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VOLUME XXVIII.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1916.
NUMBER 14.
WORLD'S DOINGS
OF CURRENT WEEK
Brief Resume of General News
From Ail Around the Earth.
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUISHEU
Live News Items of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.
is visited by a
Astoria, Oregon,
$60,000 fire.
Mexico wants a pursuit protocol
with the United States.
W. J. Bryan opens the Kebraka
campaign for state-wide prohibition.
A Portland business man is fined for
hugging girls who applied to him for
work. ;
Food supplies are said to be becom
ing short in the Torreort district of
Mexico and rioting is feared.
The immense Simpson holdings in
Coos Bay district have been sold for a
Bum said to be near $1,000,000. .
President Wilson's name is the only
one for president that will be on the
primary ballot in Georgia this spring.
A North Yakima, Wash., lad of 9
obtains a rifle, in the absence of his
parents, and accidentally shoots his
playmate, who, it is thought, will die.
The effort to increase the army bill
to 220,000 enlisted men was defeated
by the house. The bill will probably
remain at 140,000, expandable to 175,
000. Through arguments before the Rail
road commission of California, it is
learned that the Hill lines wish to
enter that state through Lakeview,
Ore., and also the Western Pacific
seeks to extend a feeder intoJReno,
Nev.
A German aviator has dropped sev
eral smoke bombs near a French bat
tery, it is reported from the front.
This is the first time since the war be
gan that such bumbs have been used.
Not in themselves dangerous, the
bombs give forth an intense smoke
which persists for a long time and
serves as a guide for the hostile artillery.
A war conference of probable mo-
mentous importance is about to open
' in Paris, where military and political
representatives of every one of the en
tente allies are gathering. This, taken
in conjunction with rumors of peace
which have prevailed for several days,
gives rise to all sorts of conjecture,
and the forthcoming conference at
The Hague is being watched and
awaited with extraordinary interest,
especially by the advocates of peace.
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, presi
dent of Columbia University, is the
latest possibility considered for "key
noter" of the Republican National con
vention next June. Dr. Butler sec
onded the nomination of Taft in the
1912 convention and, as chairman of
the resolutions committee, was chief
drafter of the Taft platform. It was
said his name was taken up by the
sub-committee of the Republican Na
tional organization, which is meeting
in Chicago.
American troops in Mexico are re
ported to have suffered from snipers.
The Chicago Tribune strongly ad
vises mobilization of the National
Guard.
Paris avers the German attack on
Verdun has failed, and believes the
worst iB over.
The people of Belgrade are suffering
from a shortage of provisions and sani
tary conditions are bad.
A 15,000 ton Dutch liner was sunk
off the coast of Holland, either by a
mine or torpedo, the captain claiming
the latter.
Tom Swanson, of Vancouver, B. C,
was shot and killed near Atlin by his
partner, Charles Petit, who mistook
him for a moose while the two were
hunting.
Count Von Bernstorff, the German
ambassador,, under instructions from
his government, formally notified the
State department that no German sub
marine was concerned in the sinking
of the Norwegian bark Silius, from
which seven American members of the
crew were rescued.
With 13 Democrats and the one So
cialist member opposing, the house, by
a vote of 846 to 14, passed the admin
istration bill to retain the present
tariff of 1 cent a pound on sugar in
stead of permitting the free clause of
the Underwood-Simmons tariff act to
go into effect May 1.
The cannery tender Alpha sunk near
Rachel island, on the British Columbia
coast, and six of her crew of seven are
believed to be lost.
The name of Clarence True Wilson,
of Kansas, was filed with the secretary
of state as a prohibition candidate for
the vice presidential nomination.
The National Woman Suffrage asso
ciation offered prizes aggregating $500
to artists for the best 10 posters for
suffrage window display and billboards
in a competition to end October 1. A
prize of $25 was offered for a slogan
of not more than five words.
VILLA ESCAPES TO HIS LAIR
Mexican Troops Give Aid to Fleeing Out
law and His BandMovement of
Soldiers Northward Alarms.
El Paso, Tex. The Carranza forces
have failed to hold their end of -the net
that was closing about Pancho Villa
and the bandit chief has escaped to his
mountain haunts about Guerrero, ac
cording to reliable information re
ceived here Tuesday.
