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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-24
This Time the Boy
Was on Duty Bent

j. A, Churchill superintendent oil
paeGo Instruction in Oregon, is a
strong believer in the principle that
a0y cUlprig has a right to be heard in
ms own defense and at recent tea
cherS institute related an incident to
Illustrate that circumStantial evidence
Is sometimes not conclusive.
When I was superintendent Of
schools al Baker" he said, zone of the
teachers under me came 10 me one
day in tears and declared that she
intended 10 resjsn if did not expel
sammy Jones sammy she said
would not study and insisted on
ereaking every rule Of conduct laid
down, She had tried every eXpedient
o. discipline, she said. and he was
srowins more unconrollable every
day. ! told her to give him another
trial and suggeSted that she send him
70 me every time he refused obedi
ence or became ohStreperous. Next
morning school had hardly taken up
before sammy walked into my Of
flee and announced that the teacher
had sent him up. Why did she send
YOU I asked. Because l shot pa
per wad at Ted Martin, was the
prompt answer, l talked to him very
fatherly, explained patiently to him
why he should be good boy and he
listened SO submissively that | felt I
had made an Impression. l sent him
back to his room and in about ten
minutes he appeared before me again.
Teacher sent me- he announced.
What for2 I asked. Cause l set a
tack in Andy Smiths seat he said.
This time I talked very sternly to him
and told him I would not tolerate
such conduct If YOU are sent back
TO me again this morning. | said as
he started to leave. I'll make it
very sorry matter for YOU. In ten
minutes he was back again. Teach
er sent me he started in. but be.
fore he could finish his sentence I
glabbed him by the coat collar open
ed the door. and marched him to the
basement shaking him until his heels
popped at every step Down in the
basement I got my strap and was
Just about to give him the licking Of
his life when I asked Why did she /
send you this time2' she sent me
for a box Of chalk he said.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-09-24
9S MILLION FEET OF
TIMBER WILL BE SOLD

The district forester at Portland
has opened bids on 9S million feet
of timber on the Olympic forest in
Washington. The Snow Greek Log
ging company of Seattle, which has
been operating on national forest
land near Sequin Bay for several
years, was the successful bidder, the
rates bid being s1.7O per thousand
for western red cedar, SL15 for Doug
las fir and Sitka spruce, and so cents
for hemlock and amabilis fir. The
tract lies on the watershed Of Snow
creek in Twps 2S and 29 N, R. 2 W.
Thirty-three per cent of the stand
is Douglas fir and thirty eight per
cent western red cedar.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-24

to assume thousands or folks here
abouts have been Wishing for the
past three days that they might be
out IN San Francisco. In winter "the
glorious climate OF California. lures
the Easterner. 1t sounds good. But
has the coast had anything on the
glorious climate Of Pittsburgh dur.
Ing most Of February, 1915. to date7
The great fair has opened to three
days Of rain while we have been en-.
toying spring weather for about a
fortnight. with much sunshine and
little precipitation. On Sunday the
maximum temperature at San Fran.
cisco was 50; In Pittsburgh It was
81. Atlanta, In the sunny South,
could do no better than SO; Atlantic
City "A, Chattanooga Sc. Denver SO,
Los Angeles Sc, Memphis 81, Norfolk
So, Oklahoma 40. New York As, Phila.
delphia SO. The excess in tempera.
ture in Pittsburgh for February has
averaged over s degrees a day and
there has not been anything special
in wind, fog, snow or temperature
conditions to send people possessed
Of the .wherewithal scurrying to mil.
der climes. OF course this sort OF
weather Is not vouchsafed, US every
year at this season, yet It's a good
thing not to overlook the favorable
facts as we find them. There is
change In process now. but what Is
written in! the meteorological record is
written. and the glory that has been
Pittsburgh's the past few weeks can.
not be taken Iaway.-Gazette.T Times.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-24
WHO'S WHO IN THE WAR.

