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WHAT YOU NEED- The other fellow may have; what you have the other fellow may want. Come together by advertising in the Press. BARGAIN DAY Is every day with the Merchant who advertises In the Press he has some thing to sell and says so. Buy Your Groceries From Your Home Grocer VOLUME XXVIL ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1915. NUMBER 22. WORLD'S DOINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume of General News .from All Around the Earth. UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHELL Live News Items From All Nations, Pacific Northwest and Our Own Commonwealth Condensed for Our Many Busy Readers. A new gold strike is reported from Nome. . . . Heavy rains check battles in Flan ders and France. t Lord Kitchener asks England for 800,000 more men. Shocks of a slight earthquake in East Portland are reported. Charles M. Schwab, the "steel king" of Pittsburg, pays Portland a visit. Spokane is visited by a $150,000 fire which burned a wholesale grocery house. At a conference of Western gov ernors at Seattle a strong plea is made for Btronger coast defense. A Petrograd correspondent declares a collapse of the Russian forces is hinted in a bulletin issued in that city. Wallace Bray, manager of the Ven ice ball team, and known to the fans as "Happy Hogan," dies suddenly of pneumonia. It is reported that a ship hearing the distress call of the Lusitania was not permitted to go to her aid by German submarines. Probable entrance into the war by Italy is said to be one of the causes of delay of Germany answering the American note. Resignation of the veteran sailor, Lord Fisher, has forced a crisis which will result in the reorganization of the British cabinet. - An entire German army corps is moved from France to the frontier of Russia and that country now looks to the allies for aid. Washington hears that German sub marine warfare in the war zone is to be abandoned until after Berlin replies to the American note. German and Austrian envoys in Italy have packed their trunks and are or dered to be ready to leave that country on a moment s notice. The British admiralty has chocked the English channel with mines so numberous that a channel only one- third of a mile wide is left.' A giant egg 14 feet in diameter was "hatched" in the streets of Eugene, . Oregon, and out of it marched 171 new members of the Commercial club. Atlantic fleet, five miles long, passes before President Wilson in the annual insDection parade in New York. The fleet goes to sea for maneuvering purposes. Criminal records of 2500 Portland children, who were before the Juvenile court, are destroyed by the outgoing Judge Gatens, in order to give them clean start with the new judge. The consistorial congregation at Rome decides to submit for the ap proval of Pope Benedict the appoint ment of Right Rev. Edward J. Hanna as archbishop of San t rancisco. Bride of two' months of Hoquiam, Wash., is instantly killed when thrown from an automobile driven by her hus band, who ' swerved his machine to avoid striking a speeding motocycle. The National Congress of Mothers is in session at Portland. Wenatchee. Wash., apples are sel- lingjin Germany for (8 a box. Because of anti-German riots in England, German subjects ask Ameri can aid. The Italian cabinet has resigned as a result of disagreement over the Eu ropean war question. Lightning strikes tree near Lebanon, Ore., and kills 20 goats that were seeking shelter there. Baptists in session at Houston, Tex., unanimously decide to support Presi dent Wilson in the war crisis. Austro-Germans capture 143, 500 Rus sians, 69 cannon, 265 machine guns in the recent battles in Galicia. Portland, Ore., is sprinkling coal oil on all nearby lakes, pools and ponds. in order to destroy the mosquito pest, The national committee of the So cialist party adopted a peace program, but met with considerable opposition in doing so. United States government sends note of protest to Germany concerning tne sinxing oi me uisiiania ana oiner vessels conveying Americans. Th ivilri from whicti Kfnir f!onntAn- - tine has been suffering for the past weea nas luruuu inw pleurisy, wtjrn neuter s Aniens correspondent. William D. Haywood, secretary treasurer of the L W. W., declares before the Federal Industrial Relations committee that "implacable warfare gainst capital must be waged until it ends in confiscation of the means of production. HUMANITY FIRST IS PRESIDENTS :. VIEW IN SPEECH AT NEW YORK New York President Wilson the man on whom the eyes of the world are turned because of the international situation Tuesday reviewed the At lantic fleet in the Hudson river and at a luncheon tendered to him on shore by the City of New York told a distin guished gathering of navy officers, army officers and civilians what the country and its navy stood for. The great battleships that lay in the river, he said, were "engines to promote the interests of humanity." "The inspiring thing about Amer ica," the President asserted, "is that she asks nothing for herself except whatshe has a rightto ask forhuman ity itself. We want no nation's prop erty; we wish to question no nation's honor; we wish to stand selfishly in the way of the development of no na tion. .' . It is not pretension on our part to say that we are privileged to stand for what every nation would like to stand for and speaking for those things which all humanity most de- re." The spirit which brooded over the river, said tne President, was just a solemn evidence that the force of America is the force of moral princi ple, that there is not anything else she loves and that there is not anything else for which she will contend." The President took occasion in his speech to pay tribute to Secretary of the Navy Daniels, who sat beside