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EVENING EDITIOII EVENING EDITIOD WEATHER REPORT. TO ADVERTISERS The Et Oregonlio bi the largut paid circulation f any paper lu Orfgon, east of I'ortland aid earl twW-e the circulation la ivadleton of any ether newspaper. Fair tonight and Tues day. ", , . .. . COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 25. PENDLETOX, OREGON", MONDAY, DECEMIiEIt 9, 1912. NO. 7730 CHARGES "MONEY TRYING TO STOP Consistent and Hostile Effort to Embarrass Inquiry Declares Chair man of Probe Committee. MANY WITNESSES CALLED JLsad of Stock Exchange and Clearing House Will Apix-ar Ileroro Investl t,"ators KexrUi of National Ranks May Also lo Looked Into Flnan lew to bo Called. Washington, Dec. 9. "There has been a consl.stent and hostile effort to embarrass the Injulry by misleading inspired reports," .was the statement today of Representative Pujo of Loui siana, chairman of the house money trust probe committee In resuming tho investigation. It la predicted that senatorial legislation will follow the probe. The malls will be (closed to stock and produce exchanges and cer tain clearing houses. The committee room was packed today. It la reported the senate is being urged to pass a Joint resolution giving the committee access to reports of tho national banks. Charging that "money trust" com mitteemen of both houses favor the it fondants in the Pujo inquiry, Con gressman Lindbergh, of Minnesota, submitted a Joint resolution requiring a statement of financial interests of all committeemen who have affili ations with banking, brokerage and loaning business. Most of the committeemen 'are bankers, bankers or attorneys," he declared. The Identity of the witnesses was not announced but It was learned that thirty financiers, including a director of a New York stock exchange, have been subpoenaed. It is stated the gov ernment accountants are prepared with figures intending to show the in terest many foremost millionaires in th cnnntrv have In tho activities Of I stock, produce exchanges and clear ing houses. It is reported this will he the basis of the examination. RECONSIDERATION OF CANAL TOLLS URGED Herkeley, Cal., Dec. 9. Declaring that America treated England falrla In regard to the anama canal tolls, a petition signed by President Wheeler, i,( the state university and President Jordan of Stanford, Archbishop 111 rodan, ex-Mayor Taylor of San Fran- isco and others. Is on tho way to Washington. It urges congress to reconsider Its attitude denying Eng land free tolls. HOPELESS LOVERS I1E j TOGETHER IS IiOXE SPOT IX WOODS j Supposed Couple KIoimmI. Until Hunt ers Accidentally Found llodles Together. Janesvllle, Wis., Dec. 9 What was believed to have been an elopement last Wednesday, was discovered late ejy, when the bodies of William Kun kle. aged 25, and his pretty sisler-in-law, Emma Fielder, aged "0, were found side by side In the woods near the man's home. Kunkle had been uttentive to his wife's sister for some time. It was gossiped about the neighborhood that Mrs. Kunkle had ordered her sister out of their home. On Wednesday morning Kunkle kissed h's wife good-bye, swung his gun over his shoulder, and started Into tho wood, saying he would shoot a few rabbits. Miss Fielder disap peared the same day. No search" was made, because it was generally sup posed the coutde had eloped. Iite .Saturday a party of hunters i-anie upon the two bodies. Tho young woman's head was blown from her body by a charge of buckshot. The top of Kunkle'B head was blown off. ANYWAY 1I1S BREAKFAST WAS FIT roil A KING Vienna, Dec. ' 9. The chlmney- sweep who stole .Emperor Frans Jo sef's breakfast the other morning in the palace at Buda Pest has been re leased. His majesty customarily rises at 3:30 a. in. and breakfasts immediate-y alter a cold plunge. The cook as well as the other servants rise nt 2 o'clock in order to have ev erything in readlnes, as tho emper or Is impatient of delay. On this oc casion when the emperor's attendant pushed the button for breakfast and the cook went to the larder to get the cold meat he had prepared the night before, he was horror struck to find that It had dlsapepared. . Investigation led to the room of the chimneysweep, where he was found devouring the last mouthful of the imperial meal. He thought It had been intended for the cook. . TRUST" WITH INVESTIGATION IOK OUT! Fit I DAY THE I3T1I IS COMJXG Friday of this week Is one of the two real "bad luck" days of the year 1912. It falls upon the unlucky thirteenth and the su perstitious will anticipate it with ominous forebodings. The only other "Friday the thir teenth' 'of the present year oc curred in September. However, these timid , ones can take heart for the approach ing year has but one of these black days. June 13. 