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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-23
HAREM SKIRT HAS
ARRIVED IN CITY
Great Confusion at Local De.
partment Store When 1t
Was Displayed.

Cast your eyes on the Paris fashion
plate, girls.
And with that scissors. tape lines,
pencils, and sales books were hastily
abandoned and inquiring eyes sought
the figure of very pretty girl strid-
ing down the aisle of one of the Local
department stores. The women en-
ployes and female customers stood
abashed for the moment and the few
men about craned their necks
The Harem skirt, what do you
think" exclaimed one of the sweet
things as an extra long step betrayed
the trOuser effect of the skirt which
adorned the figure causing the sensa-
ton.
Giggles, eXclamatiOns of surprise
not translatable. comments of APPROX
al, shocked eXclamations and linger-
ing gaZes, particularly on the part of
the men, followed and business ceas-
ed.
It was in the store of Lee B. Nus
baum yesterday afternoon that the
! bifurcated raiment appeared, and it
was the first time that the Quaker
city of Richmond had been given the
opportunity of viewing the garment
originated in Paris and which has
caused so much Juror wherever it has
appeared in the larger cities of this
country.
Retreats Under Fire.
As the charming wearer of the skirt
;f-y., - ~
store. however, the chiding of the 9TH
er girl employees increased. "Ain't
she the nervy thing, though Il would
mt be seen in one of them "perfectl,
silly" and other expressions soon had
their effect and the wearer withdrew
to change again to her conventional
garment and to inform the manager
that she wouldn't wear the thing any
more.
For fear of being "kidded" in the
same way, no other girl employe could
be persuaded to don the skirt and the
management spent the rest of the day
and this morning searching for some
young woman to display the scare
| en- creation in the store. Finally
this effort was crowned with success.
The skirt at the Nusbaum store is
divided from the knees down. A
panel of cloth hangs over the division
Of the skirt both back and front. and
the separation can hardly be noticed
! except when the wearer is walking
rapidly. The skirt is full at the bot
! tom with no boomer effect 1t seem.
ed 10 be the opinion Of everyone in
! the store at the time that the skirt
was practical and not at all like the
exaggerated published descriptions OF
| it.
When the false impressions of the
women are corrected We expect the
! Harem skirt TO become popular in
| Richmond and we are confident that
we will sell number for street wear
within short time said one Of the
store men.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-23
.FOWLERTON SAFE
BLOWN BY YEGGS
Good Haul Made at Early
Hour-Ohio Robbers Be-
sieged by a Posse.

Marion. Ind, March 23.-Cracks-
men today robed the postotficc safe at
Fowlerton of $275 in stamps and mon
ey without the explosion disturbing
the sleep of the natives. They stole
the horse and buggy of DR.. Banta, and
Travelled west. This is the third SINH
lar job in this vicinity recently.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-23
A SMALLPOX SCARE
AT STATE PRISON
CAmerican News Seryice3

Jeffersonyille. March ga small
pox epidemic is threatened among the
matory prison. Two cases broke out
yesterday and another today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-23
AMERICAN RELEASED.

Washington. March 23.-J. c. Hays,
an American arrested by Mexicans
charged with implication in the revolu
ton, was released today. The fact
was reported by Consul Leonard at
Chihuahua.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-23
CUBA SENDS cuNsoAr.

Havana Cuba, Mrach 23.--Cipher
dispatches received here today from
an official close to the government in
the City of Mexico declare the situa.
tion throughout the republic is becom-
ing graver President Diaz is report
ed i'll. a Cuban gunboat will be dis
patched to the Mexican coast on al
appeal from Cubans
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-28
PACKERS WATERED
STOCK $65O,OOO,OOO
Idea Was Brought From
Europe BY Louis
Swift

Chicago, Dec. 2S.-Arthur Veeder
former counsel for the beef trust and
one of its organizers, resumed the
stand today in the trial of the pack
ers. Through him the government
attempted to show the schemes by
which the packers tried to induce
Wall street to help float the billion
dollar concern. in 1902.
They finally decided to use twen-
ty-five times their individual annual
earnings as a basis for capitalization,
said Veeder. He said they thus added
$3.50, 000,0 of water to the stock of
the new concern, the National Pack
ing company.
Before reaching a final decision.
continued Veeder, "the packers dis
cussed many schemes. Finally the
plan of turning over their properties
to the new concern at two for one
was offered. The packers saw the
humor of that time-honored plan and
decided to devise other means"
Veeder said that Louis Swift got the
idea of combining from Lord Gordon
in London. Gordon said they should
combine for economic reasons. Swift
brought the idea back with him and
broached it to the others.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-28
MERCHANT STAYS 7
OF FAMILY; SUICIDES
Young Son, sole Survivor, Discovers
Slaughter OH Returning TO
His Home.

