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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-04

Robert R. Livingston, was named to
draft the document. The committee
assigned the task of preparing the in
strument to the Virginian. Jefferson's
was a master political mind and it was
by no mere chance that he was called
upon to write the document which has
been termed the best known paper
that has ever come from the pen of an
individual
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-04

allowance for 'losses and bad debts"
FOR instance. the crown has been in the
80 in respect of an old watch tower on
the foreshore of Suffolk, but this tower
was blown away in a storm a few
months ago, and SO this source of
revenue mas ceased. Also the crown has
many land rights in Gloucestershire
but through things generally being in
bad way there, the crown last year
had to forego its income in respect to
ties. and suffered loss in CONSEQUENCES
of $3.50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-04

Fallacies Which Still
Prevail in the Public
Misunderstanding Side
lights on the Making Of
That Great Document.
1t Was Not Signed On
the Fourth of July at
All-Nor Did the Lib
erty Bell Peal Forth On
That Day-The Writing
of the Declaration and
the Signing - Facts
Given On Authority of
the observation-disclosures
of Department Of State.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-04

OCULAR history has fastened
upon our impressionable minds
poetic picture of the signing
of the Declaration of Independ-
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-03-19
American Citizen Slain
bv Zapata In MEXICO City

Washington, ID. C. = Encouraging
adviees telling Of the relief Of the food
famine In Mexico City through the
evacuation Of the capital BY the forces
Of General 0bregon. the caranzs
commander. were beelouded Saturday
by the news that on the entry Of the
Zapsts troops. John 3. MeManus. m
American citizen. was murdered-shot
down IN his home. the door Of which
had been sealed with the coat Of arms
Of the United States. and over which
few the Stars and Stripes.
Instant demand was made by the
Brazilian minister on behalf Of the
United States government for the pun
ishment Of those guilty Of the crime.
After q conference between Presi-
dent Wilson and bis cabinet. Secretary
Bryan teIegraphed the Brazilian min
lister approving Of the action be had
taken and adding q demand for repara-
ton 70 the family Of the victim. The
minister was instructed 10 insist on
the early punishment Of the offenders
and 10 impress on the post commander
at Mexico city-Ceneral Salazar-the
seriousness with which the American
government viewed the occurrence.
The general-who Ia not related to the
independent chief who has been con-
ducting q revolutionary movement in
Northern Mexico since escape from
American custody last year-promised
that the demands Of the United States
would be met promptly.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-03-19
Allied Warships Go Into
NGrTOlcs OF DGrdGuelIes

London - Actual entrance to The
Narrows - the most strongly fortified
part of the Dardanelles, has been made
by the British dreadanught Queen
Elizabeth and smaller vessels and the
forts therein shelled directly and part
of the channel swept of mines. accord
uing to reports received here from
Athens.
The Turkish battries on the Heights
of Renkui have been silenced and 30
big guns mounted ON motor trucks
were destroyed by the warships, say
the dispatches.
Part Of an exploded Turkish she'll
fell at the feet of Rear Admiral Cue
pratte, Of the French fleet, says dis
patch from Paris. Several shells have
struck the battleship Suffren. The
battleship Gaulois also was struck by
two 6-inch shells. No serious damage
To either wasYrepcrted.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-03-19
Autos Dust Horses From
State Fair Program

Saiem--At meeting the State Fair
board decided TO discontinue after 1915
the classic futurity races at the State
Fair. The reason for the decision Ia
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 81, as childern's day. We'd
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 ak days of racing the board
will offer a card Of Is events with cash
prizes Of $l6.400. The big days Of
the Fair from the racing standpoint
will be Salem day and Portland day.
There will be S-year-old pace, a fu-
turity event, with purse Of $500,
Salem day. Purses for this race will
20 TO the winners Of the best two In
three heats. The 2:0S pace. for a
$4,000 purse, also will be run Wednes-
day. II will be run in five heats.
The ESQ trot Is scheduled for Salem
day.
The board has allotted the 2:l2 trot,
best three in Ave heats, and has hung
up q purse Of $4,000 for the winners for
Portland day. The 2:20 pace for a
$500 purse and the 2:l5 pace for a
S7O0 purse, also will be run Thursday.
Tuesdays card win include the s.
year-old trot, futurity, for q $4,000
purse. All races are early-closing
events excepting the futurities.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-03-19
German Cruiser Sinks
American Merchantmen

