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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-01-14
Slide Kills Army Officer.

Livingstone, Mont.-Lieutenant JOS
eph 2. Mcdonald, Twelfth Cavalry, Of
Fort Yellowstone, Wyoming, who, with
four companions, was out shedding Sum
day at the Mammoth Hot Springs, near
Fort Yellowstone, was killed by a
snowslide. All five were caught in
the slide. McDonald's companions
were able to free themselves, but the
lieutenant remained buried for as min
utes before his companions could re-
lease him. He was then unconscious.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-01-14
Drainage Work Proposed.

Eugene = A drainage project EN-.
bracing many thousands of acres,
which, If reclaimed, will prove among
the most valuable land in the state,
has been investigated by Professor E.
L. Power, of the Oregon Agricultural
college. He advises that the landown-
ers procure the services of United
States government engineers in the de-
velopment of the proposed project. In
the Long Tom and Coyote bottoms are
between so, 600 and 100, 900 acres, now
little fit for CULTIVATION. Various
drainage projects are contemplated.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-01-14
Electric Hand Devised.

Berlin-After years Of experiment,
Director Klingenberg, Of the General
Electric Co., has announced the per-
fection Of an electromagnetic hand,
with which it is possible to grasp even
the heaviest metal objects and work
with them as advantageously as with
human hands. DR.. Klingenberg has
evolved and unusually powerful bat
terry, which can be carried by the
operator, making it unnecessary for
him to be near the current. The in
vention can perform all the functions
of the human hand and others besides.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-01-14
Cabinet Wilson's Guests.

Washington, d. C.-The annual cab
met dinner was given in the state din
ing-room of the White House Tuedsay
night by President and Mrs. Wilson.
1t was the first of series Of formal
dinners that will make the social sea-
son at the White House. The guests
included besides all the members of
the cabinet and their wives several
high officers of the army and navy and
government officials.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-01-14
CASTOR Girls to Be Cooks.

Gaston-At a meeting Saturday the
school directors of the CASTOR district
decided to add domestic science and
manual training to the high school
course. Miss Rhoda Enschede, of For
est Grove, will teach domestic science
and 0mer Moore, Of the same place,
will have charge of the manual train
ing. The formal opening of the new
s12, 900 school building will be next
week, and arrangements have been
made for an interesting program.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-01-14
Apple Export Has Squirt.

Hood River-While space on trans
Atlantic liners has been reserved on
dates as late as the middle of March,
it is likely that all the Hood River
crop of 300 carloads of Newtown ap-
pies will be cleaned up before that
time.
The Apple Growers association had
made a record this year for the excel
lent condition in which fruit has been
delivered. Out Of the approximate
45O. 600 boxes that have 80 far been
handled not single box has reached
the purchaser in poor condition.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-01-14
Two Women Shoot Bear,

Marshfeld, 0r.-Mrs. Lena Fleming,
a niece of Hale Brown, a Camas trap
per and hunting guide, and Mrs. v.
Woodfeld, wife of Marshfeld home
steader, shot a 200-pound black bear,
which they found while inspecting Mr..
Bowen's traps.
The women dressed the animal, leav-
ing the hide intact, and then carried
their prize home on 3-year-old colt,
after two horses had baked at carry
ing bruins carcass.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-01-14
Sons Give Flag TO Court.

Pendleton--In the presence Of
number Of school children, the Umatil-
la County Circuit court Wednesday re-
ceived beautiful silk flag from the
Oregon Society Of the Sons Of the
American Revolution.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-01-14
HiIHs Earnings Record.

st. Paul-Gross earnings Of the
Great Northern railway for last No
vember were s9,045,635. establishing
new record for single month, It
was announced at the railways offices
here Thursday.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-01-14

stopped the train and ordered the
party to descend. Holmes, however,
slipped into the lavatory and from his
hiding place witnessed the stripping
of clothes from the prisoners.
The party was then marshaled down
the track, escorted by a firing squad
As Holmes slipped from the car and
ran in the direction Of Chihuahua City,
he declared, he heard shrieks, fol-
lowed by volley of rifle shots.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-01-14

Congressman William A. Jones OF
Virginia, as chairman Of the Insular
affairs committee Of the house Of rep.
resentatives, will lead the fight again
this year for the Philippine bill, In
creasing the liberty Of the FiIiplnos.
Another measure that will be intro
duced by Mr.. Jones will be the Porto
Rican bill, which failed to reach the
house last session.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-14
DR.. Percival Lowell,
Astronomer, is Dead

