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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-07

REPORTS ENTENTE DELEGATION
LONDON. Dec. "A Berlin paper
today announces an entente commit
tee has arrived at WilhcmshaNch
aboard British warships.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-07
DISARMAMENT
OF MACKENSEN'S
ARMY BEGINS

BERLIN. Dec. 7.--Dlsarnlament OF
Won Nackensen's Balkan army has
begun.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-07

by the Rcv. Il. T.. GornaH. pastor of
The Methodist church. II is under
stood that evening services tomorrow
will he DISPENSED with I'm all the local
churches so As 10 permit all denoni-
nations tu attend the meeting for Mr..
LocklCy.
There is intense interest in the lock
lcN meeting not only from the fact the
speaker i well known here but for
further reasons thut nc had much
hazardous personal experience at the
front and during his months abroad
made especial efforts to get in touch
a. often as possible with Oregon boys.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-07

last evening to show cause why they
should not he published as slackcrs,
six furnished a satisfactory cause be-
fore the meeting by subscribing IN
accordance with their ratings and two
others appeared before the commit
tee and. after a hearing, contributed
in like manner. The remaining seven
did not show up and the committee
without hesitation or dissenting voice
voted To present their names together
with the facts TO the public Of the
county.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-07

WASHINGTON, Dec. Wilson in
tends to stand pat at Paris on his
definition Of freedom OF seas, as given
in his famous Peace without Vic
tory message TO the senate, January
., 1917. In that speech he declared:
$50 far as practical. every great peo-
pie now struggling toward the fun de-
yeIopment Of it's resources and of its
powers. should be assured a direct
outlet To the great highways of the
sea-"
II this could not be accomplished
by cessation of territory, he recon-
nended II he done by naturalization
of direct right of way. He declared
Great preponderating armaments'
II continued, would rob the world "l
MI sense Of safety. These thoughts
stIu continued TO he the backbone OF
the Wilson policy il is definitei\
learned.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-07
Report of Board Made Last
Evening is Greeted With
ElatiOn by Meeting.
ALL DIRECTORS ARE
REELECTED FOR YEAR
Promise Made Red Cross
Last Summer Full
filled.

Five thousand ninety
eight dollars and seventy
seven cents, net profits from
the 1918 Roundup, go to
the Red Cross and a check
for this amount was today
turned over by Secretary c.
H. Marsh to w. L. Thomp-
son, Umatilla county Red
Cross chairman.
The announcement of the amount
to he given to the Red Cross was
made at the annual Round-Up stock
holders meeting last evening aud Mas
greeted with applause The amount
is larger than was generally eNpertetl
as II was known that Round-UPk cN-
4 psssses sateEa heaza- beeas'sse Cf. the
camp Lewis hand expenses and tho
high price OF feed for the stock. Ii
i, said the board made every effort
! r. make the Red Cross share as large
A. possible.
The payment to the Red Cross is Ia
I compliance with the agreement of
/ the Round-Ip Association to turn its
/ net profits for 1918 over to the relief
! organization 50 that the money could
! nc used for war purposes.
Directors Reelected.
BY unanimous vote of the stock
/ holders last eTening the entire board
/ of directors was reelected for the
coming year and the directors were
/ rendered a vote of thanks for their
work.
The directors are as follows; T. D
( Taylor. president; George c. Baer
vice president and business manager;
4 r. Z. Chloupek. treasurer; c. H
Marsh. secretary: J. H. Estes parade
Fdirector: L. O Frazier. grounds direc'
tor: Roy 7. Bishop, Indian director
r. 5. Tatom. accommodations direc'
ter: $. r. Thompson, livestock diree-
tor: H. w. Collins. competitive events
director: J. W. Earl, non-competitiv'
events director.
An auditing committee composed O
2. W Lampkiu. Carl Cooley and F
IT, MeAirniez was appointed last even
! ing to cheek over the Round-Ul
books. The accounting for this yea
VIII also he audited by a Red Cros
( committee.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-07
US. FAVORS ONE SEA
Law OF ALL nations
BELIEVES ALL MUST MAKE
SACRIFICES FOR JUST PEACE
nY RonERr N. nENpER

