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Arizona republican., 1914-10-16
Convention in Power

AGUAS CALIENTES, Oct. 15.- All military chieftains, including Villa, Zapata, and Carranza, are now suh3 ject to the orders of the Aguas Ca, lientes convention which today after a stormy secret session voted itself the supreme power of the land The delegates took an oath to abide by the majority vote on all questions, includ-
 ing the form of government and presidential succession The question of the kind of government that will prevail is to be decided at a session to be held on October 20, when a full !Zapata delegation will be present
Arizona republican., 1914-10-16

Dutch territory, so there are no Hanks which the allies can turn. The allies can attempt to break the line, however and this is believed to be what they are trying to do on the Belgian frontier.
 Of the fighting in northern Bel gium, the French communication simply says the Germans are coming from Antwerp, marching toward the west, on the evening of October IA reached the Bruges- Thialt district. The opposition offered this advance was not very serious and was ap- parently intended only to delay il. The Germans occupied Bruges ana probably at present are near Ostend. Their main force is believed, how ever, to have proceeded southward to assist the Germans to establish themselves on the French coast
 Of the big battle in Russian Poland the offiical reports say there is no change to record.
 Rome is again responsible for the report that the Russians defeated the Germans south of Warsaw, but this is believed to refer to the fighting in which the Russians yesterday claimed to have pressed the Germans back. There has been more fighting south of Przemysl on the Stry- Sam bor Medyka line, which disposes of the report that Lemberg was evacu- ated by the Russians, and also throws doubt on another report that Przemysl has been relieved Austri- ans say they are attacking the Rus sIans in this position, while the Rus sians claim victory over the Aust; i- ans, from whom they say the Rus sians captured seven officers, 800 men and several machine guns. In East Prussia, the Russians say, there is no change of the situation. The Germans, according to the Berlin newspapers, reOccupied Lyck, and for military reasons have moved the civilians out of Goldap, which is in the center of the region where the Russians are advancing.
 Germans Claim Victory
 LONDON, Oct. 15.-The following German official statement was re- ceived tonight by Marconi wireless:
 Tt is reported officially from Vi
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ing heartily in the chorus at the close.
 The visitors then were obliged to leave to meet another engagement and the society transacted its business, chief of which was the distribution of posters which were taken out to plac- ard the city with truths which if heed ed will help to redeem our land from the curse of the liquor traffic.
 The attendance was unusually fine, the room being crowded and the audi ence overflowing into the adjoining room
Arizona republican., 1914-10-16

Leon," said Carillo He is a radi- cal, but of a practical turn of mind and if made president of Mexico un- doubtedly would improve the condi-
 tons of the peons, to which class he belongs"
Arizona republican., 1914-10-16
PET DOG KILLS MAN
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATcHJ

ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCH1
 ROCK ISLAND. H., Oct. 15.-Chas J Meyer was shot and killed today when his pet hunting dog sprang into the boat from which Meyers was huh. ing and stepped on the trigger of his gun.
Arizona republican., 1914-10-16
WANT TENT STOVES

ASSOCIATED PRESS pIsrATcH1
 MERCER, Pa., Oct. 15.-An order for 60,000 sheet metal tent stoves was re- ceived by local manufacturer from the British and French government
Arizona republican., 1914-10-16

ians, Poles or Irishmen, ..who because Of the same distressing conditions in their countries during the Nineteenth century followed Kossuth, Mazzini, Mieroslavski, or Danial O'Connell in attacking the tyrants and tyranny, re- gardless of the means they used"
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SAY CARRANzA HAS NOT

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GERMANS AGAIN HAVE

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ONLY A GLIMPSE

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DARING ACT 0F FRENCH

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PR|Nz|P PROUD

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P. S.-Please do not be offended as I mean no offense, I hold you as an honor to the decent people and I know you will not fail
 Dr. Hughes Reply
 Oct. 3, 1914.
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Germans Claim Victory

LONDON, Oct. 15.-The following German official statement was re- ceived tonight by Marconi wireless:
 Tt is reported officially from Vi
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-11-13
English Recruits Com
plain of Poor 81

