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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2 if
VOL. 27.
NO. 8688
DAILY EVENING EDITION
14 T(Y0(CVA
: A An t '
INCOME TAX IS
GOING TO FACE
President, Supreme Court and
Others Have Designs on the Act
It May go Into Congress.
MAY PULL OUT OR MAY DIE
live ow i .mi i nt in Supreme
Court Wilson wantM Exemption
f the Tiu loweml MoAdoa
Hum IUun Increased Other
Culture Art) Wanted changed.
(United Press correspondence.)
WASHINGTON, D. c. Dec. 25.
The Income tax Inw ni In for a long,
hard winter. The president, the su
preme court, secretary of the Treat'
ury MeAdoo and any number of com
mittees and factions In congress have
designs on the net. It may appear
strong and well in the spring, it may
he crippled and It may he dead. The
fate of the law and of the many am
endinentH which are being planned.
rcxN largely upon the supreme court's
derision In the five eases pending. If
the law comes through that ordeal
whole. It must still pass Into thu
hands or cohfitM President Wilton
wants the exemptions oT the tax low
ered, and the surtax started at a low
er figure and Increased more rapid-,
ly than at present Secretary Mc
Adoo wants the rates of taxation OH
both individual and corporate In
comes increased, the exemptions re
duced from 13000 to $1000 for single
persons ami from 14000 to $3000 for
married; and the surtax started at
110, Men or )15.0O0, Instead of $20.
000. Many administration men in
congress will seek to amend the lew
In Conformity with these plans Sen-1
ator 1 (win wants the tnx Increased i
fifty per eent on Incomes of $5" -004
a year and up. Republicans are,
expected to introduce hills removing j
the "collection at the source" feature!
and possibly lightening the surtax. 1
The income tax law became effective 1
UCtObei 3. 1913, after a constitution
al amendment for It had been ratified I
by three-fourths of the states. Most:
tax authorities favored it because It
M t" be the largest trial on this 1
continent of I system designed tfl j
make tax dodging difficult The ad-1
ministration liked it becnuse it
brought a revenue of jsn.000.000 n
year. Now- the administration warts
to raise more revenue by this means
and opponents of Income taxation i
want to amend it to raise less. The
present law provldee an exemption up;
t,. $3000 "f income for single persons
and $1000 for married persons. On"
per rent Is collected on Income- up;
to 180,000, on amounts oitween insi
and $0, 006 mi addltlnnnl one per
cent :md further Increases Dp to six
per 1 cut on incomes over J500.000.
It Is this Increase above "ne per cent.
the lurtax, which with "collection Ht
the source" is being fought. To pre-
dividends on stocks and bonds deduct united Press Correspondence 1
the amount of the tax and pny it to: AT THE NOUTH POLE. (VUl
the government before they raid the Wireless, 1 -Dec. 24 Santa Claus was
dividend to the stock and bond Just coming out of the big silver barn
holders This is the "collection at: here some of the Santa Clans chll-,
the ware" feature. There was an ! "r" were putting u final gloss on the
Immediate wall when the tax first sleek brown coats of the hundred!
took effect, and several taxpayers handsome reindeer In their roomy IV
took their cases Into court. These; ory stalls when the Dotted Press mnn
have sifted down to the five now DO-1 m" hint.
fore the supreme court In these five1 "Hello, there." said Santa as he
almost every provision of the law 18 ; silt down In a big snow chair andl
attached, and upon the decision of J went on polishing the armful of spun-1
the court rests the constitutionality I gold harness he carried, "I'm glad to
of all of these provisions. A decl-isee you, although 1 am sort of busy.i
Ion is expected at any time, but It You see, I'll have to work pretty fast'
Is possible the court will wait until I tonight If I'm going to get around to,
lust Ice bamtr, now 111. returns lo all the little hoys and girls In the
the bench, before making a decision.
Congress Is expected to go ahead I
with Its amendments, If the court de
cision Is not returned soon.
4 GREETING SENT nv POET,
0) Riley snys Kvon SorroW-Rldden 4M&lM of presents everywhere. He
PfcUm HO PMMd to Willi.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 25
Jama Whtteomb Riley, who is
In Florida for the winter, has
sent the following Christmas
message to the people of in-
dlana:
"Christmas means love We
cannot nlcture It without see
ing the spangled Christmas tree '
girt with faces of gleeful
youngster, glad parents nnd 4
happy bodies returned home
from town or far metropolis. It
sounds like bells nnd crackling
logs, and shouts of children.
And even our old. round-shoul-
dered, sorrow-ridden planet,
with his eye knocked out on
his check, pauses to smile from
sea to sea. and love Is every-
where rejuvenated,"
4
I Wt & if Xk 1
I lrjmF . C SANTA V I
Listen Children! Here is a
Real Story From Santa Claus
world. What can I do for you?
