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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-03
OldfieId Plumbing Let.

D. ID. Phelps has been awarded the
contract for the installation OF plumb
ing fixtures and a hot water heating
system in the new home being built 70"
Barney Oldfield. the automobile dea-
Ter. The contract calls for the latest
improved fixtures throughout.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-03
BUILD NOW
HIGH COST OF MATERIALS IS
HELPING TO SLACKEN BUILDING
OPERATIONS DURING SUMMER

High cost of materials and labor and
the approach of a busy harvest season
are reasons for marked slackening of
building activity in the last two weeks.
In that time but four permits have
been issued by City Recorder Thomas
Fit. Gerald, no one of these for new
dwelling, CT tie four permits, one was
for addftioEs and repairs to a dwellinS
one for ,terations to home, one for
minor repairs and the fourth for n
garage.
April and May were the big months
for buiding permits so far this year,
with large projects such as the $15.-
SIS Standard Oil Co. improvement and
the $50. 600 ST. Josephs Academy
swelling the total June saw the strta
OF two fine homes, one for Il. W. Me
Co,Inmt.ch to cost S12 O10 and ore for
T. b. simonton to cost $4,000. sen
eral smaller residences We're contciOt-
ed for early in the month but since
June 20 uolhng big has eeen started
Many persons desrieg to bull
homes have had good i)tentiols urtil
tire architect as drawn the rough
plans and maze estimates of tho costs,
Raymond w. Hatch, local architect
explained as a teason for the sitciiep
ing in uildirg operations. Ldintcr
costs I:o decided Jump upW;.t =
few weeks ago and everything else is
selling at more than .wic. the cost cf
Two years ago,
One GrGwbFc to home huitd rg Of
podestly priced dwell.rss is the in
ability of Ifuspe ctive builders - get
cheap lots. The home builders loan
association which was started toward
organization last winter would help
fill this want builders believe, ara as
sist in making Fendletan ho,l= city
for the saIaried man or rage Garner.
ST Paul Aids Finding.
One of the cities that has forf Il
lated most ambitionus plans for 1919 is
St Paul. MINI. According to the pro-
gram for the year. the expenditure
of $3.151.32O is contemplated. This
amount is distributed so that for
Streets roads and alleys, s2,094 440
will be expended.
One of the important items relates
The Washington herald., 1919-01-14
The Way of n Maid.

One night last week Jim Trayers
found he had to work and therefore
was unable 10 keep an engagement
he had with Pearl Brown.
He was to take Pearl to a show.
So he called up Louis Brady and
asked him to take the girl, as the
tickets were already bought
That was the last Jim saw Of
Pearl until he was brought into court
charged with an assault on Louis
She was there.
Pearl must have become attached
TO Louis, il seems, because when Jim
called on her the next night she wac
busy entertaining Louis, and refused
to see him.
1t also appears that Jim gave Louis
an inch and he took a mile.
But Of course that is ~arl's busi-
ness and no ones else.
Anyhow. the two men met in a
cafe. Jim demanded of Louis why
he UOuisD had alienated the af1ec-
tions of the girl.
Louis suggested that they leave that
matter TO Pearl. Jim didn't like
this at all
"Ah will leave it TO NAH fist TO
decide dat" he yelled as he hit
Louis over the head with a plate
Naturally that act left something
for the court 10 decide, and Jim was
fined go
The Washington herald., 1919-01-14
Good Morning, Judge"
Human Interest Stories Of
Police Court Happenings.
RUDOLPH
= PERKINS

The scrap grew out of Thomas
fondness for Baltimore liquor. II ap-
pears that he spent all his money and
some of his wife's to get picked on.
Alcoholically speaking, he was
soused all the time II he ever came
home sober, the chances are that Bes-
sic would get Mysteries
Saturday night he took more than
usual Bessie ordered him out Of the
house.
He started TO go. Then he came
back and attempted to drag her with
him.
She caught hold of the door knob.
Thomas struck her in the face.
As she raised her hands 10 ward of
the blow, he dragged her out OF the
house into the street and there beat
her good.
drunkenness is no excuse for Won
whatever" the court told him, III
you don't remember what Won did
your wife does and that.is sufflcient -
The court fined Thomas So. which
he didn't have. Bessie breatbed a
sign of relief when he went back into
the dock.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-14
N.Y.METHODISTS
Get $4,000 FUND
Will of Mrs. Sarah c. Com
stock Provides for Aged
Teachers.

