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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-12-19
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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-12-19
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

The sixth annual conference of the
Oregon Drainage association will be
held at Corvallis January l and g. ,s
Ira P. Whitney, graduate of Oregon
Agricultural college, has been appoint.
ed agricultural agent for Lane county,
The total valuation Of all assessed
property in Clackamas county is $780,,
2S9,4SS.6S, an increase Of 100000 over
last year.
Special road taxes were voted in nine
road districts In jackson county out
of u districts holding meetings for
that purpose.
The Booth-Kelly Lumber company
announces an extensive railroad build
Ing plan for next year at Its holdings
at Vending.
Neil Hall, aged 81, one of the Oldest
residents and pioneers of Grant county,
committed suicide at Canyon City by
shooting himself,
The cement plant at Gold Hill has
resumed operations and will run dur
ing the winter to its full capacity Of
1000 barrels day.
Jackson county, as a result of the
recent special road district elections,
will have approximately s1s0.O00 to
spend on good roads in 1920.
Polk county commissioners estimate
that 1t will take ss1o.7s4 to run the
county during 1890 and have recon-.
mended tax levy of 2I.6 mills.
Revenue officers and the police
Portland seized 1900 gallons of
and arrested the owners on a cl
Of violating the prohibition laN
Harry Lawler, head braker
Big Creek Lumber com
near Knappa. wass.
when he was c-'ssFi
log.
At a special eleeti
Of $4,000 for street
$4,000 for redeemin
ficates Aearrisd by
votes.
Deposits In the
and trust companies
close of business, N
date of the last cal. 4
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-07-23


Mr.. Hughes and Mr.. Wilson also
expressed themselves as ~favoling 4
budget plan. None of the measures
providing a budget system met with
Congressional approval.
The latest efforts to incorporate a
budget plan in the National Constitu-
ton have been undertaken BY Repre-
Chairman of the Appropriations Com
mittee and Senator Medill Mccormick
of Illinois.
A bureau of the Budget Is the GEN.
ira features OF bills sponsored by
Messrs. Mccormick an Good.
As planned, the bureau would con-
stitute a permanent organization OF
banking and business experts. Rep
resentative Good believes that the u
President" Senator Mccormick
thinks that 1t should form a part of
the Secretary of the Treasury's Office.
Both legislators agree that the Bureau
should be responsible for all esti-
mates of government expenses. In or
der that the President may not as
sumo monarchiaI powers, an account
ing department has been provided for
by which Congress will have the right
to audit all appropriations.
The National Budget Committee Is
one of the many patriotic organiza-
lions which believes in the efficiency
Of a budget plan. The committee has
established branches in nine states
and is being aided and abetted by
some of the most prominent citizens
in the country in a publicity campaign
to insure the passage of a budget bill.
The fact that the President and
leaders of both political parties have
unoficially put themselves Oh record
as favoring the budget system, should
insure its success.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-07-23
increases In British Wages
Subject Of Serious Debates

