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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-08
WHO PROFITED BY 1T?

- EVELOPMENTS in the
- Teak" episode indicate
that the information
given Wall street came from
some one to whom the news OF
the note had been given in con-
f5dence. This included news
napermen and various others
at Washington. There was
nothing unusual about the dis
closure of news to such people.
Many important events of this
character are given in conf
dence to the press to be held
for release" at a certain hour
or upon notification.
Presidential messages and
reports Of prominent officials
Ike cabinet officials are al
ways sent out in advance, some
times a week ahead of time for
publication. In such cases
there is no inhibition against
personal use of the information
but publication of the news in
advance of release is forbid
den.
It is possible that in the case
of the peace note the procedure
vas according to custom with
the exception that breach OF
confidence occurred inasmuch
as a Wall street ticker service
carried q report on the subject
prior to the news being releas-
ed for the press. On the other
hand the use of information in
this manner may have been al
Iowsble on the ground that
news of an important proceed
ing of this sort should be
broken gently. The fact that
a ticker service carried the re
port seems to precluoe the idea
that the advance information
was available to a few men
All brokers use the ticker ser
vice and if they all had tht
same tip why do any Of then
complain?
IN order to make good on hi
sensational charges Lawson
Will have to do more than show
that news of the peace not
was given out eonfidentially il
advance of its publication. HI
will have to show that some
one connected in some manne
with the administration usec
or tried to use this information
for private profit making pur
poses. If he has a line oi
something of this sort he j
after something worth while
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-08
STIFF, SORE MUSCLES RELIEVED

STIFF, SORE MUSCLES RELIEVED
Cramped muscles or soreness tol'
loviug a cold or case OF grippe are
eased and relieved by an application
OF sioan's Liniment Does not STAN
the skin or clog the pores like mussS
oiutments or plasters and penetrates
Quickly without rubbing. Timber up
YOUR muscles after exercise, drive out
the Mains and aches of rheumatism,
neuralgia. lumbsgo. strains, sprainS
and bruises with Sloan's Liniment'
Get a bettIe today, At all Druggists
ssc.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-08
WHERE THE WAR COST
FALLS

TN ordinary times living
costs are much lower IN
Europe than America.
Therefore special interest at
Iaches to news contained in a
letter to woman at The Dalles
saving that in England meats
sell at so cents pound, eggs
SI-25 per dozen, hutter 6O
cents pound, potatoes $40 a
bushel and bread IL cents a
leaf.
Evidently the cost of the war
tn Europe cannot be measured
Ey the amount expended for
direct military purposes. The
homes of England bear heavy
part of the burden and the
same facts are doubtless true
IN all the warning countries.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-08
JUsTIFIABLE BOND ISSUES

~ ORROWING money to-
ID pay current expenses is,
as Secretary McAdoO
SAYS, poor policy, but the ex-
traordinary financial needs of
the national government are
not properly to be classified as
current expenses. Even the
great increase in armament to
meet an emergency which, if a
true peace can be made in
Europe, will soon pass away, is
not, strictly speaking, a current
expense.
The construction of the Pa
mama canal was a measure of
national defense as truly as
the great increase in the navy,
and the purchase of the Danish
West Indies, like the law for
the creation of a merchant ma
rine, the building of nitrate and
armor-plate plants and the Al
askan railroad enterprise, CIV
ing us access to coal, comes un-
der the same heading. If we
were at war with Mexico a
bond issue would be resOrted
to at once. Difficulties only less
onerous compel the eXpendi-
ture of millions for the patrol
Of the border.
More than one-half of the
cost of the Panama canal has
been paid out of current reve-
nues, and great sums to meet
the problems forced upon US
by war in Europe and disorder
| in Mexico have already been
drawn from the people in the
form of new taxes. 1t is true
that existing prosperity might
carry and probably will have to
carry still further burdens, but
a plan by which some of these
obligations could be spread
over a term of years would be
wise economically and politi-
cally.
In spite of present activity, it
is to be remembered that Am
erican industry and commerce
have lately been subjected to
almost unprecedented disar-
rangement by war. High pri-
ces of necessaries are already
beginning to pinch, and taxa
ton is rapidly becoming an af-
Fiction. On the assumption
that these conditions are not
to be lasting, some payments
may properly be deferred
New York World.
~~-S-0-SON-0-O-O-~
Driving on a road out Of
Portland Saturday night a mar
became blinded by a search
light on an approaching cal
and drove his own car over &
40 foot embankment; the won
der is that such mishaps do no
occur more frequently thar
they do.
There are many signs o
spring but it is too early yet tt
be very sure on the subject.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-08

