The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, September 12, 1919, Image 4

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    " GETS JOBS FD1MXNY
Statistics Show Uncle Sam's
Record as Employment Agent.
School Supplies
The Only Complete Line
in Town
McFADDEN PHARMACY
The IfexcM Store
PHONE 331 It will pay you to watch our Windows
TURKISH MTIKjVN
Greeks "Parboiled" and Then
Sent Out Into Cold.
Charge if Frightful Atrocities by
Turkish Official Made fay
Doctor White.
Charges tbnt Turkish officials rlec
lnmierl the Greek population along
the BInck sen coaBt, 250,000 men, wom
en and children living between SInope
and Ordou, without the shedding of
blood hnt by "parboiling" the victims
in Turkish hatha and turning them
half-clad out to die of pneumonia or
other Ilia In the snow of an Anatolian
winter, are made In a letter from Dr.
George H. White, representative of the
American committee for relief In the
near Knsf.
SInope was the birthplace of the
philosopher Diogenes, Doctor White -e-calls,
and Ordou Is just beyond Cape
Jnsnn, which Is still preserved in mem
ory of the Argonauts and the Golden
Fleece.
The letter, written to Pvof. J. P.
Xenldes, secretary of the Greek relief
committee here, desriihed the new
method of ridding the land of its In
habitants' which, It is said, was some
what different from that employed by
tjie Turks against the Armenians.
The worst of the crimes laid to the
Turks, according to Doctor While, were
committed In the winters of 1010 and
1017, when orders were Issued for the
deportation of the Greeks along the
liiaci: se;. f..mst. T.'.e people, ne wrote, j
were crowded Into the steam rooms of j
the baths In Chorum under the pre- ;
tense of "snnitury regulations," and
after being tortured for hours were
turned out of doors Into snow almost
knee-deep, and without lodging or food.
Their garments, which had been
taken from them for fumigation, were
lost, ruined or stolen. Most of the
victims. Ill-Clad and shivering, con
tracted tuberculosis and other pul
monary diseases and "died In swnrms"
on the way to exile, the letter declared.
Doctor White said that In the prov
ince of Bafra, where there were more
than 20,000 village Greeks, now less
than 13,000 survive and every Greek
settlement has been burned. The num
ber of orphans, Including some Armen
ian nnd Turkish children, In the en
lire district, It was said, aggregated
(10,001). Since the armistice, the doc
tor wrote, many of the deportees have
been returning to their ruined homes.
During 18 Months' Period 10,000 Per
sons Were Placed Each
Work'ng Day.
Washington. The record of Uncle
Sam as employment agent Is given in
statistics made pTflijlc by (lie depart
ment of labor, which cover the period
from January, 1018, when the United
States employment service was organ
ized, to June 30, 1010, the end of the
government's fiscal year.
Ten thousand persons were placed in
Jobs of all kinds end) working day for
the IS months' period, according to the
report, without cosling them or their
employers n cent and at a cost to the
whole country of but $1.34 per place
ment. The saving In fees to the men
and women directed to employment by
Uncle Snm in co-operation with states
and municipalities, Is estimated at not
less than if 10.000 000.
From January 1, 1018, to June 30,
1010, 7,108,61)5 workers of nil kinds
were registered by the United States
employment service for employment.
Of the total, 0.440 204 were referred to
positions nnd 4,05.1,150 were reported
placed. A worker Is reported ns placed
only after the service has received as
surance, oral or written, from either
worker or employer of placement.
Placements were made of every kind
of worker; from common and domestic
laborers to high-salaried professional
and technlcnl workers. The recruiting
nnd placing of farm labor has been one
of the special features of the work of
the federal employment service during
(he last year and a half.
The common labor placements were
but 23 per cent of the total of slightly
under fi,00O.n()O persons placed. The
j other 77 per cent consisted of skilled
labor and other workers engaged In
! specific occupations.
The total figures of the work of the
j United States employment service di
vide. Into two grounps: The "war
period," from January, 1TH8. to tne end
of November, 1918; nnd the "readjust
ment period," from December, 1919, to
the end of last June. The first period
was primarily one of "man-finding;"
the second one of. "Job-finding."
D.irlng the war period 3,432,907 per
sons were registered for employment
and 8,444,093 referred to Jobs, the
great majority of them in war industry.
Returns from the workers and employ
ers show thnt 2,008,887 were placed.
During the readjustment period the
figures show that 3,432,907 persons
were registered for employment, 3,002,
201 referred to Jobs nnd 2,256,272 were
reported placed. Included In the reg
istrations were 513,004 soldiers nnd
sailors, of whom 314,137 were reported
placed, but the returns on soldiers'
placements are Incomplete.
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor
mation of Our Readers.
"Hitch in Side" Was
Nine Broken Ribs
St. Louis. Thomas Morgan,
54, walked Into the city dispen
sary and asked doctors to take
a look at his side. "I've got a
hitch there and it's making me
nervous," he told the doctors.
