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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1916)
- ' - I DAILY EYEiiiiiG EGiTEl DAILY EVEilCiG Ecm:;; WFVTHEH Tonight ami Sunday ruin r snow: fresh .'nutherly. gusty wind. Maximum 41. minimum "7. rain- TO ADVEHTISKItS The Gut Oregonlaa bi the largest bona fid and guaranteed paid circulation of toy paper Id Oregon, eaat of Portland and by tar the largest circulation lo I'endletoa of tor newspaper. fill, nought; wind. southwest, light, w xiii her. cloudy. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAFE3 CITY OFFICIAL PAPER NO. 9001 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1916. 1. VOL.28 IAS BUSINESS IS HISTORYJDF CITY New Record of Buying, Giving and Receiving Has Been Set According to Indications. SATURDAY BUYING BIG Many Merchant Declare Last Day of Shopping Was Uio (;roalot SliiKie Dy i Businosa In IW'ir)' of Store. ' Never ha Santa Claus been so gen erous to Pendleton. Never has there been su h prosperous Chroma In thia city Every standard by which a Judgment can be made Indicates be yond any doubt at all that a new rec ord In buying-, giving and receiving baa been established In this city. Local merchant, department atore proprietors, Jewelers, keepers of toy shop!, book sellers, all are unanimous in declaring; their buslnes unpreced. nted. Indicating that not all of the people did their Chrltmai shopping early is the statement of a number of merchant that their business Satur day was the greatest single day busl ness In the history of their stores. The postal business Is another clear Index of the volume of the Chrltmas business. Never were so many park ages sent out of Pendleton and never did so many come in. The postal re ceipts break all records for December, and the express companies brought In about as many packages as did the malls. Today everything is ou'et In the business section. Businesses of all kinds have suspended for the aa anj ohriimns u being enjoyed at home ; HEAVIEST by business men and employes. Many waj a suecesa In every way The com.. people celebrated their Chrltmas yes. mercial club, school and four church, terday and todav is but a contlnun-j M united their effort! in the under tlon of the holldavs. Special Christ- taking. About 500 persons were pres mas service! were held at all of the ,nt. There was a treat for every churches yesterday and there wereChn)1 pr,wnt. a pleasing program was lunre attendance. ' . i I DRIVERS EXTRA LONG SHIFTS IaImit I'luvaiajiKly 21 t" Honrs In ..i.i. .,.. imilii.. Mav Have. Waxing Hearth. . n- L rn...lllr4 CI1U.au. wi. ou1d leather around biasing heartns today thousands of coal drivers work a a,.uio.k. from 2 to 3 hours de- liverlnn- coal released by the railroads following a week's congestion in th yards here. The movement came In just In time to avert a coal famlno and serious suffering .i;M Ns ixmt i:i it ck. PETROGRAD. Dec. 2u It is an nounced the Russians forced Hie Ger mans buk In Rotinianla northwest, west and southwest of Klbnlksed. There is lively fighting. The Russi ans In the Carpathians surprise at tacked and destroyed four cannons. They bayoneted a sleeping squadron. The Russians are exacuating Dohru dja. ARTILLERY DUEL MARKS FIGHTING OR WEST FRONT ! sin, w here he owns a farm, but the ab- ' riit exit of his bride from their home ItMin Is Tiik-n and (k-niuin IVmvt proved that she too was contemplat Are Attarkliig lirKlgcliwd at Macll: jn(t a Wparati0n. Near (vmbroSlHxa Patrols Ioml. Rankin said that a separation haJ unto I'orcfk'ltl. j been Inevitable for come time and that his wife simply "beat him to H.' UKRI.IV. via Snyvlllo, Pec 2',. temimrnrtlv strong nrtillery duel In, the Wyhncte sector was the onlv flghtliiK reaching more than custo. mary In'enslty on the western front mary last night says today's official state. ment. The repulse of Russian nttiieks In the Carpathians, forcing bnck the cxar's troops to Dohrudja Is reported In the official s'ntement which said "Austro-Hungarlan outposts repulsed several attacks near I.ys Lysleek. southwest of Stnnlsluu. Near Clm bmslava our patois are dominating the forefleld and repulsed several Rufslan de'achments. norih of Sos mecoe in