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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-02-19

anrveying roads ...s.... 1900
J. b. Rfchey, Painting bridge
on w. W. river brIdges... $500
Cheshire Hdw. Co, supplies. 44.41|
w. Gefeke. 81 al, labor .... 56g.5O|
Tum-a-Lum Lbr. Co., supplies 63.15I
II. @. Beckins, supplies and ibr $50
Independent Garage, supplies. $50
Penland Bros, drayage, bridges .50I
Barney Oldfleid, supplies =. 301.16
w. Gefeke. do ..... 2.4b
Farmers Union Grain Agcy do 330.91
s.. @. IAnInger. do ........... 1880
Oregon Motor Garage. do .5bl
Pendleton Auto Co, do ....... 1910
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-02-19

woman and widely known resident
here for many years, was stricken
with influenza and pneumonia before
she arrived and, instead of attending
her mothers funeral. went to her own
death bed. She died Sunday after
noon at o'clock.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-02-19
COMES TO ATTEND
MOTHERS FUNERAL
BIjT DIES HEIRSEI

DENVER, Feb. .t19.-Called back, to
Denver TO attend The funeral Of her
mother. who had died OF flu Mrs, Ed
ward +, Bermanns proralpent dlub
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-02-19
Commissioners Report

List of the County Warrants drawn
by the County Court at the February
1918, term of said Court. except those
provided for by statute.
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Victory Notes or Taxes.

IL any man wants to pay more taxes
than he is paying already he can pay
them by failing to help put the Vic
tory Loan over. II the Government
cannot borrow the money it needs it
will take 1t by taxes. The taxes will
go far and wide among all the-Amerl-
can people. because now there are no
war profits. there are no excess
profits, there are not any too many
ordinary profits left to tax.
II any man thinks his rent isn't
high enough already he can get It
higher by not doing his share to as
sure wide distribution of the Vic
tory notes. If he thinks he isn't pay
ing enough already for his food. his
clothes and his other necessaries he
can pay more by not helping the dis
tribution Of the Victory notes.
Government securities cannot choke
up the banks without causing infla-
ton. There cannot be imitation with
out higher rents, higher costs Of liv-
ing all along the line. If you are not
willing to buy Victory notes and buy
them to the limit Of your capacity
you must be willing to face more
taxes. higher rents, higher everything.
Are you? Not If you know. bad
thing from a good thing.
Buy Victory notes to-day. Then get
ready to buy some more next week.
Don't talk aboutit. Don't think about
it. Buy them!
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-03
Are Corsets Underwear:

