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DAILY EVENING EDITION 'I mw . Y'Sl daily evening edition TO ADVEKTIHE1W. Th Kaat Oregonlan has Hih largeat paid Irculatlun "I any paper In Oregon, east nf Portland and ovur twit ilie circulation In leudlctuo of any other uewHwer. Forecast for raster n orrgun ht Ua lulled stales W rather Obssrtce at r otlaii.l COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 27. DAILY EAST 0REG0N1AN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1916. NO. 8694 . rw w wwi j uf rwuui t ai kk KEMP TAKES HIS LIFE FOLLOWING ATTACK ON GIRL Divorces Increase in County During Year Just Ended OX OTUF.lt S1I)F, M MItl.lt CM I.lCKNStj mVBD FALU OFF at Stanley Station. LEAVES NOTE TO HIS VICTIM " The liiMtitution of divorce made an . ., I Increase in the num!.er of lu con- Assailant of Mrs. Mabel Myers is!vrt i umaum county during m. C I u..i..j... in I l,a"t year while tlio Institution ,,: ruunu uedu leiieraay Huemoon mmmm U not make u g00d a rec-l I ord as In 1914. The records ker.t ovi County Clerk Frank Haling show ttuti during the twelve montha Just passed 1 102 divorce suits have been filed! ugalnst 95 In 1914 and that onlv la i marrlago licenses were grante-J ! whereas In 1914 there were 210. Van Vm-H Same Oun With MM ha A consultation of the equity docket Wounds Woman-UnMct a I l .. " hou ho that Through Temple and Death Mual i beemln more an1 mr Pop"'" fori Have llccn Inst.nlancm a-!? 'hilr ''Tr r" .hU"Tl" l H Had Said He Would Suicide. , T. 'liV"r,,! court Thu In only 60 divorce I PORTUAND, Ore.. Jan. l.-Evan ! "l?" ln 1,12 lhere wer j H. Kemp, wanted for the attack on I jL'"."1 f," 81 '"V H Mra. Mabel Myera. k d himself yea- 2 J 'j .ft V108 terday afternoon near Stanley atatlot, ' crees of beoaratlor, ,r ted J" 0. the BjUoal. ., ,n his pocket j ZZ ae T , ind,ng a!me h M a mM not. addressed to Ita L, (,lamed an,. in oth.he. de-! I cree has been refuaed. Kemp killed himself with a revol-1 There were leaa marriage llcen . V III. I I .-,.... presumably the name one with Issued during lsu than In anv vear i I. I . . I . ...... -.1 - L . . t , . ' ' which Mrs. Myera was shot when she wna attacked on Cleveland avenue, between the Mase Line and Section lane roada. lust Tueaduy afternoon. Some one telephoned to the sher iffs office thut a dead man hud been for the laat six save onlv in 11112 when the total was 197. In mil there were 205 and In 1810, 258, a record never aurpaaaed. In 1913 the number was 205 and last year 210. September was again tln imnn 10 iwl( BUT 19 ARRESTS LIBRARY TANGLE MADE BY POLICE MAY INTERFERE NEW YEAR'S EVE IN COUNTY LEVY Passing of the Wet Regime is Com-; Only Two More Days Remain to Fix paratively Quiet-Most of the! Annual Budget and Court is Dead Saloons are Closed Early. locked Over Disagreement. j BIG BONFIRE IS A FEATURE BOARD MAY LOSE $10,000 Wowing of Whistle and lUiurine ot FTforts Hate -n Mad- Iah -- It.