the Oitei valley. Our firs pushed back two Russian attacks. The new combats nre pro.! greasing In Walliich'a. In Dohrudni we conquered Isacra and nre now at- . tucking the bridgehead at Macll." AMMUNITION TRAINS GIVE WAY TO CHRISTMAS CHEER, FIGHTING MEN REMEMBERED (William Phillip Slmms.) BRITISH AKMV, Dec. 25. For the third time Christmas has come in Armageddon. Supply truips hearing tons of man-killing explosives yield ed right of way to hundreds of wagons carrying Christmas presents, proving that the milk of human kindness Is Htronger than war's red wine. Santa has finished his Job. No body was forgotten. Even Tommies without families received Christmas puddings, chocolates, cigars, cakes, and trinkets. The Job was completed without a single hitch, despite the ti tanic undertaking. Parcels commenc ed arriving weeks ago. The Canadi an mail was first. An average of twenty five thousand mail bags have arrived In France dally for the last fortnight. Every night army post master! announced the day's business completed. Gift distribution of the Anzac con tingent wa most difficult. The An xacs are always shifting. The mall first went to London, was forwarded to France bases, then transferred to field distribution centers, orderlies strrled the mall to the company quar. ters and thence directly to the trenches. Fifty eight hours were UBuully re quired to transport rations from Iftn don to the trenches. Fourteen hun dred clerks handled the soldiers' mail ordinarily, but the number was mul tiplied many times to Insure quick Christmas delivery. Soldiers are sending over twenty five hundred let ters homeward dally. ECHO XMAS TREE IS BIG SUCCESS ECHO, Dec. 25. Echo's first mu nicipal Christmas tree was held here Saturday night in the city hall an l rendered. BAD CHECK ARTIST IS ARRESTED HERE Claude Little, who has be-n work In? on the construction gang at the elevator being built here, was arrest- ed Saturday evening by Sheriff Tay- lor on a charge of passing bad checks. i it u iilleeert that he passed bad It Is alleged that he passeti rhecks on Bond Bros, and the Golden Rule Store, securing about $60 In . ,hnndlse. He at- ? tempted to puss one on rvo mum " was apprehended while trying to pu.ss ' The Peoples areluiuse. 1 ne heriff had notified tne empioes oi that store to lie on the lookout and they were able to detain him until they could call the officers. He had the money and merchandise with him. WHITE WOMAN AND INDIAN SEPARATE Memla-r or Old lx-nver Family Tires of Youthful Ohti'a Husband. DENVER, Dec. 26 The romance which resulted In the marriage of Mrs. Ada Dexter Hauk to J. Francis Rankin, the Chippewa Indian, vanish, ed like a bubble when Mrs. Rankin, packing her belongings, including many art treasures, left her home a' the Pearl apartment! last night, and her Indian brave as well. The marriage of the charming daughter of the late James V. Dex ter, pioneer art collector and finan cier, to the young Indian, who if fif teen years her Junior, furnished the gossips with nine days of wonderment and set the tongues of the prophets wagging. Rankin had made his plans to re turn to his home in Odanah, Wlscon- H T rf fll.f I LnUL BEFORE NEXT XMAS ( ROBERT BENDER.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 25. That war will turn to peace be fore nno'her Christmas Is the be lief of government heads today. The hope is streng.'hened by Swltxerland's note approving President Wilson's peace move and offering the little country's aid in halting the world strug gle. t i e , New Yrk" Pil (lilef Santa flails to Poor Chldren. NEW YORK, Dec. 25. Police Commissioner Woods fathered a Christmas tree for the poor chil dren of New York, one tree to every station house in the great. er city, today. Hundreds of ragged little hoys and girls who otherwise would go without any Christmas at all are made hap py today by the officers, one of whom in each station is dressed as Santa Ola us. LITTLE CRIPPLES HANG UP XMAS STOCKINGS IOt.x of tioodlce and Tops Prwentcd Children Made Invalids by New York Paralysis Plague. NEW YORK. Dec. 25 Ten little boys and girls made cripples by Infan tile paralysis since last Christmas, found lots of good things in their stockings today In the Dr. Lucy Wight temporary hospital for paralysis vic tims. Last night they hung up the stock ings they hadn't even seen for months and this morning they lay, some of them with boards strapped to their backs, others with their legs in splints, and looked a all the wonder, ful things Santa Oliius left for them at midnight. LONE ROBBER TAKES $4000 FROM BANK Hliler Is Locked I'p I'ntll Highway, man KMrapes; Rode Into Town on Iliirxt'lHU'k; pome In Pursuit. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Dec. 25- The Bank of Bickleton, 20 miles sou hwest of Mabtnn, Wash., was rob bed of 4000 late yesterday by a lone robber, who rode Into town on horse, bark, held up the bank and escaped. The robber compelled S. A. Rossler, the cashier, to hand over the money, and after locking Rossler fn a room, mounted his horse and rode away. A posse was formed as soon as Mr. Rossler could free himself and give the alarm, and last night was report ed searching the coun'ry south of Mabtnn. NOT GUILTY BY JURY Twelve IlK-lfie County Men Freed of Charge of Conspiracy Mrk Mnrguret Hci Aga.nst TAOOMA. nw. 25. The rodeml court Jury gave a verdict of not guil ty In the famous night riders case against twelve Pacific county men. chanted wi'h a conspiracy to deprive : Mrs. Mamaret Ross of her homestead riehf by forcibly ejecting her fam- Ily from a timber claim In the North River country 1 Little evidence of war Is shown in this nleture. taken recentlv In one of the principal streets of the German CHRISTMAS SCENE IN HEART OF BERLIN 9;. ztbt - rz . . gam Mmm a. tuiMwgw.j..wi iWMis i rr e-. - T v - fV M -? vX ! -k h 3 01 THE ENDURING C7f Ity U O. Old Santa Claus dropped 'And what do you want 1 said "1 am tired of And tarnish and wither and turn I want some gift whot-e gleam s. In my dreaming heart at eventide? Some closely-creeping, metnoried things With w hlch I can laugh and play and sing. Rome gift which turns in the hour of care Tu an altar white for my mounting prayer. One me Love that will littht my face l ike a morning sun in a garden place; Give me Faith that will find a star Shining still where the storm-clouds are; Give me a Vision that sees the years Weaving rainbows of smiles and tears; Give me an open welcoming hand That all the Brothers may understand; Give me a heart grow n wise to know. What once it knew in the long ago, That the simple Joys of the common day. The sunshine spread on the common way, The birds that sing and the flowers that shine And the hearts that love, are the things divine. Give me a life made glad and sweet By human toil in the dust and heat That still finds time for an hour of fun On the faery-paths where the roses run; A life so blessed that the children say They find me worthy to share their play. And best of all on my Christmas tree May some friends hang their hearts for me. This is the top-most mountain peak Of human joy that a man may seek: When he lays him down at the Journey's end Those who knew him may call him "Friend." 8 ft WHITE YULETIDE IS GENERAL . SNOW BLANKET OVER COUNTRY TRAINS FROM EAST ALL LATE Pendleton has her white Christmas after all. A snowstorm, which was more or less general over the northwest, brought to Pendleton three Inches of white mantle yesterday and today more la failiiiiv The anow began yesterday shortly before noon and continued practical ly without a moment's cessation un til 8 o'clock last evening. The snow was of a powdery fineness and almost as dry as dust. During the night but little snow fell but this morning at 7:30 it began again. Reports from over the county are that the snowfall has been general In the higher parts, the storm wai CHICAGO NEGRO PROBLEM IS BECOMING ACUTE lSlnok Belt" Is Hapldly WUIenlnS and Colored Folk Have n City With n a City- CHICAGO. Dec 25. Rapid influx : of destruction have become establtsh of negroes "here has created a proh-'ed in the negro district, lem of importance to Chicago today.! Of strange connection is the fact The colored population Is estimated , that 13T years ago Jean Baptist- at between 40,000 and 000. The "black belt' Is rapidly widening Ne- gioes have a "city within a city." Considered of most importance in connection with the situation is th capital during the holiday shopping if men it in lieii n season. Note the nlweine I , uniform, an unusual sight . ' " as. "' in on me this year gifts that r 3 much heavier. At Kamela, the sum mit of the Blue mountains, there is about five feet of snow and the O.