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VOLUME 48.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCII 25. 1927
NUMBER 12
Shanghai Is Taken
By Cantonese Army
Rioting Follows Fall of City
to Chinese Southern
Army.
Shanghai, China Chaos reigned in
Shanghai Sunday after the fall of the
city to the Cantonese.
Sitting on the .lid of the boiling
cauldron and guarding' the 37,000 in
habitants of the international settle
ment were 15,000 protective forces, in
cluding 1500 United States marines,
backed by the big guns of the large in
ternational fleet In the Whangpoo
river.
The situation, created by the pre
cipitate retreat of the northern troops
and the advance of the southerners,
was ope of the greatest gravity for the
foreign population and its defenders.
With a general strike effective' and
the streets filled with' truculent na
tives, the position of the international
settlement was fraught with danger.
Sniping and clashes between Brit
ish soldiers and Chinese troops pos
sibly retreating northerners resulted
in the death of two British Punjabi
soldiers and the wounding of ten other
soldiers and police. There were no
reports that Americans had been in
volved in the fighting.
The advance guard of the national
ists, consisting of plain clothes forces
who invaded the native city, were
fought by the retreating Shantungese
and white Russians and a reign of ter
ror began which continued throughout
the night. The northerners and the
plain clothes men fought fiercely and
many casualties were reported. Sev
eral great fires started dufing the
struggle.
RELEASE OF DR. COOK
FROM PRISON OPPOSED
Washington, D. C Dr. Frederick A.
Cook will be kept in the federal peni
tentiary at Leavenworth until a test
has been made of the right of a federal
judge to release a prisoner on proba
tion after a sentence has begun, the
department of justice said.
The former explorer and oil opera
tor, sentenced to 14 years for using
the mails to defraud, had been ordered
released, but the department announc
ed that it had received assurance from
Federal Judge Wilson at Fort Worth,
who issued the order for Cook's re
lease, that he would co-operate to test
his interpretation of probation law
through an appeal to the circuit court
of appeals.
District Attorney Zweifel at Fort
Worth has been instructed to apply
to Judge Wilson for an order sus
pending execution of the probation
decree.
REGENTS ELECT JORDAN
Washington Univers'ty Board Chooses
New President.
Seattle, Wash. A. H. B. Jordan of
Lowell was elected president of the
reappointed and reorganized board ot
regents of the University of Washing
ton here in the first meeting after
formal notification by Governor Hart
ley of their continuance in office.
Five of the regents twice were re
jected by the state senate when. Gov
ernor Hartley submitted their nomin
ations for approval. The governor re
named the same group, although for
different terms than they originally
were scheduled to fill.
J. D. Farrell of Seattle, only regent
appointed by the governor to receive
the senate's approval, was chosen vice
president of the board.
Governor Hartley Kills 19 Measures.
Olympia, Wash. Nineteen vetoes
and 44 approvals marked the first an
nouncement of a two-day grist cover
ing executive disposition of the 144
bills which the recent legislature left
in the hands of Governor Hartley.
Outstanding among the measures
which are vetoed are the Wilmer
school equalization bill with an ap
propriation of 1375,000 to establish a
fund to aid impoverished school dis
tricts an appropriation of $40,0u0 from
the reclamation revolving fund for the
Cplumbia basin project, an appropria
tion of $50,000 from the reclamation
revolving fund for a geological survey
of the state, and an act re-establishing
the jute mill at the state penitentiary
and making an appropriation therefor.
William P. Willaby Dies
of Heart Failure at His
Home Here, Wednesday
The death of William P. Willaby
occurred Wednesday morning, March
23rd, 1927, at near nine o'clock, at
his home on north Fifth street, ' of
heart - failure.
Death came' very suddenly, al
though Mr. Willaby had been in
poor health for more than a year.
He had arisen as usual, and after
sitting down to breakfast, complain
ed of a severe pain in the chest and
was persuaded by Mrs. Willaby to
lie down on his bed.'- L '
Dr. Cowan was immediately sum
moned, but found him too far gene
for any help. The doctor making r.
hurried trip to the drugstore for
medicine, Mr. Willaby passed away
before his return, with no one pres
ent but his wife.
