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TUB COUKIKR la ilavotad to tha bant Intonata af 81'RAY and WHEULKR COUNTY". Tha Ulwral patron waof tbaoltlaana of Uila mc aVun la mapaotfully aolloiud. PablMiad army Thm-aday by RUSSELL D. PRICK. BubaerlpUoa Rataa Par Year 11.00 HI Montha M Thraaatoatha.... M VOL. XIV. SPItAr. WHEELER COUNTY, OllEQON; THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1910. NO. 22. WORLD'S DOINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume of General News From All Around the Earth. UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTStiELl Live News Items of All Nations and Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. Russslan army In Turkey retlrei 80 ' mllci in Bagdad region to await cooler weather. Germane fall in counter attack against the French, who hold ground they won along the river Somme. Vienna admlta defeat of the Aus trian, when they were driven back nearly Ave milea from their positions, The new Swisa war loan of 100,000, 000 franca at 4 per cent, iuued at 97, haa been oversubscribed by (1,000,000 franca. Admiral Jellicoe, of the British navy, reporting on the North Sea naval battle, eat 1 mates the uermana lost 21 ships. . Since the beginning of the European war the Swiss national debt has risen from an average of 8 franca per cap ita to 150 francs. Theodore Toblason, owner of a mil linery store in Spokane, was shot and killed in his store by Alphonae Pan- slera, Pansiera, according to the po lice, said Toblason owed him $5000, It la understood that the report that Sir Edward Grey, the English foreign secretary, la to be raiaed to the peer age, is correct, and that In fact he al ready haa accepted such an offer. A baronetcy of the United Kingdom probably will be conferred upon him. The War department has announced that it will call to the colors within few days the regular army reserve. consisting of between 4000 and 5000 men who have served in the army, in 1 order to hasten organization of new unite provided by the army reorganiza tion act. A new project for saving life at the time of naval engagements is reported from Copenhagen. It la said several prominent Danes Intend to organise a fleet of several hundred motor boats along the, west coast of Jutland. These , boats, flying the Red Cross flag, will be sent out to pick up the wounded after each sea battle. ' Petitions carrying 75,000 names in support of initiative No. 24, which au thorizes the operation of breweries and aale of beer direct to consumers, were died with the secretary of state of Washington. It is estimated that 50,- 000 of the petitionera will be found qualified to sign, while the law needs only 82,000 signatures to place on the ballot. Loss of at least 17 lives and prop erty damage which may total several millions of dollars resulted from the tropical storm which swept the east Gulf Coast and turned inland Saturday. , All the deaths reported occurred near ' Boloit, Ala., where 17 negroes lost their Uvea. Several resorts along the coast in the vicinity of Mobile had not been heard from. There was no loss of life in either Mobile or Pensacola, the largest cities in the storm's path, according to messengers from, those places, which still were cut off from the direct wire communication. A bill to establish a National park service, with a compensation system of supervision, and a bill to accept vfm fha af a f a tf flPAcrnn AVfHiiaiva A.V.I. W V U V W w w'-WQW.. wnw.MW.tw jurisdiction" over the Crater Lake Na tional park, were among measures passed by the house of representatives. The customs bureau of the Treasury department begins an examination to learn the total amount of arms and am munition that haa been exported to Mexico within the last year. The work was undertaken at the request of the War department. Orders were sent to all customs inspectors to tabu late the information and send it to Washington aa soon aa possible. Three deaths from heat were report ed to the police in St. Louis Tuesday. The victims were elderly men. The highest temperature was 94 degrees. No soldier along the border is to be without a Bible, jf efforts now being made to provide each fighting man with a pocket-size khaki-bound volume at a cost of 6 cents are successful. The army chaplaina who have been in terested in the movement are lending their assistance to it The Bibles are provided at cost. OREGON TO fOREML POSSIBLE INfANIILEPARALYSIS EPIDEMI Portland The entire state of Ore gon will be protected by strict pre ventative measures against the possl ble Introduction of infantile paralysi Infection, through orders Issued Sun day by the State Board of Health, end forwarded by State Health Officer David N. Robcrg to all local health officers, and county judges, throughout the state. To further Insure the observance of theso precautions against the plague that Is terrorizing New York, Gover nor Withycombe has been requested by the State Board of Health to Issue proclamation to the county judges of Oregon, Instructing them to establish the quarantine at every railroad sta tlon within their jurisdiction. The plan Is simple, though necessar ily involving a great deal of close ob servation and employment of a regi ment of medical inspectors and assist ants. Incoming passengers, under 15 years of age, from all Eastern points, will be met at each station by authorized inspectors. Their temperatures will be taken. If the temperature be above normal, or if any other indication of the dread malady is observed, the child will be placed under atrict quarantine, Epidemic Is Subsiding. New York Nineteen more deaths from