1913, will fall upon the sixth day of the week. The year 1914 will be an un usually unlucky one for the fateful combination occurs three times during its 365 days, in February, March and Novem- ber. This, is the first time In several years that two consecu- tlve months have had a "Friday the thirteenth." SHOULD USE CARE IN DECORATING FOR CHRISTMAS As urgent as the need to do holiday shopping early is the necessity of us ing caution in decorating for Christ mas, according to the notion ol in surance men. and they are calling at tention of the people of Pendleton to the many fires of the Yuletlde sea son which change many a house of merriment into a house of mourning. Incidentally they call attention to the fact that all Insurance policies bear this clause: "This entire policy unless otherwise provided by agree ment Indorsed hereon or added here to, shall be void, etc. If the hazard be '.ncreased by any means within the control or knowledge of tho insured." The" big insurance companies are seldlng out circulars of warning to their local agents. One was received this morning by Heard & Folsom in which the advice is given to stores, churches and bazaars: Holiday fires in these while filled with people are usually holocausts. Light, inflammable decorations make fires easy to start and easy to spread. A match, a gas flame or an electrical defect may do it. Watch gas Jets! Decorations may be carried against them by air cur rents. Watch smokers! Do not permit them to light cigars Inside buildings. Do uot make the slightest change In electric wiring without consulting electrical Inspector. Warnings for the Home. Every year i America many chil dren are burned to death by fire from Christmas candles. Do not decorate your Christmas tree with paper, cotton, or any other in flammable material. t'se metallic tinsel and other iion-inl'lainmable dec orations ony, ami el the tree se curely, so that the children reaching for tilings cannot Up it over. Do not use cotton to represent snow. If you must have snow use nsbestoss fibre. Do not permit children to light or relight tho condles while parents are not present. They frequently set fire to their clothing instead. The tree itself will burn when needles have be come dry. Do not leave matches within reach of children at Holiday time. Candles are meant to be lighted, and If the children get matches they will ex periment with them. They imitate their, elders. LABOR MEN DENY ALL KNOWLEDGE OF DYNAMITING PLOTS Indianapolis, Dec. 9. Charles W. Waxheimster and Frank J. Murphy, defendant labormen, denied today knowledge of dynamiting conspiracies In tho ranks of the ironworkers. Mur phy denied knowledge of a reported fund for the dynamiting. It was declared that E. A. Clancy, also of San Francisco, will testify in his own behalf arter the testimony of the. eastern defendant is completed. INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF WORLD GET SLAM Boston, Dec. 9. A bill was filed with the clerk of the state house of representatives today, which. If made a law, will prevent the carrying of red flags or any banner excepting na tional flags in the streets of any town city or hamlet throughout the state. The ' bill is aimed directly at the Industrial Workers of tho World as a result of their activity at Law rence last winter. - c AGED PENDLETON RESIDENT PASSES AWAY ON SUNDAY At the ripe old age of 94 years, Robert H. fccniple, one of the oldest of Pendleton residents, died at 2:45 yesterday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Margaret Hoover, 301 Willow street, death resulting from senile decay. The funeral is being held this afternoon from the home of Mrs. Hoover with Rev. T.yF. Wea ver of the Christian church, officiat ing. Deceased was a native of Scotland, having been born in that country March 6, 1818. His parents died he was but nine years of age and since that time until his retirement from active life he had depended up on his own efforts for a livelihood. When still a young man he came to America, living successively In Can ada. Illinois and New York and fi nally settling in Wisconsin. In 1878 the appeal of the west found him and he came to the Pacific coast. For the past 36 years he had made his home in this state and during recent years had lived with the daughter at whose horn ehis death