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TUB COUKIKH la dvotl to th. bout Intm-nt. of BI'ltAY and WI1HKLUK COUNT. Th.IIUr.Ip.tron. Woof lhcltl..n of thl. m tion Is rwipMtf ully wtlolud. Fubllahad .very Thumlay by RUSSELL D. PRICE. Subscription Rttaa J"""- 1.00 81 Month. jo Thre. Month...,., js ' . i " ' 1 , , ., ,,, ,1, , VOL. XIII. SPRAY, WHEELER COUNTY, OltEGOtf, TmmSDAY7 MAIinir is. mm " w. . ' n u. 5. i . "' i NEWS NOTES OF CURRENT WEEK American Citizen Slain by Zapata in Mexico City Washington, D. C. Encouraging advlcea telling of the relief of the food famli-ia In MqvIka fu., k.....u il. ............. f it I t t At m wmsm AVbWIfrliatailullJlc IIJO Rflcnmft r,f WArM'. Tmnf acuatlon of the capital by the forcei cost of living and the Increasing KCSnmO 01 WOrld S Important of General Obregon, the Carranza mands of the state because of gr" Saving of Over? Half Million Dollars Shown Events Told in Brict Tho 14th aosalon of the Washington legislature has closed. Two Portland petty thieves who stole perfume were detected by the odor of their loot. The last of Newfoundland's contin gent of 1000 men haa reached England to enter the ranks of the Brltsh forces. Spies are becoming so active In France that atrlngont measures are be ing taken against all foreign residents. Shipment of American-made cannon for the Russian forces la delayed by a longshoremen a strike at Vancouver, 11. U Rector of Trinity church, one of the wealthiest in the country, declares that divorce was "the shameful luxury or tne rich ana well-to-do." Girl applicants as stenographers In municipal civil service of Portland must submit to a heart test to deter mine their physical condition. The Gorman government haa made a satisfactory explanation to the United States for th sinking of the bark William P. Frye In South Atlantic waters January 28. "The Turks are dismounting the guns defending Constantinople. The intention being that in case of defeat the allies should regard Constantinople as an undefended town," says the Times Bucharest correspondent. Arrangements are said to have been completed between Rush! a and Ger many for the exchange of 200,000 war prisoners. The exchange, it ia re ported, will be made by way of Stock holm harbor, beginning in April. The police department of Washing ton, D. C, have been ordered to place atrict guard over the residences of British, Ruaaian, Turkish, German, r rencn ana Austrian ambassadors, as threatening letters have been received by them. . Reports from Tenedos say that the Turkish artillery grows weaker daily, and that the last bombardment by the allied warships badly damaged the forta at Chanak Kalesi. Two big cruisers spent the night in the straits protecting the vessels engaged in mine sweeping. Dispatches from Rome indicate that the German ambassador, Prince von Buelow, haa renewed his negotiations with the Italian government with the object of aecuring the continued neu trality of that country in return for territorial concessions In Austria, Austria, however, is said to be op posed to making any such concessions as would satisfy Italy. ine raris Balkan agency has re ceived the following dispatch from Sofia: "Advices received here from Constantinople say that Mehemmed Burhan Eddin EfTendi, favorite son of the ex-Sultan Abdul Harold, has been found strangled in his bedroom. Des pite the reserve of the Turkish police, it haa been confirmed that the prince was killed by political enemies." Russians report capture of many German supplies in North Poland. The United States has dispatched two additional battleships to Vera Cruz. commander, were beclouded Saturday by tho newa that on the entry of the Zapata troops, John B. McManus, an American citizen, was murderedshot down In his home, the door of which had been sealed with the coat of arms of the United States, and over which flew the Stara and Stripes, t Instant demand was made by the Brazilian minister on behalf of the United States government for the pun lahment of those guilty of the crime. After a conference between Presi dent Wilson and his cabinet, Secretary Bryan telegraphed the Brazilian min ister approving of the action he had taken and adding a demand for repara- saving is that aeveral laws passed at the high de- growing population and wealth, the recent legislature made a net saving in appro priations over the preceding one of 1644,560.05, according to a summary or Secretary of State Olcott. ine ngures snow a total saving un der existing laws for the biennium of 1915 and 1910 over the blenrium of 1913 and 1914 of $381,318.41. For 1913 and 1914 the appropriations by the legislature netted 14,610,175.75. and for 1915 and 1916 $3,965,615.70, The total appropriations under existing laws for 1913 and 1914 were $6,691, 962.08, and for 1915 and 1916 $6,310, 648.67. Another important feature of the tion to the family of the victim. The minister was instructed to insist on the early punishment of the offenders and to Impress on the post commander at Mexico City General Salazar the seriousness with which the American government viewed the occurrence. The general who is not related to the independent chief who has been con ducting a revolutionary movement in Northern