-IU r..i. .11 ... . II... ...... .. J Itells Innounee Tliat Il ILls Begna Hut Uttle -Rough Stuff is in Evidence Hack i.i,uor sold 01 taut Hours. u t om iiiau- Wantea "irllnii Of l ibrary MatUn. lu,t ., Vmlm. mm Has as Vet Hern asttMM In Man. r. With the big bonfire at the high With but two found near Stanley atatlon. Sheriff month for marriage llecnaea durli j. nuriDurt and Chief Field Deputy Boh i 115. leading all others with 32, or i'hllllpa, went to the aoene. The hod was positively Identified as th iie missing Kemp. Examination of the remains show ed that Kemp had shot himself in ! hfT of """Tlage licenses 'he right tempi,., uslnit a siniMe ahot ,h'' niber of divorce Instltu the right temple, using u single ahot to end his life. In a side coat pocket Sheriff Hurlhurt discovered the note "hu h Kemp had penned to his vlo- j tlm. Mrs. Myers, before committing ! sviieltle. i Mftn'h Ketnp in his orlglnul communlca. lin to Mm riff Hurlburt. when he mailed a special delivery letter the i jUv afternoon of the crime. In which he I August informed the office of the attack on I Septefnb Mra. Myers, said that he would CODU I OctOOW mil suicide. one more than in Round-up month In 1914. Juno again took second honors, with 24 The following table shows the ntim her of marriage lic?nne (rrante.l ani Happy INew, month by month during the year M. January February -, ) 7 March 13 11 N. ENVOY CARRIES NEW YEAR S WISHES FROM THE CZAR TO MIKADO 1 OK HUM TIME IS hU8TOR EX CHANGES MAPE BX MM BE3IGEK. VALUE OF THOMPSON FUND IS INGREASEO OVER $500 mr ..-ai r m bbk i ,ar i i v y v . iiim r iMTiiaaam rj mm nanier - mnan Pendleton Postoffice Gains Over $1 100 in the Last Year I'KTKru'.HAH. i historv a speci Jan. 1 A envoy -First time of the Czar, the Mikado and emphasize the disap pearance of the ill feeling resuliio from the Hiissu-Japanese war. A gain of over jlloo was ma.le In; The following are the receipts 'he receipts of the local postoffice ! ,h . - ,,, . dorm. rh. - ,., ZLaZ ,hJ the ears li,J a"J l month previous year. In -914 the total re-!m"n,n- 118 by the Pendleton teipts were J2T.401 13 and for 191j Postoffice: lhe were t2S.518.14, a difference Of tl. 116.41. 'January ... In nearh ivpn month in ltr. n ! Pfbrnrv Charles H. farter, trusteee of the fn''' Is shown over the corresponding ' March ... Surah A. Thompson trust fund yester- i "'..nth in 1914. The difference in April daj filial l.ls report on the status of December of each year is not very May the fund In compliance With the new hirge, Insl month being onlv Iff.kO June in xces.s of December of 1914. Hut Jul this can be accounted for by the fact August .... that !n 1914 there were three, tons of .September . Hour shipped 8$ parcels post which October ... bolstered the receipts very material- November ly. The rock-bollom Christmas bus- December I II UUiEB II i Mi l l . It. TIU STF.1 F1U28 REPORT IN OOMPU UNCE with l, st ile law. The value of the fund, or Iglnallv 1 1000. is now tlo4U, afitMftl Ing to the report. Whin Mrs. Thompson died In Oc tober, 1904, her will left 1 1 000 in u fund the earnings from which were to Over $7000 Paid Out During Year 1914. fS.U4.il 1.787.07 . 2 144 35 2.635 1.SI7. 1915. 12,306.70 1.794 01 2.267.3 : 1,474 n 2.162.46 " v..w ...e. hi irto iiior.