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J . i ii TUB COUKIKR ) davutol to lh but IntorwU of Hl'KAY and WIIEKLKK COUNTY. Th IIUrl mtron m of th altlimi of thl Me llon la rMwtf ully wllcltail. PublUhd vtrr Tbunday by RUSSELL D. PRICK. Subscription RUa PwTmt L0O Six Monthi M Thn Month M VOL. XIII. Sl'IlAY, WHEELER COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1915. NO. 12. I WORLD'S DOINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume of General News From MI Around the Earth. Portland experience heavy rain and hail storm. Editor Illethon, of the Seattle Time, in reiorted seriously ill. The English house of 'commons votes to double the tax on spirits. A Medford, Oregon, woman, aged 74, la cutting a new net of teeth. A German air craft dropped several bomb on IpHwich, hngland, Netting fire which burned three dwelling. Witnesses for John R. Lawson tes tify that deputy sheriffs started the battle of Ludlow in the Colorado strike trouble. A Gold Hill, Oregon, couple motors to near Medford, overtakes a miniHter and are married beneath a large tree by the roadside. Colonel Roosevelt is still making explanations of his political affiliation In the suit for (00,000 libel, for which he is defendant. Grand jury of Portland indicts three election board officials for altering 120 ballots at a recent election. They are all in jail in default of cash bail. Women In session at The Hague de mand that people have voice in foreign policies, and opiHme cession of terri tory without consent of the inhab itants. An Infuriated divorcee fires several shots at her ex-husband in the Port - land municipal court room. One shot strikes the stenographer, while the rest go wild. An Immense bridge in Vancouver, B, C, is burned, and public sentiment ac cuses foes of Great Britain as the In cendiary; the authorities, however, place no blame. A German life bouy marked Kolberg haa been found on the Scotch coast, and is thought to confirm the report of the sinking of the cruder Kolberg in the naval battle of January 24. The millions of crickets in the army which invaded Grant county, Washing ton, early this week, has split into four divisions. The crickets eating in the wheat fields cover a strip four miles long and 12 feet wide. Twenty-day-old twins in Marion county, Oregon, are the largest bene ficiaries of the state compensation law, being posthumous heirs. The mother, who is 20 years old, if she lives to be 42, the age of expectancy, will receive a total of $15,120. Captain L. D. Hockersmith, 82 years old, who is reputed to have dug his way out of the Columbus, O., peni tentiary during the war between the states and to have liberated his com mander, the Confederate general, John II. Morgan, with a number of his men, died at his home in Madisonville, Ky., Friday. Morgan and a remnant of his command was captured near Pomeroy, O., in .July, 1863, on a raid through Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana. Germany is purchasing foodstuffs for a siege of four years duration. David Warfield has appeared in the play "The Auctioneer" for the 1400th lime. Twenty-one jitney bus drivers in Seattle are arrested for doing business without having bonds. Ex-president Taft is scheduled to make several speecnes in uregon ana Washington early in the fall. A plague of crickets is reported in Grant county Washington, and much damage to crops is the result. One of Villa's major generals has resigned, at the request of his mother, and joined the British forces. A holdup man in Spokane, Wash., kicks his victim on the leg and breaks it; secures $2 in cash and flees. The commerce investigation in Chi cago protests an increase of freight rates on meats, which is proposed by the railroads. Theodore Roosevelt, who is being sued for libel, admits on the stand that he was on easy terms with New York's political bosses. All records for April heat are being broken in the Eastern states, and in some localities the thermometer regis ters 97 degrees. Governor Johnson, of California, signed the Meek convict labor bill, permitting prisoners of the state peni tentiaries to build state highways. A statement was issued by the governor in which he said that apprehension that free labor will be affected is groundless. ROOSEVELT ON STAND ADMITS OFTEN CONSULTING BOSS PLAIT Syracuse, N. Y. Theodore Roose velt admitted under cross-examination Tuesday in the suit for alleged libel which William Barnes has brought against him, that while governor he had freely consulted the "boss" of the Republican party In New York state in reference to the appointment of oflV clals in the state government and var ious legislative and political matters, The "boss" named was Thomas C, Piatt, who at that time represented New York in the United States sen ate. The ex-president said he took the advice of the senator in many mat ters, among them appointing a Dem ocrat to the office of tax commissioner to "pleae Grady," whom the Colonel described as a "lieutenant boss" of Richard Croker, then leader of Tarn