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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-10-13
Notice Of Bids for Auto Truck.

Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received at the office OF
the City Recorder in Pendleton. ore
gon, up to October 25th. 1916. at 5
o'clock p, m, for one motor truck. !
cylinder. 80 horse power standard
make, the body to carry at least 500
feet standard brand fire hose, said
truck to be complete and delivered
t. o b. fire station In Pendleton. ore
gon The Common Council reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
Dated at Pendleton, oregon, this
18th day Of October, A. D., 1915.
THOS FITZ GERALD,
(Adv.) City Recorder
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-10-13
Notice of Payment of City of PendIc.


Notice is hereby given that city Of
Pendleton Improvement Bonds Nos,
10, Series d. 10, Series e, 6, Series n
and 4, Series U, will be paid upon
presentation thereon to the under
signed Mt the American National
Bank, Pendleton, Umatilla County
Oregon. Intere on said bonds ceases
November /, 1915.
Dated october 10, 1915.
LEE MOORHOUSE,
Treasurer, City of Pendleton, by VIM
Miekelsen. Deputy--Adv,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-10-13
Motion Picture News.
What the Picture Theaters Have
10 Tell You.
THE UNWEICOME MOTHER"
FOX PICTURE AT PASTIAIE
STRONG PICTURE OF SCI

SIbONU 'fICIJEtE OF SEA
Showing today for the last time is
the william Fox drama, THE I'm
welcome Mother, with Walter Law
and all star cast. This is a picture Of
the sea and as usual Fox has scored
a complete success. In addition Is
shown the new selig Athletic Picture.
Remember, today is the last chance
to see this picture.
The Washington times., 1916-06-04
Merchants Will Help To
Swell Children's Accounts

Now comes the important feature in
the building OF Thrift Club savings
Accounts. Over two hundred mer-
chants. all Of whom are depositors in
the Continental Trust Company, have
arranged to give = cash discount OF ss.
or three cents on every even dollar
that Is spent in cash at their stores.
This discount Is given only in the form,
Of miniature checks drawn on the mer-
chants account at the bank. Custom
ers must always ask for their cash dis
count checks at the time Of purchase.
These little discount checks may then
be deposited on Thrift Club savings ac-
counts at the Bank. where they will be
given credit and Immediately begin to
draw interest the same as cash-S%.
compounded semi-annually.
The Washington times., 1916-06-04
Continental Trust Company
Thronged With Thrift
Club Depositors
Every Day.
NEW MERCHANTS
JOIN CLUB
Washington Parents Take
Advantage of Remarkable
New Savings Plan.

The hearty response made by The
mothers and fathers Of Washington to
the opening announcement Of the Con-
tinentaI Thrift Club. which was launched
Saturday morning. May q. proves con-
clusively that this novel savings plan Is
destined to be the economic triumph Of
the age. Every day last week throngs
OF thrifty parents visited the two hun
dred Thrift Club Merchants stores and
secured the free dollar checks which
are being distributed for use as the
initial deposit upon Thrift Club Ten
Year Endowment Savings Accounts
The latest returns chow that more than
six thousand OF these checks have al.
ready been distributed.
The Washington times., 1916-06-04
Bank Gives First
Dollar To Children

The Continental Thrift Club plan is
an original savings system. devised by
the Continental Trust Company. Of l4o5
G street northwest. which makes it
possible for ten thousand Washington
boys and girls to build up . substan-
tiai bank account without cost. self
denial or effort.
Over two hundred progressive mer-
chants. representing practically every
line Of business and service. are CO.
operating with the bank in this gigantic
enterprise.
AZ previously announced in The
Times. these merchants arc giving a
free check for 500. drawn on the Con-
tinentai Trust Company by its presi-
dent. Senator N. B. Scott. to every child
Of II years or under who. accompanied
by parent or guardian. requests then
at their stores. These checks are good
only as the initial deposit to start a
Thrift Club savings bank account. and
must be deposited before June Is.
Parents who have not yet secured
one OF these checks for their child
should go TO one of the Thrift Clut
stores and request It. as the merchant,
are reporting a heavy demand. ant
more than half OF the allotted number
have already been distributed.
The Washington times., 1916-06-04
Several New Stores Added
To Thrift Club List

The Thrift Club started with 200 good
stores, representing every line Of mer-
chandise and service, the names and
addresses Of which were printed in The
Times last Sunday, May 2S. Since then
there have been added several new
stores in the various sections of the city.
A complete list may be obtained at the
information desk at the Continental
Trust Company. Look over the list.
then take your child to the most con-
venient store and secure one of Sem
ator SCOTS gift checks for the sum OF
one dollar. You do not have to make
a purchase to obtain the check. Any
Thrift Club merchant will gladly issue
one whether you have been a patron
Of his or not-Advertisement.
The Washington times., 1916-06-04
Your Child's
Opportunity Here

