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1 Ui I T1IK COUKIKK la ilnvotol U) th Ixwt InUnvnU of BI'KAY rol W1IKK1.KK COUNTY. Th. IIUrl p.tron air of tit cltlMna of thl m Hon I rictfully aulioltad. Publlahad vary Thursday by RUSSELL D. PRICE. Subscription Rata Per Yir 1.00 Six Monthi to Thre Month )U Vol. xiii. Sl'IlAr, WlIEELEIt COUNTY, OBEGON, THURSDAY, MAHCII 4, 1915. NO. 8. mm V . - NEWS NOTES OF CURRENT WEEK Resume of World's Importan Events Told in Brief. The allied fleets have silenced the Turkish fort at the entrance to the Dardanelles. War experts lay tho lout of the Dar danelles will meun the complete su'w juration of Turkey. An extenalvo gang of Chinese smug glera has been unearthed along the northern border of Washington. Uockefeller scientists have sent to the war cone a new method of reduc Ing mortality from tetanus. The Commerce commission reports that the Loulsvillo & Nashville rail road spent millions In politics, to raise which "watered stock was issued, Flmires com nl led bv the Holland postal authorities show that since the beginning of the war 864 German newspapers havo suspended publics tion. The London Daily Mail's Copen hagen correspondent says it is reported from Berlin that the Gorman casual ties In East Prussia and Poland during the last three weeks are estimated at about 200,000. The municipality of Berlin has de cided to acquire the Berlin electrical works, which at present has the mon opoly of supplying current for trac tion, light and power purposes. The price will be about $81,000,000. Governor Ferguson, of Texas, has addressed to President Wilson a com municatlon saying continual raiding Is going on along the Rio Grande border fnr 7fi mflA. InlunH . m rAalllt tit Ihft starving condition of the Mexican people. In the house of commons Sir Edward Grey, secretary for foreign affairs, made the important announcement, which was received with cheers, that Great Britain sympathised with Rus sla's aspirations to gain access to the open aea through Turkey. The American submarines C-3 and C-6 have been ordered from Cristobal to Balboa to work out certain defense problems in connection with the coast artillery relating to mine laying and target practice. The submarines will be the first American fighting craft to use the canal. The British steamer'Deptford, 1208 tons, was sunk in the North Sea, oft Scarborough, and the British steamer Western Coast was sunk in the Eng lish Channel off Beachy Head Friday. One sailor on the Deptford lost his life. It is not known whether the losses were due to mines or to sub marines. The friendly relations between Japan and the United States were dwelt upon by both Japanese and Americans at the annual banquet of the Japan so ciety in New York. Ambassador and Vice Countess Chinda and Admiral Baron Dewa, representing the Japan ese government at the Panama-Pacific exposition, were guests of honor. Two aeroplanes of the allies were seen from Constance flying southward. As a result there was great excite ment in Friedrichshaven. The Zeppe lins stationed there, it is said, were covered with metal netting, all lights in the town were extinguished and the people took to the cellars. The aero planes flew over Meersburg and later reached Belfort safely. A $100,000,000 issue of treasury bills offered in London was over-subscribed. The Idaho senate votes 24 to 6 to make the state dry after January 1, 1916. The condition of Sarah Bernhardt, after the amputation of her right leg, is considered excellent by her physi cians. Effective Sunday, the Great 'North ern will restore its night train be tween Seattle and Portland, which was taken off several weeks ago because of light travel. Increasing traffic as a result of the opening of the San Fran cisco exposition is given as the reason . for restoring the train. A Havas dispatch from Toulon says the commissioners sent out by the American embassy in Paris to inquire into conditions at French concentration camps have concluded their investiga tions in the department of Bassee Alps and Var and report having found in ternational regulations strictly ob served. . . Secretary Bryan appeared at the cabinet meeting Wednesday wearing on hia coat lapel an enamel white dove of peace with an olive branch in its mouth. The secretary aaid it was a gift of a friend and pointed to it when questioned concerning possiblo compli cations for the United States in the foreign situation. " - Washington Gets Hopeful Reports From Europe Washington, D. C. Encouraging reports from both Ambassadors Page and Gerard at London and Berlin, respectively, were received by Presi dent Wilson and his cabinet concerning tho attitude of Great Britain and Ger many toward the latest American pro posals for the safeguarding of neutral commerce from the dangers of sub marines and mines, and the unrestrict ed shipment of foodstuffs to tho civil ian population of belligerent countries. Complete replies are not expected for some time, because the subject is still under consideration by England and her allies. Germany a willingness to make con cessions and negotiate for an under standing on the vexatious questions already has been made known infor mally to tho United States and formal acquiescence is