WHAT YOU NEED- The other f el low may ha ve ; what you fisjre the other fellow may want. Come together by advertising in the Press. ft BARGAIN DAY Is every day with the Merchant who advertises in the Press he has some thing to Bell and says so. V Buy Your Groceries From Your Home Grocer VOLUME XXVI1T. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1916. NUMBER 48. WORM'S DOINGS Of CURRENT WEEK PROPOSED HIGHER FREIGHT RATES ARE CANCELED BY COMMISSION Brief Resume of General News From All Around the Earth. UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHEU Live News Items of All Nations and Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. A cold wave sweeps over the Mis souri valley, many sections of Colorado reporting 12 below zero. Sixty women and children were killed in an air raid carried out by an Austrian squadron on Saturday, the war office announces. President Wilson will recommend a revision of the tariff if he feels it is justified by the facts to be gathered by the tariff commission created by con gress at its last session. It is intimated in the joint Mexican American commission, in session at Atlantic City, that an agreement may be reached to withdraw U. S. troops from Mexico, in a few days. With a large cat, the family pet, curled up on its face, the two-months-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Bruno No vick, at Superior, Wis., was found dead in bed by its mother. The child had been smothered, physicians said, by the cat seeking a warm place to sleep. The so-called "starch trust," rep resenting an aggregate capital of $80, 000,000, was adjudged guilty of "un fair methods of competition" in viola tion of the Sherman anti-trust law, and a plan for its dissolution waB or dered filed with the Federal Trade commission in New York within 120 days, by a final decree filed there in the government suit against the com bine by Judge Learned Hand in the Federal district court. The British Bteamer Taming, which has arrived at Manila from Amoy, re ports that the British cruiser Cornwall confiscated four sacks of Manila mail for the purpose of examination at Hongkong. Two successful air raids have been carried out by air craft operating with the British forces in Egypt, says an official announcement. The points raided were Maghdaba and Birsaha. A ton of high explosives was dropped. Two Fokker machines were brought down by the raiding aeroplanes, all of which returned safely. Washington, D. C Cancellation of proposed general increases in freight rates by transcontinental railroads on traffic from and to the Pacific Coast and the intermountain country and the East was authorized Wednesday by the Interstate Commerce commission. Notice was given of a compromise be tween carriers and shippers for a max imum increase of 10 cents per hundred pounds on carload shipments, and 25 cents per hundred pounds on less than carload traffic to Coast pointB. The proposed increases amounted in some instances to Beveral hundred per cent, and were suspended by the com mission several months ago after ex tensive hearings here in which ship pers vigorously protested. The great bulk of the traffic to points concerned is involved. The commission at he same time canceled hearings set for November and December in Chicago, Salt Lake, San Francisco, Portland and Spokane. No changes to intermountain points from Eastern territory between the Atlantic Coast and the Missouri River are contemplated, and the commission said that, accordingly, discriminations under the long and short-haul clause now existing between Pacific Coast ports and the intermountain cities will be diminished to the extent of the in crease to the Pacific Coast ports. NOTES ON THE ELECTION. Alaska has gone "dry." The "wets" win in California. A recount in all close states seems probable. It took 50 hours to complete Califor nia's vote counting. Wilson is elected with 272 votes in the electoral college. Chairman Willcox refuses to con cede Wilson's election. Candidate Hughes refuses to make a statement on the results. Hughes carries Wilson's home pre cinct by a good majority. West Virgiaia turns down Woman's suffrage by a big majority. Oregon" is the only Pacific Coast state in the Hughes column. Washington defeats all nine amend ments by decisive majorities. California turned the tide for Wil son by a majority exceeding 3000. Hughes carries but four states west of the Mississippi ; Wilson gets 18. Hughes has small lead in Minnesota, with prospects of carrying the state. Miles Poindexter, of Washington carries the state for senator by 55,000. California -Republican managers hope for a split ticket in the electoral vote. Montana elects Miss Jeanette Ran kin, Republican, to congress by 3000 votes. Two