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The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-05-26
NEWS ITEMS
OF General Interest
About Oregon
Winners Of industrial Prizes to
Attend 0. A. C. Summer School

Arrangements have Just beer som-
pleted BY J. A. Churchill, Super,nten-
dent Of Public Instruction. for sending
the boys and girls who won the capital
prizes IN the industrial club work At
the State fair last fall 10 the Oregon
Agricultural college for the Boys and
Girls Summer school. Twenty-one
children were successful In winning
these prizes AZ the State fair last Sep
tember. Tho capital prizes consist
Of membership In the short course ut
the Agricultural college with AL OK
penses paid. II represents the highest
award In each project offered In the
Industrial department At the State fair
last year. The prizes are made poasi-
bic through contributions made To
Superintendent Churchill for the fur
thcrAnee Of this work by public-sDirit-
cd men and women Of the stats. those
who received these awards are; Leland
Charley, Brownsboro: Gertrude Court
ney, La Grande: Earl Stewart Cot
tago Grove; Homer Bursell, Mon
mouth; Hazel Bursell, Monmouth ;
Clifford Cook, Yoncalla; Carmen Jones,
Pendleton; Esther Miller. Medford;
Warren MCGOWAN, Independence; Har-
old Reynolds. Independence; Earl
Cooley, Salem: L. NJ. Bowles, Dallas;
Rudolph MullInhoff. Boring: Teddy
Zones. Carlton; Exile Morgan The
Dalles: Florence wharton. Roseburg;
Marion Lowe, Nyssa; Mae Mcdonald,
Dallas; Muriel Blume, Albany; Paul
Jaeger, Sherwood; Claus Charley.
BFownsboro.
The Boys and Girls club work
which IL carried on comparatively by
the State department Of Education.
the Extension service Of the Oregon
Agricultural college and the U. s.
Bureau OF Agriculture. 10 increasing
In interest to such an extent that elubs
are being formed In every section OF
Oregon. Since the first Of the year
Superintendent Churchill has had two
field workers, N. c. Maris and L. T.
Harrington, continually engaged in
forming clubs throughout the state
The work Of the Agricultural college
In sending 20 tho members Of these
cluba, bulletins on how 70 select seed
care for the growing crops and also
bulletins on canning and sowing, has
made wonderful advancement In the
standard Of the work done by the
school children Of Oregon. The ex-
ample Of Claus Charley Of Jackson
county shows what wholesome in
fiuence one boy may have In this work.
At the State fair in 1914 he won the
state prize on his corn. The next,
through the efforts Of the county
school superintendent and one of the
Medford banks, fifty boys Of jackson
county were supplied with seed corn
selected from Claus Charley's prize
winning corn. Each Of the fifty boys
raised from one-eighth to one-fodrth
Of an acre Of corn. the amount which
each boy planted being determined BY
the age Of the boy. The exhibits OF
corn coming from these boys to the
State fair In 1915 were said by judges
to exceed in quality fully 100 per cent
the corn exhibit OF 1918.
"As result of this work, says
Superintendent Churchill, 1--WE can
feel certain that in the next genera
tion there will be q group Of expert
farmers and home-keepers in every
rural community Of Oregon.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-05-26
Presidential Aspifant Has Clear
Majority Over Opponents.
MdRTHUR HOLDS Big LEAD At START
0lcott Leads Moores for Secretary Of
State Cummlns Second. Bur.
ton ThIrd-Few for 7. R.

