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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-07
TRYING TT AGAIN.

Working along the familiar lines OF ex
pertinent often tried, the National Fhrmers'
union. in session at Kansas City, has determined
that the cotton crop of this year shall be held
until it can be sold at Is cents a pound,
increase OF 25 per cent over the price now pre-
yailing. The obstacles TO enforcement Of such
determination are many. They include the vast
extent OF the cotton territory and the widely
differing conditions and the many grades Of cot
ton and consequent variations In prices. Time
after time attempts have been made to force
cotton up by solemn agreements in the spring
to diminish the acreage. but failure has been
the result invariably. Anticipating big returns
farmer here and there would begin to inch
up a little and increase his planting Others
would follow his example and sometimes the
final consequence has been larger acreage than
ever. The present union claims two million cot
ton planters In It's membership. This VIII be
4 formidable force If 1t can be held together
and tho experiment viii be observed with inter
est by the entire world-one feature being
whether the American can hold the monopoly
Of the worlds cotton production If he under
takes to force prices to figures the buyers of
other countries may regard as unreasonable
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-07

It is comfortably and without danger OF being
drowned. except In times of freshet
From this distance It looks as If the savan-
nah at Augusta is rather a hopeless PROPOSE
ton as an artery of trade and a port with ace
cess TO the freightbearing shipping OF the bound
less ocean, no matter how literally It may be
patronized A fivefoot channel at cost of
$50 900 is $4,000 foot and ten-foot channel
would mean 100000, 81 there was water enough
to fill It. We can do far better than that with
the James here despite its windings and some
times erratic conduct Augusta had best be con-
tent with her position an inland town and
leave her river appropriation for Richmond,
where 1T can be utilized TO real advantage: and
Norfolk and Charleston turn the batteries
of their gibes and sarcasms from each other
and upon city with ambitions to be port
and to develop sea.going commerce with hardly
water enough to float a fairly large chip Ma
ture seems determined to make Augusta dry
town. even IL the local authorities have failed
to do It.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-07
The Suffragettes
Will Get Him

Something must be done for Brother Addison.
of the Iyuchburg News He has gotten h ~
self into a pretty pickle. The suffragists hold
a Safe convention Lynchhurg In oct-her.
ard here within few weeks OF The tina he
las teen harborias Congressman Helm lnc ox-
tending aid and syn. patty to this arch ef.elny
Of the great cause, II he will say nothing about
whittier he is going and will come up hither
when the convention meets. we Will take care
of him till the storm is over We feel sure. he
Is already packing his trunks for flight some
whittier and does not know where to turn. We
can hide him up here in the mountains where
a suffragette would never find him, and we VIII
guarantee not let him the papers giving
accounts of what the ladies were saying at the
Iyn .hburg convention in his memory
see, brethren, what hangs over O. Fellow
when he does not know when to keep his mouth
closed Brother Addison doubtless had never
hint OF the conventions being held in lynch
burg when he was talking big. Now see
what his tafkee-talkee has dona for him
Stanton Leader.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-07

The modern spirit of commercial
ism affects the spirituality OF the
churches by allowing no place fer the
exercise of spirituality IN the life OF
the Individual The competition OF
the business life and methods Of to-
day is so intense that IL Inonopolizes
the entire man. The thought and the
energies are brought under tribute 10
business and epslaved ny Il. There
was never a more complete and ty-
rannical spirit of slavery than the
spirit OF modern business--the sweat
Ahat.-.-.p u ag4-thn-l 4fn-farGsa- OF nAer-
worked women and children are trans
nuted Into money. and every other
device for controlling and convert
ing human labor into gold are no truer
Illustrations Of the enslavinE tendency
Of business than are the Once ne,
the home life and the church life Of
the average man. Thought and en-
ergy must he concentrated upon and
consumed in application TO business
the result Is exhaustion OF the vital
powers on business, and spirituality
dies Of neglect The spiritual facul-
tics become atroph!ed through neg
lect.
Modern commercial spirit affects the
epirttuality of the man by Whaling
the appetite for spiritual things. That
fer which men toll and sweat naturally
( rs,lrDss the affections Men love their
buainess in uroportfon TO the success
they achieve In H. and man Ia SD con-
stttated that he cannot simultaneous
II. }nve +he material and the spiritual
( with equal fcryor. It IL another way
/ If saving we cannot serve God and
( Niaufuon." for both are masters each
{ of which Imper{ously demands en-
+shranem4rt In tha affections. Far
every Rorkrfeller who teaches his Bi-
I bla class there are a hundred Gfrards
who forbid minister Of Christ TO set
1 foot in his COLLEGE
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-07
With the State Press
south Carolina Preaching


