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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-03-03
scene, and later the flowers were pre-

scene, and later the flowers were pre-
sented to Mrs. Watts. Assisting ii
serving were: Mrs. B. B. Richards
Mrs. M. I. Watts. Mrs. C. H. Smith
and Mrs. o. 0. Stephens.
The Civic club will hold its first
meeting in March next Tuesday af.
ternoon. Mrs. w. P. Littlejohn will
be leader of the program, with Ore.
gon history as her subject. Host.
esses will be Mrs. B. B. Richards
and Mrs. E. G. Rogers.
Rev. F. E. Russell is confined to
his home with severe bilious attack,
The March meeting Of the Christ
ian Missionary society was held We'd
nesday at the home Of Mrs. H. H.
Hill, with fifteen ladies present. An
interesting program with missions in
Africa as the subject, was presented
by the second division, with the first
later serving refreshments. Mrs. J..
L. Lowther was guest at the meet
ing. The April meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. F. B. Boyd.
Mrs. Vaughn is ill at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. W. S. Ferguson,
with influenza.
Pursuant to call issued last week,
by the chairman of the local branch
Of the Red Cross, Mrs. c. H. Smith,
meeting was held at her home
Tuesday afternoon, in response to a
request for help in making garments
for the disabled service men in the
government hospitals of this district.
A small number of women responded
with their presence, but a number
Of others indicated their willingness
to help in the work, by telephone, and
orders will be sent to headquarters
at Pendleton for cut garments and
knitting yarn to cover Athena's quo
ia.
Armor A. Tussing, an attorney of
Brownsville, has been in the city a
guest at the G. A. Thompson home,
Mr.. Tussing was here in the inter
ests Of the J. J. Gross etate, which
ne is settling up. Mr.. Thompson
mas been appointed joint administra-
'or with Mrs. Millie Gross, widow of
he deceased. Appraisers Of the es-
ate, in this county are Alex McIn-
'yre, Charles Kirk and M. W. Han
'ell. Mr.. Gross also owned bank
stock in Walla Walla and mining
'tocks in Idaho. He died leaving no
will.
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burial. Services will be he'd at tn
grave in Athena cemetery, tomorrow
Mrs. Vorhies died at the age Of 81
years.
| No new cases of the influenza hay,
been reported this week and all pat
tents are recovering. 1t is hoped tha
the disease has been bested in thi.
vicinity.
J. W. Maloney, old time Athena
resident and former partner Of LOT
Hodgen in farming operations, is ir
town today, attending Mr.. Hodgen's
| funeral.
A cooked food sale will be held
on Saturday afternoon, March IL, in
Haynie's grocery store, by the aid
society of the Christian church
Dressed chickens and everything for
our Sunday dinner.
Mrs. W. S. Ferguson was in Wal
la Walla Wednesday, where she at
tended the funeral of Mrs. Christy,
friend, who died in California and
whose remains were brought to her
home for burial.
Athena physicians report an abate-
ment of the flu epidemic in the COM
munity. Weston still remains under
quarantine, with the expectation of
raising the ban next week, so it is
understood.
Friends of Mrs. James Nelson will
be concerned to know that she is in
a hospital at Spokane. where she re-
Gently passed through the ordeal of
surgical operation. Mr.. and Mrs.
Nelson reside on farm near La
Cross, Wash.
In show window at the Watts &
Rogers hardware store are to be seen
two fine rugs one made from the pelt
OF cougar and one from bear hide
They are the property of E.eC. Prest-
bye, and the taxidermy work was
done by a Whitefish, Montana, firm.
The Star club was entertained
Tuesday afternoon by Mrs. M. IL
Watts, at her home on 3rd and JEFF
ferson streets. Needlework with Soc
liability passed the hours, closing
with a dainty collation. served by the
hostess.
George Edwards, a well known
pioneer resident of Milton. died at
his home in that city, Tuesday, after
an illness of one week. Mr.. Edwards
was a prominent member of the
Knights Of Pythias and for MANY
years was in charge of the Milton
electric power plant.
East Oregonian<]Mr. and Mrs. Jo-
seph N. Scott and children left last
evening for Huntington Beach, CAL
forniak Where they were called by the
critical ILLNESS of Mrs. Scott's father,
l. G. Preston, Umatilla county pion-
ser. The date of the return of Mr..
and Mrs. Scott is indefinite.
Miss Maebelle Duncan and Mrs.
Alma Barnes, were initiated into
Rebekah Lodge No ssH
tuesday night. Owing to the bad
'oads and sickness. the attendance
vas small. Next meeting, five will
20 into the lodge. It is desired that
III members be present.
Miss Christensen, teacher in the
primary grades, entertained her
mother over the week end at the
lome of Mrs. Lila Kirk on South
rd street. Mrs. Christensen was en-
quite to her home in Newberg, after
visit with another daughter in
daho.
Wednesday night at the regular
Meeting of the Eastern Star chapter, |
he social hour was given to honor
FRS. F. D. Watts, a prominent work
r in that order. Centering five tab
IS set for refreshments, yellow daft
odils lent spring like effect to the
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Press Paragraphs

