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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-02
ORGAN RECALLS MARK TWAIN
Humorist Helped Earn Instrument
Church Now Discartis.

Carlisle, Pa.-The removal of the
old organ from the Second Presbyte-
rian church recalls the fact that it
was purchased with funds raised by
lecture course in which Mark Twain
was one of the principal entertain
ers. on the night Of his lecture
Twain held his audience in suspense
by being half m hour hate. General
Lemuel Todd, who had been assign
ed to Introduce the humorist, was
growing restless and everybody was
fidgety.
When Twain at last stepped on the
platform he did not give General Todd
an opportunity of presenting him
Merely nodding to Todd, Twain said:
Ladies and gentlemen, 1 under.
stand that your esteemed townsmar
| General Todd has been asked to in
| troduce me to you. However, as
know myself better than any one else
I believe I am better qualified to pre-
| sent myself"
Then he kept his audience in al
uproar for more than two hours.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-02
A Progrcssirn school Dlstrlct.

Although one of the youngest
school districts in the county, Dist
trict No. 112 which lies near the
Hermiston reservoir is gaining the
reputation of being one of the most
progressive in the whole county.
When the school was built in the fall
of 1909. the most modern equipment
was installed and now the board is
giving its attention to the school
grounds. According to a plat receiv-
ed by the county superintendent, the
grounds about the school have been
laid out. provision made for a garden,
tennis lawn, swings and chutes foi
the primary children, and a large
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-02
HIGH SCHOOL TEAM
BEATS BUSINESS MEN
GAME IN COMMERCIAL
CLUB GYM WAS SWIFT
Youth and Team Work of Students
Too Much for Softened Members of
Boosters Club-Another Game
Proposed.

In the game between the high
schoo! snd Commercial Club basket
ball teams last night, youth triumph
ed, for the scholastics came out vic
tors by the score of 81 to 32. thus de-
Tending their title as champions Of
eastern Oregon The game was not
as fast as some that have been played
in the city but it was full of interest
from start to finish.
The academic players won their
victory by superior merits, outclass-
ing their opponents in team work,
passing and basket shooting but the
business men are not at all discour-
aged over the outcome for they point
out that they succeeded IN rolling up
the largest score made this season
against the champions Another
game viii probably be arranged in
the near future.
The first half started at a rapid
clip and for a few minutes it looked
as If the Commercial club would be
swamped, for by fast work. the
school boys shot basket after basket
However. the older men soon settled
down to business and divided hon
Ors in the scoring during the rest OF
the half. The score in this canto was
High school, rs, Commercial club,
IA.
The second half was a better ex.
hibftion and was much closer thar
the first. the business men succeeding
IN annexing IS points while their op
ponents scored 23. In the beginnin'
of this half, the Commercials tool
a spurt and It looked for few min
utes as If they would oyertake tn
youngsters. but the greater speed an
better wind of the latter told in thei
favor.
For the high school, Fee and Hous
: er were the best point winner
sneaking down from their position
at center and guard and dropping tn
ball through the hoop with grei
regularity. The former scored
points and the latter fifteen. Whe
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-02
CORSET SPURNED BY
LEADERS FOR SUFFRAGETTES
Discovery Made in New York That
Laccs and Stays Have Been Dis
carded Forever by Women Leading
Demand for Ballot.