To those who wear 'em this may
seem to be foolish question, but I'M
der the curious laws enacted by the
last Congress it turns out that 1t has
to be asked. At least, the secretary
Of the National Retail Dry Goods
Associat ton has found it necessary to
send telegram as follows to the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue:
"As an indication OF dificulties re-
tailers face in attempting TO admin
lister luxury tax, section sO4. with
out. specific Interpretation from you,
may cite the typical experience OF
a merchant who has just telephoned
me by long distance?
Acting upon unofficial ruling OF
your department that corsets are
taxable as underwear, his store is
collecting the tax. All other stores
in his city are selling eoreets with
out collecting the tax. This creates
an intolerable condition of unfair
competition"
Nobody In the trade would ever
think Of including cOrsets under the
head Of underwear. The fact that
corsets are worn under the outer
clothing does not make them under
wear any more than it makes petit.
coats underwear. The trainers Of the
so-called luxury taxes put a tax on
petticoats. but in a specific item. We
do not suppose that any of Mr..
kIrCHIN's committee could have
named all the items that properly are
classed as underwear. but there was
no real need for them TO know. The
women know and the salespeople
know. Also they know quite well
that corsets are not underwear
Did the Kitchinites intend, as the
unofficial ruling of Commissioner Ro-
PER's department seems to infer, to
tax corsets? We doubt it. With all
Its stupidity, the Kitchin committee
would not put tax on an article
which in many cases has to he made
to order, at cost much more than
the S. ut which the underwear tax
begins, for corset wearers who are
peculiarly formed. perhaps dcfOrmed
The law specifies that there shall be
no tax on shoes or appliances for
persons with deformed feet or ankles
If it was intended to tax corsets at
all there would have been an exemp-
ton to protect the women who are
so unfortunate as to be obliged to
have their corsets made to order.
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or in a form consistent with the spirit
of M. CLEMENCEkU's observations on
the subject, so recently rebuked by
the President himself.
We do not know, Of course, what
would be the fate Of treaty of alli-
ance with France reversing the Presi-
dents own declarations of unalterable
adherence to- the principle Of all world
covenant or none. What we do
know and what everybody ought to
know Is that President of the
United States, whether abiding here
or sojourning abroad, has not the
shadow of n right or a featherweight
Of power to engage the United States,
on his own authority, in such an I'M
dertaking, be 1t styled treaty, agree
ment or military pact.
II he had done any more in this
mysterious transaction than to prom
Use to ask the Senate to make in its
turn the promise which France de-
sires and which the ratified treaty
would register, President WILSON
would have incurred something much
worse than mere disqualification.
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the parliamentary records Of the
House were being swallowed by the
jungle of time to such an extent that
memory could no longer be expected
to penetrate the wilderness; and so he
set out to clear path. To any young
historian who may shrink from an APP
palling piece Of work we suggest an
inspection Of the eight volumes, each
twice the size Of an ordinary law book,
which KINDS completed In less than
fifteen years, all the while perform
ing his ordinary duties, either as
Speakers clerk or as parliamentary
clerk of the House.
1t was some reward for a good man
when KINDS was sent to the House by
a constituency which had lost THOMAS
b. REED, HINDs's friend and mentor
and himself the author of another
parliamentary classic, Reeds Rules"
These two men, both from the same
Maine district, did more to clarity the
methods Of Congressional progress
than any others. REEDS was largely
a labor Of pure intellect, but HrNDs's
work was to clean an Augean stable
hundred years old. 10 was perhaps
the most complex and exhifusting task
Of its kind ever assumed by a single
individual, and there is no doubt that
1t shortened by n decade or more the
life of the resolute man who, having
seized 1t, would not let it go.
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DOOR BY SANSOVINO
ISSOLD FOR $4,000
Escapes italian Government,
as 1t Is Not Listed as
National Monument"
LEO RICCI Is PURCHASER
TOlentinO Collections Total
Is Raised to S106,986 by
Days Auction.

