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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-23
GERMAN CHILDREN PAY
THE PRICE

n N response to requests for
information on present
educational conditions in
Germany, the Bureau of Edu-
cation, Department of the In
terror, has made public the fol-
lowing translations from an
article by DIR. Paul Hildebrandt
in the Vossische Zeitung, Ber-
lin, January %, 1918. After
reciting the early enthusiasm of
German youth for the war, and
their activities in behalf of war
measures, the article continues:
The sixth grade pupils of 1914 are
now about 10 be promoted 20 the up
per third. They have become accus-
toned 10 the war. Who can wonder
then that now i'm the fourth year OF
war our children exhibit signs of
change? Too many OF the restraints
have been removed which should
shape their deyeIopmenf:-tbe loosen
ing Of FAMILY ties. the father at the
front. the mother employed away
from home. and in the lower ranks of
society doing the work of men; the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-23
REALTY TRANSFERS
DEEDS.

DEEDS.
James Christianson ct uN to Mary
r. Lowman. $50. s I-2 NV Ia SW
Ia section 25, township north,
range 2S.
Julius wittock ct ux to Lester
Cronin. $500. Lot ., block 17S, Res.
ervation addition, Pendleton.
Eva L. Roberts to ]. A. Serrell, ST..
NE Ia section 8. township 8 north
range so.
Carl S. McNaught ct ux to Fred w
Stevens, Sc IA SW IA NV Ia and
w 1-2 Sc Ia NV IA, section 10.
township north, range 2S.
George d. Lynch to J. n. Stone 81.
Mete and bound Sc IA section ,,
township 5, north, range 80.
r. I. Keator to j. A. Serrell, $16,-
900. NE IA section 3, township .
north, range 80.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-23

Judge Wolverton is to be
cOmplimented on his action in
taking citizenship rights away
from the l. w. w. Swelgin. A
man who is against our coun-
try and by his actions gives aid,
direct or indirect to the enemy,
is not entitled to the rights of
citizenship. Judge Wolverton
makes the law a thing of life,
as it should be.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-23
HUNS Use ROSARY I
FOR DEATH TRAP
Books, Stoves, Even Chairs
Charged With High
Explosives.

(By Rifleman Patrick MacGill. Au-
thor of THE Great Push" Written
for the United Press
LONDON, May 5.-The talk in the
cafe dealt with the Germans ana
men who We're in the cafe at that mo-
front line. While they were there,
their kultured enemy had turned a
machine gun on two British stretch
er-bearers who had gone out into
No Mans Land to carry in a wound
ed German soldier.
Other. similar happenings were re-
called, and 1t was then that the old
man spoke. He had been n regular
soldier who had fought many battles
and had lived through Mons, Ypres,
Loos and the Somme. The old man
knew the foe whom he was up
against.
IF you saw objects lying about you
took no notice of them. Spades
shovels, helmets and souvenirs that
We're apparently flung away, and al
most everything else We're murder
traps. I saw a young boy, a rookie,
I suppose, going up to a shrine by
the roadside with the intention of
taking a rosary from the neck of the
wooden statue of the Blessed Virgin.
Don't touch that! yelled at
him.
Test DiscloSes Trap.
Il went up and had a look at the
shrine. Round the neck of the Virgin
the rosary beads were placed. with
a cross hanging at the end of them.
looked at the back, and there 1 saw
that the beads were tied round lit
tie pin which was stuck in the wood
work. We tested it, by tying q long
string to the rosary and getting back
twenty yards into a trench and pull
ing the string. The whole shrine was
blown to pieces, for the tugging at
the beads had detonated a charge and
an explosion"
He paused.
Il mind coming to one dugout
without a soul in it. 1 just had a
peep in and 1 was careful not to
touch anything. for I knew the men
had left the place. But another fell
low followed me, and as 1 went up
ON the parapet looked back at him. |
Be careful and don't touch any
hing in there I said to him. You |
know what the Germans are like with !
heir traps
I'm only look inS' he shouted back |
md as there's was long narrow |
branch blocking the entrance to the |
1oor he pulled, it aside to have a |
peep in.
Branch Was Trigger.
had just got away about a hum |
,red yards when / heard a bang and /
looked back TO see the remains of /
hat dugout in the air. 1t was the !
Tanned branch that caused the ex-
'losion and the man who looked in J
vas killed. (
Il saw another fellow dead in one
Z the houses at the corner of viii
age. He had lifted book from the
able of the front room, and %his in
ONE manner sent the table and SOL
ier up to the roof. And in that
anne house I saw a BUCKET of coal
mixed with high explosives and even
he very stove was charged to blow
p if fire were lit in it. Even the
hairs would explode if you sat on
ne of them"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-23
Asks Congress for Appropriation.

