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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. Buy Your Groceries From Your Home Grocer BARGAIN DAY Is every day with the Merchant who advertises in the Press he has some thing to sell and says so. "VOLUME XXVIII. ATHENA, UMATILLA -COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1916. NUMBER 42. WORLD'S DOINGS! OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume of General News from All Around the Earth. ' - UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHBJ Live News Items of All Nations and Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. I Statistics show the number of auto mobile accidents is decreasing stead! ly as compared with the number of machines In use. Field Marshal von Hlndenburg, chief of the general staff, celebrated his 69th birthday at headquarters oh the eastern front Wednesday. Imitation pearls have become an Im portant article of manufacture recent '. ly in Barcelona, Spain. During 1915 ' they were manufactured there to the ' value of over $21,000, as against 4000 '. In 1914. - In their latest raid on Bucharest, says the Times' Bucharest correspond ent, the German, aeroplanes dropped ' proclamations declaring that the city will be laid in ruins soon, unless Rou . " , mania hastens to make a separate . peace. ' Roumanian troops have gained a '.. footing on the right bank of the Dan- ube liver south of Bucharest, Bays the official statement issued by Ger ' ,man general headquarters concerning the fighting In Transylvania and Do . brudja. - ; - According to statistics for the year " 1916, the population of Russia has in . creased more than 63,000,000, or 42 . per cent, since 1897. It increased, more than 3,800,000, or more than 2 ' per cent, since 1914. The total popu lation is set down as 182,182,600. The first case of infantile paralysis In six drears In Walla Walla, Wash., was reported Wednesday, the 8-year-old child of C. C. Eubanks being ill v with the disease. The caBe is not serious, and physicians are taking ev ery 'precaution to prevent spread ,of uie contagion. ' . -, The rebellion In the Dutch East In- du a is being quelled, according to official dispatch received by the gov ernment The rebels in the district near Mocaratebl have surrendered. Three brigades of Infantry inflicted serious losBes on a rebel force near ' Zemabce on September 24. -' Early winter, predicted by Indians and birds, arrived In Baker, Or., at 11 o'clock Tuesday night, when snow fell In the olty's streets. Little more than a trace fell In the city, but the snow In the hills was heavy. It Is the earli est snow in two years. No damage was done to crops, practically all be ing harvested. . , The American Association of Wool en and Worsted Manufacturers tele graphed the department of commerce protesting againBt the holding up of the census report on dyeetuffs. Sec , retary Redtield replied that the report was being withheld temporarily to af ' ford proper privacy to transactions of v dye importers. ...... . - ' Mason D. HU1, aged K of Port ' Townsend, Wash., the oldest Oddfel low In the. world in years as well as In membership, received a 70-year Jew el from his Associates, the presenta .' tlon being made by H. Q. Merritt, grand master uf Oddfellows of Wash ington. Mr. Hill Is the first Oddfellow to be entitled to such a Jewel. ' More than 2000 students registered for evening school work at 12 public '' schools which opened for classes In Portland Wednesday night With the exception of three schools, all are well up to the average in attendance, and, according to John C. Veatch, supervis or, a substantial increase is expected. Nearly every nation was represented in the registrations. .! Simultaneously with the announce ' ment that 20,000 employes of the iin..l...l. itln.KlAwa' i.aivilaHnn ff . IfJiUlCHIIO VlUUUOl. Chicago would receive a reduction in ' working hours without loss of pay, a voluntary wage increase of 2 cents an hour for employes of the operating department all over the United States was announced by Wilson & Co., Ar mour ft Co., Swift ft Co., Llbby, Mc Neil ft Co., and Morris ft Co. The Increases granted by the packers will affect (0,000 men, while about 20,000 will be benefited by the reduction of hours In the clothing trades from 60 to 48. To the packers the Increase will mean an additional payroll of 84, 000,000 a year. The action of both garment makers and packers was vol untary, it was announced. In neither case was there threat of labor diffi culties, r - King Constantino of Greece is ready to declare war on Bulgaria. ' Pendleton, Or., whe t market Is practically at a standstill on account of the shortage of carsT . . Work progresses rapidly on the Oregon-Washington interstate bridge, and tne opening in the near future seems certain. The American Bankers' Association is alarmed over the report that live stock production is not. keeping pace with the demand. : The threatened sympathetic strike - of New York unions to aid the street ear men did not materialize as sched uled, but leaders assert that many thousands have quietly quit their jobs. German aviators again dropped a great number of bombs on Bucharest according to German official stats ', ment This adds that several points of the Roumanian capital "are still burning as the result of our previous attack." BUSINESS GOOD IN NORTHWEST; ; - PRODUCERS REAPING BENEflTS Washington, D. C Generally pros perous "conditions are reported throughout the Pacific Coast In the federal reserve monthly bulletin. Of conditions on the north coast the bul letin sayB: "Grain crops, though of less than the usual volume, are commanding such prices that the money returns are above the normal. Although there have been large shipments of wheat by rail from the Pacific Northwest to the east, many farmers have not yet sold, holding in the expectation of higher prices. The barley crop fell considerably short of the earlier esti mates, but with the carry-over there were approximately 350,000 tons (near ly 16,000,000 bushels) beyond domes tic requirements and available for ex port Prices are 88 and $10 a ton higher than last year. ' "The apple crop of California, Ore gon and Washington is estimated at 5,800,000 barrels, which is a little a.bove normal. The quality Is excep tional and high prices are ruling. "Hops will yield about 280,000 bales, or 20,000 .bales more than last year. This Is far In excess of domestic re quirements. .The British embargo on exports has affected prices most un favorably, bids of 10 to 12 cents com paring, for example, with 43 cents in 1911. . "The salmon pack of the Pacific Coast, Including Alaska, is about 20 per cent below normal. A leading packer says that from the sellers' point of view the salmon markets of the world are in better condition than at any time since 1900. "Mining continues its great activity, with expanding output. "There has been no material change in the unsatisfactory condition of the lumber Industry, lack of transporta tion facilities being the greatest handi cap. Ships for the lumber trade, with an aggregate carrying capacity of 30, 000,000 feet, are now building on this coast" Tacoma Electric Car Jumps Track; Ohio Electrics Collide on Bridge Tacoma, Wash. More than a score of persons were injured, three of them seriously, when the Tacoma-Seattle Limited on the Puget Sound Electric company's line ran into an open switch and went into the ditch at Willows Junction, one mile east of the city, at 5 o clock . Tuesday afternoon. The two coaches comprising the train were badly splintered and a coal shed was demolished when the rear car struck it as it turned over. Offi cials of the company refuse to make a statement as to the responsibility for the accident until after an Investiga tion. The seriously Injured were taken to hospitals in Tacoma, except Mrs. McLean, who insisted on being taken to her home in Seattle on the train following. Runaway Car Kills 2; Injures 30. Cleveland. Two persons were kill ed and more than 30 are in hospitals as the toll of a bridge tragedy here when two streetcars collided on the West Third street bridge, causing it to collapse and precipitate the cars 30 feet to the Baltimore ft Ohio rail road tracks below. There were 40 persons on one car and 20 on the other. The dead are Mrs. Clara Dllle.'a passenger, and Otto Borchert, motor man. The accident occurred when a south bound Scranton road car carrying a crowd of women shoppers broke away from the motorman on a hill and tore down on the north approach to the bridge Just as a north-bound car reached the same point. The runa way car Jumped the track and struck the northbound car. The combined weight of the two cars and the shock of the collision was too much for the wooden bridge, which sagged and then gave way. Edna Waddington, a telephone oper ator, employed by the Erie railroad, saw the accident from where she sat at her switchboard and turned In a call for ambulances, doctors and the fire department Nations Protest Acts of Mexico. Washington, D. C. Strong protests have been made to the state depart ment by the British and French em bassies against the action of the Car ranza government in Mexico in seizing the assets of British and French bank ing institutions in the Mexican capi tal. These banks are closed as the re sult of the Carranza decrees, and it Is declared that the