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WHAT YOU NEED- The other fellow may have;,what you have the ether fe"w mutant. Come together by adv"1 l.'JS' th'e Press. BARGAIN DAY "is every day with the Merchant who advertises in the Press-he has some thing to sell and says so. Buy Your Groceries From Your Home Grocer VOLUME XXVIII. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON", FRIDAY, DECEMBER ,1, 1916. NUMBER 50. WORLD HAPPENINGS Of CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR BUSY READERS Events of Noted People, Governments and Pacific Northwest and Other Things Worth Knowing. Women of New York plan a boycott to cut food priceB. The kaiser is planning to send Presi dent Wilson a Christmas gift. Teutons are only 87 miles from Bu charest, the Roumanian capital. Juarez fears an attack from Villa, who is reported as having taken Chi huahua. . The Island of Sardinia, in the Med iterranean, has been ravaged by a cy clone, according to a report received in Rome. . An ordinance to put all private banks in Chicago under city supervis ion was recommended for passage by a city council committee. Charles H. Sherman, who is believed to be the last of the famous San Fran- cisco vigilantes, died in Santa Bar bara, Cal., .Tuesday. He was 91 years old, . Announcement was made at army , headquarters at San Antonio, Tex., . that the Third Minnesota regiment is scheduled to start home from the bor der on December 2. The Distilling Company of America, an $85,000,000 corporation with a New Jersey charter, has filed articles of dissolution. , The actual amount of stock issued is $77,073,900. Dr. Philip Mills Jones, editor of the California State Journal of Medicine, is dead in San Francisco.: He was widely known in medical circles and was a trustee of the American Medical Association. The American steamer Chemung, bound from New York to Genoa, was torpedoed Tuesday, and sunk off the coast of Spain. The captain refused to lower his colors and the ship went down flying the American Flag. The crew was landed. The constitutionality of the Federal inheritance tax law is attacked in San . Francisco in the United States Dis trict court by Edward F. Tread well, representing the estate of Henry Mil ler, cattle and land king, who seeks the dismissal of the action of Gustavo Rembold, of Oregon, against the Mil ler heirs. ; An empty purse is valuable, Rev. Charles R. Brown, dean of the Yale Divinity School, told members of the Sunday evening club in Chicago. He said being without money makes peo ple cut out expensive wickedness, starts a man looking for a job, and has an infallible power for pointing out real friends. The Interstate Commerce commis sion report on the valuation of the Kansas City Southern railway shows that the railroad capitalized at $99, 052,000, including $51,000,000 in stock and $48,052,000 of unmatured funded bonded debt, could be reproduced new for $46,274,363, or reproduced, leas depreciation, for $38,258,909. Another, raid by airships over the Northeastern - coast of England took place Tuesday ' night, . The official statement says: "Hostile airships crossed the Northeastern coast. Bombs, it is reported, have been drop ped in several places in the Northern counties, but no reports of casualties or damage have been received. Sir George White, of London, is dead. Sir George established the first manufactory of airplanes in England. He was a pioneer of electric street -traction, being the first to introduce it in London. He was 62 years old and received the title of baronet in 1904. . President Wilson Friday sent a tele gram to Charles E. Hughes acknowl edging his message of congratulation. The President's telegram said: "I am sincerely obliged to yon for your message of congratulation. Allow me to assure you of my good wishes for the years to come." . ,. A dispatch from Mexico City to the Chihuahua City press, states that The odore Roosevelt has started a revolu tion against President Wilson. The message further states that Roosevelt charges the President with authorizing "various electoral frauds in order to triumph in the past election." The Chicago Health department's "diet squad" on its 40 cents a day menu is gaining weight. Nation-wide prohibition is urged on congress by the National Grange in resolutions adopted which asked spe cifically that the District of Columbia be included in a any National prohibi tion legislation. . Russia officially announces the loss of the dread naught Imperatritsa Ma ria. The statement reads: "The Rus sian dreadnaught Imperatritsa Maria has been sunk by an internal explosion. Two hundred of the crew are missing." General Wood Congratulates Miss Ruth Law. ; " ' a ,mJtH,UW:.: v-,l,.GEN. LONARC, WQQg ' When Miss Ruth Law, twenty-eight years of age, dropped down on Gover nor's Island, New York City, in her airplane from Chicago, she had broken two American endurance records, and General Leonard Wood, commander of the department of the East, was one among many to recognize the import ance and daring of her flight. She flew Sunday, Nov. 19, from Chicago to Hor- nell, New York, 690 miles, without a stop, and the following day she flew from Binghamton to New York City, 217 miles. She had made the whole distance of 807 miles in 