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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-26
20 Years Ago Today

From the Daily East Orcgonisn
June 20. 1881
The auti-benedict club with -
mem bers was organized yesterday
evening ard will doubtless flourish
and grow az a green bay tree
The disappe8rance 81 a gun or twu.
several pistols and quantity of
cutlery from the show window of the
y. IT. & l. Co noticed this morning.
showed that burglars hal evidently
been a. work
4 fine hox of straw berries about
the last Or the season was brought
90 the editor this morning ig Mrs
r. L. oliver
several Pendieton BOYS were LEFT
gain last night in their efforts in
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-26

mash the unsusceptible maidens or
the Lilly-Clay troupe. The girls
were too clever.
II is feared that the three addition
al towers which ii has been found
necessary to construct on the new
court house will destroy the grace and
beauty of the building
II is understood that W. :. Byers
VIII make a proposition to the town
council to be acted upon at its next
meeting to furnish all the water re-
luired by the city from his mill race.
Work has commenced on the len
noX building: Wallace Ashpaugh has
the contract for the brick work and
will do a large share of ii himself
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-26

John y. Verdun. Frederick Jones and
Athletic Association mem bers. were
chosen as pallbearers.
As Fritsch was not known to have
any relatives here 1t was agreed thnt
Steininger should apply for admins
tration papers so as to revent the es-
tate from being handled by the pub.
lie administrator. other funeral ar.
rangements were made. including the
selection of an undertaken
This morning Fritsch was breath
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-26
WOMEN SUFFER
MOST OF ALL

From those conditions Of the blood
and nerves in which the combination
treatment. Hoods Sarsaparilla he
fore eating and Peptiron pills after
eating. gives 50 much satisfaction at
50 little cost as compared with other
medicines or physicians fees.
These two great medicines are
especially effective In eases Of physi-
cal weakness. nervous irritabilitv.
rundown conditions in which there
is iron deficiency. Price of each ~.
Ask your druggist for thom
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-26

ing the early summer air through a
very serviceahle pair of lungs a. he
sat on the west lawn Of 81. I.uke's
Hospital. He declares his funeral il
too remote for present contempla-
tion. but he is grateful to the boys
who planned to give him "a good
send-off.'' and In week or so. when
he Is able TO go downtown. he will
give the promised "pallbearers din
neT. Detroit Free Press.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-26

were so badly affected as to call for
two operations and in his weakened
would survive the day.
The visitors after leaving the hos
pital went to a cafe and talked it
over. Under the circumstances they
saw no reason why they should not
at once take up the sad task Of ar
ranging for the funeral.
BY vote of the delegation. otto
Stifel, Herman H Laumeier. Dewitt
H. Steigers. Edward A. Steininger,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-26

~ NLY with submarines are
w the Germans now wag-
ing offensive war. In
that field of effort they make
headway but not with such
force as to seriously cripple the
allies. The number of vessels
sunk is small compared with
the total arrivals and depar-
lures from England. Then it is
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-26

every bottle manufactured
during such times as these will
mean Sustenance withheld
from someone needing it, in
this country or abroad. This is
everybody's war; let every
body help, the brewers and dis
tillerS included.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-26

Brigadier General william NJ.
Black is chief of the engineering
forces of the United States army.
His position on the general staff re-
quires an intimate knowledge of the
vast strides made in this very neces-,
sary field Of military operation and
it is under his direction that the en-
gneering brains OF the country will
operate
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-26

1t might be we'll for congress
to give the President blanket
authority to do anything neces-
sary in waging war and then
adjourn.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-26

There is still room for vol
unteers if you do not want to
be subject to draft.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-26

