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New-York tribune., 1918-08-21
The Eloquent
Point Was--

The eloquent thing about this method
of the japanese government in dealing
with the situation is that it proved a
failure. The price of rice kept on climb
ing.
With the announcement of Japan's de-
cson TO send an expeditionary force into
Siberia, the price of rice practically
doubled. 1t was not because the Japan
ese army went into the open market
and bought rice for the expedition. The
army, according to a published state
ment, had ample supply for the purpose
1t was not difficult, therefore, to trace
the crime to its source-speculation On
the second of the month of August the
government took drastic action and
closed up the rice exchanges.
The price Of rice kept on climbing.
Governmental measures proved ineffec-
tive once more.
Cunning after spectators and closing
rice exchanges were not the only meas
ures which the government took to doctor
the desperate situation. 1t encouraged
the Importation Of foreign rice; it took
all sorts of trouble to educate the peo-
pie III the use Of foreign rice. Assoca-
tlons have been formed to encourage the
consumption of foreign rice; prominent
persons took part in making the use of
foreign rice fashionable among the peo-
pie at large. The government went the
length of establishing special bureau
Tor the handling of foreign rice. 1t
ordered the rice merchants of Toxic to
sell the Saigon, Tongkng and Rangoon
rice; all the rice stores of the capital
city were placarded with the sign: 1--WE
have foreign rice for sale here" That
was something new under the sun in the
classic city of Toxic
There is a rice store on Asakusa- -cho
in Toxic called Mikawaya. 1t stands
there with the slum district of Toxic,
such as Tamahime-cho, Tanaka-cho and
loshino Street, as its background And
this is what the keeper of the store saws:
We have about $50 customers who
come with their furoshiki Can exagper
ated handkerchief in which poor people
wrap their purchases every day They
spend from sen to 1 yen each, about
7-8 sen apiece on an average. Of the
number the people who buy foreign rice
is about five at the outside Even the
customer who comes with his 2sen CON
per in his fist asks for the third grade
native rice and would not look at the
imported rice"
The governmental measure of import
ing rice did not work.
10 make the difficult situation still
more desperate, the Japanese farmers
are taking leaf from the book of their
New-York tribune., 1918-08-21
Wed[ock

1T CAN never be
Angela,
though hers
is a body
for whose possession
one would barter
inheritance of Heaven.
Of understanding
she is as free
as a mule.
1t can never be
Allura.
Her soul shines
like an owls eye at nign"
And she plays Ravel
as one loves TO hear Ravei'
But she is hat-breasted
and powders her nose.
One should wed
solitude ..LrREp kREsss0R'
New-York tribune., 1918-08-21
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not otherwise credited this and Also the local
ncv. OF spont aneous origin published hereln
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are also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-21

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suits In any case THE TRIBUNE auarsntees TO pay your
money back upon request No red tape No au'oon1'
Wo make GOOD promptly II tho advertiser does not.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-21

cwred published daily by The Tribune Assoc'ao'
= New York Corporation. Ogden Hetd President' u
Vernon Rogers. Vice President Richard H. Lee oec'e,
r. Suter. Treasurer. Address. Tribune Bulians A''
Nassau Street New York. Telephone. Beeknlan oooo'
New-York tribune., 1918-08-21
The New Crisis
By Frank H. Simonds

Copyright. 1915 The Tribune Association The New Yorf
Tribune)
New-York tribune., 1918-08-21
CHAR RANTEE

Filtered at tho roeufce New York as Second 'ia''
Mail Matter
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-19
NeiqhborIy Amenities.

Joe Uihlein, hunter Of polar bears,
polar stars, aurora borealises and
other wild carnivorous harmless man.
mails, including ducks, swans and
welsh rabbits, may be found at sunDp
and sundown with his trusty pruning
knife and safety shears pruning and
shearng all his plants and flowers, and
Henry Thompson, his neighbor, says:
"If Joe would only let nature take its
course, the things that intended to
come up this spring wouldn't wait
until next fall.' But Joe says: II
guess l know more about dandeliOns
and pedlgrees than Henry does. Why,
just look at that statue Of the replica
Of polar bear / shot on the side of
the house; he couldn't shoot a thing
that looks like that even If he had
gun," and Henry In one Of his dull
Get neighborly tones replied: u
wouldn't need gun to shoot at thing
Ike that" and disappeared through
slim crack In the fence with his uD-
vgAfed siGsE-MGwggsa's JfWasl.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-19

