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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 2, 1317. fac:: I IV CG'JSE PASSES BILL 'aw sum 44jW Ala. WVlvvi.A M aW I?1 .1 on In Screen Acting i 1 - 0 i n '! TREASURER ; 1 i 3 h o TWELVE PACm jfl S .W. I'nanimous Vote Given Measure. Which Malum Pay of CmaUllu Official $1500 IllHUwd 0f $1300. (East Oregon Ian Special Service.) 8AX.BM, Feb. 1. Houm bill ltd. providing (or an increase In the sal ary ot tha treasurer of Umatilla coun ty from 11200 to 11500 annually pav ed tha house unanimously today. Tha bill was Introduced by tha Umatilla county delegation In the lower houae. While providing for an Increase In the salary of the treasurer, the bill provide that no deputy shall be em ployed, former treasurers having had a deputy at a salary of $900 a year. SA1RM, Feb. 1. The house today JMinrt. J HtiWDH will au lllliuuu5u j W. Al Jones of Marlon county which gives the state stallion registration board power to standardise the reglS-"tratlon. REALTY TRANSFERS Warranty Deed. W. M. Johnson, et ux. to W. II. Huberts, 12000, acreage In section 13, township I north, range 33. Lola Et Smith, to W. E. Wilder, et x, 110, mete and bound description In section 16, township J north, range 29. A. M. Slam ct ux, to W. B. Brooke. II, mete and bound . description In section 14, township t north, range j J6. Elbert Smith, et ux, to E. E. Mar. tin, tl, lot 21, Grand View Orchard Tract. Union Paolflc Ufa Insurance Co., to J. J. Biamont, et al, 17500, 1520 acre in townships 1 and 2 north, range 31. Umatilla Sheep Co., to J. J. Wa nton, t al, IS615, acreage In town ship 2 north, range II ''A -JX, C M ) fj 3 PHONES, ALL 15. CLEANLINESS ECONOMY SERVICE 11 Saturday', .hopper, will find an exceptional, chc line of freh fruit, and II vegetable, together with the largest, mo.t complete .tock of tahle .upplie. in ta.t- rj ern Oregon. Shop early. B Fancy HOOD RIVER SPITZENBERG APPLES. Saturday i. U.t day of al-- II get your .hare. The box Queen Victoria Chocolate. By express 50 and $1.00. Strictly Freh Egg. and lots of them, the dozen : 45 Toilet Paper We were fortunate in making a purchase on this high grade paper, to sell at 10. It's the better quality and sells regular at 12lzc One Pound T. P. W. Special Blend Cof fee and a good Perculator, both for ?1.98. Jone.' Dairy Farm Little Sausa&e. By express today. Have them for your breakfast. i Pendleton. Greatest Dept. Store. t3.mmmmmmmm mim.".;.iHMiui'niimi.M niiHimiiii ,1.mHm.m.immB,imim....---M.iif'H .;...,,,.. ..tl!;;lfcliil!.i:i...i:ii:ji..:,u.;:il.::i.: i.,M.1i.1,i)i.l,...i..i,.i.,..-.M.i..,i..-.,uU,u.a,ilui,.UM ...ii.aiiiiMiuiiiiii.iiiiiiiirtiHiiwiMaiMiiiiM.mJ f,UH:auiti.i"""" And now George M. Cohan hag become a regular dyed In the wool, honest to goodness motion picture actor. It took long time for the famous Yankee Doodle Boy to succumb to the lure of the screen, bot at last he baa really entered the silent art at the head of bis own company for Artcraft Pictures. Here George M. la seen receiving his first lesson In motion picture acting from Joe Kaufman, his director, while pretty Marguerite Snow of "The Million Dollar Mystery" fame and who bas been selected, as Mr. Cohan'a leading lady, occasionally offers a bit of valuable advice In connection with the screen production of "Broadway Jones." Many will remember this subject as George M. Cobmt's greatest stage success. - 1-OIJOK SIHDl E M ITIX EER.S. n-w oi Japanese Steamer Hart man In ltiot at Baltimore. I BALTIMORE, Feb. 2. The Asiatic j crew of the Japanese steamer Marlmi mutinied today and held , possession of the ship for several houra before I the men were overcome by the city ' police. The Japanese chief engineer, who led the revolt, suffered a fracture skull. Revolvers, marllnsplkea and other weapons weer used and dozens of shot were fired. The Karma was loaded with a gen eral cargo for Genoa, Italy. Reports conflicted as to the cause of the mu tiny, but rumor persisted that tha crew, composed of Chines and glam est, feared encountering hostile war shiiut on the voyage. Another report wag that the cause of the troubled a insufficient food. The mutineers were taken to Jail. HIGH COST OP LIVING a t BY