The East Oregonian yester-
day declined to publish a COM
munication in which the writer
set forth views antagonistic in
a sense to the cause of the
United States and its allies in
the present war; at times like
this ordinary rules. of journal
ism will not apply and while
letters from the people are de-
sired they must conform in
spirit to the course followed by
the country.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-26
WHY WE CAN BUILD SHIPS
NOW

n HE wisdom of the Wilson
VI administration in driving
its merchant marine bill
through congress last year is
now being demonstrated in
magnificent manner. When
! up for passage the measure
was generally opposed by the
ireactionaries who in the pre-
vious congress had defeated a
Isimilar bill by the filibustering
process. Credit for the enact
,ment of the law in 1916 was
due directly to the administra-
ton forces. President Wilson
being given particularly val
liable help by Secretary of tbs
Treasury McAdoo.
Through the merchant ma
rine law the country had avail
able at the time we entered the
war the organization and
money necessary to embark at
once on a mammoth scale into
the building of ships. The
shipping board is now letting
contracts by the score with the
result that in ship yards along
all our seacoasts we are now
constructing steel and wooden
ships to replace those sent to
the bottom by the submarines. /
These ships will spell the diff
ference between victory and
defeat for the allies. But they !
will do more than that. They |
will be highly valuable after
the war because the nation with
shipping facilities at is disposal
will be in fortunate position
for the acquisition of foreign
business.
How fortunate for the coun- /
try and how fortunate for
world democracy that the Uni
ed States has had a real
statesman, economist and pa
riot in the white house.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-26
, NNNaA~~~N~AN 4
OLD FRIENDS ARE BEST.

. = ~~e . . . - .
= OLD FRIENDS ARE BEST.
. Old friends are best,
= Old forms. old hearts. old
- faces
- That haunt the memory of the I
. passing years.
= And seem TO dwell among de-
. serted places.
= Reproving us for all our name 4
= les fears
. Old friends are best,
= The roses softly blowing
. Close. ~ the doer. they always 4
= seem to say
= --OId friends are best al
= though were never know
. where ;hey are aarins at the =
= close Of day .
. Old friends are best!
= Somehow the memory cling =
. lus .
. Brings back the faces that We =
. used to know. =
. And in the winter OF the .
heart are ringing
, The songs We loved 50 many .
years ago
, Old friends are hest =
when autumn twilight fall- .
ing
Brings respite from the daily toll =
and care
seem to hear their vibrant =
voices. calling.
, Although l know know they =
are not there.
Selected y
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
GETS FREEDOM
and HER CHILD
Mrs. de Saulles Is Acquit-
ted of the Murder of
Her Husband

Mineola, n. Y, Dec. at requir-
ed but one hour and - minutes foE
jury In supreme court here Satur-
day night to reach q verdict OF not
guilty in the trial Of Mrs. Blanca de
Saulles for the murder OF her divor-
ced husband, John L. de SauIIes
former Yale football star, and club
man, at his home near Westbury,
Long Island, the night OF August 3.
Mrs. de Saulles, who had main
tanned an air OF extreme posses
sion throughout the two weeks Of the
trial. received the verdict smiHngly.
She shook hands with each OF the
jurors as they left the box. and 20
each gave a nod Of appreciation.
As Mrs. de SauIles left the court
room a photographer touched on a
flash Of light. The shock Of the ex-
plosion, coupled with the young
Woman's heightened nervous tension,
caused her TO stagger. but she was
prevented from falling by DR.. J.
Sherman Wight, her physician. She
was taken into a nearby room, where
she soon recovered.
In the verdict, no reference what
ever was made to insanity. II was
q plea OF temporary loss Of account
ability which formed the basis Of the
defense.
I'm so happy" was Mrs. de Saul
les only comment, according to Mrs.
de Saulles' attorney, Henry A. Utter
hart.
Mrs. de SauIles' acquittaI automa-
tically establishes her as the only
legal custodian Of her son, John l..
de Saulles, Jr., according to her at
torneys.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
"Young America"
Urged To Invest
In Thrift Stamps
CBr AssocIated Press