New York.-The suffragettes are
willing to exchange corsets for votes.
Many of them already have given up
their stays for no remuneration, ex-
! Pcept that they can work for the cause
more comfortably without them. The
discovery was made at the suffrage
bazaar, where there was voting
booth to select the most popular suf-
fragette. The prize was "a valuable
corset" Now the suffragettes say no
corset is valuable
Miss Inez Milholland was in the
lead. and many were the dimes ex-
pended to buy votes for her; but sud
denly some one who knew gave up
the Information that never had corset
bound Miss Milho,land's trim waist.
Miss Foa La Toilette, daughter of
the Wisconsin senator; Miss Caroline
Lexow, Miss Anna Tinker. Miss Eliza
beth Coo vice president of the Wo-
mans Political union; Mrs. Lee de
Forest, Miss Elizabeth Burcheneal, di-
rector of girls athletics in the public
schools; Mrs. Robert Adamson, Mrs
| Harriet Stanton Blatch, Mrs. Mar
garet Lawrence, Miss Vida Sutton OF
\ Chicago and other prominent in the
suffrage cause whose names were
mentioned it developed, did not wear
them. either.
| Miss Milholland admitted being q
member of the new movement.
| 'I wish all women could grasp the
! Importance of this REFORM" said Mis-.
! MilholIand ain the interests of i'm.
proved health. Particularly shop girl!
and all working women would be i'm
mensaly benefited by saner dress"
1 81 hope and expect that the suf
frage movement will bring out re
form in dress said Mrs Blatch
Take it from the standpoint of beau
ty the Venus de Milo, ideal OF artists
: did not wear corsets. What NOR
ugly and distressing sight can yo
fancy than a fat woman with he
. waist laced in ard her hips standin
S out?p
e This movement toward a sane
{ dress is as important as the work 70
8 the ballot " said Miss Vida Sutton, tn
n Univer4ty of Chicago lecturer an
: dramatist.
1--WE are as barbarlc in dress as tn
savage" declared Miss Sutton. "W
! pinch in our waists and condemn tn
Chinese for pinchiEg their feet"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-02
Mrs. HemmeIgarn wins piano.

the Pendleton Drug company for the
beautiful piano which has been ex-
hibited for several months in its
store, Mrs. Ed Hemmelgarn was de-
clared the winner when the contest
ended yesterday. The finish was an
exciting one but Mrs. Hemmelgarn
came out ahead with the safe margin
of more than 100000, her total being
1S12,250, while that of her nearest
competitor. Miss Copeland, was l.
292.61O. Mrs. Cheney ended third OF
the list, her final vote being 1,169, $3.50
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-02
PIE KNOCKS oUTBANDIT.

Denver, Colo.--A masked bandit
came to grief when he was hit square,
ly in the face with a hot custard pie
while he was looting the cash draw
er in a down town restaurant.
q Just as the robber entered the place
Miss Ina Mouat, in charge of the place
at night. walked forward from the
Kitchen in the rear. In each hand
she carried steaming hot custard
pie.
Hold up your hands" command
ed the robber.
II won't drop these pies for any
william like YOU" she replied.
'I don't care what you do with the
pies, but don't move" the hold-ur
man said as he turned toward the
cash register. The young woman saw
her opportunity and hurled one of the
pies at him. The soft part of the pie
struck him squarely and the surprised
robber dashed through the kitcher
and disappeared.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-02
DIAzt WOULD RETURN
AND SAVE MEXICO

New York. n. Y. Mar. 2.-Former
President Diaz, who was driven from
the presidency of Mexico by the fore
es led by Francisco Madero, present
president of the republic who now
has a revolt on his hands, Is ready to
return to the country from which he
was exiled, to lead his people out OF
their troubles. according to a state
ment given out here by close and
trusted friend of Diaz. The former
president is now in the southern part
of France.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-02

Houser secured the last basket of the
game and made his total fifteen, he
brought his aggregate score for the
ten games in which he has partici-
pated this yead up to an even 100.
For the Commercial team. Asbahf
was the best point getter, though
Hartman and Drake, each of whom
played a half, were close seconds,
The line-up of the team was as
follows: High school, Fee and Hous-
er center; Strain and Mcdonald, for
wards; Fee, Houser and Hampton
guards. Commercial club. Farrell
center; Asbahr Drake and Hartman
forwards; Graham and Chessman
guards. Referee, Sturdivant.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-02
Gralngrowers, ELECTION.

AT meeting of the Umatilla Grain
growers association, held at the Com
mercial club rooms today the organi-
zation for the coming year was form
ed by the reelection of C. A. Barrett,
president; II. J. Taylor, vice presl-
dent; j. o. Hales, secretary, Hug Bell
and Joe Hanscom, directors. The at
tendance at the session today was
small. Some time ago the association
purchased some grain bags at seven
cents and later another purchase was
made at eight and a fourth cents.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-02
RENEWAL OF TONG WAR
EXPECTED IN FRISCO

San Francisco, Mar. 2.-The police
are prepared for a renewal of the
tong war, as the truce entered into
recently, is declared off and gunner
of the tongs are out. The Hop Sings
are fighting three other tongs, follow
ing their refusal to pay an indemnity
or deliver the slayers of gunmen of
rival organizations.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-02
BOLD BANK ROBBER
is FATALLY WOUNDED

Denver, March BOLDLY entering
the Aurora State bank, at Aurora. a
suburb, lone robber today held UP
Cashier Wehn at a revolver point,
seized $500 and escaped by jumping
into an ice wagon and driving away,
meanwhile shooting at his pursuers.
He was finally cornered in a barn
and wounded. He surrendered and
will probably die. He gives the name
OF Grodit Briggs.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-02
roth Upbolstered.

