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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27
Cannon Fire Does Not Cause
Rain
By Garrett P. Servis..

|" HE French Academy OF Sci
ences has been considering
the popular belief that the
tremendous cannonading on the
west front is responsible for the
heavy rains frequently experienced
there, as well as for more wide
spread atmospheric disturbances,
and the conclusion reached is in
practical accord with what l have
several times stated in replies to
correspondents in this country who
questioned whether the violent and
continual shocking OF the air in
western Europe might not upset
the weather as far away as this
side Of the ocean.
AS NJ. Hildebranson reminded the
Academy in discussing this sub
ject, the. principal and ordinary
cause of rain is the cooling Of a
current Of ascending air which is
charged with more moisture than
II can retain in the form of yapor
when the temperature falls, as il
almost invariably does. with in
crease Of elevation. But the pres
ence in the air of an abundance of
minute particles of dust promotes
the formation of rain by Offering
nuclei around which the moisture
may condense in drops. and this
action is, no doubt, aided by cleo
trio charges carried by the dust
particles. Thus rain may be in
duced In a dust-laden atmosphere
when II would not occur II the air
were entirely free from impuri-
ties.
By furnishing great quantities Of
minute particles floating at a high
elevation and capable ofs condens-
ing moisture about them. a heavy
and long-continued cannonade
might bring about local fall OF
rain. But 1t would not extend to
any great distance. and would not
occur at all If the atmosphere were
not already surcharged with
WdItEg NdpOI anu consequently, In
a state calculated to produce rain
at the place where the battle
clouds we're formed.
Tried Out Before.
The cannonadIng could have no
perceptible influence in increasing
the quantity Of watery vapor In the
air, and the gases released by the
discharges would not themselves
condense into rain, although they
would perhaps be absorbed to a
greater or less extent by the fall
ing drops.
The shocking OF the air by the
discharges OF giant guns is a phe-
nomenon we'll calculated to i'm
press the imagination with the
notion that rain might, so TO speak,
be shaken out OF the atmosphere
by the violent undulations. as dust
is shaken out of carpet, but, in
fact, aerial vibrations have no part
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27
Once OUers
Consider the
Right Man.

Copyright News ss1ies
There would be fewer in control ~ b,r r,a
aknSs really appreciated what family working man
The who has realized and ia
keeping the family clothed nut IN
affairs which touch the lives Of the backbone natoh ~
people.
No what hss not experienced
He have tried consider but h. Gamma,
have the vital knowledge being same position =. ,n
fellow.
Too position they need advice IN N ,o
else in high position head, ~ h
whom they supposed In official capacity
need ditch who actuaIy h.. d,. ~
best ditch. you want
you person WIN b, b..,
through the mill the wtud IN n :,
actual knowledge. capacity experience
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27

But / did not refer to ROB-
ERT E. MATTINGLY.
The Teapot TO whom I refer
red was scarce able TO toddle
when Judge McReynolds deliv-
cred his assault upon the then
stanch defender Of William Jen-
nings Bryan.
The teapot I saw running for
a car in the rain was B. A.
MATTINGLY, JR., once master
in the Maryland little red school
house, now publicist for the
Creel bureau.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27
The Town Gossip on
Daylight Saving

HARRY KAUFMAN WANT -
know whether or not YOU can savs
bank.
L W. BRIGHT says: 'T have an
oid-fashioned cuckoo clock that has
been getting me out Of bed at 4.
snarp for ten years, and I fear the
old bird can't be taught new tricks. !"
CLINTON HYATT: 'Gf you saw.
an hour a day long enough, YOU
ought to be able to add a few weeks
70 the length Of year, somehow or
EDDIE HALsEY: This early
start is all right for bankers, who
get down town about 10 O'Clock, but
! have to get out at 3:45 a. m. any.
how. 1t Is dark, and need light 10
dress. SO II | get up at 2:45 by sun
Iime 1 viii have to turn on the
light anyhow, and that means using
up coal So where do ! gain1"
Dear Heard and Seen: NY baby
Is nearly two and a half years old
and persists IN getting up at 5
o'clock every morning with q firm
desire to have breakfast and be en-
tertained. This Is too hard on the
rest OF US. Do you think it would be
fair to keep him on the old schedule
under the daylight saving plan, 90
that he won't wake up till 6 o'clock
by the new plan?
MARY F. RICHARDS.
MRS. W. C. BECKwITH saws:
The daylight saving is all right for
everyone except my grandmother,
who is eighty-six years old. She
gets up at $3.50 or 4 and goes to
bed at $50 p. m. After Monday
she will be going to bed at $40 and
getting up at 2:30, and instead Of
gaining an hour Of daylight she
cuts one OF"
r. T. EDWARDS says he was
born at midnight on March 81, and
when the clocks are changed he will
lose his birthday somehow or other.
l would be very glad to hear from
all washington on the subject Of
daylight saving. For instance, think
up a good excuse that you can ten
your boss on April 1 when you stroll
in late.
Generosity.
July 1. 1917, I received a 10 per
cent raise on a monthly salary Of
$50 or $50 per month, good until
July l, 1918. Now the House has pass
ed the bill for 500 a year increase
after July I, which now swells my
$50 to $40, or $4S a year over my
1917 salary, and my landlord wishing
TO get in on this LARGE GENEROUS
CONGRESSIONAL INCREASE, pro-
ceeds today to raise my rent S54 q
year. leaving me the large sum OF
s24 to meet the II. c. L. Now please
don't be too hard on our GREAT BIO
HEARTED CONGRESSMAN.
Yours, A wATCHMAN.
Ask Willie BorldRd to lend you kis
cute little electric cor aud split his
mileage nth you
Personal to W. q. d. don't get I'd IN
lime sundays to attend ST. MARKS
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27
HEARD AND SEEN
IcineIess Bun Day.


