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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-04-07

Hunt as Julia and Elsie, the maids,
were the perfection of servants in
the house, taking all the advantage
OF their employers absence. Mercy
Skeels as Layinia Daily, the cook, won
much applause as a lady cook" her
part we'll executed and full of vim,
and her voice strong and clear.
Much creditable mention is due
Miss Inez Barron. who directed the
play, and with untiring effort brought
out the best of each and every stu
dent in the cast. -
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-04-07

and great amount of explaining Mr..
Smith and his wife go away for their
honeymoon, leaving their home TO
their relatives.
John Osborne, as Mr.. Smith, was
splendid, bringing out all the charac-
teristics of young husband in such
dire circumstances. Geraldine Davey
as Mrs. Smith was especially good,
her sweet manner and pleasing per-
sonality shining through her part.
Helen Rogers as Mrs. Billetdoux is
worthy of special mention. Her role,
while not the most attractive, was well
done and worthy OF a great deal OF
praise Edwin Baker. as General Bill
letdoux was a scream with all the ear
marks of the poor hen-pecked hus-
band with now and then cropping
out of independence which was soon
subdued by his wife. Edward Snyder
as Robert Walton and Edna Wallace
as Rose Walton, the newly-weds Of a
day, were very good and their situa-
ton readily appreciated. Robert Doty
as Count Won Guggenheim, was espec-
tally fine, real German, with all the
of the Teutons, his ges-
lures and English most amusing. Mar
garet Brokaw as Miss Juliet Smith did
her part with much assurance and
credit. Thelma French and Lorraine
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-04-07
Glory of the Laurel

The most beautiful plant OF the flora
OF North America is the mountain
laurel. named by the great Linnaeus
himself in honor OF his fayorite pupil
Peter kelm, who discovered 1t while
travelling in America almost two cen.
turtles ago. For a few weeks every
spring the laurel makes countless hill
sides and forest glades from New
Hampshire to Louisiana indescriba bly,
lovely, with its clusters OF pink and
white blossoms. Boston Herald.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-04-07
HIGH SCHOOL PLAY
MAS GREAT SUCCESS
sTuDENTs OF DAYToNA HIGH
SCHOOL GAVE EXCELLENT FOR
fhAYAL OF COMEDY FARCE
WHY SMITH LEFT HOME"

Why Smith Left Home" given by
as Students of the Daytona High
&aoOl Thursday evening in the New
saglona theatre, was a tremen6 Gus
'aesess, and a splendid portraya of
A comedy farce by a well trained
Y thoroughly earnest cast OF stu
.sass. Each and every part was well
~, ana 1t was hard to realize that
= ss we're amateurs, as there was very
~+s amateurishness about the Whole
's'soslnance. Nobody forgot his lines
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-04-07
Mixed Entertainment.

That monologist used TO be a race
track habitue | understand Yes.
He followed the ponies Just so.
And now l see by the bill that he toll
lows the monkeys.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-01
Berlin Trade Not Affected by
ROunania's Declaration Of War

Berlin-Roumania's declaration of
war against Austria Hungary was
without marked effect on the Bourse
Tuesday. Some "war babies" like
the stocks of arms and ammunitions
concerns reacted rather sharply, but
most quotations hardly changed.
Semi-official statements made here
expressed the belief that the influence
on Germany's food problem would not
be considerable. Grain contracts for
the 1915 crop already have been filed
largely, and the loss on imports of the
1916 crop will not be severely felt, in
view of Germany's reported excellent
home crop. Imports of Roumanian
grain of all kinds had been placed at
400, 600 tons.
German crops are now estimated at
5, 900, 900 tons above those OF 1915,
excluding the occupied territory.
Owing to the doubtful attitude OF
the Roumanian government, the au-
thorities in charge of Germany's food
supplies completed their plans some
time ago for feeding the population
the next IL months without the assis-
tance of Roumania. 1t even is sale
that the bread ration soon will be in
creased. The authorities are planning
an economic policy by which a goodly
surplus will be saved from the 191t
crop for a possible shortage in thu
1917 crops.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-01
Wheat TumbIes II Cents at
Chicago on New War News