instant relief. With
the help Of resinol
soap, this soothing,
healing ointment usu-
ally clears away all
trace of eczema, ring
worm, rash or similar
tormenting. sleep-pre-
venting ekin.diseasea
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-08
% Years Ago Today

From the Daily East Oregonian,
Jan. s, 1880
Miss Tiny Wagenbast was knocked
from her feet yesterday BY a power
ful dog and is now nursing a sprained
wrist
The Chautauquan circle met at the
residence Of Mrs. G. A. Hartman last
evening whore the usual program was
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-08
Is Your Toilet Soap
Injuring Your Skin ?

Many toilet soaps contain harsh, in
furious alkali. Resinol soap contains
absolutely no free alkali, and to it is
added the resinol medication. This
gives it soothing, healing properties
which clear the complexion, comfort
tender skins and keep the hair healthy,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-08

quickly and at little cost. Physicians
have prescribed resinol ointment regu-
larly for over twenty years, so you need
not hesitate to use it freely. Sold by
all druggists.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-08
LARGE AUDIENCES
GREET DR.. HINSON
NOTRD PORTLAND PREACHER
DEIIVERS GREAT SERMONS
AT BAPTIST CHURCH.

'WhOm Do Men say That 1, the Son
OF Nlan Am?" Is subject of Morn
ins Address; THE Lost Christ" Is
Topic in the Evening; VIII Be Here
An Week.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-08
Let ResinOl Make
Your Sick Skin Well

That itching, burning skin can al
most certainly be healed The first use
Of resinoI ointment seldom fails to give
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-01-08

and the investigation should be |
thorough. Otherwise he isl
wasting the public's time and
patience,
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-05-12
L. OF A. STUDENTS ENLIST
More Than 200 Leave School to Join
Nations Fighters.

Fayetteville, May 9,-More than 200
students of the University of Arkansas
have left during the past week to
enter some branch of the military
service or to assist In increasing the
food supply. The reserve officers
training camp at Fort Roots will con-
tain more than 70 university cadet Of
ficers, who have completed from one
to four years of military training.
Alumni and former students of the uni
versity will be represented in large
numbers. The state militia and the
regular army have also claimed their
share. Six students have left to ap-
ply for admission to the aviation corps.
Many young women students plan to
join the Red Cross. Over 125 students
have requested permission to leave
school in order to farm. To encourage
students to enlist for military and ma
val service or for service in food and
feed productions the university has
agreed 70 grant credit for the work of
the second semester in all cases where
the student submits evidence that he is
leaving for that purpose.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-05-12
FARMERS LEADERS MEET
Executive Committees for Four States
to Gather at TeXarkana.

Texarkana, May Ga joint meeting
of the Executive Committees of the
Farmers Unions Of Oklahoma, Texas
Louisiana and Arkansas will be held
here, between the several unions and
for discussing the food situation.
The Northeast Texas Farmers I'm
ion will also be in session here at the
same time. ]. e. Rogers, of Magnolia,
president of the Arkansas Farmers
Union, will be among those present
here. Mr.. Rogers has been attending
meetings of county and district unions
in White and Cleburne counties, and
this week he will be in Franklin and
Logan counties. 1t is expected that
the meeting here will result in practi-
cal benefit to the farmers of the south,
and that plans for helping much in
the threatened food shortage will be
adopted.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-05-12
A TAX PAYER

1t the approaching school election
next week the questions of voting the
amount of school tax and voting fol
or against a county superintendent OF
schools will be submitted to the vot-
ers. If it really is necessary for the
continuance of our school at Ashdown
l am willing to vote II mills tax
but without better information than
l have shall vote only Z mills tax
as that has run our school heretofore
and besides we have a world war on
us now and no one knows what time
will bring in the way of hard times
as the national government is increas-
ing taxes on nearly everything, it is
estimated that it will average thirty
dollars to each person.
Now, as to creating the Office OF
county superintendent 1 shall vote
against that because We should be
for curtailing expenses instead of en-
larging them.-A Tax Payer.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-05-12
THE SOCTH'S PART.