Hot cross buns, which are sold
and eaten on Good Friday, will not
be coated with icing this year, SC
cording to an announcement by
the United States food administra-
ton.
The big movement to give lift to
pedestrians seems to have died i
walked five miles and the only man
who offered me a lift was Levi
COOK.
DR.. WILLIAM TINDALL assist
ant secretary to the District Com
missioners, is an expert in banistics.
At Tenth and B streets northeast
there is a grocery store.
A few days ago about twenty-five
soldiers from Camp Meade came nd
ing by in a big truck.
The woman who runs the store
stopped the truck and gave every
soldier on the truck q large red
apple.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27
Who Is Teapot MattingIyl

On a rainy day recently / saw
TEAPOT MATTINGLY run
ming for a car, and 80 recorded
it.
Today ! get a letter from
ROBERT E. MATTINGLY say
ing that / have revived his fame
Many years ago, he says,
he was limelighted by JUDGE
JAMES F. McREYN0LDS, of
the Supreme Court, who said
Mr.. Mattingly had been engaged
in the teapot politics of the Dis
trict Of Columbia. Judge Nc
Reynolds was then Attorney
General.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27

So with two such pillars to
uphold it, let the Mattingly Tea
pot Spout.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27

JOE TUMULTY was a New York
visitor recently. He says there are
some awfully tall buildings over
there.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27

| would be very glad to hear from
all Washington on the subject Of
daylight saving. For instance, think
up a good excuse that you can ten
your boss on April 1 when you stroll
in late.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27

COL. JOHN ]. CARROLL has been
in New York also.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27

r. T. EDWARDS says he was
born at midnight on March 81, and
when the clocks are changed he will
lose his birthday somehow or other.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27

Congratulations to JUDGE
DAHLER, Of Bladensburg, who
fined drunken chauffeur 1925.
Ought to be more fines like that.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27

HARRY KAUFMAN wants %
know whether or not you can save
enough daylight to start a night
oank.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27

Comes a letter from the office Of
CONGRESSMAN L. c. DYER taking
exception to my statement that
women were unknown in Government
employ until the administration of
Salmon P. Chase as Secretary OF the
Treasury.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27

Friends of WILLIAM COVERT
expect him home soon. He has been
fighting in the Canadian army, and
was wounded during the fierce as
sault on Vimy Ridge.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-27
Generosity.

Ask Willie BorldRd to lend you his
cute little electric car aud split his
mileage NTH you
Personal to W. 3. d. don't get up n
time sundays to attend ST. MARKS
CHURCH.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-28
What Brought Victory:

allies the best That's all there it. They developed
hng better They fighting
principles and the best" does
best peace time toowheher it's clothes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-28

the original total. some were shot
while trying to escape from the train.
others lost their lives by throwing
themselves from the car windows.
Disease. starvation and exposure ac-
counted for the remainder
Ised. Cross VIII Aid.
When the Czecho-slovak forces cap
tured samara, they loaded the in
mates Of the jails into trains indis-
criminately along with the bolshevik
prisoners Of war.
The American Red Cross at Nladi-
vostok has rushed doctors to Nikolsk
to aid the arrivals. Some persons died
on the ground after being removed
from the railroad cars.
other trainloads Of human freight
In similar straits are now on thep
way eastward over the trans-siberian
railroad. Eight hundred persons.
many Of them sick or infected, were
iurncd back toward famara because
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-28
DEATH RIDES ABOARD
SLAv PRISON TRAIN

