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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-07
$685..

What is your name, little girl?"
"Soso."
what did you say?''
"Soso."
"Soso? But that isn't your real
name, is it?"
Yes, sir?"
Are you sure it isn't a nickname
or a pet name?"
"Oh, yes, sir. 1t isn't a pet name
You see was the sixth little girl that
the stork brought to our house and
when they asked papa if he was GLAD
he said: oh, soso.'"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-07
British Warshlp Crippled.

Chatham, England, May THE
British battleship Bulwark, leaking
and disabled, is in the dockyard here
today as a result of buckling twelve
armor plates by humping into sands
while carrying out a full power trial
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-07

known as Neversink Court, No. Q.

known as Neversink Court, No. 9.
Her position is that of worthy ruler.
She is considered the most energet-
ic worker among the young social set
in secret society circles, and such of
her time as is not devoted to Never
sink Court she gives to the Women's
Relief Corps, No. 10, where she is the
youngest member and to Camp II.
P. O. of A, where she is at present
passing through the chairs.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-07
ICEBERGS IN NORTH SEAS.
Dangerous F1ocs Arc Reported Oi
Southwestern Alaska.

SOUTHWESTERN AaSku.
Seattle.-Captain ]. c. Hunter of
the steamship Northwestern and
Captain Charles McGregor of the Dol
phin, which arrived from Alaska, re-
ported dangerous ice floes and ice
bergs in the path of navigation off
southeastern Alaska.
Captain Hunter said Icy Strait and
Cross Cound were filled with ice and
that an iceberg as big as a city sky
scrapper had grounded near the path
of navigation. Captain McGregor en-
countered n large amount of floatins
ice in Frederick Sound and Shephen''
Passage.
He said the large bergs were from
fifty to sixty feet long and from ter
to twenty feet high.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-07
PROUD PAIR sPURNs AIMS.
Confederate Veteran and Sister
Therefore, Face Ejectment from


Washington.-Too proud to go to
the poorhouse or accept aid from
friends, Edward S. Rowe, an aged
Confederate veteran, and his sister are
living under a tiny bit of canvas
stretching between trees in Tacoma
Park after being elected from their
shack
For seventeen years Rowe and his
sister lived in a tumble down hovel,
thinking they owned it, but flaw in
their title was discovered, ejectment
proceedings. .were begun. and the
| sheriff turned them out at night in a
pouring rain. They spurn aims.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-07

Good rock house and 8 IL lots or
Lilleth street, also good brick house
and lots on Mission street. Both
places at a bargain. Must sell prop
erty on Lilleth street before May 2S.
Apply Amiee Delongvert, 121 Mission
Street
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-07
GIRL, 1s. LIVELY JOINER"

Youthful Miss in Reading, Pa, Stands
High in several FraternaI Societies.
Reading, Pa.-This city's youngest
lodge president is Miss Martha c.
Young, who holds this distinction at
the age of eighteen and presides over
the order of Golden Sceptre Lodge
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-07

Now is the time to get rid of your
rheumatism. You will find Cham
berlain's Liniment wonderfully effec-
tive. One application will convince
you of its merits Try it. For sale by
all dealers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-07
snecial Prices on Cordwood.

Good dry red fir, slab wood, cotton
wood, yellow and black pine, Special
prices in five cord lots. Clean Rock
Spring lump and nut coal. Save mon
ey by seeing us before buying 10.
pittke & Gillanders, phone Main IT'S
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-07
Pasture for Rent,

/ have pasture for fifty head Of
horses for the season, $3.50 a head
per month, plenty of water and grass.
]. B. Hagey, Starkey. Ore.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-07

The more a woman loves her hus-
band the more she doesn't want him
hanging around when a bunch of wo-
men meet at the house.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-07
Taxicab and Touring Cars.
For Sale Cheap.

