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DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISERS. The East Oregtolan bas the largest paid Circulation of So) piper In Oregon, cut of Portland and ov twice tbe circulation la feadieton of anj otbar newspaper. DAILY EVEIIIHG EDITIOII Forecast for Eastern Oregon, h U United State WeaUwr Olrrcr at Portland. Cloudy tonight and Thursday; probably rain or mow; eelder tonight. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 20 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMIJER 2, 1914. lfg . NO. 8303 t - rz' - CHARLES PETERSON OF CA YUSE SHOOWANL KILLS 5 STRANGER WHEN LA TTER A TTAC1 'HIM WITH KNIFE Mill OF III Klin LOCAL Ml CLAIMS HE ACTED III SELF DEFENSE Dead Man, Who is Unidentified, Came to Work for Petersons About a Week Ago --Trouble Started Last Evening When He Abused Mrs. Peterson Husband Interfers and Shooting Follows as Man Drew Knife and Rushed at His Employer. THREE BULLETS TAKE EFFECT Coroner' Jury Investigating Affray This Afternoon Stranger First Applied at Fnrodiouse for Some thing to Fat About IS Day Ago and Iater Wan Hired to 1M aoiiic Flowing Nothing la Known Here Regarding JUm, Lying: In the Baker morgue today la the body of an unidentified stran ger who was ahot and killed yeater day evening by Charlea Peteraon. Cayuae farmer and brother of Will M. Peteraon, prominent local attor ney and democratic leader. Tho ahootlng took place In the Peterson farmhouse, near Cayuae and the atory as told by Peteraon and hla wife places It In the light of aelf-defenae. A coroner's Jury Is sitting this aft ernoon to hear the evidence In tho caae. Col. J. II. Raley and Homer I. Watts are representing Mr. Peter con The dead man had been employed upon the Peterson ranch for about a week Last evening about 4:30 he came In from work and used abusive language to Mrs. Peterson who was In the kitchen. Her husband, wno la only convalescent from an opera tion for appendicitis, waa In an ad joining room and hearing the lan guatre, went In and ordered the man out of the house. Instead of com kIvIiik he drew a knife and rushed at hla employer who promptly drew a revovler and fired three bullets Into fcla hnilv. Tho man staggered out on to the porch and died almost In stantly. Mr. Peterson and his wife then walked to the home of Martin Madi son and dispatched him to Pendleton to brlna- Sheriff Taylor, Coroner Gar ruid and Will M. Peteraon. When they reached the scene of the tragedy they found the man lying dead upon the porch and when they lifted him thv found under him a long-oiaaeu nnm knife. Examination showed that one bullet had entered the ab domen, one had pierced the center of the chest and the third naa emer ged Just above the left nipple. Mr. Peterson and hit wife spent the night nt the Madison home and came to Tendlcton this morning. They are the principal witnesses be fore the coroner's Jury this after noon. According to Mr. Peterson's story, he first saw the man he shot about 12 days ago when he appeared at his iranch and asked for something to vat. He had him chop some wood and then fed him. A week ago Mon day the man again appeared and ask ed for something to eat, saying he Thad been working for a few days for an Indian. Being In a weakened con dition as a result or his recent oper ation, Mr. Peterson hired him to do some plowing. Testerday afternoon about 4:30 ."Mr. Peterson says he saw the man ,come In from the field and stop the team about 100 yards from the house and remain there for ten min utes or more. . He thought nothing H. M. S. Bulwark Which Was Sunk in Thames Thirty-Five Miles From London ysir. - yy ' f- -ifcifc - -. 'r.r.T-.,l-i--5:--iJ : . ,, l'. , ; J J GilAIIS CDI 11 ODI OF TRAP SET oi the nossis Terrific Fighting is Reported in Poland Teutons Suffer Heavily in Assaults at Lodz. AUSTRIANS DEFEAT ATTACK Prwmysl still Intact, According to Official Statement from War Office at Vienna Slavs Reported to Be in Retreat Lows Said to Have I Icon rjiorniou.. AIITI-CEDMI BIOT CALLS Hill TBOOPS III CIEAII POUT LONDON', Dec. 2. A vigorous In vestigation is being made by agenU of the British admiralty to definitely fix the cause for the blowing up of the dreadnaught Bulwark, which was destroyed with all on board by the exploding of her magazine on the Thames. The report that the big 1 ly convinced that the terrible tragedy ship was the victim of submarines is not given credence by th admiralty and the "man in the street" is firm- was the work of a board the boat. German spy on ILL ARE URGED TO ATTEND TAX MEETING DECEMBER 4 TENTATIVE ' HUDGET OF EX. PEXSES FOR NEXT YEAR 1 TO BE DISCUSSED. , The business men and taxpayers of Pendleton are urged to attend the meeting of taxpayers to be held at the court house on December 4 for the purpose of discussing