VLADIyosToK. Nov, 2s.-Half
dead from starvation ana disease. 1921
survivors, out Of the original total of
z100 bolshevik prisoners and refugees
iu "a train sent across Siberia by the
Czecho-SIovak troops fighting in sa-
maria. European Russia. have arrived
at Nikolsk, near VladiyostOk- The
journey from the Ural mountains 70
the Pacific coast occupied six weeks.
The survivors reached Nikolsk IN
90 cars. The train carried no pro-
Visions and was without sanitary
equipment
or the 500 persons missing from
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-28
j. S. ENGINEER
BESTS PAIN ON
BATTLE FIELD

NEW YORK. Nov. 23-Gordun l1a-
wards. the ''man who conquered rain'
is about to place at the disposal of our
surgeon general his remarkable am
aesthetic.
After four years work on the Brit
lsh, Belgian. French and Italian
fronts, he has returned to America TO
consult the medical officials Of our
army
In his first tax since landing he
outlined his revolutionary method of
eliminating all pain from wounds He
does not claim the discoNcrS of any
new drug br formula ibut simply the
perfection ut IA treatment, whose
wonderful results in the hosnitals
abroad gave him the uamr qf tho
man who conaHered pain
"pain prevents the dressing of r.
wound in - thprough manner Ne
said, 'and thus it. Is often diTficlh to
keep bad wounns clean and fteshly
dressed. because Of the friaht and
abony the patient suffers when Dress
ings are CHANGED Fer this reason an
anaesthetic which permits OF fire.
quent treatment for he .wouhds Ee-
moved one of The most serious agniltS
working agalhet recovery
Home IN California.
Young Edwards is an American citi-
zen. born in Milwaukee. whose home
was in California. Letters from Cen
eraI Nivene and countless italian and
French surgeons and patients which
he has brought back Tea this country.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-28
siIetz Rates Increased.

SALEM, Nov. 2S.--Commodity rates
on the vaiIev ~ 5iiet. road were al
lowed to Increase approximately %
per cent in an order issued by the
public service commission today while
class rates wfere reduced in some in
stances aud increased IN others
The commission some time ago sus-
pended tariffs OF the road providing
for "a general % per cent horizontal
Increase. pending hearing which was
held in September.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-28
GRANDMOTHER MAS THE
DRUGGIST.

In the early days Of our country
grandmother was the druggist. and
her drugs consisted mostly Of roots
and herbs catered from the fields and
forests. There was peppermint for
indigestion. mullen for coughs skull
cap fer nervousness thoroughWort Tor
colds wurmwood for bruises and
srrains and so on. They were sue
oessful remedies. too u was from
.. combination of such roots and
hsrhs that Mrs Lydia T.. Pinkham
cd Iann. Mass. more than forty years
uro. orieinated her now famous Nege-
taulo Compound; and during an these
long pears no other remedy has ever
been discovered TO restore health 10
uilinr women so successfully iiltf
rood uld-fashiUned root and herh
rsrdIninn.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-28

itional pardon August 4. 1913. Laird
is now wanted at the prison as a pa
role viplater.
Local police records show that
Laird was sentenced from five to ten
years in the Walla Walla penitentiary
for robbery. At the time Of his trial
Lizard sad he was surveyor and that
his home was in Seattle, Wash.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-28
Smart NeLU OUercoats
$500 to $4,000
WHITE PARISTAN IVORY

What would be more acceptable in mi
lady's boudoir? Combs, brushes, mirrors
buffers, files, cream jars, powder jars,
trays, scissors and many others, extra good
qualities, and the prices are really low. Sc
lections from these may be made from 35c
to $500. FN
MANICURE SETS
of nail white cuticle remover, nail polish,
file and buffer as a Christmas gift are ideal
Put up in an artistic box, each go. S1.5O
LUXOR OR MELBA TOILET WATER
delicately perfumed in the different odors
of violet, honeysuckle, lilac, lily of the val
ley, lov'me, pretty gift, at per bottle Csc
and S1.O0.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-28
laird Is identified.

PORTLAND. Nov. 28.-John Cyril
Laird. alleged murderer OF Frank w.
Twombiey. was identified yesterday
as J. X. Giles. alias Jack Knight. who
was sent to the Washington state pen
itentiary from Lewis county July g.
1878. and who was granted condi-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-28
7f the lack Of hospital space.
BoIshcvlk Nurses on Train.

