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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-18
OLD coRNs

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ing these cold and change
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The same pain and misery
as 1astwinter, the same suffer
ing SO easily spared if you
had used Cyrus Corn Cure.
Why don't you try it now ?
Thousands of your friends
have and recommend it.
Every box guaranteed and
price is only1Oc. 1t is worth
your while.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-18
WEATHER FORECAST


New Haven. Conn, March is
Forecast: Fair and slightly warm
err tonight; Sunday partly cloudy
and warmer.
Connecticut: Fair and not SO
cold tonight and Sunday, becoIn-
ing south.
A trough of low pressure ex-
tending from Texas, northeast
ward to upper Michigan, is caus-
ing unsettled weather in the
western districts and light snow in
the northern portion of the lake
region. Pleasant weather con-
tinues in the eastern districts.
The temperatures are low for the
season of the year i'm the eastern
portion OF the lake region and
along the Atlantic coast from
Florida to Maine. Light frosts
were reported as far south as
Florida. The temperature is ris-
ing I'm the central districts.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-18
MINNITI CASE Is
CONTINUED BY COURT

The case of Francisco Minniti, age
so, 753 Pembroke street, alleged to
have assaulted Bartholomew Lonbar-
di, of East avenue, was continued for
two weeks under a bond of $4,000 to-
day. rnbardi was shot and stabbed
by party of three men at Pembroke
and Ha1lam streets early this week
and it is alleged that Minnitti was one
of the trio. He is charged with as
sau1t with intent to kill. Reports from
Bridgeport hospital say that lombard
is recovering from the injuries recefv-
ed in the assault. Minnitti was unable
to furnish the bond.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-18
Defense Society To
Show Motion Pictures
For Preparedness Sake

On behalf of the American Defense
society of New York, a complimentary
exhibition of motion pictures entitled
America Unprepared, will be held
in the ballroom of The Stratfield at
D. M, Wednesday, March p.
This exhibition will comprise four
reels showing the army, navy, foreign
armies, ETC., and will illustrate how
much there is in this country that
needs more adequate national insur-
ance The American Defense society
is pro-American only, and to that end
believes in preparing against agrees
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-18
Henry Clews. )


On the Stock Exchange there was
increased activity. Some of the spe-
ciaIties made striking advances. Trad
ing was encouraged by Emergencies of
opiniAn and the more hopeful news
regarding our relations with Germany
and Mexico The favorable conditions
referred to above in the domestic
trade also exerted a stimulating eff
feet. particularly in the Steel shares,
United States Steel acting as a. good
market leader. Railroad shares are
also receiving increased attention
from investors because of their i'm
proved financial condition. Politics
were temporarily forgotten, the sue
cess of the President in overcoming
opposition to his foreign policy being
decidedly beneficial. The war re-
mains the controlling factor in the
financial situation, and continued ap-)
p1ications for funds to catry on the
war from foreign countries are Sex-
pected. Negotiations have been CO.
ong on to this end for some time past,
and large credits are likely to be
granted from time to time to Great
Britain and France. and possibly to
Russia and Italy; this form of fnanc-
ing finding greater favor on this side
of the Atlantic than bond issuesN A
loan for--$7 100000 to Canada will
soon be forthcoming.
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sion. 1t also believes that by arous-
ing the nation to the necessities OF
preparedness it is stimulating patriot
ism and thus helping to develop a
higher order of citizenship. Invita-
tions have been sent the members OF
the Sea- Side club, Algonquin, Brook
lawn and University clubs. e,e.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-18
FINDS LOST 5000

A fire in-her home at IA Olive
street at 2:45 yesterday afternoon,
Mrs. Herman Haber was unable to
find 5000 which she had hidden for
safe keeping. She notified the police
of her trouble and it was her first
assertion that her home had been
robbed. She found the money where
she hid it under a mattress later in
the evening.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-18
Troops I'm Bulgaria
Massing For Battle

Paris, March achievements of
troops on large scale in Bulgaria
are reported by the Reuter- cores
pondent in Bucharest in a despatch
filed Wednesday, 1t is said these
operations are so extensive that both
passengers and freight traffic have
been suspended.
In Rumania, the correspondent
says, passenger travel has stopped for
ten days on the railroad running north
from Bucharest to HredieI, on the
Hun garian frontier.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-18
ALMANAC FOR TO-DAY

ALMANAC. FOR SUNDAY
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for there is no power but from God.
Therefore he that resisteth. the
power, resisteth the ordinance of God
and they that resist, purchase to
them selves damnation."
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-18

