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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-10-20

Fir d Warner, Jr., who resides
north Of town, has been seriously
III for the past seven weeks but is
recovering slowly at the present
writing.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-10-20

Joe Shaw has purchased the res
idence occupied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Willis Hinkle. He will remodel it,
making it more modern and larger.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-10-20

Miss Bertha Minerman, who
spent few days at the the home.
of her sister, Mrs. Will Wahlert,
near Anita, returned home the
latter part of last week.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-10-20
death.
The body will be taken to Des
Moines this af ernoon where funeral
services will be held Friday.

Peter Nickolaj Frederick Has.
senfeldt was born June l3, 1883, at
Vestervig, Jutland, Denmark. He
was baptized and confirmed in the
Danish Lutheran Church. In 1905
he immigrated to the U. "A, TAX
ing up first farm work, then clerk
ing in the Petersen store in Extra,
Iowa. Later he entered business
of his own at the same place which
he still possessed and managed
when he met death by his own
hand October II, 1921 at his resi-
dence in Extra. Here he was a
member of the Danish Lutheran
congregation from it's start.
The Immediate relatives to mourn
his sad and untimely death are his
two sisters, Mrs. Kirstine Sorenson
of Des Moines, and Mrs. Valborg
Christensen Of Des Moines, and
his two brothers; Mr.. Axel Hassen-
feldt of Ludington, Michigan, and
MIR. Chris Hassenfeldt, of Askov,
Minnesota. The deceased was un-
married.
"May God grant the bereaved
the strength that overcometn all
grief, sin, death and devil"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-10-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Kimm and family
of Guthrie Center, spent Wednes-
day evening at the Jake Engle
home, visiting his cousin, Mrs. Sam
Jones and family, who were here
from Lake Preston, So. Dakota.
Mrs. Jones left Thursday.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-10-20

Helene Simonsen, who is employ
ed at the S. Jensen home in Allan
visited Sunday and Monday with
her parents.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-10-20
Oak Hill and st. John
Service and Ordination at 1000
J. m. and 2::30 p. M, October 23rd.


Mrs. Willis Young was able to
come to town last week. She is
slowly recovering from an opera
ton which she underwent in the
Atlantic hospital few weeks ago.
MIR and Mrs. Fred Warner, Sr.,
came from Omaha last week to
visit his brother and family, and
also to see their nephew, Fred, Jr.,
who has been very ill.
@Tom Goodwin was in Stuart a
couple of days last week to assist
with the finishing of a new resi-
dence which the G.. F. Construc-
tion Company is building.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-10-20

Word has reached the many
friends of D. D. Cole, of California
that he is lying critically i'll at the
home of his brother in Long Beach
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-10-20

Mrs. Lenice Herrick has gone to
Chicago where she will study music
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-10-20

Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. seibert
spent a few days last week at the
home of their son, Thad, at Gil
more City.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-10-20

Miss Cecilia Tharnish, of the
Tharnish Variety storeI autoed to
Atlantic last Wednesday on busi-
ness trip.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-11-23
HUSBANDS SHOULD Be
HANDY ABOUT HOUSE

CHICAGO. Nov ed y. S.)--The
question of the little boy who asked
his mother, "Who is this man who
comes here on Sunday and spanks me
when | don't behave?' is not merely
:he idle imagining of the cartoonists,
according to CaToll G. Pearse, head of
the Milwaukee Normal School,
speaker before the National Home
makers Council here.
mo, indeed" continued Professor
Pearse, "rhe father of today pays too
much attention to the factory and the
shop and not enough to the home
Too many fathers, the speaker said,
carelessly remark at the club that
they leave that to the wife'-mean-
ing things to be taken care of around
the home
This he declared, is a cowardly re-
sort. It's as much a mans business, in
the opinion of Prof. Pearse to stoke
tho furnace when the ianitor is off
playing poker as it is the wife's to put
the kettle on"
In fact, every husband should he a
ianitor, as Well. and plumber and a
generally handy man around the
house. If he is a good husband. accord o.
ing To Prof pcaTSe
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-11-23

ahead that way out of the wilder
ness of stones had been found. The
ground parties set to work anew and
soon forced passage through ten
miles of back breaking country into
the desert again, where the going was
comparatively easy.
A few days later ground connecti-
ons We're made with Ilagdad when the
armored cars arrived at the emer-
gency ground at El-iid, 800 miles from
Jerusalem.
Operations were soon pushed on
from the Bagdad side, and Ramadie
was entered soon after by both air
and land. Bagdad was entered short
~ afterward.
Work is now going on to perfect
the emergency landing grounds, and
in making permanent ground organi-
zation along the air route
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-11-23
Special News of UmatiIIa Go.

