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VOLUME XXVIL
ATHENA, UMATILLA COU1STY, OEEGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1915.
NUMBER 43.
WORLD'S DOINGS
OF CURRENT WEEK
Brief Resume of General News
From All Around the Earth.
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NOT
GABR1ELE D'ANNUNZIO
Live News Items of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.
Greece announces a policy ot armed
neutrality.
British submarines are raiding Ger
man shipping in the Baltic.
Wilson has formally agreed to the
official recognition ot Carranza.
New York seismograph registers a
violent earth shock, probably in the
West Indies. ,
Bulgaria's entry into the war may
cause Japan to reconsider her position
and change her plans.
More slides have completely block
ed the Panama canal and no date can
be set for its re-opening.
Newspaper "editors of Paris have
made a violent protest against the sus
pension of four papers for disobeying
the orders of the press censor.
A number of prominent Portland,
.Or., women are spending three days
per week each in making bandages
for wounded European soldiers.
A stockholder of the NewYork Mu
tual Life Insurance company has sued
for an Injunction to prevent the com
pany from subscribing to the big Eu
ropean war loan.
Wilson and Secretary of War Dan
lelB have agreed on a policy of practi
cally doubling the IT. S.' navy in five
years. The first year's program con
templates the expenditure of $248,000,
ooo. ;
A dispatch from Athens says a Brit
ish agent has unearthed a submarine
base in the Gulf of Nauplla, southeast
of Greece, from which it is believed
here the submarines which recently
sank allied transports have received
their supplies.
A Petrograd dispatch says Russian
forces have pierced the Austro-Ger-man
lines on the Strips river. They
have already taken prisoner more
than 2000 men and 60 officers and
have captured four guns and ten rap
; Id firers. The Russian advance Is be
.ing pushed vigorously. ' ,
V' The following announcement of the
dismissal of the Bulgarian minister to
Great Britain was issued in London:
"His Majesty's government announce
that the Bulgarian minister has been
handed his passports and that diplo
matic relations between Great Britain
and Bulgaria have been broken off."
Four boys were buried alive at Mus
catine, la., when a cave they had ex
cavated in the side of a hill collapsed.
They were John Gauthler, 14 ; Charley
Beckey, 13; Harry Davidson, 16, and
Glen Thompson, 13 (colored). The
youths' cries brought rescuers, but
they were dead before the latter could
reach them.
The hazing system has been abolish
ed at the Annapolis naval academy by
the voluntary action of the midship
men of the three upper classes. Al
though no formal resolution was pass
ed, it was said on authority that there
was practical unanimity of opinion
that the time had come when hazing
should cease. .'
Admission that German losses have
been heavy in the past few days on
the western front is made by the cor
respondent of the German Tageblatt,
who declares French attacks were car
ried out "with unprecedented vigor
and courage." He estimates that with
in a brief period the French have fired
more than 3,000,000 shells against the
German lines. ; .
Rnssiant are bombarding Bulgarian
porta with great energy. . , -
Large forces of Germans and Aus
trlans have Invaded Serbia. '
A shaggy-haired goat overestimated
his fighting ability at the Portland zoo
when he wandered into the buffalo
paddocks and gave battle to one of the
big male buffaloes. The goat's bat
tered remains were taken to the city
incinerator lor cremation.
Total casualties of officers in the
British army from the beginning of
the war np to September 27 have
reached a total of 17,074. Of this
number 6176 were killed or had died of
wounds, while 10,469 . were wounded
and 1428 were listed as missing.
Reports from the western front say
that Moroccan soldiers captured by the
Germans consider themselves gnests of
Germany and not prisoners, says the
Overseas New Agency. They are op
posed to France, which compels them
to fight against their religious convic
tions.
Information reaches Geneva by way
of Munich from a source which is re
garded as reliable that Roumanla will
soon Issue a decree for general mobil
ization.
An aeroplane coming from Bulgaria
dropped numerous bombs en Nish, kill
ing five persons and wounding two
others. It then returned safely to
Bulgaria.
