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ATHENA, UMATILLA COTJNTY,." OREGON, 'FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1915.
NUMBER 2.
WORLD'S DOINGS "
OF CURRENT WEEK
Brief Resume of General News
From All Around the Earth. -
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHQl
Live News Items of All Nations and
, Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers! r'
France calls class of 1917 to the
colors. ; . ,
More infected pork Is discovered in
Portland.
Railroad earnings are advancing by
leaps and bounds. ,
Warden of Sing. Sing prison is in
dicted for perjury. ..-
Oregon state irrigationists are in
session in Portland. - - ,
No official reception is offered the
rora peace party by tbe Danes. , -
The entente powers are considering
abandoning the drive on Saloniki.-
- Captain Boy-Ed sails for Germany,
leaving a parting shot to the United
-States press.- ,.?;!- r'.-"-'"
The British cabinet is torn over the
conscription question and the situation
is near a crisis.
A bride of a few months is shot and
otherwise maltreated on a lonely road
near Gresham, Ore. ,
- TheAustrians are accused by the
French government of sinking the Coi
tat without warning.' ' ;
King Peter of Serbia has gone into
exile and is in a deplorable condition,
both as to health and finance. '
Vienna's reply to the United States
on the Ancona case will ask arbitration
which, it is said; wilt be rejected. -
Many paroled convicts in Chicago
are thought responsible for many
crimes being committed in the windy
city. v v r--:. ",,.';-;--;:;;.';,..
New York will ship to Germany by
tSnnrlaf araA mall tVi tnna tif mmBHH
milk for the 2,000,000 starving babies
in that country.. ; ' , - :
Secretary of War Garrison will pre
sent to the committee on military
affairs a plan which, if adopted by
congress, will mean universal military
service.- ' ... - ' :'-;-.
St Louis hotels are reported exact
ing unprecedented rates to delegates
to the Democratic convention, who are
making reservations, for the coming
meeting. v.
The government . of the United
States will build soon two giant sub
marines of 2000 tons each. It is pro
posed to build 26 smaller boats of the
same type within five years. , ,
Eight men, including a representa
tive in congress an ex-representative
in congress and an ex-attorney general
of Ohio, are indicted by a Federal
grand jury in New York on a charge
of conspiring to foment strikes in
American munitions factories as part
of a campaign financed by the German
government to check the exportation
of munitions to the entente allies.- The
men indicted are Representative
Buchanan, of Illinois; ex-Representative
Fowler, of Illinois; Frank S.
Monnett, ex-attorney general of Ohio;
H. B. Martin, Herman Schulteis,
Fraz von Rintelen, David Lamar and
Jacob C. Taylor. - ;( r.
The French make considerable gain
at Hartmans-Weilerkopf, and capture
1200 Germans. ,
Canada will raise a total of 250,000
men for Engalnd; 136,000 have al
ready gone overseas.
It is estimated that the Federal gov
ernment will lose $260,000 in revenue
when Oregon goes dry.
Eighty-five thousand pupils of the
Chicago schools are absent because of
an epidemic of influenza. v. . .
The barkentine S. N. Castle Is in
distress off the coast of Washington,
with six feet of water in her hold.
The Washington board of parole are
withholding the freedom of paroled
convicts until after January 1st, when
the state goes dry, ,
Fifteen hundred men working on the
Alaska railroad are icebound and will
be compelled to live through the win
ter on canned goods.
The Roach Timber company of Mus
catine, la., has raised $300,000 by
trust deed and will build a logging
railroad to its holdings near Sutherun,
Ore. . ,
According to dispatch an Austrian
submarine has been captured by two
torpedo boats, presumably Italian.
Nine Portland lawyers win dam
age suit for $ 10 started by a woman
over possession of ben and eleven
chicks. .
A large number of cannon hidden by
the Serbs in their flight from Aus
tria-Hungary, have been recovered by
. the latter.
Voolntary retirement'of the British
in Gallipoli is denied by the Turks,
who claim the English were defeated
by their troops. .