expected in a day or two. AH eyes now are turned on London, where the opinion is un derstood as yet to be divided on the merits of the suggestions. Some of tho leading men in the British cabinet are said to favor in principle the American proposals as a means of solving the problem with as little inconvenience to neutral coun tries as possible. Another element, however, is said to be impressed by the military value of further rcstric tion of supplies to Germany and more reprisals and there is some indication that when tho final resolution on the American proposals is to be made the military faction will present strong opposition to them. The exact nature of the proposals is still unknown because of the rigid reticence of the officials both here and abroad, but each day adds Information on the subject. Briefly, this much of the contents of the American sugges tions now has been confirmed. The United States has asked that the pre vious rules of international law with respect to the shipment by neutrals of conditional contraband destined to civilian populations and not the be! ligerent forces ox an enemy, remain unaltered. A system is suggested whereby proof can be furnished that the sup plies will be used by the civilian pop ulation. The removal of all floating mines by Germany as well as Great Britain is proposed, this not to apply, however, to mines used for protection of coast defenses and harbors, pilots to be fur nished to guide neutral ships through such fields as remain. Attention is called to Germany's promise that if foodstuffs are not de tained when destined to her civilian population the submarine warfare on merchant ships will be abandoned. Farmers Not Heard in Fixing Price of Wheat New York Joseph Leiter, long a famous wheat operator, testified at the state inquiry into the cost of bread that the farmer had nothing to say about the price at which his wheat should be sold. That, he added, was determined at the terminal markets. 'The Liverpool exchange, which is the leading exchange of the world," he said, "usually fixes the price." Mr. Leiter said 75 per cent of the elevators are owned either by the big wheat operators or the railroads, while 25 per cent were owned by independ ent or small operators and farmers' co-operative societies. The United States has controlled the wheat prices of the world since September 1, 1914, and will continue to do so until an other crop is raised, Mr. Leiteras serted. Mr. Leiter gave it as hia opinion that the "invisible supply" of wheat, or that which is in the hands of farm ers and not recorded in the government report, has been a large factor in keeping down the price. 'The farmers have become the larg est speculators in the country; they will hold crop after crop, sometimes for so long as four years, " he said. 'In a year such as we are having we find that there is an enormous lot of wheat that isn't covered by the gov ernment records. If it wasn't for this fact the prices today would be much higher." There isn't anybody left in the peculative market now," Mr. Leiter said. "The speculators got out after the price passed the $1.40 mark the small trader was forced out and the big one was frightened but. The rise would have come much sooner had it not been for speculation." Traitor General Is Shot. Copenhagen The newspapers here publish a Berlin dispatch reporting the killing of a prominent Turkish general in Syria. His death was ordered from Constantinople, it is said, the charge being made that he committed treason in endeavoring to carry out negotia tions for peace. The basis of the gen eral's negotiations, it is said, was the proclaiming of himself aa sultan, the limiting of Turkey to Asia and the abandoning of Palestine and Mesopo tamia to England. SHIPS BOMBARD TURKISH FORTS Constantinople to Be Taken By Allies at All Risk. Minesweeper! Clear Ship Channel and Heaviest Part of Great War 1$ Now Begun. London Twenty-eight warships of the allied fleet entered the Dardanelles Saturday and bombarded the inner forts, according to a dispatch from the Athens correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph company. The message adds that a battleship bombarded a Turkish camp on the Gulf of Saros. After having completed the destruc tion of the forts at the entrance of the Dardanelles, the allied fleet of British and French warships, the greatest which has ever been in action, is now attacking the chief forts, which here tofore have stood between Turkey and invasion by the sea. Apparently the outer forte could not withstand a great bombardment, and when they had been leveled and desert ed by their defenders, men were land ed from the ships to complete the work of demolition, while mine-sweepers cleared a pasage for ships in the straits. More serious work is now ahead, for the all-important fortifications at Kilid Bahr and Chanak, which guard the narrowest part of the straits, which the fleet is now approaching. There is no doubt, however, that the allied commanders have their instructions to I make their way to Constantinople in spite of obstacles and have been sup plied with the best means of carrying out these orders. American Liner Captured by French Warships Paris A French cruiser has arrest ed the American