- Vic Harris, who was working about
the premises, came in 'just as he was
breathing his last. Friends soon
came in to relieve the sorrow strict
en wife, and his daughters and other
relatives were notified by phpne,
Mr. and Mrs. Kershaw of Pendleton
soon arriving. Mrs. Ovie Castleman
and daughter and Miss Fredericka
Kershaw and Mrs. Barbara Willaby
arrived Wednesday night from On
tario, and Mr. and Mrs. Tony Bacon
from Vancouver yesterday.
William P. Willaby was born near
Halsey, Lina county, Oregon, July
7, 1858, and would have been 69
years old next July. He came with
his parents to Umatilla county when
about eleven years old, in the year
1869, and has lived all his life in the
vicinity of Athena, where his father
took up land, excepting some years,
in his later life, spent in Portland.
He is survived by his wife, Hester
Willaby and three daughters: Bertha
Castleman of Ontario; Stella Ker
shaw of Pendleton and Golda Marge
Bacon of Vancouver, Washington.
One sister, Mrs. Frank Knowlton, of
Spokane, also survives and several
nephews and nieces.
-' Funeral services - will . be - held at
the Christian church this afternoon
at 2 o'clock.
New Law Will Make
But Little Difference
In County Assessment
"The assessment of Umatilla coun
ty property for tax purposes is al
ready above the standard prevailing
in the state and I think the new
law now in force will have little
bearing as far as this county is con
cerned," said Assessor R. O. Hawks
in a statement to the East Oregon
ion. Mr. Hawks says that while at the
conference of assessors and tax of
ficials in Salem recently he was told
that the Umatilla assessment , is
above the standard. He therefore
has the impression that the work
here will not be changed very much
as a result of the new law. At the
present time out of an assessment
running up to a total of $55,000,000
only the sum of $320,000 is repre
sented by money, notes and accounts.
The assessor has the impression the
new law will make little change in
these figures. ,
One feature of the new law is
that confidential property and finan
cial reports are required of certain
taxpayers and these blanks have been
mailed out to business houses and
to corporations. Mr. Hawks says
these blanks are not sent to individ
ual taxpayers. He had a total of
1000 blanks and sent them out to
approximately 500 addresses, two
blanks being sent to each business
house.
O. D. O. Club
Mrs. Roy Cannon was a gracious
hostess March 16 when she welcomed
to her home members of the O. D. O.
club. The house presented a most
spring like appearance with spring
flowers and decorations emphasizing
the approach of St. Patrick's day.
The Roll call was answered with
Irish jokes. Delicious refreshments
were served by Mrs. Lewis Stewart.
The next "meeting will be at the
home of Mrs. Lawrance Mclntyre on
Wednesday March the 30th. -
Senator's Cousin Drowns
A cousin of Senator Frederick
Steiwer, Leland Steiwer, president
of the Steiwer and Carpenter bank
of Fossil, Oregon, was drowned in
the John Day river near Spray, Ore
gon Sunday night when an automo
bile in which he was riding with
Herbert Barnard plunged off the
highway into the river, swollen by
flood. -
Three Killed When
Car Goes Over Cliff
One Girl Escapes When Car
Plunges 175 Feet Over
Precipice.
A'PendJeton special" to the Port
land Journal says three persons, two
men and a girl were killed and an
other girl is suffering shock, cuts
and bruises, the result of an automo
bile wreck v early Sunday morning
five and one-half miles west of Pen
dleton on the Columbia River high
way. . "
The four, in a large touring car
belonging to the Blue Line Stage
company, left the highway at a blind
curve and crashed 175 feet down a
practically vertical slope to a former
railroad bed, where the car was de
molished. The dead are William L. Holt,- 26,
of Baker, Oregon, stage driver for
the Blue Line Stage company; Ben
Griggs, 21, of Pendleton and son of
Frank Griggs, Portland storekeeper,
and Barbara Watkins, 18, of Pendle
ton. They were killed instantly when
thrown clear of the' car their heads
striking jagged rocks on the steep
slope. -
The injured girl, Helen Whitted,
22, was miraculously thrown clear
and clung to the ledge and rocks and
her screams brought aid from a serv
ice station some distance away.