The escape of the bandit is, how
ever, far from being the most serious
item of news which reached the border.
A feature of the gravest importance
was injected into the situation by sub
stantial confirmation of the numerous
reports received for the past week that
the Mexican government troops were
not only failing to co-operate with the
American troops, but, in certain in
stances at least, were actually with
drawing from the field of operations.
The Associated Press learned on un
questionable authority that the troops
of the de facto government which had
been stationed at Casas Grandes have
a large section of the country supposed
to be held by the troops of the first
chief. In the last few days he has
been variously reported by General
Gavira, the Carranza commander at
Juarez, at points along a line reaching
north and south from Galena to Na-
miquipa, a distance of about 75 miles.
By the same accounts he has not been
moving steadily south, but roving
north and east. The mountainous,
canyon-split, roadless country in which
he is operating adds many miles to the
country he has covered as compared
with its distance on the map.
The reason for the Carranza troops
moving to the border remains unex
plained. It is impossible even to make
a fair estimate of the number of men
under General Gavira at Juarez. The
large staff at his headquarters and the
fact that new troops are arriving daily
indicates that his force is a large one.
FRANCISCO VILLA
been withdrawn and are now in and
about Juarez.
From the same source it was learned
that at least one detachment of Carran
za troops had refused to fight Villa and
had withdrawn on the bandit's ap
proach, leaving him free to pass into
his favorite mountain fastnesses in the
great continental divide south of Na
miquipa. This detachment withdrew
on receipt of a message that he was
warring, not on Mexicans, but the ene
mies of Mexicans.
The extraordinary rapidity with
which the American cavarly had
pushed into Mexico gave rise to high
hopes that the unexpected had hap
pened and the notorious bandit was
cornered. This seemed inevitable if
the Carranza soldiers did their part
and if the account of the strength of
their field forces was correct.
Villa, cut off from the north by the
forward sweep of the American col
umns, from the west by the Sierra
Madre barring the approaches to the
state of Sonora, was supposed to be
equally barred from east and south by
powerful Carranza forces. Those hopes
have been completely dashed by recent
developments.
More than this, it now seems certain
that Villa is moving freely in at least
Mexico Proposes Protocol.
Washington, D. C The de facto
government of Mexico proposes to the
United States the drafting of a proto
col, under which American and Mexi
can troops may co-operate in running
to earth Francisco Villa without dan
ger of misunderstanding or conflict
The terms of such a formal convention
would be designed to meet all ques
tions which may arise in future, set
ting forth the rights of the American
expeditionary forces in pursuit of the
bandit and the nature of the co-operation
expected from the Mexican troops.
The most conservative estimate places
it at 3000 and calculations range from
that point upward to 8000.
Every precaution had been taken to
prevent the facte being known and
most of the men are kept out side the
town among the hills. Reports from
Agua Prieta and Ojinaga tell of Mexi
can reinforcements reaching those
points also, but nothing is known as
to their numbers.
. There is no question that there is
serious and growing uneasiness in El
Paso, which has been sharply accentu
ated by the problem which has arisen
over the request of the UnitedStates
to General Carranza for the use of the
Mexican railroads to transport sup
plies. Torreon, Mex. Fighting took place
between Carranza forces and small
bands of Villistas at five different
points in the neighborhood of Torreon
Monday, apparently with a view to
reaching the Monterey-train, which
was derailed near Pomona two days
ago. The attacks were concerted
against Villisca, Matamorasos, Coyote,
San Igarcio and Canon Chorritos,
where the government patrols success
fully held their ground with but a
small loss in killed and wounded.
NEWS ITEMS
Of General Interest
About Oregon
Horses Valued at 825,000 Burned.
Detroit Twelve race horses were
burned to death in a fire which de
stroyed six barns at the Michigan state
fair grounds early Sunday. The horses
were valued at $25,000 and the loss on
the buildings was about $30,000. The
cause of the fire is unknown. Most of
the horses burned were being trained
by for competition on the Grand Cir
cuit here. Among them were : Aunt
Barb, 2:051; Crescent Hal, 2:101; Ina
Clare and Dunn. Three animals were
rescued and a dozen or more were re
moved from adjoining stables.