(Associated Press Co-rresponde,tcc.)
LONDON, June 30:-Recent in-
in wages of British workmen
have been the subject of very serious
debate by economists, employers and
others as one of the bedrock prob-
lens of reconstruction, in the sense
that the nation may stand or fall by
1t.
Some say the question which on
fronts British industry is whether
the pendulum of wage may no
swing so high hat production for
competition with rival nations Will
become Improbable and then inn
possible.
Higher wages for all" Is the de-
mand of the organized n u~norgan-
lied workers. With it is the cry for
shorter hours, better conditions Of
living, freedom to meet the employer
on a plane of business equality, as
two business men meeting together"
More concentrated work, more
Intelligent work and we will try to
meet you," is the response from
many employers.
The question has beer seriously
raised here whether England in the
past has owed her prominence in
the worlds industrial markets to un-
derpaid British labor. That view was
expressed by frank Vanderlip, New
York banker, when ne returned to
America q few weeks ago after
spending several months In Europe.
There are shrewd business men
who contend that British labor has
not been cheap,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-07-23
National Budget System
Favored By congressman
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80 E@oS
day. 1t is no exaggeration to say that
we could save more than S~600,000,00O
annually by adopting efficiency meth
DDS.
The source of our difficulties lies in
the fact that we have permitted each
of our ten departments of government
to make their own estimates of run
ming expenses. Department heads
and bureau chiefs have never consult
ed n another in preparing these
acquisitions. They have never kept
the total revenue of the United States
In mind Each was anxious to make
a good showing for his own individ-
ual unit and it was natural that
waste and extravaganza should creep
into appropriation measures. Excess
sive appropriations have run into the
millions for each department. The
men who draw up the acquisitions are
often short term politicians with lit
tie APTITUDE for the task at hand
ADD TAKE 3 Congressman Favor
The House OF Representatives
might have saved the country many
millions IL 1t had adopted a different
method of handling appropriation
bills. The custom has been to turn
over money measures to a dozen or
more committees. These committees
act Independently. Without the adj
vice of one head or chairman, bills
are passed singly or in omnibus form
and are then turned over to the Sem
ate Appropriations Committee. Com
mittees on Conference patch up diff
ferences of opinion between the upper
and lower Houses. So great is the
mass of bills of all kinds, confronting
legislators at the beginning of each
Congressional session that log-rolling
methods are resorted to in order to
secure their passage.
Private interests and local commit
tees have benefited through the ac-
t~fvities OF ambitious Senators and
Representatives who have often been
able to attach riders to general APP
preparation bills.
During the past twenty years, a
number of Presidents and cabinet
members have sought to introduce
remedial legislation in Congress.
President Taft was one of the early
advocates of a budget system, to do
away with waste and extravaganza.
His Commission on Efficiency and
Economy in 1912 reported the need
for such a system. AT that time Mr..
| Taft said:
THE U. s. is the only great nation
| whose government is operated with
out a budget. This fact seems to be
more striking when it is considered
| that budgets and budget procedures
are the outgrowth of democratic doc
trines and nave had an important part
in the development of modern con-
stitutional rights. M American
| Commonwealth has suffered much
from responsibility on the part OF
governing agency.
THE constitutional purpose Of a
budget is to make government respon-
| sive to public opinion and responsible
for these acts. A budget would be
| the means of keeping before the peo-
pie a definite annual program of busl-
ness to be financed; 1t should be in
the form of a prospectus, both of
revenue and expenditures: 1t should
comprehend every relation of the gov
eminent to the people, whether that
refers to the raising of or
the rendering of service"
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
find TRACE OF
i WIFE,L0SEIT
Hunt for 5-Month Bride of
D. c. Man Halted in
Baltimore.

Taxicab drivers will be questioned
today In an effort to locate some clue
to the strange disappearance of Mrs
Elizabeth Cain. wife Of Joseph w.
Cain. dancing school instructor OF
Washington, who failed to reach
Washington after boarding a train for
this city about two weeks ago at
Mount Airy. Nd.
With the search practically at a
standstill because OF lack Of clues.
Cain has offered 800 reward for in
formation leading to discovery Of his
wife.
Mrs Cain, a bride of five months.
had gone to her former home In Mount
Airy to draw $500 of her savings from
q bank there to help her husband buy
o dining and dancing resort near
Glen Echo.
She telephoned her husband Satur-
day afternoon that she would leave
Mt. Airy on the o'clock train. Two
friends testify that they saw her ar
rive in Baltimore at o'clock No
trace has been found Of her since that
time.
Conductor n. E Reese. of the B. &
o. Railroad declared to Cain that a.
woman answering to the description
of Mrs. Cain was a passenger Sat
urday night on his train to Wash
ington- II Is on the strength of this
statement that Prof. Cain will en-
deavor to find IL she hired taxicab
here, as was her custom
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
RAILROADS PLAN
TO EDUCATE US.
81, 100000 to Be Spent in
Campaign Throughout
Country on Drive.
By FREDERICK M. KERRY.

