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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. fife Buy Your Groceries From Your Home Grocer BARGAIN DAY Is every day with the Merchant who advertises in the Press he has some thing to sell and says so. n . "VOLUME XXVIL ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1915. NUMBER 32. WORLD'S DOINGS Of CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume of General News From All Around the Earth. UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHEU Live News Items of All Nations and Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. : Eight miners are killed in a mine explosion at. Christopher, 111. ' Reports say that the Russians have materially checked the advance of the Germans on Warsaw. Fishing smacks are seriously hin dered in the war zone because of the German submarine warfare. Japan wireless station succeeds in communicating with the station in Hawaii, a distance of 8380 miles. French take important position on top of high mountain in the Alsace district after fierce bombardment. Cable dispatches from Berlin to Washington state that Germany will amend reply to latest American note. The French submarine Marietta was destroyed by a German submarine on July 26 in the narrows of the Darda nelles, according to a dispatch from Constantinople. About a dozen bombs were dropped in Verona, Italy, by an Austrian aero plane. There were no victims of the air attack . and the damage done to property was insignificant. Evidence offered before the coroner's jury in the case of the overturning of the excursion steamer m Chicago river, showB the boat was overloaded, and the water ballast pumped' out to keep the vessel from scraping the bottom. Officials of the Navy and Army de partments have begun a series of con ferences which will have to do with the betterment of National defense. Findings of -the conferences will be presented to President Wilson. The temperature rose to 90 degrees in the shade at Seward, Alaska, and it was 103 at Kenai Lake. There have been only four rainy days in two months. Several fires are burning in the Sugah forest east of Anchorage. The governor general of the French Congo, which adjoins the German col ony of Kamerun, telegraphs that, after a series of combats at Monso Besam and ABsaobam, a French column occu pied the important German post of Lomie, June 'lb. . . Charging that she had been 'de frauded of S10.000 in a stock deal, and that she had been beaten and injured and falsely arrepted when she tried to get her money back, Mrs. Bertna m. Leland. a former reBtaurant cashier, files suit aggregating $100,000 against Frank Rockefeller, brother of the "oil king." . FfFnrta tn teach Knelish to Chinese crews on Pacific Mail Steamship com pany vessels at San Francisco have failed. The experiment was made in t.h hnne of comDlvin? with reauire- ments of the seaman's act, effective in November, which will require that 75 per cent of crews in all departments holl tmifaratAnH ativ order criven bv their officers in the native language of the officers. Three persons were killed when a roller coaster on the "Rough Rider," an amusement enterprise at Coney Telanil Mao Ynrlf tumned the track Wednesday while traveling at high speed. Mrs. Clarence Moles, of Spring Valley, N. Y., and her 7-year-nld inn Edward, who were Dasseneers. escaped injury. Thrown clear of the car, she clung to the track, holding the boy on one arm until rescued by police men. ' ' A Norwegian naturalist lost both hiB hands in the Arctic region y freezing. Many straying Britons are returning from all parts of the eartn to aia weir country. , Hninn are renorted to have burned the city of Windau before leaving it to the oncoming German forces. ' Charles Jameson, one of the two ul timat heirs to the great Arbuckle estate of $30,000,000, is dead. French hospitals and German pris oners in Siberia have asked the Amer ican Red Cross society for help. Thnu-w.ll Infm-mod etalm that Ger many has supplies to last several yean and a eood crop is being harvested. Two months is reported as the aver age life of a bone alter ne goes mm active service in tne European war, r The Carranza commander confirms reports that his soldiers executed be tween SO and 60 Villa soldiers for loot ing at Cananea. "- r. - r th. first tima since the begin ning of the war, a whole week has nuiri without tne loss oi a unino vessel of any kind. ... W.alii-irtnn hi a rfiDOrt thftt Gen eral Carranza has given notice that he will sever all diplomatic relations with i .4inn whn do not maintain ministers to his government at Vera . ... i ar eras, mis win dos uu"i mv hii relations with the United state. iERMANY DEFIANT WITH LATE AMERICAN NOTE. OFFICIALS ADMIT Washington, D. C. Destruction of the American ship Leelanaw by a Ger man submarine drew sharply