the tentative budget of expenses for the next year as. prepared by the county court. The Commercial association will try to Set out a representative delegation from the city. At the meeting of the association ast evening W. L. Thompson called attention to the meeting which, he snld. was In no sense political and which was not called for the purpose of criticizing the county court but rather to advise It of the taxpayers' wishes. The expenditures of the county for the past ten years will be analyzed by Robert Smith of the Tax Reform League he said, and the dU cusalon will be intended to help low er the taxrs. Mr. Thompson's own Idea was that Pendleton business men should urge the improvement of the roads be tween this city and the west end of the county rather than continuing the work In the east end. Make Road Approbation. The association last evening au thorlzed the expenditure of $100 to ward Improving the road on the res ervatlon used by McKay creek farm ers. President Tallman stated that he had been approached by Dick Ad ams and Joe Hubbard, farmers of that community, with an appeal for financial assistance in improving the road. Tho county court, he said, had helped build a bridge, although the road is on the reservation, and the farmers themselves had done consld crable work on the road but now needed about $100 worth. of powder for blasting. Mr. . Tallman stated that he had ordered powder for them and he asked the association to en dorse his action. With the road in Its present condition, Mr. Tallman stated that many of the farmers are going to Pilot Rock rather than com ing to Pendleton to do their trading. FRENCH PRINCE TO JOIN BRITISH NAVY (Continued on pact fire.) HERMISTON LODGE A. F.-A. M. HAS ELECTION OF OFFICERS (Special Correspondence.) HERMISTON, Ore., Dec. 1. Her nils ton lodge No. 138, A. P. & A M., has held its annual election of offi cers with the result the following men were chosen for the coming term: H D. Newell, W. M.; Charles Skinner, senior warden; M. D. Mcroggfl, Junior warden; 13 T. Brick son, secretary; F. B. Swayze. treasurer. NEWS SUMMARY , - 1 1 General. Gorman cut tlvMr way out of trap laid by tho Russians. AntkGermau Hots break ont in Oiliean port.'' Local. Charle Petemm, Cayuae farmer, shoots and kills employe when latter ruNites at hun with knife. Two factories proposed for Pendle ton; propodtloiiH put tieforo Com mercial association. local taxpayers urged to attend meeting Saturday to diwiwn budget E. E. Lytle. said to be planning narrow gauge railroad to Cold Springs. Clvlo Coffee Club has twelve appli cations for work. II. G. French declares farm dem onstration eMert will aid wlteat growers). Annual woolgrowers' convention ojviiH here tomorrow. 1 W m INDUSTRIES SEEK TO LOCATE BUSINESS IN PENDLETON Pendleton as the location of the Empire Manufacturing Co., and of a combined harvester factory was the prospect presented by two proposi tions that came before the Commer cial association at Its regular meeting last evening. The proposition from the Empire company was different from the one presented several weeks ago and the contingent conditions have been so modified that there seems a s'rong possibility of the fac tory being located here. Charles Kik, one of the representa tives of the company, submitted tho amount of other machinery, the pro posed plant here could be made to turn out ten pumps a day. he stated, and even with one-fifth of this capac ity he declared the profits would be such that the stock could be made to pay good dividends. Such a fac tory, he said, would at the outset give employment to 0 or !5 men. The experimental stage has been passed, he declared, as the pumps. r-u it-riiurs ana puiieys are now on the market and. are giving alisolute satisfaction. M. L. Akers of tm? Pen dleton Iron Works endorsed all that PETROGAD, Dec. 2. Having re pulsed the Germans along the Vis tula, the Russians today were holding the city of Plock. Terrific fighting in Russian Po land was described in unofficial ad vices from the front. The Russians were said t control the territory as far as Gombln. Admission was made that the Ger mans had succeeded in cutting their way from the trap the Russians laid for them in the vicinity of Lod and Lowlc. The bloodiest fighting of the cam paign was said to have occurred last Friday at Lodz. All day the Siberi an corps stormed the German trench es. There were repeated charges In the face of a frantic resistance by the Teutons. The soldiers had no time to load their rifles and fought with the bayonet or with clubbed weapons. Dispatches received from the front declared that not a single German was left when the Russians finally captured the works. Crowds Storm Consulate and Other Buildings Owned by German Interests in S. American City. SEVERAL IN MOB INJURED