PAGE EIGHT. DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PKNDUfTON, OREGON , FRIDAY, DECEMBER If, ltW. TEN PAGES. JLL-JI. IS. " alifornia er Excursion Walla Walla TO Los Angeles and return on Jan. 17th, 1910 THIS HATE INCI.CDES RAILROAD TICKET Hilt THE ROUND TRIP, AM nEUTll IX SLEEPING CAR FOR THE GOING TRIP. SIDE TRIPS PROVIDED FOR IX THE ITINERARY, AXD ALL MEALS FROM THE HOIK OF DEPARTURE MONDAY NIGHT. JANUARY 17, UN TIL ARRIVAL IN LOS ANGELES. .-::'. P. M., SUNDAY, JANUARY 23. ARE ALSO INCLUDED; ALSO TRIP TO RIVERSIDE AND REDLANDS, OVER THE INSIDE TRACK. MON DAY, JAN UARY 2 ITU. TWO TICK ETS ENTITLES HOLDERS TO A FULL SECTION. RETURN LIMIT, APRIL 17. 1910. STOPOVERS ALLOWED RE-TURXIXG. north reservations and full itinerary of the trip can be had of your local uge:it, or R. Burns District Freight ami Passenuer Ajrent, Walln Walla. Wash. A deiKlt of $20.00 will be required on eai ticket at time res ervation is made. FRONT f HOTEL O&fcQON ' Ni i Mi fir 1 " 'MTVf- - i"" """" Located on tlie corner of Seven! li and Slurk strecN. i-itcmlins thrcnir!. tlie blK-k to Park street, Portland, Oregon. Our new I";mU Streel Anne-. I the only fireproof hotel building in Oregon. Rates $1 a Day and Up. European Do You Know? 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 I have.no rent to pay or high priced men. For this reason I can save you from 50 to 100 dollars on a Piano and from 1 0 to 20 dollars on each Sewing Machine. Something new in Player Pianos. Come and hear this wonderful instrument. JESSE FAILING 901 Main St. MESHES CLOSE ON Mils. JOHNSON, ALIAS RANEY, CANNOT ESCAPE Clover Woman Who Swindled Pen dleton' Mcrchante, On Trial in Se attleIdentified As Accident Wo man by Number of Victims May Be Sentenced Here. According to dispatches from Se attle, every effort Is being made In that city to convict Mrs. Maud M. Johnson, tho queen of swindlers, and send her to the. penitentiary for a great part of the. remaining days of her life. Deputy Sheriff Joe Blakely of this city Is in Seattle as a witness against her and also to bring her back to Pendleton in case she should escape conviction in that city. She is under parole In the local court and will be sentenced to the penitentiary from here Is sho escapes there. The following Is a dispatch from Seattle: At a night session of the superior court several witnesses from cities in the middle west were put on the stand in the trial of Mrs. Maud M. Johnson, an alleged professional claimant, who is being tried on a charge of swindling the Seattle Elec tric company out of $600 by pretend ing to have sustained injuries In a street car accident. The witnesses who testified tonight represented railroads in the middle west that have been victimized by Mrs. Johnson, who operated under various names. All the witnesses placed on the stand to night were as positive in their Iden tification of Mrs. Johnson as the wo man who had been paid money by them in the settlement of damage claims as John Ferron, claim agent for the Oakland, Cal., Traction com pany was, who testified earlier in the day that Mrs. Johnson, under the name of Mrs. S. T. Brown, went to him on July 4, 1909, relative to an Injury she said she had sustained in that city. Tonight D. C. Davis, claim agent for the Northern Pacific at Tacoma, testified that he had paid $1250 to Mrs. Johnson under the name of Mrs. Hazel Peterson. Otto Harris of the Pacific Electric Railway company of Los Angeles. Identified Mrs. Johnson as the woman who Is suing his company for 125, 640 damages under the nami- of Mrs, F. A. Harwood. John Hawn, a hotel proprietor ef Rogers, Ark., testified that Mrs. Johnson received $1575 from the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad for injuries sustained In 1907, and George Conover, claimagent for that road identified her as Grace Payton, to whom he paid $250 in 190S in settle ment of claims for injuries received at Rich Hill, Mo. G. J. McPhllamey, former claim agent for the Leavenworth & Topeka railroad, identified her as Mrs. N. L. Hnrrelson to whom he paid $250 In 19ft8 for injuries sustained at Oska- loosa, Kas., and Carl S. Otis, claim agent for the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, testified that he paid $400 t Mrs. Johnson at Herrington, Kas., ii. 1908. Tht? prosecution had not concluded the introduction of witnesses to iden tify Mrs. Johnson as the woman to whom they have paid various sums in M-tti.