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EVENING EDITION VE!IING EDITIOI) WEATIIEK REPORT. TO ADVEBTISEKH The Eaet Oregnnlan has the larewtt paid circulation of any paper Id Ojfgon, east of l'ortland and nearly twice the. circulation In Pendleton of any other newspaper. Rain or snow tonight and Friday. COUNTY OFFICIAL rAPER. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 25. PENDLETON, OREGON, TIIUKSDAY, DECEMIiEU 12, 1912. NO. 7733 ' ' y'' - -Jifei " ' WILD HORSE CUT-OFF IS TWO-THIRDS FINISHED ' TOTAL COST OF WORK ESTIMATED UNDER $15,000 With the, Wild Horse cut-off two thirds finished, C. II. Martin, special roadbullder for Umatilla county, will probably complete In February one of the moat notable achievements In good roads building ever undertaken in this part of the state. By that time he estimates be will have con cluded work on the deepest through cut for a highway on the Pacific roast, a cut that will reduce the well known hill Just northeast of this city from a 17 per cent grade to one of one and a half per cent The work started last April but op erations were suspended during the summer on account of harvest and resumed again October 1 The cut, when completed, will be forty feet deep and the entire cut-off will be about one-half mile In length. It was necessary to remove some 20.000 yards of earth and rock and to date there Is about 6000 yards left The cut has been made from both the north and south sides of the hill and one blast has been fired on each side each month Each blast moves between 1000 and 1C0O yards of earth. The drilling has been done by a BATTLESHIP IS RUSHING TOWARD SANTO DOMINGO Kror. Hampshire, one of Unci Sam's lUg Fighting Ships, Is Hastening Under Sealed Ordc-M Ijea vch lltunUm Hoad.-t at Midnight Is Making Good Progress. Norfolk, Va., Dec. 12. Tho battle ship New-Hampshire sent a wireless today that she Is making good pro gress toward Santo Domingo. She left Hampton Koads at midnight un der sealed orders, leaving members of the crew on shore on account of the urgency of the orders. BROKERS ARE NOT BEING UNDULY HELD Washington, Dec. 12. Representa tive PuJo denied today newspaper re ports that brokers in tho New York stock exchange are being unduly held to testify on the money trust probe. "Fifty more witnesses will be ex amined," declared PuJo. "These will not bo excused before testifying." It la expected the hearing will ad journ at seven this evening until Monday. The committee probably will adjourn over the holidays BRYAN ADVOCATES MAKING EX-PRESIDENTS MEMBERS OF HOUSE WITHOUT PAY Uncoln. Neb., Dec. 12. In the cur rent Issue of the Commoner, Colonel Bryan advocates the proposition that ex-presidents be made honorary mem bers of the house without compen sation He condemns tho alleged par tisanship which led President Taft to extend the civil service, thereby re taining the republican appointees With Range Grass Good . x . Sheepmen Lose no Sleep; With range conditions better than they have been for many years, with sheep in good shape for the winter and with the Impression prevailing that while the tariff will bo revised downward next summer It will be re vised with moderation eastern Oregon sheepmen are losing no sleep these days. On the contrary they are In an optimistic frame of mind. "My foreman at Arlington tolls me that the grass on the range Is now better than he has seen at this time of the year for 15 years," says Dan P. Hmythe, extensive woolgrower and for many years secretary of the state association. "The good condition Is due mainly to the fact of the good rains last spring. The sheep did well n the summer ranges because of much grass and moisture. Then when they came down to the winter range they found much good dry grass to rat. That feed kept the sheep going well until the green grass was ready. They are now In splendid shape and should go through the winter well The Indications now ore that tho wool next f prlng will be heavy and of good quality. The quality . and quantity of wool born by a sheep depends very largely on tho physical condition of the sheep. If the sheep gets Into bad shape the wool clip is light and the wool of poor grade As to the outlook for a good price next spring Mr. Smythe Is one wool g rower who is not In despair even steam operated Hurley drill and a crew of twenty men has been em ployed upon thu cut and fill