
of Pen and 26 Fled From Flax
Fields and Quarry
Salem. Ore, Oct 14. Sinco tho
; present state administration was
ushered in 30 convicts havo cncapo'l
from tho ponltentlnry four from with
in tho wnllH and 20 from tho flax fields,
tho prison farm and the Astoria quar
ry of this total eight have been cap
tured and one voluntarily surrendered.
Eight escaped undor tho late Warden
Harry Mlnto, and 22 under John Mlnto
tho presont warden. In addition
thoro havo been a considerable num
ber of attempted escapes, tho most
sensational was tho recently foiled
break of Wlllard Tanner and his ac
complice, Hazel Erwln.
All of the escapes from within tlw
walls woro daring, and only ono of
tho four Gcorgo Clark, serving a
term for burglarly has been captur
ed. After sawing off tho bars of his
cell, Clark pried loose tho bars across
a window in tho prison, and dropped
Into the yard by means of a rope.
C. H. Drocker, serving a term for
larceny, and James O'Brien and Frank
Smith, both serving terms for burg
lary wore' tho other three who es
caped from1 within tho prison. Drock
er concealed himself underneath an
nntn tmnV anrl mda ntlf nt ttiA vo Tvl
PRISON NEAR SALEM
in broaddayllghti O'Brien3iuid'SmImTSi"ATOUdn"ap0
sawed out of their cells and scaled tho ed that tho throo warships to be re
wall with a rope mado from their tained by Greece be disarmed; that
blankets. tho forts on the scacoast be dlsmantl-
Two of tho escapes woro killed, od- nnd 1,1080 two commanding tho
Otto Hooker, who wns serving a term ' fleet'8 mooring turned over to tho Ad
for attempted burglary, and who kill- m,roI- together with the control of. the
ed the lato Warden Harry Mlnto, was ! Plraeus-Larlssa Railroad. Control ot
killed In Albany. Earl Love, who was certain designated points also was to
serving a term for a felony, was killed bo placed in the hands of tho Anglo
by guards after escaping from a flax French authorities. In addition to the
crew. In addition to Clark, Hooker , disarming ot the warships named,
nnd Love, tho following havo boon the,r CTOWS wer to 00 reduced to one
capturod: El worth Kelly, serving a ) third thg regular completment,
term for larcony In a dwelling; Jack "Th Minister of Marine." the cor
Monahnn, sorving a term for Intont to respondent added, "said VIco Admiral
rob; Gcorgo McAlister, sorving a term 1 Fournet's demands would be complied
for larceny; Farley Hunt, serving a with and that tho fleet would bo hand
torm for' burglarly. and Eddlo Boll, ! cd over boforo tho prescribed time,
serving for larcony. Aftor being at Th demands were-mado as a precau
largo for several wooks, R. Thomason, tlonary measure to Insure1 the safety
serving a torm for assualt and rob- the Allies' fleet."
bpry walked Into tho governor's offlco 11 Is explained that tho dispatch1 ot
and surrendered and was given a con- artillery and ammunition to tho Inter-
dttonal pardon.
Those still at largo are: Elmer
nnfnn'rrl. urn-vine n form for n fnlnnv;
ChaYres Brown, larceny in a store; C.
H. Drockor, larcony; Joo Gaugon, burg-,
larly; P. G. Griffin, larceny; Dale Gut-,
fy, polygamy; J. Johnson, burglarly
C. D. Jones, burglarly; James Lyons,
obtaining money by false pretenses;
Earl Mashburn, arson; Cornelius Mow
erson, larcony; Charles McGrew,
burglarly; Jamos O'Orlon, burglarly;
O. S
Prather, obtaining money by
)rotenses; John Smith, burg-
false pretenses; John Smith, burg'
lariy; mhos aeo. ourgiany not in a
dwelling; Frank Smith, burglarly;
Loopold Wortor, burglarly; Gus
Welgholt, assualt with a doadly weap.
on, nnri W. F. Bowon, larcony of a cow.
