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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-12-26
CHICAGO MARKET
CONTINUES STRONG

CHICAGO. Dec Especial to
the East Oregonian) Range of pri-
ces today:
Open. High. Low. Close.
Dec. $3.50 S162A $159 S1.59
May $1.69A $L72A $l.6712 $l.6SA
Portland.
PORTLAND, Ore. Dec, 26.-tSpeci-
Merchants Exchange bids today;
Club, $40: bluestem Sl44.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-12-26
Echo Couple Married.

A marriage license was issued this
morning to Fred Markham and Edith
Brasfield, both Of Echo, and they were
married Immediately afterwards by
Justice Of the Peace Joe II. Parkes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-12-26
MIDDLE WEST IS IN
GRIP OF STORM KING

CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-Sleet
storms delayed wire traffic in
the northern tier Of the middle Z
western states. Iowa Is practi-
cally isolated from telegraphic
communication. wisconsin.
Minnesota and the Dakotas are
affected.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-12-26

WASHINGTON. Dec. 26,-Count
Won Bernstorff, the German ambassa-
dor, has informed Secretary of Sta'e
Lansing that Germany stands ready to
give the entente allies a full statement
of her peace terms. Such terms, the
ambassador stated in a visit to Secre-
tary Lansing. will be rendered If a
request for them is made. It is said
that the allied embassies have advised
their home governments not to return
flat refusals Of the peace proposal for
the sake of neutral opinion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-12-26
UTAH HAS "a INCHES
SNOW IN "a HOURS

SALT LAKE. Dec. 26.-A rec
ord snowstorm In the history of
Utah Is raging. More than twenty
four inches of snow fell in -
hours. All trains are late. II Is
twenty four below zero at M0dcna.
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j. S. STEAMER
SINKING OFF
SANDY HOOK
Five Vessels on Their Way to
Aid Of Maryland Reported to
be in Serious Danger.
ENGINE ROOM IS FLOODED
COast Guard First Dispatches -Four
Ships 10 SuccOr and Later Adds
Revenue Cutter Gresham to Res
cuers.

NEW YORK, Dec, 26.--The
steamer Maryland Is reported
sinking a hundred and fifty miles
off Sandy Hook according TO
wireless messages. -Four vessels
are on their way to her aid. The
wireless cnginerOOms were rapid
ly being flooded.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 26.-So
serious does the coast guard SER
vice consider the condition OF the
MARYLAND that the revenue cutter
Gresham has been added TO the
-four ships already sent 10 her aid
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-12-26
.FILIPESI IS TAKEN
AFTER BITTER BATTLE
TeutOns Reported TO Control All Dob
rudja: Reverses Are suffered in
Engagement in Egypt.

BERLIN, via Sayville, Dec. 26.-
The official statement said Filipesi
had been captured. Fifty five hun
dred Russians have been made pris-
oners during the last few days fight
ing on the Wallachian plain on the
edge of the mountain south of Rimni-
cusarat. According to unofficial ad'
vices all Dobrudja is now in the
hands of the Teutons Bridgehead po-
sbtions on the Danube where 1t forms
the border of Bessarabia are being
pounded.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-12-26

LONDON, Dec. 26.-The practical
destruction of the enemy's forces in
an engagement Saturday at Magrabah
Egypt is announced by the war offics
today. Thirteen hundred and fifty
prisoners were taken.
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TO ADVERTISERS

The East OregOnian has the largest bona
fide and guaranteed paid circulation OF any
paper in Oregon, east OF Portland and BY
Tar the largest circulation 10 Pendleton OF
any newspaper
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-12-26

PARIS. Dec, 26 Official reports
tell OF active artillerying in the Le-
hions region on the Somme Christ
mas.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-12-26

BERLIN Dec. 26-The repeated
repulse Of British patrols is reported
in todays official statement of the
western front. Artillery activity is in
creasing in the Ypres sector.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12

