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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-07


Eh.every.
With total of A men in the city
Jail last night; with more idle me1
in the city than ever p .Ore in his
tory and with a large number of vag-
rants and desperate cha letters in tde
throng the police these days are hav-
ing a workout such as they have rev-
er had before and each day the situa-
ton becomes more critical. The con-
ditions are bringing loud calls for an
increase in the police force.
One of the most difficult arrests he
has had to make since he has been
in office fell to Chief of Police
Gurdane yesterday afternoon. The
man was a big strapping fellow and
was unusually strong, through being
under the influence of dope. When
first arrested he promised to go to
Jail peacefully but at a favorable op-
portunity grappled with the officer.
Had it not been for the timely ar
rival of Sheriff Taylor the man might
| have gotten away or have forced the
/ officer to- shoot him.
\ Daily Occurrence.
! However. such affairs as this are
! of almost daily occurrence and to
: add to the troubles of the police they
| are constantly receiving calls Tor as
| sistance from the residence district
because of the actions of beggars
who become disgruntled when house
| wives refuse TO feed them.
Incidentally many phone calls foH
! the police go unanswered because
with but two men on duty at time
! it is a physical impossibility for a
! man to remain at the city hall. A
few evenings ago a tramp called at
! a well known home on Alta street and
when the lady of the house courteous
| (C0ntinued on mage eighty
The Washington times., 1911-12-30
DR.. Davidson Will
Speak to Sunday School

How the church can help the school
and the home in the training of the
child for community life VIII be told
teachers and pupils of the Church Of the
Reformation Sunday school tomorrow
morning by DIR. w. M. Davidson, Super
intendent of Schools, who will be the
principal speaker at exercises at which
annual awards to pupils will be given.
The exercises Will take place In the
church Sunday school room at s:S0
o'clock. After an address, the superin-
tendent will make awards of sixty-dve
badges to those pupils who have been
present throughout the year.
The Sunday school services will mark
the opening of a day of special services
at the Church of the Reformation. The
Christian Endeavorers will hold spe-
cial meeting to which members of the
congregation and Sunday school have
been invited at 10 o'clock. Plans OF
the society for work during the COM
ing year will be outlined at that. time,
At II o'clock a special church service
conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Dr,
John Weidley. will be continued until
after the coming in of the New Year.
The Washington times., 1911-12-30
WARRINGTON IN DRY
DOCK, CRIPPLED BY
COLLISION AT SEA
Torpedo Boat Crawls Into
Harbor After Miraculous
Escape.

NORFOLK. Va, Dec. 3o.--The tor
pedo boat Warrington IL In the dry
dock here today, after being practically
fioated In by two naval tugs, following
her injuries in collision with schooner
at sea. In speaking OF the collision.
Lieutanant Commander w. H. Hunt
said: 81
six meen sleeping in the compart-
ment aft where the schooner strucl,
us were thrown into the sea. and they
were rescued by shipmates and several
officers.
Il reached the deck In time to see the
shape OF schooner bearing away from
board the vessel ana / could not say
how large schooner she was ! could
Just see her shape In the darkness.
She was showing full sails when
sighted her. bearing away from US. She
streak Of lightning. suppose the wind
was driving her SO fast her skipper
did not have time to see what he had
struck. The schooner apparently made
no effort to stop and we were left to oui
Next to the compartment where the
schooner struck US twenty men were
sleeping. Water began pouring into
this compartment, too, and for time
Lieut.. r. w. Mathewson and Chief
Gunner's mate J. G. Donnelly saved
several OF the men at the risk of their
own lives.
That single man lives to tell the
story Ia due to kind Providence and
the coolheadedness of our crew, and
the fact that the bulkheads woAker per-
fectly.
MEN had to wade through water
over their knees to reach their ship
mates and to do the work necessary
to keep the craft afloat."
The Washington times., 1911-12-30
NO TRACE IS FOUND
Of THE yANDAL WHO
SLASHED PAINTING
Work of Repairing Famous
Picture Is Almost
Completed.