WASHINGTON, May 23.--Baker
this afternoon asked congress to au-
thorize the expenditure OF $7.0000O0,-
900 for ordnance in the coming year,
and also for the immediate appro-
priatlon of $500 900, 900 to carry on
the ordnance program from July !
to March 4, 1919.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-23


morning for Camas Prairie to look
out for the Interests ef the Democratic
party.
The marshal announces that on
Monday next a crusade against the
cows will begin. and thereafter bovin-
es must be kept home day and night
officer Clup reports that Tuesday
evening while he was onsi duty a
drunken Indian entered his residence
below town and took POSSESSION, re-
marking Me stay here"
walla walla people are working to
have the state agricultural college
located there.
Come to the speaking next wednes-
day evening at the courthouse and
hear Governor Pennoyer and Uncle
George Webb.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-23
THREE KILLEDIN
PARIS AIR RAID

PARIS, May 22.-Last nights air
raid over Paris killed three, newspa-
pers today announced. One enemy
airplane was destroyed. The raiders
dropped few bombs over the sub
urbs.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-23

The kaiser once said he
would stand for no nonsense
from the United States; while
we send soldiers at the rate
they are going he is getting
none.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-23

Hindenburg's promise of a
German peace before August
will have to be charged off
along with the promise that the
U-boats would win the war for
Prussianism.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-23
BERLIN PAPERS
PLEASE COPY!

LONDON, May ga Recitlng
the reasons for decorating Sergt
II. Belts. the Official Gabette .
says:
whilst in charge OF a platoon !
he held a position which was !
very heavily shelled and enfilad- !
er by snipers. locating two of .
the latter he crawled out in I
front of the trench and from a 4
very exposed position shot them I
both with his rifle. on the fol- 1
lowing evening. under very =
heavy concentrated shelllng, he 4
walked up and down the prados 4
Of his trench, encouraging his 1
men and setting them a magnif- 4
icent example" 1
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-23

joe Despair is such a good
soldier the Canadians do not
wish to give him up and they
cannot be blamed although Joe
has a right to fight under the
stars and stripes now that we
are in the war.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-23

Portland Council Works NIIIlionaIrcs
PORTLAND. May 23.-The coun-
Gil has passed a strict anti-idlers' or
dinance. Millionaires must work.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-23
20 YEARS AGO

(From the Daily East Oregonian
May %, 1890.
W F. Matlock, w. ]. Furnish. j. II.
and J. P. Wagner left this
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-23
= = = = = = = = = = = =
FOR TIE IDLE HOUR.

+ If by some chance you've naught
r to do today 4
+ Go out and spread some light I
along the way !
: That into some dark place a :
ray may shine I
: To lead a cropping soul TO paths :
= divine. =
= Perhaps some wanderer you'll :
find thereon :
; Who from the way of peace as =
: tray has gone. +
. And justtone flash of radiance =
from YOU :
: May light him back to pastures =
: fresh and new, =
: Where he may win refreshment =
, and fair chance =
, To free his soul from evil cir =
, cumstance. =
1 = = = = = = = 4 = = a a q a \
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-23

The wise man listens to the silent
man.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-23
suRscRIpTIoN RATES

SUEf5IItIfIIUN RATES
I1N ADVANCED
Daily. one year. by mail ......-...-...s5.OO
Daily. six months by mail ..-....-..... 2.5o
Daily, three months by mail .......- 1.2s
Daily. one month by mail-......-...--.. so
Daily, one year by carrier.........-... 7.50
Daily. sir months. by carrier........ S.75|
Daily. three months by carrier. l.s5
Daily. one month. by carrier. IS
Semi-Weekly. one year. by mail. 1.5O
semi w eekly, six months, by mail ,75i
mi-Weeksy. four months by mail so
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-23
Germans VIII Give
Up Use of Ostend
And Zeebruggee Bases

BERNE, May 22.-German naval
authorities are preparing TO abandon
the Zeebrugge and Ostend U-boat
bases because of blockades by the
naval forces and the constant har-
rassment of bombing planes. accord
ing to Berlin information.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-23

Mr.. Taft is doing creditable
and patriotic work as men,
ber of the labor commission !;
Judge Hughes has shown his
Americanism by accepting an
appointment TO probe the air
craft production work. Col.
Roosevelt devotes his time to
throwing bricks at various
busy governmental heads.
Walla Walla is having rum
pus over the raising of Red
Cross money through a kiss
staged with the girls of
a theatrical troupe as the at
traction. The Garden City is
still trying to be a wild town
and should forget it.
The house is right on. the
question of using grain by
breweries. If wheat is so
needed by our soldiers that we
must have wheatless days why
use it for beer making or for
horse feed? ---.-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-23

When in doubt Germany takes a
shot at Paris. 1t is up to the world to
the doubt.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-23

(By Rifleman Patrick MacGin. Au-
thor of THE Great Push" Written
for the United Press
The sun., 1918-11-01
SUGAR ALLOWANCE
so PER CENT. MORE
Increase to 3 Pounds q Person
a Month Announced by
Hoover.