Conrad Compton was tall, graceful,
a mass of wavy hair. His features
were of a perfect regularity and the
whole face was so small as to give it
somewhat the appearance of that of a
woman, an impression that was height
ened by it's absolute pallor.
Ogram Newton. the bank examiner,
watched his host narrowly as he re-
ceived his guests, as he directed their
entertainment by party of profession
ais who had been brought up from
were served. He thought the banker
was bit paler than usual and his nat
ural nervousness seemed somewhat &C.
centuated. Once during the evening
he had drifted into the library which
happened to be empty of guests, and
had found the host peering out of a
window that commanded a view of the
town.
Il trust you will pardon my preoccu-
patton" said the banker, turning again
10 MS guests, seem 10 nave way
of feeling lonesomest when l have
most company"
McCord, the plain-clothes man, had
vacillated between his hotel, the rail-
way station, and those streets that
gave views of the alleys leading past
the back ends of establishments that
might contain safes worth rafting Oc-
casionally his eye fell upon the lights
in the house of the banker on the hill,
and wandered to the chief financial es-
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YOUNG GIRLS OF TENEMENTs.
Speak gently, kindly, to the poor.
Let no harsh term be heard.
They have enough they must endure
Without an unkind word.

There never were truer words than
zone half of the world does not know
how the other half lives"
Do the women of wealth luxuriating
in fashionable summer hotels give a
thought to the young girls of the tene-
ments in the hot cities they have left
behind them? If they but knew Of the
surroundings amid which thousands of
such girls exist they would wonder
not why so many go wrong, but how
they manage to keep to the straight
and narrow path traversed by the good
and pure among such lamentable sur
roundings which fairly bristle with
temptation.
In the daytime at their toll these
young girls are safe from harm. 1t
is when night falls that grave ills men
ace them When the thermometer is
lowering close to the hundred mark,
breathing in the few rooms in which
the whole family is crowded becomes
almost uncomfortable. There is but one
hope for relief and that is the roof.
They find almost every inch of room
pre-empted. The young longshoremen
who board in the basement allow the
girls who live in the top floor rear
part of the space they have secured.
There is little or no cessation of the
terrible heat. The mouths of the la
borers and their wives are parched.
Mosquitoes and other insects add to
their thirst must be quenched. Wa
ter is not forthcoming, but the drink
that benumbs the brain and makes
them forget their miseries in stupor
is. 1t is forced upon the young girls
and children alike, and the morning
sun rises upon many a hapless girl
who will live to rue those hours dur
ing all her after life.
Amid such surroundings and influ-
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ences the summer nights ara spent.
and there is no one to raise the mighty
cry, "What can be done to save the
young girls of the tenements from uD-
wise associations?"
The beautiful summertime is crowd
ed with joys for the daughters who
receive tender, watchful care, but full
of dangers and pitfalls for the inno-
cent girls of the poor who are robbed
of protection and chance to go
right If the parks of the great cities
were open TO girl toilers, and to them
only, during the torrid nights of the
summer. the problem would be par
TALLY solved and their safety from
harm assured. Better the cool, green
grass, close to the bosom of kind
Mother Earth than the sunbaked roof
of the tenement. where each and every
family has equal rights, but where the
strong dominate and the proper respect
for girliSh innocence may not always
be preserved.
Women off summering who have left
closed-up homes and spacious grounds
we'll fenced in behind them could do
their share of lettering the condition
of the young girls of the tenements by
allowing a few of them to camp at
night on their grounds. An ounce of
prevention in averting evil is worth
pound of cure.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12

