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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-05-06

substantially the same as they now
are? Power and primacy entail re-
sponsibilities that cannot be shirked
Advocates of peace. no matter how
necessity for some international police
duty. which they carefully distinguish
from wars Of aggandizement Euro
pean nations have been forced to rec
ognize the need of such police duty. in
connection with Morocco and Turkey.
for example The trouble is that jeal-
ousies among a group OF powers with
no definite plan of corporation make
effective action difficult and increase
the tendency 10 abuse military
strength for selfish reasons.
The United States stands clearly
pre-eminent among the nations of the
western hemisphere. Special respon-
sibility, therefore. rests upon it to act
az peacemaker in its part Of the world
When Spain maintained an intolerable
nuisance In the West Indies the United
States took action to put an end to
the troublesome conditions growing
out OF Spanish misrule in Cuba. In
ternational peace demanded it. The
Monroe doctrine was not involved in
the action.
While Uncle sam has certain duties
as policeman for the western hemis-
phere, the aim Of peace lovers must
be TO keep the resulting activities
within bounds so that they shall not
degenerate into wars Of conquest.
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Those who know the utter futility
Of trying to clean up a bad condition
By due process
II Legal To XIII Of law" when
Women; Legal those having the
To Protect Them. work in hand do
not want TO ac-
compllsh anything will cordially en-
dorse Governor Vests action In clos
ing up that road house at Milwaukee.
II he would wait for the due process
Of law" he would wait until the King
dom Come. The debauchers Of young
girls and the white slayers would
have fine swimming under such a
policy.
Yet Governor West IL within the
law in his course. His work In en-
tlreIy legal He is merely taking a
short. effective method Of curbing
vice instead Of relying on slow,
roundabout and ineffective method.
In Colorado miIiuamen were used
for the purpose Of shooting down the
wives and children of striking miners.
In oregon the governor uses the NIL
iitiamen in bIoodIess campaign
against Vice joints and for the protec-
ton Of women and girls against those
who would lead them sstray II II n
legal 90 use niIitismen for the pur-
pose Of killing defenseIess women why
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-05-06
A CAPITALIST EXILE.

How a political exile lives In 81
IBERIA IS shown in NJ. B. Prices new
book siberia" Mr.. Price encounter
ed this exile at Minusinsk. He and
his family lived in a large house and
his actual punishment seems to con-
sist OF a certain social ostracism con-
seauent upon Punishment from the
great centers Of Russian life: when
/ went to call upon him he came TO
the door himself, and showing me
through a room where he and his
wife hai been having their evening
meal. usered me into room beyond.
I noticed his calm, philosophical face
as that Of a man who had evidently
endured mental strain with stoical
fortitude; but his wife, more nervous
than he. showed signs OF former an
xiety II seemed strange indeed that
I should be sitting In company with
TWO members OF high Russian society,
now ostracized by exile TO Siberia and
stranger still to partske OF their in
telligent conversation on topics OF hu-
man interest
First OF all was interested TO know
what sort OF restrictions were placed
upon the exile's liberty. found that
he WAS not allowed to leave the dis
trict in which he resided, and that
every week he had TO sign his name
In a book kept at the house OF the
chief 'Nacbalinki with that excep-
tiOD his life was free He had money
and he could live as he liked and go
where he wished within tbRt district,
but he was continual. .vsatched by
spies who dog his footkeps wherever
he went I was surprised TO find
that he, too, had caught the fever Of
modern cOmmercialism, which IN be-
ginning 10 run throughout Siberia.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-05-06
WOULD WRITE WAR SONGS.

The Sweet Singer OF the Adams En-
terprise writes:
do you reckon there'll be any
chance to sell a few war songs? En-
durin' of the spanish-American war
sold two. and have at least ten yards
of songs left over. which didn't SELL
which could be changed to suit the
trouble with Mexico. Here is a sam
pie OF my style:
"A soldier went unto the war
'Thout KNOWN what they fit him for
Said he: L hearn my countrys call
An I will fight until I fall.
Ell I don't git no pay at ALL
"He fit an fought, until one day
A bullet which was meant to slay'
come whizzin' through the atmosphere
An took off part Of his left ear.
For war is cruel as kin be.
An might have took ear from me-
Atlanta Constitution.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-05-06
FROM THE PEOPLE
WILL NOT TAKE FEES.