Chicago-Widening of the European
war zone Tuesday sent wheat prices
tumbling almost as if the market had
no bottom. The extreme fall in prices
was Ill cents, an amount virtually a
parallel to the extraordinary rise wit
messed two years ago on the day that
hostilities began. Transactions were
on huge scale.
1t was the view that the end of the
war had perhaps been greatly hastened
that in the main brought about the big
drop in quotations. Even the most
conservative traders seriously dis.
cussed the chance that by a speedy
opening of the Dardanelles vast stores
Of Russian grain would soon reach
western Europe as a result of Rou-
mania's having at last Joined fortunes
with the Anglo-French allies. Word
late in the session that actual fighting
had begun on the Roumanian frontier
set the wheat pit here nearly frantic
and was followed by wild close at the
lowest prices of the day.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-01
German AirshiT Drop 100
Bombs in England; Eight Killed

London-Six German airships raided
England early Saturday morning, drop
ping 100 bombs, killing at least eight
persons, seriously wounding seven and
slightly wounding IA civilians and 15
soldiers. Preceding this raid by "a
hours single Zeppelin visited the
East coast, but the report given out by
the admiralty says the damaged caused
was inconsequential and there were no
casualties.
The official report of the Berlin war
office, as received in London, says
that the city of London was "abun-
dainty bombarded," that naval vantage
points and vessels at the wharves
were attacked, and that everywhere
good effects were observed" !" The
British account, however, differs from
this in essential particulars.
The admiralty statement indicates
that the visitors met with stern re-
sistance. 1t is said that several air.
craft went up in pursuit and that one
British aeroplane succeeded in firing
at raider at close range, but the lat
ter succeeded in eluding her pursuer.
Further reports show that five OF
six enemy airships raided the East and
Southeast coasts of England. In all
| 100 bombs are known to have beer
dropped"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-01
Governor Johnson, California, Wins
Nomination for U. S. SenatOrship

San Francisco Governor Hiram W.
johnson has won the Republican nom
nation for United States senator. ac-
cording to the returns from half the
precincts in the state, which give
him lead over Willis H. Booth, of
II, 1899.
The figures as they stand on about
one-half the state counted at O'Clock
Wednesday morning, are as follows:
Booth, rs, 1853; johnson, 81, 552.
This is the result of Tuesdays state
wide primary election within the Re-
publican party as it is shown by the
latest returns, scattered over the en-
tire state and numbering 2759 pre-
cincts out of total in the state, in
Guiding the city and county Of Sar
Francisco, of SAB.
These figures show that the state ad'
ministration has been successful, ap'
parently, in securing considerable
number of the northern and centra
counties in the state and with having
held down the vote in some of the ex
pected strong supporting districts il
the south for Booth.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-01
ITEMS
OF General Interest
About Oregon
Oregon 8 California Grant
Land Taxes May Be Limited

Eugene-George M. Brown, attor-
ney general of Oregon, intimated at a
meeting of representatives of the Ore
gon and California land grant counties
held in Eugene Wednesday night that
there is probability that the Federal
government in the payment OF back
taxes on Oregon and California lands
may take the position that the taxing
power of the state was limited to
So. so an acre and that assessments
based on the relative value of other
lands in the counties were not valid.
He. said the collection of the back
taxes was a subject of great concern
and he recommended that the counties
take steps to procure the payment as
speedily as possible.
While in Washington last spring At
torney General Brown said he consult
ed the secretary of the interior depart
ment and the secretary indicated the
view that as congress had provided for
the sale of the lands by the railroad
company at $3.50 an acre the lands
possibly could not be assessed for
greater amount. At the time, as the
representatives of the state of Oregon.
the speaker said, he had held out for
the payment of the taxes on the full
value.
Attorney General Brown cited the
provision of the act Of congress revest-
ing title to the Oregon and California
land in the government, providing the
taxes shall be paid as determined by
the secretary Of the interior depart
ment.
He commended the plan to form
federation of the land grant counties
for the purpose of 'having these lands
sold, the timber sold and getting the
lands back on the tax roll. )"
Referring to the action of congress
he reviewed the history of the forfei-
ture suits. He said that when the lit
igation was first suggested he advised
against it, fearing the creation OF
greater reserves within the state and
the removal of the land from taxation.
He called attention to the act of the
legislature providing for the forfeiture
proceeding and asserted "the people OF
the state of Oregon, through the legis-
lature, invited congress to DO the thing
that it has done. :"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-01
Radio Torpedo Arrives.

