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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-15

duced to show that his violating of
the law was intended to deal with
commercialized vice.
The defense also claims Judge Van
Fleet erred In his instructions to the
jury when he informed them that 'if
the defendant did not explain every
thing 1t should be considered against
him" Another error Is claimed on
the ground that Judge Van Fleet
failed to instruct the Jury that Mar
sha Warrington and Lola Norris were
accomplices
The bill OF exceptions has been
passed upon by Special Prosecutors
Matt SULLIVAN and Theodore Roche.
The document has now to be exam
ined by Judge Van Fleet and will
then. II meeting with the jurist's ap-
proval. be filed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-15
Grouse Meat Is Expensive.

1t cost Sam Papos, Greek section
hand at Cayuse. s33.10 and mis- gun
to shoot one grouse yesterday Just
as he had bagged the bird, District
Game Warden Averill. who had gone
out to the reservation to arrest the
Indian who Is alleged to have killed
an elk the day before, swooped down
upon him. Papos pleaded guilty this
morning before Justice Of the Peace
Parkes who fined him 325 and costs
amounting to $50. Under the new
law, the gun Of the offender is also
confiscated and Judge Parkes depriy-
ed the Greek Of his weapon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-15

The sentencing Of James Larkin to
seven months Imprisonment In Dub
lin on an indictment charging him
with sedition and with melting to riot,
and, more especially. his release, have
led to extraordinary excitement IN the
labor world of Great Britain. Concern
ing this new power out OF ireland a
newspaper correspondent wrote tne
other day: What manner OF man Is
this James Larkin? He has Fascinated
many people who have come race TO
face with him-people who are IDEAL
lists, and poets, and lovers. and fol-
lowers of the high ideals and the
heroic. There is an extraordinary mu-
liability in Irish affairs. Mr.. LarKlr
first appeared some three or foul
years ago. Today his name is In every
mans mouth. He Is the VIII and ths
fate to the multitude.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-15
ouarantincs Himself.

Chief of Police Kearney admins
tered the same dose to himself that
he has been administering to many
others during the past few weeks. HIS
young son having developed a case
of the measles, he tackled up quar-
antine sign on his home at 4O1 Will
son. Two other houses. those OF HUI
bert Allen at 701 Garden, and NJ A.
Ferguson at 112 Madison. were also
quarantined this morning. Yesterday
the Sloan boarding house at 7o9 Gar
den was quarantined for smallpox
Saturday the following five houses
were quarantined for measles: Walt
er Planting at 211 Perkins, Howard
Stephens at 412 Jackson, c. H. Walk
er at 2102 w. Webb, w. I. Gadwa al
215 Bush. The room of Charles Dick'
in the New Grand was also quarantin
ed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-15
ADAMS BROOM CORN
Wins HIGH PRAISE
G.. O. RICHARDSON'S EXHIBIT AT
CHICAGO COMMENDED
BY EXPERTS.
Chapman Writes Of Surprise Shown
That Oregon Can Raise Such Corn
Display Taken by Great North.
ern to st. Paul.

At the close OF the Umatilla coun-
ty fair, G. o. Richardson of Adams
sent his exhibit of broom corn.
which had been awarded the first
premium, to C. G. Chapman Of Port
land, to be incorporated with the
Oregon exhibit of the United States
Land Show at Chicago. Yesterday
he received the following letter:
Oregon State Exhibit. United States
Land Show, Coliseum, Chicago
December 9, 1918.
Mr.. G. o. Richardson. Adams, Ore.
Nv Dear Mr.. Richardson:--Your
| broom corn was commended by ex-
pert buyers as being Of superb quail
| ity They had no idea such good
| groom corn could be grown In Ore
| gon.
! We turned the samples over to the
| Great Northern Railway, whose i'm
| migration department is very much
| interested in the same and will ex.
| hibit It at st. Paul and in their ex.
hibition cars.
Cordially yours,
c. c. CHAPMAN.
Would Abolish Wheat Sacks-At a
session Of the Seattle Port Commits.
sion held last week and at which rep
resentatives of the farmers union or
ganizations of Washington and Ore
> gon We're In attendance, 1t was de.
cided to build a 100000 bushel grain
elevator on the sound for the purpose
If handling unsacked wheat. A. V
. Swift Of Baker county was present az
the representative from Oregon. The
farmers urged the step, claiming tha
: through abolishing the grain sacl
farmers may save from eight to ter
cents per bushel on their wheat. The
a building of the elevator In Seattle will
stimulate the move for this economy
n The Seattle elevator will be bull
= with public money provided under
v the appropriation for public docks. II
2 order to do AWAY with the use o
grain sacks in this county It will b.
necessary to make a radical chang
a Of the warehouses as the warehouse
Z are built for sacked grain only.
Il $4,000 Bushels Sell at 10. - Repor
e reaches here that 10000 bushels o
y foothill wheat grown in the east en-
Of this county and known as tn
Drumhelier-Casper lot. sold saturda
a in walla Walla for 75 cents. tn
0. Jones-Scott company being the pur
ID chaser The wheat was stored a
r spofford, between Milton and Wall
l ~ vwY n tfsrA
in the lot consisted OF $4,000 sacks ow
4. nv Samuel Drumheller. 20 900 sack
K owned by John Casper and severt
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-15
CAMINET'TI BILL OF
EXCEPTIONS FILED