Omitted Press staff Correspondent.)
ABOARD THE BEORGE WASH
INGTON, Dec. THE United States.
il is understood, wants "a definite law
formulated at the peace conference.
easta blishing the seas as an intcrna-
tfonal highway TO be governed by a
law of all nations combined-not by
individual nations laws. II is be-
lieved the United states would secure
the establishment Of a minimum con-
traband list and definite blockade. fln
the latter is seen move against fu-
ture submarine warfare) President
Wilson will probably make at least
one public address i'm England,
Honorary Degree for Wilson.
1t is understood he will receive an
honorary degree at Oxford, making
that the occasion for a speech defin-
ing his ideas Of freedom of The seas.
While there has been no official
comment on Winston Cburchil's
speech. in which he declared the Brit
ish navy would not be reduced. II is
believed Wilson holds that all powers
must make sacrifices IL they sincerely
desire a just peace
All Must Give In.
All nations must follow the policy
of giving i'm in the interest. Of such
a peace. should the present world
policy of competitive armament coh-
tinue, the United States could no
more than hold her own, with her
new shipyards. thousands Of trained
shipbuiIders and great raw materials.
As Wilson does not want To arrive in
Paris before the fourteenth, he may
stop "a day at Azores.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-07

his paper Is q member and audited
y the Audit Bureau of CircUntions.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-07

Number copies printed OF yesterdays
Daily Edition
q OOY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-30
THE WILL TO HELP

Uncle Sam soon may find use for
his Filipino soldiers in Siberia. In
every nook and corner of his domain
is found the same desire to smash the
Hun that we see around us at home
every day. Alaska is not behindhand
in war sentiment.
From Point Barrow and Kotzebue
Sound the word comes, We're strong
for the war;
War funds are oversubscribed IN
Alaska. Returns from the third lib
erty loan show the territory is 240 per
cent Americas. This is the highest
lowing with POI per cent of the as
sessed amount.
People in the land of the northern
lights get excited over buying bonds.
They go for Thorn enthusia sticallv. as
if they were tickets for the Fourth of
July midnight ball game. At the town
of Ketchikan they crowded to the
banks the first morning of the loan
| Five minutes after the windows
| opened the town had filled its quota.
Fairbanks, the most remote fncorpor-
ated city in the United States. took out
! five times its quota in liberty bonds.
| Red Cross membership covers 50
per cent of the 10000 whites, and the
war-fund drive raised s147,00O-over
seven times the estimated share. At
| the government coal mines many of
the laborers have pledged generous
monthly contributions to the Neuilly
| hospital.
! Alaska affixed less" to as many
days as New York City. Also there
has been a strong voluntary movement
to lessen the imports of food from the
States. Clubs and organizations nave
pledged themselves to eat no meat but
that of Alaskan animals. They dine
on moose, caribou and mountain
sheep.
Alaska's principal contribution s in
! fsReries work at top speed today.
The salmon industry is expanding
and the clam canneries are increasing
their output.
Copper mines supply the grea rest
contribution from the territory in war
materials. The output of these mines
has greatly increased.
In Alaska the war has transferred
energy from certain fields to others
more closely allied with the war
Stagnation has resulted in some in
dustries, tremendous speeding up in
others The number of men drawn
into the army will be small. Allska's
quota in the first draft, called this
spring, was only SOS. But volunteers
like contributions of money, have beer
numerous.
, One young man was eager to reaci
the front. He travelled to New York
at his own expense-s60O it cost-be.
cause he thought his chance of sailing
early was more certain than at Al
Alaskan post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-30
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BY MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am working
for a married man and every morning
he brings me flowers for my desk. Do
you think this is proper?
DOUBTFUL.
You can tell yourself whether it is
all right. So much depends upon the
age of the man. what he says and the
other things he does, that 1 can not
advise you. II he says and does things
that make you think he is falling in
love with you, it is not all right. of
course.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I was going
with a young man and l loaned him
a book fvalue very highly. He came
to see me several times and then he
stopped. j have not seen him for
over two months and l am getting
anxious about the book. He is GO
ing with another girl now and I do
not think he intends to come to see
me again. How can I get back the
book? THANK YOU
Write him a note and ask him to
return the book. Say that you value
it highly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-30

Probably Germany's greatest blum
der in this war was the introduction
of the submarine. Germany shattered
our peace with torpedoes. Submarines
have reached our coast in their ef-
forts to hold back our troops and
sink our supplies. They have only in
creased our determination to get
across with the goods" submarine
has been our hest recruiting agent.
The torpedo which sank the Tuscania
won more recruits to the army than
any patriotic demonstration could
have done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-30
A wRECKFR IN CHARGE.