to the attention of . officials of the United States government the fact that Ger many was insisting on her own inter pretation of the Prussian-American treaty of 1828 in disregard of two American notes on the subject. The Leelanaw, from Archangel, July 8, for Belfast, with a cargo of flax, was sunk July 25 by a berman submarine off the northwest coast of Scotland.; ., .... All the members of the crew were saved. They were taken into Kirk wall in their own boats. ' In three instances of American ships destroyed or damaged the Gulflight, the Nebraskan and the William P. Frye Germany has agreed to pay damages. In-the last case the Berlin government took the . position that it had not violated the treaty of 1828, but had exercised a right given her by inference from the language in the pact Officials of the Washington gov ernment were apprised of the destruc tion of the Leelanaw, but beyond add ing another incident to the already strained relations between the two governments, there was . no indication that the case would lead to a new turn in the general situation. The fact that the members of the crew were saved caused a relief in offi cial circles, but there were many evi dences of apprehensions that if Ger many continues to promise payment, yet destroys more American ships, a new situation might be created which would require further warning to the Berlin government. The fact that the Leelanaw carried cargo of flax, declared contraband by Germany on April 18,does not alter the view of the United States government that the contraband might have been removed and the vessel spared. Under the general rules of international law, the destruction of a neutral vessel carrying contraband was not admitted until the famous "night commander case in the Russo-Japanese war. Definite Step in Mexican Affairs Promised Soon by High Officials U.S. AGAINST OFFENDING Repetition of Sinking of Ships "Deliberately Unfriendly:" NEUTRAL RIGHTS DECLARED IMMUTABLE Washington, D. C. A definite step toward settling the Mexican problem will be taken by the United States government in the near future. Au thoritative announcement to this effect was made at the State department, al though the nature of the contemplated action was not disclosed. President Wilson is understood to be revolving several suggested courses in his mind. His decision probably will not become known before his return to Washing ton from Cornish, N. H. Mr. Wilson is known to have been reviewing the situation for some time, the warring Mexican factions having failed to heed his suggestion of two months ago that they accommodate their differences and restore peace in the distressed country. Apparently he has determined that the other meas ures which the Washington govern ment announced it must take' if the battle of the factions continued must now be resorted to. The President's most probable course, it is reported, would be to urge General Carranza for the last time to confer with other faction leaders in an effort to bring about peace. Should Carranza again refuse this plan, it is said efforts will be made to assemble other Mexican leaders who will repre sent a majority of the Mexican people. Such a conference, it was suggested, might be held in Northern Mexico, if it is possible to free it from military interference. If not, it might be held across the border in the United States. The conference would arrange for a constitutional convention which would plan for an election and establishment of a government. British Take Turk City. 1 London Official dispatches concern ing the operations along the Euphrates river in Asiatic Turkey announce that the British forces, after rushing and caDturine the Turkish advance and main entrenched positions, occupied the town of Nasiriyeh on the morining of July 25. A British gunboat shelled tne city on the previous night, and the Turks, disorganized, . retreated northward. The British, during their advance, captured 11 guns and two machine guns. Several hundred prisoners were taken and 600 dead Turks were found in the main position. Mailman's Bicycle To Go.. Washington, D. C. Use of bicycles or motocytcles in the rural delivery service is prohibited by an order just issued by Postmaster General Burleson effective January 1, 1916. In announcing his order, Mr. Burle son holds that vehicles of these types do not have the carrying capacity needed for the parcel poet service and do not afford necessary protection for the mails in bad weather. The order will affect about 8000 carriers who now use bicycles or motorcycles to cover their routes. Vienna Press Doubts U. S Vienna, via London The Neue Freie Presse expresses itself aa unable to understand why the United States re fused Germany's proposal for protect ing the live of American citizens at sea, and although seeking the sanctity of