Able German agents have convinced
the general public of Greece that Ger
many is invincible, and the Greeks
are not enthusiastic over going to war
against the Teuton.
The Austrian " government has
placed a pries of $4,000 on the head of
Gabriels d'AnnunzIo, the poet who so
strongly urged Italy to go to war with
Austria and who now la serving as a
lieutenant In a regiment of Italian
lancers.
PRESIDENT URGES AMERICA FIRST
IN MATTERS Of NATIONAL CONCERN
Washington, D. C. A demand on
all Americans, on penalty ot ostra
cism, to be more than neutral In re
gard to the European war, to take
their stand for America first, last and
all the time, was voiced by President
Wilson in a speech in celebration ot
the 25th anniversary of the founding
of the Daughters of the American Rev
olution, v The United States, the presi
dent said, was not merely trying to
keep out of trouble, but was trying to
preserve the foundations upon which
peace could be rebuilt
Peace can be rebuilt, he added,
"only upon the ancient and accepted
principles of international law: only
upon these things which remind na
tions oi tneir amies to eacn otner, ana
deeper than that, ot their duties to
mankind and humanity. America has
a great cause which is not confined to
the American continent It is the
cause of humanity itself."
Declaring his faith In the loyalty of
the great body of naturalized citizens
of foreign birth, the president said he
believed tho impression was too gen
eral that a large number of these cm-
sens were without a sufficient affec
tion for the American ideal.
'But I am in a hurry to have a line
up," he explained, "and let the men
who are thinking first of other coun
tries stand on one side and those who
are for America first,' last and all the
time, on the other side." '
Every political action and every so
cial action In America at this time,
said Mr. Wilson, should have for its
object to challenge the spirit ' of
Americanism.
Bulgarian Army Attacks Serbians.
London. A dispatch to the Times
from Athens says that the Bulgarians
began an attack on Serbia at Baribo-
ghas near Knlashevatx on Monday.
Paris. Although Belgrade had been
evacuated, the Matin's correspondent
at Nish said, in a dispatch filed Bun
day, the fighting continued stubbornly
on the hills surrounding the city,
some of which had been taken and re
taken several times.
"Artillery on both sides," the dis
patch says, "has been firing without
respite for three days. The Serbs
gained the advantage when they cap
tured excellent positions near Topol
der and drove the Germans back on a
suburb fit Belgrade called Great vrat-
char, where a tierce struggle is going
"The invaders threw more than 10,
000 shells on Belgrade, sparing neither
hospitals nor churches. Synagogues
were destroyed and Jewish families
who had taken refuge there were bur
ied in the ruins. French artillery took
part In the defense of the city. The
British, with heavy guns, inflicted
great losses on the Germans and sunk
two monitors in the Danube.
"Near Ram, on the Danube, the
Serbians were driven back with the
loss of four howitzers and several ma
chine guns."
War Supply Cargo Lost
Tokio. One life, that of a third off!
cer, was lost in the wreck of the Brit
ish steamer Rufford Hall in a typhoon
la the Tsuruga straits, while on her
way from New York to Vladivostok.
The steamer itself, which had a car
go of war supplies for Russia on board
was a total loss.
The wrecking ot the Rufford Hall
was reported in a Tokio dispatch on
October . At that time it was said
that a lifeboat containing the officers
and one passenger was missing.
Roumanla to Aid Allies.
Paris. Premier Bratiano, of Rou
manla, has given the Italian govern
ment to understand that Roumanian
operations on the side of the entente
may be considered certain, says a spe
cial dispatch from Rome. The Ron
manian government however, will
choose its own time for taking the
field against the Austro-Germans.
21.000 More British Fall.
London. British casualties report
ed since October 1 amount to more
than 21,000. The week-end casualty
Hat published Saturday gives 200 offi
cers and 4300 men. This brings np
the total casualties published In the
London papers since the first of the
month to sl officers and 20,861. men.
OREGON jTATE NEWS
Government Studies Sentiment
In Railroad Land Grant Case
Eugene. The United States govern
ment Is making an investigation of
sentiment in Oregon as to what should
be done with the Oregon & California
railroad grant lands. Attorney S. W.