The local Federal Food Board an
nounced yesterday a 80 per cent. in
crease In the allowance OF sugar to con-
sumers, clubs. hotels. restaurants, board
ing houses, dining cars ard steamship
restaurants. This means that beginning
November l the housewife who has been
able to buy sugar only at the rate OF
two pounds n month for each person in
her family may purchase three pounds
The announcement, authorized by the
Food Administration in Washington also
states that a full months supply or sugar
may be bought at one time.
In explaining the increased allowance
Food Administrators Hoover says 1t has
been made possible largely through the
patriotic observance by the public OF
the sugar regulations during the last
four months 1t is also due to rapid
manufacture Of sugar from the Western
beet crop and the Louisiana cane cror
in the South, reduced use of sugar by
manufa cturers and better transportation
facilities.
The local Food Board commenting OF
the situation. issued statement yestor'
day which read in part:
THE condition of the sugar supply
generally. taken in conjunction with
prospective supplies, is such that the
Food Administration is confident the al,
lowance on the Increased basis can be
continued for some months to come.
THE Cuban crop promises enlarged
supplies, and the shipping situation |:
such az 20 provide ready transportation
II should be understood that the In
creased allowance will not he at the eN,
pense OF our scheduled shipment of sugar
to allied countries
The sun., 1918-11-01
GRAND JURY REGRETS
ACTION ON MAGEE
District Attorney
Not to Enlist, as Reported.

James Nagee. an Assistant District
Attorney. who was reported in THE Syn
Yesterday morning TO have enlisted in
the army. said yesterday that he had
registered for the Infantry officers
Training School at Camp Fremont, Cali
fornia, hut had not enlisted. as District
Attorney Swami believed, Mr.. Nagee
expects 20 be called soon by his draft
board. but until he Is called he will re-
main in the District Attorneys office.
The Grand Jury that criticised tha
manner in which the Graaiadio case was
presented to its members by Mr.. Magee
considerably nullified the effect yester-
day when many OF the members cN-
pressed their sorrow over Magee's hut
initiation resulting from the presentment.
Mr. Magee feels that he did only his
duty and nothing less in presenting the
case Delayed witnesses necessitated
postponements of the presentation.
The same Grand Jury handed up a
resolution TO Judge James #. Malone ii'
General Sessions to the effect that II was
not it's intention TO critlcise the Dis
trict Attorneys staff.
The sun., 1918-11-01
DYING SOLDIER WEEDS NURSE.
Romance OF Former Reporter Has
Climax in Camp Merritt.

The death of Private Robert Il. Cal
laghan OF the Camp Utilities Division,
Quartermaster's Department, at Camp
Merritt, yesterday followed only n few
hours after his marriage, that ceremony
taking place when the soldier realized
his end was a matter OF a brief time.
This was the word received in his home
96 Wilsey street, Newark. yesterday.
In the days prior to the outbreak of
war CallRghau was n reporter on New
ark newspaper. He covered" the CITY
Hospital. and there he met Miss Rose
Shuster Of Wayland, n. Y. n student
nurse in the hospital training school
Then began the romance which had its
climax in the deathbed marriage the day
before yesterday,
Callaghan left newspaper work and
engaged successfully In the building ma
terials business Miss Shuster graduated
and took up the practice of her profess
sion. They were betrothed when Cal
laghan was called into the army last
spring.
At the time Miss Shuster learned OF
her fiance's illness at Camp Merritt she
was herself suffering from influenza. AS
soon as she was able TO leave her bed.
however, she went to the bedside of her
fance and nursed him until the end. 1t
was when he realized he could not sur
yive he asked Miss Shuster to consent to
an Immediate marriage. With the APP
, prevail Of brother OF the dying man. she
consented and the ceremony was per-
formed by Father Mcbride, a chaplain at
the camp. Callaghan was 26 years old
lie win be buried from his late home to-
4 morrow.
The sun., 1918-11-01
BROOKLYN WOMAN IS
FREED: KILLED CHILD
Court Instrucfs Jury Mrs.
Neinsfedt Was Insane.

DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 31.-A verdict
Of not guilty was returned by jury
to-day In the case Of Mrs. Claire Made
leine Neinstedt, Brooklyn. who was on
trial for first degree murder. The court
directed the jurors to acquit Mrs. Nein-
stedt on the ground that she was insane
at the time she killed her daughter. Viii
ma, 7, at the Hotel Pontchartrain In
September. The prosecution admitted
that neither malice nor motive had been
shown against Mrs. Neinstedt.
Mrs. Neinstedt Is the daughter OF
Lieut.. William Manning. U. 8. N, 1913
Van Buren, street. She had been d.
vorced and came to Detroit with her
children to make final plea for mar
riage to Il man to whom she Is said to
have been engaged, but who a day or two
before Mrs. Neinstedt killed her child
was married to another woman in Chi
cago.
At the time of the murder, 1t was al
legged. Mrs. Nelnstedt intended to slay not
only her daughter but her two other chill
dren and then to kill herself. 1t was
alleged she intended 10 administer chloro-
form to the two older children. but lost
her nerve after shooting Wilma. Allen
lists who examined Mrs. Neinstedt re-
ported afterward that she was insane al
the time OF the Staying but probably
would recover.
Mrs. Neinstedt's first husband wa:
BENJAMIN Neinstedt, son OF Brooklyn
liquor dealer. After the divorce Mrs
Neinstedt lived with her parents-in-la law
ISL Gates avenue, Brooklyn, until sht
left for De troit.
The sun., 1918-11-01
1900 MILK DRIVERS
THREATEN STRIKE
Demand S85 Wage, = Per
Cent. Commission and Day
OFF Weekly.
EQUAL WAGE FOR WOMEN
Higher Prices and Milk Short
age Soon Are Forecast
by Dairymen.

Announcement OF the advances In the
price of milk had hardly been MADE
public yesterday when New York city
milk drivers and handlers decided to
hand an ultimatum for advanced wages
and one day OF a week to distributors.
The situation was not eased any by
the prediction of dairymen that milk
not only will cost more in the next rev
weeks but will be scarcert
About 1000 delegates and members OF
the Milk Drivers Union met yesterday
afternoon in the Central Opera House,
EOS East Sixty-seventh street. to discuss
the ACCESSIBILITY of demanding increased
wa ges and one holiday each week.
s36 n Week Demanded
Union leaders said there are 1000
milk drivers who were ready to back
UP their demands with a general walk
out. IT was decided an ultimatum de-
nanding a wage of s3j week and a
commission OF 2 per cent. on all sales
be presented to the employers that
there should be no discrimination
against union men, where both union
men and non-union are employed, and
that women should receive the same
pay as men when they do work formerly
done by men.
While the drivers were holding theii
| meeting yesterday delegates from their
union were comforting with representa-
tives Of the big milk companies In
| Manhattan, Brooklyn and The Bronx. or
the second floor in the Automobile Clut
Of America Building, at 247 West Fifty
| fourth street. There were ten men rep
! resenting each side. While neither side
| would talk about the conference s. NJ
Squlres, Federal mediator for the De
partment of Labor, who has been as
| signed to the case, said he is hopefu
al amicable settlement can be reached.
| He said both sides appear anxious t
avoid a ella h and that the outlook wa
' favorable for peace.
When the conference ended member
of tho COMMITTEES representing the driver
| advised that the men continue to wor
until their demands have been passe
upon by the War Labor Board.
Say Farmer Gets Too Little.
Albert Manning. secretary of til
Dairymens League. ITO West Forfeit
street, in forecasins milk shortage
said yesterday
Tho new price of . cents quar-
which the dairymen will receive is a
right for the distributors They shoul
feel satisfied. But It Ia not fair to tn
farmer. On account Of the low price
prevailing the farmers already are ne
producing enough milk to meet the do
Inland
with the new scale of prices in effec
many farmers will be absolutely force
/ 70 ,ltennptip,,a prndnrinp nnifk There
grave possibility of more serious mil
shortage than now exists
The milk distributors also gave II a
their opinion that the new prices wi
not last for long as the labor situatio
Is serious. while weather conditions, lac
Of ice and other seasonable factors fore
cast a shortage.
The sun., 1918-11-01
NEW GRIP CASES CUT
IN HALF IN CAMPS
Deaths FeDer Than on Any
Other Day of Epidemic.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.-stcady i'm
provement in health conditions in army
camps and cantonments in the week
ended October % is noted in the health
report made public tonight by the Sur
geon- General Of the army.
With new influenza cases totallins
only little more than 10000. a de-
crease Of more than SO per cent. from
the previous weeks figure, and pneu-
inonia cases showing proportionate
decrease, with a total OF 5.s81, the hos
pital admission rate dropped to 1872
and the death rate to e2 1000 from
the previous weeks rate Of 100 a 1000.
j. While the figures show that the crest
or the epidemic IL now well passed the
report said that influenza and pneu-
rnonia probably would be present in the
camps for some weeks. possibly through
out the winter. due chiefly to the con-
slant arrival of new men not before
exposed to the disease.
New cases of influenza in the camps
reported In the twenty-four hour period
ended at noon to-day totalled 2.246
against 3.015 the day before, while
pneumonia cases numbered asa, against
3sS Yesterday. The 1876 deaths reported
were fewer than for any day since the
epidemic began, September 10.
The sun., 1918-11-01
FAKE SOLDIER IS CONVICTED.
Duquesne Tried to Collect $4,000
Insurance on a False Claim.

