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About The Boardman mirror. (Boardman, Or.) 1921-1925 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1924)
WORLD HAPPENINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU POISONOUS FOOD KILLS 7 Albany, Ore., Family Wiped Out By Eating Home-Canned Beans. Events of Noted People, Governments and Pacific Northwest, and Other Things Worth Knowing. Approval of the McNary bill, desig nating the Old Oregon Trail as a na tional highway, was given Wednesday by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace. Bert K. ifaney Is confirmed by the senate as a member of the shipping board, along with Frederick Thomp son of Alabama and W. S. Hill of South Dakota. Edith Kelly Gould, ex-wife of Frank J. Gould, has asked the French courts to grant her tho right to half of Mr. Gould's property in France, or about 800,000,000 francs. Tho mayor of Roxheim, Bavarian palatinate, an adherent of the autono mous movement in that province, was assassinated Wednesday. He was slain while entering the town from tho railway station. Corliss H. Griff is, the American who attempted to kidnap Grover Cleveland Bergdoll in Germany, has been released from prison by the Ger man government. The state depart ment is so advised. Governor Fierce lias the distinction of being the first person in Oregon to pay state Income tax under tho law enacted at tho 11)23 session of the legislature and later approved by the voters of tho state ut special election. Bos Angeles, Cal., has been selected by tho army air service as the start ing point for tho attempted arouiid-the-world flight. Original plans to be gin tho flight from Seattle, Wash., or Washington, 1). C, have been modified accordingly. Positive assurance was given Repre sentative Summers of Washington Wednesday by Secretary of Agricul ture Wallace that, representatives of the department of agriculture will be sent Into Oregon, Washington and Idaho to investigate wheat grading. Fifteen persons were Injured when Canadian National railway passenger train No. 9, en route to Calgary from Saskatoon, was derailed near Axden ode, 30 miles northeast of Calgary, Tuesday nl'ternoon. A split rail was Bald to be tho cause of the accident. White forces in Siberia have seized upon the occasion of the (bath of Nlcolal Lonlne to proclaim a free statu In Amur province and have Interrupt ed railway service to Vladivostok ami eastward. Advices to this effect have boon received by tho Japanese govern ment from Mukden. Jakey, a goose that took bis whisky straight anil washed it down with a swig of beer in pre prohibit Ion days, is dead, lie was IS years old and was owned by John Keller, former St. l.ouls saloon proprietor. In the Old days a round of drinks was not com plete unless Jakey was In on the set-up. Full diplomatic recognition of soviet Russia by tho British government is expected within ten days, according to political observers conversant with the labor government's intentions. These observers suy Premier Mac doiiald Is eager to have recognition an accomplished fact beforo parliament meets on February 12. Government efforts to restore agri culture to a sound economic footing took more definite shape last week us the administration pressed Its relief plans and legislation designed to aid the Industry received committee up proval In congress. President Cool Idgo fixed February 4 as the date for a conference of representatives of commercial lines Interested In agri cultural welfare and Issued 40-odd Invi tations to spokesmen for the several Interests to confer on the situation with Secretaries Hoover and Wallace. Income tax payers would receive a reduction In their 11123 taxes payable this year under a provision voted ! nesday by republican members of the house ways and means committee The amount of reduction has not been determined, but Chairman Green, au-, tlur of tho proposal, said It might be us high as 25 per cent. It would apply to the taxes after they have been computed and to all personal Income taxpayers. Treasury experts estim ated that a 25 per cent cut would mean a saving to taxpayers of 238, 000,000. Albany, Or. Seven persons were dead and three others were dying here Monday night as the result of eating home-canned beans, which were be lieved to have spoiled and thus pro duced the deadly poison known as botulinus. The dead: Mrs. Paul Gerbig, 31; Hilda Gerbig, 10: Marie Gerbig, 7; Goli'ried Buohling; Mrs Gotfried Itueh ling; Werner