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WHAT YOU NEED Tha other fellow may have; what you have the other fellow may want Coma together by advertising in the Press. BARGAIN DAY Is every day with the Merchant who advertises in the Preiss-he has some thing to sell and says so. . Buy Your . Groceries From Your Home Grocer VOLUME XXVIII. ATIIESTA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OKEGON, FKIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1916. NUMBER 34. WORLD'S DOINGS OF CURRENT VEEK Brief Resume of General News from All Around the Earth. llfUYERSAl HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHQJ Live News Items of All Nations and Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. Thirty-two eases of cholera are re ported in Yokohama. Oregon crops this year are estimated to be worth $30,181,730. . Forty thousand pounds of wool is sold at Eugene, Ore., at approximately 4U cents per pound. A humming bird kills two canaries ' at Oregon City, having entered the cage lor the purpose; Columbia Beach, a resort near Fort land, has been closed by the health au thorities, who allege insanitary condi tions exist there. , The Portland chamber of commerce proposes a tax of one mill for the pur pose of subsidizing shipowners to enter the port of Portland. Charles E. Hughes makes" his first campaign speech at Detroit. Other speeches will be made in leading cities of the West on the initial trip. The strong Turkish force which at tacked the British at Romani, 22 miles east of the Suez canal, on AuguBt 4, was defeated and put to flight by a counter-attack. Robert F. Wagner, at New York, . for governor, and Calvin J. Huston. of Yates county, for lieutenant gover nor, was the ticket agreed on at a con ference in New York City of 16 prom inent Democrats. Two earthquakes were recorded by the seismograph at the University of Santa Clara, Cal., the first at 11 :40 o'clock Monday morning, lasting for about 15 minutes, registering an am plitude of 80 millimeters. . -A great fire in a forest near Savons, Italy, along a front of nearly three miles is reported in a Havaa dispatch from Home. Two thousand soldiers b.ve been sent to fight the fire, the cause of which is unknown. The city of Brussels has refused to pay the fine of 5,000,000 marks im posed by the Germans in consequence of the demonstration which took place at the Belgian capital on July 21, the national fete day. A serious crisis is Dr. Eva Harding, of Topeka, Kan,, a suffragist leader, has won the Demo cratic nomination for representative in congress in the First district over Rev. H. J. Corwine, in the recent state-wide primary. Dr. Harding, whose majority was 608, is the only woman congressional candidate in the state for the coming election. The proposition to submit a consti tutional amendment for Btate-wide prohibition received a favorable ma jority of 2108 votes in the July 22 Texas primary, according to the com plete and official canvass of a sub-committee of the State Democratic Exec utive committee. The total vote was: For, 174,485; against, 172,332. Offers of $1 per bushel for North western wneat are reiusea.. One child In every five dies, of infan tile paralysis in New York. - The State department declines to stand behind . American bankers who were negotiating a loan to China. ; Sir Roger Casement, the Instigator of the Irish revolution, was hanged in London Thursday for high treason. . Frank West, two-year-old son of F. A. West, of Prosser, Wash., was drowned in the Sunnyside canal. The body was recovered after having been carried through two miles of wood stave pipe. - The supreme lodge of Knights of Pythias in session at Portland last week, elected John J. Brown, of Van- italifi- . Til.. annrnmA rtianivlln anri Charles S. Davis, of Denver, vice chancellor. National Guardsmen, relieved from duty on the border, for disability, re turned to Oakland, Cal., to find their armory had been looted of 11600 in clothing by burglars, who had cleaned out every locker.. An attempt by Bulgarian soldiers to eix an island in the Roumanian waters of the Danube river close to the town of Giurgevo has caused a sensation there, according to reports received by Bucharest newspapers. Should the great railroad strike now pending be declared, all traffic would be stopped on 1285 roads, with the ex ception of mail and troop trains. The Serbian government has decided to convoke the Serbian parliament King Peter of Serbia and the Greek government have been advised of this intention. The garment strike which virtually haa paralyzed the women's suit and cloak industry in New York for nearly four months, was declared settled at general meeting of the strike com mittee. -... ITALIANS JOIN IN ATTACK ON CENTRAL POWERS' EASTERN FRONT London The Italians have struck a heavy blow in the great allied offen sive. Assailing the Isonzo line, on the 60-mile front from Tolmino to the Adriatic, Cadorna's troops have cap tured the Gorizia bridgehead and bagged more than 10,000 Austrians With the third year of the war just begun, the Teuton lines are being bat tered in three huge drives. The Rus sian attack gains momentum, the allies ou the Western front have launched a new combined offensive and now the Italians have joined in the attack. London sees in Cadorna's