WASHINGTON, Dec. "A great drive
to make every school child in Amer
lea buy at least one 25-cent thrift
stamp during the first week OF the
war saving compaign which opened
today was announced Saturday
by the National War Savings com
mittee. which made public a special
appeal by Secretary McAdoO ad-
dressed to young America" Saw
fnES stamps and certificates by
which il is planned to raise two bill
lion dollars within the next year,
will go on sale at every postoftice
Monday morning and at banks,
schools. stores and other institutions
later in the week.
A special pamphlet has been pre-
pared suggesting boys and girls
may make money by beating carpets,
waxing floors, sitting ashes helping
parents, cleaning cellars. washing
windows, cleaning silver, cutting
wood, vanishing chairs, tearing
down old chicken coops ana cutting
up for firewood. caring for neigh
boris baby, acting as messenger for
drug stores, selling magazines, work
ing in stores Saturdays. and waiting
on table.
Secretary McAdoo in his message
to young America said:
1--WE are in the greatest war in the
worlds history and we must win
this war. We can and we shall win,
IL the boys and girls Of America say
so, and mean IL, and feel il. and live
il as the boys and girls OF &c lived
and felt and helped"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
SAYS HOLLAND IS
BEING ALTENATED
Dutch Minister Of Finanea Expresses
His Views On Policy Of Isolation
BY Allies.

The Hague, Netherlands, Nov. s.
(Correspondence).-'I am quite sure
the policy Of America and Britain of
isoIating Holland is a bad one" de-
clared Marie Willem Frederik Treub.
Netherlands minister OF finance, in
discussing recently his country's
position with the correspondent Of
, The Associated Press.
Minister Treub's criticism was
based on the contention that the at
titude OF the two powers made the
Netherlands dependent on Germany,
with the result that she had to make
all kinds Of concessions to that
country. Moreover, he thought it
had q most unfortunate effect on the
nations sympathies. AT the outset
OF the war these were. for the largest
part, on the side Of the Entente AL
lies, but, excepting perhaps France,
pro- Allied feeling and since largely
declined as a result OF Allied meas
ures. IL a referendum on the subject
could be taken today. he thought il
would show a pretty equal division
of sympathies between the Entente
and the Central Powers. Unless the
present policy be changed. he added,
II am quite sure pro-Allied feeling
will decline daily"
Discussing the question with Brit
ain in respect Of allowing Germany
to take gravel and sand over Neither
lands waterways to Belgium, which
led the British government to with
draw financial and commercial tele-
graphic facilities from Holland. Mr..
Treub declared: Proof n such cir
cumstances Is always difficult, but IL
the Z Netherlands government only
gets the impression that such sand
and gravel is really for war purposes
/ am absolutely sure the traffic will
be stonned.n
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
BUFFALO SHOWS HER
HOSPITALITY TO YEOMEN
Banquet Given in Honor of Glass Of
Sixteen--Farao Degree Team IN
Charge OF the Work.

Buffalo, N. D., Dec. S.-Fifty -one
Yeomen OF the Fargo homestead,
accompanied by the degree team un-
der aptain Nels Rusk, attended and
participated in the initiation OF a
class of 16 candidates into the Yeo-
men lodge.
The visitors arrived from Fargo
in a special coach which was at
tached to the evening strain, and
through arrangements made by
Banker s. g. Moore, train No. 2 stop
ped at midnight for the returning
passengers. Besides those in attend
ance from Fargo, representative Of
the Yeomen lodge at Valley City,
Chaffee, Argusville, Tower City,
Wheatland and other points were
present.
Speeches were made by w. IL.
Davy. chief correspondent Of the or
der, from Des Muines. R. g. Bailey
state manager, Mrs. r. G. Bailey, and
Mrs. wv. X. Hunt, district manager.
Fully one hundred attended the ban
uuet served in the opera houses j. wv.
Resley Of Fargo, was toastmaater.
Deputy Edward Masterton Of this
city. was in charge Of the arrange
ments.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
new YORK HAS
ITS BOLSHEVIKT
Aims Claimed To Be SINH
lar to Those of Russian
Organization
CRy Associated Press-N

