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The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-12
HAS MADE HARD FIGHT
His Bill Gets Money for Widows
and Children of Spanish War
Soldiers, and 1t Has Been Work
ed Up, Only Through the Hard
Work of the Tennessee Con-
.gressman.-Gets Report This
Week.

The committee on pensions will
this week report to the house
favorably on the bill introduced
by Representative Sam R. Sells of
the first Tennessee district TO
pension widow and minor chill
dren of any officer or enlisted
man who served in the war with
Spain or the Philippine insurrect-
ion." Since in congress. Mr.. Sells
has been working to secure the
passage of this bill and he was re-
warded, Saturday night the SUBJ
committee, to which the measure
had been referred for consider
alton, acted favorably upon it, this
committee being Representative
Heating of California, Key of
Ohio and Representative Sells of
Tennessee. Representative Gard
ner and others were before the
subcommittee and urged the
favorable recommendation of the
bill. By the terms of the bill the
widow of a Spanish war soldier
will receive $l2 per month and
there shall also be paid 81 per
month for each child of such Of
ficer or enlisted man under six
teen years of age and in case the
widow of the officer or enlisted
man dies, the children get her
pension thereafter The bill fol-
lows:
Be it enacted by the senate and
house of representatives of the
United States of America in con-
gress assembled, that from and
after the passage of this act, if
any officer or enlisted man who
served ninety days or more in the
army, navy, or marine corps of
the United States, either as a reg
ular or a volunteer during the
, war with Spain or the Philippine
insurrection, between April twenty
: first, eighteen hundred and ninety
eight, and July fourth, nineteen
hundred and two, inclusive, and
I who has been honorably dis
I charged therefrom, has died or
l shall hereafter die leaving a
: widow, without means of support
other than her daily labor, and an
actual net income not exceeding
$25O per year, or minor child or
children under the age of sixteen
years, such widow shall, upon due
proof of her husbands death
without proving his death to be
the result of his army or navy
service, be placed on the pension
roll from the date of the filing of
her application therefore under
this act, at the rate of $12 per
month during her widowhood.
and shall also be paid So per month
for each child of such officer or
enlisted man under sixteen wears
OF age, and in case of the death or
marriage OF the widow. leaving a
child or children of such officer or
enlisted man under the age of six
teen years, such pension shall be
paid such child if insane, idiotic
or otherwise perteen: Provided.
That in case a minor child is in
sane idotic, or otherwise perman-
emily helpless, the pension shall
| {COntinuad IN po0a ~
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-12
ready paid large sum of money
in fines and costs in this case.

ready paid a large sum of money
in fines and costs in this case.
This is no good ground for de-
PENDANTS pardon. Upon the other
hand, it contains strong reason
against his release from the Jail
sentence. AS long as men of prop
erty and influence, can purchase
exemption from Imprisonment,
there can be no respect for the
law. 1t is travesty on justice to
punish with imprisonment the
friendless and moneyless bootleg
ger and let the operator of a sa-
loon or soft drink stand dilly
daily through the courts for many
months, and then escape with a
mere fine and costs. When the
big offenders find out that they
are no bigger in the eyes of the
law than their smaller brethren,
there will be no big offenders.
"Second-It is urged that the
defendant is the father of seven
motherless children, the mother
having died since his conviction,
and that for their sake he should
not be sent to jail. From the let
tiers and petitions in this case it is
easy to perceive that this unfor-
tunate fact has been used to work
up public sentiment in favor of
defendant. The suffering and
humiliation of defendants children
naturally appeal to human SYM
pathy; and yet this phase of the
matter can properly exercise no
controlling influence. 1t would be
absolutely illogical and illegal to
declare that man who is the
father of children should be i'm
mune from Imprisonment on that
account. Men must not be licens-
ed to violate the law because they
are fathers of children.
Il infer from the record before
me that the Imprisonment of the
defendant will not leave the chill
dren homeless and dependent, as
has so often been the case of
others.
PHYSICAL CONDITION
"Third-It is insisted that de-
PENDANTS physical condition is
such that he ought not to be con-
fined in Jail, and especially that he
ought not to be sent to the work
house. This is the only appeal
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-12
Liquor Men Cannot Expect to
Avoid Their Prison
Sentences
One OF HIS OPINIONS
Nashville and Knoxville Liquor
Men Whose Fate Now Rests In
the Hands of the Law Know
That If Convicted That They
Cannot Expect Any Clemency
From the Governor.