many Hall. The testimony resulted from ques tions asked after letters of a series that passed between Colonel Roosevelt and Senator Piatt had been read to the jury. In these letters, both writers discussed all manner of political and legislative affairs. In one, Colonel Roosevelt asked the senator's advice about making speeches. In another, Senator Piatt told the Colonel he had received a copy of a bill introduced by Grady, in which the sen ator said he considered it inadvisable to give Tammany from $3,000,000 to $12,000,000 on an appropriation to ex pend upon the water front of New York, as "it would simply be putting an unnecessary club in the hands of those people with which to knock our brains out." With another letter, the colonel sent the senator a proof of his message to the legislature, which dealt with, among other things, public utilities, the franchise tax, the trusts, indus trial conditions and labor. The part dealing with the tniBts, the colonel wrote, "had been submitted to several "experts,' including Elihu Root, Presi dent Hadley, Professor Jenks, of Cor nell, and James A. Dill, who was described in the letter as 'a big cor poration lawyer.' " Commander Gives Notice of Intent to Intern Cruiser Kronprinz Wiihelm Washington, D. C. Announcement from Newport News late Tuesday that the commander of the big German sea raider Kronprinz Wiihelm had given notice he would intern for the war without waiting expiration of the time allowed her by the United States government to make his ship sea worthy, was received with surprise and relief by government officials. The raider s action relieves the Navy department of the necessity of keeping watch over the Wiihelm and an eye on the cordon of allied ships off the Virginia capes to assure the main tenance of American neutrality during the time the cruiser had been allowed to make repairs. It is understood that several days of that period still re mained. The Navy department had deter mined to permit the Wiihelm to take on 4S00 tons of coal, and on the heels of reports from Newport News that the cruiser had begun to coal, came Lieutenant Captain Thierfelder s un expected announcement to the collector of the port. The German commander's communication was laconic and gave no reason for the internment as had the letter presented by Captain Thierichens when he interned the Prinz Eitel Friedrich, the first of the raiders to seek a haven in Hampton Roads. It was suggested here that Captain Thierfelder'a announcement was made after he had received instructions from the German government through the embassy here not to attempt a dash through the line of hostile war- hips off the capes. Wireless Record Is Made. New York A new distance record for wireless telephony in railroad serv ice is claimed by officials of the Lacka wanna railroad. Communications by wireless concerning the movement of Lackawanna trains were exchanged between railroad superintendents at Scranton, Pa., and Binghamton, N. Y., 63 miles. Trains between those two cities were moved for several hours under orders sent or received by wireless. Czar Loses 26 Trenches. Vienna The war office has issued the following: "Our troops, pursuing the enemy, occupied 26 Russian trenches which contained much war material. The Russians before Uzsok Pass, after their attack failed, re treated in full flight. We gained ground ot the southeast of Koziowa.' Relief Fund $25,000,000. London The national reilef fund of the Prince of Wales reached the total of 5,000,000 ($25,000,000). King George has opened with a donation of $2500 a subscription list of the British committee for relief in Belgium. Bridge Bonds9 Still Unpaid by County Salem Through an oversight of the Multnomah county officials or the State Tax commission there will be no money in the state treasury this year for the payment of interest on the interstate bridge bonds. The county court places the blame on the Tax commission and the com mission delcares the county is at fault. At any rate, no levy was made for the payment of the money and it has none to pay. State Treasurer Kay received s check from the- county treasurer of Multnomah for $294,000, the last pay ment of the first half of the taxes, and the announcement that $31,250 had been retained for paying interest on the bonds. The annual interest is $62,500, and, unless a settlement is reached, the county will retain the balance out of the last-half tax pay ments. Under the law providing for the bridge, notification of the interest on the bonds must be made to the State Tax commission by the county court before January 1 each year. Notifi cation was mailed to the commission the last day of December, but the tax levy had been made and the various counties notified of it. It was then too late to make a change to include a levy for the payment of interest on the Oregon Hens Record at Oregon Agricultural College, Cor- vallis Having led in both the pen rec ords and the individual records for the past month in egg-laying at the Pana ma-Pacific Exposition has