London Charges that men ar
in England's training camps
receiving humane treatment
many deaths are resulting frt
feeding and poor shelter are
great Indignation. The compla
call charges of criminal negle
were made against military autl
responsible for conditions at mobiliza-
tion centers in the United States dur
ing the Spanish-American war.
Some of the charges against the
British war Office have been put into
specific form. A letter written by E.
H. Bailey, Of bennington Spa, whose
son enlisted from Oxford on Septem-
ber 10 and died from pneumonia on the
training grounds on Salisbury Plains,
has been made public.
In the course of his training, the
young recruit wrote to his father. On
October 2 he said:
1--WE, of course, are stiff and suffer
from bad feet, but we should not mind
these discomforts if they would only
feed us properly. Today the food was
slightly better, but it was not cooked.
None of us have had a square meal
since we left home-or cup of tea.
What they call tea is colored water
dosed with salt. The clothes they
have given us are rotten and tear at
the slightest strain. All the buttons
hang on by q thread or two. This after
noon about 100 of the 600 that were
drilling had their trousers split from
end to end"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-11-13
Halt Million Dollar
Timber Deal Is Made

Portland = Timber sale records for
several months past were broken when
j. O. Elrod, Portland capitalist, an
nounced that he had paid A. H. Hink-
son, of Eugene. between $400, 900 and
$500, 900 for nearly 5000 acres Of yel-
low and red fir timber in the Smith
River district of Douglas county.
A large part of the consideration
was cash, to be paid in substantial in
stallments and securities. Mr.. Hink-
son accepted income-bearing Portland
property as part payment. Mr.. Elrod
also is heavily interested in timber in
Tjllamook county.
II shall develop the Douglas county
timber probably next year." said Mr..
Elrod. "Smith river is good logging
stream and is not far removed from
Coos bay. That country is destined
to be lumber market in the near fu-
ture and it is therefore bound to be a
good log market.
"My present plan is to log it down
to the mills on Winchester bay, where
the Porter Brothers are building new
mill. The new railroad being built
from Eugene will pierce that section.
My judgment is that the lumber mar
ket is now at its lowest ebb and that
it will improve steadily from this time
forward"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-11-13
Railroads Enter Protest
Aqdinst Valuation of Lines

Salem-Opposing the tentative val
uations of the railroads for taxable
purposes made by the commission and
urging that the valuations be lower
than last year because of general
falling off in business, representatives
of the O.-W. R. & NJ, the Southern
Pacific, the Northern Pacific, and other
railroads appeared before the State
Tax commission Friday.
: A. C. Spencer, general counsel; j.
W. Morrow, tax and right-of-way
agent, and R. B. Hallock, assistant
tax and right-of-way agent, repre-.
sented the O.-W. R. & NJ; William
M. Colvig, tax and right-of-way agent,
and J. Lathrop, assistant tax and
right-of-way agent, the Southern Pa.
cifc, and Charles A. Murray, tax and
right-of-way agent, the Northern Pa
cific.
The railway officials said they were
favorable to fair valuations, but did
not think they should be made as high
as last year, because property in gen
eral was not in as great demand. Be-
cause of the business depression, they
said, the railroad returns had decreased
materially, which should be taken into
consideration by the commission in
fixing valuations. Representatives Of
several other railroads will be heard al
a meeting early next week.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-11-13
Railroad Makes Report
On Income and Profit

Salem-In report to the State Rail
road commission, the Northern Pacific
Terminal company, controlled by the
Oregon Washington Railroad & Navi-
cation company, the Southern Pacific
and the Northern Pacific Railway COM
pany, as stockholders, values its capi-
tai stock outstanding and pledged as
collateral at $3,0OO,0OO. The COM
pany owns in Portland 22.27 miles of
line, operates under contract 1902
miles and under trackage rights l.3
miles.
Other features of the report follow /:
"Funded debt. total par value au-
thorized, $5, 900, 900; outstanding, $S,-
161, 900; interest rate, 6 per cent;
amount of interest accrued and paid
during the year, $191, ,010.
"Cost of road and equipment, $4,-
269, ,096.16; less reserve for accrued
depreciation, $27017.74; net total,
$4, 242, ,078.42.
"Income from lease of road, $50, 600;
joint facility rent income, $226, ,850.52i
miscellaneous rent income, $4,000;
taxes, $l17,927.53; gross income,
1892, ,522.99."
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-11-13
Democrats VIII Haze
Maj0rity of "a in House