interests of British and French stockholders have been seriously affected. So far the state department has given no indication of what It will do. Many Mexicans Starving. Laredo, Tex. Deplorable conditions exist in Lampazos, 80 miles south of the border in Nuevo Leon, where 20 deaths from starvation occurred in two days, according to reports received here. At least half of the crops have been confiscated by the government for military purposes. The poorer! women ra iampazos are unaoie lo clothe themselves properly, and chil dren of both sexes are virtually naked. Czar Gives Jews Schools. Petrograd. via London. Jews will enjoy greater educational advantages in Russia in the future. A series of high schools and technical schools ex clusively for Jewish students is to be established by the government and greater freedom will be accorded with repect to their entry into the univer sities. - Vote by Mall Proposed. Madison, Wis. Governor Phllipp has called a special session of the leg islature for October to pass an act per mitting soldiers on the Mexican border to vote by malL This Shell Crashed; Through Her Home. Ill iannrMiiisM 1 1 While Mrs. Mary Swann and her little daughter "Mary were eating lunch In their home this enormous 16-inch shell smashed through the house from one side to the other and fell at their back stairs. Neither mother nor child was hurt, and after a while little Mary made a plaything of the shell. It was fired In a navy test at Indian Head, Md. - It pierced the heaviest armor plate used by the navy. After It passed through this obstruction It ploughed through a sand bank, thence through the house of Swann, a gunner, who lived several hundred yards away. The shell entered the house through a wall of the seoond story, ploughed through the second floor and came out near the ground floor through the rear porch. NEWS ITEMS . , Of General Interest t; About Oregon FORMS ON COAST Two largest Companies Unite for Im provement of Public Service. THIRTEEN STEAMERS INCLUDED President of New Company Declares Great Increase of Trade Makes -, Move" Almost Necessity. Seattle, Merger - of the Pacific Coast Steamship company and the Pa cific Alaska Navigation company into anew Bteamship company to be known as the Pacific Steamship company is announced here. ' The merger, affecting 13 large pas senger and freight steamships of the Pacific Coast Steamship company and nine of the Pacific Alaska Navigation company, will go into effect November 1. The merger was ratified by the boards of directors of the Pacific Coast company and the Pacific Alaska Navi gation company, the former meeting in New York and the latter in Tacoma. The financial details of the merger were not given out in the announce ment here, but the vessels Involved are said to be valued at more than $12,000,000. In making the announcement, Man ager A. F. Haines of the Pacific Alas ka Navigation company, gave out the following statement prepared by Pres ident H. F. Alexander: "The Pacific Steamship company has been formed by the Pacific Coast Steamship company and the Pacific- Alaska Navigation company to operate along the entire Pacific Coast, Includ ing Alaska, with the further purpose of extending its service in other direc tions, and has made arrangements to operate all of the vessels of the Pacific Coast company and the Pacific-Alaska Navigation company. "In view of the great scarcity of Ves sels on the Pacific Coast, due to the greater demand for them in other trades, and the Inability to secure ad ditional vessels under existing condi tions for the trade of the Pacific Coast, the Pacific Coast company and the Pacific Alaska Navigation com pany, after carefully considering the situation, have decided that they can best serve the interests of . the public with more efflcien . service' and more frequent sailings by operating the two fleets under a management that will eliminate the disadvantages to the traveling and shipping public which necessarily attend the operation of the two fleets separately." The merger involves ships having a gross tonnage of more than 55,000 tons, the tonnage of the Pacific Coast Steamship company being more than 34,000 tons. Robber 8uspect Is Held. Douglas, Ariz. Flint (Rusty) Tulk, a cowboy, arrested on the charge of robbing the United States mail in con nection with the holding up of the Golden State Limited passenger train on the El Paso & Southwestern rail road September 6, near here, was bound over to await the action of the federal grand jury. Bond was fixed at $10,000, which has not been fur nished. Ray Preston, of Portland, Or., testified that he recognized Tulk, des pite his mask, and saw him take two registered mail