The senior English class has charge
uf Friday mornings assembly. Roberts
Rules of order were demonstrated to
the high school students in a breezy
parliamentary practice. Kohler Belts
acted as chairman and Leila Schubert
as secretary.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller Hall Of Touehet
visited az the 5. s HUT home Friday
afternoon.
Miss Elizabeth Anderson, who has
visited with her aunt, Mrs. NJ. l..
Watts for several weeks, has returned
to her home in Portland.
Mrs. Robert Proudfit was hostess to
the Etude Club at her home Thursday
afternoon. Mrs. c. NJ. Eager led the
program, with II Trovators, the sub
ject. A paper describing the opera
and several selections both vocal and
instrumental, We're given by the men,
bers. A dainty salad was later served
by Mrs. o. O. Stephens, Mrs. b. j.
Richards and the hostess.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Il. Stewart returned
home Friday fran Spokane where
they have been visiting.
Mr.. and Mrs. i. A. Dudley left
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-11-23

Thursday BY automobile for Long
Beach California. where they viii
spend the winter.
Hardy Mansfield Of Walla Walla.
was a guest Of his daughter Mrs. Bert
Lossdon Saturday.
The second number Of the Cadmean
Lyceum Course. which is being given
under the auspices of the Commercial
Club, Will be given at the high school
auditorium on the evening Of Decem-
Der >, ahen the SunfloWer Entertain
Icrs conc to Athena.
Joe Anderson returned Saturday
'mornlng from the Willamette valley
where he has been visiting
MIR. and Mrs. VIII Harder Jr. of
Milton, visited at the home of Mrs.
Harders parents Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
De Freeze. Wednesday.
John Hyatt was in the city Saturday
from his home on Weston mountain.
The Jolly 2O.' club recently or
.glniZed among the younger matrons
.tf Athena ana vicinity. held their first
meeting Thursday afternoon at the
home Of Mrs. c. f. Fiske east of Athc-
ma. Refreshments were served after
the business session by Mrs. A. h.
Logsdon and Mrs. Virgil Willaby.
With the sale of tile Macarthur
building to Perry Hull. Z. A. Bennett
purchased the buildings on lower Main
street, opposite the office of the Tum-
alum Lumber Co. He will conduct
his paint store there i'm the future.
Miss Hazel Mcfarland spent the
weekend in Walla Walla.
Mr.. and Mrs, w, s Ferguson re-
turned Tuesday from Portland where
they attended the stock show.
The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist
church will hold an all day session
Tuesday in the church basement
Mr.. and Mrs. win Mcpherson re-
turned Wednesday evening from Ar
lington.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Woodward
were in the city from Walla Walla
Wednesday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-11-23
CAST Of HIGH SCHOOL
PLAY HAS BEEN CHOSEN
east oregonian Specially