Mrs. R. Bartlett Baker left today
for Portland, where her husband is
located and where they will make their
home. She was accompanied by Mrs.
Holman. of SAKE. who goes to Portland
to visit her brother. wh) is in school
there and expects soon to leave for a
training camp. IL +
With heavy bank of clouds in the
south Monday evening, a hard wind
storm came up with every indication
of rain. The indication was all that
resulted. however, so far as rain was
concerned. The wind blew gale anG
the dust swirled in binding gusts,
the electric lights went out, yards
were Uttered with limbs and trash.
and the houses--but ask the house.
wife.
That the Union services are gaining
in interest was evidenced Sunday eve
ming. when large congregation gath
cred on the Christian church lawn to
hear the sermon by Rev. Baker. This
spot is an ideal one for the open-air
services, and it was decided to hold
them there each Sunday evening.
Hereafter it is planned to have a
special musical number each evening.
which will add much to the interest.
For next Sunday evening, solo i'll
be sung by Mrs. George Woodward.
Rev, Glaiser will preach to tie Joint
congregation.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-19
% Years Ago;
From the Press OF July l9 1885,

Jim Sharp, .ur typo, is taking a
'1ay-off" this week.
Deputy Sheriff Chas Frazier was in
town yesterday.
Marion Jack is at the Kirk place,
preparing for harvest.
G. A. Barrett is making hay of the
spring wheat on the old Woodward
| place west of town.
Arthur Bergevin is again at his case
in the Press composing room, after an
| absence of one year.
Frank Beale purchased a mare and
colt at auction at the pound Tuesday
| for the sum of 55 cents.
c. J. Criglar fell from a barn loft
at his place near town Wednesday eve
ming. The distance was IL or. IA feet,
though DR.. Dell reports that no bones
were broken.
W. F. Butcher, the genial Butch"
came over from Baker City Wednesday
and wrung the hands of his many Ath-
ena friends. His stories are as fresh
and funny as ever.
Elmer Reeder. prosperous young
farmer north of town. has the honor of
delivering the first wheat of the '95
crop to Athena buyers. 1t is fall sown
grain, and though somewhat shriveled,
is fine and easily passes as No. l.
The Red Boy mine at Granite. with
lotion Crawford mill, is said to be
netting $4,000 a month.
The 18th birthday of Florence Jones
was celebrated Wednesday Of last week
by pleasant afternoon at her home,
spent with games, at which the fol-
lowing were present: Nellie Foss,
Stella Willaby, Ruth McElroy. Mary
Stanton. Alta Sharp, Kittie Sharp.
Stella Ely. Manly Ely, Ernest Bost-
wick, Archie Bostwick. Verne Clark,
Harry Rosenzweig, Dolly Bloch, Hen
ry Dell, Edith Post, Abe Jones. Ches-
ter Post, Lucy Hansell and Eddie
Foster.
Many women in Lewiston and other
places are and have been for some
time, wearing "rainy day costumes"
with skirts which reach only to the top
of their shoes The townfolk have be-
come accustomed to the innovation and
the dress does not now attract atten-
tion, except in the way of comm .nda-
tion for the common sense features of
the costume.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-19
HAS CONFIDENCE IN AMERICA
English Writer Satisfied That coun.
try's Spirit Is undefeated and
Undefeatabe.

The sOundneSs at core of the modern
man has had one long triumphant dem
onstratiOn. Take that wonderful little
story OF certain British superintend.
cnt of the pumping station at some
Oil wells in MesopOtamia. A valve in
the oil pipe had split and a fountain
Of oil was being thrown up on all
sides; while thirty yards off and moth
ing between, the furnaces were in full
blast.
To prevent terrible confagratiOn
and great loss of life, and save the oil
wells, 1t was necessary to turn off the
furnaces. The superintendent, without
a moments hesitation, sprang through
the oil spray, turned off the furnaces,
and died. Modern man has been doing
things like that all through this war.
We Britrns are an insular people,
ignorant, for the most part, of any.
thing outside our own empire; and 1t
has struck me as a rather wonderful
tribute to America that one could go
the length of Britain and find hardly
q creature who was not confident that
Americans will display the same en-
durance, bravery and unselfshness
that we have seen displayed by our
own men all these years. Instructive.
ly, we know and feel 1t.
There Is something proud in Ameri-
cans as in ourselves, something unde-
feated and undefeatable. 1t comes of
our common cult Of freedom and of the
individual conscience, and In both our
countries is growing, not withering,
quality.-John Galsworthy in Harper's
Magazine.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-19
Methodist Episcopal Church.