8 hours 66 minutes and 30 seconds. Her flight to Hornell broke Amercian no-stop rec ords, and her completed flight to New York City broke all distance records for the time. BORAH CHAMPIONS DRY ACT To Force Vote on Big Problem in Next Session of Congress. .. Washintgon, D. C National prohi bition is to have a new' champion in congress In Senator William E. Borah, of Idaho. Under his leadership a fight is to be made at the coming short session to the states for ratification a prohibition amendment to the Federal Constitution. Coupled with the fight which Sena tor Borah intends to lead will be a sep arate, and yet related, contest conduct ed under the leadership of Senator Wesley L. Jones, of Washington, to force prohibition upon the District of Columbia. The latter is a renewal of a fight made at the last session of congress and abandoned. There has never been a well-organized fight in congress to submit a pro hibition amendment to the states, though many prohibition resolutions have been proposed, only to be forgot ten, or to be abandoned, for lack of general support. Senator Borah, in announcing - hie purpose to make real fight for a pro hibition amendment, manes it plain that he is going into the contest to win, and if he is out-generaled or out voted at the short session he promises to bob up again in the new congress, keeping prohibition to the ferefront until a vote is had. If a record vote can be secured, Sen ator Borah is confident of getting enough votes to pass the resolution. The great obstacle to be overcome in getting a prohibition amendment through congress is in getting the proposition to a vote. Most of the opponents of prohibition are cowards, when it comes to going on record, and they necessarily make their fight in the dark. It was in the dark that the pronibition resolution, along with the equal suffrage resolution, was side tracked at the last session, and the same tactics will be resorted to to kill off the resolution which Senator Borah intends to champion. German U-Boat Reported Off , Atlantic Coast of United States New York The British cruiser Lan- Mills Raise Pay of 19,500. Passaic, N. J. Six woolen mills of this city announced Saturday that, be ginning with December 1, they will in crease the wages of their employes 10 per cent. Previous wage advances by the same concern make the total for the year 80 per cent. About 15,000 workers are benefited. Newark, N. J. The 4500 employes of the Clark Thread company of this city, will receive a 10 per cent in crease in wages beginning December 6, it was announced Saturday. Roumania is Not Prepared. Berlin (By wirleses to Sayville, N. Y.) Roumanian officers taken pris oners are quoted by the war corre spondence of the Berliner Tageblatt, in a dispatch under date of November 24, as declaring that the Roumanian disasters were due to Roumanian un readiness. Disappointment was expressed that they had not been supplied by the en tente with sufficient cannon or machine guns or with other military material. NOTED SUFFRAGETTE' PASSES Campaign Ordeal Is Fatal to Mrs. Boissevain in Los Angeles. - Los Angeles Mrs. Inez Milholland Boissevain, suffrage leader, died at a local hospital, where she had been ill for several weeks, Saturday night shortly before midnight. Mrs. Boissevain was stricken sud denly while addressing an audience in this city during the recent campaign and fainted on the platform of the meeting. She was removed to the hospital, and her husband and .parents rushed from New York to join her here. Miss Vida Milholland, Bister of the noted suffragist, was with her when she was stricken and has been in constant attendance since that time. Mrs. Boissevain's illness was diag nosed as aplastic anemia, and blood transfusion was reBorted to in at tempts to improve her condition. Her sister. Miss Vida Milholland, twice gave blood for this purpose, and on four other occsaions friends submitted to the ordeal in the hope that benefit Would result. After each transfusion temporary improvement was followed by relapse. A few days ago the phy sicians in charge stated that there was practically no hope for Mrs. Boisse vain, but thereafter she rallied and it was thought she might recover. caster, stationed 15 miles southeast of Sandy Hook, at 9 o'clock Sunday night sent out by wireless a general warning to all steamers flying the flags of the entente allies to beware of German submarines on this side of the Atlan tic. The Lancaster directed the comman ders of all vessels to keep a sharp lookout for underwater boats. They were told to show no more lights than were necessary and to avoid also as far as possible the regular lanes of steamship travel. Passengers on board the American Line steamer Philadelphia, which also arrived from Liverpool, said that the ship was illuminated Saturday night and the lifeboats were swung out ready for a possible emergency. Cap tain Cady said, however, he had heard or seen nothing of submarines. Election Bets Are Paid. New York Holders of some of the largest wagers made in Wall street on the Presidential election began paying the bets off Thursday on the assump tion that there now was no doubt Pres ident Wilson had been elected. Esti mates of the total sum wagered in the financial district