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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-14
THE GERMAN NAVY'S
DECLINE

q INCE the armistice was
S signed much has been
learned about the Ger
man navy and the reason it
made such a lame showing at
the close of the war.
Prior to the Jutland battle
the German seamen believed
the high seas fleet could whip
the English fleet. After that
battle they had no such illu-
sions, says a German officer
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-14
THE SURGEON.

. The World was lustful. for the !
3 World was strong;
3 Careless his customs, as his
p thoughts were wrong,
p Tln. from long wanderings In
, the wayward path,
, The World went mad in violence
? and wrath.
War Is the Surgeon who has
sharpened his knife
And bloodily essayed to mend
this Life.
Cruel-seeming Surgeon, much
will we forgive
If but healthier. happier
World shall live.
-Edmund Vance Cooke.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-14

The housing problem in PEN
dleton is not being solved.
Where are those fine plans we
had Tor a Home Builders Loan
Company?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-14

The American Red Cross has
just sent its tenth shipload of
supplies to the Roumanians.
Without American money and
Red Cross supplies some of
those European countries
would have hard time.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-14
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER.

who was in the battle.
The same officer explains
that the decline in German
naval morale started immed-
lately after Jutland. Knowl-
edge that the high seas fleet
would never venture out caus-
ed many of the best officers
and men to seek service in the
air or with the submarines.
Their action naturally weaken
ed the morale of the enemy
navy with the result that the
ground was made ready for
the mutiny.
1t is admitted by the English
that prior to the Jutland bat
tie the German naval morale
was high. In gunnery the Ger
mans we're very proficient and
their ships were extremely well
built. The German ships were
built to fight with, not to live in.
Quarters for the men were ex-
tremely poor and when in port
the men were cared for in bar
racks. This policy may have
had something to do with the
decline in morale. Congregat-
ing together in barracks the
men had too much time for
talking things over.
The Washington times., 1919-01-05
Many Pretty Paroles
Given fer Young Felix's.

Numerous pretty parties were gfvea-,
for the young people--to. get back - "a.
our muttons--among them coloneL,a ~
and Mrs Thonspson's dinner and .
eotillion-the fret given in wash-1-,
ington in many a long day--eor :.
Elizabeth 7GrinDell The Reynolds :,
Hits had q party al Grasslsn1s fcrsl
Jane Story and. earlier in the week..
this charming bud had her offieisl al
coming out at the same exclusive,
club, at a dinner dance given by her Z
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Jack storE. ):
Courtney Let's. daughter of Mr.. ana
Mrs. Frank Let's. of Chicago. also n,
made her debut last week her teas
in the afternoon being followed by "A
an informal dance for young people
in the evening. Julia Zaldivar. daugh-
ter OF the Minister OF salvador. wsso
another debutante feted. She wzsion
the honor guest at q party which Mr.. IN
and Mrs. Walter Penfeld gave 80 ths sf-
Club de vingt. And the week came :.
to a ittingly brilliant close with MI.
and Mrs. Joseph Letters dinner and,qf
dance last night On
The statement that -An the world :
loves 8 lover" may bet trIte. bot 81 ID sf'
unOOuDleoly NIue- InlSs .COOpleQ Mtln-
the fact that nowadays everything in-s
ternstional is interesting and every ,.
thing interesting is international nv
made the marriage of Mrs Price Col
lier's handsome daughter. Sara Price is
Collier. and her outstanding young .
Englishman.. Lieut. Frederick charles.. :
Fellowes-Gordon, the outstsnding !.
event of the week m m
The ceremony was picturesque in
every detail from the moment the
bride and her attendants passed Up -
the aisle between two long ifnes of .
sailors from H NJ. S. Warrior, until -,
she left the church on the arm cf :,
Lieutenant Fellowes-Gordon, passing
under an archway OF crossed swords
THE Star-Spangled Banner" precedHd 20
the ceremony, and Immediately after q,
ward the choir-a vested boy choir-,l
sang God. Save the King" i
The bridesmaids' costumes were
quite the prettiest which have beer Sc
seen in Washington this year, a love- y
Iy rich orchid, with facinss Of French a.
CONTINUED on Page Thirteen-) y
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age to the breezy West. ireland.
Scotland. Holland. Turkey, India. and
Egypt were united in one happy fam
lily, and Columbia queened il over the
assembled nations.
Mrs. Drake Tolls Out
Old Year On Big Gong. --
When it came time for the Old Year,
50 full Of misery, OF horror. and OF
blood. to die. the lights went, out,
and just at midnight Mrs. Charles 3.
Drake, wife of Brig. Gen. Charles b.
Drake, in command of the corps, with
search light playing upon her.
struck upon an immense gong. the
twelve solemn strokes proclaiming
the birth of the New Year. Touching
a button. jor Nathan then flooded
the hall with light. and dancing was
resumed TO the accompaniment Of the
blowing of horns and joyous pande-
monium.
General and Mrs. Drake had a din
ner party for young people before the
ball, winding up the evening by GO
ing to the Junior League party At
Rauscher's. Others among the guests
at the dance at Building + were Col
Onel Seaman. Colonel Ahearn, Major
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MeauYearB Begun
Society Back On
Formal Footing

