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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-02-12
FISHERMAN NOW
SEEKS FOR WHALE AND
SARDlMES IN HYDROPLANE

+ Los ANGELES, Feb. Ia i
Flying fish have long been fa- 4
miliar but now the flying fisher 4
man Is introduced. Captain John Z
ID. Loop, whale hunter, has ad- .
opted the hydroplane in place of +
: the time-honored dory. +
From it he hunts for sardines +
+ and whales. +
The hylroplane's adaptation to +
> whaling is "A development of the +
+ war when airplunes were used TO +
+ search the seas for submarines. =
r From the air the hunter can see f.
r beneath the surface of the water. +
+ The chief part played by the +
airmen in fishing is to locate the f.
+ schools and then whalers or the Il
+ fishing beats are sent to finish +
+ the job. An attack on the whale +
+ from the sky, however. by means f.
+ of bombs or machine guns. is not +
an impossible development, fly f.
+ ers say. r
Loop. who long has hunted r
whales off the Lower California +
coast, already has had big sue r
cess in locating schools of sar- +
dimes from the air.
= - n
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-02-12

Sether on any transactions in coarse
grains and as a result the prolonged
staSnation of the market continues.
Mill feed is being bid at S42 while s43
is asked. The bid for both No. 3 and
SS pound clipped oats is at S57. Corn
is bid at SIS and $3.50. The dealers
ask $72 and $73 for their barley but
can get no bids at those figures.
Wheat is commanding about five cents
premium.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-02-12

Limited arrivals were shown in the
mutton and lamb alleys. Demand was
ST eady for all offerings and prices were
unchanged.
General sheep and lambs range;
East of mountain lambs $17.00 % 1900
Best light valley lambs $50 10 1850
Best heavy valley lambs 1850 a 1880
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-02-12
DID YOU EVER
use SLOAN'S?
Keep 1t handy to promote prompt
relief from rheumatic
pains and aches

HTHEN you knolD what Sloan's
w Llniment will do, as thousands
of men and women the world
oyer know, you, too, will keep it handy.
You will use it for those ''twinges of
rheumatic. for relieving that lame
back, muscle stiffness and soreness,
aches, all sorts Of external pains, and
exposure aftermaths.
Oaly takes little, applied withom
rubbing. Soon Pereydtes, scattering
the congestion, bringing merciful relief
TO the throbbing. jumping part.
Three sizes = 35c., 70c., S1.4O. Any
druggist has it. If not, we'd like to
know his name.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-02-12
Sksx': . ! !, IS 8
HERMAN CLAUSSENIUS
Special Agent

IDAHO STATE LIFE INSURANCE.
Go.
An Old line Company that does all
its business in the west.
All assets except u. S. Government
Bonds, are in western securities of
substantial worth. Res. office 21O
Beauregard st. L. o. Box 3S.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-02-12

Trade in the cattle alleys at North
Portland is on nominal basis. Mar
ket is considered steady generally
with grain and pulpers in demand at
full prices.
General caftln IN n %.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-01-17
BIRDS SHOW INCREASE
Beneficial Effects. Of Migratory
Act Being Felt. z~
WATERFOWL Have Been BREEDING Ran.
Idly Under Protection, the
r...- Bureau Declares. -.

Washington.-The beneficial effects
OF the migratory bird treaty act are
beginning to be felt. The United States
department of agriculture, through it's
bureau of biological survey, has con.
Quoted investigations of the breeding
areas Of ducks in North Dakota and
Nebraska. Compared with former
years. gratifying increase, of breed
ang waterfowl. particularly in North
Dakota. is evident. The. fifth annual
series of counts of birds of all species
breeding on selected areas in various
parts of the United States contained a
large proportion Of reports showing in
creases In bird population. The total
number of reports received, however,
was not large: Many of the persons
who had formerly taken part in the
annual bird counts were unable, be-
cause Of extra duties assumed during
the war, to find time for the work re-
quired by the fifth count.
MANY species of migratory birds"
reports the chief Of the bureau of bio.
logical survey, "have had marked in
crease under the existing treaty act.
Waterfowl formerly driven to the far
North by spring shooting have re-
manned in steadily increasing numbers
to breed in localities where none had
previously nestled for many years."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-01-17
OLD CONVICT IS LET OUT
Released From Pennsylvania Peniten.
tiary After Passing SO Years for
Wife Murder.