Nearly every county Of Oregon from
Multnomah county 70 the remotest cor
nora Of tho state has given Charles
Evans Hughes substantial majority
ever ali other candidates for tho Rs'
publican nomination for the Prcai'
dency.
Returns from oregon's utate-wlds
primary election Friday show eonclu'
sively that Justice Hughes 10 decidedly
the choice Of Oregon Republicans fos
the Chicago nomination noSt month.
lie has large majority over all other
candidates put together. Senator Al
bert u. Cummina. Of Iowa. 10 running
second. and ex-senator Burton, OF
Ohio. third.
Colonel Roosevelt has received only
q light vote. His name was written
In on the ballot by supporters In near
" every county represented In ths
early returna.
Ben w. Oicott maintained q strong
lead over Charles y. Moores for ths
Republican nomination for sectertary
Of state. Mr.. oleott IL tho incum'
bent.
For deIegate-at- large 70 tho National
convention there are eoven leading
candidates, ~ follows: Cameron.
se2l: boyd, $3.50; Carey. sass: Full.
ton, ss26; Hawkins, 29i3: Spencer.
2oia: AcksrsoR. 2i0s: Case.
1919; Peterson, 1876: Buland. 1888
Warren. i440: Morsley. 1859. The
altuaiion 10 therefore laft In doubt ex.
eept apparently 40 10 Cameron and
Fulton.
In the Second district. with two tc
elect, the vote seems 70 favor Brooke.
with l9s.
In tho Fist district tho Incomplete
vote on delegates 10 a. follows: Biz.
hop 1907; Calkins ii42: Abraham
1888: Sleeves 6oa.
w. @. Hawloy and N. J. Sinnctt.
Representatives In congress from the
Flrst and Second dlstricts. respective,
". have boon nominated 10 succeed
themselves without opposition. Il y
probable that they have received the
Democratic and Progressive nomina'
tons a. well. IN the Third district,
comprised Of Multnomah county.
three-cornere fight was wagcd for
congregational honors.
Complete returns from few pre-
cineta and incomplete returns from
virtually all the s7B precincts In Mutt
nomah county at $3.50 o'clock Saturday
morning indicate that the Republicans
Of the have renomlnated G. N. Nc
Arthur for representative In congress-.
A. w. Laifarty 10 running second
4. v. Littleiied In far 70 the rear.
At that hour the rcturna gave Mr..
Macarthur lead Of s77 votes over
Lafferty, who in turn was 7oS ahead
cf Littlefeld.
MeArthur's load has been steadily
Increasing since tho first returns wers
received.
George II. Burnett and Frank A.
Moore have been nominated 70 succeed
themselves on tho Supreme bench, Al
, has John d. Micke for food and dairy
commissioner. They had no opposi'
klon.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-05-26
Palestine May Be Sold.

Cincinnati Henry Morgenthan, who
recently resigned as ambassador 70
Turkey, spoke before the Wise Center
Forum here Sunday and told his listen
ers that the sale of Palestine after the
war. so that the Ottoman Empire
might secure money. had been pro
posed by him. He told of how he
broached the matter to the Turkish
ministry and how eagerly it was dis
cussed. "We've not got down to fig
ures," said he. They argued as 70
whether it should be an international
state or a republic.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-05-26
prohla Nav Name Bryan.

Chicago-If he will consent to make
the race, William Jennings Bryan may
be selected as the candidate for Presi-
dent Of the Prohibition party. Recent
statements Of Mr.. Bryan before the
conference Of the Methodist Episcopal
church at Saratoga Springs, in which
he was quoted as declaring that he had
about reached the point where he could
no longer follow a political party which
refused to indorse national prohibition,
was discussed by Prohibition party
leaders here, who thought Bryan might
consent to run.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-05-26
Ilaghs-HeHisk Is Cry.

Chicago Hughes and Herrick. "
"H and HI" Catchy. liant Il, and
easy 70 remember.
Word Of this combination comes 70
Republican headquarters In Chicago
Just after x-President Taft had visit
"a Justice Hughes In Washington and
discussed with him his willingness to
accept the Republican nomination for
President.
Mr.. Taft and Myron 7. Herick, OF
Ohio, are Gloss political friends. AZ
President, Mr.. Taft sent Mr.. Merrick
70 France a. ambassador.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-05-26
Raar and Egg CONDEMNED.

Birmingham. Ala.-The general as
sembly Of the Cumberland Presbyter-
ian church ended It's seth annual meet
ing Wednesday night after adopting
a resolution favoring a constitutional
amendment for National prohibition
and approving committee report
which ieplored that large number OF
women had formed the habit Of using
alcoholic drinka.
Il condemned specifically the use Of
beer and egg as q spring tonic.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-05-26

Chicago = A trust fund Of $500, 600
to provide for the establishment in Chi
cago Of q great school Of music, for
the benefit not only Of said city, but
OF ali America, F" was left 70 the Chi
cago Orchestral association by Bryan
Lathrop, wealthy real estate broker.
The viii was filed for probate and un-
der its terms the income from the fund
would be used In establishing and
maintaining such q school In connee-
zion with the orchestra association.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-05-26
All Are Heroes.

