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WHAT YOU NEED- The other fellow may have; what you hays the other fellow may want. Come together by advertising in the Press. " ' BARGAIN DAY Is every day with the Merchant who advertises ill the Press be has some thing to sell and says so. Buy Your Groceries From Your Home Grocer VOLUME XXVIII. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1916. NUMBER 41. WORLD'S DOINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume of General News from All Around the Earth. UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHELI Live News Items of All Nations and Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. A large hotel for working girls and women is io De constructed in (jmcago. A special session of the New York legislature may be called to pass a measure dealing with the streetcar smite m new xorK uity. Aside from the capture by the Ital ians of an important mountain peak on the Trentmo front onlv hnmhard. ments have taken place in the Austro- itaiian theater. A Medford, Ore.,, lad of nine, was seriously injured by exploding dyna mite caps. He lighted one cap with a match, the concussion from which ex ploded another in his hip pocket. - All guns and movable machinery above water have been stripped from the wreck of the armored cruiser Memphis in Santo Domingo harbor and will be brought to the United States by . tne transport frame. Mr. and Mrs. Edlefsen, of Portland. who were lost on Mt. Hood Sunday morning, were found by a searching party Tuesday, after having wandered in a severe storm 72 hours without food or shelter. Notwithstanding the loss of two Zep pelins in an air raid on Eastern Eng land Saturday night, the Germans -Monday night again returned to the attack with airships and dropped bombs in the northern and northeast counties. The Earl of Essex was found dead in bed Tuesday. He had been-ill for sometime. He was 69 years old. He was a large land holder, owning about 15,000 acres. His second wife, whom . be married in 1893, was Adela Grant. daughter of Beach Grant, of New York. A carload of liquor, consisting of more than 13,000 pint bottles and two 50-gallon barrels of whiskey, was seized by the police in Seattle and de stroyed. Although the liquor ostensi bly was consigned to Petersburg. Alas ka, the police allege that it really was intended for sale in Seattle. There were more than . 7000 persons at the afternoon performance of the first circus which eame to Coos county, Or, and exhibited at Marshfield Tues day. There was one woman 15 years of age present who had never seen a circus before. Another woman, 91, who is a resident of the county, was at the performance. ' -: .'-'. Secretary Baker announces that the President will nominate Brigadier General Pershing, commander of the American expeditionary forces in Mexico, to be a major general to fill the vacancy created by the death of Major General Mills. Except in France there have been no important engagements on any of the various fronts. Berlin reports the re pulse of Russian attacks in Volhynia, Galicia, and the Carpathian moun tains. Petrograd is still silent as to operations on the eastern front, but unofficial advices say the Russians have begun a new offensive on a large scale in the hope of putting down the counter attacks of the Teutons and piercing their front before winter. Advices from Constantinople, says the Overseas News agency, tell J of a mutiny among-, troops of the Russian Caucasus army because of lack of pro visions. r - A revolution- ffrthe Greek island of--wted in a Havas dinnnM" COMBLES TAKEN BY BRITISH AND FRENCH IN SWEEP FROM. 3 SIDES London Combles, the' pivotal point in the German tine- guarding the ap proach to Bapaume, on the north, and Peronne on the south, of the Somme front, fell Wednesday before attacks of French and British, the Germans fighting to death, or surrendering when there was no longer hope. - ' French and British troops swept in from three sides after their capture of Morval and Fregicourt, broke through the German defenses, . overran the town and carried all before them. This place, with its marvelous subter ranean passages and powerful fortifica tions, bad been caught in the grip of the entente allies, who, coming from the north and south, had already ad vanced far beyond it and cut off com munication with the rear, except a narrow strip which was covered by the allied guns.; At the end of the fighting the town was filled with the bodies of Germans, the French official statement says. Prior to the loss of Combles, the effect of the French and British arm ies in the capture of important strat egic points on the previous day was re flected in the official communication issued by the German war office, which, after describing briefly the great artillery bombardment of the en tente allies, lasting four days, and the attack between the Ancre and the Somme, admits that "the conquest of these villages on the line of Gueude court must be recognized, " and adds : "But before all we must think of our heroic troops who faced the united Anglo-French principal force and the massed employment of material of the whole world's war industry, prepared during many