range from $3,000, 000 to $5,000,000. Probably half was paid within a week after election, but the balance was held by stakeholders pending a final agreement between bettors. A few others are awaiting the official count. Deutschland Likely Safe. Nantucket, Mass. The merchant submarine Deutschland, returning to Germany with a valuable cargo, was believed Thursday to have 'left Amer ican waters in safety. Darkness, which set in soon after she started from New London, Conn., prevented observation of the submersible's prog ress along shore and there was no word from her since she passed Watch Hill, R. I., at sunset, a barely distinguish able object, 10 miles off shore. STATE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION DECEMBER 27, 28 AND 29 Prominent Speakers, an Important Program for Session to Be Held in Portland. The session of the Oregon Teachers' Association which is to be held in Portland December 27, 28 and 29, will be the most important, educational meeting ever held in the state, accord ing to a statement , issued by E. F. Carleton, president of the association. The Eastern and Western divisions have joined in one association, bring ing the entire state into one conven tion. A new constitution has been adopted, which eliminates the old plan of holding county institutes in connec tion with the association." Equal rep resentation has been provided, so that the convention cannot be controlled by any one section. Every county In the state is sending delegates in propor tion to the number of teachers, and each local teachers' organization is entitled to a delegate provided that it has more than fifteen members, and not less that three meetings each year. These duly elected representatives alter tbeir qualifications have been passed upon by the credentials com mittee, will be entitled to sit in the representative council. The entire opening day, Wednesday, December 27, will be devoted to the deliberations of this council. Reports of three standing committees will be heard, and it is expected that the council will take definite action on at least three important problems pre sented by these committees. The first is a proposed plan for a retirement fund for the teachers of Oregon. The report will be presented by the chair man, W. T. Foster, President of Reed college. - The second is the Retarda tion problem. C. W. Boetticher, city superintendent of the Albany schools, is chairman of the committee prepar ing this report. President J. . H. Ack erman, of Monmouth, will present the report which is predicted will provoke the liveliest discussion of the day, "A Code of Ethics for Teachers." No one but delegates will have the right to vote in the representative council, or to discuss the questions submitted, but seats will be provided for all teachers who wish to visit the first day's ses sion. The representative council will meet in -the Portland Hotel which will be the official headquarters for the association. The work of the second and third days will be open to all teachers of the state and the indications are that the attendance will be record breaking. Two men of national reputation have been secured to address the general as semblies, Carrol G. Pearse of Milwau kee, Wis., president of the State Nor mal scchool at that place and formerly president of the National Education association; and Dr. Henry Suzzallo, president of the University of Wash ington, formerly of Columbia Univer sity. These two men are known as starB of the firBt magnitude in the edu cational world, and they will discuss educational problems of nation-wide interest. . , Thursday morning, December 28 will be devoted to a general assembly of all teachers. Thursday afternoon and Firday morning, the teachers will meet in their various departments: Secondary, Industrial, Elementary, Art, Kural, Commercial, Council of English, City Superintendents and others. "The executive committee and the heads of the variouB departments have been working diligenty for the past month on the program," said President Carleton, "and we expect to have a most profitable session.". ine association will close- with a general assembly of all the teachers Friday afternoon, where the teachers will again have the opportunity of hearing the speakers from abroad. The executive committee at the opening of the school year, entered into a contract with the Statesman Publishing company under the terms of which the Oregon Teachers' Month ly became the official organ of the association. An editorial board ap pointed by the president of the associ ation, publishes the journal, and every paid-up member of the association re ceives one year's subscription to the teachers' magazine. "If our plan proves successful, we shall bring be fore the association each year for care ful consideration, some' three or four problems affecting the welfare of the teachers and the public schools, some definite policies will be established, and the teachers' journal will be used to inform all the teachers of the state of the work of the state association, and through the year problems affect ing' the development of education throughout the United States will be discussed by able writers." Members of the executive commit tee are: H. D. Sheldon, Eugene; J. Peroy