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to return soon and write an the time he
was away. And her lawyer, Thomas J.
O'Neill, said he more than kept his promise
she received steady stream of letters
from all parts OF Europe from Plant" said
Lawyer oNeill "He promised her in all
of them that what he had said before was
true-that he was devoted to her and meant
to marry her. And the poor girl. lying on
her back. crippled and mutilated beyond
repair. reached for this hope as a drown
ing man grasps at a straw-turning from
her letters to her mirror all the time he
was gone"
Time and time again Helene tried to in.
innate in her letters the tragic conse-
quences of the operation. bat her courage
failed her. and she tore up the letters and
wrote others in the old vein. So when
young Plant returned home In May he was
as unprepared for the shock as she herself
had been the day the bandages were re-
moved.
He had been announced by her nurse
and she heard his footsteps on the stairs,
eagerly ascending two steps at time. Ap-
parently, she thought his absence had
quickened the old affection, and for an
instant she forgot all the suffering and
anxiety that had happened since she had
gone to the hospital. She smiled-a pa.
thet:c, twisted grimace.
"Hello!" shouted Plant from outside the
door, and he came into the room She sat
upright on the chsise Tongue, eagerly
studying his face. His. Jaw dropped and
he reeled as II he had been brought face
to face with a spectre. Then NE collected
himself and advanced toward her as II
nothing had happened.
why, Helene!" he. exclaimed with
forced enthusiasm. How we'll you are
looking! never saw You more beautiful"
II young Mr.. Plant had said anything
else Helene would have been reconciled to
the situation. II he had said, How shock.
!, ing!" she felt 1t would have at least cor
responded to his first expression Of horror
when he had entered the room, and shown
sincerity that would have been comfort
ing. But his protestatfons that she was
: more beautiful than before answered the
question that had revolved in, her, mind
since the day Of the accident. 81, z
{, But his words were hollow--an insincere
mockery.
$50 II was my face, then!" she said, and
the conversation at once took the strained
quality of formal call. Mr.. Plant spoke
of his travels, OF the weather, and before
long reached for his hat and bowed him.
self out. Helene managed to keep back the
tears until he had closed the front door
and passed down the stairs outside.
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steps shA knew

With those fading footsteps shA knew
he was passing out of her life forever.
Lawyer O'Neill tells how 1t ended.
Young Plant called several times after
that" he said, land managed to cool down
TO the status of a remote acquaintance,
always, however, protesting volubly that
Helene was better-looking than she had
ever been. He must havesknown that each
time he said it 1t stabbed the girl to the
heart, sensing, as she did, what was meant
by his transparent lattery. At last she
could stand it no longer.
LOOK here, Phil she said one day,
don't you think l know what has hap
pened? Why do you tell me I haven't
changed? You know this is not true You
have conveniently forgotten the things you
told me in every letter from abroad. I
don't regret that so much now. That is
not a sentiment that can be forced. But
my entire life is ruined-career and every
thing gone-and you are the instrument of
it all What do you think is the decent
thing to dor
"Phil stammered something about mar.
riage and then added, But my mother won't
let me. But would like to keep on call.
ing. May l, Helene, please? -.
MRS. Jesmer interrupted at this point.
$50 my daughter is good enough to call
on but not to marry!' she said Indignantly.
I wouldn't let her marry you if you were
the last man in the world. For long time
you have been trying to find way out OF
situation. We win make it easy for
you. Here is your hat Mr.. Plant"
So young Plant was definitely eliminated
from Helene's life, and nothing more con.
corning Helene might have been heard
had not her mother, still indignant at the
multi-millionaire's indifference, urged her
daughter to seek financial redress for her
ruined beauty and career. Helene was too
proud to sue for breach of promise, which
represented notoriety she was anxious to
escape, and so the suit was based on her
lost beauty and health and vanished pros.
poets in her career together with the ex-
penses of hospitals and surgeons for the
rest of her life. The sum of 100000 is
asked in her damage suit filed in the New
York Supreme Court.
Relatively, the hslf-milNon being asked
OF young Plant and his mother-for she was
made co-defendant in the suit since Plant
is not yet of age-sounds more extravagant
than 1t really is, since he is potential heir
to an estimated $4,000 ,O0o--at least one
third of which Miss Jesmer would have
been entitled to had she become his wife.
What will the jury decide-is half mil.
lion dollars At compensation for Helene
Jesmer's ruined beauty? II will be an in
teresting case when 1t comes to trial.
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whether 1t was her face or personality thats
attracted the rich young Mr.. Plant before.
Well, II the surgeons were successful
At last the final operation was performed
and the day came when her nurse was or.
dered to snip Off the layers Of white cotton.
During the process Helene regarded the
nurse intently, hoping to catch Fremont
ton of her fate in her eyes, When the last
bandage was cut of the nurse looked at her
so alphabetically that Helene felt cold
DESPAIR come over her. She invented a
pretext\ for the attendants to leave the
room and with trembling hand reached for
the mirror.
. II was as she suspected-the promised
skill of the beauty surgeons had failed.
In her bluest moments Helene had antici-
pated Disagreement, but she had never
dreamed of the shock one look at the mutt
lated face gave her. Despite the surgeons
skill her face was pocked with scars.
: One cheek bone was caved in and that
side of her face was sunken. baggy and
shapeless. There was jagged rent In her
scalp Just above the hairline,s and, more
. + \ I
frightful still-one eye looked. CLASSY and
lifeless In horror she closed the other
one and discovered that she was partly
blind. lt,rk 4FF 9%
The unhappy girl let the mirror slip from
her hand and burst into tears. No one
could console her. SEA ,4..,.
~ might better have beep killed. she
wept. "a 81s va rs
She could not bear to think of her meet.
ing with the man she loved, who had been
the accidental cause Of the disaster to her
beauty and career. And, mercifully, this
meeting was postponed by young Plants
departure for Europe two days afterward
with his mother &"
In the note telling Of his sailing Mr..
Plant regretted that he had not been able
to say his farewells in person, but promised
ro.t pritain Rirhts Reserved
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-10-04
ALTA TODAY