When, completed the new road will save one-eighth of a mile In dis tance, and will cut a seventy foot rise down to almost level The Importance of the new road to the farmers of the county,' both from a convenience and safety standpoint, can hardly be overestimated. Work Done Cheaply. One of the most striking features aboout the work is the cheapness with which It Is being done. The court originally appropriated $30,000 with which to defray the expenses, but under the day labor plan and the capable supervision of Engineer Mar tin, the entire cost of the cut-off. In cluding the cut, fill, damages and right of way, will be less than half that amount. To date only about $9000 has been expended and the en gineer estimates that the total cost will be considerably under $15,000. Thus, by hiring a special engineer, employing its own labor and furnish ing its own equipment, the county has saved itself on this one Job a consid erable sum of money. HOLD-UP MEN ARE STILL AT LIBERTY; DETECTIVES SEARCH Bakersfleld, Dec. 12 Sheriff Baker has returned without the two men reported to be the train bandits, securing $20,000 in the Santa Fe hold-up. He found no trace of the bandits. Wells-Fargo detectives are still trailing the men. O MASS MEETING IN INTEREST OF GAME TO BE HELD TONIGHT Old-time hunters, sportsmen, law makers and all who are in any way interested in game or game protec tion are requested to attend a mass meeting to be held this evening In the city hall. The purpose of the meeting Is to get an accurate expression of local sentiment with regard to the many proposed changes In the fish and game laws of Oregon. Chairman Cranston of tho state fish and game commis sion will be presented with a copy of the changes recently discussed by the commission and It these are not sat isfactory or not complete enough to satisfy eastern Oregon sportsmen he wants to find It out. There has been much dissatisfac tion throughout eastern Oregon with the laws as they now stand and In making its recommendations to the legislature which convenes next month the state board is anxious to have the views of all those who hunt or fish in order that changes for the best Interests of the sport may be made. Chairman Cranston Joes not believe It is sufficient to protect and pro pagate game, gam.! birds and game fish. He thinks it is also necessary to frame the laws so the greatest number can got the greatest good from the game to be hunted or the fish to be caught. Ho Is therefore an xious thnt the attendance at tonight's meeting -be a representative one. and Prices Strong . Expect Some Revision though the country will have a demo cratic administration. He points out that at the present time there is a scarcity of wool. It Is reported that the supply of wool in Boston Is now down to 25.000.000 which Is lower than it has been in many years. The scarcity of wool in this country lias sent the buyers abroad and the for eign price has been boosted higher than tho American price. With the foreign market strong there are indi cations the price next spring will be good regardless of tariff changes. "It is my belief from what I can learn that the next congress while It wMl reduce the tariff on wool will not tskp radical action." says Smythe. "I think we can stand some reduction, particularly so If the new tariff fixes the duty on a valuation basis so that woolmen will get tlK protection that Is carried on the face of the law. As the tariff Is now adjusted we get about half the protection that the schedule assumes to give. Tho tariff law does not consider shrinkage and foreign ers get around the law by skirting their wool nnd then shipping It In. If the new tariff will fix a duty on wool on a basis of say 68 per cent shrinkage It will then be a definite duty and wilt be fair to evcryhody." Considering the general conditions here and abroad Mr. Smythe Is of the opinion the buyers should be offer ing strong prices next spring and thinks the manufacturers In particu lar 'will be In the market In earnest Other Good Roads Work. The Wild Horse cut-off Is only one, though the most important branch of public highway improvement underta ken by the county court with the em ployment of Engineer Martin a year ago. The other Branches have been completed, namely the construction of ten new bridges In different parts of the county and the building of four miles of macadam road In the north end of the county, connecting with the macadam road leading into Wal la Walla. The ten bridges, all built of steel and concrete, cost the county approximately $10,000 The Portland Bridge and Iron company was award ed the contract, but Mr. Martin drew the plans and had the supervision of the work. The Milton macadam road Is the second installment of such country highway built by the county court with the assistance of the teams and labor furnished by farmers, the Athena-Weston road being the first. Practically all of the roads leading from Pendleton have been graded with a view to macadamizing them next spring. 