Flagstaff, Ariz., Nov. l3.-Dr. Per
cival Lowell, founder and director Of
the Lowell Observatory here and ar
astronomer of international reputa.
ton, died here last night from stroke
Of apoplexy suffered yesterday morn.
ing.
DR.. Lowell apparently was in good
health when he arrived here recently
from lecture trip. For ten years
much OF DR.. Lowell's effort had been
devoted to study of the planet Mars
DR.. Lowells home was in Boston
where he was born March 3, 1855
but he came here at certain seasons
for his studies at the observatory he
established here in 1894 because Of
the clearness of the atmosphere.
DR.. Lowell graduated from Harvard
university when he was 81 years old
and later degrees were conferred him
by Clark university and Amherst col
lege.
Several astronomical expeditions
were organized by him. Among them
were an eclipse expedition to Tripoli
in 1900 and an expedition to the
Andes mountains to photograph Mars
in 1907. For ten years prior to 1898
he made a number of trips to Japan
In 1902 he was appointed nonresident
professor of astronomy of the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology. He
was the author of many works on
astronomical subjects and contribu-
tor to scientific publications.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-14
Wheat and Corn Are
Both Up Few Cents

With a comparatively weak market
during the last days of last week the
Omaha demand for all kinds of grain
was good and prices were higher,
Wheat was up one to two cents and
corn two to three cents from Satur-
day.
Omaha wheat receipts were Isl car
loads, selling at $l.83H@l.90.
Corn sold at 96@o8 cents per bushel,
with receipts of 50 carloads. The ad-
vance in corn was during the first
hour of the session and indications
pointed again to dollar corn. Prices,
however, sagged off and the market
closed with purchases being made at
close to the low point Of the day.
Oats were strong and lA@H cents
higher, selling at 5sA@55N cents per
bushel. The receipts were Is carloads
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-14
First Christian Church
Will Hear Ex-Convict

The Baraca class of the First Chris
tan church will hear Lieutenant M.
Swartzkopensky, former bodyguard to
the car of Russia and escaped Sibe-
,rian convict, tell of his escapades Fri
day night. The lieutenant has lee
tured before universities and churches
throughout the country.
The members Of the class plan a
series of Friday night talks, of which
the Russian soldiers visit will be the
first. A motion picture machine will
be installed this week to lend addi-
tional interest to educational and tray
clog addresses.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-14
Chancellor Avery Will
Talk to Manufacturers

Chancellor Samuel Avery is to be
one Of the speakers at the convention
of the Nebraska Manufacturers as
ISOLATION, to be held in Omaha No
vember II and %. The Fontenelle
hotel is to be headquarters. DR.. E.
E. Pratt, chief of the bureau of for
eign and domestic commerce, is to be
here to speak, as is also James A.
Emery, counsel for the National
Manufacturers association. The
Omaha Manufacturers association
and the Commercial club are to en-
terrain the delegates jointly at the
Hotel Fontenelle the evening of No
yember 81.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-14
ON aha s Melting Pot BoiLs Briskly
When Sixty-Fiue Appear for Papers

1t was a cosmopolitan array OF on
erge-of-Americans that crowded
into the court room of the presiding
judge. Many different flags had they
and their forefathers lived under, but
now, to a man. they were ready to
cast their lot under the Stars and
Stripes.
Fair haired Swedes and stolid Nor
wegians brushed elbows with bulky
Russians and matter-of-fact Teutons;
Americanized Englishmen. dreamy
looking Frenchmen and goodly
sprinkling Of Roumanians, Bulgarians,
Italians and other peoples were there,
too, to have their hyphens removed
by the legal scalpel OF Judge Sears,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-14
LITTLE TOT THANKS
JUDGE FOR VERDICT
Lillian McEldon Will Not Go
Home with Father, Court
Rules.
ENDS A HOT LEGAL FIGHT

