EVENING EDITIOII
EVENING EDITIOD
WEATHER REPORT.
TO ADVERTISERS
The Et Oregonlio bi
the largut paid circulation
f any paper lu Orfgon, east
of I'ortland aid earl
twW-e the circulation la
ivadleton of any ether
newspaper.
Fair tonight and Tues
day. ", , . .. .
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
VOL. 25.
PENDLETOX, OREGON", MONDAY, DECEMIiEIt 9, 1912.
NO. 7730
CHARGES "MONEY
TRYING TO STOP
Consistent and Hostile Effort to
Embarrass Inquiry Declares Chair
man of Probe Committee.
MANY WITNESSES CALLED
JLsad of Stock Exchange and Clearing
House Will Apix-ar Ileroro Investl
t,"ators KexrUi of National Ranks
May Also lo Looked Into Flnan
lew to bo Called.
Washington, Dec. 9. "There has
been a consl.stent and hostile effort to
embarrass the Injulry by misleading
inspired reports," .was the statement
today of Representative Pujo of Loui
siana, chairman of the house money
trust probe committee In resuming
tho investigation. It la predicted that
senatorial legislation will follow the
probe. The malls will be (closed to
stock and produce exchanges and cer
tain clearing houses. The committee
room was packed today.
It la reported the senate is being
urged to pass a Joint resolution giving
the committee access to reports of
tho national banks.
Charging that "money trust" com
mitteemen of both houses favor the
it fondants in the Pujo inquiry, Con
gressman Lindbergh, of Minnesota,
submitted a Joint resolution requiring
a statement of financial interests of
all committeemen who have affili
ations with banking, brokerage and
loaning business.
Most of the committeemen 'are
bankers, bankers or attorneys," he
declared.
The Identity of the witnesses was
not announced but It was learned that
thirty financiers, including a director
of a New York stock exchange, have
been subpoenaed. It is stated the gov
ernment accountants are prepared
with figures intending to show the in
terest many foremost millionaires in
th cnnntrv have In tho activities Of I
stock, produce exchanges and clear
ing houses. It is reported this will
he the basis of the examination.
RECONSIDERATION OF
CANAL TOLLS URGED
Herkeley, Cal., Dec. 9. Declaring
that America treated England falrla
In regard to the anama canal tolls, a
petition signed by President Wheeler,
i,( the state university and President
Jordan of Stanford, Archbishop 111
rodan, ex-Mayor Taylor of San Fran-
isco and others. Is on tho way to
Washington. It urges congress to
reconsider Its attitude denying Eng
land free tolls.
HOPELESS LOVERS I1E j
TOGETHER IS IiOXE
SPOT IX WOODS j
Supposed Couple KIoimmI. Until Hunt
ers Accidentally Found llodles
Together.
Janesvllle, Wis., Dec. 9 What was
believed to have been an elopement
last Wednesday, was discovered late
ejy, when the bodies of William Kun
kle. aged 25, and his pretty sisler-in-law,
Emma Fielder, aged "0, were
found side by side In the woods near
the man's home. Kunkle had been
uttentive to his wife's sister for some
time. It was gossiped about the
neighborhood that Mrs. Kunkle had
ordered her sister out of their home.
On Wednesday morning Kunkle
kissed h's wife good-bye, swung his
gun over his shoulder, and started
Into tho wood, saying he would shoot
a few rabbits. Miss Fielder disap
peared the same day. No search" was
made, because it was generally sup
posed the coutde had eloped.
Iite .Saturday a party of hunters
i-anie upon the two bodies. Tho young
woman's head was blown from her
body by a charge of buckshot. The
top of Kunkle'B head was blown off.
ANYWAY 1I1S BREAKFAST
WAS FIT roil A KING
Vienna, Dec. ' 9. The chlmney-
sweep who stole .Emperor Frans Jo
sef's breakfast the other morning in
the palace at Buda Pest has been re
leased. His majesty customarily
rises at 3:30 a. in. and breakfasts
immediate-y alter a cold plunge. The
cook as well as the other servants
rise nt 2 o'clock in order to have ev
erything in readlnes, as tho emper
or Is impatient of delay. On this oc
casion when the emperor's attendant
pushed the button for breakfast and
the cook went to the larder to get the
cold meat he had prepared the night
before, he was horror struck to find
that It had dlsapepared.
. Investigation led to the room of
the chimneysweep, where he was
found devouring the last mouthful of
the imperial meal. He thought It had
been intended for the cook. .
