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VOL. 23.
PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 11)11.
NO. 7100
TK HOLD
I RECEPTION
President and Wife Stand in
Line For Several Hours
Shaking Hands.
BRILLIANT SPECTACLE
AT NATIONAL CAPITAL
Vice President ami Wife Head List of
Notables Forming Gorgeous Mili
tary Display Patriotic Societies Ac
corded tyroial 'Honor Official
Vlflltora Followed by Long Column
of "Common People" Desiring to
Grasp Pronldent'i Hand.
Washington, Jan. 2. President
Taft smiled his New Tear'a greeting
to the world today.
It was the second time that Presi
dent and Mra. Taft officiated as host
and hostess at that time-honored
function, the white house New Tear'a
reception. In defiance of the weather
crowds gathered outside the white
house hours before the buglers of
the marina band trumpeted the en
trance of the chief magistrate and the
first lady of the land to commence
the reception of the glided diplomats
the Judiciary, and the government of
ficials, all of whom were received be
fore the latch was lifted to the com
mon people.
There was a character for every
role In a world drama among the
crowd that twisted in a persistent and
stamping line from the white house
doors down Pennsylvania avenue.
Possessors of shiny elbow Jostled
bloods in furllned overcoats with fa
miliar contemptuousness, matrons of
determined physiognomy kept a
hawklike watch for advantageous
places In the line. There were lean,
there were fat, there were tall, and
there were small In the thousands
that came to shake the hand of Pres
ident Taft and to wish him a happy
new year.
Vk lresldent Is first
With the first deep boom of the
great hall clock at eleven, four bug
lers stopped out from the band and
sounded the presidential call. The
president and Mrs. Taft nppcared at
the top of the broad winding stair and
came down to receive the vice presi
dent and Mrs. Sherman, and the mem
bers of the cabinet and their wives.
The psrty then moved to the south
ern end of the blue room, where the
president and vice president and the
cabinet members formed a receiving
line and the Indies took up their
places to the right of them. Then
commenced the reception of the dip
lomatic corps.
This is one of the mod gorgeous
spectacles that the national capital
witnesses In the entire year. Be
decked and berlbboned with the or
ders of their monarchs, in all the
splendor of their court costumes, the
representatives of the foreign nations
filed past the president. It was a
brilliant panoply of colors of red and
gold and blue, scintillating here and
there with the shining helmets of the
Germans and the silks of the Orien
tal ambassadors and ministers. The
ambassalors were led by Baron Hon
gelmuller von Hongervar, the Austro
Hungarlnn ambassador, who since the
Inst New Tear's reception has suc
ceeded to the rank of dean of the dip
lomatic corps. Following him came
the ambassadors arranged according
to their seniority those most recent
ly accredited to the United States
coming last In line. The last ambaa
ndor In line was Marchese Cusanl
Confalonlerl, the newly appointed
Italian ambassador. Following him
were the ctfarges d'affaires of the
Brazilian and Chilean embassies, the
representatives of these countries hav
ing died In the past year, and no suc
cessors hnvlng as yet been aent by
their governments.
After the ambassadors came the
ministers, headed by Senor Don Joa
quin Bernardo Calvo, the Costa Rican
minister, who has been for years dean
of the ministerial contingent. The last
in this line was H. H, Bryn, minister
from Norway, who was presented to
the president only a few weeks ago.
Each ambassador and minister- was
accompanied by his wife and the
members of hla suite.
Before the last diplomat had pass
ed from sight the new chief Justice
of the United States, Edward Doug-
lass White, led the associate Justices
of the supreme court Into the receiv
ing room. They were followed by
other members of the Judiciary, among
them the Judges of the new courts of
commerce and customs appeals. Then
the president shook hands with the
senators and representatives who re
mained in Washington during the
holidays. There are only a few of
them.
The congressional delegation mark
ed the end of the first part of the re
ception. The buglers again stepped
from their places with the band and
sounded another spirited fanfare, as
(Continued on page two.)