The hunt for the person who slashed
the painting of the Battle OF Lake
Erie at the Capitol has thus far been
unsuccessful. Capitol police and de-
tectfves have gained no clue to the
guilty party that seems Of any value.
Meanwhile the work of repairing the
picture has been> going ahead and
has been nearly completed. r. p. Toll
man.. of the Corcoran Art, Gallery, has
got the cut In the painting patched UP.
and the piece which was cut out re-
stored. For the present It Is held in
place by board screwed on from the
front Another board has been fitted
In at the back Of the rent and will be
left in place permanently. When the
glue sets the board in front will be
removed, the crevices filled In and the
painting retouched about the edges OF
the piece that was cut out, SO that II
will be impossible to. zee without a
most careful examination that any
damage was ever done.
The Washington times., 1911-12-30
Cheese and Manufacture
y Defined in Bulletin

A reference work on cheese has beer
published by the Department Of Agri.
culture in bulletin form. This bulle.
tin was compiled by c. F. Doane. as.
sistant dairyman In the dairy division
and H. w. Lawson, of the office OF
experiment stations. E- =
The bulletin lists the various kinds
OF cheese manufactured throughout
the world, with a descriptive text OF
the manner of manufacture Of each
An analysis Of each kind of cheese
showing its food value also Is given
Nearly 100000 worth of cheese II
imported into the United States an
nually. and this amount is steadily
Increasing. Attempts have been made
by American manufacturers to imi-
tate some OF the European varieties
and In some cases. the results have
been successful. The manufacture OF
Swiss. Emmantel, and Limburger has
become well established in this coun-
try. and the Department Of Agricul-
ture' Is experimenting, to show the
way to, American makers Of perfect
Ing other varieties.
The Washington times., 1911-12-30
| EXPERT
WILL GIVE LECTURE
IN CAPITAL CHURCH
Prof. Christen Returns to
Washington In Interest Of
Universal Language.

Interest in the lecture on "The Cos
pei of Esperanto" by Prof. Arnold
Chrtsten, formerly OF Aberdeen. Scot
land. to be delivered at the Ingram
Memorial Congregational Church,
Tenth street and Massachusetts av-
enue northeast Sunday night. Is being
shown by persons interested in the
universal language.
Prof. Christen Is well known in
Washington. He visited here last
year and lectured before the National
Geographic Society, the Engineers
Club. the. Chamber Of Commerce, high
schools. Government bureaus and tho
Diplomatic Corps
The Washington times., 1911-12-30
Oranges Shipped Here
In Large Quantities

Ripe. luscius oranges are crowding
the Washington markets today, they
being the first that have been sold here
in large quantities for several months.
Dealers in wholesale and commission
rows are making preparations to
handle the large supply.
A sharp decline in the prices Of the
fruit soon will follow dealers say, ow-
ing to the enormous consignments re-
'ceived.
Most of the fruit comes from Florida.
Shipments from California will arrive
In a few days, dealers say. Large
crops In the various orange growing
Ilbelts are reported.
The Washington times., 1911-12-30
Philippine Club to
Celebrate ''Rizal Day.

"Rizal day. will be celebrated to-
night by the Philippine Club with din
ner at the Ebbitt House, and by native
Filipinos in Washington by a meeting
at Carroll Institute Hall. The gather
Iings will be in memory of the patriot
30, 1889.
At the Ebbitt Congressman Creager
of Oklahoma, Gen. Clarence Edwards,
III. g. A., and other army officers and
department employees who spent several
years in the Philippines will respond to
ltoasts.
AT Carroll Institute addresses will oe
made by the resident commissioners,
lBenito Legarda and Manuel L. Quezon.
About thirty native Filipinos are living
An Washington.
The Washington times., 1911-12-30
England to Assume
Telephone Control

LONDON, Dec. 30.-Preparations are
complete for the transfer tomorrow Of
the entire telephone system OF the
United Kingdom from private ownership
70 government control.
In the future the telephone business
IS to be operated as part OF the post
office system.
The transfer is regarded as one Of the
most gigantic Industrial operations
Epgland ever has known. 1t involves
a business which has amounted to
$40 0O0, 900 a year. and in which more
than $4,000 persons are employed.
The Washington times., 1911-12-30
Sees Dead Husband in
Vision, Shrieks for Aid

NEW YORK. Dec. s0.-Suffering from
the hallucination that her husband, who
has been dead six months. had returned
Z 10 earth and was choking her, q woman
who said she was Mrs. Helen Rockford.
80 years old. of 4Os Passaic avenue. Har-
rison, N. j.. staggered into the arms of
Policeman KoeRig today.
Mrs. Rockford was crying for help and
beseeched Koenig to take her some
place where the phantom could not
reach her. She was taken to Bellevue
Hospital
The Washington times., 1911-12-30
Former Slaves Dine
And Hear Speeches