steamer Dacia in the Channel and taken her to Brest. This announcement is officially made. The steamship Dacia left Galveston for.Rotterdam January 31 with 11,000 bales of cotton to be trans-shipped to Bremen. It was fully expected at that time that the ship would.be seized on her way to Rotterdam. Great Britain questioned the valid ity of the recent transfer of the Dacia from German to American registry. The Dacia touched fatNorfo!k Febru ary 11 and proceeded. The Dacia was formerly a Hamburg- American freight steamship which had been used before the war in trade with Bremen and New Orleans and other Gulf ports. At the outbreak of the hostilities she was interned at Port Arthur, Tex. The Dacia was bought on December 24 by an'Amencan and on January 4 American registry was obtained. It was then announced that she was to be used to relieve the cotton congestion and loading was begun with a cargo of cotton to be taken to Rotterdam and thence shipped to Bremen, where it was already sold. Representations were made immedi ately by the British embassy at Wash ington, questioning the validity of the transfer of the interned vessel and it was generally understood that if she sailed Bhe would be seized by British or French warships and taken' before a prize court. War Budget Yet Grows. . Berlin The Federal council adopted the preliminary budget estimates, in cluding 10,042,000,000 marks ($2,610, 600,000) for extraordinary expendi tures. This amount is for carrying on 1 the war. The estimates of ordinary expendi tures is 3,323,000,000 marks ($83,- 076,000). Almost all of the amount to be devoted to the war will be raised byJoans. The Cologne Savings bank has sub scribed 20,000,000 marks and the Vic toria Insurance Company to $30,000, 000 of the neOwar loan. Russians Dislodge lurks. Petrograd Russian successes are reported in an official communication from the general staff of the army in the Caucasus. The statement Bays : 'On February 28, on a line from Trans-Choruk, our troops progressed with success, dislodging the Turkish forces from their positions. "In the passes south of Alacherkerte our troops in an engagement seized two Turkish artillery pieces." German Cruiser Gets Two. London Lloyd's correspondent at La Concepcion, Chile, sends the fol lowing dispatch: "The steamer Sker ries reports that the British bark Kid almon and the French bark Jean were sunk by the German converted cruiser Pnna Eitel Frederich in December. The crews are at Easter Island and have refused to be taken off." -i Remains of Russian Army Thought Powerless Suwalkl, Poland The remains of the Russian tenth army, torn to rem nants in the Mazurian Lakes country by Field Marshal von Hlndenberg's East Prussian force, comprise , but a negligible quantity in the operations that are now under way. The recent overwhelming victory of the Germans was accomplished by the most terrific fighting after striking forced marches. This fighting has been described as the February campaign in East Prus sia and Northern Poland, and it is re garded here as a second Tannenberg. 'The Russians composing the tenth army were under command of General Sievers. It is true that this com mander, by a skillful use of the rail road at his disposal and by the sacri fices at times of entire battalions in order to bring off a few guns, succeed' ea in saving a greater part or his ar tillery, but no fewer than 60,000 of bis 150,000 men are already counted among the German prisoners, while his killed and wounded in the four days' battle with which these opera tions were inaugurated and the subse quent running fights are estimated at 30,000 men. On the streets of Suwalki there could be heard the sound of artillery from a swampy region to the south east, where an isolated Russian divis ion, perhaps 10,Qp0 men strong, has been completely surrounded, but is still offering resistance. Several thousand Russians prob ably remain in small scattered bands, or are wandering as stragglers within the ring which the German troops have now closed around the woods and swamps between buwalki, Augustovo and the German frontier, but the cap ture of the wanderers is expected here and is regarded as merely an incident in a campaign to which this great suc cess is called only the prelude. It is not believed among German military men at Suwalki that General Sievers will be able to bring one-fifth of his troops safely behind the fortress at Grodno a safety which may not be of long duration. The foregoing statement may seem to be exaggerated, but a correspond ent, motoring along the line of the Russian retreat over roads deep with snow and through a desolate and swampy country, gained an impression of complete defeat and demoralization which scarcely can be conveyed in words. Carranza Loses 1500 Men, 6 Military Trains Washington, D. C. Fifteen hundred Carranza soldiers were killed and many captured by Villa troops at the battle of Zayula, according to General Villa's version of the fighting, forwarded from Chihuahua to the State depart ment. After the battle, which took place last Friday, Villa reported that he personally headed the colunms, pur suing the Carranza troops toward Man zanillo. Villa said his own losses were 100 killed and 250 wounded. Six