New York, Nov. 8.-The rail-
roads of the United States are
about to spend $1,000. 900 in six
weeks to educate" the people and
the legislative and executive gov
ernmental officials of the United
States. The purpose of this drive
is to inspire legislation favorable
to the private operation and con-
tinued private profits for the rail-
road owners. The million will be
spent before the end of December
the date fixed by President Wilson
for the return of the roads. 1t is
doubtful whether the necessary leg
islation will be enacted by that
time.
The move is backed by the As
sociation of Railroad Executives, of
which De Witt Cuyler is chairman
and Frank Fayant is assistant to
the chairman. The offices of the
organization are at 81 Broadway.
The appropriation is being distrib-
uted through several advertising
agencies. The contracts are can
celable-that is. they can be with
drawn at the pleasure of the
agencies placing them.
The purpose of this advertising
campaign is to influence the pub
lie to demand proper legislation
throughout the United States on
the railroads needs" said one of
the men responsible for the cam
paign- 1t will set before the pub
lie the facts in the railroad situa-
tion and urge measures essential
to the welfare and safety of the
roads under private ownership"
Magazines, newspapers and every
kind of periodical publication are
to be used.
In size and scope this tremen-
dous campaign of publicity has
been equalled only by the adver-
tising which the Chicago packers
published while they were being in
vestigated by the Federal Trade
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
Man TRAPPED IN
SHOP F|RE-D|ES
Antique Dealer Stands in
Blaze Until Overcome.
Insured Double.

Freehold. N. J.. Nov. 2s-Albert See
wig. thirty-seven years old, who had
prosperous antique business here,
was burned to death in his own shop
when he tried to escape from the
building following an explosion.
Seewig and Richard Hornickel. one
of his employees, were at work on the
second floor of the building when the
explosion occurred. Hornickle leaped
through a window to the street. but
Seewig became confused and ran up
stairs to the third floor.
Several persons. attracted by the
explosion, saw him standing at a win
dow on the third floor with flames
shooting from the same opening. They
called to him to jump, but he paid no
heed TO them. He was seen to fall
ba ckward into the flames, and firemen
found him burned to death a short
time later.
1t is said at the lodging house where
he lived that he recently took out an
accident policy for $4,000. calling for
double indemnity II death occurred in
a burning building. So far as the
authorities have been able to learn
Seewig had no relatives in this coun-
try. and they have not learned where
his relatives in Germany are located.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
SHOOTS WOMAN, THEN
GIVES HIS BLOOD
TO SAVE HER LIFE
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CONTINUED FRoM PAGE ONE.
on the woaman for hours before any
statement was 'elicited from her lips.
The doctors nally agreed that trans
fusion OF blood would save her life.
The police were notified to look
out for Gordon and to bring him to
the hosital when he was arrested
Triangle Proves Pusslins.
The relations between Robinson. his
wife and Gordon were puzzling.
a month ago Robinson was in
Washington. He was aware of the
fact that Gordon and Mrs, Robinson
lived together. Yet he was passive.
concerning his wife's actions and
those Of Gordon.
A third person made a disparagins
remark about Mrs. Robinson in the
presence OF Robinson and Gordon
whereupon the two men, enraged al
the insult. thrashed the offender.
When the case was brought to Po-
lice Court. both men were fined-Gor-
don's' fine was heavier than obinson's.
For" said the Judge. ''the husband
perhaps was morally justified in strik-
ing the man. Gordon was not"
Previous to the separation the three
lived together in another house on !
street. from which they were elected.
VIctin Is Pretty.
Mrs. Robinson il pretty. She has a
wealth Of rich. dark brown hair and
finely chiseled features. She is OF
medium height
Gordon Is a blonde. He. too, Is at
tractive in countenance He Is a good
talker. enunciating each word dis
tinctly and with a slight English ac-
cent.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
ALEXANDRIA
TIE HERALD sUREAu.
A. 3. Drouiphan-
KInz lt.suk

