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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-05
FASHION ACADEMY" PLAN
American Designers May Establish
National standard of styles.

CHICAGO, Sept. Am American
academy of fashion design, to es-
tablish a natioanl standard of wom-
ems fashions by agreement of lead
ing designers with its headquarters in
Chicago. is the plan advanced by
manufacturers of women's wear.
The first session of conference OF
style builders" of Chicago, Cleveland
and other cities will take place during
the home exposition which opens at
the Coliseum September 16.
Officials of the National Coat Suit
and Dress manufacturers Association
are favoring the idea of a style aca-
denny to fill the vacancy of mode in
spiration left by conditions in Paris,
F. ] Mitchell, of Chicago is chair
man of the fashion committee of the
association, and will direct a display
of American made and Chicago-de-
signed gowns on living models at the
exposition.
The problems of the conference vii
embrace not the standardizing .ol
ornamental suggestions but the grad
! ing of STYLES within the limitations Of
Americas stocks of fabrics, dyes anc
pattern facilities. The home exposi
ton is affiliated with 10 of Chicagos
women's philanthropic organization
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-05

Our next installment of civilization
should not be adulterated with war
and other spurious stuff
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-05
5. 5. SCHOLARS ENJOY
THEMSELVES AT ECHO
LITTLE ONES HAVE HAPPY
TISIE-OTHER ITEMS FROM
COUNTY TOWN.
(special Correspondence. ]

ECHO. Ore, Sept. 5.-Mrs. A. o.
Garden and Mrs. Alex Malcolm en-
tertained thirty-two Sunday school
scholars Thursday afternoon on Mrs
j H. Koontz' spacious lawn. Light
refreshments were served and the
little ones had a very happy time
playing games
NJ. b. Galloway of Charleston,
Wash, is here on business this week
Mr.. Galloway attended school here at
one time. Later he was successfui
photographer at Heppner, ore. but
for the last ten years has made his
home at Charleston. His many old
time friends were glad to see him
The Needlecraft club held their an
nual election Thursday afternoon at
the residence of Mrs. r. B. Stanfield'
The following officers were elected:
President. Mrs. Arunha Longweli;
vice president, Mrs. Carl Gilbert;
secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Hubert
Willis.
Miss Elizabeth Smell, a graduate OF
the state university, arrived here yes
terday from Eugene, Ore. to take the
position of assistant principal in the
Echo high school in place of f. S
Mccormack who was elected TO the
position but prevented from teach
| ing by sickness.
Miss Elna Thomson returned home
this morning from weeks visit IL
Umatilla with her aunt Mrs. Arthur
Means.
Miss Zena Houser left for lone thi:
morning, having been elected TO teacf
a district school eight miles from
| that place.
Mrs. william Hoskins who ha:
been seriously Ill the past month, i
now able to be up.
Miss Annice Sailing went up t'
Cayuse this morning to plan hel
school work for the year. She vii
begin teaching there September 1ith
A. b. Thomson returned home this
morning from business trip to Pen
dleton.
Mrs. Roy Ward and Mrs. Jack Ine'
are visiting friends and relatives IL
Pendleton.
w. B. Pedro had the misfortune o
/ having his right leg broken Wednes
day evening. when he was thrown
from a horse. Both bones betweei
the knee and ankle were fractured
DR.. Dorm reduced the injury.
Miss Emma Scherer is visiting a
Toppenish with her brothers. Sh
left here Wednesday moning and VII
return next week. In her absene
Miss Ruth Coburn is filling her posi-
ton at the telephone office.
T. d. Matthews of Pendleton, wa
business visitor here on Wednesda!
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-05
Gen. Prince Frederick Slain.

BERLIN. Sept. 5.--According to
official announcement made here
Lieutenant Gen. Prince Frederic OF
sake MeinIngen was killed by shell
before Namur Aug. 23
(The foregoing dispatch evidently
clears up the reports published that
an uncle of Emperor William had
been killed in battle. The identity OF
the German nobleman who lost his
life, up to the receipt OF this dispatch
from Berlin. had been uncertain. one
report from Paris said he was pre-
sumed to be Prince Albert OF Schles-
wig Holstein. Prince Frederic oi
-Meiningen was born in 1861. He
was the third son OF Gerge. late duke
OF iaxc-Meiningen. In 1889 he mar
ried Adelaide. princess OF Lippe ant
had six children.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-05
PRISONER SPENDS 3S
YEARS IN SOLITUDE
JESSE POMERoY SENTENCED TO
PENITENTIARY WHEN 16
YEARS OLD.