Little Lillian McEldon, 7 years old,
fair-haired and scarcely old enough
to realize that the Joy she caused in
one family was but the same amount
of sorrow in the lives OF the mem
bers of another household, will re-
main with her grandmother. .
The prize in one OF the hottest
guardianship legal fights ever wagcd
in local court, the McEldon child,
in whose life tragedy has played an
important part in the last year, was
huddled up in chair next to her
grandmother. Mrs. Mary MINISTER OF
Council Bluffs. when Judge Wakelcy
of the district court handed down the
decision.
Mother Was Killed.
The child has lived with her grand
parents in the Bluffs almost since her
birth. Her mother, the late Mrs.
Thomas Swift, who was killed when
an automobile party plunged into the
Missouri river several months ago,
and her father, Byron McEldon, were
divorced. The father married again
and after his former wife's tragic
death he started legal proceedings to
get possession of his daughter. The
grandmother and the Mynster family
fought the case and made every legal
effort in their successful efforts to
keep the little girl
Taking Of testimony was concluded
Saturday and attorneys presented
their arguments Monday morning. In
returning verdict for the defendants
in the afternoon Judge Wakeley
ruled that Lillian's best interest would
be served by staying with Grand
mother MINISTER The girls father is
a travelling man.
When she heard the verdict, Lillian
walked smartly up to the bench and
thanked Judge Wakeley for his de-
cision.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-14
MOVIES ARE CHIEF
ENEMY TO SALOON
Omaha Woman's Club Hears
Miss Peck Tell of Cinema's
Good Effect.
FOR UNCENsoRED SCENES

Movies are the greatest help in
bringing about prohibition. Wherever
a movie house has been opened in a
block where there is saloon, patron
age at the saloon has fallen off 80 to
90 per cent" asserts Miss Mary Gray
Peck of the better films COM
mittee of the General Federation of
Woman's Clubs, who spoke at the
Omaha Woman's club Monday. Miss
Peck is touring the country to pro-
mote better films for children. Miss
Peck studied at Cambridge in Eng
land and was professor of English at
the University Of Michigan. She is
active in the National Drama league
and chairman of the speakers bureau
in the New York suffrage campaign.
"A QUESTIONABLE sent out to chiefs
OF police brought out the unbiased
opinion that a movie house was the
greatest competition for the corner
saloon. Cheapness is the virtue of
the movies. AS long as the price of
the tickets stays around the price Of
drink, the saloon has the first rival
who ever competed with it and beat
it."
Insulting Scenes.
white slave or birth control
dramas are the greatest thorn in the
flesh of all who are working for good
MOVIES" said Miss Peck. THE pro-
moters of such films would never fill
moving picture house did they not
resort to spectacular advertising. The
public does not want its sense of de-
cency outraged" she said.
No Censorship.
Miss Peck is opposed to censorship
of films. Federal censorship has
proved Intellectual in practice and is
dangerous in its tendency. 1t will re-
press one phase of national express
SION" she says.
Moving picture actors have revived
the art of facial expression and PAN
tomime. Movies have taken expensive,
spectacular productions out of the
province of spoken drama. Intimate
studies of life the stage must adhere
to-" These are the two great contribu-
tons of the film to the spoken drama,
according to Miss Peck.
Classic Dramas.
Miss Peck advocates special film
features for children, the films to be
shown at special children's hours.
Adults in great numbers are attracted
to children's movies in the 400
theaters where they are shown, Miss
Peck says. Miss Peck spoke under
the auspices of the educational COM
mittee, headed by Mrs. w. S. Knight.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-14
Inquest on Death
OF s. Landsberg

A coroner's jury yesterday found
Sigmund Landsberg, composer, who
was found dead from bullet wound,
in his studio in the Lyric building,
Saturday, ended his own life. No rea-
son for the suicide was discovered by
the jury. Prof. w. E. Chambers was
the only witness to offer any testi-
mony that was not in the hands Of the
authorities when the inquest started
He testified that Landsberg had
spoken to him Of financial troubles
and that he was soon to be married.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-14
WIFE'S MA AND PA
HAILED INTO COURT
Jacob Fried Says He Was
Shared by the Whole Ven
ger Family.
DENIES MOVIE ooURTsHIp

