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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 7 1 : .. v. .1, . ', Bntered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Claee Mail Matter Notice J If this notice is marked REP, it tig. nifies that "your Subscription expires with this issue. We will greatly ap preciate your renewal $2.00 pet yeaj VOLUME XLtll. ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY. OREGON,-FRIDAY. DECEMBER, 22 1922. - NUMBER 50 HARMONY DECLARED BIG OBJECT OF U.S. American Loan to Germany at Present Held "Idle" . Talk. Washington, D. C Adjustment of the reparations dispute between Lon don and Paris 1b the crux of the Euro pean tangle, in the American view point, as stated here on competent authority, talk of any American loan to Germany was described as "Idle" until such an adjustment had : been made. It also was made clear that the ques tion of allied war debts to the United States was not viewed in Washington as Involved in the Anglo-French dif ferences as to the amount Germany can pay. Beyond this official spokes men refused to go in outlining what the Washington gorernment had in tnind. There was no hint as to the purposes or progress of informal dis cussions with allied leaders, which have bSen indicated both here and abroad to be under way. With the field of operation thus nar rowed, hoffefer, it was evident in of ficial talk that administration hopes that American influence can aid in the European situation were quite gen erally believed to be based on possi bilities that may result in bringing British and French thought Into har mony as to Germany's present eco nomic Plight and capacity to pay , In this eonnectien it is known that in sorfte diplomatic quarters one im pression prevails that American par tlclpatloi in i&ne fom when the council of premiers resumes 1U ses sions in PaHs foiuay a U to be ax pected ii tV iV i rm i -. . 7H 0. S, 1'ITERVEIIES TO SAVE PATRIARCHATE Lausanne, America again inter vened In the Lausanne conference when Ambassador Washburn Child,' ad dressing the sub-Commission on minor ities, declared that the Vn'ted States vigorously disapproves of the proposed SJ """removal of the Greek patriarchate "The proposal to abolish or remove the patriarchate from Constantinople, said the ambassador, "is vigorously disapproved Vy large bodies of Ameri cans. We point out that the patri archate was Confirmed net by foreign ers, but by Turkey herself. Intoler able injustice will be done if it is abol ished. We have adequate evidence for this viewpoint in telegrams from large bodies of our population." Lord Curzori, in his note to Ismet . Pasha on the Mosul question, declared ' that aside from the fact Mosul received a mandate from the league of nations and therefore only the latter has a right to restore It, there are racial, political, historical and strategic rea sons why England cannot give back Mosul to the Turks. -."' TO ADVISE LOWER FARM TAX Commission Will Recommend to Leg islature a 20 per cent Cut Portland, Or. -Jn a direct attempt to relieve the burden of the farmers of Oregon, the state tax investigation committee decided to recommend to the legislature amendment of the tax laws so that farm lands and improve ments thereon be assessed not to ex ceed 80 per cent of that now borne; this reduction to be effective until there Is a revaluation of all the prop erty of the state. The recommendation is one of the most sweeping that the committee will submit in Its report to the legisla ture next mbotbt There is but one opinion in the committee on an income tax, and that Is the advisability of such a measure. There has been a difference of opinion as to whether there should be a flat rate or a progressive rate. The com mittee, by majority, favors the former. Missoula, Mont, Jarred By Quake. Missoula, Mont A slight earth quake was felt here at 9:55 Monday night. Residents were awakened, pic tures shaken from walls and dishes rattled. Supreme Court Justice Pitney Resigns. Washington, D. C Associate Jus tice Pitney of the npreme court has his resignation to President Mr. Pierce Finds Many Pie Hunters ; "I have 250 applications for jobs and there are only about