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fOLUME XL.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JUNE 13, 1919.
NUMBER 24
SEMMHY'S NEW
ARMY LACKS SNAP
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Soldiers Slack in Discipline and
Show Familiarity Toward
Officers.
10 ARMY HAS DISAPPEARED
Alout 70,000 Men Commanded by Hln
denburg About All That Remain
of Great Host Revolution
'! Changes German Troops.
I- -Pit. Cnder flu1 new republic the
ii: ;4ius of the army und navy
itifiri' In name nt I on at The
If indie' ilium1 for them Is defense,
d ' hey are placed under charge of
N'oske, mftcli trusted by the
vi i n: n'H! for his prompt fiction in
ii u iietos, und ihuch iiated by Hie
s'fiirtjK'niis for bis relernless opposl
i ,in when disorders break out.
Noske's appointment as head of the
tjvy, as well us the army, was regard
il none too seriously, by 'Noske hlm-t.-lf.
at least. When asked by a pews
iiptr man what he expected to do
bout the naval affairs of Germany In
lie future, Noske laughed and replied:
Why worry about naval affairs, when
ve haven't any navy?"
There are still sailors In big nnin
ners In Germany, however, and they
Wave been a problem. During the revo
lution tile sailors played an Important
tart, and most of 'them developed such
Ii liking 1o land dnty In Berlin and the
other big cities that they have refused
10 leave for Kiel or any of the har
bors. Now the sailors are used in the
guard regiments all over Germany,
along with soldiers.
Big Army Disappears.
The German army Is In process of
reorganization. Immediately afier the
armistice the army almost disappeared
us an organized unit, and though there
were millions of men In uniform scat
tered nil over the land, none was re
sponsible to anyone, nm! 'officers were
not safe In uniform. In localities the
roldiers joined "tied guard" groups,
and some served and others misused
their privileges. Thus the army as It
was known In the old days practically
vanished, except for a few divisions
under Ilitulenburg. camped behind the
Rhine, and the troops along the Polish
border.
Now the only army of the field that
Germany hm Is In the east to guard
against the Poles. It Is commanded
by Uindeuburg and Is supposed to be
not more than 00,000 or 70,000 men,
If it numbers that many. However,
government troops are scattered over
the country in every big city and in
industrial centers to guard against
disorders. The big problem is keep
ing these troops faithful and satis
fied, when Spartacan propaganda and
money Is at large. Under Noske and
the minister of war. Colonel Itelnunrd,
the morale and discipline of ihe gov
ernment troops have Improved tremen
dously until a great part of the for
mer efficiency Is restored.
Germany's army Is In a transitory
state. What It will become depends
upon the peace terms, the Germans
recognize. Bat there has evidently
been u change in idea In the govern
ment. Early In the revolution Hhort
declared himself against u conscripted
army, and Noske and RelnluiKl were
appointed ?o organize volunteer forces,
serving for short periods, to defend
the jiew government. As n matter of
fact .the .troops u.ed for interior de
fc ar: nil volunteers, mostly yopng
' '"ug for three or six mouths
pay.
polfcy of the new republic vlll
.Inst conscription In theory, de
jg' President Ebert, but there is not
eh hope of putting the theory Into
.ect, for it Is pointed out that Ger
:any will not abolish conscription un
ess the neighboring nations do. Since
the Germans do not expect their neii'h
bors to depend on volunteers, plans
ore being worked out for n new con
scription army, serving shorter periods
and modeled more after the Swiss
than the old Prussian army. The
militia idea is popular, but is co.'isid
ered Idealistic.
The German army of Interior de
fense, which probably numbers arouud
a hundred thousand men, or possibly
a few thousand more, is an expensive
proposition. Volunteers have to be
paid well to keep them from being
won over by the Spartacans, who offer
more money. Food and rjftipment is
good. d
The new army has rathtr alack
discipline, and none the old Prus
sian anap Is aeen n officers ap
pear. Familiarity almost Inso
lence are seen or ry hand. The
German trooper hi .anged a lot 'mtih
the revolution, ar . .ppearanci are
at all lndlcatl jje government
forces In GermaiJoday are not to
be feared outside Germany.