Laying aside the daily paper. Mrs.
Barown observed: "a padded over
coat saved mans life in an automo-
bile accident"
eyes" heplied Mr.. Brown, "and
the article mentions that his wife.
who was struck on the hips, also es-
capped serious njury."--Judge.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-02
WRECK is LAID TO GRUDGE.
Greasing Of Rails, Resulting In -Four
Deaths. Act of Former RaiIrOader.

Salt Lake City, Utah.-That for
mer employe with a grudge caused
the wrecking of train by greasing
rails, the death of four men, the in
jury of nine others and the destruc-
tion of two buildings at Bingham,
Utah. on February rs Is the conclu-
sion drawn by Denver G. Rio Grande
Railroad officials. Information
brought out at company investiga-
tion was submitted to the county at
torney, together with the name of the
suspeced train wrecker.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-02

play ground. Poplar trees have been
planted along three sides to serve as
wind breaks as well as beautifiers
and irrigation pipes have been laid.
Henry Sommerer well known young
rancher, is the clerk of this district
and Is largely responsible for the
progressive ideas being carried out
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-02
Baker Check Artist Caught Here

a. l.. Smith, alias Wilson alias a
few other names. is now one of the
inmates of the local county Jail, due
to Sheriff Taylor's vigilance. He was
notified--by Baker authorities to be
on the lookout for a bad check artist
who had been operating in that
city and this morning picked up the
man as he stepped off the westbound
train. He is also wanted in Occur
d'Alene and Vancouver on the same
charge.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-02
school .Attcndance Good.

County school Superintendent F.
X. Welles has just received the
monty report from the heads OF. the
different schools over the county and
these reports show that the attend
ance during the last thirty days has
been unusually good, in most in
stances averaging more than 90 per
cent. Here in Pendleton the average
just passed the 95 mark.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-02

Clarence Potter. the man accused
yesterday of disorderly conduct by
the proprietor of the Palace Lodging
house, was convicted yesterday after
noon in police court and sentenced
to pay a fine of ten dollars or serve a
five day sentence in the city bastile.
He chose the former alternative.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-02
Three Drnnks in Court.

The police court docket this morn
ing consisted of three drunks, Ed
ward Lackwod, Stella Williams, the
notorious squaw, and Robert McCon-
nell. The last named forfeited bail
OF $5 but the two former went to
Jail for three days.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-02

taken out contracts with him and
their big green signs which they are
displaying in front of their stores
might be taken for decorations in
honor of the approaching st. Pat
rick's Day. Some OF the premiums
which are to be given away are being
exhibited in the Alexander windows
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-02
Sf0 Reward.

Will be paid for the following de-
scribed animal delivered at the Tele-
phone Feed Barn, Pendleton: Bay
horse colt, three years old this spring,
heavy, blocky built, branded r L on
left shoulder. star in face, white hind
foot. Strayed from Capt. Kids pas
ture on Mckay creek. Alfred Laing
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-02
win Attcnd wrestlmg Nlatch.

A good many of local sport fans
will take the motor this afternoon to
Hermiston in order to take in the
wrestling bout between Jack Ken
nedy and Eddie OConnell of Portland
which will be pulled off in the project
town tonight.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-02
Dog License Tags Arrive.

Chief of Police John Kearney to-
day received the 1912 supply of dog
license tags which he is now ready
to dispense to the owners of CANNES
at so much per. He also received a
letter from Harry Hart, the well
known dog catcher. who states that
he will arrive in Pendleton about
April to commence his harvest of
delinquent dogs.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-02
Miss Kupers Entertained.