There is a dollar awaiting your boy
or girl at one of the stores of the Thrift
Club merchants. II is yours for the
asking, and over two hundred
other good merchants are ready to add
other dollars to It. Do not delay until
these checks are all distributed.
The tremendous effect of this unique
saving plan on growing children cannot
be estimated, Teach children thrift in
early years. and It will become . CHAR
acter trait in later life. Bring your
child to the Continental Trust Company.
and enroll 1t in the Thrift ciub-it will
mean more to that child in later years;
times over in strength of character and
independence than can be expressed in
dollars and cents. And that big bank
balance. which has cost nothing. may
mean a start In life. at a time when q
is most needed.
The Washington times., 1916-06-04
Office Open Until S p. M.
Former Teacher In Charge

The Thrift Club Department of the
bank will remcin open from $50 a. m.
to .. m. every day in order to accom-
modate those who cannot come to open
their Thrift Club account during the
regular banking hours.
In order that the children may have
nm opportunity to learn the rudiments
of banking and prepare themselves for
their future business careers, the bank
has secured the services Of former
school teacher. Miss Maude H. Rogers.
to take charge Of the Thrift Club Of
fice She will gladly explain every phase
Of the plan to the children who come to
open a Thrift Club savings account.
The Continental Trust Company D.
one Of the most responsible financial IN
situations in Washington. IT is organ
ICED rnder the laws OF the District OF
Columbia. and has a paid-up capital "
a million dollars. a surplus and undivid-
ed profits of two hundred and nifty
thousand dollars. with total resources
Of nearly four millions.
The Washington times., 1916-06-04
Many Adults
Are Joining

Many ''grown-ups'' are taking adj
vantage Of the arrangement which
has been made by which adults may
also join the Thrift Club. Where a man
or women. however. wishes to become
a member of the club, the initial de-
post Of 81 must be made by the men,
her. The Bank makes the initial de-
post for the children only.
Any number OF children from fam
lily may be enrolled in the Thrift Club
but where more than one child from
each family Is enrolled. the initial de-
post will be made by the Bank for but
one Of their children.
The Washington times., 1916-06-04
CONTINENTAL TRUST co.
l4O5 c Street N. W.
child's Thrift Club account. Because OF
the conditions in rent collections. real
estate offices give only 2et discount, in
stead Of $50. as In all other lines.
Ten-Year Feature

Much discussion has arisen over the
ten-year feature of these Thrift Club
Endowment Savings accounts. Under
this plan this big bank becomes trustee
for the funds Of your child. reserving
the right to permit the withdrawal of
these funds at any time during the ten
year period In case of family mistor-
tune. Thus these accounts become a
sure and certain protection against the
child's rainy day"
The Washington times., 1916-06-04
Sees Friends Tortured
From Hiding Place

He had escaped the earlier conse-
quences of the Canton plot at the time
It was discovered. only by the skin of
his teeth, and from his hiding place in
n mandarin's household. witnessed the
torture and execution OF his confeder-
Gtes.
There is a Buddhist proverb which
says: Life Is a tapestry Of which the
threads are experience" but all OF DR..
Suns wisdom gained from his years as
a fugitive with price on his head was
not to be proof against the deadly
chemical principle of passing gas
through gas without admixture.
Having learned from their constant
and unremitting espionage that the man
whom they desired to rob Of That
Which Must Be Obeyed, spent n certain
hour each afternoon In the cento- of his
mics only to prepare their hendishly ef-
fective mechanism and await for an
afternoon when no breath of all. stirred
to threaten their plans.
Or. Sun Vat Sen was alone In his
garden on August e9 1914. Somewhere
along the wall guard patrolled. At
last the sentry passed near one Of the
hidden mechanisms, where a lean yell
low man crouched hidden and waiting.
Into the calm Japanese air shot a
smoke ring" of concentrated poison
settled about the unsuspectins guard.
He fell limp and unconscious to
the grass. From behind DIR. Sun. too.
the Jets of poison came volleying. With
! out q cry. the man of China's destiny
! collapsed, temporarily suffocated.
The Washington times., 1916-06-04
Tale of Romance
Encircles the Globe

