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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-06-30
OVERLAND FACTORY
BUYS DISTRIBUTORS
BIG TOLEDO FIRM TO HANDLE
CARS DIRECT ON THIS COAST
AFTER JULY 1.

Arrangements have been complet-
ed for the purchase of the entire hold
ings of J. w. Leavitt & company, dis
tributOrs of Overland automobiles
and owners Of a chain of branches on
the Pacific Coast, by the Willys-Over-
land, Inc, of Toledo, Ohio, and this
company will in the future operate
it's own branches on this Coast. Civ
ing service to Overland owners direct
from factory to owner. The operat-
ing company in California will be
known as the Willys-Overland of Cal
ifornia and in the Northwest the OPP
Grating company will be known as
the Overland-Pacific, Inc.
The price paid by the WHY'S Over
land, Inc, for the holdings of J. w.
Leavitt & company was in the neigh
borhood of one million dollars. Gen.
eral officers of the Willys-Overland
Inc, including Mr.. Royal r. Scott,
secretary and chief counsel, Mr.. J..
MCDuhCC, doclOtdAL o0ACo hoA-
ager, and Mr.. w. e. Tigges. comp
troller. are now on the Coast arrang-
ing details Of the transfer, which will
take place July 1.
The Leavitt company has been in
business on the Pacific Coast nearly
a quarter of a century, and since they
secured the distribution Of Overland
automobiles, their growth has been
phenomenal. lii 1909 they had only
one small store located in San Fran
cisco, but three times in the last sew
en- years they have been compelled
to enlarge their quarters in San Fran
cisco, and have opened nine Pacific
Coast branches, including Spokane.
Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, Oak
land, Fresno, Los Angeles, Pasadena
and San Diego.
Last year Pacific Coast purchasers
bought more than 5000 Overlands,
running the aggregate business of
the Leavitt company up to the seven
million dollar mark and making
them the largest distributors of au-
tomobiles in the world.
The Overland company is making
extensive preparations to enlarge and
improve it's service to the $4,000
owners of Overland and WHY'S.
Knight cars on the Pacific Coast, and
seven new buildings completed,
equipped with the most improved
devices for rendering service to Ov
erland owners are being constructed
These new service buildings will b.
located at Seattle, Sacramento, Sal
, Francisco, Los Angeles, Pasadena
Hollywood and Spokane.
), The principal purpose Of the Over
lanl company in buying out the Lea
witt company is to extend the loni
arm of Overland service direct from
factory to owner, and in taking owe
the Leavitt company, the Overland
company will retain practically tn
entire Leavitt organization. A. Q
Plughoff, formerly vice president ant
general manager of the Leavitt com
pany and considered one of the tire
or four best posted men in the auto
mobile industry, will be managing
director of both the Willys-Overlan'
of California and the Overland-Pa
cific, Inc.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-06-30
PINE GROVE

Miss Mabel Jevons is out from
Olympia visiting her aunt, Mrs. J.
N. Wiseman.
] Mrs. R. H. Carpenter and children
are picking Sheridan's strawberries
this year.
Mr.. Greenfield's boy got away from
him last week and he will likely lose
him as he was neither ear-marked or
branded.
| Miss Mauryce l.. Currey, daughter
! of Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Currey,
is teaching this summer in the high
school at Corvallis, Ore.
i Miss Tate of Vancouver, Wash,
visited at the J. N. Wiseman home a
part of last week. She was on her
way to visit her old home in Kansas.
Robert Whitman was in Seattle all
of last week on business. His
daughter Ruth and lady friend &C
companied him home for their sum-
mer vacation.
Dennis Ryan, owner of the Red
Apple" farm, was out to inspect his
property Wednesday of this week.
Mr.. Adams and family of East
Olympia were visiting at Luther TIL
sons last Sunday.
J. E. Currey is at home at present,
having recently graduated from the
Washington State college.
Mr.. William Fields and two girls
are staying with Mrs: Fields mother
Mrs. Callahan, for a while. Their
home is in Hoquiam. Mrs. Fields
was up for few days, but has gone
home again.
TO OPEN NEW TAILOR SHOP.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-06-30
Additional
County News
(Too late for last week.
COLLINsDALE