One of Coburo Store Robbers Caught
Eddie Bell, ono of the six convicts millionaire umi numo. uu.xio
who escaped from tho penitentiary at displacement, 401 feet long, with 550
Salem several wooks ngo. and with his offlcora nntl mon' nnrt 'our ,9-2-nch and
companions stole a Ford automobllo , Bht 7.4-lnch guns In main battery.)
nt Sllvorton. and robbed a store at and the war vessels which he Entente
Coburg, was captured at Oakland. Cal-, w'u, ta ,v,or' whIch cnB at,of 4 ,reo
ifornla last week, and roturnod to 1 ld battleships, one protected cruiser.
gajom : four gunboats, three mlno layers, ono
torpedo depot ship, sixteen dostroy
Runs Knife Blade Through Hand ers. twelve torpedo boats, four subma
Mrs. W. C. Young, while working rlnos, and tho royal yacht Amphltrlte.
at hor home on South Socond stroot, ( a vessel of 900 tons and a speed ot 14
this morning, In somo way ran a knilo ,
blado entirely through tho fleshy part
ot tho right hand. Whllo tho Injury
is not serious, tt Is very painful, and
will prevent Mrs, Young's using the
mombor for somo tlmo.
Organize Christ. Science Reading Class
A. chrltlan Science 'Reading Class,
which' Is to meet at eleven every Sun
day morntng, was organized by nlno
people at a mooting hold yesterday I Born: To Mr. and Mrs. 'John A.
morning In tho J. l Fry building on Davidson of Douglas Gardous yeilcr
A stroot. , .jy-fe day mornlnS a 80n'
IIS
FLEE!
. 10 THEGERMANS
LoaVe Hor Only Three Vessels,
Which are to bo Disarmed
and Crows Reduced
?
COAST FORTS MUST DISARM
Activity of Reservists League and
Shipping of Artillery to inter
i lor Led' to Action
Athens, Oct., 15. Early this after
noon tho French naval authorities
took dvdr without incident all .tho
ships pf the Greek Navy. In somo
cases tho Greek crews have already
been removed and In others they are
being landed, French crews have been
placed -on the small ships. All guns,
&c, on tho larger vessels have been
rendered ineffective and guards plac
ed on board.
It Is stated that tho lighter craft
will be dispatched to tho Provisional
Government at Salonlkl.'
There Is no excitement In Athene
or at Piraeus. Tho Athens Govern
ment had added a protest to Its no
tification of acceptance of tho Allies'
demands.
London, Oct 12. Vic Admiral DV
Artige du Fournet, commander of .the
Anglo-French fleet In the Medlterran
ena, presented an ull Una turn to Grceco
demanding that Greece band over the
entire Greek fleet except' the armored
cruiser Averoff and the battleships
Lemnos and Kilkls, to the Entente
Allies by 1 o'clock yesterday (Wednes
day) afternoon, according to Router's
AthnnR nmtfnnnilflnt
Ion tho movements of Greek ships,
and tho continued activity ot the re
servist leagues havo aroused fears of
' turbance of order at points where
the Allies' war vessels are anchored
nnd also ot tho danger to the security
of tho allied troops on the Balkan
front.
Composition of Greece's Fleet
The Greek fleot in being with a per
sonnel ot 4,000 consists ot the two bat-
flnslilnn Tdnhn nml MIsclnRlnnl. whlrh
Qrooco purchaBod from tno Untei
m,, ,, nm,, trni,i
R nd Lomnofl (each 14,
inna ,R9 ffifit lnnc
1 4G5 tons displacement 382 feet long,
with 802 offlcors and men, and four
12-Inch, oight 8-Inch and eight 7-inch
guns in main battery;) tho armored
crusr Averoff. a present of the Greek
knots an hour.
When the war began Greece had
two dreadnoughts and ono protected
cruiser undor construction. Ono of
tho formor building ln Gormany and
tho other In England, the King Geo
rge I., havo not been completed nor
has tho protected 'cruiser, Admiral P.