Regular services will be held Sunday.
The evening union service will be held
on the Christian church lawn at p.
m. The sermon topic will be: "The
Master Force in Character and Ma
tional Life"
The final quarterly conference of
this year will be held August l3.
Every official member of the church
is requested to please keep this date
open that full attendance may be
possible.
This church offers a pleasant, profit
able and inspiring Sabbath program.
A welcome awaits you each Sunday.
Walter S. Gleiser.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-19

Cards from the Athena boys who left
in the draft July 5th, announce their
arrival at San Francisco
Alex McRea and son Donald wers in
the city Tuesday night. They are
still in the mining business.
x With one-half hour allotted each
evening for sprinkling purposes, Ath-
ena lawns were beginning to green-up
a bit.
Mrs. M. l.. Watts and daughter ver-
nlta have returned from Portland,
after having spent several weeks
there.
Miss Lula Tharp is in Portland this
week, visiting friends. Her brother,
Lawrence, is employed in the ship
yards.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-19
The Churches.
Baptist Church Notes.

Rev. M. E. Bolen of Walla Walla
will speak at the Baptist church next
Sunday at the morning service.
Union service on the lawn of the
Christian church at 8 o'clock. The
service last Sunday evening was well
attended. There is room for every
body. Don't miss these services. Spe,
cial singing will be one feature of the
services. d. E. Baker, Pastor.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-07-19
Press Paragraphs

J. H. Luck of Pendleton, was in
Athena yesterday.
Mrs. Quinlsvin visited relatives in
Walla Walla Wednesday.
Miss Adah DeFreece left yesterday
morning for Portland. where she will
visit friends.
Miss Hazel Mcfarland is operating
the switch board in the local telephone
office.
J. W. Smith was in town Sunday
from Helix. where he is keering hooks
for the Smith company.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-19
rhrouuh ohInsss epsetaoIss.

Hero are some comments on the kali
ser from the pen Of a Chinese students
"The German Kaiser IL not tho SUI
perlor Man as deciphered By tho Chi
nese l~iteratureI no 10 surely q mean
fellow containing much fraudiAh cun-
ming n his deceited heart. The supe-
FloF Nan ia shown IN the merits OF
the excellent heart with much loving
kindness to all peoples the mean fell
low Is displayed IN the black heart OF
tho unregenerated devils OF tho hell
With mucb loving kindness only 10
himself. In the history Of phipa was
q Emperor who burn ths books and
siewcd the scholars 70 extlHet tho elYi'
llzatsons Of the peaceful Inhabitants
but he was not success IN his crafty
tricks, Cor TIE elYlllsapens eeuid never
be- exuneted By such dlFhoneuFable
baFharisp means. New tbs qermea
Kaiser be also aEfuily wishing %
dave me people and exbnct the eiFP
Hsaheas Of toe u%RlyerseI no aisp &C.
stFpy the literature books, and pia
arts, and the chips and mess pie
people Of Allies hatleRs bui
~ NlU not ~ FeeasA@sns4esteI
QBaFdiaR
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-19

|HREMEN QUIT RATHER
THAN Be TRANSFERRED
volunteer Department Being installed
Causes Old Timers 20 Resign.

Volunteer Department Being Installed
Causes Old Timers 70 Resign.
By Special CORRESPONDENT.
WORTHWHILE, Aug. 17.-Charies
Bross. a fireman In the New York
Fire Department for the past eleven
years has resigned from the depart
ment.
Rather than be transferred back to
Manhattan again from 76 Hook and
Ladder Company IN Tottenville by the
recent order OF Fire Commissioners
Brennan for duty there and volun-
teers to take the place Of the PAID
men here Is said to have been one OF
the reasons of his fesigning.
Bross was sent down here from q
Manhattan company several months
ago. Because of the shortage of men
at both local companies the fire.
men have been tied down with only
time enough off to go to their meals
This is also another reason for Bross
Louis Kiefer OF ISL Engine Com
pany is also said to have rendered his
resignation to the fire commissioner
to take effect the first Of September
Bross has taken q position at the 8
s. White Dental Works at Prince Bay
with the. volunteers again being In
stalled in n battalion in Queens
county to take the place of the paid
hremen there yesterday the order Il
expected to go into effect here a.
any day The hremen from the out
lying districts are being placed II
companies In Manhattan hat hav'
been depleted by men being taker
into the service.
Protests are being made in all quar-
tiers against the paid 1remen beinf
taken away and placing volunteers II
Their place.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-19
Annearanees Deceptive.