Lionel Barrymore who is starred
in "Jim the Penman,' the Associated
First National Pictures, Inc, pro-
duction, which will be the attraction
at the Alta Theatre, beginning today
enacts role in this photoplay entire
ly different from any he has ever done
for the screen. The production is an
up-to-date Amerlcanized version of
melodrama that has been popular on
the English and American stage for
many years.
Mr.. Barrymore has the role of a
bank cashier who has n remarkable
ability for initiating signatures. The
first time he uses this talent dis
honestly is to save the president of
the bank, Who is also the father of the
girl the cashier loves, from disgrace.
The forgery Is discovered and he
barters his services to a. ring Of in
ternational criminals for a period of
twenty years The climax comes whom
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-10-04
MOTION
NEWS
RIVOLi TODAY
CARTER DE IIAVENS IN
RoIIICKING SCREEN FARCE

THE Girl in the Taxi the latest
farce comedy production made by Mr..
and Mrs Carter DeHaven for First
National, which opened two day
engagement at the Rivoli Theatre, is
the type of farce comedy that is at
once wholesome and rolliclling in its
humor. 1t is devoid of the claptrap
that is usually inherent in the average
farce picture. Here We have the De-
Havens in capital comedy, with the
situations arising naturally, with rapid
fire action always keeping the specta-
tor on edge with laughter.
One of the best situations in the
picture reveals policeman quite un-
expectedly discovering his wife as
one of party of gay FOUNDERS. But
it will have to be seen to be appreci-
ated. Lavish safe sets, beautiful in
terror scenes and snappy, trip-ham-
mer action with well defined plot
and an excellent cast of supporting
players round out one of the best
farce pictures seen hereabouts in a
long time.
Mr.. and Mrs. DeHaven are seen
respectively in the roles of BERTHE
Stewart and Mignon Smith, the lat
ter being the girl in the taxi. Despite
the fact that his father has dubbed
him mollycoddle, BERTHE proves
himself anything but one. He hides
in a taxi in order to evade his father
when in comes young lady (who
hired the machine) and the taxi speeds
off.
The cast of supporting players and
their respective characteriZations Is
excellent. King Baggott, the screen
hero of over 300 picture plays, is
seen as the stern parent, and Grace
Cunard, the queen of serials, plays
the part of Mariette, the wife of the
jealous policeman. "The Girl in the
Taxi" is an adaptation of the musical
comedy stage success of the same
name written by Stanislaus Strange
and directed by Lloyd Ingraham.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-10-04
ARBUCKLE ARRESTED FOR
VIOLATING LIQUOR LAW

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. "A. P)
-Arbuckle and two others were or
dered arrested tomorrow for the alleg-
ed violation of the prohibition law.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-10-04