7 ARE WOUNDED; IN CLASH WITH STRIKING MEN .Morn Rioting Is Feared ami State Militia Is Expecting Call to Scene 1 tall road Employes Are Out Strikebreakers Are the Cause of Serious Rioting. Shadyside, X. J., Dec. 12. A repe tition of rioting between strikers and strikebreakers on the Xew York, Sus quehanna and Western railroad Is feared. Armed deputies are patroll ing the river wharves, guarding the property of the railroad on account of threats to dynamite trains and round houses The state militia is provis ioning and expects a riot call. Seven were wounded In yesterday's battle. 20 YEAR TERM JUDGE KING SAYS THE DEMOCRATS WILL REIGN lrediet Party Will Re In Power In the Nation Tor Almost Next Onnrter tXjiitury Judge Returns from East for First Time Since the pnlgn. trti,..,.i nr tw to "Th ,im.i ocrats will be in power in the nation ! for the next 20 years from the pres ent outlook, and the next campaign Is likely to be a repetition of the last, j except that the three leading parties j may have new candidates," said Judge Will R King, democratic national committeeman for Oregon, who re turned to the city for the first time j since he was called to Chicago during the campaign to take charge of a spe cial bureau of literature for the na tional committee As to his boom for the secretary of j the Interior In the Wilson cabinet, : Judge King had only a little to say. "No one can tell who will be ap-' appointed." he said. "It is the kind j of position for which no one can with propriety make an application, and also one that few democrats would refuse I am frank to say that I belong to the majority and would not refuse It If offered I have not mentioned the matter in my talks with Governor Wilson, and I am mak- i lng no campaign for It The decision will not be made in a party primary, but is one for the new president to decide IN FIT OF ANGER, 14 YEAR OLDBOY KILLS HIS FATHER Los Angeles, Dec. 12. Martin Itlckert, fourteen, shot und killed his father. Daniel, at his home this morn ing Rlckert made no ante-mortem statement, but the police, investigat ing, say neighbors declare the boy shot becauso his father whipped his elder brother Valentine. Both boys and Mrs. Rlckert are held. . Rlckart later confessed killing his father following his disobeying his father's command to carry wood to the kitchen. Rivers-Hums Fight Scheduled. Oakland. Cal., Dec. 12. Joe Rivers and Frankle Burns signed for a ten round New Tear's fight at Baseball park. Rivers will get threo thousand dollars. RICH GOWNS ARE ! SMUGGLED HERE DRESSMAKERS ACCUSED First Indictment Is Secured Govern ment Is Said to Have Lost Million Dollars Revenue Through Opera tions Woman Is Arrested on Charges by Officials. Xew Work, Dec. 12. A smuggling conspiracy to which many of the lar gest dressmaking establishments In the United States are parties and through which the United States treasury has been defrauded of a mil lion dollars revenue was alleged by the federal authorities when the first indictment in the case was secured. A middle aged woman was indicted on the specific charge of facilitating the transportation of smuggled goods into this country" by way of Canada. , Customs officials described her as the wife of George Haldren, a lawyer with offices in New York. London and Paris but said she had not been living with her husband for some time. When arrested she was in pos session of twenty-one gowns valued at $15,000, the finest, the officials said, that had been seized at this port in years. SCHOOL DIRECTORS OF COUNTY TO MEET County Superintendent Welles has just issued an official call for the an nual meeting of the school directors and clerks of the county. The meet ing will be held at the courthouse In Pendleton, on