placed the O. A. C. flocks very close to the lead in both these divisions for the entire time of the contest. The three floes entered by the college represent the White Leghorns, Barred Rocks and a pen of cross-reds, ten in each pen. The Leghorns took first place for the month ending April 15 with a rec ord of 237 eggs, while the Barred Rocks took second place with 225 eggs. The best individual shonuij was made by an O. A. C. cross-bred hen, which laid 10 eggs in the 31 days. The fifth best record was that of the College Barred Rock biddy that pro duced 26 eggs. Daylight Is Let Through Last Tunnel On New Coos Bay Line Eugene "Daylight" was broken last week in tunnel No. 7, the longest bore on the Willamette-Pacific. For 18 months compressed air drills have been bornig into both sides of this 4200-foot tunnel that pierces the di vide between the Umpqua and Coos Bay valleys. For two weeks the sounds of the drills could be heard from both sides and finally a shot opened the tunnel. This was the last tunnel on the line to be pierced. There are eight in all, the first being at Noti, 30 miles west of Eugene, and the last in the lake region north of Coos Bay. The last two tunnels are not completed, how ever, as a small bore preceeds a few feet ahead of the main body of the tunnel. A. O. Peterson, sub-contractor for Hauser & Hauser, arrived in Eugene, telling of the tunnel progress, and of the speed being made in the comple tion of the trestle work along the lakes. C. R. Broughton, bridge en gineer, accompanied him from Acme, where a large force of men has estab lished camps for the erection of the Siuslaw drawbridge. Fishermen Will Build. Bay City The Tillamook Bay Fish company, a co-operative company or the fishermen on this bay, is preparing to drive the piling for its new build ing. A. Ramsay, the company s manager, says it is undecided whether cannery will be built this year or not, but that with the evident low price of canned goods for the year, he believes they will handle the catch fresh. Arrangements have been completed to open wholesale establishments in Boise, Butte and Portland for handling the fresh fish. It is believed that the whole catch can be disposed of in this way, making cannery unnecessary. Farmers Demand Water. Baker More than 1000 acres are so involved in a water dispute north of here that State Water Superintendent Cochran at La Grande has been ap pealed to. Farmers along laterals on the Baldock and Shaw ditches allege that the Sunnyslope irrigation farmers have been taking; so much moisture from Powder River that a shortage is threatened in the Fairview . district. Assistant Water Superintendent Hol land was sent from La Grande to make a survey. Interest bonds. "No levy having been made for that specific purpose, the county clearly has no right to withhold money with which to pay this Interest," declared Assist ant State Treasurer Ryan. "This de partment cannot be held responsible lor the mistake, for it needs every cent for specific appropriations. "If the county insists upon retain ing the money the only thing I see to do is for the state treasurer to demand interest on it. That nrobablv would result in the filing of a suit to deter mine whether the state has to pay, This office will make a demand upon the county treasurer for the money which he is withholding." The law providing for the building of the bridge empowered Multnomah county to raise the money for building it by issuing bonds, the state to pay the interest on the bonds. After certain period the county is to start a sinking fund to liquidate the indebted ness. State Treasurer Kay said that he would notify the members of the Tax Commission of the action of the Mult nomah county treasurer, and it is probable that Attorney General Brown wil be asked to advise the commission regarding what steps it should take to collect the money. Make Fine Panama Fair The Leghorns likewise took second place in the term race to date, with a record of 560 eggs, first place going to the Canada flock of G. D. Adams, with 607 eggs. The fourth place haa been taken by the O. A. C. Barred Rocks and the fifth place by the crosses, the number of eggs laid by each pen being 527 and 524 respectively. Second, third and fourth places are now held in the individual term record by an U A. C. cross with 83 eggs, another O. A. C. cross with 82 eggs, and an O. A. C. Leghorn with 81 eggs. The official report from which these figures were taken says that no other exhibit on the ground attracts more attention from the thousands of daily visitors than this egg-laying contest with its fine nocks from different parts of the world. Four Masked Men Kill Sheep On Eastern Oregon Range Prineville Appearance of four masked men on the ranch of Isadore B. Meyers, of Tost, on Crooked river, near Pauline Butte, in Crook county, and an attack by these men on Mr, Meyers' sheep gives rise to a belief that the old range war between sheep men and cattlemen has flamed forth with its old time vigor. Mr. Meyers reported to the