offensive one of the most significant and encour aging signs since the war began. Not only does it give evidence of the regu larity and the solidarity of the allies' schedule in the advance, but it shatters all prospect of an Austrian offensive on the Trentino front. The Italian successes have created a serious menace to Trieste and prepared the way for an invasion of Austria. In fierce fighting in the last two days, Cadorna's men captured Honte Sabo tino, north of Gorizia, and Monte San Michele, on the Carso plateau, lying to the south. This gives them control of Gorizia bridgehead, one of the . most important of the Austrian defenses along the Isonzo. Child labor Bill is Passed by . Senate; Only 12 Votes Opposed Washington, D. C The senate late Tuesday passed the bill to prevent in terstate commerce in products of child labor. The vote was 52 to 12. The measure, already passed by the house, was brought to a vote in the senate upon the insistence of the Preisdent after the Democratic senate caucus once had decided to defer its consider atioa until next December.- Opposition to the measure had come chiefly from Southern cotton mill own ers and the group of Southern Demo crats who voted againBt it and fought in caucus and maintained their posi tion during the senate debate on the ground that the regulation proposed is unconstitutional and would inter fere with the rights of the states. Eleven Democrats from the South voted for it. To expedite consideration of the measure in conference, senate con ferees were appointed immediately after the original vote was taken. The only amendment adopted wotsld extend the bill s provisions to bar all products of establishments employing children from interstate commerce. The house meausre was directed only against those on which child labor actually had been employed. Amendments to make the prohibi tion apply only to children under 14 who could not read or write, to make it apply to children on farms and to I postpone its effective date for two years were voted down. - The bill as passed would prohibit in terstate commerce in the product of any mine or quarry in which children under 16 years of age have been em ployed, or in the product of any mill, cannery, workshop, factory or manu facturing establishment in which chil dren under 14 have been employed, or in which children between 14 and 16 have been employed more than eight hours a day, more than six days a week, before 6 a. m. or after 7 in the evening. It would take effect after enactment. ; ,; In the closing hours of debate Sena tor Tillman denounced Southern cotton mill owners opposing the bill said that, while he believed it unconstitutional, he was tempted to support it because of the selfish interests fighting it He also declared congress was too much influenced by the attitude of labor interests. Night Bathing in Lake Michigan Saves Many. mmmmmU,M.m,.mmmmm,mtmm I .1. II I. ......yM--.'"-f Night bathing in Lake Michigan saves thousands of persons during the hot spell in Chicago. Parts of the lake front swarms with women bathers till late hours of the night. It is the RAILROAD STRIKE SEEMS INEVITABLE Congress is Urged to Take Immediate Action to forestall Trouble. National Chamber of Commerce ite lieves Arbitration is Futile Wilson Much Concerned. Crop Outlook Poorer. ' Washington, D. C Falling off in crop prospects amounting to many mil lions . of dollars' loss to farmers of the country were Indicated in the Department of Agriculture s August report which forecast declines in indi cated production in almost every im portant crop from the forecasts report ed in July. - ' Wheat showed a loss of 106,000,000 bushels, corn 89,000,000 bushels, bar ley 11,000,000 bushels and there were decreases in rye, white and sweet po tatoes, flax, apples and peaches. A heavy reduction of the indicated pro duction of cotton prevoiusly had been reported. . Nickel loaf is Costly. V Salt Lake City A five-cent loaf of bread is an economic waste, in the opinion of C. N. Power, of Pueblo, Colo., who Wednesday addressed the convention here of the Master Bakers of the United States. He discussed the "10-eent loaf and why." Efficiency, declared Mr. Power, de manded the baking of 10-cent loaves of bread rather than the 5-cent size. He estimated the cost of baking 1000 loaves of bread at 6 cents per loaf is $3.66 more than the Cost of baking the same flour Into 600 10-cent loaves. . Pstrograd Rioters Slain. ' Berlin Twenty-eight persons were killed and more than 100 wounded in Petrograd , during serious disorders which took place there July 80 because of almost complete exhaustion of the food supply, according to Stockholm reports given out Wednesday by the uverseas Mews agency. ' Man; houses and shorn were looted during the disturbances which were finally repressed by the military, the advices said. Washington, D. C Officials of the Federal government including Presi dent Wilson, are closely watching de velopments in the controversy between 225 railway systems and their 400,000 employes, and are preparing to offer every possible aid in effecting an agreement and avoiding a strike. Thursday the President forwarded to the Labor department an appeal he had received from the Chamber of Com merce of the United States declaring a strike inevitable "unless some strong measures of intervention are speedily introduced" and urging an inquiry. Acting Secretary of Labor Post said he was in close touch with the situa tion, but had not decided whether ac tion by the department would be nec essary. ' The Federal board of mediation and conciliation, which is authorized by law to attempt to avert strikes on railroads, flso is keeping watch of de velopments, and its officials expect to be called on as soon as the strike vote, now being counted, has been complete ly canvassed. ' They said that nothing could be done at present' Copies of the chamber's appeal to President Wilson were forwarded to chairmen of the congressional com merce committees and the representa tives of the railroads and employes. Harry Wheeler, chairman of the chamber's committee on railroads, said he had recently attended a meeting of representatives of the employers and employes in New York, and that as a result his conviction as deepened that an amicable settlement was remote. "I am assured," he added,, "there will be no modification of the attitude" of the roads. Neither is it expected that the representatives of the men, with the new powerful strike vote in their hands, will recede from the position which they have taken heretofore." , Shark Startles Newport Newport, Or. Beach bathers were starteld Thursday when they heard of the capture of a shark at the Devil's Punchbowl 10 miles north of Newport Their fears were dispelled later, how ever, when it was learned that it was a sand shark and not one of the man eating species. The shark was washed ashore while Carl Shoemaker, state game warden, was visiting the bowl. He killed it and brought it to Newport, where it is now on display. Two years ago a man-eating shark, 25 feet long, was killed off Yaquina Bay. Fruit Basket Bill Passed. Washington, D. C. "The honest grape, fruit and berry basket bill," by Representative Reavis, of Nebraska, prescribing dimensions for standard baskets for interstate shipment of grapes, small fruits and berries, was passed Thursday by the house. Grape growers of New York and Southern and Western small fruit and berry raisers advocated its passage for pro tection against competitors using un dersized containers. , only way they have to cool off from the great heat of the day, . The cus tom may now be so well established that night bathing will become a reg ular feature of the summer. ACTIVITY OF ALLEGED SPIES AT PANAMA CANAL IS INVESTIGATED Washington, D. C. Activities of persons suspected of being spies em ployed by foreign governments to ac quire information regarding the nature and extent of the defenses of the Pan ama canal have made the administra tion decide to request congress to sup plant the existing laws against im proper acquistion of knowledge of mil itary and naval plans and fortifications. Representatives of the department of Justice and the War and Navy de partments have been in conference on the subject, and it is expected that they will agree on some drastic legislation to be submitted to congress. It is possible that the scope of the conference may be extended beyond the original ideas of a mere protection of the secrets of the American coast defenses to cover generally such at tempts as have been common since the beginning of the present war to de stroy powder and ammunition plants, on which the United States govern ment must rely in time of trouble. Several of the military powers of the world are believed to have under taken to obtain information as to the character of the defenses of the Pana ma canal. The latest incident to ex cite suspicion is the operations of a little Japanese power vessel, ostensi bly a fishing launch, which sought to obtain a permit -for pearl fishing in the waters of Panama bay and vicinity. The canal authorities have been warned that this craft appeared to have been making surveys and that these were not confined to the water but extended to the isthmus proper. While these operatious may have been perfectly innocent in intent and only such soundings were made and bearings taken as might be incident to the pursuit of pearl fisheries, the canal zone authorities have regarded the matter as of sufficient importance to warrant investigation and report to Washington. Meanwhile, licenses have been- withheld until some general line of policy can be formulated to govern all such cases. Bottle Tells Zeppelin's Fate. Berlin Extracts from letters found last February in a bottle picked up in the Skageraak, containing last mes sages from the commander and crew of the Zeppelin L-19, wrecked in the North Sea, have been given out. The writings included the final report of the Zeppelin's commander, written an hour before the airship went down. The greater part of the extracts consist of personal messages to members of the victims' families. One of them says "an English trawler came along this morning, but refused to save us." f British Save Suez Canal. London The Turkish army of 13, 000 soldiers which attacked British positions on August 4 at Romani, 22 miles east of the Suez canal, has been thoroughly defeated, according to the latest official, statement . The Turks are now in full retreat, and were hotly pursued for 18 miles by British troops. The number of unwounded Turks captured was 