Benton, Ark, Dec. 2S.--Because he
was in deep despair" and believed
he and his family would be better off
in heaven" James Grant dubbed his
wife, five children and stepson to
death and hanged himself some time
Tuesday night. The bodies of the
children were found in their beds last
night, the skull of each being crush
ed
The body of Mrs. Grant. was found
in the hall half dressed. Evidently
she had been killed as she was about
to retire. A heavy club covered with
blood was found in the house and 1t
was apparent it was with this Grant
killed the seven members of his fam
lily. The children ranged in age from
five to Is.
Hugh Grant, a 16-year- son the
only remaining member OF the fam
lily, discovered the bodies when he
returned from a holiday celebration
at neighboring farm. He found q
not signed by his father which ex-
planned that lowing 10 deep despair
and that see nothing for me or my
children who 1 believe. would be bet
ter off in heaven, 1 commit this act
Grant lived near here on farm
and was reputed to be well to do. He
also conducted a mercantile business
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-28
MISS ERMAL MANN WEDS
AND SURPRISES FRIENDS
Couple Attend Fraternity Dance Fol
lowing Performance of Secret
Ceremony.

Latest of all the recent innumer-
able surprise weddings was the one
yesterday in which Miss Ermal Mann,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Horace
Mann and one. of the most popular
young ladies in Pendleton, became the
bride of George C. Baer of Portland
Although friends suspected that the
nuptials were not far distant, they
We're not aware that the ceremony
was to be performed yesterday, and
80 secret were the young people, that
they attended the Lambda Sigma
dance last evening without their
friends su pect'ng that they were man
and wife. They left for Portland on
delayed No. 5 this morning but did
not succeed in completely eluding
their friends, and bore on the train
with them several grains of rice from
q parting shower given them.
Mr.. Baer is almost as we'll known
in the city as his bride, having attend
ed the local high scnool a number of
years ago and having spent last win
ter here. He is at present employed
/ in the S. P. & S. office at Portland.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-28
Issue Edict, Acknowledging
Hopelessness Of Further
Resistance.
ORDER ELECTION PLANS
VIII Call Convention OF Delegates,
Which Rebels Fear Is Attempt To
Gain Time for Intervention Of Pow
crs-Royal Family i'm Flight.

Shanghai, Dec. 2S-An imperial
edict was issued today at Pekin by
the Manchu princes, virtually assent
ing to the abdication of the emperor
and the establishment OF a Chinese
republic.
The edicts came after a heated
conference of members of royalty and
assents to the proposal that a nation
al convention be called to decide be-
tween a limited monarchy and a re-
public.
1t also orders the cabinet to decide
Immediately on election laws by
which delegates to the convention
may be chosen.
The edict specifically directs that
Tang Shao Vi and WI Ting Fang con-
suit with each other regarding the
permanent suspension of hostilities
and it says it hopes the conventions
decision may finally decide whatever
is best for the country. The edict
came after Premier Yuan had told
them that their case IS hopeless.
The publication of the edict is taken
here to mean that, finding further
resistance hopeless, the Manchus fl
nally decided to yield and adopted
this course to save a portion, at least,
of their properties, as well as to de-
lay the day of final reckoning.
The edict, as soon as 1t was issued,
was telegraphed to Shanghai and WI
went into conference with the rebel
chiefs preparing an answer.
While he would make no definite
statement. WI Ting Fang, it is un-
derstood, is not enthusiastic over the
convention scheme as outlined in the
imperial edict. He apparently fears
that the apparent surrender is mere
ly an expedent to gain delay and to
permit the country to drift into a state
of anarchy, thus causing foreign in
tervention.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-28
GERMANS FEAR THEY HAVE
BEEN STRICKEN BY PLAGUE