Catarrh Is a local disease greatly infiu-
enced by constitutional conditions. II
therefore requires constitutional treat
ment. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
Is taken internally and acts through
the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces Of
the System. HALLS CATAR RR ii
MEDICINE destroys tho foundation of
the disease, gives the patient strength by
improving the general health and assists
nature in doing its work.
All Druggists. Circulars free.
+. j. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-10-04

line stove. I didn't mind paying my
two bits for fuel this morning, but it
did strike me as a strange thing that
we should come clear across the con-
tinent to one Of the heavily timbered
states and have to pay for wood for
the first time
Boise has a pleasant place for visit
ors to stay, and he expressed himself
as being well pleased with the grounds
at La Grande.
Campers sometimes ask more than
they should, / guess he said, smil-
ing, but we will be hero about "a
hours | guess, and we will spend about
$2O in Pendleton. We are waiting
now for a break on our car 10 be re-
paired. Then we are going to see the
woolen mills and from there on to
Walla Walla."
Seattle Portland, San Francisco aud
Los Angeles are other points wherc
the Tabers expect to stop. They will
return home by the southern route
and do not expect to be back in
Brooklyn until just before Christmas
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-10-04

Charles Burgess, Wheeler county
sheep man, is a Pendleton visitor. He
is member of the firm of Hilton &
Burgess.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-10-04
CUT THIS OUT
1T Is WORTH MONEY

Cut out this slip, enclose with sc to
Foley & Co., 1886 Sheffield Ave, Chi
cago, ILL.,, writing your name and ad-
dress clearly. You will receive in re-
turn trial package containing Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound, for coughs,
colds and Group, Foley Kidney Pills
and Foley Cathartic Tablets.-Sold
everyWhere.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-10-04
NEWS Of THE COUNTY
OFFICES AND OFFICERS
Jury Views Road.

In order to see the proposed site of
a road desired by the county in the
Milton district to secure which the
county has brought condemnation pro-
.ceedings against R. NJ. Dorothy, the
jury which has been hearing the tes-
timony in the case today was taken to
the land.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-10-04
RUMORS THAT CHARGES
AGAINST FATTY WOULD
Be DROPPED UNFOUNDED
Case Against Arbuckle to be
Called Today or Tomorrow;
Comedian Not to Appear.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4.-(U. P0
Rumors that the state would let drop
the manslaughter charges against
Arbuckle We're set at rest when the
district attorneys office announced
that information against Arbuckle had
been completed and filed in the su-
perior court. The case will be called
sometime today or tomorrow, although
the comedian will not appear person.
ally.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-10-04
BROOKLYN MAN

CONTINUED from page ~
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-10-04
CATTLE MARKET STEADY.

PORTLAND, Oct. IA. P.)-Cat-
tie are steady; hogs are 25 cents low
er; prime light $3.50 to $40; sheep
are steady. Storage eggs are four
cents higher. Fresh eggs are steady;
butter is steady. Wheat is $1.G2 to
s1.09.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-10-04
True Name Certificate.

]. H. Booher, H. E. Bender and S.
II. Bender are the names of the own
ers of The Model Cleaning Company.
according to certificate of assumed
business name which was filed Mon
day afternoon in the office of the
county clerk. The deal Transforming
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-10-04

the criminals insist on him commit
ting a forgery which will ruin the
young man to whom his daughter is
engaged.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-10-04
To Probate VIII.

The petition of Archie S. Warner
Warner probated has been filed in the
county court. Several hundred acres
of land are included in the estate.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-10-04
MRS. WURTEN2HE,IE;;Ii;;iEIi i;iIi INDICTED

PORTLAND, Oct. IA. P.)-The
federal grand jury indicted Mrs. Wur-
tenzberger for the alleged murder Of
her husband on the Chemawa reserya-
tion September A.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-10-04
People Here and There

the business to the new owners was
made only a few days since.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-10-04

A pinch of salt of bicarbonate of
soda put into milk as soon as it is de-
livered in the morning will hep to
keen it sweet
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-03
Social Club
Opens Today
Cuban Ambassador VIII
Attend Affair at
NelD York.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-The Club
Vendome. q new dance club, has
been organized by Mr.. and Mrs. An
tonic Aguero, Cubans, related TO
many distinguished families of the
republic. and will open tomorrow
afternoon In the roof garden at
Delmonico's. Mr.. and Mrs. Aguero
will have as their guests on the
opening day Senior Carlos Manuel de
Cespedes, the Cuban Ambassador:
Senior Sebastian Gelebert, secretary
of finance Of Cuba: Senior Juan de
Dios Kohly, brother OF the Cuban
ambassador to Spain, and sonora
kohly; Senior and Sonora Ambrose
de Cardenas, Senior Guillermo de
Zaldo, Senior and Sonora Alberto de
Lavandeyra and Senior Francisco del
Calvo.
Senator Rolando Ricci, the Italian
Ambassador. who arrived from Eu-
rope yesterday on board the Olym-
pic. Is at the Ritz-Carlton for a few
days before going to Washington.
Sir Druman and Lady Fraser who
are at the Ritz-Carlton, will sail
for Europe next Saturday on board
the Olympic.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry White will
remain at their country place in
Lenox, Mass. until November is,
when they will return to town for
short time and later go to wash
ington, d. c.
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AUTOFATALIIES
DECREASED LAST
YEAR in CAPITAL
Death Rate Lower Than
In Other Cities of
Similar Size.