A fund of $500. to be used by the
board of trustees of the Northern
New York Conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church in connection
with the national fund for superan-
nuated preachers, is set aside in the
will of Mrs. Sarah c. Comstock, who
died early this month.
The will is dated December IA, 1913,
and was filed yesterday in the ONCE
of the Register of Wills.
Another fund of $500 Is set aside by
Mrs. Comstock to care for her burial
place and that OF her husband in a
cemetery near WATERFOWL, Conn.
Jennie Simmons, a sister-in-law OF
Mrs. Comstock, Is to receive 800.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey is to re-
ceive 500. Mary ]. Lent. Rosamont
Ross, Alice Simmons, Daisy c. Ma
son. all nieces of the deceased. are
each bequeathed 500. A similar be-
quest is made to Elsie Riser.
Jennie Simmons, a sister-in-law,
Frank wellington Simmons, Frank d.
Simmons and Edgar r. Simmons,
three nephews are also to receive
500 each.
Julia O'Toole and Matte Blackman
are bequeathed $50 each. Charles G.
Simmons. a nephew, is willed SIS. All
of the clothing of the deceased is
willed to a niece, Alice Crane Sim
mons. The residue of the estate is
bequeathed to Sarah E. Simmons.
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey and Edwin
c. Dutton are named executors.
The will of Lucian A. Clarke, who
died December s. last, names the
widow, Mrs. Lucy NJ. Clarke, as resi-
duary legatee. The estate consists of
the premises at 1859 Euclid street
northwest, together with stocks and
bonds of the Capital Traction Com
pany, the Pennsylvania Railroad. and
the American National Bank, of this
city, besides lands owned by L. A.
Clarke and Son, lumber dealers. The
widow and the son are named execu-
tors.
The will of Mrs. Marjorie Sievers,
who died October II, 1918, provides
that Louis A. Sievers, husband of the
deceased, inherit the wife's interest in
the premises at 62S. $50 and 623
street northwest A son. Harry Cliff
ton Foster. is made residuary legatee
and also named executor together
with the husband.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-14
sunny FRANCE
LACKS old SOL
Tommy - Walsh, Bugler
Over There Sees
Nothing But Rain.

THE fellow that called this country
sunny France must have been real
estate agent trying to sell some lots"
says Thomas r. Walsh. former as
sfstant steward of the National Press
Club, in a letter to his brother, John,
the present steward, received mere
durlSE the past week. Young Walsh
Is a bugler with Company F, Sixth
Division Ammunition Train.
g'It has rained steadily day in and
day out for the last two months. with
the exception Of three days when the
sun came out for a while. II gets
uretty cold and everything is damp.
4 have been through Argonne For
est over here" the letter continues.
~The BelIeau Woods have been my
sfonaiciIe for a while and 1 spent
couple OF weeks in Verdun. And be-
Heve me. everything hasn't been a
Hcd of roses. unless by that term
YOU Kill the blossoms and leave the
thorns-
slept in Old Barns.
we hiked through France for
twenty days carrying full pack
weighing about eighty pounds, walk
fne through rain and mud all the
time. and sleeping in old barns when
We were lucky and in an outside pile
~ hay when we weren't.
My meals on Thanksgiving Day
consisted of cOrned beef three times,
and gee how that stun gets my goat.
Z don't know where the fellows that
write those stories in magazines get
their stuff
when we started on our hike there
were lots Of rumors that we were on
our way home. and of course, that
cheered up the boys. There was hard
y any complaining even though we
sometimes walked twenty miles day
and then when we reached them des-
tu,es' came the same old drill stuff.
Nhew, Then's when the disgust
'ciuTdS lowered over US
I've got to stop soon. But 1 want
10 tel YOU about the armistice day
over here.
From all accounts they went crazy
around your place. But here there
wasn't Il yell or a cheer or anything.
Md afterwards the same old drilling
and training. SO everyone is anxious
to get back home again. hope we
get or early"
The Washington herald., 1919-01-14
Mai. La Guardia to Tell
Experiences Over There