~ EAR SUSAN: =. -. ,-....-.-.
The launching or 1919 be-
Fng aoeompIished and the holi-
- days over, there comes a pause
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marine subjects. and the whole effect
Is honey in the extreme. So. for
the matter Of that. is Mrs. Daniels. and
/ never see her without thinking what
a Satisfactory, mother she must make.
The matter of the ballroom is typi-
cal of Mrs Daniels attitude toward
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house. Mrs. Daniels undertook to
achieve a ballroom. The metamor-
phosis of. the attic was accomplished
with very little trouble: and now,
although there are many far hand
somer ball rooms in town, none has
been the scene Of more genuinely
good times.
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her home. 1t was originally the attic,
but her boys were growing up and
wanted some place to dance, and
young girls, nieces or cousins of the
Secretary or his wife, were frequent
visitors at the Daniels residence, so
soon after she took possession Of the
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party. Toward midnight the fun
wsxed mildly furious, but when the
whistles began to blow to welcome
1919. the orchestra struck up THE
Star-Spangled Banner" which brought
the merrymakers UP standing at at
tention. set most OF us to thinking
serious thoughts, and sent us back to
our dancing a wee bit subdued.
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Mrs. McLean's Illness
Disapp0ints Revelcrs.

1t was the people who had been in
vfted to the ball Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
BeaIe Mclean were to have given
and that includes, I suspect. all the
diplomats. many officials and most of
the smart" element OF resident So
ciety-who put in the dulIest New
Year Eve: for the Mclean party was
ca.led Off as Mrs Mclean is down
with an attack of Influenza, but two
days before il was scheduled to take
place. and that left scant time to sub
stitute any other form OF celebration.
A few impromptu dinners and small
dances there were, but nothing to be
mentioned in the same breath with
the Mclean party: and there was
much disappointment among those
who were hidden to dance the Old
Year out in the McLeans, ballroom
and toast the New Year in the Nc
Leans champagne. There was to have
been a big dinner first, with the
Vice President and Mrs. Marshall as
honor guests: and this OF course. was
also Cancelled.
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Water Flows Like Wine