$sssDo~>o~.o~no~sos.osu
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. John Ha
2Tth, February 27. 1922. son.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Boo
~. February rs, 1922, daughter.
Mrs. R. B. McEwen is recovering
after a severe case of tonsilitis.
Lawrence Pinkerton transacted
business in Pendleton. Wednesday.
~ Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Murphy
March 1, 1922, a son.
Hamp Booher Of Weston, was an
Athena visitor Tuesday.
H. A. Dowd of Walla Walla, was a
business visitor in Athena, Tuesday.
F. S. LeGrow and A. H. Mcintyre
were in Walla Walla Wednesday.
Charles Mays. of Weston was in
Athena, Thursday.
Charles Williams was in Walla
Walla Wednesday.
Albert Gould Of Weston, was in
Athena, Monday
DR.. and Mrs. F. D. Watts were
Pendleton visitors, Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jackson of
Weston. were in Athena, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Mcintyre were
in Pendleton, Tuesday.
Mrs. Ivan O'Harra. of Weston, was
in town Thursday.
W. S. Ferguson was a Pendleton
visitor, Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Lieuallen of
Weston, were Athena shoppers, We'd
nesday.
Miss Eva Griess was the weekend
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Pinker-
ton. s.4 ~ +
Mrs. F. s. LaGrow and Mrs. H. /.
Watts visited in Walla Walla yes
terday. As
Mrs. J. E. Free of Waitsburg. a
sister of the late Louis Hodgen. is
in the city.
Mrs. Phillip Yenney of Walla Wal
la, was the guest this week of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Taylor. !
Another indication of spring: An
awning graces the front of the Harris
& Haworth barber shop.
Omer Stephens, shooting with the (
Pendleton squad Sunday, made
score Of SO straight.
Mrs. A. A. Kimball of Pendleton,
was guest Of Athena friends, Sun
day.
Born, at Tolt, Wash, to Mrs. and
Mrs. G. F. Root, formerly. Ethel
Duncan,) daughter.
Word comes from Condor that
Charles Russell, who was recently i'll,
has about regained his health.
Days Of sunshine and cold nights,
now. March "came in like lamb"
how will it go out, remains to be
seen. s4
The bridge-building crew, while re-
pairing the washout near Havana
makes Athena it's headuuar-
ters during the night.
Country roads have improved in
condition during the past few days,
with the result that farmers are u.s.
ing their cars to some extent.
Mrs. Wilbur, of Duncan, is in the
city, having accompanied Miss Ethel
Hodgen, who was called home by the
1eath of her father.
John Wall, who was cover there"
through it all, and who came home
IS a member Of Pershing's regiment,
his week received his victory medal.
Mrs. William Vorhies, formerly {
'esident of the neighborhood north
vest of Athena, died Tuesday of this
week at Nez Perce. Idaho. The re-
mains will be brought to Athena for /
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-03-03
The Churches
Methodist Services

HttHUIIbE f5tFEIces
Sunday School 10 A. NJ. Preach
ing II A. M. Preaching 7:30 P. M.
Prayer meeting Wednesday, 7:30
P. M. All are cordially invited to
attend these services.
G. L. Lowther, Pastor.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-04-12
CLAIM GAO, 900 ARE
 OUT IN COAL FIELDS
Associated Press Night wire)

INDIANAPOLIS, April lO.-Fifty thousand union soft coal miners ir addition to almost half of the l55,00C workers in the anthracite industry who are not members of the United Mine Workers of America are par ticipating in the general suspension of work in the coal industry, accord ing to a statement here today by President John L. Lewis.
 The union men are standing firm and we are gaining strength in non union fields" he declared.
 While no exact estimate was made of the men in the strike, it was evil dence from the statement that of- ficials regarded their former esti- mates of 100000 as having been ex- ceedcd. It was said the union re- garded 64O,OOO men as participants in the walkout
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-04-12
Quick Comeback of Defense After ,Stinnett Fails to Identi- fy Mrs. Cooper as May Thompson Stinnett.