five jobs with pay worth while that I have at my disposal, for most of the positions are under control of the state board of control,- of which I am only : a member," said Walter M. Pierce governor-elect, . "I have 25 applications for appoint ment on the highway commission," continued Mr. Pierce, "but I give you my solemn word that I do not know today who the highway commissioners will be. I have many applications for one of the appointments I have to give, but the man I have in mind for the place has not asked for it, nor does he even suspect I am thinking of him. 1 had more than a dozen earnesj. applications for private secretary, and the boy I selected had not asked for the place. : 1 "Four years ago I really wanted to be governor. Now I am not so keen about it There are some big prob lems to meet and I am going to try to solve them. My election was just luck. I was standing in the right place when the lightning hit me. . "Something must be done to save Oregon or the whole state will be on its back, like Astoria. I intend giv ing some of my ideas in my inaugural message. It contains a lot of dyna mite. ' Yes, I will talk of commissions, for inreading the messages of the late Governor Withycombe and Governor Olcott I see they talked of commis sions and so will , I follow their ex ample." '-. . , Discussing the highway situation, which played a prominent part in his speeches toward the end of the campaign, Mr. Pierce says that "the programme must continue; the gaps must be built and the pavement must be kept up. Yet where is the money for these things to come from? I don't like bonds. Where is the money we must have to meet the federal co operation? -Can the gasoline tax be raised? "111 tip this much from my mes sage I want the -mill state road tax retained and not diverted. I want the market road law continued, for the market roads are to be needed in the future more than ever." Mr. Pierce is a firm believer in a paid highway commission and says he will recommend salaried commission ers, to be appointed by the governor, in his message. The amount of the salary he will leave for the judgment of the legislature to designate, but he says that he believes the laborer is worthy of his hire, and he will see that the paid commissioners work. Re. ports from Seattle and other places that engineers are being sounded out in behalf of Mr. Pierce to see if they will consider being the state highway engineer for Oregon, the governor elect stamped as utterly without foundation insofar as he is concerned. Mr. Pierce does not want the com pensation act damaged, and so says, plainly, although he is aware that assaults are being planned on it. MISS COPPOCK BURIED The funeral of the late Miss Mattie Coppock was held Saturday at 1:30 in the Methodist church, with Rev. W. S. Payne of Weston "conducting th services and preaching the funeral sermon. Interment was made in the Keys cemetery, and owing to the snow-blocked roads, the funeral cort tege was conveyed entirely in sleighs, the hearse being a horse drawn sled. The cold was extreme, and only a few could make the trip to the cem etery. A large number attended the services in the church and the trib utes of flowers were - many and beautiful, attesting the Jove in which Miss Copnock was held by all who knew her. She will be missed in church and social circles, as well as in the home where she so faithfully ser ved all her active life. COUNTY FORGER PARDONED K. C Amann, sent up for five years for forging endorsements to Umatilla county road warrants, while acting as secretary to the county roadmaster, was pardoned last Saturday by acting governor Ritner. The pardon made by Ritner, did not have the endorse ment of either Prosecuting Attorney Keator, or the trial judge, Gilbert W. Phelps. It is reported from Salem that Amann, on whose behalf in fluences have been at work for his re lease, ever since he was convicted, was given a conditional pardon by Ritner, the understanding being that he is to pay back the $10,000 he stole from -the county, in installments. NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH A SPLENDID SCHOOL PLAY One of the best comedies ever given by local talent, was