From the Governor.
The going is going to be rough
for the liquor men convicted in
Tennessee, as Governor Hooper
through his order in refusing to
grant a pardon to a johnson City
liquor man, expresses his determ-
ination not to show them any
more clemency than he would
any other man convicted of any
other crime. In fact the governor
Indicates that liquor man seek
ing pardon will start same at a
disadvantage because he will find
the governor prejudiced against
him and his business from the
very beginning. There are several
saloon men in Chattanooga and
Nashville who are under sentence
and in Nashville they are men
high up in the ranks of that city's
business affairs, yet they cannot
hope for relief from the governor.
Knoxville, too, may have some of
it's citizens before the court soon,
who would have hoped, if con-
victed, to have gotten off with
a pardon from the governor, who
will now know that they too will
have to serve their sentences, in
so far as the governor is concern
ed. The memorandum in the de-
cision OF the governor in the
johnson City case is as follows:
GOVERNORS REASONS.
State of Tennessee VS.. 7. A.
O'Donnell. Violation of four-mile
law. Memorandum of Governors
action upon application of T. A..
O'Donnell for executive clemency:
The defendant, T. A. O'Don-
nell, was indicted in Washington
County in five cases for selling
intoxicating liquors. The record
before me shows that said O'Don-
nell was engaged in the legal sale
of whisky in johnson City before
the four-mile law was made ap-
plicable to said town. After the
extension of said law to johnson
City, O'Donnell continued to sell
whiskey in violation of the law
and conduct what practically
amounted to regular saloon.
The character of his place was
well known, but his fragrant viola
ton of the law continued a long
time before indictment and con-
viction.
"Only two of the five cases
against him were prosecuted, the
other three being dropped because
the multiplications of convictions
were deemed Unnecessary He
was convicted in the two cases in
which he was tried, and was fined
"a total of $500, and given a jail
sentence aggregating eleven
months and twenty-nine days. He
appealed to the Supreme Court
where both judgements were at.
firmed.
Defendant now asks for par.
don of the entire Jail sentence
His petition is supported, by g
large number of the citizens Of
Johnson City, and it is represent
ed to me that public sentiment is
favorable to his pardon.
The application for clemency
is based upon the three following
grounds:
'First-The defendant has al
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-02-12
PHYSICAL CONDITION

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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-24
odd Malady Kills Horses.

PRINEvILLE, Ore, Sept. ga
fatal contagion broke out among the
horses of this community last week
While unloading fine stock from the
trucks from Henry McCalFs ranch at
the fair grounds, few days ago. two
OF the draft horses were suddenly
seized with a strange disease and
within a few minutes both were
dead. on the way back to the ranch
another horse was stricken in the
same manner and died on the road.
Two other horses on the Mccall
ranch showed signs of the same af-
Fiction and are in precarious con-
dition after failures OF local veteri'
naries TO explain the mystery.
The state veterinarian was tele'
graphed for and Is expected here to-
night. In the meantime the stock
men Of this country are uneasy, be
cause Of the immense number o.
horses in this country that may be
/ come infected.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-24
Real Girls Mt Alta.

The most striking thing about the
Merry Minstrel Maids who come to
the Alta Theater as special attrac-
ton during Roundup. Sept. "a. %.
IS, is that they are not bunch of
hand-painted. extremely dressed,
loud-talking. peroxide blondes or
raven wigged brunettes from the
cheap theaters of New York. They
are a crowd of natural. attractive.
pink faced. wholesome looking. mod
estly gowned girls from California.
Most of them appear to be jolly
"co-eds'' from Leland Stanford or
Berkeley They do everything in the
minstrel line that men do Except
strike matches) and do most of it bet
ter.
i 1t is unfortunate that shows like
the Merry Minstrel Maids" put on
/ by real people not yet spoiled by the
( hand of time and the hand of the
stage valet and ladies' maid. are some
/ times not appreciated and understood
until they are gone. II you are in
terested in real girls, not the manu-
| facturei article, girls who can sin;
and dance and look pretty withou
any special effort, don't fail to see th'
Minstrel Maids at the Alta Theate
during Roundup.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-24
Pastime Tonight.

