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VOLUME XL.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY. JANUARY 3, 1919.
NUMBER 1
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EXPRESIDENT CALLED
TEDDY ROOSEVELT
PEACEFULLY RESTS
ON SAGAMORE HILL
The sudden death of Theodore Roose
velt, aoth president of the United
States at his home early Monday morn
ing, cast a pall of gloom over the na
tion, throughout which the American
flag flew at half mast in every city,
town and hamlet.
The cause of death was due to rheu
matism which affected the heart. A
colored servant in attendance upon the
ex president noted that he was hreath
ing heav'ly, and went to summon a
nurse. On their retuin. which was
immediately. Mr. Roosevelt was dead.
Colonel Roosevelt returned to his
home at Oyster Bay on Christmas day
from Roosevelt hospital, where he had
been for some time treated for rheu
matism complicated with sciatica. On
Sunday preceding hia death, the ex
president had felt much better, and
had written letters and read consider
ably during the day. On retiring, his
wife remained at his bedside until he
fell asleep, leaving him in the care of
bis trusted colored attendant.
Last February, Colonel Roosevelt
submitted to a alight operation for re
lief from ear trouble. Recovering, he
again became active in National af
fairs, devoting much of his time to
writing editorial matter for the Kan
sas City Star and other publications.
Soon after his son, Questin, lost his
life in the aviation service on the
Western front, it was noted by inti
mate friends that Mr. Roosevelt began
to show evidences of breaking, and
soon thereafter began to suffer rheu
matic pains. From this period on to
his critical illness at Roosevelt hos
pital his son's tragic death on the
battle field of France seems to have
hastened the end.
Up to the very last Colonel Roose
velt was receptive to the vital inter
ests of his country, and his very latest
act was to issue a public statement
which was read Sunday night at an
"All-American Concert" in New York
City, under the auspices of the Amer
ican Defense Society, of which he was
honorary president:
"I cannot be with vou, and so all 1
can do is to wish you Godspeed," it
read. "There must 'be no sagging
back in the fight for Americanism
merely because the war is over.
"There are plenty of persons who
have already made the assertion that
they believe the American people have
a short memory and that they intend
to revive all the foreign associations
which most directly interfere with the
complete Amercanization of our peo
ple. Our principle in this matter
snould be absolutely simple.
"In the first place we should .insist
that if the immigrant who comes here
does. in good faith, become an Ameri
can, and assimilates himself to us, he
shall be treated on an exact equality
with everyone else, for it is an outrage
to discriminate agairut any such man
because of creed or birth place or ori
gin. But this is predicated upon the
man's becoming in very fact an Amer
ican and nothing but an American
"If he tries to keep segregated from
men of his own origin and separated
from the rest of America, then he isn't
doine his part as an American. There
can be no divided alliance at all.
"Wa have room for but one flag, the
American flag, and this excludes the
red flag, which symbolizes all wars
against liberty and civilization just as
much as it excludes any foreign flag
of a nation to which we are hostile.
We have room for but one language
here, and that is the English language,
for we intend to see that the crucible
turns our people out as Americans and
American Nationality, and not as
dwellers in a polyglot boarding house
and we have room for but one soul
loyalty, and that is loyalty to the
American people."
Colonel Roosevelt is survived by his
wife, three sons, Lieut-Colonel Theo
dore Roosevelt, Jr , and Captain Ker
mit Roosevelt, both on duty in France,
and Captain Archie Roosevelt, who is
in the United States ; two daughters
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth and Mrs
Aiken. Funeral services for the dead
statesman were held Wednesday at
12:15 p. m., at Oyster Bay.
BIG FUND IS AVAILABLE
FOH EMERGENCY RELIEF
"With over 20.000 on hand, avail
able for use if necesaaiy, says the East
Oregonian, the Umatilla County Chap
ter Red Cross is in splendid position to
care for emergency cases during the
influenza epidemic. At present the
Chapter is taking care i of the emer
gency hospital at HerrnistoiT where the
epidemic has been raging severely. In
structions were sent to Hermiston to
take care of the situation and send in
the bills. This course will be fol
lowed, the bank of Hermiston meeting
the bills and forwarding the account to
the Red Cross Chapter for final settle
ment." This information will doubtless be
received with satisfaction by the Ath
ena hranch, as available funds will be
needed for emergency cases hero.
The general organization of . the
Red Cross has asked the County Chap
ter to estimate its needs for the" yea
and to remit the balance to the general
organization. Action upon this request
has not been taken as no executive
committee meeting has been held since
September.