- u.i s ,.n which school still blazing brightly, with the to make the annual county levy the blowing of whistles, ringing of bells, county court is deadlocked over a T" " ana "nouu OI """sreement in library matters which the hilarious, near-hllarloua and the threatens to deprive the central h enthusiastic sober, the year 1SU brary board of the 1 10.000 appropr ! passed Into hlatory la Pendleton at ation incorporated in the budget or midnight laat night and the yea. to hold up the levy entirely Tor ,h. 1916 made ita advent i raat ten dav. Jf. w i h ! Despite the fact that the lJJ, j changed from the wet to the dry col- , date hev Ire Tr umn with the beginning of the ,w; mj'than wh X'wTS year, there was no more disorder on discussed 'natter was first the streets last night than on the or- The irouUe ir dinary New Year's eve. A great man; standir- , i ,"""""""' drank away the last hours of the watjfcMMta. 07th. 111" f year and many became drunk but ! To , Vpf n!!n Milton branch library, little "rough stuff was in evidence. 5 at By the city ordinance the sale.,,... , ,endllThTf M" Ckb. - - - , I t"ntends ,nt. inasmuch as the hmia. I hot ; C 7 : rX" " l.r.r1" People, mam. until that hour. Several closed be- J 'Wd .by. them Pnd located on land Itween 7 and 8 o'clock, not so much'l ,1, em' ,he home board ! because their stocks or liquor were , archl,e- the giving out as out of a desire to expel h m ! contract and supervise 'the noisy crowd. Fred Schnelter.' e work- Moreover, they claim that proprietor of the Office saloon, was " "u,n's 0' ch an arrangement one of the first to close. With his . f 80nie ,ime ' the cen- place jammed to capacitv and liquor i 'ra' b"ard Mai that they have been flowing freely, he asked Chief of Po-; pr25edmS accordingly. ...... 1 Tko I'k.ii.,.,.. . . i .... uce to nelp him get rid of the crowd v '""J"" lnp central board. i and clo up aljout 7:15. Otheta fol-l Ijna H Sturgia. contends that I lowed suit and at 11 o'clock the Co- i f" del'"Kaion of authority- would ! lumbia bar was the only saloon open ( "Hrely illegal and she Is support- Promptly on the hour tne crowd was; - Juage u. H. Marsh who has an ordered out and a dray backed upjoplnion from the district attorney to and hauled away a full load of case ' ,he effec' that the law provides that goods. I ' nl the central library board can Only nineteen arrests were made,carry on sum business transactions by the police though others, getting! However' the district attorney states tinder the influence of liquor, werelthat 'here is nothing In his opinion to given a kindly steer toward home I I'revnt a friendly arrangement be. Chief Manning states that he has seen : lv, en the two boards, some Saturday nights almost as dls- j The upshot of the whole thing Is orderly as last night. j ,h's. Commissioner Cockburn has Before midnight tne street crowd declared Positively that he wilt sign had largely dispersed, some going;"0 order for a tax levy which lnrlmt.. " V x- i ...... u"itii, nviuc gum, ( --- - .... a irT j wnnn lii'iudes On KOUOte dCaltoS h"me s"mp 1,1 the hish 30,1001 for the the tie, for the Pendleton build. IXH 8m PAID II A, 1 AM) sTATr HAl.l MOKi: Til AN UOO VMM 1 Klid.i.D. More than 2300 coyotes havi .I3S.SS :.lSt.S Paid the oounty on the scalps, total paid out in this eonita been g the -coi ds o has The boun- IK MAYOR BEST INJURED Thompson at olney emcrery. Kunzie bodfa A. F. & X. M.. was nnmi d at imataa of the fund but bis lodge had already passed out of existence at her aaata and the court nnmcd Mr Car-j ter. Her will also left a bequest ot 1300a for the Improvement of oli-e lemettTv tiliil in tumour this over In popular health resort was today taken the city, Mr. Carter made arrange- ponscssion 01 oj W i. njrm ui ' iiqi oo-oo vtiieieo Llie cil aiutuio Kt'i'l OR. TAPE WILL CONTINUE MANAGEMENT OF HOT LAKE HOT LAKE, Ore , Jan 1 This for the shipment of tho mentioned. 