The reporter was Surprised to find
such a cheerful, busy, wonderful
1 scene here at the North Pole, where
I everything Is Just a bleak, dreary
I field of snow and Ice and leaden skv
Off 3HI of the 365 days In the year, and
d ho couldn't answer at once, he was
gklsc busy looking around at the ino'in-
was HUM 01 ,111 iniorcsieu in me .li
tie Santa CI. ills children, hundred!
and hundreds of them, nil looking
like little pictures of their daddy,
hopping and skipping busily about
among the millions of dolls and hob
by horses and tops and games md
candy and everything Imaginable,
putting the proper name tags on ev
ery one and he really didn't see bow
they could do It. Then the gigantic
silver barn, bigger than all the ordi
nary barns In the world put togeth
er, glittering there In the snowflelds
It has to be that big you know, to
hold Santa's big steel sleigh. The re
porter could see part of the sleign
through one of the purple barn doors
and It was so big that why. Just one
of the hundred! of rivets that held It
together was three times ns long as
four ten-year-old boys standing on
top of each other's shoulders. And
although It was the middle of winter
at the North Pole, It wasn't so very
old. The reporter asked Santa
about this,
ed out in
voice:
"Boreas!
Santa Isuchted
hearty
Hi. It
s! Come here
it Isn't cold at
and tell this boy
the North Pole today." And from
somewhere way off there was the
most terrible whistling and shrieking
you ever heard nnd suddenly, down
from the leaden sky dropped the big
gest, fiercest-looking old man in
flowing white robes that the. reporter
ever had seen
"This is my friend Boreas. The
North Wind." said Santa Clans. "How
do you do?" shrieked Boreas; and
My, maybe his breath wasn't cold:
"Didn't you know that 1 always hav
It warm enough for Santa Claus to
do his day's work up here once a
year'.' Didn't you know that 1 do
that for him because he takes pres
ents and messages for me to my chil
dren, the South Breeze, the Ea t
Wind and the Warm Spring Zephyr.
I haven't seen them for hundreds of
years and If it wasn't for old Sapta
I don't know what I'd do. What 1
do for him Is little enough." And
without another word the fierce oi l
man went roaring and howling back
Into the sky. looking fiercer than
ever.
"I certainly am glad." snld Santa,
"to see so ninny places In the United
States having municipal Christmas
trees for the rich and poor little boy
nnd girls together. 1 have always
done my best to get around to every
single one of the little tads, hut some.
Inn's I haven't altogether succeeded
and I want to tell you that these mu
nicipal Christ mSSSe! help me a mighty
bd. 1 wish you'd mention this in
your story and let those who haven't
done It know how much 1 would ll!e
to have them do It."
"What about the little war orphan!
in Europe'."' Santn was asked.
(Continued on Page Four )
PARTY IN WAR ZONE
ANOTHEH ROW HAS RENT TUB
DELEG VI ES soi DIERS
sill 1 i TRENCHES
SEW ART. Stockholm, Dec. 25. On
the day Ford hoped to have the sol-'
diers out of the trenches, a fresh row
rent the peace party. Governor
I Hannah quit, enraged, alleging that
informal calls on Norwegian officials
had been misrepresented.
Judge Llmlsey has obtained Ford 1
approval of u scheme for aiding Wat
orphans, other directors announced'
I they will repudiate all the meeting?
I Llmlsey, admitting the "game Is up''j
regard ng the ending of the war. dc-
dared his intention to proceed with
the meetings. The news that Ford1
has sailed for America has dampened ,
the ardor and spoiled the Christm.,
of the peace delegates.
The Evo de Aduanas, published In
Madrid, states that the total number
of private automobiles registered In
Spain on January 1. 1915. was 10.
548. The province of Madrid led
with 2405 registrations. The popula
tion of Spain Is about 20.000.000.
General,
Income tax li I" for a hard winter.
OMM-UM lor Ford's h-iuv party Is
spoiled, soldiers rrmulit in trenches,
Miini.ii-.ii iimiiiamia .noc,i tm...-
sinivsM.
Christmas business c,s-ptloall, ,
!
Movie hows in Page ..
NEWS SUMMARY
Cornelison Acted
Part of Santa at
Tree Last Night
MP
dON RY AT TI Tl 11 LA TVKFs
PARX OF GEN YL Kills
KIUNGLE.
"Who Is Santa Claus?"
