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VOLUME 48.
ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 15, 1927
NUMBER 15
Russia to Close Her
Embassy At Pekin
Note to Northern Chinese
Protests Raid on Soviet
Buildings.
Moscow - Soviet Russia, demand
tag redress from the Pekin govern
ment for the raid conducted last week
on buildings attached to the soviet
embassy In that city, has served no
tice on the northern government that
as a sign of protest it will recall its
charge d'affaires in Pekin and its en
tire embassy staff.
The soviet, government, while pos
sessing sufficient technical means, for
employing repressive measures, the
note says, nevertheless definitely re
jects the idea of a punitive action.
The note demands that the Chinese
police must immediately evacuate the
buildings raided; that all the arrested
employes of the embassy's economic
institutions be immediately released;
that all documents taken from the
buildings must be returned and that
all possessions, money, books and per
sonal property must be given gack to
their owners.
The soviet note was In the nature
of a reply to one from the Pekin for
eign office, transmitted through the
local charge d'affaires, stating that
under the protection of the soviet
embassy communists had established
themselves in the Dahl bank, and the
old Russian barracks, and had plotted
an uprising. The Pekin note declared
that as a result of the raid, weapons
and propaganda and other evidence
had been found proving this intention.
A Motor Purchased for
City Pumping Station;
Pipe Laying Completed
A fifteen horse power motor has
been purchased for use at the Athe
na pumping station, to take the
place of the twenty horse power
motor heretofore in use there. The
twenty horse power motor is now
connected to the big centrifugal
pump, which will perhaps be connect
ed with the mains in the future to
serve in an auxiliary capacity in
case that the regular plant should
of necessity be closed down.
- Inasmuch as the city water sys
tem will hereafter depend on the
well for the main supply, it would
appear that good judgment is exer
cised in providing for the auxiliary
pumping equipment.
The new pipe line leading , from
the corner of Fifth and Main streets,
east to the E. A. Dudley place has
been laid and the excavation refilled.
This new pipe replaces the old wood
pipe line leading from the reservoir
to town, and the work of replacement
is in line with the policy of the city
authorities, to make yearly replace
ments until the entire system has
been renewed.
FILIPINO -FREEDOM
VETOED BY COOLIDGE
Washington, D. C Any. prospect of
Immediate "Philippine independence
was killed by President Coolidge in a
veto of the proposal of the insular
legislature for a plebiscite on the ques
tlon. The plebiscite bill had been ve
toed by Governor-General Wood but
passed over his veto. The action of
Mr. Coolidge definitely shelves lt.
The president summarized his rea
sons for opposing the measure as fol
lows:
"The plebiscite, under conditions
provided or, in fact, now possible,
would not accomplish the stated pur
pose. The result of the vote would
be unconvincing.
"It might create friction and dis
turb business, slowing down progress,
"It might be taken to mean its ap
proval by the United States or as an
act likely to Influence the United
States.
"Finally, I feel that it should be dis
approved because it Is a part in the
agitation in the islands which, by dls
couraging capital and labor, is delay
ing the arrival of the day when the
Philippines will have overcome the
moet obvious present difficulty in the
way of its maintenance of an unaided
government."
WHITE HOUSE IN DANGER
Roof Truss Supports Found to Have
Sunk Out of Place.
Washington, D- C Fears of engi
neers that the White House roof was
in a precarious condition have been
confirmed by its recent removal n
the course of reconstruction of the
upper part of the. executive mansion.
Uncovering showed that the huge
trusses which held the burden of the
roof had sunk out of place and were
actually resting on the fragile parti
tion walls of the third floor,
In the opinion of army engineers
the roof might have caved in at the
slightest provocation and it may have
continued to place for many more
years, depending on circumstances.
Time Allowed Oregon Trunk Plan,
i Washington, P. C The Oregon
Trunk railroad has been given until
April 25 to- notify the interstate com
merce commission whether it will ae
cept the terms proposed by the
Southern Pacific railroad for joint
use of the latter's Cascade line Into
Klamath Falls, together with other
privileges, Including the right to build
Its own extensions within prescribed
limits.