I'- s. ixoiiry So IliHMXt BepartnMiit f Justice In- vonlgalor I'rewnU-M DlmfA Con- Uiiiiamv of Uu Work. WASHINOTOX, Feb. 2. The de partment of Justice, acting under In structions from President Wilson, will continue Its national Investigation In to the high cost of living. George W. Anderson, District At torney at Boston, who has been In direct chare ot the Investigation, was In Washington today and conferred with the president. Later, he report ed the results of his effort to Attor ney (ieneral Grwgory; There has been a decrease In tho cof-t of certain commodities as a re sult of the Investigation and others are to follow," said Mr. Anderson "To the average consumer this drop may not he large enough to be noticeable. In the aggregate, however, It means thousands to American housewives." The government Investigator also stated that the threatened coal fam ine had been remedied, and that all communities now have sufficient fuel supplies. 'The railroad -companies,' be stat ed, "have been forced to unload freight cars Immediately and to re turn empty coal cars by the most di rect route to the mines." HAWAII NEXT TO BE "DRY"1 Bill Like Abmkan Measure Is Favored By House Body, v WASHINGTON. Feb. 2 T he Ha wallan prohibition bill, designed, like an Alaskan measure already agreed upon, to make the territory "bone dry," was favorably reported to the house today by the territories co remittee. Some feminine complexlona reeenv ble small boya; they won't wash. The Peoples Warehouse Where it Pay. to Trade See Main Ad on Page 2. -3 ? 3 15 BILLION CIGARETTES SOLD IN V. S. IX YEAR WASHINGTON, Feb. . The amount of revenue collected by the government on whisky, beer and ci garettes during the year wag the greatest on record. Consumption of cigarettes in 1915 reached the highest mark ever re corded. The tremendous increase. more than 40 per cent over 1915, 1 attributed to two main causes: in creased prosperity of the country and growth of the cigarette habit among women. Many millions of cigarettes made for feminine users were produc ed In this country and Imported dur ing the past year, whereas a few years ago production and Importation ot such cigarettes were negligible by comparison. The number of paper-wrapped ci garettes upon which the government levied a Ux during the year reached the grand total of 25,323,0 92S. AI STRIA AXD HCNGARY NEAR SETTLEMENT OP DIFFERENCES BERLIN. Feb. 2. The "long dis cussed composition of the differences between Austria and Hungary has been so nearly effected that an agrees ment will be signed early In Febru ary, according to a Vienna dispatch to the Tageblatt, The dispatch says that as soon a as this settlement is made negotiations for a commercial treaty between Austria-Hungary and Germany will be undertaken. The agreement with Hungary whlcn will be effective 10 years, provides, among otherthlngs, that Hungary shall continue to pay its present per centages of the expenses of the em pire. Premier Clam-Martinic Is expected to be table to take up the outstanding Bohemian questions within the next eight or ten weeks. These include re disricting and identification of the German language into official busi ness. The Galician problem has been deinitely postponed until the end of the war. WOMAN SUFFRAGE GETS FIRST LESLIE MO0.0OO tt. 10.000 Also Ordered Paid to Two Detroit Heirs of 11.700.000 Estate. NEW YORK, Feb. 2 Executors of the estate of Mrs. ' Frank LeeUe. known as Baroness de Bams were or dered by Surrogate Cobalan today to pay to Mrs, Carrie Chapman Cktt (600,000 of the fund bequeathed by Mrs. Leslie to he used for the cu-e cause of woman's suffrage. The order also provides for the payment of (100,000 to Maynard Fol lin, and 50,00OO to Carrie H. Wrenn. both of Detroit. The amount repre sent assignments made to them by Mrs. Catt, following a settlement of a contest of the Leslie, wllL The estate totals tl.700,000, an'l when various disputed claims are set. tied Mrs. Catt will probably get an other half million for the suffrage cause. 'KISS HER' KAYS JTDGE I POEM Advises Divorce Defendant How to Avoid Quarrels With Wife. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 1. 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