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The Washington times., 1909-12-03
Representative Says West
Point and Annapolis Are
Becoming Hereditary.
PHYSICAL DEFECTS
OFTEN MADE EXCUSE
Considered Remarkable That Rela-
tives of Army and Navy Families
NeveT Dropped at Last Moment.

Cumulative complaint that the Naval
Academy at Annapolis and the Military
Academy at West Point are tending to
become hereditary institutions. and that
favoritsm is shown 20 the sons of army
navy families in the matter of ap-
pointments and OF treatment in the
academies, is likely to lead to some in
vestigatiou the coming winter
For a long time Il has been charged
by many members OF Congress that
their appointees TO the academies fail
10 get fair treatment IN many cases, af-
ter admission.
One member Of the House today re-
counted that he had had three an
Pointees rejected. when they came TO
examined for commissions after they
mad completed the courses in the acad-
emies. They were rejected on grounds
OF physical deficiencies. despite that ex-
ANIMATION by the greatest specialists in
tne country indicated IN at least one OF
the cases that there was absolutely no
groun dior the rejection.
Late Discovery.
4 can't see any occasion for making
a discovery OF this kind after a young
l.'ah mas been carried all the way
rative
They are admitted only af,s- +bo
most rigorous physical examination.
they are under constant s,,,-,,aiIl,,,,e a.
physical way while in the academies.
and it is certainly a marvel IN me tbot
so large a proportion manage to main
tain their physical status TN the dav
they become eligible for commission.
and then TO develop heart trouble tbat
the greatest heart experts can't detect
II mas come 10 look 10 me as IL they
were making IL a bushes stO trf1u7n mn
lhls kind of charges and throw men
ouI' When Tor any reason II isn't con-
slderec, by the powers desirable TO
keep them In ="
The uncomfortable part OF the situa-
ton Is that people who have been
nsltJ,nllng tendencies at the academies ,
CONSIDER II remarkable that sons and
hepheWs and grandsons Of army and
navy Iamlhes seem to be in less DANCER
OF pelng pldcked in this summary fash
. ION man are the sons Of the com
Common Belief
Perhaps it is only Imagination b,,+
certain fl is that belief In sometime
Ike favoritism Of this KIM has become
established with a good many nybIjc I
men.
1t is charged, for instance. that the
proportion Of sons Of army and navy
families IN the two academies is con /
stantly increasing, and that at present
u Is really strikiugly large. The desire
OF navy and army parents to have their
sons follow the same career is natural.
and there is no doubt that much Effort
Is put forth TO secure appointments for
sons and grandsOns.
Inc TACT remains, however, that /
charges Of a tendency 20 hereditary
preferences I'm the academies have been
heard for long tim, and that recent
reelcuons Of young men after com p
pleung their course have brought the
complaints 10 a point where members
Of Congress want something done
The Washington times., 1909-12-03
WEATHER REPORT.

Unsettled weather will continue to-
night and Saturday over the eastern
half Of the country, with local rains ina
the Ohio Valley, and rains or SHOWS in
the upper Lake region. II will be some
what colder IN the northern and western
upper Lake region.
The Washington times., 1909-12-03

FORECAST FOR TIE DISTRICT .
Unsettled weather tJ5ight and Satur-
Gay; light winds, mostly northeast 20
The Washington times., 1909-12-03
SWITCHAEN INSIST
STRIKE IS GROWING
Feeling in St. Paul Is Bitter
Over Importation of
Strike-Breakers.