him. Although the day was damp and chilly, with occasional downpours of rain, the weather in no away abated the enthusiasm with which New York greeted the head of the nation. In the forenoon he reviewed a land parade of 6000 sailors and marines from the fleet's 16 battleships, and from the moment he set foot on shore until after the luncheon he returned to the Mayflower to review the fleet, his progress through the streets was a con tinuous ovation, remarked upon by those who accompanied him as the most enthusiastic they had witnessed since the President's inauguration. He was plainly touched by the welcome accorded him. Silverton The farmers' institute and picnic, held in this city Saturday, was attended by 600 farmers. The damp weather of the few days imme diately preceding it necessitated a slight change in plans and the ad dresses of the morning were held in a theater. The entire day was bright and clear and by noon the dampness had so far disappeared from the park that it was deemed advisable to hold the remainder of the exercises - there. County Agriculturist Chapin spoke on "Soil Fertility; How to Maintain It." Mibb Elizabeth Levy, of this city, played several violin solos. "Di- 600 Farmers Attend Semi annual Picnic at Silverton versified Farming" was' the subject of Professor French, of Oregon Agricul tural college. Representative Hawley spoke on "Farm Credits." Free luncheon was served by the business men of Silverton at noon. Mr. Chapin is preparing to hold a corn show here this fall and arrange ments are well under way for it. Plans are being made for cash prizes in lib eral amounts. Saturday's meeting surpassed in interest and attendance the expectations of even the most hopeful, and it is believed because of the interest now awakened that this event will be made a semi-annual occurrence. PORTUGUESE REBELS TAKE GOVERNMENT Revolutionists Are Now in full Control of Capital City. ADMINISTRATION'S TROOPS SURRENDER State Grange Asks Rural Credits at Annual Session Order Is Partly Restored and Many Royalists Arrested Both Sides Lose Heavily in Fighting. Tillamook Demands for a rural creditor Federal long-time loan law re made in a committee report to the State Grange in session here. Af ter an hour of discussion, the grange decided to take no action on the report until the committee in charge of the Bathrick bill has announced its findings. The committee also urged the grange to declare it would support no candi date for the United States senate who would not promise to work and vote for a rural credit law. Increase in the limit placed on pos tal savings accounts to $6000 with the privilege of diverting these funds to the farmers at a low rate of interest was favored by the committee in a res olution which was adopted. A resolution also was adopted by the grange declaring against tax exemp tions on certain classes of property. The resolution, however, was not op posed to an exemption of 1300 on household goods actually in use. The grange also declared in favor of a Federal law that would require man ufacturers of woolen goods to mark their products to indicate whether they are made of long wool or recarded or of old woolen garments. Changes in mail or rural routes were opposed in a resolution adpoted and the changing of the date of the collection of the second half of the taxes from October 5 to the first Monday in November favored in another. In the demand for the rural credit law the committee recites that the people of the country expected relief from the financial stringency after the passage of the administration currency act and that the law has failed to bring about that relief. It says that money is as scarce as it was before the passage of the act, and reports that rates of interest have remained as be fore. ; It calls upon all of the subordinate granges of the state to support a I measure for the relief of the farmers, contending that the interest rates now charged by lenders are "eating the vitals and life out of the state and nation." The committee would have congress grant to the states the right to issue non-interest-bearing bonds to be used as time loans on which the secretary of the treasury would issue currency less 2 per cent discount. This would be handled by the state land board and applicants for funds would receive loans not in excess of 60 per cent of the valuation of land for periods of 6, 10, 16, 20, 26, 3 or 35 years at a rate not more than 4 " per cent, payable semi-annually. ' Seven Battles in Week is Bloodiest of Entire War in .Western Europe London Seven separate and distinct battles were fought in the week just closed and there can be little doubt that the days from Saturday, the 8th, until Friday, the 14th, will rank among the most bloody in the history of Western Europe, says the corre spondent of the Times. He adds: "Saturday night saw no lessening in the intensity of the struggle. On the Ypres front, although . outnumbered and in danger of being outflanked, our men again and again hurled back Ger man attacks. 'During the darkness the Germans, as though aware that with every pass ing hour their opportunity was slip ping away, continued to hurl them selves against our lines. 'Men who lived through this night shot until they could no longer hold their rifles. The fury of the assault was indescribable. 