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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-07

Stanfield before he crossed a railroad
track
Mr Smith exhibits the wonder OF
child every time he sees a train
pass. He asks TO know where It
came from, where it is going and nu.
merous other questions concerning It
-Stanfield Standard.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-07

R, w Riner this morning receiv.
ed letter from Curley Coen, form
er Pendleton shortstop He is now at
his home in Tacoma and wants 10
come back 10 Pendleton to play,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-07

President w. +. Brock and the
other new officers of the Pendleton
Commercial association win take Of.
flee at the regular monthly meetins
Of the association this evening,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-07
Debate Called Off.

The debate between the Hermis-
ton and Echo high schools, scheduled
for this coming Friday evening, has
been cancelled, according to a report
reaching Pendleton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-07

Coroner j. T. Brown today filed his
declaration of intention 10 become a
candidate for the republican nomina'
tion for the office he now holds at
the May primaries.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-07

L, E, L4effingwen Of Minneapolis ar
rived in Pendleton this morning to set
tie up the affairs Of his late brother
Douglas Leffingwell.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-07

Moved TO Aberdeen.
] r. Dickinson who formerly liV-
ed at Nye, has moved to Aberdeen,
Wash
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-07

The county court Is meeting today
to consider again the petition for a
change Of the road up the canyon
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-07

Mrs William E. Lowell left this
morning for Walla Walla to visit with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs J. n. P.
Snyder.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-07