Yunker, 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Yunker of Thomas stalion, near Scio; Reinhold Gerber. The dying: Paul Gerbig; Esther Gerbig, 13 months old; two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ruehling. Two other persons were stricken ill by the strange malady but were re ported to have fully recovered. Mrs. Keinhold Gerber, at whose home the fatal dinner was served, apparently was none the worse for her experience and two-year-old Margaret Cerbig was believed to have escaped the poison ous food. Tho child is still fed by bottle and it was not known whether or not she had any of the vegetable dish at dinner. Tho death of 13-months-old Esther Gerbig was declared by attending phy sicians to be only a matter of hours and they held out no hope for the recovery of any of the other three victims. The case of Gotfried Ruehling was probably the strangest of all. lie was reported dead earlier in the day but revived from the state of coma Which usually precedes death from the strange malady and for a time was believed to be on the road to recovery. Suddenly, however, his condition be came worse and he died. None of the deaths occurred untjl more than 24 hours after the fatal meal. Mrs. Gerber declared that she sus pected that tho beans were spoiled when she opened them but did not pay any attention to their queer ap pearance. Young Yunkers, a friend of thi! families, spoke of the peculiar odor and tasto of the beans at the lime. As all of the people present were similarly affected tho poisoning is regarded as an accident. Botttlinuii the poison which is pre sumed to have caused the deaths, thrives and propagates at a tempera ture of 120 degrees above zero, at which temperature other germs die. The bacteria comes from a spore that originate in the ground and is de stroyed only when the temperature reaches 240 degrees or more, It Is said. Commercial vegetables are cook ed at a degree or so more than 240 degrees above zero and are said to be free from the bacteria, although all home canned goods are subject to it. WILSON PASSES ON: SCHOOL DA1JS COUNTRY MOURNS Ex-President Succumbs at 11:15 A. M. Sunday. FAMILY AT BEDSIDE Digestive Trouble of Past Week Proves Fatal to Great War President Physician Faithful to End. Ex-Professor Wins $100,000 Bok Prize. Philadelphia. Charles Herbert Lev ermore of New York, student of inter national relations, writer and ex cel lege professor, Monday night was an nounced as the winner of the J100.000 prize offered by Edward W. Ilok, Philadelphia publisher, for the best plan to preserve peace among the na tions of the world. Hr. I. evermore was announced ns I he winner by John W. Davis of the policy committee of the American peace award, at a meeting at the Acad emy of Music. Mr. Uavis also present ed him with $50,000, half of Mr. Holt's prize, and the remainder will be given only If the phUl Is accepted by the congress of the (Tatted states. Lever- more's plan was numbered 110'J in a total of IS.1V received. Oregon Trail Approved. Montcsano, Wash. The Montesano chamber of commerce announced Mon day Ihut It was opposed to changing the name of the Oregon Trail to Pioneer Way. as suggested by I'nlted States Senator Jones recently. The reasons assigned were the an tiquity of the present name, its use by pioneers and in history and liter ature, and that u change would In considered an unfriendly act to the people of Oregon. Alleged Outlaw Slain. Cleveland. -Charles Sanders was shot and killed and llrynn Keenan was shot twice nnd captured in a gun battle late Monday at their rendez vous In a suburb, where police located them, for alleged participation In sev eral holdups and burglaries. They had also been huutcd for several weeks as suspects in the recent mur der of John Katl. bakery wagon driver. More than 75 shots Were fired in the guu battle. Washington, D. C Ex-President Woodrow Wilson died at 11:15 o'clock Sunday morning. The end was peaceful; life ebbed away while he slept. A tired man, he closed his eyes, and, "sustained and soothed by an un faltering trust," passed on to the great hereafter, "like one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams." Dr. Grayson, his friend and physi cian, announced the end of the great war president in this bulletin: "Mr. Wilson died at 11:15 o'clock. His heart's action became feebler and feebler, and the heart muscle was so fatigued that it refused to act any longer. The end came peacefully. "The remote causes of