EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITION WEATHER REPORT. Rain or snow tonight and Tuesday. Largest paid drcu" Iation of an 7 paper in Oregon, eaet of Port- COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL 24. PENDLETON, OKEGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1912 NO. 7310 COUON FOLK MEET I. TAFT Exchange New Year Greet ings With President and Wife at White House. DECEPTION IS INFORMAL 4ilv Club of iTesldent'8 Alma Mater, Marino Band, Brilliantly Garbed Foreign Wplomatle Con Make Oc casion One of Gala. Washington, January 1. Mr. Com mon People shook hands with Mr. .and Mrs. President right in the White House today! This is the . "big reception day when all comers, no matter bow they may be drewed or what their station In life, may enter the White House and be received by the chief execu tive If they will stand in line long -enough. The Yale Glee club provided a spe cial feature of the reception this year. They came with song and Jest from the president's alma mater and they were given special consideration. A Teceptlon was arranged In their hon or and the boys. In return, sang sev eral specially composed glees, in which President Taft figured as the subject of the songs. It was the third time that Presi dent Taft and Mrs. Tuft were hosts .at the New Tear's reception and this year Mrs. Taft's health was better than on either of the former occa sions. ' v , - ... It wn (t arrest s:nla occasion wltn the marine band In full regalia pro viding music and the crowds, form ing for hours before- the doors were flung open at 11 o'clock. The bug lers of the Marine Band announced the approach of the president at 11 o'clock and the big social event start ed with the usual military precision. The presidential party came down the winding stairs and greeted Vice President Sherman, who was the first to extend the wishes for the coming year the year of the national elec tion, marking the most important ..hum nt the nresldent's ambition. Then the members of the cabinet andJ their wives were greeted, a he party walked to the Blue Room and formed a receiving line to meet the diplo matic corps. B'irst of all the diplomats came the clean of the corps. Baron Hengel mullcr von Hongervar, the erect, dis tinguished looking ambassador from Austria-Hungary. In his full regalia, the Baron presented a fine appear ance at the head of the line. Behind him camo the personal representa tives of the monarchs and rulers of the world. All wore their most gorgeous uni forms and It wns the gala occasion of the year for them. It is practically the only time that the corps In full appears In Its finest array In the day light. The diplomatic reception and various other diplomatic events of the year occur In the evening. After the diplomats came the Judiciary headed by the Chief Justice, Edward Doug las White. In this line the late As sociate Justice Harlan was missing for the first time in 33 years. After the Judiciary came the congressmen and their families, then the army and navy officers; government officials and commissioners; numerous" patri otic societies; then the glee club and last but most numerous, the common people, , JOETBERGER GOES TO VICTORIA CLUB Baseball fans will be happy to hear of the good fortune which Is attend lng Joe Berger, who made such a phenomenal record for the local team last season and who continued bis long list of victories at Centralla. He will play with the Victoria team of the Northwest league nevxt season, ac cording to the following story In the Sunday Oregon Journal: Joe Berger, who formerly pitched for the San Francisco Coast league club, later for the Portland North western team, and lasj season for the Centralla team of .the Washington State league, will pitch for the Vic toria team next season, according to President Wattelet of the British Co lumbia clnub. Berger had a fine season with the Wasblngton town and was the strike out king of the league. Near the end of last season Wattelet offered the Centralla magnate $400 for Berger, but was turned down. Other twlrlers on the Bees' staff are McCreery, Lake, Surphlls, Narveson, Wilson, Kaufman, Smith, Olsen, Kan tlehner, Griffin and Concannon. After New Tear's we may expect to bear from' 30 or 40 more candidates for senators and representatives in 4 WIFKBF.ATER KILLS INTERFERING OFFICER Lakevlew, Ore , Jan. 1. In a blind rage, when stopped from beating his wife Bert Taylor, last night shot and killed Police- man Brown, who interfered, and then blew out his own 4 brains. Taylor recently resld- 4 4 ed at Baker City. 4 - SEN. LA FOLLETTE INVADES MICHIGAN Speechmaking Effects Pro gressive Solon's Throat. Campaign Committee Claims Largo Gains for Their Leader In