Washington, D. C.-Major General
Leonard Wood, commanding the army's
Eastern department, has been appoint
ed head of a joint army and navy
board, to pass judgment on the radio
controlled torpedo provision for the
purchase of which from the inventor,
John Hays Hammond, Jr.. has been
made in congress. The War depart
ment is authorized to expend $3.50, 00O
for the purchase Of exclusive right tc
manufacture the device. The Ham
mond device is designed to give an ad-
ditional weapon for coast defense.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-01
+LUMBfRMEN APPEAL
FOR ARBITRATION
West Coast Association Asks Railroad
Heads to Stand for Principle.
OPPOSE RISE IN FREIGHT RATES
Increase Would PROSTATE Lumber
Industry Of Washington, Idaho
and Oregon. is Declared.

Although commencing President
Woodrow Wilson for his purpose Of
averting the threatened railroad strike,
the West Coast Lumbermen's associa-
tion, after meeting at Bridal Veil,
Oregon, telegraphed the committee OF
railroad presidents in Washington, D.
G., urging that they adhere strictly to
the principles Of arbitration in dealing
with the trainmen's wage dispute
crisis. Politics, it is said, did not fig
ure in the action of the lumbermen's
association.
1t is business proposition with the
lumbermen, as they express it, and
their action was unanimous. The sug-
gested advance in freight rates to ab-
sorb increased operating costs in the
event of an eight-hour day compromise
in the railway wage controversy, is re-
garded by West Coast lumbermen as
likely to disturb the commercial and
industrial fabric Of. the nation. The
Iumbermen maintain that while some
lines of business enterprise could read
lily adjust to the new order of freight
rates, numbering in the states of
Washington, Oregon, California and
Idaho practically would be Frustrated.
At Saturdays meeting it was said
that depression in lumber SO keenly
felt in all lines of Pacific Northwest
business enterprise was due to the fact
that long freight hauls to leading con-
suming markets prevented West Coast
forest products from successfully COM
peting with similar products reaching
those markets on shorter haul and
more favorable freight rates. 1t was
argued that market for West Coast
woods could not be extended under
these conditions without slightly low
cred freight rates. 1t was cited that
carload of common fir dimension
lumber loaded in Portland for Chicago
was worth $3.50 at the mill and $58l
delivered in Chicago, the freight beint
$3.50, or $50 more than the value o
the lumber. Common lumber was sal
to be from 65 to rs per cent of tn
log. In the big Chicago market Wes
Coast lumber meets competition iron
similar sawmill products from Louis
lana and Mississippi, which reach Chi
cago on freight differential of 8
cents under fir.
The resolution adopted was largel.
supplementary Of a telegram sent di
rect to President Wilson the previous
day by J. H. Bloedel, of Seattle, pres
ident of the West Coast Lumbermen'
association.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-01
Road Campaign Planned.

Eugene - A campaign throughout
Lane county to create sentiment in ia
vor of the construction Of the klamath
Falls Florence highway, as one of the
projects to receive financial assistance
from the Federal government under
the terms of the Shackleford bill,
will be inaugurated at meeting to be
held in Eugene on the night Of Septem-
ber /. Members of all the grange or
panizations in Lane county are to be
invited to attend. Speakers familiar
with the route from Florence to Eu-
gene and thence to Klamath Falls will
speak.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-01
Receivers Cut Own Pay.

San Francisco Warren Olney, Jr.,
and Frank G. Drum, former receivers
for the Western Pacific Railroad COM
pany, saved the stockholders $50, 600
Tuesday. On the witness stand 0lney
said: 1--WE were expecting $35, 900
each for our duties as receivers.
THAT'S all right, Your Honor, we
were going to concede $50, 900 each, "
spoke up Attorney John F. Bowie for
the company. Judge William c. Van
Fleet allowed the $35, 900 each.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-01
$25O,OOO for Grain.