sheriff's office that the men had entered his range, burned his sheep camp, stolen the guns and am munition and then shot and killed at least 30 head of sheep and wounded many others. M. Montgomery, a sheepherder for Mr. Meyers, said he was ordered to stand aside while the men fired about 100 shots into the flock. Some of the bullets passed dangerously close to the herder. Wounded sheep were killed by the employes of the sheep camp. Belief that the attack is the outcome of bitterness between sheepmen and cattlemen is fostered by an incendiary attack on the sheep ranch of J. N, Williamson, ex-representative to con gress. At that time Mr. Williamson lost 80 tons of hay. The majority of the ranchers in the Pauline Butte district are cattlemen. Recess Lengthened and Farmers' Week Will Be First in January Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis Of great interest to farmers and homeseekers as well as to regular college students is the announcement that the next term of Farmers' and Conference Week will be held at the college during the first week of Janu ary. Since the instructors' time as well as housing accommodations are needed by the thousands of people tak ing the work of the week, it is impos sible to conduct the exercises of the week while the regular degree work is in progress. Hence the Christmas re cess has been lengthened to January 10, permitting the regular students to pass their vacation at home. Another important change in the cal endar is the arrangement whereby commencement will be held prior to final examinations of the second semes ter for the three lower classes. This change will give the undergraduates an opportunity to attend commence ment exercises and at the same time to leave for home as soon as their last examination has been given.' It has also been announceed that vocational students will have commencement recognition and will be given diplomas upon completing their course. NORTHWEST MARKET REPORTS, Portland Wheat Bluestem, $1.82 forty-fold, $1.27; club, $1.26; red Rus sian, $1.19." Oats No. 1 white feed, $33.25. Barley No. 1 feed, $24; bran, $24 shorts, $24.50. Millfeed Spot prices: Bran, $26 ton; shorts, $28; rolled barley, $30 &31. Corn Whole, $35 ton; cracked, $36, Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $14 15; valley timothy, $1212.50; grain hay, $10(12; alfalfa, $12.5013.50, Vegetables Cucumbers, hothouse. lift, 1.50 dozen; artichokes, 75c; toma toes, $5 crate; cabbage, 2im,3Jc pound celery, $4.60 crate; cauliflower, 76c(5) $1.25 dozen; head lettuce, $2.25 crate spinach, 5c pound; rhubarb, l2c asparagus, 75c $1.10 dozen; egg plant, 25c pound; peas, 78c; beans, 12J(fj,15c. ; carrots, $1.50 sack; beets, $1.60; parsnips, $1.25; turnips, $1 1.50. Green Fruits Strawberries, $2 crate; apples, $11.75 box; cranber ries, $1112 barrel; gooseberries, 8 11c pound. Potatoes Old, $1.75 2.25 sack: new, 68c pound. Onions Oregon selling price, 75c sack, country points; California, job bing price, . yeilow, $1.752; white, $2.25 crate. Eggs Fresh Oregon ranch, case count, 1818c dozen. Poultry Hens, 15c; broilers, 25 27c; fryers, 1820c; turkeys, dress ed, 2224c; live, 1820c; ducks, 12 13c; geese, 89c- Butter Creamery, prints, extras, 25c pound in case lots; Jc more in less than case lots; cubes, 2122c. Veal Fancy, 1 Impound. Pork Block, 1010Jc pound. Hops 1914 crop, nominal: con tracts, 11c pound. Wool Eastern Oregon, medium, 25 26c; Eastern Oregon, fine, 1618c; valley, 2830c; mohair, new clip, 32 33c. Cascara bark Old and new, 44jc pound. Cattle Best steers, $7.50 7.75; choice, $77.25; medium, $6.757; choice cows, $6.256.75; medium, $5 5.75; heifers, $56.25; bulls, $4 5.75: stags, $56.50. Hogs Light, $78.05; heavy, $6 7.05. Sheep Wethers, $6.757; sheared ewes, $5.50 5.75; sheared lambs, $7.758; full wools $1 higher. Tacoma Apples' Winesaps and Yellow Newtown Pippins, $1.651.75, Comb Honey Yakima, $3.50 crate; strained honoy, $5.50; Idaho, $3.50; Nevada, $3.50. Strawberries $1.35 to $2.25 crate, according to size. Vegetables Cabbage, Wmmngstadt, $3.25 cwt.; carrots, $1.501.65 sack; beets, home grown, $11.25; turnips, $1.25; potatoes, Yakima, $3435 ton; Idaho, $3; sweets, $4 cwt.; new po tatoes, 6Jc pound; tomatoes, $4.50 5.50 case; onions, green, 20c dozen; Walla Walla, $1.75 box; Oregon Yel low Danvers, $1.50; Yakima, $1.50; California, $1.50; garlic, 30e pound; radishes, local, 20c dozen bunches; California, 25c; parsley, 30c; lettuce, head, $2.25 crate; spinach, local, 5c pound; Walla Walla, 75c box; cucum bers, local hothouse, 50c$1.25 dozen; celery, $4 4.50 crate; rutabagas, $1.85 sack; artichokes, 75c dozen; rhubarb, local, 3c pound; asparagus, Washington, $1.151.65 box; green peas, 8ic pound; green and wax beans, 1314c pound. Fresh Meats Steers, 1212Je pound; cows, 12c; heifers, 1212Jc; wethers, 14ic; dressed hogs, lljc; trimmed sides, 15ic; corfibinations, 15c; Diamond T. C, 16Jc; ewes, 13c Poultry Ducks, live, 1012c; hens, dressed, 1618c; live, 16c; springs, dressed, 22c; live, 1415c; squabs, live, $2.50 