presented by Ath ena high school at the auditorium last night to an ; appreciative and greatly pleased audience. The char acters were well sustained and the acting did credit to the cast and the director, Miss Morgan. The leading parts were well acted, and the cast as a whole, balanced up very satisfactorily. In the .leading roles, Leon Eretzer, as Mr. Ralston; Velton Read, playing the part of Van Duesen; Brooks Anderson.as Bennet; James Hodgen, as Donnely; Byerl Hodgen, as the Bishop; Sadie Pam brun, in the role of . Gwendolyn Ral ston, and Ruth Hutt, as Mrs.. Ralston, were at their best and did better work than they ever did in any school play in the past. Walthia Haynie was fine in the role of Ethel Clark, and as flappers, Blanche Wilson and Leota Johnson in the parts of Mable and Sable Jack son, "brought down the house" time and again. Geneieve Rogers was splendid as the maid. The proceeds will be. used to defray the expense of publishing the Athena High School Annual. The gross re ceipts amounted to $103.00 and after expenses are paid, about $70.00. will accrue to the fund. "HUMAN HEARTS" PLAY FOR CHRISTMAS NIGHT "Human Hearts" with its powerful cast, including House Peters, George Hackathorne, Mary Philbin, Edith Hallor, Russel Simpson and Ramsey Wallace, is the big super-special picture, dedicated to the mothers of the world, by Universal, and the date selected for its screening at the Stan dard Theatre, is on Christmas night No more powerful picture could possibly have been selected for the holiday season, than "Human Hearts,", breathing as it does the spirit of heart interest born of "peace on earth, good will to man." Once seen this master picture of the Universal studios the picture that has received more columns of press notice than any other will live with you always. The prices of admission for this picture will be 10c, 35c and 50c, war tax included. For tomorrow night, Saturday, the Standard offers Paramount's recent release, "Beyond the Rocks," starring Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valen tino. Here is a big up-to-date picture with two of the world's greatest screen artists in the leading roles, purchased so that it will be shown at regular prices. There will be no show at the Standard Sunday night, so that all can afford to see "Beyond the Rocks" and "Human Hearts." PECULIAR CHILD DEATHS. Four young children have suddenly died in Yamhill county, from a peculiar ailment,, resembling influ enza, recently. Aside from a slight form of cold, the infants appeared well otherwise. The fourth death oc cured at Newberg, when Mrs. Herr ing found her babe dead beside her. State Help .FbrHf! Astoria Promised A score or more of representatives and about a dozen senators . of .'the next Oregon legislature assembled in Portland, Monday afternoon, in" con ference with Acting Governor Ritner, Governor-elect Pjerce and the" com mittee of 10 from Astoria, and in dicated .their willingness to do what is possible in the way of state aid for the rebuilding of a street through the stricken c.ity, reports the Journal. ' Those present were not pledged to a definite program of procedure,' but a committee of five was appointed to outline such a plan, after it .confers with Governor-elect Pierce, the state highway commission and' the Astoria relief committee. This report , is to be forwarded to Milton II. Klepper, who was chairman of the; meeting, and he may call a meeting of the legislators to further consider it This action followed a general dis cussion of the situation anil the' dec.-, laration from members of the Astoria delegation that if aid is not extended to the unfortunate city it will go bankrupt Governor-elect Pierce, who was greeted with hearty ap'r plause, declared that one of the sad dest things in the history of Oregon has happened to Astoria, and that he is . in full accord with the idea of state relief. ; :V INTEREST IS KEEN IN s BASKETBALL ACTIVITY HERE With the opening of the basketball season here, in which three practice games have been played during the past week, keen interest has been developed. .'