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Advertising The cAthena Press circulates in the homes of readers who reside in the heart of the Great Umatilla Wheat Belt, and they have money to spend Notice ! If this notice is marked RED, it sig nifies that your Subscription expires with this issue. We will greatly ap preciate your renewal $2.00 per year Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, ae Second-Class Mail Matter VOLUME XLHI. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 8, 1922. NUMBER 35 INJUNCTION ISSUED AGAINST SHOPMEN Drastic Step Is Taken By Attorney-General to Keep Cars Moving. Chicago By one ef the most drastic teps ever taken in a strike situation, the United States government obtained a temporary federal order restraining striking railroad shopmen, their offi cers and affiliated bodies throughout the country from Interfering in any way whatever with the operation of the nation's railroads. The restraining order, hearing on which was set foreptember tit was Is sued by Federal Judge Wilkerson, up on the petition of Attorney-General Daugherty, who came here from Wash ington to argue the action. The underlying principle Involved In the action, the attorney general said, In concluding his argument for the order, la "the survival and the supre macy of the government of the United States." Declaring that his request was not aimed at union labor, the attorney gen eral said that the step was necessary to the preservation of the unions themselves. At the same time he as serted that the government expected to use its authority to prevent the "labor union from destroying the open shop." a "When the unions claim the right to dictate to the government and to dom lnate the American people and deprive the American people of the necessities of life," he warned, "then the govern ment will destroy the unions, for tho government of the United States is su preme and must endure." W.C. T.U. Will Meet Wednesday The Umatilla county convention of the W. C. t. U. will be held in Athe na, next Wednesday, September 13. A large number of delegates arc ex pected to represent the Organisation from different parts of the county. An interesting program has been prepared, prominent members of the Union being assigned important parts. the program follows: 10:00 Devotional. 10:30 Address of welcome, Mrs. George Gerking. 10:36 Response, by County Presi dent 10:40 Enrollment of Delegates. 10:50 Minutes of 1921 Convention held at Athena. 11:00 Appointment of Committee's. (RegiSteration, Press, Resolution, Nominating.) 11:15 Reports of County Officers. 11:30 Reports from Unions of the County. 11:60 Childrens Farm Heme: Message from the Campaign Man ager. 12:00 Noon Tide Prayer. Luncheon 2:00 Devotional, Led by Helix Union. 2:20 Special music; Union Signal Stunt song, (Milton Union.) , , : 2:40 Round Table discussion led by Mrs. A. j. McAllister, Pendleton. 3:00 Reading, Mrs. Markley. 3:10 Temperance Testimony Meet ing, led by Mrs. J, M. Harrison, Reith. 3:30 Reports of Committees. 3:40 Election ef Officers, 3:55 Election of Delegates to the State Convention. 4 :00 Ad joudnment. Washington, D. C Inflamed and aroused by the most drastic restraint order ever Issued by a court In an in dustrial dispute, organized labor pro jected the menacing shadow of a gen Oral strike across the country In an swer to what Samue Compere bitterly and contemptuously described as "gov ernment by Injunction." From being merely a strike of 400, noo shoDmen. endangering the trans portation system of the country, the strike has now been magnified to tno point where It threatens to affect all organized labor and ongulf all in dustry, labor leaders privately de clared. The executive council of the Amerl can Federation of Labor, representing between 3.000.000 and 4,000,000 work ers, will meet in the national capital September 9 in what promises to be the most momentous gathering of labor leaders witnessed In years. While the council has not the power to call a general strike itself, it is the governing body of the federation and Its advice usually is taken by the rank and file of the federation. Weston Nurse Is Wanted; Forgery It developed yesterday that Mrs. Duncan had been successful in get ting the money on a forged check for $168 at The First National Bank of Walla Walla. The forgery was a clumsy one, and the name "John Bannister" was signed to the check, instead of J. M. Banister. The check was drawn on The Fanners Bank of Weston, as was