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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24

! Furnished 3-room apt. 4O1 Aura,
1879
Wanted--Good. clean rags, at The
East Oregonian office.
haul your garbage and trash.
Phone 553N. 14O3 w. Railroad street.
Blydenstein's Poultry Mash. Best
egg producer, feed wet or dry. Phone
351. 10-20tf
Furnished Apart. Hamilton Court.
10-1Stf
Housekeeping rooms, Sol Clay
1O-30tf
Nicely furnished rooms 723 Aura
Phone 324J. 1l-S0tf
Wanted-Two good painters. In
quire Hale & Hascall. 11-23tf
For rent-Light housekeeping
rooms. 726 Johnson street. 12-26@
Competant woman to
manage laundry, apply Eastern ore
gon state Hospital. 1925
Fluff rugs from all carpets. NJ. A.
Rigby local agent for w. Fluff Rug
Co., of Portland Phone 649. 3-15
For sale-New and secondi hand
Sewing Machines. Singer. White
New Home and The Free Machine.
McCIintock & Simpson. 400 f. Court.
Call Penland Bros. van to move
your household goods. Telephone
239. Also baggage transferring and
heavy hauling.
For rent-Sewing machines Of all
makes, $1.0O per week, $500 per
month. McClintoclt Il Simpson. 400
10. Court.
Do you know that Estes & Friedly
"Sell, rent or Insure Anything?" GA
Main street, Phone Coz.
Lost brown sued glove On Main
street Finder please leave at cold
en- Ru!e store. 1875
For sale-s0 acres. 4s under ditch,
suitabl for alfalfa. Win se1l cheap.
Inquire OF ". r. Burnap, Touchet,
Wash. l2-lti
For Modern room house
close IN. Terms. Apply this office.
12-l5 If
For sale-S5OO Boston terrier. VIII
sell cheap as / have no place to keep
him. Inquire sol clay street. l2-2'
For sale. cheap--Two pair this
years fun blooded Anchona chick
ems. Write II. Pagan, Meacham
ore. l---'
For sale-Ford touring car. good
condition. Star blacksmith shop. I0'
Lilleth street. 3s2W. 12-298
wanted-Cirl for general house
work. Colored preferred. Phone
202. l2-l4u
For rent or sale-4 room house,
garden and orchard on Eddy street.
Iuq1,iro 700 CoSbie street. 12-@ut1
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24
IN BANKRUPTCY.

In the District Court OF the United
States for the District of Oregon.
In the Matter of Harry -. House
man. a Bankrupt.
To the Creditors of Harry c. House
man, OF the County Of Umatilla and
District Aforesaid Bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that on the
18th day OF Decem ber, a. D. 1917. the
said Harry G. Houseman was duly
adjudicated a bankrupt and that the
first meeting of his cteditors will be
held at the office Of the undersigned
Referee in Bankruptcy at Pendieton,
CmatilLa County. Oregon, on January
the Sth a. d. 1918, at 10 o'clock A.
NJ. of said day at which time and
place the creditors may attend, prove
their claims. appoint trustee, ex-
anime the Bankrupt and transact
such other business as may properly
come before the said meeting.
Done and dated at Pendleton,
Oregon. this 20th day of December,
A. D. 1917.
THOS. FITZ GERALD.
Referee in Bankruptcy. 12-25*
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24
Minister Charged With
Setting House On Fire

HOOD RIVER, ore, Dec. 24,--J. L.
Allen, former pastor of the Heights
Baptist church. who was arrested
Wednesday charged with setting fire
to a house leased at Cascade Locks,
was bound over tonight to action Of
the March grand jury. Bail was in
creased from $500 to 1000.
According to the testimony of
states witnesses. the house, a part of
which was occupied by the family Of
l.. c. Day. including his mother. aged
IS years. the building burned at about
$3.50 o'clock on Thanksgiving night.
Allen, arriving from Hood River, ac-
cording to witnesses, on an afternoon
train. left the house in time to take
"A returning eastbouud train.
The owner Of the home, Mrs. Mary
c. Lee. testified that Allen, when he
leased the apartments said that he eN-
pected to work at lumber mills of the
town. That later he told her he would
use the quarters To study law as well
as higher ministery. According to
the testimony of several witnesses, the
minister shipped two large boxes to
the Locks Apartments, stating that
they contained valuable volumes Of
law books. Mrs. Lee said that she
Investigated the boxes in company
with a neighhor who corroborated
her testimony, and found them of eN-
tremely. light weight,
States witnesses testified TO Aliens
having applied for and secured from
"a firm at The Dalles an insurance
policy for $500 ON the contents of his
apartments. His application recited
that he was. possessed on the premis-
cs Of 500 volumes of law books which
he valued from Sd to each, house
hold furniture and a new typewriter.
Following the fire the policy Vas
returned and no claim was made fo1
any loss.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24
Notice of Payment of City of Pen
dlctun Improvement Ponds.