New York, Dec. 2.-AccordfnE "a
Leonard ID. Abbott. who was an on
ctal in the s0-called anti-conscrip-
ton league and who is prominent in
the radical group Of which Emma
Goldman Is the head. q meeting over
which he presided here today was
the initial gathering of the Bolsh-
eviki OF New York Abbott and other
speakers declared the aims Of the
organization are similar to those Of
the Bolsheviki in Russia
Although the members OF the /.
w. w. and the groups Of anarchists
in the United States are mostly in
jail" Abbott said in his organization
speech. yet for the first time in the
history OF the world a body holding
the same principles. has gained con-
troll OF a great country. He declar-
ed that the Russian revolution is an
international affair. and that IL is
probable its ideals win spread over
all the world.
Hippolyte Havel, editor OF The
Social War. an anarchist paper
published in Chicago, asserted that
anarchists and members OF the /. w.
w. are not pacifists but are fighters
engaged in a war on society.
At the meeting to which members
Of labor unions, socialistiC and syndi-.
calist groups were invited, were
many young persons who began to
dance before the organizers could
take up a collection. Dancing was
stopped and q small sum was coll
lected when the hat was passed
A representative OF the war tax
service appeared and demanded that
the legal tax be paid or a declaration
be filed that the proceeds would
revert to a recognized charity. The
members decided to make out an
affidavit to that effect. and the dane
ing proceeded.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
German Description OF
British Bon1bdrdment Is
Called In Flanders He'll

London, Nov. 1ss-CCorrespondencs
e. The Associated Pressl-A Ger
man description Of a British bonn
hardmsnt smoke screen. attacks with
gas, fame throwers and tanks fol-
lowed by a charge Of Canadians and
Scots Published BY The Berlin Post
il entitled In the Flanders Hell"
For weeks. day and night. says
the writer. ~the British kept our
position under fire. Ever fiercer
burned the glowing stream that
poured cracking down upon US
Every day this IRE grew hotter. Our
artillery replied powerfully. The
army eommunique spoke OF q con-
centration OF enemy artillery IRE on
individual sectors Even we cannot
describe what that means. The his
tory OF the wofid has never seen
were brought into action. and q
crater OF unprecedented extent open
ed beside the others, was excavated
Rfrssh. swallowed up the old ones.
spread out beyond the lime frees and
threw up the hinterland. Nothing
remained intact Of all that nights
Of hard labor under the enemy's FIRE
had created.
The destroying FIRE did its work
with depressing thoroughnesS. SEEM
ing to extinEuish all life. and now
came the turn OF the smoke shells.
Thick smoke lay before our eyes, so
that we could see nothing. and yet
ever further forward must we push
our death-defying posts. "A real fog
is mere patchwork compared with
this artificial fog which the British
send out in order to ven their dis
positions.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
URGES REDUCTION
in TAX ON CLEO
Report of Internal Revenue
Department Gives In
teresting Statistics
(Rv Associated Presa.l

Washington, Dec. 3.-Reduction Of
the ten cents a pound tax on colored
oleomargarins both as a war meas
ure TO increase the production of
food fats and as a means OF actually
yielding more aggregate revenue.
was recommended in the annual re-
port of the internal revenue bureau
issud today over the nan Of w. H.
Osborn, who has recently been sue
ceeded as commissioner by Daniel
C.. Roper. Another recommendation
prompted by war conditions was
that the government should assume
control, manufacture and use of
narcotic drugs needed so badly for
Red Cross work.
The report cited the $500, 1885,, 900
internal revenue receipts for the
fiscal year ending last June 30, as
the largest in the history Of the
bureau" but pointed out that seven
that record would be broken by the
estimated receipts for the current
year under the new war tax law OF
$1,000, 900, 900. The greatest source of
taxation was distilled liquors, the
production Of which showed a mark
ed increase despite the extension of
prohibition territory.
The principal collections last year
were as follows: Distilled spirits,
S1S7,2sS, 900; fermented liquors, $91,-
O94, 900; individual income tax, $780,
100000; corporation income tax
S179,53s, 900: manufactured tobacco,
Sl02 ,230,0 900; munition manufacturers,
now discontinued, $27, 663, 900; miscel-
laneous special taxes, 1881 900.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
MOTT PIONEER PRESS And
SPOTLIGHT CONSOLIDATE