TRUST" WITH
INVESTIGATION
IOK OUT! Fit I DAY
THE I3T1I IS COMJXG
Friday of this week Is one of
the two real "bad luck" days of
the year 1912. It falls upon the
unlucky thirteenth and the su
perstitious will anticipate it
with ominous forebodings. The
only other "Friday the thir
teenth' 'of the present year oc
curred in September.
However, these timid , ones
can take heart for the approach
ing year has but one of these
black days. June 13. 1913, will
fall upon the sixth day of the
week.
The year 1914 will be an un
usually unlucky one for the
fateful combination occurs three
times during its 365 days, in
February, March and Novem-
ber. This, is the first time In
several years that two consecu-
tlve months have had a "Friday
the thirteenth."
SHOULD USE CARE
IN DECORATING
FOR CHRISTMAS
As urgent as the need to do holiday
shopping early is the necessity of us
ing caution in decorating for Christ
mas, according to the notion ol in
surance men. and they are calling at
tention of the people of Pendleton to
the many fires of the Yuletlde sea
son which change many a house of
merriment into a house of mourning.
Incidentally they call attention to
the fact that all Insurance policies
bear this clause: "This entire policy
unless otherwise provided by agree
ment Indorsed hereon or added here
to, shall be void, etc. If the
hazard be '.ncreased by any means
within the control or knowledge of
tho insured."
The" big insurance companies are
seldlng out circulars of warning to
their local agents. One was received
this morning by Heard & Folsom in
which the advice is given to stores,
churches and bazaars:
Holiday fires in these while filled
with people are usually holocausts.
Light, inflammable decorations
make fires easy to start and easy to
spread. A match, a gas flame or an
electrical defect may do it.
Watch gas Jets! Decorations may
be carried against them by air cur
rents. Watch smokers! Do not permit
them to light cigars Inside buildings.
Do uot make the slightest change
In electric wiring without consulting
electrical Inspector.
Warnings for the Home.
Every year i America many chil
dren are burned to death by fire from
Christmas candles.
Do not decorate your Christmas tree
with paper, cotton, or any other in
flammable material. t'se metallic
tinsel and other iion-inl'lainmable dec
orations ony, ami el the tree se
curely, so that the children reaching
for tilings cannot Up it over.
Do not use cotton to represent
snow. If you must have snow use
nsbestoss fibre.
Do not permit children to light or
relight tho condles while parents are
not present. They frequently set fire
to their clothing instead. The tree
itself will burn when needles have be
come dry.
Do not leave matches within reach
of children at Holiday time. Candles
are meant to be lighted, and If the
children get matches they will ex
periment with them. They imitate
their, elders.
LABOR MEN DENY
ALL KNOWLEDGE OF
DYNAMITING PLOTS
Indianapolis, Dec. 9. Charles W.
Waxheimster and Frank J. Murphy,
defendant labormen, denied today
knowledge of dynamiting conspiracies
In tho ranks of the ironworkers. Mur
phy denied knowledge of a reported
fund for the dynamiting.
It was declared that E. A. Clancy,
also of San Francisco, will testify in
his own behalf arter the testimony of
the. eastern defendant is completed.
INDUSTRIAL WORKERS
OF WORLD GET SLAM
Boston, Dec. 9. A bill was filed
with the clerk of the state house of
representatives today, which. If made
a law, will prevent the carrying of
red flags or any banner excepting na
tional flags in the streets of any
town city or hamlet throughout the
state. The ' bill is aimed directly at
the Industrial Workers of tho World
as a result of their activity at Law
rence last winter. -
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AGED PENDLETON
RESIDENT PASSES
AWAY ON SUNDAY
At the ripe old age of 94 years,
Robert H. fccniple, one of the oldest
of Pendleton residents, died at 2:45
yesterday morning at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Margaret Hoover, 301
Willow street, death resulting from
senile decay. The funeral is being
held this afternoon from the home
of Mrs. Hoover with Rev. T.yF. Wea
ver of the Christian church, officiat
ing. Deceased was a native of Scotland,
having been born in that country
March 6, 1818. His parents died
he was but nine years of age and
since that time until his retirement
from active life he had depended up
on his own efforts for a livelihood.
When still a young man he came to
America, living successively In Can
ada. Illinois and New York and fi
nally settling in Wisconsin. In 1878
the appeal of the west found him and
he came to the Pacific coast. For the
past 36 years he had made his home
in this state and during recent years
had lived with the daughter at whose
horn ehis death occurred
Mr. Semple was married 56 years
ago to Miss Jennie Whitelaw but his
wife's death preceded his own. He
was the father of eight children, three
of whom survive him, as follows: Mrs.
