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outlined is that on favorable report
from the two committees the govern
ing board of the Pan American Union
will issue invitations to all the pow
ers to send delegates to Washington.
1t is pointed out by one of the prom
inent members of the Union today that
il the action is taken as promptly as
is expected this conference may be in
session and exercising an influence be-
fore the close of the present war.
If the international conference be
not concluded until after the war all
of the nations of Europe which are
now neutral, the United States, the
great South American republics, the
/ Central American republics and Mex
leo will have at least defined 1.-THE
rights of neutrals" in any other war.
One of the diplomats said today that
as a matter of fact there "was no
such thing as international law" He
pointed out specifically that the pres
ent contentious between the United
States and Great Britain showed that
there was no international law"
He said the president and Secretary
Bryan appealed to international law
in their controversy, but, as matter
of fact, even on the question of wheth-
er the United States could buy yes
sci from belligerent and use it in the
trade with Europe, France and Ger
many held it to be absolutely indefen-
sible, while Great Britain and Russia
held that good faith" in the pur-
chase was all that might be neces-
sary.
He pointed out further that there
was no international law about con-
traband and half dozen other things
and that it was time that the influ-
ence of the great countries of South
America and the United States and
the small but important countries Of
Europe "should make laws"
The next meeting of the Pan Amer
ican Union on this subject will un-
dcubtedly be one of very great and
grave interest.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-11
NEUTRAL POWERS
TO HOLD SESSION

Washington, Jan. S.-A conference
of representative of all the neutral
rowers in the world will probably be
held in Washington as the result Of
active work done today by the Pan
American Union.
The object of the parliament, as it
may be called, is to determine the
''rights of neutrals," as it is very plain
now to most diplomats that there has
never been a definition on that sub
ject which binds any nation.
The proposition that there shall be
Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-11
FRATERNAL SOCIETIES

" UNA LODGE no. 476. BoneV9leEt
and Protective order OF Eil.S.
meets every Wednesday evening
At Elks' hal Visiting brothers are
heartily welcome Meeting hour. S
j. X. STiLLENS. Secretary.
r l. CENTRIC LODGE. No. 315
L, knights Of pythias. meets every
Tuesday at X. of p. hall, corner
Fifth and Main streets.
!. STANLEY BROWN. c. c.
Il. 5. WEBB, X. Of 4. & S.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-11

Adv.215
Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-11
NOTICE OF PROPOSED REVISION
OF SCHEDULE OF OCCUPATION

The Board of Trustees of the City
OF Ell Centric, having under considera-
tion the matter Of revision of the
schedule Of occupation taxes and Ii
censes Of said city, and Of charges
for permits for auto stages and other
motor propelled vehicles Tor hire, all
persons interested are invited - make
any suggestions they may desire to
offer, by delivering the same in writ
ing, to the City Clerk, not later than
The 18th day Of January, 1915.
BY ORDER or THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES.
Dated this 9th day of January,
1915. LAY1NIA NORTHCOTT,
CITY Clerk.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-11

KELLY'S NURSERY.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-11
Reduced Rates on Hclton Intcrurban.

Effective Wednesday, December %,
fare one way between Ell Centre and
Holtville will be 35c; round trip, 60c.
Ride in comfortable motor cars en-
Il good roadbed.
Leave FL Centre, 7:30 a. M, 1900
M, LOO, $40 and $50 p. m.
Leave Holtville, 700 and 900 n.
M; 1880, 4:45 and 7:15 p. m.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-11
Notice.

Water rent for the first quarter of
1915 (January, February and March)
is now due and payable at the city
hall.
Water will be shut off January Is
on all delinquent water users.
C. II. FIELD,
Adv.215 Water Superintendent
Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-11

Forced to sell 5-passengcr 40
horsepower Speedwell automobile.
Perfect condition. See the car al
Bowles' Garage. J. A. Hoover, 12j
North Fifth street.-Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-11

500 acres corn land for rent on
shares or cash rent. Stevenson Bros,
Imperial, Cal.-Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-11

My business is moving. Ed Royce
Transfer, 632 Main-Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-11

A carload of choice White Rose
Seed Potatoes just unloaded. Every
person having orders in, please call
and get them, and we have a few
sacks for people who have not or
dered.
Adv. KEIIT'S NURSERY.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-11