ATHENA. ore, Nov. 23.-A
THANKSGIVING program will be given
Wednesday afternoon at 1.15 o'clock
in the high school auditorium.
Basketball practice has begun and
both boys and girls teams will soon
be working daily. The first game will
probably come in the second and third
weeks in December.
The cast for the high school play,
Whose Little Bride Are You?' has
been selected /. it hoped that the
play will be ready for presentation
Just before the Christmas holidays.
Examinations will be given Monday,
TUESDAY and Wednesday forenoon. due
TO the fact that Thursday and Friday
are holidays.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-11-23
ARABIAN DESERT IS
CONQUERED WITH PLANES
BY II. X. REYNOLDS
International News Service Staff
Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23-Thc Ara
bian Desert. which always was re-
garded as an impregnable barrier To
direct communication between the
Mediterranean Sea and the Persian
Gulf, has been conquered by airplane,
according to advices to the Army Air
Service.
Instead of attempting to cross the
desert airplanes heretofore We're ac-
customed to fly a semi-crcular course
around its northern extremity, there
by travelling many more miles than
the distance which actually separates
the air stations on the eastern and
western sides of this endless eNpanse
of sand.
| The route will be $50 miles in
length. 1t will pass through Amman in
Transiordama and Kasrel Azrak,
where landing fields have now been
established, and then will take an al
most straight line across the desert to
Ramadie, on the Euphrates, and then
to l}agdad.
The survey for the new aerial path
way was made by the British Royal
Air Force, with the cooperation of
the Emir Abdulla, who helped in the
building of an advance base at An
man, forty-five miles east of Jerusa-
| lem.
Gasoline Did II.
A fleet of airplanes, armored cars
loaned by the British war office. and
desert tenders fitted out with wireless
telegraph apparatus were assembled
at Amman to begin their advance into
the desert. The first $50 miles of the
route was located with comparatively
little difficulty but 100 miles from
the starting point the pioneers struck
Il vast tract Of rough lava beds En-
ormous bOulders We're scattered across
this tract, The workers were nearly
hatflcd In their efforts to get through
the lava beds, when word came by
wireless from airplanes scouting
u
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-11-23
Thanksgiving Day

The Penney Company does not give thanks on
this day only but every day in the year, for we
have reasons.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-11-23
Another Deep One

We utter faint meow to Home
Brus remark which made the Offiscat
synonymous with blackmail. The last
syllable describes the gender of this
particular cat, but the color is wrong.
only alley cats are black. Junius pet
is pedigreed Persian,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-11-23

One Of our neighbors rebuked her
hired girl eve mean maid) this morn
ing because the uproarious laughter of
the h. g. and her friends kept the lady
awake last night. 1t seemed that the
party was made merry by the story Of
how said lady attempted to make a
cake the day before.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-11-23

The laundry mans devices,
Are great, but the cost hurts;
He charges me stiff prices,
To do up my soft shirts.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-11-23

There's nothing new urder the sun
but you can't say the same for the
moon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-11-23

A New York youth who tried to
amuse a baby by playing robber, killed
the baby. After all, there's such a
thing as being too all-fired amusing.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-01-08
CRAP SHOOTERS
USED CAPITOL

CHARLESTON. w. Va, Jan. T.
That the attic OF the state capitol,
which was destroyed by fre last Mon
day, was frequently used by crap
shooters" was the statement today OF
James J. Gels, chief janitor of the
building, who expressed the opinion
that the fire was not caused by de-
fective electric wiring.
ANY one could go into the attic at
any time" said Gels. The doors OF
the capitol were open day and night
and. In spite OF the guards, entrance
was easy"
The state board OF control today
awarded contract for a temporary
capitol. which Is to be built In a month
at a cost of 100000. Meantime the
state officers have taken up quarters
in different parts of the city and the
business OF the commonwealth is pro-
ceeding as usual
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-01-08
WORK
IS UNDER fire
Campaigns by Attorney General
to Reduce Living Costs
Are Attacked. :
CAUSED BUYERS STRIKE
Evil Effect of Campaign, Wit
nesses Say, Was to Cause
Unjust Suspicion.
CAUSED BUYERS STRIKE
(By Associated. Press).

WASHINGTON, Jan. Reconsideration
of the Fordney emergency tariff bill was
sidetracked for a time today by the SEN
ate finance committee while it's members
defended efforts of the government to
force down living costs.
The departure from the program came
when a witness charged the government
with responsibility for economic condi-
tions confronting the country through
encouragement tof a buyers strike. For
an hour decorum was cast off and
pointed exchanges took place.
Notwithstanding warnings by acting
Chairman McCumber and Senator Smoot,
Republican, Utah, that the committee
must obtain speedy action on the bill
to prevent further losses for the farm
ers, Senators Thomas, Colorado, and
Jones, of New Mexico, Democrats, In
dulged in argument with Colon John
P. Wood, of Philadelphia, who appeared
in behalf of the wool manufacturer Col
onel Woods assertion that the govern
ment and particularly the department of
justice had been t'unsvise in pronIllgat-
ing a campaign against high prices met
with the rejoinder by Senator Thomas
that present conditions were simply
those of lone man being willing to see
another lose money but very anxious
not to lose any himself"
Senator Jones asked the witness
whether his charges of unwisdon could
not also be applied to the Calder COM
nittee investigating housing and to the
senate itself for many members have
been active in agitating for price de-
cline" Mr.. Wood replied that he was
unfamiliar with the Calder committees
work, but he knew the accusations of
senators many times had materially af
fected prices.
My objections" continued the witness
''are principally against the methods
used by the government and particular
ly by Attorney General Palmer. Mr.
Palmer and his staff, instead of seeking
out and prosecuting specific cases of
proffteering, have dealt in generalities
1t has resulted in discredit attaching to
all of business
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-01-08
BOUND UP FEET
With CLOTHING
Manager of Revillon Freres' Fur
Trading Post Writes to
District Inspector.
FOUND FLYERS STARVING
Two of Naval Aviators Were
Unable to Walk from Hun
ger, Cold and Hardships.
(Ry Associated Press)