occurred Mr. Semple was married 56 years ago to Miss Jennie Whitelaw but his wife's death preceded his own. He was the father of eight children, three of whom survive him, as follows: Mrs. Margaret Hoover of this city, Charles D. Semple of Walla Walla, and Mrs. George Jones of McKay creek. He also has eight grandchildren and six great-gram'children living. . Deceased had been a member of the Presbyterian church for many years. BIG LINER IS REPORTED LOST; NOT CONFIRMED gueenstown, Dec. 9. Although no information has been received from the vessel, no credence Is placed in the report that tho Cunarder Mau retania. bound to New York, met a catustrophy on the sea. Shipping men do not believe the company has been notified. New York. Dec. 3. Cunard offi cials declare the Mauretania has sent a wireless tc Queenstown declaring that everything is well. An effort is being made to trace the origin of the rumor that the liner was wrecked. DAUGHTE SUES HER MOTHER FOR ? 10.000 San Francisco, Dec. 9. Claiming that her mother induced her to sign a quit claim deed to her share in an estate left by her father. Lela M. Cogglns filed suit here today against her mother. Mrs. Mary E. Cogglns, now the wife of Charles F. Iterry, New York broker, to recover her share of u $400,000 estate left by her father. Lela Coggins' share amounted to $4 0,000 and she signed over her claim to her mother, she alleges, up on being persuaded that it would be easier to handle the estate in that manner. WOMAN IS CHARGED WITH SHOOTING TO KILL San Francisco, Dec. 9. Mrs. Fran els Vivien Lyons, in whose apartments Robert Widney. a prominent Los An geles real estate man was shot, is charged with assault with intent to murder. Widney is recovering. WILL NOT ACCE1T THE PREMIERSHIP OF JAPAN Toklo. Dec. 9. It. is reported that Count Terrauchi will not accept the premiership because he was denied the freedom of selection of his cabinet. II PENDLETON DELEGATION TO FAIR WILL ADVERTISE ROUND-UP CITY When the Pendleton brigade rep resenting the Commercial Association goes north tonight bound for the Northwest IJvestock Show at Iewls ton they will be gaily adorned with ribbons proclaiming the fact they are from the City ot the Round-up and they will wear headgear such as will make all who see take notice. One and all, tho bunch will wear hats turned" out by tho Pendleton Woolen Mills and they are nifty hats, con taining all the colors of the famous Pendleton Indian robes and manufac tured out of genuine' eastern Oregon wool raised on the ranges of Uma tilla county. The special standard sleeper carry ing the Pendleton party will leave 11 e PRESIDENT TAFT TO GO ON VISIT TO PANAMA CANAL Washington, Dec. 9. President Taft will decide before night whether to go to Panama aboard the Arkansas on December 17. If he goes he will leave Friday, meeting the Arkansas at Key West. The warship is pre paring to receive the president and has Installed a "Taft size" bathtub and bed and accommodations for steno graphers The wireless system will enable the president to keep in touch with Washington. The party will probably include Charles Taft, his wife, Hiiles. Major Rhodes and Lieut.-' Commander Tlmmons and the canal commissioners. Two weeks will com plete the trip. COUNTIES SHOULD GET TOGETHER AND HAVE RAILROAD EXTENDED That Pendleton and the citizens of Grant county should get together in a first class effort to have a rail road extended out through southern Umatilla county and into Grant is de clared by Otis Patterson, prominent Grant county lawyer, politician and seevrttary of the newly formed Com mercial club at Canyon City. It is set forth by Mr. Patterson, who Is here today on some legal bus iness, that Grant county contains un touched natural resources galore awaiting merely the coming of trans portation accommodations. There is In the neighborhood of three or four bilon feet of timber ready for use. It should and can be brought this way for manufacture into lumber. Then Grant county has agricultur al riches sufficient to attract several railroads if the road builders but knew the conditions out there. There is splendid farming land now almost unknown to the plow for the reason there is no outlet for products should they be raised there. "We farm now mostly on horseback." Is the way Pat terson expressed It. At this time plans are underway for a 20,000 acre irrigation project just west of John Day and Canyon City. It Is proposed to use the waters from Canyon creek which empties into the John Day river at John Day. The land under the proposed