Nearly all the residents of the
community spent Sunday at Hogum
Bay. The birds are plentiful.
Rev. M. H. Mixsell was a visitor
at Sunday school last Sunday.
Mrs. McCarty and daughter called
at Utopia Farm Tuesday afternoon.
There was good sized crowd at
the community play ground Satur-
day afternoon, when tennis, baseball
and croquet were the favorite pas
times.
The Christian Endeavor voted last
Sunday to send two delegates to the
state convention of Endeavorers at
Seattle. Miss Addie Whidden and
Miss Leone Langford were chosen,
with Miss Harper and George Wild
den as alternates.
Mrs. Carpenter and children of
Kyro spent two days of last week at
Orting.
Mrs. Charles Langford and daugh-
ter Lulu were visitors in Olympia
Thursday.
Mr.. Harper announced last Sunday
that we will have some special speak
ers soon during Sunday school hours.
Ernest Reed and Robert Langford
had very enjoyable time at Sneid-
ers Prairie last Sunday, where they
were the battery for the South Union
baseball team. Reed did the Twill
ing. while Langford did the receiv-
ing and the South Union boys came
home with their tongues hanging
! out from running bases.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-06-30

Suit for $3.50 damages and costs
against the O.-W. r. & N. company
was filed in the local superior court
this week by Attorneys Troy & Stur-
devant on behalf of Sherman G..
French, Fred Goldsby and A. Nc
Cash, farmers living near Meadows,
who allege their cattle were killed
by and O.-W. train. French asks for
$l25, Goldsby for SIS and McCash
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-06-30
for $50. The railroad track was not
fenced.

For Sale-At bargain If taken at
once, or will trade for property, "a
square piano; all round corners,
rosewood case, beautifully French
carved; fine tone; very little used;
an elegant instrument. Call at S13
East Fourth street, Olympia SAP"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-06-30
TO OPEN NEW TAILOR SHOP.
Olympia Bargain Store to Featur
Ladies' Dresses and Suits.


Featuring ladies' dresses and tail
or-made suits at unusually low pric-
es, the Olympia Bargain Store, a new
enterprise in this city, is to be for
mally opened at 522 Main street Sat
urday by Mike Cohen of Seattle, pro.
prietor of two stores in that city
His son, Nathan Cohen, will be man
ager of the local store.
First class tailoring, cleaning
pressing and repairing of all kinds
will be carried on by the new store
as we'll as the sale in special lots OF
dresses and other articles Of women's
wear, bought SO they can be sold al
a low price.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-06-30

Members of the Westside Sunday
school and their friends joined last
Sunday in celebrating the 25th ami
versary of its organization, with elab-
crate exercises.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-06-30

Your child at the age of 6 cuts four
of the large molars, these teeth being
termed the six-year molars.
They erupt just back of the baby
molars and are not replaced by nature
if lost. Parents frequently mistake
them for temporary teeth and neglect
them when they should be repaired by
filling.
Look and see if your child's six-year
molars are free from decay.
All Work Guaranteed.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-06-30
LOW PRICED LANDS

section township II nortn OF
T. land offered for sale at the
assessed valuation Of $2,47000.
One hundred Ayhree southwest quarter OF section
49, 10 north County road crosses the land
sale at the assessed
valuation of $500 per acre.
Forty acres in section township north, of west at
Mud Bay Handy offered for sale at the assessed
valuation of 81. 90 acre.
township 16 north range west containing o1S
$500 The assessed vaiuatoh lo' 'A0
Is So 90
onequare cash. balance IN one TWO ana 'nre
per cent interest
Weyerhaeuser Timber Company,
Washington
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-05
S25,000,0OO Loss
8 PERSONS KILLED.
Explosion Of War Materials in
New York Bay.
SHOCK FELT IN FIVE STATES
New York Shaken As BY Earthquake
Office Buildings Rocked And
Streets Strewn With
Glass.