Williams, ot the department of justice.
arrived in Eugene to pass several days
in Lane county. He will also visit all
counties In which the land is located.
Upon his return to Washington Mr.
Williams will make his report to the
attorney-general, who will in all prob
ability report to congress. He was ac
companied to Eugene by Leonard Un
derwood, special agent of the depart
ment of the Interior.
Mr. Williams met a number of Eu
gene bankers and business men at the
commercial club. He stated briefly
that his mission was to ascertain what
the lands are best suited for and the
views of the people in the section of
the state most vitally interested as to
what should be done with the lands.
Mr. Williams stated that it no ac
tion was taken by congress the rail
road would be permitted to carry out
the terms of the original grant Those
present at the meeting were not in
clined to the view that congress should
not take action.
Mr. Williams, for the purpose of
suggestion, said that the removal of
all restrictions upon the railroad, with
a condition that the lands must be
sold within a certain time, would re
sult in the early sale of lands and
make them available in the develop
ment of the state. The suggestion did
not meet approval.
HESSIAN FLY MENACE GROWS.
Fall Brood Infests Early Sown Wheat
for Spring Depredations.
Hessian flies are shown by investi
gations recently conducted by the Ore
gon Agricultural College Entomolog
ical department to be occurring in con
siderable numbers in various parts of
the Willamette valley. The adults
hatching from the pupae found in the
wheat stubble of last season's crop de
posit their eggs for the winter brood
of maggots in the blades of fall sown
wheat. Fall wheat in or near by fields
that were infested this season becomes
a breeding place for the brood that
will attack with more or less damage
next season's crop. v
The rlessiaan fly has been occurring
in the Willamette valley to a greater
or less extent for a number of years,
out Infestation seems to be much more
general this year than for many sea
sons past. ' Professor Lovett, assistant
entomologist of the college, says that
considerable injury has been done to
both wheat and barley this year by the
Hessian fly (Myetiola destructor). This
injury is shown in the maturing grain,
Fight Timber Tax Reductions.
Oregon City. The county will not
submit tamely to: big reductions In
the assessments pf the Weyerhaeuser,
Collins estate and other big timber
holdings and every case will be fought
through the courts, declared District
Attorney Hedges.
The Weyerhaeuser case, which was
appealed from the board ot equaliza
tion and lost and lost in the circuit
court Saturday, will be appealed to
the supreme court, said Mr. Hedges,
who believes that the county -can
prove its case before the higher tri
bunal. The court refused to reduce
Assessor Jack's value of the timber.
but cut the estimates 144,460,000 feet
in five sections in question. The sec
tions were not changed by the court.
Between $1100 and $1200 is involved
in the annual tax payments by the re
ductions ordered in the circuit court
The case is considered important In-
as-much as it opens the way for other
big timber Interests to tight for lower
assessments. The county's figures
are all based on the M. G. Nease
cruise.
Governor Paroles Ten.
Salem. Ten paroles were issued
Tuesday by Governor Withycombe
upon recommendation of the parole
board. . .
Those receiving them are: B. G. Ma-
goon, committed from Columbia coun
ty for forgery;- Fred Barnhart, com
mitted from Jackson county for lar
ceny: J. B. Girton, committed from
Umatilla county for forgery; Billy Le-
Lawrence, committed from Jackson
county for larceny; Fay R. Smith,
committed from Coos county for lar
ceny; William Smith, committed from
Malheur county for larceny; Frank
Johnson, committed from Umatilla
county for larceny; Samuel Dishaw,
committed from Malheur county tor
larceny; Peter Kelly, committed from
Umatilla. county for larceny; Herbert
S. Sullivan, committed from Clatsop
county for assault
Hatchery Improvement Advised.
Roseburg. As a result of a visit to
the -North Umpqua fish hatchery by
Attorney-General George M. Brown,
that official will probably recommend
to the state fish commission the instal
lation of a pumping plant there as an
auxiliary to the present water supply.