Mexico since escape from American custody last year promised that the demands of the United States would be met promptly, zHighway. May Open to ) was engaged in patrol I J M. Astoria by July Fourth British Cruiser Is Sunk by German Torpedo London The the loss of the while the vessel was engaged in patrol duty. In its statement of the disaster, the admiralty says: On March 11 wreckage of the Bayano and bodies were discovered. and circumstances point to her having been sunk by an enemy torpedo. &ignt ontcers and IS men were rescued, but it ia feared the remainder of the crew were lost. The captain of the Belfast steamer Caatlereagb reports passing Thursday morning a quantity of wreckage and dead bodies floating in life belts. He attempted to aearch for possible sur vivors, but was prevented by the pres ence of an enemy aubmarine, which gave chase for 20 minutes." The Bayano was a comparatively new steamer, bhe was built at Glas gow in 1913 and was owned by Elder & Fyffes before she was taken over by the British government and fitted out an auxiliary cruiser. The Bayano was of 3500 tons diB' placement and 416 feet long, the session of 1913 provided for appro priations for only one year, notably the workmen a compensation act and the act creating the state highway fund. The appropriations for these departments for the current biennium for that reason total about $300,000 more. While the saving over the former biennium is somewhat less than lead ers of the recent house and senate fig ured it would be, members of the ses sion in speaking of it express gratifi cation and declare that the campaign pledges of the members for economy have been kept. J. E. Allison, bookkeeper for the secretary of state, who baa had charge oi louuing ine appropriations of sev erai sessions, declared that the work of tlis one was the most difficult in his experience. He and an assistant nave labored for more than a week on the numerous bills, and. after ehi.k Ing and rechecking, he announced that ne was confident no mistakea bad been mada. iieterofore. because of a ivatem of grouping aepartmems "Tf i i ., bills, there were rarely more than five or six such measures. Because un neceRiary appropriations had been made in the closing hours of former sessions by log-rolling and tacking on items in appropriation bills, separate appropriation measures were passed for almost all purposes at the recent session. The new system virtually gave the governor the single veto pow er. The millage tax appropriations and one or two others are estimated in the summary of the secretary of state, but it ia not thought they will be far from actual figures. That for the Oregon Agricultural College of about $760,- 000, next to the appropriation for the State Insane Asylum! ia the largest, lhe University of Uregon will receive about $570,000 during the biennium, Because of the creation of Circuit udgeehipa the appropriation for that service has grown to $200,000 while for district attorneys and assistants it is $136,400. French troops advancing on Germans In Belgium find the foes in strong po sitions, and both floods and deep snows are encountered. The University of Toronto la figur ing on closing several weeks earlier tnan usual to allow Us students to en list in the army. Greece has formed a new cabinet, but King Constantino declares that unless it stands neutral, he will cause It to be dissolved. It is reported that France has 22 troop ships enroute to the Dardanelles apparently to aid in land operations should Constantinople fall. John K. Gaither, who has been post master of La Center, Wash., for 41 years, will retire from the service as soon aa Patrick M. Kanes, recently ap pointed, can file hia bond and receives his commission. Mr. Gaither, who is 76 years old, came from Indiana in 1873, and the following year became postmaster. He haa missed only one term of office. Mrs. E. A. Pierce, aged 72, of Welches, Or., killed a big black bear with a garden hoe when the bear at tacked her Saturday at her little cabin on the south slope of Mount Hope. The bear had chased E. A. Hutchinson from a neighboring cabin and ad vanced on Mrs. fierce where Bhe was hoeing her garden. While Mr. Hutch inson ran for aid, Mrs. Pierce Blew Bruin with the only weapon at hand, the hoe. Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Dies at Country Borne Tarrytown, N. Y. Mrs. John D. itocKeieiier, wire or the richest man in the world, died suddenly Friday in her 76th year at the Rockefeller coun- try home in Pocantico Hills. She had been an invalid for a year, but during the last few months her health had so improved that the rapid turn for the worse which her illness took was not expected by her family. For this reason it happened that the only relative at her bedside when she died at 10 :20 a. m. was her sister. Mibs Lucy M. Spelman. Her husband and her eon, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., were at Orraond, Ha., where they went Mr. Rocke- feller. Sr., on February 28 and his son last Friday, accompanied by hia wife believing that Mrs. Rockefeller was growing better. Informed over the long-distance telephone early in the day of the critical change in her con dition, they left at once