BOSTON, Sept. 5.-Thirty- eight
years in solitary confinement; that
is the record of Jesse Pomeroy, per-
haps the most famous prisoner in the
United States. Pomeroy was first SEN
fenced to prison when boy Of Is. He
was convicted of torturing and muir
dering children younger than him.
self After some months he was lib
Grated.
The evening Pomeroy gained his
freedom Boston was Mortified with a
series of child murders. In each case
the victim had been subjected to un-
speakably mutilation and torture be-
fore being put to death. Pomeroy
was charged with the crime. He was
convicted and sentenced to life inn
prisonment. Since that time his mo-
ther. now a bent old woman has for
mally appealed to every governor of
Massachusetts for a pardon. She has
visited him every month since his in
carceration in Charlestown peniten-
tiary since 1872. Every warden of
the prison. since that time has an
nounced that he would on assuming
his duties give Pomeroy a chance"
by removing him from solitary con-
finement. Each warden has tried in
innumerable' ways 10 win Pomeroy
over Each has signally failed. fall
ure in several cases coming after POM
eroy had taken advantage Of kindness
to attempt escape or murder of his
keepers.
Pomeroy is never permitted to see
anyone but his mother. the warden
and the governor of MASSACHUSETTS,.
He is not known TO have spoken
! word to anyone excepting his mother
, in the past twenty-five years. He has
read every book in the big library OF
the prison. and has studied law. He
is permitted an hours exercise in the
prison yard in company with the war;
5 den every day that he wants L. Some
! times he goes for weeks without leav-
{ ing his cell.
5 Pomerdy has several times been
nearly successful in sensational at
tempts at escape Several years ago
he secured in some mysterious man
n ner a piece of steel which ne fash
ioned into drill After months OF
n secret work. sometimes only minute
: - a eiAAAFr tAc Jus btihod~H the ltoNT pl
I his cell TO a gas main. Then one night
: he broke this main. believing he would
be removed to the hospital where he
r had better chance for escape. II he
was overcome with gas. In breaking
the pipe with his steel. however, a
o spark ignited the gas and the cell was
p partially wrecked. Pomeroy was
n Knocked unconscious, but he speedily
: recovered and was removed to his
present cell. He has never seen an
h electric car nor an automobile. and
IS has never ridden in an elevator nor
/ talked over "a telephone.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-05

women, too. ] cannot praise Lydia Z.
Pinkham Vegetable Compound enough
for know never would have been as
well II l had not taken II and recon-
mend II TO suffering women"
Daughter Helped Also.
II gave it to my daughter when she
was thirteen years old. She was in
school and was a nervous wreck, and
could not sleep nights. Now she looks
so healthy that even the doctor speaks
Of II. You can publish this letter if you
like. Mrs. RENA BOWMAN, 161 S. 10th
Street, lronton, Ohio.
Why will women continue TO suffer
day in and day out and drag out sickly,
half-hearted existence, missing three
fourths Of the JOY of living, when they
can find health in Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound?
II you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE eCoinpoundw will help you.
toLydia Il. E.Pinkham Medicine Co.
(cOnfidential) Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by "a woman
and held in strict confidence.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-05
KAISER KILLED 1905
HEAD OF GAME IN 1913

BERLIN, Sept. 5.-Kaiser VIII
helms hunting string for 1913 was
made public recently by the sttaisti-
clan attached to the office of his
Master of the Hunt" whose business
ii is to keep accurate track of what
the kaiser hits and who can be trust
ed not to keep private score of the
misses"
The kaiser shot 1905 head of game
last year. The score includes 7S deer,
Sls5 pheasants, 7S partridges, III
fox, IL hare, All rabbits ana 6S wild
hogs This brings his grand total
score to 7S,SOS head of game, of
which 2s,746 deer. 44,OS5 were pleas
ants. 1S,025 hare. S17s rabbits,
bear. 8 turkeys, 95 grouse, 500 part
ridges, 10 ducks, S252 wild sows'
and reindeer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-05

is so dense. they said. that II is on
short rations even during seasons OF
good crops. and shortage means
simply that a corresponding number
OF people must die of hunger. In
the present case, it was said. the loss
was practically total. and but relief
from the outside has been inadequate
to meet the frightful conditions, vast
districts would be nearly depopulated.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-05
THOUSANDS DYING
IN FLOODED CHINA