Notice is hereby given that city OF
Pendleton Improvement bonds No. e.
series Z. and Nos. ! and 2. series 3,
will be paid upon presentation there
OF to the undersigned at the Am
crican National Bank. Pendleton,
Umatilla County, oregon. Interest
on said bonds ceases Jan. 1, 1918.
Dated December IS. 1917.
LEE MOOREH0USE,
Treasurer. City of Pendleton
BY Wm. Nicholson, Deputy.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24
Holland Bulbs.

Imported direct from the land of
dilSes and ditches--a wonderful as
sortment Of these bulbs arrived to-
day. Make your selections now.
Prices are most reasonable. II. =. W.
Pure Food Shop, Peoples Warehouse.
12-i9tf
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24

This country has been laUuchin'
its new wooden ships. II should sent
off a few wooden heads into deep wa
ter.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24

Blydenstein K CO.. 1900 West Alta.
Feudleton, Ore. ll-2@t
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24
Echo Commercial Club Dance.
We Want Sack

Xmas night, Dec, %. Pendletor
Orchestra. I--2b'
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24
AUCTIoNEERs.

COL. w. Z. YOHNKA. AUCTIONEER.
makes a speciality of farmers stock
and machinery sales The man thar
GETS YOU the money" Leave orders
at East Oregonian office
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24
CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY
ATTORNEYS.

ATTORNEYS.
FRANK DAVIS. ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office SMITH Crawford Building.
D W. BAILEY. ATTORNEY AT Law.
Rooms z. 6. 3, Despair Bldg.
GEORGE w. CoUTTs. ATTORNEY Ar
Law. Room II. Schmidt block.
CARTER 6. sATYTHE. ATTORNEYS All
Law. Office in rear OF American
National Bank Building.
FEE < FEE. ATTORNEYS AT Law.
office in Despair building.
r. /. KEAToR, ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Room Il. Smith Crawford Building.
3. A. NEwBERRY, ATTORNEY AT
Law. smith-Crawford Building.
JEFFERSON &c BISHOP. ATTORNEYS
at Law. Rooms , and 4. Smith
Crawford building.
JAMES B. PERRY. ATTORNEY AT
Law. Office over Taylor Hardware
Company. s
RALEY & RALEY. ATTORNEYS Az
Law. OFFICE in American Natfonal
eanl1 Building.
FREDERICK sTETwER. ATTORNEY
at Law. Office in Smith-Crawford
Building. -
5. a. LOWELL. ATTORNEY AND
Counsellor at Law. Office in De-
spain Building.
SECOND HAND DEALERS.
Y. sTROBLE, DEALER IN NEW
and second hand goods. Cash paid
for second hand goods. Cheapest
place to buy household goods. 210 e.
Court. Phone 2G1W.
ARCHITECT.
RAYMOND w. HATCH, ARCHTTECT4
Despair building. Phone 16S. Pen-
dleton, Oregon.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS.
JOHN s. BAKER, FUNERAL DIREC-
tor and licensed embaImer. OPP
posite postotfice. Funeral pa rIor, two
funeral cars. Calls responded to day
or night. Phone 10. ~
INSURANCE AND LAND BUSINESS.
BENTLEY & MONTGOMERY. REAL
estate. fire. life and accident insuF-
arce agents. SIS Main street Phone
4O4.
AUCTIoNEERs.
---------------@---->--
COL. w. Z. YOHNKA. AUCTIONEER.
makes a speciality of farmers stock
and machinery sales The man thar
GETS YOU the money" Leave orders
at East Oregoniau office.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24
INSURANCE AND LAND BUSINESS.