ICE PLANT
ftjogsdon & Myrick, proprietors of
lie Athena Meat Market, have in
stalled an Armstrong ice machine, and
rlow have it in operation as a cooling
plant in their place of business on
Main street.
The machine in its present capacity
as a cooling system only, was installed
this week at a cost of over tl500. and
later when the pumping equipment is
added for the manufacture of ice, an
additional cost will be entailed. A
well is also being excavated from
which the water for manufacturing
ice will be forced through Congealing
imiks by a centrifugal pump, the whole
being driven bv an electric motor.
The system of cooling or making
ica. in either instance is an interest
ir e one. Bv piston end valve process,
an n on ' ia fcrred throned l ines t-
Cur.densifip lubes under High nre'-snn
First tliv ammonia is employed ir. m -fotrn.
and later i. is reduced to a liq
uid stele, returning from the contain
ers back to. the machine to be "gain
converted into gas, to be used over
and over with hut little depreciation.
Under pressure, the process of
changing from gas to liquid form is
the medium through which the tern
perature ia reduced to the freezing
point. When the machine is in op
eration, the lead pipes become erys-t-'Iiztd
and are covered with a heavy,
coat of frost.
With the installation of the ice mak
ing equipment, it will be pueaihle to
(bbuuCi ciure two ton.-, of ice every "A .
houis-. but the. output at the start will
be about 1000 pound per day.
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STORE TO C. L MTADDEN
5Jhe Athena Drug Company has sold
f its drue store in Athena to Curran L.
"Pete" McFadden, who before the war
was employed in the store as prescrip
tion clerk. Mr. McKaddeu takes pos
session of the store at once.
Entering the service with the rank
of Lieutenant, McFadden went at once
to Fr.nce, where he remained with the
army until discharged several months
ago, having gained the rank of Cap
tain. Since arriving home he has re
sided in Weston, having been married
previous to 'oing to war ti Miss Glad
ys Banister, of that cityx He is well
and most favorably knowriro the peo
ple of Athena and the surrounding
country, and his succeBS in the new
business venture is assured. Mr. and
Mrs. McFadden will be welcomed as
permanent residents of Athena.
Frank J. Harris, manager and part
ner in the Athena Drug Company re
tires from the business holding the
esteem of the business men and of the
people of Athena generally. He ia
recognized here as being a young man
of sterling qualities. Mr. and Mrs.
Harris came to Athena several months
ago from Spokane, and it once made a
host of friends, who will deeply regret
to learn of their contemplated depar
ture from among them.
148th On Way Home.
Athena bovs of the 148th Field Ar
tillery are now on their way home from
Germany, where they have been serv
ing in the Army of Occupation since
the signing -.f the armistice. Corpor
al Edward Sebasky, Samuel Starr,
Harry Keller and Ser, George Winship
are Athena boys serving in the 148th.
Sergeant Winship is not with his bat
tery mates, but recently was at Brest,
one of the points of embarkation, and
as he was recovering from his illness,
is probably on his way home, also.
Death of Mrs. Lewis.
Mrs. R, E.- Lewis, a well known
woman of Adams, died at he home in
that city Sunday, after a long illness.
Mrs. Lewis was 37 years of age. She
leaves to mourn her loss, her husband
and four children: Lawrence, Cer
trude, yeldon and Hattie. One Bis
ter, Mrs. Frank Morrisette, and a half
sister, Mrs. Joe Lavadour, also sur
vive iier. Interment was made in tho
Athena cemetery.
.Moving Farm Building's.
D. B. Banister, who has leased the
Mc rthur place, is moving his farm
buildings from the Johns place west of
town, where hp has resided for many
years. Mr. Banister's lease on the
Johns farm expires this fall and Mel
ville Johns will run the place here
after, moving his family tojthe farm.
Mr. Johns has purchase') a tractor in
preparation for his farming activities.
Installing New Scales
A new set of Howe scales is baing
installed this week iy the Tum-a'-Lum
Lumber Company at its yards on w.st
Main street. Concrete forms are being'
put in and when completed the struc
ture will be modern in every partic
ular. .