for Jackson ville, where arrangements were quick ly made for a special train to bring them to New York. They were ex pected to arrive here some time Sun day night. Mrs. E. Parmalee Prentice, one of Mrs. Rockefeller's two daughters, was summoned from New York, but failed to arrive before her mother died. The other daughter, Mrs. Harold Fowler McCormick, of Chicago, ia in Switzer land, recuperating from an illness. Her husband was about to sail to join her, but cancelled hia passage and came here at once. 125 Merchantmen Sunk. Amsterdam The Mittag Zeitung, of Berlin, has published a list of mer chantmen said to have been destroyed by the German navy since the begin- ing of the war. According to it Ger man vessels have sunk 111 steamers with a total tonnage of 400,000: four auxiliary cruisers with a total tonnage of 32,500; one Bailing vessel, one schooner, eight mine sweepers and one troop transport. 'Hobo King" Gets $250,000. Los Angeles - James Eads How, 'millionaire hobo king," inherited property here worth $125,000 and the income from a trust fund of equal size. The bequest ia in the will of his mother, filed here dividing her estate between her sons. A "hobo," accord ing to How, la a man who wants to work and cannot get it. Rainier Work on the Columbia Highway through Columbia county will be resumed before the end of the month. Major Bowlby, state highway engineer, and a party of his associ ates, together with a number of Rainier citizens, walked over that por tion of the incompleted highway be tween Rainier and Goble and came to the conclusion that by beginning work aa soon as the men and material can be asembled it will be possible to have the road open for traffic all the way from Portland to Astoria before July 4. The state highway engineer will have available this spring about $50,- 000 of the Columbia county road fund for use on the highway that was grad ed last year and that is unfinished. This he believes will go far toward completing the road through this coun ty. The party that hiked over the Rai- nier-Goble link found that the graded roadway had stood the winter well. At a few points the hillside had slid down perceptibly and covered a por tion of the graded surface. The en- Seed Sought tor Contest Klamath Falls The Klamath Water Users' association, with President Abel Ady and County Agriculturist H.R. Glaisyer have begun securing the best seed possible for distribution among the children of the water users on the Klamath project who wish to enter the contests announced by the association recently. The seed gram will be all of the same variety and the best obtainable. The contest is in the way of growing the best vegetables and grains. To the boy or girl growing the best potato crop on a sixteenth of an acre will be given the choice of three colts. The second best grower will have second choice of the colts and the other colt will go to the third best grower. has Mine Commission Named. Salem Governor Wjthycombe announced the personnel of the Oregon bureau of mines and geology as follows: H. N. Lawrie, Portland: W. C. Fellows, Sumpter; J. F. Reddy, Grants Pass; R. M. Betts, Cornu copia, and J. Li. Wood, Albany. In writing to members, notifying them of their appointment, the gov ernor urged the desirability of the commission meeting at once, so that steps could be taken to insure a proper representation of Oregon at the San Francisco Exposition in the form of a mineral exhibit. Reclamation Work Begun. Klamath Falls The Reclamation service, finding little opposition to the proposed enlargement of the Griffiths lateral, have begun work with a force of men and teams. A cook camp has been arranged and supplies will be shipped. It is intended to have the work completed by April 25, bo that the irrigation season may open May 1, aa usual. Governor Aids Coast Defense. Salem Governor Withycombe was notified of his appointment as second vice president of the Pacific Coast De fense League. He Bent the league the following telegram : 'I desire to co-dperate in all things which will tend to the ultimate better ment and safeguarding of our coast." gineers figured that these obstacles can be removed with little difficulty or expense. They had expected such be havior by nature. One important piece of work that remains to be done between Rainier and Goble ia at Prospect Point, where the highway must be carried through a solid body of rock about 1600 feet long. Part of the necessary blasting has been done. Major Bowlby esti mates that it will require less-than $5000 to do the rest of the work on the strip of highway. The roadway for the entire distance covered by the party is fully 24 feet wide, in accordance with contract specifications. All the fills and all the culverts in the Rainier-Goble link have been put in place. Aa the highway commission never was flush with money on the Columbia county job, the work is not finished with the same nicety as in Multnomah county, but it is every bit aa substantial and ser viceable. The scenic advantages are equal to those of the highway through Multnomah county, with the exception that there are not so many picturesque waterfalls. Autos Oust Horses from State Fair Program Salem At a meeitng the State