BENTLEY & MONTGOMERY. REAL
estate. fire. life and accident insuF-
arce agents. SIS Main street. Phone
404.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24

JOHN s. BAKER. FUNERAL DIREc-
tor and licensed embalmer. Op-
posite postoffice. Funeral parlor, two
funeral cars. Calls responded to day
or night. Phone "a ~
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-15
POLICE EASY ON
 FIRST OFFENDERS

New York, March 1.-The po- lice of this city today inaugurated an experiment to ascertain wheth- CT citizens are willing to coop crate with the city authorities in enforcing the law. When po- liceman spots speeder, he does not arrest the offender at once un- less the offense is flagran, but sends his name and license mum Der to headquarters.
 The speeder's record is investi- gated and if it is found that he has committed a similar offense pre- viously, he is summoned before a magistrate to plead his case. If 1t is evident that automobilists do not appreciate this treatment, the po- lice department, after thorough est, will abandon the system of giving speeders chance.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-15
AUTO INDUSTRY
 HAS BIG FUTURE

Washington, March 14.-Warn- ing to American automobile manu- facturers to enter the world mar ket before the American market becomes saturated" was voiced by Dr. Edward Ewing Pratt, chief ol the U. s. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce today.
 "If the production of automobiles continues it's present rate of in crease" Dr. Pratt warns, "and unless vital changes are effected either in the consuming public oI in the price of automobiles, this 'saturation' point may not be fai off. For the commercial vehicle however, development has prob ably only begun in this country.
 American automobiles would have no difficulty in overcoming com petition abroad, except possibly il the higher priced cars-abov' Sl20O-Pratt declares. European manufacturers he said, are mol equipped to turn out cars on the extensive and highly efficient basis in effect in the United States.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-15
NINE PAY TAXES;
 OPINION SOUGHT
Sebastian County Officials Shy Fair Sex Presents Itself For
 Voting Certificates.

Fort Smith, March 14.-Regis- tration of women and the pay ment of the poll tax so that they will be able to vote in the primary elections under the provisions of the recently passed Riggs bill was stopped yesterday by R. c. McCon- nell, county clerk, until the prose cutting attorney gives an opinion whether the women must pay a poll tax.
 Nine women assessed and pald the poll tax fee yesterday, the first day for them to assess. Mrs. Lecta Cunningham Pettigrew, clerk in the county clerks office, was the first to assess and pay the fee. The Riggs bill does not provide for the payment of poll tax, but under an unofficial construction placed on the bill, local officials decided the women could not become quail fled unless they paid the tax.
 It is announced here that April i will be the last day women can assess.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-15
TOTAL OF 9S5
 BILLS PASSED
Intellectual Fight Was Made Against Local Legislation-Many
 Died on the Calendar.
(By Clio Harper)

Little Rock, March 14.-Now that the 41st general assembly has passed into history, the public is finding it popular pastime to analyze it, and submit it's work to the severe acid test of public approval or condemnation.
 At this time, the concensus of opinion corresponds with the opin- ion of Gov. Trough. that it was one of the most constructive and progressive sessions that had been held in many years. While there was probably more legislation of a local character than usual, there was undoubtedly more of the state
 wide kind, affecting the whole people. And even the local acts are largely of a constructive type, providing for more improved roads, larger and better schools, and the substitution of the salary for the
 fee system in the management of county affairs.
 The number of bills approached
 closely the aggregate introduced in the long session of 1911, when the 1 legislature did not adjourn until
 May II. The following statement
 shows the total number of bills in
 troduced, in the sessions since 1911:
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-15
IJNARMED AMERICAN SHIP
 SUNK BY GERMAN U-B0AT

served to strengthen the Adminis- .ration's belief that Germany has determined ot carry her ruthless ness into American shipping. This fact, however, will in no sense al- ter the determination of Ameri- can shippers to venture into the closed zone The sinking, also, serves to convince the Washington government that it has nothing to hope for in the way of modifica- tion of procedure upon Germany's part. The Algonquin left New York unarmed.
 The Algonquin carried food cargo valued at more than a mil lion and half dollars. Most of the supplies were owned by Swift & Co. Members of the crew were promised exceptionally attractive war bonuses.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-15