Harrisburg. Pa.-After serving thir-
ty-three years In the Western Penn
sylvania penitentiary on the charge OF
numbering his wife, William Josiah
McMeen. who went to the institution
as a youth Of twenty-four, was recent
ly released, a gray-haired, feeble man,
old before his time:
Convicted upon purely circumstan-
tial evidence, at the time when Grover
Cleveland was serving his first term as
president, McMeen has been q model
prisoner and the pardon board of the
State has recommended that ne be lib
Grated. ~ "a
By.a trick Of fate John J. Patter-
son jjr.,- q boyhood chunn-of MeMeen,s.
Is district attorney of Juniata County,
from which county the prisoner was
sent to the, penal institution. Under
the law Patterson was compelled to
appear before the state prison board
and oppose his friends release, but it
was granted despite: the objections.
McMeen has served longer in the peni.
tertiary than any man in the custody
of the state today. A position is
awaiting him in a coal yard in Juniata
County when he is finally given. his
freedom. .....
In 1885 McMeen purchased some
strychnine in Harrisburg and sent it
to his wife to kill rats; as he said. His
wife put the strychnine in grape jelly,
which she was making, ate some Of
the jelly and died. '.. ~
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-01-17
CHAMPAGNE THING OF PAST
Soil Of District Where Produced Said
to Be Permanently De-
stroyed.

Paris.-Champagne soon will be a
thing of the past. The original shall
low top soil Of the Champagne district
Is reported to ~ permanently de-
stroyed by the ravages of war and re-
fertilization is. deemed impracticable
because of the chalky character Of the
subsoil.
No attempt is to be made to rebuild
the Cathedral of Rheims, which is
likely to remain as a war monument.
The present inhabitants Of the city
are mostly spectators who are in:
vesting millions in buying destroyed
or damaged property at big discount,
hoping to recover from the government
the original cost plus war imitation.
The city is still without light, wa
ter or heat, hotels, restaurants or tram
ways, and operators or taxicabs are
reaping huge profits. The sanitary
conditions are appalling, the drainage
system being unrepaired.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-01-17
MEXICAN WOMEN WAKING UP
Organized Movement May Bring Bet.
ter Understanding With United
States. =

Mexico City, Mex.-Mexican women
are preparing to take hand in public
affairs. They. intend first to attack.
social and industrial evils and later
to make fight for political equality.
This is the program Of the Mexican
feminist council, a national organiza-
ton with headquarters in Mexico City.
The council does not believe that the
mass of Mexican women are at pres
ent prepared for complete suffrage but
hopes eventually to make them vital
political force. The present Mexican
government looks with favor upon
their efforts, according to Senorita
Elena Torres, general secretary Of the
council.
The feminist council has organized
groups to teach Mexican women how
their conditions may be improved in.
dustrially and socially. The next step,
said Senorita Torres, will be organiza.
ton Of, woman workers in industry.
The council intends to bring the move.
ment in contact with similar organiza.
tons in other countries and to work
with the women Of the world for peace
and disarmament. Senorita Torres
predicts that Mexican women will ere.
ate a new, era of amicable relations
and a more complete understanding
between Mexico and the United States.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-01-17
INDIAN PAINTINGS ON CLIFFS
Owner Offers Them to State or Ma
tionaI Authorities to Include
in Park.

Austin, Textile most remarkable
Indian paintings or photographs in the
Southwest have been offered to state
or national authorities, provided the
cliffs upon which they are drawn are
inclosed in park and adequately
guarded. according to J. e. Pearce, as
sociate professor Of anthropology Of
the University of Texas.
These paintings, which are owned
by e. D. Sims Of Paint Rock are To-
Gated along the banks Of the Concho
river near Paint Rock, upon every
available surface for half-mile: They
are in deep red, with an occasional
black figure 81 character. :.
All phases Of the early tribes are
represented, Mr.. Psarce declares, and
SO much valuable historical material
isrincluded in these paintings that Mr..
Pearce will have them copied in scale
for a report to the Smithsonian insti.
tuition. for which he is doing research
work. = - :,7?:
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-01-17
Old. Letter Settle, Case.