8145. Among the pris oners were 70 Germans, including 86 officers. A complete battery of Ger man guns was also taken. Hughes' Auto Searched. , Niargra Falls.' Charles E. Hughes, en route to Detroit spent Sunday here. At his request there was no public re ception. During the automobile ride In Can ada, at a lonely spot a Canadian sol dier, with fixed, bayonet ordered the driver to halt and searched the car for explosives. The soldier, when told of Mr. Hughes' identity, replied with a grin that he was sorry, but Canadian military rules made no exception. . NEWS ITEMS Of General Interest About Oregon Nine Oregon Crops Valued at $30,181,730; Wheat Leads Salem Oregon farmers this year will reap a profit this year of $30,181, 730 from nine principal products, ac cording to estimates compiled Monday by O. P. Hoff, state labor commis sioner. The crop of wheat, corn, oats, barley, potatoes and apples will each exceed $1,000,000,000 in value. The percentage of the combined con dition of all crops during July, based on a 10-year average, was 94.3. , The biggest item in Oregon's enor mous harvest this year, as in the past. is the wheat crop, which, based on crop conditions August 1, will show a yield of 11,781,000 bushels of winter and 4,000,000 bushels of spring, or a total of 16,781,000 bushels. Commissioner Hoff 's estimates indi cate that the state's winter wheat crop is 86 per cent of the average for 10 years, while the spring wheat crop is 86.2 per cent. The estimated value of the entire wheat crop of the state at the farm on August 1 was 83 cents a bushel, or a total of $13,097,230. The stock of wheat now held on Oregon farms is placed at 873,000 bushels. Ihe state bureau of labor statistics forecasts an oat yield of 13,200,000 bushels, worth $6,412,000 to the Ore gon farmer at 41 cents a bushel. The crop is 90.3 per cent of normal. With 50,600 acres planted to pota toes this year and the crop 92 per cent of normal, a yield of 6,250,000 bush els is forecasted. At 80 cents a bush el this crop will have a value of $5,-000,000. The state's apples crop will total 3,216,000 boxes of a value of $3,216, 000. The yield is 72 per cent of a 10 year average. Barley will bring $2,447,500 to the farmers, it is estimated, with a crop outlook of 4,450,000 bushels. This year Oregon has 41,000 acres planted to corn, with a prospective yield of 86 per cent normal. Mr. Hoff estimates that 1.200,000 bushels will be raised, netting the pro ducers $1,008,000. Although the yield of pears is but 68 per cent of average for 10 years, be cause of unfavorable climatic condi tions this year, the estimated crop is 610,000 bushels, worth $510,000. The rye crop, estimated at 91 per cent will total approximately 418,000 bushels, valued at $418,000. Because of recent rains the hay crop, it is estimated, will run only about 2.1 tons an acre, 88 per cent of the 10-year average. The peach crop this season is fore casted at 272,000 bushels, 59 per cent of normal, and valued at $272,000. The grape yield is placed at 80 per cent md the blackberry and logan berry output at 94 per cent of the av erage for 10 years. The condition of truck crops for canning purposes on August 1 is placed as follows : Snap beans, 80 per cent; cabbage, 91 per cent; sweet corn, 71 per cent; cucum ber, 68 per cent; peas, 90 per cent; tomatoes, 76 per cent. On August 1, the estimated value at the Oregon farm of the state's main products Commissioner Hoff places as follows: Corn, 84 cents a bushel; wheat, 83 cents; oats, 41 cents; bar ley, 55 cents; rye, $1; onions, $1.20; clover seed, $12; timothy seed, $4.73; alfalfa seed, $13.37; beans, dry, $5.27; butter, 27 cents a pound; eggs, 23 cents a dozen; chickens, 11 cents a pound; hay, $11.43; potatoes, 80 cents a bushel; hogs, $7.61 per cwt; beef cattle, $6.92 per cwt; milch cows, $70.75 per head; sheep, $6.25 per cwt; homes, $107.30 per head; lambs, $7.25 per cwt; calves, $8.95 per cwt Big Lane County Wool Pool Brings 40 Cents Per Pound Eugene Announcement of the vir tual sale of 40,000 pounds of Lane county wool, constituting the Pomona Grange pool assembled in Eugene, Cottage Grove and Junction City, to the Portland Warehouse company was made this week by C. J. Hurd, market master of the grange. The price, though not annoinced, is understood to have approximated 40 cents a pound. The wool has been shipped to Port land and will be graded there, after which final settlement with the grow ers will be made. The Portland con cern made an advance to the growers nearly equalling the market price. 1 he pool represents wool belonging to 137 growers. : 30,604 Autos in State. Salem Receipts of the state auto mobile department of the secretary of state's office for the first seven months of 1916 totaled $132,044.50, as com pared with $108,881.50 for the entire 12 months of 1915. A steady increase in the number of motor vehicles in Oregon is shown. Last year there were 23,585 automo biles and 8158 motorcycles. This year, with five months yet remaining, there are 30,504 automobiles registered and 3207 motorcycles. O.-W. R. & N. Raises Wages. The Dalles O.-W. R. & N. machin ists and boiiermakers and their helpers have been granted a raise in wages, effective August 1. The raise was un solicited. 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