NlHS VI tbFkGEt1uFHs
Emperor Wilhelm II. 10 not the only
ruler of that name. for the King OF
Wurtemberg isjalso Wilhelm II. The
man who reigns in the royal palace
at Stuttgart will be sixty.seven years
old tomorrow, as he was born Febru.
airy rs, 1s4S. Although an experienced
soldier, King Wilhelm's health has
been poor for many years. and this
has prevented him from taking o very,
active part In the war. He is often
consulted on military matters, how.
ever. and reviews and encourages his
troops on every possible occasion.
The ruler OF Wurtemburg wears on
his breast an Iron Cross bestowed
upon him for feats OF conspicuous gal.
iantry performed while he was q.
young cavalry officer In the Franco.
Prussian war Of 1870. Wurtemberg
was originally part Of Swabia, and
was made a duchy IN 1894. In 1905
Il became o kingdom under Frederick
L. who supplied o contingent to Ma.
poleon's Russian army, but later
turned against him. The frst King
wilhelm abolished serfdom and insti.
tuted representative government. He
reisncd from 1916 until his death In
1884, and during the latter part OF his
rule was the oldest living monarch,
iHeSwas succeeded by Karl L, who died
In 1891, whom the crown passed 10 the
present King. a son Of the late Prince
Frederick. King wllheln.s first wife
was Prtncess Marie Of wsideek, >
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-24
woMAN,s CHIEF TRADE.

Yes, Of course. 1t is homemaking.
Everybody knows that, but the figures
for It, compiled b. the United States
Board Of Education statisticlans, are
worth noting. OF the $31,o0O,O0 Re.
males over 10 years Of age in tho
United States 100000 are engaged
In homemaking. Girls may be enter.
ing more and more into the other
trades, but in the last analysis, as
Colonel Roosevelt used to say, they
generally fall back or advance to the
rank Of homemakers.
Hence. says the Federal Education.
al Board, the Importance OF giving
special attention to scientific cooking
In the vocational schools. The girlish
hope Of being able TO- hire q cook Is
apt to be disappointed as frequently
as the hope Of keeping ono when she
is hired. tits one Of the Oldest things
OF life that cooking. the preparation
OF the food that sustains life. the art
that can waste or economiae In the
chief item OF family expenditures, Is
SO largely left to be picked up as best
II may be. without serious consMera.
ton or training. II the woeful waste
resulting from amateur cookery could
be computed in dollars and cents It
would rival the war bills Of Europe.
II the Indigestion, dyspepsia and
kindred physical disturbances caused
by incapable cooks could be tabulated
they would dwarf the list OF killed,
missing and wounded, while It is need.
less t9 mention the grouches. the
irritations, the wrangles and quarrels,
the separations. divorces and DRINKS
and disorderlles produced by incom.
potency In the kitchen.
Since Homemaking is SO over.
whelmtngly predominant as woman's
chief occupation, and since practically
all hope some day to take it up, a
knowledge Of cooking being the most
essential qualification should be
sought rather than avoided. = Pitts.
bursh Dispatch.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-24
4FEssihc luPs

The TIMES this morning gets down
from its high perch and says the new
charter may not be 80 bad as iit ex.
.pected. Later on the Times will be
forced to admit, II II rs lfair. that there
Smoothing bad in It. not a single line.
A lawyer, who sis q Democrat, told the
editor OF the West virginian on the
street yesterday that he had read the
charter, and that 1t was a well pre-.
pared instrument, and that the cleo.
ton provisions were the fairest he
ever saw. II the Times doubts this
statement, we will furnish the name
OF this fair minded man. :
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-24
AN ABLE R,EPREsENrArlvE.

The editor Of the State Journal. the
Hon: P. W. Morris, an ex.lawmaker,
an able editor aud a good lawyer, has
been at Charleston during the entire
session OF the legislature. represent.
ing the newly organized Publishers
Association. and he has succeeded in
killing enough vicious measures di.
rected against the newspapers, which
II they had become law would have
cost the papers of the state $40, 600 per
year. He has not only succeeded in
heading on this adverse legislation
but has been the means Of creating
some measures very favorable to the
newspapers. The bills introduced to
discontinue the publication OF nnan.
ctal statements by the county courts
would have been the means Of cover.
Ing up and encouraging graft, which
publicity does SO much to prevent. We
congratulate the newspaper publish
ers upon their wisdom In selecting
such an experienced and able repre-.
sentative as the editor OF the Parkers.
burg State Journal.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-24
LITTLE Boobies PA
Well sed Ma to Pa wen he cain
hoam last mite what In the wurld Is
BY William Il. Kirk.