ST PAUL, Dec S-Thoush the Of
acials of the railroads entering the
Twin Cities today insist that the end
Of the strike Of sWitchmen is in sight,
the officials Of the Switchmen's Union
Of North America laugh at these
claims.
The railroad officials declare they
have 400 strike-breakers at work in the
yards here and that more are on the
way, and they declare that before
tweuty-four hours have passed much
Of the congested freight will be MOI
ing along the lines of the Great North
ern and Northern Pacific railroads.
In spite Of this. however. no increage
IN the movement Of freight was notice
able early today.
The shipping situation appears TO be.
II anything, more serious than it was
yesterday. Commission men find It Just
as hard as ever to get supplies, and
only one Of the twenty-three -four mills
here Is running Several thousand men
who were thrown out Of employment
yesterday and the day before by the
closing Of these and other plants are
stu out.
Legal Battle Coming.
Feeling among the strikers against
the railroads was bitter today and as
a result, . legal battle between III.
contending factions IS In prospect.
Mayor I.awlor has been retained as
the strikers counsel, and through him
the union has brought 10 the attention
OF State Labor Commissioner McEwen,
the Importation Of strilSe-breakers. The
strikers allege that the railroads have
violated the State laws in importing
nOn-residents and giving them badges as
special police. II Is stated that the
InlOnlStS have asked MCklWen to I'M
prison all strike breakers, found wear
ing badges. Lawlor mace II clear today
that he IS on the side of the strikers
and he defended the action of President
HaWlay OF the union In ordering a strike
after he had signed a joint telegram TO
Chairman Knapp. of the Interstate Com
merCe Commission, and United states
Labor Commissioner Nell, asking them
20 act as mediatOrs.
Meets Governor.
Governor Eberhart at 10 O'Clock met
State Labor Commissioner McEwen by
appointment McEwen made a fun re-
port of the situation and il is said dis
cussed with Eberhart the ACCESSIBILITY
of arresting strilIe-breakers.
The railroad officials claim to have re-
ceived great encouragement from cities
I'M the Iron Range country. Reports
from Duluth state that of NJ switchmen
who struck Tuesday night. ninety-slX
have returned 20 work. The ninety-siN
are said to be members Of the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen. which is
no, affiliated with the Hawley 1rganl-
zHtiOn- These two unions are not in
harmony, but the trainr,Sa have taken
the attitude that they viii remain neu-
tral and will refuse to do other than
their customary work during the strike
The local police are under orders to
be ready tor an emergency in case OF
violence. There has been no sign OF il
here so far.
Duluth reports an incipient riot yester-
day which was quickly stopped.
The Washington times., 1909-12-03

Today-High tide, 12.2O a. m. and 1856
p m. Low tide, 7;ol a. m. and sos p. m.
1873 p. m. Low tide. 7.55 a. M. and sos
p. m.
The Washington times., 1909-12-03
Dixie To Follow.

PHILAD' -'HTA. Dec. 2-Quickly
following the auxiliary cruiser Prairie
on its menacIng errand to Central Amer
The Washington times., 1909-12-03

nHARPERs FERRY, W. Va, Dec. s.
Both rivers clear.
The Washington times., 1909-12-03

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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-07
DESIRE TO SEE TAFT
SAVES VAGRANT SENTENoE


portland.-A plea to see Big BIZ
Taft the genial president on Talt
dav in Portland saved Joe Blackburn
n negro. from a sentence TO leave
.ou,n He was one of a crowd or
oigbteen men who were arraigned on
the charge Of vagrancy They hau
been gathered from various quarters
IN the Northwest and looked as
though they had spent the night Ill
n boxcar when they we're lined up be-
fore the judges bench. AFTER IA
trolman Raney had explained now
they had been arrested Judge Ben
mott cateschised them one by one and
said. "Will you leave town If give
Won n chance, or will you remain ana
go on the rockpile?" Each in turn
said he would be glad to hike un-
til II came to the negro, who was last
"I nlace myself upon the generosity
of de court" said Blackburn. "Jedge,
I'm telling you de truf. / knows Use
no account and doan like work, put
don't hend me outen dis yare town Till
after tomorrer. I KEN all the way
from Californy to see Big Bill Taft,
dc president. Let me stay In town
twenty-four hours and then I'll go on
nv way. I never did see a president
in all NV life and doan wan to miss
dis chance"
Blackburn's plea was granted.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-07
STOMACH TROUBLE.
Had IL For Years Until lie Heard or
Mi-o-na. Tallman & Co Sell II.

II you suffer from indigestion,
belchlng of gas, lump OF lead on stom-
ach, billlousness, dizziness, foul
breath. nervousness, constipation, or
headache, give Tallman & Co. so
cents today for a box Of Mi-o-na, the
celebrated stomach prescription, and
IL it doesn't cure you they will give
you your money back It relieves
painful stomach distress in five min
utes. Read the following:
81 had stomach trouble for years.
After eating ! would be troubled FOR
an hour or so with indigestion. I
bought one box Of Mi-o-na tablets
from Gaffney Drug Co., which COM
pletely cured me. That was 12 months
ago and to this day have not been
troubled again" j. y. Haskey Gaff-
ney, S. c., April 20, 1909.
Mi-o-na is the best prescription for
stomach trouble ever written; not only
does it give quick relief, but it cures
permanently because it thoroughly
cleanses, removes, builds up and puts
elasticity into the stomach and bow
els. Mi-o-na is put up in tablet form
and is small and easy to swallow. Sold
by leading druggists everywhere and
in Pendleton by Tallman & Co., who
rigidly guarantees them. Test sample
free Address Booths Mi-o-na, Buff
falO, n. Y.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-07
ABERDEEN WOMAN is A
"BOLD. BAD MAN

