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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-03-16
Notice to Children.

All children are warned not to use
roller skates on the paved streets of
Pendleton.
BY order Of the chief Of police and
street committee.-Adv.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-03-16
Unemployed I,oll on Plush Cushions.

BOSTON. Mash, March 16.-
Eighty men who declared themselves
members Of the army Of the unem-
ployed were in court as vagrants aft
er a raid by officers. who found
them reclining happily in plush COW
cred seats of parlor cars Of the Bos-
ton & Maine railroad. None of them
were able to pay off a fine of SIS and
all went to Jail.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-03-16

Experienced man and wife want
work on farm. 209 w. Webb.
For sale-Two horses. five and six
years old. Weight 1905 and 1865
pounds. Inquire Chas. Rohrman.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-03-16

Pendleton Electric Supply House.
Has a full line OF Sunbeam Mazda
Lamps. Try Mazda and save on
your electric current Estimates CIV
en- on electrical work. Motors, dy-
namos and electric fans. 118 w. Court
street. Phone 4I6.-Adv. :.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-03-16
LOCALS
d Advertising in Brief

RATES.
Per line first insertion. .1Oc
per Inc additional insertion. &c
FER line, per month. .S1.OO
No local taken for less than 25c,
Count . ordinary words to line.
Locals will not be taken over the
phone and remittance must accom-.
pany order.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-10
ANT1-SALOON LEAGUE
SPEAKERS SCATTERED
THROUGH THE STATE

The Anti-Saloon league field work
-t%s were found in almost every sec
ton of Virginia on yesterday. DR..
James Cannon, Jr.. the superintendent
Of the league. preached at the great
Purcellvlle camp meeting In Loudoun
county in the morning, and at a union
meeting Of ell the churches a War
renton ut night, Rev. J. ID. McAlister
weIs at three points in Campbell coun-
IA Rev. f, j. Richardson at three
points in Middlesex county: Rev David
Hepburn at three points In Gooch-
land county: Rev j. s. Peters at the
Marvin Grove camp meeting; Rev.
Jno A Taylor in Botetourt and Rock
bridge Rev. c. H. Arendall at three
points in Grayson county: DIR. Geo.
w. Mcdaniel at Berkeley, Portsmouth
and Suffolk. Or Geo. w. Perryman
in Northampton county; Hon. Thos.
Whitehead in Amherst. Rev Decatur
Edwards at Vernon H'll Church, Hem
rico county: DR. +. r Wexford ~ FOX
Htl in Eliza beth City county; Rev.
r. r. Reeves at Park View, Ports
mouth, and Bethel Church in Nortoik
county
Today the league workers are 10
Gated at various courts. DR., cannon
Is in Caroline, DR.. Perryman IN North-
ampton, Rev J. D. McAllister III Am
herst. Rev. T. r Reeves IN NapPa
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-10
AMERICANS WILL
Be PERMITTED To
LEAVE GERMANY

Washington August 9.--CharEe
HaLmhausscu Of the German embassy,
came 20 Washington today and con-
ferred with SECRETARY Bryan. lie as
sured the secretary that the situation
with respect to Americans in Ger
many had been misreprcscntod. and
that only the lack Of Transportation
would Interfere with the free exit Of
Americans from that country
The order prohibiting the departure
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-10
u, Z Ill. MOON IN.