Berlin, Dec. 2S.-With fifty indi-
gents already dead, in the Berlin
municipal night shelter and at other
asylums. and one hundred more cases
reported. the whole city is terrified
lest it has been stricken by some un-
known plague. 1t was thought the
patients had ptomaine poisoning from
eating tainted herring, but later the
physicians say it is some disease. The
victims die quickly in commissions.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-28
PEACE-BANQUET IS
TO BE WAR DINNER

New York, Dec. 2S.-The Peace
Banquet" here Saturday,, which Colo
mel Roosevelt flatly refused to at
tend, threatens to merit the designa
tion of War Dinner" The commit
tee on arrangements decided today
that the result of complications
threaten to destroy the purpose of the
affair and Chairman Clews has ta-
ken direct issue with Colonel Roose-
set. He plainly states that Roosevelt
is mistaken IN declaring that the
Original purpose of the banquet was
changed from the specific endorse
ment of the peace treaties to anything
that would aid in securing universal
peace" 1t was announced that
Roosevelt will publish a letter Sat
urday addressed to the committee of
arrangements, in which he bitterly
scores their plans ana the motives
of those who arranged the dinner.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-28
GEORGE COCHRAN, WATER SUPERINTENDENT
GIVES HIS VIEWS OF DUTY OF WATER

matter which is 6,975,OOO pounds of
water Now. one acre inch { water
weighs 226,S75 pounds. Dividing the
weight of water required to produce
the dry matter by the weight of one
acre inch of water gives us the num-
ber of acre inches required to irri-
gate an acre, which iii tn 8 case is
2S.1 acre inches, or less than one
half miners inch.
About New Rights.
I'm obtaining new rights, the first
thing that the state must guard
against is monopoly. Our water sup
ply is a natural resource. The great
est fortunes have been built out of
the monopoly of natural resources. 1t
is not right to permit such to be done
Therefore, the law wisely says that
beneficial use shall be the measure OF
the right. 1t is impossible to insti-
tute a water right in short space
of time. Hence the initiation OF the
right must be under some central
control. The Oregon code places this
supervision with the state engineer.
Application on blank forms furnished
by him is filed in his office, together
Will anu hlhho NiAc
proposed use of the water. The law
then allows q certain time, not more
! than five years, as designated by the
state engineer, within which the wa
| ter must be applied to a beneficial
use. Under certain conditions this
time can be extended. The use so de-
veloped measures the right, and that
right by relation dates back to the
time OF filing the application. In the
administration OF this law, the date
OF the initiation of the water right
is very important. Now the granting
of a water right is not absolutely
compulsory. In certain cases the state
engineer may deny an application.
Our supreme court has passed upon
the legality OF these powers OF the
state engineer in the case OF Cooking
ham VS. Lewis. This decision sustains
the law in every respect and literally
construes these powers"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-28
LA Toilette FLAYS
PAYNE-ALDRICH BILL
President Taft Will Follow
Opponent in .
Ohio

Norwaldl Ohio, Dec. Ex-senator
La Toilette left here today for his
second day in Ohio, after delivering
an address here on the tariff in
which he attacked the trusts Presi-
dent Taft's plan for licensing corpor-
ations, and the Aldrich.Payne tariff
law.
At noon today he spoke to large
number of railroad men and resi-
dents of a rural community near Nor
walk.
In his speech here, he said in part:
The progressives have seen this
vast revolution in economic conditions
and have recognized the need of rad
ical changes in our tariff revision
while the standpat republicans have
refused to recognize the changed con-
ditions. They believe in keeping the
tariff wall as high as possible, not
withstanding the growth of extortion-
ate monopoly. They believe it more
important to keep up the profits of
the combined manufactures than to
keep down the prices.
THE passage of the Payne-Aldrich
bill was the most outrageous assault
of private interests upon the people
recorded in tariff history"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-28
HOBO ACC0S1S AND ANN0YS HIGH SCHOOL
G|RlS---W|LL SPEND 10 DAYS IN JAIL