Little Elva kupers, IL year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Kupers, was the hostess at az party
given last Saturday at her home at
1l5 Long street. 1t was in honor of
her friends in the sixth grade of the
Washington school. Games were
played, refreshments served and the
party was a decided success from the
standpoint of all the children pres
ent
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-02
Green stamp Organizer Here.

w. A. Mullen, organizer for the
Sperry &c Hutchinson Trading Stamp
company. the largest company of It's
kind in the world, with its system es-
tablished in more than 500 cities, Is
in the city today and has just finish
ed installing the system here. with
headquarters at Alexander's Depart
ment store. A number OF stores have
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-02
injured Ex-pendletonian Improving

John Young, former well known
young man of this city who suffered
the fracture of one of his legs in three
places while employed by the tele-
phone company in La Grande six
months, ago, is now almost recovered
from the accident according TO his
aunt, Mrs. Dan Shaw of Mckay who
is in the city today.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-02
special Rates for S. S. Convention.

For the convention of the Umatilla
County sunday school association
which will be held in Hermiston next
week. the O.-W. r. & N. company has
signified its willingness to grant a
one and third round trip fare on
the certificate plan providing fifty
tickets will be guaranteed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-02
Moving to Portland.

Louis Hagen, who for thirty-four
years mas been farming north of this
city, today is answering the call of
the city and with his wife and daugh-
ter is leaving for Portland where
they Will live in the future. He will
still keep his land but will let some-
one else manage it.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-02
Newsy Notes
of Pendleton
One NIarrlnge Iicense

The first day after the leap day of
the leap year was marked by the is
suance of one marriage license here
in Umatilla county. the couple secur-
ing it being Ed Lyday and Pearl Pat
ton of this city
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-02

For SaIe-Good milk cow and rub
ber-tired buggy and harness. Inquire
ait S College street
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-12-26
Breaking
Him In
He Had
Good Grit
BY CLARISSA MACKIE

Three men of the Circle G ranch met
the newcomer at the railroad station
and solemnly escorted him down the
platform where half a dozen horses
were tied to the hitching posts. Sc
cretly they were laughing at the small,
understood chap who had actually Sc
cured a job with the Circle G outfit
through the medium Of a letter. If
ever IN individual merited the title
"tenderfoot" it was the slender. pale
faced newcomer, who wore a derby
hat. tan shoes and a faded blue serge
business suit. His manner was diff
dent, and his name was Irving Pinney.
and he was under twenty.
"Of purse you can ride" suggested
Long jerks as he tossed a careless
hand in the direction of a white horse.
"Not very well,' returned the other,
with alarm in his voice. 1T hope he
isn't wild"
The white horse was meek enough
and carried his timid rider without
event to their early camp for the night.
Long jerks Informed the newcomer
that the ranch lay thirty miles beyond
and they would sleep before resuming
the journey. Pinney said little to his
companions. BE seemed merged in
dependency and after eating a light
supper wrapped himself in his blanket.
placed his feet to the fire and went to
sleep.
Something reused him in the dark
est hour, and he became conscious that
a whispered conversation was taking
place among his companions. Long
jerks was speaking earnestly:
"Oh, pshaw! You needn't tell me l
can't pick out n Of that kind. Didn't
I wake up half an hour ago and see
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-12-26

BAKER, CAPTAIN OF PRINCETON's TEAM.
winter the athletic reports all showed
encouraging balances derived from the
game. The only places where it doesn't
pay is in the colleges where it is i'm
possible to accommodate big indoor
arena crowds. Yale, Princeton, Cor
nell, Harvard and Columbia are very
fortunate indeed in this respect, for
they have the Kinks in New York. Bos-
ton and Syracuse available.
The winter will see some fast hockey
this season. for. according to the re-
ports which come from the different
college camps, the sevens will be
stronger than last year, and the fight
for the college title will be hard fought.
Harvard, which college claimed a tie
with Princeton for the title, will have
one Of the strongest teams in the bis
tory of the sport at the Cambridge in
sttution. Princeton, with three of last
years veterans, including the star.
Kobe Baker, has a good start to lay
the foundation for the varsity. At
Yale four members Of the 1912 team
are eligible. Yale will not play outside
Of New Haven this year. Columbia
also reports favorable prospects.
Interest in Princeton's team centers
in that great player, Hobe Baker, who
is conceded to be the best college stick
wielder in this country. Baker is a
great deal faster on the ice than he IL
on the gridiron. He was the man
around whom Princeton's attack last
year was developed. Baker is a spec.
tacular player, and it was no unusual
feat for him last year to carry the
puck the distance Of the ice and shoot
goals. He will be q dangerous man
again this year. for he has his team
mate. w. Kuhn, back to work with
him. These two form an excellent pair
of forwards. In fact they are hard
to beat. The only other player from
last years team will be r. Emmons at
cover point. Peacock, a rafting good
player. is not eligible. Princeton will
have a very fast line. but unless a
backtield is developed the seven may
be top heavy. A good goal tender. n
big essential in hockey, must be de-.
veloped.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-12-26