Tho wnr has turned the habits OF
round-the-towners so topsy turvy that
It has become a difficult problem to
tell from a glnnce whether a man ID
n church member or q disciple OF John
Dnrleycorn these days. Two middle
aged men were riding on a Fifth ave-
nue. bus recently. Each had oil the
surface indications Of being merry OLD
souls. who tarried at the dinner table
and looked upon the wine while It was
fixing. Both had red faces and pro-
nouncedly "bay windows" And what
do you suppose they were talking
aboutf Naturally, one would say they
were discussing the attitude OF con-
gress for trying to make the country
bone-dry. But nothing Of the kind.
They were talking about Bibles, the
number they had distributed to sail
ors and soldiers and the price Of them.
And both chuckled because the wal
had not affected the price Of the good
book, which could be bought as low
as is cents. When you hear CONVEX
sation Of that nature in this town, II
begins to look as IL the hour hac
struck.-New York Sun.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-19
BRITAIN TO BRING FREEDOM
People Of Lebanon Arc Longlnely
Awaiting the Coming Of Their
= acouslns, the English"

"Some day ! shall hear their music
and, looking out across the plain. i
shall see their red coats coming nearer.
Then the signal will be given and We
shall rush out to welcome d deliver.
ers, our cousins, the English, and
we shall be a free people," Thus, In
dreamy evidences, spoke Shahim, the
bravest and most beautiful, ! had been
told of the younger generation OF the
Druses, as we sat together resting In
the middle Of q hard days Journey In
the mountains Of the Hauran. on the
borders Of the old Arabia. ! showed no
astonishment at this soliloQuy; indeed.
I was not astonished. having heard
about their cousins the English" ever
since ] had nrst come among the
Druses some years before. But gent.
ly taking his rife from his knees and
examining 1t carefully as II carrying
on his musings, I said Eyes. and hero
Is her name engraved on the stock OF
your rife" This did rouse aston
ishment IN him. "Whose nnmeT" he
asked with animation. 'rhe name OF
tho English queen" ! replied; and
there, under the crown, I showed him
the letters v. r. He fondled the gun
even more lovingly, for the rife IL the
Druses' sweetheart, and murmured !
"shs Is a good lady. Strange that 10
great a country should be ruled by g
woman, YET our learned men tell N
that even Tadmur IN the days OF its
greatness was ruled By q queen !" then
conndentiaIlyi "our cousins tho Eng
lish sent Us those; they cost us much
money; but those who bring them take
oil that, and we are thankful, for
otherwise we should have to eight the
Arabs with sings and spears" BE
leaned forward with his ride across bis
lap and with chin In hand, gnEod In
tently, but with the dreamy gnze OF
the oriental, out over tho vast plain
at our feet, listening In his day dream
Cor the strange martial music be
lcrscd to hear, and wfEtfuiiy. pieturnE
10 himself the red coats Of the "cous'
lns the English" a. they shouId i'd
vance 10 tho dsilveraneo OF his people
Howard Crosby Butler, In ScrshnsFa
Magazine.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-19
Governments Pay Closer
Attention to South America
ASSOCIATED Press Correspondent


BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 1p:-T The
potentialities of the republic of South
America are engaging the close at
'tehtion OF the governments of more
than n of the great powers as fu-
ture fields for commercial and INDUS
trial activity. The Special British
Embassy under Sir Maurice de Bun
sen has just visited Brazil, Uruguay,
Argentina, Paraguay and Chile on a
an italian mission with similar OBJ
jects is now covering the same timer
airy.
Not long ago France sent out a
mission under Baudin. The Japanese
have shown especial interest in South
America, and especially Argentina, as
shown by the opening Of a branch Of
the Yokohama Specie Bank. The
South African Union has been repre-
trade commissioner who In a few
months has achieved important COM
mercial results. Even the govern
ment of Mexico has sent emissaries to
Argentina and an increase in trade
interchange between the two coun-
tries is already noticeable.
1t Is to the United Stats, however,
that pride OF place must be assigned
in considering the enterprise display
! Gu, III AIbcnNlhd u lctAS1 IA ZIG Lat
ter OF ef1cacious political and econ
omio propaganda. Before the United
. States entered the war circumstances
had combined to favor and augment
to a phenomenal degree the Ameri'
can commercial relations with Argen'
tina.
Since the entrance of the uniteI
States into the war the American
have shown no sign OF relaxing thei
determination TO expand their com
merce in South America. The branch
: es of three important American bank.
ing institutions are conspicuous anc
practical symbols of the rapid ad'
vance of American trade with Argen'
tina, which the official statistics o.
both countries record.
The political prestige of the United
States in South America Is also main
tanned by the presence Of a stronL
South Atlantic squadron whose chief
Admiral Caperton. has been credited
by several local newspapers with pos
sessing many of the essential quail
ties OF a diplomat.
Across the river in Uruguay tn
prestige Of the United States has beel
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-19
GARBAGE PiAHT AGAIN
BOMBARDS S. |. WITH DOORS
Barrage Of Smells SWEEPS Lower End
Borne on Nortn Wipd-Resd-
dents Entrench.

BaET3&e OF SmelIS SWGGPc
Borne on North Wipd-Rest-
dents Ehtfench.
By Special Correspondent.
TOTTENVILLE, Aug. 1.-the gar
bare plant OF the Metropolitan By
Products Company at Lakes Island IN
the Freshkiil creek was again in &C
don early yesterday morning and sent
forth = volume OF its stencil that
spread over the entire lower section
Oh staten island.
Many people were made III for q
time by the eickening smell that was
brought this way BY the strong norm
wind that was stirring about $3.50
o'clock In the mFoning. People were
smell that was said to have been the
worst that has been experienced here
since the plant has been In operation.
Windows were ciamped down tight TO
keep the smell from remaining IN
house, and punk and other things
were burned to ~oounteract the smell
OF the garbage
People on this end OF the Island
were led to believe that the garbage
plant was still closed down because
OF the shortage Of coal that was said
to exist when 1t closed on Thursday,
August 8, but the odor that came
from that place early YESTERDAY morn
Ing bares out the fact that 1t lis run
ming again the same as before.
When IL closed down ten days ago,
e. Stewart Taxter, foreman OF the
grand Jury that has been investigat.
ing the plant gave out the statemeni
that If the plant reopened there would
be more Indictments against officials
for maintaining q nuisance should the
plant be opened again.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-19
Y. ". GA WANTS
S15,0O0,OOO
Part of Big Drive in Fall for 7.
M. C. A., w. c. c. S. and
Library Association.

The blue triangle, the newly adopt
ed official insignia of the Young Wom-
ems Christian Association, and repre-
/ senting some $4,000 women in the
! state of New Jersey alone, will this
fall be the emblem of the greatest
war work drive conducted by women
this country has ever seen.
The Y. w. c. A. will be part of a
Igreat union drive for S1Ss, 500, 900 with
the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton, the War Camp Community Serv-
ice and the American Library Assoc
citation. OF this sun the Y. w. @. A.
budget will be sis, 600, 600, the Y. M.
C. A. 500, 600, 0O0 the War Camp
Community Service $4,000, 600. and
the American Library Association
So, 500, 600. New Jersey is expected
to go over the top with flying colors.
The drive will begin the week of No
vember II.
The Y. w. c. A. at the request of
the government, has established Host
ess Houses at Camp Dix and Camp
Merritt, going on record as the first
organization of women admitted to
the cantonments in the history of the
nation. The first Hostess House was
established at the request Of the gov
eminent e~arlierein the war at Platts-
burg by Miss Vera Shaefer.
The Army Signal Corps has asked
the Y. w. c. A. to help house and
care for their girls in France. Prime
Minister Clemenceau so values the
work the Y. w. c. A Is doing for the
women In France hat he sent fol
Mrs. James Cushman, Chairman Of
the National War Work Council, &c
tell her how much comfort n cheer
the women had brought to the drab,
dreary and depressed workers.
Final plans for the big national cam
paign were discussed at the WaI
Work Council held in Portland, Maine,
last week. The work of the entire
country will be divided into severa'
great departments and the campaign
In each state will be practically the
same throughout the country.