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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-15
A Cnre for Sonr stonnach.

Mrs. VIM. NJ. Thompson OF Battle
Creek, Mich, writes: Il have beer
troubled with indigestion, sour stom-
ach and bad breath. After taking
two bottles of Chamberlain's Tablets
am we'll These tablets are splen-
did-none better" For sale BY al
dealers.-Adv.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-15

bushels May bluestem, 81 81; 5000
bushels May red Russian, &123
spot oats bids were unchanged
with no sales with spot barley bids
Z5c a ton lower no sales.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-15

AUCTION SALES-THE EAST OR
egonlan makes a specially of auc'
ton sale bills, cards and advertising
We can furnish auctloneer. clerk and
advertising complete that viii assure
you Of having a successful sale.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-15
Cattle Market Is Qniet.

With only limited arrivals in that
division of the North Portland yards
overnight cattle were rather quiet
for the day Generally speaking
there was no change in the price from
that shown the first two days.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-15
AUCTIONEERs.
MISCELLANEOUS.

wANTED-PARTY WILL PAY Cash
or give trade for Umatilla county
farm. $40 to $50 per acre. Address
Boz II. Athena. Ore.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-15
CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY
FUNERAL DIRECTORS.

JOHN S. BAKER, FUNERAL DI-
rector and licensed embalmer. op'
posite postoffice. Funeral parlor two
funeral cars Calls responded to day
or night. Phone 75.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-15

j. T. BROWNS FURNITURE STORE
Funeral director and licensed en-
balmer. Most modern funeral parlor,
morgue and funeral cars, Calls re-
sponded to day or night. Corner
Main and Water streets Telephone 63.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-15
INSURANCE AND LAND BUSINESS

HARTMAN ABSTRACT CO., MAKES
reliable abstracts of title to all
lands in Umatilla county. Loans on
city and farm property. Buys and
sells all kinds Of real estate. Does
general brokerage business. Pays
taxes and makes investments for non.
residents. Writes fire, life and aoci-
dent insurance. References. any bank
in Pendleton.
JAMES JOHNS. Pres
C. H. MARSH, Sec.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-15
MISCELLANEOUS.

ENGRAVED CARDS, INVITATIONS
wedding announcements. embossed
private and business stationery, etc
Very latest styles. Call at East ore
gonlan office and see sample.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-15
Synopsis Of the Annual Statement Of the
Aetna Insurance Company

Aetna insurance Company
Of Hartford in the state Of Connecticut. on
the 3ist day Of December. 1914 made TO the
Insurance commissioner Of the state Of ore
gon, pursuant 10 law;
CAPITAL.
Amount OF capital paid uD......s 5.000. 10000
INCOME.
Net premiums received during
lhe ear .....-..-s--.... SO, SIG, 1852
Interest dividends. and rents re-
ceiVed during the yesr........ 9l3. 243O9
Income from other sources re-
ceiVed during the year........ 43, 3,2Si.6O
Total income ............., .sIl, 772.9TI.si
DISBURSEMENTS.
Net losses paid during the years 3. 500 BASS
DIVIDENDS paid during the year
on capital stock ............. 900. 10000
Commissions and salaries paid
during the year ....... 2. .Sa4 T45s4
Taxes, licenses. and fees paid
during the year ........... 414ST434
Amount Of all other expenditures Tl0.S92B Is
Total expenditures .......... IO,si2 s27.ls
ASSETS.
Value Of real estate owned
market vauel ...........e 4lOO00OO
Value Of stocks and bonds owned
market vaiuel -. IN. 1889 ssos7
Sash In banks and on hand. 1913 SIS 80
Premiums In course Of collection
written since September 30.
l9l4 ..--........-...,,..--.. ] 96S. .522. -
Interest and rents due and ac-
cfued -..............-......-.. -l02.91l.S1
Total assets ..............S2 S23. 400 526 90
Total assets admitted in Ore
koh. ....--..+ ...--....-..-. 81, ,400. 26ga
LIABILITIES.
Gross claims FOR losses unpaid ], ,02T 654 70
Amount ef uHearned premiums on
all outstanding risks. ,........ ESQ 1884
All other liabilities ............ SS4 1O9. .96
Total liabilities evcInstva ~
capital stock Of S5UOOQO0. d. Sll, 1872 0TS 90
Total premiums IN force De-
eember 81. 1914 .......... SIS 55T, ,l2O.5l
BUSINESS IN OREGON FoR THE YEAR
Total risks written during the
year ...............,........ 6,515, $1,000
Gruss premiums received during
the. year ....-............... SI.59S.O5
Premiums returned during the
year ......-............... 1T,4O6.ST
Losses paid during the year.. 42.9Ol 30
Losses incurred during the year. Al, ,Q62. y
Total amount Of risks out
standing il Oregon December
ol, 1914 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Sis, SO. OS
Aetna Insurance Company
By WM. r. CLARK, President.
statutory resident general agent and attorney
tsF service +. NckERCHER.
HARTMAN ABSTRACT co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-15
HOG Marset rs steady.