Clifford Given the
Game Warden Post
Many Sportsmen Petitioned
For Retention of the
Outgoing Warden.
Adams a Winner
Adams has a team in the Walla
Walla Valley baseball league, and it
is a winner. The opening game was
played with the Whitman team,
which Adams lost by a point, 8-.T, af
ter Whitman had made five scores
in the first inning. Last Sunday on
her home grounds, Roll Morrison
pitched a no-run, no-hit game, Ad
ams shutting out the River Rats 9-0.
Adams plays Lowden on the Adams
grounds Sunday.
State Christian Endeavor
The coming State Christian En
deavor Convention to be held in Ore
gon City April 21:24, 1927, is, lqoked
forward to by many young people
as an event of great importance. Mr.
E. P. Gates of Boston, Massachusetts,
General Secretary of the ' United
Society of Christian Endeavor," is
thinking enough of Its importance to
make this convention his main ob
jective in a long transcontinental
trip.
Athena Bridge Club
The Athena bridge club enjoyed a
"no hostess" luncheon at Kilgore's
cafe, followed by bridge at the home
of Mrs. II. I, Watts. Three tables
were played during the afternoon.
Mrs. Grant Prestbye and Mrs. Glen
Dudley were guests Qf the club and
each received a dainty prize. At the
next meeting of the club the tourna
ment will end and scores will be
counted for the twelve meetings past.
Much interest is being shown in the
outcome,
Another Gold Find
Sprague River, small lumbering
community 40 miles east of Klamath
Falls is in a fever of excitement
as the result of discovery of placer
deposits of gold and platinum. Since
Sunday between 40 and 50 claims
have been staked out. The entire
community joined in a secrecy pact
which was religiously adhered to un
til the entire area was staked out.
Bank's Improvements,
Among other improvements made
at the First National Bank building
recently are a set of massive oak
doors at the entrance. A granite fin
ish has also been put in at the sides
of the bank entrance. With a new
ly designed ceiling and the installa
tion of an electrical driven exhaust
fan, cooler temperature will be ex
perienced in the bank during the
summer months.
blue Mountain League Games
In the opening Blue Mountain
league games Sunday, Hermiston de
feated the Reservation Indians at
Round-Up grounds, Pendleton, 4 to 3,
The Buckaroos played at Walla Wal
la, the Bears clawing them for a w:n,
13 to 4. Parris was the winning
pitcher for Walla Walla, and Phelps
bested Beetles In the Pendleton game
Lemp Wlna Boise Race for Mayor.
Boise, Idaho. -Herbert F. Lemp was
elected mayor of Boise by the decisive
vote of 46S2 to 1517 over Em G. -
Toll of Tornado
Known dead in the tornado that
levelled Rock Spring, Texas, of more
than 800 population, Tuesday night,
was fixed at 56, after casualty lists
had been checked and rechecked
More than 150 persons were injured
some of whom may die.
Senator on Way Home
; Senator McNary is enroute to his
home at Salem from Washington.
Only one f the Oregon delegation
remains ia Washington at jretfent,
congressman suwon.
GEORGE R. FARNUM
The Portland Journal says that be
fore the ink on the certificates of
Governor Patterson's new "business
administration" - game commission
was r entirely dry, in a manner of
speaking, those men met in Salem
Saturday, organized, elected a chair
man and promptly discharged the old
game warden and named a new one
Harold H. Clifford of Canyon City,
rancher and former member of the
game commission, was unanimously
elected game warden.
E. F. Averill, the deposed warden,
was granted his salary until May 1.
I. N. Fleischner, one of the hold
over members of the commission
from the old board, was elected
chairman.
The members of the commission
Fleischner of Portland, M. A. Lynch
of Redmond, D. A. Wright of Union,
Matt Corrigan of McMinnville and
Ben Dorris of Eugene went to Sa
lem Saturday to receive their official
certificates of appointment from the
governor and confer with him ant
the new fish commission over an ad?
ministration of business and harmony
free from politics.