-W. is obliged to keep Its rotartes going continuously in order to keep the road open. As it la trains from the east are from three to fifteen hours late, largely on account of snows in Wyoming. , Should a windstorm come, there is danger of a blockade as the snow is so light tha it will drift easily. The stockmen have their stock well sheltered and on dry feed. Farmers see no reason to complain of the snow as It has fallen on ground that is but little frozen. residence problem. The negro dis ' trie has become a haven of vice. driven from other parts of the city j by "clean-up' orders. Negro bovs I mid girls are brought up In the midst of immorality. Bawdy houses, gam- Ming dens. s:tb'ns and other agents Poim Pe SaWe. a santo uomingo ires negro, built the first house on the I shores of Lake Michigan where Chi cago now- spreads out over a territory of 1 ! square miles. for this season of the year. In the foreground is shown a man. prob aMy blind-d in buttle, thing led along liy a little girl. Hodgson. L..vVv.Wlaa-' iEW J THRONGS OF CHILDREN , GROWN-UPS Till OUT 10 ENJOy CITY'S MS IE WHAT IS IT? CHICAGO, Dec. 25. Do you know what a "Brachydlasteralol- hermummadigascarensis'' is? 4 You don't? Well, if! an embryo sphenlfanalles skesiaforid pell- 4 cepod of the paleozic age, tba 4 pro f lor of geology at the Unl. versity of Chicago told his open mouth students. No one ques- 4 tioned his statement. ATLANTIC FLEET AT BROOKLYN FOR XMAS Every Ship Ha Christmas Tree To night Although Boys Fat Dinner at Their Homes'. NEW YORK, Dec. 25. Thousand! of Uncle Sam'! sailor boys are ashore on leave from the battleships of the A'lantic fleet here for Christmas lin ner at home today. The fleet will re main here until January 10. Admiral Henry T. Mayo spared as many of the boys as possible and those remaining aboard the dreadnoughts Pennsylvan ia, Arizona, New York and Wyoming and the submarine cutters, destroyers and tenders were well taken care of as to turkey, ate. There is to be a Christmas tree tonight in the main room of every ship. CHRISTMAS MAIL IS BLOCKS TRAINS Thousands of Sacks Piled up in Chi cago Most of it Destined to Points In Western States. CHICAGO. Dec. ta. Thousands of sacks of mail are blockading all rail roads. Packages and letters from all quarters of the United States are piled up here, most of it destined to other points. There will be a delay of two or three days In western mail. BARON IS ORDERED TO ELLIS ISLAND NEW YORK. Dec. 25. Baron Rob ert Oppenheim of London and Paris was not permitted to land upon his arrival here in an expensive first ca bin of he Holland-American liner Noordam. Immigration inspectors boarded the steamer yesterday morning and, after questioning the Baron, ordered him to be taken to Ellis Island this mor ning. Two of the Noordam-! crew were stationed in front of the Baron's ca bin while he remained inside. Considerable mystery surrounded the detention. Immigration Commis sioner Howe said that he knew noth ing about it. Immigration Inspectors declined to say anything except that they were "acting under orders." These, it is understood, came from Washington. "It must be a case of mistaken identity," suggested the Baron to a reporter; "anyhow Irs only a trifle. It will be quickly adjusted. I came over to travel in your country for two months and I expect to carry out my plans." Baron Eugene Oppenheim of Syra cuse, a brother, was on the pier to meet Baron Robert. He refused to be interviewed. Baron Robert Is known here as a financier, one of tha organizers of a brimstone corner and as a French banker. ACCUSEDMURDERER GETS MANY GIFTS l j SAX ANTONIO. Dec. '.'