paoposed work may be explained to farmers and land owners. Irwin Wolf, J. R. Bertig, and others join- ed in the discussion.
 The road projected from Para gould east, as at present outlined, thence from Mud Slough bridge to Bard; thence from the Ellis place to Eight mile road, south to the county line: thence east on the Mitchell's Point road to the Golf man place; thence south small store; thence west and south to intersect with Eight Mile road where it crosses Eight Mile ditch. The road will be 23.10 miles in length, with rolled gravel surfaced nine feet. six inches deep. It is estimated to cost ss4,122.35 per mile, or a total of 5,226.25.
 R. w. Mreiwether, president of the Chamber of Commerce, ex- pressed his sincere appreciation of the activities displayed in behalf of good road work by MT. Woodruff, and suggested that, inasmuch as vacancy on the state highway con- mission exists by reason of the res ignation of Tom Burress of Jones' boro, Northeastern Arkansas in- dorse the candidacy.of w. H. Wood- NIr ixn nfh har Ctq al MT. Woodruff had told him in pri- vate conversation that he would accept the appointment if rendered him, but would in no event be classed as a candidate for the posi- tion. The Chamber of Commerce passed resolutions indorsing MT. Woodruff. ordering that copies he sent Gov. Brough, accompanied by a letter from the president urging I the. appointment.
 | Although plans for the county general good roads meeting to be held here March 31 have not been fully developed, it has been sug- gested that the full membership of the Chamber of Commerce be divid- ed into committees comprising from ten to fifteen members, and that one of these committees work on each road leading out of Paragould, to the end that every prOponent and opponent of better thorough fares be impressed with the impor- tance of attending the meeting. MT. Woodruff agreed to be responsible for the appearance of thorough ly informed and intensely enthusias- ] tic road booster from Springfield, who will be here to make an address. In the meantime President Meri- wether of the Chamber of the i Chamber of Commerce has asked Griffin Smith of The Daily Press and Weekly Soliphope.to undertake the work of getting into communi- cation with prominent men through out the county. A campaign of letter writing will be carried on from the Chamber of Commerce rooms and an effort made to create genuine spirit of enthusiasm.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-15
EUGENE COLLIER
 MAKES FORECAST
Former Paragould Boy, Now Bank Cashier at Guion, Poses As
 Weather Prophet.

Guion, Ark, March IT. Using 12 days after Christmas as basis
 for prophecy for the 12 months in
 the year. Eugene Collier, cashier of
 the Izard County Bank at this place
 has made a monthly weather fore cast. So far it has ran nearly true.
 He forecasts: For January, most of
 the month cloudy and cold, with sleet or snow; February, first part cloudy, with a little rain; middle cold with strong winds, last fair
 March, first part cold, with rain, sleet or snow; last part cold, with rain; April, first part rain, last fair; May, first part fair, with a few
 showers, last part lots of rain; June, first part very wet, last part dry; July, first part hard rains
 last part dry; August, same as July; September, a month of faiI weather with intermittent showers 1 October first part fair, with few showers, last part heavy rains; No, vember,- same as October; December first part fair, middle rain, last part | fair
 Easing his conclusions on this weather condition, he forecasts good crops of small grain and corn a good berry crop, light tree fruit crop, with only a fair production
 of cotton. The summer will be mad
 crate.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-15
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE TO
 BE EXCEEDINGLY MILITANT

Washington, March 14.-President Wilson's mes sage to the Sixtyfth congress- called in extra session for April 16th will be sharply militant Defense meas ures such as the country has not been called upon to consider even during the SpanshAmerican war, will be suggested The chief executive will urge immediate consideration of such policies he may advocate These suggestions are expected to include all matters coat- era to the defense of American merchant ships plan for action of description looking to universal mlll- tary training designed to prepare American youths to respond to calls either on land or sea.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-15
GOOD ROADS MEETING IN NPARAGOULD MCH 31
GREENE colMY COMMERCE roEs woopRr
E-~-------------

If enthusiasm can be classed as a contagious disease. then, without
 a doubt, the good roads epidemic which broke out last night at a
 meeting of the Chamber of Com merce is destined to spread to all
 portions of Greene county within
 remarkably short length of time.
 Last nights meeting was more than enthusiastic It was an occasion taken 4advantage of by wide-awake business and professional men to express their determination to have modern highways, regardless of the amount of opposition that may be encountered
 Paragould was not alone last night in entering it's bid for better roads. Jonesboro, always anxious to aid in any movement of public concern calculated to be of ad- vantage to Northeast Arkansas, sent a large delegation of her foremost citizens here. A rousing speech was made by Fay Johnson, a dyed-in- the-wool highwayman, who told of
 a number of meetings held during | the past few weeks throughout
 Eastern Arkansas, designed espe- cially for the purpose of giving i'm petus to the plan for lifting this section of the state out of the mud and mire Mir. Johnson was follow
 ed by w. H. Woodruff, owner of
 large land interests in the western part of Greene county, who told of
 road conditions in the Cache bot toms. MT. Woodruff declared that, lalthough his home was but five miles from WalcOtt. it required fully thirteen miles of miserable travel to reach the town. MT tWoodrnff believes that Improvement districts should be organized. enl-
 bracing territories through which the counties principal roads pass ! to the end that the cost of road construction may be equitably dis tributed By the adoption of this plan MT. Woodruff believes that a | tax in no case exceeding two dol | lars per acre will produce ample revenue to take care of the under i takings. Under this plan, if bonds were issued for a period of twenty years, the tax would be so small that even the most miserly could
 not complain.
 D. G. Beauchamp, who is attor-
 ney for the promoters of pro posed road to run east of Para gould, stated that, in his opinion exact data with reference to all costs incident to road construction
 should be compiled and placed ill condition to be explained to the farmers before the holding of a
 county general mass meeting, which J is now planned for Saturday, March 31. Hon. J. M. Futrell joined in
 this view, expressing the opinion
 that preliminary preparations
 should be carried to such an ex-
 tent that every feature of the
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-15