-ment of alleged claims against tht ir i-omi'anies when court adjourned at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Johnson did not hav.' the alleged Incubator baby in ' urt with her tonight. PAMPERED DOGS. I Orheum Theatre 4 J. P. MEDEUXACH, Proprietor HIGH-CLASS UP-TO-DATE MOTION PICTURES For Men, Women and Children SEE PROGRAM IN TODAY'S PAPER. in . Sprays and Eiderdown Quilts ' i' Animals In KenHlnirton Show. I London. Dogs worth $100,000 it v aa estimated by the secretary of the Kensington Canine society were on exhibition at the Fulham Baths, when the society held Its annual show. There were 1677 entries. Some of the elaborate companion cases for the use of the dogs created almost as much interest as the ani mals themselves. One of these con tained: Small spirit stove for taking the chill off the dog'a food. Bottles of sterilized milk and fil tered water. Scent spray. Bottle of meat extract for beef tea. China box containing breast of chicken and prime beef. Ivory backed brush and comb. Feeding spoon. Colored ribbons. The tiny dog for which all these things were Intended arrived in a motor car and reposed In a silk lined box upon a downy silk-covered pil low. There was a small eiderdown quilt for a coverlet. All day the dog's mistress sat by the box, feeding, spraying and talking to her pet. There were numerous other small dogs equally well attended. One was addressed as follows by its mistress: "Now dearie, you have had your nice warm milk; try to go to sleep. Don't be lonely, little one Mother is going away, but only for two little minutes." Two Pomeranians were priced In the catalogue at $6000 each. Other dogs were set down to be worth $2, 600, and there were several at $500. HERE'S A PROPOSITION rOH A GOOD HOME ON EASY PAYMENTS. $1360 cash or $660 cash and 85 monthly payments of $13.21 each or $$50 cash and 100 monthly payments of $14.(0 each, or $360 cash and 120 monthly payments of $13.21 each. MARK MOORHOUSE & CO. Tel. Main 83. 120 E. Court High Building Sells High. New York, Dec. 16. A new high record price for real estate In the fi nancial district was established yes terday by the sale of a nineteen story building at Nassau and Wall streets. The reported price was $1,600,000. The plot contains 1825 squire feet approximately $826 a square foot. PII,FS ATTnED IN TO 14 DATS AZO OINTMENT Is una ran teed to cure any pane of Itching, Blind, nieadlng or Protrud ing rile In 6 to 14 dari or money refund ed. 60c. A New York poet refers to his lady's Hps aa "Love's apocalypse." $ 1 5.00 DOLL FREE $ 1 5 WILL BE GIVEN AWAY CHRISTMAS Tickets With Every 50c Purchase China of all tho very latoet designs. These prices hold good until Jan. 1st. Buy useful Christmas presents here. Think what a beautiful present this doll for your littlo girl. ' 7 pc. Out Star Water Set Ranson Ilaviland, 50 pc. Set Ranaon Ilaviland, 100 pc. Set Derby White and Gold 50 pc. Set Derby White and Gold 100 pc. Set Largest Assortment Bobemian Art Glass in the city. Store Open Evenings OWL TEA HOUSE Christmas 1909 DOLL TICKET Picket DOLL .00 EVE would be ... ?2.00 $18.00 $35.00 $35.00 $72.50 Store Open Evenings Cut out this ticket and bring to Store and make 50c purchase and get two tickets on doll. OWL TEA HOUSE SEE DOLL IX WINDOW. WALKOVER FOU ITALY IX BOXSEYE CONTEST Washington Three jackles ashore from the Italian cruiser Etruria laid a course up Pennsylvania avenui' tho other night and dropped anchor abaft a public shooting gallery. Just then three Jolly craft flying the Stars and Strlpes hovo In view and bore down from the northeast to speak the Ital ian squadron. "Ahoy, messmates!" spoke the Yankee flagship. "Blast me turrets If we don't challenge you to a round 'r two at target practice. Swing In to the roadster and clear for action!" The Italian skipper signaled full sp.'d ahead and the two fleets steam ed into the shooting gallery. "The loser settles the salvage bill," conditioned the Yankee lads and the Italians accepted. "That's easy,' 'spoke out one of the Ynnkeo fleet. "These Italians