25 cents to any part of city. Phon,
Main IL. Day and night.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-03

day for three DAYS for the fourth time.
The former minister appeared in court
this morning and his counsel made no
attempt to get "A further respite and
he was surrendered 10 the sheriff. who.
with "a man convicted of selling liquor
without "a license on one side OF him,
and Tate upon the other, escorted them
TO the prison.
The former minister has been lodged
In a cell by himself. after hoping vain
ny for the governors pardon for sew
eral weeks. Tate did not seem to iosa
his composare- He took the situation
very pfiIosophiealiy and had nothing AZ
all to say.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-03

Elbow sleeves in the form of loose
lace draperies are noted on some Of
the new evening frooks, but the bare
forearm is not now considered de
rigeur during the morning or after
noon, unless with an informal at
home costume,
Buttons and sleeves have rather
sidetracked the scribe from the sub
ject of pleats-a most vitality signiff-
cant issue just now: for 1t is the
pleat that LIZ going to work trans
formation in the silhouette, though
the change will probably be so grad
uaI that nobody viii realize that skirt
lines have completely changed until
the metanforphosis has been wrought.
Everything Is pleated, in one way or
another, and we are seeing again the
old fashioned knife pleats. tackled to-
gether on the under side with lengths
Of tape SO that they may not spread
apart. There are, among the new
Paris models for autumn. skirts
pleated all around at the top, in mar
row knife pleating. yet so trinity held
in place by rows of these combining
tapes that the measurement at knee
and foot does not exceed the pre-
scrihed two yards or SO, and the sill
houette Is AS slim and narrow as
fashion still demands. Machine
ploated skirts are at the pinnacle OF
the mode This machine pleating. or
accordion pleating. as 1t is sometimes
called, Is put into even velvet and
broadcloth fabrics, though. of course,
the best effects are produced with
satin, heavy silk or the soft. lustrous
permo fabrics above referred TO
When the whole skirt. or part Of 1t
in panels or drapery. Is not pleated,
there Is apt to be some trimming In
the form of pleated quillings. or mar
row bands OF knife pleating stitched
about half an inch inside either edge.
Vatican pleats and paniers are be-
ing used with discretion by many OF
the courtiers. to give touch of grace
and picturesqueness to fall models.
The Vatican pleat Is noted even on
tailored coats. and It appears con-
stantly on handsome wraps for even
ing wear. The panier Is much
chastened and subdued modification
of the impertinent puffed- out affair
which heralded the arrival OF this
fashion last spring. and many of the
looped and draped paniers on fall
frocks are exquisitely graceful. Skirts
remain narrow at the foot. all the
width being introduced In pleatinss
and long. clinging draperfes which
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-03

finished materials are IN high favor,
and though rough cheriots. wide welt
ed serges and homespuns will I'M
doubleday be used, trotabout suits and
coats, the silky broadcloths, very soft,
chifony veIvets, faille silks and pop
lin weaves Will be favored for dressy
costumes. A mixed weave of worsted
with mohair threads, called In Paris
permo weave. is particularly we'll
liked because of It's tustrous, silky
texture, and this permo fabric comes
in all the subdued, hard-to describe
eeloFings In which the French cou-
turiers delight A taupe shade and a
deep mulberry shade are perhaps the
most distinctive.
Grays continue in the pronounced
favor accorded them this summer, and
many of the women who wore moth
ing but black and white combinations
last season are now taking up the
grays. 1t is wise woman who
eleetinr In dress in gray for a sea-
son selects one particular shade of
gray and keeps to It,
Two striking features Of Paris
fashions for taii are the prevalence
Of Pleats. and the full length sleeve
The elbow sleeve has passed with
the high waistline, which is now rele-
gated ts~t44.4 limbo of t,asse fashions
All belts are at the waistline normal,
and some OF the coat effects even
drop below this point; and to make
sure that nobody shall mistake the
fact that q normal waistline Is now
the mode. fashion has decreed that
all waists shall be emphasized by u
glrdic. belt or sash of one sort or
another This is again "A memory of
the Directoire dandy. whose sash, If
his costume was military. was a. very
ornamental part thereof.
Sleeves are not only long, but they
are snug. They cover the forearm
and even the wrist in all coats, frocks
and blouse~ intended ror day wear
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-03