II htnx SucB<-
Alexandria. Va, Nov. 2s.-An-
nouncement is made by City Treas
urer Thomas w. Robinson that the
time for payment of capitation
taxes expires December g. Persons
who fail to pay their taxes by that
time will be unable to participate
in the election next spring for a
mayor and other city ofices.
Those who pay By December s
will also be able to participate in
the next Presidential election.
Up to the present time approx
mately 900 persons have paid their
capitation taxes. The usual num-
ber who pay taxes here is 1.SO0.
Those who desire to take part in
the next election. therefore, will
have but a few days in which to
pay.
An appeal is made by the Saliva
tion Army to the public to help to
make merry Christmas for the
poor of this city. 1t is announced
that contributions can be placed in
the envelopes which will be put un-
der the doors of the houses of the
the big kettles which will be on the
street corners.
The girls of the Salvation Army
express thanks for the big turkey
dinner given them yesterday.
Through the kindness of friends
they were able to have such a feast.
A special session of the United
States Circuit Court for the Eastern
district of Virginia, Judge Edmund
waddill. presiding. will be held in
this city at IL o'clock tomorrow
morning.
Miss Ollie E. Burns and William
+. Harrison. this city. were married
yesterday at the parsonage of the
First Baptist Church. Rev. Z. B.
jackson, d. D.. officiating.
The marriage OF Miss Julia z.
Powers and r. E Robey. both of
Baltimore, took place Wednesday at
st. Mary's Catholic Church, Rev.
Louis Smet, pastor. officiating.
Mrs. Emma W. Evans has sold 10
Ralph A. Steele house and lot, -10l7
King street, and Walter T. Gillins-
ham has sold to Leroy Bech the house
and lot, los Prince street
Funeral services for Miss Della
Washington, will be held at 9. o'clock
Saturday morning at st. Mary's Cath
olic Church Services will be conduct
ed by Rev. L F. Kelly and burial
will be in st. Mary's Cemetery.
The funeral of Alice Stuart, the
four-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Ward r. Stuart. who died yes
terday at Providence Hospital, WASH
ington. took place this afternoon from
Wheatlsy's mortuary chapel. Rev. A.
E Speilman. pastor OF Trinity NJ. z.
Church, officiating.
A 500 and euchre party was given
tonight at the Lyceum Hall and was
largely attended
Mrs. Jeanette Miriam Goldberg,
representing the Jewish Chautauqua,
Society. tonight addressed the men,
bers OF the Hebrew congregation of
this city in connection with her work.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
CAVE ART CLUE
To LOST RACE
Smithsonian Explorers in
Caverns Where Records
Are Painted.

Oudtshoorn. Cape Province-Cave
men Of bygone ages have left the i'm
print here of a curious savage art that
has long been the subject of scientific
research.
The history OF the disappearing
tribe of Bushmen-South African pyg-
mics now practically extinct-is woven
around drawings found in caves
eighteen miles from oudtshoorn.
Part of the Smithsonian African ex-
pedition went through here on the
way TO Port Elizabeth. Oudtshoorn
is only SS7 miles from Cape Town. but
it took more than twenty-eight hours
for an asthmatic railway engine to
bring US here.
The Cango Caves, considered the fin
est stalactite 'caverns in the world,
still contain many examples Of Bush
men art. although numerous samples
have been removed to enrich mu-
seums.
Crude. though faithful pictures of
animals and men were drawn ages
ago by the dwarf Bushmen on the
walls Of the caves. In most cases
natural colors have been applied. The
drawings have been used by scientists :
in an attempt to trace back the origin
Of the disappearing race, which is en-
tirely distinct from any other in
Africa.
The Canso Caves. discovered in
17s0. are in the limestone base Of the
Zwartberg Mountains.
The caves have been explored for
two miles into the mountains, but
they appear to extend much farther.
Electric torches cannot fully illumi-
nate the large caverns and one has
to pay out magnesium ribbon in order
to provide a fiery guide back to the
entrance.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
BALTIMORE FIRE
LOSS MILLION
Historic M'Coy Hall, Of
Hopkins University Is
Center of Blaze.

Baltimore. Nov ga group of
buildings formerly occupied by Johns
Hopkins University and a score OF
other structures in the square bound
cd by Howard, Ross. Monument and
Eutaw streets were burned down to-
day.
There was a loss of $l,o00,0o0. of
wnich $'oV,OO0 falls upon the university.
Ihe nre started In Mccoy Hall of the
johns Hopkins group from an unde-
termined cause. An explosion follow
ed almost instantly. and heavy ex-
plosions occurred in the building from
time to time. Nine firemen were in
Jured. but none seriously.
MCCOY Hall had been used recently
as welfare building and before that
as headquarters OF the chemical
service or the army, now moved to
Rosewood Arsenal. Many notable con-
rentions were held there.
Among the buildings wrecked or
damaged were lowering Hall. gym
nasium. biological laboratories and
Baltimore City College annex.
a number OF rescues were made by
nremen. including that of a blind girl.
VINO was taken from a third story,
and several families.
Dr. Frank ]. Goodnow, president of
tne university, which now Is situated
at Homewood, said the buildings were
covered by insurance. The other
property damaged was. chiefly build
ings occupied by small tradesmen and
number of rooming and boarding
houses.
High winds swept the sparks a half
mile away to the center of the city,
and hundreds of men were seen on
the roofs OF department stores stamp
ing out flames and using water and
chemicals.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
Anacostia Church Plans
18th Year Celebration