CONGRESS TO PREPARE PLAN
FOR UNIVERSAL MILITARY SERVICE
Washington, D. C. The War de
partment will urge on congress, it is
understood here, the proposition that
It is vital that a definite statement of
military policy for the United States
be put through at this session and that
machinery be created for the organiza
tion of a citizen army, volunteers to
begin with, but based ultimately on
universal military service.
It was learned authoritatively that
the administration's continental army
plan is designed to operate with either
the volunteer or the universal service
system.' -':
, It is known that the continental
army plan is regarded in its present
form by its framers as a preparatory
measure, paving the way to a decision
by the people at large for or against
universal military service. In deter
mining his plan, Secretary Garrison is
known to have consulted every general
officer of the active army and many
officers of lower rank.
: MARY ROBERTS RINEHAR1
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LA GRiPPE EPIDEMIC
COSTS UAItY LIVES
Death Rate in Philadelphia Is
Alarmingly Large.
EXTREMES OF YOUTH AND OLD AGE HIT
Health Officers Warn Public to Keep
: Away From Crowded Places
Many Industries Crippled.
Mary Roberts Rlnehart, the only
woman correspondent who got to the
actual fighting front In Europe and
whose writings on the war are filling
many pages of the magazines, was In
Washington recently In the Interests
of her friends and tribal brothers, the
Blackfeet Indians. :, . .
The unanimous opinion of the commis
sioned personnel of the army, as well
as the civil officials of the War depart
ment, is said to be that .. adequate pre
paredness can be secured only on the
basis of universal service. While
Secretary Garrison has made no public
declaration of his opinion, Assistant
Secretary Breckenridge, who frequent
ly has spoken for his chief, has clearly
indicated belief that universal service
is the only fair and democratic solu
tion of the military problem confront
ing the country.
It has been indicated that the mili
tary committees of congress will be
formally advised of this view at: the
coming hearings.
British Cabinet Resolves for
Modified Form of Conscription
London It is said on excellent au
thority that the cabinet has virtually
decided upon modified form of con
scription bill to be introduced In the
house of commons next week, giving
the government the necessary power,
should it be found needful, to bring in
single men and preserve Premier As-
quith pledge to married men.
. Tbe cabinet, meeting, aitnougn it
failed to secure agreement of all the
ministers upon the question of the vol
untary system versus conscription, was
of a critical and decisive character and
virtually reached the decision that the
application of force may become neces
sary before all eligible single men are
effectually brought to tbe colors.
The anti-eonseriptioniBt ministers
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- Oregon Hat Saltpetre.
Lake view, Or. Large deposits of
saltpetre have been found in the dis
trict east of this city in Lake county,'
with specimens of the deposit running
almost pure. : Goose Lake Valley is
the center of the deposit It is said
the valuable portions of the deposit
will average 26 per cent saltpetre.
Before the war the United States
secured its supply of druggists' salt
petre from India, but that has been
diverted to England by the war. As
a result saltpetre Is now worth 65
cents pound. ... u , ,i . - .
Tungsten Ore Bids Soar.
Boulder, Colo. Competitive bidding
Wednesday brought offers of 148 and
$49 per unit for 60 per cent Tungsten
ore. as compared with 16.80 Ust April
- At that time the first increase
brought the pries to 17 per unit and
in tbe intervening months it has made
steady advances.
Two buyers placed tbe schedule for
60 per cent ore at 147.60 a unit,
making the ore worth iZijoO per
ton. -.
Philadelphia The death rate from
the epidemic of la grippe now. sweep
ing the state has been so high that
Samuel G. Dixon, state health commis
sioner, issued a statement at Harris
burg Saturday calling attention to the
seriousness of the situation and cau
tioning the public that if the disease
is to be avoided "sacrifices must be
made." ' -
"Keep out of crowded places," DA
Dixon says, '.'as one person havlngthe
grippe may give it to a carload of
passengers." : . v
- In this city 650 burial permits Were
issued during the first - three days of
the week, the majority of the deaths
being due directly or indirectly to la
grippe. This is more than, double the
ordinary death rate. It 1 is estimated
that nearly 16,000 persons in Philadel
phia 'alone are suffering with this
disease, which has been particularly
fatal to the very old and very young.
