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TODAY'S AGE-HERALD
1-German cruiser sunk.
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1--German cruiser sunk
 Big battle still undecided.
 Approve plan for raising cotton fund.
 Congress adjourns. 2-Blount farmer says war is myth. 3--Heavy sentences in criminal court. 4-With Birmingham traveling men. 5-Week may mean much for future of
 district.
 Prisoner in jail sends black hand''
 notes. ta
 Tutwier business pleases officers. 6-England takes up protest against ship
 seizure. 7-Random thought on phases of law. S-News and gossip of London society. 9--Amusements 10--Dr. Cunningham writes on relation of
 soil to the human race. 11-Eehind the German lines with an As
 sociated Press correspondent. Is-Sports. .16--Still roasting censorship. gossip. 1.-The Book Shelf. H-Heavy Krupp guns not used at Leige. 22-Fraternal news. 26 and 3O--Society. T--By-paths of history. 2S-Ned Brace and editorial comment. 2S-News of churches. g. Common Sense in the Home. 3a33-Markets A-Dolly's Sunday page. S5-l0-Masaxine section. I-ls-Comic supplement-
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CONFER AGAIN ON
 EXCHANGE PROBLEM
No Formal Action at International Conference to Ease Financial
 Situation

Washington, October A.-Treasury of- ficials today conferred again with Sir George Paish and Basil B. Blackett, Great Britains financial representatives, over the foreign exchange problem. Several prominent New York bankers were pres ent at the conference which after a long discussion adjourned until Friday.
 It was announced that no formal action had been taken. More information is needed to guide the conferees.
 II became known tonight the federal reserve board had decided to leave the date of opening of the 12 reserve banks tc Secretary McAdoo. It was pointed out tonight that with the banks open one way to take care of American debts abroad would be presented. Sir George Paish already has signified the probable willingness of English creditors to take American short time commercial paper indorsed by federal reserve banks.
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Germany Win Respect
 The Monroe Doctrine
Bernstof Issues Statement Declaring His Coun try Will Seek No Expansion in South America in Case
 It is Successful in the Present War

Washington, October 24.--Count Von Bernstorff, the German ambassador an- rounced today that Germany would re- spect the Monroe doctrine. whatever tho outcome of the European war A note to that effect has been presented to the state department by the ambassador
 The text of the communication was withheld by department officials but Act ing Secretary Lansing made this an nouncement:
 The German ambassador on September 3, last, in note to the department of state, stated that he was instructed by his government to deny most emphati- cally the rumors to the effect that Ger
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many intends. in case she comes out victorious in the present war, to seek expansion in South America"
 Discussion of the ambassadors note was aroused by published statement of Dr. Dernhurg, former colonial secretary oi Germany, calling attention to the fact that his government had notified the United States of the untruth of reports as. to its infections in South America Dr. Dernburg and German officials here at tributed these rumors to Germanys $ en- cmies in the present war believing they were designed to influence public opinion in the United States against Germany.
 At the German embassy surprise was expressed that Dr. Dernburgs remarks had aroused particular interest It was asserted they disclosed no alteration oi policy by Germans.
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HOSTILE INCIDENTS BETWEEN CHINESE
 AND LAPS CONTINUE
China Protests Against Presence of Troops on Neutral Soil, But
 Refrains From Overt

Peking, October A.-Hostile incidents between the Chinese and Japanese con tinue China is protesting against the presence of Japanese forces in China. but restrains its soldiers from overt acts.
 The latest protest concerns the Japanese seizure of the German torpedo boat de- stroyer s-so which sank the Japanese cruiser Takachiho and then was run up on the Chinese coast south of Tsingtau. The Chinese authorities took possession of her, but the Japanese drove the Chinese away.
 Herr Won Maltzan, German minister in Peking. has protested to the foreign of- flee against the interning of the S-9o by China. contending that the Chinese gov ernment has permitted Japanese soldiers to land upon her territory without taking them under arrest.
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CARAVAN MURDER CASE IS NOW IN
 HANDS OF JURY
Fate of Woman Accused of Murdering Mrs. Bailey May Be Known at
 Any Moment
Mineola, N. r., October 25:-The Carman jury was still out at 2:3o o'clock and the prospect of verdict during the night seemed small.