Washington Aug. O.. II the
amendment to the postottics appro-
priatleu bin. which has just been pass
ed by the house, giving authority TO
lpostmastcrs to dismiss all civil service
clerks and employ those who may be
desired. is passed by senate said a
leading member OF congress here to-
day. 1t means that the death az the
civil service commission is close at
hand. and. that the efforts Of certain
f 1R'''S'''" aug ''o'' y :
Stripped of techuicauties, the
amendment to the Moon Hill which
has Just been adopted, this amend
mont having been proposed by Ren~
resertafive tull0p, Of Indiana, klllS
the civil service with one mighty
as the postofices throughout the
country arc concerned, whether they
ba located in Chicago, New ork
Boston. philadelphia or some Of the
other large cities, or whether they are
1T the smallest crossroads settle
ments. cvH service hereafter viii be
come a dead letter and that the only
authority over the many thousands az
employees viii he the postmaster him.
seif-the man who appoints them.
There are two main features con-
nected with this amendment, which
win doubtless appeal strongly to many
Of the congressman before a record
vote is finally taken md the bill is
passed. Such plan, it Is pointed out
cannot be viewed In my other light
except Gripping the efficiency of the
postal service When a postmaster
as he viii no permitted to do under
thf present amendment, Is authorized
10 dismiss all the employees in his
iofflce who have served for many years
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-10

hammock, Rev. j. s. Peters in Mathews,
Rev. David Hepburn in Gooehiand.
Rev Jao. A. Taylor in Botetourt and
Rock bridge, Rev. c. Is. ArendaH in
Graysun.
Rev. Sam w. Small began series
of meetings in the Southwest, and he
will speak almost continuously to the
end OF the campaign Bishop Jno {.
kilgo preached at Marvin Grove on
Sunday, will speak at Mathews Court
house today. and at High street
Church, Petersburg. Tuesday night.
DR.. Geo. w. Mcdaniel viii speak at
the Valley Baptist association. near
Roanoke, at the Piedmont association
IN Amherst and the Potomac assoeia-
ton in Loudoun. Rev. David Hep
burn will speak at the Roanoke as
ISOLATION in Pittsylvania and the Pc
ninsuia association at Denbigh. Or.
Il. H. Pitt will speak at the Accomac
association at" Parksley. Dr. Perry
man viii speak al picnic al Nimmo's.
Princess Anne county. on Tuesday.
and Kew. r T. Dadman in the same
county on Wednesday
Thus ii viii be seen that the ac-
tlytty Of the league workers Il stead
iiy multiplying. and it IS probable that
there viii be nearly a hundred speak :.
ers In the field the last few weeks CT
the campaign.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-10
PROPOSED BILL KILLS
CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM
Efforts of Sposmen About to BE Successful Through Amend
ment to Posofice Appropriation Measure Adopted by
the House Means Gripping OF Postal
Service Country Over

and who hayr hean chosen at a civil
so,.,.,c. ,s.,.,i.....4.. - - 80
''N'4 Al % '~' ~ '''''f
way lof personal friends OF the post
master. there Is little room to doubt
that the whole postal system win be
weakened.
1t is also pointed out that such n
man xfu hp m i.st,1ran,t Nv wl,icn
The various pastnax.efs viii be en-
abled "a huiid az far Themselves iarqe
ANA novyer.t,,I t,i.tsi,5,as yvith thei, t.n1-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-10

practice followed by the association
seems to have been to take what lists
of voters 1T had access to tmost OF
which lists are believed to have been
secured by the prostitution Of the Of
fee of tho secretary Of the Common
wealth for tho use Of the liquor in
terests) and. after comparison with
signed petitions. to have - ihlished tte
names for which II could not account
RS lawbreakers. whom it claims are
subject for prosecution. No effort APP
pears TO have been made in any case
70 ascertain from any voter under
question a statement IS 70 his right to
IA the papers. He yea every one
Of the men who ha y been held up
to the public as law@k eakers has on
investigation by the anti saloon league
able to show rignl - sign or have
heent in the only three Instances whore
there could be any doubt Of their
qualification as voters been able 70
show reasonable grounds for having
unwittingly signed without knowing
they had no right to do 50.
stories Wholly tnfopnded.
The story in saturdaE's News Leader
related to n letter .taresstd to a
dead mar. which wa* returned WIKI
some fora of decoration which the
Self-tiovernment people claimed was
he coat Of arms Of tae A1ti-Saloou
league, distributed Is that league.
Tuasn}ueh as the Arti-Ea!eou league Of
dcails stated that thee have no coat
Of arms and have distributed no en-
hleus Of any kind. thu Claim that Il was
in any way connected with the letter
In question or any other similar IN
cidents is wholly tn founded No In
yestleation has been made. but it ~
probable that II viii be seen that the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-10
TIME. FOR CRUSHING
PAN-SLANISM FOREVER
THE KAISER BELIEVED

