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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-02

TOXIC. Jan. 2-In It's denial OF
reports that Japanese troops had been
landed at vladlvostok or any other
place en- route 20 Europe, the foreign
office included this:
Japan has not been approached by
Great Britain or any other country to
send an army TO Europe"
II Is learned from other sources
that France and probably Russia are
favorable to the project OF sending
japanese troops to Europe. but that
England hesitates to ask for Japan's
help. The financial phase OF the mat
ter, Il Il said. could be arranged. br
the economic and political questions
involved are difficult.
Meantime, frequent meetings are
called I'm Toxic by partisans OF the
project TO awaken public enthusiasm
In this direction, and there is an ae-
tive discussion I'm the newspapers sup
porting the plan 20 dispatch Yolun-
teers. II Is said the assistance OF
Count Okuma, the premier has been
solicited by supporters Of the project
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-02

(By Beau Rialto. written for the Uni
ted Press
NEW YORK. Jan. First aid {
the beginner in playwriting VIII D.
given today. and as long as the ex
pertinent proves successful. by OH
yer Morosco. the producing manager
The plan. announced through the 10
cal offices OF the manager. is 10 %
tried out with Los Angeles as the TAR
get for the bombardment Of manu-
scripts. A chief OF staff with large
corps of assistants will read all the
PLAYS that are submitted TO this play
reading bureau and previous con
dition Of servitude in the ranks OF the
dramatists will positively not be con
sidered in the estimation OF the plays
value
For the benefit OF those who have
written delightful little comedies and
thrilling dramas which have come
back-when the postage was enclosed
the following directions. rules ana
regulations are set down;
First:-All play manuscripts are
to be plainly addressed TO the Bur
bank Theater. Los Angeles. CAL IN
care OF the Play Reading Depart
ment.
second:-Plays will be accepted
from all parts OF the world and all
PLAYS win receive like attention and
consideration. regardless OF whether
the author is well known or Is suo-
mitting his or her first attempt at
play writing.
Third:-Plays from New York Will
be read and returned TO the author
within a period OF three weeks from
the time they leave their author $
hands. from Chicago, two weeks
from Los Angeles. one week. and from
other cities in time proportionate TO
the distance from Los Angeles.
Fourth:-Every play II returned
win be accompanied by an honest
professional criticism. There will be
no perfunctory notes OF regret that
fail 20 give the author any idea Of the
worth OF his play. II acceptable, the
author will be notified at once. II
not acceptable, the manuscript VIII
be returned Immediately with a cri-
ticism attached and a synopsis of the
story 10 show that 1t has been read
ana thoroughly digested. This synop-
SIS feature will also protect authors
against the possible confiscation of
ideas. A duplicate OF the criticism
and synopsis OF each play will be filed
i'm the Morosco Play Reading Depart
ment. and IL at any time in the future
a play appears which suggests Tor
mer manuscript the author will have
his synopsis at hand TO adjust any
legal tangles.
The author Is TO pay the eNpressage
on his manuscript TO and from the
Burbank Theater. While the play Is
IN the hands OF the Play Reading De-
partment. Morosco will have an op-
lion upon IL, this option expiring
when the play is returned, II not ac-
,eptable.
Suppose now that the play is ac-
,epted. what then? All, yes that is
he best OF all. Morosco then will
END you a check or money order or
however he sends out his money for
800. This is the advance royalty I
When the play is produced the dram
itlst win get five per cent on the
gross weekly receipts Of the first
$500: seven and one half per cent
m the next 5000 and ten per cent of
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-02
Especial Correspondence (,

ECHO. Ore. Jan. 2.-The annual
fireman's ball given here on New
Years eve was enjoyed by many Mu-
sc was furnished BY the Echo or.
chestra All present report a pleasant
time
Mrs. Wade OF ElgIn. Ore. spent
Tuesday In Echo. on her return
home she was accompanied by her
brother. W. B. Loughary ana his five
motherless children. The Lougharys
will make thir home at Eigin.
Mrs. S. J. Stearns. accompanied by
her son Norman. Is here spending the
holidays with her husband. 8 J.
stearns. the o-W r. a n. Co.'S night
telegraph operator They will return
on Monday TO Pendleton where Mast
or Norman is attending school
Mrs. VIII Neil OF Portland. return
ed home Thursday. She has been Wis
iting the past week with her parents
Mr. and Mrs. l. A. Thornton.
Mrs. E. A Greiner Is home from
Spokane where she spent Christmas
with her parents. Mr. and Mrs VIM.
Robinson.
7. G.. Smith was a business visitor
at the county seat on Thursday.
Miss Zena Houser left this morn
ing for lone. near which place she II
teaching school
o. K. Nudge spent the holidays
here with her parents and has re-
turned TO Union where he Is in the
employ OF the O.-W. r. & N. Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-02
~ WIILIAM PHILIP sIMMsl )

