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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1915)
EADER TON WESTON, OIZZGOQJ, FRIDAY, DJECEMBEIt 24, 1915. NO. 27. VOL. XXXV. WES SnntaCDlnuo in Xy GENE MORGAN nmnnnnnnrrfnn OUR Information It to Dirt correct" eald Baa- U Claua, receiving the Interviewer la the U brary or his lea palace. "It Is trot that 1 have received several flatter Inf offers to Star ID moving picture produc tion!. Hut It ll sot true that 1 have ac cepted any on of tbeee propositions. I matlll lA doubt as lo whether It would be tit propar thing. "I have my duly to the child ran of thla world, and 1 muat not Impair my health or my power of service to them by Uta atraououa work damandad la tba movies. No doubt I would prove a very poputar star at tba children a matlneee. Out I wonder If the chit- drw wbo aaa ma In their dreama do not gat a better and mora flattering Idea of ma than ibay would la tba picture. . "Ton aaa, my dear air, the camera doea aot He. I am aura It would not lie for ma when It will not tell falee , hood about tba appearance of kings and potentate Every child In tba world thinks of me aa e vary band some Old gentleman. Soma of tbem may bae an Idea that I am Inclined to be a little atout but a good many others Imagine I bare aa graceful a form as that of a young soldier. They think I curt my wblakera and bare a beautiful ware la my long, allky locka. .... . - "T I Your Uncle Santa Is Catting Fat" ""Tbsy ere not aware theiryour undo Santa U getting to fat that there lao't room In the eloign tor bliuaelf and tba larger toys. Nor that my noble mane of h&lr lan't what It used to be. If people ever sent me preeenta woicn, V. cm TRIMMING THE TREE J ;v.- , fttt of eourea, does not ooeur to them I should like to murmur a little wish for a bottle of balr tenia. "One moving picture Arm wanla to put ma Into a p!y. Tba plot 1 some thing like this: I am driving my rein deer over the treetops. when I am aet upon by a band of aeroplane ptratea, Tba plratea make ma bold up my bands and thea divert me of my stock of toys. Just when the baodltplane Is about to fly away, leaving me la distress, the chief of the robbers makes a dtaoovary. "Amid the pack of toys bs finds rag dotL By tba tag around Ita neck be aeea that It has been addreaaed to bla little daughter. My thoughtfulneea la remembering bis little girl, despite ber father's profoaalon, touches the bandit's heart, lie weeps, and then to the aatonlabment of bla pals, be orders them to lift ms Into the aero plane. - "Now, Mr. Claus,' be says, accord Ing to the subtitle, V sre going to deliver your toys for you all over too world tonight aire as directions and we will flr wherever you command.' "So at my direction, the bandlt'a aerontane atarta delivering the tors making much better time, let me tell you, than my poor reindeers wbo were left behind. Tblnga are going along One. Our aeroplane toy conveyance baa covered Canada, the United Stalea, Australia and Soutb Africa, when sud denly, to our dismay, wa And tbat we are being pursued. "'More plrateef I aak la alarm. "No. the aero police!' ahouts my pi rate friend. "The police bad found my empty eloign and motionless reindeer. They naturally concluded that I bad been robbed and kidnaped. Now they are on the trail of my captors. The pl ratea are very mock afraid tbat If arretted, they will be banged at once. The police craft la gaining upon vs. In order that the plratea may escape, they decide they muat throw all of my toys overboard. Tba vicious crew de mands that yoor old friend Bt. Nice- be thrown overboard too. aa I am pret ty heavy, bealdee being the cauae of aU the trouble. - The race continues through tba aky. , . 1 want to ralae tba white flag aa a token of surrender. I pledge myaeir to tbo captain of the pirate aeroplane that I will plead the causa of hlmaeif and hla erew end secure their reieeee from the police. I tell them that the notice will do them do barm, after I have eipUtned their klndneaa In car- nrtnt my toya all over the world. "The police crart la now eo cioee that aacape seems Impossible. " Cite ma a white flag.' I cry. "There lan't a white flag on board nothing but black flags. eaya the pi rate. Hurry up and do something Ton have do time to lose. If you don t aurrender they will abeu us. And in tbat ease, we will have to throw you overboard. 