Well sed Ma to Pa wen he cain
hoam last mite what In the wurld is
the matter with yurc hair.
What is the matter with It. sed Pa.
His face began to look awful red.
1t is different color than 1t was
wen you went away this morning, sed
Ma. 1t is red insted of wife, Heere.
after sed Ma think viii call you
red top, cum & dip yure he'd in the
soup, dinner is reddy, sed Ma.
Twill tell you. sed Pa & will tell
you the truth & nuthing but the truth.
You see was talking with my edlter
today & he happened to say to me,
remember you are not getting any
yunger, silver threds amung the gold
may sound fine seed the editor but
vile 1t may be the reel thing in a
poem you cant cash them silver
threds. After a man is past forty he
mite try ennything, eeven driving a
trolley car.
Well, sed Pa, got to thinking that
oaver. 1t isent vary often that brite
thot sinks into my noodel. but now
& then one does & the moar thot
the moar maid up my mind 10 change
the color OF my hair. & Jest then l
met my oald friend Tommy Edwards
& he sed, Bill. am going to hav my
hair touched up a littel. Will you
join me. No sooner sed2 than dun.
sed Pa. We went to barber shop
together & we got our hair touched
up. Befoar you stands the results,
sed Pa.
How did you feel. Sod Ma. Fine
sed Pa. We'll, sed Ma am glad OF
that beekaus YOU look rotten, get sum
soap & rub that OF tar or whatever
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State Editors.
GOOD WORK.

Gov. Hatfield is all right as re.
CARDS the alleged Virginia debt, has
done well with It, and will yet do
better. n
The editor Of the State journal has
made a profound study OF the debt
matter and he has this 10 say about
It.
West Virginia does not owe any
part Of the debt Of the old State.
Not owing any part of the debt Of
the old State. West Virginia should
not pay a single penny of what it
does not owe.
The single fact alone, that Virginia
was in the Southern Confederacy,
when West Virginia was created, is
enough in itself to FREQ the latter
from any obligation In the matter.
West Virginia was brought to life
by Caesarian operation, made nee.
cessary BY q war conyulslon, and none
OF the burdens OF the mother State
can legally rest on her.
Who ever heard Of a territory or
property acquired by a country, be.
coming responsible to that domain
from which 1t was taken. for money
or anything else?
II Virginia Is entitled to any
money on account OF West Virginia,
the United States government Is en-.
titled to pay it.
This Is only one Of a hundred rea.
sons. however, as to why West Viz.
ginia should not pay any part Of the
debt OF the old state.-State Journal.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-24

Usher. Practically every newspaper
factory, store, shop, office, business
house, saloon, battleship, regimental
barracks and place of assemblage
raised subscriptions. movie" thea.
tres presented appeals for the blind on
the screen between reels, and every
theatre program asked aid for the
sightless. The public houses and the
banks We'd with each other In collect
ing money. and one saloon turned in
over thousand dollars to the fund.
Everywhere the eyes were confronted
with placards asking help for those
unable to see. The Boy. Scouts be-
came collectors for the fund, and a
squad OF blind Boy Scouts was organ
lied and acted as guard Of honor, for
the King when he opened the new
buildings Of the National Institute for
the Blind.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-24
BestStoriies
Puzzled Uncle Pash.

From the time the coal and Iron
territory round about Jenkins was
opened up and the town began to
form itself out OF the construction and
prospecting camps P. G. Dix, secre.
tary Of the state executive committee
OF the Young Mems Christian Asso.
citation, took deep interest In It's
development and spent much time
there assisting In the formation OF a
strong and active branch OF the asso.
citation. n
One story he tells is Of an aged
mountatneer, who, after the railroad
trains had begun running regularly
yentured down to see for himseil
some OF the wonders OF which he had
vaguely heard. He stood on the rude
platform and watched the train pull
In. After few minutes It backed up
q little way. $500
What dye think nv her, Uncle
Pash !" asked one OF the loungers.
wal. I hin see how TIL ingyne mout
pull them thar kyars," said the old
man. thoughtfulIy, "but what gifts me
Is how them there kyars pulls tn
ingyne."-Louisville Times.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-24
THE FRANK CASE.

Today. in the Supreme Court Of the
United States, will begin the final
battle for the lie Of Leo N. Frank, a
Brooklyn man convicted Of killing a
girl in the pencil factory Of which he
was superintendent at Atlanta. Geor.
gla, and sentenced to death. Prnctic-
ally everyone Is familiar In a general
way with this case. The victim, who
was Mary Phagan. aged "a, was killed
In the metal room Of the pencil fac
tory, on a holiday, after SHE had gone
to the office for s1.2o which was due
her. The only persons In the factory
at the time were Frank and Jim Con-
ley, a negro roustabout. The girls
body was found In the furnace room
and after. a brief investigation, both
Frank and Conley were arrested. Com
ley declared that Frank killed the gill
and that he helped him to hide the
evidence OF the crime. Sentiment was
SO strong against Frank that It was
considered unsafe to bring him into
the court room when the verdict was
read and on this ground the supreme
court Is asked to set him free.
Naturally. this Il, only q technicality
and has nothing to do with Franks
guilt or innocence. II ID essential,
however. to . legal trial, that the pris.
oner be given all his constitutional
rights. 80 Frank, even II guilty, may
80 free. A. great deal OF sentiment for
Frank has been created since the con.
ytction, but It must be admitted that
the eyfdenea was er,ch fhof = x,ardist
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wnAT WouLp You rAkEf