The feature OF the sale yesterday of
the great Tolentino collection Of italian
renaissance art at the American Art As
ISOLATION was the sixteenth century
marble doorway, carved by Sansovino.
This important work belongs In the cate
cory OF things the italian Government
would prefer to keep in italy, but
through the accident of its not having
been listed as a national monument" 1t
was allowed to be sold here. 1t fetched
$4,000 yesterday, the buyer being Leo
Ricci
Mr.. Riccl was one OF the principal
buyers at the sale, acquiring also No.
S1s, a painted and gilded bookcase by
Venato, for $4,000; No. 317, a six
teenth century Tuscan walnut cabinet.
for S2.7o0; No. 315. Venetian painted
door and screen. for $500; No. 313,
sixteenth century Tuscan cabinet. for
$3.50; No. 800, eight Venetian painted
wall panels, for $1,000; No. 27s. a six
tenth century carved door. for $1,000
No. 27S. a Florentine walnut bench, for
$1,000; No. 265, mid-Italian walnut
cabinet, for $1,000: No. 263, walnut
canopied cattedra, for $3.50; No. 261.
Venetian carved walnut lectern, for
1880 No. 25s. a Florentine walnut
cabinet, for S1,700. and No. 1877. six
teenth century arm chair, for $54o.
l.. Orselli gave 5000 for No. 20s. an
Umbrian walnut table $500 for No. 20s,
a TuscaNmusic stand $500 for No. 21S,
pair of French walnut armchairs 4:
1925 for No. 2sl, an Umbrian walnut
cassone; $685. for No. 233, a fifteenth
century Gayonarola chair Al 400 for
No. 265, a North Italian walnut table {:
$3.50 for No. 256, carved and inlaid
walnut pedestal; and $500 for No.
2s2, a sixteenth century walnut cabinet.
Nine. Keller bought No. gas. set OF
FIVE Venetian eighteenth century chairs,
for $3.50. and No. 220, a pair Of gilded
walnut pedestals, for $3.50. W. w. Sea-
man. agent, paid $3.50 for No. 241. set
OF Venetian chairs and settee-; SS25 FOR
No. 264. a Tuscan inlaid walnut cabinet
$500 for No. 26s. an Umbrian walnut
cabinet, and SLABS for No. 26s, a SIX
teenth century cabinet.
Mrs. Cattador gave $1,000 for No. 966.
an carly fifteenth century walnut chest
s1.100 for No. cSl. Florentine walnut
cabinet, and $4,000 for No. 2sS. "Vir-
gin and Child" by Pietro Lorenzetti.
Karl Freund bought No. 2d0, carved
and gllded walnut cassone, for $3.50.
James L. Breese paid $3.50 for No. 1903,
a set of painted ceiling panels. No. SIG.
E. Florentine walnut bookcase, went TO
Charles OF London for $4,000.
The total for the afternoon sale was
s72.S46.5O, making a grand total to date
of $106,9S6.50. At the concluding ses-
sion to-day important pieces by Riccio.
the sculptor Andrea della Eobbia and
Sansovino will be sold.
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President Wilson's Voice Not the
Voice Of America.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir, L
am inexpressibly shocked and indignant
at President Wilson's attitude in regard
to Fiume. Most informed American Ms
feel as indignant as when he told the
world that America was too proud TO
fght," while savages were butchering
tables and outrnging nuns and other
innocert and defenceless ones.
trust that the great Italian nation
ana Italians throughout the world vii,
understand that President Wilson Is not
the voice OF the American people. In
any case taly's claims are Just. even
II founded alone upon the right OF the
population OF Fiume. that ancient Ital-
ian city, to determine by itself the sort
of government 1t thinks best.
In fullest sympathy with Italy and all
she claims, and with sincerest gratitude
for the mighty help she gave us in win
ming the war.
FLORENCE REID USDERHuI.
MoNrcI-AR. n. J.. May z
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Is carried free Is that 1t would be
silly for one Government department
to draw from the Treasury money to
pay TO another Government depart
ment which would immedlatelc de-
post that money in the Treasury.
This theory Is sound. The trouble is
that once the franSing privilege has
been granted TO u department or an
official or member of the Govern
ment 1t Is construed as license to
cover the free transportation Of every
conceivable kind OF stuff, and the clas-
sifcation '.offlcial business" includes
whatever an interested individual
may want 1t to include.
Representatives and Senators, Do
litical committees, subordinate en-
ployees In the several departments,
practically anybody with a friend at
court and scheme to promote, can
get his propaganda printed in the
Congressional Record or as a docu-
ment and borrow the frank Of some
good natured Official to pass 1t through
the post Office. In political campaigns
the weight Of matter thus carried free
reaches an almost incredible total,
and all the year round vast numbers
Of useless publications dood the couIl-
try under frank, choking the mails
and costing the taxpoyers n prefty
penny.
Should the controversy over the ad-
ministration Of discipline in the army
bring about reform in this gross
abuse 1t would be credited with at
least one admirable result. against
the attainment of which every infiu-
ence Of self-interest among national
legislators and executive agents Of the
Government would be instinctively
exerted.
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defeat presenting itself with all It's hor-

defeat presenting itself with all its hor-
rors
But now the danger is past and
those pledges, founded ON the purest
principles Of justice, are vanishing. ABB
sorbed by the rapacious avidity OF GER
tain Powers famous for their egoism.
Even Mr.. Wilson, who pretends to be
the exponent OF the American thought
and speaks SO much about Justice, leaves
great deal to be desired.
From the moment he shows a dispo-
sition to use clemency for a foe, assum-
ing a provocative and dishonest attitude
toward a friend like Italy, he gives in
many respects the most tangible proof
OF injustice, But Italy wants the real
Justice, not Mr.. Wilson's.
Even his principles concerning Fiume
are too evasive, too abstract, to give the
clamorous world that clear conviction
which is essential in rendering visible
to the public the gravity and importance
of serious problems.
Plume, which kept immune from the
infections OF troublesome peoples, speaks.
telling the world the immortal glories
Of Italy. Every little corner OF the mys-
tic city Is eloquently showing the per
petual signs of Latin culture.
Her people demonstrated on all occa-
sions their unaiterabie desire to be an
nexed to Italy.
And you, Italy. remember the Croats
and all the other peoples that formed
that deplorable Heterogeneous called
Austria Hungary; recall to your mem-
ory the brutaiities perpetrated by those
vandals during their domination Of 1s48.
Bear in mind that IL Austria had
emerged victorious tho Jugo-Slavs, those
detestable prosecutors, would have been
but too proud 70 be considered as Aus
TRAN citizens. and undoubtedly would
have welcomed the moment when they
could see Italy trembling under their
terrorism. their violences, and smile at
her eufferings, thus emulating the ex-
pioits Of their fathers. But Wilson de-
clared that Fiume must be given to tho
Jpgo-slavs, otherwise there would be
no peace.
All right. Let them have II, and the
world will witness what the Italians
will DO for wilsonian peace.
or course Mr.. Wilson will not observe
all these vital things, because he who
committed the imprudence to write that
the italian immigrant was inferior to
the Chinese lacks sympathy for US.
LOUIS NAVARRO.
For the italian Greenwich Circle.
New YORK, May 2.
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Asher c. Kinds OF Maine.