q
Omitted Press staff Correspondent
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY Al
THE FRONT. Nov. 25.-(By Mall "a
New York AFTER talking with off
GERS here who took part In the fight
ing and who have since made an ex-
haustive study Of the situation. am
now able to throw additional light on
the mystery Of August" that period
OF the war leading up to the battle
OF the Marne and about which prac-
ticalIy nothing thus far has been
made public.
The official communlquer during
August were short and contained no
details All that the world knew was
that fierce fighting was In progress;
that the French and English armies
were In retreat: that Paris was in
gloom. with most OF her lights out,
her population fleeing southwark and
the government preparing to move 10
Bordeaux. Just what was going on
at the front the public did not know.
Rumor had IT, towards the first Of
September that the Germans were in
the Paris suburbs. and the exodus was
increased. railway stations were pack
ed and many people with first class
tickets we're glad TO find plank seats
in freight cars bound for the south.
At this precise moment, without
the public knowing II. the tide had
turned; the Germans had abandoned
Paris as their objective; General Jof-
fre had outplayed Generals Won
Kluck and Won Bulow and set the
stage for the Germans check and
retreat.
II now appears certain that General
Joffre deliberately led the Germans
into believing his Amy definitely
beaten and the British expeditionary
forces completely done for. letting
them think all they had to do was
to let Paris go for the moment. fol-
low up the French and English and
crush them for good and all. over
confident, the Germans were caught
off their guard. Just as Joffre expect
ed they would be and as he Is believ-
ed to have planned and the so called
Battle OF the Marne ended in a VIC
tory for the allies and the consequent
saving Of the capital
How did Joffre lead up to his vic
tory? BY refusing TO play the grand
stand: by attending to his Job regard
less OF what the public might think.
The French commander in chief de-
cided to retire the bulk Of his forces
east OF Paris TO positions south of
the Marne and the Ornian and there
prepare his offensive. On the first
Of September this movement was well
under way and. so far as can gath
er. It was the rapidity Of this move
ment which fooled the German ar
mics to all intents routed.
From this supposed definite retreat
OF the allies, the German command
ers took to their cue. They had two
alternatives before them: Either they
would have to pursue the allies with
the bulk OF their armies, in the mo-
ment neglecting Paris or else let the
allies go and take Paris. result ap-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-02
Stories From the War Zone

parently ardently desired both from
military and political points OF view
II they chose the first course, thel
risked development in a country cuI
by numerous water courses-Marne
Grand NORM. Petit NORM, etc.-bul
II they chose the second such a vast
number OF troops would be necessary
that elsewhere their lines would be
80 weakened that an offensive by the
allies might prove disastrous.
So they chose the first course. since
apparently the allies were practically
defeated. determining 20 pursue them
and annihilate both French and Eng
lish. Thus came 10 be fought the
Battle Of the Marne which was not
really the Battle OF the Marne. but OF
five or six other rivers as we'll.
The battle commenced around Sep
tember 5. The danger OF the envelop-
ing movement probably forseen By
the Germans but discounted because
they thought the allies definitely in
retreat and incapable Of serious fight
ing. at once because apparent The
French and English pressed in from
the west making a pocket the bottom
OF which was in the region Of Coul-
ommiers. Courtacon and Esternay
and here Generals Foch, d'Esperey
and others resuming the offensive.
began their smashing blows. The rest
OF the story Is known. The Germans
retreated precipitatously leaving be-
hind considerable material. The
French praise the German command
ers for escaping at all. Under less
able commanders. the French say.
they could not have extricated their
armies. so well prepared were the
plans OF General Joffre.
Among military men, foreign as
well as French. General Joffre Is re-
garded as a fox for strategy and ut
terly free from pose. These two quail
tiles. they say, permit him to plan
his movements carefully and without
an eve to the bleachers or an ear
to public opinion. He fights for
France instead Of for his own glory.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-02
OPEN N0STRILS! END
A COLD OR CATARRH
How To Get Relief When Head
and Nose are Stuffed Up.