DIR. E. E. Usenpurg, Dentist,
649 Main ST., El Centre
Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-11

Brotherhood dance, Davis hall,
Thursday, January 14.-Adv. 21S
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-12-17
half Ton Of Pork Condemned
By Portland food inspectors

Portland = Eleven, hundred and
,ninety-fve pounds Of diseased pork
were condemned Thursday by an in
spector from the city health Office,
upon the ground that the meat showed
traces Of cholera. The pork was ship
ped to Constantine's market from a
farmer by the name of A. Blatt, living
in Clackamas county, it is reported.
When the pork arrived at the mar
ket Mr.. Constantine did not like the
looks of the meat and called up the
city health officer before he would ac-
cept the shipment. An inspector was
sent to the market and declared the
pork to be diseased, SO the meat was
condemned. A report will be made to
the state food and dairy commissioner,
Blatt living outside the jurisdiction OF
the city.
Because Of the frequency Of trichi-
nosis among Portland residents and
four fatalities from the disease, the
condemnation of the city health officer
may lead to an extensive investigation
in the line of pork shipments into the
city. The state food and dairy com.
missioner will investigate the Blatt
caaa
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-12-17
High Schools Standardized.

Salem-Speaking recently before the
Mems Club at Independence on Oregon
High Schools, Assistant State Superin-
tendent Frank X. Welles announced
that the State Department Of Educa-
tion has now standardized 165 High
Schools. Each of these schools is not
only ffering full four years Of work
above the Eighth grade, but they are
all well supplied with libraries and ap-
paratus SO that they can do their work
efficiently. In referring to the rapid
increase in the number of High
Schools, Mr.. Welles stated that only
thirteen years ago there were but five
high schools in the state and that their
graduates numbered from 10 to Is
each year, while now over 1000 stu
dents are graduated annually.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-12-17
Oregon and Washington Men
Pay Large Taxes on Incomes

Washington. D. C.-The richest per-
son in Oregon has an annual income OF
from $500, 900 to $400, 900, one other
Individual has an income of from
$3.50, 900 to 100000, five have in
comes between $3.50 and 500, 900,
10 with incomes from $50, 600 to $75,-
900, and 10 between $40, 900 and $50,
900.
Washington has one citizen Of a big
ger income than that Of Oregon's rich
est, for the largest income tax paid in
Washington is on an income that ex-
ceeds $500, 900 per year. Washington
also has two citizens with incomes
from $3.50, 600 to $500, 600, one from
$3.50, 600 to 5000, 900, and 10 drawing
$75, 600 to 500, 600.
These figures are found in the an
nuaI report Of the commissioner of in
ternal revenue.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-12-17
Hone Lies in Water Test.

Salem-Upon the result Of tests Of
the water from Summer and Albert
lakes, which will be made in New
York within the next month, depends
Jason C. Moore's hope Of financing his
lease for development Of the lakes de-
posits successfully. This information
was contained in letter received here
by the State Land Board from G. A..
Sheppard, of Portland, Moore's attorn-
ey. Moore expects to come to Oregon
soon and arrange for transporting q
carload Of water from the lakes back
East.
Under the new conditions Moore
must assign his lease over to COM
pany which shall be Incorporated in
Oregon and deposit $4,000 in addition
to the $4,000 already put up to insure
the board that he will complete the re-
quired $26, 900 bond.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-12-17
GERMAN CONSULATE ATTACHE AT
FRISCO INDICTED ON 2 COUNTS

San Francisco = Baron George Will
helm Won Brincken, an attache Of the
German consulate here; c. c. Crowley,
a detective employed by the consulate,
and Mrs. Margaret w. Cornell, Sc
cret agent in Crowley employ, were
indicted late Tuesday by the United
States grand jury on two counts each.
The first count charged conspiracy to
interfere with and destroy commerce
between the several states Of the
Union and foreign countries; the sec
ond alleged use Of the mails to incite
arson, assassination and murder.
Bail was fixed at $4,000 for each
count in the three indictments. Coun-
sci for the defendants, all Of whom
had been arrested previously on COM
missioner's warrants, promised their
appearance in court.
Baron Won Brincken and Crowley
were previously charged in, the com
missioner's warrants, with the first
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-12-17
Washington Communication Is
Brief and to Point.
|ANGONA LINER CASE GETS ATTENTION
Assurances Of Safety to Americans
In Future Is Demanded TO
Avoid Controversy Is Aim.