Gard, the special agent, again acted
differently from his fellows by failing
to do the thing which others did. He
crossed over from the hill on which
he had smoked and hastily entered the
bankers house. Arriving, he seemed
to know exactly what he wanted. He
hurried through the rooms of the
mouse, swapping on still more lights
until he found that apartment which
seemed to be the personal retreat of
the owner. Here he evidently had
business. Standing in the middle of the
floor he looked about. Thrown care
lessly into window seat he saw two
heavy books of the appearance of led
gers. These ne secured and placed on
table in the middle of the room with
out even examining them. Next he
began further exploration. When he
found the bankers bedroom he seemed
satisfied. On the back of chair was
coat, evidently that which Compton
had worn until he dressed for the eve
ming. Gard thrust his hand into the
inside pocket of his coat and pulled
out a batch of letters through which
he ran rapidly. He selected two or
three, thrust them into his pocket, re-
turned for the ledgers, tucked these
under his arm and left the house.
On the way to his lodgings he filed
a telegram to the department at Wash
ington which read as follows:
Compton, cashier in First National
bank case, guilty. torrance probably
not implicated. Bank burned tonight
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get work done, but she does not give
a thought to that until she receives
a note from a nice young man, stating
that he would be pleased to call on
such and such an evening, and will
present himself punctually at her
home, unless, in the interim, he has
word from her to cause him to change
his plans.
From that hour on such scurrying
as there is in that household. Young
men are keen-sighted, it would never
do to have dust on the panels of the
doors, or on the picture frames.
There's the worn carpet to take up
and turn about, the seat of the old
sofa to jack up when it says, a hole in
the curtain to darn, the chairs to
dust and the lamp wick to be trimmed
and put in shape to be lighted. Then
there's the only evening dress she
owns. The last time she wore it was
at molasses candy pull. The front
breadth bore evidence to that in
long stain, to say nothing of a huge
rent at the bottom of the skirt. She
had walked home in a light rain, caus-
ing her white slippers to become mud
despatched. Mother was too busy to
even lend a hand. All the tasks rest
ed on the shoulders Of the girl, who
was so unprepared. Her mother made
no attempt to conceal her hurry, re-
minding the girl that she had urged
her so often to do q little at a time,
to keep the best room and her own
ciothes in order, fearing just such a
contretemps. Of course it was a gi-
gantic undertaking, rushing through
a two weeks task in that many days,
even with poor old mothers aid and
pressing tired old father into the serv-
ice to battle with the taking up, turn
ing and relaying of the carpet, and
putting iron braces on the shaking
chairs.
The dress required remaking almost.
Between puckering and ripping out,
twisting and turning, sewing so far
into the night, she lost her beauty
sleep and her good nature into the
bargain. To be sure the young man
arrived promptly, but he was puzzled
beyond words as to what could pos
sibly have happened to change an I'M
usually pretty girl into a positive
fright in two days time. She was
too tired to make herself really inter
esting or companiOnable. Therefore
the young man cut his call as short as
DOSSihle He had fOund that hOur so
irksOme, he shirked calling again.
The lesson on the trials of being I'M
prepared struck home to the girl, who
would have never learned it so com
pletely under any other circumstances.
Every home should be in such apple
pie order that company could drop
in unexpectedly at any time without
creating discomfort, confusion, fuss or
furry.
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On the eve of his marriage to a
faced the problem whether or no he
was in duty-bOund to lay bare to her
all the incidents of his past life, good,
bad or Indifferent, his boyish fancieS,
the tollies of youth and the tempta-
tons Of manhood that enmeshed him.
To tell or not to tell-there was the
rub.
l am dumfounded over the vast
number of letters from betrothed
young men asking frankly the ques-
ton: SHOULD a man who has been
a wild, devil-may-care sort of fellow,
who has turned over a new leaf when
about to wed, rake up his past to re-
veal it to his iiancee?"
answer quite as frankly: 1t all
depends upon the seriousness Of the
didos which have been cut up. The
seriousness of an error depends en-
tirely upon it's consequences. If a
man loved lightly an all too trusting
maiden, one or the other, through the
course of time growing weary Of the
pond that in the beginning was so al
Turing, the parting of the ways closed
the incident as far as the outside
world is concerned. (What his con-
science has to do with it is quite an
other story, which / am not touch
ing on.)
1t is useless to unfold to fair young
girl picture of the seamy side of life
of which she knows nothing. 1t would
not disturb the tranquility of her per-
feet trust, faith and love. If, on the
contrary more than the two hearts of
the man and maid are involved in the
ruthless breaking of his VOWS of con-
stancy, the story of that past assumes
an entirely different significance.
| am not entering upon a mans
moral right to take upon himself new
er and hotter bonds, the justice or in
justice of it. / am answering frankly
the query, SHOULD, or should he not
tell his fiancee in the latter caseY"
stating that it Is clearly his duty to
inform the young woman about to wed
him concerning matter so vital to
her future peace of mind, aye happi-
ness. 1t is about the cruelest thing
a man can do to keep a tiancee in the
dark concerning it. A man should
feel himself in duty bound to inform
her.
1t rests with her whether to risk
happiness with him or bid him return
to those who have a prior claim to
whatever amount of heart and con-
science he possesses. The ghost of a
certain kind of fOllies will not down.
but rise to confront one when least
expected.
Of ordinary, harmless secrets, such
as the number of ffirtatiOnS he may
have INDUCED in, harmless loves that
have fitted across his path-a man
may keep we'll his own counsel, tell
ing no tales. Tell a woman disa-
greeable secret and her happiness is at
an end.
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Had Never Seen Cream.