London. Aug. Some white pa
per" deals with the events leading up
to the war, and proves that Germany
persisteutly impressed upon Austria
that a golden opportunity for crush
Ing Fan Siavtsm forever had presented
itself
the Giornale d'Italia's Genoa CORES
pendent says that the Casino at Monte
Carlo has been closed and Vice Dl-
rector Kotz has been snot as Ger
man spy 1t is reported here that
cholera has broken out among the
Servian and Austrian armies.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-10
PETERSBURG
PEANUT GROWERS To
MEET At SUFFOLK
CONFERENCE Is DESIGNED TO
BRING MEMBERS OF UNION
TO CLOSER COOPERATION.

Petersburg, Va, August a,---An-
nouncement has been made Of a meet
ing Of the peanut growers OF Vir-
ginia. North Carolina and other pea
nut producing states, which are mem
bers of the Farmers Union TO be held
at suffolk September lst for a three
day conference. The purpose OF II
is to give fun and careful considera-
ton to the marketing Of peanuts.
The peanut crop this season prom
ises to be good. IL not an extra
ordinarily heavy one. The SIZE Of the
yield viii tend to reduce the price 50
that the farmer may not realize any
more from his large crop than he
would from q small one,
The conference liz designed to bring
members OF the Farmers Union. who
grow peanuts. into closer cooperation
with a view to enable them IN some
measure to control the price Each
local union is entitled TO send one
delegate to the conference.
No idea has been given ~ the means
whereby the farmers hope to accom-
plish this. but It has been suggested
that they hold the crop or pool Il, as
has been done by the Eerley tobacco
growers Of Kentucky. The meeting
will be an important one, and may re-
suit in far-resching effects upon the
peanut market
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-10
JAP FLEET WILL
OPPOSE GERMANS

Toxic, August 9-The First and
Second sqaadrons - The Japanese
feet pat TO sea this morning. Aa-
nirai Dewa Is In command. The des-
tnation of the fleet Is kept secret, hut
there have been reports that Ger
man squadron Is threatening the ship
ping in the Orient, and It is believed
chat The movement OF the Japanese
wnrships is connected with this.
1t is regarded as certain that tho
apanese government Is prepared 10
carry out TIM terms Of the alliance
with England in the literal sense with
GU. reserve 1t Is believed tnat this
is likely To lead 10 u Japanese attack
on Using Tau the German naval base
in the Far East
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-10

liver the address Of welcome on be-
half of the executive members u the
trade extension bureau vt thee ISich-
mond chamber Of commerce VIII spc"N
for that organization. Governor Henrs
Q. stuart. OF the state Of Virginia.
has been invited Il voice welcome
of Virginians To their capital city The
executive Is out II the city. how
ever. and II is doubtful II he VIII re-
turn In time to appear before the
gathering Of visitors tonight.
The first Of the visitors arrived yes
terdAy afternoon and last night. They
have been comfortably auorloroa ia
local po.els. aud today they WIZ appear
on the city's business streets and in
the establishments Of members OF the
bureau. joining and getting acquainted
with other business raen OF the south
drawn 70 Richmond for the greatest
trade bringing event ever presented in
me Southern States More OF the Wis
itorE will cor1e today and tonight and
tomorrow. and according to tho asN-
mates q The more enthusiastic Of the
bureaus members. hnsed upon the re-
ports made by statesmen travelling out
If Richmond spnd the number of ac-
ceptance coupons received, there VIII
have been in Richmond before the
clcst Of me week between l.t"' and -
400 representatives, Of southern ~
ness houses. W
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-10
GERMAN ARMY ROUTED
Continued from First page3