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5.-Thou-
sands are dying daily of starvation In
the recently flooded West river VAL
ley. above Canton. China, according
10 arrivals here from Hongkong, the
English settlement at the mouth of
the river. The valleys population
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-05
PILES CUREb AT HOME BY
NEW ABSORPTION MElhGD.

IL Won suffer from bleeding. itching, blind
or protruding Iales, send me your address,
and will tell you how TO cure yourself NJ
home by the new absorption treatment and
will also send some of this home treatment
free for trial. with references from your
own locality II requested. Users report I'M.
mediate relief and speedy cures. Send no
money, but tell others OF this offer, Write
today to Mrs NJ. Summers, Box i, Notre
Dame, Ind.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-05
MANY WEDDINGS OCCUR
WHEN WAR IS DECLARED
GERMAN OFFICERS AND SOL
DIERS HASTEN TO WED
WITHOUT BANS.
War Brings Crop of Peculiar Storie:
from Many Different Lands.

THE HAGUE. Sept. 5.-(By mail
to New York.)-Human nature pre-
vailed even in the stress of excite
ment, amidst the outbursts of pa
triotism and the preparation fof
fighting when war was declared in
Berlin. Tn story is told here today
of a druggist with store near Alex
anderplatz who had compounded a
lotion to produce ARTIFICIAL sun
burn Sunburn is fashionable in
Berlin and before the mobilization or
ders were issued poster advertising
the artificial sunburn were pasted
on pillars in the west end. When the
white proclamation of martial law
were pasted up. The sunburn ad-
vertisements were covered along with
many others.
The druggist was overcome with
| grief. Claiming that he bore an i'm.
| portant message he gained admission
| to General Won Kessel's office. Fall
ing upon his knees he begged the gen
| eral that the few remaining sunburI
posters be spared.
On the Sunday following mobiliza
ton there were 2OO0 "'Need Marri
ages or hasty weddings of officer
| and soldiers which may be solemn
lied without bans. The kaiser's son
Prince Oscar. was married to Coun
tess Ina Won Bassewitz on mobilization
day Prince Adelbert, his nava
! brother. and Princess Adelheid o
Sake -Meiningen were married unde
similar circumstances.
Included among the bridegroom
of the Sunday following mobilizatio
were a Moltke, a Bulow. a Bluchel
Bismark, a Delbruck and othe
names famous in history. One brid
in the Teltow Trinity Church fell dea
as the wedding ring was being place
upon her finger. The bridegroom wa
due to report to his command With
fifteen minutes and could only wal
from the church and hasten to tn
barracks.
LONDON, Sept. 5.-CBy Mail frol
New York)-Typical of the spirit
! which the native rulers of India o
fered military aid to great Britai
was the urgent kilograms dispatche
to the viceroy by the fiery Rajah I
Rewa, which has been reported her
The message reads:
what orders from His Majesty f,
me and my troops?"
LONDON, Sept. 5.-(By Mail
New York. )-"My father was a Pol
my mother was a Dane. was boz
in Germany, but have lived in En-
> land for thirty years. Am l liable
This was the poser put to a Sou
London magistrate by a man who VI
making inquiries respecting his Ii
bility for army service under the A
: lens Restriction order.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-05

LONDON. England. sept IA dis
patch to the Morning Post from Ant
werp says; "In addition to the Ger
man war levy OF 100000 600 on Brus-
sells, a levy has been made on the
province OF Brabant for $50. 900, 900
TO be paid by Sept. /. The German
officers at Brussels are living riot
ously The city's supply OF cham
payne is becoming exhausted The
royal palaces have been invaded by
German Officers"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-05
WOMAN COULD
NOT SIT UP
Now Does Her Own Work.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound Helped Her.
lronton, Ohio. :" am enjoying bet
ter health now than have for twelve

years. When 1 De-
gan to take Lydia 4.
Pinkham's Vege'a-
Bile Compound |
could not sit up. /
had female troubles
and was very ner-
vous. l used the
remedies q year and
] can do my work
and for the last eight
m onths / hav Q
work for other
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-05