dozen; dressed, $6; tur keys, live, 18c; dressed, 28 30c; geese, 20c. Butter Washington creamery, Z4 25c; Oregon, 24c. Eggs Fresh ranch, 1720c. Quick Digging Is Urged. Spokane, Wash. Immediate action in digging many miles of trenches ex tending through the center of Wilson Creek valley will be the only means of saving the south half of the valley from the devastation from the Coulee cricket, declared Cecil W. Creel, cereal and forest insect expert, connected with the United States department of Agriculture, who arrived here from the cricket-infested district. Trenches three miles long have been plowed on the 6000-acre farm of W. C. Mading and a patrol of six men is being main tained in the destruction of millions of the wingless insects. Douglas Sends First Berries. Rosebure, Or. C. E. Henry, a well- konwn rancher of Dillard, has the dis tinction of shipping the first crate of strawberries from Douglas county to the Portland markets. The berries left here Saturday. They were large, of excellent color and were well fla vored. They met ready sale at fancy prices in the Portland markets. SUBMARINE SINKS AMERICAN TANKER Washington Stirred by German Attack Off Sally Islands. CAPTAIN AND TWO SAILORS ARC DEAD Seriousness Is Admitted, and Note to Berlin Speaking of "Strict Ac countability" Recalled Dam ages May. Be Demanded. London The American oil tank steamship Gulflight was sunk by a German submarine Saturday at noon off the Scilly Islands, according to a dispatch to the Central News agency. The Gulflight sailed from Port Arthur. Tex., April 10, for Rouen, France. The captain died from heart failure as a result of shock, and two seamen jumped overboard and were drowned. The other members of the crew were taken off by a patrol boat and landed. The vessel was towed into Crow sound and beached. Washington, D. C Press reports of the torpedoing of the American steamer Gulflight and the loss of her captain and some members of the crew created a stir in official circles here, where the seriousness of the occurrence waa'everywhere admitted. in the absence ox President Wilson, officials made no comment as to the probable action of the United States government, beyond saying that a thorough inquiry as to the manner of the torpedoing and the responsibility for it would first be required before a decision could be reached as to the kind of representations to be made. If first reports are borne out, the at tack on the Gulflight constitutes the first case of an American ship struck by a torpedo, with the consequent loss of lives Two American vessels nave been sunk by mines, the responsibility for which never has been fixed, and one American, Leon C. Thresher, was drowned when the British ship Falaba was torpedoed. It was generally recalled that in the note sent by the United States to Ger many in answer to Germany's procla mation of a war zone around the Bri tish Isles and Ireland, the Washington government asserted that it would hold the German government "to a strict accountability" for the loss of any American lives or vessels, the phrase ology being so drawn as to cover at tacks on belligerent vessels on which Americans were traveling. America's Right to Ship Anns Con ceded, butjood Should Be Free Philadelphia Dr. Bernhard Dern- burg, former colonial secretary of Ger many, protested at Sunday's session of the annual meeting of the American Academy of Political and Social Sci ence, against a declaration at a recent meeting of the academy that Germany had declared aganist the right of the United States to sell and distribute arms to belligerent countries. Dr. Dernburg came here as a listener - to the discussions on the effect of the European war on America's interests and at the close of the session made a brief speech in which he said the declaration was "absolutely false." The address in which the statement is said to have been made was delivered by Charles Noble Gregory, of Wash ington, D. C, who spoke on "The Sale of Munitions of War by Neutrals to Belligerents. Dr. Dernburg explained that Ger many had only complained of the in equality of the treatment that his country is receiving in that foodstuffs; are shut out of Germany, whereas' there is a free transit of arms to Great Britain. Flirt Recruits Tommies. London Flirting can be made an effective recruiting expedient. At a recent recruiting rally a girl held up her hand and announced that she had sent five young men to the front. At the end of the meeting she indicated the young man at her side and de clared, "Here's the sixth I" This caused the speaker to say, "Flirting of that kind is the right sort." He ad vised the young girls of the audience ' to use their wiles in behalf of country. : Hail As Big As Baseballs Falls. St. Louis Hail stones as large as baseballs were hurled upon scattered sections of Missouri Sunday. The damage to crops and livestock will run into thousands of dollars. At Stur geon, Mo., a boy was killed by light ning. In St. Louis the streets were flooded in places by several feet of water.