To the Editor Of the East Oregonian:
Dear Editor-In my visits over the
county, / have been frequently asked
by individuals whether will, IL nom
mated and elected. work on flat
salary, or IL intended TO keep a part
Of the fees as the present clerk does.
This is important and In an effort to
make myself clearly understood, ] am
asking that you publish this letter.
Taxes have been increasing each
year and IL is high time for some one
70 begin the practice Of economy. IL
every county officer will pledge him
self to such policy Of cutting down the
expenses in his own office, the heavy
burden OF taxation Will be greatly re.
Iieved and IL will be key to state and
national economy.
IL is easy 10 promise economy on
ones platform and this year IL seems
20 be the most popular thing 10 90;
but most Of the office seekers fall TO
mention the manner IN which such
economy will be brought about.
hereby make a definite promise
backed by a cash value. The present
county clerk, in addition 10 his regu-
lar salary, keeps fees collected Dy
him that would turn over 10 the
county. The salary Of the clerk u
81, 900 per year, and would not Keep
one cent more.
Honorable taxpayers, J believe u ~
your privilege and your duty 10 know
.syt what you pay your officials; but
now can you know n such off'cials
DO not work on a flat salary and 20
not make a record of the fees they
keepY (sectlon 1924, Lords oregon
Ia
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-05-06

The old days of collecting and keep
ing the fees OF an unknown amount
are passed. To keep them is vio-
lation OF the law and has been since
1905. (Section 3123 Lords Oregon
Laws.) The taxpayers of this county
will not approve OF any such politics
If they know 1t. and / believe that
every one who reads this article with
out prejudice will lend me his sup
port Very truly yours,
]. A. YEAGER.
Pilot Rock. May 5, 1914.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-05-06
@~S-Ns~$-

"a sccus-rE IT smith u fay0rinz
EauibilnE shle b. Ess MAJOR %
Pensi@ton the Oreg0ni-
Dr. siz5si's ar hsF oysrplayed is
NsyorsiifT haHe. That paper r.
Iieourd- ssErs - the fact DR..
snifh L. the strongest
t@roorat iu the race snS h making
a frsnEi.5 sff0rt g. defeat him 10 the
d~snoerstic pr.msry. rsstorting 10 fair
means - f0ui o. carry itz end
Ths aoc1sation that Or. smith stood
for q rri1s open p9licT while mayor
= . c'rtr Mi Ths fliss q the Eas'
OrsFonlsn offer plain anS Unimpsacb-
stle trssi1onY ss 90 N.bat happened
sber ~ smlfh became mayor u Pen
Siston. as shown sisezhsre today q
r--s story n that tine rseites the
eiassrE - ~ ths t0En Immediately
sftsr m doctor Herf into Office The
earutisrE hif for fhe rorth. eat south
SO resf- = ~ Hesfhnan Sho va
rasrstsl af thsf fims also tsstifien -
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-05-06


THE proof of the pudding is in the
eating and the way to test any road
policy is to try it out. The
The Split split log drag may accom-
Log Drag. plish much on the heavy
roads in the middle states
and be of little use here. 1t is evident
that the successful use Of the drag re-
quires a soil that will pack and be-
come sufficiently hard to Withstand
the hard usage during the dry months
when wheat hauling is on. What
Umatilla county needs chiefly is roads
that can stand the dry weather. We
are troubled more with dust and
chuck holes than with mud and mud
holes. Herein the problem differs
from the road problem in most sec
tions. Many doubt the ability Of our
roads TO stand up under hard usage
unless improved by use Of rock or
oil. Enthusiasts for the split log
drag thing the drag is all that Is need
ed. Let them prove II. 1t is worth
trying.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-05-06