It's up to jury in Judge Days
court whether Jacob Fried, 3l4 North
lTwenty-ffth street, timer. is en-
titled to $4,000 for alleged alienation
of his wife's affections. Mr.. and Mrs.
Max Venger of Genoa, Neb, the
father-in-law and mother in-law,
respectively, of the plaintiff, are
named as the defendants. Judging
from the opening testimony on the
part of Fried, the case might be
termed the tale of the timorous timer
and the ambitious father-in-law Fried
alleges that the Venger family pre-
vailed upon him to marry the daugh-
ter and then slipped him the double
X, which maneuver, he figures, is
worth at least 10000 iron men.
Fried lived in Omaha several years.
Vcnger is merchant-said to be a
very prosperous one--in the town of
Genoa.
Man Social Animal.
Fried testified that it was while
timing away on a job in the Indian
school town that he became ac-
quainted with the father of his future
wife. He said that after Venger as
certained that he was from Omaha,
single and of the same race as the
Venger family-Jewish-the Genoa
merchant invited him to his home.
Venger, according to the story told
in court by Fried, advised the latter
that it was not good for man to live
alone, mentioning his daughter as a
very eligible prospect i'll the marry
ing line. The Omaha man claims he
didn't want to get married and had no
intentions of doing so. That friends
were prevailed upon to influence him
(Fried), with the result that Elizabeth
Venger, the merchants daughter,
eventually visited him in Omaha in
his sisters home, was part of plain
tiff's testimony.
Saw Biggest Shows"
Fried answered in the affirmative
when attorneys queried him as to
whether the courtship was carried on
in Omaha while his prospective bride
was visiting him. Il took her to
shows" Fried declared. What kind
Of shows, moviesl" an attorney inter-
rogated. NO, sir, the biggest shows
in town." the timer shot back.
Anyway, Fried and the Venger girl
were married The plaintiff asserts
she left him May Is of this year. He
asserts it was the fault of her par
ents. The Vengers maintain that it
was all his own doings.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-14

Der 2. The University Of Nebraska
Agricultural college is cooperating
with the association and has prom
ised to send a number Of exhibits.
Hundreds Of exhibitors from all over
the country have signifed their in
tention Of entering birds.
The executive committee of the as
ISOLATION consists OF S. Z. Munger,
w. E. Baeher, T. F. Sturgess, H. l..
Mccoy, J. w. Welsh, David Cole, HI.
O. Edwards and Raymond Foster.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-14
Works Of Borglum to Be
Shown Here This Week

Gutzon Borglum's works which,
with those of Scion, will be shown
in Omaha the latter part of the week,
are a Lincoln head and a Lincoln
seated; fragment, Mares of Do
medes," the big work Of which is in
the metropolitan museum in New
York; another work, "Wonderment
of Motherhood" heads Of general
Sheridan, General Bolivia and Ruskin
one Phyllas and two masks II Have
Piped," of which little is known by
those in charge Of the exhibit.
A number of these works were ex-
hibited at the Panama-Pacific exhi-
bition; some at Buffalo and others
are now being shown in Chicago.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-14
Mighty Clad Guests
Race Into Street

A small fire in bakery in the Reio
hotel building, Sixteenth and Cunning
streets, early in morning frightened
number of scantily-clad guests into
running to the street. The only dam
age Of consequence will probably be
the colds the hotel folk get by their
flight.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-14
Daughters Of Israel to
Hold Dance for New Home

Daughters Of Israel Aid society will
hold dance in the Auditorium the
evening of February II. The pro-
ceeds will be devoted to paying for
the Jewish Old Peoples Home, now
i'll process of building at Twenty-fifth
and Howard streets. They expect the
home to be completed January Is,
but its formal opening will be post,
poned until after the dance. :"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-14
Federal Examiner
Here On Rate Case

The hearing OF the Omaha Grain
exchange against the Rock Island
railroad for discriminating against
Omaha and Council Bluffs in the mat
ter of grain shipments over Kansas
City to points in Texas, Arkansas,
Oklahoma, Louisiana and New Mexi-
CO is being heard before George N.
Brown, examiner for the Interstate
Commerce commission, at the federal
building.
The case Of the Fairmont Creamery
company against the Santa Fe rail-
road for discriminating against
Omaha IN favor of Kansas City in the
matter of oil shipments from Okla
homa is also being heard.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-14
Mighty Hunters Stub Their
Toes On a Biz SnoWstorm

Charles, Fred and Arthur Metz,
dad" Weaver, Gus RENEE and Har-
vey Colvin have returned from a
hunting trip at Metz Ranch, near
Valentine. They brought home few
ducks and report running into the
teeth of storm, which sent them
hurrying back to the home folks and
dear old Farnam street.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-14
Mike Hynock Dies from
Shot Received in BraWI