military trains and the head quarters of General Dieguez, governor of Jalisco, were among the equipment which Villa said he had captured. Defeat of General Carrasco, a Car ranza commander, and the capture of Rosario, on the west coast of the re public, also were reported by Villa. Carrasco was said to have lost 500 men missing and to have retreated. Allied Fleet Would Lower Wheat Cost New York If the Dardanelles should be opened by the allies' fleet, releasing grain from RusBia and the Danubian countries, there would be a radical change in the situation that is keeping up wheat prices in the United States, said C. H. Canby, president of the Chicago board of trade, testifying before the state's investigation into food prices. "It was Europe's tremendous de mand, not speculation, that put up prices," said Mr. Canby. He knew on the best of authority, he said, that one European belligerent would gladly pay $2 a bushel for 50, 000,000 bushels of wheat, if it could make the purchase. He added that the situation is clear ing up, wheat has reached its limit, and by the spring, when the shipments from Argentina begin, it will be well in hand. The recent increase in the cost 'of wheat bread and flour will not cause Buffering among the poor, he added. The rise in the price of wheat, he said, will be balanced by a decrease in the price of potatoes and other edibles. Shetland lsle in Zone. Amsterdam A semi-official dispatch received here from Berlin says that the Orkney and Shetland islands, lying off the northeastern coast of Scotland at the head of the North Sea, and also Kirkwall harbor, in the Orkney Islands, must be regarded as lying within the war zone. The pasages on both sides of the France islands, al most midway between Scotland and Iceland, are not endangered, the dis patch says. Legislature Appropriates $6,477,031 All Told Salem The appropriations of the Twenty-eighth Legislative assembly make an approximate total of $6,477, 031, or $1,258,890 less than the pre ceding session. These figures are baaed on the actual general and con tinuing appropriations totals, and an estimate of $350,000 for special appro priations. Appropriations for the general fund total $3,616,300, and those cared for by existing laws, millage tax and spe cial funds total $2,610,731. The ag gregate appropriations for the 1913 session were $7,735,921.68. Money was appropriated directly by the last legislature for the University of Ore gon and the Oregon Agricultural col lege, while all but three or four items will be taken care of in the future by millage tax. While the ways and means commit tee gave the appropriation for the In dustrial Accident commission as $967, 187, it is as a matter of fact only about $126,000, being one-seventh of the amount collected in fees by the department. Following are the general state ap propriations : Oregon state hospital, $675,166; Eastern Oregon state hospital, $305, 860; penitentiary, $202,000; institu tion for feeble minded, $144,961 ; cap it ol and Supreme court buildings, $58, 650; institute for blind, $28,213; school for deaf, $54,987; compilation laws, resolutions and memorials of 28th legislative assembly, $8000; in dustrial school for girls, $34,200; training school, $65,275; legislative expenses, $65,000; special agents, $7000; library, $23,800; Supreme court library, $16,612; water board, $35,395; engineer, $37,430; depart ment of education, $39,088; bounty on wild animals, $110,000; orphans and foundlings, $100,000; board of health, $30,000; social hygiene society, $15, 000; Florence Crittenden home, $7500; Patton home, $6000; Historical so ciety, $12,000; tuberculosis hospital, $53,125; state treasury department, $36,376; executive department, $23, 700; secretary of state, $61,000; old soldiers' home, $31,658.75; board of horticulture, $12,000; forestry board, $60,000; livestock sanitary board, $49,940; Humane society, $2000; Na tional guard, $165,000; completing Some Canneries, Loosely Organized, Do Not Pay Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis "Some of the canneries in the Northwest are making great success. Others are just about existing and still others are bankrupt." said Professor C. I. Lewis, when addressing the farmers who were attending the Farm ers' Week at the Oregon Agricultural college. Professor Lewis attributes many of these failures to the fact that the canneries are run by private cap ital, whereas most of those now in existence in the Northwest are either co-operative or associative canneries. "One of the greatest troubles with our co-operative canneries is that many of them are so loosely organized that they cannot do any legafousiness. Polk Exhibits Planned. Monmouth Plans for exhibits at the 1915 Polk County fair have been made by pupils in the schools of this city. Gardens will be planted at the earliest clearing of the weather and drying off of the ground. In addition to having instructions as to the proper cultivation of vegetables on the plots, pupils are to have gardens at home. High school students, however, will hare only home gardens, as the school garden plan has been abandoned. Great interest has been centered upon garden work by the grammar school boys for the past two years. They do