Fair board decided to disconitnue after 1915 the classic futurity races at the State Fair. The reason for the decision is that the breeding of fast horses in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest is on the wane since the automobile has come into general use. The board named opening day, Sep tember 27, as childern's day. Wed nesday will be Salem day; Thurdsay, Portland day; Friday, Press and Ore gon Manufacturers' day, and Saturday, Shriners' day. Nothing was arranged for Tuesday. For the six days of racing the board will offer a card of 18 events with cash prizes of $16,400. The big days of the Fair from the racing standpoint will be Salem day and Portland day. There will be a 3-year-old pace, a fu turity event, with a purse of $1500, Salem day. Purses for this race will go to the winners of the best two in three heats. The 2:08 pace, for a $2000 purse, also will be run Wednes day.' It will be run in five heats. The 2:30 trot is scheduled for Salem day. The board has allotted the 2:12 trot, best three in five heats, and haa hung up a purse of $2000 for the winners for Portland day. The 2 :20 pace for a $600 purse and the 2:15 pace for a $700 purse, also will be run Thursday. Tuesday's card will include the 3-year-old trot, futurity, for a $2000 purse. All races are early-closing events excepting the futurities. German Submarines Sink Ihree British Freighters London During the early houra of Wednesday morning' German submar ines made their presence known at three widely separated points on the British coasts, and, it ia said officially, without giving warning to their crews. sanx tnree British merchant steamers, In one case, that of the steamer Tangistan, which waa torpedoed off Scarborough, in the North Sea, 37 men of her crew of 38 are-missinir. vniy one man zrom tne vessel was picked up, he by a passing ship. The attack which sent the Taneintan to ter midnight. At 6 o'clock in the morning another submarine sank the steamer Black wood, off Hastings, in the English Channel, while a third submarine sank the steamer Princess Victoria off Liv erpool at a rmarter past 9 o'clock. The news of the latest exploits of the German submarines came just as the British public was congratulating itself that the threatened German sea blockade had been a failure. In announcing the disasters the ad miralty gave out the following: The steamer Tangistan waa sunk by a German off Scarborough at 12 :30 o'clock the morning of March -10. Only one man of her crew of 38 men waa saved. The steamer Blackwood was sunk by a submarine without warning off Hastings at 6 o'clock the morning of March 10. Her crew of 17 waa saved. The steamer Princess Victoria, of Glasgow, was sunk without warning by a German submarine at 9:15 o'clock the morning of March 10 off Liverpool. Her crew of 34 was saved. The official report announcing the torpedoing of the British steamers Tangistan, Blackwood and Princess Victoria the two former cargo boats and the latter once a coastwise passen ger ship indicates that German tub- marines are again raiding at widely separated points around the British Isles. As all the boats were torpedoed in a period of less than nine houra it would seem probable that all three were sunk by different underwater boats. Scarborough, off which port the Tangistan was sunk, is on the North Sea, in Yorkshire; Hastings is on the English Channel, in Sussex, and Liver pool ia on the Irish Sea. The Tangistan, the largest of the sunken vessels, was of 2393 tons dis placement She was built in 1906 and was owned by the Strick line, of Swansea. The Blackwood waa built 1907 and belonged to the Tyneside line, of North Shields. She was a 741-ton vessel. The Princess Victoria was owned by . Langlands & Sons, of Glasgow. EXPECT KAISER TO REPUDIATE ACT Immediate Settlement for Sink ing Frye Looked For. National Views in Accord as U. S. and Berlin Agree on Que. ' u tion of Food Shipments. C Washington, D. C Germany prob ably will repudiate the action of the captain of the Prinz Eitel Friedrich in sinking the American ship, William P. Frye, and make reparation for the loss of the vessel and cargo, in the opinion of German officials here. Inasmuch as the United States and Germany are in accordance oh, the question of shipping foodstuffs from a neutral country to civilians in belliger ent territory, no issue is expected to be raised by Germany over the right of the cargo to be sent to its destina tion without interruption. Count von Bernstorff, tho German ambassador, after a visit to the State department, indicated that he believed the case would be settled without much difficulty. He told Counsellor Lansing what the captain of the Prinz Eitel had told Captain Boy-Ed, the naval attache of the German embassy, as to the sinking of the American ship, but the ambassador reserved hia opin ion on the action of the commander. saying he had no instructions from hia government. Captain Thierichens, of the Prinz Eitel, informed Captain Boy-Ed that his only guide while at sea and for months out of communication with his government was the declaration of London. This would permit the destruction of a neutral prize if car rying a cargo more than half of which could be proved to