~ The uEw fashions are Directotre
says Paris. but Directoire with DIFF
ference. The Directoire styles we
have all been used to during the past
few seasons were feminine Directoire
the masculine Dircc-
totre modes are to have their turn.
And II ever modishness was the mode
Tor nsaEcuitnity, II WAC, in the ele-
rant Dfrectoire days when every chap
mnder his dotage was a dandy--and
some old fellows in the dotage age,
too. These gay dogs. If you please.
affected silk stockings, and starehed
sleeve and neck friils, and perfumed
c0iffures. They We're as fastidioua
about their cosmetics as any belle of
Today. and at the same time they
gould handle a sword and swallow a
round OF toasts in way that proved
them anything but eff-minate.
The Directoire dandy wore an odd
~ cut coat. which Was somewhat like
the modern dress coat exceedingly ex-
laGgerated, This coat had a sharply
Eutaway effect in front and tremen-
dously long tails at the back. a high,
turned down collar, huge revers. and
long. snugly fitting sleeves. F'ilmy
frifls escaped from the sleeves and
foamed down the front Of a lively
.Ea4xtccat- between .tiae--b!@ -aest -Eer~
jAfA 1t is these dandifed coats OF the
late seventeen hundreds that have
formed the inspirations for women $
tailored wear this season. The coat
tails, the getaway front, the gay vest
the frills, the fanciful revers are all
here, ard coats are built in contrast
ting color and material to suggest the
dandy's cloth coat and
satin breeches. Half Of the new
tailored wear for fall mailing from
the coat and skirt Of
fabric. and the broadcIoth
coat with q velvet or satin skirt is
seen as frequently as the velvet coat
with a skirt Of cloth or silk. smooth
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-03

tunn is three-piece affair, though
the smart blouse does not appear in
the illustration. The coat and skirt
are of navy blue broadcloth with deep
revers and draped sash of black
satin. The trimming, which suggests
braid. is really made of yards and
yards OF black satin tubing inyislbly
sewed to the garment by hand and is
one OF the most interesting trimming
ideas of the season. The skirt is
slightly draped and reveals the neat
walking boot of patent leather with
hiittened calf top. $.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-03

DANNILLE, VA, Oct I'd. Plnck-
ney Tate. the former Metnodfst min
lister and member OF the Western
North Carolina conference, was this
morning placed in the city jail. where
he VIII await tho action Of Governor
Mann, who has at the present time
petition for the mans pardon before
him
Tate's sentence was suspended Mon 3
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-03

Especial 10 The Richmond ytrrtntan.)
kEYSNffL4E. VA. Oct. AT a
we'll attended meeting Of the school
league Monday night. II was decided
10 have conversions laying of tina
new high school building about Octo-
Der 10th. II will be under tho aus
pieces of the Masonic fraternity.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-03
PLEATS, SAYS PARIS NOW

Now She Dresses Like a Directore Dandy-The High
Waistine Past and Gone-Watteau Peats and Paniers
Give Coquetry New Fashions-Long Sleeves on All
Formal Frocks For Day Wharf.-The Return OF Smooth
Finished Fabrics.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-03
Machine pleated skirts FAN Mode

Once more the accordion pleated
skirt appears at the van of the mode.
but now ii calls Itself machine
pleated'' and Is very circumspect in
its width. the pleats being kept under
strict control by tapes tackled under
meath This new tailored suit for
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-03

do not interfere with the slim sill
houette-
Bernard Coat and Skirt of Contrast
ing Fabric.
Expressive of the latest Paris ideas
for fall is this stunning suit by Ber-
nard which combines "a black and
white velvet coat with a skirt Of black
broadcloth. The skirt has pleated
panel at one side. The smart velvet
coat is ptped with white cloth and
embroidered with arrowheads in
white and black. The most striking
feature Is the double Robespierre col
lar and vest of white broadcloth.
Cuffs OF the white broadcioth Irish
the long, tight sleeves.
A Paquin Wrap. Showing the Favored
Quilted Trimming.
This graceful wrap was designed by
Madame Paquln for her own use, and
has all the dignity and elegance that
this couturier expl esSes in her own
toilettes. The wrap Is built Of navy
blue faiiie silk with a deep border of
black satin. The bands Of pleated
I quilting used down the front and
! around the skirt Of the coat separate
! the blue and black materials. An eff
! fectlve trimming touch is the use Of
| tiny pleated pipings Of black satin In
! all the seams of the garment Only
! "a slender figure could stand the ur-
standing pleated pipings, but they add
| immense chic to the coat
s.
| The Vatican Pleat Tall Feature.
This costume by Martial ct Ermand
! is a model designed for afternoon VS.
| ting wear, and combines brown
velvet skirt with a coat of tan broad
cloth in the new fashion Of contrast
/ ing coat and skirt. The skirt has a
graceful panier drapery at one side
! and a very sharply pointed train The
coat ia an imitation Of the coat worn
by handles during the Dfrectoire pc
Rod, and at the back Vatican pieat
has been added Just by way of eceen-
tricitv. The DIRECTORS collar and
| cuffs and the cutaway fronts give the
coat its character.
pauuin Adorcs Fans.ifuI Cut.
Always in the van of the mode,
Pauuin delights in introducing ali
sorts of individual and striking feat-
ures, and her tailored wear Is never
commonplace or lacking in interest.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-03