packages. Hermit Learns of War. Marysvllle, Cat John C. Carlton, a 75-year-old miner, discovered the Eu ropean war Thursday, when he paid Marysvllle his first visit In three years. Carlton lives in s cabin in the Tuba county mountains. He once sub scribed to a newspaper, he said, but the editorials did not suit blm and he stopped them 11 years ago. Since then, he said, he has done all his reading in one book, the Bible. His cabin is 20 miles from Marysvllle. Mexican Commissioners Demand Withdrawal of American Troops New London, Conn. The fat has been thrown Into the fire, so far as the American and Mexican commis sioners are concerned, by develop ments which took place here Thurs day. The Mexican commissioners precipi tated a situation which bodes 111 for success unless President Wilson should back down. Acting under instructions from Gen eral Carranza, they demanded that General Pershing's troops be with drawn. The American commissioners flatly refused to do anything of the kind. - The commissioners insisted their government could not consent to pro tracted negotiations so long as Amer ican soldiers were In occupation of Mexican territory. . The American commissioners inquired If General Carranza were ready with troops to occupy the territory which, if the Mex ican demand were heeded, General Pershing would evacuate. -The Mexican commissioners declin ed to bind their government to any condition, holding that as 'a matter of right they were Justified in requiring General Pershing to leave their coun try, and as a matter of Justice, of friendship, President Wilson ought not to hesitate In directing blm to return north of the border. Here the matter rests. The Ameri can commissioners forwarded the facts to Secretary Lansing, who will submit the report to the president for his decision. Demand for Horses for Europe lonlinues; Supply Seems Endless Denver. Continued demand for American horses by British and French governments for use on Euro pean battlefields has robbed "broncho busting" of its glamour and reduced that time-honored Industry and fea ture of frontier celebrations to the level of mere drudgery. - Hundreds of horses from all sec tions of the Rocky Mountain region are bought for European export at the Denver Btockyards dally, and many other hundreds are rejected. ' Each animal must be mounted and ridden as part of the inspection, and noted riders from many Western states are employed in the work. Well-known "busters" who have won champion ships in the past now are riding as many as 60 horses a day. The supply of "gun fodder, as the riders' call the horses, seems unend ing. The standard of requirements was lowered somewhat when receipts began falling off, and horses are being accepted now that were rejected for merly. Shipments continue to be heavy, and weekly purchases often run Into the thousands. Master Plumbers Found Guilty. , Salt Lake City. The Jury in the case brought In the federal district court here against 12 master plumb ers of Utah and Colorado, charged with violation of the Sherman anti-trust act, returned a verdict of guilty late Monday night with a recommendation of extreme mercy. Sentence will be pronounced October 14. The defend ants were charged with having en gaged in a conspiracy to prevent plumbers not members of the National Association of Master Plumbers from getting supplies. Meatless Day Advised. - London. One meatless day a week for all not engaged in heavy manual labor is the chief recommendation for the regulation of food prices made by the board of trade committee which has been investigating the Increase In the cost of living. The committee also recommended the opening of meat shops In districts where retailers are obtaining excessive profits. A third step advised is the revision of pay rolls. Car Shortage Hits Baker, Or. Baker, Or. The continued shortage of freight cars Is still embarrassing the Baker lumber companies, who re port that they are now 40 cars behind In their orders. Mills are still running and storing the lumber that cannot be shipped, but the storage room will soon be filled. Grain dealers say their warehouses still have plenty of room, Oregon Has Overlooked Many . Valuable Permanent Resources University of Oregon, Eugene. Among the coming great industries of Oregon, H. B. Miller classes flax grow ing; milk condensing, manufacture of fertilizer, raising of broccoli, and manufactures from lumber. Mr. Miller is director of the state university school of commerce, which makes in vestigations of markets and possibili ties for industries. Broccoli he pronounced well adapted to the Willamette valley climate, an excellent shipper, and usable when all other green