More than 200 former slaves were en-
tertained with Christmas dinner last
Church and listened to speeches and a
musical program in the evening.
Former Senator John B. Henderson
and members of the clergy addressed
the aged colored persons.
The Washington times., 1911-12-30
Western Train Blocked
By Kansas Blizzard

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Dec. 3o.-An trains
from Kansas and other points to the
westward were from six to eight hours
late because of heavy SHOWS ana
severe xindstorm In Kansas.
Drifts ten feet deep are reported In
some places.
The Washington times., 1911-12-30
Dies During Dance.

NEW YORK, Dec. O.-Two score
dancers in the home of Justice Moss
knelt in prayer as priest administered
the last rites to Miss Emma Salmon,
the Moss governess. who died during
the dance.
The Washington times., 1911-12-30

WHAT AN UPSETTlNG Of prices the arrival of
the Flanders -" Motorcycle has occasoned
Why, the other makers seem to be in panic.
IT'S FUNNY, TOO when you recall the unkind
things they said about the Flanders "A" when
we first advertised it and stated the price.
OF COURSE THEY SAID arst.c,ass four
horsepower motorcycle could not be made for
SITS, even with battery ignition. And mag
neto included-utterly impossible.
WE WISH WE COULD print all the things they
said in their frantic efforts to dscredit the
Flanders ~" and justify their own prices
which at that time were $3.50 and SITS for
machines of same power and less quality.
YOU WILL REMEMBER they all said the only
way it could be done was to make the machine
out OF poor materials and throw them together.
They not only admitted, they protested, they
could not duplicate the Flanders -" at the
price-or anywhere near it.
THAT WAS BEFORE we had begun to ship
Flanders as" to our dealers and customers
They felt safe in making such statements-for
though they knew in their hearts that this
concern could not afford to turn out second
grade article-they had no idea what sensa-
ton it was going to create.
so THEY LAID TRAPS for themseives-and
, now we are driving them right into them.
THEY MUST EAT their own words-they said
they would have to use poor material and
poorer work in the making to meet the price of
Flanders a."
WELL, THEY HAVE ALMOST met the price
and they will have to meet it and 60 lower
before they can sell their antiquated machines
in competition with this up-to-the-minute
motorcycle.
we to assrme that what they said was true
and that they are now making punk machines
to meet Flanders "A" in competition-or that
they told fibs about it. ~'r
FRANKLY WE DON'T BELIEVE they are making
them any worse-some things are impossible.
And we do know that until Flanders -" ar
rived on the scene, prices of motorcycles were
high above all reason.
WE SAID IN OUR AID that Flanders "4"-
magnetic Misunderstanding for SITS, left a
mighty small profit to us on each machine
BUT WE ARE SATISFIED with small profit
on each machine so long as we can build $4,000
per year. And the price-$i75, magnetic in
cluded-has created demand sufficient to
justify US in building that many.
HERE'S A POINT YOU HADN'T NOTICED
perhaps: Other makers did not drop their prices
until we had actually begun to make deliveries.
Do you know whyp There were two reasons
FIRST: OUR AID CREATED tremendous de-
mand which we were as yet unable to supply.
The other makers saw that and determined to
supply some of it at high prices. And they did.
Then they began to think it was going to con-
tinue.
SECOND: THEY HOPED that when this ma.
chine did appear it would not be up to all our
claims land would give them~a new lease Of
life.
Flanders Manuf;
Pontiac,
% Mn C~. Q1Q N
The Washington times., 1911-12-30
Has Them All on the Run