That Was the question asked by
hundreds last hight wlien the old.
white-whiskered gentleman was di
recting the distribution of candy at
the municipal Christmas tree. No
one. save Jack Robinson and Sanut
himself knew. His identity had been
an absolute secret and none ciuld
guess his every -day name, even
though Mr. Robinson offered eitra
candy for the one guessing correct
ly. Santa almost gave himself away
when he burst into song. He sang Li
a strange tongue and some of the
children thought It was the language
of the far northland. As a matter of
fact he was singing in the Nez Perce
tongue and these Is only one white
man In the community who can do
that. Therefore, some went SWSj
satisfied that the genial old Kth
Kringle was none other than Rev. J.
M. Cornelison, the mtssioary at Tv.
tuilla, and that gentleman himself
would not deny that he had acted tin
pan of Santa when questioned this
morning.
The Browoles who acted as body
guard to Santa were little Misses Gar
net Jack and Margaret McKeowen
and Masters Bobby Fletcher and Don
ald McCook.
mI Tru-t Men FtMd,
WASHINGTON. Dec. : 4.-Tw ent -six
local food dealers Indicted for vi
olation of the Sherman law in com-
btnm( , rsJa, . pncei ol food due
lnR tm, w,,,.ks , ,,, wa, ;
ed nolle contendre and were fined
each.
marciuiaa H01f uii,,,,a , lht.
campaign of the department of Jus
,Ul. UKalst aUosoJ umv.lrramoj
crease! in the cost of living, begun
... iw ,,ir , .,,,, ,,- ,
Most 0 Germans
Spend Christmas
in The Trenches
EFFORTS OF THE EMPIRE IRE
EXPENDED on DEFENDERS
OF FATHERLAND
BERLIN'. Dec. 23. Germany is
spending its Christinas in the trench
es. Every home In the Empire has Its
Christmas tree as usual, but Its heart
is out on the snow-covered front
where the German soldiers are hold
ing 2000 miles of lines against their
allied enemies.
Three-fourths of Germany's Christ
mas shopping has been done for the
soldiers. For two months the field
post has been struggling with tons on
tons of Christmas packages, which
have now arrived at the trenches.
Delksciea sent to Front.
First went the mail for the soldiers
in farthest Serbia and Russia, where
at the end of the rail journey the
packages had to be carried 100 and
sometimes 200 miles over terrible
roads and mountains. In the last few
weeks the Christmas mall has taken
preference over everything except
ammunition. And such a Christmas
mail: No home In richest Berlin will
have as many delicacies as have been
sent to the front
There was more caviar in the
Christmas packages than will be eat
en in German homes In the next three
months. One store in Berlin alone
sold enough delicacies for the soldi
ers to feed Berlin for two weeks.
Tiny Trees sent Out.
Thousands of tiny but real Christ
mas trees with real candles have been
sent out in packages IS inches high.
These will si
Christmas ev
proof sheltei
enemy's guns
Then then
cherry light on
lusands of bomb,
out under the
een trainloads of
warm woolen articles, such as swe lt
ers, underwear, mufflers, wristlets,
knee-warmers and chest protectors,
tons of tobacco, cigars and cigarettes
and liquors, to say nothing of moth
ers' own cakes and mothers' own
knitting. For It seems as if all fem
j inine. Germany has been devoting it-
self durine the last six months. -to
; knitting for the men at the front, and
now for weeks feminine Germany has
been baking, so that no soldier ma!
be forgotten.
BUSINESS IS MOVING IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION
ACTIVITY IN AMERII l NOT Mr
TOGETHER DIE TO WAR
IX EUROPE.
25 Evidences of '. Burroughs. Miss Edna Zimmerman.
and growing pros- j and Messrs Bishop and Peters, a vo
themselves on all , cal selection was sung by Miss Mayree
reflection in highly Snyder and. closing the program, a
ay and Industrial ; bevy of high school girls, dressed in
'ts. higher prices forjilomino costume and directed by Miss
tide and refined pe- Cecil Boyd, danced a folk dance in-
perlty
sides,
satisfa
corpot
teel pn
troleum and in practically all other; der the reddish glow of the Christ
commodities, the full employment of; mas lights, their graceful movements
labor at high wages and in the higher being one of the prettiest features "f
rates of many dividend disbursements
How much of this is traceable to
the w ar business and how much rep -
resents an expansion of domestic bus-
iness is difficult to determine. There
are reasons to believe thai domestic
business, independent of the stimulus
received from the so-called war or-,
der business, has been overestimated.