The times through which we are
passing have caused many man to
change his views. They had this eff
feet on an East side milkman who de-
cided to become honest.
On the third morning he was taken
aback when he called for the payment
of his weekly bill and a customer be-
gan to shrek at him:
"You needn't serve me any longer"
she said, land I'm not going to pay
you for the last two days"
"Why, what's the trouble?" he in
CURED anXiOusly.
Trouble, indeed. When the milk
you've been leaving yesterday and the
day before stood a couple of hours
there was a nasty, thick scum on it."
And it took him half an hour to ex-
plain what cream was.
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tablshment Of the town. Yet all was
so serene in this eddy of the world
that the hour of solitude that followed
eleven o'clock seemed such an age that
it drove him to bed.
AS the time drew on toward twelve
there was no sign of life in the vii
lage. The lights in the drug stores,
the restaurants, the delicatessens
where ice cream is served to the small
town lovers. had one by one winked
themselves out. The owl car of the
trolley line that ran through the vii
lage had deposited its last late revel-
ers at eleven-thirty. The swinging arc
lights at the street intersections occa-
sionally sputtered fitfully and glared
again A dynamo whirred distantly at
the electric light plant
Gard, the special agent of the de-
partment of justice, was one OF the
few men in the town who was awake
except those who had been guests of
the banker and who had fingered to an
hour which was almost unprecedented
in New Beaufort. They would have
gone home at eleven but the banker
insisted that they remain for further
entertainment on the part of his New
York musicians. One song called forth
another and the quality of the music
proved so much more pleasing than
that of their customary local talent
that they forgot the passing of time
The special agent sat on hill near
the Compton home and smoked pipe
| 1t was twelve o'clock before the
party finally broke up. Those of the
townspeople who had come in their au'
tomobiles were being tucked into the
tonneaus, and those who mad walked
up the gray macadam drive were just
setting out on foot when the clatter as
of bunch of giant fire crackers called
their attention to the village below.
From the bank building was seen sud-
denly to burst cloud of smoke while,
a moment later, skylight was broken
and tongue of flame leaped forth.
Fire! Fire!" came the shout from
dozen voices.
GdTu AdQ seen uOT0 IudH udu the
guests of the banker. AS he smoked
his pipe and watched the village be-
low, the lights in the windows of Stone
Crest, and the silent cottage of Lor-
ance. the assistant cashier, he hid
seen an automobile, with no lamp
showing, creep through the quiet back
street, purr stealthily into the alley
back of the bank and stop behind a
small building that shut off his view.
Half an hour passed and the darkened
machine reappeared from behind the
intervening building, turned into the
thoroughfare leading to the southeast
and disappeared in the distance at an
ever increasing rate of speed
When the exploding cartridges in
the cashiers drawer at the bank gave
the first warning of the fire, the clamor
of the alarm followed and pande-
monium broke out in the village. OF
the dispensing group on the hill, every
one ran for a nearer view of the fire.
| The musicians, the servants, the mas
ter of the house himself, all hurried
into the village to make part of the ex-
element that prevailed. Stone Crest,
the lights of it's entertainment still
glowing, was left deserted.
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have been run through it, are out, of
all proportion to the other business
of the institution. Something is wrong
with loans and discounts"
So Newton hurried back to New
Beaufort and was that night a guest at
the party given by Conrad Compton,
with whom he had built up a friend
ship through years of association in
the line of his work. He was to take
a further look at the loans and dis
counts on the morrow.
The department of justice is the
! prosecutor in cases of violations of the
national banking law It's work is en-
tirely apart from that of the bank ex-
aminers of the treasury department.
The New York Office of this service, as
matter of daily routine, received the
information that David torrance, as
sistant cashier of the First National
bank of New Beaufort, was regularly
| placing heavy buying and selling Or
ders with a certain broker in Wall
street.
For this reason, Agent Gard got the
assignment to come to New Beaufort,
and was thus the representative of the
third detective service. His windows
| at the grocery store looked out upon
the side door Of the bank opposite. He
was bland and inconspicuous, but he
was al Expert accountant, had taken
degree in the law and worked three
nights a week in the gymnasium in
! New York when he was in town.
The Compton home stood on hill
| just back of the town. 1t was known
as Stone Crest and was the most am
bilious establishment Whereabouts, be-
ing always pointed out with pride to
visitors. The banker was a widower,
| but given to enter tainment and TO
| charity. The members of the board
of aldermen often met at Stone Crest
to discuss those matters that had to do
with the well-being of the town. Teas
were given there whenever it's charit-
able women were inaugurating some
new venture. The party tonight was a
semipublic affair, for it was in COM
memoration of a centennial anniver-
| sary of that occasion when the first
settlers had fought off attacking In
dams from their stockade through a
day and night.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12
EIashIiuht Needed.

