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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-29
LIVING COST GOES
HIGHER THAN EVER
Even Higher Prices Are Predicted Be-
fore Winter is Over.
CANNED EATS UP 80 PER CENT
Cotton Goods Soaring With Woolens;;
Women's Shoes Double All
Cigars in Line Of Rise.
CANNED EATS UP 30 PER CENT

Chicago-The cost of living this
winter will reach an unprecedented
scale and will affect every person, no
matter what object may be purchased,
according to table of comparative
prices compiled here Thursday. Mer-
chants and producers are virtually
unanimous in forecast of further in
creases in prices which already ad-
vanced alarmingly within the last
year.
Food prices, it is said, vary accord
ing to quality and quantity, but it is
the small purchaser at retail who must
pay most. Wholesalers say canneries
throughout the country have informed
them that fall and winter deliveries
will be only one-th;rd normal, while
the last vegetable crop is said to be
only half the quantity expected.
Canned fruit will be 80 per cent
higher and canned vegetables are ex-
pected by wholesalers to increase 20
per cent in price.
Cotton goods have advanced between
rs and 35 per cent. Woolens have
kept pace with cottons.
The best lines Of women's shoes for
fall and winter will cost twice as much
as the same article last year, dealers
say.
Even collars, that two-for-a-quarter
staple which men have known for gen.
erations, will be thing Of the past.
Collars now have been advanced to IL
cents each, and the laundries which
have for years laundered collars for q
cents have announced that 8 cents each
will be the future cost.
Cigar jobbers raised their prices this
week between $4 and $5 thousand to
the dealer.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-29
British BuYeWoIf Skins.

st. Louis British fur buyers bought
nearly the entire supply of wolf skins
which were placed on sale here as part
of the $4,000, 600 fur auction now in
progress. They will be used to make
caps sfor the British soldiers. The lot
totaled 9400 wolf skins and the price
paid for all of them was $50, 600. The
skins were of wolves killed in the
United States and Canada. Chinese
dog skins are said to be in good de-
mand. They will be used mostly for
making rugs, fur-buyers say. The
skins brought S4.50 each.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-29
Seattle Bank Deposits jump.

Seattle With 20 out Of 81 report
ing banks showing gains in deposits
ranging from $4,000 to 81, 800, 900, to-
tai deposits in Seattle banks at the
close Of business September 10, accord
ing to reports Of condition made to the
call Of the comptroller Of the treasury,
reached the aggregate of $98, 969, 455.
Since the last official call of June 80
there has been an unprecedented in
crease in total deposits of 81, 587, 1856,
making an average monthly increase Of
more than 81. 800, 600 and an average
daily increase of about $62, 900.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-29
COMBlS TAKEN BY BRITISH AND
FRENCH IN SWEEP FROM 3 SIDES

London Combles, the pivotal point
in the German line guarding the ap-
proach to Bapaume, on the north, and
Peronne on the south, of the Somme
front, fell Wednesday before attacks
Of French and British, the Germans
fighting to death, or surrendering
when there was no longer hope.
French and British troops swept in
from three sides after their capture of
Morval and Fregicourt, broke through
the German defenses, overran the
town and carried all before them.
This place, with it's marvellous subter-
ranean passages and powerful fortifica-
tions, had been caught in the grip of
the entente allies, who, coming from
the north and south, had already ad-
vanced far beyond it and cut off COM
munication with the rear, except a
narrow strip which was covered by the
allied guns.
At the end of the fighting the town
was filled with the bodies of Germans,
the French official statement says.
Prior to the loss of Combles, the
effect of the French and British arm
les in the capture Of important STRAIT
egic points on the previous day was re-
fiected in the official communication
issued by the German war office,
which, after describing briefly the
great artillery bombardment of the en-
tente allies, lasting four days, and the
attack between the Ancre and the
Somme, admits that "the conquest Of
these villages on the line of Gueude-
court must be recognized, and adds:
"But before all we must think Of our
heroic troops who faced the united An
glo-French principal force and the
massed employment of material Of the
whole worlds war industry, prepared
during many months"
Thiepval, at the northwestern end of
the British line, and the fortified town
of Gueudecourt, northwest of Les
Bouefs, also have fallen to the Brit
ish. General Sir Douglas Haig's men,
after capturing Thiepval, drove on
eastward and took the Zollern redoubt,
strongly fortified position which lies.
between Thiepval and the bend in the
British line at Courcelette.
The French likewise advanced be-
yond FrepicoI1rt and cantlIred the
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-29
Brief Resume Of General News
From All Around the Earth.
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHELL
live News Items Of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.