Western States. Detroit, Mich., Jan. 1. Senator La- Follette, with a sore throat, started fiom here today for a three days' tour of Michigan. He sooke at Flint this morning. This afternoon he speaks at Saginaw and tonight at Bay City. Gains In West. Washington, D. C, Jan. 1 Advices received p the Progressive Republican campaign committee headquarters within a day or two show a remark able increase In La Follette strength In Washington, Oregon and Wyoming. Washington and Wyoming have been claimed by the administration followers, with Oregon placed In the doubtful column. It became known today that one of the administration supporters in the far west a man whose business it is to travel about the country In the In terest of a stand-pat tariff campaign, arrived in Washington a few days ago for the purpose of reporting on the conditions he had found in sev eral states. This man's report la to the effect that the three states named will certainly cast their votes in the national convention against President Taft and will vote for Senator La Follette. While Wyoming has been classed as a rock ribbed administration state certain to cometo the support of theJ president, the fact is tnat in mat state there Is a revolt of more seri ous proportions than in any other state In the union. Prominent re publicans are openly declaring them selves lt favor of La Follette as against Taft. Their reasons for so doing is to be foundjn the fact that Senator La Follette, more than any other man now mentioned for the republican presidential nomination, has demon strated that he understands the needs of the western country. Wyoming, like other western states, awaits leg islation at the hands of congres. which will permit the long delayed development of these states. The vot ers are convinced that there hm been a dlspos'tion In Washington to Ignore the demands from their section of the country. Senator La Follete's views on conservation are thoroughly understood In Wyoming, Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Mon tana arid Idaho, and they are in sym pnthy with the views entertained by the voters In those Btates. It Is now regarded as certain that the speaking tour of Senator La Fol lette will cement the favorable Im pression he has already created In these western states. These states had ampl opportunity to study Pres ident Taft during his tour of the country. Finding him lacking In the qualities which they demand in a candidate for the presidency- they turned to Senator La Follette and nothing has occurred n the political world to change that Judgment. SHORTCHANGING GIRL OFFERED STAGE JOB Spokane, Wash., Jan. 1. Marjorle Hnrkness, aged 20 years, who featur ed In the penny arcade short-change investigation by the city commis sioners, has found that it pays to get In the limelight. Yesterday Miss Harkness stated she had been offer ed two positions by mall, due to the fact that her case was brought to public attention through the Inquiry, adding; ... "The Lyric theater at Coeur d'Alene Idaho, has offered me $18 a week to go on the stage there in a singing act, and the Majestic theater at Oaksdale, -Wash., has offered me $25 a week to appear in character work. I shall p-obably accept one or the other. This la some improvement over the $6 a week I received from the Arcade theater here." Miss Harkness was accused of fall ing to give the proper amount of change for cash when patrons would buy tickets. She put up a novel de fense and proved It that frequently patrons bought tickets and walked away from the window leaving their change upon the counter. In the rush of business It was frequently Im possible to rectify the mistakes. Miss Harkness acknowledged that her re ceipts fro mthts particular source of revenue frequently averaged $1 a day, GRAND JURY 3 Will Sift Good From Bad Cases on Docket of Dis trict Court MUCH WORK IS WAITING More Than a Dozen Men in tlie Law's Toils Awaiting the Action of the todj- Several Are Bad Check Ar tists. On next Wednesday the grand Jury will be assembled at the court house to sift the good cases from the poor ones on the criminal docket for the January tertn of court. Judging from the number of casea which have ac cumulated since the last term of court, the seven men will have plenty of work to do before they are dis charged from service. A glance at Deputy District Attor ney Newberry's books shows . that there are more than a dozen men in the toils of the law awaiting the ac tion of the grand Jury. Walter Gilman Is charged with the larceny of a gray mare from Gilbert Minthorn, the well known Indian. J. D. Manly Is awaiting indictment on the charge of pa-sing bad checks on L. Moses, A. Schnelter, Herman Peters of th's city and M. D. Orange