A marriage license was issued yes
terday afternoon to Earl e. Shaw and
Mary h, smith, both of this county.
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met and politely told that they could
not enter Russia and they had better
go back home. They Joined the Ger
man staff.
Many spies enlist as soldiers of the
enemy, but this takes a very clever
person who knows not only the Ian
guage of the enemy, but also his char
acterstics. In the beginning of this
war there was a French spy disguised
As German soldier. BY much strategy
he obtained the job of tending to the
army's flock of sheep. He was good
shepherd, but all the time he watched
the sky. His pasture was near the
border of the two armies, and quite
often a French aeroplane flew over his
field Then the shepherd always drove
his sheep in certain direction, and
this was signal to the man above. He
did not succeed in doing much damage,
ne was caught almos, in the be-
ginning of his work.
over in Russia d Pole. who said he
friendly to the Germans. went
around with some birds telling the for
themes was about letters that the SOL
diers We're going to get when they
reached their next destination. and in
this way he often found out what the
next destination was. He was caught
by a German officer, who became sus-
picious of the number of leading ques-
tions the fortune teller put to him
The city of Warsaw is full of spies.
1t has always been a favorite city for
intrigue and plotting. Saloniki is said
to be so full of spies that there is hard
ly any one left upon whom to spy. One
English newspaper correspondent wrote
home in disgust, Two Englishmen can
not sit down in a cafe to enjoy quiet
little chat and a glass of ale without a
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not impressed, and the dude" will soon
be wearing khaki.
Another ase which amused but failed
to convert a tribunal was that of
couple of men whose exemption was
asked by their farmer employer on the
ground that he could gel no one else
to look after his pigs. When asked if
he could not employ a couple of women
to take charge of the inhabitants of
his sites, he replied grudgingly that he
supposed he could, but that the women
would take more looking after than the
pigs. AS a matter of fact, experience
SO far has shown that there are COM
paratively few men. except those en-
gagged in work requiring great physi-
cal strength. who cannot be replaced
by women, and this farmer will have
to sink his objections and put his pig
geries under feminine supervision. for
the former guardians have now joined
the colors.
Young single men have asked to be
excused from bearing arms because
they We're doing such important ma
tiOnal work cutting corsets, maxi
ing the noises" behind the scenes at
cinema, drawing cartoons for comic
weel<lies, working the "efectrics' at
music hall. packing Bibles. chilling"
beer. doing acrobatic feats in a circus,
making collins and reforming the du-
climbers. Yet another exemption was
asked for on the ground that the man
commemorative editor of trade pa
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special Correspondence OF Inc STAR.
BERLIN. Germany. March :. 1915.
E1HERE is certain sign which
hangs in every train coupee. in
every waiting room, in every
q street car. in every restaurant, in
every store. and on every corner in Ber-
lin II warns German soldiers to he
careful of what they say. because spies
are everywhere. Germany believes it
wiser to take precautions and not let her
secrets get out rather than to waste her
time suspecting everybody of being a
spy.
Germany doesn't dog strangers and
tear their clothes apart. She simply puts
temptation out of a persons reach by
turning the lock and key. And she is not
waiting until the horse is stolen to lock
the barn: for the barn is always locked.
Russia it is said is suspicious of
everybody. Credentials don't count for
much there: and for an American with
a German name. even if his heart is pure
English. to try TO get into Russia is
almost impossible. A man named Smith,
engaged in the harmless business of sell
ing pipes for making beds, wanted to go
to Russia last month. He was intensely
pro-ally He had a passport and many
impressive letters. but when he came to
the Russian customs he was stopped.
Was he sure his name was Smith. or had
il not been Schmidt? His passport. of
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writer visited the military tribunal
that sits at the Guildhall. in the city
of London, under the craftsmanship of
Sir NeZey Strong. and the one which
holds forth in Westminster. and found
the method of dealing with DIRECTORS
in each practically identical. The first
of these tribunals has greater re-
sponsibility than any in England. since
the interests represented by the square
mile of London, which is known as the
city. and has the lord mayor as its
chief executive, are the most important
in the country. The other day, to take
only one case out of many, the city
tribunal had to deal with. an appeal
from the Bank of England for the eX-
emption from military service of 1873
single men. This seems large order.
question were Indispensable. and they
are to be exempted for three months
anyway Just now everybody who
works for the "Old Lady of Thread
needle street" and this means upward
of 5000 persons, is doing real war
work. since the bulk of the abor i'll
connection with the various war loans
falls on the Bank of England. Every
man that could be spared has enlisted.
to the tune of several hundred. and
their places filled with women. of
whom, counting the extra help neceSsi-
tated by the war loan work. there are
now nearly 5000 working at this most
famous of all banks.
Members of the tribunals sit around
a long table, with the chairman in the
center. Close by sits the clerk, who
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strong and came out $50 strong. They
had held their trench seven days and
nights. those Sunday school teachers and
religious young men. We want every
help to be sent to those men. and there
should be no false ground of conscientious
objection"
One fancies. though he did not say
30. that the bishop hopes if YOU in
America who read this do not agree
with his view, you will refrain from
writing and telling him SO. For his
secretary revealed to me that, within
the past fortnight or So dozens of per-
sons in the United States who have
read the bishops remarks in connec-
ton with the refusal of the captain
of the King Stephen to rescue the crew
of the Zeppelin that was disabled in
the North sea on returning from a
'strafng visit to England" have taken
the trouble to write and denounce his
lordship. The bishop. it may be re-
called. upheld the seaman in sailing
away as he did ard trying to find some
body to rescue the Germans who would
be more capable of dealing with them
afterward than he and his handful of
men.
Previous to calling at 80 St James
square, the bishops town house, the
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has typewriter list of the applicants,
whose names he calls out in turn. At
another table sits the military repre-
sentative whose position is that of
the attorney for the prosecution. In
the city this is Maj Lionel de Roths-
child, a member of the famous family
of financiers, and one of Lord Derby's
risht-hand men. Lord Derby, in fact,
in introducing some of us American
newspaper men to Maj. de Rothschild at
the war office while ago said that
the latter was the author of some of
the best ideas in connection with his
famous recruiting scheme.
When the applicants name i. called
out an usher brings in the young man,
who has been waiting outside, his face
illuminated with hope. and beckons
him to chair facing the tribunal The
business begins by the chairman read
ing, from the exemption application
form. the reasons the young man has
given for being absolved from service
The reading of the statement is con-
cluded by the formal announcement of
the military representatives. opinion of
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bling elbows