Bitter IVrllng Prevail., n Valparaiso Otct Alleged Violation of Chile's Neutrality by tins Germans Sol diers Called I'jwn to Put Stop to Dl-turhance. VIENNA. Dee. 2. "Pntemysl has repulsed a Russtan attack from the northward." announced the war of fice this afternoon, "and battles con tinue In the Carpathian mountain The Slavs who have offered a stub born resistance the last few days east of Kolubrara hive been finally de feated along the entire line and are in retreat. SANTIAGO, Chile, Pec. I The se rlous outbreak of anti-German riots at Valparaiso were reported here to day In messages from that city. Crowds are said to have stormed the German consulate and other buildings owned by German interests. Troops were called out to suppress the disturbances but before order was) restored several were said to have been wounded by the soldiers. A bitter feeling Is running here against the Germans on account of the alleged violations of Chilean neutrality. T HUE TO COLUMDIA IS PLAfl OF LYTLE That E. E. Lytle, who built the Co lumbia Southern railroad In Sherman county, has his eye on the Cold Springs territory and would like to build a narrow gauge road to the Co- ' lumbla river Is reported here today The Russian losses have anJ u furnishes still another angle to ! been considerable. proposition in person. He declared Mr. Kik had said and declared he had his company and the Pendleton Iron Works stood ready to consolidate and capitalize for $123,000 and that the would ask local people to subscribe for only $15,000 worth of stock In stead of $.".0,000 as originally p'ropos ed. The Empire Co. would ask for only 49 per cent of the total stock, thus leaving the control to Pendleton capital. A portion of this $15,000 has already been promised, he stated. The Empire Manufacturing Co.1 made a trio to Snokane unit lnfr viewed men who had been usine th manufactured articles of the companv! SPa' and found them very well satisfied. Mr. Klk wished an endorsement of the proposition from the Commercial association and It was decided first to have the committee on promotion and trade extension make a formal report. Combine Factory. A letter from a Lewlston. Idaho. controls 16 patents but its principal.' concern nrnrwtnfnir ts l.o ,oA Inventions are a pump of Increased j for the manufacture of the Rhodes efficiency, an leeless refrigerator andj combined harvester in Pendleton pro viding a suitable factory site is do- a wood split pulley. It has been' PRINCE FERDINAND, DI C DE MONTPENSIER. NEW YORK, Dec. 2. Prince Fer dinand of France, Due de Montpensler brother of the Duke of Orleans, will leave in a few days to take a com mission In the British navy,. Before tendering his services to the English the young nobleman sought permis sion to Join the French army or nJVy Presldont Poincalre courteously in formed him that a law, enacted when General Boulanger was in power, de bars princes of the formerly reigning house of France from the army and navy. VILLA WILL OCCUPY THE PALACE AT MEXICO CITY WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. Official state department advices said that provisional president Gutterrex and Villa were expected to. enter Mexico City today and would occupy the na tional palace. manufacturing these articles for sev eral years and Mr. Klk claimed n market had been established for them already without any advertising or ex ploitation such that only about ten per cent of the orders can be filled with the present factory facilities in Spokane. With the machinery which It now has and the machinery at the local foundry and the addition of a limited nated and financial aid given was read and referred to the committee on promotion and trade extension. The Rhodes combine, the letter stated is of steel throughout, weighs some thing over four tons and Is superior to any harvester on the market. One of the machines cut 1000 acres last season without stopping once for re pairs at a cost of 65 cents an ucre. tne letter stated. the much discussed move for a road to the open river. LONDON. Dec 2. The Pritlsh pub- According o men wno have tall.ed !,,- rVl,.mrlnir for a decisive ailed lne ""uauon over wun nr. Lytic he victorv over the Germans bv Christ- 'anU to ure the material and mas either in the east or west or at tuipment from the state portage at and naval authorities , -" nen mat roau is aDanaoned n, h,.llvp,1 tn he dolnir their best to rn completion 01 me LelllO canal satisfy the demand. next ear " woultl nd a line The report was current that the war I the nat belt from Cold Spring office was making extra exertions to 1 "mling and would operate a narrow hrln h Rtpmrii-l In Uplirlum and I Saugo using specially built motor northern France to a decisive termi nation In the allies favor. . In the east as In the west, no result was In