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VOLUME XXVIII.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1916.
NUMBER 51.
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RAILWAY STRIKE LEGISIATION PARAMOUNT
President's Massage to Congress Urges "Eight-Hour Day Basis," "Right to
uratt tor Military purposes ana "riaise in 1-reignt Kates it Necessity Arises.
-Brief Resume Most Important
. Daily News Items. :
COILED FOR BUSY READERS
Events of .Noted People, Governments
and Pacific Northwest and Other
Things Worth Knowing.
German newspapers advocating peace
are opposed to President Wilson as ar
bitrator.". ,
John D. Archbold, president of the
Standard Oil company, dies and leaves
a fortune of $100,000,000. - .
' According to figures compiled in
Denmark, the allies have lost 15,100,
000 soldiers in the war to date. . .. -
Artillery duels and small maneuvers
by patrol parties have featured the
fighting on the Austro-Italian front.
Petrograd admits its failure to check
the Germans' march on Roumania's
capital, and its fall is momentarily ex
pected. ..!....'
In an engagement between San Do
minican rebels and U. S. marines a
dozen Americans were wounded, sev
eral seriously. t'
A Russian attack against the Geman
lines south of Dvinskr failed with
heavy casualties to the Russians, ac
cording to Berin. 1
Pennsylvania crude oil advances 16
cents, making $2.75 a barrel paid to
producers, the highest price in the his
tory of the oil industry. c
Reporting on the casualties among
foreigners in Chihuahua City, a Car
ranza commander states that "only a
few Chinese were killed by Villa."
The quarantine on Canadian potatoes
is lifted by the government, and the
influx of these tubers is expected to
reduce the price in the United States.
Pope Benedict denounces the aerial
bombardment of open cities and con
demns "all those who had defied the
laws of God and man in the present
war.".-' -. :.
. Thomas Campbell, ' Republican, was
. elected governor of Arisona st.Jg-jw-cent
election by a plurality of ii' votes
over Governor George W. P. Hunt, it
is announced officially.
Berlin scientists discover that lack
of sugar in that country is the cause
of the high infant mortality. To each
infant born after December 1, an half
pound additional monthly is allowed.
Lloyd's shipping agency announced
that the British ship King Bleddyn has
been sunk. The King Bleddyn, of
4387 tons gross, sailed from New York
on November 16 for Havre. ;
Proprietors of laundries in Paris and
the neighboring districts have decided
to close their establishments on ue
cember 20 unless the government guar
antees an adequate supply of coal.
The British cabinet is to be recon
stituted, but the changes that are to
be made will not bring about a policy
different from that .which has been
pursued since the beginning of the
war.. .. '
The gift by an anonymous donor of
$600,000 to Columbia University, New
York, to meet the cost of constructing
and equipping a building for the newly
. established school of business was an-
nounced by the trustees of the univer
Carranza's troops are reported flee
ing northward and in disorder.
Germany proposes to conserve her
coal supply by regulating its use in
saloons and places of amusement.
A two and one-half eent piece is
, demanded by the country, according
to the director of the mint His an
nual report recommends the passage of
a law authorizing coins of that denom
ination from copper and nickel.
Prohibition carried in Montana by a
majority of 28,886 votes. Official fig
ures compiled from every county in the
state give for prohibition 102,776,
against 73,890 votes. Lewis and
Clarke, Deer Lodge and Silver Bow are
the only three counties in the state
which give a majority against prohi
bition. . 5
The services of the Federal Board of
Mediation and Conciliation were asked
for Thursday by President Peyton, of
the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
railway, to adjust a controversy with
the road's employes, which already had
' resulted in the brotherhood members
voting overwhelmingly in favor of a
strike.
The Roumanian town of Tsomana,
16 miles south of Bucharest, has been
captured by Teutonic forces, the Rus
sian war office announces.
Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg,
addressing the reicbstag. declares that
Germany is ready for peace that will
guarantee the future existence of. that
nation.. ;" y-.;
Bessie Norton, 21, and Joseph Bowl
ing, 26, were married on top of a 200
f t concrete smokestack in an oil
r ant at Florence, Cal., Thanksgiving
i -s . PructirJtUy the entire city wit-
sits Uu ceremony.
ALLIES AND GREEKS
MEET IN BATTLE
WASHINGTON, Dec. B. The text of
President Wtlaon'a address to Con
gress Is: "
Gentlemen of the congress In rul-
fliltntf at this time the duty laid upon
me by the Constitution of communicat
ing; to you from time to time informa
tion of the state of the Union and rec
omendin? to your consideration such
legislative measures as may be Judged
necessary and expedient, I shall con
tinue the practice, which I hope has
been acceptable to you, of leaving to
the reports of the several heads of the
executive departments the elaboration
of the detailed needs of the public serv
ice and confine myself to those matters
of more general public policy with
which it seems necessary and feasible
to deal at the present session of the
Congress.
"I realise the limitations of time un
der which you will necessarily act at
this session and shall make my sug
gestions as few as possible; but there
were some things left undone at the
last session which there will now be
time to complete and which It seems
necessary In the Interest of the public
to do at once.
Railway Latter Legislation Urged.
'In the first place,, it seems to me :
Imperatively necessary that the earliest
possible consideration and . action
should be accorded the remaining
measures of the programme of settle
ment and regulation which I had oc
casion to recommend to you at the close
of your last session in view of the pub
lic dangers disclosed by the unaccom
modated difficulties which then existed,
and which still unhappily continue to
exist, between the railroads of the
country and their locomotive engineers,
conductors and trainmen, : .
I then recommended:
First, immediate provision for the
enlargement and administrative reor
ganisation of the Interstate Commerce
Commission along the lines embodied
In the bill recently passed by the House
of Representatives and now awaiting
action by the Senate, in order that the
Commission may be enabled to deal
with the many great and various duties
now devolving upon tt with a prompt
ness and thoroughness which are, with
Its present constitution and means of
action, practically impossible. .
"Second, the establishment of an
Stght-hour day as the legal basis alike
of work and of wages in the employ
ment of all railway employes who are
actually engaged In the work of oper
ating trains in Interstate transporta
tion.
Third, the authorization of the ap
pointment by the President of a small
body of men to observe the actual re-
aultfl In experience of the adoption of
the eight-hour day in railway trans
portation alike for the men and for the
railroads. .
Fourth, explicit approval by the
Congress of the consideration by the
Interstate Commerce Commission of an
increase of freight rates to meet such
additional expenditures by the rail
roads as may have been rendered nec
essary by the adoption of the eight
hour day and which have not been off
set by administrative readjustments
and economies, should the facts dis
closed Justify the increase. V
Cems-alsery Inveattaratlea Advecatsd.
"Fifth, an ameMfiment of the exist
ing Federsl statute which provides for
the mediation, conciliation and arbitra
tion of such controversies as the pres
ent by adding to it a provision that,
In case the methods of accommodation
now nrovlded for should fail, a full
nnhltc .investlaat on of the merits of
every such dispute shall be instituted
and completed before a striKe or iock
out may lawfully be attempted. ,
And.- sixth, the lodgement In the
hands of the Executive of the power,
In case of military necessity, to take
control of such portions and such roll
ing stock of the railways of the coun
try as may be required for military use
and to ooerate them for military pur
poses, with authority to draft into the
military service of the united states
such train crews and administrative of
ficials as the circumstances require for
their safe and efficient use.
The second and third of these recom
mendations the Congress immediately
acted on: It established the eight-hour
day as the legal basis of work and
wages In train Bervlce and it authorized
the appointment of a commission to
observe and report upon the practical
results, deeming these the measures
most Immediately needed; but it post
noned action UDon the otner sugges
tions until an opportunity should be
offered for a more deliberate consid
eration of them. The fourth recom
mendation I do not deem it necessary
to renew. The power of the Inter
state Commerce Commission to grant
an increase of rates on the ground re
ferred to is Indisputably clear and i
recommendation by the Congress with
retrard to such a matter might seem
to draw in Question the scope of the
Commission's authority or us inclina
tion to do Justice when there is no
reason to doubt either.