Newport News, Va. - The German
auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich,
after q four months commerce
destroying cruise over the Pacific and
Atlantic oceans, which eliminated in
the sinking Of an Ameican sailing ship
in the South Atlantic, January 2S,
made this port Thursday and anchored
for supplies and repairs. She brought
with her rescued crews and passengers
of American, British. French and Rus
sian ships, and lay at anchor in state
Of mechanical exhaustion from the
strain Of 80, O00-mile voyage.
The cruiser began her scouting for
ships Of enemys of the fatherland at
Tsing Tau. China, last November. un-
der Commander Thierichens, who adj
mitted the sinking Of eight merchant
ships - three British, three French,
one Russian and one American.
The sinking Of the American ship,
the William p. Frye, q sailing vessel
bound from Seattle to Queenstown
with $500 tons Of wheat, most con-
cerned American port officials here.
Fl. ii. Kiehne, of Baltimore, master
of the American ship, after leaving
the Prinz Eitel Frederick with Gus
toms Collector Hamilton told q dra-
matte story of his experiences. With
him were his wife and two children. ,
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-03-19
German Submarines Sink
Three British FreighfeTs

London-During the early hours Of
Wednesday morning German submar
Ines made thoir presence known n
three widely separated points on thu
British coasts, and. II 10 said officially,
without giving warning TO their crews,
sank three British merchant steamers.
In one case, that Of the steamer
Tangistan, which was torpedoed Oh
Scarborough, In the North Sea, 81
men Of her crew Of 3s are miasing.
Only one man from the vessel was
picked up. he by a passing ship. The
attack which sent the Tangistan %
the bottom was made half an hour af-
ter midnight.
At 6 o'clock In the morning another
submarine sank the steamer Black
wood, of Hastings. In the English
Channel. while q third submarine sank
the steamer Princess Vietoris of Llv-
erpooI at q quarter past O'Clock.
The news Of the latest exploits Of
the German submarines came just as
the British public was eongratulating
itself that the threatened German sea
blockade had been q failure.
In announcing the disasters the adj
miraity gave out the following:
'The steamer Tangistan was sunk
by q German off Scarborough at 1880
o'clock the morning Of March 10.
Only one man Of her crew Of 3s men
was saved. -
"The steamer Blackwood was sunk
by q submarine without warning of
Hastings at 6 o'clock the morning Of
March 10. Her crew Of II was saved
''The steamer Princess Victoria. Of
Glasgow, was sunk without warning
by q German submarine at 9:15 o'clock
the morning Of March 10 of Liverpool.
Her crew Of "a was saved"
The official report announcing the
torpedoing Of the British steamers
Tangistan, BIaekwood and Princess
Victoria-the two former cargo boats
and the latter once coastwise passen-
ger ship-indicates that German sub
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 hours 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 is 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 Blaekwood was built
in 1907 and belonged to the Tyneside
line, of North Shields She was q
74l-ton vessel.
The Princess Victoria was owned by
M. Langlands & Sons, Of Glasgow.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-03-19
.CARRANzA REPLIES
Mexican Note Addressed 10 PTesL
dent Wilson Personally.
General Makes Promises. But Re-
sponsibiiifv h Denied Con-
difions Are Grace.

Vera Cruz-GenerAI Vsnustiano Car
rama, in answer to the protest ad-
dressed 10 him By Secretary Of State
Bryan through United States Consul
SillimAn. regarding conditions in the
City Of Mexico. addressed . reply 10
President Wilson personally.
He denies the responsibility OF the
eonstitutionalists for . situation which
10 considered alarming for foreigners.
but expresses the hope that Americans
and citizens Of other countries viii
lose no time In departing from Mexico
until tranquility shall be restored.
The eonstitutionalist chief pledged
himself to provide every facility for
the exodus which he recommends. He
suggested that II foreign residents do
not desire TO leave the country they
should seek safer places In the re-
public.
General Carranza declares that he
always has tried to safeguard the in
terests Of Americans and other for
eigners and intends to continue this
course.
The charges that General 0bregon
has deliberately fostered disturbances
in Mexico City are denied by Carranza,
who declares every possible effort has
been made to distribute food supplies.
He contends that the present situation
has been aggravated by the conduct
Of merchants who have protested
against the imposition Of humani-
tartan relief tax.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-03-19
British Cruiser Is Sunk
by German Torpedo

London - The admiralty announces
the loss Of the auxiliary cruiser Bayano
while the vessel was engaged in patrol
duty. In its statement Of the disaster.
the admiralty says:
"On March IL wreckage Of the
BayAno and bodies were discovered.
and circumstances point to her having
been sunk by an enemy torpedo.
Eight officers and Is men were
rescued, but II is feared the remainder
Of the crew were lost.
"The captain Of the Belfast steamer
Castlereagh reports passing Thursday
morning a quantity Of wreckage and
dead bodies floating in life belts. He
attempted to search for possible sur
vivors, but was prevented by the pres
enee of an enemy submarine, which
gave chase for 20 minutes"
The Bayano was comparatively
new steamer. She was built at Glas-
cow in 1918 and was owned by Elder
& Fyffes before she was taken over by
the British government and fitted out
as an auxiliary cruiser.
The Bayano was Of $500 tons dis
placement and 4l6 feet long.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-03-19