New York.-Property loss estimated
at $25,O00,00O was caused by a series
Of terrific explosions Of ammunition
awaiting shipment to the Entente
Allies and stored on Black Tom
Island, small strip of land jutting
into New York bay of Jersey City.
The loss of life is still problematical.
1t will not be decided definitely until
there has been opportunity to check
up the workmen employed on the
island and on boats moOred nearby.
Three are known to be dead and
at least two more are missing. Scores
Of persons were injured, some Of them
probably fatally.
The detonatiOns, which were felt in
five states, began with continuous
rapid Ire Of small shells, then the
blowing up of great quantities of
dynamite, trinitrotoluene and other
high explosives, followed by the
bursting of thousands of shrapnel
she'll, which literally showered the
surrounding country and waters for
many miles around.
Fire that started soon after the first
great crash, which spread death and
desolation in its wake, destroyed 13
of the huge warehouses of the Ma
tiOnal Storage Company ON Black Tom
Island, in which were stored mer-
chandise valued between $12,000,000
and $15,000,OO0. The flames, shoot
ing into the clouds, were reflected
against New York's sky line Of tower
ing Office buildings, which only few
moments before were shaken to their
foundations as if by an earthquake.
Miles of streets in Manhattan alone
were strewn with broken glass and
shattered signs.
c. w. Leyden, chief Of the Lehigh
Valley Railroad police, was killed
while aiding an engine crew in at
tempting to save a number of freight
cars from the fire. A quantity of
dynamite exploded near where he was
standing, 1t. was said, and blew his
body to atoms. The members of the
car crew escaped with decorations and
burns.
The cause of the disaster has not
been determined. officials of the Ma
tionl Storage Company and the Le-
high Valley Railroad, which also suf-
fered heavily through loss Of property,
declared. however, that reports to
them showed a fire started shortly
after o'clock on a barge belonging
to an Independent towing company
that had been moored alongside dock
used by the railroad company to trans
fer ammunition shipments from trains
to vessels in the harbor.
The barge, it was said, was there
without authority either Of the rail-
road or the storage company.
A statement issued by the Lehigh
Valley Railroad Company, after a con-
ference between heads Of all depart
ments here, said:
Thirteen brick storage warehouses
out of the "a owned aid operated by
the National Storage Company and
six piers owned by the storage COM
pany and leased to the Lehigh Valley
road were destroyed. Several others
of the brick warehouses were badly
damaged and some minor damage was
done to the Lehigh Valley grain ele-
vators. In addition, as far as known,
IS loaded cars were destroyed.
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-05
TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES

A Philadelphia electrician is the in
yentOr Of portable mOtOr-driven
pipe-threading macl ne which in sup
Piled with current by the storage but
teries Of an automobile.
One of BraziI's most important rail.
roads is. being equipped with Oilburn-
ing locomotives and expects eventually
70 dispense with cOal.
The government Of Uruguay has ef-
fected an important saving by Suhsti-
tuting petroleum for coal in its Mon.
tevideO electric pOwerhOuSe. Because
Of the shortage of coal the govern
ment Is aiming at further economy
by converting two river steamboats,
and 80 locomotives on one Of the gov
ernment railways into petroleum burn.
ers.
1t is estimated that the number of
Jews in the world at the beginning
Of 1918 was 10.431 500. of whom near
" One-haIf were residents in Russia,
1,994.3TS were In AuStrin-l hungary,
and 1,130.240 in the United States.
About 100000 Jews are fighting In the
pres mt war. 10000 being with the
British forces.
The report of the first census is con-
tained in an octave volume of 20 DageS.
Nowadays In n decade the census bu-
reau Issues ten or more QuurtO vol.
umes with more than 100000 nages.
More than 100000 operatives are
now employed In American silk manu-
featuring mills. This is exclusive Of
those employed in dependent indus.
tries.
Tie thistle and the caterpillar have
been eliminated from New Zealand by
the English sparrow.
Locomotives of the United States
used more than 3.GOO.O0O barrels Of
oil for fuel last yeHr. the grpaieSt
amount on record. and gain Of about
IS per cent from the year before.
In smoke consumer of European
invention for factories the smoke In
driven by fans into porous recpptnrle
over which petroleum flows. ana is
converted into cOmhuStihle gas.
Russia maintains at Moscow an ex-
pertinent station for the study of fax
cultivation and manufacture.
According to British scientist K.
rays are the most extreme rays ut the
ultraviolet end Of the spectrum.
Plans to introduce reindeer In the
Peace River valley have failed. The
animals could not stand the attacks
of the bull flies.
According to psychologists eleva.
tors were used in the imperial palace
IN Rome 2,0W years ago, probably op-
erated by slave power.
Rnbber.ecTcred canvas disks that
prevent slipping are attached to the
soles Of new shoes for very young
children.
Experiments by German scientists
have proved the truth Of the old theory
that Tightening mans belt lessons
hanger.
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-05
AUSTRIANS Out
FROM ALLIES
Russians in a Spectacular
Performance.
TEUTONs ON THE DEFENSIVE
Teutons Reported EVaeuating koVcl-
No Important Change In
Situation On Western
Front.