IfOg MHFAtI Is oIVdUY.
While leading killers were not of
fering above $3.50 for what stuff
came forward to the North Portland
yards today, market for hogs was
considered steady, with a small am
cunt of trade available as high as
1886 If extreme quality was in sight
There was only a very limited run
of swine in the local yards over night
and these generally were of only
fair quality
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-15

Hogs-Frank Flegoe, Willbridge, 1
load.
Cattle-George Dixon, Terrebonne,
2 loads.
sheep-C. W. Gibson. Halsey,
loads; w c. Bridges Oakland.
loads.
Mixed stuff-W. H. McMahan, Hal.
sey, load cattle, calves, hogs and
sheep.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-04-15

Of Hartford, in the state Of Connecticut on
the 3ist day Of December. 1914. made 70 the
Insurance commissioner Of the state OF Ore
gon, pursuant 10 law;
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-09

COMMISSIONER MILLS APPEARS TO BE
ONE OF OUR MOST ASSIDuOUsLY ACTIVE
OFFICIALS.
IN FACT, HE SEEMS QUITE WORTHY OF
THE TIME-HONORED CHARACTERIZATION
"INDEFATIGUABLE."
HE EARNS THIS DISTINCTION THROUGH
HIS ENTERPRISE IN FRAMING AN ANTI
JITNEY BUS ORDINANCE.
While the legislature was debating a bill
giving cities the right to regulate auto buses,
and now while the governor is considering the
propriety of signing the measure, Mills works,
even though it be weeks before the bill. II aI'-
proved, can he effective.
According to his faithful chronicler in one OF
the corporation dominated papers, Mill is going
to make a good job of his ordinance.
He is quoted thus:
"Whether or not shall require that all jit-
ney bus drivers take an examination have not
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BY the senate. which Is expected
today. and the signature OF the
governor.
Fairly TANNED Through.
Senate bill SOL. passed in the
same method, provi Nes that IL q
city or private individual shall de-
sire to enter the street car, light
ing or other public utility busi-
ness, he must first show the pub
lie service commission Of the state
that the service he proposes to
give Is necessary" II service
already given by the company In
the field is considered satisfae-
tory by the commission. he--or
the city--cannot enter the field.
Together" said Wiley of Spo-
kane, these two measures hand
over the cities to the traction
interests"
Senate bill 800 was put IN its
final form by Representative John
X. Wilson of Seattle. When tina
time for the special order Of bust
ness Of this measure came, he
arose and proposed an amend
ment which struck everything aft
er the enacting clause. The bill
was on second reading.
No Chance For Perusal.
His amendment had not been
passed among the members. AS
It was read, none of the members
had II to read, so as to check on
the reading clerk or to understand
1t better. Practically, 1t was
new bill which the members had
not the opportunity to read.
Roth OF Whatcom moved as an
amendment that the people be
reserved the right to vote on fran
chises, as under the Wilson
amendment this power is reserved
solely to the legislative body or
the city-which. under a supreme
court decision, is the council. De-
bate was cut off, and II was lost.
How TacomaBs Voted.
McArdle then moved that the
rules be suspended. and the bill
be placed on final passage. This
was carried. A brief speech for
the measure by James ii. Davis Of
Tacoma followed. He said he had
been manager of a street car coru-
pany himself, and had had SO
much trouble In renewing fran
chises that he certainly favored
those which did not neew renew
ing.
A dozen men rose to their feet
to reply. Speaker Conner instead
recognized McArdle OF Jefferson
who moved the previous question.
This was declared carried.
The vote Of the Pierce county
delegation was:
Aye--Davis, GiIkey. Haw-
th0rne, SchIh, Young.
No--Croft, Hcinly, Guy n.
Kelly.
BARLOW and McQuesten alb
sent.
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BOY OF 10 LIVES WITH BULLET
IN BRAIN; REFUSES TO "PEACH"|