Luther Burbank il subjected to
constant annoyance by inquisitive
strangers. He was walking on the
street In San Francisco when one
seized his arfff- How are you, Bur-
bank" he inquired ef1fusiyely What
miracle are you working ON now"
"Weh, it's a secret" replied the ex-
pert; but don't mind telling you.
m grating Hilkweed on eggplant.
"Yes--yes? What do you expect TO
producer- ''CtustartI ga turday
Evening Post.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-03
CARE FOR SICK ON
RAILROAD TRAINS

Excellent facilities are afforded in
Germany for transporting invaiids
and eripples who are unable to walk,
according to T. J. Albert, consul at
Brunswick The German railroad sys-
TEN provides a f1rst-class car for In
yaiids who can afford to use II. This
car is fitted with every possible con-
venience for the sick. A special apart
Inent. opening on The level or the sta
ton platform. with a double door, so
that a -stretcher can be carried in
without the slightest difficulty, rs set
apart for the invalid and attendants.
The balance of the car contains a
kitchen, where nteels can be prepared,
and section handsomely upholstered
for members of the family or accom-
panying friends, For invalids who
travel second or third class an apart
ment on an ordinary car is used, open
ing In like manner with a double door
on the station platform.
The charges fer transporting sick
and helpless persons have hitherto
been moderate. For invalids travelling
third class the charge has been the
cost of four tickets, free transport be-
ing granted for two attendants. This
iott - sNAii SidAt'u Nitttl Tie Vol Soh-
tanning the invalid apartment belongs
to regular train with a fixed desti-
nation: otherwise in the future six
tickets second class must be pur-
chased. In addition to the cost of
these tickets. there viii be an addi-
tional charge of pfennigs Il 3-4
cents) per axle and kilometer f0.62
mile) for the time the car runs emp
ty before and after the transport of
the invalid to the point OF destination.
For example, II the invalid is trans
ported from Berlin to Hamburg, $50
kilometers ESQ miles, when the car
containing the invalid apartment forms
part of the regular train the charge
will be, 35.6 marks (sS.47), il the same
car Is specially ordered the charge will
be 164.64 marks t$39.1s).-
States Consular Reports,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-03
The W,attean Ileat ran F,eature.


Always in the van of the MODE
Pauuin delights in introducing all
sorts of individual and striking feat-
ures, and her tailored wear Is never
commonplace or lacking in interest
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-24
PAYING FOR THE SPOONS

II It were not for the souvenir thief no hotel
manager would be gray.headed or bald Their
lives would be long dream OF bliss broken
they sell 50 cents worth of food for SIPS. But
the memento grabber ages him. I'VE tried to
make the waiter protect the silver" said one the
other day. And found that after the waiter
worked for month he owed money, be-
cause OF fines for stolen silver, That wouldn't
do. That same waiter would do his waiting else
where-hrst trying to break even with the estab-
lishment before leaving And It is very unpleas.
ant to lock the doors Of a private dining room
until we audit the teaspoons"
So all hotel managers have adopted new
plan. The cost OF stealing silver is included in
the bill for the meal you take in the public din
Ing room. That Is n matter OF average, When
you dine with a merry little party-or several
merry little parties It sometimes happens-in
q private room It is also included In the bill, Not
long ago the man who entertains outoftown buy.
ors in certain wholesale line ordered private
dining room and special dinner for a half dozen
guests. The hotel manager gave him figure.
Tell your cook to spread himself on this din.
nor said the prospective host, laughInGly MY
guests are all from the west"
Pardon me" said the manager hurredly -
forgot an item. Your bill will be 50 more"
The host looked at the memorandum and found
an item marked spoons"
Much better to charge for the spoons in ad.
vance" said the hotel man. without blush The
ladies' from out OF town all take 'em. So do the
ladies' from In town This way we're safe and
they're saved a sin"
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-24
When Woman Wins

Twas in the year POLL, and the in.
trepid general was rallying her waver-
Ing female troops.
Women" she cried, will you give
way 70 manly fears?"
A timid murmer ran through the
ranks.
Shall it be said we are clothed in
mail armor?" shriekeds the leader
The murmur grew more confused
viii YOU" came the taunting cry
from their gallant general, SHOW the
white feather at this time of the year,
when feathers are out of fashion,"
The effect was wonderful, astound-
Ing, marvellous!
Never" roared her noble followers
"Never,"
And forming themselves rapidly in
to battle array. they once more hurled
themselves relentlessly upon the en-
emy.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-24
TELEPATHY AMONG ANIMALS

