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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 bo. Buy Your Groceries From Your Home Grocer VOLUME xxvm. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1916. NUMBER 20. WORLD'S DOINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume of General News From All Around the Earth. UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHEU Liberty Hall, Dublin, Headquarters of the Irish Rebels. Live News Items of All Nations and Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. A $2,000,000 appropriation for aero nautics was agreed to by the house naval committee. The United States submarine L-B was launched at the yards of the Lake Torpedo Boat company at Bridgeport, Conn. Two robbers dynamited a small safe at the First State Bank at Richfield, Idaho, at 2 o'clock Monday morning and escaped with $500 in cash. A new plan for the reorganization of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad is being formulated by the protective committee for the $20,000, 000 5 per cent debenture bonds. Francisco Rodriguez, sentenced to be hanged May 17, 1911, for the mur der of his wife, and whose execution was delayed by appeals and several reprieves, was resentenced in the su perior court to be executed May i. Proposed Increased rates on sheet iron and steel articles from eastern noints to Spokane, Wash., were found discriminatory and unjustified by the interstate commerce commission. The rates were ordered canceled. President Wilson was too busy Tuesday to sign the proclamation opening to entry 350,000 acres of land on the Colville reservation in Wash ington. His secretary informed Rep resentative Dill the proclamation would be signed Wednesday. Leaders of the woman's suffrage movement sent baskets of May-day flowers to President Wilson and all the members of his cabinet. The bas kets contained messages urging sup port of a constitutional amendment giving the ballot to women. The Seattle, Renton & Southern rail road, 12-mile streetcar line between Seattle and the coal-mining suburb of Renton, was offered for sale at auc tion by the receivers under instruc tion of the superior court. There were no bidders and the sale was post poned. General Juan I. Jiminez, president of the Dominican republic, was im peached by the Chamber of Deputies for an alleged violation of the consti tution in connection with the budget. The motion for impeachment was sent to the senate and the approval of that body is expected. America reawakened in national spirit through lessons of the war in Europe was the theme of an address by President Wilson at the opening of the national service school military encampment for young women. In con cluding the persident voiced a warn ing that the honor and integrity of the United States cannot be tampered with. A resolution by Senator James, au thorizing the secretary of the interior to receive an assignment of the Kltt man patent for improvement in gaso line manufacture, was adopted by the senate. Director Manning, of the bu reau of mines, informed the senate the patent promises to increase gaso line production from 15 to 45 per cent of the crude oil used. President Wilson has not altered his purpose to keep American troops in the border region of Mexico until brigandage has come to an end. After a brief conference at the White House Secretary Baker prepared further in structions for Generals Scott and Fun- ston, sought by the officers as a Tesult of their conference with General Obre gon, Carranza's war minister. Immigration is quickening after months of stagnation caused by the war. Figures published by the Immi gration bureau show that 33,000 for eigners reached American shores in March, against 24,000 in February and 17,000 in January. Italy is sending the greatest number, with England second and Scandinavia third. Italian immigrants in March numbered about 3000. The British government has with drawn its conscription measure. The Irish rebellion now affects the entire island, and martial law has been declared throughout. Transcontinental railroads continue to show enormous tonnage movements, with resultant gains in earnings. Hundreds of exhibits illustrative of the methods of the Federal govern ment in caring for the lives and prop erty of its citizens, are being assem bled in Washington, D. C, for the Safety First special, a 12-coach train that will make an educational tour through thousands of cities and towns. Out of 1000 California miners exam ined by state and Federal sanitary in spectors, approximately 40 per cent were found infected with hook worm. Swiss territory has again been vio lated by a German aeroplane, which Bew over the region of Porentruy and was bombarded by Swiss troops along the frontier. James W. Gerard, the American ambassador, and Joseph C. Grew, sec retary of the American embassy, have left Berlin for German army head quarters for an audience with Emperor William. ii-i ...... U ' j ft ' ri.