Washington, d. C.-The United
States has sent to Austria Hungary
note asking for a disavowal Of the
submarine attack on the Italian liner
Ancona, assurances that such an act
will not be repeated, some degree Of
punishment for the commander Of the
submarine and reparation for the
American lives lost.
The communication was sent from
the State department to Ambassador
Penfield at Vienna, who was instructed
to hand 1t to the Austro-H Hungarian
Minister Of Foreign Affairs, Baron
Burian.
Friendly but firm terms, it is said,
characterize the document, which is
understood to make particular point
of prompt assurances for the future
safety Of American lives. Austria
Hungary has never informed the Uni
ted States whether the commanders OF
its submarines had received instruc-
tions similar to those which the Ger
man government gave to its comman.
ders after the Lusitania tragedy.
It is understood that the note re-
ffsfred particularly to the charge that
shells from submarine killed ol
wounded some passengers on the An
coma after she had halted, and asket
for an explanation on that point.
In discussing dispatching the not
Secretary Lansing acted with the ap
proval Of President Wilson. It 10 sal,
authoritatively that the document
which is described as being compare
lively brief and decidedly vigorous i
tone, was so drafted IS to attempt
settlement Of the controversy at ono
without bringing on a series Of com
munications, such as followed tn
sinking of the Lusitania.
High officials are said to be Of tn
opinion that the situation is one whic
calls for grave consideration, the stat
Of affairs having become more com
plicated since the note was dispatches
by reports Of attacks on American oil
carrying vessels in the Mediterranean
presumably by Austrian submarines.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-12-17
Answered Cali Of World.

Emile verhaeren, the Belgian poet
might have been a priest, but decided
that his wild nature could not be
clamped within cloister walls. AS q
youth he attended the Jesuit college oil
Sainte-Barbe at Client. There he met
Maeterlinck. The fathers would have
saved their young pupils from the
world by making them priests, and
endeavored to inspire in them o pro
found respect for the past, with
hatred of all innovation. After the
school at Sainte-Barbe, Verhaerer
studied law at Louvain. Admitted to
the bar at Brussels, he Joined coterie
Of young artists. and, like Gautier, he
won a name for shocking the bour
geois by fantastic freaks of dress and
conduct. The muse called, and the
law was deserted.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-12-17
Tho Wireless May Be Sent to Great
Attitudes With Kites.

transmitted from the set Of field wire-
less attached to this kite-supported
aerial were received 150 miles away
with distinctness, although the crdi-
nary range of the set was only rs
miles. One thing that aided materially
in obtaining this result was the fact
that the kites flew SO steadily that the
aerial was always maintained at a
constant altitude.
Quite as remarkable as the sending
power of the wireless was its receiv-
ing quality. Messages were received
with distinctness from the battleship
Georgia while off Newport and from
the government station at Arlington,
Va, and Bermuda.
These experiments were but the
first of long series that will be con.
Quoted, and 1t is the belief of those
who are interested in the matter that
they will lead to system by which
the range of the ordinary field wire
less will be materially increased. Unit
ed States government and Marconi
officials are following the experiments
closely.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-12-17
Men Cling to Launch.

South aBend, Wash. y Word reached
here Saturday Of the heroic struggle
made by Captain G. O. Reed and Mate
Cuts, Of the fishing launch Airdale, of
Bay Center, during a storm in which
both nearly lost their lives and were
rescued.
They had left South Bend Tuesday
night with load Of Is metal tanks of
gasoline for q fish-packing plant at
Bay Center. They were q short dis
tance from the fish company's wharf
at Bay Center when the oil tanks were
lost and the launch filled.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-12-17
Tremendous Waste Of Energy.