A large hotel for working girla and
women is to be constructed in Chicago.
= special session OF tne New York
legislature may pe called TO pass a
strike in New York City.
-,
Aslae from tne capture by the ltai-
iaiis y all Important mountain peak
On .ne Irehtlno 'front.' only lombard
menus nave eaken pace IN tne Austro-
Aeaiiaii theater.
a Meoiorc, Vre,' lad OF nine, was
seriously injured ny exploding dyna-
nA.o caps. ae isnteu one cap Win
% nascl' tne coneusslon from Wnlcn ex-
p'oueo allother IN MS NIP pocket.
All guns and movable machinery
above water have been stripped from
tne wreck OF the arfnored cruiser
memphis IN Santo domingo harbor and
Will be Drought to the United States by
the transport Prairie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edlefsen of Portland
who were lost on Mt Hood Sunday
morning. were found by a searching
party Tuesday. after having wandered
IN severe storm " hours without
1000 or shelter.
notwithstanding the loss of two Zen
pelins in an air raid on Eastern Enc
land Saturday NIGHT the Germans
Monday NIGHT again returned 70 the
attack with airships and dronned
bombs in the northern and northeast
counties.
The Earl of Essex was fo,,nd daad in
he'd Tuesday, He had been m for
some time He was 70 vears old He
was large land holder owning about
Is. 600 acres His second wife whom
he married in 1893 was Adela Grant
dau0bter Of Reach Grant of Naw York
A carload Of LIQUOR. consisting Of
more than Is, 900 pint bottles and two
50-gallon barrels of whiskey. was
seized by the police in Seattle and de-
stroyed. Although the liquor ostensi-
bly, was consigned to Petersburg. Alas
ka, the police allege that it really was
intended for sale in Seattle.
.ooo
:. AMs,o .ha s. ~ mole .na,i 'ooo pelso,is
O. .n. avn peiioliaaiice VI .iie
o. es -, ,.ao r.n.. mnsl eaiiie " Ioos county,
day. There was one woman rs wears
Of age present who had never seen a
circus before. Another woman, 91,.
who is resident of the county, was
at the performance.
Secretary Baker announces that the
President will nominate Rrigadier
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-29
ALLIED POWERS TO
CONTROL SHIPPING
Entente Governments Preparing Strict
Measures to Regain Shipping.
BLACKLIST ANSWER SOON DUE
Seizure Of Mails Controversy With
U. S. Finally Gets Attention Of
British War Trade Office.

London-The continued depletion Of
the worlds supply of tonnage as re-
suit Of the operations Of the subma-
rines of the central powers will be met
by an increase in stringent measures
by which the entente allies design to
control shipping, so as to insure its be-
ing used to the best advantage of the
allies and prevent it even indirectly
aiding their opponents, according to a
statement made to the Associated
Press by Lord Robert Cecil, minister
of war trade.
Lord Robert declared it could not be
expected that British facilities should
be expended on ships carrying goods to
blacklisted firms and that the entente
allies will increase their shipping
measures in making the best use Of
available tonnage in proportion as the
Germans succeed in destroying mer-
chant ships.
The minister said that as a matter
Of course the entente allies would be
favored as regards the use of tonnage
and that neutrals engaged in entente
allied trade or in unsuspected neutral
trade would be given the next consid-
Grafton.
Lord Robert said that the answer of
Great Britain to the American govern
ment's protest against the seizure of
malls would be sent to Washington al
most Immediately, and that the reply
to the American protest with regard
to the blacklist imposed by the entente
allies would follow shortly.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-29
General Bell at Astoria.

Astoria-A party Of army officers,
consisting of General J. Franklin Bell,
commander of the Western division;
General Sibert, in command Of this
Coast artilley district, and their staff
officers, arrived in the city Wednes-
day. They were met here by Colonel
Ludlow and his staff and escorted on
the steamer Captain James Torrance
to the forts at the mouth of the river.
The visitors are on a general inspec-
tion trip, it is said, and also gathering
data at the various posts relative to
the accommodations for increased
bodies of troops.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-29
Coyotes Are Menace.