Every household should possess a
good electric flashlight. 1t is invalu-
able to the mother when there are
little children and she often has to get
up at night. Flash it into the medi-
cine cabinet, and there will be no
tragedies of mistaken bottles gotten in
the dark. Even in the daytime it is
handy to look into dark closets, attics,
drawers or dark corners. The beauty
of it is that one may throw a strong
light just where it is needed without
particle of danger from fire. You
may even flash it into the gasoline
tank with safety.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12
The "Flyinq Type"

The army aviator Of today is picked
for his quickness of mind and body.
and the first thing that strikes you
about him Is a sort of feline, wound
dp-spring alertness. Then you note
his reticence, the cool reserve of man
whose lot it is to express himself in
deeds rather than words. And lastly
there is the quiet seriousness, verging
almost on sadness, of the man who
must hold himself ready to look death
between the eyes at any moment and
yet keep his mind detached for other
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12
German Parsons.

The German church, like everything
else German, is admirably organized,
but the clergy depend on the govern
ment for their daily bread. The oath
of allegiance which each clergyman
takes binds him to obedience not only
TO the kaiser but also to the ''state."
The clergy, therefore, can scarcely be
considered as anything but a depart
ment of the German civil SERVICE
New York Telegram.
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Trough on RATS"BB2'sass I Rs,. Al,, 49,. !
What She Had EornnttAn

The check which the comey yom,
German woman handed in at The vi
dow of savings bank the other ll
was made payable to Gretchen 4
Schmidt and she had Endorsed # 81
ply Gretchen Schmidt The mms
the receiving teller's window ols
her back to rectify the mistake g
as she was turning away.
you don't deposit this quite Nj
way" he explained. "See, you ha
forgotten the H."
1.-THE young woman looked at Bal
check and then bluShed a rosy N
Zach, so l haf," she murmupl O.
wrote hurriedly:
age tWenty-three."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-09-12
Crushed Coal in Smelling.

A new method of utilizing coal in
competition with oil fuel is being tried
at Vancouver. Those conducting the
experiments claim that crushed coal
can be supplied to steam-prOducing
furnaces by the same method that oil
is utilized. The new process is of
special interest to British Columbia,
as it is proposed to apply it for smelt-
ing purposes in the big mining plants
of the Province. 1t is claimed that
seven tons of copper ore can be smelt-
ed with one ton of coal by this proc
ess, whereas formerly the ratio was
ton of coal to a ton of ore.
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and two lesser nuts and one least nut.
observes the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The chief nuts are the hickory nut and
the chestnut. The hickory nut is COM
monest and it is good nut, despite its
rugged exterior and its propensity to
hide its sweetness in difficult woody
crdnnies and labyrinthS. The house
wife desires hickory nuts for her cakes.
The small boy likes hickory nuts for
the pleasure of calculating their mys-
teries with hammer and fiatiron. They
are worth gathering.
Thu chestnut is of more apparent
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IL . AAhS 60
is all anxiety TO
know before hand
when company is
coming. This is
the girl who must
do her share of
the homework ;
who is poor, but
strives her best
to make a good
S h 0 w in G. She
would rather go
out and have a
good time in the
afternoon instead
of housekeeping.
Sitting on some
other girls door
step, or going to
tho nanNinS WON'T