OPEN IN PENDLETON
Today is the first day of real legi
timate wetness Pendleton has enjoyed
for two and a half years. This morn
ing at 5 o'clock 12 saloons on Main
and Court Btreet opened up for busi
ness and the bartenders have been
kept busy ever since passing out de
coctions of fermented spirits. Because
of the fact that this is a holiday and
because there are many men off duty,
the patronage of the saloons has been
a large one which the proprietors of
the establishments believe Is propi
tious. The new ordinance went Into effect
yesterday but did not become effective
until today which paradox Is explain
ed by the fact that the first fell on
Sunday, on which day it is against the
law to sell liquor. Despite the pro
vision which forbids any one from
entering a saloon on Sunday, most of
the establishments presented busy
scenes yesterday, a special dispensa
tion from the authorities allowing car
penters to continue their work In or
der that all might be In readiness for
the formal opening this morning.
CHICAGO ELEVEN WINS I
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Portland, Ore., Jan. 2. By a score
of 6 to 3 the champion Oak Park foot
ball team of Chicago Saturday won
the northwest championship by de
feating the Washington high school
of Portland. This game was replete
with fumbles on account of the mud
dy condition of the field. In the first
quarter Oak Park electrified the grand
stand and puzzled the local players
by intricate forward passes.
ARIZONA BORDER
MAY SEE TROUBLE
MEXICAN REBELS ARM
HERE AND CROSS OVER
Three. Troops of United States Sol
diet Being Hushed to Scene Con
flict Expected Hourly General
Conditions Seem Favorable to Gov
ernmentMay bo Blind.
Huarhuca, Mexico, Jan. 2. Con
ditions are improving In western Chi
huahua and Mexican insurgents are
fleeing to the Sonora hills according
to today's reports. Whether they are
retreating or moblizlng to reenter
Chihuahua is unknown. The fact
that Sonora Is practically unprotected
has given rise to the opinion that the
rebels plnn to attack Sonora.
There are frequent reports thnt the
rebels are crossing Into Mexico from
Arlzonn. Three troops United States
cavalry are enroute to the border of
Arizona to prevent the trouble which
l expected hourly on this side of the
International border by the insurgents
who are now entering Mexico through
the Hunchuca mountains.
AVIATION MEETS CUT
SHORT FOR FUNERAL
Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 2. Bird
men gathered at Domlnguez Field
seemed relieved today as this Is the
last day they will be compelled to
fly where Hoxsey plunged to his
death. The meeting was adjourned
one day early to permit Hoxsey's
hosts of friends and aviators to at
tend his funeral at Pasadena.
Thousands View Body.
New Orleans, Jan. 2. Thousands
visited the receiving vault at Metalre
cemetery today where the body of
Molssant, the aviator, was Jnld to rest
temporarily yesterday. The body will
be removed soon and taken to Chica
go to be burled. He was born In Chi
cago. The ceremony yesterday was
simple. Molssant's comrades were
honorary pallbearers.
Misses Louise and Ruth Wise will
arrive in Pendleton today to take up
"Vielr duties in the high school. The
former has been the commercial In
structor since the opening, but her
sister has Just been elected to the chair
of history, which was made vacant by
the resignation of Mrs. Mary Porter,
YEAR 1910 WAS
With a clanging of bells, a blowing
of whistles and the shooting of guns
and explosives, Pendleton welcomed
the arrival of the new year, ,1911.
There were many houses through
out the city Saturday night which
held merry throngs, gathered to watch
the old year expire and to see the
coming of Its successor, and, while
the last hours of 1910 wore being
ticked away these "watchers in the
night" sang and danced and "all went
merry aa a marriage bell." And at
last when the last second of the last
minute of the last hour of the last
day of the last week of the last month
of the year had passed, there was a
IS
AFTER JAPS
Legislature Asked to Pass
Laws Keeping Little Brown
Man Out of Business. '
PRESIDENTIAL INTERFERENCE J
IS NOT TO BE TOLERATED ,
Measure Similar to Those Killed
Through Agency of RooHcvelt Will
lie l'p for Consideration Before
Sustdoii Convened Today at Sacra
mentoSegregation of School Chil
dren One of Salient Features Ju
anctic Are Much Alarmed.
Sacramento, Calif., Jan. 2. Regard
less of alarm that may be felt at
Washington over trouble with Japan,
the 30th session of the California leg
islature which will convene at noon
toddy, will be asked to enact laws
prohibiting Japanese from owning or
controlling property in this state un
der long term leases. The last legis
lature attempted to pass anti-alien
ownership laws, but interference from
President Roosevelt discouraged the
legislature.