Other Recommendations Renewed.
"The other suggestions the increase
In the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion's membership and in its fa
duties" for oerformlng Its man!
fold duties, the provision for full
oubllo investigation and assess
ment of industrial disputes, and
the arrant to the Executive of the
power to control and operate the rail
ways when necessary In time of war or
other like public necessity I now very
earnstlv renew.
The necessity for sucn legislation is
manifest and pressing. Those who
have entrusted us with the responsi
bility and duty, of serving and safe
guarding them In such matters would
find it hard, I believe, to excuse a fail
ure to act upon these grave matters
or any unnecessary postponement of
action upon them.
"Not only does the Interstate Com
merce Commission now find It practi
cally impossible, with Its present mem
bership and organization, to perform
its s-reat functions promptly ana tno
roughly, but It Is not unlikely that it
may presently be found advisable to
add to ita duties still otners equally
heavy and exacting. It must first be
perfected as an administrative instrument.
"The country cannot and should not
consent to remain any longer exposed
to profound industrial disturbances
for lack of additional means of arbi
tration and conciliation which the Con
gress can easily and promptly supply.
And all will agree that there must be
no doubt as to the power of the Exe
cutive to make immediate and uninter
rupted use of the railroads for the con
centration of the military forces of the
Nation wherever they are needed and
whenever they are needed.
"This is a programme of regulation.
prevention and administrative effi
ciency which argues its own case in
the mere statement of It. With regard
to one of its items, the Increase In
the efficiency of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, the House of Rep
resentatlves has already acted; its ac
tion needs only the concurrence of the
Senate.
lnd out rial Process Mast Not Stop.
'I would hesitate to recommend, and
I dare say the Congress would hesitate
to act upon the suggestion should 1
make It, that any man in any occupa
tion Bhould be obliged by law to con
tinue In an employment which he de
sired to leave. To pass a law which
forbade or prevented the individual
workman to leave his work before re
ceiving the approval of society in do
ing so would be to adopt a new prin
ciple Into our Jurisprudence which 1
take It for granted we are not prepared
to introduce. But the proposal that the
operation of the railways of the coun
try shall not he stopped or interrupted
by the concerted action of organized
bodies of men until a public investiga
tion shall have been Instituted which
shall make the whole question at issue
plain for the Judgment of the opinion
of the Nation is not to propose any such
principle.
'It Is based upon the very different
principle that the concerted action of
powerful bodies of men shall not be
permitted to stop the industrial proc
esses of the Nation, at any rate before
the Nation shall have had an oppor
tunity to acquaint Itself with the merits
of the case as between employe and
employer, time to form its opinion
upon an impartial statement of the
merits, and opportunity to consider all
practicable means of conciliation or
arbitration. I can see nothing in that,
proposition but the Justifiable safe
guarding by society of the necessary
processes of its very life. There is
nothing arbitrary or unjust in Its un
less It be arbitrarily and unjustly done.
It can and should be done with a full
and scrupulous regard for the Interests
and liberties of all concerned as well
as for the permanent Interests of so
ciety Itself.
Three Important Bills Await Senate.
"Three matters of capital importance
await the action of the Senate which
have already been acted upon by the
House of Representatives: The bill
which seeks to extend greater freedom
of combination to those engaged In
promoting the foreign commerce of the
country than Is now thought by some
to be legal under the terms of the
laws against monopoly; the bill amend
ing the present organic law of Porto
Rico; and the bill proposing a more
thorough and systematic regulation of
the expenditure of money in elections,
commonly called the corrupt practices
act. I need not labor my advice that
these measures be enacted into law.
Their urgency lies in the manifest cir
cumstances which render their ado'T
tlon at this tima. t wnTy-opportune
but necessary. Even delay would seri
ously jeopard the Interests of the coun
try and of the Government.