months." Thiepval, at the northwestern end of the British line, and the fortified town of Gueudecourt, northwest of Les Bouefs, also have fallen to the Brit ish. -General Sir Douglas Haig'B men, after capturing Thiepval, drove on eastward and took the Zollern redoubt, a strongly fortified position which lies, between Thiepval and the bend in the British line at Courcelette. The French likewise advanced be yond Fregicourt and captured the woods between that village and Mor valand the greater part of the German fortified positions Jying between this woods eastward across the Bethune road to the western portion of the St Vaast woods, nipping off another por tion of the German line of communica tion south of Bapaume. The German casualties in the fight ing are declared by Paris to have been heavy, and, in addition, during the two days' fighting, more than 1200 Germans were made prisoners by the French, while the British took in ex cess of 1500. Large quantities of booty were taken by the entente allies. ALLIED POWERS TO CONTROL SHIPPING Entente Governments Preparing Strict Measures to Regain Shipping. BLACKLIST ANSWER SOON DUE Seizure of Mails Controversy With. U. S. Finally Gets Attention of British War Trade Office. Five Hundred Captured Vistas Pay Death Penalty at Chihuahua El Paso Wholesale executions, are taking place in Chihuahua City follow ing the Villa attack, it was announced at military headquarters here Thurs day. Five hundred Villa adherents have been executed since the fight, the report to General George Bell, Jr., says, and many other prisoners have been taken. General Bell also has a report of a skirmish which is reported to have oc curred at Arena, 10 miles south of Juarez, Sunday night , He says wounded Carranza soliders have been brought back to Juarez from that sec tion. The Carranza officials in Juarez insist that these wounded soldiers were brought from Chihuahua City follow ing the fight with Villa forces. A report from Chihuahua that Gen eral Matias Ramos had returned to that state capital with only 35 men left of his original force of 350 also was received by General Bell. A prominent Mexican who was taken prisoner by Villa at Chihuahua City and later released reached the border and reported to military author ities that villa bad executed only two of the 38 prisoners taken during the Chihuahua battle. One of these was a Chauffeur for General Trevino. He gave the others the choir of returning n. ' 3 f ' London The continued depletion of the world's supply of tonnage as a re sult of the operations of the subma rines of the central powers will be met by an increase in stringent measures by which the entente allies design to control shipping, so as to insure its be ing used to the best advantage of the allies and prevent it even indirectly aiding their opponents, according to a statement made to the Associated Press by Lord Robert Cecil, minister of war trade. Lord Robert declared it could not be expected that British facilities should be expended on ships carrying goods to blacklisted firms and that the entente allies will increase their shipping measures in making the best use of available tonnage in proportion as the Germans succeed in destroying mer chant ships. - The minister said that as a matter of course the entente allies would be favored as regards the use of tonnage and that neutrals engaged in entente allied trade or in unsuspected neutral trade would be given the next consideration. Lord Robert said that the answer of Great. Britain to the American govern ment s protest against the seizure of malis would be sent to Washington al most immediately, and that the reply to the American protest with regard to the blacklist imposed by the entente allies would follow shortly. . Washington, D. C Great Britain's delay fn answering the American note regarding mail seizures sent to London May 24 is believed by allied diplomats here to be due largely to a desire to give first a practical working demon stration of changes recently instituted in censorship methods, notably with regard to shipping documents. They declare the practice of expediting the handling of such papers by passing them through the censor's office in a special marked package already has removed one of the principal causes of complaint set forth in the American protest 1 .,-.'- ...... -.. State department officials consistent ly have declined to indciate the possi ble effect of this modification on the department's attitude in the mail controversy. Icelanders Send First Ship to ' . : America Since Year 1000 New York-r-The GullfoBS, said to be one of the first Icelandic ships to visit the shores of the Western Hemisphere since the days of Leif, the Lucky, tied up in the harbor here Saturday with a cargo of herring. ' Aboard the GullfoBS, a little steamer of 886 tons, is a crew of Icelandic sail ors, officered by Icelandic navigators and speaking virtually the same lan guage, that Leif, son of Eric the Red, spoke when he landed at Cape Cod about the year 1000. The Gullfoss brought to New York 20 passengers, mostly merchants from Reikjavik, who came to buy goods in American markets. With its return the first of next month, the Gullfoss will, pass