Margaret Hoover of this city, Charles
D. Semple of Walla Walla, and Mrs.
George Jones of McKay creek.
He also has eight grandchildren and
six great-gram'children living.
. Deceased had been a member of
the Presbyterian church for many
years.
BIG LINER IS
REPORTED LOST;
NOT CONFIRMED
gueenstown, Dec. 9. Although no
information has been received from
the vessel, no credence Is placed in
the report that tho Cunarder Mau
retania. bound to New York, met a
catustrophy on the sea. Shipping men
do not believe the company has been
notified.
New York. Dec. 3. Cunard offi
cials declare the Mauretania has sent
a wireless tc Queenstown declaring
that everything is well. An effort is
being made to trace the origin of the
rumor that the liner was wrecked.
DAUGHTE
SUES HER
MOTHER FOR ? 10.000
San Francisco, Dec. 9. Claiming
that her mother induced her to sign
a quit claim deed to her share in an
estate left by her father. Lela M.
Cogglns filed suit here today against
her mother. Mrs. Mary E. Cogglns,
now the wife of Charles F. Iterry,
New York broker, to recover her
share of u $400,000 estate left by her
father.
Lela Coggins' share amounted to
$4 0,000 and she signed over her
claim to her mother, she alleges, up
on being persuaded that it would be
easier to handle the estate in that
manner.
WOMAN IS CHARGED
WITH SHOOTING TO KILL
San Francisco, Dec. 9. Mrs. Fran
els Vivien Lyons, in whose apartments
Robert Widney. a prominent Los An
geles real estate man was shot, is
charged with assault with intent to
murder. Widney is recovering.
WILL NOT ACCE1T THE
PREMIERSHIP OF JAPAN
Toklo. Dec. 9. It. is reported that
Count Terrauchi will not accept the
premiership because he was denied
the freedom of selection of his cabinet.
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PENDLETON DELEGATION TO FAIR
WILL ADVERTISE ROUND-UP CITY
When the Pendleton brigade rep
resenting the Commercial Association
goes north tonight bound for the
Northwest IJvestock Show at Iewls
ton they will be gaily adorned with
ribbons proclaiming the fact they are
from the City ot the Round-up and
they will wear headgear such as will
make all who see take notice. One
and all, tho bunch will wear hats
turned" out by tho Pendleton Woolen
Mills and they are nifty hats, con
taining all the colors of the famous
Pendleton Indian robes and manufac
tured out of genuine' eastern Oregon
wool raised on the ranges of Uma
tilla county.
The special standard sleeper carry
ing the Pendleton party will leave
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PRESIDENT TAFT TO
GO ON VISIT TO
PANAMA CANAL
Washington, Dec. 9. President
Taft will decide before night whether
to go to Panama aboard the Arkansas
on December 17. If he goes he will
leave Friday, meeting the Arkansas
at Key West. The warship is pre
paring to receive the president and
has Installed a "Taft size" bathtub and
bed and accommodations for steno
graphers The wireless system will
enable the president to keep in touch
with Washington. The party will
probably include Charles Taft, his
wife, Hiiles. Major Rhodes and Lieut.-'
Commander Tlmmons and the canal
commissioners. Two weeks will com
plete the trip.
COUNTIES SHOULD GET
TOGETHER AND HAVE
RAILROAD EXTENDED
That Pendleton and the citizens of
Grant county should get together
in a first class effort to have a rail
road extended out through southern
Umatilla county and into Grant is de
clared by Otis Patterson, prominent
Grant county lawyer, politician and
seevrttary of the newly formed Com
mercial club at Canyon City.
It is set forth by Mr. Patterson,
who Is here today on some legal bus
iness, that Grant county contains un
touched natural resources galore
awaiting merely the coming of trans
portation accommodations. There is
In the neighborhood of three or four
bilon feet of timber ready for use.
It should and can be brought this
way for manufacture into lumber.
Then Grant county has agricultur
al riches sufficient to attract several
railroads if the road builders but
knew the conditions out there. There
is splendid farming land now almost
unknown to the plow for the reason
there is no outlet for products should
they be raised there. "We farm now
mostly on horseback." Is the way Pat
terson expressed It.
At this time plans are underway for
a 20,000 acre irrigation project just
west of John Day and Canyon City.