that It be stopped.
All who know DR.. Smith know that
his personal inclinations are all on
the side Of law and decency. Had this
not been true he would not have
taken such advanced ground Is years
ago. Had this not been true he would
not have fought the vicious Jayne bill
while he was in the state senate Had
not DR.. Smith opposed the vice ele-
nent in the past the forces Of vice
would not now be massed in solid
phaIanx against him.
THE ATTACKS OF THE OREGON
IAN on DIR. SMITH SHOULD
DRIVE EVERY FRIEND OF LAW
AND DEcENcY TO HIS SUPPORT.
REGARDLESS OF POLITICS. THE
PRIME ISSUE IN THE CAMPAIGN
THIS YEAR Is LAW ENFORCE
MENT. THE DOCTOR is BEING
OPPOSED BECAUSE HE HAS
TAKEN An EMPHATIC. RED
BLooDED STAND FOR THE En-
FoRcEMEST OF THE LAWS. HE
DOES NOT QUIBBLE ABOUT THE
NATTER. HE SAYS THAT If Ell
EcTED GOVERNOR HE WILL EN-
FORCE THE LAWS. IF HE CAN
Not DO so WITH OLD METHODS.
HE WILL ADOPT NEW METHODS
AS GOVERNOR WEST HAS DONE
THAT II EXACTLY THE TYPE OF
MAX OREGON NEEDS FOR THE
next GOVERNOR. OREGON CAN
xoT AFFORD TO FALL UNDER
THE DOMINATION or THE VICE
FORCES. THERE WOULD BE ~,
PROFIT FOR THE STATE IN SUCH
4 COURSE. THERE WOULD BE
80 PROGRESS AND 30 HONOR.
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william J Calhoun. former minis
ter 10 China. VINO has performed Inn
pOrtant diplomatic
ro,4e sam as missions In Latin
PoI,c,maa. American countries.
complains that the
Monroe doctrine has been ~ per-
Yersed a. 70 make Uncle Sam police
man for the entire western hsmis-
phsre The responsibility. he ADDS
l. vastly TOO great for W. properly 70
assume. The trainers Of the Monroe
doctrine. ne argues, never INTENDED
mat r. should cover SDch situation
a. the one which has arisen IN Mexico
IL IL common error 70 cite tnf
Monroe doctrine IN justification or ~
blame for developments with which
II has nothing 20 %. ssys the chicagf
SeEs. suppose the Monroe ooctr'n'
had never been formulated W0Dif
not Dor responsibilities IN such STU
} a,ions a. mat existing 10 Mexico b
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-05-06

"He related to me how he had ac-
quired great gold concessions on the
Mongolian frontier and was hoping
to find capital to float a syndicate for
working them next year. This was
not at all my idea of the life of a ST.
berian exile. Instead of being made
to work himself in the galleries of the
gold mines until death released him
from his chains. the exile now floats
mining syndicates."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-05-06
GLOAMING.

The setting s-n has drOpt be- 4
lpE the sandy reach;
he lzEEzrd rocks come home. 4
b=lzfec from the beach: 4
Here ln the Ezrcen-bedE the 4
I0usrz close their eyes. 4
And fEllghf'E sDft. Nan nlist 4
zcruss the Woodland Lies. 4
) o = no- thls most sweet % any 4
TINE ~ hour
} -Tis a. th3gEh Natures self
shozlc psuss upon her
War.
Grsg-clac and Dlzrim Ike. 70
metltsts and pray
-iady Lindsay.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-05-06

to DR.. Smiths attitude toward gambl-
ing. He says the doctor was opposed
TO gambling and and gave instructions
that It be stopped
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-05-06

is 1t not legal and right to use them
for the protection of womanhood and
for the defense Of decency.
Let the women answer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-05-06
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BIRD NEVER SANG AGAIN.
Changing Ownership flushed Night
ingale Renowned for Voice.