The man who advertises himself as the gov
crnor Of South Carolina and who goes about,
like a small boy with a popgun shooting at
everything in sight to make noise has now
trained his little gun on the church. II used
to go to church once in while said he in a
recent address to audience Of two thousand
Of his fellow citizens, but / soon found out
all they preached about was Blease and pro-
hibition, was for one and against the other
SO ! quit going
II know deacops In Columbia who drink
more liquor and play poker than ever
did. and ] haven't played any poker since i
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-07

The Investigation of the New Haven Wreck.
Coroner Mixs action in holding the inVesti-
CATION into the wreck of the Bar Harhor express
on the New York. New Haven and Hartford
ins secret has raised storm of public protest
throughout New England, and that II has done
so Is not TO be wondered at This wreck is
but one of long succession of such tragedies
on this road and the public naturally is IN
censed because of the continual killing or pas
sengers by the railroad company.
The coroner gives as his reason for his secret
probe the alleged fact that the making pubic
of the testimony at the coroners Inquest may
be pretudicial to the trial Of the case IN the
event that his investigation brings out facts
warrantfng criminal prosecution, but this Is not
TO be accepted as valid reason for the secret
investigation The publication Of the facts In
the case would not injure the states case. II
the State has 1t might damage the rail-
roads case, but If the facts hurt that Ia the
concern OF the railroad and mot Of the public.
The continual wrecking Of passenger trains
on tho New York, New Haven and Hartford
is n matter of concern to the whole country be-
cause If this road sacrifice the lives OF Its
passengers by using old wooden coaches ana
overworking its engineers and other employees
other railroad systems may feel that they have
the right to use the same kind of cars and 70
work their employees the same number OF hours
Newport News Times-Herald
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-07

became governor. Why, know some deacons
In Columbia who have been stealing cards in
a poker game"
II that be q fact. do not blame the
governor for quitting. If the preachers of
South Carolina preach nothing but Bease and
prohibition, they are certainly not worth rs
tenng TO. And If that is all the preaching
the deacons hear, II is small wonder that they
play poker with marked cards Blease surely
is giving his State some rum advertising.-New-
| uort News Press.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-10
MAURITANIA WEATHERS
MID-OCEAN HURRICANE
TRANSATLANTIC Liner Reaches New
York. Delayed One Day by storm.

New York, ~ Y, Feb. 1O.-Show-
ing very plainly the effects of the
battering of mountainous waves. the
steamer Mauretania arrived from
Liverpool one day late. The culmi-
nation of a series of gales was reach
ed last Wednesday night when the
wind reached speed of 100 miles an
hour.
According to Captain Turner, the
ship was sliding down the slope of
one great wave when another monster
billow hit her before she could rise.
The steel plates of the bulwarks on
the forward promenade deck We're
bent and twisted and the teak wood
rail was torn away athwart ships.
The heavy plate glass windofs on the
bridge We're shattered and the wires
of the bridge telegraph so badly dis
arranged that communication with
other parts of the ship was impos-
sible except through the speaking
tubes. The wireless system was out
of commission for six or more hours
and other minor damage was done.
Nearly everybody on board was sick,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-10
DIR. FRIEDMAN FEARS
DUTY ON TURTLE SERUM
DiscOverer Of the tuberculosis Cure
breads Tariff on S1,OOO,OOO
Baocilli.

