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Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-25

spected by the people. The fact that
the Afridi are friendly is most i'm
portant, as it prevents the tribes on
either side OF them from joining hands
against the British.
The Mohmands, whose territory lies
near Peshawar, have been giving con-
siderable trouble, as have also the
Mahsuda, far to the southwest, but
it is not depredations by individual
tribes that is feared, as only con-
certed action by all of them would
give cause for particular worry. The
Mohmands, who have been committing
outrages in British territory and wag-
ing petty warfare from time to time,
already are paying for their hostility.
Not only have they been barred from
entering the province to carry on
trade by which they have been want
to secure the necessities of life, but
virtually all the MohmandS in the
British domains have either been
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-25
Japan Suffers Slight
Losses On the Hiuh Seas

Correspondence Of The Associated, PressD
Toxic, Dec. l0--A total Of 1920
merchant vessels, with an aggregate
tonnage of 100000, have been sunk
since the outbreak OF the war, &C
cording to Baron kenjiro Den, min
lister of communications, who spoke
before the Japan Trade association
on the subject of war and shipping.
Despite the heavy losses suffered
by some of the entente countries" he
said. "Iapan's loss has been compare
lively slight, So far only six Japan
csc steamers, with an aggregate ton
mage of 10000, have been sunk by
the enemy. while three more of H.
600 tons are missing, making a total
of nine ships and $4,000 tons. Since
the outbreak of the war Japan's mari
time trade to foreign countries has
greatly developed, and the tonnage
of tramp steamers now trading to
America, Australia, India, etc, is
put at 100000 This shows a five-fold
increase since the outbreak of the
war"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-25
AMERICA ALARMS
BRITISH ARTISTS
England Plans to Buy Back
Noted Paintings from the
Yankee Millionaires.
ART LOVERS UP IN ARMS

| Correspondence OF The Associated Press)
London, Dec. 2l.-There is a pc.
culiar appeal to the art world Of Amer.
lea i'll the proposal now before the
House of Lords to sell famous pic.
lures i'll the National gallery in order
to provide funds for the purchase oil
still more noted paintings and thus
stem the flow to the United States
America is the only country buying
works OF art just now, Recent sales
to noted collectors in the United
States OF some of the noted pictures
in England have alarmed the local
! art world.
But the proposal which authorizes
the trustees to sell works of art which
have been bequeathed or given for the
benefit of the nation is opposed by
a large body Of distinguished painters
and sculptors on the ground that il
involves serious breach of faith. An.
other objection is that it would break
up the works of J, NJ. w. Turner,
who is ranked by many as the great
est artist this country has produced
and the greatest landscape painter.
In a formal protest to the prime
minister score of noted painters
and sculptors declare that the pro-
posed powers have never yet been
given to similar board of trustees
by any state or legislature. They say
that the immediate result would be to
discourage prospective donors and
testators and that no future purchases
could compensate the nation for the
destruction of the Turner collection.
Squabble Over Turner.
Supporters Of the bill say that the
Turner works are redundant, are not
appreciated and could easily be sold
and the funds devoted to obtaining
more wonderful masterpieces. Led by
Lord DAbernon, the author of the
bill, they assert that of $4,000 pic
lures and drawing owned BY the Ma
tional gallery 10000 are by Turner
and 5000 by artists of all other
schools. In other words they say that
there are too many Turner's" They
want to get rid of some of them SO
that they can prevent other MASTER
pieces from crossing the Atlantic.
Many artists and students of Turner
have joined in the opposition to the
bill. Lord D'Abernon and the trus-
tees of the gallery have been attacked
in Parliament and through the press,
the trustees being accused of select
ing favorable opportunity to SNUG
gle a bill through giving themselves
power to betray their trus, and buy
a few more pictures which under pres
ent conditions are regarded as unnec-
essary luxuries.
But it appears that what the OBJ
jectors fear most is that the privilege
thus given to the trustees will prove
the entering wedge to a system that
will threaten the unique collection Of
Dutch pictures. at was only the
other day." wrote a noted artist to
the Telegraph, that a certain noble
peer parted with celebrated Italian
picture for America, and is \ MT 10
be presumed that the proverbial sum
Of 100000 pounds has been obtained?
Surprising then that Lord D'Aber-
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-25
Former Omaha Man Dies
In Detroit Last TueSda,

Mrs. Ross Hyde of this city re-
ceived news of the death Tuesday1'Il,
of her brother, Fred Thrall Of De! IN
troit, who has been i'll from nery-
GUS breakdown for some weeks. MrJest-
Thral! is the elder son OF Mrs. George,st
Thrall, formerly Of this city, and his
boyhood was spent here before the
family moved to Detroit. He leaves
a wife and little daughter. His death ES
occurred a year after that Of his
father almost to the day. and his own
breakdown OF health is in part due to
the shock he suffered at his father snates
death and from ovcrwork since thaln the
time
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-25
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Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-25
London Women Working
As Clerks of Courts