- " "-"lC " J x.v it v. - . . taw. " This photograph of Liberty Hall, with the defiance of the British government, was taken some months ago. The hall was the headquarters of the followers of Jim Larkin, the agitator, who was in the United States not long ago. From here the rebels spread through Dublin. At the right is a company of "Larkin's Citizenry Soldiers." They are probably the men concerned In the cap ture of the postoffice, under the direction of the Sinn Fein Society. The hall was taken by the British at the cost of eleven lives. REVOLUTION IN IRELAND BROKEN; 707 PRISONERS; LOSS MILLIONS Kingstown, Ireland. The main body of the Sinn Fein rebels in Dublin Bur rendered Sunday. There was, however, considerable fighting throughout the day in Dublin and the suburbs. It was especially se vere at Balls Bridge outside Dublin. The rebels In the College of Sur geons surrendered Sunday morning. One of the prisoners taken here was the Countess Markievicz. London. An official statement re garding the rebellion In Ireland says: The rebels are surrendering iree- ly. The back of the rebellion has been broken. Messengers have been sent from the leaders of the Dublin rebels to other rebels in Galway, Clare, Wex ford, Louth and Dublin counties order ing them to surrender." Priests and the Koyai lrisn con stabulary are doing their utmost to disseminate this Information. Ab to the situation in Dublin, reb els from the areas of Sackville street, the postoffice and the Four Courts are surrendering freely. More incendiary fires took place in Sackville street Saturday night, but the fire brigade Is now able to resume work. It is further reported that up to the present 707 prisoners have been taken. The rebels at Ennlscorthy are re ported to be still in possession of this place and a mixed column of cavalry, infantry and artillery has been sent from Wexford with a view to engaging the rebels. The latest 'information from Ennlscorthy shows that the rebel leader at this place does not believe the rebellion leaders' message from Dublin and has proceeded to that city in a motor car under escort to verity the information. In the meantime a trues exists. "A deputation for a similar purpose from the rebels at Ashbourne (County Meath) has also been sent to Dublin. At Galway the rebels are believed to be dispersing and few arrests have been made. "At New Ross, Gorey, Wicklow, Ba genalstown and Arklow, the situation is reported normal. Carlow and Dun lavin are believed to be quiet" Eastern Suffragists Visit Northwest. Portland. With gay sashes and ban ners of gold, white and purple, rival ing the brightness of the sunny Bpring morning, the delegation of id eastern suffragists touring the country in the interests of the Susan B. Anthony amendment for national suffrage, ar rived Sunday in Portland. After break fast the visitors were taken on a tour of the city, then to the general rendez vous station at the Oregon building and thence out the Columbia river highway to view the scenery and en joy luncheon at Crown Point Chalet. A rousing mass meeting at tne imrary at night completed the busy day's visit, after which the party left for Seattle. Leader Advises Surrender. Kingstown, Ireland. The proclama tion Issued by "Provisional President Pearce, advising the surrender of all the rebelB, follows: "In order to pre vent the further slaughter of unarmed people, and in the hope of saving the lives of our followers, who are sur rounded and hopelessly outnumbered, the members of the provisional gov ernment at headquarters had agreed to unconditionally surrender and the commanders of all the units of the re publican forces will order their follow ers to lay down tneir arms, rearce, MEXICO DOES NOT SEND ULTIMATUM Conference Makes No Headway Though Optimism Reigns. SUPPLIES GO FORWARD FOR TROOPS Threat of Force Denied by Mexican General Meeting Marks Time, Pending Reply of Wilson. Blacksmiths Go To Convention in Autos; Machines Supplant Horses Tacoma, Wash. After riding to their convention in automobiles 55 master blacksmiths of Washington spoke of the lean years in their busi ness and dolefully predicted the hope lessness of the future with the grow ing popularity and utility of the auto mobile and the disuse of horses. The old-time blacksmith is becoming extinct, they said, and In his place is coming the blacksmith who shoes horses occasionally and repairs auto mobiles frequently. No attacks were made on the motor car, the majority of the members merely reporting that they have gone into the automobile repair business. J. W. Woodside, of North Yakima, was elected president for the ensuing Lived Over 100 Years NEWS ITEMS Of General Interest About Oregon Cattle Losses Prove Small; Outlook for Livestock Good Baker. After hearing rosy reports on present conditions and the future of the liveatock industry in the north west, the third annual convention of the Oregon Cattle and Horse Raisers' association began movements