Wilmington. Del.-An age-worn, tat
tered letter and three words: in tie
.codicil' Of Jesse Chandler" settled q
long-pending case In the court OF
chancery recently when Chancellor
Curtis issued an order that Samuel M.
Harvey Of West Chester, Pa. be paid
1900 from the estate. Harvey's wife,
one Of the 80 legatees he was suing,
lost the suit, but will have half share
in the money awarded. Harvey. had
agreed with Jesse Chandler to buy 1866
acres Of farmland in Christiana Hun
dred for $4,000. When Chandler died
before the deal was completed he stip-
ulated in his will that the farm should
be sold for that amount to Harvey.
Meanwhile the farm had been sold for
$4,000. and while the legatees contend
ed that the entire amount should be
divided. Harvey claimed that only $2O,-
600. or his agreed purchase price,
should be divided. The court upheld
his contention. -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-01-17
MINES MENACE SHIPS
Germans Have Not Finished
Sweeping Their Area =
American Field Swept as Completely
as Possible, Says Admiral :.
Knapp.

London.-Until the Germans COM
plete the sweeping of mine fields they
laid In the North Sea there will be con-
siderable danger to shipping in wa
tiers adjacent to the British Isles, say
British and American naval authori-
ties. Even after that work has end.
ed, which will not be before next sum-
mer. there will be some danger which,
they predict, will gradually diminish.
THE American barrage is swept as
completely as is humanity possible"
Admiral Harry S. Knapp, of the Amer
lean navy, said to the Associated
Press correspondent. AFTER our area
had been pronounced one hundred per
cent clear we reswept $50 miles Of it
and found only four more mines.
These were at buoyed spot where
the sweepers believed they had missed
sOme."
1.-The greatest menace now" said
Lieutenant Commander Benson, of the
international mine destroying COM
mlttee, us the unswept German area.
Until that field has been cleared there
will be many drifting mines about.
AfterWard there will be some danger,
but 1t will rapidly diminish as the ele-
ments destroy the effectiveness of the
Mines"
He said the committee accounted
for mines on the basis that five per
cent explode when laid, five per cent
are defective, ten per cent soon be-
come useless through leakage and
fifty per cent Of the total number laid
are destroyed by the different systems
OF sweeping employed by the British
and Americans.
Committee members believe that a
great many of the other thirty per cent
will be carried by the naturals north
ward currents of the North Sea into
Arctic Ice packs and destroyed; others
Will go ashore on the Norwegian coast,
as have many already; great num-
Der will become harmless through re-
naming in the water and a certain
number will be destroyed by patrols
which the British navy still is main
tanning.
Also the British navy has just arm
ed all merchantmen, except those call
ing at Irish ports, with high velocity
rifles with which to destroy any mines
sighted.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-01-17
Girl's Prayer Answered.

= Kenoslla. Wis. - Gladys; Roemer.
eight, cannot run and play as other
children do, because she Is crippled.
Whentshe goes long distances she uses
her 2"Irish Mail. >-a little handcar at
fair which she can operate herself, and
on that she went to St., Thomas church
with her NEITHER After the services
the. little: girl returned to the church
steps and the machine was gone. A
youngster, not aware Of the conse-
quences of his act. had raced down the
street on it. and Gladys was forced to
stay from school. Officer John Breidt
discovered a boy riding on the cart.
The boy admitted he had taken it from
the church and hid it in barn near
his home. .--- ~ Il.
The Irish Mail'' was returned to
the little girl. ut came in answer to
my prayers" she said. -,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-01-17
MAYFLoWER TO.
+. SAIL IN 1920
New One Will Cross Atlantic in
the Eng|and-Ho IIand-United
States Celebration.
SHIPS BOOTH anniversary
Plans Announced for Celebration In
Honor Of Pilgrim Fathers-Main
American Events Will Be in
Boston and Plymouth.