On the whole New Year Eve suffers
more by comparison with former
years than New Year Day. At the
hotels, where water flowed lik,
winc," to quote paraphrase coined
to Mt the White House functions dur
ing the Hayes regime. it was far from
gay.
The Chevy Chase Club staged a spe-
cial celebratiOn-so did the Club dc
Vingt-and 1t was crowded, but,
somehow. one doesn't feel at home at
Chevy Chase any more. There are so
many strangers present and so few
of the old crowd to be found.
The Henri de Sibours had q gay
little dance at Grasslands, and most OF
the young people came together at
Rauscher's for the Junior League ball,
which, as always, was very pretty
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Of rare and beautiful things Of all
sorts, things to haunt the dreams Of 4
connoisseur. They are all displayed
with perfect taste and discretion, too,
and give the interior OF the house an
amazing richness and beauty without
any suggestion of a museum.
Apropos Of houses. the reception
which Mr. .and Mrs. Jerome Bonaparte
gave in the old Bonaparte mansion in
X street, was an event of more than
passing interest. Since their marriage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bonaparte have not spent
much time In Washington and have
done very little entertaining here; but
her daughters are now growing up.
and indications are that their New
Year reception was the forerunner If
other festivities and functions. The
house, which is a treasure house of
relics OF Mr.. Bonaparte's great-grand-
father. Jerome Bonaparte, brother OF
Napoleon, and Of the Emperor himself
has had in interesting social history
and was the scene of much dignified
hospitality in the day Of Nine. Bona
parte, mother Of the present owner.
Mrs. Walter McLean's New Year re-
ception was rather in the nature of
housew warming, since she and Rear
Admiral Mclean, now retired. have
just returned to Washington after an
absence of several years. He was in
command of the big naval station at
Hampton Roads. you know. Other
hospitalities, which did their bit to-
ward making the New Year interest
ing. were the informal receptions at
the Congressional Club and at the
Washington Club. At the latter Mrs.
Wallace Radcliffe received in the alb
sence of the president of the club
Mrs. Stephen o. Richey. who is ILL.,
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Mrs. Julian James tea, an annUa.
event on New Year Eve. was pleas
ant feature Or the afternoon: and th'
same day Teresa James. daughter o.
Mrs. Franc : Bacon James. had hey
coming out tea. And no tale Of the
activities of the day Is complete with
out some mention Of the bar maSoUr
given at building +. by the mot :
;.>nspOTt corps. The ball was :'r-
ranged - afford the members of.tN:s
the corps which has given ana
irgly good account OF Itself since j.:
rather recent organization, chance
to give the New Year Siad and en-
thusiastic welcome and they did
500 of EN-
The spacious ballroom presented "
brilliant spectacle. with flags and
foliage everywhere and tn" immenso
motor transport Insignia. with it.
splash of purple and silver. {" Civ
a distinctive touch. Princes h"hr".
bed with peasants. The m"d"i'a
East. in barbaric splend".. paid h.."
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~ EAR SUSAN: - -. ...'...-
The launching OF 1919 be-
ing accomplished and the holi-
- days over, there comes pause
to take breath, and then entertaining
viii be resumed on a more formal
soottnr- with the center of the stag
reserysd for the diplomats and suen
officfaI folks as are not overseas. IN
stead or FOR the young people who
have hsretofore held the spotlight. p.
The word Launching Is used ad-
yisedlT. for the "wettest New Year
Eve since Washington went dry was
followed by an equally damp and dis
NAL New Year Day-and the rest o.
.he week, hasn't been much better.
tIowSssf, with the memory OF isSI
H-fntsF. still craen. nobody cares 10
csyit al the weasher. And. although
New Year Day has been shoTn OF
much OF its picture saueness.zt there wos
enough going on to prevent any pos
sibflity OF dullness. = -
There vas no degree OF -formaiity
about the Secretary OF War and Mrs.
Bakers New Year reception. al 'the,
country is still technically at war"
ana also. perhaps. bEcause Mrs. Baker
is not yet very strong. after her re-,
cent Illness Nevertheless, they re-
Ill
with army offiefs axrsafIyfia the ma
3ority. OF course. and the reception
dsyeloped into a genuine victory ee'e-
bration. The Speaker of the House
and Mrs Champ Clark gave a-big and
very foIlyyxeeep(iel At Congress Hail;
the Acting Secretary OF state sn6 Mrs.
Frank Polk entertained a distinguish
I'd little company of diplomats in
formally at tea, aud other officials
who Were at home during the after
noon we're Mr.. and Mrs. Charles S.
Hamfin and Mr.. and Mrs. Breckinridse
Long - = g.
Il was Secretary Of the Navy ana
Mrs Daniels. however. who did the
most Coward keeping alive the tradt-
.tions ef the day. Their. reception, with
the high ranking Others Of the over
seas aeet Just back from tAe other side
IS honor guests. was q distinctly b=D
klisnt sfair-to use a much overworked
diectiye-and 1t gave one quite a
srsh@to meet the men whe have, won.
e nlzUdits OF the world for thzl-
ndlfng Of our great feet
-
World and His
Pc There. - - '--.
= be world and his wife we're there.
I5 hospitable Mrs. Daniels made it
No HAT she wanted the ladies' al
hesf party quite as much as the men.
upot uhom usraIly fails the. pleasant
borden of making New Year calls. The
Marine Band was playing downstairs,
and in the, airy ban room atop the
house there was more nnusie. this tirne
dance music, and the floor was crowded
with pretty girls and cavaliers.
don't know q home which reflects
the personality Of its mistress more
erongiy tnan does Mrs. Daniels home.
It's not pretentious. but the wide, COM
Portable. charming rooms are filed with
sunshine and flowers, there are a few
good pictures- notably a wonderful
series Of Joseph Pennell's eschinxs OF
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CHRONICLES OF CAPITAL SOCIETY. DOINGS,
Fancies, Fa6, !
And Foibles o.
Capital Society