infantile paralysis In New York City for the 24 hours ended at 10 o'clock Sunday morning were reported by the department of health, making the total fatalities 224 since the epi demic started. There was a drop in the number of new cases, 88 being re ported Sunday against 95 Saturday. The total number of cases now has reached 980. The mortality rate 1 still about 23 per cent. Brooklyn con tinued to lead with new cases. life of President of Argentine Republic Sought by Anarchist Buenos Aires An attempt to assas sinate President de la Plaza was made Sunday by a self-styled anarchist - The President was standing on a balcony of a government building reviewing some troops when a man in the crowd of spectators suddenly drew a revolver and fired at him. The shot went wild and the would-be assassin was ar rested The .great crowd of spectators surged forward. In an effort to take the assassin from his guards and lynch him, but this was prevented by the soldiers. The man gave hia name as Jean Mandrinl. He said he was born in Argentina and was 24 years old. United States lias 21,000,000 Men Eligible to Military Service Washington, D. C The census bu reau, while unable to answer specifical ly the question how many able-bodied citizens of military age there are in the United States, estimates that the total number of male citizens and and those who have declared their intention' to become citizens, who are 18 to 45 years old inclusive, is not far from 21, 000,000. This estimate is based on the as sumption that there has been an in crease of aproximately 10 per cent in the population of the country since the census of 1910. When that census was taken the total number of male citizens and prospective citizens 18 years old and over but under 46 was 19.183,000. Of this number, 14,857, 000 were foreign-born whites who had become naturalized or had. declared their intention of doing so, 2,052,000 were negroes and 60,000 were Indians. Socialists Insist Eood Supply is Short The Hague During a debate on the food situation at the Thursday evening session of the Berlin city council, the Socialists complained of the inequality and inadequacy of the distribution of food under the mass-feeding scheme. Councillor Mommsen declared that no resident of Berlin was yet starving. This elicited a sharp contradiction. Municipal Physician Weber main tained there was no question of under feeding, yet whereupon cries of strong dissent arose from the Socialists. The Socialist councillor, Hoffman, said that he himself had been a patient at the Rudolph Virchow hospital for months, and knew how Beriously the dietary had been reduced. British Statesmen Shifted. London Following the appointment last week of David Lloyd-George as secretary for war, official announce ment was made of several other chang es in the government Edwin Samuel Montaru, financial secretary to - the treasury, takes Lloyd-George's place as minister of munitions, Thomas Mc- Kinnon Wood, secretary of state for Scotland, becomes chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and financial sec retary to the treasury. , IN AMERICAN PORT U-lincr Crosses Atlantic With Cargo t Valuable Dyestuffs. KAISER WRITES TO PRESIDES Vessel Successfully Breaks Blockade of British Warships Will Take Home Needed Supplies. Baltimore The world's first subma rine merchant vessel, the German un derwater liner Deutschland, anchored below Baltimore Sunday night after voyaging safely across the Atlantic, passing the allied blockading squad rons and eluding enemy cruisers watching for her off the American coast She carried a message from Emperor William to President Wilson, a quan tity of mail estimated at 150 tons and a cargo of . 750 tons of costly chemicals and dyestuffs. and is to carry ba:k home a aimilar amount of nickel and crude rubber sorely needed by the Ger man army. Sixteen days out from Bremerhaven to Baltimore, the submarine reached safety between the Virginia capes at 1 :45 o clock Sunday morning, by. a heavy pall of darkness which settlad over the entrance of the bay, with the setting of a tell-tale half moon. Once inside, the visitor threw cau tion aside and began shrieking his si ren signalling a pilot and at the same time attracting the attention of the tug Thomas F. Timmona, which bad been waiting in . the., lower bay for nearly two weeka to greet the Deutsch- land and convoy her into port Little was known here about what happened during the epoch-making cruise across the ocean, which in small measure at least breaks the blockade on German trade with the rest of the world. None of the sub marine's crew had landed and the agents of her owners had received only meager reports. Such information aa was available came directly from the pilot and from Captain Hans F, Hinsch, of the North German Lloyd Liner Neckar, laid up here since the beginning of the war. F. Gillies, Washington State fund looter, Escapes From lail Olympia, Wash. J. F Gillies, twice convicted of embezzling $20,000 from state industrial insurance funds while employed as claim agent for the state, Sunday night pried off two flimsy locks with a bolt as a jimmy and escaped from the Thurston county jail. With him went Henry Roberts, awaiting transfer to the reformatory for a stat utory offense. Prosecutinsr Attorney Yantis ordered the arrest of Mrs. Gillies on a warrant harging her with aiding the escape of the prisoners. Mrs. Gillies was not locked up, but was taken to the home of a policeman and placed in the care of the officer s wife. It is believed the prisoners boarded a train bound for Portland. An automobile is known to have left