New York-The membership of the
Sixty-sourth congress as the result of
Tuesdays election, excluding one con-
test still in doubt, will be as follows:
House of Representatives : Demo-
Gratis, 229; Republicans, 1896; Pro-
gressives, Z; Socialist, i; Independ-
ent, /. Democratic majority, "a.
Senate - Democrats, So; Republi-
cans, 80; Progressive, l. Democratic
majority, 13.
Senatorial contests in doubt are in
Colorado, Nevada and Wisconsin.
Democratic leaders still claimed the
election of Charles S. Thomas over
Hubert Work, in Colorado, and Of
Francis d. Newlands over Samuel
Platt, in Nevada.
Republican leaders claimed the elec-
tion of Francis e. McGovern over Paul
A. Husting, Democrat, in Wisconsin,
but through an error discovered late in
the day in one of the Wisconsin coun'
ties, an apparent majority for Nc
Govern had been swept away, leaving
the situation much in doubt.
The result in only one congressional
district was undetermined. In the
First New York district, Frederick G.
Hicks, Republican, and Representative
Brown were running on virtually ever
terms, and the outcome probably viii
not be known until an official count IL
made.
In computing the Democratic tota
in the house at 229, William Kettner
of the Eleventh California district
who also ran on the Progressive ticket
and ranks as a Progressive in the pres
ent congress, is included with the ma
| jority party.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-11-13
German Spy Is Executed
In Famous London 7OUer

London = 1t is announced officially
that Charles Lody, alias Charles Inglis,
who was found guilty by court mar
tial of espionage November 2, has
been shot as spy.
When arrested Lody said he was an
American but later confessed he was a
German. He had lived in New York
and Omaha. In Omaha he married
the daughter of Gottlieb Storz, a
brewer, who later divorced him.
Lody met his death in the Tower Of
London after having been found guilty
by court martial on charges of hav-
ing communicated with the enemy.
The statement concerning the execu-
tion is brief, merely saying:
Sentence was duly confirmed.
1t is understood that Lody died
bravely, refusing to the last to reveal
the name of the superior officer from
whom he received his instructions to
spy on the British navy.
This was the first execution in the
Tower of London since 1900. The
scene of the execution was the tower
barracks, not far from the spot where
Anne Boleyn and other persons famous
~, E-,s~I;-. L'~A---- --.--iA Heath,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-11-13
Premiums Brought by
Interstate Bridge Bonds

Portland-Bids for interstate bridge
bonds we're so advantageous when
opened by the bonding committee this
week that the members expressed sur
prise. OF 16 bids submitted, seven
were for the entire issue, all above
par. The first block of bonds, amount
ing to $250,000, was awarded on
joint bid of $253, ,375 by Morris Bros,
of Portland, and the Harris Trust &
Savings Bank, of Chicago. This was
the highest tender. The quotation is
$1O1.35.
Much qualification was expressed by
members of the committee because of
the active bidding. Chairman Holman
said the confidence shown in the se-
curities evidently indicates that when
the next block Of bonds is offered in
about six months, there will be no
difficulty in disposing of them at a
good rate.
Commissioner Lightner expressed
the belief that the most important
phase of the matter is that as the
bonds are to be delivered within 20
days, the bridge construction can be
commenced soon and the work prose
cuted without any delay.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-11-13
Woe. Japan! Says German.

Amsterdam-The Berlin Lokal An
zeiger, commenting on the German
defeat at Using Tau, says:
Germans will never forget the he
roic fighting at Kiau Chau and those
who defended the colony. Never shall
we forget the brutal violence of the
yellow robbers nor England, who in
stigated them. We know that we
cannot settle our account with Japan
at present. For years she will enjoy
her booty.
"Our mills will grind slowly, but
even if years should pass before the
right moment comes at last, then a
shout Of joy will resound through Ger
many. Woe to you, Nippon!"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-11-13
ALLIES ASK JAPS
FOR AID IN WEST
Nipponese to Have Free Hand
in China as Reward.
Army of 200, 900 Is Wanted, But
Transportation Problem Is
Serious Obstacle.