Ionis & Chase that nifty pony team
that made such hit last night will
be seen again tonight in an entire
change.
Conrad Wilkes the blackfaee COM
edian with his original jokes and fun
ny Sings furnishes good entertainment.
The picture program consists of
four reels the feature is Edison's
Face Value" and Edward Earle, Sal
ly Crute. Charles sutton and John
Sturgeon are featured.
Pete Scarlett was grateful TO Kelly
for saving him from a mauling when
he was caught cheating at cards, sc
had Kelly assume his name and OBJ
tain a fortune he claimed belonged
to him. After Kelly had obtained th'
fortune and married on Face Value
his troubles began with many com
plications.
Selig presents ''Harbor OF Love"
beautiful drama.
The Fable of the Beanery" an
The Peachy Newcomer" is a Georg
Ade fable done in pictures.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-24
Cosy-wednesday-Thursday

Four good acts for the above two
days and motion pictures also.
The Royal Hawaiian Trio in native
and American songs, Hawaiian dances
and instrumental selections on their
native instruments. is an act that Is
sure to be a top-notcher.
Dave CASTOR has an eccentric line
Of dancing as well as comedy songs
and funny stories. He has a great act
and won't disapoint you.
Yendys. the Chinese impersonator
and comedy magician was so an-round
good that we brought him back for
Roundup. He is the best Of his kind
in vaudeville and will surely make
you laugh every minute he is on the
stage.
Miss Jessie Wilson sings the lates'
song hits in pleasing style
A Keystone comedy is one OF oui
motion pictures today. You all know
what that means-laugh-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-24
n,rhcnm-Thnrsday only.

ospheum- Only.
THE Mystery OF Wickham Hail.
a wonderfully interesting and thrill
fpg three part Powers feature. Cleo
Madison takes the leading role.
The story opens in England two
hundred years ago. Sir Henry Mar
ston, who is deeply in reot to sir
John wickham, has a beautiful dau-
phter, Nadine, in love with Arthur
her cousin. Sir John casts off Netta
his mistress and tells Sir Henry he
viii cancel his debt II he will give
Nadine TO him. To save her father
She marries him and Netta, who is
Jealous causes a duel and Arthur and
st John are both killed Four gener-
ations later the drama IS taken up
acain with their descendants. Nadine
refuses to mary John whom her IA
ther desires her to but Meta who is
in love with Arthur. Nadine's fiance'
plans for Nadine TO see her in Arthur
arms by a pretence OF a sprained
ankle Nadine breaks the engage
ment and on the eve Of her marriags
with John left alone in Wickham Hal
she sees the ghost of the former trsg
edy enacted and when Arthur comes
she gladly rushes TO his arms and
coldly dismisses John.
Troublesome Pets" Sterling. tn
master OF the house puts the monke,
in the pantry and the parrot dow
the we'll The commotion that
caused makes lively comedy.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-24
Hunger Makes Man steal.

RosEBURG, Ore. Sept. 24.-Be-
eause he told the truth, Felix Solo
mon. in Jail here for several weeks
on charge OF burglary, was ar
raigned on charge of petty lar
ceny, pleaded guilty and was fined
s5. He left later in the day. accom-
panied by his father, for his home
at Jacksonville, Fla.
When Solomon was arrested he
was sick and hungry. and said he
stole to provide some necessities.
When questioned he told complete
story OF his past and admitted the
theft The district attorney lated con-
ferred with prominent Jacksonville
people who substantiated the boys
story. His former employers al
Jacksonville gave him the best rec
concentrations and said there was q
position open there on his return
home. ,iHA 4 iE
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-24
BIC QUANTITIES COAST
WHEAT SOLD TO EUROPE
EOso 90 BUSHELS GO VIA CANAL
--DEAIS CLOSED
SECRETLY.