,Bend-That coyotes are becoming a
menace to the settlers in the Millican
valley was reported by P. B. johnson,
postmaster at Millican. Mr.. johnson
reported several instances of attacks
by coyotes recently, the latest being
when Forest Ranger H. E. Smith, who
was sleeping on the ground when on a
trip, woke to find coyote only few
feet from his head. C. L. Evans and
R. R. Keller have killed coyotes that
were attacking their stock in the past
ten days. A stag belonging to M. d.
Willard showed signs of rabies after
fighting with coyote.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-29
New Road Handles Stock.

Eugene-The first solid trainload Of
livestock over the Willamette Pacific
railroad is scheduled to arrive In Eu-
gene from Marshfield Monday, on Its
way to Portland. The train will be
loaded at Mrytle Point with cattle be-
longing to the Dement, family and will
consist of between Is and 20 cars.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-29
Rattleshin Gun Bursts.

Norfolk, Va.--The battleship Michi-
gan, damaged by the explosion of the
muzzle of one of her 12-inch guns at
target practice on the southern drill
grounds, reached Hampton Roads Sat
urday and later sailed for Philadelphia
to undergo repairs. Yeoman Robert
W. Cooper, wh9se.arm was fractured
in the explosion, was brought to the
naval hospital here. Eighteen feet Of
the guns muzzle was blown away and
the foremast and galley damaged.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-29
Fruit Expert on Visit.

Hood River-W. Schleussner, of the
bureau of markets of the United States
department of Agriculture, who has
been placed in charge Of the Spokane
office of publicity of the Fruit Grow
ers' agency, was here visiting the
officials Of the Apple Growers Ex-
change, local sales agencies. Mr..
Schleussner says he viii distribute
daily information to growers and ship
pers as to the receipts of apples in 20
central points. Such information, It
is said, will tend to prevent Cutting
markets.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-29
cattIemen Purchase Island.

San Francisco The island of Lanai,
one Of the Hawaiian group, has been
purchased by United States Senator
Key Pittman, Of Nevada, and group
Of wealthy Nevada eattlemen,, accord
ing to H. /. Lorentzen, who arrived
here Thursday from Honolulu.
The deal. said Lorentzen, involved
more than 81, 900, 900. but he refused
to discuss it beyond stating that he
was on his way to Nevada to gather
cattle with which to stock this land.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-09-29

Washington, D. C.-Great Britain's
delay in answering the American note
regarding mail seizures sent to London
May "a is believed by allied diplomats
here to be due largely to desire to
give first practical working demon
stration Of changes recently instituted
in censorship methods, notably with
regard to shipping documents. They
declare the practice Of expediting the
handling Of such papers by passing
them through the censor's office in a
special marked package already has
removed one of the principal causes Of
complaint set forth in the American
protest.
State department officials consistent
ly have declined to indicate the possi-
BILE effect Of this modification on the
departments attitude in the mail con-
troversy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-03
When Gasoline Runs Low.

In Farm and Fireside is an ingenious
suggestion for autoists whose gasoline
has run so low that they have trouble
in Hill shmbing:
Zone is sometimes caught out with
a low supply of gasoline through hav-.
ing to make long detours TO avoid bad
roads or for other causes. The sup,
ply can be made to stretch over this
emergency by adding denatured alcohol
or kerosene. Occasionally there is suf
ficient gasoline for the ordinary level
road, but not enough for an unexpected
hill
SIN this case the principle of pres
sure feed can be applied. Screw the cap
down tight on the gasoline tank and
then sharpen match to fit the venti-
lating hole in the cap. Blow into this
hole as hard as possible and immedi-
ately plug with sharpened match
Usually this will enable the driver tc
make the hill without furthur trouble
But if not, he can turn the car around
and back uphill"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-03
SHOT HIMSELF WITH
38-CALIBRE REVOLVER
Carelessly Handled Weapon in
Home of His Chum.