New York.-The three hundredth an
niversary of the Pilgrim Fathers, ten
tative plans of which have just been
announced here, will include celebra-
lions in England, Holland and the
United States, and will continue from
May to December. 1920.
four-day program in Leyden, Am
Sterdam and Rotterdam. whence the
Pilgrims sailed three centuries ago
10 the American wilderness. where they
might find freedom to worship Gcd."
will start on August 80. when commit
tees from the United States and Eng
land will be received at the University
of I.eyden.
Scholars Will Deliver Addresses.
Addresses commemorative of the &C.
casiOn will be delivered by scholars
from the three countries including the
rector of the university, DR.. Rendel
Harris of Manchester. England; Wis
count Bryce. and famous American
who has not yet been designated.
The next day, August 81. the birth
day Of the queen of the Netherlands,
will include, besides congress in
the town hall, religious memorial
service in the Pieterskirk. in which
Rev. John Robinson, who led the sep
arationists from the Church Of Eng
land (the Pilgrims) to Holland in 1909.
was buried.
One of the features of the holiday
at Amsterdam September l, will be
meeting in the Rijksmuseum. the I'M
yelling of memorial window in the
Bagijnekerk and a reception. The
next day there will be an aquatic pag
cant in Rotterdam, the visitors travel
ing in the morning from Leyden to
Delftshaven if possible by boat along
the way the Pilgrims went.
Then there will be trips to the re-
ligious Ravens of Rotterdam, memo
rial service in the church at Delfts-
haven, and at p. m. the English and
American contingents will depart for
Southampton.
The celebration in England will start
in May, 1920, with meetings in Scrooby,
:. the home of Robinson; Austerfield,
Boston and Sheffield
New Mayhower to Sail.
From August 4 to September 20
there will be ceremonies in Cambridge,
London. Southampton and other places,
eliminating in the sailing Of the new
Mayfower, which will carry the re-
turning American committee and Brit
ish delegations who are to partici.
pate in the program on this side Of the
Atlantic.
: Main events Of the American celebra-
>-tion will be in Plymouth, Mass, and
Boston, where historical pageants will
be held. followed by a big reception
in New York. Vice President Marshall
lis honorary chairman Of the commit
tee having the local program in charge.
The foreign visitors will then be
taken on tour of the United States.
On November "a, 1920, there will be
universal observance of Thanksgiving
day, in England. Holland and the
United States.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-01-17
THE. PACKERS AND
REFRIGERATOR CARS

Whether refrigerator cars should be
owned by the railroads or by the pack
ers-a point to be determined by leg
islation now pending in Washington
may seem to be question rather re-
mote from the interests Of the average
person. But, inasmuch as these ace
boxes on Wheels" as one of the pack
ers terms them, are the conveyances
which bring our beefsteak to town, we
may assume that we have a certain
concern about them. If they have any
thing to do with the price of the beef
steak our concern is a deep one. .
. 1t is maintained by some that these
cars give the packers who now own
them an unfair advantage over COM
petitors. This is stoutly denied by the
packers, who offer as proof the fact
that they pay the same freight rates
as any shipper; and they assert that
the only advantage they enjoy is in
being able to get enough cars for their
needs by. furnishing them themselves
instead Of depending upon the, rail
roads to do SO. In this they are backed
up by a report of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, made, after an in
vestigation Of all privately owned
cars, to the effect that there were no
unfair. practices and that radical
change would adversely affect both
shippers and the public.
While not opposing, in principle,
railroad ownership of refrigerator
cars. the packers maintain that there
are not enough Of these cars to- 90
around and that the legislation in
question makes no provision for 'insur-
ing that the railroads shall furnish
them in sufficient number. On the
other hand, to pool their cars and take
chances Of getting what happened to
be available, would seriously handi.
cap the distribution of their perishable
meat products. The stream of ship
ments from the packing plants would
be blocked, which in turn would block
the buying Of live stock, and the in
dustry, which is founded on a basis of
rapid distribution, would be badly
muddled. .-.-. .r.r
In these contentious pro and con,
there are three parties whose interests
are at stake-the packers, their COM.
petitors and the public. Only one of
these parties could gain possible adj
vantage if the packers, cars were
taken away from them, viz, the pack
ers' competitors. The cars are now
admittedly handled on an economic
and efficient basis, and no change is
justified unless unfairness is definitely
and absolutely proved-which would
be in absolute contradiction to. the re-
port that the Interstate Commerce
Commission has already rendered on
the subject. The public would pay the
bill for inef6ciency in the packing in
=dustry, and it has no desire to pay this
bill in order to help few Of the pack
ers' competitors.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-01-17
Follow a Coin Elm.

Hood River, Ore.-The toss Of a
coin is directing Mr.. and Mrs. G. W..
Nortfrupp, who Left Chehalis, Wash,
last fall on a motor tour of the coun-
try. They tossed 50-cent piece to
decide between a visit to Hood River
or to Yakima, Wash. Hood River rep
resented by tails, won, and the couple
came here and spent the harvest sea-
son picking apples. "Shall we go
north or south?" Mr.. Northrupp asked
his wife when their work here was fin
ished. The flip Of coin again decid-
ed. Southern California won, and the
two have left for the sunny South,
where they say they will participate
in the citrus fruit harvest.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-01-17
Bird IN jail.