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jjj Conflicting Thoughts yj
JUDGES CONFUSING 2,000 MURDERED
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Ben W. Olcott can reaign as secre
tary of state arid continue to hold the
office of governor of Oregon. The
length of time for which he would con
tinue in that office, however, is still
undecided. This is the apparent log
ical conclusion drawn from masses of
legal opinions handed down by. the su
preme court in the QlcottrHpff man
damus. .
Three of the justices, McBrlds. Har
ris and Benson, say unqualifiedly that
Olcott can resign as secretary of state
and continue to hold ofjice as govern:)!'.
Three McBride, Bean . and Johna--say
unqualifiedly that he can hold that
office for the remainder ofVthe unex
pired t'rm of Governor Witltycombe.
As there are seven members of the
courts however, it requires four to
form a majority or deciding opinion
and this is lacking.
Both Justices Bennett and Burnett,
in separate opinions, hold that the
question as to the length of Olcott's
I erm as governor or whether he. can
resign as secretary of state is not
properly before the court and therefore
decline to express an opinion on that
question.
In the light, of these results, there
fore, it will be necessary to bring the
question of Olcott's tenure of office as
governor before the supreme court in
another and more direct form in order
to determine definitely this phase of
the question.
BY R0LSHEV1KI
U. S. Red Cross Agents Tell of
Reds' Atrocities In
Siberia.
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
The first annual rose show wa8 held
m Springfield last week.
Conrad P. Olson of Portland, was
named code commissioner by Chief
Justice McBride.
The most successful wool . sale In
years was held at Condon last week.
About 750,000 pounds of wool was,
sold.
Grace E. Garret has been appointed
postmistress at Helix and Mrs. Betty
Miller at Holdman, both in Umatilla
county.
The 14th annual meeting of the Ore
gon Bankers' association will be held
In Portland on Friday and Saturday of
this week.
Brigadier General Brlce P. Disque,
former commander of the spruce divi
sion, has been decorated with the
distinguished service medal.
Governor Olcott appointed Dr. John
Besson of Portland and Dr. R. C. Mc
Daniel. of Portland, as members of the
state board of medical examiners.
More than 50 osteopaths from all
parts of the state gathered at Portland
last week for the annual session of
the Oregon Osteopathic association.
At a meeting of several hundred
former service men of Lane county in
Eugene, Lane county post of the Amer
ican Legion was formally organized.
An increase from $1 to S2 an acre
foot Is sought by the Central Oregon
Irrigation company in an application
filed with the public service commis
sion. Nearly $500,000 worth of liquor has
been confiscated and destroyed by the
war emergency squad of the Portland
police department since February 1,
1918.
Harry Moore, 16 years old, of Eugene,
won first prize on his bread at a cook
ing contest held In connection with an
achievement meeting of the Dunn
school club of Eugene.
Petitions presented by the Oregon
Single Tax league for a constitutional
amendment to be voted on at the ,1920
election were approved by Sam A.
Kozer, deputy secretary of state.
C. M. Knight, representing tfie fed
eral bureau of cereal diseases, has ar
rived at the Oregon Agricultural col
lege from Nevada to investigate the
cereal diseases In Oregon, Idaho and
Washington.
Portland was chosen for the 1920
meeting of the Washington, Oregon
and British Columbia Council of the
United Travelers' association, which
completed Its 1919 session at Van- f
couver, B. C.
Iteps have been taken by the Bend
city council to incorporate in its bud
get for the coming year an appropria
tion for the establishment of a
'Carnegie library in Bend with city
and county aid.
Announcement by'the Sunrise Milk
Products company of North Bend of
an increase in the price of butterfat to
85 cent a pound, marks tho highest
price ever paid for batterfa; In the
Coos Bay country.