not wait for the season to arrive be fore plans take form. The earliest vegetable raised command high prices at market. Polk Nearly Rid of Pest Monmouth The war on gophers, which has been conducted in Polk county for two years has at last se cured a grip on the common field pests' work and destruction has abated par tially, according to the statements of extensive land owners in this sec tion. The farmers say the clover crop has attracted the gophers. In the summer and fall months the gophers undermine the clover plants and stop seed development. The animals also fatten in potato fields and sap plant life in gardens in the early summer. Students Win In Strike. Eiigene Three hundred high school students, who "struck" several weeks aga and refused to attend certain classes to which the school board had fixed o tuition fee, were sustained by an opinion of George M. Brown, attor ney general. He holds that the school board has no right to charge tuition to any classes. . Eugene armory, $6000; board of con trol, $16,000; sealer of weights and measures, $10,000; fee for legal services, I. H. Van Winkle and Martin Pipes, $2200; State Fair, $38,931.87; attorney general's office, $35,000; sun dry deficiency claims, (13 items), $8, 179.27; 28th legislative assembly mis cellaneous printing, etc., $27,000; election expenses, $65,000; fugitives from justice, rewards, $19,298.56; miscellaneous claims (28 items), $6, 457.63; Industrial .Welfare commis sion, $7000; Pilot commission, $2400; labor commissioner, $11,600; child labor commissioner, $5000; wayward girls, $20,000; Supreme court, $99, 600; bureau of mines and geology, $25,000; mineral exhibit Panama Pacific exposition, $10,000; dairy and food commissioner, $39,000; Land de partment, $18,000; Banking depart ment, $15,000; tax commission, $30, 000; railroad commission, $80,000; Circuit judges, $200,000; district at torneys and deputies, $134,000, and purchase of land for Oregon hospital, $25,000. Following are appropriations cared for by existing laws, millage tax and special funds, for which no new appro priations are necessary: Agricultural fairs, $95,400; barber examiners, $15,000; corporation com missioners, $37,200; teachers' exam iners, $20,900; dental examiners, $4, 200; Oregon Agricultural college resi dent instruction, $760,000; experi ment stations $207,400; Agricultural college extension service $194,106; University of Oregon, $570,000; high way commission, $490,000; industrial accident commission, $126,000; insur ance department $30,000; optometry board, $830; medical examiners, $1095; motor vehicle registration, $47,150, and stallion registration board, $11,400. Among the special appropriations are the following: Returning Oregon Panama-Pacific exposition exhibit to state and estab lishing permanent exhibit of Oregon products, $15,000; exterminating rab bits, $3000; Roseburg armory, $4000; payment'deficiency traveling expenses veterans to Gettysburg celebration, $4819.90; issuing blue book, $2200; naval militia, $15,000; special elec tion to vote on measures of session, $12,000. The legal authorities of association work in this country say that all asso ciations must be purely mutual. How ever, many of our associations are not of this type and the most successful cannery in the state today is not a pure co-operative association. I do not believe that it is possible to run an association successfully without paying dividends. A second great difficulty which is made by the can neries in the Northwest is their lack of capital. If your farmers do not feel that they are willing to put in $25 each to start a cannery they had better leave it alone. I believe that $10,000 is necessary to successfully statr a cannery." Man Lost Since fire found. Marshfield Joseph Booker, whose body was searched for in the ruins of the Bunker Hill boarding house, where seven persons perished by'fire, was found in a Smith-Powers logging camp at Wagner. The reason for his disappearance without leaving any word caused the widespread search to be made. He said he went to a small waiting depot at Bunker Hill the morning after the fire, waited there for daylight and then started for the Wagner camps on foot. Reclamation Is Planned. Marshfield A definite movement is on at Coquille looking to clearing a tract of . the. rich Coquille Valley bot tom lands to be utilized for experi mental purposes. , It is proposed to clear 40 acres of a 2500-acre tract for the owners and turn them over to per sons who are willing to farm this sedi mentary deposit. The owner has been offering $18 an acre for clearing, slashing and burning, but laborers be lieve the work cannot be done for that amount. The Coquille Commercial club expects to offer an increase over the $18 offer sufficient to get the work done. Mountain Water Sought. Eugene A $2000 gravity water sys tem is planned by the little town of Florence on the Lane county coast, at the mouth of the Siuslaw river, ac cording to J. W. Bergman, cashier of the Lane County State and Savings Bank, and W. H. O'Kelley, both of Florence. The city, it ia said, has the assurances that sufficient bonds can be sold upon satisfactory terms. It pro poses to take the water from the mountains, 12 miles distant. ; -.-