death lie in his ill health, which began more than four years ago, namely, general ar teriosclerosis with haemopligia. The immediate cause of death was exhaus tion following a digestive disturbance which began in the early part of last week but did not reach an acute stage until the early morning hours of Feb ruary 1." Last Friday the grim reaper had forced his way Into the house after waiting on the doorstep more than four years. Saturday he had advanced to tho landing on the staircase and stood counting off the ticks on the great clock. Saturday night he knock ed on the chamber door. A faithful physician and a loyal wife stood with their backs against it. At 9 o'clock ho rattled the knob and called to the peaceful but prostrate figure on the bed a great bed, long and wide, re plica of the bed in which Abraham Lincoln slept in the White House, with a golden American eagle and a tiny silk American flag just over the held board. Tho watchers knew tho battle was lost. At the portal of the door, now open, the faithful negro servant hov ered. On the bed, sitting beside her husband, sustained with all the forti time and composure of a woman facing a crisis, was Mrs. Wilson, hold ing bid ween her hands the wan, with ered, right hand that had proved the pen mightier than the sword. Near the foot of the bed was his eldest daughter. Margaret, resigned to the inevitable. Close by, tears welling from his eyes and coursing down his cheeks, was Dr. Grayson, taking the measure of the fluttering pulse, weak er and fainter with each effort. Death advanced and beckoned for the last time. The tired, worn out man drew a long breath, there was a slight flutter of the eyelids, an almost imperceptible twitch of the nostrils Woodrow Wilson's soul had drifted out on the great dark tide that runs around the world. FIGHT FOR LEAGUE COSTS WILSON S LIFE Washington. 1). C Woodrow Wil son's speech-making trip for the league of nations, which snapped his nervoe and culminated in his long illness, was undertaken after his personal physician had warned it might seri ously and permanently Impair Ids health. "I do not like to disobey you," he said to Dr. Grayson, "and I have neyor done so before. But I feel I must go out and make this fight, even if it costs my life." As if tho approach of illness had fostered a premonition that the woret fears of bis medical adviser would be fulfilled, he expressed to several aud iences during t no swing across the country his willingness to make the great sacrifice for the treaty. "If 1 felt that I personally stood in the way of this settlement." he said at Omaha, "l would be glad to die that It might be consummated." PROFESSIONAL CARDS DR. ALEXANDER REID Physician and Surgeon UMATILLA OREGON G. L. McLELLAN, M. D. Physician anil Surgeon Fraternal Building Stanfield, Oregon DR. F. V. PRIME 1) E N TIS T R Y Dental X-ray and Diagnosis HERMISTON, ORE. Bank Building 'Phones: Office 93. Residence 751. Newton Painless Dentists Dr. H. A. Newton, Mgr. Cor. Main and Webb Sts. Pendleton BUSINESS CARDS YOUR HAND How to read your char acteristics and tenden cies the capabilities or weaknesses that make (or snccess or failure as shown in your palm. Tacoma. Capacity of the Tacoma smelter, recently increased, soon may be still further enlarged, according to Frank II. Brownell, vice-president of the American Smelting & Keflning company, the owner. Mr. Ilrownell Is making an inspection tour of the com pany's western smelters. Coolidge Is Indorsed. Chicago. - - Announcement that i he republican state central committee of New Mexico had indorsed President Coolidge for the party presidential nomination was made here Saturday item the national headquarters of the foolidge pre-convention campaign. The resolution of endorsement read: "The president has given positive and undeniable proof of tho fact that he is committed solely and exclusively to serve the best interests of the natiou." CARRIAGE AND MOTIONS OF THE HANDS WHEN a person carries the hands at the side, with the lingers learly open, and the hands dangling n a listless manner, It is safe to set llm down as lacking in decision of haracter and In lixedness of pur aose. Re careful in entrusting such a person with a secret, and also wjth intrusting him with the execution of my purpose upori which much de fends, or on which you have set your ueurt. Often the person who carries his lands as described in the foregoing paragraph is easily led, for good or evil purpose, and either