Wells, Jacksonville; Viola Orts child, Portland; Wm. Parker, Portland; E. D. Ressler, Corvallis; H. H. Herd man, Portland; Geo. A. Briscoe, Ash land, and E. F. Carleton, Salem, chair man of the committee. Tuition Asked of County. Salem Mandamus proceedings in the Oregon Supreme court have been instituted by School District No. 24, comprising the City of Salem, to com pel W. M. Smith, county superintend ent of Marion county, to pay $7650.86 of the county funds to the district for tuition of pupils attending the Salem High school from other districts in the county. The court set December 4 for the hearing. The board has decided that it is entitled to $71.13 for each pupil attending the Salem High school from outside districts. , NEWS ITEMS Of General Interest About Oregon University Students Live Well j on 8-Cent Meals by Clubbing Salem The riddle of the high coat of living apparently has been solved by the Commdhs Co-operative Club of Willamette University, composed of 26 students. This club during October furnished its members with three meals a day for an average cost of 24.8 cents a day each, or 8.3 cents a meal. This cost also included the salary of the cook, fuel and light. The actual price paid for foodstuffs was 18.8 cents a day, or 6.3 cents a meal. The students do all the buying, serv ing of meals, washing dishes and other work. The meals are served in the basement of Walter hall. F. E. Frid dy and C. E. Womer are the two stu dents who have charge of the purchase of food supplies, and despite the low cost they said that they were able to obtain a wide variety of food and sat isfy the appetites of the club members. "In October," said Mr. Priddy, "it cost our club only $7.70 for each mem ber for food, and we gave a well balanced ration. We pay our cook $85 a month and board, our wood for fuel purposes coats $12 and lights $1 for the month. For food we paid out $152.20 in the 81 days of the month." For breakfast the students are served with griddle cakes, cereal, hash, bread and butter and coffee. For luncheon there are three kinds of veg etables, bread and butter, tea or coffee. No meat or deBsert is served. The dinner in the evening includes vege tables, meats, bread and butter, des sert of Borne kind, and either - coffee or cocoa. State Tax Levy Test Begun; Six Per .Cent Limitation in Court Salem A state tax which will pro vide for all the requirements of the state government will be certified to the various counties by the State Tax commission, it was announced Tuesday at a meeting attended by the governor, secretary of state and state treasurer. The board will make the certifica tion without regard to the 6 ner cent tax limitation amendment adopted at the recent general election and thus the question of whether the amend ment is applicable to the Btate levy will be brought before the courts for decision. An early settlement of the question is desired so the legislature may be in formed whether or not additional legis lation to put amendment in operation is needed. The Tax commission is not deemed a tax levying body and the point has been raised that it is the counties which make the state levy and not the tax commission. . Cornerstone is Laid. Roseburg Two thousand people saw the cornerstone of Roseburg'a new Fed eral building laid Monday afternoon by the acting officers of the Grand Lodge of Masons of Oregon. Former Grand Worshipful Master J. C. Fullerton had charge of the ceremony, and .ex-Congressman Binger Herrman was orator of the day. The business houses were closed and the High school students marched to the Federal building in honor of the event. In the usual copper box placed for historical recollection, if the build ing should be destoyed, were copies of local papers, the names of the city government and the acting officers of the Grand Lodge of Masons. New Road Plan Proposed. Salem The members of the State Highway commission are in favor of being relieved of duties connected with the highway development of the state and having the work placed In the hands of a non-political commis sion. ' This was the information given to a sub-committee of the Oregon Good Roads committee, which met with the Highway commission. This commit tee is framing practical road legisla tion with a view of preparing a bill for action by the next legislature. Mr. Murphy Takes Charge. Salem The'members of the State board ofjcontrol Tuesday vested Char les A. Murphy, ex-chief engineer at the Eastern Oregon state hospital and recently appointed superintendent of the penitentiary to succeed J. W. Min to, with full authority over the prison management. Mr. Murphy assumed charge of the prison Wednesday. A system of accounting will be in stalled at the prison and a full inven tory of the stock and equipment on hand will be taken before any changes are made. Prunes Are 8h!pped East. Sheridan Sheridan shipped east 1,- 037,000 pounds of prunes, Wednesday, this shipment comprising the output of 10 of the large orchards around Sheri dan. Seven to seven and one half cents was the price brought. The prunes were of the finest quality. Next year more acreage will come into bearing and the output may be doubled. Portland Man Appointed. 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