Berlin. Feb. 10.-Dr. Frederick
Friedman, discoverer of the purport-
ed tuberculosis cure, was still in Ber-
lin in contradiction of the cable re-
port to the effect that he sailed Fri
day night for America.
The physician several days ago
booked passage on the Mauretania,
which reaches New York, and can
celled his reservation at the last min
ute.
Friedman called on United States
Consul General Thackaray again and
told him that he would sail for New
York in about eighteen days He
asked the American consul many
questions about customs duties and if
there was any tariff on germs. He
seemed to fear the United States might
try to charge him duty on the ST.
100000 valuation set by the Finlay
offer for the American rights to his
living bacilli.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-10
Tax Office Is Open.

The collection of the 1913 tax of
umatilla county was commenced this
morning by Sheriff Taylor and his
deputies, the rolls having been turn,
ed over by County Clerk Sailing. b.
Mumford, well known farmer who
has his home in this city was the
first to appear at the windows and
take a receipt for money paid in. Ry
noon approximately $4,000 had been
paid in, which is a very favorable be-
ginning. The work is in charge of
Deputy Sheriff A. c. Funk and he is
being assisted by Robert Wheeler of
Weston who acted in like capacity
last year. If the taxes are paid by
March Is, three per cent rebate
will be allowed, if between March Is
and the first Monday in April, there
will be neither rebate or penalty.
After the first Monday in April, the
taxes become delinquent and will
draw interest at the rate of twelve
per cent per annum.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-10
AVIATOR TO
BE PROSECUTED BY L. S
Federal Officials Hold ChristOfferson
Responsible for Fertilization
Photographs.

san Francisco, Cal. Feb. 1O.-A
dispatch from Washington says that
the war department has decided to
prosecute Silas Christofferson. the
Portland aviator, and E. Carl Wallen,
a local photographer, for taking pic
lures of the coast defense guns at
Fort Scott in December last.
Christofferson and Wallen made
the flight on December 10 in Chris
tofferson's hydroplane, ascending near
Harbor View, flying over the defenses
at the Golden Gate and also over AL
catraz Island. Wallen took a num-
Der of pictures, and on the following
day large view of the hidden bat
teries at Fort Scott was published by
a local newspaper, upon which Wallen
Is employed
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-10
Real Estate Transactions.

John McEwen to Susan c.. Masters
Tract 2 of Applicable located in sec.
49, twp. 6, N, r. Sc; A. NJ Deardorff
of Weston to Frank E. King, lots 4,
s., ~, and 13, block 6, Saling's ad-
dition to Weston, consideration $4,000,
Martha Stages and George w. Stages
to Hettie Powers lots 3. 4. IL and IL
block 6 of the original town of Wes-
ton, consideration $3.50; Fred s. Fam
bo and wife to w. L. Rayborn, eighty
acres lying in sec. 81, twp. N, r.
l37
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-10
Pensions for Indian Fighters.

T. j. Tweedy, local pioneer and
committeeman in the Indian War
Veterans association, has received
word that the Rucker bill providing
pensions for all Indian fighters who
served for 80 days or longer in In
dian wars subsequent to 1866 has been
favorably reported by the senate COM
mittee to which it has been referred
The national officers of the veterans
association look for the passage of
the bill.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-10
Suing for Divorce.

Ruby Bonneville of this city has
commenced suit in the local circuit
court for a divorce from her husband
Eddie Bonneville, alleging cruel and
inhuman treatment as her grounds
She also asks for money with which
to prosecute the suit and temporary
and permanent alimony. County
Judge Maloney has handed down an
order requiring the husband to pay
$3.50 a week to the plaintiff during
the pendency of the suit and 1925
with which to prosecute the suit. s.
A. Newberry is attorney for the plain
tiff
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-10
Library Record Broken.

At the Pendleton public library all
records for the number of books is
sued were broken Saturday when a
total of 163 volumes were drawn by
patrons of the institution. According
to Miss Fleek, librarian, 1872 books in
one day was the previous high rec
ord. So heavy was the volume of
work at the library Saturday that two
extra assistants were kept busy dur
ing the day.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-10
Compromise Verdict Resumed.

suit which has been pending in
the local justice court ever since De-
cember, 1910, was settled this after
noon when jury brought in a COM
promise verdict. E. c. Anibal was
suing Frank Frazier for $3.50, alleg-
ed to be due him for painting the
roof of business building owned by
the defendant. Frazier denied ever
having hired the plaintiff for the
work. The verdict was to the effect
that the plaintiff should recover $1S.-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-10
Takes Alleged Rustler Back.