1914 flout as tne .11.116 41 Ia tlninilo Nntlonal bunk "n behalf of the I2S0.000 bond Issue. The man- . .... ,,f thA ajinltHrlom will con. tlnue In the hands of Dr. O. W. Tape Report Submitted by Fee on Status of the Sturgis Fund state. coy. ! up the graves free of cnarge Thus the earnings from the fund are not! ln compliance with the new state notea having a mm o.-eo,u io HiwBWHi uir srates anv i law rwiuiiuig annual reports b trns- iglnallv Col F O 113 1 half and the state hair. Yesterday was tile last dav which the coyote slayer could a j three dollars for the scalp, the law automatically renucin ih ote bounty to H.gO w!in ,he heirinnin . were brought in to the office'of the 0'- U'SO MACHINE clerk Tt RNs Tl HT1.K. While some of the bounty was p upon bobcat scalps, the number ...... , nanwuniuiunuwnur inc ; lur ine r-emileton build. elebration there and others seeking iinS unless the central board will first ...HT-, i.iair.i iu nai ii me iiu )pjrj"n wai.er ui autnortt.v in the mat die. A big crowd was at the high; ter of supervising the Milton bulld school hill to watch the evergreen in" Judge Marsh declares the cm boughs burn and to partake of the missloner some time ago joined with lunch provided by the ta lles of the; him in a positive promise to the cen-clty- ,ral board to make the appropriation ;ann that the board has proceed I'-ordingly. letting the contract for a building which Is now half built and which will cost llo.ioio noire thnn th,. donation made bv Carnegie. Coots mlssioner Cockburn replies by stating that his promise extended no further than the budget, and that he will f... free to eliminate the Item In mak'nor the levy. Judge Marsh' asserts that the com missioner Is trvine to h, ,!,,.,.. li. - .......WW I, ,,,, by using the threat to eliminate th ::brar- Item as a club K,ther. he jsays. he is using his pcMtttea to f.rc. Ithe wntral hoard Into an tDagal agreement. He declares he will at tad : pat. the chairman of the central Nan! WHEN AUTOMOBILE IS 1AUT0! HURLED INTO DITCH i..,li,l.. j.iibiiii In iilrnndv noticeable the attendance being greater than a year ago. With Improvements con tlnually being mnde, Hot Lake antici pates a very prosperous future. BMW ui ii. KS. uwwu iuni i" .ii i,.,.s of IU1H S. . allies A Keo esteri a Ini.t... l... .. The usual influx of guests after theifhe money has laid In the bank for: submitted to County Judge Marsh aldeath in iiu ,n.I . , . """"n lloKa' f two dol-i , , nad a .narr" p!,cape 1 . I i Inaita noticeable. I tha miuri ,,r ... iim .n.t Mr nuau m.. ... . . . ' " "" bus bountv ni nnfd "w injurv or aeatn yesterdav charced hlmaelf sii mr cent interesi .,... JI. l-,, ... J ' " .. r . . ,a,ue "''' The month of Aoril .h.. - l(,nKH1" 'hen the Craybeal w w - ...... i n aw v it lllllt' UI IfllWl S ilon th a-nu t - -1 ' - t fc..v . . . , tifi nv iih iii.'ii i in., u-i n S:ini r Sturtris :t! 1 n..t .v... - - ' .S uir tin t - - James aow mayor, m.k( an .u.1. u . . ... iOf I'end eton and nm ilr.vh... I ""innrm mm rZ! "r'UB. aM not ""; known insurne. . Aommissloner Cockburn say, he none man tnan a naif doen . -rn- -rrvi h is narrow escape from j (Condnued on Page