London The second anniversary or
Germanyis declaration of war on Rus
sia finds the relative positions of the
belligerents very different from those
OF the first anniversary. The Entente
Allies now are pursuing a successful
offensive on all fronts and the Central
Powers are virtually everywLer> on tue
defensive
The operations on the eastern front
continue to surpass those in the west
in dramatic interest. The military
critics express great admiration for the
Russian tactics, one of the important
objects of which. in their opinion, has
been to isolate the Austrians from tic
German armies on the Russian front.
This, it now is claimed, has been viz
tually accomplished BY the Russians
driving a wedge into the Austro-Ger-
man positions along the front OF
KOvel-Vlandimir VOlynski.
Austrian Collapse Expected.
The view here is that If the Germans
have thus accepted severence from the
Austrians, the most decisive result OF
the whole of the Russian General
Brusiloff's strategy will have been OBJ
tanned, it being argued by the military
observers that without German support
the Austrian armies will become de.
moralized and collapse.
The critics say that the Austrian
forces between the Lipa and DnieSter
rivers are doomed.
There has been no confirmation of
the report received in Rome that Kovel
and Vladimir-Volynsk have be>n evac-
uatel, but Rome is usually well In
formed on Russian news.
Falling Back On KoVeI.
A correspondent with the Russian
forces has reported that the roads
toward Kovel ARE black with the re-
treating enemy" Exactly where Gen
eral Brusiloff's next blow will fall is
not known. The Russians are virtually
within the same distance of both Kovel
and Vladimir Volynski, and also are
pressing closer toward Lemberg.
Since Sundays combined advance on
the Somme line by the British and
French, the situation there has been
comparatively quiet. The French have
sustained the brunt of the German
counter-attacks launched against posi-
tions captured in this region. The Ger
mans claim to have driven back the
Britishs who had penetrated on mar
:ow front territory west of the Foure
aux wood, and to have repulsed sue
cessfully an eight-fold French attack
in the neighborhOod of Maurepas.
There has, however, been no important
change in the line since the Anglo
French advance last Sunday.
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-05

''We are a pe-ce-loving peOp'e, but
we live in a world of arms, We have
no thought of aggression and we de-
sire to pursue our democratic ideals
without the wastes Of strife. So de-
voted are we to these ideals, so intent
upon orr normal development, that l
do not believe that there is the slight
e-t dange- of militarism in this coun-
try. Adequate preparedness Is not
militarisCn. It is the essential assur-
ance Of security; it is a necessary
safeguard Of peace.
"ShockingIy Unprepared."
"It is apparent that we are shock
ingly unprepared. There is no room
for controversy on this point since the
object lesson on the Mexican border.
All our available regular troops Qess,
believe, than 100000 are there or in
Mexico, and as these have been
deemed insufficient the entire National
Guard has been ordered out; that is,
we are summonfng practically all our
movable military forces in order to
prevent bandit incursions. In view of
the warnings of the past three years,
it Is inexcusable that we should find
ourselves in this plight. For our faith
full guardsmen, who with fire pa
triotism responded to this call and are
bearing his burden, l have nothing
but praise. But l think it little short
of absurd that we should be compelled
to call men from their shops, their
factories, their Offices and their pro
for such purpose.
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-05
MEXICAN TANGLE
NEAR SOLUTION
United States Agrees to Joint
Commission.
WANTS POWERS ENLARGED
It 10 Understood That President VIII
son Has a Number OF Names
Under Consideration AS Mem.
bers OF the Commission.