THIS IS WHAT THE GERMANS LEFT OF PERONNF
L
E"
Wlicu the allies recaptured Peronne they found the Huns had reduced It to a mass of ruins. A scene In the wrecked
city Is here shown.
A MOTHER'S PROMISE
TO HER SON
By KATHLEEN NORRIS
My Dear One I'm writing this very,
very small and on the thinnest of pi
per, so that tightly folded it may slip
Into one of the olive drab pockets of
your new uniform without encroaching
for the tiniest part of an lncb upon all
the new things that you must bave
there the passports and Identifica
tion slips and photograph, the knife
and pen , and writing pad, the lists
and numbers and names and ciphers,
thfc address book and the thin manual
you have been studying so hard and
the slim little Bible, for this letter Is
a part of your equipment, too, or at
least I like to think that it Is.
I'm going to tell you In It Just one
or two of the things we've been try
ing not to say In these last days. You've
said to yourself, haven't you, that
there were possibilities that I, thank
God, hadn't seemed to think of.
You've marvelled gratefully, haven't
you, that I could say goodby with
dry eyes and talk about what we
should do when the war Is over. My
dear, there Is nothing nothing that
can happen to you that I haven't fore
seen In every detail since May, since
the very beginning of It all. I know
that some of our men are not goUig to
come back. I know as 1 write this
In the room you love that your fin
gers may fumble for this little piece
of paper In ' some dreadful hour, a
month or two months or six months
from now, lust to read It over once
more for the last time. Just to feel
In your fingers out there In - a shel
lighted battlefield something that I
have touched for goodbye.
And thinking of all this for almost
a year while you've been getting
ready to go f've been getting ready to
WHEN A CUP OF
COFFEE TASTES LIKE
A MILLION DOLLARS
He Got His Cup and Then
Went on to Death.
stay. Just as you planned I planned.
and I said to myself: "When the time
comes for us to part 1 shall make him
a promise." Dear one, this is my
promise, and I make It for the term
of your own "for the duration of the
present war."
I promise yon that while you are
away, whether It las months or years,
nothing except what 1 can give you
and give all the others shall fill my
life. I promise you that I shall de
vote myself, here In safety, to the
work of making what you do easier
and stronger and snfer for you. I
promise you that I shall give and
give and give for the Cause I Not
the money I can spare, not ,the time
I have left when everything else Is
done, but all the money, all the time,
all the energy I have I
Your whole life has been altered,
has been set to sterner and graver
music. So shall mine be. You will
know self denial, privation and fatigue
while the war lasts. So shall I know
them. Even If black news comes, even
If the blackest comes, I shall remem
ber that agalnBt your brave heart this
promise Is resting, and I shall go on.
And while there Is one man among our
million and among the millions of our
allies who needs clothing and nursing
and comforts and solace for your sake
I shall not fall him.
Perhaps In God's goodness this note
will come safely back to me In the
olive drab pocket, and we will smile
over It together. But, remember, until
that hour comes I shall be always busy
filling my own small place In the great
machine of inercy and as truly under
the colors over here as you are over
there.' (Jod bless you I
Through the establishment of the
line of communication canteens In
France the Amerlcnn Red Cross Is set
ting records in serving hot coffee, co
coa and sandwiches to the troops. One
of theBe refreshment units made an
other new record recently, serving
more than &0,000 meals in one week.
At another a cup of coffee was served
every ten seconds for a period of two
consecutive hours.
In a single week these lines of com
munication canteens often setve 80,000
American and French soldiers.
Soldiers in Box Cars.
Do our soldiers and their allies real
ly want this form of Red Cross serv
ice? A letter from a young American
aviatpr, a 1017 graduate of l'rlnceton
University, Is probably typical. It
might be added that this man has since
been reported killed after bringing
down a German Taubo. "A 00 mile
train ride over here," he said, "Instead
of inking n few hours may take days.
When we stop at a Red Cross canteen
you can bet that a cup of coffee tastes
like a million dollars."
It is not always possible for a regi
ment to provide sufficient food and hot
coffee on these long Journeys, where
the men must often be packed stand
ing Into unheuted box curs ordinarily
used for carrying horses. So imagine
for yourself the warmth, the cheer, the
comfort that piping hot coffee and
good Bandwlches bring to our boys aft
er a night on such u juurneyl You
can Just bet that It stiffens a man's
courage. Your Red Cross Is handing
out this renewed courage by the piping
hot cupful.