This time thfe lawmakers say there
will be no stop to the contemplated
legislation, They threaten to make It
impossible for the Japanese to hold
business and farm property in Cali
fornia. Members of the California legisla
ture contend that the people of the
state are demanding anti-Japanese
legislation not alone In the ownership
of land but segregation of the white
and Japanese, children in the public
schools.
Both of these discriminating meas
ures have aroused the Japanese in
this country and at home to ardent
protest. They are not anxious to
talk about the possibility of Interna
tional complications, yet Insist that
their government will see to it that
they are not deprived of what they
declare are Jhelr legal rights.
Since the anti-Japanese agitation nt
the last session of the legislature, It
has been learned by the state author
ities that Japan regards with' anxiety
the effect of such laws as are con
templated. An Important official of
the Japanese government made the
statement two years ago that such
action might arouse the common peo
ple in Japnn in a way that would
prove embarrassing to, both nations.
Aside from the. Japanese legisla
tion the session Is expected to devel
op many Interesting situations. The
legislature Is in control of the pro
gressives who are pledged to break
up the so-called machine.
A program of progressive measures
has been planned. Bills to be pre
sented Include a public utilities com
mission, the short ballot, a non- par
tisan Judiciary and constitutional am
endments for equal suffrage and per
mitting commission governments in
cities.
BLIZZARD SWEEPS
THE MIDDLE WEST
Denver, Colo., Jan. 2. A blizzard,
beginning New Years, still holds the
middle west today. Snow, wind and
bitter cold obtains from Denver to St.
Louis and Is also sweeping Wyoming,
Montana, Nebraska and the Dakotas.
j Wires are down and traffic is delay
cd. 1 The temperature has dropped In
Kansas five degrees and throughout
i the central west from 20 to 30 -de-
grees. Many Nebraskan points show
ten below this morning.
A number of trains are reported
stalled In the snow near Sluox City,
, Iowa. Wyoming Is experiencing heavy
snow and gale. A high wind Is reg
Ing in Kansas. The temperature Is
28 below nt Denver, ten below in
Cheyenne and 15 below In Omaha.
MOST EVENTFUL
0
tumultuous outpouring Into the
streets where a wild pandemonium
announced to tho world about Pen
dleton that "the old year Is gone, the
new year is come." And throughout
It all, there was no discord, no un
restrained liberties, no bacchanalian
revelry, but Just an cxhuberant dem
onstration of spirits that rejoice.
Yesterday, being Sunday, was rath
er quiet, the only observance of the
time being the customary cheery
greetings of "Happy New Year," a few
open houses for society folk and num
berless good resolutions made only to
be broken on the morrow.
A Retrospect.
A retrospective glance into the year
PAN-AMERICA '
CONFERENCE
Practical and Comprehensive
Trade Gathering Planned
For Next Month.
AWAKENING OF COMMERCIAL
ORGANIZATIONS IS OBJECT
Twenty Latin American Nations Will
be Represented by Consular Offi
cersPoints of Particular Interest
to Manufacturers, ExiKMlers and
Importers to be Discussed by Men
Familiar With Actual Conditions in
Each Country.
A Pan-American commercial con
ference, more practical and compre
hensive than any trade gathering
ever assembled In the national capi
tal, wUl be held during the week of
February 13-19 1811, under the
auspices of the Pan-American Union,
formerly known as the Bureau of
American Republics, In the auditori
um of the new building of the Union,
Washington, D. C. Its purpose and
plan, as announced by Director Gen
eral John Barrett, will be that of
awakening the commercial organiza
tions, representative business men
and general public of both North
and South America to an appreciation
of the possibilities of Pan-American
commerce and the necessity of pre
paring for the opening of the Panama
canal.
Through the co-operation of the
Department of State, diplomatic and
consular officers of the United States
accredited to Latin America, either
home on leave or detailed for this
purpose, Still deliver addresses de
scribing trade commons and oppor
tunities based upon theft official in
ventigbtions lend observations. The
diplomatic and consular officers of
the twenty latin American nations ac
credited to the United States , on
the other hand, be invited to discuss
the subject from the standpoint of
their countries, particularly with re
ference to the exchange of commerce
and the extension of the market for
their products in the United States.
The practical side of the meeting Is
further shown in the fact that the
best export and import trade experts,
both official and private, aside from
diplomatic and consular officers, will
give talks on those particular sub
jects which manufacturers, exporters
and importers not yet familiar with
the field wish to hear discussed.