ed in Germany dealing with the control of new war disease that German doctors have to com bat. Having met and defeated the old war diseases cholera, typhus, spotted fever and smallpox, they now face psychological starva- tion."
 This disease" says the article, lis of much more difficult char acter. as it is mental and is quick ly spread from one sufferer to an- other It is found, strangely enough, in peaceful countrysides where wars alarms have not pene- trated.
 ''It is first a fear of starvation and out of this fear rises a sort of psychological hunger. This confu- sion of ideas is sometimes exciting, sometimes crippling, and robs one of courage and sense.
 Fear of starving will cause many to make luxurious use Of available supplies, to use all sorts of tricks in order to attempt to cover themselves with a reserve layer of fat for times of still great CT scarcity.
 Tn thousands of letters, mostly written by women, the writers speak of nothing else but the fear of ultimate starvation."
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-15
BRITISH EXPECT
 BAPAUME'S FALL
Second Gibraltar" Is Being Fear fully Besieged-British Count
 On Victory This Week.

With the British Army in the Field, March 14.-Bapaume, Strat- egic position held by the Germans on the western line, seems doomed. If this citadel, which Field Mar shal von Hindenburg has referred to as another Gibraltar" does not will be only because British plans have failed completely. Neither will it cause any surprise if the German retirement spreads to other sections of the line. Meanwhile the country is being made barren as the British advance.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-15

An intellectual fight was made against local legislation, and yet the opposition to it was not fruit less. sGov. Brough early in the session placed his seal of disap- proval upon the flood of local and special laws, by advising the gen. eral assembly that he would insist upon compliance with the consti- tutional provision requiring pre- vious advertising of the proposed law in the territory affected. This had the effect of preventing the introduction of many other local bills.
 Several hundred bills, both local and general, "died on the calen- dar" in both the house and the senate. Many of these had not even advanced beyond second reading, having been deserted aft CT introduction, or ignored by their authors when an unfavorable re- port by some committee presaged their defeat. The volume of law produced by the fist general as sembly will exceed that of pre- vious sessions. In 1915 there were iS45 acts, and this time there will be about 400.
 The agitation against local legis- lation will be transferred to the constitutional conventio.n' Many candidates for delegate, all over the state, are making this one o. their blanks, and undoubtedly some thing will be done to restrict the flood of local law. The generally accepted plan is to defer all such matters to other constituted au- thorities, such as the railroad com mission, the county court, the county superintendent of schools etc. Two of Gov. Brough's vetoes were based upon this theory, that the railroad commission is the proper authority for the relief that was sought.
 l OTIlleG oldlS DClolOl NS'i Lee of Woodruff county, one of the candidates, announces that he stands for an amplification of the principles of the initiative and referendum, lin such language as would give to the individual voter the greatest possible effect, provid- ing that all local legislation should be enacted by the vote of the electors of the locality in which the law is to be enforced.
 Mir. CarlLee will also advocate in this extension of the principles of direct legislation, the granting of authority to the voters of county or municipality, to abolisf mercantile corporations, declaring that "they are a menace to thu
 growth and development of a com |munity." He endeavored last yea
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-15
FEARED WAR CALL;
 RUSHED WEDDING

New York, March 14.--Because they fear call to arms at any moment might interfere with the wedding they planned for after Easter, Miss Penelope Sears and sherman Phelps Platt, nephew of the late United States Senator Thomas c. Platt, were married there today. Platt is a member ot Squadron A. N. Y. N. G., and is subject ot call at any moment.