Salem - Notwithstanding the high
cost Of living and the increasing de-
mAnds Of the state because Of growing
population and wealth, the recent
legislature made q net saving in appro-
priations over the preceding one Of
S644. $50. .06, according 10 a summary
Of Secretary Of State oleott.
The figures show total saving un-
der existing laws for the biennium Of
1915 and 1916 over the biennium Of
1918 and 1914 Of 1881. .3i3.4l. For
1918 and 1914 the appropriations by
the Legislature netted $4,610, l76.7b.
and for 1915 and 1916 SO. 965. 6l6.70.
The total appropriations under existing
laws for 1918 and 1914 were So, ,6si.- :
s62. 0s. and for 1915 and 1915 $6,si0.-
64s.67.
Another important feature Of the
saving IL that several laws passed at
the session Of 1913 provided for appro-
priations for only one year. notably
the workmen's compensation act and
the act creating the state highway
fund. The appropriations for these
departments for the current biennium
for that reason total about $500. 600
more.
While the saving over the former
biennium is somewhat less than lead
ers of the recent house and senate fig
ured II would be, members Of the ses-
sion In speaking Of II express gratifi-
.as{cn and daeiara that the rAmnafYn
pledges Of the members for economy
have been kept.
]. E. Allison, bookkeeper for the
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-03-19
62 MILLION WHEAT YIELD
PREDICTED IN NORTHWEST

Portland - The Pacific Northwes
this year will turn out ono Of the larg
est wheat crops Il has ever produced
n the weather conditions between nos
and harvest time are favorable. Shoult
the weather not be A. good NJ thu
farmers wish. tho crops will still b
equal to last years In size. according
TO well.lnformed grainmen. as there q
enough now acreage planted in wheat
10 Offset any probable deficiency In The
old acreage.
In all parts Of tho PacIne Northwest
farmers are putting spare land "a
wheat. and In some sections summer
following will be abandoned 10 In
crease this years grain production.
Tho increased acreage runs ~ high
m 20 per cent In few localities. but
In the Pacific Northwest AZ . whole Il
10 probable that 10 per cent viii DO tho
maximum gain.
This would produce a wheat crop Of
about 81, 600, 900 bushels In Oregon,
Washington and Idaho. Last years
crop was about 90, 000. 900 bushels. To
have full yield. however. the weather
from now on must be satisfactory In
every respect.
Taking the Pacific Northwest ~ 9
whole. grainmen say that wheat crop
conditions are not quite ~ good AZ at
this time last year. Some wheatgrow.
ing sections are suffering from a def.
cheney OF moisture. This 10 partleu-
larly true Of part Of Eastern Oregon.
but there IL ample time for this defect
To be remedIed. One year ago growing
conditions were pronounced ideal In
the Northwest. At that time II was
predicted the crop would be close 10
70. 900. 900 bushela. but this result was
not realized.
This year growers arc equally hope
full and even with adverse conditions
tho yield Of last year will be repeated,
while the chances .for n still larger
crop are good.
Whether or not the crop is = bumper
one. Il is almost certain 10 bring the
farmers more money than any crop
they have raised before. According 20
wheat authorities all over the world,
wheat prices are bound 10 be high this
year whether the war continues or not.
Wheat growing In Europe 10 being car
ricd on this year under the greatest
difficulties, and even though the neutral
exporting countries have bumper
yields, II 10 not likely they can make
DIP for tho deficiencies In belligerent
countries. where wheat win be most
needed.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-03-19
Hood RiUer Apple GrOUers'
Association Votes to ,Secede

Hood RIver-Ths board Of directors
Of the Hood River Apple Growers' an
soeiation has recommended that th'
Hood River association withdraw from
tho North Pacific Fruit Distributors.
Final action, however, rests with
the members Of the local association,
who will vote on the question at tho
annual meeting In April. The vote Of
the directors was unanimous. A ser
les OF meetings will be held through
out the valley 10 discuss the action OF
the directors.
Prominent growers who are Ae-
quainted with the sentiment through.
out the community declare that the
action Of the board Of directors will
receive practically the unanimous sup
port Of the organizations membership.
III know OF q tonnage Of At least
100, 900 boxes OF apples that will be
Immediately signed up with the asso-
eiation," says Oscar Vanderbilt, n
member Of the recently elected Grow
ers' Council. "as soon as II is learned
that the Apple Growers association 10
no longer an afIiliAtlon Of the Distrib-
utorp."
While Il was expected that the
growers at the April meeting would In
all probability take action 10 withdraw
from the Distributors. this action on
the part Of the board Of directors came
90 q great surprise. The haste with
which the board acted probably comes
a. a direct result Of the failure Of Mr..
Vanderbilt Saturday 10 accept nomi-
nation 10 the board for the coming
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-03-19
Mrs. John ID. Rockefeller
Dies at COuntTy Home