Mott. N. D.. Dec. Reimbursement
is made OF the consolidation OF The
Mott Pioneer Press and The Mott
Spotlight, under The Pioneer Press
company, whose directors are r. E.
TrousdaIe. George ]. Helming and #.
G. Orr, substantial Mott business
men.
The Pioneer Press company capt.
talized for $4,000, was issued a
charter by Secretary of State Hall
on Friday. The Pioneer Press under
Elmer Enge and : The Spotlight,
under John Charmley, for years
had waged an unceasing war
fare which Mott citizens generally
recognized as injurious to their town.
Both have been excellent weekly
newspapers, and except for their fac
tional tinge have left little to be
desired.
Under the new management,
Charmley's paper wilT be discontinue
ed. and its circulation lists win be
merged with those OF The Pioneer
Press, which, beginning Saturday,
viii have the field to itself.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
ELKs TO HONOR DEAD.
Bismarck Lost Six Members Durin
Xna-Enmr In Sinnln TrananN.

Bismarck Lost Six Members During
Ysar-Four in Single Tragedy.
Bismarck, n. D., Dec. S.-Bismarck
lodge, b. P. o. E. will honor its
deceased members with memorial
services in the Elks' temple Sunday
afternoon at o'clock, when Rev.
George BuZzelle. rector OF st.
~3eorgNs Episcopal church, win de-
liver the annual memorial address.
and a musical program viii be
rendered under the direction Of Henry
Halvorson.
The last year has been a sad one
for Bismarck lodge, robbing ii of six
OF its most active members. The
Easter morning tragedy took four
Elks-J. A. Vail, Nat Prentice, Harry
Barwind and A A. Won Hagen. Early
in the year a pioneer member Of
Bismarck Iodge-A. w. Eppinger-
passed away suddenly in Chicago.
and a sixth member, well known
Kuhn citizen, was taken during the
twelve month
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
use CONTROL OF
IMPORTS AS CLUB
Government Will Force
Fair Prices To America
From Other Countries

Washington, Dec. 3.-Government
control OF imports Just put into
operation by President Wilson, win
be used to its fullest extent, ii was
made known today, to force the re-
lease to America at fair prices of
war supplies now held by other
countries under embargo.
In a statement outlining an inn
port policy the war trade board,
which has, organized a bureau to
license imports, makes it clear the
countries receiving American exports
are expected to reciprocate by ship
ping more freely the commodities
needed by the United States from
abroad to prosecute the war success
fully.
The trades dealing in embargoed
commodities win be so organized that
the total requirements Of each indus
try can be surveyed and non-es-
sential uses Of any material elimin-
ated. A system of control for dis
tribution viii be instituted to- insure
equitable appointment of imported
supplies among the industries in need
OF them.
In the future importers will give
guarantees that goods are not to be.
re-exported except under restrictions
direct TO the war trade BOARD instead
Of to representatives of foreign gov
ernments as at present. This is. eX-
pected to cause general satisfaction
among importers who have complain
ed of the Inconvenience Of the form
er systems.
An intimation that the United
States will demand fair prices on
goods imported. is carried in the
statement. Such a demand, officials
says is in line with the Presidents
recent statement.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
DRY" NATION IS
HIS PREDICTION
William Jennings Bryan
Forecasts National Pro-
hibition by 1920
CRy Associated Press.n

Washington. Dec. 3.-Ratifcation
by the states Of prohibition amend
ment to the federal constitution
within two years, was predicted last
night by William Jennings Bryan,
speaking before the opening session
OF the annual convention of the Wo-
mems Christian Temperance union.
With twenty-six states already dry
and prohibition territory spreading
rapidly in others, Mr.. Bryan said a
federal amendment before 1920 SEEM
ed certain.
The national officers are preparing
to devote their energies to the fight
for passage by the house Of the
amendment resolution already pass
ed by the senate. They profess
confidence that the house will act
favorably before Christmas.
Mr.. Bryan declared the action OF
the President in ordering a reduction
in the alcoholic content of beer was
a great step forward for prohibition.
The failure to suspend the manufac-
ture of beer entirely because it would
put the country on a whisky basis,
he said, meant that there would be
but one argument in the future on
the prohibition question, ana that
congress should lose no time in say
ing there should be no further con-
version of foodstuffs into either beer
or whisky.