The coal laden schooner William
Bisbee. reported in distress off Cape
Cod, has been taken in tow by the
Coast Guard cutter Acushnet.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-10-27
Trap Set by Villa; Vanguard Of
Pursuing Caranza Force Ambushed

Ell Paso, Tex. - Francisco Villa led
the Carranza vanguard under General
Carlos Ozuna into an ambush between
Santa Ysabel and San Andres, on the
western division Of the Mexican North
western railway Friday, report re-
ceived by Mexican government agents
here said.
According to this report, which was
obtained by secret service agents for
the Federal government, Villa retreat
ed from a position outside of San
Andres, 40 miles on the railroad west
of Chihuahua City toward San Andres.
This led the Carranza vanguard into
the trap which Villa is said to have
set for them, the government report
said. The bandits, who were hidden
in the rocky defiles along the railroad,
poured a heavy fire into the Carranza
troops from behind rocks. The same
source of information claims to have
confirmation of the report that the
Carranza troops then retired to Santa
Ysabel, thence to Palomas, and are in
Fresno, the first station west of Chi
huahua City.
Carranza officials here admit that
there has been heavy fighting between
Santa Ysabel and Chihuahua City, but
General Gonzales, in Juarez, insists
that he has received no details of the
fighting. The report that General
Ozuna had been killed is receiving
credence here in official circles.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-10-27
CLASH NOT FEARED
OVER FRENCH ACT
Seizure Of Chinese Territory Does Not
Alarm Washington.
LOCALITY is MOST ROMANTIC
Tien-Tsin, With Practically no Trade,
Develops Tremendously Under
Influence of Foreigners.

Washington, D. G. - Seizure by
French troops of an additional square
mile of territory contiguous to the
French concessions in Tien-tsin, in de-
fiance of the Chinese foreign Office,
just reported in cable dispatches from
Pekin, brings to the front one of the
most complicated and most romantic
points of conflict between ,old China
and the Western world.
Officials here indicated Monday that
as an international affair little import
ance was attached to frances action.
Tien-stin, back in the days when
foreign ambassadors sought admission
to China in vain, merely was a small,
dirty town, with practically no trade.
In 1860, after the British and
French had forced their way over the
Taku forts and humbled the Manchus
at Pekin, the right of residence was
granted to the subjects of the two
countries.
The United States, an interested on
locker, won the same right soon after
ward, and Germany entered into the
arrangement in 1861. Separate sec
tions for the four nationalities were
set aside and small local centers of
residence and trade grew up. In a
few years, however, the American
government abandoned its settlement,
first, because it had no use for it, and
no money to pay for it, and, second,
because, under the conditions it had
become known as the "middle king
dom" between the German and British
concessions, where all sorts of lawless-
ness prevailed.
Tien-tsin grew fast, and construction
of the railroad in 1897 made Tien-tsin
the premier city of that whole vast
section. In 1900 came the boxer re-
bellion, when Tientsin became the base
for the march Of the nation on the
capital.
In 1894 Japan secured settlement
in the city, and after 1900, Russia,
Belgium, Italy and Austria obtained
concessions on the left bank Of the riv-
er, making nine foreign nations hold
ing and administering small slices of
territory.
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please state to the court exactly
what you did between and 9 o'clock
on Wednesday morning." said !. law
yer to delicate looking little woman
in the witness box.
WELL" she said, after a moments
reflection, Il washed my two children
and got them ready for school and
sewed button on Johnny's coat and
mended rent In Nellie's dress Then
l tidied up my sitting room and made
two beds and watered my plants and
glanced over the morning papers.
Then busted my parlor and set
things to rights in it, and washed some
lamp chimneys and combed my baby's
hair and sewed button on one of her
little shoes, and then swept my out
side steps and brushed and put away
the children's Sunday clothes, and
wrote a note to Johnny's teacher ask
ing her to excuse him for not being at
school on Friday. Then fed my ca
nary and cleared off the breakfast
table and gave the grocer's boy an
order and rested few minutes before
the clock struck 8. That's all."--Lon-
don TitRits.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-10-27

Lydia L. PinEham Medselne 20, Lyun,
Mass
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-10-27
TAKE Good CARE
of the Stomach
IT Will PAY YOU
When weakness develops
REMEMBER ---s - -=
HOSTETTER'S
StOm aCh BittefS
STRENGTHENS --IHvIG0RATES
The genuine has Private
Stamp over the neck of
Bottle. Insist on having it
STRENGTHENS ---IHV|GORATES
epurned His Money.