The quartet was returning' to Pen
dleton after a ride and took the jut
ting and blind corner at a high rate
of speed. The heavy car skidding
along a rock retaining wall fully 60
feet from the spot it left the road,
part of the ' running board being
scraped off. .
The heavy car struck a guard
fence, caromed off down the slope
and striking another ledge, turned
completely over, throwing the oc
cupants but."" " :" r
Striking on its top, the car went
15 feet or more further, landing bot
tom side up completely wrecked.
The emergency brake was set
when rescuers found the car Sunday
morning indicating that Holt had
made a futile endeavor to check the
speeding machine. .
Harris-McConnell .
Penn Harris of this city, and Miss
Mary McConnell of Walla Walla,
were united in marriage at Dayton,
Washington, last Tuesday, March 15.
The bride held a responsible position
with the Pacific Telephone & Tele
graph company at Walla Walla,
prior to her marriage, in the capa
city of telegraph operator. Mr. and
Mrs. Harris will reside in Athena,
and will be at home to their friends
about May 1.
A large number of local K. P.
members attended the convention of
that order in Pendleton, Monday
night and greatly enjoyed a banquet
at Grice's Cafe.
ABRAM GEORGE
Eleven-year-old Abram George, In
dian boy healer, who, it Is said, has
already ,- healed scores of people by
"laying on his hands." So great was
the press at one time during a meet
ing In Rochester, N. Y., that the boy
collapsed from exhaustion.
Special from La Grande
Legion Convention City
Action will be the key note of the
entertainment at the American Le
gion State Convention to be held in
La Grande on July 21, 22, 23 this
year. Oregon hag many more drum
corps in proportion to its Legion
posts than : any state in the Union
and they will all be in La Grande this
summer. Any and all of them are
high class and capable of naking
much music all the time, day and
night. ,
At the piesent writing there are
21 drum corps and bands promised
to be v in attendance 14 corps and
one band from Oregon, 2 bands and
2 corps from Idaho and one each
from Washington- All of these, with
their many brilliant uniforms and
stirring martial music will be the
udatioiof the 4argcst n'L best
convention, "The Battle of f27" ever
held in Oregon in the history of the
American Legion.
S.B; Calderhead Dies
At Walla Walla Home
Railroad Man Well Known
Here By Connection
W. & C. R.
S. B. Calderhead, well known to
old timers of Athena and vicinity,
where in early days he represented
the W. & C. R. railroad, the old
"Hunt Line," at the age of 7 year3,
died at his Lome in Walla Walla,
early Monday h.oining after eight
years' illness. He went to Walla
Walla in . 1898 as general freight
and passenger agent of the Wash
ington & Columbia River railroad,
and when that was taken over by
the Northern Pacific he remained in
the same position. In 1919 he suf
fered a stroke of paralysis.
He was born in New Athens, Ohio,
and when a small boy went to Kan
sas to live with his brother, W. A.
Calderhead, for many years repre
sentative in congress from that state.
His parents died when he was young.
He studied telegraphy and was with
the Union Pacific construction force
as telegrapher when the transcontin
ental line was built. In 1885 he
went to Butte, Montana, as general
freight and ticket agent of the Mon
tana Union railroad, used jointly by
the Union Pacific when that road
was taken over by the Northern Pa
cific. He leaves his widow, Lillian Cald
erhead, and a daughter, Adelaide
Yoemans; also a brother C. C- Cald
erhead, member of the board of pub
lic works; two sisters and a broth
er in Kansas and two brothers, S.
C. and R. W. Calderhead of Olympia.
He was a member of the Masons and
of the Episcopal church. ,
Dr. Martin Stiles
Word was received at Walla Wal
la Monday of the death of Dr. Mar
tin Stiles, pioneer physician of Wal
la Walla, at Spokane. For many
years Dr. Stiles served as county
and health officer. Previous to go
ing to Walla Walla, Dr. Stiles prac
ticed two years each at Weston, Ore
gon and Waitsburg, Washington He
is survived by his widow, an only
son having been drowned a few
years ago. Interment will bo in
Walla Walla.