8t Kick.' "My mind works quickly. I bava no white Has-. Mr handkerchief, use those of the pirate'a la a red bandanna. What am I to do? Whlsl Auower ahall rtna naat our airship. Ah I I have It It is the scneme that eaves the day." ' " The Interviewer at this point leapea to his feet and shouted la excite ment: . : 1 - "' Well, what do you do to have your lifer . "I wave my white whiskers at "em, renlled Santa Claua, proudly. "It IS tba signal of truce. Our Uvea and our precious cargo of toya are sparea. What do you think of that Idea for a playf They want to name It, 'Santa Claua In lllsh Ufa,- . vo you win would make a hit aa the etart Well, I'm glad you think so.- 1:' 1 p I AtV. is- aszszses2SES?.s?u ' ii ' CHRISTMAS T1MEI Thai e-n mua ee a mlMnSmee inowi In whoM braan eNneit Urn a fading to no wias In wiheea aaod em pUaaant attedaSani are not ewakena4-y the reeurrenee er Ciirwenaa TWa are people will mlt you ai ChrimM t eel a eSere whal M Mad Ui SSI eaA uccMSntOvutata, hat round awe chertsiad hope er happy praapeot of Sie year before, dumnad or paawd awayi SSal tie praaM only tarvaa a rtmwd' Swm o rwJuow1 decuman on and aralienad Snaraie of aSa feaai Swy ence beaewed en houW frwvk and of eSe eoW loon SSal ana Son new In edvereir and oertfiuno, PW head weh etawd ramWf eenrn. There are few man who have lled long aneuah lo SSe weridj whe cannot tail up udi diousto any day mSMyaar Than de not aaiael Sw marries oft eVnreVedenditay five for your doleful reooUeeaor but draw your chair nearer tie blazing n4Ui tie flaMand aww found t aongend a ye room be emelkr eSan h waa a donn yean age, erff your glajt UtUtadwl leaking punch (niaaad of aparUing wine, put a good fee on sSs naaar. ... tea en a merry faces ef your ehitdran (if yoe hae any) aa eSry til round sSarim. One lisle atat nay be rnp(y:ant aUghl form ttat glacUentd m faaWa heart and reuaad Sn moeWt pHh look upon, may net be SSare, OwtJI not opon the nam fMnk not dial one then year ase, tie fafcehildnowrefaiviriginneuit an before you, widi die btoora ef htaW epoa aa eherk and die aaywy ef a fancy m as royout eye, lUAacsepon your pneam Uamctdt whidi every man hat many net on your naa) mJatr of which all man have tome. Pill your gUn agaav win a merry face end canemtad heart Our hfe en k, bur your Chrtae au aSaU be merry and your New Year a nappy one, CWaDaan 4 - I .. i NOT A MISS. a twn little rlrla were hUTTTiDf to aehool, one ot them aaw a oiacarooa rtirLimaa tmn In an aah barret LlnliL- eald aha. "do you think FUnta Claua la a mytbf , "Certainly not." retorted bar com panion, glancing aharpiy at her. -Ban- ta Claua la a muter. What msaee yoa ilspsor,.;,. WHOLE WEEK'S CELEBRATION Deecendanta of Old Spanlah Settlare Observed cnnaimaa wiw uirr nere and Partita. Among the descendants of the old Spanish settlers we find that they ob serve a week In the celebration of Christmas. This begins one week be fore Christmas. In the daytime they have dinners at each other's homea, and In the evenlnca they give a series ot parties at the different bouses. In the evening the young folk go to the home of one ot their number and knock, and then an begin to sing. Those within the house ask, "Wbo to there?" and the answer Is. The Vir gin Mary and St Joseph seek lodging in your house." To carry out the Bi ble atory they are at first refused ad mittance, and than tbo door la opened wide and they are all given a hearty Welcome.', On Chrlstmaa eve the old and young all join together and have a big celebration. In a large ball they fix VP one side to represent the man eer. and here they very solemnly give a little play In, which many take part the characters being Mary ana Jo seph, the wise men, the ahepuerds and the angola. This play la very real to them, and they all play their parts with a reverent spirit A Christmss Preyer Give me the area to aee my brother'a woe: Grant ma tba vwon tnax 'perceivee m .-are. That I, amid my Chrlalmaa Joya. may to And take aome Uracil ox miugauon there. .... Ood point tba way that X may quickly And m Ut. sore waltlna- for the alad retlel. And ope my eyae that I may not be blind To taake of love that eaae the aunt or grief. 