When ASHER c. KINDS finished in
1907 the colossal literary task of as
sembling the "Precedents of the House
of Representatives he said in his in
production to the eight great volumes
that II his work would contribute to
the maintenance of system of pro-
cedure conducive to an efficient per-
Torrance of the duties of the House
he would feel that the labor of prep
aration had not been in vain. There
has never been doubt Of the great
usefulness of his work. Some of the
men who were not in Congress before
Mr.. KINDS finished his "Precedents"
must wonder how the House ever got
along without this history of its par
liamentary past, this complete record
OF the decisions of Americas most nc
tive legislative body upon that which
has come to be recognized as an i'm
portant branch of law. In a way Mr..
HINDs did for the parliamentary law
of the United States what BLACK
STONE did for English law, except that
the American did not color the record
with his own opinions or theories, but
contented himself with putting the
full collection Of precedent where all
could reach II instantly.
1t is almost surprise to find
that Mr.. KINDS, who has just died,
was only SO years old, for his name
had been associated with parliament
tary practice for quarter of CEN
Jury. He was young, only 20, when
he first went to Washington as
Speaker REEDS clerk. Luckily for the
, House, he was man. whose interest
went further than the mere duty to
which he was assigned. BE saw that
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A DANGEROUS PRACTICE.
Umbrellas Held Low Lead to Acci.
dents In Crossing Streets. -

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. The
accident that recently befen an ex-
porter who held an umbrella before him
to protect himself from a driving rain
while crossing the street and in conse-
auence was struck by a taxicab should
remind pedestrians that it is an ex4
tremely dangerous practice to shut Off
ones view with an umbrella on a rainy
night particularly when crossing a
street
Yearly a large number o, New York
ers are struck hy automobiles as q re-
suit OF this practice. and some OF them
are dangerously injured, while others
are killed had the UNPLEASANT or
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-03
EVENTS TODAY.