Judge Sweeney probably saved
 Judge Stanford of Maricopa county a trip to Prescott when he liberated Jessie Ray Thompson Stinnett
 Cooper on a writ of habeas corpus yesterday afternoon. The woman whose matrimonial puzzle has stood the county prosecutors office and other agencies of government in a corner for 10 days, was permitted to go free after as astonishing a series of occurrences as has taken place in law circles here in a long time
 Mrs. Cooper-to use the name she is entitled to under a marriage cere- mony performed by Justice of the Peace McLane on March 3O-was given her preliminary examination before the same court that married her, early yesterday afternoon and William "A Stinnett, prosecuting witness, failed to identify her as the woman he had claimed to have mar ried, and who, he swore, later turned around and married Ed Cooper. Stinnett declared that he was a full-blooded Indian, fact ac- cording to the statutes, that nulli- fies any marriage he may have or still may contract with person of Caucasian blood.
 It was, however, the fact that Stinnett failed or refused to identify her as May Thompson Stinnett" that led Judge Sweeney later to grant the writ of habeas corpus in the pending bigamy proceedings. Mrs. Cooper left the jail a free woman.
 By another unusual turn of af- fairs, Stinnett himself was lodged in the jail Saturday night, and it is said was incarcerated in the same tank with Cooper.
 Yesterdays preliminary presented some more baffling phases for the prosecution Stinnett was called as a witness for the state and Deputy Prosecutor Westervelt asked him if that woman - indicating the defend ant-was his wife C. C. Norton, counsel for Mrs Cooper, objected to the question as leading, and Mir. rephrased it. Indicating Mrs. Cooper, the jail matron, a young woman from the clerks office and fourth visitor, he asked Stin- nett to look them all over carefully and state whether the woman he claimed to have married at Phoenix and against whom he swore out the bigamy charge, were present.
 Stinnett gazed at the array of
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-04-12
Associated Press Night wire)

WASHINGTON, D. C., April 10. Tt will be American valuation or congress will remain here until the snow flies" Chairman Fordney of the house ways and means commit tee, declared today after he had been
 informed officially that tne senate
 finance committee majority finally had determined upon foreign valua- ton as the underlying principle of the tariff bill which probably will be reported to the senate tomorrow.
 We will now insist on the original American valuation plan as written in the house bill," MT. Fordney con- tinued.
 The senate committee majority went back on the compromise Ameri- can wholesale selling price of the imported article to which we agreed, and now that bargain is eff" As serting that the senate was over for American valuation the house committee chairman said 1t
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-04-12
WILL QUASI TRUST IF IT WILL HELP SETTLE. THE COAL WALKOUTi
CAesociated Press Night wirsl


 INDIANAPOLIS, April 10-With the view CT opening the way for pos sible settlement of the nationwide suspension of work by coal miners, Attorney General Daugherty arrived here today unannounced from Wash ington and after a two-hour confer ence with Federal Judge Anderson declared he did not know whether dismissal Twas possible or practical at this time" of the indictments charging FPS coal operators, union leaders and others with conspiracy 10 violate the Sherman antitrust law.
 In private conference with the judge MT. Daugherty discussed dis missal of the indictments, which ac- ton it was said, would remove the ground for the refusal of some ope- rators to continue interstate wage negotiations with the unions Judge who declined to discuss the conference, was said to have re- fused to approve dismissal Of the pending cases. Further conferences with the officials here are on the at torney generals program for to-
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-04-12
MOVE MINERS OUT;
 GALLUP IS PEACEFUL
Associated Press Night wire)