PORTLAND. ore. sept 24.-En-
sllsb ana other European wheat buy
err have suddenly turned their atteh-
tion - Oregon and Washington
In the past few days immense
auantulsf Of wheat have been sold ny
T,,ug1a.5 and Puget Sound exporters
e,or as,4asnent through the canal 70 the
,-,nea portv Of europe II Is said that
an, usire made here, aggregate 5000
.oes tqahela. and that the same am
vuni has been sold by dealers IN the
gorth
Deals Arc Large.
while the total quantity may not oe
~ great as reported IL Is known az
any rate that the business done mas
s,een on a very large scale.
wheat has been selling cheaper in
sh. pacific Northwest than anywhere
,.iee In the world, and It is this fact
ehaf has brought the buyers here
Al the opening of the season, the
Portland wheat market stood at 81
cents while at Chicago wheat was
vxo,t, so cents. New club wheat in
Portland Is quoted at IS cents and
ND~ccgFri loey at chicago aS worm fA'A-
whnc the Chicago market has ad'
-snoes - cents Portland prices have
risen only ls cents.
Buyers Work Secretly.
Local and Puget Sound buyers have
lsoeu very industrious in the country
for several DAYS. They have beer
working as secretly as possible, so a
ssos "a excite the market but IN
acss of The big buying began to leal
ont yesterday In some sections 8
znuch wheat has been bought up tha
the farmers there look upon the sea
Ron ss practically closed.
II is probable that between so an
&c per cent Of the entire Northwestern
wheat crop has been already sold
a date when in normal years IN
movement would hardly have started
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-24

Fill out this blank and enclose with money or
check to the East Oregonlan.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-24
ChamberIain's Liniment

II you are ever troubled with aches.
pains or soreness OF the muscles, you
will appreciate the good qualities OF
Chamberlain's Liniment. Many suf-
ferers from rheumatism ana sciatica
have used It with the best results. II
is especially valuable for lumbago
and lame back. For sale by all deal
erH-Ady
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-24
Chamberiain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy.

listed for the Spanish war to take
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera ana
Diarrhoea Remedy with them. and
have received many thanks for the
advice given" writes J. II. Hough-
land. Eldon, Iowa. NO person
whether travelling or at home should
be without this great remedy" For
sale by all dealers.-Adv.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-24
plarrhoea Quickly Cured.

my attention was first called to
chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy as much az twelve
years ago. At that time was seri-
ously III with summer complaint. One
dose OF this remedy checked the
trouble" writes Mrs. w. G. Flor
ence, Rockneld. Ind. For sale BY all
alers,--Ady.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-24
Austrian line Cut.

PETRoGRAD. Sept. 12---Cossaeks
nave cut the Austrian communication
Elnes between Przemysl and Cracow,
the war office announced. The Aus
rrsans, II was stated were taking new
oositlons between the San and Wis
oocaS rivers The Russian left Is ad-
wancing on them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-24

BORDEAUX, Sept. 24.-Temporar-
lily detained here among other for
eigners Is Max Nordeau, Austria's
noted student of the worlds affairs.
Nordau. although born at Budapest
has lived for thirty eight years in
France. and does not hesitate to ex-
press his sympathies with the French
armies In an interview yesterday
Nordau said: I'VE fight expecting a
happy era for Europe. Total dis
armament is a chimera but partial
disarmament may be organized"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-24
Local Playhouses

What the Press Agent Has 20
SAY OF Present and Coming
Attractions.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1914-02-05

county commissioners passed u
resolution Monday :. charging the
county sheriff $50 month for the
use of his residence after the first
of next January"
Now what is the difference be-
tween our statement and that OF
the News? Absolutely none. 1t
would seem that the Hankinson
brother should be content with
drawing a fat salary under q DEM
ocratic administration as post
master Of his town and fat fees
under a Republican board of
county commissioners as one of
the Official publishers, both at the
same time, and avoid misrepre-
senting a neighbor in an attempt
to bolster up its Republican
friends, the commissioners. Real
ly, we had not supposed the COM
missioners' case to be so desper:
ate as to require the use of such
tactics,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1914-02-05
TINE oAMpo WAY

The Cando Democrat has
changed it's name to the Cando
Record and Editor Nelson tells
why without mincing matters.
He says:
"Yes, I am sore," (just a little)
and will point out the sore spots
right here: The democrats right
here at home are the ones who
have been only half-hearted in
their support and their friendship.
Not all of them but some of them.
When the chances came to help
their own paper, they would too
often take their patronage in one
hand and their courage in the
other and beat it for the woods.
They figured that the Democrat
editor was able to stand up with
out props, and so they handed the
loaves to some weaker brother
who sat by the roadside crying a.
loud for help. Perhaps it was
right. 1t is human to be sympa-
thetic. But it is also human. to
carry gifts to the enemy in order
to mollify him and turn away his
wrath. Stick pin here, you fell
lows! I"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1914-02-05
soIEnoE SCHOOL morEs