BURLINGTON, Jan. s. William
Peter Peltier, Is years old, who's
home IS at Lakeside, shot himself with
a 3S-calibre revolver New Year s niga
and died q few seconds later. The
young man did not know the revolver
which he was handling was Ioade |.
The accident happened at the home of
his most intimate chum, Edward Roche
ford, with whom he had taken supp II.
The young man with his chum had
been following the New Year s custom
OF their nationality by calling on the
various families of their acquaintane e
during the day and on invitation Of
Rocheford, Peltier went home with
him to have supper.
Following the meal the two young
men went into the living room and
started photograph. Peltier went
into his friend S bed room, which was
next TO the living room, and seeing
the revolver recently purchased by
Rocheford, which was hanging in Q
belt upon the wall, took it in his hands
Others of the family who were in the
living room heard the revolver click
twice as the trigger was pulled Then
followed a report and Peltier fell into
| the room at the same time CRYING ous
Il have shot myself =
He fell to the floor and made an at
tempt to sit up and speak before he
fell over dead. Peltier was a Cana
dian, born in st. Francis, Que He ha
lived in Burlington three years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-03
MORTIFIED FARMS, MASS
Golden Wedding and Marriage.

Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Gustavus
Morgan celebrated the 50th anniversary
of their marriage Saturday evening by
receiving their relatives and friends at
their home on the MilIers Falls road
Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan were married
here in the Gilbert Hilliard house, oe-
cupied at present by Freeman billiard,
Jan. /, 1866, by Rev. Charles Noyes,
then pastor of the Unitarian church of
Mortified. They have spent At years
of their married life in their present
home.
Mr.. Morgan was born Sept. ), 1884,
in Mortified Farms, son of Gerrizim
and Nancy Robbins Morgan. He has
always lived here and carried on a
farm.
Mrs. Morgan was born in Cornish,
n. H., Jan %, 1899, a daughter of
Gilbert g. and Sophia Plaistridge Hill
lard. Two sisters, Mrs. Ellen S, wife
of Fordyce H. Smith, and Mrs. Ada f.
Chamberlain; and one brother, Free
man billiard, live here. Mrs. Morgan
was one of a family of six children,
five daughters and one son.
Mr. and Mrs. Morgan have an adopt.
ed son, Charles Morgan of Mortified
Farms.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan are able to be
about the home, but Mrs. Morgan re
uuires the assistance of a cane in walk
ing.
On Saturday afternoon at 3 O'Clock
Rev. j. Harry Holden of Roxbury
Mass, officiated at the marriage of Mrs
Morgan s niece, Miss Marguerite Soph-
! Ia Chamberlain, daughter of Mrs. Ada
| E. Chamberlain, formerly of Somer
Vile, sister of Mrs. Morgan, to james
Scott Browning The ceremony was
| performed in the same room in which
| the mother of the bride was married
80 years ago. Mr.. Browning is en-
gagged in the milk business. They vii
| live on Bridge street, Millers Falls.
A Joint reception was held in the
evening by Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan an6
| Mr.. and Mrs. Browning.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-03
STATE HOUSE BOMB A MYSTERY
Two Theories in Regard to Possible
Motives for Planting Dynamite.

BOSTON, Jan. 3. = Little progress
has been made by the state and local
police toward finding who was respon-
sible for the attempt to blow up the
state house Saturday with a dynamite
bomb. Two theories in regard to a
possible motive have been advanced,
one that someone desired to take ven
geance on state board of charity of
fcials for taking children from their
parents; the other connected with al
legged labor troubles over the construc-
ton of the new east wing of the state
house.
James E. Lee, superintendent of the
minor wards department of the state
board of charity, admits that his de-
partment has received threats, but
none in recent months. He says he
does not believe the bomb was intend
ed as an attack on the board.
Daniel B. Badger of the firm of E.
B. Badger & Sons, who have the con
tract for the new roof of the east wing
of the state house, is quoted as saying
that he knew bets had been made his
firm would never be able to complete
its contract. His firm, he said, operat-
ed under the t.open shop and he
suggested that the bomb might have
been planted to brighten the workmen.
The police are now trying to find
out where the dynamite was obtained.
They believe it was stolen.
Walter L. Wedger, the expert chem
list of the state police, who exploded
the bomb, says the man who made the
bomb evidently had expert knowledge
of steam fitting and pipe work and also
some knowledge of dynamite.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-03
BRATTLEBoRo LOCAL.