Correspondence Of The Associated Press)
London, Dec. 2o.--In the central
law courts women are now being
trained to do the work of clerks.
Six women typists have been en-
gagged in the scriveners' office, but
only for such ordinary work as short
hand and typewriting; engrossing is
still being done, as typewriting lacks
permanence as record, and is also
open to facility for forgery. The ell
grossers, however, are all elderly
men.
There are ten women in the ad-
miralty division of the courts. In
the prize department their work is
varied; they keep the ledgers and
look after the premiums of insurance
PAYABLE on prizes.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-25
Nebraska Naval Militia
Will Train On the River

Ensign H. E. Reed of the Mime
sofa naval militia is in Omaha to or
ganize Nebraska young men into a
similar body. Lieutenant w. W.
Waddell of the navy recruiting sta
ton is cooperating with him. Head
quarters are temporarily at the Del
mar hotel. Boat drills on Carter lake
and the Missouri river are tanned, to
train civilians for naval service in time
of war. The naval militia is reserve
plan, similar to the National Guard
and except on vacation cruises for
training purposes would be active only
in wartime.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-25
VATICAN IS PORT
OF MISSING MEN
Pope Benedict Conducts De.
partment of Lost Soldiers
Clearing House for Sorrow.
HIS SISTER ASKS HELP

Correspondence of The Associated Pressl
Rome, Dec. lS--Pope Benedict Nv,
through the department of lost SOL
diers established at the Vatican. has
aided in learning the whereabouts of
more than 10000 lost soldiers about
whom heart-broken relatives had in
CURED through personal appeals to
his holiness. He is receiving, and
has received since the war began,
some 200 letters day from distracted
parents, wives and Sweethcarts in all
of the belligerent nations. pleading
that he use his good offices to learn
whether their loved ones, about whom
they have been unable to hear any
thing, arc dead, wounded, sick or pris-
oners.
The pope has found this one OF the
saddest phases of the war. Notwth-
standing the size OF his daily mail.
he reads all such letters himself. In
the beginning of the war he attempted
TO investigate each personally, but
the task became so formidable that it
was necessary to establish a separate
department at the Vatican. now in
charge of Father Huismarn. under the
pope's direction, His holiness, after
reading one OF the appeals, makes
some notationS on its envelope and
sends it to the department of lost SOL
diers, which has its offices on the
fourth floor OF the Vatican near the
papal secretary Of state. Here arc
some thirty priests and civilians en-
gagged in clerical work,
The department has access to off
cial records transmitted by the Prus-
sian minister of war to the holy see
at Lugano, Switzerland and has Of
fees at Paris, Constantinople, Vienna,
Freiburg, Brussels and Padeborn
Westphalia, Germany, with several
minor branches in other countries.
Efficient Organization.
The department has become one of
the most highly organized of any in
the Vatican. 1t writes several hun
bred letters day. and to date such
letters have run up to total of more
than 100000. As the department re-
turns all money enclosed in letters of
appeal and as a person writing from
England cannot well enclose Italian
stamps for international correspond
ence, the stamp bill alone OF the de-
partment has been upwards of $780,
900.
After making an official demand on
the government of the country where
the lost soldier is supposed to.be, the
department causes each new name to
be posted up in the military prison
camps, by the aid of Catholic chap
lain always present, in the hope that
some of the lost soldiers comrades
may see the name and offer some
clue that will lead to his location.
Several thousands of such lists have
been printed. There are ITO lists,
each containing 200 names, for the
Italian army alone, making thus a
total of $4,000 lost Italian soldiers.
Aside from this, the department has,
copies of official army prisoner lists,
arranged by nations, and it immedi-
ately searches these lists carefully
for the name of the lost soldier.
Despite the difficulties of the task,
the department has so far been able
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-25

to find more than 10000 lost soldiers,
and the pope has received treasured
collection of letters OF thanks from
families, often from little children,
who address him as Mister" or who
give him the title names OF popes
dead many hundreds of years.
The correspondent of the Asso-
Grated Press on visit to the depart
ment saw bundle OF letters that had
Just been sent by the pope, possibly
seventy-hve in number, and on the
envelope of each one, in his own
handwriting, was written directions
concerning its disposition. Among
the heap was letter from his sister,
the Countess Persico della Chicsa of
Genoa, the pope's home city, asking
that search be made for a certain
soldier OF Genoa. The countess
begs attention again" the pope had
written on the letter: Another one
OF the letters was one OF thanks from
French family whose son, Jean La
forgue, had been for two years in
the orient without being able to send
news to his family of himself, but
the pope had been able to discover
this lost son at Samsan, in distant
Turkey,
Another letter was one OF thanks
from the family Of Count Hugo de
Rochefort, lieutenant in the acronau-
tic corps, who, during the Somme
offensive, fell into the German lines.
By telegraphing to the Nuncio at
Munich, Bavaria, the department had
been able to learn that the young
men had died in the hospital of Vath-
land and been buried in the cemetery
attached to the hospital. 1T was at
least consolation for the family to
know the burial place" said Father
Huismarn
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-25