With reference to the immense LOGS
in wealth occasioned by the war,
Theodore H. Price in Worlds Work
says:
There is hardly a man who works
up to the limit Of his capacity. There
are millions who try to do as little
work as possible. The waste even in
the most scientifically conducted In
dustries is enormous, and there is an
immense amount of energy generated
that is not utilized at all.
ut has been jokingly said that tbs
collective energy Of the baby's CRY
would run the railroads Of New York
state IL 1t could be conserved, and
when we consider that only Is per
cent'.of the energy of coal is utilized,
that the embarrassed water power oi
the United States represents millions
Of horse power going to waste, and
that probably less than 8 per cent ol
the available human energy in the
world is productivity employed, we
must admit that very slight IL
crease in industry or efficiency will
recover an enormous loss of wealth.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-12-17
ITEMS
OF General Interest
,s
About Oregon
Oregon High School Debating
League Begins Series in January

| Il
University Of Oregon, Eugene--Fif-
ty high schools Of Oregon have this
year Joined the Oregon High School
Debating league, the first debates Of
which will be held early in January.
The question that will be debated
among all these schools until cham.
pion is determined will be: Resolved,
that the United States should adopt
the essential features Of the Swiss
system Of military training and serv-
ice. The finals will be held at the
University Of Oregon in May. The
winner receives cup given by the
university.
The so high schools are divided into
nine districts, and are as follows:
Coos Bay district = Myrtle Point,
Marshfield, North Bend, Coquille.
Eastern Oregon district Union, En-
terprise, Prairie City.
I Lower Columbia district -Tillamook,
Astoria, Clatskanie, Rainier, Soap
poose, st. Helens, st. Johns. :
I. Northern Willamette district - Sill
verton, Woodburn, Jefferson, Candy,
Estacada, Forest Grove, Newberg,
Oregon City, Salem.
Southern Oregon district Ashland,
Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, Medford,
Talent.
Southern Willamette district - AL
bany, Brownsville, Corvallis, Eugene,
Junction City, Lebanon, Roseburg,
Springfield, Yoncalla.
Umatilla district--Athena, Condor,
Echo.
Upper Columbia district -- Bend,
Madras, Moro, Prineville, The Dalles,
Wasco, Redmond.
Southeastern Oregon district - On
tario, Nyssa, Vale.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-12-17
Supreme Tribunal Hands Down
Unanimous Decision.
DOCUMENT IS LONGEST ONE EVER FILED
Decision Upholds Woman Suffrage
and Recall Also Main 0bjec-
tions Fully Disposed Of.

Olmypia, Wash. Washington pro-
hibition law was upheld unanimously
by the Supreme court Friday and will
become effective January l.
The decision, the longest ever filed
in the history Of the court, containing
10, 200 words, not only validates the
initiative prohibition measures, but
also specifically upholds the initiative
and referendum amendment to the con-
stitution against the latest and most
weighty Of the objections brought
against it. sH
The effect of the decision is to adj
judicate for all time the validity Of
the direct legislation amendment.
Since the same objection urged
against the initiative and referendum
amendment, that tof insufficient pnhiiy
cation. could be urged equally against
the woman suffrage and recall amend
ments, the real effect Of the decision
also is to uphold these additions tosthe
constitution.
The majority opinioh was written by
Judge Emmett N Parker, with Chief
Justice George e. Morris and Judges
0. G. Ellis, o. R. Holcomb. John F.
Main and Wallace Mount concurring.
There are no dissenting opinions, but
Judge S. J. Chadwick notes, in sep
arate opinion. that he does not follow
the reasoning Of the majority, but
yields his Judgment and concurs in the
result "not because it is the law as
had understood it, but because it has
been 80 declared BY q competent tri-
bunal.'
Judge M. "A. Fullerton notes that be
does not follow the majority reason
ing, but concurs in the result and will
file a separate opinion later rather
than postpone further the filing Of the
decision.
Briefly, the Supreme court decides
that it cannot, and will not, notice ad-
mitted Irregularities in connection
with the publication both Of the I'M!
tiative and referendum amendment
and the prohibition law, which, though
stipulated by counsel in the case, dc
not appear as part of the official state
records and are not matters Of common
notoriety. This disposes Of the main
objections.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-12-17
MESSAGES GO FAR
Range Of Wireless Aerial Mate
rally Increased.
Successful Experiments Have Shown
Possibilities That Have Given
Great Encouragement to Those
Undertaking Them.