It Is proposed to use the waters from
Canyon creek which empties into the
John Day river at John Day. The
land under the proposed project lies
at an altitude of 3100 feet and can
be made wonderfully productive with
water upon it. It is probable the plans
for the project will be carried out
anyway but the coming of a railroad
would greatly facilitate the develop
ment. It is pointed out by Mr. Patterson
that the present rail connection
Grant county enjoys via Sumpter and
Raker is roundabout and expensive,
not to mention the fact that the
Sumpter valley road is a narrow
gauge. He is of the belief that when
the east and west Harrlman road is
bu It across the state the Umatilla
Central or some other road should
be extended out from Pendleton
through Grant county connecting witb
tile east and West road.
Mr. Patterson is well known here
having been in this city many times
in earlier days. He was formerly in
the newspaper bus'uess at Heppner
and served as a land office official at
The Dalles. c late years he has been
practicing law in Grant county
IHH1TLANI) MAN Willi
FACE SCANDAL CHARGES
Seattle, Dec. 9. A. E. Ream, aj
Portland capitalist, was remanded to,
the custody of a Portland official at j
noon today by order of Judge Ronald j
4 n connection with the Portland vice j
scandal A habeas corpus write was)
denied. The application of F. Mitch-1
ell of of Portland, indicted on the I
same charge did not colne up today. I
here at 7 o'clock attached to the Spo
kane passenger. At Riparia the car
will be taken off and held for the
Portland special which will pick it
up during the night. The train will
reach Lcwlston early tomorrow morn
ing. Returning home the party will
have lewlston at 7 o'clock tomorrow
evening reaching home Wednesday
morning.
Word to the effect the Pendleton
delegation Is. coming by special car
has reached Ijrwlston and that town
Is getting ready to receive the visi
tors in style. The band will be forth
to greet the special train and tomorrow
automobiles will take all visitors on
a tour of the Lewlston country. Noth
ing Is being left undone.' '
HTH
VESSEL OF SERVIAN
REPORTED SEIZEO BY AOSTRIANS
PROGRESSIVES OX HAM)
TOIt CHICAGO MEETING
Chicago, Dec. 9. Colonel
Roosevelt with two hundred
New York and New England
progressives arrived at 1:30 to
day for the national conference
of progressives tomorrow. More
than five hundred will be pres
ent. "The conference will be in
formal," declared Dixon. "I do
not expect Roosevelt will deliv
er any set speech."
DR. TAMIESIE TO
1 BE ASSISTANT
AT HOSPITAL
Present Second Assistant at Salem
Will Come to RraiH-h Asylum Here
Under .Superintendent McNary
Appointment Made Sat unlay by
Asylum Hoard.
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Dr. A. E. Tamiesie. present second
assistant superintendent at the state
asylujfi at Salem, has been named as
first assistant superintendent of the
branch hospital in this city, accord
ing ' to advices received here. The
appointment was made Saturday at a
meeting of the state . asylum board
ind carries with it the privilege of
returning to his present position at
Salem if he finds that he prefers that
position to his new one. The selec
tion of the other assistants at the lo
cal institution will be left to Superln
enden McNary.
Information has also been received
here that the board decided to send
twelve or fifteen of the best working
patents and several assistants to the
local institution by the middle of the
present month in order to prepare
the building for occupancy.
iccupancy.
Everv indication is that the branch
nospuai miii ue , j
...ti, i... f... nnpnnancv
by the first of the new year ana ine
state is spreparing to transfer about
300 patients at that ime from the
Salem asylum to the local one. Con
tractors Olson' & Johnson have be
tween ten an 1 fourteen days more of
work before they wvll have complet
ed the buildings. Most of the equip
ment has already arrived while the
basement is stocked with a great
quantity of apples, potatoes and oth -
provisions in readiness for tne com-
mencemeni ot operations. j
The large brass plate, which ts to
be fastened to the main building, ar-
rived last week. It bears the names (
of Governor Oswald West. Secretary;
Hen W. Olcott and Trsasurer T. B.
MeKav. as members of the state
board under which the institution was j
t...ii.i., l-n- MiA'arv. superintendent,
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W. C. Knighton, architect, and C. A.
Murphy, superintendent of construe -
tion.
The heating plant Is in operation
each day now and the oil burners in
the furnaces are proving highly sat-
isfactory. All of the machinery Is ot
the most modern design and the au
tomatic devices in connection with all
of the engines reduce the labor to a
minimum.