greasy German waiter rubbing elbows
with them
In Belgium, at the beginning OF this
war. a Belgian had a great scheme to
get recruits for the Belgian army. He.
several others. formed a plan to pay 50
or 90 francs to every one who would
succeed in getting young recruit for
the Belgian army. He wrote to Havre
for permission to carry out his scheme,
AMI also for some money. He waited
and waited. and neither answer nor
money came. Finally fight occurred be-
tween him and the others who were in
the scheme. and he accused them of re-
ceiving and keeping the money. The
fight grew so bitter that they could not
keep il TO themselves. and the secret
leaked out and right into the German
military camp. As the mans scheme
had really done no harm, and as he Was
sick. he was not punished
Germany has thought out very care
fully every precaution. Her projections
are not silly and useless, but complete
in every detail. For instance. there
are certain maps for soldiers that can
be bought in all the important book
stores in Berlin. These maps are of
sections of the fighting country. and
ton pictured on them. They are very
useful to the soldiers. but the pur-
chasers do not carry the maps home
and mail them themselves; they leave
the name and address of the soldier,
and the store mails the maps.
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on sentry duty in his little white and
black box plays an important part in this
great war. and his work is just as neces-
Sary as the work of the great men he
must stiffen up to salute.
In every country women are more sus-
pected of being spies than men. and
the exciting game has always appealed
to some women. AS a rule a wonan's
reason for being spy is not the deep
rooted love of her country, which
prompts most men to go in for this dan
gerous undertaking.: but it is more for
the novelty. the gamble and the sensa-
tions. Women. also. are more adept at
concealing things. Tney can pack a
trunk, for instance. so that what they
wish to conceal is most difficult TO find.
In olden times many men used the
garb of a woman as a disguise, but
that is entirely out of date in this
war of aeroplanes and submarines
ly and above board. is a jolly good fell
low and is seen everywhere. In the
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Crowd Lonrec

enemy compel YOU to go with him. one
mile. go with him twain Is your coun-
try your enemy or your friend?"
Where do you find the quotations you
give?" the applicant said. 'Recompense
no man evil for evil was in Romans
124"
The chairman: THAT is Paul's writings
You referred to it as saving of Christ
should have said Christ and the Apos-
ties"
That fine example of muscular Chris
tianity. the Bishop OF London, who played
tennis against Roosevelt, and is believed
to have beaten ct. r." handsomely, was
asked by the writer to say how far. If
at all, the Church of England sym
pathized with the man who is too godly
to fight for England? Here is the bish-
ops reply:
What | feel strongly is this, that it
is not only conscience that we have to
look to. but the education of conscience.
Things have been done in England again
and again in the name of conscience that
We dsplore. Churches have been burned
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down in the name of conscience. / feel
that it is not only the conscience but the
education of the conscience that really
matters. ! spent the early part of the
with numbers of young men. who
had given up everything for the sake of
their country and the call of duty-Sun-
day school teachers. members of the
Church of England Mems Society, reli-
gious young men. These young men of
whom | was speaking had taken in certain
facts about the war. They hated killing;
they did not want to kill any body. But they
felt that there were three things at
stake-that they were fighting for the
freedom of their country. for the freedom
of the world and for the brotherhood of
nations. l have seen these men ~ the
trenches. My own regiment went in 500
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nov. WHITMAN said at a dinner In

nov. WHITMAN said at a dinner in
VI Albany:
The crooked idea is discredited in
politics. as the failure idea is discred-
tied in business. In the long run to be
crooked doesn't pay.
The old-fashioned, crooked idea,
once so popular and now discarded, is
well illustrated in the story of the
father who said to his boy:
1.-Two bankruptcies equal one fail
ure, two failures equal one fire, two
fires equal
Say. pop. is marriage a failure"
the boy interrupted.
well, sonny. said the father If
you marry Lolita Golde old Gobsa
Golde's daughter. like | want you to.
you'll find that marriage is almost as
good as failure"
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CHAIRMAN OF THE CITY LONDON MILITARY TRIBUNAL.
of
the I.t London Brixade.