can't shoot" International courtesy gave the challenged the first round. When the first Italian gun captain ceased firing he had knocked down all tho little tin birds, cracked twelve glass balls, rung the bullseye until the bell was hoarse and had the boss of th shop worried about his ammuni tion hoists. "Scuttled and foundered, shiver me timbers!" roared the Yankee com mander; "give me the range on that swob who said these Italians couldn't shoot." Honor being satisfied, the two squadrons dressed ship and laid a course straightaway for the first port of call. Ul'SSO-GREEK CHCRCH AMAZINGLY III CI I St. Petersburg. The Chancery of the Holy Synod has Just published some Interesting statistics dealing with the amazing riches' of the monasteries of the Russo-Greek church. There are In Russia 300 recognized monasteries, 228 recognized nunner ies, 137 monasteries not under con trol and 154 nunneries of the same description. In the monasteries there are 9707 monks and 8104 novitiates, while In the nunneries there are 11, 379 nuns and 35,659 novitiates. The Alexander Nevsky Monastery here possesses (1.600,000 In gold without reckoning the share certificates rep resenting money that Is well Invested, and Is of far larger amount. The Pecherskol Monastery at Kleff Is Russia's oldest and leading monas tery, for It was built In 1055, and it is also the second wealthiest, for it owns property worth $900,000,000. Tho famous Troltsa-Sergleffskl Mon astery, situated forty miles from Moscow and established about 1342 has property to the value of $1,600, 000.000. The total value- of the property owned by the monasteries and nun neries In Russia Is estimated to be not less than 13,735,000,000. FASHIONS 700 YEARS OLD. Wave of Curious Mediaeval Modes Is Approaching England. London. A wave of curious me diaeval fashions Is approaching Eng land. Although It comes from Paris the new styles owe their birth to Russia, Italy during the sixteenth century, and England In tho thirteenth century. The whole note will be barbaric splendor. Wonderful Russian cos tumes will be worn for a strong Russian Influence will predominate. This will chiefly be exemplified In gorgeous Jeweled embroideries, com bined with furs. Sixteenth century Italian styles will also be a delight to the eye. The lines of this period are particularly pleasing, and heavy regal embroider ies in gold, copper and platinum will be employed on these dresses. Every dress, to be up to date, must be partl-colored. Two at least, and sometimes as many as six, colors will be blended together. The thirteenth century Tabard gowns will also be popular, with cur ious barbaric embroideries of wool. miss AsomnrR fiance CLAIMED BY DEATH London, Dec. 16. Hon. Archibald Gordon, son of Earl Aberdeen, died today from injuries received In an au tomobile accident November 28. Miss Violet Asqulth, called , the "Woman with the serpent' tongue," In Wil liam Watson's poem, whose engage ment to Gordon was to have been an nounced this week, was with him GIFTS Highest Grade , Moderate Prices Something for old or young Ladies or Gentlemen We offer the best only at all times The Pendleton Drug Co. Heat or Smoke Which? Do you want a fuel to fill your home and lungs with smoke and nasty odors, or with clear heat, as and when you want it? Then use gas, the fuel that answers every demand made upon it quickly, conveniently, cheaply and with cleanliness. You're Losing Money every time you fill that old stove up with coal the cost per degree of warmth from coal is vastly more than heat ing with gas, and what a difference in conven ience, cleanliness and results ! It heats perfectly the cold comers; is cheerful and clean. Phone Main 40 today and end your heat and light trouble Northwestern Gas & Electric Co. Matlock Building. THE GRAND THEATRE "ALWAYS LEADS" -THIS WEEK- LYNNE AND BONNIE IIAZZARD "The Musician and the Maid." MATTHEWS and. the revolving globe. Both acts different from what we have shown heretofore. The piano used in "The Musician and the Maid," la the famous Stelnway, furnished by Sherman-Clay Co., Magoon A Nete Pendleton representatives. All New Pictures and Songs We aim to PLEASE the PEOPLE. Prices 10c and 15c Usual Matinees. We hope he recover!. when he died.