Like q second and greater story OF
Tho Moonstone." is the tale OF the
jade Kuanyin. Through It runs plots
which move like shadows against an
ever-changing Oriental scene. It swerves
from Picking. the Forbidden. to the
islands of the South Seas. where DR..
Sun lived for so many years. 1t swings
again into those mysterious reaches in
the little-traveled region known as the
Back Of Beyond" of China. Again the
trail leads to the United States, down
through somnolent Chinatowns, and
slums. Through II patter the foot
falls OF hired assassins. and the clash
Of throne-tottering revolts. .-..
Closely interviewer with the late-ycar
destinies of the Chinese Four Hundred
Millions. and inseparably concerned with
the orbits of two of China's greatest
leaders and their struggles for suprem-
acy has been the bit of Jade for which
the United States was SO carefully
combed.
cent Bodhisattva, or a mortal who needs
but one more incarnation to attain the
state of a Buddha. 1t Is worshiped by
every Buddhist household as the God
dess OF Mercy and Grace and Mother
hood. Kuanyin is the prototype o.
Japan's goddess Kwannon and the
Avalokitesvara of the mystic temples
In Thibet's forbidden Lhassa.
The Washington times., 1916-06-04
THE CHINESE GODDESS KUANYIN.

fore. In Hindu philosophy may be taken
to denote the highest authority of a de-
voted order.
Inasmuch as the dividing line be-
tween the Buddhism Of China aud ia
pan and the mysticism de early Hindu
religion Is often most obscure. II In not
hard to understand how this term
might have been adopted by tho most
powerful secret organization of tho Chi
nese, empire to denote its supreme
symbol.
According to the scant facts which
have leaked out since publi,lty was
given the worldwide search for THE
Horns of the Hare" DR.. Sun for many
years never permitted the talisman to
leave his possession. Night and day
the little jade idol was beside him, al
though he is member Of the Anglican
1t remained with him during his wan
derings In America. in those DAYS preg-
nant with possibilities for the Young
China Association, the object OF which
was the forcing ~ the Manchus from
the throne OF the empire in Picking 6
Forbidden City.
1t was with him when the three-hun-
bred year rulers OF the great Celestial
Kingdom abdicatcd and the new repub-
lie was born. and when DR.. Sun was
, elected it's first provisional president
December % 1911
The Washington times., 1916-06-04
Oriental Prisoners
Employ Uncanny Art

In China, for many centuries, there
has existed chemical principle which
may be described as passing gas
through gas without admixtnre." The
effect of this principle Is we'll illus
trated in the manner in which a smo-
ker blows rings which. In the form of
vapor, pass intact through the at
mosphere for several yards before
disintegration takes place.
anism devised by Dr. SUMS foes to
shoot smoke rings of concentrated
poisonous vapors through the atmo-
sphere for distance of forty or fifty
yards.
Sun Vat Sen during his revolutionary
The Washington times., 1916-06-04
80 Compound Interest Makes
Accounts Grow Rapidly

All accounts must be opened for a
period OF ten years. 1t is estimated
that the average family in Washington
spends 5000 annually for living ex-
penses alone. The cash discount OF 80
on all Of those household expenses will
amount to $500 for each family at the
end Of ten years, while the interest add
ed by the bank will make up nearly so
more.
Even the rent you pay on your house
provided you pay II through one OF the
| Thrift Club brokers. will swell your
The Washington times., 1916-06-04
Feared Political Seas
Without Talisnan

Then came the revolution last March
which demonstrated that sentiment for
a limited monarchy was not unani-
nous one and then Yuan Shi kai's
latest edict re-establishing the republic.
Came the denunciation OF Yuan Shi
Kai by the National Assembly in Shang-
hal, April "a; came the mutterings OF
Continued on Fifth PaEs.)
The Washington times., 1916-06-04
japanese Agents Set
To Rob the Talisrnan

Time after time. largely. II Is said.
through hired Japanese agents, for
whom the talisman held little of awe,
attempts were made to steal the jade
Kuanyin and it's priceless contents
Time after, time these attempts fail
ed because of the network OF stanch
through his fifteen years mission for
China's freedom. and through his
ownership OF That Which Must Re
1t was on August -, 1914 two years
after he had abdicated in favor Of
Yuan Shi Kai. and while he was hid
ing in Japan that the men who had
chung to his trail day and night for
so many years, attained their OBJ Iect.
Now perhaps there are no people in
all the world so we'll versed in the
arts of the Borgias as the Chinese
and Japanese; and 1t was through a
diabolically clever plan, based Upon
the age-old knowledge of the East,
that DR.. SUMS enemies achieved SUE
cess.
Dr.. Sun at that time was secluded
In house surrounded by vast gar
den encircled by high and almost
unscalable wall, which was constant
~ under. guard. His household was
Kuanyin. None could be hired to drug
the guards and DIR. Sun. So, unless the
theft was to be accomplished by ply
steal force-an expedfent not to be
resorted to save In extremity-some
means must be found to operate from
distance and render Dr.. Sun and
his guards impotent to resist,
The Washington times., 1916-06-04
With DR.. Sun In
Great Political Crises