,
NOT ONLY THAT: But in addition to hoping,
they set about picking it to pieces before they
had actually seen il themselves
1T is A FACT that, before we had shipped one
motorcycle we heard stories told by competi-
tors Of how this part was weak and that part
wrong, etc. The wish was father to the thought
that was all.
OH! WHAT A BUMP they got when we began
to send them over the country. The effect was
electrical.
PRICES BEGAN TO TUMBLE: First they
chopped OF $25.00-made theirs $3.50 and $225
instead Of SITS. But il didn't do Dealers
wired them-"You must meet Flanders prices.
No use to damn the machine-it has Flanders
name on it and the public knows" -
OFF CAME ANOTHER s25- -and another. Here
and there they put on q magnetic and tried to
hold the old price. No Flanders had said,
mo motorcycle is complete without mag
neto"
WELL THEY HAVEN'T YET reached our price
Can't, and stay in business, because most Of
them are not manufacturers assemblers.
They buy motors and other parts and pay one
or two extra profits on them.
IT COSTS THEM MORE to build the same
machine than we can sell it for. Get that?
WE HAVE THE FACILITIES IA $3.50 600 con-
cern We make every part. We buy right and
pay cash and it costs US less to sell-because
folks know dollars worth when they sec it,
and Flanders "a" is the biggest value ever
offered. II sells itself.
EVERY DEALER KNOWS. Didn't they all "hot
foot it. to Detroit to get the agency? OF course
we couldn' give il to them alive picked the
best and Of course those who didn't get it are
sore Naturally. And they are getting sorer
every day.
WHEN A DEALER KNOCKS the Flanders -"
--as, OF course, he must, to sell other makes
just ask him why he was unable to get the
agency when he asked for it: You won't miss
one in hundred.
MEANTIME what you want to know is how soon
can you get Flanders "a" That is the burning
question with thousands. And we arc doing
our best to answer it definitely.
1T DEPENDS ENTIRELY on how soon your order
is in our dealers hands, We can't promise to
deliver on the minute-for we have mono in
stock. Demand is away ahead Of supply all
the time. But get your order in-pay deposit
so the dealer will know you mean business and
you won't have to wait moro than q month
perhaps not more than two weeks. Tho dealer
will tell you for he knows when we have prom.
ised to ship him. Or you may write direct to
us and we will gladly tell you.
THE FLANDERS GUARANTEE goes with every
machine. That means that il the machine We
ship you isn't right we will mako il right. Tho
name Flanders stands for quality-you know
that.
DEALERS: This ad is published IN sepenal news
papers that ciYcuLdfe u,idefv-in other t0u,1s
than the one in which they are published. II
you lipe in a town where ne hare as yet no
representative this IS your chance to obtain the
best seHer-because the best palue-in the en-
tire motorcycle field Better write the factory
direct today.
curing Company
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
Vicarious Candy.

Down among the tenements of the
Did Greenwich village, where factories
are becoming unpleasantly plentiful,
group of children was playing in a
gutter. A passerby walked slowly,
watching the active preparations OF a
little mother" aged about seven, who
was marshaling her charges into or
der, apparently in preparation for
some urban excursion. Something
had gone wrong and one small kid
was bowling.
Shut your noise, Tommy Higgins,
and be good this minute!" admon-
ished the motherlet, with a promis-
sorry smack IF you don't stop like [
tell you I'll leave you right here in
the mud gutter. Yez cant go wild US
till yez closes yer noise and be's a
good boy. Do you know where we're
goin'? Well, we're goin' IN the next
block to the candy factory to smell
the candies cookin' And do yer know
what they're maxim today? Well, it's
chocolate creams an pep'mints"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
Esosism and Vanity Are Chief Causes
of Falsehoods and Habit Is
Difficult One to Cure.

Boston.-How lying children can be
cured and the habit prevented was
told by Rev. Robert Swickerath, S. j.,
professor of pedagogy in Holy Cross
college, in one of ten lectures he de-
livered before the Catholic teachers
institute which closed recently at Bos-
ton college.
Liars must not be taken either too
lightly or too seriously" he said, but
every means must be taken by educa-
tors to cure them"
Prevention he regards as more i'm
portant than the actual curing, yet in
every case lying will crop out from
time to time, requiring the utmost
care, prudence, vigilance and tact Of
the best teachers. Said he:
Lying should above all, be pre-
vented. Much can be prevented by
prudence and tact and by systematic
treatment of children. If a child has
caused any disturbance and the teach
er, especially one who is known to
inf1ict invariable severe punishments,
angrily charges him with the offense,
the child will usually deny the deed
in sheer excitement One lie leads
to another.
"A teacher as a rule should not
Immediately insist On arguing the
case but await better opportunity,
until the child has Gained down. A
teacher who is generally sympathetic,
patient, judicious in inquiries, reas-
enable in punishment, will seldom be
told a lie.
1T is much more difficult to assign
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
He PLAYS Games to Order.