line ofcahwo
the
ine
e il
re-
Atklri and welcomed the Asalan
a
o The field
a occupied by the
to
o the of
fro
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-10
ANOTHER BOOMERAHGE
lCnntInned fr1m FIrst rage

that arc made to the self-Goverument
association There SIS no doubt that
many thousands Of such letters have
been written. Of which there IS no
record save IN the office of the as-
zociation itself
The News Leader Of Saturday car
rIed further story, evidently in
spired by the same source as the FIRST.
in which IL WAS stated that letters
bearing ::the coat Of arms Of the
Anti-Satoon league" had been return
cd to the office Of the Local Self
Government association.
The facts are that tho Anti-Saloon
league has no coat Of arms nor any
Official en- blem OF the nature described
in the News Leaders story. 1t has not
distributed any such material and has
made a absolutely no attempt to inter-
fcre with the distribution of the liter
atlrc of the Local Self-CIoverrnient
association. The officers Of the Anti
saloon league have been aware that
the Local Government people
were distributing large quantities or
campaign literature and have been IN
formed from all sections OF the state
that the communities We're being
literally Hooded with wet literature.
The evident effort Of the story given
out by the Local SelfGovernment Of
fcials to the News Leader was TO
charge the Anti Saloon league with
interference with its correspondence
The News Leader recently carried
another story from the headquarters
Of the Local Self-Government associ-
alton. fra which IL was stated that n
number of citizens Of Lynchburg had
violated the law OF tho state by sign
ing petttions for the calling Of the
Statewide election when they We're not
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-10
ENGLAND ACCEPTS
CANAOA'S OFFER

London, August 9.-Via wireless
Subject TO the consent of the war
office. the Earl of Lonsdale. who is
colonel of the Weslmoreiand and
Cumberland imperial yeomanry viii
he colonel-in-c chief of composite
force composed Of retired soldiers
from the overseas dominions who re-
side in the United Kingdom, with Of
1cers from the colonies.
The admiralty ann unced this even
inc that England has excepted Can
adas offer of the cruisers Nioh-a and
Rainbow to protect commerce and
also the offer of an expeditionary
force OF 10000 men.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-10
Discuss Picnic Plans.

Petersburg. Va, August s.--Mueh
of the time Of meeting held by the
Southside Farmers Union in this city
Yesterday was taken up discussing
plans for the big picnic that will be
held at the fair grounds here on Au-
gust Goth.
The comwittee op picnic Messrs
Rhinehardt and Devorsk- in SEES
sion for considerable time. and sub
sequently reported that arrangement
would be made for one of the finest
affairs Of the kind the farmers or TINS
section have enjoyed for great
while. Farmers OF four or fivo eoun-
ties contiguous to Petersburg will par
,lcipate. ana athletic games Of every
Kind viii be played.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-10