1 -John Keodrlck B antra. Old Custom 6tlll Prevalle. The Chrlstmaa feeding of the blrda la still prevalent in many of the prov inces ot Norway and Sweden. Bunchee of oats are placed on the roofs ot bouses, oa trees and fences, to 'ar ena tham with their share or ths Christmas bounty. railway mm I MAKE NRV HISTORY Octcicr Freight Increase Oyer last Year $25,OO0,CCK). FROnTS fdVDI SO LivGE AS NOW I lurk of Ocean BoMoms for Exoort Only, Restraining Influence to Much Greater Movement Chicago Tba ruah of export ship ments from Chicago, which neeeaaltated on all bat perishable goods destined for the Atlantle board for European eonalgnmenU, haa enabled the railroads of the United Statea to snow earnings greater than ever in the history of the country. Figures tbow that the railways of the country are piling op - inereaaee in net operating revenue with the rapid uowerd lean of export trade. Settlement of the Belt Line train men'a strike st the clearing yarda re leased several thousand cars of East bound freight For the month of September Ameri can raitroada showed gross and net earnings vastly larger than any Sep tember since the advent of the railroad, according to official fig-urea. An estimate based on returns by 134 roads with a total mileage of 179,000 the total mileage ef the country la ISU.WV place tarn inawt in . a . , earninga lor uctooer 3z,uw,wv in advance of the cornea ponding period lsat year. The net inereaae la approx imately $25,000,000. Thia meant that for every track mile of the 184 rait roada cited, on aa average, the net operating revenue inereaae for Octo ber. 1916. la from sun to M7. There can be no traeation of the wonderful advance of American trade, both domeetie and foreign," ruid E. Campbell, genera traffic manager of the Erie linea. Of course, the most startling growth is seen la the export trade. We notified oar euatocnere of an embargo on all export ahipmenta other than livestock and other periab- abie roods on December IS. Notwltb- atandinv that we made efforte to be ready for increased foreign shipments. we found the step necessary. 1 do not believe anyone expected the full ex tent of the development Other roada are in the aame position. The deplor able lack of ocean bottoms and the in adequacy of warehouae facilities on New York's waterfront has done most to depreciate the value of what prepar ationa we have made to handle the ex- Dort freight 'Tea. railroad earnings are on me upgrade," he continued, "and they have not stopped going op. I do not believe that the major portion of the domeetie freight movement haa begun to get under way. When it does end adding the export movement which we have no reason to believe will be re duced biatory will be made for Amer ican roada. BuHfights Under Ban. Washington. D. C Prohibition againat bull fighting In one Mexican atate and Bale of intoxicating liquor in another have been decreed in connec tion with General Carransa'a reform programme. Copies of the decree resached the Mexican embaaay here Saturday. Governor Alvarado, or Yucatan, tn addition to prohibiting liquor sales. declared effective throughout the state the agrarian reforms outlined in the Carransa platform. In Jalisco Governor Berlinga's re forms include besides abolition of bull fighting obligatory Sunday rest for la borers, reduction of hours of labor, a minimum wage, regulation of the li quor traffic and prohibition of gam bling. Ltmburger Cheeae Healthy, Monroe, Wis. Physicians of Green county, which had the loweat death rate in the atate last summer, at tribute the healthy condition of the community to the eating of limburger cheeae. Last year 8,041, 4SS pounds of this cheeae waa produced in the county, and aa a staple of food it largely dis placed meat The Quarterly report ox tee state board of health, juat issued, gave Green county a death rate of 7.2 per 1000, compared with B.I for the state at large. Five Schoolboye Killed. Berthold, N. D. Five schoolboye and a man were killed and another boy Drobablv mortally Injured when a Great Northern passenger train a truck bus loaded with school children at a crossing during a fog Friday. John Ahearn, driver, waa killed. The boya, all under 16, ware being taken from achool to their homea. Leonard and Earle Miller, Severt and Anton Hagen and Harry Arnold were killed, and the letter's brother is expected to die. Cholera Fatal to 100,000. , Wehlnffton. D. C Because native Filpino health o&cere failed to cope with an epidemic of cholera in the la lands within the last year, there were 10,000 deaths. Captain R. C fielebow er, of the army medical corps, told the senate Philippines committee. ATt?UQ TTI?MQm fAUS im SHIM 1 MAS rr bJ A A l'AKJ Of General Interest About Oregon Field Crop and Seed Growers' Conference to Be Held Corvallia One of the most impor tant meetings during Farmera' Week, January I to 8. 