Bath, Me.-Cramped quarters were
furnished in the Bath jail recently for
the oldest prisoner ever harbored
there. The inmate had been arrested
in the neighboring town Of Woolwich
and turned over to the Bath police for
safe keeping. He was not tippler,
but a crippled crane, and measured
from ten to twelve feet from tip to tip
Of the wings. After being on exhibit
ton for "a hours the bird was liber-
ated. all fines being RENTED on con-
dition of good behavior.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-01-17
ST. PAUL AND JANUARY IT,
REVIVE OLD SWIKDLE.
Many Americans Said to Have
Fallen Victims.
Madrid Police on Trail Of Gano That
Operates "Dyine Prisoner
Scheme. .. X

Madrid.-The Spanish swlndle'
has shown its head again. America
has been inundated with letters from
"a dying prisoner, prosecuted by polit-
ical enemies. only able to commune
cate with the outside world through
the kindness of a. prison chaplain"
The writer OF the letter claims rela-
~tionship with the person addressed
and explains that valise containing
valuables has been concealed outside
of Spain. the contents, to be left to
an only daughter and the American
relative,
Should the American reply, he later
receives. letter from 1.-THE chaplain"
stating that the prisoner is dead and
that certain sum is required to re-
lease the prisoners baggage, including
the mysterious valise. Fortunately
) when the correspondent reaches this
point the American relative" usually
becomes curious and as a result the
embassy in Madrid and the consulates
throughout Spain have a flood of cor
respondence on the subject.
In other cases the victim takes the
bait without question and parts with
his money, or even worse still, goes to
the expense Of travelling to Spain to
pay the required sum to release the
valise and claim his share of the con-
tents.
In the latter case the swindler is
generally brought to book. for the
Spanish police are on the lookout and
the presence of a stranger looking for
lost relatives arouses their suspicious.
Recently an American arrived in
Madrid with certified check to claim
his share of prisoners estate. The
Spanish police put him ip prison until
he could be convinced that he had
been the victim OF q clever swindler.
1t took all the eloquence of an Ameri-
can consul to do this and induce the
man to return home.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-01-17
Women Dog Catchers.

Denver, Colo.-"The only woman
dog catcher in the world" is the title
applied to Mrs. Laura Dietrich, depu-
ty poundmistress at the dog pound
here. Mrs. Dietrich is highly efficient
In the unusual role, according to viii
liam G. Fox. superintendent, who de
clares that he had misgivings at first
as to the advisability OF securing a
woman for the position, as he thought
it would be too difficult. However,
soon discovered that dogs resist a
woman much less than man." he
said. "They are handled BY Mrs
Dietrich with much less trouble than
q man."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-01-17
- Chimney Is Found
Clicked With Honey

Orland. Gala chimney Of
the w. E. Spence residence here,
idle during the summer months.
was found to be choked with
honey when an attempt was
made to start the first winter
fire. Bees had chosen the spot
= as their home and had complete
ly sealed the chimney top after
storing pounds of honey.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-01-17
$4,000 GIRLS MISSING IN YEAR
That United States Record Leads Trav-
elers' Aid Society to Take
Action.

New York.-Approximately $4,000
girls have disappeared or run away
from their homes in the United States
during the last year, according to
statement issued by the Travellers Aid
society.
A special meeting Of the society has
been called to devise plans to meet de-
mands made by the great increase in
'runaways and helpless travellers. The
meeting will be:'attended by officials
Of the Transatlantic lines and repre-
sentatives Of Protestant, Catholic and
Jewish social agencies.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-01-17
Couldn't Digest China Eco.

Smith Center, Kan.-Two months
ago, while Mrs. Ellen Chitwood was
gathering eggs her hand came in con-
tact with a big bullsnake in one Of
the nests. Mrs. Chitwood took what
eggs were left, and in their stead left
one made Of china. To her surprise,
next day this one also was gone. She
thought no more of the matter until a
day or SO ago, when she met his snake
ship again. This time she mustered
courage to kill it with a club. No
ticing an enlargement in the middle of
the snakes body, she performed a
post-mortem examination and found
the missing china egg.