From the London Telegraph.
There are few birds which adapt them-
selves SO readily to captivity as the night
ingale I have in a large outdoor cage
1t can scarcely be called an aviary. being
only some eight feet long and two feet
wide-a nightingale which was caught
singing within q fortnight Of being cap
tured. Every morning at break Of day
his song Is to be heard. and within six
weeks of being Gagged he was sumciently
tame to come to the hand for q meal
worm or spider.
Two others in separate cages indoors
have been Gagged since last autumn, and
they are utterly without fear OF any oc-
cupant Of the house. They clamor for
their breakfast Immediately they hear
any one stirring in the morning, and in
sist upon being satisfied on the instant.
I know of one which is never happy un-
less 1t is climbing about Its owners
shoulders
Although in nature the song of the
nightingale does and extend later than
the middle of June. yet in captivity the
bird will sing UP to the time of the au-
tumn molt and will begin again at
Christmas. The one detraction from the
merits of the nightingale as a pet bird
is it's individuality Some birds will sing
only when no one is in the room with
them: some will sing under any condi-
ton, and some will be silent forever If
they change ownership. At the earnest
solicitation of friend 1 once parted with
a nightingale which was the finest singer
I had ever heard. and in its new owner
cage and was fed in exactly the same
manner as that to which it had been ac-
customed, 1T never uttered note during
the remaining seven years of its life.
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her young hopes. aspirations and
dreams. 1t was her dover chest.
the lid very gently. Her small, plain
face was pale. her eyes anguished
A scent of dried rose leaves breathed
out upon her like an escaping
lifted a sheet Of white tissue paper
scattered over with yellow petals.
Each year she saved the downfall
from a certain rose bush she had for
this most sacred embalming. The
roses which the bush yielded were
pink. 1t was a pink rose which he
had carried away with him that day
to work. If she had known then she
was never to see him again!
Kneeling there. Nancy began to re-
member. just, as she had known she
would. She had not been through it
each year for how many years?
thirty-five. yes; thirty-five! And yet
it was not SO very much easier than
it had been that first time of all
Her sorrow was not so fresh, but the
memory of 1t WAS undying.
She had been twenty when 1t hap
pened. The exquisite epidermal beauty
Of youth was hers. Why, she had
looked, he said like one of her pink
withered as one of these petals! For
year she had lived in an entrance
ment Of joy. sewing. planning dream
ing for the swift wedding day. On the
last stitches into her wedding dress.
He had run across from his house to
see her moment and she had held
up the gown and showed him how
snatched her kiss and the rose from
her hair and ran away laughing. She
paused in her work to watch him go
climbing toward the great gray quarry
shock of d blast that set the very
earth to quaking and echoed for mo-
ments after. 1t was his death signal.
SO there was no occasion to wear
the wedding dress after all; She had
packed it away with the other things
she had made and taken up a new
way in life Her parents had died
and she had come away from the farm
to this little house on one OF West
more's back streets, which was the
nearest to the country she could get
She lived alone with her sewing and
the many ghosts of her dreams and
the memories which her dover chest
contained.
heavy fingers she lifted out pieces
of table and bed linen. undergarments
eXauisitely embroidered In intricate
designs Of leaf, flower and butterfly:
satin. whose whiteness had become
a clear ivory with time. their bedtime
that Pattie might talk to Lewellyn
alone In the living room. NOW she
~ent TO an OLD chest IN WniSa sns
kept some treasures of her youth and
brought out rich purple satin dress
How strange the room looked with
all these things lying upon the chairs.
the tables. the couch. Nancy stood
| looking at them wistfully It came to
own spoiled. wastful life. Poor. pit
iful things called into being. yet never
| used or wanted. What would become
| of them after she had passed on!
] This thought Of her going and leav-
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that her son was enamored Of plebeian
young woman. This annoyed her great
ly. but Immediately came a greater shock
when her lawyer informed her that the
railroad company in which her fortune
was mainly invested had passed its divi-
dend and that funds upon which she was
dependent for the expenses Of her annual
European tour would not be forthcoming.
1t would never do to omit the trip for
her social rival would Immediately profit.
So she decided to send over substitute
travelling as herself, while she. with the
connivance Of her faithful housekeeper.
undertook to remain incognito in her
town house. No. 13 Washington square.
Complications arose Immediately. Riding
out in the evening she was horrt1ed when
her coachman made love to her Then
more complications arose which the read
er of this briskly moving. diverting mar
rative will find absorbingly interesting
at every fresh turn. No. 13 Washington
Square becomes the scene Of some anaz-
ing adventures. the chief actor in which
is young forger who on several oc-
casions saves Mrs De Peyster from ex-
posure and is himself finally received
back into the arms Of society. Love.
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ing what she had to leave behind her
was not a new one to Nancy, but it
seemed to hold strangely unusual
vitality of meaning for her this morn
ing. Out there was the freshening
spring, her rosebush struggling tow
ard leaf. all that suggested youth, or
at least renewal. and here was she.
sere. faded amid the needless work
of her own hands. Yet the linens. the
satin gown would last long after her
body had dissolved back into the ele-
ments of dust.
How could she bear to have these
precious mementos of her one bright
year of happiness go into uncaring
hands? For the hands of the very
distant cousin to whom. according to
right of kinship. they must descend
would be uncaring. She would wash
the linen and bleach it and use it
until it dropped to pieces on the wash
board. And the dress she would prob
ably cut up into squares for a satin
quilt or else use as a covering for
sofa pillows. Nancy shuddered and her
lips trembled. Suppose she should die
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OF her altar she went to bring forth
the sacrifice. But when she stood in
the little room and saw all these in
nocent white things summing them
doves her heart nearly failed her. Here
was fresh agony for her. She went
from article to article. Not the table,
cloth. no. nor the monoRrammed
sneets nne t. nor the towels.yet Certainly
aighteown. with its dear. dear butter
hies. Some little trifinR piece. But
which? All. this would do. She snatch
ed up pillow slip. heavy with crochet
gu tace' ana 1airly ran from the room
AS sne stepped over the threshold Of
ner ~. nack door intent upon her errand
Nancy saw. with a start. that aomehndv
wondsrinslY on srhinolpe beside the fire looking
young girl. whose thin, % scant skirt 1Iy
blew back from her round anI1a.
whose hair had been quickly ruffied
INTO glossy braid. She smiled at
iins aney Win sny blue eyes and sweet
asked. 'Aoi you' sne
Nancy put her hand holding the NIL
reM,,ed low snp behind her. why. no." she
covered th'1aiy that she sira And a. then she dis
Ing something and evidently feaitne
embarrassed about it. what do vn,,
want want Daisy?" she inquired. 'o'
renections OF many roses seemed TO
chase across the delicate surface ~
heIa her cheek. a,,. It's this" she said. and
Her movement loosened the naner
which fell away. disclosine some tbir
cheap. white material. "I co~idn.. ~
ford much" she breathed, but want mt
sa going to be be ma m1its; S.a9, You see irsts
oh" gasped Nancy. and tIs,+a.
slip. oiceaieo pillow
,,a1n The girl vas looking tenderly at the
going going to o. ba ae1a narrisG Visions for her. I'm
thought maybe You would maka "u NV
but this[ want it to be a. nice as
can have it," she said "e h'ee as
(THE ENDl
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DIR. HENRY N. STOKES.