Saturday, December 21st, beginning at 10 o'clock. In speaking of this meeting, Mr. Welles said: "The work of the school district of ficers is verv important. Every year they expend more than $200.00000 of the public funds; they employ over two hundred teachers, and have di rect control of the education of sev eral thousand children This is a great responsibility, and the school officers should take advantage of ev ery opportunity to keep themselves informed regarding their duties. This is the principal object of the school board convention. As the session lasts only one day, I feel that it Is the du ty of every district officer to attend. A splendid program Is being prepar ed, the principal speaker being State Sp'erlntendent L H. Alderman, of Sa lem." The O-W. H. & N. company has made a reduced rate for this meet ing. In order to take advantage of the rate, the delegates and visitors must take receipts from the ticket ! agents when buying their tickets to Cam- j i'endleton. These receipts will be I signed by the secretary of the meet I lng. and will entitle the holders to ...ii1iu thfir return tickets at one- j The tickets "mi or me uuu imc mav be nurchased on the 20th or 21st and" will be good for returning on the 22nd. NO WOMAN JUROR NOT EIJ GUILE FOR THIS DUTY. SAYS MR- CRAWFORD Attorney General or State Gives Opin ion Recent EnfrniH'hlsenient Does Xot invest Them With Such Ijegal Qualifications New legislation Necessary. Salem. Ore., Dec- Oregon cannot serve as jurors. The recent enfranchisement of women did not invest them with the legal qualifications required of jurors. This is the unexpected opinion of Attorney General A. M. Crawford, given to J. D. Venator, deputy district attorney at Lakevlew. Attorney Ven ator asked the attorney general whether or not women under the new law are qualified to serve up on juries, provided they have all the ..1 .... .4 V. I oilier quaiiucui:on as iviuucu uj I law, and Attorney General Crawford says that unuer me statute women would not be entitled to serve on juries In this state until further leg islation Is made. STRIKE IS PLANNED FOR PACKING HOUSES Chicago, Dec. 12. A general strike i of the packing and steel Industries is planned by Haywood, who declared today that most of the packing hous es are well organized and would de mand a betterment of conditions. "The local strike will make the Lawrence strike look like child's play," Hay wood declared. Charges Against Churolies. Sacramento, Dec. 12. Secretary Snow of the state health board, de clared today that a number of local churches secure revenue from houses of ill fame SERV1A IDE WD UPON IS FIRST MM iH ROOSEVELT SATISFIED WITH WORK OF THE PROGRESSIVE MEET Chicago, Dec. 12. Colonel Roosevelt started for New York at ten thirty this morn ing, satisfied with the work of the progressive conference Dixon started for Washington at noon to make arrangements for a national publicity bureau. HOME OF R. E. BAIRD DESTROYED BY FIRE Fire which broke out at 10 o'clock last night destroyed the house at 223 Lincoln street, occupied by R. E Baird and family and which was owned by Miss Myrtle Buzan, daughter j of George Buzan. The fire Is attrlb- I uted to a defective flue. It was dls- ! covered by Roy Baird. the only mem ber of the family at home at the time. The north side fire company was called out and fought the blaze single handed for an hour and a half. The house was practically destroyed and will mean a considerable loss to the owner. Insurance to the amount of $900 was carried on the house, the policy being carried by Coutts & Hays. All the furniture and house hold goods were ruined by fire or wa ter but the damage will be covered in part by $500 insurance carried with Joe Ell. Those who responded to the alarm last night and assisted the north side 'volunteer company fight the blaze point to the blaze as a good illustra tion of the need of new fire equip ment. A comparatively few people heard the local bell and those who turned out found their efforts hamp ered by the fact the wrench on the hose cart would n.)t fit the fire plug near by. It was too large and the amateur firemen had to insert door Keys ana other articles in the wrench to make it hold and allow them to turn on the water. It is held that a chemical engine arriving on the scene! at an early stage of the fire could have extinguished the flames In short