At luncheon the new commissioners
started talking informally and pres
ently they decided to organize at
once. -Fleischner was then elected
chairman and Ben Dorris temporary
secretary. The warden is always per
manent secretary of the commission.
First there was an extensive dis
cussion of problems facing the new
commission. Then a pledge of full
cooperation with each other was e
pressed by the members of the com
mission. Then a unanimous vote was
taken to declare' the' position of game
warden vacant.
Lynch nominated Clifford for the
place and Wright seconded the mo
tion. Carrigan moved the nomina
tions be closed and Dorris seconded
this motion.
The commission voted to reta'n
Matt Rychman as superintendent Qf
hatcheries and Harvey Moreland as
chief clerk.
Following the meeting the com
missioners departed for their various
homes,
Many sportsmen of the state had
petitioned the new commissioners to
retain Averill as warden and it was
expected that the scheduled meeting
in Portland Monday would be attend.
ed by a force of Averill partisans.
"We just made a coup," explained
Fleischner informally Saturday night.
"Some of the sportsmen may be sore
we expect them to be but they
will get over it. What we are work
ing for Is an efficient and harmon-
ious administration and I think we
now hve it."
i.
Coolidge and McNary
Discussed Farm Aid
George R. Farnum of Melrose, Mass.,
Is the new assistant attorney-general
of the United States, succeeding Ira
t-etts. Mr. Farnum ha charge of all
admiralty, bureau of war risk Insur
ance, Insular, customs, alien property,
and Department "of Agriculture liti
gation. '
"The Sporting Lover"
"The Flaming Frontier"
Jannings in "Faust"
Conway Tearle comes to the Stand
ard Theatre tomorrow night in "The
Sporting Lover," supported by Bar
bara Bedford, Ward Crane and an all
star cast, presented by First Nation
al Pictures corporation. '
Sunday night Goethe's "Faust,"
with Emil Jannings playing the part
of Mephisto, will be one of the hign
class Metro photoplays now being of
fered Standard patrons.
The big mid-week picture for next
Wednesday night will be "The Flam:
ing Frontier," depicting General (Jus
ter's last stand against Sitting Bull
and his Sioux warriors, at the battle
of the little Big Horn. A portion of
this picture was filmed at Barnhart
Station In Umatilla county," at ' the
time the Universal company made
other pictured in the territory adjac
ent to Pendleton,
Farmers are Bringing
Plowing to a Close
Farmers in the vicinity of Athe
na are .in the midst of plowing
season, and in some cases will fin
ish within a week.
Rain and blustery weather has re
tarded operations somewhat but at
present, the weather seems to have
settled,
The -growing crop is quite advanc
ed and it has been feared that the
heavy frosts of the past several
nights may have injured it some,
though not seriously thus far.
President Sajd to be Hope
ful That Satisfactory
Terms be Made.
The Morning Oregonian's Washing
ton bureau reports that a general
agreement upon farm legislation in
the next congress between, the ad
ministration forces and the agricult
ural leaders who sponsored the Mc-Nary-Haug
bill in the last session
is understood to ba strongly desired
by President Coolidge, who spent
several hours on Saturday evening
discussing the farmers' problem with
Senator Charles L. McNary of Ore
gon. Republicans have hoped since the
veto of the measure of which Sen
ator McNary was co-author that a
compromise bill would be worked out
during adjournment to a point where
it could be introduced promptly up
on the opening of the 70th congress
in December.
It has been realized that the only
way in which such an understanding
might possibly be obtained would be
through some overture by the presi
dent himself, since the breach be
tween Secertary of Agriculture W,
M. Jardlne and the McNary-Haugen
group is as wide as ever.
Discussion of agricultural legisla
tion henceforth is likely to be at
first hand between President Cool
idge and the spokesmen of the farm
group, whose chief emissary will pre
sumably be Senator McNary. Sec
retary Jardine will probably be in
eluded in the conference, incidentally.