An fnoffensive, prosperous person is
the game player, who is on hire in the
streets of one of the old quarters Of
Paris. He is alone in his trade or pro
iession, but probably in years gone by
there were many more of him. He is
very clean and well fed looking, neat
Iy though not richly dressed, and he
walks about with a box under his arm,
crying at intervals, L'amateur, voici
famateuri" His clients are the con-
valescent, the lonely. the infirm, and
ne carries with him a pleasant atmos-
phere of recreation; he is the profess
Sional time killer for those who are
forced to be idle and inactive. This
amateur" is a game player. His
box is filed with bedside games, such
as draughts, cards, lotto, chess, though
ne is modest about his chess and does
not offer himself as a champion. He
launts more especially the fascinating
City Island, where are presumably old
fashioned people who might be glad
Of an old fashioned hired companion
Tor an hour of draughts or marble, to
be played in their own sitting room in
stead Of in the public, noisy cafe
London Evening Standard.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
fECZEMA ITcHED so BADLY
COULDN'T STAND IT."

ct suffered with eczema on my neck
for about six months, beginning by lit
tie pimples breaking out. l kept
scratching till the blood came. 1t kept
getting worse, I couldn't sleep nights
any more. It kept itching for about a
month, then 1 went to a doctor and
got some liquid to take. 1t seemed
as if 1 was going to get better. The
itching stopped for about three days,
but when it started again, was even
worse than before. The eczema itched
SO badly couldn't stand it any more.
81 went to a doctor and he gave me
some medicine, but didn't do any good.
We have been having Cuticura Rem
edies in the house, SO decided to try
them. I had been using Cuticura
Soap, SO I got me a box of Cuticura
Ointment, and washed off the affected
part with Cuticura Soap three times
day, and then put the Cuticura Oint-
ment on. The first day I put it on, it
relieved me of itching so 1 could sleep
all that night. 1t took about a week,
then l could see the scab come off. I
kept the treatment up for three weeks,
and my eczema was cured.
my brother got his face burned
with gun-powder, and he used Cuticura
Soap and Ointment The people all
thought he would have scars, but you
can't see that he ever had his face
burned. 1t was simply awful to look
at before the Cuticura Remedies
(Soap and Ointment) cured it."
(Signed) Miss Elizabeth Gehrli, For
rest City, Ark, Oct. Is, 1910 Although
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold
by druggists and dealers everywhere,
a sample Of each, with 32-page book,
will be mailed free on application to
"Cuticura," Dept. II L, Boston.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
WISE TlGHTWkD IS BEATEN
How "Percy Chambers" Thought He
Was Getting the Best of Rail-
road, But He Was Not.

Chicago.-This is the story OF a
tightwad beaten at his own game.
The tightwad, Chicagoan, who will
be known here as Percy Chambers. be-
cause that is not his name, was in St.
Joe, No. recently, and wanted to 60 to
Salt Lake on a business trip, but he
hated to pay out S30.50, which was the
advertised rate for the round trip. So
Percy hunted up friend who was in
town with theatrical company bound
for Denver.
Joe, viii you smuggie me to Denver
on your company ticket?" he asked.
We'll. it's up to you" said Joe. My
ticket calls for eighteen fares and We
have our own sleeper. If you can
smuggle yourself into a berth so you
won't be counted by the conductor, all
right; I'll furnish the berth. but if he
finds you, you've got to pay.
That satisfactorily arranged, Percy
gayly brought his suitcase to the car
on the night OF departure. boarded it
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
PUTTING 1T UP TO CENTRAL
All Caller Wanted Was Mrs. Smiths
Number, and Surely That Was
Easy to Get.

"Ha1loa, there, central, Is this cen
trail: It is? I thought it was, but l
couldn't quite be sure. The other day
| supposed / was talking to central,
and here it was only my grocer. do
think there are some queer mixups
IN this telephone service. What I want
now is to find out the telephone num-
Der Of Mrs. John ninth,
Smith. I find that there are more
than 100 persons Of that name in the
book, and l don't know which one is
the husband Of the LADY l want She
is a large lady with a ford face and
prematurely white hair, and l think
her husband is a travelling man, and
a brother-in-law Of hers, named Jones,
lives somewhere on Il street-a stout
ish, elderly gentleman with side vhis-
kers. Kindly let me have Mrs. Smiths
number at once. I had it on slip
Of paper that l can't find Seems to
me it was two-four-sixteen ring three,
Il ne-two-sixty-fou ring two You
know how confusing telephone num-
bers are. Let me have Mrs Smiths
number right away. please"