Count fiftyl Your cold in head or
catarrh disappears, Your clogged
nostrils will open. the air passages OF
your head will clear and you can
breathe freely. No more snuffllng.
hawking. mucous discharge. dryness
or headache: no struggling for breath
at night.
Get small bottle OF Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist and apply
a little OF this fragrant antlseptic
cream in your nostrils. II penetrates
through every air passage OF the
head, soothing and healing the swol-
len or inflamed mucous membrane.
giving you instant relief. Head
colds and catarrh yield like magic
Don't stay stuffed-up and miserable.
Relief is sure.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-02
4 Moire Dame Lady's Appeal

To all knowing sufferers Of rheumatism.
whether muscular or Of the joints. selaticn.
lumbagos, baekache. pain In the Kidneys or
BeurslEia palns. % Writs 70 her for Q hone
treatment which has repeatedly cured all
send Il 70 all sufferers FREE You cure
yourself at home a. thousands will testify
no change Of climate being necessary.
This simple discovery banishes uric acid
from the blood. loosens the stiffened joints.
giving elasticity and tone to the whole sys-
TEN II the above interests you, for proof
address
Mrs II. Summers. Boz R. Notre Dame. IND.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-02
Germany Denies Report.

BERLIN, Jan. among the items
given out for publication by the Off
cial press bureau was the following:
THE North German Gazette says
the allegation contained in the Morn
ing Post Ga London newspaper) that
IL was intended TO make Emperor
Williams son. Prince Eitel Frieder-
ich. king OF Hungary. is an untruth." ="
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-02
Veterans Fares Asked.

SALEM. Ore. Jan. 2-The Oregon
Washington Railroad and Navigation
company filed with the secretary OF
state for presentation to the legisla-
ture statement for s355s.70 balance
for transporting veterans OF the civil
war TO the Gettysburg reunion. A
large number OF veterans OF this state
attended the reunion than the leg
islature anticipated and the fund was
inadequate.
The railroad however. agreed TO
transport all veterans who desired TO
80 TO Gettysburg. believing IL would
be reimbursed by the legislature.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-02
Danish steamer Is sunk.

LONDON. Jan. 2.-The Danish
steamer II. C. Holm, from Savannah.
December 1, for Christiania, laden
with cotton. struck a mine off Flam-
borough Head, England. and sank Is
minutes later. All members OF the
crew got away in ifeboats They mar
rowly escaped injury from fragments
OF the mine casing.
Flamborough Head is on the North
Sea in the county OF York. II was
off her in 1879 that Paul Jones won
his most famous naval victory.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-02
Church Of the Redecmer

Sunday school at 10 a. m: divine
service with a celebration of the holy
communion and litany. There will
be no evening service. Mrs. ]. r.
Dickson Will be the soloist. All are
cordially invited. Rev. Charles ouin.
ney. pastor.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-02
First Christian.

Main and Jackson streets. Tolber,
+. Weaver. minister. Bible school,
sl5 a. m. Christian Endeavor, $50
p m: preaching IL a. m. and 1880 p.
m. The morning sermon will be a
New Years sermon. The evening
subject will be. "The Relation OF the
Bible Story OF Creation to Science
A discussion OF the first chapter of
Genesis. Special music at both ser
vices
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-02

Corner Z. Webb and Johnson
streets. Services Sunday, IL a. m. and
p. m. Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Subject OF lesson sermon. God
Wednesday, p. m. The reading
room at the church open daily. ex-
cept Sunday. from until 4 p. m.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-02
PNAbYtGiAn.

Sunday school at 10 a. m: morn
ing service at IL; Christian Endeavor
at $40. Subject. who Is On the
Lords Side" Matt l0:32 to 80.
Leader. w. P. Evans. Evening SER
vice at 1870. DIR. w. II Bleakney
will preach both morning and even
ing
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-02

The young man who doesn't have
the girls name engraved In the ring
may be wise. but he'd be unpleasant
to live with.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-02
Services
at Local
Churches
RaDuat.