With. 122 accidents reported to the
state Industrial accident commit
for May, this month takes rank as ti
second highest in the history o'ffMw
department, August, 1918, being first 1
with a total of 2494 accidents reported) I
An equitable rate adjustment, based 1
on transportation costs, la demanded
on behalf of Portland and Columbia
river basin shippers, In a complaint
forwarded by the Oregon public service
commission to the Interstate commeroe
commission,
k. Ft! Wade, justice of the peace,
a demftprat, beconjes county judge and
CUPID BUSY DURING WAR
SIX Thousand French Women Were
Wooed and Won by Yanka In
One Year. ;
Paris, France. That Cupid was
nonrlv no hilav flfl Mnrs with thp mem
bers of the American expeditionary
force and that romance bloomed lis
France In spite of war's alarms Is
shown by the fact that more than 0.00(1
French women have been wooed and
won by American soldiers within one1
I'pnr Thp mnlnrltv nf the French
Henry G.-Kerrf, banker, foundryrnairft'-girrs who have become Americans
and mayor of North Bend, county com- through marrying American officers
WESLEY N. MATLOCK, PEN
DLETON. DIES; APPENDICITIS
missioner, as a result of an overwhelm
ing landslide In the recall election in
CooS county.
A series of dairy meetings will be
held in Coos county June 12, 13 and 14.
Dairymen from all parts of the state
will gather to discuss dairy products
and cooperative methods of marketing
with a view to benefiting the producer
and consumer.
Members of the Loyal Legion of
Loggers and Lumbermen of the north
west district, which includes' Oregon,
Washington and Idaho, have designat
ed Eugene as the place for the organ
ization's official Fourth of July cele
bration this year.
The first forest f!re of the season In
the north end of Jackson county oc
curred on the railway leading out from
.he Rogue River Lumber & Box com
pany's mills, six miles north of Gold
Hill. Mill and timber crews and
ranchers prevented a heavy loss.
The raHrpad between Medford and
Jacksonville, which has been operated
for several years ty the Southern Ore
. on Traction company, and which was
sold at public sale ordered byffhe cir
cuit court, May 30, has been leased for
a year by J. T. Gagnuu, the Medford
lumber mill operator and box manu
facturer, pending confirmation of th
sale by the court.
; iju st has been sent to the state
cimmlcslon by farmers living
::? the banks .of the Lueklan.-ne
ar In the southwestern part of Pol
itiiy, asking permission to klil a
cumber of beaverB which are seilously
damaging lands along that stream.
A public' building adequate to hoi.so
(be postoffico, customs service an I
other branches of the government lo
cated at Astoria, would require 3400
feet of floor si ace and would cost
$3ii0,000, according to an estimate
ceived by Representative liawlcy from-
the treasury department.
Mrs. C. E. Andrews, of La Grande,
mother of Bert Andrews, who was the
first Oregon member of the Rainbow
division to meet his death In France,
has been named honorary president
of the Oregon chapter of the Rain
bow division veterans, an organiza
tion which embraces 27 states.
The Klamath Indiana of Oregon wijl
be permitted to sue In the court of
claims to recover approximately 100,
000 acreB of land which, they say, was
omitted In fixing the boundaries of the
Klamath reservation, by the terras of
a bill Introduced in the house by Rep
resentative Sinnott.
It's never too cold to plan the home
garden, although It will soon get too
hot to work In it.
and men are stenographers, salesgirls,
teachers and a sprinkling of peusnnt
girls and those off the middle class or
bourgeoisie. The romances are In most
enses very similar.
Scrambled Horses.
Faribault. Minn. When a runnwny
team crashed Into a two-wheeled cart
driven by Martin Ilahn, twelve, the
lad landed on top of his father's buggy
jut ahead. His horse smashed dad's
buggy, one runaway smashed the enn
and the runuway buggy run over the
Watts Heads Pioneers,
M. L. Watts of Athena was elected
to the honor of heading the Pioneers'
Association of Umatilla County, be
ing named president for the coming
year. 'Nhe election was held Saturday
afterfioVi at Weston, at the close of
the program. R. Alexander of Pen
dleton was elected vice president; S.
A. Barnes, Weston, eecretary; and
J. H. Price. Weston, treasurer. The
Sons and Daughters of Pioneers elect
ed as follows: Amy Cargill, Free
water, president; Mrs. W. 0. Read,
Athena, vice president; Mrs. W. S.