1t was still his guardian when. for
the sake OF the people whom he had
served SO long. he stepped from the
presidential chair a year later in favor
Of Yuan Shi Kai. former premier Of
Manchu rule. who was elected presi-
dent by the Chinese assembly. Febru-
airy 10. 1872
But when ne had virtually placed the
reins OF power In the hands OF the ate
premier in order to win over some of
the factions of China to the republican
form of government. DR.. Sun found
of the earth.
Again price was upon his head. and
powerful enemies offered tempting re-
wards to any man who would remove
the slim. middle-aged little man who
had created destruction for the old or
der of things.
Now more than ever did '"rhe Horns
Of the Hare" spell safety for Sun Vat
Sen. Now, more than ever, might his
very life depend upon the posse ssion
OF That Which Must BE Obeyed.
And so the Jade Kuanyin which con-
tanned The Horns of the Hare" re-
manned the constant companion of the
Fugitive, during waking and sleep
ing hours
Keenly aware that SO long as DR..
Sun might possess II, many of their
attempts must be foredoomed to fail
ure simply because few Chinese live
certain of DR.. SUMS arch enemies
fearing that he would successfully
combat any tendency toward a return
to the old order of political things. set
out to despoil him or his tower OF
| strength.
The Washington times., 1916-06-04
New Savings Bank Plan Puts
; Three Cents In Bank
Every Time You
Spend a Dollar.
TRUST COMPANY
BACKS PLAN
Two Hundred Merchants,
Members, Giving Out
Thrift Club Checks.

er handling Of these accounts. arrange
ments have been made to open not
moro than ten thousand accounts at
this time. Those who contemplate en-
rolling in the Thrift Club should do 20
at the earliest moment. After the nrst
ten thousand accounts are opened. no
further enroiiments will be accepted.
for a period Of perhaps one year.
in Washington business and social cir
clee. have started accounts for their
children and heartily endorsed the plan.
The Washington times., 1916-06-04
Idol Kuanyin Carved
Many Centuries Ago

The idols OF Kuanyin. however. can
never be mistaken for or confused with
those of Kwannon or of the Thibetan
deity; for the Chinese demi-god is
marked by a wonderful simplicity Of
garb which Is absent from the ornate
statuettes OF the Japanese and Thibetan
figures. In fact, many OF the idols OF
Kuanyin might be Oriental conceptions
of the Christian Virgin.
The Kuanyin for which Mr.. Stuart
advertised SO large q reward, and for
The Washington times., 1916-06-04
Supreme Sign of
A Secret Organization

As IN so many of the Jataka stories,
the PIahmin was none other than
Brahma. the Creator. who had tempor-
arily assumed earthly gnise. But the
fable. in the eyes of the Orient. teaches
supreme devotion and sacrifice and the
hare has become a symbol Of these
The Horns of the Hare there
The Washington times., 1916-06-04

activities often was ed-feilow with
Danger. Hardly a day Of his wander
ings through the Chinese IIinterlapd
had passed without deadly peril In
London in 1896 he had been kidnapped
and held in the Chinese legation pris-
oner waiting for the arrival Of a steam
err which would take him. in the guise
OF a lunatic. back to his native land.
where he was doomed to execution for
participation in the plot to capture Can,
from this peril by an English physician
who learned Of his plight
The Washington times., 1916-06-04
Enrolment Should
Be Made At Once

Officers Of the Continental Trust Com
pany state. that owing to the great
amount Of detail necessary to the prop
The Washington times., 1916-06-04
Trail Leads Across
Seas To America