Louis Proebstel Dead
Louis Proebstel, son of the late
Senator Proebstel, and brother of
Mrs. Lillian Fredericks of Weston,
died suddenly on a train near Sacra
mento, California, last Saturday. Mr.
Proebstel was raised at Weston. He
had made his home in Nevada for a
number of years.
Concrete Work Finished
J The "concrete work on the 'well at
the city pumping station was com
pleted Wednesday, reports Council
can J. W. Pinkerton, chairman of
the water committee, who had
charge of enlarging the well. Ad
ditional excavation has enlarged the
well to more than double its form
er capacity, and greater depth was
also attained. The size of the well
now inside retaining concrete walls
is 10x27 feet. New pipe, has been
put in the main for a half block at
the intersection of Third and Main
streets, and new steel pipe is being
laid to replace the wood pipe from
the corner of Main street east to
the Dudley farm. Next year improve
ment will be continued on toward
the reservoir site, gradually replac
ing the wood pipe line with steel
pipe.
Cut Gasoline Price
A cut of two cents in the retail
price of gasoline is now in operation
at all Eastern Oregon filling sta
tions, bringing the price at 22 cents
to the consumer.
Whirl of the March Wind
Fred W. McElrath of
Freewater Shoots His
Wife and Then Himself
A Long Beach, California, dis
patch, of March 18, says the refusal
of Mrs. Lola McElrath 42, to return
with her husband Fred W. McElrath,
44, to their former home in Free
water, Oregon, led to a dual shoot
ing there last Friday, which probab
ly will cost the lives of . both. Police
reported that McElrath shot his wife
and then fired a bullet into his own
head when she remained obdurate
to his pleas.
The shooting took place in the
home of a daughter where the couple
had met by appointment after Mrs.
McElrath had left her husband with
the declaration that she would not
return to Oregon. She advised Mc
Elrath to sell their house and furni
ture at Long Beach, and go back
alone.
After an hour's argument, both
left the daughter's apartment. Mrs.
McElrath preceded her husband
down the stairs. When the ground
floor landing had been almost reach
ed, according to the police, McElrath
drew a pistol and fired twice into
his wife's back. He then shot him
self in the mouth.
McElrath was kept under guard
at a hospital. His wife occupied an
adjoining ward. Attendants said
both probably would die.
Girl Cashier Starts
Six Years in Prison
After Pleading Guilty
When Miss Harriet Weatherson,
confessed Florence .bank embezzler
entered the Oregon state penitentiary
at Salem, Friday, the feminine pris
oner Donulation of the institution
was increased to nine, five federal
and four state women prisoners.
To all appearances as calm and
unconcerned as though she had been
an honored Euest instead of a pris
oner of the state, the former cashier
of . the Florence State. & bavings
bank, arrived at the. penitentiary to
begin serving the six-year sentence
imposed upon her at Eugene by
Judge Shipworth.
Miss Weatherson was accompanied
to Salem by Sheriff Frank Taylor of
Lane county and Mrs. Taylor. The
party was met at the train by Ward
en Lillie and was taken directly to
the prison.
In the turnkey's office at the pris
on Deputy Warden Golden too);
cherge of the prisoner. Turning to
Mrs. Lulu Phillips, prison matron,
Golden said:
"Miss Weatherson, this is Mrs.
Phillips, the matron of this institu
tion, who will have charge of you
from now on."
With this brief formality the pris
oner was then led to the women's
quarters on the wond flor of the
prison, accompanied ; Mrs. Taylor,
who went aloc at the request of
Miss Wf.-iierson, "in case there
might je some word I want to send
back."
While Miss Weatherson is uwlor
sentence to serve six years for em
bezzlement of funds of the bank f.he
will be eligible to parole at the ex
piration of two years, half of her
maximum sentence and another year
off for good behavior.
Two Carloads of Machinery
Two carloads of farm machinery,
implements, extra parts and repair
supplies were unloaded for the firm
of Rogers & Goodman at Athena
Friday. The big shipment came
from the International Harvester
company and included binders, mow
ers rakes, potato diggers and potato
planters, spring tooth harrows, discs,
harrows, cultivators, etc. This firm
carries one of the largest stocks of
international Harvester company
lines in the county including a full
assortment of extra parts and re-ptirs.