.. Harry S. j Pannell who goes on trial next Hon- day for the murder of ins wife and I M. C Butler of Alpine, received more Christmas sifts thrniigh the miil than any other person in S mi Anm-b'. f i'at-kaces eame front mam parts r i the countrv. mostly fr-"i. f!ms !' I did not know. Festivities Begin at 6:30 O'clock When Caroling Youngsters are Borne Through Streets. SAINT NICK MAKES HIT Merry Old Visitor Hands) Out Bags of Candy, Nuts and Popcorn; Chorls ters Sing Anthems; Miss OHve Gwinn Gives Pleasant Reading. Pendleton played Santa Claus Sat urday evening to whole troops of hap. py-faced children, and her second an' nual municipal Christmas celebration goes down In the calendar of the year's events as a huge success. Not only were the children of the c!tv out In swarms to greet the arri val of merry Saint Nick but hundreds of grown-ups as well braved the kwering December temperatures to participate In the wholesome revelry 01 Yuletide. The festivities began at 6:30 when a snowy float began to wend its way through the street! of the city bear ing a bevy of caroling youngsters and continued until past 8:30 when the last of the eager children had received from the bushy-whiskered old visitor candy, nuts and popcorn. I'ntll a quarter past the seven o'clock hour, the electrically illumi nated float occupied by the chorus of children traversed the principal bus iness and residence streets of the city, and their fresh young voices lifted In happy song gave the Christmas cele bration the flavor of a Dickens story. While yet these youthful songsters were caroling their way about the town, the high school cadet corps, un der the diretloet Sergeant Tonne came marching; down Main street and maneuvered In the roped-off block between Alta and Court. Meanwhile a dense pack had gathered around tha tall evergreen tree at the Intersection of Main and Alta which shone brilli antly with the myriad of varicolored lights scattered among its branches. The arrival of the children's float at the tree was the signal for a troop of school girls, airly clad, to appear in the street. Gracefully they danced the folk dances emblematic of the Yuletide. On an elevated platform built be neath the branches of the Christmas tree, a chorus of forty well trained choristers took their place and filled In the program with anthems. A very pleasing feature of the program was p. reading, reflecting the spirit of the occasion, by Miss Olive Gwlnn. Pen dleton's gifted young dramatic reader. And last and best of all to thT ex-I-ectant children cam" Santa Claus, His approach from the north where is his home was heralded by the blast of trumpets blown by six red-coated ttumpeteers who strode in advance of the old toy-maker's float. Unfortu nately the snowstorm which Santa Claus had directed to precede his com ing was a day late In reaching Pen dleton, and his reindeer found It hard work to drag his heavilv-laden sleigh. To make It easier for them, the com mittee had provided a most appropri ate float to convey reindeer. Santa Claus and all. It showed the two C"eer. hitched tandem to a larice sleigh. Just drawing up to a snow-covered cot ti' ge through the windows of which rhow lisjhts to serve as a beacon for the traveler from the northlands. The wide-spreading antlers of tke reln-di-er were tipped with tiny lights, proving that old Saint Nick keeps up with the times. From all sides of his sleigh, toys and other gifts for good little hoys anil firls tangled and old Santa himself held a toy horn in his mouth. His progress up the strei t to the tiee was met with shrill cries of de light and the merry old gentleman. whse bearing and demean'T was not mil'ke that of Col. .1. It. Ralcv. ar- kll"W l.M'gj'd the welcntne tu t vi:iiis.' and apples to the enthii nurti'ers. .il n g Mill' No toner Vvl he arH.-.l at -lie t than at .li: .-.-t . .n th-- . hil- I'ri'ii lined up and l a.-- d I v In -ungl ' f U' to rne '-e th-ir v;tft' t,r""i''' I'.'o:; ;h the III' 1 '. -,!. ton ei-"p ''i.ils'. it was ; i. i i ll i'i's and 'it"'.' fis "f i-raMn r with .--.inta L bappv hi .'tie as thi children swarmed about the 'rc- and 'he mihoim.t.Ml d.'ln:tit of the little folk w is evidence aplentv that th ef fort had b-'ii worth while. NVriONAI, HYMN' HY UK llmir.l IN V. Y. CAH'H NKW YiRK. Dec :rTh hoard of ald'Tmen Intends mak ng It mlay demeanor pun'shihle hv a fine Hfli) t' plav 'The Star Wan Banner" Indiscriminately U ir In cafm or In resta ir int.t as a a regular program ' d o'