Washington, with fifty fatalities
caused by motor vehicles during the
year 1920. has a rate Of lis for every
100000 population. $40 per cent higher
than the average rate for the entire
United States. 1o.4 per cent. accord
1 Ing to statistics announced yesterday
fby the Bureau Of Census Of the De
partment Of Commerce.
There were s.1os deaths resulting
from motor vehicle accidents in the
death registration area Of the United
States, which area contains 81 per cent
Of the total population last year. This
number represents an average increase
Of per cent for every 100. 900 people
over 1919. when the average was 81
per cent Between 1915 and 1920 the
death rate for every 100000 people
from motor vehicle accidents and in
1uries increased by about four-fifths
The rate of increase between these
years is 1851 per cent In the twenty
nve States registered in 1915 and the
same States last year.
Highest Total In New York.
New York and Pennsylvania State.
lead in the number OF total death.
last year with 1.410 and 1,042 deaths
respectively. New York City with II:
deaths had the highest total for 8
city Chicago ranks second with Al:
deaths. and Philadelphia third with
22s deaths.
Youngstown. Ohio. with a percentage
OF 2s.7 deaths for every 100000
population. had the largest rate Of
deaths. Memphis. Tenn. has the sec.
ond largest percentage of deaths rela-
tive to its population with a rating OF
2e.3 per cent.
Washington's death rate for motor
vehicle accidents decreased last year
and Is lower than In other cities of
approximately its size. In 1919 there
were ffty-eight deaths here from
motor accidents and in 1918 ffty-four
deaths.
Ninety-seven Deaths I'm baltimore,
Other cities the approximate size of
the District in population show the
following number Of deaths last year
Baltimore. Md, ninety-seven deaths
rate Of 13-1 per cent: Cincinnati
Ohio. hfty-seven deaths, a rate of 49,
per cent; Kansas City, NO.. fifty-six
deaths, a rate of III per cent; Louis
Vile. KY, twenty-eight deaths. a rate
of Ills per cent: Milwaukee, Wis.
nfty-nine deaths. q rate OF 1913 per
cent: Minneapolis. Mimi, forty-one
deaths. a rate Of 1917 per cent; New
Orleans. La. fifty deaths, a rate of
12.s per cent: Toledo. Ohio, forty-four
deaths, a rate OF IFS per cent.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-03
SEVERAL AFFAIRS
FOR MISS BLODGETT,

Miss Mona Blodgett and Capt. st.
Pierre Gaillard, whose marriage will
take place Monday afternoon, were
complimented by a theater party at
the National Theater last evening
when Miss Myrtis Porcher. of Cocoa,
Fla, cousin Of the bride-elect, was
the hostess. Miss Porcher IL to be
Miss Blodgett's maid-of-honor. The
guests at the theater party were
the members Of the wedding party.
A whirl OF parties have been
planned for Miss Blodgett and Capt.
Gaillard during the remainder of the
week. Today Miss Katherine Marri-
OFT will entertain at luncheon for
Miss Blodgett and her bridesmaids
and this evening Miss Terese Hall
will be hostess at q dinner at the
Army and Navy Club In honor Of the
wedding party. Tomorrow evening
Miss Marion Drain will give a din
ner for Miss Biodgett and Capt.
Gaillard. Saturday, Miss Margaret
Crosson will compliment the BRIDE
elect and her bridesmaids at a
luncheon. Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett
will entertain for her daughter and
fiance at a dinner at her home ,on
sixteenth street. Saturday evening
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-03
HOLD MOTORIST
ON GIRLS CHARGE

ROCKVILLE. Md. Nov. 2.-Lero>
Weber. of Chevy Chase. who was
arrested Sunday on a charge pre-
ferred by Katherine Brooks. of Wash
inCton. furnished bail In the AMOUNT
OF $500 for his appearance at the
November term of the Circuit Court
TO answer charges of assault and
battery.
Miss Brooks charges that while
motoring with Weber she repuIsed
his advances and he drove away.
leaving her in Bardley Lane. this
county.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-03
Sec. Hughes
Dinner Host
Entertains in Con,pi'
n,ent to American Arm
ansent Delegates.
BY EVELYN C. HUNT.