A Judge, who used to wear very
long, waving hair and heavy beard
one day was on his way to court when
he was accosted by little street boot
black, with an exceedingly dirty face
with the customary "Shine, sir?' He
was very importunate, and the judge
being impressed with the terrible state
of the boys face, said:
81 don't want a shine, but if you'll
go and wash your face I'll give you
six-pence."
"All right, sir"
well, let me see you do it."
The boy went to neighboring foun-
tain and made his ablutions.
Returning, he held out his hand for
the sixpence. The Judge said
"Well, you earned your money. Here
it is
But the boy said:
II don't want your money, old fell
low. You can take 1t and have hair
cut" and forthwith scampered off,
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-10-27
BIDS ARE CALLED FOR ON $500
CARS BY UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD

Portland The Union Pacific system
Tuesday called for bids on 1000 auto
mobile cars and 1900 box cars, requir-
ing nearly $4,000, 900 feet Of lumber.
The specifications require that all
the lumber be purchased from mills in
Union Pacific territory - Oregon,
Washington and Idaho. ~
1t is probable that Twohy Brothers,
of Portland, will bid on this contract
as they are equipped to build cars in
their East Side plant and have been
eager to enter this field of activity for
several months.
Judge r. S. Lovett, chairman of the
Union Pacific, will be in Portland this
week and is expected to give some at
tention to the prospects Of successful
car building here. When questioned
about it at his Office in New York a
few weeks ago Judge Lovett declared
that, other things being equal, he
would prefer to have the cars built on
the Coast.
The advantages of building cars
convenient to the place where the lum-
ber is produced are obvious. The
Eastern builders must pay freight on
the raw lumber that goes into the cars
even when it is carried by the railroad
that buys them.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-10-27
Wheat Sets New High Record.

The 7-cent bulge in the Chicago
wheat market this week met with a
quick response in the northwest. High
er bids were at once sent into the
country and the scramble to buy be-
gan. Details were lacking as to the
amount of business done, but 1t was
believed that we'll over 100000 bush
els changed hands.
The advance put bluestem to a
cents above the high point reached
Just before the submarine raid and
raised the cheaper grades of wheat to
the level that prevailed then. Blue
stem sold locally at SLAP and there
was considerable buying in the inter-
ior on the basis of SLAB Coast, with
reports Of as high as $1.45 also paid.
At the Merchants Exchange five
thousand bushels of November blue
stem were sold at SLAP. Fortyfold and
club bids were raised 2 to cents, fife
3 cents and red Russian to cents.
The Chicago advance was ascribed
to short covering, following recent
heavy sales to foreigners. More dis
astrous reports from Argentina and
increased demand from the British and
French governments for North Amer
ican wheat accompanied the rise. 1t
was said that of the Canadian crop,
rs to 80 per cent has been found to be
unfit for milling.
The local oats market also gained
in strength. Bids for all deliveries
were advanced rs cents at the ex.
change. Brewing barley was unchang-
ed in the country, but feed barley was
quoted 81 higher here.
Local millers announced 20-cent
advance in patent and valley flours
Domestic and export straights were
not changed. The new flour quotation
of $7.20 equals the highest point ever
recorded here, which was in February,
1915.
Bradstreet's estimates the worlds
visible wheat increase at 11,500,0O0
bushels.
The Canadian visible wheat supply
is 16,317000 bushels, the oats supply
1,450,000 bushels.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-10-27
Lines Be Bothered.

In her draped and darkened tent the
amateur palmist was reading hands
for a charity. Her present client was
"a fair maid, who waited impatiently
to hear her fate.
"Ah,' said the palmist, with slow
impressiveness. II see by your, hand
that you are going to be married"
How wonderful" said the girl, with
a blush.
"And," went on the wise one, a note
a acerbity in her voice, "I see that
you are engaged to Mr.. Binks."
"It's perfectly amazing!" gasped the
girl. "How can you tell?"
by the long study of the art" came
the evasive reply.
"But surely the lines in my hand
cannot tell you the name or"
who said anything about lines?"
retorted the sibyl, with cunning scorn.
you are wearing the engagement
ring which | returned to Mr.. Binks
three weeks ago. Philadelphia Led
ger.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-10-27
NORTHWEST MARKET REPORTS;
GENERAL CROP CONDITIONS