project lies at an altitude of 3100 feet and can be made wonderfully productive with water upon it. It is probable the plans for the project will be carried out anyway but the coming of a railroad would greatly facilitate the develop ment. It is pointed out by Mr. Patterson that the present rail connection Grant county enjoys via Sumpter and Raker is roundabout and expensive, not to mention the fact that the Sumpter valley road is a narrow gauge. He is of the belief that when the east and west Harrlman road is bu It across the state the Umatilla Central or some other road should be extended out from Pendleton through Grant county connecting witb tile east and West road. Mr. Patterson is well known here having been in this city many times in earlier days. He was formerly in the newspaper bus'uess at Heppner and served as a land office official at The Dalles. c late years he has been practicing law in Grant county IHH1TLANI) MAN Willi FACE SCANDAL CHARGES Seattle, Dec. 9. A. E. Ream, aj Portland capitalist, was remanded to, the custody of a Portland official at j noon today by order of Judge Ronald j 4 n connection with the Portland vice j scandal A habeas corpus write was) denied. The application of F. Mitch-1 ell of of Portland, indicted on the I same charge did not colne up today. I here at 7 o'clock attached to the Spo kane passenger. At Riparia the car will be taken off and held for the Portland special which will pick it up during the night. The train will reach Lcwlston early tomorrow morn ing. Returning home the party will have lewlston at 7 o'clock tomorrow evening reaching home Wednesday morning. Word to the effect the Pendleton delegation Is. coming by special car has reached Ijrwlston and that town Is getting ready to receive the visi tors in style. The band will be forth to greet the special train and tomorrow automobiles will take all visitors on a tour of the Lewlston country. Noth ing Is being left undone.' ' HTH VESSEL OF SERVIAN REPORTED SEIZEO BY AOSTRIANS PROGRESSIVES OX HAM) TOIt CHICAGO MEETING Chicago, Dec. 9. Colonel Roosevelt with two hundred New York and New England progressives arrived at 1:30 to day for the national conference of progressives tomorrow. More than five hundred will be pres ent. "The conference will be in formal," declared Dixon. "I do not expect Roosevelt will deliv er any set speech." DR. TAMIESIE TO 1 BE ASSISTANT AT HOSPITAL Present Second Assistant at Salem Will Come to RraiH-h Asylum Here Under .Superintendent McNary Appointment Made Sat unlay by Asylum Hoard. i Dr. A. E. Tamiesie. present second assistant superintendent at the state asylujfi at Salem, has been named as first assistant superintendent of the branch hospital in this city, accord ing ' to advices received here. The appointment was made Saturday at a meeting of the state . asylum board ind carries with it the privilege of returning to his present position at Salem if he finds that he prefers that position to his new one. The selec tion of the other assistants at the lo cal institution will be left to Superln enden McNary. Information has also been received here that the board decided to send twelve or fifteen of the best working patents and several assistants to the local institution by the middle of the present month in order to prepare the building for occupancy. iccupancy. Everv indication is that the branch nospuai miii ue , j ...ti, i... f... nnpnnancv by the first of the new year ana ine state is spreparing to transfer about 300 patients at that ime from the Salem asylum to the local one. Con tractors Olson' & Johnson have be tween ten an 1 fourteen days more of work before they wvll have complet ed the buildings. Most of the equip ment has already arrived while the basement is stocked with a great quantity of apples, potatoes and oth - provisions in readiness for tne com- mencemeni ot operations. j The large brass plate, which ts to be fastened to the main building, ar- rived last week. It bears the names ( of Governor Oswald West. Secretary; Hen W. Olcott and Trsasurer T. B. MeKav. as members of the state board under which the institution was j t...ii.i., l-n- MiA'arv. superintendent, I'UH'i, VI. .'. ..... - W. C. Knighton, architect, and C. A. Murphy, superintendent of construe - tion. The heating plant Is in operation each day now and the oil burners in the furnaces are proving highly sat- isfactory. All of the machinery Is ot the most modern design and the au tomatic devices in connection with all of the engines reduce the labor to a minimum. STRIKE IN ENGLAND M.'Y TIE UP MANY RAILROADS London. Dec. ..