Among those reaching Nikolsk were
a dozen women who were formerly
nurses IN the bolshevilt hospital at
samarla Many innocent persons
wero included.
The American Red Cross Is taking
care Of 500 of the Survivors in an i'm
provised hospital. The Russian au-
thorities. cooperating with the Ann
orleans. are looking after 30 typhus
cases and 100 other sick who have
been lodged In the Russian barracks.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-28
...4t+@+A.44.4


SALEM, Nov. 2S.-Total tank de-
uoeitg in the stato aggregated S226s-
3S1.705.33 Novcmber }, according 20
b stotemeut issued today hy supefin-
tandrut ~ Banks Henuett This5is an
lncrcasc from August 81, 1915, OF
$29 9455,2S5.2f.
Total rce0urccs show an increase OF
S1a.61a.1 1ST.19. and total sa yl'1eS de-
pos,ts an Increase of s5.0i7.6I2bT
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-28
GERMAN NAVY IS NOW
DISGEACED FOREVER

} FIRTH OF FORTH, Scotland
. Nov. 2S.-Gcrmany's navy has
. been ruined for all time, in the
. opinion OF a German lieutenant
. of one of the warships surron-
; dorcd to tic allies. lie said to-
, day. "Now we have only a dis
, honorable record. No one will
. want to serve In dissraced
. service
Inspection Of the German vcs-
sells is proceeding. They arc in
, a deplorable state, having been
. apparently neglected FOR long
; time.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-28
]. d. I,nntrll .Nni.pIntc,c

SAT EN- DE.. Nuv.s 2S.--J. u. Far
'ren formerly president of the O.-W.
r. G n, and now holding "A hiEh place
W connection with the railroad add
iainistrauen. was today appointed by
Governor Wnhycombe as member
Of the state fair board to succeed
Mrs Edith Tozicr Weathered.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-28

Thankful is the sport fan,
AS this day rolls around.
No more to baseball's tied can
And all other sports abound.
Football games beyond compare
- Are played the country through. /,
The sport page now no more is bare
or news and pictures too.
Basketball is coming back
/ And bowling is not banned.
OF billiards. too, there is no lack.
The Spanish flu is canned.
Skating soon will be on tap
r. And hockey games Wen see!
For war no more we give a rap,1
The kaiser's done, you see.
And to our readers far and near
Who on 1this sport page gaze
We wish the best THANKSGIVING cheer
This best o. Turkey days.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-28
NOVEMBER q


CHARGE ACCOUNTS DURING BALANCE OF MONTH WILL BE CHARGED
\.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-28

S27.O4 Free S27.O4 Free
Did You Ever Get S27.O4 for Nothing?
body give that amount of money Free?
Wei here whole She one of Herms-
toms Pendleton to do some of her
said it, I've just dropped down
here satisfy curiosity, have always
wanted all have in this place for the
whole nothing else but Bargain Base
ment.r
HERE'S THE END THE STORY
Regular Prices She FtIu ue
elsewhere haSeIleIlt
eos 5o Heavy Wool Serge Winter Dress S19.S7
poi, AIan.s Good Tuff OyeraIs 1.70
u Pal WomeH's Fine Dress Shoes Ids
Chndren's Winter Shoes S.27
OUTFIT Of ChiIdrens Stockings. 23O
Ili,, Heavy All Wool 4.9S
% IIeovv SuL waist slightly SoiIcd. .......
7.35 Heavy Goods for Winter Uses 3sO
S7G.1O And She Got 1t All FOR $io'O"
She Got S27.O4 Absolutely Free
And just such opportunity awaits You
IN THE BARGAIN BASEMENT.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-28
I F4art Schafner & Marx

know Of they're best because they
than others; they look better and they're best for because
they things you We others
$4,000 $500
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-07
ALPINE CLUB
 OUTING

The next regular hike Of the Al pine Club will be to Sturgills Wood Camp. It will take pace next Tuesday, June II. The Guide is Fred Pedersen.
 According to present plans the party will leave the Tennis Court rather late in the afternoon and hike. via the Lower Lake Trail to Sturgills sawmill where supper will b. taken. Then returning via the Bluffs where a new trail has been put thru this last year. Because of the nature of the country passed over the trip will be rather rough but the unusualness of the scenery will more than make up for any hardship.
 Among the attractions are. re- flections in the reservoir, a birdseye view of Skagway from the highest peak Or the bluffs above Indian town, the Chilkat mountains from the sawmill, the mountains along Lynn Canal, sunset over Face noun tain. Dyea Sawtooth range, Dyea flats and city, Long Bay, Smugglers Cove. another birdseye view of Skagway and Lynn Canal from Ob- servati0n Rock, which juts out over he Canal at a height of many hum dreGs Of feet, then a most spectacu- ar return home by the new trail
 VII the bluff to the Ore bunkers including a climb over 8 ladder rhich is a good GOO feet up from ,he water.
 More details later. Better plan O come along.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-07
BILL BLEDSOE :.
 WRITES HOME. {: ... ..... ''-.'