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15.-The
bill OF exceptions in the trial of F.
Drew Caminetti was formally filed
by Attorney Marshall B. Woodwork.
one Of the attorneys for the defense.
The document is composed of 500
closely typewriter pages. The chief
points Of the defense petitioning the
United States circuit court of appeals
for a newtrial are that In the case
OF Caminetti no evidence was pro-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-15

and struck machine standing near
the curb at the Harman Abstract
office. then struck off again and
crashed into Dr. NJ. " Turkeys auto
which was also at rest near the curb
ing. All three machines were dam
aged. DIR. Turkeys probably the
worst.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-15
Be Careful of Thieves.

Chief of Police Kearney calls at
tention to the fact that there is a
good deal of petty thievery going on
and he cautions the public to cooper
ate with the officers by exercising a
little caution. For instance he sug-
gests that people do not leave furs
or other valuables in unoccupied au-
tomobiles even for q moment
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-15
Young Resigns.

PORTLAND, ore. Dec. 15.--1n a
message received from J. II. Young
president Of the Spokane and Seattle
railroad, the report to the effect that
he had resigned was confirmed. The
resingation will take effect January
1St
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-15
Asks For Divorce.

Alleging that her husband, Robert
B. Campbell. deserted her on October
6, 1919, Mary Rova Campbell Satur-
day filed a suit for divorce through
her attorneys. Raley & Raley. The
couple were married in this city, Nov
16, 1910. Plaintiff asks for the re.
storation Of her maiden name, Mary
Rova Bowman.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-15
,he cable between the United

The cable between the United
States and Honolulu cost $20,o0o,0oo.
The two stations could be connected
by wireless for s500.0Oo or one-for-
tieth as much. The cost Of operation
and up-keep is about the same In
either case This illustrates the econ.
cmy Of wireless for all marine work
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-15
What MY LADY Likes.

Can you think Of moro appro,
pirate Christmas gift for my lady
than pretty blooming plant or box
of flowers that carry the message for
you?
Fone Forshaw, Florist. for Flow
ers. 222 East Court street
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-15
Admitted to Priesthood

ROME. Dec. 15.-Seventeen stu
dents Of the American Seminary at
Rome. OF which Monsignor Kennedy
is the director, today were granted
the final insignia of their orders.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-15
Car In Collision,

A car owned and driven by ]. 5.
Carter crashed into two other auto
mobiles this afternoon near Main
and Court streets. Carter was driving
his auto north on Main street when
something went wrong with the
stearlng apparatus. the car swerVed
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-15
White slave Hearing.

f. l.. Wells, U. S. immigration Of
ficer. will arrive this afternoon from
Walla walla to conduct the prelimi.
nary hearing against ]. b. Hoover,
alleged white SLAYER. before U, s.
Commissioner S. A. Newberry
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-15
One Realty Transfer,

Only one warranty deed was filed
today for recording. 1t was from
William l.. Seachrist to James B. and
Jennie Farrens and transferred lots !
and 2, block 4, of North Milton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-15
neW$y Notes
of Pendleton
Divorce is Granted.