Bible school 10 a. m. Preaching II
A. NJ. text Keep thy Heart with all
diligence. for out OF It are the issues
OF hfe." B. Y. p. u. ESQ p. IN.
Preaching 73O p. m. e. r. Cleaven-
yer. pastor.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-02

Russia may not have peace but a
vodkaless Christmas should bring II
many blessings.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-02
.FIREMEN HOLD DANCE
At ECHO NEW YEARS
EVE; PROVES SUCCESS
MANY ATTEND FUNCTION-ECHO
ORCHESTRA FURNISHES
THE MUSIC

Visitors Returning To Their Homes
Affer tho Holidays Teacher
Leaves for lone TO Take Up Duties
Other Personal Notes OF Echo
and Vicinity.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-02
GIRL TELLS HOW TO
LIVE ON SALARY OF
SIX DOLLARS A WEEK
SOME BUY SUITS WITH LUNCHES
AND OTHERS DEPEND ON
MEN FRIENDS.

Result Is Mere Existence Declares
One Who Knows As She TestlTIes
Before Factory InvestigatlOn-Get-
ting Meals Il Most Troublesome
Problem 10 Meet.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-02

Some people spend so much time
confessing their faults that they have
not time TO correct them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-02

New manager OF the Chicago Cubs
who is endeayoring TO close a deal
with Manager Herzog OF the Cincin.
rau Club whereby Helule Groh. IN,
speedy little Cincinnati second base
man. Will become a member Of m,
Cubs.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-29
FARMERS WANT RURAL CREDITS

The National Council of Farmers
Co-Operative Associations has joined
with the general committee of the
National Conference on Marketins g
and Farm credits In the conference
which opened here today. The pur-
pose of the conference Is to discuss
matters of vital Importance to farm
ers. Legislation will be framed for
submission to Congress, intended to
provide adequate banking accommo-
daticns for farmers, to stimulate the
movement for dardization of
farm products for purposes of distri-
button and to promote the organiza-
tion rf agriculture along lines which
will develop the business side of
this fundamental industry. Every
section of the United States is rep
resented by farmers, bankers and
economists. Methods of combating
the foot and mouth disease among
cattle will also be discussed.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-29
MILITARY ACTIVITY NOW
'''1iNiE CENfERS AROUND Mon N0NAST|R
WOMEN TO REPLACE MEN
IN ENGLAND'S GOVT. SERVICE

London, Nov. Women are to
take the place of 10000 clerks en-
ployed by the government, who will
be released for active service. Pre-
ference will be given to the wives
and sisters of the recruits in fillin g
the vacancies. There are over S00,-
900 government clerks employed in
England and Wales alone who are
of military age, but part of them are
physically unfit for the army and
others have a specialized knowledge
Of their work that makes them in
valuable in their departments.
The women clerks, after short
training course, will receive the
wages of the men whose places they
take. Glasses for training in short
hand, typewriting, bookkeeping and
clerical methods have already been
formed in London, Manchester and
other cities.
Wounded soldiers and sailors dis
charged as unfit for further services
are also preparing themselves for
work as government clerks in large
numbers.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-29
THOUSANDS Of POLES ARE SUFFERING FOR
LACK OF FOOD; Many lit FROM hi MIR
(By Associated rress.)

Warsaw, Nov. 9.-Hundreds of
thousands of the civil population of
Poland are suffering for the want of
fooG. Prominent Poles say that
Wholesale relief measures must come
or there will be thousands of deaths
from starvation. A considerable per
centage Of the Poles are homeless
and living in huts, caves or aban-
doncd trenches. Such -four as is on
hand is being distributed by the Ger
man card system. Some Poles are GO
ing to Germany where employment
awaits them, but majority remain.
Thousands already are dead from
starvation and disease superinduced
by hunger. The country districts
are barren waste. In the Warsaw
governmental district alone the Rus
slams burned four thousand villages
in their retreat.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-29
TRY GURLEY FLYNN
ON OLD INDICTMENT