MT and Mrs. w. J. Bledsoe receiIS ed a letter from "Billie" on the last boat, and in it he says that he is now stationed at Fore McDow- ell in the 17th recruit company.
 While the letter Is personal, in, as much as all the people of SKag- way know Billie so well, it is printed to show the kind of stuff Skagway boys are. ....
 Dear Mother and Father: I am writing you this letter to let you know that I am well and tha I am getting along fine. The same day I wrote you my last letter I was sent to the other side of the Is-, land to the main camp.
 I have been assigned to special duty ct headquarters, I was just naturally lucky, gess. was speaking to one of the officers to- day and he said I should be in the signal corps as am an artist. He said that he would write a letter 2 Washington, D. O., and try to get my transfer. .
 The drafted men are arriving her by the hundreds.
 The army life is not half as bad as it is cracked up to be-we get lots to eat-moving picture shows. concerts and everything-the only thing I regret Is that I was not in the game before-don't feel bad or say I did not have to join, that I had & whole year before I was drafted-that's not so, they need mo now, there are hundreds of younger fellows than I in the ser ice.
 It's 8 great sight to see those young men arriving in hundreds, all in civilian clothes. and in a sense. are transferred into soldiers in a few minutes. i'
 We are not sad nor complaining, for we know what the end must be some of us will never get to France for some of us must stay for home duty-Dut all want to go and those that have a duty to perform at home. will wish they were in their comrades places over there. ' So be brave and glad you have son for Uncle Sam and' you can Set ser vice flag to hang in your window. Wouldn't you rather have me this way than like some of, the other chaps whom they would not have in the service?, .f....-.. -@I'
 I will close now because I want tt get to oed-we nave to get up so alarmed early, believe ne We turn out, DO monkey business. Your loving son, Bill" ...'.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-07

The final returns of SkagWay 8 Second Red Cross War Fund Drive are all in, and Treasurer Ross of the local Branch has forwarded to Headquarters the sum of S1924.9O. This represents the complete ash collections for the week ending May 27th, and it is surely splen- did tribute from the patriotic peo- pie of skagway to the great cause of the Red Cross. From the various committeeman it Is learned that the refusals to contribute could be counted on the fingers of one hand.
 Following is summary Of the contributions:
 w. P. & Y. Route $25O.00 Alaska SS Go. and Pacific
 ss c. 167.OO Geo. Mowl Benefit Show 5825 JitDey Dance Committee 11S.55.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-07

Mrs. G.. G. Miller is in receipt of a. clipping from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle in which is shown the pictures of her brothers wife's bro thers, who are now in the United States army. Above the picture of the quintet is the caption, Five Keatinge Brothers Now in United States Army" and under the pho tograph of the group is the follow ing:
 There is a five-star service flag at 509 Twelfth street, the proud owner os it being Mrs. Albert H. Hawxhurst, formerly Gladys Keat- inge. Each star represents bro ther fighting for Uncle Sam.
 The Keatings brothers are Brook lyn boys, born and bred, their par ents, the late MT. and Mrs. John R. Keatinge, having been married here "a 1889. The boys grand father was captain in the British Army having received his death wound tn the Crimean War. Their father was a lieutenant in the Brit ish Army before coming to this country to engage in the typewrit- ing business.
 Private Robert Keatinge is at Up- ton Private Cyril and Corporal Richard Keatinge are in the Reserve Signal Corps, in Massachusetts. Ser geant Tom Keatinge is at Spartan
The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-07
3 MEMBERS K. OF G.
 COME IN LAUNCH

The gas launch Alaska" port of Haines, Capt. John Peterson, mas ter, and Curley Gibson, chief engi- neer, made trip to Skagway to- day bringing up three knights of the grip, A. Van Mavern for the West Coast Grocery Co.,, B. Eskey, of Marshal-Wells Hardware com pany and M. A. Rugg of Juneau, manufacturers agent. All are regis tered at the Golden North