In taking over the wire service of
the country Postmaster General Bur
Lesson announced that it will be on
Quoted with the least possible disturb
ance to business commensurate with
an increase in efficiency. This an
nouncement carries with it the sug-
gestion that its author knows lore
al out the telephone and telegraph
business than do the men who rave
made it the study of a lifetime. If
the administration of the postal serv-
ice the past six years is a forecast of
what may be expected in the wire
service, God help the country.
During the past year over 1,S2C
newspapers and periodicals were
forced out of existence by the high
cost of paper and production. On top
of this comes an increase in postal
rates ranging from so to 900 per cent
according to distance. Why did con-
gress revive the antiquated. section
alizing zone system, abolished by
Abraham Lincoln in 1863. and de-
nounced by President Wilson when
governor of New Jersey. and the
postal investigating commission under
the leadership of Charles E. Hughes
in 1911? Answer: Burleson.
The claim was that it was to assure
the postoffice department "ccst of
service" THE final result" says Les
lies, will be TO decrease revenue, JUS.
as the doubling of the price of postal
cards has reduced the income from
'That source. The incompetency of
those who drafted the rider to the
war revenue act of 1917 which pro-
v.ded the zone system is shown IN the
following anomalous condition A
quantity of newspapers or magazines.
made up and billed thru by the pub
lis--~r to point west of the Mssis-
sippi will under the new law cost ap-
proXimately eight cents per COPY. A
single copy of the sama periodical,
dropped in a street box, collected and
worked thru the postoffice and deliv-
cred to the addressee, will cost but 4
cents!"
1t Is curious situation when whole
sale mailing by publishers costs dou-
BILE that of single copy mailing by a
private citizen, particularly when the
argument for the passage of the zone
law was simply TO secure "cost of serv-
| ice"
Thus is the patriotism of the press
paralyzed by shortsighted legislators
guided by a bigoted postmaster gen.
eral.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-30
IMPORTATION FOR ALL READERS OF
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL.

Each reader of the State journal is Of
fered the unlimited use of the largest III
formation bureau in the world.
This Service BuTeuu is located in the ma
tional capital, where ii is in immediate
touch with all the great resources OF the
United States government
1t can answer practically any question
you want to ask, butt cannot give ad-
vice, nor make exhaustive research.
The war has forced so many changee IN
the daily life of the American people that
the services of this information bureau
will be Invaluable to all who use 1t.
Keep III touch with your government
during these trying times. 1t can help
you i'll Il thousand ways If your wants are
only made known.
The State Journal pays for this splendid
service In order that every one of Its read
ers may take free advantage of 1t. You
are welcome TO use II often as you ike.
Write your request briefly sign your
maine and address plainly enclose a Scent
stamp for return postage, and address the
TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL INFORMA-
TION BUREAU
Frederic J Haskin. Director. washing
ION ID
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-30

bathroom and the door banged tight
as the flashlight went out.
Alone in a dark bathroom with a
strange man and a burglar!
What a night!
Doris screamed.
The man located the electric switch
and light filled the room. A slight
stir against the opposite wall brought
them about face on the defensive.
And they Saw-an extension leaf to
the dining room table slip from its
moorings and join its mate at the bot
tom of the bathtub in a crashing en-
brace.
The man laughed. Doris sank to
the floor. He assisted her down the
stairway where Bob sat in frightened
patience. In a few moments she was
composed.
THAT we found no burglar does not
lessen my gratitude. Mr."
The man lowered the high collar
closely concealing his head.
Stanley" Doris gasped.
Didn't ] tell you he was bravei'
yelled Bob. pulling the hero toward
the fire.
And as they gathered about its COM
forting warmth, Doris looked up into
eyes OF soft brown and gently asked:
But, Stan, won't you explain about a
year ago."
The man squared his shoulders. ST
hHcH tldt ltiiOW WOulun nuTL you
for he was only drunk. But l didn't
want to emDarrass you by the crowd
that would have gathered had 1
struck him"
why didn't you tell me all this be-
FORE"
You never gave me the chance to
explain. You just judged me-
Doris hung her head in contrition.
Forgive me. STAN" she whispered.
and as she sought the comfort of his
protecting arms. naively added: Cant
you see TT catching cold without my
ring?"
Copyright. 1918. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-30
DINNER STORIES