per~was authority on German
selling methods" and. as such. likely
to be too precious in the eventual
trade war to have his life placed in
jeopardy in the present unpleasant
ness But none of these pleas achieved
its object.
The tendency is now toward
Tightening up" all Ground. and it has
to be an extremely indispensable"
postponement of month or two,
either to enable him to wind up his
private affairs or to enable his en-
ployers to train either an older "un-
Mt man or a woman TO do his job
In practically all these cases of Elm
dispensability" the dialogue is much
the same. At the Westminster tribu-
nal, for example. one day this week
an employer argued with intense en-
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ergy that his man did all the work
when he himself was away, including
buying and SO on. The tribunal looked
serious, and the chairman, the mayor
of the borough. hestated. What do
you pay this man asked member.
Twenty-Five shillinSs a week" was
the reply. and his porteraSe." No
body seems TO be sure exactly what
"porterage" is tunless it is money al
lowed to enable a man to refresh him
self with porter), but % shllings a
week is, roughly, Sc, which isn't ex-
actly princely remuneration for a man
who positively can't be done without.
Wages are low in England as compar-
ed with pay in the United States, and
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there one of them finds himself up
against a member of a tribunal who is
able to come back at him from the
Good Book with equal knowledge. This
experience befeIl II "ChriStadelphian'
at Edmonton recently.
The collector said he was opposed
to all forms of military service. 1T is
a position we have held for fifty years.
he added. I'VE believe the Bible to be
the word Of God. and that, according
to His teachings, it was wrong. The
Scripture says: 'Recompense no man
evil for evil, resist not evil'''
The chairman: What else did He
say%
He told Peter to put his sword in
its place"
The chairman: And He said, If your
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new medium in which the spy can
work-the Red Cross. A clever spy
as a Red Cross worker at the front can
get ten times the information of an
ordinary spy. and he has better means
of transmitting his information to his
co-workers. He deals with sick men
who are weak and rhoughtleSS. and
are reader to talk than well men: and
then it is easier for "A spy to extract
information from sick men without
their suspecting anything.
Before Christmas a number of Amer-
can Red Cross doctors came to Ber-
lin. They were disguised. They had
been working in Italy, and they had
received instructions to go to the
American staff in Russia. As they had
to pass through some other country
in going from Italy TO Russia, they
went through Germany and came to
the Russian frontier. Here they were
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August, when the war broke out two
Serbian spies were arrested in Munich.
They We're disguised as nuns, and they
were caught because of the awkward
way in which they managed the VOL
luminous folds of nuns dress.
Religion has always been the favorite
shield of spies. They come as monks.
priests, ministers and nuns, and their
assumed profession gives them entree
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many Protects Her War Secrets From Spies