also a genuine check for $198.90 which Mr. Banister had given the oman in payment for her services. The sheriff's office has been seeking information as to the whereabouts of Mrs. E. L. Duncan, a trained nurse who was employed for a time in the household of J. M. Banister at Wes ton. After being discharged by Mr. Banister Mrs. Duncan, is said to have cashed a worthless check for the sum of $24 at the Alexander store in Pen dleton. This instrument was signed with her own name, but she had pre viously tried and failed to persuade the American National bank to honor a check for $100 to which she had forged the name of J. M. Banister. Mrs. Duncan is said to have gone to Walla Walla from Pendleton a few days ago. She has the reputation of being a highly proficient nurse, and is said to have served eighteen months overseas. She is reported to be a drug addict. BLACKSMITH SLAIN, FRIEND HELD ON MURDER CHARGE ILL HEALTH FORGES MILTON A. MILLER TO E DAM AT THE TOLL GATE IS CHIEFS TO DISCUSS ZZ Z nrurni V III. lb be the first step m the development UI.nt.l1HL O I IlllXb of a fine summe summer resort at the sum mit of the Blue mountains, is said to be nearine completion, Tht dam is about 600 feet long, 11 feet high, 50 feet wide at the top and 125 feet wide at the bottom, and will impound the waters of a lake covering 50 or more acresVlt is being constructed by Manager Bellows and his sons, who are conducting the Toll Gate hotel, and the enterprise has the backing of prominent Walla Walla men. It is proposed to fill the lake after the flood season is over in the spring. The hotel and other build ings were moved to higher ground. Plans for the coming spring im provements embrace an open air dance pavilion, a new store building and an extension to the hotel. In the course of time, and with the com nletion of the proposed Weston-Elgin road, the Toll Gate resort is expect ed to develop into one of the most famous on the Pacific coast. RELIEF GRANTED GERMANY No Further Cash Payments In 1922 to Be Required. Paris. The reparations commission has relieved Germany of the necessity of making any further cash payments In reparations for the remainder of 1922, but defers its decision on the question of a moratorium until radical reforms in Germany's finances are carried out. These Include the bal ancing of her budget, reduction of Cermany's foreign obligations, pur rency reform and the issue of foreign and Internal loans. In rendering its decision, the repar ations commission takes into account the fact that "the German itsta has lost Its credit and the mark faas de preciated continually." SATURDAY AND SUNDAY The coming Saturday and Sunday night pictures will close Paramount Week at the Standard Theatre. For tomorrow night the offering is Geo. Melford's big production, "The Great Impersonation," and Sunday night Bebc Daniels will be presented in "The Sneed Girl." Both pictures are of high character as were those of last Saturday and Sunday nights Regular prices of admission will prevail. Big Steel Merger Is Held Illegal. Washington, D. C The federal trade commission issued a formal com plaint, charging that the proposed merger of the Mldvale, Republic and Inland Steel companies was in viola tion of the law in that It constituted an "unfair method of competition." FIRST GAME OCTOBER 14 With the first game of football scheduled for October 14, the Athena High School team will begin wort under Coach Basler at once. The game is with Pendleton high, and Taylor, the new coach wjll select his machine! from 40 players who re ported for practice this weekly The personal of the Athena team draain . i i, ...c' practically wio quuc u.a iiw. with the exception of Gelsscl and Mose Banister, who are out, Jack Thomas, 55 years old, a blacksmith employed at the Oregon Washington railroad gravel pit near Walker siding, on the Snake river, was shot late Monday afternoon on his ranch, near by and died before medical aid arrived, John Mackey, aged 38, his lifelong friend, is held at Walla Walla by the sheriff on a charge of murder based on the testi mony of 4 - Welles, vher sakU4o have been an eyewitness of a quarrel which ended in the shooting. Questioned by Prosecuting Attorney Benson and Sheriff Springer, Mackey denied the shooting, saying that he was asleep when Cries from Thomas told him the shot had been fired accidentally. IN AUTOMOBILE WRECK James Osborne, a Pendleton man was seriously Injured in an automo ble wreck near Lewiston, Sunday. The car driven by