Wheat-Bluestem, $1.41; fortyfold,
$1.35; club, $1.32; red fife, $1.34, red
Russian, s1.29.
Oats-No. white feed. s29.75.
Barley--No. feed, $500.
Flour-Patents, $7.2O; straights,
$s.4O06.S0; exports, $6.4O; valley,
$3.50; whole wheat, $7.20; graham, 81.
Millfeed-Spot prices: Bran, $22 per
ton; shorts, $24 per ton; rolled barley,
s35@36.
Corn-Whole, $42.50 per ton; crack
ed, s43.50 per ton.
Hay-Producers' prices: Timothy,
eastern Oregon, $16.50@1S per ton;
timothy, valley, $15@16 per ton; alfal-
ia, $14.50@15.50; wheat hay, $13.50@
145O; oat and vetch, $13@1S.50; cheat,
$12; clover, $40.
Butter-Cubes, extras, 35kc bid.
Jobbing prices: Prints, extras, 371s
@39c: butterfat, No. /, 37c; No. 2,
35c, Portland.
Eggs-Oregon ranch, current re-
ceipts, 38h @39c per dozen; Oregon
ranch, candled, 40@42c.
Poultry-Hens, 14@14kc; springs,
15@16c per pound; turkeys, live, 24@
25c; ducks, 12@17Kc; geese, 1O@11c,
Veal-Fancy, 10h Ollie per pound.
Pork-Fancy, 12@12hc per pound.
Observation-Disclosures, 75c@$1 per
dozen, tomatoes, 50@65c per crate;
cabbage, $1.25@1.5O per hundred; pep.
pers, 5@7c per pound; eggplant, 60
&c per pound; lettuce, $2.35; cucu'
mbers, 50@75c per box; celery, GOO
75c per dozen; corn, 10020c per doz-
en-; pumpkins, 1c per pound; SQUASH
1c per pound.
Potatoes-Oregon buying price, 81
Oils per hundred, country points;
sweets, $2@2.25 per hundred.
Onions-Oregon buying price, $1.9C
per sack, country points.
Green fruits-Apples, new, 75c@$2
per box; peaches, 60@S0c per box;
pears, 75c@$1.50; grapes, 75c@$1.60;
casabas, 1hc; cranberries, $9.5O@1C
per barrel.
Hope-1916 crop, HOBO per pound
Hides-Salted hides, 18c; salted
stays, lac; green and salted kip, 1Sc;
green and salted calf skins, 25c; green
hides, 16c; green stays, 12c; dry
hides, 30c; dry calf skins, 32c; dry
salt hides, 25c; dry horse hides, 75c
to $1.50.
Pelts-Dry long-wooled pelts, 21c;
dry shoftrwooled pelts, tic; dry shear.
'lings, 10@25c each; salted long-wool
pelts, 75c@$1.25; salted short-wooled
pelts, 5Oc@s1.
Tallow-No. /, &c; No. 2, 7c; grease,
SC.
Wool-Eastern Oregon, fine, 230
26c; coarse, 30@32c; valley, 30@32c.
Mohair-40c per pound.
Cascara Bark-Old and new, &c per
pound.
Cattle-Steers, prime, s6.35@6.75;
good, $6.OO@6.25; common to fair,
$4.50@5.75; COWS, choice, $5.00@5.75;
medium to good, $4.00@4.50; ordinary
to fair, $4.OO@4.50; heifers, $4,000
5.75; bulls, $3.OO@425; calves, $4,000
500.
Hogs-Prime, $9.25@9.5O; good to
prime mixed, s9.O0@9.25; rough heavy
$8.4O@S.5O; pigs and skips $S.00@S.25.
Sheep-.Lambs, $5.50@8.75; year
lings, wethers, $5.75@7.50; old weth-
ers, $5.5O@725; ewes, $3.50@5.5O.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-10-27
A Delicate instrument.

Two men were In the dining car or.
dering breakfast. The first one said
to the waiter:
George, you may bring me two
fried eggs. some broiled Virginia ham,
pot of coffee and some rolls"
"Yassa."
The other said:
"You may bring me the same.'
"Yassa."
The second man then called after
the waiter and remarked:
"Just eliminate the eggs"
"Yassa."
In moment the waiter came back.
'Scuse me, boss, but just what did
.you-all say erbout dem eggs?"
II said just eliminate the eggs"
"Yessa." And he hurried again to
the tiny kitchen.
In another moment he came back
once more, leaned confidently and
penitently over the table, and said.
I'VE had bad accident Jest afo' we
leave the depot dis mornin', boss, an
dc liminator done got busted off, right
at de handle. VIII you take 'em fried
same as dis hyar gemmenY'-PItts.
burgh Dispatch
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-10-27
German Airman Shot Down in
Sunday Raid on British Coast