1918. wiU be that of the Oregon Field Crop and Seed Crow- era' association. This association wss organized last year. Its object. the one band, la to bring together all of thoae growers In the state whe ere producing seed erope, such ss clover seed, vetch seed, alfalfa seed, potato seed. corn, craina. etc. and. on the other band, to effect a genera organ isation of those farmera particularly interacted in field crop prod action and allied aobieete. The apeciallsed agrl- cultural Dursuits. such aa that of the fruit grower, the dairyman, or the live etoek breeder, all have their atate or- ganisationa. As a matter of fact, or ganisation of these. - because of the limited number of men concerned and the highly apeciallsed interests In volved, is a natural procedure. The great maas of farmera of the state, however, are not specialising in live atock production or dairying or fruit growing but are devoted chiefly to the nroduction of Held erope. The chief agricultural wealth of the atate Is produced by these crop grow- It is highly important mat uey ahould have an organisation which will bring tbem together and. promote their intereeta. It la boned the Field Crop and Seed Growers' aaaociation will become one of the larceet and strongest aasocia- tione in the atate aa the years advance. All farmers interested ahould arop a line to the secretary of the aaaocia tion at Corvallia and eeeurc informa tion regarding it The meetings of the association will occur on Wednes day and Thuradsy (January S and 6) during Farmers' Week, Thursday be ing devoted eapecially to the interests of the Potato growers. Prominent seed and crop breeders and growers and aeed buyers and deal era from Ore gon, Washington and California are on the program for these meetings. Thousands of Girls Are Taking Domestic Science and Art Salem "It ia imnossible to tell what linea of work our achool boya will nuraoa when they grow up: but it is pretty eafe to predict that moat of the girls will become housekeepers," said Superintendent of robue inatrueuon J. A. Churchill, of Oregon, in t peaking of the vocational eonrses offered in the high schools. Mr. Churchill con tinued aaying that 7194 girls are now learning cooking and Bowing in the public achoole of the state, . Of thia number, 8S40 are In the nigh acnooia and 8345 are in the grades. If one may judge by the number of students enrolled in the two conrsea, cooking is net auite bo popular as aewing, there being 8214 girls taking Domeetie Science, end 8980 taking Domestic Art The total value of the equip ment for teaching the former course, consisting of stoves, cooking utensils, dishes, etc., amounta to 824,916, while the equipment for the latter, including aewing machines, tables, etc., amounta to $14,950. Nealry all of the teachers employed in these courses are gradu ates of the Oregon Agricultural Lol lege. Mr. Churchill states that Do mestic Science is being offered in 69 standard high schools, and Domestic Art in 73. ." : -;. Siuslaw Valley Gets Big Shingle Mill Eusrene A shingle mill on the Sius law river to employ 20 men at full ea nacity has been announced by U C Reynolds, formerly of (Joos say. con struction oft ' the- plant will be com menced as soon as a location can be selected and two are under considera tion, one on an; old mill site a mile west ox Florence and the other at Cushman. the most western point on the new railroad. f-',-.! ' Mr. Reynolds has a body of timber on the siusiaw, it ia aaia, wnicn wiu be handled. His machinery ia now located on Coos Bay. The plant will cost approximately $10,000." His loca tion will allow him to ship both by water and rail. A delegation of Siuslaw business men is expected in Eugene at the an nual taxpayers' meeting to lobby for the construction of more than $17,000 worth of road on the Siuslaw river. tlquor Patrons Stock Up. Marshfield At January 1 approaches the determination of Marshfield liquor dealers to rid themselves of stock is noticeable in countlesa advertaementa appearing in the local newspapers. One firm is running half-page advertise ments. Another firm, the National Bottlng Works, reports heavy business in "futures," in barrels of bottled beer and general aalea in bonded goods. Dis trict Attorney Liljeqvist hss announced be will be looking about January 1 for infractions ot the liquor law and ex pects to prosecute vigorously. Robins Visit Hood River. Hood River Hundreds of Alaskan robins are now making their winter homi in the Hood River valley. The birds, while similar to the robin that nests here in the summer and seeks warmer clime further south at the close of fall, are duller in color. Orchardista welcome these winter guests, for the birds clean np any fruit left in the orchards to harbor possible iaeaae oeeta. The robins also feed on Insects and seeds of troublesome weeds. m $m m. m ft Spokane The north span of the Divlelon-etreet bridge across the Spo kane river gave way under the weight of two passing streetcars Saturday. One of the cars, carrying 1$ paten sera, blunged Into the river and five men were killed and 10 injured. The other ear, that had reached the end of the bridge, alid back until the rear end rested on the river bed. The two pss- sengers and erew escaped uninjured. A seven-ton steel beam was knocked off by the top of the car that fell Into the river and fell leegthwiae of the ear on the aeata, holding the paaaengera on that aide ander the water for several hours. The nseaengers on the other side of the ear. after being aubmerged. crawled op the twleted girders of the wrecked bridge and were rescued. The bridge, aa it fell, took away the water end gas pipes and the telephone DOCTOR eoco Thla la the only poeed photograph of Doctor Bobo, leader of the revolu tion la Haiti which the United Statea has undertaken to auppreaa. and electric wires which supply the northeast aection of the city. Escap ing water and gas and charged electric rea hindered immediate rescue oi the survivors. Late in the day the ear was still submerged. A railroad wrecking car waa nrenaniur to kit It - from the water. The police announced that all bodiee had been recovered after 10 boura' work. Of the injured, one man 'a condition ia serious, i The dead were readliy identified as being resi dents of Spokane. They were passen gers on the ear'a first trip of the clay. fori Peace Delegates ia Bitter. Disscssicn; Sosne Kay Desert Ssip London The correspondent of the Daily Mail aboard the Ford peace shin. Oscar II. telegraphed from Christiania: "Dissensions among the members o the peace party are as widespread and bitter, aa they were on the aay xot- lowing the mutiny, which waa precipi tated by an attempt to coerce the del- e gates into signing a declaration cen suring President Wilson for hia pre paredness plan. There is no disguis ing the f set that a majority of pil Trims now realise that they are on a fool's errand. There ia an overwhelming feeling of depression in the party. At least a dozen of the delegates intend to desert before thev make themselves : ridicu lous. .,. . ''.". V ;"v' V "'y 'Eight Norwegian and Swedish re port era came aboard at Christiana ana re immediately received privately bv Mr. Ford and Louis P. Loehner, secretary of the International Peace Society. "Afterward the atage waa sea in tne second-class salon to hoodwink the Scandinavian newspaper representa tives into the belief that there waa a harmonious crowd of innocent merry makers aboard. A resolution was nnanimoualv adopted pledging- the nartv to all effort to end the war. r . .. . "Thia waa the nrst motion passea without a dissenting vote since the oartv aailed. The newspaper men seemed nuzaled as to how the reported lack of harmony originated. They were soon enlightened. Up sprang S. S. UcClure. tie aaia he had beard rumors that seven New York reporters were to be expelled from the party far" 'unprofessional eon- duct' and that a committee at tbat moment waa secretly framing up these men." Chinese Threaten War. San Francisco Chinese from all sec tions of California attended a masa meeting here Sunday in the Oriental quarter to protest against the return of China to a monarchical form of govern ment and to arrange for the collection of funds to finance a revolution if Yuan Sbi Kai dona the crown he has agreed to accept Tong King Cnong, president oi me Republic association said: "We are iiling to permit loan Shi mu to re sign peacefully. If be does not there wilt be war." V v J r ! : - - : ' .. J !Al!Sl!Afl OFFICERS DEFY (fflVEOlT J-Jrfy