The president, It is known, wants
to obtain directly all possible know
ledge about the present situation
and the needs of the farmers. The
pressure of duties prevented him
while congress was in session from
going into this broad subject as ful
ly as he desired. Opportunity to do
so is now afforded by the long ad
Journment.
A farm bill which would meet
with the approval of both the C wl
idge administration and the leaders
of organized agriculture is unques
tionably a stupendous undertaking.
President Coolidge is represented
as extremely hopeful that such a
measure can be worked out, and is
said to be ready to make consessions
toward such an end with the under
standing that the supporters of the
McNary-Haugen bill will also con
cede something.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Huggins return
ed home from Husum, Washington,
Monday. ' They visited at the homo
of Mr. and Mrs. Orin Gibbs and en
countered considerable snow while
away,
Aviation Field
John Peterson has been named
chairman of the aviation committee
of the Pendleton Commercial associ
ation. He will name his assistants
soon. Under Peterson, work will
soon be started on the tract of land
leased for an aviation field. Leveling
and marking will be carried out in
accord with government regulations
regarding air fields.
Easter Week
Easter Services Will
be Held at Baptist
Church Next Sunday
An Easter service will be held at
the Baptist church Sunday morning
at 11 o'lock and Rev. E. M. Bolling
er will deliver the sermon.
A special feature of the program
will be several Easter anthems by
a choir of thirty voices. The fam
ous "Hallelujah chorus" from the
Messiah will be one of the numbers
rendered. Miss Lorraine Terry will
sing a solo appropriate to Easter.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all to attend this service.
The young people of the Baptist
church are sponsoring an Easter
service and breakfast at the country
home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Betts
Sunday morning. Curs will leave
the parsonage at 6 o'clock.
Britain, France, Italy, Japan
and America Send Pro
est Note.
King at Wecpah
Ted King, former employe in the
Preston-Shaffer electrical department
writes from Weepah, Nevada, that
Drexel and he traveled 1745 miles
via Bakersfield, California, to get to
the gold fields from Athena. He says
there are about 500 people in Weep
ah, which is a little city of tents,
with five wooden buildings in pro
cess of erection. There is but one
mining shaft going down at the
present time. The whole country is
staked off in mining claims.
Pendleton Shot Straight
Marion Hansell, shooting with the
Pendleton squad in the Oregonian
telegraphic tournament went straight
with 25 Sunday. Guy Matlock and
Ralph Park also had a clean score of
25, with the result that Pendleton
won from Huntington and Salem, tot
al scores being 75-67 and 75-73 re
spectively. Omar Stephens is still
leading all Pendleton shooters for
the term of the tournament with a
94 percentage.
Gardening Operations
Gardening and flower plot opera
tions are in full swing at Athena this
week. The soil is in perfect condi
tion for the formation of seed beds.
At a number of Athena homes ex
tensive work is being carried on in
the improvement of lawns and many
plants and shrubs are being set out.
It is evident that more gardens are
being made in Athena this year than
formerly.
Man Hangs at Milton
A transient working man named
Smith, committed suicide by hanging
himself to a bedpost in a Milton
rooming house, Monday morning
Smith, who was 64 years old and out
of work, took his life while despond
ent. Little was known of him at Mil
ton, except that he had come there
from Georgia.
Hydrant Painted
The (ire hydrants of the Athena
water system have received a coat
of bright red paint, , Grant Prestbye
wielding the brush. Repairs will al
so be made to a couple of defective
hydrants and the remainder will have
their valve steams oiled and put in
prime condition for use as occasion
demands.
May Develop Market
The East Oregonian reports that
Pendleton grain firm has recently
shipped 200 bushels of hard Federa
tion wheat on application, to an east
ern milling concern for trial pur
poses. There is hope of establishing
a new market for this variety of
wheat should it prove satisfactory w
the concern testing it out.
Reparations Asked
For Cantonese Riots
Shanghai. The consuls-general ot
the United States, Great Britain,
France, Japan and Italy have present
ed a note to. the Cantonese authorities "
demanding satisfaction in consequence
of the anti foreign rioting at Nanking
March 24.