The board of governors Of the Yer
mont Wheel club will meet tomorrow
evening at O'Clock. A meeting of
the club viii follow at 40 0 clock.
Friendship circle will meet tomorrow
afternoon in Odd Fellows hall. This
will be the annual meeting, and the
election Of officers will take place. Sup
per viii be served at els o clock.
A special meeting of Sedgwick post,
G.. A. r., and Sedgwick Woman s Re
lief corps win be held in Grand Army
hall Wednesday evening at 7.30
o'clock. The meeting will be open to
the public and the officers of the two
organizations will be installed.
A mortgage foreclosure sale of the
stock in the store of c. Luther Kaye
on Elliot street will be held Saturday.
George Kaye, brother of the propri-
etor, holds the mortgage, the validity
of which was established by Judge
Harland B. Howe of the United
court.
Today Mary Pickford, the favorite
of the screen, viii be seen in the
Princess theatre in the Paramount
production, Rags Tomorrow the
last episode of Neal of the Navy will
be shown. This week 5 program is re-
garded at this theatre as the biggest
and best week IS program in the his
tory of the house. Every day a big
production will be shown with n we'll
known star, also at every matinee dur
ing the week handsome set of dishes
will be given away to the one hold
ing the lucky number.
Paul Poehler. the champion candle
pin bowler of New England, and rated
by many followers of the game as the
greatest bowler in the country, will
rene from Boston at an early date,
probably on Tuesday evening, Jan.1l,
10 give an exhibition on the alleys at
the Masonic temple. While here he will
rive instructions as to the proper man
ner Of delivering the ball and other in
formation of value to bowlers who are
seeking to improve their game
City Clerk Newell of Springfield,
Mass, is quoted, in explaining fall
ing off in the number of marriage in
tentions filed in that city, as saying
that the only reason for the slump is
that bashful young men were awaiting
the arrival of leap year. Possibly a
glance at some figures recently publish
cd in Brattleboro which concerned mar
riagcs might furnish the city clerk
with another reason. There were rs
less marriage licenses taken out in
Springfield in 1915 than in 1916. About
that number of Springfield couples
were married here.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-03
Origin of the Gipsies.

When the Gipsies first appeared in
England in the fifteenth century, the
name Gypsy was given to them by the
English people, who believed them TO
have come from Egypt. The French, by
similar mistake called them Bohemi-
ans. But careful study of this race,
and especially of their language, shows
that they came originally from India.
The Gypsy language is derived from
the Sanscrit as are the other Aryan
languages of India. A similar error
was made by the English when they
called a distinctively American bird a
turkey, under the impression that it
was an Importation from the Ottoman
Empire, and by the French when they
called the same bird cog d 'Inde believ-
ing that it came from India.-The
| Christian Herald.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-03
PERSONAL.

Mr.. and Mrs. George Brockinpton
have gone to Springfield, Mass, to
visit.
Arthur Wells has returned home. af-
ter spending three weeks in Turner's
Falls.
Charles L. Stacy, who has been Sc,
riously i'll the past two weeks, is i'm
proving.
Miss Rene Liston returned last
night from visit of 10 DAYS at her
home in Rutland.
Miss Lucille Howe returned to work
at Houghton & Simonds's today, after
a few days illness.
Adm Houghton of Springfield, this
state, is in town today on business at
Houghton & Simonds S store.
Carl Klohs has gone to Boston to
receive instructions in some depart
ments of the tailoring business.
Walter Halliday, who has been i'll
with grippe, returned to his work al
Houghton & Simonds's store today
Miss Alice Jones, who visited week
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. V. O.
Jones, has returned to Albany, n. Y
/ Mrs. A L. Perham is out again, at
/ ter an illness of several weeks, fol
/ lowing an operation in the Memorial
hospital.
Mrs. A. D. Reynolds spent Jan. l
in Vernon with her father, c. E. Da
Wis, in Observance of his S1st birth
day anniversary, which occurs Jan. 5
Miss Grace Leach returned today tc
Fitchburg, where she is attending the
Fitchburg normal school and Miss Mar
jorie Leach returned to NIiddlebury
college.