Maj. Fiorello H. La Guardia, men,
Der of Congress from New York. will
lecture on his experiences on the Ital-
ian battle front at a meeting of the
Columbian Women of George Wash
ington University, to be held this
afternoon at 4 o'clock at the College
Women's Club, 1892 / street northwest.
Mai. La Guardia was in the American
Aviation Service on the Italian front,
and received the Italian War Cross,
the Italian Order of Merit of War and
the decoration of a Chevalier OF the
Crown of Italy.
The hostess of the afternoon will be
Mrs. T. Malcolm Price, who will be
assisted by Mrs. William II. Heron.
Mrs. H. T. A. Lemon and Mrs. will
lam X. Butler
The Washington herald., 1919-01-14
TWO D. C.. WOUNDED HEROES
TELL OF NARROW ESCAPES
in Champagne Private Bernard Roth
Finishes Seventeen Months Overseas

captured 800 German prisoners, in
cluding a Prussian major and his
staff.
While leading his company. after
gaining one German trench, Lieut..
Perkins. in advancing to make obser-
vations. was shot and gassed and en-
tirely cut of from the American
and French armies. HE lay in a gas
filled shell hole for twelve hours be-
fore he.~ was recovered by the ad-
vancing French flank. For his brave
service. Lieut.. Perkins was given his
distinguished service bar.
After recovering from his wounds.
Lieut.. Perkins returned to his COM
pany in October when it was pre-
pairing for the Fismet attack, where
the Twenty-eighth division. sup
ported by battered French divi-
sion, held back the Huns. Time af-
ter time the Hns pounded so hard.
Lieut. Perkins said. it seemed as if
their lines would cave in. The on
GERS. however, rallied, whipped their
ranks together and made a last
attack.
His dauntless courage and per-
sonal valor in guiding and holding
his men, so won the admiration Of
the French division that he was
later awarded the Croix de Guerre,
with star citation for brigade work.
Lieut.. Perkins again was wound
ed on October 8, in the hip, the bull
let shattering the bone. which forced
him into the hospital until sail
ing orders landed him in New York
on the steamer, La France, on
Christmas Eve.
II hated to leave the boys" Lieut..
Perkins said last night, although
I'm glad to be able to see my fam
lily. My chief desire now, however,
is to get well enough to be back with
my old company. which is at Luxem-
bourg, a part of the army of occu-
patton"
The Washington herald., 1919-01-14
IRISHMEN HERE
SCORE ENGLAND
Hold Enthusiastic Meeting.
Hear Soldier and
Sailor.