Washington.-General Carranza was
informed in note handed to his am
bassador that the Washington govern
ment is prepared to submit to a joint
international commission the task of
seeking solution of border problems.
The proposal of the de facto govern
ment for a commission is accepted,
however, with the suggestion that the
powers of the commissioners be en-
larged beyond the limits proposed in
the Mexican note Of July IL.
Text Of the Note.
"SirI have the honor to acknoW1
edge the receipt of your communica-
ton of July IL last, in which you
transcribe a note addressed to me by
the Secretary Of Foreign Relations OF
your government. and to request that
you will be good enough to transmit
to him the following reply:
''Mr. Secretary:
Il have the honor to acknowledge
receipt of Your ExcelIency's note
transmitted under date of July IL by
Eliseo Arredondo, your governments
confidential agent in Washington, in
forming me that Your ExceIlency has
received instructions from the citizen
first chief Of the COnstitutionalist
army charged with the executive
power Of the union to propose that
each of our governments name three
commissioners, who shall hold confer
ences at some place to be mutually
agreed upon and decide forthwith the
question relating to the evacuation Of
the American forces now in Mexico
and to draw up and conclude a pro-
tocOl agreement regarding the recip-
rOcal crossing of the frontier by the
forces of both countries, also to de-
termine the origin of the incursions
to date, in order to fix the RESPONSE
bility therefore and definitely to set
tie the difficulties now pending or
those which may arise between the
two countries on account of the same
or a similar reason; all of which shall
be subject to the approval of both gov
ernments.
In reply l have the honor to state
that have laid Your Excellency's note
before the President and have received
his instructions to inform Your Excel
lency that the government of the
United States is disposed to accept the
proposal of the Mexican government
in the same spirit of frank cordiality
in which it is made. This govern
ment believes and suggests, however,
that the powers of the proposed com.
should be enlarged so that, If
happily a solution satisfactory to both
governments of the question set forth
in Your Excellency's communication,
may be reached, the commission may
also consider such other matters the
friendly arrangement Of which would
tend to improve the relations of the
two countries; it being understood
that such recommendations as the
may make shall not be
binding upon the respective govern.
ments until formally accepted by
them.
Accept, Mr.. Secretary, the assur.
ances of my highest consideration.
FRANK L. POLK,
Acting Secretary of State.
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-05
UNITED STATES MAY RETALIATE
Should England Not Modify Its Blacklist
Order.

shingtOn.-American Ambassador
Page presented to the British Foreign
Oflce a note protesting against the
blacklisting of American business
firms under the trading with the
enemy act. In announcing that the
communication had been transmitted
to London, Acting Secretary Polk said
it discussed only the general princi-
pies of international law involved.
without specifically taking up cases Of
individual firms blacklisted.
The note, officially described at the
department as a "prote-t," is said
authoritatively to be positive in tenor
and to leave no doubt regarding this
go vernment's attitude.
This governments view that illegal
restrictions are imposed by the black
list order upon the freedom of Ameri-
can trade is set forth in vigorous
terms. Some modification of the order,
is insisted upon. There have been in
dications that should diplomatic efforts
fail to bring relief to affected Amerf
can firms, some form Of retaliation
would be considered by the United
States.
After PRONUNCIATION Of the Trading
with the Enemy Act last January, the
State Department notified tie British
government of its view that posi-
bilities of undue interference" with
American commerce were contained in
the instrument. The potential, rather
than the actual. injury so far accom-
plished is understood to be given stress
also in the note.
The British Ambassador conferred
with Mr.. Polk and, it is believed, he
was given a full explanation of the
basis of this governments protest in
international law. Individual cases of
blacklisted firms, It is expected, will be
taken up in personal conversations
here and at London. Business men
have been appealing daily to the State
Department since the extension CT the
blacklist to the American concerns was
announced.
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-05
Expected At Washington.

WashingtOn,-The reported inten-
tion of General Carranza to retire as
first chief so that he may become a
candidate for the Presidency con-
forms to the expectations of officials
here, who have understood he would
follow that course as soon as condi-
tions in Mexico warranted the hold
ing of a national election. Such a re-
tirement, it is expected, would be
merely nominal and not mean an &C.
tual change in the directing author
ity of the Mexico City Government.
Under the Mexican Constitution, Gen
eral CarranzG would be ineligible as a
Presidential candidate unless he re-
linquishes his military position.
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-05
GUARDS MUST PAY FARE HOME.

MiIitiamen Asking DGoharge Because
Of Dependent Families.
New York.-Guardsmen at the bor-
der discharged because Of the neces-
sity of supporting dependent relatives
will have to pay their own expenses
home. This was announced at the
headquarters Of the Department Of the
East, where it is said many requests
have been received from soldiers ap-
plying for such discharge indicating
expectation that their fare home would
be paid by the Government.
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-05
GIVES APPAM TO OWNERS.

Federal Judge WsddiH Decides Against
German captors.
Norfolk, Va.-Possession of the Brit
ish liner Appam, brought into Hamp-
ton Roads last February by German
prize crew, was awarded to her Eng
lish owners, the African Steam Navi-
cation Company by Judge Waddill, OF
the Federal District Court. An appeal
will be taken when the opportunity
is given and the final decision in the
libel proceedings probably will be
given by the 5upreme Court.