London - A hostile aeroplane ap-
peared Sunday over the fortified sea-
port Of Sheerness, at the mouth of the
Thames. Four bombs were dropped
No casualties have been reported off.
cially.
An official communication issued
here says: ..
"a hostile seaplane was shot down
and destroyed Sunday afternoon by one
of our naval aircraft. The machine
fell into the sea. Judging by the time,
1t probably was the seaplane which
visited Sheerness Sunday"
The following official account of the
attack was given out:
"a hostile aeroplane approached
Sheerness at about :45 p. m. Sunday,
flying very high. Four bombs were
dropped, three of which fell into the
harbor. The fourth fell in the vicin-
ity of railway station and damaged
several railway carriages.
British aeroplanes went up and the
raider made off in northeasterly d.
rection. No casualties have been re-
ported"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-10-27
Baseball Training Wins War honofs.

-"Bill" O'Hara, once star
left fielder of the Toronto International
league team and a former scout for
the New York National league club,
has been recommended for the military
cross in recognition of his bravery and
skill in hurting bombs for the British
army on the Somme battle front, ac-
cording to advices received here from
his home in Toronto.
When O'Hara played in the Inter-
national league he was noted for his
accurate throwing and strength.
O'Hara, lieutenant in a Canadian
regiment at the front, is now hurling
deadly bombs instead of baseballs.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-10-27
Armed Steamer DELAYED.

Philadelphia - The departure of the
British steamship Missouri from this
port to Baltimore was delayed Monday
owing to the fact that the vessel, be-
ing engaged in coastwise trip, car
ried gun on her after deck. Clear
ance papers which were held up on
orders from the Treasury department
at Washington, were later granted
when formal assurances that the vessel
was armed for defense purposes only
were made to the State department.
The Missouri arrived at this port from
London, carrying merchandise.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-10-27
Double Proof.

A tramp knocked at farmers door
and called for something to eat.
"Are you Christian?" asked the
good-hearted country man.
Cant you tell?" answered the man.
Look at the holes worn in the knees
of my pants. What do they proven"
The farmers wife promptly brought
out the food, and the tramp turned to
go.
well! WE'LL" asked the farmer,
What made those holes in the back
of your pants?"
"Backsliding," replied the tramp as
he hurried on.-Christian Herald.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-10-27

Up To Dates
Sister Susy's showing shoes OF SICK
ness,
Such skill in showing shoes our Sis
ter Susy shows;
She shakes the slippers and the STOP
by sneakers;
So short the skirts that Susy also
shows.
She skimps on skirts and scatters cash
on footwear;
She saves her buttons; slyly sews
them on;
She shyly sees the bootblack on the
corner,
And then she wonders where her
dimes have gone.
Shoemakers owe lot to Sister Susy;
And other girls of fashions that
amuse; .,.
Sometimes | wish that like the auto
dealers,
They'd make a specially of skidless
shoesl
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-10-27
Flour Cheat is Charged.

Chicago-Chsrges that the milling
interests have made an excess profit of
$50. 900, 900 by using rejected wheat
and wheat below milling grades while
charging consumers for flour, based on
the best grades of wheat, were made
Tuesday by Miss Florence King, of the
Women's association of commerce, in
a complaint filed with United States
District Attorney Clyne.
Miss King will seek to have federal
inspection of grain, provided in re-
cent act of congress, apply to this
years wheat crop.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-10-27
Highest EGO Price Of Season.

Portland.-Eggs sold at the Produce
Exchange this week at 80 cents for
current receipts, the highest price Of
the season. On the street sales were
reported at 3S cents. Receipts were
small and the demand by no means
active. Aprils were offered at SO cents
with 81 cents bid. The butter market
was firm. Extras in the open market
brought SO cents. At the exchange
351a cents was bid and 361a cents was
asked. Dressed meats were in large
supply and veal was weak with II
cents the top and 1O1s cents clean
up price. Pork steady at 129 1914
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-10-27
Fruit Diet Test Ends.

Berkeley, Cal.-An exclusive diet Of
alligator pears for two weeks ended
Tuesday night for Alwyn Baker, a
University of California student, eat
ing under the direction of the depart
ment of nutrition. Baker has lost
no weight, but said he was very hum
CRY.
The official findings on his expert
ment will be announced next week at
San Diego at a meeting of the Avoca-
do association, composed of growers in
Oregon, the Sacramento valley and
Southern California.