Heroes are they who respond 70
the nations need
Our nation has never asked for men
Ia vain. with Spartan bravery moth
ers give their sons, wives their hus-
bands and maidens their sweethearts
when the country calls. Many Of them
viii never return. Others win come
back to lay their diseased and broken
frames beside the hearths Of their
youth. Some as by divine protection
seem to have enchanted lives and re
turn as strong as when they left. They
all are heroes II they have felt the
thrIll Of sacrifice and never hesitatsd
IN the face Of duty.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-05-26

San Francisco = Irish and German
societies Joined in parade here Sun
day to advertise . German bazaar be-
ing held in the exposition auditorium
for the relief of German war sufferers.
Armed and uniformed. the societies
represented in the parade included the
Hanover Verein, the Independent
Rifles, San Francisco Turner Schuetz-
en-, Pacific Turnbexirk, Irish Volun-
teers, Hibernia Rifles and Austrian
Military and Benevolent association.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-05-26
whiskey is conf,scassd.

Pendleton-- Holding that the barrel
Of whiskey was in very bad company
and. except upon clear proof to the
contrary, should be disposed Of, Circuit
Judge Phelps handed down a decision
reversing the decision Of Justice of the
Peace Joe Parkes, and coniscating q
52-gallon barrel of whiskey in a lodg-
ing house, in company with some beer.
which was found to be used for illegal
purposes and confiscated. A claim for
the whiskey was won in the Justices
court. District Attorney Frederick
Steiwer appealed the case.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-05-26
HOW THE PENSION
BUSINESS OF THE
COUNTRY IS DONE

A GREAT. angular red brick
~ building. set in . green park.
~ Is the homo Of the pension
= = building at Washington. II
was built at a time when American
architecture was in q formative
period. A feature Of the exterior OF
the building is a broad frieze, showing
repeated groups Of infantry. cavalry,
artillery and seamen In basreiief In
side a great. beautiful court, somewhat
marred by being made TO contain bat
talions OF fiie cases. Is another attrac'
tive feature. In times past. when there
were such things as inaugural balls
In Washington, these balls were held
within the court.
II seems to be the fixed belief OF the
average citizen having business with
the pension once that the commits
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-05-26
eo.sburr vo,es Municipal Railroad.

Roseburg-By vote Of nearly seven
to one. the taxpayers Of Roseburg
went to the polls Tuesday and author
ixed an amendment to the city charter
making Il possible for Rosehurg, as =
municipality, to construct and operate
a standard-gauge railroad from this
city to Rock Greek.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-05-26
IlI.NugIgTgD
EEI9 ~
0jgHEBg|Sg9lsg
2[IEM0lglgyglIlS

wv are coming. tho veter-
' ans Of the Union army.
responding TO the call from the Great
Beyond; coming faster now than ever
before.
When Memorial day was new IN the
United States there were dozens and
scores, yes, cven hundreds Of the vet
Grams for each soldier grave 70 be dec
grated. Today. half . century after
the peace. the graves are legion. and
those who would decorate them but q
handful.
How fast tho boys in blue" are pass
ing! In this year 1916 they are going
at q rate never before reached since
the war closed. The death roll OF
February averaged 1Is q day: 1ib q
aay was the average for March, and In
April II grew to Ils.
OficiaI records show that 1.272.f0s
men fought under the Stars and
Stripes in the Civil war. and that s4s.'
e44 lost their lives before Lee surren'
dered. How many OF these remain
alive today?
The records Of the census ONCE
while perhaps not absolutely accurate
may be taken as approximately au
thentic. II is believed that since the
act Of May II. 1912. granting service
pension 70 every man who served a
least 80 days In the armed forces o.
the United States during the Civil war
no old soldier remains Of the pension
roll.
II. however, there are any not pen
stoned, they certainly are few In mum
Der. The pension once rolls show
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-05-26

ceremonies. It was put up hurriedly
after the design Of Gen. Montgomery
MeiRs. Twenty-Five carpenters, twelve
bricklayers and thirty laborors worked
on II and completed the structure n
less than a month. Plans have been
made for years to erect finer build-
ing for this purpose. but tbs present
one, while lacking IN form ana ntyle,
atfl retains a characteristic beauty.
The slender piers and the oterhanslns
vines have lent an added attractive
nsss to the original de1i5n.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-14
GERMANS lombard
RUSSIAN PORT