Unrelenting opposition TO further
domination of ireland by England
was sounded last night at the meet
ing of the Patrick H. Pearse branch
of the Friends of Irish Freedom. by
the action of the body and the speak
ers. The principal speakers Of the
evening were Joseph Y. Reeves and
K. A. Connoff
Reeves is a member of the Wash
ington bar. and one of the honorably
discharged soldiers who served the
colors in the late war. Commit is en-
listed in the u. s. Navy, and is still
serving his country. Reeves said that
1t was unthinkable that any one but
an enemy of freedom should hold to
the old idea that Ireland, or any other
people. should be held in subsection
against their will.
Have Proved Ability.
1.-THE Irish people" he said, have
shown a wonderful capability for gov
erning in this country, and the idea
that they are incapable of self-soy-
ernment is too silly for notice. 1t is
only put forth by those who were un-
able to answer the argument that the
Irish people and all people should say
how they should be ruled"
Reeves has also been an ardent sup
porter of self-domination for the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Conniff declared Ireland's call for
self domination was freedoms trum-
pet call, and that 1t can not be longer
resisted by England. p. ]. Ryan and
p. T. Moran also spoke.
Plan Mass Meeting.
Rosa J. Dowling, president OF the
organization, appointed the following
committee for the purpose of securing
hall and planning a monster mass
meeting: p. T. Moran. p. ]. Ryan.
Joseph Y. Reeves. r. F. Downing.
J. Frank O'Meara, p. J. Callahan,
Frank J. Sheridan. f. A. Connifr.
NJ. M O'Connor. Thomas O'Dea and
DIR. Joseph Dunn. John ]. Noonan
reported for the finance committee
that he was having no difficulty in
obtaining funds for the support of the
organization, and that he was meet
ing with responses on all sides.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-14
Beth Were Inaisereet.

~sS A.es~~.
Yonner, dat man come into de Chi
nee jint en- said out loud dat he could
Git eny feller's girl away fun him :
"Ah tole him dat he, was talk'n'
through his hat en- he said he did At
hab no hat on. OATS all All remen-
ber"
Robert Hall was sitting in the cafe
inhaling some yokamee.
Bill Carey came in. full of liquor
and meanness and started shooting on
his face.
Hall attempted to argue with nin
in regard to his ability to capdvate
the women.
The next thing Hall knew he was
bandaged up and smelling like a hos
pital.
Bill had hit him so hard and $
quick that the poor fellow didn get
a chance to find out how II was cone.
But witnesses explained IT all very
clearly. A lightning uppercut did .he
trick.
"Ah was soused, Jedgc." explained
Bill. ''En eff dat guy wanted to argify.
he outghn't to have started on me"
You can so to jail for thirty days,
said the court. Then there will be
no more argument for at least that
long"
The Washington herald., 1919-01-14

his bike In an sileywsy and want t
work.
This wae on a saturday night Nner
he came out the bike was gone.
Walker was arrested oy Policeman
Roper. He told Roper he bought ths
bic, Gle on Friday morning from q
boy on the street
II can be easily seen he was teuias
fib. For how could he buy the bike
when Albert had Il In his Possession.
The faisehood convinced the courl
that Walker couldn't be trusted.
He needed something TO get him e
work on time. he told the court and.
therefore. he hit on the idea o. eet-
ting a bicycle.
And because he wasn't careful whose
bicycle he got the court fined him 81.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-14
England Demands Probe
Of American Meat Trust

London, Jan. IA joint agricul-
tural advisory committee of the
ministeries of food and agriculture
has decided to support the demand
of British producers that the activi-
ties of the American meat trust"
be Investigated, the Star declared
today.
The Star displayed prominently
the report of the food trade COM
mission, particularly a letter from
Armour's Philadelphia manager to
the Chicago office regarding the
soaking OF f-beef in vinegar and soda
before it's sail.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-14
He Was Almost JsstIhed.

The poor street car service which we
Washingtonians holler so much about
wos responsible. in a way. for Walker
Burton getting into trouble.
Walter got tired Of waiting an hour
or so for a street car
And so he swiped a bicycle belong
ing to Albert Hawkins.
Albert worked at a hotel ana LEFT
The Washington herald., 1919-01-14

TIDE TABLES.
Compiled by United States Coast and Geodetic
Survey.
Today-Low tide, l22S a m and z 80 D. m :
high tide, 6:Os a. m. and 6:S D. m,
THE SUN AND MOON.
TodaJ-Sun rises. 7B a m; sun sets. 50s
D. m
Moon rises, 81 D. m: sets. 4:is a. m.
Automobile lamps to be lighted at 5:3s D. m.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-14
Deposed Ukrainian Chief
Finds Refuge in Berlin

Gen, Storopodsky. deposed Hetman
of Ukrainia. recently driven from
Kiev by republican forces. is safe in
Eerlin. according to a Swiss dispatch.
The Germans supported the Hetman
since the downfall of Kerensky in an
unsuccessful attempt to get grain
from Russia last year.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-14
Howard F. Brock Dead.