IUNUFNt Il NTuIIltSi.
Circuit Judge Phelps today handed
down a decree divorcing Pearl A.
Iange from her husband, Albert ].
L.ange. and restoring to her her mai
den name OF Pearl A. York.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-15

smaller holdings. The price paid
Is the highest recorded In the walla
Walla market this year.
Two Hog Salcs-Nate Raines has
Just bought two different lots Of hogs
for shipment to the Puget Sound
market Fred Bailey of Spring Hol-
low. sold SIS head. while 25 head
were purchased by Raines from Dave
Sparks Of Birch creek.
Prices Disappointed-There is some
disappointment among cattle grow
ers over the fact that the prices Of.
fered during the big livestock show
In Portland last week were not al
high as expected. This attributed to
the fact the buyers took advantage
of the large number of offerings to
bear prices. This year the grand
championship steer sold for 45 cents
per pound while last year the price
paid for the grand champion was
s125.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-12-15

A big dance and good time for Soc
Tuesday night, Moose Hall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-01

Those critics remind me of the hotel
cashier who, after paying a lot of food
to the hotel drunk. All those people
treated me- he Explained, when I
handed them their checks. Well,
WELL said the proprietor, shocked. is
it possible that none of my creditors
are temperance people?' Some of
them are the cashier admitted, but
their checks 1 sent to them by mail Z"
The paying teller of one of the
big banks downtown says that on a
certain day last October, while the
fleet was lying in the river, a jolly
tar, arm in arm with his friend John
Barleycorn, came rolling up to the
window.
"Hows business, mate?" began the
seaman, sprawling both arms on the
glass ledge.
Fair" replied the paying teller in
diligently. "Only fair. But we hope it
will pick up before long. BY the way
what can L do for you?''
We'll, you see it's like this said
the tar, pulling out a check for $50,
made payable to bearer. Here's
check as calls for a lot O. money.
But I amt goin' to be hard on you
if business amt good. No. sir, That's
not my style. You just give me $40
down and send me the other twenty
some time when things are looking
up"
A temperance lecturer was enthu-
iastically denouncing the use of all
intoxicants.
Il wish all the beer. all the wine.
all the whiskey in the world was at
Hastily Pat rose to his feet.
Sure, and so do 1. sor,' he shouted.
IT wish every bit of it was at the
bottom of the sea-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-01
degrees or more?'' queried Mrs. Bow

! degrees or more?' queried Mrs. Bow
ser.
Just has easy as lifting up your
foot. Do you see these lozenges? They
contain no less than six different red
hot ingredients, including capenne pep
per. Two of them are warranted to
make the blood fairly boil and cause
the temperature around the pole to
seem like an August day in America.
1 shall at once consult the government
about sending out an expedition. The
government provides the ship, and
Bowser's lozenges do the rest
But you haven't tried them yet
mo. but 1 am glad to do so. 1 Won
der if our cook wouldn't eat one and
then sit on a snow-bank in the back
yard and see how it worked?"
''Of course she Wouldn't.
well there are others. I'll find a
couple of tramps who'll sit out all
night for a quarter apiece. I'll run a
pair of them in at once and get the eX-
pertinent under way
''You'd-you'd better waltz she fall
tered as he started for the door.
why waltz he asked It's a cold
night, with snow and tramps at hand
for experiment. If an expedition is to
be sent out, it will have to start in
the spring.
But it will end in a row.
1T will end in making The name of
Bowser better known than that of Co
| lumbus. You just keep quiet and let
| me run this thing"
He put on his hat and overcoat, and
it did not take him five minutes to find
about between the house and the cor
ner. When he explained what he
wanted and his willingness to pay. they
both cheerfully accompanied him. AS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-01
BOWSER'S RED-HOT TIME.
He Makes an Invention and an Expert
ment.