Mrs. Joe Coffman of Pendleton, skidded off the grade and turned over. Osborne was only one of seven passengers who sustained bad injuries. Milton A. Miller has decided to withdraw as the democratic nomi nee for state treasurer. Notification to that effect was sent by Mr. Miller to Dr. C. J. Smith, democratic state chairman. It now becomes the task of the democratic state committee to select someone to be the candidate in lieu of Mr. Miller. Several prominent and qualified mem bers of the party will be considered for the place when Chairman Smith assembles the committee at an early date. Mr. Miler said that his sole reason for withdrawing is the fact that in his present state of health he would not be able to make a .campaign or assume the burdens of the office if he should be elected. No democrat filed for the nomina tion for state treasurer in the pri maries, but the name of Mr, Miller was written In by enough admirers to gain for him the nomination un solicited. In the letter to Chairman Smith he said: "Please be assured that I greatly appreciate the confid ence reposed in me by my friends, as evidenced by their having written my name on the ballot at the primary election. "In the past I have been greatly honored by the democratic party and the citizens of Oregon, Mid it is with a feeling of extreme reluctance that I am obliged to forego making this campaign. If the conditions were otherwise I would have con sidered it an honor to mhke the race, and I trust that at some time in the future I may be in a position again to tAkfl un the fiorht." Accompanying the eenrmunlca to the head of the party was a fomal letter of withdrawal addressed to the secretary of state, with the equest that the state chairman have it for warded to the secretary. For several weeks past Mr, Miller's health has been imspaired and he is now devot ing him self to a complete rest. For eight years he was collector of inter nal revenue, receiving his appoint ment from President Wilson, LaFollette Rolls Up Big Majority Senator Robert M. LaFollette of Madison, Wis,, has assumed a trem endous lead over his opponent, W. A. Canfield of Waukena, for the republi can senatorial nomination with one fourth of the precincts in the state tabulated. In 845 precincts report ing out of 2523 in the state the sen ior senator had a lead of 60,809 votes. In those precincts which reported par tial returns from 61 out of 71 coun ties in Winconsin the vote stood: La Follette 89,552, Canfield 38,743. Senator L0V.lott9 staged his pleas for votes during C:e campaign on his record in the senate during the war, his opposition to Newberryism and the Esch-Cummins act. W. A. Canfield, president of Carroll college, in more than 300 speeches made throughout the campaign attacked LaFollette's war record and urged his defeat on the ground that he no longer was of any use to Wisconsin because he was out of harmony with the admin istration of President Harding as well as every other administration since he was sent to the senate in 1906. ATHENA SCHOOLS OPEN NEXT MONDAY MORNING FAVOR U, P, CONTROL Commercial bodies of Eastern Ore gon are passing resolutions favoring the control of the Central Pacific by the Union Pacific Railway company. Attorney Will Peterson, of Pendle ton, accompanied by his son was in the city, Sunday. BROTHER OF POET Fred Mason, aged 70, a dyer of Pendleton Woolen Mills, died Mon day morning from the effects of r.mmonia which he drank by mistake. He is survived by his widow anl a number of children, He was the bro ther of Walt Mason, well known poet and writer. GOOD PEACH CROP Landlord Froome of the St. Nich ols hotel has received delivery of a fine lot of peaches from his' Free water fruit ranch, high quality, Athena schools open Monday morn ing with a full corps of Instructors for the coming year. There promises to be an increase in the number of pupils enrolled over last year. With the retention of Supeiintend ent Hadley, the success of the tchool is assured, and the board of ( hectors have given him an able corps of as sistants. Athletics will be unler the direction of Professor Basler again this year which insures this depart ment being in capable hands. Three new teachers have been added to the faculty this year. Miss Kath ryn Morgan will teach English; J. W. Luttrett eighth grade; Blanch Sjcharmann fifth and sixth grades. he faculty is comprised as follows: uperintendent O. C. Hadley. h school Loren Basler, Mildred hristensen, Kathryn Morgan. Eighth grade