Seattle Firm Will Establish
$300,000 Shipyard at Astoria
Astoria With the acquisition of
1200 feet of frontage on Young's Bay,
at the foot of Seventh street, in this
city, the J. A. McEachern company, of
Seattle and Astoria, Monday completed
final details that will give Astoria a
$300,000 shipping concern with
pansion unlimited.
W. W. Clark, vice president, who
built the battleship Nebraska for
Moran Bros., now with the Seattle
Construction & Drydock 'company, will
be manager.
Soundings have been made and show
that deep water fronts the property
with a deep channel to the main chan
nel entrance.
The concern will employ 400 men
when the plant opens.
The firm is low bidder on barges for
the Alaska Railway - commission, and
has other bids in for vessels.
Timber can be secured close at hand.
Local capital.is interested in the enter
prise. The capacity of the yards as to
wooden vessels will be unlimited.
Grangers Hear Address.
Portland In his address on "Money
and Markets" before Woodlawn Grange
Saturday, A. D. Stillman, of Helena,
Mont, pointed out that farmers can
assist themselves through co-operation
and said that under the regional bank
ing system farmers may organize na
tional banks, Baving from 3 to 4 per
cent on short-time loans. This has
been done, he said, in Montana, with
the result that the farmers are getting
money to handle their crops at 6 per
cent .."Before this co-Operation, "
said Mr. Stillman, "the farmers were
paying 8 per cent for money to pay for
the marketing of their crops. When
they asked the banks for 6 per cent
they were told the banks could not
loan them money for less than 8 per
cent. ' The farmers got together with
the result that they moved their crops
last year on 6 per cent money."
Long Closed Mill Busy.-
Rainier After closing down for
more than two years, the old Pacific
National Lumber company's mill, re
cently sold to the Multnomah Box &
Lumber company by the receiver,
started sawing lumber Tuesday.
This same company has purchased
the O. K. Mill, one of the Dodge prop
erties, which adjoins the Pacific Na
tional mill, and, according to Manager
Mitchell, the new owners will take
enough of the machinery from the O.
K. mill to bring the capacity of the
other up to 175,000 feet a day. The
remainder of the machinery will be
sold and the buildings razed. This
will give the mill about 8900 feet of
water front and for yards and loading
facilities.
ENGLAND PUTS BAN
ON MANY LUXURIES
Strict Council Order Due Soon
to Relieve -Shipping.
IMPORTS FROM U. S. 10 BE CURTAILED
All Space in Vessels Now Needed for
Necessities Autos, Musical
Instruments, Cutlery, Hit.
Cattlemen Lease Range. .
Baker To make possible the run
ning of a large number of cattle in
Eagle Valley, for which grazing priv
ileges were denied by the Forestry
service, the Cattle and Horse Raisers'
association of the section will lease all
privately owned range lands remaining
on Pine Creek, according to Forest
Supervisor Barnes, who returned re
cently from a trip to Eagle Valley.
The stockmen also decided to im
prove on the state regulations provid
ing a minimum proportion of one bull
for each 60 head of stock, making the
porportion one to 25 instead. Mr.
Barnes reported that the range is in
fine condition.
Rangers Will Gather.
Baker To conduct the annual meet
ing for the foresters employed on the
Minam National forest, Charles H.
Flory, assistant in the district super
visor's office in Portland, arrived in
Baker this week. All phases of for
estry work will be gone over, special
attention, however, being paid to the
subject of fire prevention. Although
it is thought that the fire season this
year will be a comparatively short
one, due to the heavy snows, forest
officials are determined to take no
chances.
$80,000 Ore Is Reported.
Baker A gold strike so rich as to
be almost unbelievable has just been
made on Canyon Mountain by Denver
Leedy and Lynn George, who have
been working on a claim belonging to
J. A. Muldrick. Average samples of
the ore, which have been taken to
Canyon City, assay from $60,000 to
$80,000 a ton. The mine had been
yielding only average returns until
last week, when a sudden increase in
the values contained in the vein was
manifest. It is reported that there is
more in sight but it is not known how
large the high grade ore body will be.
Beavers Cut Fruit Trees.
Albany H. F. Struckmeier, of
Thomas, , has appealed to the county
authorities for assistance in protecting
his property from the beavers, who
are frequenting his fruit orchard. They
have cut down 60 prune trees, accord
ing to a statement made by the county
fruit inspector, who inspected the
premises, and they also cut down five
peach trees. During the recent high
water a portion of the orchard was un
der water, and it is supposed that the
beavers cut down the trees in an effort
to keep the water on the orchard.