for the further betterment of the business. Two hundred and fifty members, one-half of the total enrollment, had registered and more are expected, so that attendance records are likely to be broken. The city is decorated and everyone is vieing to entertain the visitors from Oregon, Washington, Ida ho, Nevada and other states. Mayor C. L. Palmer, Secretary W. E. Meacham, of the Baker commercial club, and Circuit Judge Anderson greeted the members to Baker, and Walter E. Pierce, of La Grande, re sponded. President William Pollman, in his annual address, said that in spite of the severe winter the cattle losses in the state for the year would be little more than normal. He predicted rec ord prices for grass-fed cattle next fall. T. W. Tomlinson, secretary of the American Livestock association, urged brand legislation to stop cattle thefts in shipments to the east. The resolution to recommend to the State Sanitary board that no further brands be granted if the brand was built on another brand and on the same part of an animal, was adopted. A modified county inspection law per mitting cattle to pass from one county to another by bill of Bale or inspection brand certificate, was also adopted. Sugar Officials Visit New Field. Sutherlln. George Austin, chief ag riculturist for the Utah-Idaho Sugar company, and George A. Smith, pur chasing agent for the Utah company, were visitors in Sutherlln valley this week with Alexander Nibley, secretary agriculturist for the Oregon-Utah com pany, and rj. H. Austin, of Grants Pass, chief agriculturist for the Oregon company. The officials were driven over the sugar beet land of this section to in vestigate the desirability of establish ing a sugar factory here next year, Six hundred acres have been contract ed for the growing of beets near Suth- erlin this year and the greater part of the land has been planted. It is the intention of the Sutherlln land owners to contract from 3000 to 4000 acres to beet culture next year. Idaho Sella 5000 Acres. Caldwell Approximately 5000 acres of state land within the Payette- Boise project were sold at public auction by State Land Commissioner George Day. The bidding was spir ited, choice parcels being sold for from J60 to J83 an acre, commissioner Day declared that the state would realize tlSO.OOO from the sale. Drafting Growa In Favor. Glasgow. The Scottish Trades Un ions' Congress, by a vote of 66 to 46, declared its opposition to compulsory military service. The vote is consid ered significant as heretofore the Scottish Trades Unionists have been virtually unanimous against compul sory service. El Paso. Mexican and American conferees over the disposition of the American forces in Mexico marked time Sunday while Generals Hugh L. Scott and Frederick Funston awaited word from Washington as to the next step to be taken in the negotiations with General Obregon. The report of the American repre sentatives on Saturday's conference went forward by wire. On the answer of President Wilson and Secretaries I.ansine and Baker to Its recommen dations depends the future status of the conference. In the meantime the following facts rteveloDed: That to date the apparent intention of the Washington government to keep General Pershing's columns in Mexico has not been changed. That General Obregon in Saturday's conference served no sort of notice on Generals Scott and Funston that could be construed as an ultimatum demand ing immediate withdrawal. That the desire or the de racto gov ernment for withdrawal was again announced, but that the only discus sion along this line was regarding the advisability of an American retire ment. That there was considerable discus sion of the possibility of effective American and Mexican co-operation in the eradication of scattered Villa ban dit groups. That there is a strong possibility there will be only one more conference and that depending on the wishes of the Washington government That while the present negotiations are proceeding, shipments of supplies to the American expedition's forces are going forward uninterruptedly, among other supplils leaving the Co lumbus base being nine truckloads of ordnance. From stray bita of information it ap pears that Saturday's conference end ed with the question of withdrawal of the United States troops still upper most in the minds of the Mexican con ferees. They are understood to have tried to impress on the American rep resentatives their contention that po litical conditions in Mexico are such that they cannot be responsible for any eventualities that may result from continued occupation of Mexican soil by American columns. They are said also to have laid stress on the fact that the position of the Carranza gov ernment would be extremely delicate if the expeditionary movement were not ended. There was noting in the atmosphere of either El Paso or Juarez to indicate that any crisis has been reached in the negotiations. All of the principals, Mexican and