'Dawn of Sunday showed in the fields in front of Ypres the dead piled like cornstalks at harvest time, British and Germans lying side by side." Freezing Temperature Over Wide Area. Washington, D. C. Abnormally cold weather prevailed Tuesday night throughout the entire country except in the Gulf states, with tempeatures 20 degrees below the seasonal average in the Upper Lake region and the Da kotas. Snow fell in St. Paul and other parts of Minnesota and West Virginia. Reports to the weather bureau told of the disturbance, one accompnied by heavy frosts in Nebraska, Minnesota and parts of Iowa and Wisconsin, and the other attended by rains over the Northern states east of the Missis sippi, which were said to be responsi ble for the unsettled condition and low temperatures. The Eastern storm was said to be passing into the Atlantic and the one in the West to be moving eastward. Frost warnings were issued for many sections. ; Liberty Bell Due July 16. Philadelphia Saturday, July 17, will be Liberty Bell Day at the Panama-Pacific exposition. The relic will leave Philadelphia July 5. It will ar rive in San Francisco July 16. Sev eral stops will be made along the way, Omaha and Lincoln will be reached July 9, Denver July 10, Portland and Salem July 15, Sacramento July 16. The Liberty Bell will reach Portland at 6 a. m. and will be sidetracked here six hours so that all who wish may have the opportunity of viewing it. It will leave here for Salem at noon. ' ' Riots Surprise Germans. Berlin The Overseas News Agency Wednesday gave out the following: The German press expresses sur prise at the impotence of the London police. Mob rule is easily suppressed where the police are active. Official reports of parliamentary debate clearly show that the hatred of the Germans is the only pretext left for plundering. That the internment of all hostile for eigners should be necessary to protect strangers is a bad sign." Big Power Project Begun for Oregon Electric at Eugene Eugene A force of men is at work at the Oregon Electric's $5,000,000 power project at Clear Lake at the head of the McKenzie river in the summit of the Cascade mountains. Preliminary work is to be rushed says L. C. Gillman, president of the Oregon Electric, who arrived in Eugene this week. : He stated definitely that no other plans for development are under way. "I am not prepared to state at this time how soon the permanent con struction work will begin, " he said. The McKenzie power project, one of the largest in the state, involving the tapping of one of the largest lakes at the summit of the Cascades, was com menced quietly several years ago. Engineers established headquarters and meteorological readings were made daily over a period of two years. Final surveys were made and engineers reports submitted were favorable to the projects. The first formal announcement was made more than a year ago, when one of the engineers, returning with the final reports, made public the plans. New Stage Line to Start. Klamath Falls An automobile stage service is to be inaugurated by George Hoyt, of Fort Klamath, and will oper ate between Chiloquin, which is the point at which passengers on the Southern Pacific for the North leave the train, and Bend. Two machines will be used, so the stages may leave Bend and Chiloquin at the same time, meeting at Crescent. Trips will be made on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat urdays. The route will permit of stops at Harp, La Pine, Crescent, Lonrotn, Skeen Ranch and other places. Pas sengers, freight and baggage will be transported, and arrangements have also been made for private mail de livery for farmers living along the route who are some distance from postoffices. ' Big Rains Damage Roads. Baker Torrents of rain this week greatly benefited crops, but did consid erable damage. In 24 hours .27 inch of rain brought the total for the year within .01 inch of normal and settled definitely the possibilities of a dry season. The city was without light or power five hours because the wind blew a tree across the line of the East ern Oregon Light & Power company near the Rock Creek plant The roads are a quagmire and many places are isolated. Roads between here and Halfway are practically impassable. Safe Blast Fruitless. Canyonville Robbers who blew the safe of J. M. Gross ft Son, general merchants, demolished the store office and awakened the town at 8 o clock Thursday morning, were chased away before they could loot the cash drawer after they had opened the vault with a gigantic charge of nitroglycerine. The report of the explosion brought neighbors to the store and the men es caped in the darkness without any val uables. Coos and Curry Farmers Will Compete for Dairy Show Prizes Marshfield Coos and Curry counties will hold their dairy show and annual Fair at Myrtle Point soon. Since the cow-testing associations have been in operation the interest in better cows and closer attention to production has increased wonderfully and the ranchers are ready for any contest. The Fair association has appropriated $200 for this particular feature of the Fair and the following exhibits will be made for prizes : Dairy cows, showing best records for production of butter fat for a period of 90 consecutive days in any of the cow testing associations during 1916, get three prizes. All entries must be registered cows or from a registered re. Cheese and butter exhibit has three prizes for Doth commodities, rro feBsor O. G. Simpson, of the depart ment of dairy manufacturing, Oregon Agricultural' college, will score the points in this showing, exhibitors will show five full-weight Cheddar cheeses or 15 rolls of butter. Klamath Shipping Cattle. Klamath Falls Three carloads of cattle have been Bhipped to the Port land markets. These are the first Klamath Falls cattle to go to the Port land Union Stockyards for some time, and the grading and prices they re ceive is being awaited with interest by Klamath Falls shippers. It is thought by some shippers that the Portland market, while it offers in some instances more attractive prices for stock, cut the profits from ship ments there by too strict grading. If the prices and (Tradings at fort- land are what Klamath Fails, men be lieve they should be, there is reason to expect that some of the several car