Attendance at all the public schools
has been greatly reduced, and in sever
al sections of the state schools and col
leges have been forced to close. "
Factories, department stores and
other business houses have also been
affected by the epidemic, and in many
instances the number of employed
obliged to remain at home had been so
great as to curtail operations seriously.
Hundreds of firemen and policemen are
confined to their homes with the dis
ease, while Philadelphia's rapid transit
company reports 400 of its employes
on the sick list. i
Reports from Camden, N. J., are to
the effect that there are at least 1000
cases in that city. .,; - ,
60,000 Are III in Chicago
Chicago Chicago doctors are work
ing at high speed, many of them mak
ing more than 60 calls a day.
Chicago business is battling against
the handicap of disablement of many
employes and lack of full efficiency of
many other thousands.
All this is due to la grippe, or to be
more accurate, to relatives of the old
fashioned grip. ; : - ',-..."
Although the epidemic it tbe most
serious since 1891, it is remarkable be
cause in no cutlures yet examined by
the health department has the, organ
ism: of true la grippe been found.
Isolation of every victim of the epi
demic forcible isolation by employ
ers, if necessary, of every employe
who attempts to work while suffering
from the grip is urged by Dr. Karl
Meyer, superintendent of the Cook
county hospital. He said:' -
"I believe there are at least 60,000
persons seriously ill with la grippe In
Chicago, r We have from 40 to 60
cases that come to the county hospital
everyday. Because of the contagious
nature of the disease, we attempt to
take in only the most serious cases.
The others simply receive first treat
ment. '". - 1
From 88 to 45 out of 400 nurse
here are ill with la grippe. That in
dicates about the proportion of vic
tims all over town. Many doctors have
been or are ill. . " i,
"The epidemic is particularly dan
gerous because it might be followed by
pneumonia or head infections. . If the
victim does not thoroughly conquer the
germ he may become subject to chronic
catarrh.
. Heney Is City Attorney.
Santa Monica, CaL Francis J. He
ney, who prosecuted tbe San Francisco
graft cases several years ago, has ac
cepted the position of City attorney of
Santa Monica, tendered him by the
newly elected commissioners. His sal
ary haa not been decided on. . Mr.
Heney has made his residence here for
several months. In taking the posi
tion Mr. Heney agreed to devote five
and a half hours each day to the city.
He said that he accepted the offer be
case he desired to see what could be
done with commission government
.''", Balloon Given to Militia.
New York A large balloon for use
of the signal corps or the coast artil
lery of the National Guard of New
York, and courses of Instruction in av
iation for members of the militia of
New Jersey, have been contributed to
tbe National aeroplane fund. The bal
loon was contributed by Robert Glen-
dending, a member of the Aero Club,
and the offer to train four members of
the militia comes from John F. Sloane,
an aeroplane manufacturer.
.." Edison Offers Plant.
New York Thomas A. Edisonat a
recent meeting of the naval consulting
board at the Brooklyn navy yard.
offered to furnish the board with plans
and specifications for laboratory of
physical research to cost 11,400,000,
to be used in the development of naval
Inventions.
NEWS ITEMS
Of General Interest
About Oregon
Official Directory Shows 300 '
. ; Schools Above 8th Grade Work
The official 'directory recently issued
by Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion, J. A. Churchill, shows that there
are about 800 ' schools in the state
which offer work above the eighth
grade, as -follows: Forty-four offer
one year of secondary' work; ' 65 offer
two years; 26 offer -three years, and
166 offer four years of high school
work Approximately 1100 teachers
are employed in the secondary schools,
about 70 per cent of whom are gradu
ates of colleges or universities, while
many .more are graduates of technical
or normal schools. " Colleges and uni
versities 'from every, section of the
United States and -from Europe are
represented .amopg, 'the; high school
teaching focpe of the state: but by far
the largest number of graduates of any
single institution some from the Uni
versity of Oregon, there being about
185 graduates Of that institution teach
ing in the high schools of the state. A
very large percentage of the teachers
of the vocational high school subjects
are supplied by the Oregon Agricul
tural College.