Otto Englemsn. MAJOR and Mrs. L. Ia
Nathan Major Coart Captain and
Mrs Gore. Captain Ryan. Lieut. 8. ~
Wardnell and Lieut.. ThOmss A. scu
~.
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The other days OF last week hs
their measure Of gayety The Frar
Polks gave dinner for the Spa,d
Ambassador and Sonora &c Rl1
combining official courtesy W.
neighborliness. for the PoIks' hon y
and the Spanish embassy stand -sid =.
by each" The Secretary OF the Naxy.r
and Mrs. Daniels save a dinner for,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Gibbs Nc
Adoo. so did Senator Fhelan and sec
retary and Mrs. Lene. and Mr. q
McAdoo was the honor guest et TIVE
or three farewell luRcheon partiess,
among those who entertained for hex,.
being Mrs. walter Penfield and Ma
Luke McNSmee. All week, by the.
way, ore has heard much talk Of fhet
possibility, nay. the probability. ofn
Mr.. McAdoo being succeeded IL the
role of Director General OF Rsilroads1
by the Secretary of the Interior. Hr.
Lane. who. 81 Congress gives lfs ap-s
provsl Of the present plan. viii draS
. salary OF $4,000 year for, the
work which Mr.. McAdoo has beer:
doing for love and giory.
1t seems 70 be agreed ell round
that this Is q eonsuramation devout-
ly to be wished and washingtor
views the prospect with particular
pleasure, for "a would mean the xdl
vent Of a new Cabinet fanily. slways
an interesting event without the loss
OF the Lanee. which would be gen.
orally regarded as Calamity, -
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-09-12
RATIO MAKES FOR HARMONY
Peculiar Arrangement of Chinese Musi-
cal Instruments Said to BE Work
Of Chinese Emperor.

The Characteristic musical instru-
ment of the Chinese is a series Of bam-
boo tubes, the longest Of which meas
ures about nine inches, and of which
the remainder diminish in length at
a regular ratio, each being just two
thirds the length of the one before.
This arrangement was devised by the
Chinese-they say, by the Emperor
Huang-Ti-On the following principle:
Between heaven and earth there is per-
feet harmony Now, the number three
is the emblem of heaven and two of
earth. If then two pipes or tubes be
made in the proportion of three to
two, they will harmonic in tone AS
perfectly as earth and heaven. SO the
base tube of the instrument was made
nine inches long and the second two
thirds that length, or six inches. OF
course, the third has to be twO-thirds
the length Of the second, or four
inches; and so on. The result was
that the note Of the second tube was
what we call an interval of a fifth
above that Of the first, that of the third
fifth ? the second, and so on
throug' hole range.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-09-12