The Secretary OF State and Mrs.
Charles Evans Hughes entertained
at a dinner last evening In COM
pliment to the other American dele
gates to the conference for the
limitation of ornaments, the first
official party given in connection
with the conference. In the party
were the Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs. DENLY, Senator and Mrs.
Oscar w. Underwood, Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge. Elihu Root,
Undersecretary of State and Mrs
Henry p. Fletcher, the Third As
sistant Secretary of State and Mrs.
Robert Woods Bliss. Mr.. and Mrs,
George A Garrett Mrs. George
Cabot Lodge. Miss Katherine
Hughes, Basil Moles and Mrs. Mar
shall Field.
Secretary and Mrs. Hughes will
entertain at a reception at the
Pan American Building in compli-
ment to the foreign delegates to
the conference Monday. November
"a and will give a luncheon Sat
urday, November IL, in addition to
a series of four dinner parties on
November IL. 10. 81 and %. Sec
rotary and Mrs Hughes will be the
guests of honor at a dinner which
the Belgian Ambassador and
Baroness de Cartier will give No
vember II.
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in-law and sister. Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Preston johnson.
Capt. James Mckenzie, of Raiti-
more. is visiting Archibald Wells
at his apartment at 1911 Twentieth
street.
4 paper chase will be given for
the Junior members of the Wash
ington Riding and Hunt Club
Saturday morning starting at GAS
o'clock. followed by breakfast
at noon at the club.
Warehouses Donegal. of Mon
treal. Canada. will arrive in Wash
ington tomorrow and will make
an indefinite stay at the Hotel
Powhatan. She will be Joined there
Sunday by Countess Annessley. also
of Montreal.
Miss Josephine Kerfoot Lupton
will entertain the members of her
club and their friends at a tea
dance at her home Saturday from
to Z o'clock. Mrs. Samuel Henry,
Mrs. Frank P. Wilcox and Miss
Frances Bronson will serve tea.
Mrs. Durward Ginstead has re-
turned to Washington from Man.
chester, Mass. Mr.. and Mrs. Grin
|stead and their small daughter
will sail November % to spend the
winter abroad.
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NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE
CELEBRATING BIRTHDAY.

Neighborhood House. which has
been celebrating Birthday Week. will
close Saturday with an at home"
to which the public is invited. The
tea will be held at the house. 40
n street southwest This evening
there will be the Boys Club reunion
and entertainment at Neighborhood
House. and tomorrow evening the
country dance. The board of trus-
tees OF Neighborhood House COM
prises Mrs. Alice p. Barney. Mrs
Charles J. Bell, Mrs. Arthur Billiard.
Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr. Mrs. w d. Chan
dler: George f. Fleming. Judge Will
lam r. Hitz; Mrs. Hennen Jennings.
Mrs. Claude p. Mayo: J. p. s. Neigh.
Mrs. ]. p. S. Neigh. Mrs. p. Lee
Phillips. Mrs. Henry Rousseau. Cuno
III. Rudolph. Mrs. Cuno II. Rudolph.
Mrs. John Smallwood. Miss Sonhie
Siebert. Mrs. Mary Stewart. Mrs.
Walter r. Tuckerman. Miss Ellen
A. Vinton. Mrs. John jay White.
Mrs. Tom A. Williams and Mrs. Try
ing ZirpeL The officers are Mrs
Alice p. r Barney. honorary president;
Mrs. Arthur Billiard. president: Mrs.
Charles ]. Bell. vice president: Miss
Ellen A. Vinton. second vice pres
ident: George +. Fleming. treasurer.
and Mrs. Clara ID. Neigh. secreta nv.
card party will be given tomorrow
at O'Clock at Wardman Park Hotel
TO raise funds to further Americaniza-
ton work in the District. under the
auspices Of Dolly Madison. Sarah st.
Clair. E. Pluribus Union and Victory
Chapters, d. A. r.
Among those who have taken tables
are Mrs II. B. Gauss. Mrs. Pfeiffer,
Mrs. Brayton. Mrs. Hicks. Mrs. L. A.
Abbot. Mrs. d. d. Caldwell. Mrs. Fred
Johnson, Mrs. Eugene Herndon, Mrs.
John Beavers. Mrs. c. E. Magic. Mrs.
Edgar Stephan. Mrs. Holcomb John
son. and members OF the committee.
Mrs. Francis A. st. Clair, State re-
gent: Mrs. Henry B. Patten, Mrs.
Joseph Stewart, Mrs. Tonnis ]. Holz-
berg and Mrs. S1vanus Z. johnson.