NEW YORK, Jan. 7.-DeScription of the
desperate plight of the three American
naval balloonists after they had landed
in the Hudson Bay country December IA
and started working their painful way
back to civilization at Moose Factory, was
received here today in letter from S. l..
Thorpe, manager. of Revillon Freres,
trading post at Moose, Ont.
The letter was directed to the chief
inspector of the company for the James
Bay district at Montreal and forwarded
to John NJ. Revillon here
The balloonists were in pitiable con-
dition when found and two of them had
to be taken to the Hudson Bay post at
Moose Factory on a sled, the letter said; /;
their clothing was torn to pieces and one
of the men was found in his underwear,
having ripped up his trousers to bind up
his feet.
Under date of December 10. the letter
said:
Thomas Mark picked up three strange
fellows down at about Middleboro some
place. who turned out to be three
American naval service men who went
up in a balloon on Monday. p. M, the
18th, over New York, making observa-
tions for the United States government.
''They got carried away in a gale.
finally landing about p. m. on Tuesday,
the 14th, some Is or 20 miles back in the
"They had not seen any signs of any
thing at all in that distance but even
tually heard some dogs bark as they
passed over here and colnmenccd to
deAcaea as fast as possiblo and landed
back here in the bush.
Using the balloons compass they
steered a course back due southeast and
came out at the mouth of NichoIson's
Creek. Seeing Tom Mark on the ice
about Middleboro the youngest of them
ran across to him and he took him to
his tent and then went up to the Hud-
son Bay company and they sent team
down to get the other two.
zone of them was all in, not having
had anything to eat but two carrier
pigeons which they happened to have
with them in the balloon. Their cloth
ing was all torn to pieces. one of them
arriving in his underwear, having torn
his pants up to wrap on their feet. They
say one was in his barefeet.
Mr. Gaudet and three men left early
yesterday morning with two dog teams
to go to find the balloon, though 1 heard
they are not going to bother with it, so
/ presume the Hudson Bay company is
going Atry and get out, as there viii
be Id silk tents in it. 1t is supposed
to be wdAF Fth about $1,000, though they had
to throw everything away possible to
tighten up so as to stay in the air till
they saw some sign of civilization.
"One of them is a Mr.. Hinton, who
made that transatlantic flight on one
of those NC seaplanes, though he says
this is his first and last experience in
balloon
Mr.. sRevillon, president of Revillon
Freres aid the company pest is near
Moose Factory, the trading post Of the
Hudson Bag company.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-01-08
State Department Will
Enforce Passport Rule
Conflict Between Labor and
State Departments Comes to
Head With Decision.
BOLAND ALSO UNDER FIRE
Statements Concerning "Ven-
delta" May Place Him With
in Felony Statute.
(By Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-Defnite
indications had appeared tonight that
the state department might take into
it's own hands without regard to the
department Of labor the question OF
admitting TO the United States Donal
O'Calaghan lord mayor of Cork, pa
rolled by the labor department after
his arrival at Newport News as a
stowaway.
Conflict between two departments
was foreshadowed yesterday, brought
out into the open today and accentu-
ated tonight when IL was learned that
Acting Secretary Davis of the state
department had called upon the de-
partments legal authorities for ad-
vice ON the question OF his depart
ment taking the entire O'Callaghan
admission matter into it's own hands.
The state department, IL has been in
dicated, favors deportation of the lord
mayor. while the labor department has
been represented by,those close to its
higher officials as favoring admission
OF the Cork official.
The case of the lord mayor had not
been formally presented 10 the state
department tonight by the labor de-
partment but the solicitor of the for
mer department was known TO be Civ
Ing consideration, also Ibis depart
ments power, In case O'Callaghan is
admitted by labor officials, to ask the
department OF justice TO institute pro-
ceedings against the lord mayor on
the charge OF violating criminal