The manufactures Record points
out that the South. in addition 10 pro-
ducing cotton for this country and
the allies-the cotton which is essen
tial in the manufacture o. explosives,
the tented field and in the home
produces SO per cent OF the sulphur
of the United States which is essent-
ial under the existing conditions in
the sulphuric acid industry and the
manufacture of explosives; that the
South produces al the c0Gntry's naval
stores, more than one-haf OF its lum-
Der supply, and very large part of
its coal supply, including coal for the
navy and for ships Of commerce and
practically all of that which is shipped
abroad Tae South also produces
more than one-half of the petroleum
output of the United States and the
whole output of bauXite which is the
foundation OF the aluminium industry
of the country; almost the entire out
put of pyrites in the United States,
Outside of California; practically all
of the manganese mined n this coun
try and all the phosphate rock.
Now let the South, besides produc-
ing the indispensable supply of cotton,
produce food for man and beast in
such quantities that it will not be
necessary to import all the hundreds
of millions of dollars worth of food
stuffs that have been imported every
year in the past. Thus Will the South
reduce the pressure on the food supply
improve its own economic position
and help to win the war in which this
country is, now engage d.-Arkansas
Gazette.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-05-12

If all reports be true, German agents
have been working in this county A
man disguised as a woman is said to
have visited nearly every home in
this city selling some article. Said
spy was said to have been captured
at Idabel or Hugo this week. Agents
have been reported to have worked
among the negroes in an effort to
cause their disloyalty. In spite of
this the negroes remain loyal, and will
continue loyal. Uncle Sam is looking
after them, but everybody should keep
wide awake. All strangers, who do
not give a good account of themselves
should be kept under observation. 1t
might be good plan to set apart a
tree with good strong low hanging
limb in every town for the convent
ence of German spys, who grow tired
of life and want to end it all by the
suicide route.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-05-12

The annual school election is one
week off. We can now vote Il mills
The new ballots sent out by the state
superintendent provides for voting
separate funds, so much for building
so much for teachers salary, etc. We
would suggest that our board find out
how much will maintain the school
and how much is needed for building
maintennce. bonds, etc. Announce the
number of mills needed in each fund
in the News Tuesday, Have separate
funds and keep them separate. Let
us know definitely What is required.
Look after it now so that we may know
what We are voting on. We should not
be required to vote blindly At this
time no one wants to vote a larger
tax than will be needed, but we be-
lieye that the tendency will be to give
the school what it requires if those
requirements be made known.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-05-12

London, May "a British mine
sweeper was torpedoed and sunk on
May 5, with TIE loss OF two officers
and 20 men, the admiralty announces.
Washington, May 9.-Spokesmen for
46 Western railroads told the Inter
state Commerce Commission today that
the proposed increase of Is per cent
in freight rates would fail by $20,S00,-
600 to meet advances in the cost of la
Dor and materials already made and
anticipated
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-05-12
UNDERsEA MENACE Now ON WASE
Weekly Report Shows Falling OF of
Ship Tonnage Sent to Bottom.