Aberdeen, Wash Charged with
assault with a deadly weapon" Ore
ma Fowler, a woman of questionable
character is lodged in the city Jail
here after giving the proprietor Of a
saloon, his bartender and several in
mates some 10 minutes of terror with
a 45-caliber revolver.
The woman's quarrel was original
ly with the bartender. Seeking
him to "fill him full of lead" the pro-
prietor refused her admttance,
Exclaiming, well, I'd just as soon
shoot You as anybody" she blazed
away at the owner, one shot passing
through his clothes and the remaind-
er playing havoc with the interior
decoration.
Witnesses today seemed reticent
about testifying, and the Prosecuting
attorney now fears that from lack
of evidence he will be unable to prove
the woman guilty of anything but
some minor charge.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-07
Snanlsh Queen Ponular.

Paris Queen Victoria Eugene is
praised enthusiastically by all Span
ish newspapers, even by the Republic
can journals, for the manner in which
she is organizing relief for the wound
ed soldiers at the front and the fam
lilies of those killed in the war, says
the Madrid correspondent of the New
York Herald.
The funds collected already amount
to over 100000 toward which the
queen has contributed most literally.
Her majesty presides over the jun
tas" held to collect funds, and delivers
eloquent appeals to the charity and
patriotism of the women of Spain.
She speaks in Spanish, and has Gre
ated intense admiration by her per-
feet command of the language and
the absence of accent betraying her
foreign origin.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-07
SECRETARY OF WAR
MAY RESIGN POSITION

Washington.-There is a strong
possibility that j. NJ. Dickinson, sec
retary of war, may shortly resign
from the Taft cabinet, his eldest son
who has just suffered a serious at
tack of heart failure coupled with
the recent death in his family. is said
to prompt Mr.. Dickinson to this
thought.
Mr.. Dickinson is now at Belle Mead,
Tenn, where he hastened to his sons
bedside today. Nobody here assumes
to speak authoritatlvey on the ques-
ton Of his resignation, but members
OF the cabinet circle would not be sur
prlsed If Mr.. Dickinson should make
the announcement shortly after his
return to Washington.
President Tafts earnest desire to
strengthen the republican party in the
south would naturally prompt him
to name a southern man in Mr. Dick
ihson's place, but no names are yet
mentioned.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-07
ENGLISH Mummy Found.

LondOn.-An English mummy i've
hundred years old, has been unearth-
ed in a garden at Stamford, where
monastery of Black Friars existed in
medlaevel times. The discovery was
made at depth of five feet during
drainage excavations.
The body was enclosed in a lead
shell nodded on it's form, embalmed
and wrapped in a cloth resembling
canvas covered with wax. 1t is sup
posed the body is that Of an abbot of
the ancient monastery. The remains
were reburied in the local cemetery
after an inquest had been held, in ac-
cordance with the law.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-07
Black Hand Forces Victims to Insure.

London.-A dispatch from Rome
says that every day the notorious
Black Hand organization appears to
invent some new method of despoil-
ing the people of Sicily, and its latest
device is amazingly impudent.
The society is not only imposing
taxes, but compelling large numbers
of persons to insure their lives and
property with a concern specially es-
tablished by itself. All the directors
of this society bear characters hard
ly calculated to inspire confidence on
the part of their clients.
At Misilmeri practically the entire
population has been compelled to in
sure against murder, fire and robbery.
The leaders of the blackmailers are
said to be Italian Black Hand MEM
bers recently expelled from the Uni
ted States.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-07
WOMAN SECURES FORTUNE:
HUSBAND SECURES PARDON

san Bernardino, Cal.-Wtth the
news that she has come into pos
session of about 100000 of the great
Anderson estate in England, Mrs.
Joseph Lincieum. of Upland, who
some time ago sued her husband for
divorce, has apparently forgiven Lin
cieum, who is wandering somewhere
in the country.
When the Llnoieum divorce case
was called in the Superior Court to-
day the husband did not appear, but
the lawyer for Mrs. Llncieum asked
that the suit be stricken from the
calendar. No explanation of this
course wis given. Later the lawyer
said that Mrs. Lincieum wished to
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-07
MUCHLY MARRIED
AND NEVER DIVORCED