Manual Training Courses Popular.
There are' 17, 389 Btudents pursuing
one or more of the - five vocational
courses offered in the high schools of
Oregon, according to a report recently
Issued by Superintendent of Public In
struction, J. A. Churchill. The Man
ual Training and Commerial courses
seem to be the most popular with the
students. There are now 6141 students
taking manual training, 2193 of whom
are in the high school and 2948 in the
grades. The total amount -of equip
ment, consisting of benches, tools,
etc., amounts to -161,764.00. In the
commercial courses there are 4141 stu
dents enrolled, 8967 being in the high
school- and 174 in the grades. The
value of the typewriters and 'Other
equipment amounts to ' $40,506.00.
Manual Training is being taught in 70
high schools and commercial work in 71.
: i: Students Judge Stock,
Perrydale Perrydale schools have
One of the largest industrial club or-
ganiaationa in - Pollc-county and-there
are students enrolled In all 14 projects.
The Dairy Herd Record club has a
special organization of its own and the
boys make frequent trips into the
neighboring dairy - ranches and score
the barns as well as the cattle. This
work is done under the supervision of
the Oregon Agricultural College ex
tension department
In addition to a lively Industrial club
the district has the following organ
izations: Parents' and Teachers' asso
ciation, brass band of 80 pieces, or
chestra, dramatic . club, W. C. T. U.
organization and Athletic association.
Coyote Bounties $3.50.
Klamath Falls The Klamath Falls
County Court haa signed an order for
the payment of' additional bounty
money for coyotes beginning January
1 and continuing up to April 1. , A de
termined effort is to be made to stamp
out the danger of a rabies epidemic in
Klamath county. The bounty offered
by 'the state will be reduced beginning
January 1 to $1.50, but by the recent
order of the County court, Klamath
county will pay an additional bounty
of $2, making a total of $3.60. The
ranchers and business men of the Fort
Klamath country are offerng yet an
other sum of $2 each for coyotes.
Hood River I? Interested. !
Hood River Members of the local
Commercial dab are looking with in
terest on the proposed plans of the
newroute between Portland and North
Yakima by way. of tHi city, i An offer
has been made to co-operate with the
Commercial club oj White ' Salmon,
Wash. ? ; .t"; .'-v ".
Tbe people of the Trout Lake and
Camas Prairie districts of Northwest
ern Klickitat eounty.Bpurred on by the
completion of the Columbia River
Highway to this city, have made plans
to push a road up the base of Mount
Adams as foar as the snow line next
year. - ; -. . - , .,
WALL STREET HAS
MERRY YULETIDE
Exchanges Profit Immensely by
Boom in All Stocks.,
ALL GET SHARE OF GREAT PROSPERITY
Brookings -Mill May Open-
Gold Beach Arrangements are re
ported to have been made by the
Owens Lumber company to take over
and operate the sawmill at Brookings.
The mill was built a year ago at great
expense, but was shut down last fall
on account of market conditions. It Is
said to be the only mill on the Coast
from which vessels are loaded by
means of an overhead cable tramway,
The Owens Lumber company owns a
large tract of redwood timber In tbe
northern part of . Del Norte county,
California. , 1
- Coyotes Prey Heavily on Sheep.
Gold Beach Sheepmen In Curry
county are alarmed at the inroads be
ing made on their nocks by coyotes,
which appear to be much more numer
ous than ever before. In view of con
ditions prevailing here this winter
several owners of large bands are plan
ning to give up sheep raising.
County Hat Gravel Plant.
Albany Through the operation of a
county gravel plant which bat been
installed here, Linn county will be able
to procure gravel for road improve
ment at a low cost and will be able to
furnish it at aU seasons of the year.