John Wall writes that with his reg
iment, the 88th, he was on his way to
the Rhine on November 2ltb. It was
the Thirty-eighth regiment of the
Third Division which so distinguished
itself at the Marne as to receive spe
cial mention in the report of General
Pershing to the secretary of war. The
reference to the H8th is as follows:
"A single regiment of the. Third
wrote one of the most brilliant pages
in our military annals on this occasion.
It prevented the crossing at certain
points on itg,front while, on either
flank, the Germans, who had gained a
footing, pressed forward. Our men,
firing in three directions, met the Ger
man attack with counter attacks at
critical points and succeeded in throw
ing two German divisions into com
plete confusion, capturing 600 pris
oners." Somewhere in Germany,
Nov. 26, 1918.
Dear Mother: Received our letter
som.! time ago, but have been on the
move and haven't had time to answer.
We are somewhere in Luxemburg at
present, but think we will move on up
to the Rhine before long. I don't think
it will be very long before we start
back to the good old U. S. I sure hope
so. Most of the fellows over here are
feeling fine. We have been having
good weather for hiking, just cold
enough to freeze thin ice. We have
sure made some hike. Over half a
century ago, Daddy made the big
march with Sherman, and now I am
making this one with Pershing's picked
troops into Germany. So. I think the
Walls are doing their bit. You can
tell Mrs. Stono that I wish now 1 had
studied my German lessons a little
more: but what I do know comes in
pretty handy. The band is at the head
of the column and plays when we go
through towns, and most of the people
Beem glad to see ub but there are
some who don't look very pleased But
it doesn't make any difference whether
they're pleased or not, for they have
to like it anyway. John L. Wall,
Headquarters Co., H8th Inf.
GASES
TRUTH STRANGE AS FICTION U
Novel by William De Morgan Hai
Counterpart In Real Life-Story
of Englishman.
A little more than ten years ago nn
Englishman, deep In the sixties, won
great renown by going to a hospital.
Ills illness, though severe, was ordi
nary enough. The use he made of his
convalescence distinguished him.
Propped up In bed, William De Mor
gan wrote his first novel. When he
was entirely recovered, he wrote an
other, which was destined to carry on
his fame around the reading world.
The book told the story of un engi
neer returned to London after many
adventures. There a mishap in the
tube caused him ,td lose his memory.
In the dazed stafe he lived fi new life.
By chance he met HI former wife, fell
I
LEST WE FORGET"
Herman Behnke. Umapine farmer,
refused to contribute to the United
War Work Fund.
Nick Grosgebaurer, of Umapine,
whose prune crop last year was worth
in the neighborhood of 110,000, con
tributed only 15.00 to this fund and
that reluctantly.
Fred Meihoff, of Umapiie. refused
to give money to the agencies helping
our boys in arms on the grounds that
he had to send money to relatives in
Germany.
Willhm SwaBh of Umapine. said to
he worth lao.OOO refused to contribute
to the United War Work Fund.
J. E Hoon of Milton, refused to
contribute to the same fund.
fi. M. McKenzie of Milton, whose
In love with her and married her again. pr0Derty jn this county is assessed for
BUD WHITE VICTIM OF
INFLUENZA JHENOLETON
Marion Ichabod (Bud) White died of
influenza at the State Hospital, Pen
dleton. Tuesday at 12:30 o'Vlock. The
body was shipped here and Wednesday
the remains were taken to Milton for
interment in the family lot at Milton
cemetery. Services were held at the
grave by Pastor B. B. Burton, of the
Christian church.
The deceased v. as born near Athena,
where he grew to manhood and where
he spent practically all his life until
within the past two years. At his
death he was 27 years, two months
and 18 days of age. He is survived
by his invalid mother, who resides in
this city, four brothers one sister and
one niece.
Strange as was De Morgan's tate
critics Bald only he could make It con
vincingLondon itself has duplicated
It from life.
John Arthur Lewis, a returned sol
dier, was lately haled Into court for
absconding with money he had col
lected for his employers. A
His Innocence was easily proved. On
the collecting trip he had been Btruck
by a van and Injured. Bereft of his
memory he wandered over England,
arrived at his old home, and was In
troduced by bis mother to a young
woman, said to be bis wife.
Uo refused to accept his past until
one night the German airmen dropped
bombs, and the shock of the explosion
restored his memory. Then nil came
back, even the uncompleted day's
work of last August,
History ITere modifies the ancient ob
servation as to truth and fiction. Truth
is not stranger than good writing.