London, May 9.-Twenty-four Brit
ish merchant vessels Of more than l.
500 tons each were sunk during the
last week, it was announced officially.
Twenty-Five vessels of less than 1000
tons and .16 fishing vessels also were
sunk Last weeks statement gave the
number of lost ships Of more than l.
600 tons as SO, under 500 tons as Is,
fishing vessels as eight
In addition to the British vessels re-
ported by the admira .ty to have been
sunk by submarines Or mines, Is Brit
ish ships had been reported overdue
since January /, and no information
had been obtained in regard to them.
1t was impossible to say how many Of
these were marine casualties and how
many represented losses inflicted by
the enemy.
The official statement says:
"Vesslels of all nationalties, arrivals,
2,374 sailings, 2,499.
British merchantmen over 1000
tons sunk, including five not previous
ly reported, "a under 1000 tons, %.
British merchantmen unsuccessfully
attacked, including six previously not
reported, "a.
British fishers sunk, including one
not previously reported, and Is sailers,
16."
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-05-12
HAS NO MORE NEED
FOR CRUTCHESNOW
p. G. Hooks Spent $4,000 Trying to
Restore Wife's Healtli-Gains
16 Pounds OH Tanlac.

Another wonderful endorsement for
Tanlac that will be read with interest
by thousands of frail, suffering women
throughout the south was given re-
Gently by Mrs. Elizabeth Hooks, of
Rome, Ga. Mrs. Hooks is the wife of
P. G.. Hooks, well-known Southern
railway engineer. Mrs. Hooks made
the remarkable statement that she
had received more benefit from four
bottles Of Tanlac than from medical
treatment that had cost her husband
$4,000 which he had paid out in the
past two years in an effort to restore
her health.
For about two years." said Mrs.
Hooks, Il have been in very bad health
and have sugered from stomach trou-
ble extreme nervousness and a bad
form of rhematism. For more than
seven months I was confined to my
bed and was almost a nervous and
physical wreck. My digestion was so
poor l had to diet myself and rarely
ate anything but soft boiled eggs and
milk and things of that kind, and even
the lightest of food would nauseate
me and lay heavily on my stomach.
ANY sudden noise would acct my
nerves, and my hus band had to quit
setting the alarm clock and the door
to my room had to be kept closed so
l could not hear the ringing of the
telephone. I have had the rheumatism
in my left hip and shoulders so bad
1 could hardly bare anything to touch
me-
"My condition became so bad, my
husband took me to Hot Springs, Ark,
where l remained for a month. l had
to use crutches all the time. The
treatment there helped me for a while
and I returned home. l soon relapsed
into my old condition and then l was
taken to a specialist in Atlanta.
II had fallen off from one hundred
and twenty pounds until l only weigh
cd eighty-nine pounds-just a shadow
of my former self.
'The specialist prescribed a course
of Treatment, but before using the
medicine l decided to give Tanlac a
trial. I did this because of what l
had read of Mr.. Cooper's new medicine
and because my husband had heard
so many railroad men recommend it.
"The was the best resolution of my
life. I am now on my fourth bottle
and feel better than at any time since
] became ILL., / can now eat anything
l want and my food agrees with me-
besides, everything I eat tastes good
and l enjoy my meals.
Il have set my crutches aside and
actually feel so much better I told
my husband few days ago I believed
| would turn off the cook, but he in
sisted that | wait a while. =
Il now weigh one hundred and five
pounds, which is a gain of sixteen
pounds, and am improving right along
every day. Before taking Tanlac |
was so weak and frail I was greatly
discouraged and could not persuade
myself to believe that | would ever be
able to enjoy another we'll day. But I
don't feel that way now. l am not ner-
vous like / was, and 1 can see and
feel great improvement. l sleep
better and my strength is returning
rapidly"
Tanlac is sold by Boyer Drug Store,
Ashdown Foreman Drug Company,
Foreman; Winthrop Drug Company,
Winthrop; Roy Budd, Ogden and w
M. Sykes, Richmond. adv 1t
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-05-12

The government is sparing no means
to impress upon the people that this
war is going to be won or lost in the
American fields of wheat, corn, po-
tatoes; in short on the farms of this
country before the finish can come
on the field of battle. 1t is just that
serious. The decisive battle is being
fought now in the furrow. With high
prices the farmer will not only bring
victory to his country but prosperity
to himself. Grow staples, potatoes,
peanuts, corn, peas, beans. You can
sell all that you don't neen at unheard
of prices.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-05-12