"Immediate passage of the bill to
regulate the expenditure of money in
elections may seem to be less necessary
than the Immediate enactment of the
other measures to which I refer; because
at least two years will elapse 'before
another election In which Federal offi
ces are to be filled; but It would great
ly relieve the public mind If this im
portant matter were dealt with while
the circumstances and the dangers to
the public morals of the present method
of obtaining and spending campaign
funds stand clear under recent obser
vation and the methods of expenditure
can be frankly studied In the light of
present experience; and a delay would
have the further very serious aisaa-
vantage of postponing action until an
other election was at hand and some
special object connected with it might
be thought to be In the . mind of those
who urged It. Action can be taken now
with facts for guidance and without
suspicion of partisan purpose.
"I shall not argue at length the de
sirabillty of giving a freer hand in
the matter of combined and concerted
effort to those who shall undertake
the essential enterprise of bunding up
our export trade. That enterprise will
presently, will immediately assume, has
Indeed already assumed, a magnitude
unprecedented in our experience. We
have not the necessary instrumental!
ties for its prosecution; It is deemed
to be doubtful whether they could be
created upon an adequate scale under
our present laws. We should clear
away all legal obstacles and create
basis of undoubted law for It which
will give freedom without permitting
unregulated license. The thing must
be done now, because the opportunity
Is here and may escape us if we hesi
tate or delay. . ...
Porto Rice Law Needs Amendment.
"The argument for the proposed
amendments of the organic law of
Porto Rico is brief and conclusive. The
present laws governing the island and
regulating ,me nnis ana privileges ui
its people are not just. We have ere-1
ated expectations of extended privi
lege which we have not satisfied. There
Is uneasiness among the people of the
Island and even a suspicious doubt with
regard to our Intentions concerning
them which the adoption of the pend
ing measure would happily remove. -We
do not doubt what we wish to, do in any
essential particular. We ought to do
it at once.
"There are other matters already ad
vanced to the stage of conference be
tween the two houses of which It is
not necessary that I should speak. Borne
practicable basis of agreement con
cerning them will no doubt be found
and action taken upon them.
"Inasmuch as this- 1s, gentlemen,
probably the last occasion I shall have
to address the 64th Congress, I hope
that you will permit , me to say with
what genuine pleasure and satisfaction
I have co-operated with you In the
many- measures of constructive policy
with which you have enriched the
legislative annals of the country. It
has been a privilege to labor In such
company. I take the liberty of con
gratulating you upon the completion
of a record of rare serviceableness and
distinction."
ATHENS IN STATE OF PANIC
Engagement Begins on Slopes
of Ancient Acropolis. :
French Sailors First to Start Fight-
King Constantine Flatly Refuses
to Give Up Guns to Allies.
London A dispatch to the. Daily
Mail from Athens timed 11:45 a. m.
Saturday, says:
"Fighting has taken place between
French sailors and reservists on the
slopes of the Acropolis. Passengers
from Piraeus say - that when passing
the Thesee railroad station they wit
nessed the fighting.
"This fighting, according to other
information, was between French sail
ors and Greek troops.
"A panic has begun in Athens.
Crowds are rushing through the streets
and shops are being closed.
"Two French cruisers have entered
Phaleron harbor." i
Large French. British and Italian
contingents Friday night disembarked
at Piraeus without incident, says the
Exchange Telegraph Athens corre
spondent. ;"' v
An Athens dispatch to the Daily
Chronicle under date of November SO
ascribes the following statement to
Vice Admiral Du Fournet, in command
of the allied fleet in Greek waters:
I insist absolutely on the execution
of my demands, and will see that they
are realized in spite of all obstacles.
French, British and Italian detach
ments will be landed at all points nec
essary. I will endeavor to avoid blood
shed, but will fulfill my mission
thoroughly.
norts have bean -Mciivl oi forces
maretang soutn irom xnessaiy ana
other sections of Greece north of
Athens. The garrison of Chalcis is
marching with rifles toward gemma
tari. The dispatch says a minor dis
turbance occurred Friday night. A
few revolver shots were fired. No one
was injured.