order. ' R. E. Baird, whose home was de stroyed. Is a local plumber and much .sympathy is expressed for him as he jalso suffered the misfortune of los i lng his wife and a child by illness 'about this time last year. i HORSESHOE TRUST WILL ! RE MADE SUBJECT OF A WICRERSHAM PROBE Detroit. Dec. 12. Seeking to enjoin ioe iiKtsier norsesnoers national pro ' tectivo association. dubbed the 12, Women of j "horseshoe trust", from continuing a comnmation In restraint of trade, At torney General Wickersham filed a petition today In the federal court. Wickcrsham declares the defend ants conspired to confine the sale of products in the United States and Canada to the horseshoers and pre vent sales to horse owners. AHCIIIIAI.R CASE WILL CONTINUE INTO JAN VARY Washington. Dec. 12. The Arch bald prosecution will probably rest its case the last part of the week. The defense will present fifty witnesses. It is improbable the case will end before Junuarv eleventh GOV. WEST COMMUTES SENTENCE OF TAYLOR TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT Salem, Ore.. Dec 12. The sentence of John W. Taylor, who with four others was to be hanged tomorrow, was commuted today by Governor West to life Imprisonment. Th governor did not make a statement as to his reasons for saving Tay lor's life. It is belleived that Noble Fauiders will also receive a commutation of sentence at tho hands of the gover nor from the fact that he Is said to be Insane The fact that the first GALLS in Declaration of Hostilities is Expected at Almost Any' Time and Diplo mats Are Alarmed. GREEKS ENGAGE TURKS Reported That Greeks Routed Otto. mans Other Reports Are That Turks Defeated Greeks Ron mil nan Will Not He Permitted to Attend IVace Conference. Vienna, Dec. 12. Under impera tive orders from the Belgrade gov ernment, the Servian minister to Au stria, M. Simics, was recalled today. Neither Simics nor the Servian for eign minister, will explain the rea son. It is believed the move denotes the elimination of diplomatic rela tions. A declaration of war is ex pected. Athens, Dec. 12. Fighting Is re sumed between the Greeks and Turks in the district of Janina. A batallion of Greeks occupied the village of Drisco, near Janina. Hundreds of Turks were killed and wounded and the survivors were routej. ' Paris, Dec. 12. Semi-official ad vices declare that France and Eng land have declined to accept the de mand that Roumania be permitted to participate in the ambassadorial con-' ference. It is feared the admission of Roumania would enlarge the scope of the conference and cause compli cations London, Dec. 12. Diplomats pre dict a formal embassadorial confer ence of the powers In Paris In January as the result of the conference here. A majority of military observers de clare war will be averted. ! ODD FELLOWS HOLD ANNUAL ROLL CALL With approximately three hundred members and wives In attendance, T ; .. T . 1 - X" Qi) T r f V " ? i7;C" ! in the Odd Fellows hall last evening. A splendid program was listened to. after which a sumptuous supper was served and dancing enjoyed. The occasion was one of the most enjoy able and most successful of the many for which the Odd Fellows of the city are responsible The following is tho program as rendered: 1 Opening Ode Quartette, orches tra and audience 2. Address of Welcome ...Brother J E. Ireland. P. G. 3. Orchestral Selection. . .Von Blou March, Banner of Victory Haines Orchestra 4. Annual Roll Call. 5. Quartette Selected M. L. Akers. F. K. Welles, A. J. Owens.. H. Mayberry. 6. Vocal Solo... Bendeneer Strem t Mis Edna Zimmerman. Orchestra Selection Mexican Dance, Dark Eyes (Moret) . . Haines Orchestra Recitation Billy Sunday's Ser- mon . ...Bro. R. B. Brundage Chorus. Twilight (F. AM) ... ...High School Glee Club Orchestral Selection Intermez zo. Lovey Mary (Kohlman) Haines Orchestra Closing Ode Audience 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. hanging will take place at o'clock tomorrow, Indicates Faulder will be reprieved 11;30 that Taylor's commutation was expected for several days It is stated that Governor West told newspupermen a week ago that Taylor would not hang. Faulder will probably he confined In the Insane ward. The commutation Is believed to be the result of prac tically all the convicts and guards In the peuitentlary asking West to par don Taylor when the governor vis ited the penitentiary.