had gone, referring to them once as
prostitutes" Meanwhile some friends
of the girls had notified the officers
and, to keep the man near at hand nm
til he could be arrested, the girls re-
appeared on the street, Stockdale
covertly watching them from behind
tree. Here he was discovered by
officer Myers and arrested.
According to his story told to the
court, he was passing through PEN
dleton on his way to Lewiston. and.
while waiting for the train undertook
to look up some of his friends whom
he knew eleven years ago when he
drove the bus to and from the sisters
school. Wishing to find out where
Mrs. Peters lived. he said he ac-
costed the girls and denied he was
70 lowing them but was simply hunt
Ing for the Peters house. However
he failed to explain why he made in
quiries as to the direction the girls
had gone and Judge F'tz Gerald was
impressed with the evidence of his
guilt.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-28
SCANDAL IN NEW YORK
QUARANTINE DEPARTMENT

New York, Dec. 2S.-Declaring
that only the interposition of Provi-
dence, prevented cholera and other
infectious diseases from gaining a
foothold in New York" Governor Dix
today demanded the immediate res
ignation of DIR. Alvan Doty, chief of
quarantine since 1907.
Governor Dix charged that Doty
had failed to maintain an effective
safeguard to the health of the city
and state and that he allowed lewd
practices between his orderlies and
other employees and immigrant wo-
men and girls, while they were held
in quarantine.
Governor Dix closed his letter by
saying:
There has been the grossest fail
ure under you to either establish OF
maintain such a quarantine law as
the country demands at the port OF
New York"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-28

Because he accosted two high
school girls yesterday afternoon and
followed them for several blocks. o.
j. Stockdale, who claims he was a
resident Of Pendleton eleven years
ago. will spend the next ten days in
the city Jail, Judge Fitz Gerald fixing
that penalty for his offense after a
trial in the police court this morn
ing.
From the testimony of the girls,
whose names are withheld by request,
they first met Stockdale near the de-
pot yesterday afternoon, at which
time he greeted them and asked them
which way they were going. Without
response, the girls turned back, went
south on Main street to Bluff and
turned down that street, the stranger
following a short distance behind. In
their fright they FASTENED around a
corner and lodged into a neighboring
house.
Stockdale. 1t appears, lost sight OF
them, and in his persistence to over.
take them, inquired from Isaac Jay
and several women whittier the girl.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-28
Had Not Figured on Much
Resistance and Was Sur
prised at 1t.
GAVE TRlPOLITANS FOOD
First Bitter Fight Was Self Defense
And Campaign of Subduins Ma
tives Then Became a Very Appar-
ent Necessity.
(By Henry Wood, Correspondent OF
the United Press.)


the United Press)
Rome. Dec. 2S.-Following the ac-
tual declaration OF war and the al
most simultaneous blockade of the
coast of Tripoli and Cyrenaica, 1taly's
soldiers and sailors at once occupied
the prime. pal cities of the two prov
inces.
At all of the four principal forti-
fled coast cities, Tripoli, HONS, Ben
gasi and Tobruk, nominal resistance
was offered to the naval occupation
but in each case this was easily over
come by the large italian navy, with
out serious loss to the Italians, with
the exception of Bongasi. There an
effort was made to land marines in
a heavy sea while the efforts of the
battleships to keep from blowing up
the powder magazines in the city,
which would have completely demol-
ished the place, kept their fire from
being effective and the Italians suf-
fered heavily. especially in the first
attempt which had to be abandoned.
In the second attempt a successful
landing and occupation was effected.
At all four of the cities. the italian
fleet confined its efforts merely to
demolishing the forts and entrench-
ments and every possible effort was
put forth to keep from inflicting any
unnecesg gary damage to private and
business property within the cities
In the main, this effort was success
full. and after the forts had been re-
duced and abandoned by the enemy
a landing was made and the formal
control of the cities taken over by
the Italians.
In each case many of the Arab
tribes submitted peacefully and the
first phase of the occupation was
very much like that of a welcome ia
italian control Immediately follow
ing the naval occupation, the mill
tary expeditions which had beer
forming for weeks at the various
ports of Italy set sail with great Sc
crecy, under heavy naval escort, and
troops were later landed at the -four
cities. lines OF fortifications and
trenches thrown up and complete oc-
cupation fully established.
At this time and for some little
time thereafter llltIt WAS CHciy ih7
dication that the occupation was 60
ing to be very peaceful and easy
affair. This was especially the case
at Tripol, where, although there were
night attacks from the Arabs and the
Turkish tribes without, yet they Were
attacks that were easily repulseS ant
indicat ons were that there was slittlt
thought of very serious opposition.
As a consequence, italy gave its at
tention largely at this time to the
carrying out of the implied promises
it had made in occupying the two ter
ritor' 'es-namely the promise of theil
moral and material development
There had been n crop failure IL
Tripoli for the three years previous
and the Italian officials at once be
gan the distribution of grain ant
seed for the coming planting period
Food was also distributed to the ma
tives. the local currency was chang
ed into Italian money the Italian
CONTINUED on Page E'ght)
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-28