Kansas City.-Grace E. Chapman
pleaded guilty to a charge of bigamy
in Justice Miller's court at her preli-
minary trial here today, admitting she
had married six men without having
procured a divorce from any of them.
Yes. I'm guilty" she testified.
"I've had six husbands and I'm sick
of matrimony. Most of the men l
married were farmers. I'd live with
them until l got tired of them and
then I'd leave. They were soon tired
of me-"
Were you ever divorced?"
Not that l know Of" Mrs. Chap
man replied. She was unable to fur
nish bond of $4,000 and was remand
ed to Jail TO await trial.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-07
FOREIGN NOTES
QUEEN GIVES GENTLE
HINT TO TRESSPASSERS

LOndon.-Queen Alexandra has
shown once more, in small way, the
justice of her claim to be "the first
lady of the land" and the word Ia
dy" is here used in its best sense.
Her majesty has a private bunga-
low on the Norfolk coast, where she
takes restful holidays during the sum-
mer. She has been troubled, how
ever, by intrusive sghtseers, who hav
caused much damage to the little es-
tate.
But instead of posting up a notice
to the effect that "trespassers will be
prosecuted" in the usual arrogant
(and illegaD way. her majesty simp-
ly had a board erected with the sim
pie words, "Privtte property, please
Not even the most callous could re-
s'st that appeal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-07
MUST CLEAN UP
OR CLOSE UP.
health OFFICERS BEGIN
CRUSADE AGAINST DIARIES
Worst Places VIII he Attacked First
But Mandate TO Clean up Is Sweep
ing-Unsanitary Conditions Must all
be RcnOvcd-Board Has Action OF
Iowa as Precedent.

Worst dalries must clean up first"
Is the dictum to dairymen issued to-
day by DR.. Robert c. Yenney, state
health officer and secretary Of the
state board Of health, which recently
assumed the leadership Of the fight to
give Portland decent milk supply.
"That is to say" continued DR.. YEN
ney, in an interview with a represen-
tatlve of the Portland Journal, that
the state board Of health, working
through various agencies and by its
own efforts, will concentrate the at
tention of inspectors upon the dairies
which have been operated for many
years in an appallingly unsanitary
manner. But the mandate to clean up
will go to all dairies alike. 1t will
simply be easier for the places that
have been operated somewhat in ref
erence TO the laws Of sanitation to
conform to the regulations issued
yesterday by the state board.
But dairies where there are hope
lessly unsanitary conditions and un-
healthy or diseased cows will be quar-
antined and their operators forbidden
to continue the sale Of milk or milk
products until they ave conformed to
the regulations Of the board.
This action may work hardship
at first, but none of us believe that it
will ultimately prove a hardship even
to the dairymen, and that in the end
1t will result in quicker adjustment Of
evil conditions and exterminate Port
lands milk plague sooner than any
other means we might employ"
Acts on Precedent.
The state board of health has as
precedent for its action recent action
taken in Iowa where all dairies not up
to a prescribed standard were closed
until they had cleaned up. The action
at first caused a great amount of com
planning, particularly among the dairy
men. and from those individuals who
expected to obtain a degree of political
patronage from champonins the cause
of unsightly or unsanitary dairies, but
as the good results Of the action began
to be shown consumers and producers
were compelled into admiration and
favor. This is the result anticipated
in oregon.
In order to get the regulation Of
dairies into working form one of the
first actions taken will be to list the
dairies as to location, condition, num-
Der of cows and their condition, the
name Of the operator and the name
Of the owner. \ disposition is shown
on the part of the state board of
health to make owners of dairy barns
who rent their property to tenants
for such structural fea-
lures of these barns as preclude the
most effective sanitation of ventila-
tion. The darymen. whether owners
or lessees will be made responsible
for the cleansing of the cows, barns
and surroundings and for the health
in the dairies.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-07
WRIGHT PAYS FINE
FOR CARRYING GUN