Boston. Jan. lG.-HOward F. Brock.
managing editor OF the Boston Trav-
clcr, and Oen OF the best known news
paper men in New England, died at
his home in Arlington today, follow
ing "a long illness from influenza
The Washington herald., 1919-01-14
To Fly from Australia.

Melbourne. Jan. 13.-Preparations
are being made for an airplane flight
from Australia to London. with stops
at the Dutch East Indies and Bagdad
The Aero Services, Limited, Company
has been organized for that purpose
The Washington herald., 1919-01-14
Some People Never Learn.

You would think ordinarily that a
woman. whose husband was in. the
lookup because he couldn't let
booze alone, would be-the last per-
son herself to monkey with 1t.
But that is not the case. And it
goes to show that you just can't
tell what some people will do.
Carrie Brown, mother of several
children, lost the support of her
husband because of his drunken
ness.
Making all allowances for her
worried condition and hard luck.
etc. she made no effort to keep
booze out of the house.
She got hold of a lot of IL and
began to peddle it. She had to
have some money to support her
self and the children.
Instead of using some other
method to get 1T, she allowed the
same thing that cut of her income
to bring it back.
The police got wise to Carrie
and set a trap for her and, woman
like, she fell for it and was locked
up.
However, Judge Mcmahon dis
liked to separate Carrie and her
children. Conditions were already
bad enough, he thought.
But he had to do something to
the woman, and he did it as gently
as he could.
If it had not been for the chill
dren. Carrie would have gotten a
much longer sentence than ten
months.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-14
LOCAL TEMPERATURES

Midnight. q; a. m. 3; a. m, p, a
m, u; a. m, l9; 10 a. m, .; Il noon, 81 !;
D. m, 40; p. m. n; 6 p. m, t3; D. m
43; p. m. %; 10 p. m. y. Highest. y;
lowest. l8
Relative humidity-S a. m. 81: p m, g.:
p. m. 2; rainfall Is D. m. TO 8 D, M O.:
hours Of sunshine. 81: per cent Of possible sun
shine 100
The Washington herald., 1919-01-14
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

FORECAST FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW
Of the North and Middle Atlantic Coast there
will be fresh southwest winds and fair weather
on the South Atlantic and over the East Cult
gentle to moderate northeast and east winds
fair weather; over the West Gulf moderate vari-
able winds and fair weather
The Washington herald., 1919-01-14
LOCAL FORECAST

District Of Columbia and Maryland Fair and
warmer TueSdaT; Wednesday partly cloudy and
somewhat colder; moderate to fresh southwest
winds.
Virginia: Fair and warmer Tuesday; wednes-
day partly cluOdy, cooler in north and west por-
tiOns; gentle to moderate southerly winds.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-14
DEPARTEREa

Accumulated excess or deficiency Of tempera-
ture since January l, 1919. 2; accumulated ex-
cess Of precipitation since January l. 1873, 0se
Temperature same date last year-Highest, @;
lowest, 10.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-14