of Pi lot Rock. William Spankler'Hs another bad check artist In Umbo, being charged with placing a bad check with a (Continued on page eight) FREE GRUB FOR YEAR FOR THREE BRIDES Spokane, Wash., Jan. 1. Free flour and cereals for the first 12 months of married life will be presented to the f Ir9t three girl students of the domestic science department of the Cheney State Normal school at Che ney, Wash., who become brides. This U the promise made to the 20 mem bers of the clas by Samuel Glasgow, president of the Centennial Mill com pany of Spokane. Mr. Glasgow entertained the co-eds here last week. ' He took them to visit the Spokane bakers, the Wash ington Cracker company's plant and a cold storage house and then offer ed to keep the domestic science de partment of the school supplied with white flour, Grahab flour,' whole wheat flour and cereals as long as he is at the head of the company. As a parting souvenir each of the girls was presentd with a bon bon dish and a silver spoon. . . Mr. Glasgow some time ago made a similar pact with the girls of the Washington state college at Pullman, and already has been called upon to send flour to college girl brides. m AN SALOON KEEPERS AND W. C. T. 11. WORKERS COMBINE TO AID DRUNKARDS Pittsburgh, Pa.. Dec. 30. Christ mas Day, 1910, a woman, poorly clad and with face swollen with weeping, came to the home of Mrs. Stella Masters, In the fashionable East End district of Pittsburgs. "I saw your name ' In the paper and how you were working to help people made poor by drink," she said between sobs. "I didn't go to my pastor because he couldn't do any thing, I'm afraid, my husband wouldn't listen to him. My husband makes six dollars a day In the mills but he spends it all for drink and to day Christmas Day, Just think of it he drove our six children out on the street and beat me. He was drunk. Is there nobody who will do something for drunkard's wives? Can you help me " She grew hysterical and could not finish her pathetic story. ' Mrs. Masters, W. C. T. U. and church worker, club woman and suf fragist, today said she was taken aback by the woman's appeal and she realised that the 14 years of her work along charitable lines, had somehow failed to hit the mark. Right thet and there she made the resolve "I'll do something for drunkards' wives and children." A short time later the Protective League for the Families of Drunk ards, the most unique organization of Its kind In the country, was formed. Mrs. Masters laughed when she was asked whether the league of whicn she is president, had secured any "swearing off" pledges. "We don't do things that way," she said. "Most pledges are Jokes. They are made only to be broken. "First we appeal to the saloon keeper and then to the erring one himself. If neither of these two ap 44 44444444 444444 4 4 4 AVIATOR ATWOOD 4 FALLS 300 FEET 4 4 4 4 Lynn, .Mass., Jan. 1. Fall- 4 4 Ing three hundred feet Into the 4 4 ocean near the Point of Pines, 4 4 near here today, Harry Atwood, 4 4 well known aviator, had his 4 4 most narrow escape from death. 4 4 He was rescued more dead than 4 4 alive by a boat. 4 4 LABORITES' TRIAL ; IN DISTANT FUTURE I, ( ' - Will Not Be Reached on Cal endar Probably Before Next July. Union Iicaders Promise Accused Men Aid and Clrorge Government With Conspiracy. Los Angeles, Jan. 1. Owing to the changed condition of the calendar In the United States district court It ap pears unltkely that the conspiracy charges against Tvletmoe, Johannsen, Clancy and Munsey will be set for trial until next July. They are all at lib erty, under $ 5,000 bonds. They will be arraigned tomorrow before Judge Wellborn, In the federal district court. If the regular proceedure Is adhered to, It will be six months before the cases come up. Labor Will Aid. San Francisco, Jan. 1. Labor un ion officials here say the unions will provide ample defense funds for Trle venos, Clancy and Johannsen, who were arrested for alleged connection with the dynamiting plot. President Rosenthal of the State Labor council said they would defend them to the last ditch. "This Is a scheme and a deep laid plot, concocted by the federal government, he declared. NEW MANAGER FOR OREGON THEATRE Today Wesley Matlock, well known citizen, takes the reins of management of the Oregon theatre from the hands of C. J. Mitchell, who has run the house for the past few years, and will hereafter have complete charge of the popular playhouse. The new manager Is the son of Mayor W. F. Matlock, owner of the Oregon the ater. Manager Matlock will present his first attraction to the public next Thursday evening, the bill being "The Barrier," a dramatization of Rex Beache's popular Alaskan novel. His future bookings, he declares, will