feraes Cc:f:d cf uuluulM VVllHllllllllUl ' mwi to tmm km mm Loss of Innocent Lives by Sinking of Ancon Regretted, but Attacker . Declared In Double Peril. Vienna, (By courier to Berlin, via London) The Auatro-Hungarian ad mirality la entirely opposed to any dis avowal of the eoorae ef the submarine commander who was responsible for the linking of the lulitn steamer An On the contrary, it approves his conduct fully and declares that he would have been considered as having failed to perform hia duty if he had allowed the Aneona to escape. The reply to the American note, it ia understood, will be delivered soon. The admiralty Thursday stated its se and the attitude of the naval au thorities aa follows: "It ia a submarine commander a duty to make a report to a designated base as soon as possible, and tne com mander who tank the Aneona did this as aooc aa be waa within wireless dis tance of land. He made a supple mentary report at Foia and accom panied it with hia log. No examina tion of the crew waa held, because the commander'a report waa considered complete and there waa no reason to auppoae that the crew could add any thing thereto. "So far as the commander ia con cerned, bla course ia clear. The ad miralty haa received hia report and sees no reason to find any fault with hia eoorae of action. "If any such reason existed; that is if the admiralty had found that the commander had done anything contrary to ita inatrnctiona. it would spontane ously institute an investigation against him without waiting for any demand to come from foreign governments. Jit ' can happen that a commander in beat of battle deala contrary to instruc tions, but nothing of the kind haa occurred in thia ease. 'It appears clearly from hia report that hia ship waa in danger, indeed in double danger, first from the fact that enemy boat waa approaching on a line that threatened to eut off hia re treat and the enemy-ship and the An eona could have established his radius of action and could have aet a torpedo boat flotilla on him, and second, there wss danger of the Aneona escaping, which, according to hia instructions, a to be prevented in all circum stances. Hence the conduct of the commandant much aa the loss of in nocent lives must be regretted and de plored, cannot be disapproved. "On the contrary, II ne naa aepartea without destroying the Aneona It would have been failure to do hia duty, aince the Aneona would have notified other ships of hia whereabouts. ' The loss of American Ifves le-regrettable, as well aa that Americana used a vessel belonging to a nation at7 war with Austria-Hungary." .,1 Tra3 of Plato Is 'ni'Cosdy Fated by Government Officers Chicago United States secret agents, working out of Chicago, are close to the fountain head of the war plots which have brought destruction to many munition plants, caused loss of life, and at times threatened even, te involve thia nation in war, a high"' official admitted here Thursday. "Under cover" men-j-agents of the Department of Justice, whose identity la never revealed except to the depart ment heads-i-have wormed theis-J-wS ? into the innermost couneila-of the war plotters. Others .in workingmen's clothes and covered with grime and dirt, are working in powder plants and" munition factoriea, to keep , close-on, the track of the men engaged by the chief conspirators to blow- op of -wreck -these plants. '. , State'a Warda te Wear KhakC Salem, Ore. Khaki will be worn by inmates of the state institutions' next year instead of blue denim.''' Efforts of R. B. Goodin, secretary of the State - ' Board of Control to obtain bida oU blue denim for the manufacture of overalls and other working clothing' for tne state'a wards he aaid had failed a;.d khaki will be bought instead, 'i.Dye shortage ia believed to be responsMs for the lack of bids on bine denim. ,1 n board of control will opea. bfcla-.eoon oa supplies far ' six ' months 'for all the tats institutiona; - rtP Dum-dum Charge Is Made." , " New York Chsrges that a Bridge- port. Conn., factory accepted a con tract with the Britiah government to anonlv the English army with dura-.' dum bulleta were made Thursday In an ffldavit filed with Assistant Lmtea States Attorney Knox by Dr. IleiSrfsrt Kienxle. Dr. Kienxle is one ef toe fit mm i icted with Robert Fay en the- etsar-te of annanlrlne to biow eo aft! PS carry i rg munitions of war to the eiiiw.