I've given up any personal ambition
to reach the North Pole said Mr..
Bowser, as he laid aside his paper the
other evening.
Pm glad to hear it." replied Mrs.
Bowser.
& But I stand ready to assist anyone
else
You'd better not fool away your
time"
Il don't propose to. But for the aw-
full temperature around the Pole men
could easily overcome the other diff
culties. When the thermometer regis
tiers 100 degrees below zero, the life
blood of the strongest man congeals.
He must either retreat die
We'll. what of it % she asked.
What of it.' he repeated, with a
chuclle. IF you overcome the cold,
you discover the Pole, don't you?''
And you have found a way of over
coming the cold, 1 suppose? 1t is two
weeks since you had a fad, and 1 was
wondering what would come next. If
you are going to visit the North Pole
with a lot of hot water bags strapped
around your body to keep your tenn
perature at summer heat, let's hear
about it"
Being as you are woman, and be-
ing as every woman is about half
idiot, I can overlook your sarcasm.
Your way of encourag ing a husband to
he originated. Had Columbus had a
wife like you this American continent
would have continued to be a paradise
for woodchucks. Expecting nothing but
ridicule and sarcasm in reply, will,
however, ask you a question or two.
Suppose that man going out in a
temperature of 20 degrees below zero
raises the temperature of his body 80
or 40 degreeS?"
That would offset the cold,'' replied
Mrs Bowser.
Your head is not filled with saw
dust after all. Yes, it would work
that way, and don't you see my plan =?
To meet the cold of the North Pole
we simply keep on raising the temper
allure. It's the simplest thing in the
world, and yet nobody seems to have
thought of it. Mrs. Bowser consider
the North Pole as rediscovered. Con-
slider it discovered by Mr.. Bowseri''
He stepped back and bowed before
her. and the cat came out from under
the lounge and squinted at both. and
wondered whether it was a question of
science or mousetraps.
Yes, but how are you going to raise
the temperature of the body a hundred
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-01

The "Gang" puts on mock senate
and legislators are abused generally.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-01

they stood with their backs to the range
in the kitchen and hungrily eyed the
remains of dinner he took their tenn
perature and pronounced it normal, and
then escorted them to the back yard.
There were snow-banks against the
fence, and he selected positions and
sat them down. 1t was a keen, cold
night one made to order for such an
experiment.
Now, them said Mr.. Bowser as all
was ready, Il take it that you feel
cold?"
We dor replied the men in chorus
through their chattering teeth.
THAT is splendid L estimate that
there is a. difference of at least 40 de-
grees between your temperature and
that of the weather. You will now each
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-01

caused him to lose control of his feet;
he began to slide and was unable to
stop. At a cross street half way
down the incline he encountered a
large, heavy woman with her arms
full of bundles. The meeting was sud-
den. Before either realized it there
was collision, and both went sliding
down hill, a grand mbIe-the thin
man beneath and the fat woman, with
her bundles, on top. When the bot
tom was reached and the woman was
trying in vain to recover her breath
and her feet, these faint words were
borne to her ears: Pardon me,
madam, but you will have to get off
here. This is as far as I CO.
George Clarke, a celebrated negro
minstrel, on one occasion, when being
examined as a witness, was severely
interrogated by a lawyer. you are
in the minstrel business I believe ?''
inquired the lawyer. Yes, SIR" was
the reply. els not that rather a low
calling?" 81 don't know but what it
is, SIR replied the minstrel, ''but it
SO much better than my fathers that
fell into the trap. What was your
fathers calling?'' he inquired. "Ee
was a lawyer" replied Clarke, in
tone that sent the whole court into
a roar of laughter as the discounted
lawyer sat down.
I'D like to make you my wife" said
the practical young man; but they
tell me you can't keep house,
Don't you believe all they tell YOU
the girl in the case. You get
the house and put it in my name, and
I'll prove to you that I can keep it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-01

Stotts attempts to push street cars
over to second crossing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-01

AS they were leaving the han, the
lecturer encountered Pat.
Il certainly am proud of you," he
said. TT was a brave thing of you
to rise and say what you did. Are
you a teetotaler?'
mo, indade, sor," answered Pat
I'm diver
The young man, feeling out of
sorts, went to consult doctor. Il
have some queer palms, said our
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-01
DINNER STORIES
SUNDAY

long names come from-arrived late
one evening at wayside inn in FRANCE
and knocked for a long time on the
door before he succeeded in rousing the
landlord.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-01