Just before the time of filing of the
dispatch. King Constantine notified the
entente ministers of his definite re
fusal to hand over the guns.
NEWS ITEMS
Of General Interest " v J:
Week of Hog School 0. A. C. : ' :
Feature for First of January
Corvallis, Ore. The place of the
hog in Oregon's farming industries is
to be made the subject of a week's
hog school to be conducted at the Agri
cultural College January 2 to 6. , The
work will be in the hands of some of
the state's leading producers,' buyers
and packers, as well as college spe
cialists, who will consider most of the
leading problems implied in the suc
cessful production of pork. v
B. C. Darnall, who has charge Of
marketing the livestock products of
the Union Meat company of Portland,
and A. R. Bohasky, in charge of se
lection and purchase of meat animals
for the same company, will explain
and demonstrate to the farmers and
producers the technique of selecting
and developing the most desirable and
profitable market types. , Thomas H.
Brunk, the noted Salem Poland China
breeder, and president of the Oregon
Swine Growers association that will
meet during the week, ' will give two
demonstrations of judging breeding
classes, and Mr. Bohasky will demon
strate judging market classes. ; Mr.
Darnall will point out prevailing con
ditions of the provision market and
show how to take advantage of them.
Professors Potter and Nelson, of the
college, will give a management dem
onstration, and Professor Samson will
discuss fattening and feeding rations
for hogs. Robert Withycombe, of the
Eastern Oregon Branch Experiment
station at Union, will present the ad
vantages of forage and other home
grown feeds for hogs, including alfal
fa, peas and bald barley. The growing
of forage crops for swine will be dis
cussed by Prof eBsor Hyslop, and Pro
fesBor Potter will consider how many
hogs Oregon can profitably produce.
A pork products exhibit will be held
on the afternoon of Friday, the 5th,
showing approved methods of handling
all products and by-products in the in
terest of profit. A new feature of the
An Evenimr News disDatch filed at exercise will be the assignment of eer-
1:45 a, m. Saturday-aays further re4t8,n fi0" r!nr l UM r
lems of greatest importance to them.
Specialists in charge of this work will
be Professor Potter, head of the de
partment of animal husbandry, Pro
essors Samson, Nelson and Allen, and
some of the Oregon growers.
No activities, other than those con
nected with the hog school will be car
ried this year by the department, leav
ing to some other time the special
work with cattle, sheep and horses.
But the work with swine will be made
more complete than ever before, part
of the exercises consisting of an in
spection of the new and modern swine
barn just completed and equipped for
effective use.- . . :
High Living Cost Issue. ;
' Washington, D. C The high cost
of living and what steps the Federal
government can take to control it,
assumed proportion as a national
question with the convening of con
gress. The possibility that President
Wilson will deal with the subject in a
special address grew stronger, al
though it was thought probable that
the President would select a separate
occasion for it. Eleven bills, seeking
to check the soaring prices by stopping
shipments to Europe, and reducing
postage on foodstuffs, were introduced.
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Inland Cities Lose Fight on Rates.
Washington, D. C Inland cities of
the Pacific Slope lost their fight in the
Supreme court against an order of the
Interstate Commerce commission
granting lower trans-continental rail
road rates to San Francisco, Oakland,
Portland, Seattle and other Coast cit
ies. Associate Justice Brandeis an
nounced the unanimous decision of the
court dissolving an injunction against
enforcement of the order secured in
the California Federal court by the in
land cities, which contended that they
should be classed as Coast terminals.
Villa Prepares to Leave Chihuahua
; Taking Along Trainloads of Loot
Juarez, Mex. Villa bandits were
reported to be loading two trains with
loot from the stores and private resi
dences of Chihuahua City and prepar
ing to follow these trains west on the
Mexican Northwestern railroad, ac
cording to a message received at mili
tary headquarters here Friday from
General Ozuna's scouts at Sauz.