cannot or will not take the trouble to wrestle nl4k the problems of life. In money natteis he will, of course, be "gener ous to a fault," parting easily with lis substance, just as the man or .voman who holds the hand closed tightly, or nearly so, will hold to what he or she has, often to the point of niggardliness. In this respect and in mental matters also, the more open the hand is, the more liberal will be the possessor. But there is such a thing as tOO much liberality, us shown by the band that Is held too wide open. (l) by Wheeler Svmlicate. Inc.) o THE PEAKS OF LIFE By DOUGLAS MALLOCH i: i: WHO has not seen some crimson flow'r Whose heart was red as embers? Who has not known some mighty hour One evermore rememliers? Among the trees upon the crest One tree stands higher than the rest. One note in all night's madrigals The heart especially recalls. We live in moments such as these. Our hours of Joy or sorrow; For bis yesterdays of ease Will recollect tomorrow ? Borne love w e won, some love we lost, Some mountain, not some plain we crossed. We shall remember, Joy and strife We live upon the peaks of life. In hours of pain we learn to cling To something worth believing, And Joj perhaps we lenrn to sing The better after grieving. A heart that never knew a pain Is like a land without a rain. Is like a land that never knows A springtime flood, or hummer rose. So let us thank our Cod for this, Our Maytime, our December, The first embrace, the parting kiss, The things that we remember, Tbe day with neither rain nor sun Brought never flow'rs to anyone Thank (!od for joy, and grief, and strife ; We live upon the peaks of life. (. 1524. by MoClure Nrwpapr Syndicate..) o A POINTER. Tou may be a wise lad. And a long way from bad; But remem ber my son. As your Jour n e y you run, Tou can learn a whole lot from your dad. r Help! Help! Jack Lately I have fallen Into the habit of talking to myself. Myrtle 1 wondered why you looked so bored. Men's souls are pitched in different keys, Some like a lark rise strong of wing Above the clouds of suffering And cheerily mount and sing Till gloom grows glad and suffering men Smile, listening, and take heart again. GOOD THINGS TO EAT "CHIIl a company dish try the follow ing : Filet of Beef. Trim the filet neatly and lay into a deep dish wdth an onion cut into slices, two bay leaves, a sprig of parsley, i whole pepper and salt and olive oil to baste it well. Let the filet lie in this marinade for six hojirs, turning occa sionally, then roast In a hot oven ; let It be rather underdone. Serve sur rounded by macaroni cooked as fol lows: Put Into a saucepan one-half cupful of tomato puree, three table spoonfuls of butter and two or three tahlespoonf ids of meat gravy; season with pepper and salt to taste. Bring to the boiling point and simmer for a few minutes, then add a little at a time some previously cooked macaroni. Toss all lightly anil add three table spoonfuls of grated cheese Just at the last. Creme de Marrons. Take one-half pound of large chest nuts, rut a cross on each and boll them In plenty of water until tbe outer skin can be easily removed. Then pound them In a mortar and pass through n flue sieve into a dish ; add a few drops of milk to soften the mix ture. Beat the yolks of three eggs with one-half cupful of cream and the same of milk, add one-fourth cupful of sugar, a few drops of vanilla, and strain the mixture into a double boiler. Stir the mixture over the fire until it thickens, then add a little less than half an ounce of gelatin, which has been soaked in cold water and dis solved over heat. Pour this custard gradually over the chestnut puree, mix well, then pour into a hollow mold. When ready to serve, unmold and fill the center wdth whipped cream, sweet ened and tinted with pink sugar. Breakfast Mackerel. Soak a salt fish skin side up, change the water until most of the salt is removed. Place in a dripping pan skin side down ami pour over a cupful of thin cream. Bake in a moderate oven until the fish is tender. Season and serve hot with baked potatoes. Umatilla Pharmacy J j W. E. Smith, Prop 1 Mail orders given special atten tion. Quick Service Satisfaction Quaranteed t Umatilla, Oregon i t t --t-e-M-M-l nuimmn ? J . L. VAUGHAN 206 E. Court Street PENDLETON, - OREGON T Electrical Fixtures and Supplies Electric Contracting B. 1924. Wl itern'Newspaper Union.) u- Eat and Drink AT THE NEW FRENCH CAFE E. J. 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