It will have a novel feature in that
It will consider the ' exchange of
trade imports as well as exports
and the opportunities not only of the
United States to extend the sale of its
products in Latin America but of
Latin America to sell its products to
the United States, for only upon the
basis of reciprocal exchange of trade
can a permanent large commerce and
(Continued on page eight.)
VENDS INHABITED
SAY
Vallejo, Cnl., Jan. 2. The begin
ning of 1911 marks the acceptance of
I the theory that Venus Is inhabited,
: according to Professor T. J. See in
j chnrge of the United States observa
tory at Mare Island. The professor
has received letters from scientists all
over the world saying they agreed
with his theory.
His Idea is that Venus is surround
' ed by an atmosphere as dense ss the
earth's. He says their day Is only 23
hours long as the planet revolves fast
er than the earth.
Mrs. M. S. Kern left this morning
for Hermiston where she will Join
Dr. Kern and then go on to Portland
and Albany. At Albany Dr. Kern will
attend the annual meting of the O.
N. G. officers.
ONE FOB CITY
just departed can be taken by the av
erage citizen of Pendleton with a feel
ing of good satisfaction. It will show
thnt the county seat of Umatilla
county has shared In the blessings
which have been showered upon the
country and has kept apace with the
general forward movement which has
characterized the northwest particu
larly; it will Indicate that, while her
i growth has not been as phenomenal
as has been that of some cities in
Oregon, it has been greater than that
enjoyed by many, and it will reveal
thnt her business Is prospering and
thnt her industries are flourishing;
and, most of all. It will Increase the
pride of her citizens, strengthen them
FAMOUS DETECTIVE
BILL CASE ENDS
In an opinion handed down Satur
day by Associate Justice MeBrlde of
the state supreme court, the famous
detective bill case which was appealed
from this county was affirmed. This
case was one which was Instituted
against County Clerk Frank Saling,
County Treasurer G- W. Bradley and
the Thlel detective agency and In
volved the right of the county to pay
for the services of a detective In se
curing evidence against violators of
the local option law. Charles Cun
ningham and A. F. Michael were
named as the appellants but they
were merely acting for a large num
ber of men who were interested in
preventing the employing of such a
man.
The plaintiffs alleged as grounds for
their suit that the county had no
hlght according to law to incur this
300 expense as the maximum of vol
untary Indebtedness had already been
reached. The county, however, con
tended that the bill was an involun
tary indebtedness In which conten
tion Judge Bean upheld them. It Is
this decision which the supreme court
has just affirmed.
In the meantime, however, the bill
had been paid, and If the decision had
been reversed, District Attorney
Phelps or some other person would
have had to reimburse the county.
It Is a peculiar coincidence of the
case, that after being in the courts
for nearly two years, the final decision
giving the county the right to employ
detectives to enforce the local option
law, was handed down on the very
last day In which the local option law
was In effect. And, thus, perhaps,
the plaintiffs gained a victory after
all, for they effectively tied the hands
of the officers when they most need
ed their full freedom.
YEAR'S WETNESS
IS BELOW NORMAL
DEFICIENCY FOR 1010
PRECIPITATION SLIGHT
Present Wet Season Has Big Surplus
to Credit More Than Two Feet of
Snow During Year Clear Days In
Excess of Other Three Below Was
Coldest Night.
Pendleton finishes the year 1910
with a deficiency in precipitation of
but .02 of an inch, according to the
records of the local weather observer.
This Is the best record for three years.
The total precipitation for the year
ending December 31 was 14.06 Inch
es, while the normal annual precipi
tation is 14.08 Inches.
The deficiency was due to the long
drought during the summer, for the
excess precipitation for the four
months of the present wet season s
more than an Inch and a half. This,
too, despite the fact that September,
the first month of the wet season,
had a deficiency of .10 of an inch.
The records also show that the
snowfall for the year amounted to 28
Inches. All but three Inches of this
came during January and February,
since there has only been three Inches
of snow so far this winter.
During the year there were 166
clear days, 134 partly clear and 75
cloudy oays.
The coldest day of the year was
January 5, when a temperature of
three below zero was recorded. Zero
weather was reported on two days,
those being January 6 and February
2. s
The three degrees below zero was
the coldest day of last winter and last
night, with a temperature of but 11
degrees above, was the coldest of the
present winter thus far. The weather
remained two degrees blow freezing all
day yesterday.