Webb City. Mo, May 9.-Two men,
Albert Mcfarland OF Webb City and
Samuel Whitlock of Porto Rico, were
killed in an explosion here today in
the shaft of the Athletic zinc mine.
London. May 9.-AnGreW Bonar Law
member of the British War Council.
today stated in the House of Commons
that the British casualties in the re-
cent offensive on the Arras front in
France were from fifty to seventyfve
per cent fewer than those Of the battle
of the Somme
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-05-12

Dallas, Texas, May 9.-Texas has
been asked by the federal government
to supply at least three hundred army
doctors and surgeons for immediate
service, and an effort is being made
to enlist that number at once, while
200 doctors of the state are in Dallas
attending the State Medical Associa-
ton convention. A recruiting office
was opened in the parlor of local
hotel this afternoon.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-05-12

New York, May 9.-The 645S-ton
British tank steamship San Urbano,
which left a Mexican oil port April
Il for the United Kingdom, has been
sunk by submarine. according to
cable advices received here today by
her owners, the Anglo-Mexican Pc
troleum Company. No mention was
made as to the fate of the As men on
board
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-05-12
BULLETINS

Petrograd, May 8, via London
A congress of representatives of the
Black Sea fleet and soldiers and work
ing men in that district, held Sebast
topol has adopted a resolution de-
handing that Russia receive a full
through the Dardenelles and also a
guarantee that no enemy fleet shall
be able to enter the Black Sea
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-05-12

Under the select draft plan we have
the most democratic plan of all. The
boy that is needed on the farm will
not be allowed to go to war, neither
will the man needed in the shops nor
any of the mechanical trades. Every
man must do his bit, but where he
is needed most by his country.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-05-12

New York, May 9.-New Workers
L asYed in tens of thousands greeted
the representatives of France, Rene
W9iani, Marshal Joffre and other
rielnl ers of the France commission
when they landed at the Battery at
Abs p, m today and were driven
through lower broadway to the city
hall, to be officially welcomed by the
mayor.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-05-12

Peanuts are good for food and feed.
Any poor land will produce peanuts.
There is time to plant, and make the
acreage big one. A thresher has
been purchased and will make the
whole county this fall.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-05-12

A falling off in the loss of British
shipping is shown in this report. Last
weeks statement gave the number of
lost ships of more than 1000 tons as
3s, under 1900 tons as 10, and fishing
vessels as s.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-05-12

The South has been importing $780,
000O in food and feed every year.
We are going to keep that at home this
year and have a cotton crop besides
seasons permitting.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-05-12

Washington. May 9.-Conferes on
the war army bill today agreed upon
a provision to increase the pay of en-
listed men to $25 per month and in
crease the pay of other grades below
commissioned officers, but not proper
tionately.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-05-12

Ashdown is going to have its first
chautauqua, which opens here on the
9th of May 1t will be educational
as we'll as entertaining. Boost for the
chautauqua
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-05-12

HELP WANTED-Whitew woman. with
out children to cook at hotel Work
light, good home, good pay. Apply at
Price Hotel, Ashdown. ct
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-05-12

London, May 9.-TWenty-four Brit
ish merchant vessels of more than l.
900 tons each were sunk during the
last week, it was announced official
ly. Twenty-Five vessels Of less than
1000 tons and 16 fishing vessels also
were sunk.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-05-12
The ouInne That Does Not Affect The Head

Because of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXA-
Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor
ringing in head Remember the full name and
look for the signature of f. w. GROVE. Csc.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-05-12

grow. From 100 to 400 bushels can
be produced on a single acre. Arrange
some way to cure and keep them, and
an overproduction will be impossible.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-09

They were couple of fine old Southcrners
you could tell that at glance. They
were talking about tobacco.
Down South here, we judge a man by
his family, don't we? If he is gentleman,
we take his measure in minute, dontwc?
And, that's all we want to know, isn't it?"
Say, friend, one said, fudge this cigar
cite the same way. He is a SOVEREIGN
that means he has blood and breeding