sight. The Russians finally admitted the Germans occupied strong positions In Poland and that they were In no danger of annihilation, as un official reports repeatedly asserted. I.ONDON. Dec. 2. Communication between Nlsh, Servla's temporary cap. Ital, and Belgrade, the country's cap ital In peace times, has been cut by trucks with trailers for transporting the wheat to the river. Mr. Lytle and his brother W. W. Lytle were here last evening and left on the westbound night train. Be fore coming here they had been at Stanfield. it Is said for the purpose of looking over the country between that point and the river. Not only are the Lytle's interested in a branch line to the river but It is said they are also trying to get hold of the old Open River Transportation BREAKS Ell OUT III IIEI'f YORK NEGROES ATTACK POLICE WHEN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO ARREST ONE. NEW YORK, Dec. .2. A doxen po licemen and a score of negroes were lecolved for hospital treatment today following one of the worst race riots In New York for years. The trou ble started last night when police man Humes attempted to arrest Sam uel Reeves, a negro soldier, after the proprietor of a cafe In the negro quarter had complained. Reeves knocked Hames down and several hundred negroes started pummellng the fallen officer. Hames managed j to blow his whistle, which brought lour policemen to his aid. By this time 5000 negroes had gnthered. It tequlred 150 policemen to break through the mob and rescue Hames and his companions. CONDEMNED MEN WILL 60 TO GALLOWS IN ARIZONA PRISONERS WILL BE HANGED SPARATELV ON DECEMBER NINETEENTH. The C. & E. R. R. Co. has won its suit in the supreme court for posses sion of tldelunds. PHOENIX, Ariz.. Dec. 2 Eleven condemned men wii go to death on the scaffold In the Florence state prison on December 19. They will be hanged separately, Governor Hunt and the state board .of control decided and not simultaneously as the gov ernor first Intended. The decision for separate execu tions was reached at after days of consideration, during which the gov ernor was flooded with petitions, tel egrams and letters from organiza tions and Individuals In every section of the United- States, praying he would recede from the determination to send the 11 men to death at the same moment. The governor admit ted he had received a black hand let ter, postmarked Minneapolis, threat ening hint with death If he permitted the executions. The State Reform School, with toys November 1. cost $73,450 for the biennial period of $S33 per capka. the Austrlans. according to a Sofia I "-ompanj s ooats so as to establish a dlsnatch to Reuter's teletrrauh com- uoal "ne on me river. Conditions In Servla were said pany. to be "critical." F. C. M'KENZIE IS ELECTED MAYOR AT HERMISTON POLLS THREE COrNCILMEN AI.SO SE LECTEIV NO CIASE CON TESTS DEVELOP. (Special Correspondence.) HERMISTON, Ore., Dec. 1. Frank C. McKenzIe was elected mayor of Hermlston yesterday by a vote of 93 against a vote of 20 cast for his near- PROGRESSIVES MEET BUT COL. ROOSEVELT NOT TH'RE GOVERNOR JOHNSON MAY UK PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN !. CHICAGO. Dec. 2 Progressive leaders from 25 states gathered here today to discuss plans for the party's future. The delegates agreed the organization should continue at b'.ist until after the It is election. Ro0 velt was not present. The general cplnlon was the colonel Intend to est opponent. John A. Donavan. Five' keep hands off, permitting the rank votes were cast for W. H. Skinner. Three councllmen were also elect ed by the people. The names of the councllmen elected, together with the votes cast for each, are as follows: H. M. Straw, 103; R. C. Todd. 104; J. D. Watson, 100. Two votes were cast for George Brlggs. There was considerable Interest In the election despite the fact there were no close contests. BRITONS NORWEGIAN VESSEL PRIZE OF t HALIFAX. N. S. Dec. 2 A Nor weglan steamship In tow of a British cruiser Is being brought to this port as a prize of war. It was announced The steamship is reported to have a cargo of cotton, but Is suspected of carrying contraband of war. The cruiser and her prize were expectej to arrive late this afternoon. and file to decide the party's future. Some delegates hinted th;it Gover. nor Johnson of California, pcwlbly would be the progressive presidential candidate In 191s. One delegate said the party should amalgamate with the republicans but he a.linltied there was no probability of the con ference recommending any sui h course. WHEAT I I HALF PENCE AT UVERI-OOL TODAY Cable advices todiy show th 4 Liverpool wheat market In up a half pence today, thus making the price nine hllllns, four and a half pence. The trle In American money Is slightly ls than $140 per bushel. Liver- pool.