J. W. Luttrett. Seventh grale Altha Chandler Fifth and sixth crades Blanch Scharmann. Third and fourth grades Francis Williams. Primary Eva' Gries. CHANGE IN WEATHER A radical change in the tempera ture of the weather took place early this week, when the hot wave ter minated with a stiff breeze from the west. Clouds obscured the sun but little rain fell in the valley, though heavy showers traversed the mount sins. Automobile Hits Front of Hotel A tourist's automobile glided up against the front of the St. Nichols hotel building in making the turn at corner of Main and Third streets, Monday. The car was driven by a young girl of apparently little experience in handling a motor. Her father riding in the seat with her called her at tention to the turn after the car had passed the center of the street in tersection. Instead of proceeding on down the street to the Second street intersection to turn around, the girl whipped the steering wheel around, and the car shot across the street and curb, landing headon against the front of the hotel. The automobile grazed the lamp post on the corner, and crashed its two front springs into the building. The momentum, though the speed was not fast and the mart put on the em ergency brake, was enough to force the ends of the springs through the side of the building, leaving two holes. This was the only damage to the building, though one of the springs crashed just below the frame holding of a big plate-glass window, which was not even cracked. The owner of the car was not arrested, anl paying for repairs to the buildin, departed. This particular corner, where the state highway turns south, leading to Pendleton, is considered one of the most dangerous in the county, and ag itation is being made for less speed and more prominent direction signs, that chances of accident may be lessened. TWO DRY OFFICERS KILLED BY INDIAN Bootlegger Escapes, Secures Rifle and Shoots Arrest ing Officers. PORTLAND BOOSTS FOR ITS OWN EXPOSITION Portland, Or. Glenn H. Price and Grover C. Todd, federal prohibition agents, were killed and Phillip War ren, Indian bootlegger, slightly wound ed In a pistol and rifle battle staged on the streets of New Grand Ronde, Or., about 1 o'clock Sunday morning. The two officials had attempted to arrest the Indian on a charge of vio lating the prohibition law, and In the course of the arrest struck the prison er with the butt of a pistol. This angered Warren to such an extent that he made a dash for freedom, went to his home, obtained a rifle and returned to the scene, where he open ed fire on the government agents. Warren was later arrested by John W. Orr, sheriff of Polk county, and placed under guard at the Dallas hos pital. He will be charged with first degree murder. "They didn't treat me right," th Indian explained to Sheriff Orr. "They beat me up and I got them for It." The two victims are both well known In Portland. Todd was an old time member of the Oregon national guard and served overseas as captain of Company 1, 162d Infantry, of Wood burn. Price also saw extensive War service. McCARTY ON HAND Twenty four beautiful racers, rep resenting the Eddie McCarty strings, and five bucking horses are at the The fruit is of Round-Up stables in anticipation of the coming Round-Up. Winter Wheat Is Under Average. Washington, D. C This year's win ter wheat is 4.1 points lower In quality than the ten year average, and 4.T per cent of the crop is below grade number t, according to reports and estimates announced ty the depart ment of. ayicBttaw, y LEGION RIFLE CLUB SHOOT The American Legion Rifle Club will hold a turkey shoot In the near future on its range at the Koepke place south of town. Geese and tur keys will be shot for and a big at tendance of shooters is anticipated. Further particulars of the shoot will be given in the Press. ATTEMPTED ASSAULT Garth Stahl of Adams, will have a nearine in the Justice court today on the charge of attempted assault and battery. W. A. Kanaley made the complaint and Stahl was arrested on a warrant out of Jodge Richards court, by officer Dickson. mi , J The New Teacher jj i n astt, reception owMiMtc m i ' ' . 