ed to the hospital. He walked in
to the institution. but when just
inside his strength failed him and
he had to be carried. X-ray pho
tographs revealed the location OF
the bullet slightly to the right of
the center of the brain.
~ know he didn't mean
to hurt me-" said the boy.
II wouldn't ever have told
ON Al IL the doctor didn't
find the blood"
Physicians all over the country
are Interested and have telegraph
ed for the latest Developments, A Il
Kenosha is Interested, too. and
Stephen has more visitors than he
can entertain.
Pleads For Albert.
The little brother who did II
came to the hospital. The two
laughed and talked together.
When Albert wept the elder
looked around In challenge.
''He didn't mean to hurt
me. He's my best pal. And,
besides, he's just a little kid.
Don't do nothing to him." he
cried, fearing more for Al
bert than himself.
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+ orts at
Smyrna
Falling

LONDON, March s.-smyrna is
about to fall.
This is the word brought here
today by dispatches from Athens.
They declared that only three bat
teries of the principal Asiatlc port
of Turkey are replying to. the fire
of the British warships. which
have been bombarding the, city
since Saturday.
A veritable rain of shells Is
pouring into the forts on both
sides of the Dardanelles, At the
rate of one a minute the projec-
tiles are falling from the guns of
the Anglo-British fleet. Aero
planes are dropping bombs on the
smaller batteries.
As soon as the Smyrna forts are
levelled. marines will be landed
and the city will be seized, furn-
ishing the allies valuable base
of operations.
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decided. The ordinance will require that the
jitneys adhere TO set routes and operate ON
regular schedule and give good service. There
will be no crowding allowed."s
Fine, Mr.. Mills, very fine!
You are certainly an alert official,
Now, Of course, soon as this Is out of the
way you will draft a similar ordinance to cover
the street cars. Ii also Is needed, for AS yet
the electric railway carries quite many pas
sengers as the jitneys.
IN THIS SECOND MEASURE PROVIDE
THAT THE Il. X. 4 T.. ALSO OPERATE ON
REGULAR SCHEDULES AND GIVE GOOD
SERVICE AND ELIMINATE CROWDING. 1T
is NOT BEING DONE NOW. AND If YOU
MOTORMEN, WELL AND GOOD.
You certainly have the right idea, Mr.. Mills.
Everybody will be with you.
You are faithful, industrious, up-to-the-
minute public servant.
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is a little boy who is not only
alive after several days, but be-
yond the slight drowsiness shows
no Ill effects.
Doctor Puzzled.
1t was when Stephen wanted to
sleep and wouldn't get up on the
morning of the third day that tho
physician was called. He couldn I
find the slightest thing the mat
ter with the boy.
Then the doctor happened to
run lis hand over the lads head
and found II covered with blood.
His exclamation brought sobs
from Albert, and Stephen started
to cry, too. Then he told his
story:
The boys were alone IN the
house. Albert got his faith
er's revolver, held It against
Stephens head and pulled
the trigger. Stephen was
knocked over, hut soon got
to his feet and stayed the
blood with towels. Then they
hid the towels and swore to
say nothing about It.
Stephen walked out to the dos-
tors automobile and was whisk-
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WarSflipS
AreOffT To
Mexico,

WASHINGTON, d. c.. March
1.-Two more American battle
ships we're ordered to go to Vera
Cruz today by Secretary of Navy
Daniels.
The situation in the Mexican
capital is considered critical.
Fears that Gen. Carranza's atti-
tude towards the inhabitants of
Mexico City might result In riot
ing caused Secretary Daniels to
instruct Admiral Fletcher to send
ships.
The suggestion has reached
Gen. Villa, chief opponent of the
Carranza regime, that the occupa-
ton of Mexico City by troops, UNI
der Gen. Zapata, would be pleas
ing to the United States, should
the Carranzistas abandon the
capital.
The Zapatistas are nearby and
could reach the city in few
hours In nemergency.
High government officials de-
clared that the dispatch of war
ships did not necessarily mean
armed Intervention and that such
move is not yet considered.
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POLICEMAN SAVES
DEMENTEDWOMA

darkness, he saw a woman In he.
night-clothes hanging out of n
third-floor window, a fancy para
sol opened In her hands. Tnt
woman was screaming.
Ready To Pump.
The officer ran upstairs in the
rooming house and broke through
the door of her room. AS he en-
tered, the woman slid forward
and was about to jump with her
parasol-parachute. Hines grabbed
her and dragged her back.
Worry over inability to find
work is believed to have caused
her to become temporarily un-
balanced.
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BY J. BRADLEY SWOLLEN.