Minneola, N. Y.. October A.-rhs jury in the case of Mrs. Florence Conk- tim carman, after Iisteninx all the aft crnoon and evening to the sumnin9 m of the defense and the prosecution and the charge of Justice Charles H. keI- by. retired, at S,45 o'clock tonight ta bcgin It's deliberations.
 The defense of the woman charged witf the murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey rested it's case early in the morning sessior and several witnesses in rebuttal were called.
 Then for more than three hours and { half John J. Graham. Mrs. Carman'' chief counsel dissected the states case He severely criticised the district at torney's methods of conducting the case particularly referring to the manner II which the prosecutor had guarded tn, witness, Celia Coleman. He asserted tha the slayer of Mrs. Bailey undoubtedl, was a man He secuted the testimon! of Celia Coleman and Frank Farrell.
 q "An Inside Job
 In summing up his case, District At torney Smith painted Mrs, carman as { calculat ting, scheming woman, who de liberately murdered under the spur o jealousy. He laid emphasis on the testi mony of the negress Celia Coleman an' Farrell He said he knew the mufde was 'an inside job" and that the sefv snt if anyone, would be the person t' tell about it. Had he allowed the sir to stay in the house, he said. she woul' have remained under the influence. 0 the CarInan family. He excused her al legged falsehoods at the start by her owl words-that she was sorry for Mrs. Gar man'' The family of the murdered woman wer in court all day. Before the justice began his cl1ars Graham took exception to several of tn Y lCentanuea sn Pags Ten)
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VIENNA REPORTS
 AUSTRIAN VICTORY
Strong Servian and Montenegrir Forces Defeated by Austrians
 in East Bosnia

Amsterdam. october 4-(Via London. 3:45 p. m.)-A dispatch from Vienna brings the following official announcement by the Austrian government under date of October 23.
 Strong Servian and Montenegrin forces which, had penetrated the southeastern frontier districts in East Bosnia that were without offensive works. were defeated or October p after a severe battle last ing three days in the region of Nekrel, and forced to retrat hastily. Details will follow later, as the results of the pursni, are not yet known"
 The report of the battle was sent in by Ordinance Master Petriorok,
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Tentative Agreement Is Reached Between Bankers and Federal Reserve Board for Caring for Cotton

washinston, October .4.--After weeks of association between bankers
 and federal reserve hoard members . tentative agreement was reached to- night when the board virtually ap- proved. by which . fund of s1s5. .00O, ,0Op cotton crop and extend nid to cotton producers. The plan Ia slightly differ ent from that originally proposed. hut loans will be made on cotton at cents q pound. bearing interest of not more
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tween Sluis and Brueges.
 Great troop movements have taken place from Brueges and yesterday an army corps arrived from Antwerp Brueges and Ghent, on It's way to Thour- out and Westende. Long trains conveying wounded have arrived at Brueges Med with the work.
 Fighting has been of sanguinary char acter. One German soldier relates that at one point between Ostend and Nieu- port 160o of his comrades were buried in a single field"
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BOMB IS SENT TO
 AUSTRIAN EDITOR

New York. October 24.-Threats of death against stephen Brozovic, editor of New York's Croatian newspaper Narodnilist, for pro-Austrian activity were followed today by delivery at his office of an express package from Velva, N. D., containing a bomb.
 Suspicious Brozovic turned the pack age over to the bureau of combusti- bles without opening 1t.
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BRITISH FLEET IS OFF
 THE DARDANELES

London, October. A.--u0:40 ?. m.)-A Mareonl dispatch from Berlin says: q 'Ax British fleet, is lying of the Dar- danelles. The thunder of its guns has been heard at Maditor (probably Maidoe).
 "The F'rankfeuter zeting says two Jap anese men of war and the British man of tau forts, but without result. The upper deck of the Triumph was pierced October 24 by . shot from Q heavy Howitzer. The German gunboat 5aguar was damaged slightly.
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"The Yser canal is being obstinately de- tended by the Belgians, the dispatch gays. "The bombardment was kept up all night, but early today (saturday) both sides rested for a while. At noon heavy firing was resumed, but the battle has not yet been decided.
 'srhe Germans are guarding the light house ct Knocke, as a measure of pre- caution against a possible landing by the British. German marines have organ s.ed tie village of Heyst and villages be-
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STEAMER REPORTED WRECKED IS SAFE