loads of stock that are sent away from Klamath Falls every Thursday will be delivered to Portland instead of going to Sacramento. , . " Notices Sent Officials: .. . Salem The State Tax commission has sent circular letters to county offi cials calling attention to an act passed by the recent legislature, which makes sheriffs, instead of county treasurers, tax collectors. The letter says in part "This act does not SDecifv anv D artic ular method to be follows! in making transfer of the tax roll from the treas urer to the sheriff. It is evident, how ever, that the treasurer must make a return to the County court, verified by proper certificate, as required by law, showing clearly the state of the tax roll on the conclusion of his duties as tax collector." Hatchery Building Plan. Oregon City C. P. Henkel, super intendent of the United States bureau of fisheries, with headquarters at the Clackamas fish hatchery, who has been on an inspection trip of those in South ern Oregon, has returned to Oregon City with Willis S. Rich, scientist for the government hatchery. Plans are being made for great improvements at the hatchery. Mr. Henkel is planning for the new building, and also intends to make the place a summer resort. where visitors may have picnics, but no camping privileges. Paris, Via London Joae Chagas, proclaimed president of the Portuguese cabinet at Lisbon Monday, by the revo lutionists, was'"-shot and killed Tues day, and fighting" .in the streets of the capital has tbeea resumed, more than 100 persons being killed, according to dispatches reaching here. Warships were again bombarding the city. President Chagas was shot four times while on a train at Entroca mento by Senator Frietas, who was immediately killed. One report has it that a passenger killed the president's assailant, while another Bays Senator Frietas was shot to death by gend armes. . Lisbon, via Paris The success of the revolutionary forces has been con firmed. The new government, which will be presided over by Joac Chagas, was proclaimed from the windows of the city hall and the announcement was received with enthusiastic mani festations. The military governor of Lisbon im mediately posted throughout the city proclamations praising the courage of the citizens and calling upon civilians to deliver up all arms at the arsenal under pain of arrest. - The casualties in Friday's fighting numbered 67 killed and 800 wounded. Saturday's list was not available, but there were many victims on both sides, during assaults on police head quarters, the military college and the cavalry barracks, the defenders of which delivered determined counter at tacks before they were overcome. One hundred prisoners were taken to warships. ' The insurgents wrecked and looted the house in which Captain Couceiro, the royalist leader, stayed until re cently. Several royalists were arrest ed, including Marquis Fioalho. Order has been partly restored and the new government is taking meas ures to re-establish normal conditions. The ex-minister of marine was arrest ed and taken aboard a warship for hav ing ordered a destroyer to sink the warships which were bombarding the city. News from Oporto indicates that the disturbances there were similar to those in Lisbon, but there were fewer casualties. 1 All regiments in Lisbon and the provinces have now surrendered. The last two to capitulate were cavalry regiments which led the military movement resulting in the appoint ment of Pimenta Castro as premier in January. Business Is Able to Bear' Strain ; of War With German Is Declared Chicago Whatever may be the out come of this country's diplomatic dealings with Germany, it is the opin ion of many authorities that business at home will not suffer curtailments. In fact, it is expected that industry would receive enormous impetus should war be declared. The great base of supplies is in the United States and the requirements of Great Britian, France and Russia will grow no smaller if the United States is drawn into the conflict, IMS coun try's own necessities will be great If the trouble comes. To supply every thing that would be wanted should tax the maximum capacities of every man ufacturing industry in the land. Business has not been affected ap preciably since the Lusitania tragedy, except in the case of perhaps a few new projects which were developing at the time of the lnclndent. These transactions are of a financial nature and probably will be halted temporar ily; ', .Activities in what may be termed the "war business" of the country are larger than' at any previous time, More contracts have been received for mutions and supplies and production on former orders has continued to gain as it has in each week since these pur chases became heavy. Merchandising reports more uni formly agree as to increasing demand of consumers. The weather has been a stimulating influence in the reduc tion of stocks, drygoods jobbing being notably active. Contraband Cargo Sails. Philadelphia Before sailing Mon day for Liverpool the British steamer Michigan, under charter of the Amer ican line, filed a bond in the United States District Court for appearance in defense of an action brought by two young American stokers who refused to sail on the vessel because it was going into the war tone, thus endan gering their lives. The stokers are Arthur W. Palmer, of American Falls, Idaho, and James G. Winter, of Unity, Wis. The stokers said they did not desire to sail into the war zone. . FISHING TACKLE! , The Trout Season is here, and we are prepared . to give you anything in the Tackle line you may de sire. We are carrying a dandy line of Split Bamboo Rods. Reels, Leaders, Flies, Fly Books, Baskets, Etc. Call here for your Fishing and Hunting Licenses. LOOK OUR BIG STOCK OVER. 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