American passengers, declined the practical means offered for securing this end. "It is a question," the paper says, "whether the same, stiff-neck edness would be observed against England." Germany Must Adapt Practice to New Conditions or Else Discontinue It, Says LatestU. S. Note. Woshinirton. D. C The text of the American note on submarine warfare, presented at Berlin Saturday by Am bassador Gerard, was made public here. It reveals that the imperial govern ment has been informed it is the inten tion of the United States to regard as "deliberately unfriendly" any repeti tion by the commanders of German naval vessels of acts in contravention of American rights. The United States announces that it will continue to contend for the free dom of the seas, "from whatever quar ter violated, without compromise and at any cost. Contending that "defense of an act as retaliatory is an admission that it is illegal," the American government ar gues that it cannot discuss actions of Great Britain with Germany and must regard as "irrevelant" in the present negotiations the conduct of other Dei. lurerents. "Illegal and inhuman acts," says the note, "however justifiable they may be thought against an enemy who is be lieved te have acted in contravention of law and humanity, are manifestly indefensible when they deprive neu trals of their rights, particularly when they violate the right of life itself." Pointing out that a belligerent should give up its measures of retalia tion if unable to conduct them "with out injuring the lives of neutrals," the note declares that persistence in such measures, under the circumstances, would constitute an unpardonable offense against the sovereignty of the neutral nations affected; "The United States," it Is further asserted, "is not unmindful of the ex traordinary conditions" created by the present war and is "ready to make every reasonable allowance for these novel and unexpected aspects of war at sea," but cannot consent "to abate any essential or fundamental right of its people because of a mere alteration of circumstances. " : The note says that events of the past two months clearly indicate that it is "nossible and practicable" to conduct submarine operations "in sub stantial accord with the accepted practices of regulated warfare." The comment is added that the whole world has looked with interest and in creasing satisfaction at the demonstra tion of this fact by German naval com manders, and that it is "manifestly possible to lift the whole practice of submarine attack above the criticism which it has aroused and remove the chief causes of offense." OREGON NEWS Of GENERAL INTEREST. Idaho Cowboys Capture Boy's AbductorYouth Makes Escape Idaho Falls, Ida. Cowboys late Sat urday night captured the abductor of Ernest Empey. son of a wealthy ranch er who was kidnaped several days ago and held for $6000 ransom, according to a report received here. The desperado, it is said,, came down from Sheep mountain at night fall and was surrounded and taken oh what is known as Crane's Flat, Empey escaped from his abductor and was found by United States forest rangers and is now safe at Montpelier, according to advices reaching here. Empey fled while his captor was asleep in a hut on Sheep mountain, five miles from Empey's ranch, where he was taken at the point of a rifle. Immediately upon recepit of the news of Empey's escape a posse left here to conduct a search for the kid naper. Six thousand dollars in gold was taken to the spot indicated by the ab ductor for payment for the release of the cattleman in an effort to capture the man. Canal Paying Expenses. Washington, D. C Counting only the cost of operation; of civil govern ment, sanitary work and the adminis tration and handling of ships, the Pan ama canal is now on a paying basis, according to official reports. Receipts from May not only wiped out the defi cit of $39,480, which had grown since the opening up of the canal, but left a balance of $177,799, which works out a profit of 4.79 per cent on the expendi ture. This, however, makes no allow ance for interest on the vast sum ex pended in the construction. -Loss of Warship Denied. Berlin, via London Supplementing the denial made recently that a Ger man warship had been sunk in the Bal tic by a hostile submarine, the German admiralty authorized the statement that in the operation in question no battleship of the Deutschland class attacked by a submarine, and that no German warship of any kind was sunn. The only loss during the operations was the Albatross, a minelayer, it was said. U. S. Has Free Employment Bureau. The United States government here by notifies faarmers, ranchmen, stock men, fruit growers, hop raisers and all other employers that through the Em ployment Branch of the Department of Labor it is prepared to lurmsn tree ot charge