Baker - Contracts for wheat, oats
and barley, aggregating 100000 bush
els and involving an outlay of more
than $3.50, 900, have been made up to
date for delivery to Coast and Eastern
points. ]. F. O'Bryant, local agent for
M. H. Houser, of Portland, announces.
The latest contract closed here was for
43, 900 bushels of wheat and barley,
wheat being taken at $1.16, while bar
lev went at $1.75 hundred. Oats
are being sent to Portland, while other
grains are all to be sent East to fill
European orders.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-01
American Flag on Pacific Again.

San Francisco - The American flag
was restored Monday to the trans
Pacific service when the Pacific Mail
liner Ecuador left for the Far East
with more than 5000 tons of freight
and full complement Of passengers.
The significance of the occasion was
recognized by the government, and the
battleship Oregon and the United
States quarantine steamer Argonaut
accompanied the liner as far as the
lightship. This was the first time in
the history Of the port that CONNER
cial liner has had navy escort to sea.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-01
Noted Oregon Gases Set.

Salem-Attorney General Brown an
nounces that two important cases
pending before the Supreme court of
the United States have been set for
argument in October. They are Stet-
tier VS.. O'Hara and Bunting v. Ore
gon. :,
The first involves the constitutional
ity of the Oregon minimum wage law
for women. Mr.. Stettler is a Portland
box manufacturer. The other case
will test the 10-hour law now applying
in sawmill and kindred industries OF
this state.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-01
Cracks Shout for Allies.

Athens, Sunday, Aug. 27, via Lon
don-After pro-entente demonstra-
tion before the residence of ex-Premier
Venizelos today, in which SO, 900 per-
sons took part, a committee was ap-
pointed to present to King Constantine
the resolutions outlined by M Venize-
los. The resolutions concluded: IF
we, the people, are not heard in these,
our resolutions, we must take counsel
what is to be done to minimize the
ruin which awaits"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-01
neuischland 10 Return.

Berlin-(By wireless to Sayville, N.
Y.)--Preparations for another voyage
of the submarine Deutschland to the
United States are well under way.
Freight is now being received for this
trip. 7,
The amount of cargo now ready is
larger than had been expected, the
Overseas News Agency says. All
the members of the crew have ex-
pressed readiness to sign for the next
voyage.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-01
Strawberry Crop is Big.

Hood River-The Fruit Growers ex-
change has announced final returns on
the 1916 strawberry deal. The ex-
change handled 10000 crates of fruit
at an average of $2.l2 crate. The
average was cut short because OF
heavy rains beginning June II. For
more than a week, because Of soft
fruit, the price dropped from $2.25 a
crate to as low as $1.30. The highest
price received on any shipment was IS
a crate at the opening Of the season.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-01
Coral Agate Brings 500.

Newport - The highest price for
which an agate ever sold in Newport
was paid last week, when G. A. Kin
sey, wealthy Pittsburger, bought a
coral agate from A. L. Thomas for
Sl00. Coral agates are probably the
rarest of any agates found on the Ore,
gon beaches, and the one purchased
by Mr.. Kinsey is of exceptional
beauty. He has had the stone made
into brooch for his wife.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-01
Bend to Entertain Child Musicians.

Bend = Arrangements are being
made for the entertainment OF the
Burns community orchestra, made up
largely Of children, when they pass
through here in September on their
way to Salem to the State fair. Col
onel William Hanley is back of the ex-
cursion to be taken by the orchestra.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-01
U. S. Cruiser Memphis Goes
Ashore.at San Domingo; 20 Lost

Santo Domingo-The United States
armored cruiser Memphis was driven
ashore on the rocks of the outer harbor
Tuesday by great and sudden ground
swell. 1t is said that many lives were
lost as result Of the disaster. All
fires under the boilers of the Mem
phis were extinguished by the thrush
of water.
The United States gunboat Castine
managed to escape by putting to sea.
Washington, D. C.-Rear Amdiral
Pond, at San Domingo City, cabled the
Navy department that the armored
cruiser Memphis, swept upon the rocks
by heavy sea in the habror there
Tuesday, would be total loss, and al
though it was expected all on board
would be saved 20 men returning to
the ship from shore leave in a motor
boat had been drowned.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-01
TO JOIN RUSSIANS
AS first MOVE IN GREAT WAR