Arthur G. Wright who was arrest
ed Saturday at the Portland hotel and
thought to have had evil designs
against President Taft, and who was
carrying a revolver at the time, was
fined S25 and costs yesterday in mu-
nicipal court. He pleaded guilty and
paid the fine. No state charge will
be placed against him. The word re-
ceived from his home at Lowell,
Mass, indicates that he has a good
reputation and no wrong is thought to
have been in his mind.-Portland
Journal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-07
PARIS WILL GIVE
BEGGARS GRAND BOUNCE

Paris.-Americans visiting Paris
who have been pestered in the beau
tiful Champs Elysees by the army Of
professional beggars that infest the
place will rejoice to hear that Sc
rious attempt is being made to get
rid Of them. All the hotel propretors
and fashionable residents in the ave-
nue. have drawn up a petition to Per-
feet Of Police Lepine, complaining Of
the nuisance.
This beggarly host is thoroughly
organized, the members relieving
each other at intervals, and includes
linguistic mendicants who can tell
pitiful tale in any language.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-07
500 Buffalo Escape.

Calgary. Alberta. - Word was
brought here today that the Canadian
buffalo park at Wainbrdge, Alberta,
had been destroyed by the prairie fire
which had been burning in that Sec
ton for a week.
AS the fire burned the fence sur
rounding the park. the herds of buff
falo, estimated to number 500 animals
and a large number of elk, escaped.
The fires in this section have caus-
ed a financial loss that will run into
the millions.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-07

share her fortune with her husband.
Mrs. Lincieum is daughter Of the
late Judge Anderson. Of Upland. Her
husband disappeared some time ago.
His desertion caused Mrs. Lincieum to
sue for divorce. Then came the news
that the Anderson family, Of which
she Is member was heir to an Eng
lish estate valued at from $SO,000,-
600 to $1OO,OOO,OQO, of which about
sG,OOO,OOO would eventually become
Mrs. Lincleum's share.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-07
YANIHILL MURDERER
RELEASED ON BAIL

McMinnville, Ore Jessie Town
send, murderer of James Lawrence,
was this morning indicted by the
grand jury for manslaughter. He is
out on $500 bail. His bondsmen are
S. Talbot and Hube Sitton. Town
send has retained Attorneys Mccain
an Vinton and Judge Pipes of Port
land to conduct his defense.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-07
CHILD HANGS ITSELF
IN SWING ROPES

Saginaw, Mich.-George Henry
Rambo, II months old. accidentally
hanged himself yesterday while play
ing in a swing at a neighbors home.
The little fellow had toddled over
to play with the Shepard children.
When his mother came for him. she
found the child dead, tangled in the
ropes 1t is believed that in falling
from the swing the child caught in the
ropes, breaking his neck.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-07
Exports TO U. S. Grow.

Hamburg-The exports from Ham,
burg to the United States and the
Philippines for the first nine months
of 1909 aggregated $17,472,210, as
against $13,S75.992 for the CORES
ponding period of last year. The ex-
ports to the Philippines for the first
nine months of 1908 amounted to
Ss93,927.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-07

Fall colds are quickly cured by Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar the great throat
and lung remedy. The genuine con-
tains no harmful drugs. Koeppen
Bros.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-10-07

Read the East oregonian.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21
THE DANGER IN
MOTION PICTURES
Some Interesting Facts Regarding
Danger From Fire in Motion
Picture Shows.

Picture Shows.
The public is getting tolerably we'll
informed regarding motion picture
shows and these amusement places
are the more popular from the TACT
that there is comparatively little dan
ger from fire, when the proper precau-
tions are taken Where the chief dan
per lies is the fact that most mo-
tiou picture theaters have their ma
chimes on platforms near the exit to
the theater. Everyone knows that thc
celluloid. from which the films are
made is very inhammable, and the
condensed rays of arc hight will set
them afire. unless in motion Wneh
once afrc. they cannot be eXtingulsh'
cd until the film is consumed. Man
aeer Dodge is one of the managers
who desired to eliminate even this
menace to the safety of his patrons.
He recently had built steel operat-
ing room in which the machine is
kept. 1t is automatic, and should the
film catch fire. the room is closed an'
tomaticallly and he film would be
consumed inside the room without the
slightest possibility of the flames do
ing particle of damage. Parents
can send their children to Dodge $
theater with the satisfaction OF know
ing that there is no danger threatened
from f"e.
A special matinee will be given for
the children Saturday, with pictures
Of special interest to the little folks
Admittance cents.