Four during that time lately he has se- at cur.sl a seven per cent loan for 11500; his death 19 years ago month for bounty warrants, the total which they were driving side of Holdman turned turtle of the money from A. Hudson. i. .... .. " r"" issued during thut mik . "al"ma BanK' Xhe '"" the la. thaa half the ent.nV o ' . '7. " .kI'"! into a ditch l,,e ' i i case .lur Mil- Jnaan Wamfm mo-i h... ; - " "lr car I the othe British Liner is Torpedoed; Consul of U.S. Was Aboard -w- -I - aaaaaaaaai mmum nif ' ' 1 1 ' Of U0 Hl- r'fm ri'imrl nVnr rivi i i i i v.: 1 itf Ihu triiti. , s..i ... , . mh ,, nlintfMu imnk ,,... .. . .. . " a n'""n" I TIT. However, all of the eavataa fori ""th men were Pinioned aUm : rr 18 19019.29 vhih , . ::: ,h. ... : . juuge re .ncorporaies .n u ce, Aside from the IhioKs ' ' mat oi uiiconsciuus !""'"" eie nni Kiuesi during April. wun mree nroken nhs am LONDON. .Ian. I, DMrsBM 7 and ' gen. It is helli-icd Row disemlmrk--200 is-rsons, many of UMM women and " al 'iilwallar. (MMrn arc m llced to have .H-rlsh-1 xv ASIN,;TON , l when the Krltlsb lined IVrsIa was M Mll(.r was ntaM ithmarlnert south or CfBM Tliursday. Thursilay while aiioroachlng Alcvaii II Is unknown whether the ship was ,,r,a" Consul Skinner al fonJoa rma. m.l or .ti.er It trlI til tire. The . nl l,Kln u- N atofWy, Amerlnin 'on-ill t Ad was a passenger Near ta.t so row iH-rsons arc snow,. ,o nave i ,v lUI n,HIri, rlslltH, ...n,,, , in-n saveti iiimcauii w-nni. iinii was ; sioiiiier. allio.c.i them to reat4i pliui-s of safe- T'"' ap department did ,,, ,v. .. t .. ... , .1 . t. The ivrsla was 7.H7I toiw, the , " m!WI "" nau- ire , , , . . ,, , ... . ""'"l"s lniiiorlaii. in the safataa. third largest ,gllsh ! to ls suh- ; ,.,,. ,,. Hiarlm-d. raiJcally settled Idinslng said he Ik-tUhn McNci'lv, t hus, tjrant and ,vn,l await official ii.Ul.i-s before Kdward Homo mw Amerlmn passcn- j taking action. - - I tne oihihs purcnascii transaction aince he has had charge gme years ago, no part of the earn of the money. OT f the fund have gone to the li- The fund was $5000 when created l-.1Ty and Judge Fee holds that ft Is ...r u.e orne.u 01 me oorar 01 ire not required to spend the innuili VJ Pendleton Commercial association and ..rfn i . , t 'months of Januarv . ' "l "' '-rt-oii uo'iii now anu i.lr. ,..,..i. t, the report shows that the assots if u h.. i... ...... n .Mar, h totaled jt the fund now amount to 117.460 6O.1 T,e uhrarv of the reiulleton Com more than triple the value of the or-, merclal association ha- Macs been Iglnal bequeathment. tr this amount merged with the cltv and county 11 only (1624 29 is represented by books j brary. the balance being In Interest -lieu rlnr nott8. i In his memoranda attached to his AMERICAN FLAG TO BE PRESENTED TO THE CIRCUIT COURT 1 OMDOOH aOCLBTl t yis KKtol.l Hon mi , ,KI Till 1.1 11 F A week from today will b natural. 