town about midnight and it is be lieved to have taken the - two men to ward Canada. At a late hour no trace had been reported of either. Shortly after dark Gillies and Rob erts locked an old man held on a minor charge in his cell and pried their way out. Sheriff McCorkle was at Centralis and James Fennell, County game war den, who occasionally slept at the jail, was out of town. By sawing off the riveted end of the bolt by which their cell would have been locked, had that precaution been taken, Gillies and Roberts slipped out the bolt and then sawed the end of it off on the bias to make a chisel point by which they pried their way out Gillies evidently let himself from the window to the ground 15 feet below with a blanket " Alaska Sends In Bullion. Seattle. Wash. Seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars in gold bullion, the largest shipment received from Alaska this year, was brought here Sunday by the steamer Humboldt which arrived from Skagway. The gold, the first of the Spring cleanup in interior Alaska, was shipped from Fairbanka by the first steamer up the Yukon and transported to Skagway over White Pasa from White Horse, the head of river navigation. I :: Problem of the By Sldonle Don't Want AFTER a long day of strenuous play Clarence, all of eight was certainly tired, and his disinclina tion to put away the blocks and toys was comprehensible. But there was no compromise; mother insisted and the task was soon accomplished. He came back to mother and aald, "Now they're all put away, mother. Give me a nickel." "A nickel T" asked the mother, not perceiving the relevancy of the last re mark. "Why ahould I give you a nickel r "For putting away those things; that's work; I don't want to be., slave," came the answer. Tbla suggested a possible misunder standing, and mother asked rather than declared, "You don't know what a slave is, Clarence!" "Oh, yes I do," persisted the boy. "A slave Is like the colored people In the South who used to be made to work without getting paid." That waa near enough to the truth for the Immediate purpose, and Clar ence's mother had to atop fencing. She closed right In. People get paid for doing work for others, she explained. only where they cannot get any other returns for their service. But people do not get paid for doing their duty. The explanation waa entirely satis factory to Clarence, except at one point He did not see how he waa going to get any money If not in pay ment for the things he had to do and he had already discovered that he needed money. When a child reaches the point at which he has the germ of appreciation for money he certainly should have an opportunity to get It if that can possibly be arranged. And "h HH"i"-" 4" 'M 'M' 'I1 'I 'fr 'i' '1' 't I'm Sorry; I Was Wrong There may be virtue in the man Who's always sure he's right Who'll never hear another's plan And seeks no further light; But I like more the chap who sings A somewhat different song, Who says, when he has messed up things: Tnrrsorry; I was wrong." It's hard for anyone to say That failure's due to him That he lost hls-flght or way Because his lights burned dim. It takes a man aside to throw The vanity that's strong, Confessing: , "Twas my fault I , know; I'm sorry; I was wrong." And so, I figure, those who use This honest, manly phrase, Hate It too much their way to lose On many future days. They'll keep the path and make the fight Because they do not lon6 To have to say, when they're not right: I'm sorry; I was wrong." Richmond Times-Dispatch. Eating on the Fly. One of the great ammunition com panies of New England has been forced by the demands of war to extend Ita plant until it is over a mile" In length. This distance Is too long to be trav ersed by the workers who have only a half hour for lunch. To meet this de mand lunch counters on wheels have been provided, which travel along the passage, enabling the men to eat as they leave to get a little outdoor air during their noon period. The food la kept hot by electric currents and In cludes soup, meat potatoes and other vegetables. In addition to these mov able lunchrooms counters are set down at different points, at which fruit pie. cake and other unheated foods are sold. The prices are always low and the food quality the best Some Things That Are New. Experts have listed more than 10.- 000 varieties of orchids. A water-cooled motorcycle haa been Invented by an Englishman. Among the Jewelry noveitiea la a combination penknife and lead pencil Child's Allowance Maimer Qruenberg. to 8e a Slave." If the family has the means there are two waya open, both of which may be used at some time. A child may be given a small regu lar allowance for his own use. Through this he may learn the Joy of immedi ate Indulgence of trifling whims; or he may learn to expend his resources with discrimination; or he may learn the advantages of deferring expendi ture for more favorable purchasing. For the reason that the allowance Is a part of the routine Income of the child, by virtue of his membership in the home community, it should never be used aa an Instrument of "discipline."