London. October N-uO:65 D. m.)--A Reuter- dispatch from Batavaria Java .says the steamer Tjimahi. which has on board the contribution of the Dutch East Indies for the Panama-Pacific exposition, and which 1t vas feared had been wreck ed. is safe. The Tjin1al'i vas nine days Fovef1no ..,.
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Plan Contemplates LOaning
 of Money on Cotton at 6
 Cents a Pound and at h. terest Not Over 6 Per Cent

sl35,ooOeo. This plan has been evolved Wade. Full details cannot be given out until 1t is submitted to bankers in lead- ing financial centers to ascertain whether or not they will support it. It has been approved tentatively by the federal re- serve board and bankers in the leading financial cities will be asked immediately to subscribe the necessary amount. New York city bankers have agreed to sub scribe s50.0c0. 900 upon condition that all additional S50.0O0000 shall be subscribed by cities in noncotton producing states.
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PLAN FOR RAISING $135,OOO,O0O
 FOR COTTON LOAN APPROVED
than q per cent for one year with privilege of six months' extension.

than q per cent for one year with . privilege of six months' extension.
 The reserve board will have direct su- pervision of the fund, but probably will operate through committee of bankers and business men.
 All details of the plan were not made public tonight. New York bankers have agreed to subscribe ssooeo, ,ooo to the fund and southern banks are counted on for ss5, ,Ooo.00o more. The remaining QUO Is to be raised in noncotton producing states
 McAdo0 Outlines Plan
 Secretary McAdoo outlined the plan to- night in the following statement: | The federal reserve board today con tinued consideration of plans for relief of the cotton situation, giving special atten- ton to plan suggested by Albert H. wiggin. ]. s. Alexander, A. J. Hemphill and William Woodward of New York and | Festus J. Wade of St. Louis for the rais- | ing of a cotton loan fund aggregating
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AUSTRIAN MOVE
 MEETS DEFEAT

London October 24.-G:n p. m.)-A mes sage received in Rome from Scutari says the Montenegrins have deefated the Aus trian attempt to turn their right along the Drina, according to an Exchange Tel egraph dispatch. The battle lasted two days and the Montenegrins claim they
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GERMANY DENIES
 KAISER'S STATEMENT

London, October A-T:f p. m)-rhc Amsterdam correspondent of Reuters forwards an official telegram from Ber- lin denouncing as entirely fictitious the statements which it asserts has been re- peated constantly in the English press that Emperor William at Aix-La- -Chapelle on August 19 issued an order in which he chara cterized the British expeditionary
 force as ''the contemptible British army.'
 The telegram declares the Emperor has
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CRUISER BADGER RAMS AND
 SINKS SUBMARINE
German Battler Sent to Bottom Off Dutch Coast. Violent Attacks By Kaiser's Troops Repulsed By Allies, Says Official French Report Gen. eral Aspect of Battle Line Unchanged

London October 24.( p. m)-A German submarine has been rammed and sunk by the British destroyer Badger Commander Charles Freemante off the Dutch The Badgers bow somewhat damaged
 This official announcement was made tonight. 12:45ya beipa Toy extending from veT . /
 Honolulu, October 24 Aeoius batteshp a and sunk. October 24 pS)The following was issued by the French office tonight
  of the everywhere been repused
 West of the Agonne carried village MeIzcou which leading nothing to or o the GERMANY DENIES the be- KAISERS ginning of the
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Fierce Fighting Near
 Ostend Now Reported
Yser Canal Obsnaey Defended by Bugarans Says Dispatch From Holland Germans Guard Lighthouse as Precau- tion Against Landing by British-Creat Troop
 Movements On Foot

London, Snone 4olt.nd
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Both Claim Successes

Today both sides claim success in 8 battle in which there were so many vic. tins that the Germans asked for truce
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not been at x-La-Chapelle since the be ginning of the war and never issued sucr an order as was reported.
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rman schooner Aeous, captured by the n louu harbor early today, was lowed out to sht, riddled with shells and sunk.
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Honolulu, October 24.A Japanese battleship Hizen os, a point 10 miles eff this a
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Going Home

"l am going homo this afternoons
 (Great applause.) The people of the Fourth district know l am their frienu Their tried, true and sincere friend ---and I am not afraid to face them. No member of this body, nor any other man, can go into my district and con
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-09-10
GENERAL APPEARANCES OF
TYPICAL DAIRY COW.