vegetables are gone. The sources of fertilizer may be two: from the nitrogen of the air and from the beds of certain south central Oregon lakes, , notably Summer and Abert lakes. For the manufacture of fertilizer from the air, Mr. Miller said great development of Oregon's 3,250,000 idle horsepower would be necessary; and this horsepower, he said, would play the greatest part In future economic growth. Oregon made a great mistake wnen it went extensively Into the apple busi ness," said Mr. Miller. "Oregon's spe cial adaptation to apples was skilled labor. Skilled labor Is transferable, and so today other sections nearer the big markets are producing as good fruit as Oregon, with Oregon . unable to meet the competition because of transportation." Movable Schools. One of bIx day movable schools will be conducted by the extension service of the Oregon Agricultural college throughout the year, the type of Bchool work being changed during the various seasons. Any local organization,- such as a farmers' union, grange or other or ganization in which farmers of the community are interested, may pro mote a movable school. In counties having county agents, it is necessary to arrange for the school through them. Such organizations or persons interested in securing a movable school, should take up the matter with the extension service, Oregon Agricul tural college, Corvallls. Owing to the heavy demand made for this type of work the past tew years and to the failure of some points to meet the expectations of the or ganizers and the extension service, a few special requirements are being made of all - communities requesting this service. 1. Organize a class of not fewer than twenty people for a one flay school and of not less than forty per sons for a longer school, these people agreeing to attend all sessions re quested. 2. Provide a room in 'which to hold the school or a place for demonstra tion, take care of beat light and jani tor service, and furnish conveyance to and from the railroad station for in structors in charge of the work. 3. Furnish the demonstration ma terial necessary for the type of school desired. 4. Awee to issue 1000 copies of program for the movable school and distribute these as Instructed. 5. To advertise the school as wide ly as possible throughout the com munity. The following lines of work will he taken up In movable school work dur ing this year: Horticulture, agron omy, poultry, dairy, animal husbandry, home economics, and special subjects as may seem desirable. For further information write tne extension service, Oregon Agricultural college, Corvallls, Oregon, or see the secretary in the information booth at state fair. Ochoco Project is Passed. Salem. Residents on the Ochoco irrigation project in Crook county will vote on the question of bonding the project for $1,000,000 to secure funds to carry out contemplated Improve ments, It became assured when the office of State Engineer Lewis ap proved In its general features the re port of R. W. Rea, project engineer. Notice of the report's approval was sent to the directors of the project. The project as approved by Engineer Lewis embraces 20,000 acres of land In Crook county. It is proposed to issue bonds on the basis of $50 an acre valuation for tbe project Liquor Ship Off Astoria. Astoria The gasoline launch Union, Daniel Hannulas' "booze ship," which Bailed from Eureka a few days ago, has arrived off the mouth of the river. She dropped anchor about three miles below the lightship, and well outside the three-mile limit, The coast guard crew visited the craft and was pres ented with several bottles of whisky, a portion of which was turned over to tbe Internal revenue officers. Officers are waiting in the lower harbor to seize the "booze ship" it she comes Inside. Girl Wins Trip to Fair. Pendleton. For the second succes sive year, Carmine Jones, daughter of a McKay creek farmer, last week won first honors In the state-wide turkey raising contest, in connection with the Industrial club work of schools. She Is 14 years of age. With three other Umatilla couqty pupil she attended tbe fair last week as guests of the state. Arthur Crone, of Upine, was awarded second prize in pig-raislng. Dry Gain Four Towns. New Haven, Conn. The so-called "little town elections" In Connecticut were featured by lively contests over the excise questions, and tbe "dry forces made a gain of four towns. Of tbe 163 towns in the stite VI are now no-license, Buy Your Heater WOW c Cold weather will be here before you realize it , We are prepared for it with the best line of Heating Stoves on' the market. There is nothing to equal them. 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