The running water for use in the
hatchery is procured from a ' small
creek, but in dry seasons is insuffi
cient- -.
At present there are approximately
3,000,000 salmon eggs in the hatchery,
according to Mr. Brown. On account
of a scarcity of water, not more than
1,000,000 more eggs will be taken to
this hatchery during the present year,
The attorney-general says he will
probably make his recommendation
to the state fish commission as soon
as he returns to Salem.
Cattle Shipped to Fair.
- Salem. On a special train early
Wednesday morning, prize-winning
herds at the Oregon state fair grounds
left for the Panama-Pacific exposition
at San Francisco, where they will be
entered in the international livestock
competition. The run to San Francis
co will be made in 40 hours. -
Among the herds going to the fair
were George Chandler's ' Herefords
from Baker; Dave Looney's Guernseys
from Jefferson; A. B. Glle's Guernseys
from Chinook, Wash, and William Bis
hop's Holstelns from Chimmicum,
Wash, ,
Pupils to Build Addition.
Klamath Falls. R. H. Dunbar, prln
cipal of the city schools, announces
that the school board has just granted
permission for the erection of a manu
al training building on the central
school property. The new building will
be 20x40 feet and will be constructed
entirely by the advance students of
the seventh and eighth grades in man
ual training who will work under the
direction of Professor Luther A. King.
- 8 tat Fair 8hows Profit
Salem. The Oregon state fair took
in $8000 above all expenses this year,
according to W. A. Jones, secretary
ot the board, ot this sum $1000 was
paid out for expenses Incurred last
year, leaving a net balance of $7U0v.
affords an ideal breeding place and it
is often here, says Prof essor Lovett,
that the pest obtains a foothold which
enables it to increase in numbers suffi
ciently to seriously injure the crop.
Every reasonable effort should be made
to keep the volunteer wheat down, fre
quent disking being of value. Or this
volunteer crop may be allowed to stand
during the fall as a trap crop on which
the females deposit their eggs and then
plowed under early in the winter. The
time of Bowing the wheat and barley is
one of the most important factors in
controlling the Hessian fly. The per
iod in the fall during which the ma
jority of flies emerge is relatively
brief and if no wheat or barley, either
sown or volunteer, is present upon
which they may lay their eggs, the
main brood is not able to lay eggs to
provide a brood for the spring infesta
tion. . .
Professor Lovett is endeavoring to'
determine the period of emergence in
the Willamette valley, but has not yet
secured sufficient data for making a
definite announcement. It seems rea
sonable, however, that propagation of
the fall and winter generation must
depend very largely upon volunteer or
early sown fall wheat or barley.-
infested stalks, and discoloration of
the plant The grain is frequently en
tirely missing in the upper meshes of
the head and has a distinctively shriv
eled appearance in the lower part The
infested stalks are usually coarse with
color more or less bleached out, while
the head is short and hanging down
from the weakened stem. Injury is
present to a less degree in the young
wheat at B tooling time, and as it be
gins to form stalks. ' The injured plant
shows excessive stooling with coarse
leaves that soon turn yellow and die.
The pest appears in two broods, one
in the fall and the other in the spring.
The fall brood, as has been stated,
emerges from pupae that developed
from the larvae which attacked the
crop last spring. The larval stage is
of course the stage in which the dam
age is done. The larvae were them
selves developed from the eggs laid by
the spring brood of adult flies. Trac
ing the cycle back further it is found
that the spring brood was developed
from pupae formed in the winter, de
veloped from larvae hatched from eggs
deposited by the fall brood in the early
stalks of fall wheat and barley.
It is seen by tracing this cycle of
development that the most vulnerable
place for attacking this pest is in the
fall. By removing the sheathes from
the joint adjacent to the head of the
infested stalk and at other places
along the stalk, as they occur in the
field now, the pupae may be found as
small, shiny brown flattened objects
pressed close against the stalk. They
are mostly lying in groups of two to
eight or ten about the stalk just above
the joint and extending 'up near the
top of the sheath. This stage of de
velopment is often referred to as the
"flaxseed" stage of the Hessian fly.