Eather the artist senses probably
ahead of the facts and later reality
corroborates him. Who knows not at
least one Enoch Arden? Tennyson
guessed them ail.
181,900, failed and refused to give
anything to this fund.
CENTRAL LOYLATY COMMITTEE.
Wedne
dingXof C
Sheard-Jackson.
esday. at 2:M p. m., the wed
Carl Sheard and Miss Oneita
Jackson was solemnized the ceremony
being performed at the M. E. church
in Walla Walla, by its. pastor. The
bride and groom were accompanied bv
Mr. and Mrs. George Sheard and Clay
Jacksdn. The party returned by auto
to the home of the bride's parent, Mr.
and Mrs. F. J. Jackson, north of Ath
ena, where a r- 6'clock wedding dirner
was served bv Mrs. Jackson. The
decorations at the home were in pink
and white scheme, flesh and white car
nations and notted plants furnishin ! a
beautiful setting for the feast. Tire
guests present we.e: Misses Elsie
Walker and Mamie Sheard, Mrs. Jos
eph Sheard, Mr. and Mrs. George
Sheard, Mr. J. S. Lamb, of Portland.
Mrs. W. h. Dobson. Mrs. Ed Zimmer
man, of Lewiston. 'lu, Harold and
Ruth Jackson, Ml. and Mrs. F. J.
Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Venable
and daughter, Eloise. The young cou
ple will make their home on the Sheard
farm, just north of Athena, where the
groom recently built a residence, near
that of his mother. The good wishes
of many friends go with them.
MAYOR'S COMMITTEES WILL
WELCOME SOLDIERS HOME
The mayors of the various towns of
the county are to head committees to
welcome the homecoming soldiers and
sailors. This is in keeping with state
wide plans which have been outlined
by a committee appointed by Governor
Withycombe and of which Mayor Ba
ker of Portland is chairman.
The secretary of the Patriotic Ser
vice League has been named by Mayor
Baker as chairman of tho Umatilla
County committee but the other mem
bers of the executive committee will
serve with him. Secretary Chessman
has written to the mayors of the va
rioUH towns apprising them of their
appointment.
These various committees are also to
serve as part of the machinery for se
curing employment for the returning
soldiers and sailors. This branch of
the work, however, has previously
been organized through the co-operation
of the Federal Employment office,
the Community Labor Board and the
Patriotic Servics League. Applica
tion for positions for returning boys
should he made to Norbo-ne Berkeley,
federal employment agent, or to Sec
retary Chessman of the Patriotic Ser
vice League.
Letter from C .as. Owens.
The following letter to his father,
William C. Owens, of Adams, from
Charley Owens, well known here, waB
printed in the E. O. of the 7th. Chas.
started out with Troop D, and was
transferred to Co. C. 146th field ar
tillery: Belchrieben den, Nov. 23, 1918.
Dear Dad: We are in a little town
named Blaucourt, close to Verdun. I
have had some close calls over here.
Our casuals were about 10 per cent of
our battery. We were all gassed and
several had to go to the hospital. A
couple with mustard gas. 1 have seen
wounded men go past our gun posi
tions! so thick that the ambulances
couldn't carry them all. Some were
walking and others riding in trucks.
We were at Chateau Theirry when
the Dutchmen tried to break through.
Have been all thiough Belleau Wood,
Fere-en-Tardenois and stopped on the
Vesle river. From there we moved to
St. Mihiel. We were on that sector
for over two weekB. From there we
moved to Chary, about two miles and
a-half from Verdun, and have been on
that sector the rest of the time. Our
last position was at Montigny on the
Meuse river. Our gunB were mude in
France and are known as the great six
inch G. P. F. The shell weighs about
HO poundB and will shoot 15 miles. Our
battery has put them In traveling pos
ition in 18 minutes.
We were up with the light artillery
most of the time and have I een in the
Becond line trenches a couple of times
with them. About three weeks ago we
were going into position at Cunel. A
Boche plain came over us about two
hundred feet in the air and let a few
put-puts out of it. In about five or ten
minutes there were 100 shells hit in a
radius of 100 yards of us. I made a
dive for a shell hole and just as I went
in a shell hit in ten feet of me. I lay
there half an hour and they pit over
about a hundred shells. There were
ix different shells that threw dirt over
me. It only got one man that time.
That's just one of a dozen times we
got shelled. Anybody that says the
Dutch didn't have artillery is a liar,
and they could sure shoot straight, too.
We have all our stuff packed and
ready to start for the Rhine river.