Washington, D. C. Three identic
demands growing out of the Nanking
outrages, described by the state de
partment ns "studiously moderate,"
but presented with nil the force ot
joint action ly the five great naval
powers, were served on the political
and military heads of the Chinese na
tionalist regime. They called for:
Punishment of nationalist officers
held directly responsible for attacks
by their troops.
Written apology and guarantees by
the' nationalist commander-in-chief.
Full reparation for personal injuries
and material losses sustained by for
eigners at Nanking.
With these specific terms went the
stern warning: "Unless the national
ist authorities demonstrate to the sat
isfaction of the interested govern
ments their Intention to comply
promptly with these terms, the said
governments will find themselves com
pelled to take such measures as they
deem appropriate."
STIMSON WILL VIEW
NICARAGUA!! AFFAIRS
Washington, D. C Henry L. Stitn
son of New York, former secretary ol
war, has bean appointed a special rep
resentative ot President Coolidge to
investigate the Nicaraguan situation,
Secretary of State Kellogg announced
after a conference at the White House.
"The strife and bloodshed going on
in that country is a mutter of great
regret and the necessity for protect
ing the interests of our citizens there
and the large interests ot the United
States government is very great," the
Kellogg statement, announcing Stim
son's appointment, said.
Julian B. Sacasa, Nicaraguan rebel
loader, Is reported by the Nicaraguan
legation here as about to fleo to Me
ico.
Sacasa's revolution is destined to
end in "complete failure," according
to the legation, and unless ho flees,
Sacasa has no alternative but to sur
rnnder and throw himself on tho mer
cy of President Diaz.
The legation statement said Sacasa
has only a "beaten, retreating and de
sorting force between him and the
oncoming victorious government
forces" and that Sacasa's exchequet
Is "totally depleted."
POTASH TRUST CHARGED
Appeal Dismissed
The United States supreme court
has dismissed the appeal of Ells
worth Kelley, convicted with others
for the murder of John Sweeney,
Oregon penitentiary guard. Tlio ap
peal of James Willos will in all pro
bability be dropped, as it was uased
on grounds similar to that of Kelley.
District Track Meet
The district track meet embracing
the schools of Weston, Athena, Ad
ams and Helix will be held this year
at Helix, the date as announced be
ing Saturday, April 23. The winners
of the district contests at Helix will
participate in the county meet at
Pendleton, May 7.
Circuit Court Session
: Circuit court is in sestiun this
v.oel; at Pendleton, with Judge I'ark
: or of Condon, on the bench in plate
of Judge Phelps, who is confined to
j hit home with illns4s. Fred I inkcr
i ton is serving as a juryman fcr the
'April term of court.
U. S. Government 8ues French an;)
German Companies.
Washington, D. C A conspiracy tQ
control and monopolize the potash in
dually of the United States, directed
by German and French producers, was
charged In a suit filed in New York
by the government. Through repre
scntatlves in New York, arranging
with American distributing agencies,
the government alleges that tiio
French and German companies arg
dividing the sale of potash to be made
in this country.
Tho companies also are alleged to
have been fixing prices and the gov
ernment assorts that because tho
mines of the French and German com
panies constitute the only sources ol
a largo supply of potash, American
users are almost wholly dependent
upon them for their supply.
High CourTnffoldrt)T7Treatie VsMti
Washington, I. C'.- Tho contentions
of the officers of the British steamer
Quadra, whose seizure off the Cali
fornia const brought an International
aspect of prohibition before the su
preme court, were overruled In a (le
clsion by Chief Justice Taft, which
held prosecution of the defendants In
American courts was legal.
$30,OCO,000 Oil Csmbinn Made.
New York, N. Y.- Consolidation oj
15 far western o'.l companies whosi
properties have a combined value ol
J;J0 OOO.ou'j, lnt j a Lu-g3 California in
dependent ccnccrn, was announced,
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