its sister ship, the Gothaloss, bound for New York with a cargo of fish. Captain Pjeturson said he hoped to see established a regular trade with the United States. . . - Amazingly high prices for the prod ucts of the island have brought pros perity in the last two years, the cap tainSsaid. The war created the first milliettajrs in Iceland, ' he declared, and alsorava the island its first exner- ience with Tabo troubles and other disorders of moirefnVtfivilization. A strike of the fisherman's union in the island lasted throughout last summer, I :j . T me captain naiu. 4. , - . ...;.., - TP British Buf Wof Skins. St. Louis British fur buyers bought nearly the entire supply of wolf skins which were placed on sale here as part of the $2,000,000 fur auction now in nrogress. They will be used to make caps for the British soldiers. The lot totaled 9400 wolf skins and the price paid for all of them was $50,000. The skins were of wolves killed in the United States and Canada. Chinese dog skins are said to be in good de mand. They will be used mostly for making rugs, fur-buyers say. The skins brought $4.60 each. Battleship Gun Bursts. Norfolk, Vs. The battleship Michi gan, damaged Dy tne explosion or we muzzle of one of her 12-inch guns at target practice on the southern drill grounds, reached Hampton Roads Sat urday and later sailed for Philadelphia to undergo repairs. Yeoman Robert ... n 1 M - 1 W. looper, wnase.ann was iraciureu in the explosion, was brought to the naval hospital here. Eighteen feet of the gun s muzzle was blown away and the foremast and galley damaged. NEWS ITEMS Of General Interest About Oregon Area of 23,400 Acres to Be Put Under Water on Ochoco Prineville The board ' of directors of the Ochoco irrigation district, at a meeting at Prineville this week, ac cepted the report of R. W. Rea, proj ect engineer, which has been forward ed to the State engineer for his ap proval, and as soon as that office has had an opportunity to go over the re port an election of the land owners in the district will be called to vote the necessary bonds for construction. The report shows that the Ochoco project is one of the most worthy and feasible projects in the state of Ore gon. The lands in the project form a compact area comprising 23,400 acres of irrigable land. Of this area about 85 per. cent is partially irrigated, 80 per cent is dry farmed and 85 per cent is undeveloped land. . These lands with water will raise from three to five tons of alfalfa to the acre. Water for the project will be ob tained from Ochoco and McKay creeks. The reservoir proposed for Ochoco Creek will have a capacity .of 47,000 acre feet, and be created by a dam of the hydraulic earthfill type, ' with a maximum height of 125 feet. For the time being only the flood waters of McKay creek will be used, the storage dam and reservoir not being considered necessary for at least 10 years. Water Master Wins Suit. Prineville Tjhe decision of the Su preme court Tuesday in the suit of George H. Brewster against Crook county for $332, unpaid salary, has finally disposed of a matter which has been a source of contention and dis pute for years over who was liable for the pay and control of the water mas ter. The decision reached Judge Duffy this week, and his decision of the con troversy has been completely sustained and the county court has lost its battle which has lasted for two years. Water masters in counties where there is considerable irrigation have important duties, as the right to UBe water is most jealously guarded, and the importance of this decision is far- reaching and finally determines a ques tion that has been a source of much dispute. Corn Show is Scheduled. Marshfield The city of Coquille has concluded to make its successful corn show of last year an annual affair, and will stage the festival this year on November 10 and 11. The Coquille valley, at the time of the 1915 corn show, produced surprises in exhibitions of corn, and the affair was a big aid in developing a new line of agriculture for all sections of the county. Minnesota corn won - the highest awards, and was declared by visiting experts and judges to be the best adapted for culture in this terri tory. The large acreage of last year was increased this season, and the ex hibits are expected to be better and more numerous. . LIVING COST GOES HIGHER THAN EVER Even Higher Prices Are Predicted Be fore Winter is Over. CANNED EATS DP 30 PERCENT Cotton Goods Soaring With Woolens; r Women's Shoes Double AH Cigars in Line of Rise. Chicago The cost of living this winter will reach an unprecedented scale and will affect every person, no matter what object may be purchased, according to a table of comparative prices compiled here Thursday. Mer chants and . producers are virtually unanimous in a forecast of further in creases in prices which already ad vanced alarmingly within the last year. ,. Food prices, it is said, vary accord ing to quality and quantity, but It is. the small purchaser at retail who must pay most Wholesalers say canneries throughout the country have informed them that fall and winter deliveries will be only one-th'rd normal, while the last vegetable crop is said to be only half