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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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4 Ing three hundred feet Into the 4
4 ocean near the Point of Pines, 4
4 near here today, Harry Atwood, 4
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LABORITES' TRIAL
; IN DISTANT FUTURE
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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
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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.
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