LII Err ANGULAR form is the first
tt impression one gets when looking
at high producing dairy cow,
says Professor W. A. Barr, Federal
and Agricultural College filed dairy
specialist. This effect is due to the
great capacity of the organs of pro-
duction and reproduction. The general
effect is described as wedge shaped. +"
The dairy cow shows three wedges
one from the front, another from
the top and the third from the side.
The first is formed by the sharp with
ers at the top and the broad floor
of the chest at the bottom. The see
ond is formed by the sharp withers at
the top and the great width across
the hip bones The third as seen from
the side is indicated by the great depth
of the rear part of the barrel and the
udder, which tapers through the neck
Four points are allowed on score card:
for this wedge shaped form.
Quality is indicated by fine hair, by
soft, loose and mellow skin of medium
thickness, and by clean bone, lacking
coarseness.
Dairy temperament is indicated by
the lean, neat appearance of the Gov
in milk, by a large, full mild eye, an'
by the general impression given tina
milk rather than body fat is pro
duced from the feed consumed. Whel
not in milk the dairy COW may be al
lowed to carry considerable fat.
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STORED PRODUCTS PESTS.

n ORN MEAL, dried fruit and other
. stored products in the home are
sometimes found to be infected
with small worms or minute beetles.
These pests may be destroyed, the con
tainers made free from the life stages
that develop new crops Of the pests,
and in some cases the products rem
dered usable by following these direc-
tions given by Professor A. L. Lovett,
assistant entomologist at the Oregon
Agricultural College. Heat the in
tested material in an over. A tempera-
ture of 1875 to $50 degrees will kill
all stages of the stored product pests
Materials such as dried fruits may
then be washed clean and cooked at
once for table use. The containers
should be washed out thoroughly with
boiling soapsuds, then carefully rinsed
and dried.
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ONE-YEAR COURSES.

~ OLLEGE courses Of one year each
~ may now be had at the Oregon
~ Agricultural College in agrcul-
ture, home-making and dairying. While
shortened and simplified to meet only
the practical needs of scientific indus
try in these three lines, these courses
are as comprehensive as they can We
made and are entirely complete. Fur
thermore, they allow considerable
choice in electing special courses for
major work. The scientific features
are the ones most curtailed, and a
corresponding increase in the training
is featured, students spending from
one third to onehalf their time in
actual work. These courses re ideal
for giving young men and women from
the grammar schools an insight into
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WHEN CORN FOR SILAGE SHOULD
BE HARVESTED.

- ORN for silage is preferably cut
~ when the kernels have passed the
milk stage and are glazed and
dented, according to the 0, A. C. dairy
specialists. When corn has reached
this stage the lower leaves are begin
ming to turn brown. Corn at this stage
makes silage that is more nutritious
as well as sweeter and more palatable
Aside from being more sour, silage
from immature corn lacks great part
of the nutrition of more mature corn
1t was found by the New York Ex
pertinent Station that corn in the silk
stage contained 80 per cent more dry
matter than it contained in the early
tassel stage, 80 per cent more in the
milk than in the silked stage, and 55
per cent more in the glazed stage
than in the milk stage. 1t is thus
seen that silage from corn in the
glazed stage is two and three-fourth
times as nutritious as corn in the first
tasseled stage.
When corn is frosted before it has
reached the proper stage it should be
cut and put into the silo at once. If
allowed to stand in the field after
frosting until it dries out, water
should be added to replace the amount
lost by evaporation. Cut corn in the
silo should feel moist to the touch
Very dry corn put into the silo with
out water being added is likely to
mold, or fire-fang.
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WILL JUDGE APPLE FAIR.