be high class, and he assures the people that he will endeavor to entire them to his theater with attractions that will please and that he will attend to he theater In a manner hat will as sure them every comfort and conveni ence after they enter. peals does any good we go to the courts. "Our work Is broad in scope. We have monthly meetings but we have no paid treasurer or secretary. Our dues are only 25 "cents a year. We banded ourselves together like the Crusaders of old and aim to do Just what our name implies, 'protect drunkards' families." " "During the past year we -have helped fifty families. That is. we were successful In that many Instanc es In wearing away supporters of families from the curse of strong drink. "Fifty families sounds small and Inconsequential, doesn't it? But isn't it a remarkable thing when only one person is turned into better paths. "We don't assume things, or go by hearsay. Our members go Into sa loons themselves, right up to the bar if necessary. ' "We are the saloonkeepers' friends and they are our friends. We work together. They know now that we realize they have a legal right, at least, to make their living as they do, and the better class of saloon keepers welcomt our aid in conduct ing respectable houses. y "Most saloonkeepers aren't bad at heart and then we always have the law to back up our demands and li censes are hard and expensive to get If protests are filed in license court. But we make no threats). We talk it over with the saloonkeeper and give him a chance to mend his ways. A second offense means more drastic methods." Here Is how the league goes about its work, quietly and unassumingly, ' A drunkard's wife or mother or (Continued on Page Eight) PENDLETON'S YEAR WAS SATISFACTORY Improvements Completed and Begun Run Toward Million Dollar Mark 1912 PROMISES EVEN Water System, Street Paving, New School, Sewerage Ex tension Etc., Are Part of Fruits of Prosperous Twelve Months Just Departed. If peace, progress and prosperity of a year past make for a happy new year, then is Pendleton entitled to celebrate In joyous manner today. At least a retrospective glance over the c:ty'a career during the past twelve month coupled with statistics compil ed during that space of time will fur-, nish that which makes for civic satis faction and contentmnet. While the pessimist will take a sar don'c pleasure In pointing out that the city has grown but little in popu lation during the year of 1911 and that the records do not show the building activity to have been re markable, the fair minded citizen will take a pardonable pride in summing up the results which a year has ac complished for the city. . ' Crop Is Bumper. The crops throughout the territory tributary to this city were universal ly good during the past season and the prosperity which has attended the farming population . in conse quence has been reflected by every business of the c'ty. The past year has seen the city made the recipient of one of the best parks on the Pa cific coast, the land and improvements of which are valued at $22,000, and has witnessed the institution which was the donor of this splendid asset, placed on a substantial and perma nent basis to the immeasurable bene fit of Pendleton. Much Work Is Begun. The year 1911 has witnessed also the commencement of construction i work upon the branch asylum which I will cost $4 50,000, and has seen tne I building of a Main street bridge at a I cost of more than $35,600 and which would be a credit to any city with ten times the population of Pendleton. During it its twelve months it has also recorded a number of other 1m- j portant civic improvements, the con i struction of an eighteen thousand . dollar extension to the sewer system, the purchase of springs and the com mencement of preliminary operations toward securing a $200,000 mountain water supply, the voting and selling of bonds for the construction of a new $100,000 high school, and a $15, 000 addition to one of the public school buildings and the resumption of paving operations after a rest of five years The beginning of work on a splendid new $40,000 Catholic church has been made in this year just past and many other material im provements involving smaller expen ditures have been written into the history made from January 1, 10ll, to January 1, 1912. ,1912 Will Be rro-perouv The year beginning today promises to eclipse even its immediae prede cessor in Its burden of prosperity to tho capital of eastern Oregon. Early season indications point to another bumper wheat crop. . which, if it 1 had. will be the third in succession and will, put the farmers on a most substantial bas's. The Round-Up. which wns so firm ly established by the three-day