1FtEf WSS61 I1S EAHE
What would you take for that soft
little head
Pressed close to your face at time
for bed;
For that whits, dimpled hand In your
own held tight.
And the dear little eyelids kissed
down for the night?
What would you take?
What would you take for that smile
In the morn, $3.50
Those bright. dancing eyes and the
face they adorn;
For the sweet little voice that you
hear all day
Laughing aud cooing-yet nothing
to say? h;
What would you take.
What would you take for those pink
little feet;
Those chubby round cheeks, and
that mouth so sweet;
For. the wee tiny fingers and little
soft toes,
The wrinkly little neck and that
funny little nose?
Now, what would you take?
Good housekeeping.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-24
TODAY wa CELEBRATE.
eoo.h Anniversary Of the Founder Of
Williams Coilene,

StttNnes
Williams College, the famous old
institution Of learning at Williams.
town. Mass. Commentaries the name
and fame Of Col. Ephraim williams,
who was born at Newton. Mass. Just
two centuries ago today, February "a,
1715. Unlike most founders OF col.
leges, Ephraim Williams was a sol.
diar instead Of o Clergyman, man OF
war rather than Of peace. In his
youth he was a sailor. but at the age
Of twenty-five he Joined the English
army to serve In \ Canada against the
French. For his services the Com.
monwealth Of Massachusetts, gave
him 200 acres of land on which he
erected Fort Massachusetts. In 1755
when the war with the French was
renewed. Col. Williams led a regi.
ment Of Massachusetts troops to Join
Sir William Johnson, then on his way
to invade Canada. While on the
march Williams made a will, directing
that all his property be used to found
q free school" at Williams Town, on
the land granted to him by the Massa.
chusetts government. While near the
head Of Lake George, Williams was
caught by an ambuscade of French
and Indians. He was shot in the
head, and the wound quickly proved
fatal. Nearly forty years passed be.
fore Williams College was opened to
students under the bequest OF the
soldier. the college having been In.
corporated in 1898. While founded
by fighting man. and non.sectarlan
In control, Williams College has been
noted for the large proportion OF
clergymen and missionaries among its.
graduates. The first foreign mission
airy society In America was launched
in 1906 by Williams students, the plan
having been considered while Ave OF
the students were gathered under a
hay.stack, as refuge from a thunder.
storm. The soldier and collage foun.
der was one OF many members Of the
famous Williams family Of New Eng.
land who gained renown in colonial
days and in the revolution.
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Il is that malks yure he'd look iketthe
bark on a burnt traa ~

II 10 that maiks yure he'd look like the
bark on a burnt tree.
Does 1t look so bad, sed Pa. YOU
ought to see Tommy Edwards. His
he'd It looks feerce.
Then Ma began to laffS e the moar
she LATED the moar Pa got mad. Ha,
Ha, sed Ma, SO you wanted to be d
auburn haired kid saggenn, did you.
Doant you remember the words OF the
graft poet, Ma sed.
Wen lively wommin Stops 20 folly
She dies her hair g that's no folly.
& then TO think OF the nerve Of q
full groan man, Ma sed, Cumming
hoam with thatch that looks like d
sunset in Arizoni. Ha, Ha; Ha, Iia.
suppoas cud hav 1t maid gray
aggeenn, sed Pa, but the barber sed
It wud be long time q a tiresum fob.
] doant cair how long 1t talks, sed
Ma, go ahod & hav It dunS Goodness
knows. sed Ma, ! have a lot to put
up with. Go & GIT yure hair changed
back to silver. &
oyou ought to see Tommy Edwards
sed Pa. His hair is so black now
that he looks like Oald Black Joe OF
unkel Tom. In fac, sed Pa, 1tbeet the
first time he goes into the house his
wife will think that he Is unkelE Ton,
& will go & git whip & say talk
that you black hound.
twud serve him rite, sed Ma.
But you bot all that hair you wair
on yure he'd, sed Pa. AT leest, the
hair that you are making so much
fuss oaver is my own hair. / dident
buy It in staor. But Ma keep s1affing
oil the time q Pa got mad q went
to bed. -
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-24