The fact remains, however, that even
this domestic business Is making pro. . was an auto completely enveloped In
gress In the right direction. 1 white. On projections in front stood
Much Credit Still I nnsc-d. t beautiful antlered deer, stuffed
Individual deposit accounts contin-i01- course, but very lifelike in appear
tie to indicate a large amount of un-:a-'- Each point of the antlers was
used credit, a condition that would i llPPe1 wi,h a "' incandescent light
not exist were business generally as and the "sleigh." too was brilliant I,'
active as statistics of a superficial illuminated. High In the buck I I
character are likely to lead one to be- M Bants, acknowledging the wild le
tter. The volume of business with , claim that greeted him with hows and
Europe is enormous, which is dally 1 . Around him were four tiny
strengthening the America financial ! Brownies who heralded his coming
position, and If this continues long w-th b!a-u olheir horns. As driver
American business will find itseli Sa"ta ha(l Jck RoMnSOO Who II
strongly fortified, but it is generally responsible for the beautiful e
conceded that this cannot continue o in which the old gentleman
active unless the demand keeps up. 1 his appearance
and until domestic requirements are' Through the crowd the reindeer
sufficient to replace the demand that . drew ,h,? lUjh. going north to Wa
ll now so insistent from abroad th ter Ani th,,n returning to the tree. A
country cannot be said to be on a firm, hundred children. led by th- whi
foundation for a Ions nerlod of sus J rob-a choristers foUoWSS c! ....
talned prosperity.
stoic Mackinaw. AUdgeA
officer Nash this morning arrest-1
Francis Mannie on a charge of;
laling a ntackin.tw cout from Paul ;
Martin. He Is out on bail.
Broke BOXdSf eai.
A man giving the name of Keih
and another giving the name of Dan
Collins, were arrested today on a ,
charge of breakins the seal of a bO-1
car. They are being held in the city !
I loaned -Merrj Chttsunns" sun
The electric '"Merry Christmas
s,gn used itt the municipal tree last
Veiling was loaned to tin- committee
b Quy Matlock, proprietor of the
Pastime treater who had It made for
his plavhouse. He hung it over the
1ST MUNICIPAL
IAS TREE IS A
GRAND SUCCESS
Crowd of Many Hundreds Gather
Last Evening to Take Part in the
Holiday Festivities.
PROGRAM DELIGHTFUL TO ALL
Singing of Children l.s 1v.11 or-
Drawn 011 Flomt Through Street
They Render Christmas Carol
Santa claus DMrfbsOel l.lfu to Lit
tle Oih-s.
Pendleton first municipal Christ
mas celebration was a success, a huge
success. From the caroling of chil
dren choristers to the impressive ap
pearance of Santa Claus in his electric-lighted
"sleigh" it delighted the
crowd of many hundreds who had
gathered at the intersection of Main
and Court streets to witness the fes
tivities. There was no: a hitch in the entire
program. Even the weather gods,
who, In the late afternoon had threat
ened to mar the evening with wind
and rain, stayed their mischief dur
ing the celebration. The square at
the intersection was densely packed
with the throng that had gathered f"r
the exercises and faces peered from
the windows of every near-by build
ing. There was no delay in starting the
celebration. Shortly before seven
o'clock, a big white float came down
Alta street bearing fifty white-robed
children whose voices were raised In
the beautiful Christmas carols. They
had been splendidly trained by Miss
Eleanor Vincent and Eugene Molltor
and their clear young voices carried
a message of Christmas cheer to many
hearts.
For a half hour their caroling e.m
tinued through the streets and as they
finally reached the big Christmas
. tree, twinkling with many colored
i lights, the large choir of the com
; fc-ined churches mounted the elevated
platform and the musical program
during the evening, opened the pro
gram with a trombone solo. "The
Holy City." the choir sang several an
thems. Walter Rose sang a beautiful
tenor solo, Miss Olive Gwinn gave an
appropriate dramatic reading, a quar.
tet number was sung by Mrs. Ben L.
the
I Tl
: was
j stret
noui
Ki in
recti
fairl
; saw.
vening.
1 program cloe just as the clock
itriktng s and from up Main
came the blast of horns an
ting the approach of old Kris
le. All eyes turned in the di
n of the sound and children
went Into rapture at what they
Old Santa was riding in an 11-
laminated "sleigh" which in reality
wake. As the car inu- to 1 r
the Christmas tree, great box,
candy and nuts were Uneover!
nnd
quickly Santa's helpers bona !
mn 11 ..,,, ,1,. ,,,
wa.s plenty for all and
treated nllke , Hit
I sacks of the Confection! A..--,-
uted among the
! was candy left
' been supplied.
f,.
'l "ear !
crowd dispersed,
Pfnettcallj I n
' CIOCK 1
All bus
suspende
all .Hi
,hl' entertainment
ing from the tree had I r, pi
so thai they were clear of ell re
and half the population of lie
had turned out to witmss th.
vltlea. In every detail the celeb
W.IS a success .0,,! h
given the people w ho l.tnn-d tl
ecu tad it.