Coundourlotls, also building in England.
GREECE
LOSES
BATTLESHIP
MOTHER AND SON INJURED
George Saundera and Parent Victims
of Runaway
Gcorgo Saunders and his mother
wero seriously hurt in a runaway ac
cident near tho Norkcnzle Baptist
church whllo driving to the services
yesterday morning. A horse belong
ing to Frank Harlow got looso from a
hitching past and started down tho
road at full speed and when it canto
to the Saunders rig tho tatter's horse1
rared and backed across the road.
Tho oncoming horso ran directly -Into
the Saunders rig and threw both oc
cupants to the ground. The hack and
surry that were mixed up in the col
lision wero completely demolished.
When a littlo girl who was outside
of tho church saw tho accident she
went inside and spread tho alarm. Tho
meeting was dismissed and all present
turned their attention to making the
injured persons as comfortable as
possible. Thoy were lifted Into an
automobile and taken to their home.
It is reported today that- both mother
and son will recover.
HEMLOCK TANBARK IS
USED INSTEAD OF
- RAGS FOR ROOFING
Forest Products Labratory Have Giv
en Another By-Product a Place
In the Commercial World
A method for nslng waste hemlock
tanbark to partially replace expensive
rag 'stock in the manufacture of felt
roofing has' teen" developed at the For
est 'Products Labratory and is now
being used commercially by cooperat
ing mills, according to an announce
ment made by tho Fores Service. It
is stated that, in these mills, from
20 to' 3p per cent pf, tie rags. Is being
replaced by waste bark and Vast .the
quality of the finished product Is. equal
to, that manufactured .polely from rags
have been conducting Uie experiments.
say that the utilization of the bark
will make It possible to effect a con-
siderable saying in the manufacture of,
felt roofing.
According to the census of 1S00,
over oub.uuu ions, oi nemiocx DarKi
J . . . ,A . '
warn niritiiri Annh vaaw (rt t n a TTnlinH
V V f VWVU J 111 liiU uwtwu
States, After the tannin is extracted
this bark is used for fuel purposes,,
f V. f l. t . 1 I . V. 1 ..
iui nun.il, it, to ooiu lu koio u vuiuu
of 60 cents per ton. &nd corre8pondlfig ,ncreases ln the
Tho extent of tho savings rendered j cost or other4 materials that are used
possible by the new methods is point- ln the Bewspftpen 0f Job office; the
ed out by the fact that the roofing smaU publisher has found it necessary,
juiiio oi mo unueu ssiaies nave a loiai
naHmnfori annual nrn!M4lnn . nt , I
r. . -w..,
bOO tons of finished roofing of all kinds,
equal to aWit ll.300.00fr "squares".
By a' ''square'' of roofing is meant 100
square feet The utilization ot the
wasto bark In this Industry should,
It Is said, enable the mills to reduce
their manufacturing costs appreciably.
in aaaiuon to tne nso or me Dam
r roofing, papers' made at the Forest
for
Products Labratory on the basis of 80
per- cent of waste tanbark havo been
successfully printed on a commercial
twelve-color wall-paper printing ma
chine .and give promise of being en'
tlrely satisfactory. Other paper of the
same make-up has been mado into erany,
fibre conduits by a commercial man- Many of the weekly newspapers
ufacturer. have partly solved the problem by in-
Other posslblo uses ot waste bark creasing their subscription rates like
whlch suggest themselves, say the For- Wise. Before the increase in the price
est Service paper experts, are the nso ( 0f news print they found It fairly prof,
of bark mixed with ground wood for ltableto sell their papers for $1 a year,
the production of wall board, or with 1 a great many have already Increased
Bulphlto screenings in the manufac- the price to $1.50 per year, and each
ture of car liners. Studies already wqek finds others raising their rates,
mado at tho Forest Products Labra- The majority of weekly publlshora
tory Indicate that it may bo possible ( hope, but are not convinced, that by
to uso waBto hemlock and oak tan-' increasing the subscription rate 60 per
bark in making sheathing paper, car-1 cent they can pay 100 per cent more
pel liners, uome wrappers, uuuuuuiuk
felt and tho like.