Pekin - Enticing offers have been
made to Japan by agents of the allies
in China to induce the Mikado to throw
200, 900 of his seasoned troops into the
European war scene.
Following the fall of Using Tau,
which releases Japanese troops and
warships and removes any German
menace to Japan's prestige in the
Orient, the allies are exerting every
effort to bring Japan into the western
conflict. A guarantee of freer hand
in the affairs of China is said here to
be the price offered for the Japanese
troops. The younger statesmen are
said to have received the proffer with
enthusiasm, but the more conservative
are dubious.
The effect of such a move on the
status of Using Tau is problematical.
Japan has insisted that her only inten-
tion is to restore the territory to
China, but this, it is learned, will be
done only under rigid agreement that
China shall cede no more territory to
any European power. Failing in this
understanding from China, Japan will
proclaim her title to Using Tau in per-
petuity.
Japan's announcement following the
fall of Using Tau made no admission
of British influence in the future of
the province.
To carry 200, 900 troops to the Rus
sian battlefront by way of the trans
Siberian railroad, Japan would have to
perform the herculean task of trans
porting them nearly 800 miles across
the Sea of Japan to Vladivostock and
more than $500 miles over SINGLE
track railroad. This movement would
have to be made in the dead of the
Siberian winter and would require at
least until the late spring to accom-
plish.
British white and Indian troops,
which aided in the siege of Using Tau,
are to be put in action in Egypt anc
about the Suez canal against the
Turks.
To reach France the Japanese woulc
have to use the Panama canal, as she
has right, for transporting soldiers
or warships under the treaty. Jap
anese naval operations in the Pacific
have been veiled with mystery and her
explanation that the only purpose in
seizing German stations in Polynesia
was to protect her own shipping has
not been accepted in all quarters as
conclusive.
Japan and Great Britain together
control chain of coaling stations
through the Gilbert, Samoan and So
ciety Island groups in a direct line
from Japan to the Panama canal. II
would take about two months from
Japan to France and would be feast
BILE move, but far greater number OF
transports would be required, the first
Canadian contingent Of about 10000
men having been employed so ships ii
transporting.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-11-13

Warrenton - At a special election
held here the district adjoining War
renton, which includes Flavel, voted
55 for and "a against being annexed to
the city of Warrenton, and the voters
of Warrenton cast 83 votes for and one
against annexing this territory. These
elections were the outcome Of move
ment started last year to muster sufii-
cient assessed valuation to enable War
renton to sell $3.50, 900 water bonds for
water system from the Lewis and
Clark river, distance Of 16 miles, to
the Hill terminals at Flavel through
Hammond and to Fort Stevens, and for
other improvements. 1t is proposed
also to furnish water to Delania, Sun
set, Del Rey, Gearhart, Seaside and
Clatsop,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-11-13
Jefferson County Forms.

Prineville = The Deschutes County
measure lost by narrow margin in
both the old and new counties and JEFF
ferson county is created with hun
dred to spare. To create Jefferson
county from old Crook county required
a 65 per cent vote in the proposed new
county and 35 per cent vote in the
remaining part Of the county. The
vote was 104O for 800 against, which
exceeds the percentage required by
law. The vote in the remainder Of the
county runs close TO 48 per cent. The
new county takes its name, Jefferson,
from the mountain peak on the west
ern boundary Of the district.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-11-13
German Cruiser Emden
DESTROYED by Australian