the quantity expected. - Canned fruit will be 80 per cent higher and canned vegetables are ex pected by wholesalers to increase 20 per cent in price. Cotton goods have advanced between 25 and 85 per cent. Woolens have kept pace with cottons. The best lines of women's shoes for fall and winter will cost twice as much as the same article last year, dealers say. Even collars, that two-for-a-quarter staple which men have known for gen erations, will be a thing of the past. Collars now have been advanced to 15 cents each, and the laundries which have for years laundered collars for 21 cents have announced that 8 cents each will be the future cost. Cigar jobbers raised their prices this week between $4 and $5 a thousand to the dealer. - - Coyotes Are Menace. Bend That covotes are becoming a menace to the Bettlers in the Millican valley was reported by P. B. Johnson, postmaster at Millican. Mr. Johnson reported several instances of attacks by coyotes recently, the latest being when Forest Ranger H. E. Smith, who was sleeping on the ground when on a trip, woke to find a coyote only a few feet from his head. C. L. Evans and R. R. Keller have killed coyotes that were attacking their stock in the past ten days. A stag belonging to M. D. Willard showed signs of rabbies after fighting with a coyote. General Bell at Astoria, -ry , Astoria A party of army officers, consisting of General J. Franklin Bell, commander of the WeBtern division; General Sibert, in command of this Coast artilley district, and their staff officers, arrived in the city Wednes day. They were met here by Colonel Ludlow and his staff and escorted on the steamer Captain James Fornance to the forts at the mouth of the river. The visitors are on a general inspec tion trip, it is said, and also gathering data at the various posts relative to the " accommodations for increased bodies of troops. ; : Fruit Expert on Visit. Hood River W. Schleussner, of the bureau of markets of the United States department of Agriculture, who has been placed in charge of the Spokane office of publicity of the Fruit Grow ers' agency, was here visiting the officials of the Apple Growers' Ex change, local sales agencies. Mr. Schleussner says he twill distribute daily information to growers and ship pers as to the receipts of apples in 20 central points. Such Information, it is said, will tend to prevent glutting markets. ' New Road Handles Stock. - Eugene The first solid trainload of livestock over the Willamette Pacific railroad is scheduled to arrive in Eu gene from Marshfield Monday, on 'its way to Portland. The train will be loaded at Mrytle Point with cattle be longing to the Dement family and will consist of between 15 and 20 ears. Gov. Wta; of New orC leads in Both Party Primaries New York With only 864 election districts remaining to be heard from at 11 o'clock Wednesday night, the vote in the Republican primary for governor gave Charles S. Whitman 213,789 as against 89,988 for William M. Bennett In the Progressive pri mary, with returns from 1400 districts misBing, Mr. Whitman s vote was 10, 233, as against 6889 for Samuel Sea-bury. In the Republican contest for the nomination for the United States sen ate, William M. Calder received 141, 387 votes against 134,817 for Robert Bacon, with only 833 districts missing. William F. McUomb received a total of 81,771 votes as against 42,156 for Thomas F; Conway, with returns from 1102 districts missing in the Demo cratic primary for the nomination for the United States senate. four Attacks Made at Once. Chihuahua City Revolutionary at tacks were made upon Guadalajara, Tampico and Vera Cruz on September 16, simultaneously with Villa's Hidal go day attack upon this city, according to reports received hero Thursday by General Jacinto B. Trevino. Other than to say that, although well timed, the attacks in all three cities were promptly suppressed, no details ware received. General Trevino announced a revised list of the casualties in Saturday's en gagement. The government losses in killed and wounded he placed at 63, while the Villa casualties, he estimated at be tween 200 and 250, Including 94 pris oners taken and executed. He assert ed that he had learned from captives that the bandits, who are reported to be reorganizing in the Sierra de la Silla, have with them about 160 wounded, who have neither medical at tention nor medical supplies. Seattle Bank Deposits Jump. Seattle With 29 out of 81 report ing banks showing gains in deposits ranging from $2000 to $1,300,000, to tal deposits . in Seattle banks at the close of business September 12, accord ing to reports of condition made to the call of the comptroller of the treasury, reached the aggregate of $98,969,465. Since the last official call of June SO there has been an unprecedented in crease in total deposits of $4,687,885, making an average monthly increase of more than $1,800,000 and an average daily Increase of about $62, 000. Cattlemen Purchase Island. San Francisco The island of Lanal. one of the Hawaiian group, has been purchased by United States Senator Key Pittman, of Nevada, and a ktoud of wealthy Nevada cattlemen, accord ing to H. I. 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