A'kSh SthkStN'J
Today marks the centenary Of the
death Of Robert Fulton, the American
inventor who built the first success.
full steamboat. and who constructed
the parent ship Of the worlds steam
navles. Fulton was only fifty years
old when he died, having been born
In Little Britain, Pa, In 1865. The
man who reyolutionized navigation
was Of Irish. descent, and bis early
ambition was to become painter.
He went to England to study art un.
der Benjamin West, but. fortunately
for the world, he became interested
in the study Of mechanical sciencs.
and abandoned art. While residing in
Paris Fulton invented q submarine or
plunglng boat, called torpedo" de.
signed to be used in naval warfare.
In this craft Fulton could descend to
any depeth. or float on the surface.
Both France md England refused to
patronize the invention, and Fulton
returned TO America and began con.
structing the Clermont, his first
Steamboat. WI
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-24

The Fast Of Esther. which precedes
the festivities Of Purim, will be OBJ.
served by Hebrews throughout the
world, beginning this evening. The
Feast Of Esther, Purim. also called
the Festival Of Lots. will begin at sun
set next Saturday. Purim was insti-
tuted by Mordecai, in COMMUNICATION
Of the wonderful deliverance OF the
Jews from the destruction with
which they. were threatened by Ha.
man. On these festival days the book
OF Esther is read in the synagogues,
presents are exchanged, and gifts are
sent to the poor.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-24
ToDAY's' BIRTHDAY PARTY.
BY o. Terence.
!. Arthur Pearson, Friend Of Il
Slghttess, ~ Today.


slghtIess, 40 Today.
Cyril Arthur Pearson. once one of
the greatest powers OF British jour
nalism and latterly the leader OF q
worldwide movement for the benefit
Of the blind. was born at Wookey, Eng,
forty.nine years ago today, the son OF
a Clergyman. After forced to retire
because Of failing eyesight, which a.
nally left him almost entirely blind.
He began his journalistic career on
the staff OF Sir George Newnes, and
rose to the position Of manager. which
he held for four years. He then start.
ed In business for himself, and built
up. some OF the greatest newspapers
and periodical successes in the his.
tory Of British journalism. Deprived
Of his sight, Mr.. Pearson realized the
sad plight Of thousands so afflicted
who had not even the consolation OF
wealth and the comparative comforts
1t brings. People talk about the
compensations Of blindness" he told
an Interviewer, .but take Il from me
that there are none. Although de-
prived Of sight. Mr.. Pearson had lost
none Of those forceful qualities which
enabled him to win success IN journal.
ism. and In behalf Of the blind he or
gani.ed one Of the greatest fund-coi-
lecting campaigns in the history OF or
ganized charity. The movement
launched last year had assumed great
proportions whom the war, temporarily
collapsed ali other interests. 1t, was
Mr.. Pearson who induced King George
to make his worldwide Marconi wire.
less appeals to ships at sea, asking help
for the blind. The campaign had As
its initial purpose the completion or
the new buildings for the NationaI
Home for the Blind ID England, but
It soon outgrew It's original scope and
became worldwide IN extent. The
printing OF books ID raised Braills
type for the blind then becarie the
objective OF the moyeme nt, and many
volumes of literature not before ayaiIs
able we're added to the list Of such
works.
England had neysr witnessed such
Q remarkable money.raising campaign
~ Tat ensiaeereA b. tbs blipd pub
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sister of the Duchess Of Albany. She
gave the King a daughter. who mar.
ried Prince Friedrich of Wled. She
died in 1889, and four years later
King Wilhelm married Princess
Charlotte OF schaumburg:L ippe. BY
whom lie had no children. In the ab.
sence OF male descendants OF the
King, the heir:presumptiye 10 q dis.
tant kinsman. Duke Albert, now fltty
years old. Duke Albert married 4
niece of the Emperor of Austria, and
has three sons. all soldiers.
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THE PREACHERS AND THE CHAR.
TER.

The West virginian has no quarrel
with the ministers fof Fairmont, We
tannot get along without the churches
aud the churches would be without In.
1tence 4 their preachers were to be
lscredited before the public. The
West Vireinian has always stood for
very good cause or crusade advanced
'r advocated BY the ministers iof Fair.
mont, and they know It, and Swhether
:hese presehsss stand with the Wort