Shipping Wheat by Carload
Last week tho Springfield Feed
company shipped a 40-ton carload of
wheat to Portland, and this week will
Bhlp a 55-ton car to the same place.
Hughes Wins In Straw Voto
Hughes received 83 yotos, Wilson
35 and Benson 7 in a straw voto tak
en at the local Booth-Kelly Lumber
mill Saturday!
Real Estate Transfer'
Fi B. Titus tti Tt. A. Rankin ot ux--Lot
8, Waahburno's addition to Sprlng
1loia, -10. '
Grazing; experts ot the Forest .Ser
vice .estimate that the7 cost of produc
ing wnbs ilp thq Northwestern states
$ J? per head
HIGH PRICES PAID'
SI
Shortage of News Print Has
Put Publishers at Mercy of
Manufacturers 1
CAUSES INCREASE IN RATES-
Cannot Pay !PO Per Cent More For;
Paper Supply and Sell Subscrip
tions and Ads at Old Rate
(From tho American Press)
Tho prevailing high price of news -
print paper, caused, the manufacturers
claim, by the shortage, naa worked
tremendous hardships on the publish
ere ot weeklies and small dailies. In
comparison with the volume' of busi
ness these1 hardships have proved a
more severe blow to the small publish
er than to the owners of the bis dal
lies In the large cities.
The larger pajpers are supplied on
contracts that Is; they agree with, tfee .
manufacturer to use a given amount
in a given time at a fixed price. Thta
contract binds the. publisher to the .
fixed amount of paper and likewise
binds the manufacturer to keep a rap.
ply on hand large enough to meet tfcei
"dally wants.
This la net the case with the pub
lisher who bays la aaall lots; Maay
have found themselves without eeok
paper to .print an eddltlon oa. The
manufacturers have the power to fix
the price for the small publisher as 1
they see At, Increasing it wiUiout :no-
tloe and. warning hica that the' short
age may onake J t-Impossible further to
supply the paper at the same rates.
Thus, the country editor finds himself
entirely la the handii .ef thepaper man-
"i"-
One year ago the price of aewa print
paper was 2-36 per hundredweight
Today ,it Is $4,60 per, handredwelght
and the publisher Is lucky to get his
supply even at this price. The latter
figure Is for paper In large quantities
. . . -. . ,
and the publisher who buys in small
lots Is forced to pay even a higher
price.
Must Increase Advertising Rates
. . - . . . -
. tn inrr(,nRft h ,. a irreat maBW
papers have- solved this question by
Increasing their subscription and ad
vertising rates..
While all papers have not advanced
J tho prlco of adverUsing.many of them -
havCi ul 1( high pricea contiBaej
erf) ia nothing to lead .one to be- 4
1 1Iove otherwise, tt will be absoluteir
necessary for all papers to advance
thelr BDaee tea or faca failure. The
small publisher Is on the threshold ot
a most profitable era. The aatloaaL'
advertisers have heen brought to .a
realization of the .value of space 4n tha
home paper circulated ln the rural dls-
anA ara becinnlnc to buy lib-
j0r tneir paper supply.
This is" not true of the small dally.
Tho subscription, rates for dallies vary
from $3 per year to $5 and in some In
stances ?0, U Is this publisher who
has been hit the hardest by the phe
nomenal rise ln the prlco ' of news
print The publlshor otthe dally did
not find himself ln a position to in
crease his, subscription rates In pro
portion to tho incrpaso In the price
of paper. And today the small dailies
are wrestling with the question; at
their wlts'end to know which way to
turn. ,
. Many Have slightly Increased their
'subscription' rates, and without excep-
have cit dovri the' number of
(cswjiirlntod. All' deadheads have
VeWIlm'itfatcd:- 'manf ,ot ,'the exj-
(Coatlauori en yace'tvQ),
FOR PAPER
H ITS SMALL PAPERS