KENOSHA, Wis, March 8. -
"Y'see he's just kid. coulda't
tell on a kid and see him get a
spanking"
And that is why little Stephen
Stec, age 10 years, carried q re-
volver bullet in his brain for AS
hours--it Is still there-without
saying word about 1t.
AS the lad, propped up on pill
lows in the Kenosha hospital, ut
tered these words he smiled and
looked slyly at his mother.
by all rights OF precedent
stephen Stec, the boy who
wouldn't tell ON his kid
brother, should be dead and
buried, another victim of the
ceBtury-old tragedy of a
child and firearms.
DR.. Joseph N. Palt is confident
now that the boy will recover. But
he will carry the bullet in his
brain the rest of his life.
THE case is the strangest 1
have ever seen." said the physi-
clan. Usually a man shot in the
brain is killed instantly. But here
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-09
Opium Coming

SAN FRANCISCO, March o.
Eight thousand tins of opium,
valued at 1000, has been
shipped from China to an un-
named Mexican port for eventual
transportation across the border
into fthis country, according to
adyices received today. Great
secrecy surrounds the reports on
which local officers are working.
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state while on the states payroll.
Rep. Frank Reeves, demo-
cratic leader, proposed an
amendment that "all stu
dents should be taught care
fully and persistently the in
EQUITY OF all political princi-
pies except those exemplified
by the majority of this house
of the legislature"
President Landes declared to-
day in discussing the matter, IF
any promise was made by any
university regent to legislators
that socialistic members of the
faculty would be dismissed 1t was
done without my knowledge. II
might have been done secretly.
The university does not care to
accept money, II 1t must take it
with such string as this tied to
it."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-09
Old Steamer Is
Alaskan Wreck

SEATTLE. March 9.---The Po-
lotofski, first steam vessel ever
built in Alaska, which was con-
structed by the Russian govern
ment in 1856 as gunboat and
turned over to the United States
government when Alaska was
sold, is reported to have been
crushed yesterday afternoon in
the ice floes near st. Michael.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-09
Smother Debate:
Jam Bills 800
and 301 TllrOuQll

OLYMPIA, March Sem
ate bills 800 and sol, which
give unprecedented privileges
to the traction and public
utilities interests Of the state,
were passed yesterday after
noon through the house with
no opportunity for debate.
Tho full organization was
behind the measures, and de-
spite the wishes Of a number
of individual republican
members to discuss them,
they were rushed through
under previous quetsion"
motions by McArdle Of Jef-
fersOn.
s. b. 800, one Of the most
sweeping pieces Of legislation
ever put into effect I'm the
state, was read and passed
In less than 20 minutes.
In its final form, II Is so wor,l-
ID that the franchise which the
Jtone-Webster interests hold IN
he large cities of the state are
'indeterminate,' which means
perpetual as far as practical re.
,ults are concerned.
II, for instance, Tacoma does
lot wish to renew it's franchise
with the T. X. & p. Co. it's onl,
alternative is to condemn and buy
he line "as a going concern
This means that not only is 1t to
begsained as physical property,
but that its indeterminate fran
chise must have its value count.
ed.
privilege Worth Millions.
This alone would run up into
he millions, for 1t means the ex-
elusive privilege to operate in the
streets OF Tacoma for an indefin-
tie number Of years.
The right Of the people OF the
city to have all franchise matters
referred to them--a right grant
I'd in the Charters taken away
by the new law. So is the refer.
endum clause on the bill, which
would have given the people OF
the state the right to vote wheth.
err 1t should 90 into effect.
The only thing between the &C.
ton of the house and the making
Of the bill into final law Is actios
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-09
DID j. W..
REGENTS
PROMISE
SnAKEUP?