Humblest Employe Is Gladdened by
Rich Turn in Events Big Tree ,
Given to Manhattan Poor. ' -
New York Giristmas season in the
financial district offered many striking
and happy contrasts to the same period
a year ago, . when Wall street had
barely emerged from the gloom precip
itated by four and a half mon&s of
suspended activity on the Stock Exchange.-.
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Banks, trust . companies, private
banking houses, brokerage firms and
institutions of all kinds have profited
generally by the boom In stocks, which
began with movements in "warbridet"
early in the year and tent , those and
kindred securities to prices undreamed
of a few months before. ' , , ' ;
Much of the advance registered by
those and other mercurial issues has
been forfeited and countless "paper
profits" have evaporated into thin air.
Nevertheless, Wall Btreet has been,
and still is, busy and its attendant ac
tivity and prosperity are being shared
by all from the humblest "runner to
the mightiest captain of finance.
Many of the financial institutions
and banking houses - distributed gifts
or bonuses among their ' employes.
Gifts averaged 10 to 15 per cent of
annual salaries, and. one truf, com
pany, long known for Its generosity,
gave as much as 50 per cent '
All the exchanges took up subscrip
tions for their employes and individual
disbursements were larger than a any
time of present years. Last year, the
Stock Exchange, lor good and suffi
cient reasons, refrained from asking
its members to subscribe to the Christ
mas fund, but drew - on its. private
funds. . ., . . ... ,
Celebrations, formal and lmpromjr'
il- t,J li .1.. TL . -
to, were new on an eh excnangem
The Produce Exchange, following its
usual custom, had an enormous Christ
mas tree on the trading floor for poor
children of Lower Manhattan, who re
ceived gifts of toys and more material
things, such as clothes, shoes and other
articles of apparel. -.--
Some idea of tbe extent to which
Wall street profited by the general
prosperity of the country, may be
gathered from the fact that thus far
this year sales of stock aggregate
more than 173,000,000 shares, against
barely 47,000,000 for the correspond
ing period last year, while bond sales
total more than $917,000,000, against
$456,000,000. ; -
Baseball War Is Ended; Federal
League Quits Play Entirely
Cincinnati The "baseball war"
which for more than two years his
been in progress between the Federal
League and organized baseball, the
National and American circuits and
all minor leagues conducted under su
pervision of the National commission
and the National association of Minor
Leagues, ; ended Thursday night
Shortly before 8 o'clock members of
both organizations signed the peace
protocol which brought to an end the
career of the Federal League as an ac
tive basebsll orgnaization and restored
harmony In major league ranks.
Two major league clubs will change
hands as the result of the bringing
about of peace and two new faces will
be seen among the Major League mag
nates in the future. -
Charles Weeghman, who has been
president of the Chicago Federals, will
purchase the controlling interest in
the Chicago National League team.
Phil Ball and his associates, who
were connected with the St Louis
Federal team, gains control of the St
Louis Americans.
The agreement gives Immunity to
all men who have jumped their con
tracts from both the Major and Minor
leagues of organized baseball as well
as all other Federal League players.
Cousin of King Killed.
New York Herman Merchowitch,
40 years old, second cousin to King
Peter, of Serbia, who had been em
ployed for years at a porter in a fur
rier's establishment, died here Thurs
day from a fractured skull, received in
an altercation with an Austrian and
the latter't son. - The younger man,
who it under arrest on a charge o:
murder, it accused of knocking down
the Serb, whose head struck the pave
ment Merchowitch was the ton of
Prince John, of Serbia, who came to
thit country and became natuaralized.
Kaiser It Slightly III.'
Berlin (By wireless to Sayville,
N. Y.) Emperor William hat post
poned hit trip to the Western front on
account of a slight Indisposition de
scribed as a "slight inflammation of
the cellular system." ;
The emperor's illness also Is called
"zellgeweben tzeundung," or "binde-gewebentx-tuedung."
In English this
is sometimes called "cellulitis." It Is
an inflammation of cellular tissues
somewhat similar to erysipelas.
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