workers in any number, male or female, skilled or unskilled, native born or foreigners, English-speaking or those of alien tongue. , : The government's employment serv ice is a national affair, with branches fn every large city of the United States. Through an., interchange of information between these numerous offices, all the various districts or zones are kept advised of labor condi tions throughout the country. If op portunities for work can not' be, filled by the district in which they originate, they are referred to other branches for action. A large number of men and women have registered for work at the Port land branch. From this number it should not be difficult to secure help of any particular -kind. Many of those who have found . employment through the government's service are English speaking aliens who have had thorough agricultural training and experience in their native lands. .. Their thrift and steadiness, together with their knowl edge of intensive cultivation, makes them valuable as farm hands in this country. ' . The government is particularly wen fitted to supply seasonal labor, such as berry and apple picking and packing, hop picking, grain harvesting and other tasks that require the concentra tion of a large number of hands for a short but busy season. This was demonstrated in the Hood River valley during the recent straw berry harvest, for which the govern ment employment branch supplied the majority of pickers, an inspector being detailed to Hood Kiver to personally supervise the distribution of workers. Arrangements have already been made to register hop pickers for the ap proaching harvest, and applications are now being received from the grow ers for parties of pickers to be sqp- Dlied at the opening of the season. Any postmaster or agent of the de partment of Agriculture is authorized to receive applications for help from employers or requests for work from those desiring same. Or, better still, such applications may be sent direct to the Employment Branch, Depart ment of Labor, 424 Railway Exchange Building, Portland, Oregon, by which office they will be promptly acknowl Delay of Line Arouses. Roesburg Chagrined at the attitude of a few Roseburg citizens who, by le gal procedure, are attempting to block the progress, ,.pf Roseburg's proposed railroad and sawmill, -several. hundred taxpayers of the city assembeld on the business streets of the city here re cently, where they held an indignation meeting. - ' ?. Among the speakers were U. a. Porter, representative, and Charles Hopkins, an attorney. Both said that the opposition to the bonds represents less than 6 per cent of the assessed valuation of the city, and that the bonds were originally authorized by a vote of more than 8 to 1. The meeting was one of the most enthusiastic ever held in Roseburg and more, than three-fourths of the tax payers of the city were represented. Those opposed to tne bonding or tne citv were invited to speak, but none accepted. The Roseburg Juvenile bapd furnished music. Accidents Many in Week. ; ,.. Salem The State Industrial Acci dent commission announced that 197 accidents for the week ending July 22 were reported to the department. Two were fatal. . Steve Dencheff, a logger of North Bend, was drowned, and Wal ter H. Howell, a logger of The Dalles, was killed by being caught in a belt. Of the accidents reported, vs of those injured were subject to the work- men's compensation act, 86 were em ployes of public utility corporations; 12 were employes of firms and corpora tions having rejected the act, and six were employes of companies not em ploying persons in hazardous occupations. Forest Fires Have Begun. La Grande Forest fires in the tim- ber belts of this and Wallowa counties and grass fires in La Grande indicate that the month of August will be busy one for the fire department and for the forces combatting forest fires. In the hills and timber belts about La Grande the Union-Wallowa Counties association guards and lookouts are kept constantly at work with flames by which, fortunately, have to date been in slashings principally. The biggest one vet discovered by the lookouts on Mount Emily was near Elgin, on In dian creek, near the Wisdom mill. Sheriff Is Not Shocked. Roseburg Acting upon the com plaint of Roseburg's woman juvenile officer that many of the bathing suits worn by women in the Umpqua river were too abbreviated, Sheriff George Quine recently inspected the public swimming resort near this city, When he returned he was so pleased with what he saw that he purchased a bathing suit for his little daughter. In his official report to the district at torney he said the bahers were garbed much the same as those at the most fashionable seaside resorts. All Convicts at Work. ' Salem For the first time in Beveral years all state convicts but four