London-The Times military corre-
spondent, discussing the probable next
step by Roumania, says:
"The strategic situation points to
present Russian offensive. This line
of attack will lead the Roumanian
army into Transylvania, where ma
jority of the population favor the in
vaders. At the same time the passage
of the Danube, an advance on Sofia
and the breaking down Of the Bulgar-
ian power in cooperation with the
allied forces at Salonlki have their at
fractions"
The Petrograd correspondent OF the
Morning Post says:
''Roumania's task obviously will not
be confined to the Bulgarian front,
where decision would be merely OF
secondary consequence. Russia mas
ready considerable forces for use IN
the Balkans, composed partly OF Aus
tro-H Hungarian subjects fully armed
and officered, partly by Austro- Hun
garians and partly by Serbians. These
forces have taken the oath OF alleg-
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-12-05
OVEES STOCK ED.

To the pubns.-
 We nave just finished stock takin 2 and lind thar @e are heavily overstoek, l DO are matias enormoas reductions . Hardware=as maen as yb per cent a certain lines Notwithstanding immense advances outside. especially in Hardz Ware and Metal Goods. We are still sel Ing on the oasis of goods purchased the pzs- two or three yoafa
 We VIII sell TOT cash only at thesa prices, and for nmitS. time, until N. bring our stock down to the require ments Of the camp.
 1T you have an order to be hlled. lef us figure on II. We can save you mones We have proved II to others. we ca prove II to you.
 DARLING AND DEAN COMPANY.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-12-05

Two miners named Olson and Brown met death recently by asphyx- .ation at the Ruby Silver and Silver queen mine located near Pavey on Lake Bennett. The fatality occurred It an early hour in the morning and vas the result of the men entering tunnel too soon after the discharge f a blast.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-12-05

It Is reported that the ground on No. Il below Cleary creek, owned by Ringhahl & Co.,, has the richest nay ever known to exist on Cleary, eY"a in her palmiest days. It Is said TO trouble Is experienced In obtaining pans running from s5.O0 to S25 and
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-12-05

F. G. Moves of Fairbanks will in- stall u saM lll.lI at the mouth ot the Ss.iclia siousn on the Ianana river. three aaa one ha1 miles aDoVe Che for iulnper n raIrbanks and vlcIn!tY
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-12-05

A miner by the name of Stewart, while working in the shaft on the ground of Foster &s Hungerford, was severely injured by a slab of the roof falling on him. At first it was be- heved he could not survive the in- jury but later reports state that he IS oa the way to recovery.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-12-05

A Fairbanks mine operator Is aL- thority for the statement that the output of the district will fall sey- eral hundred thousand dollars short of the estimate this year on account of the shortage of men. One big plant Is reported to have shut down rather than run shorthanded.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-12-05

George E. Baldwin. the well known mining engineer, was a recent visitor II Juneau. Mr. Baldwin gained na- .onal fame several years ago by hls attacks on conservation at u session 9f the American Mining Congress ut Chicago.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-12-05

The second payment on the lots at Anchorage Is now due. and some con- fusion is expected to arise from the only the original purchasers, having no legal knowledge of transactions carried out since the first payment.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-12-05

Bishop P. T. Rowe, who Is now at Anchorage, Is making preparations for the estab.ishment of an Eplsco- pal church at that place. He has al- ready obtained the lots and will oc- cupy temporary quarters until the church building Is completed.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-12-05

eide recently ia a barn on the upper md of Engineer creek. by blowing he top of his head off with a 3o-3o rifle. Dependency is given as the aause of the act.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-12-05

The Tolstoi camp is a dead oae frcm d sLalnpeuers point of View. &C., corulng to aavice5 received at Fair banks. Pay has been found on only toaon SHOWS nothing but prospects.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-12-05

Proposals are asked for the pnr- formance of Emergency Star Route service from Seward to Anchorage, one round trip per week. for the per lod from the close of navigation at Anchorage in 1916 to the opening of navigation at Anchorage In 1917.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-12-05

George Favollc, an American em- ployed at the Mexican mine at Tread yell, had his arm so badly crushed y falling rock that it was found nec- essary to amputate the member. The injured man has a wife and four children.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-12-05

The report that the work on the St. Elias lighthouse had been aban- doned for the the summer owing to ] lack of funds, Is said to have been erroneous, and that the structure Is nearly completed and will be in op- eration before fall.