Being thus in the dormant stage and
kncapable of movement until develop
ment into the flying stage occurs, the
insect may be attacked by burning the
stubble. If this is not deemed advis
able, then resort may be had to cul
tural methods, disking the surface to
mash down the stalks and incorporate
them into the top soil, and then plow
ing under to a good depth and later
compacting the soil.
If burning is to be resorted to it is
best in harvesting the crop to leave a
rather long stubble, then mow the
stubble and give it time to dry before
burning. This process will destroy not
merely the pupa of the Hessian fly,
but will kill many other insect and
weed pests when present
Destroy what volunteer wheat may
be found either in the field or about
the strawstaeks.. This volunteer wheat
That' Different
"When we want to say something
that we don't dare say in English, we
use. French."
"And when the FrencWwant to
say something they don't Mare say in
French" - -
"Ah. you could make your TWtune
in' Paris if you could only discover
mat aomeuiing.
Describing Her Experience.
"She's had a number of divorces,
hasn't she "
"Tea, she's been happily unmarried
four times." Detroit Free Press.
Other aids to escape the evils of the
Hessian fly are thorough preparation
of the soil and the use of good seed.
Since the greatest damage results from
checking the growth of the young
plant, these measures tend to strength
en the young plants and thus avoid the
chief cause of harm. Crop rotation is
likewise said to be of great value.
Government Crop Report.
Washington, D. C. Estimates of
crop production and prices for the
state of Oregon and for the United
States, compiled by the bureau of crop
estimates, and transmitted through the
weather bureau, U. S. Department of
Agriculture, are as follows :
Wheat State: Estimate this year,
17,400,000 bushels; final estimate last
year, 16,604,000; price October 1 to
producers, 76c; year ago, 98c. United
States: Estimate this year, 1,000,
000,000 bushels; final estimate last
year, 891,000,000; October 1 price,
90.9c; year ago, 93.6c.
Oats State: Production estimate
October 1, 16,600,000 bushels; Septem
ber 1 forecast, 14,169,000; final esti
mate lsst year, 12,740,000; price Oc
tober 1 to producers, 86c; year ago,
42c. United States: Production esti
mate October 1, 1,620,000,000 bushels;
September 1 forecast, 1,408,000,000;
final estimate last year, 1,141,000,000;
October 1 price, 84.6c; year ago,
43.8c.
Barley State : Production esti
mate October 1, 4,790,000 bushels;
September 1 forecast, 4,309,000; final
estimate last year, 8,660,000; price
October 1 to producers, 60e; year ago,
67c. United States: Production esti
mate October 1, 237,000,000 bushels;
September 1 forecast, 222,936,000;
final estimate last year, 194,963,000;
October 1 price, 46.8c; year ago, 61.8c.
Potatoes State; October 1 fore
cast 6,100,000 bushels; September 1
forecast, 6,688,000; final estimate last
year, 4,763,000; price October 1 to
producers, 46c; year ago, 64c. United
States: October 1 forecast 868,000,-
000 bushels; September 1 forecast,
406,909,000; final estimate last year,
405,921,000; October 1 price, 48c;
year ago, 64.7c.
Apples State: October 1 forecast
1,060,000 barrels; September 1 fore
cast, 1,134,000; final estimate- last
year, 1,200,000; price September 15 to
producers, $2.66; year ago, $2.23.
United States r October 1 forecast,
71,600,000 barrels; September 1 fore
cast, 71,199,000; final estimate last
year, 84,400,000; price September 16
to producers, $1.74; year ago, $1.86.
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There Is an old woman living In a
small town in southern Pennsylvania
who makes great efforts to keep
abreast of the times. Her opportuni
ties, however, are circumscribed, and
she is sometimes compelled to. resort
to her Imagination. She went to a
church sociable lately, and as she en
tered the room one of the attendants
said :
"Good evening, auntie. I am glad
you came. We are going to have
tableaux this evening."
"Yes, I know," replied the old lady;
"I smelt 'em when I tlrst came In."
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