Progressives, one Independent and one Socialist have been elected to congress. Late figures show the house of rep resentatives to be Republican by small majority. The Democratic national committee claim Wilson's popular plurality of from 200,000 to 300,000. Oregon's "bone-dry" amendment seems likely to carry, in which event it will be unlawful to import liquors for beverage purposes. The county in New Mexico where Villa made a raid, killing several Americans, gave Wilson over 600 votes and Hughes less than 300. In Indiana "dry" leader declares that if Hughes had "said anything against the liquor traffic, many pro hibitionists would have voted for him. In his message of congratulation to Wilson, Vice President Marshall quotes Shakespeare thus: "It may not be as deep as well; nor as wide as a church door, hot t'will serve." . . British Refuse to Abate Blacklist of American Business Houses PRESIDENT WILSON WINS California Swings to Democrats Insuring 272 Elec toral VotesNew Mexico is Democratic Repub licans Will Recount All Close States. v New York, Nov. 10. President Wil son has carried California and has been re-elected. Without New Mexico this gives him 269 votes in the electoral college, or three more than he needs. New Mexico is believed to be as sured to the Democratic column, mak ing a total of 272. Fifty hours after the polls closed in California, Republican Chairman Row ell conceded the state to the President. Thus the 13 needed to assure the Pres- OREGON "BONE-DRY" PROHI BITION AMENDMENT CARRIES Portland, Nov. 10. Indications are that the "bone-dry" prohibition amendment, which was aimed to stop all importation of liquor into Oregon for beverage purposes, had carried by about 3000. Under the present Oregon prohibi tion law, 24 quarts of spiritous liquor can be imported from other states for private use by one person a month. The new law, it is claimed, will stop all importations. Washington, D. C The British re ply to the latest American note pro testing against the trade blacklist, made public Tuesday night by the State department, denies that rights of neutral traders under international law have been ruthlessly canceled, de fines the blacklist measure as a muni cipal regulation plainly concerning the British citizens and contends tnat it is designed to shorten the war. The note fails to meet the American demand that the nameB of American firms be stricken from the blacklist, but attempts to convince the State de partment that the British position just and founded on law. It leaves open the door for further negotiation which is expected to follow. Raise Big Crops Wilson. Washington. D. C President Wil son blamed middlemen lor tne nign cost of foodstuffs here Tuesday night in a speech, welcoming to Washington the convention of the National Grange, the first formal speech he has deliv ered since the election. Urging that farmers increase their output, the President said : 'We ought to raise such big crops that circumstances like the present can never recur, when men can make as much as if the supply was so short that the middleman could charge for it what he pleased. It will not do to be niggardly with the rest of the world in reBpet to its food supply." Cars for Apples Urged. Louisville Acting on a request by conusel for the International Apple Shippers' association, Commissioner McChord Wednesday suggested to rail road representatives that a special ef fort be made by all lines to rush re frigerator car equipments to districts which are experiencing difficulty in getting perishable crops to market. His suggestion was offered at the ses sion of the hearnigs in progress here in connection with the Interstate Com merce commission's investigation into the control of the car supply. 988 U. S. Vessels Built. Washington, D. O The Department of Commerce Wednesday announced that 968 sailing, steam, gas and un rigged vessels aggregating 405,894 gross tons were built in the United States during the 10 months ended November L In addition, there were constructed for foreigners 36 wooden vessels of 372,000 gross tons, and 11 steel vessels of 25,418 gross tons. Of the total ton nage, 284,658 were steam craft. Food Cost to Be Probed. Chicago Increases in the cost of food products are likely to be the sub ject of an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission. Edward N. Hur ley, chairman of the commission, said Wednesday that the subject would be considered at a meeting of the com mission in Washington soon. Mr. Hdrley declared present coal prices were suicidal, and charged coal opera tors with wastefulness. NEWS ITEMS Of General Interest About Oregon 15,337,809 Acres Are Open for Settlement in State Salem Figures collected by O. P. Hoff, state labor commissioner, from