Mr.. John Ness, our teacher OF
forge work, was at Minneapolis
to attend the automobile show
in that city. this week.
Miss Anna Snyder of Aberdeen
enrolled Tuesday, the number OF
her card being 248.
This is the last week of the
first half Of the year and several
classes that go by the semester
plan are completing their work of
the first semester.
Miss Mabel Quinn, 1912, is now
assistant in the domestic science
department and has charge Of the
short course work in that depart
ment.
The 1914 edition Of the Worlds
Almanac has been received ct the
library and IL contains vast fund
Of information on political and
social matters.
/ The department Of chemistry
has installed new hydrogen-suf-
I'D generator. II certainly smells
like It. The short course stu
dents in engineering are study
ing Illuminating gases.
The Rev. Mr.. Duden was assem-
bly, speaker last week. His sub
ject was what is Expected Of
Us After school?" He showed
that our. own personal equipment
must be supplemented by q good
education and also by real worth
il we are TO measure up to the ex-
pectation Of our fellow men. His
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1914-02-05
BuRkE NOT TO DLAmE

The Fargo Forum of Monday
evening makes an apology for its
recent publication of an article
criticising U. s. Treasurer John
Burke, as follows:
United States Treasurer John
Burke, formerly governor of Nor
tn Dakota, seems to have been the
victim of circumstances regard
ing the condition of the treasury.
Some days ago the Forum pub
lished q story which appeared in
the Chicago Tribune and other
eastern papers in which it was
stated that the affairs of the
treasury were in a sad muddle.
"This evening the Forum pub
fishes a statement from Mr.. Bur-
Ike, and also one from another we'll
known North Dakotan, D. H. Nc
Arthur, in which a new light is
thrown on this matter.
1.-The Forum is glad to give as
wide publicity to this explanation
from Treasurer Burke as it gave
to the story criticising his office,
and it is to be sincerely hoped
that the publicity given the mat
ter will result in giving Mr..
Burke the additional clerks which
he declares to he necessary to
properly handle the new and bet
ter, but more complicated system,
inaugurated by Mr.. MacVeagh.
"Mr. Macarthur in his note to
the Forum says the articles were
prompted by partisan motives. II
so there was absolutely nothing
of the sort in the attitude of the
Forum in making them public ir
North Dakota. These articles
were given wide publicity in the
east and the Forum felt that be.
cause of the fact that a North Da.
kotan was involved, the people O.
the state should be given a full
account of the charges.
This was the sole motive in re.
publishing the matter from tn
Chicago Tribune"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1914-02-05
Eoo cArcnERs

The newspapers tell us that
farmers may soon be able to send
their cartons of eggs to market
from anywhere along the railway
track by mail trains travelling as
fast as sixty miles an hour, and
without the least fear of q single
eggs being broken.
Tests made with the Jones au-
tomato mail catching device have
proven that cartons of eggs can
be picked up or delivered by a
train moving at the rate of a
mile minute with perfect safe
ty.
The only thing that now stands
in the way of the farmer sending
his eggs to market from any point
on the railway track is the rule
requiring parcel post packages to
be mailed at a regular station
This, however, is likely to be ov-
ercome, for the government has
already installed the C. o. d. fea-
ture and by arrangement with
regular customers the cost OF
mailing could be left to the gov
eminent.
By this means the producer
could ship his produce direct from
the farm daily without going to
town to mail the package through
postoflice, and the device may
soon be adopted.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1914-02-05

The able stalwart editor of the
Globe Gazette refers to those
who differ politically from Sena-
tor McCumber as 1.-The opposi-
ton" At the last national cleo
ton McCumber's party got eight
electoral votes out of 531, or 131
per cent. To refer to the people
who furnished the other 98h as
1.-THE opposition" is still worse
than the lone juryman who refer
red to the other eleven who dis
agreed with him as the stubborn
est men he ever saw.