statute by entering the United States
without a passport.
Secretary Davis also indicated dur
ing the day that the state department
had instituted an investigation of the
reported statement of Harry Boland.
secretary to Eamonn de Valera, pres
ident of the Irish republic" that he
too. had entered the United States
without a passport as a stowaway.
Mr. Davis said that the department
in addition, had taken note of the re-
ported advocacy by Boland in a speech
yesterday in New York of "vendet-
IA" by the Irish In every country If
England persisted in the pursuit of
its present course toward Ireland
There was a question, the secretary
said, as TO whether such a declaration
did not bring its author within scope
of the immigration act of 1916 pro-
viding deportation for aliens advocat-
ing the use OF force and violence
against the United States.
Consideration by the state depart
ment OF both the OCallaghan and the
Boland cases was understood TO have
been precipitated today by the denial
made by labor department officials OF
a statement issued early in the day by
Assistant Secretary Merle Smith of
the state department that Secretary OF
Labor Wilson had referred the o'Cal-
laghan case TO his department. Labor
department. officials, in their denial
added that Secretary Wilson had gone
TO Philadelphia for the week lend and
would not take up the case until his
return on Monday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-01-08
COAL PRICES WILL BE SUBJECT
OF INQUIRY BY DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE UNDER SENATE PROPOSAL
Chairman of Coal Committee
Wants Light on War Dept.
Contracts.
PROFITS WERE | GREAT
Operators Made Excess Profits
of $3,500,000 on Supply of
100000 Tons.
(By Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, Jan. = Prices
charged the war department for coal
last summer and fall would be inves-
tigated' by the department of justice
under a recommendation which Sena-
tor Calder, of New York, chairman OF
the senate coal investigating commit
tee announced today had been sub
mitted TO the attorney general.
Disclosure as to the committees
action came during general debate in
the senate today on coal profiteerings
Senator Calder announcing that the
evidence gathered by his committee as
to the army's coal transactions had
been turned over to the justice depart
ment officials with recommendation
that action be aiken.
The committee chairmans an
nouncement was followed by a state-
ment from Senator Kenyon of Iowa,
a member of the committee, that IF
the American people were robbed as
the war department was robbed on
coal last fall the robbery ran up to
hundreds Of millions of dollars"
Taking up the other side of the con-
troversy as regards the high prices
charged for coal last year, Senator
Sutherland, republican, West Virginia
declared that because bidding against
each other sent the prices up out of
reason, coal operators who stood back
had to take the mopey. though they
were ashamed TO do So"
Inquiry from Senator Borah. repub-
Hcan. Idaho, as to other action con-
templated by the committee brought
the further announcement from Chair
man Calder that legislation was, being
prepared to prevent a repetition of the
situation which confronted consumers
last year.
Senator Kenyon gave an account OF
what the committee had found as to
the war department purchases, de-
claring that excess profis of s3,500, 900
were taken on a supply of 100000 tons
Senator Smoot. republican, Utah.
requested the committee 10 fnvesti-
gate retail coal distribution and Chair
man Calder promised that an endeavor
would be made to do so. Further in
quiries the chairman said would be
started next week.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-01-08
AUSTRALIAN EGGS :.
IMPORTED TO u. S.
(Ry Associated Press)

CHICAGO. Jan. THE first ship
ment of eggs received in Chicago from
Australia, where the hens operate
under opposite weather conditions
than those obtaining now in northern
United States, were placed on sale to-
day.
Members of a local butter and egg
firm said they found they could sell
the eggs slightly cheaper than local
receipts and a test had shown only
six spoiled eggs in $50 dozen and not
one was broken by the long Journey.
One of the firm, r. A. Elston, said he
would endeavor to secure other ship
ments of the. Australian eggs until the
hens in this section get back on the
Job.