Price, Weston, secretary, and Miss
Marjorie Bulfinch, Weston, treasurer.
N Attends Stnrlr Shnw
James Sturgis was in town Tuesday
evening. He will attend the Union
County Stock Show. He is particular
ly partial to Shorthorn cattle, and at
his ranch at Barnhart, west of Pen
dleton, has one of the finest herds of
purebred Shorthorns in the state. It
was from this herd that tho Pendleton
Meat Company selected some of the
finest bulls that comprised its sales of
one hundred head to stockmen of Uma
tilla county during the past few
months. Mr. Sturgis honefl to make
the showing of fine stock an annual
event in Umatilla county.
Laying the Hot Stuff.
The Warren Construction Co. road
Crews at work surfacing the macadam
highway between this city and Adams
are making progress with the work.
At first it was difficult to secure a futf'
force of men. but novi the crews are
working with a full quota. No fur
ther difficulty is anticipated in this re
spect, except that during the harvest
period there may he a tempotary scarc
ity of labor for road work.
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Lloyd Ritchie 111.
It is reported in Athena that Lloyd
Ritchie has been taken to Hot Lake,
Union County, from his home at Forest
Grove, and that he is in a very bad
state of health. Lloyd, who was em
ployed in the Parker barber shop, was
afflicted with the i lfluenza while work
ing there, and for cc to leave for his
home on account of impaired health.
He was accompanied to Hot Lake by
his father, James Ritchie,
Wesley N. Matlock, well known
Pendleton man, and nephew of A. L.
Swaggart of Athena, died Monday, at
1 o'clock, after suffering for several
days following an operation for appen
dicitis. The funeral was held yester
day from the Pendleton Episcopal
church with Rev Lockwood officiating.
Mr. Matlock was 4R years of age,
being a native son of Umatilla county.
He is survived by his wife, two mar
ried daughters; his mother, Mr. W.
F. Matlock, and a sister,' Mrs. Fred
Laatz, of Pendleton, besides numerous
other relatives
Mr. Matlock was prominent in bus
iness jircles, and as a sportsman. In
1H9M, in company with his wife, ho
went to Alaska, where in Juneau and
Nome he was interested in mining and
otner business. Although it was
known his condition was serious, his
death came as a shock to his friends
in thie county.
Athena Won From Helix.
"Our George" Banister put it over
on Big Hliaiig Thome in Sunday's
game and Athena won from Helix,
score 8 to S. Athena scored in the
opening inning and the came stood at
that until Helix annexed one in the
fourth. The game as a whole was
interesting throughout. Athena put
up a good game at the Weston picnic
last Friday, and "Rusty" Shiek, who
had been imported from Walla Walla
to pitch for Weston, had the time of
his life in hanging the mule shoe on
the locaj lads. The gamy was red hot,
ending witli a 6 to i score in favor of
Weston. Isaac Davidson pitched for
Athena.
Not to Be Dismantled.
Governor Olcott received a telegram
from Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt, which sets at rest the re
ports to the effect that the battleship
Oregon is being dismantled. Mr.
Roosevelt's telegram is as follows:
"Battleship Oregon being placed out
of commission at Bremerton navy vard
on account of shortage of persorlnel.
No dismantling other than routing
landing of Btotes consequent to placing
ship out of commission taking place.
Nothing being done which will pre
vent being turned over to state of Or
egon if later decided upon."
Circuit Court Cases.
Circuit court cases which are due
for trial the rest of the month includo
the following: Friday, June 1H Mich
ael Ryan vs. Sims Dickenson, boun
dary dispute; Monday, June Hi Char
res Scott vs. O. II . Reeder; Thursday,
June 10 Slstine Craig vs. Anthony
Joe Craig; Friday, June 20 Charles
Hein vs, F. M. Lickwood; Monday,
June 23 Fred G. Dupuis vs. Leotu
Dupuis; Wcdnosday, June ilS B. F.
Palmer vs. Anna J. Palmer. Saturday
of this week is given over to hearing
applications fur final citizenship pa
pers. A June Frost.