- As to ita amount It should be Increased only in recognition of larger needs, and it should be dimin ished only when retrenchment is necessary for the family as a whole or when changing conditions Indicate reduced needs for the child. In addition to allowance children should have opportunities to earn ex tra amounts of money. It is the money earned that gives them the necessary inner experience without which one is never able to translate money value Into tarms of effort and exertion and sacrifice. Money that comes without effort may teach the child to spend wisely, or to save; but it can never teach him the human cost of the things that he uaes from day to day. It la perhaps at this point more than any where else that the children of the well-to-do fall to become acquainted with the life problems of the mass of the people. They come to feel the value of money in terms of what it can buy, but not in terms of what it costs. Only in the effort of labor can the true value of money be conceived. Concealed under the flap of a new cap for men is a pocket for money or valuables. The world's greateat wireless station has been built in Italy, powerful enough to communicate with North and South America when similar sta tions are erected on this side of the Atlantic. To facilitate rapid writing there has been invented a metal device to be clamped to the little finger and with a shelf on which to rest the next fin ger and slide over a surface written upon. To Insure the owner of a private shaving cup kept In a barber shop that he Is its only user there has been in vented a paper cap to cover it, which cannot be removed without breaking a seal. In the last few years Moscow has been increasing In population more rapidly than at any time In a century and. If the present rate be continued, it will have more than 2,000,000 rest dents in 1920. ' The average man does Just as many queer things when he isn't in love as when he is, but they are not quite so conspicuous. VITT, BENEDICT, URGES TIGERS TO FOLLOW SUIT Propaganda of Detroit Player Threat ens Trouble, for Manager Jennings Doesn't tike Bridegrooms. Oscar Vltt threatens to be Jennings' menace. As most fans know, the young man from the coast having . It Oscar Vltt won hlmBelf a regular berth with the Tigers, Immediately took to himself a brlda Thla Is in strict accordance POULTRY NOTES Chicks must not be left exposed to hot sunshine. If there are no trees, some other shade should be provided growing corn or sunflowers, or even a shelter of boards, canvas or straw. Sour milk la splendid feed for little chicks. Neither goslings nor ducklings will do well on dry feed such as Is success fully used for chicks. They must have crumbly, damp mashes while they are young. Sometimes chicks that have been thoroughly soaked by a cold rain and are apparently dead can be reVlved by putting them In a warm place where the temperature is about 100. 8ell the old bens. The best la?rs are the pullets. Roup la Infectious and the weak lings are the ones to first become In fected. A little finely granulated charcoal mixed in the feed of little chicks, ducklings, goslings and poults (young turkeys) will do a great deal to pre vent digestive troubles. One of the best preventives of dis ease In the poultry yard Is permanga nate of potash used in the drinking water. Put what you can pile of It on a ten-cent piece Into a gallon of water. 5 Every Boy Gan Have Whistle Here's How When off to the park or country and loafing along a shady stream, watching a boat drift Idly or a fish line cork rest upon the still surface, it la a fine time to employ an hour or so in making those delights to every boy, bark and plug whistles. The skillful boy learns the method and hia first effort at least toots In a fashion, while others may hardly get a whisper out of their initial attempt Later per fection of method and getting the knack result In a shrill blast that en- uuwiQM a vuv as viu via uuaa. - Cut a straight willow twig about the length and twice the diameter of a lead pencil, one end of which la cut bevel, as here shown. At three or four Inches from the end cut through the bark all around; this will be the length of the whistle. This section should be free of knots or roughness. On your knee, or better, on a flat wooden surface, hammer the bark Sr-anr -i m rlTiir n i JL b3n. -ffettlLMCwl i r 1 -rmr 7 Whistles in the Making. smartly, turning it so aa to strike every portion; use the back of your knife, a stout piece of stick, or a smooth stone. This hammering separates the fiber from the sapwood, and with a little gentle twisting and pulling the bark will slip off the twig. Cut the twig the same length as the bark and at the bevel end flatten one side, as shown. About an Inch back of the end cut a thumbnail-shape hole in the bark to come above the flat side of the twig and insert the twig. Then blow. with the unwritten big league law, marriage being regarded as the nat ural follow-up to the gaining of an es tablished position In the profession. Now, Vltt who rather fancies him self as a hotel lobby orator, is spend ing much of his time preaching the gospel of matrimony to the young and unmarried members of the party. "Boys," he is wont to say. "It's the Ufa Tou don't know ' the comfort you're missing by not having your own home, and you don't appreciate the re sponsibility you're shirking aa a citi zen. Follow my example." Which is all right In a way, only that Mr. Jennings does not care for a mad and concerted rush for mar riage licenses and a lot of weddings all at once. All managers prefer mar- rled players, who are more sedate and steady than the single men. But they dread bridegrooms. And the more In love with their wives the hub bies are, the greater the fear. The bridegroom la wont to spend too much time scanning the grandstand, to see If wifey Is there,, or to make sure that she saw the play he just made or the hit he just got . No man can keep his mind on the game and his eye on the audience. After the novelty of married life wears off, the player gains in value. But aa a bride groom he presents a problem, j