A series of remarkably successful
and interesting experiments were con-
Quoted by the United States Signal
corps at the recent maneuvers In
Massachusetts, in maintaining a wire
less aerial by means Of box kites and
thereby increasing the efficiency Of an
ordinary field wireless outfit from 8
to 16 times. The tests were conducted
by Samuel F. Perkins, maker and
flyer Of man-lifting kites.
Favorable strong and steady winds,
says the Scientific American, in re-
porting the experiment, enabled Nj.
Perkins to send up a string OF kites to
an altitude Of 1000 feet. Messages
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-12-17
American Rights Brings Senate Storm

Washington, D. C.--The long-ex-
pected storm in congress over the ad-
ministration's conduct of the defense
Of American rights on the seas broke
Saturday when Senator Hoke Smith,
Democrat, demanded an investigation
of Great Britain's interferences with
neutral trade and Senator Lodge, Re
publican, replied with demand that
any investigation include the loss Of
American lives.
"The body Of an innocent child,
floating dead on the water, the victim
of destruction Of an unarmed vessel,
is to me a more poignant and more
tragic spectacle than an unsold bale Of
cotton" declared the Massachusetts
senator.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-12-17
Meteor KilIs Three Dogs.

Dawson, Y. 7. - Three dogs driven
by Andrew Johnson, telegraph line
man, we're killed by giant meteorite
which fell on the Yukon telephone line
near Nahlin, south of Atlin, according
to word reaching here. johnson, who
was travelling 80 feet behind the sni-
mails, was stunned for several hours as
a result Of the impact. The meteorite
made q hole almost so feet in diameter.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-12-17
Teacher Decision Is Due.

Salem = Whether school district
boards have power to make rules gov
erning instructors absolute or whether
the rules most be such as will be deter
mined reasonable, will be decided by
the Supreme Court shortly in the caae
Of Mrs. Maude Richards, the Portland
schoolteacher who was barred from re-
instatement by the board after her
marriage. The case was heard by the
Supreme Court on appeal from Circuit
Judge Morrow's decision in favor Of
Mrs. Richards. G. W. Fulton ap-
peared in behalf of the Portland School
Board, while her husband represented
Mrs. Richards.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-12-17
Arabs Beaten by British.

London--The defeat of an Arab band
in an engagement with q British re-
connoitering party on the Sinai Penin-
sula is announced in an official state
ment issued in Cairo, Egypt, says a
Reuter- dispatch. The dispatch fol-
lows: IA band of 300 hostile Arabs
was routed Saturday by British re-
connoitering force in the vicinity of
Matrah, on the Sinai Peninsula. The
Arabs, 35 of whom were killed and
seven captured, were driven eastward.
British casualties were 16 killed and
three officers and 15 men wounded" +"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-12-17
All In City To Get Cheer.

Pendleton, Or.-Pendleton will have
two municipal Christmas trees, with
presents for every child in the city. A
large choir of mixed voices is practic-
ing to sing Christmas carols Christmas
eve, in grand spectacle on Main
street. One tree will be placed at the
corner of Main and Court streets and
the other at the corner of Main and
Alta streets, A program will be given
and the streets will be lined with ever
greens and red, white and blue cluster
lights. Two dinners are being ar
ranged for the poor.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-12-17
Fruit Scarcity Predicted.

Kansas City - Plums and cherries
may become scarce in the United
States as q result Of the European
war. according to reports given here
by speakers at the 26th annual conven.
tion of the Western Association Of
Nurserymen. Imports of plum and
cherry seedlings, grown chiefly in En'
rope. have been cut off by the war
The association, it is said, represents
more than one-half Of the nursery bus
iness of the nation.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-12-17
Power In Japan.

The great dictator in the legal ad'
ministration of Japan ia not the min
lister OF justice or the chief Judge oil
the court Of cessation, but the CHIEF
general public prosecutor of the su
preme court, Kichiro Hiranuma
Hogaku-hakushi. Doctor Hiranuma
is the strength and embodiment Of
the procuratorial system as 1t works
In Japan today. He 70 man of fifty
has been an official of the department
Of Justice since 1883. and In 1912 wal
appointed chief procurator. No mans
word carries greater weight In thu
courts OF Japan.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-12-17
klamath Wheat Is Lauded.

klamath Falls - klamath county's
hard wheat, which averages from 40
to 46 per cent in the gluten test, has
been rated by Government experts as
second in quality only to the famous
Kansas product.
Recently the klamath Commercial
club sent samples Of local wheat to the
Portland Flour Mills, to the Sperry
Flour company and to the Pillsbury
company, asking them to give an opin-
ion as to its milling qualities. The
Pillsbury mills at Minneapolis declare
that the wheat Is Of the finest quality.