Frederick Fredericks, also known as
Fritz Joubert Duquesne, pleaded guilty
in General Sessions yesterday to an in
dictment charging him with presenting
a false claim against the Stuyvesant In
surance Company OF New York, in an
attempt to collect $4,000 for a moving
picture film that he said was burned I'm
1916 in the fire of the Flatbush Storage
Company's warehouse. 437 Carlton ave-
nue.. Brooklyn. Sentence will he pro-
nounced November IL by Judge Null
queen.
Fredericks is said to be wanted by the
British authorities on a murder charge
growing out Of the deaths of three Brit
ish sailors who were killed on the Brit
ish ship Tennyson. which blew up of
the coast Of Brazil in 1916. 1t is al
legged that Fredericks shipped certain
chemicals or minerals. which It is be.
lieved caused the explosion. A fellow
shipper was sentenced to twelve years
in a Brazilian prison.
He admitted in court yesterday thai
he had escaped from the British authori
ties in Cape Town In 1902. where he
had been sentenced to pass the rest Of
his life In irons for spying and con.
spiracy. presumably for the German
Government. Fredericks for severa
| weeks made addresses at Liberty Bono
! meetings in the early drives as a Cap
| tain OF the Australian forces. ~
The sun., 1918-11-01
"a PSYCHOLOGISTS NEEDED.
Air Service Offers Posts TO Tech.
nicaIIy Trained Men.

An unsual opportunity Is offered TO
twenty-four men of limited service
classification who have had psychology
cal. physiological and physical training.
to enter the air service. according to an
nouncements made by Major Willard
wadsworth. Department Air Service
office In Greater New York.
These men are needed for personnel
units now being organized, to give tests
of aptitude for flying to applicants for
training as pilots, observers, bombers
and balloonists They will be sent TO
the School Of Military Aeronautics at
Princeton, N. j., for q short course of
training before assignment to duty.
Candidates should have at least two
years of education beyond high school
and some laboratory experience to their
credit.
Six Of the men will be assigned for
duty at Princeton. The other eighteen
will be sent to San Antonio. Chicago and
San Francisco. Application should he
made to the Air Service Trade Test
Board, 1o4 Broad street, New York city,
room COZ.
The sun., 1918-11-01
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.


"a Mediterranean Cruise" by Harry e.
Ostrander. p $. 90. Academy street and
Nermilyea avenue, 1nwood. Motion pic
lures
The Balkan Peninsula by Earl
Barnes, +. s, 66, Eighty eighth street east
OF First avenue,
Bizets Carmen" musical lecture recital,
by Miss Caroline X. Goldberg. p 3. 90
147th street. west Of Seventh avenue.
1.-The Human Race" by Prof. samuel
g schmucker. Phi. D.. OF state Norns !.
School, West Chester. Pa, =. :. lS2, ls:d
street and Wadsworth avenue.
Opportunities FOR Men in Shtphuild
ing" by Daniel Bloomfield. V. NJ. 6. A.,
1873 East Eigh.y-sIxth street. stereop-
tiCon views
The sun and Man" ny Jacob Z. Price.
Phi. d. p. s, os. Anthony and fremont
avenues.
"Old Glory Winning the War" by p
Henry u. Rose, r. $. 81, is3d street, be
tween Beaumont and Cambrclhng ave
uues Stereopticon views
The Fading Of the Frontier.' by Azei
Hail Fish. p. 8. 81. jerome avenue north
OF 1s4th street. Motion pictures
The Great Pacihc Northwest and Ye
lowstone." by Robert q. Weyh Jr., y. Y.
p L. Woodstock. 7js East lGoth street
Stereopticon views.