- ' Coach Basler starts the season with what is perhaps the strongest lineup for basketball, the Athenii school has ever put up. In addition to four of last year's crack quintet, Shick is ' coming strong in Geissel's position, and there is good material in the second team to draw from in emergency,' . .. ;: - .' In the practice games played dur ing the past week the team has shown up well. It defeated Adams 29 to IT, and the Helix town team, 52 to 22. On a return game with Adams, Ath ena lost by the close score of 27 to 28. Adams got the hop-off this season by starting practice early in the seas in, while the other schools were at football. She has a good team and by all means should enter, the "con: ference for the scheduled' games be ginning the first of the new year. The games being played at present have no standing in the conference games. Coach Basler has a much better schedule, lined up for this year than he had last season. The schedule includes games with Walla Walla, Baker and Pendleton. It is expected that Athena will play Walla Walla a game next week. ON CHECK CHARGE Luther G. Stumbaugh, well known in Athena, is held in the county jail on a bad check charge. He has not yet had his preliminary hearing. H; P. MILLEN PNEUMONIA ' VICTIM BURIED WEDNESDAY H. P. Millen, sufferer from an attack of, pneumonia of only a' few days, died Monday morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Harden, on Jeffer son street. ' .- ':: . , . " Mr. : Millen contracted pneumonia early last . week, and Dr. McKinney of Weston was called to attend him and later a trained nurse was sec ured at Pendleton.' : Despite every thing that could " be done for "the patient he gradually grew worse until the end.' 4 '. ' ', , " .. y The funeral services were conducted at the home by Rev. Russell of the Christian chuf h," and at the grave by the Knights ci rj't;asvThe Christian church choir sang at the services, and beautiful . floral" offerings were made by the Knights of Pythias and friends1. v ; Howel Powel Millen was born in Ohio, September 26, 1847 and died in Athena, December 18, 1922 at the age of 75 years,' two months and 22 days. He had been a resident of Athena for 32. years; making his home continu ously with Mr. . and ..'Mrs. ; Harden, whom he had known for many years prior to coming to Athena.- . ; CHRISTMAS PROGRAM f. AT BAPTIST CHURCH A Christmas program will be held at' the Baptist church on Christmas night, "at which time Christmas ser vices will be held, n The program fol lows:; ,i,y - ,'.." .-...v.,.-;'-, ,, Opening , hymn V Congreagation. , Invocation. -. -' :;-'; . ', .' j'. Shorts address . and .appropriate Scripture by Pastor.-Johnson. ;; Dialogue , by little tots." . '"- -' Recitation, Racheal Smith. ,. t : Drill "by Mrs", Markeley's .class . Recitation,. Harold Atkins. v Dialogue, Anne and Mildred Cudney. f Vocal solo,-Mrs. Markeley. Distrubutioh of "goodies to the kiddies. . . ' , - . OTHER SURVIVORS' The Press was in error last week in making the statement to the effect that Mrs. Jacobs, now visiting friends in Walla Walla, was the remaing sur vivor of the Whitman massacre. -The error is1 corrected by announcement of Mrs.' R.E. Stewart j who names as other survivors Oscar Canf ield, - St Maries, Idaho ; Helen Saunders "Chur ch,.v Albany, Oregon ;. Mary.. S, sun ders CopeljC, Riverside; J1 California; Matilda Sager Dplaneyfc Eugene, Ore gon; Elizabeth Sager Helnv Port land,, Oregon Gertrude. Hall benny", Portland, s Oregon; y Nancy ; '. Osborn Jacobs,' . Portland, . Oregon ; Phebe Saunders McKay,-- Oakland, Calif ornia; Mina Kimball .Megler,., Ast oria, Oregon." ' TWO BRITISH MEDALS ' , The Tribune reports that Joe Dc spain of Pendleton, who served as a corporal . jn France, with i the, 47th Canadian infantry, who holds one . of the longest records in 'the" northwest of service at the front with 27 months to his credit, and who was wounded four,' times, "yesterday received, two medals from the British war depart ment '':'-'v-'Z'-' '''"''.i, a Locals ISfcfrL I J Mr. Ray Walters had A big bfow- Main street, between First and" rUJP Second avenues, was oiled yeBter-1 " mM ill f fjp - i Doctor Curerri was called to the home of Alex Smith to attend Alex Junior. nrr Several mysterious, .explosions, were