n ROFESSOR G. I. LEWIS, head of
II the O. A. G. Horticultural De-
partment, has been asked to judge
the fruit exhibit at the California An
nual Apple Fair, to be held in San
Francisco, October to 6. Professor
Lewis recently served as lecturer in
the summer sessions of the School of
Agriculture, State University, at Davis,
where he met the leaders of the Cali
fornia fruit interests, and now an
nounces that he will accept the invi-
tation to return to that state to act
as judge of their splendid fruit show.
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RECOMMENDED IN TURKEY.

lagHILE travelling in Turkey a few
WV months ago woman of Asbfield,
Massachusetts,, was informed by
some fellow countrymen whom she met
that the Oregon Agricultural College
is doubtless the best school in which
to educate her son. Upon reaching
home she began an investigation that
has convinced her of the truth Of the
information, and has since written
the College registrar that she will
bring her son to Corvallis for his col
lege course. Turkey is almost half
way around the world from Oregon,
while Massachusetts, is almost the
length of the continent distant. Both
places send students to the Oregon
College.
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BROTHERS GET APPOINTMENTS.

n M. and D. c. Howard, brothers,
r. graduating with the class of
1914, have been appointed to
positions as instructors in the Ore
gon Agricultural College. The former
has been assigned to the faculty of
the School of Commerce as an instruc-
tor in economics, and the latter to the
School of Agriculture as an instruc-
tor in dairying. Both of these new
faculty men were honor students and
are said by their respective deans to
have been among the very best stu
dents graduated from the schools. They
were active in student affairs and
always ready to lend their support
to every movement that promised to
enhance the interests of the College
and its student body. Likewise they
are the last of group of six broth
ers that have graduated from this in
stitution, all of whom made an early
success of their lifo career work.
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NEW FRUIT VARIETIES ORIGI-
MATED IN OREGON.

nEO EORE FRUIT men Of Oregon should
yTt become interested in originating
new varieties, but much has al
ready been accomplished, according to
Professor C. I. Lewis, head of the
Horticultural department of the Agri-
cultural College. They would find the
practice a pleasant relaxation frorS
the routine work, and possibly finan-
cially profitable as well, An improved
variety of currant is said to have
brought the originator 100000.
Among the fruit varieties originated
in Oregon are cherry of the Royal
Ann type, cherry of the Lambert
type, prune of the Italian type,
and a peach from the seed of the
Early Crawford. The first Of these
natures two or three weeks later than
the Royal Ann and thus becomes a
good canning and shipping fruit, since
it will usually escape rain cracking
The other cherry is rather larger than
the Lambert and is more acid. The
prune natures earlier than the Italiar
prune, and is larger and sweeter thar
its progenitor. 1t is said to dry bet
ter, and if this is true in connection
with the other qualities it should prov
to be worth a million dollars to tn
State of Oregon. The Portland peacl
seems to be superior to the Earl.
Crawford, and better shipper.
cd Other varieties badly needed in Ore
gon are high quality red apple TO
the Willamette Valley, bright re-
late apple for Hood River and
gooseberry equal to the English berr..
but resistant to mildew, for the entir'
state. Indeed, nearly every section o
the Northwest needs a special variet.
Of some fruit, which could doubtles
be originated by individual and con
eerted effort.
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SCHOOLS IMPROVING.
serHE MINIMUM school term in
Oregon is now six months, but
,oyon yoorc opo ~ was hut threA

Oregon is now six months, but
seven years ago it was but three
months 60 days of school to 3O5 days
vacation" said Frank X. Welles, as
sstant state school superintendent, in
addressing the teachers at the Agrl-
cultural College summer school. "The
minimum allowed the teachers on ex-
animation has been raised from 40 to
60 per cent, and the teaching force has
improved accordingly. School build
ings of brick, stone and lumber, have
taken the place of the old wooden
shacks. Text books and courses OF
study have been changed to include tho
useful things that make for the stu
dent IS welfare. The number of high
schools in the state has grown from
five to 1l5 in few years, and the
number of graduates from high school
has increased to 1900 during the last
school year. In 1915 laws now enacted
will 90 into effect whereby no mex
perieneed teacher without professional
training can receive a certificate.
There is also general demand for an
eight months minimum term.