They found he had nine frac
tured ribs and internal hurts
and ordered him sent to the hos
pital. "A wagon ran over me in East
St. Louis," Morgan said, "but I
didn't pay any attention to a lit
tle thing like that. Today my
side got to hurting me consider
able and I thought I had a little
touch of rheumatism that needed
fixing up."
BS
There are 715" electrical undertak
ings in Japan, Including 025 power
plants, 42 electric railways, nnd 48
companies operating both power plants
and tramways. This Is an Increase of
40 companies over last year. The to
tal amount of Invested capital In these
enterprises Is about $388,000,000. In
cluding $103,000,000 for power plants,
$22,000,000 for railways, and $173,000,
000 for those rendering combined
service an Increase of about $S,000,
000 over lust year.
Volcano that limits Lava.
The following Is reported by an oh
server In Hawaii: Tremendous
changes are In progress at Kllnnen,
anil there Is no Indication whatsoever
of any cessation of the monumental
rising of the entire vnsi lava column.
Over the southwest brink a wide
sin mo of glistening lava Is sluggishly
Rowing In the direction of the Klllu
desert, not will) the spectacular cas
cading torrents of the southeastern
flows of Inst March, but with a steady,
Healthy gliding, which RUb's ground
slowly at lis base, but Which piles ii)
Into tremendous masses from Its
source forward.
Public Auction
at Athena, September 13
Ten o'Clock, a. m.
At the above place and time, there will be sold to the
highest bidder for cash, the following articles:
One ten-ton Howe Platform Scale
One Portable Grain Elevator
One Skip, hopper and track complete
About ten tons re-enforcing steel, various sizes to be
sold in quantities to suit the bidder.
Rope, cable, chain block and numero us other material
used in the construction of frame and concrete buildings.
F.
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Buy Now
Ladies, now is the time to buv that new Coat, Suit,
Skirt, Waist or Hat while our stock is complete and
we have your size. Why look elswhere when we can
save you money on every dollar spent with us. When
down town, stop in and be convinced.
LADIES PLUSH COATS $19.75 to 59.00
LADIES SHORT PLUSH COATS 38.00 to 40.50
LADIES CLOTH COATS 1.75 to 37.50
LADIES SERGE DRESSES 16.50 to 29 SO
LADIES JERSEY DRESSES 2.75 to 35.00
LADIES SILK DRESSES 10.50 to 2.75
LADIES WOOL SKIRTS 4.98 to 9.90
LADIES SILK SKIRTS 5.90 to 9.90
Ladies Silk Jersey Underskirts 5.90 to 9.90
Ladies Mesa line Underskirts 4.98 to 7.50
Ladies Flannel cotton top Underskirt 2.49 to 2.98
Ladies Georgette Wnists new shades 5 50 to 8.90
Ladies New Fall Hats all new shapes 2.98 to 6.90
DISCOVERED VAST DEAD CITY
I Quality ' Always " " " Service First' I
1
Photographs Taken by Airman Over
Mesopotamia Reveal Site of Once
Vast Metropolis.
Lieut. Col. J. A. Benzeley gives In
Geographical Journal (London) an in
teresting example of how photography
from an airship can extend our knowl
edge. When making nn aerial recon
naissance In Mesopotamia over terri
tory occupied by the Turks he took a
series of photographs near Samnrr
which show distinctly the ruins of nn
ancient city extending 20 miles along
the Tigris river nnd two miles and a
half wide, large enough to shelter
easily 4.000,000 Inhabitants.
This city would never hnve been
noticed on earth, since It is not marked
by anything but scattered hillocks, al
though pottery and medals had been
discovered on the site. But the photo
graphs show clearly Its whole plan,
with Its fortifications, canals for Ir
rigation, nnd streets.
The fall of the airplane within the
enemy lines and the capture of Its
passengers did not permit Colonel
Beazeley to pursue his researches, but
since the British occupied the terrltoty
an nrcheologlcal expedition, guided by
the photographs, has begun to explore
the dead city.
$100 Reward, $100
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there Is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure In all lta stages and
that la catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
Influenced by conatltuttonal conditions
rea .ires constitutional treatment. Hall's
Catarrh Medicine la taken Internally and
)Hs thru the Blood on the Mucous Bur-
ices of the System thereby destroying
e foundation 0t tne disease, giving mo
itlent strength by building up the con
itutton and assisting nature In doing Its
rk. The proprietors have so much
Ith in the curative powers of Halt's
tnrrh Medicine that they offer One
mitred" lXillara for any ease that tt falls
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Idresa F. J. CHENEY CO . Toledo,
-o. Sold by all Drussiat. Be.
Eugene will soon have a commercial
airplane of its own.
E. F. Slade, examiner In the state
banking department has resigned.
The peach crop of Clackamas coun
ty is the largest known for many
years.
A campaign will be made to enroll
BOO new members in the Salem Com
mercial club.
Fifteen hundred students are count
ed on to enroll at the University of
Oregon this fall.