Oregon land offices show that July 1, 1916, there were 15,337,809 acres of vacant public lands in Oregon open to settlement and entry under the provis ions of the homestead laws. Of this amount 13,942,348 acres are surveyed. This acreage is a decrease in the year of 104,369 acres and 632,037 acres since July 1, 1914. j r Much of the acreage taken up in the last two years was under the timber and stone acts, mineral, coal, desert land entries and withdrawn for power sites and public water reserves. A small portion was taken under the homeBtead act. "From the records obtainable," said Mr. Hoff, "it would appear that desirable homestead lands are Bcarce in Oregon, especially in the part lying west of the Cascades. Of the 13,942,348 acres of surveyed lands only 257,713 acres, or about 18 per cent, are situated in Western Ore gon, and a very Bmall percentage of this area is suitable for practical homesteading. Many Oregon counties show an in crease in the public land area, and of this total 24,822 acres lie west of the Cascade mountains and represent en tries that have been canceled for non fulfillment of statutory, requirements, or relinquished for the reason that they were found untenable for home Btead purposes. In the high plateau regions of Bast- em and Central Oregon, where irriga tion and dry farming methods are used and enlarged homestead act applies, there is abundant opportunity for set tlement and entry, and it is in this re gion that the great bulk of the home stead settlement has taken place dur ing recent years. Poles Adopt Army Dress. Berlin The Overseas News Agency describes the uniform of the new Pol ish army as combining happily a sug gestion of the uniform of the Polish troops which fought under Napoleon I and of the Polish Legions. The blouse of the legions is to be worn bearing on the left arm the Polish eagle just as it appeared on the lance of the Polish Uhlans of Napoleon's time. Villa Brands His Foes. El Paso Confirmation of the report that Villa had ordered all captured Carranza soldiers branded with the let ters "V. C, " for Venustiano Carranza, was received here by government agents from Chihuahua City. Refu gees say Villa ordered the Carranza soldiers branded as traitors because they did not drive the "foreign invad ers" out of Mexico. ident a majority in the electoral col lege dropped into the Democratic col umn and apparently ended the BUS' pense and anxiety of an election which has been unparalleled in American po litical history. Republican Chairman Willcox, when informed that the President carried California, only replied: "I have nothing to say." Secretary Tumulty, at the summer White HoUBe at Shadow Lawn, sent the wireless to President Wison on board the yacht Mayflower en route to Rhine Cliff, N.Y. The California returns showed that with only 48 districts missing the President's plurality in the state was 2965. Barring some wholly unexpected turnover in the incomplete states lean ing toward Wilson or a change on a recount, California's acquisition to the Democratic column gave the President 269 electoral votes without New Mex ico's three. In New Mexico at mid night the President was leading by 2639 voteB, with 158 districts missing, and it was believed this advantage could not be overcome by Mr. Hughes. Conceding West Virginia, New Hampshire and Minnesota to Mr. Hughes and he was in the lead in all three only gives him 259 votes, seven less than the required majority. With 272 votes in sight President Wilson had six to spare for a possible split of electors in California, or a sudden re versal in New Mexico. At Republican national headquarters it was admitted that after conferences between George Wickersham, ex attorney general of the United States ; Everett Colby, of New Jersey; Mr. Hughes, Chairman Willcox and George W. Perkins, of Baltimore, preparations were being made to begin legal pro ceedings for recounts in states where the results were close. Chairman Willcox Included California, New Mexico, North Dakota, New Hamp shire and Minnesota in his list of states where recounts undoubtedly would be demanded. Democratic headquarters was not be hind the Republicans in preparing for legal developments. $20,000 Order is Booked. Pendleton, Or. An order for $20, 000 worth of Pendleton Indian blanket cloth was placed this week with the Pendleton Woolen Mills by the North ern Pacific company, which will use the cloth to make Buits for the North ern Pacific Marching club for partici pation in the big winter carnival to be held in St. Paul January 28. The cloth will make about 2600 suits and it is said that when the Northern Pacific decided to adopt the Pendleton Indian robe suit its marching club jumped from a membership of 500 to 1500. IDAHO