London, Nov. ia mosquito
squadron of the German feet Friday
night ventured forth from their base
at Kiel into the Finnish Bay. q dis
lance OF nearly 400 miles. and bonn
barded tho strongly fortified Russian
naval support point. Baltischport. Ger
man and Russian official statements
regarding the results of the expedition
vary. The Kaisers admiralty this af-
te-noon announced that the Russia n
port was efficiently shslled from a
short distance" Petrograd declares
that "A majority OF the German vessels
which took part In a BON bardmeut In
the Gulf Of Ireland friday were sunk -
The Russian account admits that the
raiders succeeded in firing about sixty
shells before their position was locat-
"a by the Russian gunners Seven civ
liane. including Ave children and two
soldiers. re killed. Four soldiers
md 4 woman were wounded
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-14
E. RN PRODUCTS
WILL APPEAL CASE

New York. Nov. 13.-Final decree
handed down In tho United States Dis
trict Court today ordering the diRso-
luton OF the Corn Products Refining
Company was followed by announce
ment tonight that the company will
appeal to tho United States Supreme
Court. Similar appeals ara pendin 9
IN thu United States Steel and Inter
national Harvester cases. and officers
of tho Corn Products Company expect
these decisions to influence the dscis-
ion In their case. All the suits were
brought by the government under the
Sherman antitrust art
The Corn Products decres sets forth
that the Glucose Sugar Refining Com
lany and the Corn Products Company.
which were merged into the Corn
Products Refining Company. is com
binatton IN restraint OF trade. Tv-an-
ty-three defendants were named in
Guiding several companies that have
be n absorbed by the Corn Products
Refining Company.
The company Is allowed 1fo days TO
file with the Federal Trade Commits
sion a plan Of dissolution that shall
satisfy the law in case tbs dissolution
decree is upheld.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-14
METHODIST BISHOPS
MEET IN NEW YORK
Unnamed Friend Of Northern Church
Gives Valuable property In Foo
Chow-LarEe Mission Gifts.

New York. Nov. 13.-More than =
dozen bishops were in attendance At
the opening of the annual meeting Of
the Board of Foreign Missions OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church here to-
Gay The sessions will continue until
Wednesday.
Gifts aggregatinr s2a0.oo0 from tho
late Mrs. n. willard James were re-
ported by DR.. Frank Mason North. Mrs.
James had already given more than
100000 for a fund for retired mis-
sionaIles.
Treasurer George NJ Fowies an
nounced that an unnamed frieNd ~
donated s5o,o0o for property In Foo
Crow. China. Another donor, whose
came was also withheld. gave SIS. 200
to the retired missionary fund, increas-
Ing it sl15.oo0.
Contributions for tho relief of Meth
ocist work and workers affected by
the European war amounts TO $l1s.-
001 20. The receipts of the various
conferences of the church showed an
'~crease of s4s.7os1T over last year
The sum of se4.3i9s7 was received
from the estate Of Samuel w. Curtlsr.
Of California.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-14
GIVE AND TAKE IN
MEXICAN AGREEMENT
Reached In Questions Discussed BY
Commission at Atlantic City.

Atlantic City. N. j.. Nov. IA
compromise plan was decided upon
today by the Mexican and American
commissioners with regard to the
border wrangle. Tho provisions OF
todays tentative agreement are:
Withdrawal of the American
troops from Mexico within a certain
time on condition that Carranza dur
ing that period conquer Villa and
establish stable government south
of the Rio Grande.
2-Patrolling of the border by
Mexican troops to prevent a recur-
renee of raids into American territory.
3-Renunciation by Carr1nza o. his
original contention that the presence
of American troops in Mexico is in
violation of Mexico's territorial rights
1t was predicted that this border
agreement will be completed this
week. Mexicos internal problems will
be considered later. The decree I'M
posing confiscatory taxes upon Amer
lean mining properties will not be-
come effective until January II. Senior
Cabrera. head OF the Mexican COM
mission. went to Philadelphia tonight
to confer with Rafael Nieto. his as
GiatAnA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-14
While Won Falkenhayn Wins
Notable Success In His Drive
on Rumania
ROME REPORTS TELL OF
MACKENSEN'S RETREAT
But Story That Field Marshal s
Army IL In wild Flight Is
Discredited by Military Elk
perts