-Declaring that four thousand men are out and a trat- fc tie up In northern England is threatened. New Castle telegraphs to northern and eastern railroads that the strike is growing and spread inir to many roads. . i SUFFRAGETTE NO I.IKI.E i.i-iww TI.OO TIGHTl ..ll.l.ix .....-.- --. Mrs. Cat! Advices Emil'sh Women to Throw Skirts niul Wear Trousers. New York. Dec. 9. 'Make a bon fire of your hats; throw away your corsets and wear trousers Instead of those ridiculous tight skirts." is the recommendation or Mrs. Carrie Chap man Catt, the suffragette leader, to the Equal Suffrage League in her re port of her two years' 'round-the-world campaign in behalf of votes for women. "My trip around the globe convinc es me " says Mrs. Catt. "that my own countrywomen are the most fettered, satorlally. to be found anywhere. Compared with tho Chinese women, the American woman is almost as helpless as a baby'. It Is time for the western woman to kick herself free from the swaddling draperies which the Parisians hand over to us. We should declare our independence in dress as we have in politics, and the sooner we do it the better for health, happiness and the cause." GOVERNMENT If Report Proves to be True a De claration of War May be Result it is Feared. MASSACRE IS REPORTED Uiifoufirmed Rumor That Turk Mur der Christian King Peter of Ser via is Said to be Near DeaU Riots May Break Out in Sofia Death Lists Suppressed. Belgrade, Dec. 9. The authorities are endeavoring to prove the report that the Austrian authorities at Flume seized the steamer Hegedisch, carrying eight hundred tons of flour consigned to the Servian army at Durazzo. It the report is true it s believed war will be declared, London, Dec. 9. Cettinje reports that the war Is continuing in north Albania, the Turkish governor at Scutari refusing to believe the armis tice has been signed. Constantinople states that Turkish reinforcements continue to arrive from Asia Minor. Kamil Pasha has notified the powers that Turkey will not submit to a par tition of Albania. Vienna reports that Austria is secretly urging Turkey to adopt an uncompromising attitude at the London conference to prevent the Balkans obtaining Adriatic terri tory. Belgrade, Dec. 9. It is reported the condition of King Peter is critical but bulletins do not denote a recur rence of fainting spells. An attempt Is being made to learn his real con dition. Politicians are alarmed as the populace is apprehensive and clam oring for news. Constantinople, Dec. 9. Reports that Turkish troops are massacring i ,,. , . ,,, . , , -"T.," . x ou " . I not confirmed. Sofia. Dec. 9. Riots are feared here on account of the policy of the government in suppressing the lists of war victims. Relatives and mem bers of the First and Thirty-seventh Infantry are threatening to publish the lists on their own account if the government does not act. Mass meet ings are planned to demand adequate j war news. The churches were crowd- j eu uirouguoui me nay ana me xeei- ing is intense. j n0G GIVES 1JFE TO SAVE PEOPLE WHO SLEPT IX HOUSE Walla Walla. Wash., Dec. 9. Shep," a dog belonging to J. Vale. nh runs n lodzine- house In this rltv. ' ' et - " sacrificed his life to have those of 1 his master and his family, and the j lodgers, some 20 in number, all of whom were saved, x lamp in the hallway of the j boarding house, left turned down low for the night, exploded in the early morning nours una sei lire to ine house. The log roused his master and then ran from room to room, harking and waking the lodgers. He became confused, and forgotten by those he had saved, was burned to death. The building was destroyed, but no j " '. :r'Z Z, " INSURANCE AGENT FACING CHARGES Samuel C. Jackson. weii known insurance agent who has i been making this city frequent visits during the past several years, is facing a charge of ob- tainiug money under false pre- tenses. He was arraigned in the local justice court this niorni!i"g but the hearing has been post- poned until witnesses can be secured from Portland. Julius C. Oerdes, an employe of the Pendleton Woolen Mills for the past six months, is the complaining witness. He alleges that Jackson fraudulently rep- resented himself to be the agent for the Reliance Life Insurance Co. and, upon that representa- tlon accepted five dollars in cash and a promissory note for $24.74 from him tCerdesi us first annual premium on what purported to be a policy for $1000. This transaction. It is al- leged took place on the twentl- eth of last month.