American, Beem optimistic. ; Jiff Pflf f itf if i I I Takes On 50 Men. Klamath Falls. An Increase in the payroll of the Pelican Bay Lumber company, of this city, Is to be made. The big mill is to be operated 20 hours day. This will increase the dally cut to 300,000 feet of lumber and ne cessitate the employment of 60 more men. President H. D. Mortensen, of the Pelican Bay company, made the an nouncement. If the new municipal highway, connecting Klamath Falls with Shippington, the important mill center on Upper Klamath lake, where the Pelican mill is located, is favor ably voted upon at the regular city election Monday, and built, employees of that and other mills In the neigh borhood can reside in the city and work at the mills. Big Mill Contract Awarded. Oregon City. The Hawloy Pulp & Paper company has awarded to the Grace & Rasmussen company, of Port land, the contract for the erection of the generating plant and pulp mill, one of the five buildings that consti tute the $750,000 extension now being made. The pulp mill and generating plant will be located on the brink of the falls, near station A. It will be a con crete structure. The new paper mill will be electrically driven and the $128,000 paper machine which will lie installed will be the only electrically driven machine of its kind on the Pa cific coast. San Francisco Hears Washington, D.C. San Francisco. President Wilson, through Senator James D. Fhelan at Washington, sent his greetings and congratulations to the people of San Francisco early Sunday morning by long-distance telephone. ' Nearly 1800 persons attending the annual performance of theeM Club, of San Francisco, commemorating the city's rehabilitation from the great fire of 1906, sat with receivers at their ears at 4 o'clock this morning and heard Senator Phelan deliver the president's message. Abraham Wilcox. Abraham Wilcox, who has just died in Fort Worth, declared that he was 115 years old. His sons and daughters say he was 107. Until his last illness he walked two miles every day, and never failed to read the daily papers. He came to the United States at the age of thirty, and worked on a farm near Rochester, N. Y. Later he owned a farm in Michigan. He spent many years at San Luis Potosi, but could not stand the revolutions, and he went to Fort Worth. year. Jay R. Chambers was chosen secretary and August Swenson, of Port Angeles, was elected third vice president. All the other officers were re-elected. North Yakima was chosen as the next meeting place, beating out Bellingham for the honor. The visitors attended a banquet Japan Keeps 'Gentleman's Agreement' San Francisco. The Japanese con sul general at San Francisco, Masa nao Hanlhara, asked United States District Judge Dooling to postpone the case of Matsutaro Nakao in order that he might ascertain whether the "gen tleman's agreement" existing between Japan and the United States with ref erence to the immigration of Japanese laborers had been violated. Nakao, a 17-year-old boy, was ordered deport ed on the showing that his father was a laundry worker and not a wealthy merchant, as represented. Fruit Outlook Good. Hood River. ProspectB for record yields of all varieties of fruits were never better in the Hood River valley. "I have examined cherries, peaches and aprlcotB," says E. H. Shepard. editor of "Hotter Fruit," "and so far as I could discover not the leaHt dam age has been caused by the frost or cold rains. When- apricots have not been Injured you may be sure that no other fruit has been hurt. The profit from the year's straw berry crop, now estimated at about 175 carloads, should set a high water mark. The 1916 apple crop Is estim ated at from 1,000,000 to 1,500,000, the largest in the community's history. Harper's Weekly la Sold. New York. Harper's Weekly has been acquired by the Independent Corporation, it was announced here. and is to be Incorporated In the Inde pendent The Independent is 68 years old and Harper i Weekly 59. Phone Rate Increases Are Asked. Salem. With the merging of the Coos & Curry Telephone company and the Coqullle Valley Telephone com pany, under the former name, the con solidated system has filed application with the Public Service commission for authority to make Increases in rates for service for all the territory covered by its lines. The commission will investigate the conditions existing before passing upon the application. The company operates in Marshfleld Coqullle, Myrtle Point and Intervening territory. Big Timber Deal Is Made. Baker. One of the biggest timber deals closed within recent years in eastern Oregon was made known Wed nesday by Frank Gardinicr, of the Baker White Pine Lumber company, when he announced the purchase by that corporation of approximately 20, 000 acres of timber land in Baker and Grant counties, principally in the vi cinity of Whitney. A large portion of the timber Is along Trout and China creeks. 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