or five physically incapacitated because of age, were put to work' Wednesday by Harry P. - Minto, superintendent. The population of the prison is 620, the largest in its history, and since the contract system was abolished it has been a problem to provide employment for the prisoners. More than 200 men are employed pulling flax, and the others are at work building a concrete floor in the flax factory and at the prison rock quarry. The six gangs outside the peniten tiary enclosure were guarded, and Mi Minto said there was little danger of any of the men escaping., - "Our men are doing good work," said the superintendent, "and they ap parently enjoy working away from the prison. It will take about ten days more to complete pulling the flax, when employment will be provided in the prison preparing the flax for mar ket." .' Mr. Minto and John C. Cady, state flax expert, are superintending the harvesting of the flax, which is ex pected to yield the state a revenue at least commensurate with the cost of production. ' The plan of growing flax to provide employment for the con victs was originated by Governor Withyeombe, the recent legislature making an appropriation to inaugurate the industry. ' New Work Is Indicated. Astoria That the Dubois Lumber company is preparing to log a portion of its timber holdings soon is indicated bv a mortgage given by it to H. a. Powell, trustee, of Clearfield, Pa., and filed' for' record here. The mortgage pledges 21,089.85 acres of timber land in Clatsop county and 8980.07 acres in Tillamobk as security for $1,000,000 in 6 per cent 26-year bonds. The mortgage provides that the com pany shall have the right to begin cut ting timber any time after July 1 this year, and the company is to pay the trustee II. 60 a thousand for the tim ber cut ud to 36.000.000 feet, and tl a thousand above that amount.- No mention is made as to what the money borrowed is .to be used for, but it is understood the amount . is to be ex. pended in constructing railroads and operating logging camps. Brighton Mill Runs Full. Brighton The big mill at Brighton is running full time and with a com plete crew of men. Logging opera tions along the Nehalem river have been active in several of the smaller camps in preparation for the resump tion of work here sndseveral hundred thousand feet of logs have been cut. Manager Thomas Watt has been to San Francisco to interest shipowners to take cargoes of lumber from Brighton and feels that his hope of water trans portation for the product of the'mill soon will be realized. ' The work on the south jetty at the Nehalem river will be completed with in six weeks and the water conditions are most favorable. In spite of the absence of freshets 'during the spring, which usually scour the bar to a con siderable depth, the channel this year deep enough to allow good-sized freight carriers to cross. , . I Coast Road Is Inspected. Newport A party consisting of George H. Cecil, district forester of the Northwest; Shirley Buck, Mrs. Buck and B. J. Finch, all of Portland, made the first auto trip around Cape Perpetua on a road constructed jointly by Lincoln and Lane counties and the Forestry service. Mr. Cecil's trip was to inspect tne road, and he found the work done sat isfactorily. Lane county has not yet completed Its share of the road, from Waldport, Alsea Bay, to lorence, on the Siuslaw. " When this road is completed there will be an auto stage through country noted for its grandeur and hunting and fishing resources, and also will connect the Columbia river with San rTamcsco Bay by a coast roadv Polk Oils Roads 60 Miles. Monmouth Fifty miles of Polk county highways have been oiled the past few days, according to J. W. Finn, county roadmaster. Approxi mately 80,000 gallons were used, the entire work costing $2500. The Coun ty court, commercial clubs, towns and subscriptions have furnished the sup- Dort necessary. Every road in folk county is ready for tourist travel, and more cars have passed through here this season than at any previous time. For five years gravel has been placed on the roads In the winter months. 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. 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The cele bration began with a picnic dinner served on the lawn under the big cedars. , Grants Pass Plans Pool. Grants Pass A public mass meet ing was held recently at the Commer cial Club rooms to decide upon the plans for the new municipal bath house. The bath house is to be erected in Riverside Park on Rogue River. Good Groceries go to the Right Spot .,. '' . Every Time , This is the Right Spot ' To go to Every Time for Groceries. Try These They'll Please! ONE BEST THE MONOPOLE Monopole Vegetables Monopole Fruits Monopole Salmon Monopole Oysters DELL BROS., Athena, Or. Caterers to the Public in Good Things to Eat