Birds and beasts receive information through
the medium of earth vibrations, John d. Quack-
enbos NJ. D.. writes in the North American Re-
view. Certain game birds and animals are sensi-
tive to the faintest earth tremor, and are ap-
preached only by the hunter who steps slowly
and carefully, without jarring the surface of the
ground. The nature of the vibrations also con-
veys notion OF the direction from which the
danger is coming, and wild game depend as much
on their apprehension of this upon detection
by the When 1t comes to cosmc vibrations.
the subtle movements communicated to the
earth's crust by the tides or the pull of heavenly
bodies, animals mysteriously affected to
appetite, sleep nervous poise and possibly pro-
creation and migration.
Recent experiments have proved moths and
other insects to be capable OF thought transfer
far-reaching as to impress their fellows
miles away with knowledge Of their where
abouts
1t is well known to whaers that a cetacean
struck by harpoon has power instantly to con-
vey intelligence OF the presence OF an enemy to
a spouting school half mile distant so that the
individuals composing It Immediately disappear
below the surface. Every angler Is that
II trout in a pool has caught glimpse OF
him all instantly apprised OF his presence,
so that his most attractive lures are offered in
vain. What one knows all know at the same
moment through an interchange of subconscous
states. Aristotle noticed that the female par
fridge is affected by distant male bird through
what he described as a breeze from the males
direction.
Some twenty years ago the late Austin Corbin
purchased % 900 acres of farm and wood land in
New Hampshire and stocked the estate known
as Blue Mountain park with elk and deer. In
1897 is predicted that the extinct carnivores,
whose natural food is venison, would return to
the region, Not long afterward the presence OF
pumas or mountain lions reported in the
park and vicinity and the black bear lynx and
wildcat are conspicuously In evidence today.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-24
Good Grounds for Defense.

Floyd Jacobs. assistant prosecuting
attorney tells this story upon a not al
together obscure member of the Jack.
son county bar:
The lawyer in question had been re-
tanned to defend a man charged with
assault to kill" said Mr.. Jacobs II
looked into the facts carefully and,
being convinced that the man was gull
ty and could easily be convicted, l
suggested to the lawyer that he plead
guilty, throw himself upon the mercy
of the court and save the state the
expense of prosecuting him.
I couldn't think of it-couldn't
think OF it at all-quite absurd, pre-
ostetous-monstrous of the states
attorney to suggest such thing" ex-
ploded the attorney for the defense.
Your case hasn't leg to stand on
hasn't the shadow of a Defense
protested.
I'VE have two excellent grounds.
sir-two excellent defenses, either one
of which will acquit my client
What are they?
An alibi and self-defense, sir"
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-24
Why the Dog HoWIed.

He was a poor, misunderstanding
cog, and the strangers heart was fill
&C with pity. For the dog was howl
ing, and it was only too evident that
he was suffering pain. So he asked
the tired rustic who lounged near why
the dog howled
lm?" asked the rustic. Hes Just
lazy, that's all
But laziness doesn't make a dog
howl, surely?" queried the benevolent
one.
Does im," said the tired owner.
Only lazy"
But how" queried the persistent
questioner-"how can laziness make
him how'll"
We'll, You see," said the rural
lounser, that pore dog is sittin' on
come real, tough thistles, and he's too
lazy to get off, so he just sits there
and howls cause 1t hurts So"
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-10-24
POLLY LICriM OF DECEPTION
porary Oblivion Had Been Ma
teriaIly Cut Short.

The Goodleys have a sailor son, who
on one occasion brought home parrot
for the amusement and enlightenment
OF the family. They kept it for the
sake of the donor-on no other ac-
:ount would 1t have been given house
room. OF course, it was a perfectly
respectable eblrd-occasionally; but on
Sunday evenings. when young Mr..
SANITY paid his regular visit, 1t was
deemed advisable to cover Polly with
a cloth.
Recently, however. Mr.. S. took ad-
vantage OF a halfholiday accruing to
him, and made an extra call on the
Wednesday. AS he was ushered in
Miss Mary Cooley dexterously threw
the cloth over Pclly's cage. Greet
ings over. there ensued the usual awk-
We'll, III be everlastingly blessed"
squawk from the covered cage.
We'll, I'll be everlasting blessed
said Polly. This has been thunder
ing short week."