to get even show in a letter as they
never could in conversation.
Thus DR.. Stokes, continuing cor
respondence with these men. drew
them out and learned. without meeting
them, exactly what they were. The
sniveler. the green goods man and re-
venge seeker had no place on his files.
But the honest. determined prisoner
who wanted only his chance to make
good was remembered and his name
and correspondence filed for reference.
Thus six convict papers. not intend
ed to inspire any general reform. ac-
complished something that the state
and national authorities had been
striving to reach for years and years.
and that is to reach the personal side
Of the convict: not to treat him as a
class or race or creed, but as an
individual endowed essentially with the
rights Of life. liberty and the pursuit
Of happiness.
The members of the league went into
this proposition with the fine enthust-
asm of q party Of sightseeing tourists
who are about to visit an opium joint.
Their idea was that this would be fun,
but seen in its graver light they came
to understand that 1t would not be
fun, but the serious business Of pro-
tecting men who had been bruised and
hurt by modern society.
One Of the first cases which brought
itself to the attention of DR.. Stokes
was that of a prisoner in Texas who
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standpoints from which these viewed the
stage, their different approaches to it, and
the particular method by which each fit
ted theme and play to stage representa-
tion itself. He estimates, critically,
moreover, what each of these has up to
the present contributed to the modern
theater To a certain extent this is a
comparative study of the outlook and
method of this group. Included here are
studies of Arthur Pinero. Henry Arthur
Jones. Oscar Wilde. ]. NJ. Barrie. Ber-
nard Shaw, Hankin, Granville Barker
Hubert Henry Davies and John Gals
worthy. A good photography offers an
opportunity to make a book study of the
plays of these writer's. in addition to this
special consideration of the plays from
the point Of view Of the stage itself.
NO. 13 WASHINGTON SQUARE. By
Leroy Scott. author of Counsel for
the Defense" etc. With illustrations
by Irma Deremeaux. Boston: Hough-
ton Mifdin Company.
The great Mrs.. De Peyster was trem-
bling on her social throne under the at
tacks Of a rival when she discovered
Evening star., 1914-07-25
knowledge of South America.
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
Unfortunately for both political and
trade relations. there are millions OF peo-
pie in the United States who have no
more knowledge of South America than
they have of South Africa The picture
Of South America that rises to the minds
eye OF these people is that of q collec-
ton Of crude countries much given to
revolutions and lacking the great pro-
noting agencies of civic progress. How
false is the picture is evidenced by one
fact alone which the telegraph has just
brought US. A census of Buenos Aires
gives its population as 1850. 1853. Buenos
Aires is booming and 1t Is not booming
without plan. It is a handsome city, in
sections even luxurious. but modern i'm
provements have kept pace with growth
and the Argentine metropolis testifies to
intelligent administration and high civic
spirit. Rio de Janeiro. the second city in
South America, does not lag SO very far
behind Buenos Aires. It must have at
least 1000. 600 Inhabitants and in its de-
veloplpent the opportunities for embellish-
ment have not been neglected. There are
many considerable cities scattered through
out South America. some Of which are
worthy the attention Of North American
planners"