heard last evening on the north side of town. - , " Cut Farm TaxV-: 20 per Cent, Plan As an aid in relieving the burden of the farmer, the state tax investiga tion committee at its closing session Monday at Portland, adopted a res olution urging that , farm lands and improvements thereon W'assessed at a rate not to exceed 80 per cent of that borne. . . The committee, which was appoint ed under a legislative act of. 1919 to investigate the state tax system and if possible find new sources of rev enue, completed its work at the meet ing Monday; All that remains is to submit its report with recommenda tions for transmission to the coming session of the legislature. - About the only new source of rev enue found was the tax -on personal incomes. I A bill will be drawn: up which" will provide that "all residents of Oregon shall pay a certain per cent upon their incomes above certain ex emptions. . The rate of the tax is to be, on the flat basis -instead of a graduated one.' The conclusion of the committee on this item was not un animous. ' Governor-elect Pierce a number of the committee, advocated a graduated scale. . " As a means of reducing the tax burden the committee will recommend a radical change - in the assessment laws, centralizing the assessing power in the state tax : commission. V The state tax commission is to be given authority - over county assessors in the " matter , of 'securing ; uniform assessments, and determining values. An ultimate development is to be the taking of. the .office of assessor from , the; ballot ' and. : making it an appointive one. based on merit. it is Vlso proposed in the. recom. mendatiqns of the' committee to have a 'surveyVind - classification of. lands made and a cruise of timber for n sessme'nt'' purposes;1;;;, : .-A, v. . Another recommendation M strict fi nancial supervision of the expenditure of. public funds. ; A statistical depart ment is to be created in the office of secretary of . state, which will have jurisdiction ,over Ml tax subdivisions of the v'state, including : school and road districts."'' The tax 'supervising and .conservation commission now" in voae' in .Multnomah ( County is to have its counterpart ii every, county of fthe , state. "..Counties "wiU be re quired to have a uniform system of accountancy and provision is to; be made to see that after a-county bud get is adopted -it is lived iip to.;;-' In the matter of taxing natural re sources the committee . will ' recorrtV vnaA that no severance tax he im posed on lumber, taking the view that I it would be a handicap on the lumber industry in competing markets. This recommendation of the committee was voted . against by Governor-elect Pierce, who is in favor of a severance' tax and will probably so recommend in his message to the legislature. , '0 y'lFIND .$50Q;IN;:GOLDVv ; Futher vinvwtigation-ty4-.Coroner' oner Chamberlain of the ruins of the home of Mrs. Magdalene Walsh, which was destroyed by fire Saturday night, atf ; Walla Walla, resulted" in," the v dis covery of $500 In gold in, a partly burned dress in a clothes closet. This accounts for $965 of the $2000 which was said to have been', kept by Mrs.' Walsh on her . premises. Mrs.iEd Brown of Seattle, daughter of . Mrs. Walsh, believes that there was no foul play connected, with tlie-burning Of the house, V vy- "-' . ,4 . , , . , i , U ; WILL DUMP, APPLES ' v fen thousand carloads of apples are to be dumped into the Columbia river by. the farmers of the Washington state,! while consumers in Eastern cities are now paying 1Q cents apiece for the' same fruit, according to a telegram from John. Quincy Adams, president of the Farmer's union of that state, which was read in the senate by Senator Smith.. W. Brook hart, member of he Progressive vRe- publican group, . ; SUIODE AT MILTON : . ,'illiam Prentice, a laborer and res ident of Milton for 30 years." commit ted suicide Wednesday by shooting himself in the head-(with a royolver, 111 health is given as the progable cause, -;' ' '? " i WOMEN ELIGIBLE : The aet of ., 1921 , making ; women eligible to-jury duty in this state is constitutional, according tq an opinion written by Justice McBride and hand ed down by the supreme court iodnjr. SGIEIITIST DEVELOPS I - mimi jDFVood Oregon Professor; Develops , a l Salvaging; Process For - Waste Material.; : ) s. - -, . Eugene, Of.