1 t'li.trl i!,.i.. I' ... ilui'hipoM urrnrii have been made In handling the fund batata he does not claim to be Infal lible, but he expresses the belief that the fund Is long by 40 or tuO rather than short by reason of these errors. Moreover, he declares he has not profited one cent by the handling ol NEWS SUMMARY General. Hrltish liner Is torpedoed. can !.. ongt-rs were aboard. the fund but on the other hand has "nd" euvoj with New Year's blmsidf nald for releases of BUM, snvtlng to mikado. Lgages and filing of other documents. me report snows tne following lKl statement of assets: Cash, 1197 14 County .lairt deadlocked over N. K IVsnaln note IS0S4 41 P 0 imp, i ......... ... . - --. - ... o ... nri row l.ucas note $1610, A. M Data Ha note Saloons die with old year with ml llt4)i.TI, Michael note tlf.4B, OtpVH iilnmni of dlsonler note 12003 .12. IVrle.tl note 1791 14. Mayor Hcst .,d Law- t.ravlal m 1 1, 1 , . L .: I I 1; ' I ....! IT.AQUE l . .. Rill ill ".. ................ i,-.- jumi 111 iiiiio ac. oh in a. 2(1 1 ' . . 1 1 on inierest 10 Mrs o. Amorl- li- ..... ........ . . u 1,11 - .... .... . ... on many hunters having held their hid., "iner injuries, maaii 1., -m.i until the new bnuntt law btvame ot- himself and. with the aid of miarUa eratlve. The bounty raid dtiriinr the Vinson near whose nlac ihu a. pwnw in-.. ".-i'.-..t-i. iei.t-ue.1 tr. nest. He din in Anril laaai 1 not regain cunsci..onM Dm ....... as pan in oounty. m Mav llf l.taaa n w as three hours more before ht In June J4S6. in July in August 'was rational 166, in September. Ills. In OBtahlfl This morning it was announced in Novemlier 1247 and in Ivecem-; that the mayor's Injuries are not ser 5"5- jius but will keep him confined to his ' 1 1 nullm T.ir a il.ii' ..a. I . i m .1 Tetanus Hose, s.-mK.U I that Craybeal mav have been In ured TZ, ,h' m.oOMK,Kl.l.. Iowa, Jan 1 -Two internally In addition ,0 the broke w,l U ,' ' schools in the county already have bones J2 P'nt'd to the smM , closed and more are llkelv to ,k,. , . Oregon Society of the s.,i, r ihe atmUar action ,., , L iin takln lh' outAmorlcan Revolution for M ic of tetanus. betond Holdman to examine aome ap naturalization . ermi.Tir.s The plications for insurance policies. The. slon will be BsaaV I paurVstli ..e. in I (jernian iv,.ts sindhM ! bowllnft aI,,nK ,h oan"" r.,,1 1 Judge Phelps will Invite ,11 'annul 'ji, ... an 1...,,. .... . ... ... . " . ."u. worn mid """tii f ntteiiu iti Kioothi 1,11 lie will also tie invltrd Judge Stephen A Lowell. ahoM eltMjuence 1. well known has baaa avpo4aiad i. the aaatotj i" mk th. speech of piaaMtaitaa tad jo.i Phelpa will of aaatal make the aaata h of acceptance. Naturalization 1 if 'I cer Hazzar.l will b here m ih. caalon and 'be ,!.. .-. ng 1 , 1 Amerii 01 ltlsri will . 1 near lh front MSTBltHAM. Jan I Klght allied JJhr aeroplanes Nimlwrtltsl Herman do pots In Helglum and along the French ( frontier, according to advices receiv ed here. the car struck something spaln. Ttu Cabinet to MHt galn IrONPON. Jan. 1. Reports were current here that there would be no definite announcement of the cabi net's future policy until parliament in..,.-.. 1. . . , ns.-euo.ies. r un ner raninet meeting IMlorcCH Incroa.si. ilnrin,. , ..... .... . . '1 riagvs iloiTraKo I"" eipecicu ,0 occur netore conscrlp- tion is iiltiinalel decided upon. swerved and upset. The Injured men were taken to the C.uerrant place and last evening Mr. I Uuerrant brought them into the city I ltlisstans Near TelMH-an PCTKOtiltAI), Jan. 1 The l!us sians nave captured Nov . ran 1, and other towns about Jo miles f mm i poaitlona irneran, according to t.rflclal an I The Hon. of the Its nouncement. The Slavs were opposed I Maa t..r by Turks, Kurds and Persians. .in In tha tt'