Mrs. Chas. Friedley of Portland is
here visiting her daughter, Mrs. Hell
stand Moore of Butter creek.
Mrs. Fred Earl visited here this
week with her sister, Mrs. r. R. Lew
is.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-28

The earliest riser of bird family Is
the greenfinch which sometimes be-
gins to sing at one O'Clock on a sum-
mer morning.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-28
Auditor Holds D0Wn Big Job;
Non Performs 1000 Duties

equality of assessments and as clerk
Of the county commissioners, to act
as advisor to that body. His influ-
ence on county affairs has an effect
that is felt in every county office.
He is also the clerk Of the county
council and keeps the councillors in
formed on the mass Of business that
comes before the body. AS he is sup
posed to have the condition of county
finances at his easy grasp, he figures
largely in determining the county tax.
He is also clerk of the county board
Of finance and because of his extern
sive knowledge of financial affairs,
usually figures as the central head.
Takes Neutral Position.
Although few know it, the auditor
is also the representative Of the peo-
pie and usually intercedes for them
being required by virtue of his office
to defend them or see that they get
square deal.
Recently Auditor Bowman became
an inventor, but has refused to accept
the title. Because of the necessity OF
keeping permanent typewriter rec.
ords with the loose leaf system, which
was ruled against by the state board
of accounts, he devised a means to
overcome the objections. and as q
result the system is still in use. The
records are made permanently bound
by removing the steel posts of the GOV
ers and pouring in their place hot
lead, which cannot be removed after
it has become hard without mutilat
ing the record books. This was pre-
scented to the state board of accounts
by Mr.. Bowman and approved.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-28

The busiest office in the court
house, or in fact in Wayne county, the
official information bureau, catch
ALL and the fort Of the county's gen.
eral utilities man, is the office of the
auditor. The office is run at high
speed at all times. An extra notch
was advanced during the days prior
to the election.
Auditor Bowman's latest addition to
his office to facilitate the dispensing
of information to the general public
of Richmond and Wayne county, is a
new filing case. All matters not read
lily secured for telephone queries has
been placed in the filing case and can
be found within minute or two.
For the more common questions, Mr.
Bowman has list containing answers
hung by the side Of the telephone.
This has been augmented from time
to time as new issues form.
Webster's definition of auditor.
"one authorized to adjust accounts" is
carried out in its fullest but forms
only small part Of the hundred and
one" duties connected with the office
When Indiana was young, according
to history, the auditor was merely an
adjuster of accounts
General Utility Man.
Since that time. the office has been
the target of legislators at every SEES
sion of the state legislature, until the
phrase used by Albert Sahm. former
auditor of Marion county during a
speech at indianapolis recently, that
the county auditor is really the "coun-
tvs general utilities man." has be-
come characteristic of the office.
One of the first duties of the county
auditor is apparently to remain neu-
trail on all points, as he is almost al
ways the third member of a board
made up from two factions. Not only
that but he is an arbitrator, advisor
and judge. And when things go
wrong with county employees it is usu.
ally the auditor who acts as pacifier
to ruffled tmpers.
In addition to his being clerk of
every board and council Of the county,
he is an assessor, an appraiser, a ref
cree and collector. He is also a con
tractor, a computer, a secretary and
an adjucator. AT times he becomes
tax ferret, and perpetually is a re,
viewer and an attestor and makes du
plicates and transfers and sells realty
He also issues the liquor, warehouse
horse thief detective and other
licenses. He is in the concrete. gravel
macadam and brick highway business
and dabbles in bridge repairing and
the making of fills.
These are few of the duties which
recently have been said by actual
count to number more than 1900 In
stead of being the county's bookkeep
er, the auditor is the whole show" in
county business, but seldom gets
credit for what he does. because his
duties are so many that he himself
could not enumerate them in a day
The auditor as a member of the
board of review, is forced to stand fol-