George T. Cochran, superintendent
of water division No. in this state,
gave a lecture last evening before the
Walla Walla valley society of engi-
neers at Walla Walla in which he
dwelt upon northwest irrigation
problems and upon several questions
that are now at issue in this vicinity
In speaking about the duty Of water
he made statements that are Of par
ticular local interest in view of the
fact he is one of the board that must
adjudicate the local rights and de-
termine the duty of water on streams
in this section
Mr.. Cochran's address in part was
as follows:
Duty of water.
The question of duty of water
should be scientifically worked out
in each case. Experiments with ac-
curate measurements should in all
cases be made. Soil experts can be
used on soil moisture. Our agricul-
tural colleges have ascertained that
you cannot put more than one and
one-half acre inches in the first foot
of soil without saturation or having
excess water, and that three inches
| for most soils is sufficient water to
put on the ground at one irrigation
However, there are some soils upon
/ which five acre inches can be put at
one irrigation without injury, but
these soils do not require so many ir-
rigations during the season. On this
basis it would take only from 20 tc
| 80 acre inches of water to irrigate an
acre of land.
Again, actual experiments have
shown that it takes about $50 pound;
of water to produce one pound of dry
matter in alfalfa. Now. alfalfa hay
| is ordinarily about 10 per cent water
! Five tons of alfalfa per acre per yeal
is very good crop, or 10000 pounds
D.ducting the 15 per cent watel
leaves $500 pounds of dry matt :
Multi ply this by $50 and 1t gives III
tho number of pounds of water re
quired to produce that amount of DIR!
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-28
cows KICK DRIVES PITCHFORK INTO
FARMERS STOMACH WITH FATAL RESULT

had been
Roberts, Of
at
received
injury
evening a
He was-workng pitchfork
in the suddenly
abdominal cavity
and survived by wild
Umatla
= half miles from Echo
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-28
GOTCH DECLARES
HAS QUIT WRESTLING

Kansas City, Dec. EST want to
quit while I'm at my best, which is
now" said Champion Frank Gotch
today, following his victory last night
over Alexander Munroe. the English
champion. whom he threw to the mat
twice in seventeen minutes
"I'll begin to decline some of these
days. / don't want to grow stale and
let some foreigner beat me-"
Gotch said that he believed the best
foreign wrestler is Mahmout, the
Terrible Turk" with Peterson, the
Dane ranking second.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-28
Tnft Takes Notice

Washington D. c.. Dec 9S.-Presi-
dent Taft intends following Senator
La Follette's invasion of Ohio, it was
announced today. 1t was stated that
the president expects to speak at
Cleveland January 20, Columbus, Jan
uary 80. and at Akron January 81. He
is considering one more date but is
undecided where it will be.
1t is considered significant that
announced after Warren Harding, re-
announced after Warren harding, re-
cent republican candidate for COVER
nor of Ohio, was called to Washing
ton 1t is understood that Harding
told the president concerning La Fol-
lette's chances for Ohio's delegates
and they considered a similar trip
urgent.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-12-28
TO WIPE OUT PERSIANS
Rus sia Rushes 10000 More Troops TO
Scene OF Trouble.

st. Petersburg, Dec. 28.-Having
received orders to punish all Perslans
who took part in the attacks on Rus
sian troops following the Shuster
controversy, twenty thousand addi-
tional troops were today dispatched
for Pers an territory.
Apparently the Russian govern
ment is bent on waging a war of ex-
termination and the war department
is greatly excited. 1t is also believed
that Russia is preparing for an ex-
tended campaign in Persia and to
wage a bitter war if Persia further re-
sists her efforts to maintain protec-
torate.