London-Destruction Of the German
cruiser Emden, which has long preyed
on the commerce Of the allies in East
.ern waters, and the bottling up on the
coast of East Africa of the German
cruiser Koenigsberg was reported Off
cially Wednesday.
The Emden was run ashore after a
futile but spirited resistance, on an
island 500 miles southwest of Java,
in the Indian ocean. The Australian
cruiser Sydney won the battle.
The report of the admiralty said:
1.-THE Koenigsberg is now impris-
oned and unable to do further harm.
The fast vessels which have been
searching for her are thus released for
other service.
"Another large combined operation
by fast cruisers against the German
cruiser Emden has been for some time
in progress. In the search, which COW
cred an immense area, the British
cruisers have been aided by French
Russian and Japanese vessels, working
in harmony. The Australian warshir
Melbourne and Sydney also were in
cluded in these movements.
Wednesday morning news was re.
ceived that the Emden, which had
been completely lost to sight after hel
action with the Russian cruiser Jemt.
chug, had arrived at Keeling, or Cocos,
Island and landed an armed party tc
destroy the wireless station. Here she
was caught and forced to fight by the
Australian cruiser Sydney.
"a sharp action took place, in which
the Sydney suffered the loss of three
men killed and Is wounded. The
Emden was driven ashore and burned
Her losses in personnel are reported al
very heavy"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-11-13
Consul Dies of SMALLPOX.

Washington, D. C. ~ United States
Consul Theodore Gushing Hamm died
Tuesday Of smallpox at his post in
Durango, Mexico, where he has been
stationed since August, 1911. During
the recent Mexican troubles Consul
Hamm was active in protecting Amer
lean interests in his district, and his
name figured in many of the dispatches
to Washington from the revolutionary
storm centers. Mr.. Hamm was born
in Vermont in 1882, and was educated
in Colorado and George Washington
Universities.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-11-13

Salem-In his biennial report to B.
X. Lawson, superintendent, W. G. Mac
Laren, chaplain of the state peniten-
tiary, says his greatest work is attend
ing to the wants of relatives of con-
victs and not to the spiritual welfare
of the prisoners.
He says his first meeting with
prisoner is the most important one.
He then obtains statement from the
convict concerning those dependent on
him, and when help is needed does
what he can to give it.
Preaching to the prisoner is not to
be compared to attending to the wants
of those sinned against, says the re-
port. 81 encourage the prisoner to
commence at once to prepare himself
to face the battle of life, stronger and
better able, morally and spiritually,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-11-13
Enunf Ia Smo[derii,a.

The Hague-A high official who has
Just returned from Alexandria, Egypt,
says that conditions in that country
are outwardly quiet, although inward
ly dangerous. He says that disconten-
ted people, under the leadership of
Prince Mohammed Ali Pasha, brother
of the absent Khedive, are keeping up
quiet agitation while protesting 10y
atty to the British and awaiting fur
ther developments in the Turkish Mo
hammedan world. Foreigners in
Egypt are living like passengers on Q
liner with burning cargo"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-11-13
Penitentiary Chaplain
Aids COnUicts' Folks

than before they came behind the pris-
on walls. l am pleased to be able to
report that many are making good.
81 am convinced that in some cases
men are sent to the prison who are not
guilty of the charge of which they are
convicted, and sometimes pleas of
guilt are obtained from bthem which
they do not understand. Promises are
made by officials which are not kept,
and in some cases the man who is most
guilty is allowed to escape, while the
less guilty is sent to prison. In most
instances men are willing to admit the
justice of their sentence and are eager
to make good. Some desire no friend
ship with the chaplain, but nearly all
welcome friendly visit and are anx-
ious to get the secret of how to live a
better life."
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-11-13
War Made on "World Of Hate. "

Berlin Johannes Kaempf, president
of the reichhstag, has received the fol-
lowing dispatch from Emperor Will
liam: 'The heroic defense of Using
Tau, that model settlement of German
culture built with the labor of many
years, brings new laurels to the spirit
of faithfulness unto death which the
German people have SO often shown
since their army and their fleet have
been in defensive warfare against a
world of hatred, envy and covetous-
ness, war which, if God wills, will
not be in vain."
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-11-13
Serpinn Position Lost.

Vienna-The following official state
ment was issued here:
"In the southwestern war theater
the battle on the whole front Monday
continued with undiminished force. In
spite of the obstinate resistance of the
enemy, entrenchment after entrench-
ment near Kroupani was taken until 6
O'Clock in the morning one Of the
strongest points, Kostajnik, which the
Servians believed unconquerable, was
stormed by our troops. "The number
of prisoners and captured guns is not
known