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,,I,.,hants Il,,7rs.',i ara con,rterFg ~
r{{rhrnnd ara one Of me most wide
- tnnv.n aefnartfles On industrial
$50 ,,,,,,,trI.ss.t conditions and tonies
ia w. en,thern stafex viii speak on
st;atttor the None He has made
q snArtatfg Of agl+aneer,3cnt al IN,
business Ire ~ thu Sfitfb far the mast
fn,,rtq..s vearS and IA most infgr4ate-
Is associated with the progress Of
MANY trade RESERVATIONS
n n LOWS decorator for Miller
& Rhoafs will give a demonstration
Of effective. window dressing lie will
enow now the store Of retailer can
he ruat,, attractive without any con-
J.
window and interior decoration. an!
In this ne has gained wide repnta-
ton in Virginia and Richmond expecl-
a}lv. the windows ~ Miller 4 Rhoaas
being among the most attractive IN thu
south Others viii he heard, aTter
which 81 buffet supper Will he served
River Trip Thursday
Thursday has been reserved far a
delightful sail DOWN the James River.
Zach large convention coming to
Richmond warts 70 have the privilege
. Of trip an the river me ana last
summer was IN 2hpfef e1eh'ed ~ f't
S AZ ~ guests heesat'l ~ a.
o4ye ~ the wee 70 cave 4tsel more
sA na\ tthif nan TINS
ne 'la Dohi1Hi"h steamer Foea
aoh'as N4h ieaFf h@F mart )
( clock thursday attern03f g own
the river ant return at r. giaSN AT
oi&ht ne sa1 de"h W. ae - nc
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supper VIII be served or the decks
If the steamer, this being prepared
by one Of Rlchmonds most famous
caterers Music will Hn The air all
the way down ana all ne way hack,
and there viii he given ample oppor-
tHnitY for dancing Vaudeville stunts
and unexpected specialties Will keep
the crowd ia good hum0r from tho
moment the boat leaves her wharf IN
the afternoon until she noses back TO
her moarings In the evening.
BaIi Game Friday
Thu VIRGINIA laappa IN tie fastnv.
,r,t,,or LEAGUE IN tba ca,,th II, ,-ar3srt
nr an ,ern have snen ~ teams f,}av
,vridav afternnon p8ehran3 ans
2oanake uHI clash before Tire yfstfars
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-10
MANY toMMITTENEN PROBABLY
RETAIN PRESENT PLACES
IN noDN.
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-10

Petersburg. Va, August 9.--o
what extent the export tobacco trade
OF Petersburg Will be affected by the
European war is not known. but It is
not believed that II viii result seri-
ously to the trade
The Naclin & thinner Company,
manufacturers OF plug for export. now
have a consignment on German
steamer bound for the Orient, and
may by THIS time be on the Red Sea,
but il Is not known that this is a
fact. or whether II was allowed to
pass the British forts at Aben az the
eastern terminus ~ the Suez Canal.
whether the portion Of her cargo
composed Of tobacco consigned by citi-
2ens Of d neutral power will be de-
clared contraband of war Is No,
known II is thought. however that
the decision would be In favor Of the
conslgners.
The Maclin & thinner Company had
a cargo OF plug aboard the German
steamer President Grant, which sailed
from New York the last of July, but
which returned to that port on wire
less intelliaence from Germany of the
early prospect OF war between Ger
many and England. The tobacco that
was on board Is now in bond in New
York
Manufacturers for export here are
not noomy over tho outlook, and the
British American Tobacco company.
which exports cigarettes in enormous
quantities to Asiatic countries. will
shin by way of San Francisco instes d
OF New York, and the Suez Canal.
where there is small prospect of In
terrupfion.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-10
The Weather,

ylrein.a-tnsettled Monday and
Tuesday, probably occasional thunder
showers moderate winds mostly
south
North Carolna-Locai tfundershow-
ers Monday and probably Tuesday :
moderate south " inds,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-10

GRAY Died sunday August 8. l9fA
at Greeubrier white sulphur springs,
~ Va. WILLIAM FREDERICK
GRAY. tn the ninety second year
of IFS re
Funeral TUESDAY. August II, at
30 ~ A ST. from - James Frotes~
t3nt Epeeopai church, corner Birch
aud I-rarHHu streets
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-10
10th Century
Royal
Lininent
Most Remarkable Ever Dreamed ot

Most Remarkable Ever Dreamed Of
A letter dated Atlanta. Ga, just
received from a prominent business
man, states:
one of our workmen cut two of
his fingers very badly, nearly off.
at ends. Your Imminent being con-
venient was applied and he lost only
two days from work, and states
there was mo soreness whatever"
Remember, this wonderful Lini-
mcnt Il mild as cream, and is
mach needed remedy in every
family, every shop. every office.
every factory, for every purpose
under the sun that the most Mar
Vicious L.niment Of the century can
be used for.
Made only by the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-10

The Oklahoma State Free Employ
meut bureau in six years has found
work for $4,000 persons.