be contra band, provided it was impossible to take the vessel to a home port without endangering the captor warship. Shelter Shed and Spur Asked. Salem L. R. Gamble, in a com plaint filed with the State Railroad commission has asked that the South ern Pacific Company be compelled to provide a shelter shed and spur track at Linn station on the Woodburn- Springfield branoh. Legislator Takes New Job. Salem Governor Withycombe has accepted the resignation of Frank Davey aa representative in the legis lature from Harney county. Mr. Davey haa been appointed bookkeeper at the penitentiary. U, S. Sends Two War ships to Mexican Coast Washington, D. C. American citi zens have again been warned to leave Mexico City, in view of the critical situation that has Arisen there. Sec retary Bryan announced that trans portation facilities would be sought for as many as desired to leave. The battleship Georgia and the ar mored cruiser Washington were or dered by secretary Daniels, after con ferences with President Wilson, to proceed at once to Vera Cruz. Consular messages from Vera Cruz said it was reported there that the evacuation of Mexico City began Wednesday night. Enrique C. Llorente, Washington representative of General Villa, re ceived a message saying the Zapatista forces occupied Mexico City immedi ately on the evacuation by Obregon's troops. Word came from American Consul Silliman that at a personal interview with General Carranza he has deliv ered to the latter the formal note from the United States government, de manding an improvement in conditions for foreigners in the territory under his control. Carranza promised a written reply soon, but said orally that General Obregon had not prevented food sup plies from reaching the City of Mex ico, nor had he sent the available sup plies from the capital. . These were the principal develop ments in the Mexican situation, the importance of which overshadowed in official Washington interest in the Eu ropean war. Although the contents of the Amer ican note to Carranza were not re vealed, its emphatic tone impressed members of the diplomatic corps that serious consequences would ensue if Carranza failed to heed the represent ations made to him. American Bark Is Seized. Galveston The American bark Pass of Balmaha, from New York to Bre men, carrying 6000 bales of cotton, haa been seized by a British cruiser and taken to Kirkwall, England, ac cording to private reports to B. E. Harriss, member of a cotton concern which chartered the bark. In an nouncing news of the seizure, Mr. Harriss said the bark lately had been chai.ged from British to American registry and sailed from New York January 28. Aviator Lincoln Beachey Plunges to Death in Bay San Francisco The spectacular ca reer of Lincoln Beachey, one of the most daring of American aviators, was ended Sunday when he fell to hia death at the Panama-Pacific exposition in plain sight of thousands of specta tors. Beachey, was attempting his second flight of the day at 3 :45 p. m. when the fatal accident occurred. Having previously electrified the crowd with a series of k aerial somersaults, the in trepid airman sought to add an addi tional thrill by making one of the sen sational perpendicular drops which featured his flights. The accident was attributed to the fact that Beachey entrusted his life for the first time to a new monoplane and an exceptionally large crowd was attracted to see whether he would attempt the same breath-taking stunts in the new ma chine that had made him and his trim little biplane famous. On the first flight of the day every thing worked properly and all the familiar evolutions were indulged in with the exception of the perpendicu lar drop. This Beachey had saved for the final climax and this, too, proved too much for the fabric of the mono plane. ' The machine was at an altitude of about 3000 feet when Beachey shut off his power. For several hundred feet the machine dropped head on for the earth and then the aviator grasped his control levers to adjust the planes for the graceful descent which character ized his previous flights. At this instant the wings crumpled like a collapsed umbrella and the aero plane, turning over and over in its fall, plunged into San Francisco bay, narrowly missing a vessel lying at the government transport docks. Relief Sent to Palestine. Philadelphia Loaded with food and clothing contributed toward the relief of the needy of the Holy Land and sup plies for the United States battleships North Carolina and Tennessee, now in the Mediterranean, the United States collier Vulcan sailed from this port Monday for Jaffa, Palestine. The re lief cargo represents an expenditure of $150,000 by the American Jewish reilef committee and its principal con stituent is flour. L. H. Levin, of Baltimore, and E. W. L. Epstein, of New York, sailed on the vessel and will direct the distribution of the food at Jaffa. General Pau Praises Foe. Berlin The following waa given out by the Overseas Newa agency : 'At a reception in Bucharest to Gen eral Pau, the French commander, dur-. ing his recent visit to Roumania, the general said: 'He who haa not seen a German army cannot imagine it. It ia a host of heroes, unique in his- tory.' "