GALLUP, April 10-Evacuation of homes on company property by the striking coal miners was begun today following the military order issued this morning for the entire mining district.
 Unmarried miners were given three hours; married miners were allowed a reasonable time to move their fam lilies. The evacuation was carried out in a peaceful manner, none of the men offering resistance to the order.
 Details Of soldiers occupied each Of the mines in this district early to- day. All mine guards, operators and miners found carrying arms were dis armed and notices were posted for all men at the mines to comply with the order within l2 hours. A search of all houses and persons will be conducted tomorrow and all viola tors placed under arrest, according to Lieutenant Colonel Norman King, who is in command of the troops.
 Sixty men joined the union today, according to Lee Lewis, president, who also said that not more than 2 per cent of the miners in the district reported for work today.
 Twenty alleged bootleggers, ar rested by military authorities, were given trials this afternoon and fines more than $4,00O were 
 Few miners are on the streets and there was no disturbance today.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-04-12
DRY LAW SHOULD BE
 RETAINING ITS COSTS
(Assoeiated Press Night Wirel

PHILADELPHIA, April 10. - Revenues from the national prohibit ton act should pay many times over the $lO,000,000 appropriation for the enforcement of the dry laws during the coming year, Commissioner Haynes declared in an address to a law enforcement body here tonight.
 Tt would be interesting to the people to know" he said, "that if we were to collect the fines, penal ties and special tax imposed on vio- lators in the first six months of this administration they would more than pay two and half times the esti- mated cost of enforcing the law for the next year"
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-04-12
COUNCIL ORDERS BANNING CREEK DAM BLUEPRNTED FOR CONTRACT
House I Secret Session Considers Anti Kx Kan Measure
.COLD DAY WHEN CONGRESS QUITS
 F AMERICAN VALUATION KILLED

twas his judgment that the senate managers would agree to that valua- ten when the bill got into confer ence between the senate and house.
 Mir Fordney declared he would never agree to congress adjourning until after the tariff bill had been passed.
 Tt Is nonsense to talk about such a thing" he said. Any man who suggests such thing wants to de- feat the tariff and therefore is an enemy to American industry and labor" Reiterating that the house would not yield on the valuation question MT Fordney said he did not beliefe there were more than a dozen men on the republican side who would not stand firm for Ameri- can valuation and fight ii out
 Long fights were expected on number of the provisions in the bill,. more particularly those on dyes, hides, shoes and leather, wool cot ton, lumber, metals and farm pro- ducts.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-04-12
TROUBLE STARTS AT ONCE WHEN SOVIET'S .TALKERS ENTER BIG GENOA CONFERENCES
Associated Press Night wire)

GENOA, April 10. - Russia, the status of which is one of the ques-
 tions of supreme importance to be decided by the economic conference,
 came to the forefront soon after the opening of that assembly today.
 Speeches were made by the presiding officer, Premier Facta of Italy, NJ.
 Barthou, representing France, Pre- mier Lloyd-George of Great Britain, Dr. Wirth of Germany and spokes- men of Japan and Belgium, all of a conciliatory nature and voicing ad herence to the Cannes resolution up- on which the present gathering is based.
 A clash over a disarmament pro- posal by Georg Tchitcherin, the sov- jet foreign minister, which occurred between MT. Tchitcherin and NJ. Barthou, threatened to disrupt the conference.
 MT. Barthou said France categor- ically refused to discuss disarmament at Genoa. MT. Tchitcherin replied that Russia thought France would be ready to discuss this question be- cause M. Briand, the former French premier, had said at the Washington conference that Russia's armaments had made disarmament impossible
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-04-12
BURCH TRIAL RESUMED
Associated Press Night wire)

LOS ANGELES, April l0.-Tht second trial of Arttus C. Burch charged with the murder of J. B Kennedy here last August, was start ed again today. A new jury pane was on hand, a previous start oi the trial last week having been halt ed and prospective jurors dismissed when charges of jury tampering were taken up resulting in the arrest oi an investigator for the district at torney.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-04-12
KLINE FAVORS THAT PROJECT OUT IF TR|O; GRANITE GREEK BRIDGE