London, Nov. 13.--FrancoSe
troops consti-utir the left wing OF
the allied front In Macedonia scored
a new important success during the
last twenty-four hours, the French
war Office frankly ceding the lions
share of credit to the Serbs.
Aided by a terrific drumfire OF the
famous French seventy five" the
Serbs effected new crossing Of the
Cerna River. captured the village OF
Iven and smashed through the Bull
gsrian defenses, advancing to a depth
Of nearly two rniles. At the Same time
French and Serbian infantry forces
pushed further ahead in the 'Cerna
bond to the north OF Velyeselo. AL
together 1000 prisoners were taken
and the booty included sixteen Bull
garian guns.
Sofia officially admitted this after
noon the loss Of a series Of heights
northeast of Polog. The Serbian sue
cess here. with the capture of Iven
village, means an advance of Ave
miles since the fall of Pologya. All
Bulgarian counter attacks. furious as
they were. failed under the French
hail OF shells.
The German war ONCE in Its daily
report, fails to admit the Bulgarian
reverse, stating that tho German and
bulgarian positions were com pletely
maintained"
The statement speaks of heavy al
lied losses. Today's official British
report announced that three hostile
aeroplanes were forced to descend in
their lines.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-14
COLUMBIAN WARNED
ALL HER CREW SAFE

Madrid. Nov. I3.-The American
steamsh ship Columbia was warned be-
fore abe was torpedoed and sunk by
the German submarine U-49. All of
the 100 members OF the crew were
caved. The skipper. Captain Frederick
Curtis. was a prisoner aboard the u
boat for six days after the vessels
destruction. while the crew was left
in Nfeboats.
These facts were for the first time
disclosed today by Captain Curtis
himself upon his arrival at Corunna
with his crew.
~ sopped at The order Of the sub
marine" said he. The commander or
dered me to abandon ship with the
crew INN ediately, which We did
without other baggage than two sat
chefs with documents and money.
The C49 fired at once two torpo-
does at the Columbian. which imme-
diatNly sand The U-boat plunged I'M
mediately after l had been taken
aboard where found the captains
Of the Seatonia and the BALTIC. British
and Norwegian. respectively Later
we were Joined by the skipper of the
Norwegian ship Fordalen. also torpe-
doed by the U49."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-14
FIVE-YEAR-OLD
PUTS BULLET IN dad"

Columbus. Ind, Nov. 13.--John
Todd. twenty eight, was shot today by
his 1ve-year-old son. Virgil, after he
had spanked the hoy because he vas
cutting capers." ana is in a critical
con 'ition. with Il .J2-calibre revolver
bullet hole through his body.
The Todds came here from a noun
tain district of Kentucky Ave years
ago, and the son il of daring stock.
for John Todd s father captured and
received a reward for Kentucky des-
perado who killed a Kentucky sheriff
and his deputy While the lad was
playing with some other small boys
near his home. he said to one of them
who had offended him: You had bet
ter be careful or I will do lou Ike
did daddy"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-14
NOT SINGLE FORT
HAS FLYING CRAFT

New York. Nov. 13.-Not one OF
the seventy-hve forts in the United
States coast defense has an aeroplane,
observation balloon or d!rigible. This
deficiency in aerial defense was
brought out by Allan r. Hawley.
president OF the Aero Club OF America.
in mis- report presented at the annual
meeting tonight. The report also
pointed out that the forty-tivs ar
tillery batteries are likewise without
aerial equipment It was resolved at
the meeting to submit to President
Wilson. Congress, the Council OF Ma
ttonai Defense and the Secretaries of
War and Navy. the need of building
up at once an adequate air defense
All officers OF the club were reelected
tonight.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-14
WEATHER CONDITIONS
FINE FOR A DASH

New London. Conn. Nov. 1S.-The
Deutschland is still at It's berth along
side the State pier. in the Thames
River. tonight.
Whether 1t will be there tomorrow
morning is another question.
Captain Paul Koenis, master Of the
German blockade runner. has said
that he will &C out in dayliF I, but
events OF the past few hours indicate
that when he made the statement he
probably reserved the right TO change
his mind without notice.
It would not be at all surprising II
the submarine attempts night dash.
It Is raining here again tonight, and
a thick haze hangs over The Thames
River-ideal conditions for the boat
to sneak away.
It was denied by representatives OF
the customs office tonight clearance
has been applied for.