mons bill had become law. it is evident
that Turner's would not have sup
piled the required demands, and in
order to make the purchase the trus-
tees would nave been obliged TO dip
into the Dutch collection"
A stroag appeal is made on senti-
mental grounds. Tue pictures were
obtained by requests, and it is con-
sidered unfair to deceased donors to
have their gifts traded with, or the
National gallery changed from per-
mancnt resting place into an occa-
sional auction mart"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-25
BRITISH HOLDING THE
INDIAN TRIBES DOWN
Efforts of Emissaries to Stir
Up Trouble Is Overcome
in Short Order.
RooS. KEPPEL AT THE HELM

Correspondence of The Associated Prs's)
Peshawar, Northwest Frontier
Province, India, Feb. l2,--British
army officers and Tommies in this
northwestern section of British In
dia, who often turn their thoughts
longingly towards the activities in the
great theaters OF war, solace them
selves with the fact that they are hold
ing the eastern end of the front any
way Under the direction Of Sir
George Roos-Keppel, chief commits
sioner for the northwest frontier
province, they are keeping open the
Peiwar Kotal and Khyber passes, the
gateways into Afghanistan, and arc
preventing the tribesmen OF the inter.
vening territory from carrying into
British India a warfare which might
have a strong bearing on the situation
as whole.
When the war broke out there was
considerable unessiness among Brit
ish officials regarding the thousands
OF independent tribesmen, who are
ever ready to make trouble and who,
if they should succeed in burying their
tribal feuds and unite, would pre-
sent serious menace. Numbers Of
German and Turkish emissarics had
made their way into this independent
region and had been busy trying to
stir up the mountaineers TO war, play
ing on the religious fansticism Of the
latter. To certain extent they were
successful, for they created more or
less unrest and aroused hopes Of con-
quest which held dangerous potentiali-
tics.
Gets Situation in Hand.
At-this juncture Sir George Roos-
Keppel, who was then on protraeted
leave OF absence in England, returned
to take charge of his province. which
forms the buffer between the tribes
men and the rest of British India. As
the result of the measures which he
instituted the situation is said TO have
been got thoroughly in hand and
while the habitual fighting still con-
tinues there is no longer any fear OF
serious trouble.
The handling of the tribesmen IL
largely a matter OF personal influence
and Sir George is credited in official
circles with being extraordinarily sue
cessful. One thing that undoubtedly
has contributed to his success is the
fact that he is typical leader of
broad-shouldered, keen
eyed quick of mind and with par
ticularly strong personality--the type
the tribesmen respects. The chief
commissioner deals with the chiefs
as man to man, employing their own
open-handed form of diplomacy, He
has established a reputation among
the tribes Of never trying to bluff, a
fact which is said to have bridged
many a difficulty.
Influence 81 Sir George Felt.
The Afridi, the most warlke and
powerful of the tribesmen, have been
remaining strictly neutral ever since
the arrival of the chief commissioner,
although they were restless when he
left England. Here the personal in
Auence of Sir George came into play,
for he had worked among the Afridi
for nine years and is known and re-
Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-25

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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-11
A SPEEDY PEACE DOUBT
Full

n ROM military stand
point the war has by no
means been fought to a
finish. 1t is even too early to
say that the turning point has
been reached. The new crop
viii give heart to the central
powers and should enable them
to fight for some months at
least. We may be in for a
longer struggle than we real
ize. In his financial review
for April z, Henry Clews said:
Our joining the Allies will surely
hasten the end. There are some op-
timists who expect tnat hostiiities will
end this summer. and not a few arc
confident that the struggle VIII not
last through another winter. Yet IL
would he grave mistake to act upon
any such assumptions. We must pre-
pare FOR the worst. Csermanys abil-
its to Withstand a siege has by no
means reached the limit. She may
be feeling the intense strain upon her
economic. financial and political sys-
tenn: but nations have often shown
ability TO wieId the sword long after
the utmost pressure mad been applied.
As long as Germany can sustain her
armies and preserve their morale. IL
may be possible for her to he able to
hold off her enemies both within and
without; and in any event n decisive
result seems impossible until settled
by conclusive victory. II such an as
sumption is correct, our government
must take up the war in earnest and
prepare TO send an ample contingent
across the Atlantic IL necessary to
fight with the Allies. our fleet must
cooperate. and we can render further
aid BY supplying munitions and by
hrIpins finance the AIlies whose re-
sources are undergoing terrific
strain.
The one contingency that
might bring about an earlier
peace would be the overthrow
of the German autocracy and
the establishment of a demo-
cracy in its place. 1t is de-
velopment likely to occur If the
food blockade against the CEN
tlal powers is continued and
the Teuton armies cannot hold
their own in France.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-11
BACK YARD CROPS MAY
DECIDE THE WAR