this Pinney come sneaking into camp
on that blue mustang of Witherbee's:
He must O. heard me stirring, because
he didn't stop to unsaddle. He just
slipped off and laid down and pertend-
ed to be asleep. He's as mean a cat
tie thief as ever l see, and if I have
my way he'll hang to the highest cot
tonwood hereabouts!' Long jerks
spoke fercely.
"What made him come back here!
Why didn't be run the critter off = de-
manded Saleeby's voice.
"That's an easy one. He was going
to pinch Il or two more and run the
lot off together and leave us-us here
without a hide to git back to Circle 9.
Got any loading" Pinney heard the
click Of reyolvers and muttered re-
marks as the men exchanged car
tridges. Then they rolled over and APP
parently went to sleep, for long and
noisy outward demonstrations bore
witness to their slumbers.
What unfortunate complication Of
circumstances had combined to place
suspicion on him? On his very first
day, too, when he was homesick and
weary.
All night long he shivered in his
blanket under the b%rooding. sultry sky.
Then just as a faint grayness tinged
the murky black he wriggled his way
toward the spot where the ponies were
staked.
There was a low whinny as his
hand met a velvet nose, and his fingers
trembled as they touched the dangling
bit and slipped it between unwilling
jaws. In another instant he had left
the group of restless ponies and was
speeding away through the darkness.
the soft thud Of hoofs leaving o trail
which he felt would be followed to the
death. Long jerks had said sc.
He bent his lean body to the rough
name of the horse and pounded with
fists and spurless heels on the vibrat-
ing flesh. He felt the onward rush Of
the beast. the pumping of blood
through swollen veins, as he chung to
the bride rein. Somehow the saddle
became loosened and at last slid away
in the darkness. almost unseating him
and driving the horse almost frantic
with fear. He tried to entwine his
legs beneath the pony's belly. There
was a numbing blow from flying hoofs
and one foot hung useless. Once he
turned. and the glitter of steel and n
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-12-26
AVIATOR UNDER FIRE
IN T~URko-BALKAN WAR
Tells How It Feels to Be Made
the Enemies Target

The correspondent Of the Vienna
Neue Freie Presse had a talk at Sofia
with a Russian aviator who was en-
gagged by Bulgaria to fly to Adrianople.
His name was Efimoff. He was in
structed to throw from his machine
handbills in the Turkish language, in
which the Bulgarians called on the
population of Adrianople to surrender.
He gave the following account of his
fight. 1t is reprinted from the New
York Times:
1T took me about forty minutes to
fly from ,Mustapha Pasha to Adrian
ople, a distance of twenty-five miles.
Ny apparatus was a very old one. with
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-12-26

Sra ,'a.f o--ne.
1t is IL SIG ar fact that June II Is
the only da5 in the year that at sun
rise a shadow is cast by the "holy
stone across the altar stone at Stone
henge. England. The event is always
made the occasion Of a pilgrimage at
daybreak by members Of the Universal
Bond of the Sons Of Men and many
American tourists. Stonehenge is re-
ported to have been a sun temple.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-12-26
How to Bankrupt the Doctor

A prominent New York physician says,
eff it we're not for the thin stockings
and thin soled shoes worn by women the
doctors would probably be bankrupt"
When you contract a cold do not wait
for 1t to develop into pneumonia but
treat it at once. Chamberlain's Cough
emedy is intended especially for coughs
and colds, and has won a wide reputation
by its cures of these diseases. 1t Is most
e%ffectual and is pleasant and safe to take
For sale by all dealers.