per formance last year and which, it is estimated, brought a quarter of a mil lion dollars Into the city In that time, will spend several more thousand dol lars In permanent improvements this year In preparation for a much larger crowd than witnessed the 1911 exhi bitions. The Umatilla-Morrow fair, too, is making extensive preparations for a greater show his year, its plans Including the construction of a per manent pavilion. Work for Laborers. The branch asylum will be complet ed before the exlt.'of 1912 and In the Immense amount of work to be done before the Institution will be ready to receive patients, labor will be afford ed hundreds of working men and a large part of the contract money will be spent with the business men of Pendleton. Additional work will also be given many men by the paving of Alta, Cottonwood and Webb streets for which upwards of $40,000 will bo expended. This work will commence as soon as the winter weather breaks up and must be completed bJune 1. The end of thjs year will undoubt edly see tho magnificent new high school building, the bonds for which have been sold, well under the course of construction while the addition to the north side school will probably be completed. The Catholic church will resume work on its splendid new PROGRESS LAST BETTER THINGS FOR CITY church sometime In the near future and the year will certainly see ad- ' vances made In the progress towards securing for Pendleton a $200,000 mountain water supply. Promises Are Good. Among the improvements involving . lesser expenditures will be the con struction of a modern, sanitary slaughter house ajid abattoir .at a cost - of approximately $15,000. A number of other building projects are contemplated here in the city which, with the probability of railroad im provement work in the county and the possibility of work commencing on the west extension to the Umatilla project, starts the year off with promises which should lend addition al happiness to happy new year. ; OLD YEAR SHOT OUT BY PENDLETONIANS A rattle of pistol shots greeted Young 1912 when he arrived in Pen dleton last night and incidentally awakened light sleepers who had gone abed to dream the old year out and the new year In. It was not a big cel ebration and it did not last long. There was little ff any revelry In Pendleton and aside from the general suspension of business today there is little to show that it is a holiday. Stores and practically all business establishments are closed for the en tire day. The postoffice as usual was kept open from 9:30 until 10:30 and the line that waited at the postman's window was a lengthy one. This evening entertainment will be furnished by a dance at the Eagles Woodman hall under the auspices of the W. O. W. degree team while the picture and vaudeville shows will pro. vide amusement for those who seek diversion. STABBED BY A TWIG. Michigan Trnper, While Riding on Skees, Suffers lVeuliur Accident In Underbrush. Marquette, Mich. One of the most remarkable cases that ever has come tc the attention of the surgeons at St. Mary's hospital, here is that of Leo Graber, an Ohio man, who has been engaged in trapping. Riding on skees, Graber was coast ing down a hill. He lost his balance when near the foot of the slope and ft 11 Into a growth of underbrush. One of the sprouts of the underbrush, no larger than a knitting needle, ran In to his groin fifteen inches, penetrat ing the walls of the abdomen. Now that the sprout has been re moved by the surgeons, it Is as pliable as rubber, and that it could have penetrated the skin is a fact almost in credible. The theory is that the sprout was frozen, which made it as stiff as a knitting needle. Graber's condiion is satisfactory. WOMAN FOUND GUILTY BY SUFFRAGIST JURY Quarrel Over Rent Rcsulta iu Fight ami Assailunt Is Fined $10. Bremerton, Wash. Six women on a jury tried a woman for assault up on another woman and found her guilty, Mrs. Mary Johnson was fined $10 and costs by the justice for pound ing Mrs. Alice Rook upon the head with a rock. The women are neigh bors and one Is the other's tenant. Their dispute was over a matter of rent. The case arose in 'Charleston and was transferred here on a change of venue. The Jury included Mrs. George L. Servey, a club mamber; Mrs. Georg Ekrohe, wife of a merchant; Mrs. W. D. Calder. secretary of the Library Board; Mrs. John Hoover, a club member, who recently served on an election board; Mrs.' Rose Evans and Mrs. R. Q. Cook, wife of the principal of the high school. FIGIIT1XG RENEWED AT 1LYNKOW BY REBELS London, Jan. 1. A force of 4,000 rebels apparently believing the arm istice ended at midnight, attacked Hankow, which is held by imperialists today, Pekln dispatches say. ' . -A i