Miss Pauline Rice, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. G. M. Rice of this city, will
return this evening from Walla Walla
where she has been a guest at the
home of ex-Senator Levi Ankeny for
the past few days.
OE PENDLETON
in their faith and imbue them with
the zeal to secure the realization for
their hopes.
Tho Round-op.
Without question, one of the prin
cipal aqulsltlons which the year 1910
has contributed to the institutions
which make for a greater Pendleton Is
the Round-up, the frontier show which
was Inaugurated so successfully last
fall under Ihe leadership of J. R. Ra
ley and the younger element of Pen
dloton's live citizenship. The suc
cess which crowned the efforts of
these men was nothing less than mar
velous and has resulted in much ben-
(Contlnued on page eight.)
MANY SENATE
New Year Will See New Faces
In Upper House of Con
gress. TWENTY-THREE MEMBERS
MAY GIVE CP SEATS
Interesting Campaigns Being Waged
in Many States of lite Union Two
Will Clioso Full Representation
Democrats Make Large Gains
Friends of Lodge Uneasy Rhode
Island Han Fight Bigger Than
State Itself.
SENATE SEATS IN 4
THE NEXT CONGRESS
Senators already elected I
Senators who will be re-elect-
ed without opposition .... 9
New men for the senate who
will be elected without op-
position 4
Primary and legislative con- -
tesU . . 17
Senators whose terms do not
expire until 1913 30
Senators whose terms do not
expire until 1915 30
Total 92
Washington. Jan. 2. Nineteen hun--dred
and eleven probably will remort
from the United States senate 23 of
its members one-fourth of its total
membership. The new year will bring
the election of new senators In more
than two-thirds of the state, t will
Vitness a sweeping change in that pic
turesque and long-powerful adjunct
of the upper house the "Old Guard."
The democratic trend of the No
vember elections will naturally have
a material bearing on the senatorial
contests, but will not be so marked
as in the house, where the demo
cratic forces change from a minority
to a majority.
Two of the states North Dakota
and Virginia will choose two sena
tors each.
In North Dakota, the regular term
of Senator McCumber (republican)
and the appointive term of Senator
Purcell (democrat) will expire on
March 3. Purcell was appointed by a
democratic governor last January to
fill a vacancy caused by the resigna
tion of Senator Fountain L. Thomp
son. The legislature elected in No
vember has a large republican major
ity, and one of its first duties, and its
greatest pleasure, will be to replace
Purcell with a republican. Repre
sentative Asle J. Gronna, a militant
insurgent. Is assured of the position.
McCumber will be reelected without
opposition.
The next Virginia legislature will
elect two senators, one for the term
beginning March 4, 1911, and the
other for the term beginning March
4, 1913. If Senators Martin and
Swanson, or either of them, have op
position in their desire for reelection
the matter will be fought out in a
democratic primary held in the first
week of next September.
Senator Lodge In Doubt.
Friends of Senator Lodge find cold
comfort in the news from Massachus
etts and they gravely fear that he
may follow Aldrich, Hale, Scott and
Burrows, veteran leaders of the sen
ate into retirement. The most op
timistic of the senator's followers)
speak of the situation as "close" or
"doubtful."
As the main object of Lodge's en
emies is to bring about his defeat
there is no indication who will be
chosen as his successor In case he la
beaten.
Rhode Island In its attempt to elect
a successor to Senator Aldrich, has
started a fight so big fiat it bulges)
the narrow boundaries of the state.
H. F. Llppltt. a big cotton manufac
turer, is the choice of Aldrich and
the regular republican organization.
They gave a big dinner recently to
boom Llppltt and Aldrich traveled all
the way from Washington to Provi
dence to attend.
Hale's seat, as a senator from
Maine, Is the object of a great fight
among the democrats, who captured
the legislature. The candidates In
clude Chas. A. Johnson, an able law
yer of Watervllle, Obudiah Gardner,
of Rockland, who has been master of
the state grange nn organization of
farmers and wields powerful Influ
ence In Maine, and who was nearly
elected governor, and William Pon
nell, who was elected sheriff several
times, as the candidate of tho "wets"
In the rock-ribbed republican county
In which Portland Is situated.
Senator Bulkeley, republican, of
Connecticut, who is serving his first
term in the senate, has a lively rival
In his contest for reelection. Former
Governor George P. McLean has nn-
I
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