the founding Of the AnacoStia Meth
odist Eiscoal Church will be cele-
brated during the coming week.
The week will begin tomorrow with
sermons by the Rev. Drs. John R.
Edwards and John E. Fort. Fol-
lowing in succession will be: Home
coming night. fraternal night. Bible
Class night, Ladies' Aid and Wom-
ems Home Missionary night and
young peoples night. The services
will be concluded December Z with
sermons by the Rev. DR.. c. T. Will
son and Miss Jennie Smith, evan
gelist.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
RHODE ISLAND TOWN
DEFIES DRY" LAW

Providence. r. l., Nov. 2S.-The
town council of Johnstown granted
the applications of a number of
citizens for licenses to sell pure.
spirituous. malt, and intoxicating
liquors" for one year beginning
December /. The council also
granted to the same applicants Ii
cences to sell per cent beer un-
der the provisions of the State act
which declares beverages contain
ing not more than per cent of
alcohol nonintoxicating,
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
Wants Public to Benefit.

Walter o. Smelling. a former employe
OF the Bureau Of Mines. has filed suit
In the District Supreme Court for an
injunction against James T. Newton.
Commissioner OF Patents. to prevent
the public from losing the benefit of
the discovery known as the Rittman
process by which gasoline ay be ex-
tracted from crude petroleum.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
Death Due to His Own
Carelessness, Is Ruled

The death of Isaac p. McCIanna-
nan, who was killed in the Washing
ton terminal yards Thursday. while
off a moving train, was due
to his own carelessness, a coroner's
jury stated at an inquest held in the
District morgue yesterday after
noon.
Death was due to decapitation and
shock, il was said.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
Widow Gets Estate.

Jacob B. Bellinger. in his will filed
for probate yesterday. makes his
wife. Ada v. Bellinger, his sole bene-
hciary. and also Eames her execu-
trix- In case of his wife's death he
asks that his estate be divided
equally between a daughter, Sarah
n Kettler, and a son. Clay G. Bel
Hnger. The will is dated May 20,
1913. Bellinger died November 21.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
Argentina Picks Finance Body.

Buenos Aires. Nov. J.-(Delayed).-
The Argentine delegation to the Pan
American financial conference will
sail from Valparaiso December 10 on
the steamer Orcoma, 1t was announced
today. Members of the delegation are
DIR. Domingo K. Salaberry. minister
OF finance, chairman; Luis Zuberbuh-
Ter. Samuel Pearson and Manuel Del
riondo.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
Seek Alleged Abseonder.

The police last night were seeking
Oscar Jackson, colored, 20 years old,
who is alleged to have absconded with
so in bills, entrusted to him for de-
Josit in the National Capital Bank.
The complainant is Andrew Weschler,
stand .. Eastern Market.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
Spain Breaks with Lenine.

Madrid. Nov. 2S.-Spain has broken
of all relations with the. Bolshevik
government of Russia, it was an
nounced today by the minister of
foreign affairs. He said this step was
taken because the Spanish Embassy
in Petrograd had been twice attacked
and the charge d'affaires forced to
leave Russia.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
Inventor Given Tip by Spirit.

Massilon, Ohio. Nov. 2S.-Arbert e.
Boerngen. president of the local Spirit
ualists' Society. has patented a device
for cooling refrigerator cars. He says
the spirit of a Philadelphia inventor
presented him with the idea.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
Judge Rules Candy
Not Deadly Weapon

Louisville. KY, Nov. &.-In the case
brought against Miss Elizabeth Young.
a wooden mills striker. charged with
assaulting William Patton, a foreman.
with a sackful of chocolate drops, the
court ruled that candy is not a deadly
weapon. The case was dismissed.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
Cruel Crooks Sell Water as Liquor

New York, Nov. 2s.-A barrel, fitted
with a small container connected with
the bung hole and filled with high
proof bourbon, is then loaded with
plain water and sold to victims who
sample the decoy whisky and pay as
much as 81 900 for the barrel.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
Enjoys Slumber on His Head.

Pittsburg. Nov. IS. - William West
slipped into mound of hay in his
manger and went to sleep. A police
man found him slumbering peacefully
on his head.