1 1,, ii mi mi. i ii ii ii ii jTTi i i j ii i i i i i With an appeal to the people in every part of Oregon to concentrate on a campaign of statewide develop ment by filling the state with visit ors from all over the world- md by presenting to the world the scenic, farming and industrial attractions and opportunities, the 1925 exposition committee in Portland has launched its campaign in behalf of the meas ure to be voted on at the state elect ion November 6. The measure amends the state constitution so as to per mit Portland to tax itself to finance the fair. No tax is provided outside Portland. "We have a state full Of resources, opportunities, and scenic attractions," says Mayor Baker of Portland who heads the exposition committee. "Oregon now is the least advertised state In the Union and consequently is leveloping slowly. We must do like a store or a business concern does when business is slack adver tise, and the exposition is the best way to advertise. "To bring thousands of people to Oregon from all over the world will bring money to the Btate and will bring business people, farmers and investors. We have the advantages and we must show them in order to place them on the market and in order to develop our state to the ex tent that what we already have in the way of products can be utilized. The 1926 exposition is not a Portland venture although that city will stand the expense. It is an Oregon exposi tion and all Portland asks is thai the state sanction It. The state which is now talking about the need for ad vertising our attractions could ask for no better proposition." ANTHRACITE COAL STRIKE SETTLED Philadelphia, Pa. The anthracite coal strike which has kept the hard coal Industry of the country tied up for five months, ended here Sunday morning, when, after a three-hour con ference, representatives of the opera tors and officials of the United Mine Workers signed an agreement. In the settlement, the represents-. tives of the miners repeated virtually their victory In the bituminous fields when they forced an agreement on their terms. The agreement has the approval of President Harding and embodies the following provisions: Contracts In force March 31, 1922, to be extended to August 31, 1923. Production of coal to begin at once. Organization of operators and min ers to join in a recommendation to congress that legislation be forthwith enacted creating a separate anthracite coal commission with authority to In vestigate and report promptly on every phase of the industry. HAD PLEASANT TRIP Mr. and Mrs. Loren Basler re turned to Athena by way of South ern and Central Oregon. They en joyed the outing very much and had a very pleasant and interesting trip Mr. and Mrs. Basler attended summer school at University of Washington, where Mrs. Basler took an advanced course in music. They will resldo in the C. K. Smith cottage in the north part of town. A small nnmW ..f vnfaa Warn cast in the special election held Wed nesoay on issuing $20,000 municipal bonds. Nineteen ballots were cast, fourteen In favor of bonds and five against. WOMAN HELD FOR KILLING Prisoner Wanted to Explain Death of Wealthy Guardian. Oakland, Cal. Mrs. Clara E. Skarln Wlnborn, 28, wanted in Seattle in con nection with the death of Fordtnand Hochbrunn, 72, wealthy retired realty dealer, whose body was found In a vacant apartment December 21, 1921, was arrested here at the request of Seattle police. Mrs. Winborn's presence In Oakland was communicated to the police by acquaintances who had met her In Seattle and who saw her in a local electric concern's offices, where she was employed. Episcopal Session Opens In Portland. Portland, Or. At 10 o'clock Wed nesday morning at the municipal audi torium the formal opening session of the 47th triennial convention of the Protestant Episcopal church was held. With 100 bishops of this great denom ination, garbed In their colorful, flow ing robes, and assembled around their noted leader, the Right Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, presiding bishop, the assemblage Is a notable one in the history of Portland. SMOKER IS POSTPONED The American Legion smoker, scheduled for tomorrow evening has been postponed to a later date. This was found necessary for the reason that satisfactory principals for the main event are not available at this time. Oregon Irrigation Bonds $9,430,000. Salem, Or. Bonds authorized by the various Irrigation projects of the state aggregate, $9,430,000, while the bonds certified total $8,(15,000, accord ing to a report prepared by the state Irrigation securities commission. Widows of Veterans' Pensions Raised, Washington, D. C President Hard ing signed a bill increasing the pen sions of widows of Spanish-American war veterans from $12 to $20 a month, and the pensions of their dependent children from $2 to $4 a month.