The Cruel Husband.
A few weeks ago Thomas Riley had
a split-up with his wife, Bessie.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-14

rhc Mans store-O6ieiai weather
Report-Fair and Warmer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-01

putting ratification through the Legis-
lature.
When The Tribune representative
one day last week called on Mr.. Ander-
son at his office on the sixteenth floor
Of 906 Broadway he found that in
dividual, who Is about feet inches
tall and we'll proportional, busy as
a beaver debating correspondence.
what Is the Anderson code?" asked
the scribe
"A moral idea is the mightiest thing
beneath the throne of God" said Mr.
Anderson. "The right will prevail if
it has fighting chance and you give
it time enough. The liquor business
had to 60 because 1t always was
wrong"
"And what were some Of the things
that kept you going?"
Gan intense conviction of having
been divinely called into this particu-
lar work, and that no minister in or
binary pulpit work has higher CALI
said the rum fighter. "A faith based
upon this conviction that when a thing
is right 1t is bound to win In the long
run, and that the only question at all
involved Is whether the human instru-
ment has sand enough to take pun
ishment until his time comes, and then
whether he has sense enough not to get
spoiled by success.
"An institution that is wrong ia
bound to be foolish because sin itself
is foolish, and the forces Of evil can
always be depended upon to come to
bat with a bonehead play at the
critical moment.
when an institution is wrong, like
the liquor traffic, anything it does is
a mistake.
II believe in a policy of deliberately
prodding the opposition into making
fool of itself and then taking ad
vantage of what it does; a policy of
preparedness, the maintenance of q
private war college, with skeleton cam
paigns for every contingency.
II recognize the inherent wisdom in
tho philosophy of the village halfwit
who, when a valuable horse was lost
and reward was offered, found the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-01
Saloons
Substitutes

Seventh Avenue is quite another
matter, and the avidity with which va
cant saloon corners are being gobbled
up along Seventh Avenue from Tenth
Street to Times Square Is fair indica-
ton of the future Of that newest
Broadway.
Vincent Pope. from his Office In 10
Washington Square South, just few
PAGES from what a hundred years ago
was the public hanging place, watched
the village pass through the evolution
that transformed this once fashionable
section into q down-at heel region OF
decay.
Then he saw the beginning Of the
Seventh Avenue extension, and city
engineers, like surgeons, cutting away
diseased tissues in the heart Of the
village. Some venerable structures
were RACED in tho process, but when
this work that began October 81, 1918
was completed only a few weeks
ago, there was a wide thoroughfare
stretching without interruption from
the warehouse district Of Franklin
Street to the southern border Of Gen.
trail Park. Through tenements, houses,
even churches, the extension was
pushed until the street was outlined
like huge scar, its edges marked by
the raw projections of buildings of
which only portions had been RACED
The lines marked out by the surveyors
were followed through a labyrinthian
maze of streets that ran obliquely in
the path Of the new thoroughfare.
Eleventh Street, Perry, Charles, then
West Tenth, Christopher, Grove, Bar
row, Morton were crossed at an angle
until finally at Clarkson Street Seventh
Avenue was joined with Narick Street,
forming a new union between uptown
New York and downtown
Speaking Of the period Of decline in
the village Vincent Pope said:
''For period Of about fifteen years,
or until quite recently. the Washington
Square and Greenwich Village dis
tricts had been declining. This ten
dency started when the business sec
ton from Houston Street to Four
teenth Street, west Of Mercer Street,
was going gradually west and the erec-
ton of many loft buildings was chang
ing the tone of the neighborhood
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-01
The Diffident YOUNG
Man

He took a packet Of letters srsf
his pocket,
These" he said, "lured a girl frOs
upstate to New York. she went bsa
nome this morning with her fsthes
She forgot these-they were under ha
pillow. Do you know what I'm gcias
to do with them ?"
The Diffident Young Man didn't
well, I'm going to show them .
my girl-my daughter. She's Just til
age Of the girl they were written u
Now do you understand ?"
He handed the letters over.
They were "old stuff" Crowded VII,
avowals Of love, subtle batteries sn'
batteries not SO subtle. Just one thiu
was not in them. The one thing "
girl took for granted, the one thing
the man didn't propose: marriage .
WELL" said the clerk, now do Wv
want the name?"
"Yes-the name signed to the ~
tcrs."
II guess you didn't notice." said~'s
clerk YEARLY, 1.-THE letters afeaY
signed. That kind never q