OLYMPIA, March 0.-By
what means did the univer-
sity come by the apprOpria-
tiOn 1t received yesterday aft
ernoon through the passage
of $. b. $40 by the house?
Did members of the board
Of regents make a straight
promise that the men resp0n-
sible for Socialism" In the
university would he fired?
III this Is not true, then
why did James II. Davis OF
Tacoma, chairman Of the
house appropriations eolu-
mittee, announce FROM the
floor that he was sure such
would be the case?
Davis referred with great par
ticularity to a regent who had
promised the committee that
when the hiring was done this
spring. those responsible for radi-
calism would not be retained.
Mark Il. Reed, another member
of the appropriation committee,
backed Davis statement.
All this followed a motion,
which Speaker Conner himself
left the chair to make, that no
part of the university appropria-
ton should 60 to the support Of
the department of political and
social science at the university Of
which Dean J. Allen Smith is the
head, and which includes Prof. w.
G. Beach and Prof. Theresa Nc
Mahon, who are modern and anti
tory in their teachings.
Prevents ROllcall.
Corners motion was lost, on a
vive voce vote. after a passionate
debate. Davis almost cried in his
intense and successful efforts to
prevent a rollcall.
II asked the president of the
university about this amend
ment." said Conner, ''and he told
me it would make the university
the laughing stocx of the coun-
try. But ] tell you | shall not
vote for the bill If this does not
prevail"
At this point, L. ID. McArdle of
Jefferson expressed the opinion
that the young men of the uni
versity should learn their politi-
cal and social science by hard
knocks and experience, like the
rest of us"
Reeves Kids G. O. p.
Cute of King here arose to re-
mark that McArdle- himself on a
previous occasion had testified to
receiving an education from the
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Twelve
DiffIey
Jurors
Chosen

Do you believe in corporal pun
ishment for children?
This question is being put to
each person being examined for
the jury I'm the Bertha Diffley
murder trial by Mrs. Diffley's
counsel, Homer Bone.
Peremptory challenges began
this afternoon, attorneys for the
state and defense having closed
their preliminary examination Of
jurors at the morning session.
Believes In Whippings.
Jay Smith, the tenth juror, .321
East 28th street, said he favored
bodily punishment In correcting
children. He has three. He said
he was married at 20 years of
age.
r.. T. Johnson, grocery clerk,
5617 South / street, was uncer-
tain as to whether he should pun
ish corporally his one child or
not when 1t becomes older. 1t is
now Is months old.
nOucIt Il, SdIuS, tilt AtH JUL
or, is a grocery clerk. living at
4513 South NJ street. He has one
child, years old, and believes In
spanking.
Crowd Is Smaller.
The crowd was thinner today
than that which gathered yester-
day. Testimony taking will like
ly begin tomorrow morning.
Mrs. Diffley sat composed
throughout the morning, watch
ing the prospective jury closely.
Up to last night nine jurors had
been passed for cause by both
state and defense. They are: Il.
A. Waters, Puyallup; B. r. Nc
Gee, 1927 Fife street; John A.
Bjeoge, 1920 East + street; Fl. II.
Craven, 1905 North Cove street;
Willis B. Spence, 1910 Asotin ST.. /;
Mrs. Genevieve Taylor, 1913
South | street; Mrs. William Ers-
hig, Puyallup, and Norman Hay
dock, 2014 South j street.
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Captured by a policeman
at g o'clock this morning rs
she was about to leap from
the window Of her third
floor room, an open parasol
I'm her hand as q parachute,
Miss Hazel Williams, age 3S,
of Seattle, is held at. police
headquarters tocay. The Of
ficers believe she Is dement,
ed.
Patrolman Hines was startled
while walking his beat. on Taco
ma avenue by series of screams
and shrill cries coming from a
rooming house. In the semi
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-09
Msccabees Gather

Organization OF the 6nvf kI6r,
Of Maccabees In session b eiz ~
completed today in Moose hall,
State Commander J. A. Bushing Of
Elma, presiding. Supreme Mas
ter-at-Arms J. A. Sherwood OF
Portland Instructed delegates and
conferred degrees. At 1890 this
afternoon election of officers be-
gan
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-09
Alaskan Blizzard
Hides Lone Woman

NOME, Alaska, March 8. A
party of men with Eskimos and
dog teams are searching for Mrs,
Emma Dahlquist, proprietor of the
roadhouse at Safety, who was lost
In blizzard Sunday night. Scot
ty Allan, the race dog driver, Joe
Sheldon, Mr.. Dahlquist are in
the searching party.
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Carranza SEXES
British Steamer

y NEW ORLEANS. March 81 Ac-
cording to letters reaching here
from Progresso last night. Car
ranza authorities ct cakpccho
have seized the BxItisb steamer
Wyvis Brook and have throws
her commander, Capt Muir. IL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-09
Franchise CrabberS Win
WEATHER FORECAST

For Tacoma. Unsettled.
Probably showers tonight md
Wednesday.
For Washington: Unsettled.
Probable showers west, gener-
ally fair east portion tonight
and Wednesday.