-One of1 the most out.; standing, contributions to" science yet v. made by' a TJniver'sity( of Oregon man that admits5 of. practical use in' the ..' Pacific . northwest and elsewhere be-'v . came-' public- in;' the announcement -thatf O. F.-Stafford, head "of the uni versity chemiBtry depattment, has per-. ' fected a -process' for. utilizing waste ,' wood' to 'Obtain a" superior . grade of - charcoal and wood distillation products used In-a number of basic Industries. Because of the great, quantity of cheap waste wood material available in the northwest, It is believed that : the. lumber" industry and other enter- -prises" will he keenly ; interested- in . i Ptpfessor Staff oTrd's; success. ' Hereto- fore- it . has 'hot !T)'een ; commercially t : practicable to utilise mill waste In the carbonization and 'wood distillation ln-k"- '-dustries.'--?';'; J By the Staff ord process, a tine grade v . Of charcoal can be obtained as well' as the" usual by-products Of carbonlza 1 tion,:: aoetio aold, acetone and-k wood" alcohol basic In the' maoutacture of l; tuch articles as'dye;tialnt8( varnishes,. V pelluloid,' smokeless powder and artl-. flclal eftthen", A ' ' ' - ' : ' t EIIGLAIID CM1II0T PAY pESlBEHlER ytiottits&fjiBUt Bonar Law emphatically aituA tn the house ot conunon itoe toosftfrtty " of Great Britain' paying ittir: American debt while receiving Botiins from Germany, France of i'talyv? fie sdli he was con vinced sucn a joMcy oui deduce the 'standard 6f lW'mg a ih'il country" for generaibas-.'-' ; '' j:'-?J'".?: , .f - " , ;'3p'i!im8';)nnW't Wm' was . almost 'no nop 61 l a iojution b) the reparatibhs tfestion junless:. Great Britain uii France actedogethe He hoped hoth governments would utilfze4 the interval before the reassembling of (he premier's conference On January . i In' finding some- common method of dealing ith the problerait "-' ' ;Tbe British government, he declared, could not look with equanimity upon ar$ action by" an ally which would hate the effect, not of reducing repar ations but." of: making it more difficult,-. If not impossible, to obtain them. This was taken as a reference to the French - proposal tor occupation of the Ruhr. - - POLISH PRESIDENT 13 SLAIM . ' l -:v. : ' . ' - .. . I Artist Reflarded'as Craied Kills Chief, i, U i ;.s-'vExecutlv4;:-; ' ,' s Warsawv Gabr'iW' Narutowlcr.. first1 ' preRldetit;6f Poland, was assassinated' . 'while yisltlhg an arC exhibition. f ' ; He . was, killed by, an urtjaf naraedj -Niewadom9ki,wh fired thtee. shota-t1 v. Every shot took effect, j " L ; Wiewadomski, ; 'the 'assaislnv has : jong been regarded by his associates ',v as Tiiontally deraneed and his Act is '. looked upon' as .due , to the motivation - of his .disordered mind rather th&t as ; thes result' if; a' definite plot ag' tnst the life of the newly elected presfe lot , " .President Norutowlcs had Jtfiitpn-. eluded, an address formally opaQwS ! I the picture exhibition, i wheh Niewa- uomsKi steppea up to me piauorm in--the line of people . shaking the presl- . dent's' hand and fited three shots at' cloe range. . C ; f : ' '-'l ' " ' " " . .The .' president ?i dropped 4 fatally wounded while the crowd pounced up- on he artist assassin.' Dejiver Mint Guard hotln Robbery.' Denver, Colo.-Three bandits shot and probably fatally woundod Charles Linton, a federal reserve bank guard, i an' escaped yith ; about $200,000 In, 7 eunrency "of $51 denomination, which wak being loaded &to a federal re .' seifre truck in 'fr6nt- of the' Denver mint. The funds- were being trans- ; ferred from the mint "to the Idi;I ted-, " eral resetve bankl " - & :V:'';i : ':''!' --T Harding For Bonus, Veterans Assured-' ; .? Cincinnati, O; Asjsjrahce that Pres-l"- ident lfarding wouTd support a boou; for. ex-service' men, provided a feasible , means of "flnaoclng "the bonus can be foifnd, was given Colonel C. R. Forbes. director ot the Veterans' bureau at . ' VVshlngibh before a Joint conference of patlonal aud itAta executives' of the Veterans,pt Ferelrr Wars here-' KJ ' " 4 -4-l