U. S. Raises Ban On
Arms Into Mexico
Action Viewed a Hard Blow
to Security of Calles
Regime.
Valley Base Ball League
The team: which now comprise
the Walla Walla Valley league arc
Lowden, Gardena, Whitman Station,
Umapine, Fruitvale and the Walla
Walla River. The league is trying
to get two more teams in for the
purpose of maintaining an eight
team circuit. The teams likely to
enter are the East Side nine, a team
from Freewater, and Adams.
Blue Mountain League
La Grande and Baker will not have
teams in the Blue Mountain baseball
league this season. The" towns repre
sented in the league will be Hcrmb
ton Umatilla Indian reservation, Pen
dleton and Walla Walla. I'luy ij
scheduled to btart April 10.
Washington, D. C. The American
government has decided to terminate
the anti-smuggling treaty with Mex
ico, which has been one of the princi
pal barriers to the revolutionists in
Mexico securing arms.
Formal notice to this affect has been
served on the Mexican government, it
was announced at the state depart
ment. Although this step on the part ot
the United States has no relation to
the existing embargo on arms and am
munition to Mexico, It will in all prob
ability open the door to considerable
smuggling of rifles and war materials
across the border.
The abrogation of the treaty was ac
companied by reports that this action
presages tho eventual lifting of the
embargo on arms, but state depart
ment officials declined to make any
comment on this phase of it.
The treaty provided for an exchange
of information on all smuggling activi
ties originating on either side ot the
border. On these American "tips"
Mexican border authorities have been
able to make numerous big hauls, and
to effectually stop almost all arms and
ammunition.
Thki exchange of information will
now cease, and it is probable that a
score of American agents along the
border, sent there after the treaty was
signed, wilt now be withdrawn.
Recent press dispatches from Mex
ico have emphasized the growth and
scope of revolutionary activities
against the Calles government, and the
abrogation of the treaty at this tims
Is distinctly a blow to the Caller
regime,
APPLE MEN ADOPT
KIPP MARKET PLAN
Soattle, Wash. A fund of $13,000 f
finance the newly organized Pacific
Northwest apple marketing organiza
tion will be raised by cities and com
munities Interested in the industry
tho chamber of commerce announce
here.
Seattle's share of the fund will b)
$5000. Wenatchee will be asked m
raise $1500; Spokane, Yakima la'l
Portland $1000 each, Boise, $50(1, t'je
state chamber of commerce 00 jnd
the smaller districts lesse" cmou .cs.
Organization dotails belnf work
ed out by executive mmitteoj repre
senting the gro't''s, Hhtpv jrs and
business and imii trial organizations
of the states of Oregon, Washington
and Idaho.
More than 250 persons from the
three statos attended the main con
ference here and endorsed a plan ot
co-ordination devised by R. H. KIpp,
Portland marketing expert.
The organization is expected to
start functioning in the various grow
ing districts as soon as working de
tails are completed.
GRAIN CO-OPERATIVE PROBED
How Marketing Merger Died and Why
to Be Sought.
Chicago Several agencies are pre
paring to hold inquests into the death
of the Grain Marketing company, the
fanners' co-operative marketing cor
poration which died aborning two
years ago.
The Investigating bodies include a
legislative committee from Spring
field, which expects to investigate
grain marketing in Chicago, and a spo
ciul committee of tho Chicago board
of trado numed to investigate one
angle of the situation involving tho
Armour drain company, one of three
concerns which merged to form the
farmers' co-operative.
The Armour Grain company recent
ly was held responsible by an arbitra
tor for Hi'; failure of the Grain Mar
keting company.
Radio Commission Asks Fans' Ideas.
WashlnKton, D. C In addition to
taking th oral testimony of all per
sons interested in radio broadcasting
at a scr'us of hearings beginning
March 29. Jhe federal radio commis
sion announced that It wanted sugges
tions by letter from those unable to
atttnl iu person. .