Sheriff ]. w. Bray of Duncan, Ok
Ia. will leave this evening for home
with his prisoner, Emmett Graham
wanted there for cattle stealing. The
requisition papers were received from
Governor West this morning. Bray
has been looking for his man ever
since last spring and finally located
him in this city. Telegraphic advices
to Sheriff Taylor resulted in is ar
rest the day before his intended de-
parture for other places.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-10
TO CURTAIL PRESIDENT
SWEETS POWER IN
TRI-STATE LEAGUE

Continued from page one)
will open April % and close Septem-
Der IA.
All Represented But One.
o. All of the towns in the league last
year were represented in person with
the exception of La Grande, and j.
T. Crawford, who represented Walla
Walla held the proxy of the railroad
town.
Who Were On Hand.
The representatives from the diff
ferent towns in the circuit who were
present wede: Pendleton, John Dick
son, Roy w. Ritner; Boise, Louis
Ross and w. n. Sweet; Walla Kalla,
J. T. Crawford and L. w. Brown;
North Yakima, A. w. Rundstrom and
George Engle; Baker. Charles A.
Hoosier and La Grande, by proxy
The board of directors elected for the
coming season are as follows: Ritner
of Pendleton, Crawford of Walla WAL
Ia, Bossner of Boise. Rundstrom of
North Yakima. Hoosier of Baker and
. Grant Lincoln Of La Grande
Outlook Is Bright
This season promises to be one of
the most successful that has ever been
the lot of organized baseball in the
intermountain country. The whole
circuit is only 452 miles from Boise to
North Yakima and a club will have
five teams TO play, starting from eth
er end of the circuit in the short dis
tance Of GOA miles AS there are six
clubs in the league this year the
Jumps will be shorter and the amount
of train fare and Pullman charges
will be greatly lessened. With Baker
City in the league. club travelling out
of Boise will have no need to take
Pullman, and it will be the same with
the other towns. The train schedules
are SO arranged that a club can make
jump from one town to the other
after game and in plenty of time
so that the sleepers will not have to be
used,
Population to Draw From.
The combined population if the six
towns in the league is close to 10000
inhabitants. The six counties in which
the towns are located have a popula-
tiOn of 1876 900, and it is thought that
with this population to draw from.
Owing to the fact that North Yakima
has subscribed over $500 at the pres
ent time, the league officials will ask
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-10
Bull Mooscr Was Here

Bruce Dennis, editor of the La
Graade Observer, was here for
short time Saturday while en- route
to Portland. Dennis was cairman of
the republican state central commit
tee at the time of the last national
convention but resigned his position
to follow the cause of the bull moose.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-10
Coming In April.

That John f. Gunckel lecturer in
the public school lecture course, who
was slated to speak here tonight. will
not arrive until April, is announced
by Principal A. C. Hampton, of the
high school. Mr.. Hampton has re-
ceived information to this effect
from the secretary of the lecture
course.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-10
VIII Remodel Building

Schwartz & Greulich, wei known
Main street butchers, have secured a
permit to remodel their building
which faces on Garden street by talk
ing out partitions and making sever
al rooms into one. The work will be
done by ]. D. Brammell and will cost
about 800.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-10
that they organize at once and get
ready to get in the game.
AdODt a Now Ball.

The league voted to adopt the Gold
smith ball and the Goldsmith uni
forms for the coming season. The
balls and uniforms are being used by
the Pacific Coast. the Northwestern
and several other leagues in the west
ern country The price given to the
league is better than that secured
from either Reach or Spalding, and
il is said that the goods are as good
as the old standards.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-10
Oregon Man Named.