STRIKE IN ENGLAND M.'Y
TIE UP MANY RAILROADS
London. Dec. ..-Declaring that
four thousand men are out and a trat-
fc tie up In northern England is
threatened. New Castle telegraphs
to northern and eastern railroads
that the strike is growing and spread
inir to many roads.
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SUFFRAGETTE NO I.IKI.E
i.i-iww TI.OO TIGHTl
..ll.l.ix .....-.- --.
Mrs. Cat! Advices Emil'sh Women to
Throw Skirts niul Wear Trousers.
New York. Dec. 9. 'Make a bon
fire of your hats; throw away your
corsets and wear trousers Instead of
those ridiculous tight skirts." is the
recommendation or Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Catt, the suffragette leader, to
the Equal Suffrage League in her re
port of her two years' 'round-the-world
campaign in behalf of votes for
women.
"My trip around the globe convinc
es me " says Mrs. Catt. "that my own
countrywomen are the most fettered,
satorlally. to be found anywhere.
Compared with tho Chinese women,
the American woman is almost as
helpless as a baby'. It Is time for the
western woman to kick herself free
from the swaddling draperies which
the Parisians hand over to us. We
should declare our independence in
dress as we have in politics, and the
sooner we do it the better for health,
happiness and the cause."
GOVERNMENT
If Report Proves to be True a De
claration of War May be Result
it is Feared.
MASSACRE IS REPORTED
Uiifoufirmed Rumor That Turk Mur
der Christian King Peter of Ser
via is Said to be Near DeaU
Riots May Break Out in Sofia
Death Lists Suppressed.
Belgrade, Dec. 9. The authorities
are endeavoring to prove the report
that the Austrian authorities at Flume
seized the steamer Hegedisch, carrying
eight hundred tons of flour consigned
to the Servian army at Durazzo. It
the report is true it s believed war
will be declared,
London, Dec. 9. Cettinje reports
that the war Is continuing in north
Albania, the Turkish governor at
Scutari refusing to believe the armis
tice has been signed. Constantinople
states that Turkish reinforcements
continue to arrive from Asia Minor.
Kamil Pasha has notified the powers
that Turkey will not submit to a par
tition of Albania. Vienna reports
that Austria is secretly urging Turkey
to adopt an uncompromising attitude
at the London conference to prevent
the Balkans obtaining Adriatic terri
tory. Belgrade, Dec. 9. It is reported
the condition of King Peter is critical
but bulletins do not denote a recur
rence of fainting spells. An attempt
Is being made to learn his real con
dition. Politicians are alarmed as the
populace is apprehensive and clam
oring for news.
Constantinople, Dec. 9. Reports
that Turkish troops are massacring
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. I not confirmed.
Sofia. Dec. 9. Riots are feared
here on account of the policy of the
government in suppressing the lists
of war victims. Relatives and mem
bers of the First and Thirty-seventh
Infantry are threatening to publish
the lists on their own account if the
government does not act. Mass meet
ings are planned to demand adequate
j war news. The churches were crowd-
j eu uirouguoui me nay ana me xeei-
ing is intense.
j n0G GIVES 1JFE TO
SAVE PEOPLE WHO
SLEPT IX HOUSE
Walla Walla. Wash., Dec. 9.
Shep," a dog belonging to J. Vale.
nh runs n lodzine- house In this rltv.
' ' et - "
sacrificed his life to have those of
1 his master and his family, and the
j lodgers, some 20 in number, all of
whom were saved,
x lamp in the hallway of the
j boarding house, left turned down low
for the night, exploded in the early
morning nours una sei lire to ine
house. The log roused his master
and then ran from room to room,
harking and waking the lodgers. He
became confused, and forgotten by
those he had saved, was burned to
death.
The building was destroyed, but no
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INSURANCE AGENT
FACING CHARGES
Samuel C. Jackson. weii
known insurance agent who has
i been making this city frequent
visits during the past several
years, is facing a charge of ob-
tainiug money under false pre-
tenses. He was arraigned in the
local justice court this niorni!i"g
but the hearing has been post-
poned until witnesses can be
secured from Portland.
Julius C. Oerdes, an employe
of the Pendleton Woolen Mills
for the past six months, is the
complaining witness. He alleges
that Jackson fraudulently rep-
resented himself to be the agent
for the Reliance Life Insurance
Co. and, upon that representa-
tlon accepted five dollars in
cash and a promissory note for
$24.74 from him tCerdesi us
first annual premium on what
purported to be a policy for
$1000. This transaction. It is al-
leged took place on the twentl-
eth of last month.