They Beem to think it Is quite an honor
for the ones who get to go up. There
are most all of tho good divisions going
up. the 1st. 2nd. Hrd, 4th, Kth. 112nd,
80th and 00th. The paper didn't men
tion any artillery, but we think we are
going.
We are trying to be first ones home.
IVter Mclntyre never did get to go up
to the front. They were supposed to
relieve us, but they quit before they
got there. Chas. Owens,
146 F. A., Bat. C.
ARE DECREASING
With only three critical cases in(the
hands of" the physicians as a result of
the influenza epidemic in Athena, dur
ing the last ten days when pver 100 pa
tients required medical. aid, and with
a steady decrease in the! number of
cases, the health officials believe they
have bested the epidemic nere.W
Monday night the city cpunciPtook
measures to assist in preventing
spread of the disease, by having pla
cards printed for distribution among
the business houses, warning against
loitering, also cards to put up at res
idences where flu casea exist,
The Red Cross quickly made
rangements to give their aid in erne
gency cases, and have been serving
food to the sick from their headquar
ers on Main street, where members
have been alternating in doing the
work as required. Their argent as
sistance has been required at the home
of William Carsters, where the whole
family have been confined to their
beds with influenza. The Red Cross
is prepared to give assistance tb any
person or family requiring it, all that
is necessary to secure aid is to notify
headquarters. Professional nurses will
be secured for patients whenever pos
sible, though the epidemic in" other
places where nurses are already em
ployed,, makes it hard to secure them.
The worst conditions prevail at the
W. J. Carsten home, where the father
lies at the point of death, and other
members of the family are confined to
their beds. Neighbors and friends
have been doing their very best to care
for the sick ones, and endeavors ae
', being made to seenre a trained nurse.
Art Chapman is reported to be very
Hick at the home of his parents in the
north part of town.
Another serious case is-at the home
of Victor Burke, where his wife has
been very ill for several days. A
nurse from Walla Walla was fortun
ately secured, and indications this
morning are that the patient is slight
ly improving. Mr. Burke and the two
children have also been ill with, influ
enza. Mrs. Charles Kirk, who was
taken very ill Monday, is also improv
ing, but for a time was in a critical
condition. Dr. Keylor was called from
Walla Walla Tuesday and was in con
sultation with Dr. Sharp. A nurse
also came from Walla Walla to attend
Mrs. Kirk.
Mrs. Joseph Clemons is in a pre
carious) condition. After giving birth
to a child Wednesday, she was stricken
with influenza, which threatened to
terminate in pneumonia. Through the
Red Cross, a nurse was summoned
from Pendleton, who now is in charge
of the case.
great deal of uneasiness was felt by
his friends, he not having been heard
from for several months. His letters
in part explain the arduous work that
has kept him too busy to write. Dick
is in the 77th division, which is not
yet slated for return:
"Dear Mother and all: As I haveq't
heard from you for some time, will
write a few lines to let you know that
I am still here with a full equipment
of arms and legB, although have had
Boine sore feet. Have been hiking for
over 3 weeks. Picked up a new pair
of shoes on the road and threw my old
ones away, with the result that there
were many blisters. I learned a lesson
right there have learned several since
I have been over here. We are in a
little village now and have good billets
with bunks and a fire place. Took my
clothes off last night to sleep the first
time in over a months. Think I will
know how to appreciate a home when
I get back. Have slept in mud, shell
holes trenches and any place we could
find. I would like to send something
from France but can buy nothing at
this pace but nuts. "Dick."
Co. . 800th Inf.
BODY OF ELLIS FOUND
iiv NEAR TRACK AT AVER
The body of H. I. Ellis the man who
leaped through a window from his Pull
man berth on the Spokane-Pendleton
passenger train Monday night, was
found Tuesday near Ayer, Wash. The
body vs discovered by section men ,
where it lay beside the track. Tho
man was dead but meagre reports do
not show Whether he died from his fall
or from sufcequent exposure.
Facts concerning the affair as given
by railroad men indicate that Ellis
acted while insane. Ha broke both
glasses of a double Pullman window.
Blood stains on the glass and window
show he injured himself in so doing.
Had ha merely been aaleep it is de
clared he would have . awakened when
he broke the windows
A second letter, dated December 11. Ellis was an employe of the Bunker
just a month after the signing of the Iliil St Sullivan mine and it is believed
armistice, was received Monday from . he did considerable travel looking over;
Dick Winship, for whoso safety a, 1 mining properties.
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