Instructions were ordered given to
 City Engineer Art Kline at an ad-
 journed council meeting last night
 for the preparation of plans and specifications for cement concrete
 dam across Banning creek in the
 mountains south of the city. The dam will add 1O0OOO,00O gal Ions to the capacity of Prescott water storage facilities.
 Mir. Kline was also instructed to prepare at once the plans and blue prints for the Granite creek bridge to link east and west Prescott.
 The orders 10 the city engineer which will result in the publication of call for bids on the Banning creek dam, came as the result of Mir Kline's comprehensive report to the city council This report was re- quested because the city has been of fered three distinct water supply and the council wanted to>know which to accept. The engi- neer returned from a survey of all the plans and recommended the i'm construction of the reservoir named
 The call for bids will be published in 10 or IS days. A month later, a contract will be awarded Before fall, work may be we'll started on the project that will supplement the city water supply by 30 times the present of the reservoir.
 The new Granite creek bridge is to be the full width of the street and a structure of beauty as we'll as utility. It will match the paving that will meet its east approach, will give easier access to the west side and 1 encourage the improvement of that highly important thoroughfare, West 1 Iurley.
 Last nights meeting of the coun ,il was for the express purpose of | aking these two extremely important ] matters under consideration, but the council also discussed the proposition ,f extending the ornamental lighting ystenl, and it is to the be expected hat several more short units of block or SO will be ordered.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-04-12
INRS. COOPER FREED ON B|GANY .
 CHARGE 0N HABEAS CORPUS WRIT

women and slowly brought forth the
 information that he had never mar ried any of them. The amazement of MT. Westervelt was written in
 large bold type on his fair counten-
 ance, and he fairly shouted his next
 question. Defense counsel again ob- jected on the ground that this was repetition and the court had hardly had time to rule when Stinnett, catching the drift, proclaimed that he refused to answer.
 The prosecution at this time began to be very sick and tired of the case
 Mir Norton at once took up cross examination and in answer to an in quiIy about ancestory, MT. Stinnett admitted that he was of Indian blood. Mir. Norton wanted to know the proportions if any. The witness said his father was a Navajo and his mother a Cherokee. He was born, he said, in Tennessee.
 The prosecution was murmuring visibly, if inaudibly, by this time. MT. Westervelt was palpably disgusted. He stopped the trial ard announced a motion for a two-day continuance. He would, he. said, get to the bot tom of this case and dig through that bottom. It would be a simple mat ter to test certain persons veracity. There was witness in Phoenix who had issued the original marriage license and also one-Superior Judge Stanford who had performed the ceremony.
 MT. Norton at once entered an en- thusiastic objection. Why the very idea, he said, pained and surprised at this turn Of affairs, to think of trying to inpeach ones own wit ness. Was not the prosecution bound by his testimony? He, for one, would say it wasl
 Judge McLane knew Of a statute about continuances, and he granted it.
 MT. Norton at once repaired to his office and sued out writ of habeas corpus, which was made returnable | at once before Judge Sweeney. In the higher court there was some dis cussion of the several astonishing phases of the case, whereupon. there being slight argument on the real ssue-whether or not the state de- served that continuance - the court granted the writ.
 Cooper gained a sort Of semi-free- 1on little earlier. At the conclus- on of the preliminary examination of Mrs. Cooper, Ed was turned loose on his own recognizance by Judge McLane.
 Whether or not there will be other in this highly involved | case was not revealed last night
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-04-12
I. STAKES HAND IN
 LEN SNALL'S CASE
Associated Press Night wire)

CHICAGO, April 1O.-An investiga- ton by federal agents of the income tax returns made by Governor Len Small, Vernon Curtis a banker, and Fred Sterling, former state treasurer all of whom are facing trial on charges of conspiracy in connection with the alleged embezzlement of state funds has been begun, it was reported here tonight
 According to high officials of the internal revenue department, an agent has been assigned to investigate and report all information he may collect. He has been told to attend the trial of Governor Small which is sched- uled to start at Waukegan next week.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-04-12
r FRIENDS IF BILL PRODUCE CONFIDENTIAL
 INFORMATION
AssoeIated Press Night wirel

PHOENIX, April 10. - Behind closed doors the house committee oi the whole today discussed a bill di- rected against the Ku Klux Klan, The majority recommended that the bill do not pass while the minority report recommended its passage. The measure comes up for third reading tomorrow.
 In explanation of the secrecy in which the bill was considered, it was said private and confidential com munications were offered by the bills supporters.
 No action was taken in either house on the general appropriation bill which was not returned from the committee on enrolling and en- crossing, to which ii was senat Sat urday.
 Rumors were afloat today that the fate of the financial code which has been in the hands of the governor for several days had not been decid- ed It was said a question as to its constitutionality had been raised and the governor was not disposed to act on it until he had been given a view of the general appropriation bill in its final form.
 The house today cleaned up its calendar by removing bills which had been retained there for days or even weeks. Most of them were counter parts of senate bills which had pass ed both houses or else were senate bills, counterparts of house bills, which had either been definitely de- feated or gone to the governor.