Tobias Knowal peeped thru the win
dow of his office, then tiptoeing to
his desk put flannel bandage around
his neck, put his arm in a sling, ran
his hands thru his hair and limped to
the door.
Mr.. Knowal?" inquired the caller.
Yes" groaned Knowal. What
can do for your"
You appear to be far from WELL"
said the caller.
'Appear to be?" exclaimed Knowal.
DO yoh thinl I'm doing this for fun?
But what can 1 do for you?'
'On-er-I won't trouble you now
said the caller hurriedly. ANY time
will do" And he departed.
ITS some trouble" murmured
Knowal. pulling off his bandages.
But it's really the quickest way to
get rid of these life insurance agents
That one won't trouble me again.
anyhow"
A witty Irishman was once invited
to a large dinner party in London
derry in the hope that he would
amuse and divert his hosts guests.
But from the beginning to the end
of the dinner he preserved a solemn
and serious face. and did nothing but
eat and keep his eyes on his plate.
The host thought this very strange.
why. old fellow" he remarked. 81
don't believe the biggest fool in Ire-
land could make you laugh tonight"
Try" was the wits cutting re-
joinder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-30
GLOBE SIGHTS
from the Atchison Clobe.1

Refined society has its lurking saw
ages
You probably have some enemies
because you deserve to have them.
The first part of life a man is ro-
mantle. The last half he is rheumatic.
AS soon as a man has money of his
own. other people want to make loans
to him.
Even when everything is wrong a
man who complains great deal is not
popular
A woman has her complexion to
worry about; man has shaving to
offset II.
Honestly now, don't you often catch
yourself doing things you bitterly con-
denim in others?
So far as we know, no peacemaker
has had a bouquet thrown at him
since Bible days.
An Atchison woman ties up a bum
die every afternoon. and comes down
town to make people believe she Is
shopping.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-30

of high-power guns have been taken,
showing just how the shells are ex-
PEELED. while the camera has proved
an unerring discoverer of defective
rifles. Not long ago a reel was made
for the American gas division, show
ing number of troops adjusting their
gas masks, in which 1t appeared that
two-thirds of them were making many
superfluous motions. A picture of
soldier adjusting his mask with the
least possible lost motion was then
made; the men were made to study
the picture, and this set of motions,
which adjusts a mans gas mask in less
than six seconds, is now incorporated
into the regular military drill.
The moving picture camera has also
proved extremely valuable in aviation
tests. Since Americans have taken up
flying many accidents have occurred
which have never been explained. For
instance, there have been cases where
aviators have suddenly lost control of
their machines for some inexplicable
reason-where they have used the
wrong foot pedals or the wrong hand
motions. This mystery has now been
worked out on physiological basis,
with the aid of the moving picture
camera.
One test in which the camera is
used is to place man in a revolving
chair. and turn him around quickly.
There is a fluid that runs from the
brain cell to the ear and which causes
the eye to flicker. This eye-flicker is
photographed, and the resultant film
shows just how much flickers there
reaches a certain frequency, it Is
| known that a man loses his equilib-
rum. The camera thus accurately
| measures his fitness for flying.
A final test with the camera is
made of the aviator after he has grad
uated from the aviation school and is
| actually running his machine. This
| test is made by Sergt. Frank Goodwin.
| formerly president of the Goodwin
| Moving Picture company, who has in
| vented a special camera for the pur-
/ pose. Strapped into the aeroplane
and holding his camera up above his
! head he photographs the movements
| of the aviator as he ascends in a
| spiral, so that every error in his ban
| ding Of the controls is surely de-
| tected
| Sergeant Goodwin is onl. one of a
military staff that was once famous
in the moving picture industry. Capt
| Tom Evans, who is Colonel Owens
| right-hand man, had his own company
| before entering the army, and under
him is Lieut.. Robert Ross. who had
many years of experience with largt
| western film company. The army
| medical corps has also captured Mars
! Pickford's camera man. Lucien And
roy: Oliver Cromwell, who used to be
with William Farnum: and many 9TH
ers who have pict riZed such famous
ladies as Pauline Frederick and Mary
| Garden. Yet all of them are unani-
nous in the opinion that the army
medical films have the commercial
stuff beaten to a fragile in point OF
live interest. They are proud of theiI
| military work. and well they may be
| For nv the end nf fhiS he cum
geon gen. al is going to have a film
| library no less remarkable than his
| printed library. which is the greatest
| of its kind in the world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-30