Paterson, N. j., Nov. 30. This
city IS stirred as it has not been since
the labor fi2ht of few years ago,
over the trial of Elizabeth Gurley
Flynn. which begins today in the
circuit court before Judge Abram
Klenert The trial grows out of an
indictment found against the | WI.
w. agitator, by the grand jury in
April, 1913, CHARGING her with ad-
vocatihg the personal injury of GER
tain residents of Paterson Miss
Glynn was arrested few weeks ago
when she came to this city to make
speech in the interest of the work
ers in the silk mills. Miss Flynn was
tried by a foreign jury on the same
Indictment in June, 1918, and the
trial resulted in disagreement
She will be tried again by foreign
jury
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-29
MORE SUICIDES IN U. S.
THAN SINCE 1909

New York, Nov. 29-The proper
tion of suicides to population in 100
cities In this country was higher
than for any year since 1909. ac-
cording to F. L. Hoffman. statistican
for the Prudential Insurance Conn
many. Mr.. Hoffmau's report shows
that 1882 persons killed themselves.
This is at the rate of 20.3 for each
100. Gao of population. San Fran
cisco heads this list with 234
suicides and a rate of 52.4, while
San Diego, Sacramento, Los Angeles
and Oakland follow. In all these
cities, Mr.. Hoffman reports the rate
for 1914 was in excess of that for
the previous ten years.
The New York boroughs of Man
haitian and the Bronx. with 61S sui
cides. have a rate Of 20.2, while
Brooklyn's rate is 12.6. Figures for
the entire city are not recorded. The
low rate here is attributed in part
to the law prohibiting the carrying
of fire arms. Mr.. Hoffman says that
the laws governing the sale of poi
son seem not to be properly enforced
in mary communities.
Three times as many men as wom-
en- commit suicide. the figures show.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-29
GREAT MUSIC MASTERS
PLAYED IN LIVERPOOL MOVIES

Liverpool, Nov. 20 Beethoven
in Il moving picture theater is no un-
common thing in Liverpool. In the
best movies, Beethoven is not only
heard often. but is far from being
alone, Wagner, Schubert and others
of the great masters are played as
we'll. 1t is not because the owners
are trying to educate the public, but
because the class of music Is popular
in its best sense, and after coming
to know it the public does not care
for the inferior popular music. One
music lover reports hearing move
ments from Beethoven's fifth SYM
phony, pastoral and moonlight So
natas. selections from the Wagnerian
operas including Parsifal and Iris
tan. from Schubert's unfinished SYM
phony, bits from Tristan and Haydn
and such modern works as Tschai-
kowsk VS. ca Sc noisette suite, Griegs
Peer Gynt, Sibelius's Finlandia and
the like, all performed on orchestras
of from six to eight players. Yet in
the early days of the film theater the
only music was a succession or
tunes, such as were whistled on the
streets, played by an expressionless
pianist.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-29
EFFECT OF THE WAR
ON SOLDIERS
(By Associated Press)

| Potrograd. Nov. 29-The effect of
the war on the common soldiers and
their families in the villages has
beer studied and reported to the
Imperial Geographic Society by /. l..
IrIvanoff. on the basis of letters that
have passed through his hands. Mr..
Ulyanoff examined fourteen letters
written about the same time from the
Dyinsk front and an equal number
of letters written from village in
The northern province of Perm. Of
course there was no selection.
Without exception all of the village
Ietter-writers declared the war had
to he fought to a victorious conclus-
ion. no matter what the cost to the
county or to themselves.
Tho soldiers writing from the
front. safe on the eve of battle, ex-
pressed unfaltering confidence In
the final outcome, whether they
should live to see it or not. But
what was more striking was that
practically all the soldier letter.
writers had obviously undergone, in
their lonely watches or in their quiet
trerch conversations, moral expert
ences that Mr., Ulyanoff character
izeG as conversions. They expressed
the intention. if spared, to live ac-
cord)ng to the dictates of their con-
sciences. Some spoke of VOWS by
themselves and by companions not
10 fall in future into the errors OF
their past, to be sober and ihous-
trious. gentle and kind.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-29
STATUE OF EROS
DISCOVERED BY FRENCH

Athens, Nov. 20 "A mutilated
statue of Eros, discovered by French
troops in the course of trench dig
ging exercises on the island of Lem
nos, may prove to be find of great
archaeological Importance. The statue
was uncovered on the site of the an
cient town of 'Haephestia, which
onca boasted 10000 inhabitants,
and the condition of the statue Is
said to give conclusive evidence that
the city was destroyed by terrible
earthquake and not by an invader.
as had heretofore been thought
likely.