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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-
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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
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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
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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'