Tarrytown, N. y Mrs. John d.
Rockefeller, wife Of 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 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 1t happened that the
only relative at her bedside when she
died at 1920 a. m. was her sister,
Miss Lucy M. Spelman.
Her husband and her son, John D..
Rockefeller, Jr., were at ormond,
Fla, where they went-Mr. Rookie
Teller, Sr., on February 28 and his son
last Friday, accompanied by his 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
vile, where arrangements were quick
ly made for special train to bring
them to New York. They were ex-
pected to arrive here some time Sum
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, is in Switzer-
land, recuperating from an illness.
Her husband was about to sail to join
her, but cancelled his passage and
came here at once.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-03-19
German Cruiser 10 Sunk
In South Seas by British

London - '"The Dresden has beer
sunk"
Tho announcement Of the sinking Of
tho German cruiser Dresden came
after nlghtfall Monday. but the news
spread quickly through the theater'
and restaurants and there was much
rejoicing that this commerce raider.
whose whereabouts have been mys.
terry since her escape after the Falk.
land Islands engagement In December,
had at iast been sent TO the bottom.
The fact that all the crew Of the Dres.
den were saved sets new record for
rescue after an action at sea, and q
naval battle of Ave minutes duration
probably 10 another record. The de-
tails furnished by the admiralty are
scAnt. but apparently the British ships
were not even hit, for no damage
whatever is recorded.
The sinking Of the Dresden leaves
at large on the high seas, so far M 10
known, only two German war vessels
the cruiser Karlsruhe. last reported
as operating In the West Indies. and
the auxiliary cruiser Kronprinz Will
helm, which is still raiding commerce
In the South Atlantic
The Dresden was q member of
the German squadron which was de-
feated by the British Off the Falkland
Islands In December. She was the
only one Of Ave German warships to
escape. The Dresden was said to
have fed to the westward but there
had been no definite reports as to her
whereabouts since that time. She was
reported unoflicially 10 have been seen
In the Straits of Magellan and later to
be in hiding in one Of the bays on the
Chilean coast.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-03-19
U. S. Sends TIc0 War
ships to Mexican Coast

Washington, d. C.--American citi-
zens have again been warned to leave
Mexico City, m 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 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 personal interview
with General Carranza he has deliv-
cred 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 written reply
soon, but said orally that General
Obregon had not prevented food sup
plies from reaching the City of Mex
leo, 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
lean note to Carranza were not re-
vealed, its emphatic tone impressed
members of the diplomatic corps that
serious consequences would ensue II
Carranza failed to heed the represent
ations made to him.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-03-19
Cotton Shin Detained.

New York-The American steamer
Vigilancia, which sailed from Sa-
vannah February 20, with cargo Of
cotton for Bremen, has been intercept
ed at sea by a British cruiser and
taken to Kirkwall, according to cable
advices received here
The Vigilancia was sold recently by
the Ward line to the Walker-Arin-
strong company, of Savannah. This
was her first transatlantic voyage
since the sale.
The steamship City Of Columbus,
which arrived from Rotterdam, re-
ported that British cruiser fired two
shots across her bows in the English
Channel and held her up until satisfied
Of her American identity and destina-
tion.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-03-19
Saving of OUer Half
Million Dollars ShOIUn

secretary Of state, who has had charge
of totaling the appropriations Of sew
eral sessions, declared that the work
Of this one was the most difficult in
his experience. He and an assistant
have labored for more than a week on
the numerous bills, and, after check
ing and rechecking. he announced that
he was confident no mistakes had been
made.
Heterofore, because Of a system Of
grouping departments in appropriation
bills, there were rarely more than five
or six such measures. Because un-
necessary 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 is not thought they viii be far from
actual figures. That for the Oregon
Agricultural College Of about $780,
900, next to the appropriation for the
State Insane Asylum, is the largest.
The University of Oregon win receive
about S570, 900 during the biennium.
Because Of the creation Of Circuit
judgeships the appropriation for that
service has grown to $500. 600 while
for district attorneys and assistants It
is Sl36, 400.