course. said Smith: but one or two gen.
erations back what had IT been?
The large. bewhiskered officials took
him into A little room and put him
through the third degree. Smith knew
that mis- fathers name was Smith. and
that his grandfathers name was Smith:
but that was as far back as he could 60
so he did not get into Russia. Instead
he came to Germany to try to sell his
pipes.
Americans with German names are rot
greeted with open arms anywhere in
Europe. In London. in Paris. and in
Rome they are looked upon with dis
trust and are considered rather ques-
tiOnabe characters. In Germany they
don't bother so much about the origin
of ones name: and one may even be
Reginald Wilfred Phllimore and ye, get
around with the ease of a Siegfried
Pfannkucken.
The best and safest kind of a name in
these days for uninterrupted European
travel is an Irish-American name. II
gets you anywhere. for an Irishman can
be either pro- English or very anti Eng
lish: and as the occasion demands, you
can swear that your ancestors were fol-
lowers of the green or of the orange.
Here in Berlin just what a spy could
find out, and then. il he did find out
something, how he could get it out of
the country is mystery. Everything is
well guarded-all the muntion factories.
the aeroplane fields. everything to do
with the marine, and all the supply and
the storehouses. The soldier who stands
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into almost every place. Bibles and
prayer books have always been select
ed Is places for carrying secret mes
sages. 1t is harder for a minister of
the gospel to get into any beIligerent
country in this war than man of
any other profession, and if he does
not have extraordinary credentials he
had better stay at home.
But this war has brought forth
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TEMPTATION Put Out the Reach Other
Credentials Much
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IA EN- Who They Would ne-Pubhc Indignation
w Against Canks Who Have All Placed
AmComedy Not Lacking Which Some
Men Ask Possibly
Nulate Beauties Of Form.
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The real man of the hour, however.
is the conscientious objector," or ICON.
OBJ" as he is beginning to be called
for short. The fact that he not only
exists, but exists in unpleasant pro-
fusion. has proved nasty jolt for Brit
ish pride In the patriotism. of the race.
Outside the Quaker sect, of which this
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times are hard here. but it hasn't come
TO that yet. The experience of every
tribunal, however, shows that the sal
airy of the positively Indispensable
man. upon whose retention the con-
tinuance of a business hinges, is any
thing from six or seven and a half to
twelve dollars so week
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An Old Idea.

1915. by Curtis Bnwu.)
Putnam patriot., 1916-09-29
Empire Theatre

A Fair Rebel, a biogTsph civil war drama in parts, with Dorothy Gisn as the star viii be tiie featuresaturday It is an exceptionally strong war dra. ma replete with stirring action and spectacular scenes. Other pictures are The Return of John Jerome, Lubin in two parts, The Detectives Peril, an exciting episode ia the Hazards of Hell en, and pansy's Papa, Nitagraph comedy.
 Monday, Tn tAe Moons Ray,a part Essansy drama with Francis \. Bush man and Vitsgrsph drama in three parts entitled Miss Adventure are the features.
 Tuesday, Grace ,Cunard And Francis Ford in Behind the Mask, a two part drama. Gordon Griffith in A Son of Neptune, three part drama, and the Mysteries of Myra.
 Wednesday, Heartaches, four part Lubin masterpiece, and Marin Sats and Ollie kifkby in an episode of the Social Pirates are the features.
 Thursday the first episode of the wonderful serial photoplay, Liberty. will be shown. Liberty is beyond all question the most fascinating, thrill. ing and unusual photoplay serial ever shown. Love rivalry between hand some young Mexican and gallant American cavnlry captain gives the golden tinge Of romance through the entite story. Marie Naieamp, Jack Holt, and Eddie Polo, supported by a brilliant cast Of players, give militia " atmosphere and thrill of patriot. ism Ito each of the episodes. Don't miss the opening episode which is in three parts next Thursday and see it every week at this theatre,
Putnam patriot., 1916-09-29
Bradley Theatre

Friday Paramount presents The new md brilljagf actress Louise Huff, in her first picture for psramoD3t called "Destiny's Toy" Also S photograph.
 Saturday, a big unusual Triangle photodrsma called ssThe Children in the House. featuring the taIeated fa- vofste Sorma Taimsdge. Thi@ Is one Of the best Triangle attempts al the Bradley and warTantsi your attend ance. There will also bs shown Tri- angle Keystone, a peer in laagh ma kers1
 Monday Triangle offessWilitam Col Her 3r. the youngest star in lhe world in the gres. stirring ph9toplay called 'sThe Bug ie Gall, repiete with thrili- Ing situations Of the present Mexican border tTCaDie, also q Triangle Key stone c0metiy ot the sure fire sort.
 E1esday Paramount presents Victor Moore in"sThe Clown, a remarkable story 6f stage life featuring thas mint. table actor
 Wednesday Paramount presents the famed iltie Winter Garden star, the charming Ann Pennington in her pre- n4ieEe on the screen, Ave aes produc- ton entitled HSusie SnowfiARes AL SO another of those now famous Brsy cartoons and piastiques. Adv