Mike Hynock, the Austrian laborer,
shot in brawl in front of his board
ing house, 1915 South Thirteenth
street, Saturday evening, died Monday
in the St. Joseph's hospital The man
believed to have done the shooting so
far has not been apprehended by the
police. One of the bullets punctured
Hynock's abdomen and shattered his
SPINE
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-14
How Two Wives Got Free
From Their Husbands

Two Omaha spouses celebrated the
weekend by obtaining divorce de-
crees from their husbands.
Bessie Lusk was freed from Harri.
son Lusk on grounds of nonsupport.
Cruelty was the charge against
George Messenger by Lizzie Nese.
myer, who was granted decree.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-14
Seeks Big Sum for j
Landing On His Head

The case of William Livingston,
former brakeman of the Omaha rail-
road, for damages Of $4,000 against
that road is being tried before Judge
Woodrough of the United States dis
trict court. In the petition, William
Livingston alleges that he fell on the
steps Of cab in 1902, striking his
head in such manner that his entire
nervous system has been impaired.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-14
Poultry Show Will
Be Breeders Mecca

The third annual poultry show, CIV
en- under the auspices OF the Greater
Omaha Poultry association, will be
held at the Auditorium Thanksgiving
week, from November u to Deem
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-14
Storage Grain Far
Above Last Year

Although shipments continue enor-
nous, the grain stocks in storage in
Omaha elevators remain largely in
excess Of the corresponding period OF
one year ago. Figures Of the inspec-
ton department of the Omaha Grain
exchange show the following bushels
of each kind OF grain now in the
elevators:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-14
Cosmopolitan Array Stands Be.
fore Judge and Get Full
Standing Under Your
Uncle Samuel.
NOW ARE UNDER NEW FLAG

Omaha's melting pot boiled brisk!y
on the first day of the week, when
sixty-five applicants for their second
citizenship papers appeared before
Judge Sears and were given their
legal standings as full-fledged sub
jects of Uncle Sam.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-14
Fall On Slippery Walk
Breaks Harqer'S Riuht Arm

Lee Harger, 47to North Nineteenth
street, fell on the slippery pavement
at Twentieth and Ames avenue and
sustained fractured right arm. He
received medical attention at the
hands of DR.. Charles Shook and was
taken to St. Joseph hospital.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-14

The increase is 100000 bushels,
the greatest increase being in oats,
with wheat second.
Evening journal., 1916-07-10

Mining in only two inches Of ground.
This may sound unreasonable but II
is really true.
Did you ever stop TO consider what
becomes OF all the lead fired from the
shells Of trapshooters guns? or
course you know trapshooters have /
the same hunting grounds week in |
and week out. that is, they don't have |
10 wade through marshes, climb hills,
60 through forests or otherwise travel
the country for their game" They
20 out 20 the club and shoot from
No trap this week and perhaps No.
4 next week. and yet the targets they
tried to kill at trap No. will not be
two hundred yards from those they
shct at from trap No. 1.
Therefore, the constant shooting
over practically the same territory
makes lead mines, for whether the aim
is good or bad. the lead finally fails TO
the ground for Il Is not like cunning
for wild game, where load Is some
times shot into your target" and II
keeps on running.
Farsighted contractors have seen the
business possibilities in getting after"
this mining business. AT prominent
clubs where many squads shoot every
week Il is only a matter OF few
years when u is profitable for the
mining business.
About three years ago, the ground
in front OF the traps at the DUPONT
Gun Club was mined and a pile
OF lead OF twenty-three tons was the
result A portion Of the grounds Of a
club at Columbus. Ohio, was pu,
through the sieve" and twenty-siN
tons resulted.
A year ago a second trip was made
10 the dupont Club grounds at Henry
CLAY, and results equal 10 the FIRST
attempt we're obtained. other club
grounds are undergoing mining treat
ments.
The method Of securing this lead Is
simple Plots OF ground about thirty
feet by FIVE feet are skinned about one
and a half inches deep. This top sol
is then put in piles and allowed t'
stand for two or three days until 4
dries. II is then put into a large
coarse cylinder sieve that Is operated
by a gasoline engine, which gets ri'
n OF the earth containing no lead. The
= Il is put through a fine sieve and NOR
=, dirt Is removed II the earth stick
several screenings are necessary unit
q only the lead remains. Then the r.
Ie mainder OF the shooting territory
e. handled in the same manner Viii
m the task may be little slow. it r
aulres only few laboring men to
the Job and the price realized is wor
Is the attempt On grounds like q
r. dupont Club, Il takes about sia