General Ozuna's cavalry column was
at Cuilty, the first station north of the
state capital, the reports said. The
scouts obtained their information from
refugees reaching Cuilty and Sauz
from Chihuahua City. This news was
taken at headquarters to indicate the
intention of Villa to evacuate the city
after looting it, as he -did at Parral,
Santa Rosalia and Jiminez. General
Trevino was said by General Gonzales
to have been in Horcasitas Friday
awaiting the arrival of General Fran
cisco Murguia's forces from the di
rection of Camargo, south of Chihua
hua City.
Americans Forego Feast.
London The American Society here
abandoned a reunion which had been
arranged for December 2 because It
was feared that in view of the govern
ment's -demand for economy in the
consumption of food, the dinner might
make a bad impression. The society
has waived the customary Fourth of
July and Thanksgiving dinners since
the beginning of the war, but had de
cided to hold a quiet reunion dinner
with a plain menu Instead of a Thanks
giving Day celebration, but it
thought best to forego even this.
Hoboes to Have College.
Chicago Announcement of the open
ing here within a few days of Inter
national Hobo college, offering courses
for migratory workers in law, English,
journalism, hygiene, mathematics and
nature study, was made Saturday.
The college will be conducted under
the auspices of the International
Brotherhood Welfare association, it
was stated, and is fortified by an en
dowment of $750 given by James Eads
How, of St Louis.
Floods in Spain Serious.
Madrid, via London Serious floods
sre ravaging Eastern Spain, particu
larly the province of Valencia. At
Alcira the railroad station and several
houses collapsed and the people took
refuge on roofs and church . steeples,
communications have been cut at var
ious places. The floods have destroyed
dikes and covered the whole country
side. At Murcia the waters are still
rising. Thousands of families have
been reduced to beggary. ,
. . Bend Sells Rail Bonds.
Bend Bend Is the first Central Ore
eon citv to sell its bond issue for the
aid of the Strahorn - lines proposed to
link up the ends of the several roads
which now touch the boundaries of
this section. ':- ' . - ' '
The Bend bond issue ' of $36,000,
voted almost unanimously by the peo
ple last August, was sold Saturday to
Keeler Bros., of Denver, at par. Fred
W. Glenn, of Portland, represented the
purchasers at the sale. A Toledo,
Ohio, firm also bid par for the issue.
It is expected that the terminal
property, which is intended to be
bought with the proceeds or the bonds,
will be acquired early In January,
ready to turn over to Mr, Strahorn
when desired. . .
,. Ruling Profits Nimrods.
Salem Under a ruling from the at
torney general's office trappers and
hunter of Lake county will be saved
thousands of dollars, U. U. Uibbs,
district attorney for that county, asked
the attorney general to decide whether
it is necessary to sever the bead or
scalp of coyotes in taking such scalps
and skins before the county clerk to
collect the scalp bounty. - It was
stated that such mutilation of coyote
hides depreciated their value by about
60 cents apiece, which mounts Into a
large aggregate for all of the trappers
and hunters during the course of the
year. The opinion of. the attorney
general held that such mutilation is
unnecessary. , . ,
Portland Banks Growing. , r,
Salem Great increases in the re
sources, deposits and cash of the 26
Portland banks and trust, companies
during the past year was issued Wed
nesday by S. G. Sergeant, State super
intendent of banks.
The statement shows that the total
resources of the- 26 institutions of
Portland on November 17, 1916, were
$110,141,535.80, an increase as com
pared with November 10, 1916, of
$21,231,429.16, and an Increase of
$13,637,464.87 since the last State
ment of September 12, 1916.
' Escaped Convict Resentenced.
Salem Word was received at the
State penitentiary. Wednesday that
Eddie Bell, who escaped from the flax
camp here last August, has been sen
tenced to serve six years at San Quen
tin on a bigamy charge. , He was serv
ing a sentence on. the same charge
here. - .
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