NANITH food prices so high
W as to make many ar
ticles of diet out OF
reach of the average home the
matter of a food preparedness
campaign is no joke. 1t is
something to take notice of
and Pendleton as well as other
JmatiIla county towns will do
well to give heed to advice
from the experts on the special
train to be here next Monday.
The man or woman raising
vegetables this summer where
snch products have not been
grown heretofore renders a
practical service to mis- family,
the country and to our allies.
The fate of the war is going to
rest not with the bayonet but
with the cupboard. Hunger
promises to decide the war be-
fore it can be fought to fin
ash on the battlefield. Food
stuffs are low in Europe, par
sicuIarly in Germany, and next
winter the hardships viii be
extreme. The allies will rely
4a considerable extent on i'm
rortations from America.
Therefore every potato and
every onion viii count. Time
may prove that he who raises
a good crop renders more valu-
able service than the man who
senlists in the army-com-
mendable as enlisting may be.
Back yard and vacant LOT
farming. If carried out vlgor-
ously and consistently all over
the country can be made to
spell the difference between
famine and abundance. This
6eing the case the duty IS ur'
gent on all to do their part, be
they rich or poor. The natioT
needs the food production. he
who has a chance TO raise some
thing to eat and neglects tina
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-11
is a Stacker in his
eenntry's hour of need.
1T is AN EXECUTIVE
AFFAIR

~ HE waging of war is an
VI executive affair-llOt a
legislative proceeding. II
can be more successfully
handled by the president, his
cabinet and war staffs than by
congress. The best service
congress can render the coun-
try is to- give the administration
a free rein, providing all the
money needed and such new
laws as are asked for, compul-
sorry service included.
The nation having gone to
war the people will be in no
mood to submit to obstructive
tactics by Mr.. Mann, republi-
can house leader, nor by such
as Fitzgerald, Tammany demo-
cratic member. The country
did not place these men nor
the contingents they represent
in charge of affairs. They
should not try to assume the
responsibility.
The first essential to success
in war is that the country be
under a definite leadership and
that the various forces come
to the bat when called. We
cannot whip Germany or any
other country by following de-
batting society methods. Our
constitution makers foreSaw
this when they specified that
the president should be the
commander-in-chief of the
army and navy.
Let it be hoped that congress
will not prove a stumbling
block for the country in the
prosecution of this war.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-11

From every standpoint the 1917 min
strels of the. b. p. O. f. was up to
the high standard established by past
shows and reflected credit upon the
seneral committee in charge and up
on Messrs Steelhammer and CHOU
pek. directors.
The show went off smoother last
evening than it did the first The
amateur actorfolk profited from their
first-night experience and there was
never a hitch nor pobble, and tho
pepper-box and ginger-jar were ov-
erflowing. The endmen had new
jokes and the singing was done with
more spirit than on the initial night
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-11
DO YOU KNOW

That one-twefth or the area Of
Umatilla county is in the Cmatiiia
Indian reservation?
That Councilman Darr Phelps wa
one Of the first superintendents oi
the PendIeton water department?
That Wallowa county took its name
from WaIlowa river which was 50
named because the indians used
"waIIows.' tripod ror holding fish
trans extensively in This stream?
That NJ. L. ASers was druggis'
and a farmer before he became
roundryman2
That Ad Nye was ten years seere-
tarv Of the Pendleton Commercial as
sociation?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-11
An Absolutely Pure Drin
Brewed in PendIetOn

worlds
nourhing qualities of the golden grains
dgested insung against fer
mel 1t SUBSTITUTE
nyotherp entirely merits
satisfying There's new visor and
siren drop"
is intended fireside,
family
evening dinner AN-
will critical connoisseur
hotels soda fountains ana
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-11
% Years Ago Today

CFrom the Daily East Oregonian
April IL. 1SS9-)
The handsome three story fTick
structure known as the East Orego-
nian building. owned By the F. o
Publishing Co. was visited and bad
Is damaged by fire last night. Tn
library. composing room and offices
of this paper and the music store Of
Mimms Bros. suffering the greatest
injury
The nremen did good. earnest work
and are very grateful for the courtesy
1f Mrs Beagle Mrs Despair anc
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-04-11
IlrERAcY TESTS FROM BIBLE.

WASHINGTON. April 11.-Read-
ing matter for literacy test for aliens
under the new immigration law viii
be taken from the Bible, the depart
ment of labor announces. Passages
will be selected in more than 100 lam
guages and dialects.
This is not because the Bible Is
considered a sacred book by MANY