A killing frost Wednesday night
nipped growing vegetables in Athena
gardens. Rev. Clevenger reports that
bis potato vines were badly injured by
frost, also hit squashes. It appears
the frost did damage in exposed places
as where there was protection from
trees and buildings, no damage ia reported.
3IG OWN PITS; BURIED ALIVE
Murders Were Without Provocation
, and the Victims Were Largely of
Thrifty or Intelligent Classes
or Servants of Church.
Omsk. indisputable evidence of the
massacre by the bolshevlkl of more
than 2,000 civilians In and near the
town of Osa baa been obtained by
Messrs. Slnimonds and Emerson and
Dr. Rudolph Teusler of the American
Red Cross, who have . just returned
I'rom Perm, Osa and other re-occupied
Russian territory. Approximately 000
persons were killed at Osa and 1,500
lu the surrounding districts.
osa, which had a population of 10,
000, was so denuded of males by the
bolshevlkl that General Casagrande,
upon the occupation of the town, was
obliged to telegraph to Ekaterinburg
for men to administer civic affairs.
Dogs Dig Up Bodies.
In addition to securing verbal and
documentary evidence the American
Red Cross officials witnessed the ex
huming of scores of victims from
trenches, where they were burled
sometimes several deep In gravea re
vealed by the digging of dogs.
The ujurders were without provoca
tion, and the victims were largely of
the thrifty and intelligent classes or
servuuts of the church, which latter
It was the announced Intention of the
bolshevlkl to exterminate.
The evidence discloses almost un
thinkable atrocities. A blacksmith, by
economies, had attained a shop. He
was required to pay 0,000 rubles; be
cause he could not, he was shot A
man was shot beause he lived In a
brick house. All attorneys and jurist)
were killed, and doctors, whose serv
ices were not required for the moment,
were disposed of In a islrailur manner.
A woman whose husband and two
sons had , been seized applied to, the
commissar for Information as to their i
fate. She was told they had been
taken to Perm. After repealing her
visit several times she was Informed
that If she bothered the commissar
; again she would be shot, as they hud
been.
The body of a woman was exhumed
and Identified In the presence of the
Americans as the Wife f a general
through jewels sewed in the lining of
her clothing, of which relatives were
aware. Another woman wus compelled
to fetch a lump and gaze upon her
murdered sons for the amusement of
the slayers.
A wife required to pay 1,000 rubles
for the release of her husband bor
rowed 800 and paid It over; later she
returned with the remainder, and then
was Informed thnt her husband had
been shot. There were scores of simi
lar cases. All were killed without any
form of trial.
'"''fSfc Victims Dig Own Gravea.
The soviet called n meeting ami pre
pnred lists of those to die. The houses
proscribed were visited by squads, the
doors were smashed In, and the vic
tims drugged to the edge, of the town
and forced to dig their oiu graves.
Those who resisted were
streets.
A survivor testified that 1
men thrown Into a pit
alive. This testimony lias been cojft
firmed by bodies exhumed, the clenched
linnds of which were cljnglng to the
mud at the bottom of the pit.
The only spark of humanity dlseov
able was that In confiscating; the be
longings of the residents. In some In'
stances where there was a family of
small children, the family was permit
ted to retain one cow out of several.
Occasionally a peasant was allowed to
keep his worst horse.
The bolshevik attitude toward tho
church was uncompromising. Priests
were hunted unmercifully. The evi
dence showed that men were slain
whose only offense was that they
worked as sextons or caretakers of,
churches.
M i Ik Can Causes Death.
Lnwtnn, Okln. W. S. Mantooth.
twenty-two, n well-known young far
mer near here, was Instantly killed
when a milk can severnl boys were
using as a boiler exploded. Some
boys were using the milk can a
the boiler of an Improvised engine,
and Mr. Mantooth stopped to warn
them thnt they had too much ateam
up. Just then the boiler let go. Tho
Mg can, weighing thirty pounds, tit
him between the eyes.
shot Ui the
he had Mho
mid burin
One way to get by the spring fever
season Is to pretend to have this new
fangled "sleeping sickness." It's a
timely thing.
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