Representative Law of Burke coun-
ty. Georgia, has introduced in the
house of representatives bill intend
ed to put an end to mob law in that
state. 1t provides that any sheriff
who negligently, wilfully or by want
of proper diligence. firmness md
/ romptness, allows prisoner to be
taken from his Jail or his custody and
put to death by violence. shall not
only be guilty of a misdemeanor. but
shall forfeit his office and become in
eligible TO hold any office in the state"
That sort of law would stop lynch
ing in Georgia, declares the Atlanta
Constitution. But if every evil could be
abolished by passing law against it,
the world and more especially that
part of it known as the United States
of America would have been conN ert-
ed into a paradise long ago. The su-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-30
TRAVELETTE
BY NIKSAH

The Cypress Trees of Point Lobos. .
1t has been said that there are no
trees anywhere else in the world like
the cypress trees on Point Lobos Cal
ifornia.
They are so stunted and f1at-topped
that a man can lie at full length upon
them, and so bent and twisted that
they seem to groan with rheumatic
twinges from the dampness of the
fogs that sweep above Monterey bay.
The picturesque plantation of cy-
press trees extends along the coast
from PoiI-' Lobos south of Pescadera
ranch. On the granite cliffs below
the grove of old and stunted trees,
with their scaley needles and rusty
fungus growths. perches a tiny Chin
csc fishing village-Pescadera.
Pescadera is a forlorn little place
which seems to reflect the gloomy at
mosphere of the cypress trees. Many
of the shackJ are deserted. and the
waters of the bay lap hungrily at the
wobbly steps which lead to the en-
frances Of the drab little houses.
The sadness and mystery of the an
cfent cypress grove seem to have set
tied in a permanent pail over Pesca-
dera.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-30

Australia has received an order to
supply the British board of trade with
500, 900 crates of frozen skinned rab-
bits. Previously rabbits were shipped
with skins on, but considerable incon-
venience was experienced at hospitals
in England and France in removing
the skins. The rabbits after peiug
frozen will be shipped in crates not
containing less than sixty pounds net
each, but not more than thirty-six
rabbits in each case. Shipping the
rabbits skinned has caused consider
able speculation as to how to dispose
of the skins. There is a ready market
in the United States for the fur for
hat making. but tonnage is difficult
to find, and American importers Ii
censes must also be obtained in Amer
lea Each bale of rabbit skins weighs
about 500 pounds md contains about
5000 skins. The war has taught the
world to utilize many things previous
ly regarded as of little value, besides
teaching that many things long con-
sidered necessary can be dispensed
with.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-30

Allied gains On the western front
and the wrestling of the initiative from
the Germans do not necessarily lessen
the probability that the war will be
won in the east. 1t is likely enough
that if the Germans fail to reach a de-
cision in the present campaign they
will be able to hold out on the defen-
sive for many long months by sue
cessively shortening their lines and
slowly yielding ground thru France
and Belgium.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-30

When the editor of the Oakland.
Calf, Tribune wrote regarding the
taking over of the wires by the gov
eminent: 1T will not be expected
that, under the cry of economy. serv-
ice will be reduced or made more cost
ly, that bureaucratic Indifference to
the public convenience and welfare
will become markedly a feature of
the service" probably he did not know
that Burleson would be placed in
charge of the service.