Then: who is there?" cried mine
host, thrusting his head through a
window.
Don Juan Pedro" replied the trav-
eler Hernandez Rodrique de vii
lanova, Count de .Malafa, Knight OF
Santiago and Alcantara."
Sorry, but 1 haven't room for all
of you!' exclaimed the landlord. Bet
ter try ten miles further ONT"
And he closed the window with a
bang.
When the late Franklin FyIes first
visited London he told his travelling
companion, as they rose from break
fast the first morning, that he would
have to be gone most of the day i've
got to see a doctor and a lawyer to
whom I have cards of introduction.
he explained, land there are a couple
of dramatic critics here who've writ
ten me to call as soon as reached
town. Then I'm going to hunt up
I'D rather see that than any one
thing in all England" A few minutes
past 10 Mr.. Fyles walked into the
hotel again, and. to his friends sur
prised look, merely said: Doctor and
lawyer and critics all out. Only man
at home was oliver
During the Christmas dinner
young Frenchman was seated next to
a fine looking young woman who was
wearing a gown which displayed her
beautiful arms. ct came near not being
here tonight" said she. Il was vacci
mated a few days ago and it gives me
considerable annoyance The young
foreigner gazed at the white arms of
the speaker. 'Is that % he replied.
where were you vacc1nated ?? The
girl smiled demurely and said: I'm
Boston"
Mayor Gaynor, defending New York
from a charge of undue wickednesS,
said at a recent dinner: There is no
more wickedneSs here than there is in
London or Paris or Berlin. They who
find wickednesS are usually seeking it
and we find what we seek, whether
1t be a roulette game or a song service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-01

friend. 'I see," said the doctor, look
ing wise. :'Do you feel a sharp
pain low down on your right side?''
Doc" answered the young fellow,
81 only get s12 a week. Don't go
looking for any -ymptoms of APP
pendicitis.'' The case was mmedi-
ately diagnosed as indigestion.
One cold winter morning, a man of
tall, angular build was walking down
a steep hill at a quick pace. A treach-
erouS piece of ice under the snow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-16
IEettel' ON Hands,
Head and Face
Skin Would Break and Scale.
Burned and Itched., Face a
Fright. Lost Nearly All OF
Hair. Could Not Put Hands IN
Water. Cuticura Soap and
Ointment Cured

Route No s. Rustburg. Va caught letter IN
nv hands head and face -four years ago IL
came first with itching roughness, and then the
skin would break and scale up, aud then draw
and wrinkle up II would break and crack open
in great gashes and bleed freely. 1t burned and
irched and I would almost scratch the flesh OIL
When the itching ceased the burning was dread
full My face was fright II would crack open
and bleed at night I lost nearly all OF my hair
could not bear to put my hands in water.
tried all remedies that could be mentioned, and
received no relief After using Cuticura Soap
nd Ointment a week could wash scrub and do
eng kind Of work without any pain or bleeding
Now my face hands and head are perfectly well
and my hair Is growing very nicely. C1tcura
Sosp and Ointment cured me-" tSigned) Miss
Anna Moses. Apr. Is. 1912.
Why not have a clear skin soft, white hands.
a clean scalp and good hsir? 1t is your birth
right Cuticura Soap. with an occasional use OF
ssIticura Ointment will bring about these COW
eted conditions in most cases when all else fails
Sold throughout the world. Liberal samples OF
each mailed free. with 32-p. Skin Book Address
postcard ''Cuticura. Dept t. Boston
E|Tender-faced men should use Cuttcura Soap
Shaving Stick, 25c. Sample free.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-16

that John D. Rockefeller with all of his
millions of annual income, does not pay
any more tax when it is levied on con-
sumption than a man with a $1,000 in
come, and that the poor are bound to con-
sumo tenfold and even hundredfold
more in proportion to their income than
the man of wealth, and. therefore, they
are the ones who are burdened. The
democra tic purpose is to use the income
tax as an evener-up, if the expression
may be pardoned. They reason that the
poor man bears larger burden in pro-
portion to ability to bear it than the rich
under existing legislation, and from the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-16

many tariff duties. When the corpora
;tion tax was created 1t was not for the
purpose of enabling Congress to lower
the then existing tariff. but rather to sup
n,ement the income from the custom
houses. in order to prevent continuing
deficit in the. Treasury. The income tax
levied by the democrats will make the
latter end thtir secondary aim and the
lowering of the tariff their primary OBJ
ject.
The theory of the democrats is that a
tax on production and consumption puts
too much of the burdep upon the poor
man. They urge, citing'2n extreme case,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-16
EMAIL yninority of the voters will

such small minority of the voters VIII
lead ultimately to its being used to OPP
press the rich and to tax the frugal. Ihey
contend that the United states mas gone
far enough in that direction. The oppo-
nents of this view declare that nowhere
else in the world have the weii-to-do
borne a smaller share of the burdens OF
taxation than in the United States II
thus appears that one school of thought
would use the income tax to make the
well-to-do bear their share OF the ma
tional burden and the other school would