At last Sun Vat SENS emissaries
learned that the Jade Kuanyin with its
hidden symbol was no longer in the
land of the Celestials. Straight to the
United states led the trail. where lost
in the depths OF some obscure China
town. That Which Must Be Obeyed
rested in strange hands.
Across the seas came an emissary
from DR.. Sun. armed with credentials
which gained him entrance into the
limited States, From atty to cit, he
there, among the lacquered and gilded
streets which compose the Chinatowns
But ali to no avail. although hundreds
of slant eyes were eagerly watching
and hundreds of eager ears intently
listening to catch the first clue to the
whereabouts of the lost kuanyin.
Still in exile. DR.. sun was waiting and
planning and scheming for the good OF
the people to whom he had given his
, happening, things from which his exile
| and the loss OF the supreme symbol
\ were keeping DIR. Sun apart.
In December. 1916, what DR.. Sun had
most feared had come to. pass. The
Manchu reactionaries, regnininS much
OF their lost presti9e' Al. fomented
for a return to the old order OF things
or at least as near to 1t as constitu-
tional monarchy could make II.
1t was then that President Yuan Shi
| Kai. rendered the throne of China, pub
| lished his acceptance on the ground that
| China was unsuited to republican form
| of government because OF historical
| reasons and public opinion"
The Washington times., 1916-06-04
Sun Vat Sen Shorn
Of His Power

Over the wall appeared the ends Of
long ladders. UP swarmed 1.-the. active
yellow men. dropping into the garden
and rifing the unconscious leaders
garments. moment or two and they
swarmed up the trunks of trees growing
beside the wall. and dropped again to
the outside.
Behind them lay the guard and DR..
Sun Vat Sen. shorn of his power. de-
spoiled Of his talisman. The Horns of
the Hare"
Then began the search which ended
In this country only a few days ago.
Although unable to WELD his power to
the full as he had while he was the
custodian of the jade Kuanyin. DR..
Suns personal magnetism and the deeds
he had accomplished had retained for
him many of his friends.
No word was permitted to escape to
publicly proclaim the loss OF the SUI
preme symbol. Yet here and there
throughout the United States OF China
the word that the exiled leader had
been shorn OF the talisman snaked its
way through the devious underground
channels of the Orient.
Dav and night, week after week
month after month, until the months
grew into year. the search continued
always hidden. always secret and silent.
The Washington times., 1916-06-04
"The Horns of the
Hare" Gone Astray

There are those among the slant
eyed dreamers of China's lotus-land
who say that possession of that most
potent symbol concealed in the base
of the Jade Kuanyin has been respon-
sible for much of the uncanny power
which DIR. Sun exercised over the
people of China. and that 1t obtained
sanctuary for him on countless occa-
sions from those who sought his life for
All that Is Known concerning the
character of the symbol Is that II Is
spoken of by fanciful and eminent
ly Chinese phrase which Is likely to
psychology and fable of Buddhism. 1t
is called 1.-THE Horns of the Hare"
The origin of this term Is to be
found in that rare collection OF Hindu
1t are to be found the oldest versions
of many of the nursery songs, fairy
tales. and fables which are common
property in the western world today;
the nomenclature of the mysterious
symbol was taken Is called The
| Holy Hare"
A Brahmin, wandering in the jun
gle. runs the story, lost his way, and
spend the night in the tangles. Yet
he was troubled in spirit because he
had not made his daily sacrifice.
Here and there into the tangles about
of some bird or beast with which he
could make his pooia, and thereby
avoid losing merit But no sign of
beast or bird rewarded him,
fall in his religious duties, he sat
down to meditation. whereupon from
| the tangles came a hare. onering IL
| self for sacrifice. In order that the
holy man might not be remiss in his
The Washington times., 1916-06-04
CHINA STOLEN GOD
FINALLY RECOVERED
Washingtonian Plays Big Part in
Oriental Romance of Fate
and Intrigue.
CONTINUED from First Pageo


lie." But the reins OF power are slip
ping from his rast-palsying hands.
The stage is set for the greatest act
In all the mighty epochs OF China's
5000 years of history. The hour has
struck fer the resumption or the 100
year Wharf.-The conflict between can
tonese and Manchu-yet with a varia-
ton OF the old order, for now 1t is Dr.
Sun, Cantonese and republican, against
Yuan Shi Kai. President and late pre-
mier of a vanished dynasty.
But the lean. stoop-shouidered, mid
dle-aged little Cantonese. whose forces
are ready to take the field. remains
strangely quiescent, Juggling at the
strands of his fast-graying mustachios
A trusted adviser enters crying
Human province is IN revolt!''
But the little doctor shakes his head
and murmurs with Oriental patience
mot yet"
Another comes. YUAN Shi kai IL re.
ported dying from poison. The hour
has come"
mot yet." the little leader answers
again; for he will never raise the hand
which aforetime carved the course OF
the new republic. to send fresh cohorts
into the field until he regains possession
OF a precious thing-an idol OF apple
green Jade-the idol for whose recovery
a reward OF $lO.OO has been offered II
the daily papers or the United states.