DEMOCRATS WIN GOVERNORSHIP Boise, Idaho, Nov. 9. Moses Alex ander, the present governor, a Demo crat, has been re-elected governor of Idaho by a plurality of 830 votes. Alexander polled 60,840. His oppo nent, D. W. Davis, received 60,100. President Wilson carried the Btate by about 15,000 votes, and all Btate officers, except those of treasurer, superintendent of instruction and state mine inspector, fell to the Democrats, who will also control both houses of the next legislature. The constitu tional amendment favoring Prohibi tion was carried by a large vote. Grants Pass is Host to Sugar Beet Growers Grants Pass John Mills, of Talent, won the title of the "banner sugar beet grower" at the beet growers' cel ebration held in Grants PaBS Saturday. He reported a crop of 28 tons per acre: yielding a gross return of $154 per acre, the cash outlay being only $29. 79 per acre. Beet growers and prospective beet growers .from all of Southern Oregon gathered in Grants Pass as the guests of the city, 600 farmers and their wives coming by special trains from as far north as Oakland and from Ash land on the south. Including the local people 2000 men and women got their first view of the inside of the factory, through which they were piloted by the officials of the Utah-Idaho Sugar company. The factory was in full operation and was slicing beets at the rate of 500 tons per day, while a sack of sugar was be ing put into the warehouse every 40 seconds. Upon the factory grounds the visi tors were escorted through the feeding pens where steers were being fattened upon beet pulp while farmers werp seen loading tons of the pulp to be hauled to their farms for feeding to fattening stock and to milch cows. At noon, after inspection of the fac tory, the visitors were guests of the city at dinner, the hundreds being fed at the Commercial club. FOUR STATES AND ALASKA ADDED TO DRY TERRITORY Seattle, Nov. 9. Prohibition has carired in Alaska by a large majority. Gastmeau, the first of the mining pre cinctB of the Juneau district to report, gave 1666 votes for prohibition, 885 against. San Francisco, Nov. 9. The defeat of the two dry amendments was forecast here when the vote from 4936 precincts out of 5717 gave : For pro hibition, 324,482; against, 449,465. For liquor restriction, 335,534; against, 397,448. Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 9. This state remained "dry" by an over whelming majority of the vote cast it Tuesday's election. The proposed ini tiative act to substitute local option for the present state-wide prohibition, was defeated by probably 20,000 on the face of incomplete returns avail able. Chicago, Nov. 9. Four states and Alaska were added to dry territory by Tuesday's election. Michigan, South Dakota, Nebraska and Montana, from latest returns, appear to have voted for orohibition. In addition Florida elected a Prohibition-Independent gov ernor and Arkansas defeated an anti- orohibition amendment. California remained in the wet column. Canada's War Debt Gains. Ottawa, Ont. Canada's war expend itures during the seyen months ending October 31 of the fiscal year aggregat ed nearly $127,500,000, or an average of more than $18,000,000 monthly, ac cordinz to figures issued here Saturday. The Dominion's total net debt on Octo ber 31 was approximately $095,778, 000, as compared with $492,628,000 a year ago. The revenues for the seven months amounted to $121,748,000 as compared with $87,684,000 during the same period in 1916. October reve nues totaled about $18,168,000. Cranberry Crop is Cut. Marshfield North inlet, the cran berry producing area of Coob county, has only 25 per cent of its normal crop this season. Some fine berries are being marketed here. Growers are re ceiving $3.50 a bushel, and it is doubt ful if any cranberries will be exported this fall. Reports of shortages every where is likely to increase the selling price to $4 or $4.50 before the winter is over. There are about 20 acres in cran berries at North inlet, and instead of harvesting the usual amount of from 3500 to 4000 bushels the rancherB will not obtain much more than 1000 bush elB. The shortage is attributed to late frosts and the presence of water on the vines for too long a period, that is, until after the blooms were out. Farmers Use Cars More. Albany Automobiles arc being used more and more by farmers in this vi cinity in bringing farm produce to town. One farmer residing near Al bany surprised people on the streets one day this week by driving into the city with a wagonload of potatoes, tied to the rear of the car. Others have hauled sacks of potatoes to the city piled up in the car. Clover seed and other produce has been hauled the same way. 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