London A far-reaching order in
council, which will totally prohibit im
portation into the United Kingdom of
a large number of articles which come
under the general heading of luxuries,
will be issued by the British govern
ment at an early date.
Among the things which will be
placed under the ban will be automo
biles for private use, musical instru
ments, cutlery of all kinds, hardware,
yarns, chinaware, fancy goods and
soaps, Ihe order will apply equally to
all countries, including the British
dominions and colonies.
This forecast of the coming order in
council was given to the Associated
Press Saturday by Walter Runciman,
president of the board of trade. Mr.
Runciman admitted that articles in ad
dition to those named would be placed
on the list of prohibited imports. He
declared it was absolutely necessary to
limit the shipment of bulky luxuries
to provide room on ships for necessar
ies. .
'But please remember," said Mr.
Runciman, "that the issuance of this
order is forced on the country not as
a matter of policy, but entirely be
cause of shortage in tonnage. We
want exports from the United States;
we want your wheat, cotton and meat,
ana we need other things which we
cannot get if the space aboard vessels
is taken up with luxuries.
"Everything possible is being done
to relieve the shortage in ships. Every
ship flying the British flag is now con
trolled by the government, Immense
numbers of them have been requisi
tioned. Others are subject to direc
tion by way of license. Whether it
will be necessary to requisition more
vessels I cannot say, but for my part I
hope that this will not be done."
Mr. Runciman said the importation
of some fresh fruits probably would be
prohibited later, but he pointed out
that this would affect the United
States only slightly. Turning from
the matter of imports to the general
industrial situation in the British
Isles, Mr. Runciman said there never
had been greater activity in the larger
industries, that wages were higher
than ever before, and that the percent
age of unemployment never had been
so small In the history of the country.
$40,000 a Day Is Cost of
Pursuit of Mexican Bandit Villa
El Paso, Tex The United States'
pursuit of Villa, under present ar
rangements, is costing the government
$40,000 a day, according to estimates
made here Saturday by army officers.
Carranza officials, it was learned,
have been discussing with some con
cern whether American troops during
the Villa pursuit would have to occupy
any Mexican cities and the effect of
such occupation on Mexican public sen
timent. The Carranza officers have
frankly expressed the hope that the
garrisoning of the cities can be left to
their own troops.
The American army's choice of the
Chihuahua desert as its place of entry
precludes for the present such a prob
lem as city garrison duty.
Water Purifiers Ordered.
New York Orders were received by
the United States depot quartermaster
here for 125 water purifiers to equip
the American troops in their campaign
against Villa in Mexico. The purifi
ers are intended to prevent the spread
of disease which might follow the
drinking of unsterilized water from
pools or rivers. They are canvas-cov
ered rubber bags, each with a capacity
of 20 gallons. When the water is
dipped from pools and placed in the
bags, purifying chemicals are added,
and the water can be safely used.
Stolen Bill Used In Spah.
New York A United States govern
ment $10,000 gold note, one of 20 of
the same denomination stolen from the
mail in September 1912, on the way to
New York from Havana, Cuba, was
received Saturday by a bank in this
city, from the American Bank of Mad
rid, Spain. It was the ninth of the
stolen notes to reappear since the
theft. As the notes appear they are
given to the insurance company which
paid Insurance covering the amount of
the theft
Hen Lays 1000 Eggs.
Corvallin, Ore. "Oregona'a White
Leghorn hen at the Agricultural Col
lege, has laid her thousandth egg,
"This," said Professor Dryden, "is
the greatest long-distance trap-nest
record ever known to the world." At
the end of her fifth year the hen had
laid 987 eggs. She has now laid, at
the beginning of her sixth year, the 13
necessary to make her a 1000-egg hen.
Formerly it was believed the domestic
hen could not lay over 600 eggs.
SPORTING GOODS
Our stock of Baseball Equipment is superior -to
any we have carried heretofore. . . .
FISHING TACKLE
The Fishing Season is here and we are pre
pared to please you in any of the best
makes of Rods, Creels, Flies, Lines, Etc. . ,
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