Washington, Feb. 1O.-Presiient
Taft named Charles Arnett of Wash
ington state, consul general to Muk-
den and Fred Fisher of Oregon con-
sui at Santiago Cuba.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-10
Good Crowd at Revival

In spite of the cold weather, the
services at the Christian church yes
terday We're we'll attended. Besides
the addresses, the music is attracting
many. The services will continue
throughout the week. The subject
tonight Is, The Testimony OF the
Dead" -
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-10

10 and that the costs of the suit
should be equally divided between the
two parties. Carter & Smythe were
attorneys for Anibal, while Will NJ.
Peterson represented Frazier.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-10
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200 African Natives Killed.

wv -NoNiNNS
, Lisbon, Feb. 1O.-Advices
, from Mozambique, Africa, say .
, the notorious native Chief Ma 4
, pana recently raided the Nam 4
, pula district of Mozambique. 4
, massacring many European set 4
tiers. 4
, The government immediate 4
, ly dispatched a punitive expedi-
, tion. After a march of nearly 4
, 400 miles the expedition came 4
, upon the band and routed it af- Z
, ter five hours fighting, killing Z
, 200 and wounding 500 The .
, Portuguese lost four men killed q
and % wounded The victory .
Is considered very important 4
because a new regime will be =
, opened for Portuguese develop .
} ment. q
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-10
Mrs. Cleveland Weds.

Princeton, Feb. 10.-Mrs. Cleveland
and Professor Preston were married
at 10 o'clock this morning. The we'd
ding was very simple.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-10
Newsy Notes
of Pendleton

Another Marriage License.
A marriage license was issued or
Saturday afternoon to George Barton
of Hood River county and Ida Olson
of this county.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-10
The Lucky Numbe

The Lucky Number.
No. 167 was declared the winner
| of the beautiful crazy quilt given
! away by the Ladies of the Maccabees
Saturday night.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-02-10

Continued from page one.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14
BUILDING PERMITS

Building permits aggregating SIS. $50 were granted at the meeting of the Board of Building Commissioners, held last evening. The permits were as follows:
 <-J- Spargo and William Winter, eel lar wall, south side of Bronx avenue.
 J. Spargo and William Winter, eel lar wall, north side of Bronx avenue.
 Pequonnock Foundry Co.,, brick addi- ton Of foundry, south side of Fifth street.
 F. K BraitIing, frame garage, south side of North avenue.
 James Spargo, open air picture thea Ire, north side of State street.
 John and Steve Doy1ek, six family frame dwelling, north side of Pearl street
 Mrs. c. Leighton, frame garage, north side of Jane street.
 August soderhodm, cement block garage, south side of Fairfield ave- nue.
 M. "A Mcfarland, frame lumber shed, south side of Ash street
 James E. Beach, two family frame dwelling, west side of Church street.
 Joseph Kauss1er, one family frame cottage. west side of Bishop avenue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14
HALT IN MERRIAM
 DIVORCE ACTION

San Francisco. May 14-It will be at least a fortnight before the Merriam divorce case which has been attract ing wide attention because of the sem sationa1 charges involving several per sons of prominence car. be heard again in court, according to a statement made by counsel for Mrs. Bessie Mer- riam, wife of Capt. Henry Merriam, U. S. A., in court yesterday, when a continuance was granteI.
 The delay is caused by the break down of Mrs: NIerriam's health. just as there was a, prospect of an agree ment being reached on the proposition that Capt. Merrta1n's suit, involving allega tfons of misconduct on the part of Mrs. Merriam, be withdrawn. and that Mrs. Merriam be permitted to ob- tain a, decree for assertion. This proposition was made in consideration Of the Merriarns daughter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-14
c. NC. ORDERS ISSUED
 BY ADJUTANT GENERAL

Hartford, May 14.-Genera1 orders issued from the office of the adjutant general call atetnt1on to the following which 1t is stated is published for the government of the c. N. G.;
 Previous to the encanpm ent, en- listed men must have had so days service in the organized militia, in cluding at least IA periods of practi- cal progressive military instruction Of at least 1 1-2 hours each, or an equivalent service in the regular army, navy or marine corps, or one aca- denic years service at a, school where military instruction is given
 The general orders add:
 'In accordance with the foregoing no. enlisted men will be taken to en- oampments where payment is made by the United States who have not had the required serv1ce.''