A total of $2,082,000 was paid to resi
dents of Oregon last year by life in
surance companies.
Duerst brothers of Sheridan received
a check of $22,000 for their crop of
wheat and oats from a local miller.
A large vein of coal three feet in
thickness has been discovered In the
Warm Springs reservation country.
Frank Campbell, a prominent insur
ance man of Eugene, died in San
Francisco, following a minor opera
tion. Returned service men of Redmond,
have effected an organization and ap
plied for a charter in the American
Legion.
A rich ledge of gold assaying $10,000
a ton has been uncovered on Rose
creek in the southern part of Coos
county.
Because of a change in the schedule
of the presidential train, President
Wilson will not be able to make a
stop at Salem.
The United States government has
awarded a contract for 20,000 barrels
of Pacific coast soft wheat flour to
Pendleton roller mills.
Mrs. Mary Jane Heater, who came
to Oregon with the overland Immigra
tion of 1850, died at her home near
Springbrook, aged 90 years.
Ross Hickernell, the new instructor
on the cornet in the school of music
at the University of Oregon, arrived
in Eugene from Warren, O.
; Heppner lodge of Elks awarded
their contract to L. N. Traver of Port
land for the construction of the new
lodge building to cost $39,900.
Army goods at army prices will be
offered to the people of Portland at a
retail store to be opened by the Uni
ted States army September 25.
The second annual convention of
the International Association of Fire
Fighters convened in Portland Mon
day and continued until Saturday.
The monthly financial statement
just issued by the state industrial ac
cident commission shows a balance
in the accident fund of $1,114,014.59.
There was a total of 523 accidents
In Oregon during the week ending Sep
tember 4, according to a report Issued
by the industrial accident commission
The electric light plant at Florence
at the mouth of the Siuslaw river was
destroyed by fire and the town will
be in darkness for some time to come
General celebration and observance
of "constitution day" on Wednesday
September 17, throughout the state is
urged in a letter issued by Governor
Olcott.
Workers in the steel shipbuilding
plants of Portland will receive an in
crease of 8 cents an hour in all the
crafts and a 44-hour week will be
granted them.
Miss Belle Grover, dean of women
at McMinnville college, died in Seattle
last week. She had gone to Seattle
to take a special course at the Wash
ington university.
Permanent organization of an
sociation to hold annual fairs in Al
bany was effected at the meeting of
Linn representatives from various
parts of the county.
mos Nichols, resident of Linn
county for 45 years, died at the home
of his sou, James Nichols, near Plain
view, aged 93 years. He was a veter
an of the Civil war.
The flagship Birmingham, a veteran
cruiser of 21 months' service in for
eign waters, and a squadron of six
torpedo boat destroyers, paid a five
day visit to Portland.
Secretary of the Navy Josephus
Daniels arrived in Portland Tuesday
after spending Monday aftemoMi vis
iting the proposed naval basesite at
Tongue Point, near As oria.
Hood River Knights of Pythias
lodge has employed C. H. Schultz, for
merly a member of a San Francisco
orchestra, to instruct a band just or
ganised by the fraternal body.
Dr. B. R. Wallace of Albany has been'
appointed examiner for Linn county
for the bureau of war risk Insurance
and is examining Linn county dis
charged soldiers with disability rec
ords. As the result of a vote taken at s
session of the Portland fair price com
mittee, letters will be sent the Oregon
delegation iu Washington, D. C, urg
ing that steps be taken to rotnstato
wartime food regulations requiring
licensing of dealers and limiting pro
fits. j
School Supplies
Just to give you an idea of how we
are able to cater to your needs in
School Supplies,
we quote you a few prices below. Is it not plain that
you will save money and gain satisfaction if you'ftll
your school needs here?
6x9 pencil tablets 100-page 5c. 8-color Crayola 10c
8x10 " " 100.page5c. 16 color " 15c
5x8 ink tablets, 100 pages. 10c
8x10 ink tablets 50 pages 10c
8x10 Composition Book 36 pages, 5c
7x9 Composition book, 80 pages, 10c
7x9 Composition book, 150 pages, 15c
Good lead pencils, 2 for 5c
2-oz. Carter's Ink, 5c
10x11 1 ose leaf note book 65c
8 colors Prang's Paints, 35c .
The Economy Cash Grocery
Phone 561
and your Orders will be filled.
Quality Always Service First
HtlltlHIIIIIIIHOIIIIIIM
Whoopee!
The above exclamation allowes of sever
al interpretations give it the best. Our
friend Foss said he would like a
"Rest and Vacation"
we said, "give us your key and go to it."
Had he had sufficient faith, we believe he
might have done so, but didn't.
You Know
the Rest
As successors to Austin Foss in the
Hardware business, we hope to merit
your confidence and good will, and we
will do our best to maintain the service
he has rendered you so well these many
years. Come and try us.
Watts & Rogers
Hardware and Implements
'The First National Bank
f Athena
Capital and Surplus, $!(. 0,000
Safety Dosit Boxes
Flent
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