Parade Of engines Of var on Fifth avcnu,
starting from 10th street a. i:sc p. N.
Gov. Alfred r. Smith will speak and review
the 100 members OF the Junior Naval Al
Marine Scouts, armory, Fourteenth street anl
Sixth avenue. $50 p. N.
his eighty-ffth birthday. by the Lotos CluN.
ITO West Fifty-seventh street. :, P. NJ.
Annual banquet OF the weuchester Count
Bar Association. Hotel Commodore, : P.
Luncheon in honor Of Rear Admiral
liam s. Sims under the auspices of the Ell.
lish- Speaking Union Hotel Aston, $50 T. y
proposed for the nave Of the Cathedral q"
will illustrate these plans with lantern SIG.
annual sTnus u meeting Of The Cathedral LeaF''
:. Annual dinner and meeting. OF the Ne
York Section of the Green Mountain ca
viii be he'd at the Rip Ven Winilc. :. We
Thirty-seventh street. $50 p NJ.
New York Rot anical Garden. lrture b.
G. V. Mesh on "Evergreens." p. NJ.
Memorial services in honor of D" H,r
n. MaeCracken formerly chancellor % Ne
University Heights, p. NJ
Victory dinner for the tenants Of tn. Ian
horne apartment. on Riverside Drive, Hot.
Third annual banaue. OF the alumni, o. ne
University Of Pittsburg, DR.. John II Finley
will speak. Hotel Commodore. p ".
L. so7th Infantry, eventy-scvepth nv $40.
talk by Waldo Foster, Club House told A,,o.
Library. Lafayette street. 5 p. VI
Concert by the Yale University Giee Rsn,n
and Mandolin clubs. Waldorf Aston . 90
Hotel Pennsylvania: Metropolitan I.oaS~
dinner. p M; Beth Israel Hospital Alunr,
dinner. p. M: Collegiate Alumnae iunth-
con. p. NJ; Hunter College A,unuar C',gs
OF ~, luncheon. n N.
Delta Phi Fraternity, dinner. Hoe
more, p. NJ.
New Jersey Alumni Associ alton. luayaco".
Hotel McAlnin 80 p NJ
Wheaton College Club luncheon Hotel We
Amin. p. N.
Prudential Insurance Company dime" Uc.
McAlpin, p NJ
New York and New Jersey Dry Dorl, Auc
cation dinner, Waldorf-Astoria. NJ
Annual white breakfast, Pcac,' Juh.'r. -
a. ne n Su0en''''" cub "aidor'-A''or'
Brooklyn Institute: 4. heId trip a Car'r.
Park for the study AVID identifcanou - '-.s'
viii be conducted by Frank sto,l ~ ~
Bronklyn Botanic Garden. the marty ul-rt.r,
~ tlnh avenue Nui Seyentv-secoNd stree
Manhattan. al 40 p " The mcubc-. -
The Instit't" Chess Club meet for the o..
nose OF play AZ and T, VI in the A.
Room OF the academy. The obsprvatorv o.
The department OF astronomy Will ba oN.7
from to $50 for observation Of the moan
and the planets Jupiter and SATURN
Members of the old SXty-ninth RclT.r'
ana the Ladies' Auxiliary of the KntAts a.
Columbus are 20 be tho guests OF honor v
concert and rsceptio ION in the armory LeVins
ton avenue and Twenty NTH stree, V
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-03
SUBWAY TRAIN JUMPS.
Lost Time Is Made Up, but Passen-
gers Are Delayed.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: The
conditions on the broadway division of
the subway have not been ideal for
some time, owing, We are given to
understand. to causes over which the
tiers have been aggravated considerably
Of late BY the practice OF some of the
train despatchers OF ordering motormen
Of trains which happen to be behind the
schedule to skip some Of the stations
In order to make UP lost time.
This applies to southbound express
trains and more so TO trains running
out OF the Van Cortlandt Park terminal.
Recently 1t has been a daily occurrence
to Jump" trains from the station at
207th street to that at 1s1st street, thus
leaving the crowds waiting for trains at
Dyckman street and at the 1s1st street
ASPIRATION until the train following
came along and picked them up.
The average person who uses the sub
way knows practically nothing about the
difficulties that confront the train
despatchers, nor does he care /; but he
does believe that when he has paid his
fare he IL entitled to take the first train
coming into the station where he Is
waiting. And when a person stands
waiting for Ave minutes or more for a
train he is exasperated when he hears
the loot Of the whistle and sees the train
glide past the station without stopping
Very often 1t is necessary to wait an
other Ave minutes before another train
lo1.
train has left behind.
At all events the skipping practice is
not relished ~ those in a hurry to get
down town. W.
WASHINGTON HEIGHrs, May 2.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-03
Senator Chamb erIain Tackles the
Hanking Abuse.

Colonel JOHN II. WIGMoRE of the
Judge Advocate Generals Office wrote
letter some time ago defending the
present system Of administering disci-
pline in the army. This document was
widely distributed through the mails
postage free under the frank of the
War Industries Board, which was
conducted as bureau of the War
Department. Senator CHAMBERLAIN.
chairman of the Senate Military AT
fairs Committee, reported this use Of
the boards frank to the Department
Of Justice, contending that 1t constl-
tuted an evasion or breach of the
laws for which Colonel WIeMoRE was
liable TO prosecution.
Attorney General PALMER has now
decided that Colonel WIGMoRE's letter.
having been circulated at the direc-
ton or with the consent of Secretary
BAKER Of the War Department, lost
its character as a private communica-
ton, and became an official document.
entitled TO free transportation In the
mails. In the Attorney Generals
opinion Colonel WIGMoRE consequently
is not guilty of any Illegal or I'M
proper act. This decision has brought
from Senator CHAMBERLAIN a state
ment in which he says:
The Attorney General and the
Postmaster-General have in effect an
nounced that every executive depart
ment has full license TO carry on at
public expense by printing and dis
tribution through the Official mails,
postage free, any propaganda that
its then chief may favor.
IAN he has to do IS to certify that
1t Is in the interests OF the depart
ment.
"Ail the weight OF the intrenched
Government influence. all its power
OF publicity may be used to serve
the personal interests OF the head OF
the department or of any of its
bureaus.
III such is the case. >ksuch fla
grant abuses of the statute may be
committed with impunity, 1t is high
time that the statute be amended"
THE Sun has no intention at this
time Of supporting either side in the
dispute over the court-martial system
Of the army, but IL that quarrel leads
to the amendment Of the statute I'M
der which the mails are loaded down
with tons of franked matter It will
have served useful purpose IN
checking a notorious abuse which an
nually imposes heavy burden on the
taxpayers.
Tho theory on which Official mall