D0meStlc
President Wilson will review Il
Pacific fleet at Seattle, Wash, 81
urday, September 10, 4 D, m. The h
toric battleship Oregon will be t
reviewing vessel.
A worlds record Of Sc consecuti
hits. on a 16,inch bulls eye, at 5
Yards, was made by Lieut.. r. E. Smi
of the American expeditionary force
in the swiss miss and out matcl
at the annual tournament at Seagi
N. j.
j. F. Feuston and Casey lord;
the latter a woman, have been ARE
ed in Nashville Tenn, in connecti
with the murder of Robin j. Coop
Cooper some years ago killed 2
mack, senator from Tennessee, a
was pardoned BY Governor Patters
Adam Shaeffer an American citiz
was killed by Mexican bandits at J
mine in the state Of zacatecas, Aug
%, according to news sent out from
Paso, Texas. Shaeffer had been
Mexico more than ten years.
Gen. John j. Fershing, command
of the expendition forces in Euro
is on his way home.
Permission to import $50 Germ
families into Texas is asked of G
w. P. Hobby i'll a letter received fr
a former resident of Texas, who.
taken out first papers in 1892 {
returned to Germany. The letter
from Goeritz- on-OdeT, Germany,
President Wilson will tour the &C
try to give an account of the ne
tiations of the treaty Of Versailles
is announced by Secretary Tumu
The trip will occupy twenty-five d
Campaign badges viii be ISSUED
officers and enlisted nlea Of the
ganized mill ia who have the re
site service, the war department
nounces.
More than thirty persons in
cago lunchr, ON were poisoned
drinking COTE ?, and it is said that
eral of then are in serious CO
ton.
With q IL srs checked in i fiji
ed and nine still flying in
to complete the course bel
race ended, interest IN the
tinnal aerial derby centered upL
]. w. Simons, who made the frs
stop flight from Toronto to Roo,
field. Mineola, N. Y, covering ap.
inateiy $40 miles in 3 hours an
minutes, an average Of about 1907
an hour
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-09-12
news BRIEFLY Toll
DISPATCHES OF IMPORTANT HA
PENlNGs GATHERED FROM
OVER THE WORLD.
FOR The BUSY READE
The Occurrences OF Seven Days Civ
In An Epitomlzed Form For
Quick Reading


Foreign
The supreme council of the pei;
conference decided to send note
forceful terms to the German COVE
ment pointing out the contradict
with the Versailles treaty of the
vision in the new German constitut
providing for the representation
Austria in the German reichstag'
The British destroyer Victoria
torpedoed and sunk in the Bait
the loss of eight of her comln,
Roumania vii not sign thee
treaty with Austria, according
transigeant, because of a claG \
the American delegates conc
clinical minorities.
The report of Charles R. Crane
Henry c. King, bearing on their
vestigation of conditions in the n
East, has been submitted to theU
ed States delegation at Paris.
The Dutch governments decisI
undertake the gigantic task Of
ing the Zuyder Zee is one OF the y
notable industrial takings OF the til
Not only will it increase materi
the size of the country, but it isA
that its achievement will enhance :
siderably the value of existing
tates.
Fighting has broken out everywb
in Montenegro and the whole cour
is in state of revolution.
The Serbians are using str
measures to suppress the uprising
Montenegro.
Latest reports show that the N
tenegrins have cut the railway
tween Virpazar and Antivari, on
coast.
Great demonstrations of welct
and loyalty marked the last day
the present visit of the prince
Wales to Toronto. The reception
en- the royal visitor at the grou
of the Canadian national exhibit
and in the 24-mile triumphal q
through the streets was unparalh
nthe history of the city.
An American aviation squadron
being formed in Paris On the line
the Lafayette escadrille to fight Y
the Poles against the Bolsheviki.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-09-12
TUDIED FLAMINGO AT HOME
How Famous Naturalist Got CLOSEUP"
View of Bird Remarkable for
Extreme Shyness.

A few years ago a very great Dlrd
lover succeeded in getting close to a
colony Of Florida famingos in the mid
die of a swamp. He had a queer
~basketlike cOntrivance made and COW
cred it with palmetto leaves. While
fhe old birds were off feeding he
caused the device to be placed close
to the breeding grounds and crawled
into it. In this way he succeeded in
obtaining much valuable information
concerning the birds.
He observed that when they came
dying home they came with a great
rushing of wings and that the hun
dreds of them hurting along through
the air was the most marvellous spec
tacle that could be imagined. One
very interesting feature observed was
that each female bird went straight to
her nest and settled down to covering
her eggs without the slightest confu-
sion. The males ambled about as
though trying to show off their lovely
piumage, for the fiamingo is as vain as
a peacock of his scarlet jacket. Then
each went to his own little home and
standing gravely on one foot, beside
his mate seemed to be discussing the
weather with her.
When one Of these great birds took
nap he curled up his long neck like
a string with double knot tied in It
and laid it back between his shoulders