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DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISERS. Th Rtat Oregonlan bu the Urgtst MM circulation of aoy paper In Oregon, tut of Fortltnd and orar twlcs tbe clrcuitUua U Pendletoa of any tier otwspaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 26 ' - : . 1 ' " - i . i . - i. , . DAILY EVEIIIIIGEDITIOH I'orrrmMt tar l'jurra Oregon, by the I'nltetf State nmOirr Observer at Portland. Fair tonight and Friday; not much change In temperature. DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TIIUKSDAY, DECEilliER 24, 1914. . COUNTY OFFICIAL FA PUR NO. 839 1 GERMAN AVIATOR DROPS BOMB ON DOVER JifD ESCAPES mm sins III AUSIHESS IS LARKER Til EVER Records of Nine Years Broken in Amount of Packages Handled Here No "Hard Times" in Evidence. EMPLOYES WORKING OVERTIME Two Extra Clerk Engaged Also to Help Out la tho Rush Drays an J Autos arc Kept Husy Delivering Packages Heaviest Christina Pottt- al UuHlneM In History. As a result of the heaviest Christ mas poBtoi business In the history of Tendlcton. the office la swamped with packages, the employes, regular and special, are working four hours overtime and all of the Penland Bros, trucks besides two automobiles and a motorcycle are encaged In the delivery of parcels. "Not In the nine years that I have been connected with this office has there ever been such a volume of Christmas business as we ore having this year," said Assistant Postmaster Lester Craning this morning. "The packages received and also those go ing out are much more numerous than ever before and certainly do not Indicate that Christmas is suffering from 'hard times." " Two extra employes have been working during the holidays and the entire force has been working 12 hours Instead of eight Even Post master Tweedy and Assistant Post master Cronin have to help clear away the packages at times. The drays and autos have been de livering the parcels for several days and are kept busy from morning un til night. Drays stacked full of pros- nta may be seen most any time of day playing the part of Hants Claus. The postofflce will open at 1:10 In the morning and will remain open until the crowd cleArs away. Post master Tweedy declares every pack age received tomorrow will be de ' llvered before nightfall. Ambassador Page on Way to the British War Office STWC ': t I i I f n '( i i.: 1 i -. J . - -rdi . ,vsir.-. I'll Mil IB SA ID DIMES LET ALLIES New Photograph of Belgian Queen OKUMA CABINET DEFEATED IN ITS MILITARY PROGRAM Advance is Reported Along Belgian ; Coast as Result of Strategy Belgians Also Gaining. COUNTER ATTACKS REPULSED French Are Advancing at Many Point and Effort! vcncti of Tbclr Artillery Keeps Germans from ' turrylrur Out Offensive Zouave )LstinjruJMh SIve In IUttle. PARIS, Dec. 24. Effective mlnlnl of the sand dunes along the Belgian coast has won further allied ad vances against the Germans In that rcglor, according to a war office statement. The gains were described as made between the North sea and the river Lya. Pmsress is claimed by the Belgians on the right bank of the Tser. South of Dixmude, Argonne and! Voi-vre regions. It was said the French have advanced. Everywhere,! it wus Mated, the German counter at tack has been repulsed. In such encounters mentioned spe cifically as having occurred at Lorn baertx ond Zwartel and In the Alsne district, brilliant resistance was mado by Zouaves who were referred to as having i roved entlrey successful. Another German attack in the re gion cf Vllle-Zur-Tourbe, In the Chumpuene district, was declared to; have betn repulsed owing to the ef fectiveness of t)e French frtiller. Th repirt made It clear, from the nemter of counter attacks nndertak. ed by the Germans that the lattei were rutting up an increasingly vig orous resistance to the allies' gener al ndv&nce. ' ) GIVES CHASE BUT uriTi This is the latest photograph the queen of Belgium. of effect of the war. While she never was a heavy woman her face has It shows thel grown thin since the war began. 1 ML OBSERVED BE IN ENGLAND DESPITE THE W Fortress Replies to Fire of Birdman Latter Swoops Over City Short ly After 10 O'clock This Morning. NO DAMAGE TO ENGLISH TOWN Bomb Explodes la a Garden Accord In? to Official Statement by War Office at London Heavy Fog Over Kay Prevents IlriUih Hyer Catching- op With Enemy. This Is a photograph of Ambassa- London, and his work In behalf of . 4 , . . . stranded Americans and those in dor rage just leaving the American trQuble brougnt hlm very prom- embowiy. No. 4 Grosvenor Place, lncntly before the public In London. COVKHNMENT MAY DISSOLVE l'AKLIAIIAT IX JAPAN TO t'AKHY ITS POINT. TOKIO, Dec. 24 The Okuma cabinet was defeated In parliament in its efforts to pass bills increasing the appropriation for military pur poses as a necessary preliminary to Its program for additions to the army. As a consequence of this reverse. It was expected the administration would dissolve parliament, trusting to carry Its point at a popular election. DBS V DF CITY TO CHRISTMAS WITH SPECIAL MUSIC COMMANDER LOSES PUCE BECAUSE OF HIS RETREAT Al'STIUAX GENEltAL KEMOVED KOK KKTIIUNO HtOM SER VIAN GKOUND. Christmas In Pendleton will be ob bcrved principally by the suspension of nil official business and practi cally nil commercial activities, by church services and family gather ings. Tonight, the eve of Christina will ushor In the Tuletlde festivities, for this Is the night that Santa Claus will make hbj rounds, leaving his PETROGRAD, Dec. 24. Russian troops have rushed their line extend ing from Kielce to Radom, as well as to the southward In an effort to check the German advance which forced a Plav retirement from the Cracow dis trict on Wednesday. The war office admitted that Ger man and Austrian military movements j in the rietrakow region threatened tho Cracow army's line of communi cation and. compelled its withdrawal. The conseuuent redispnsition of forces was described as having brought the Russian main deftnse to within 20 miles of .Warsaw and Ktrengthened their front to the south ward so It presented an unbroken line 160 miles long. BERLIN, Dec. 24. A continuation of the German offensive in Poland and a rather quiet day In the western Church of the Redeemer, commenced " ""'V, this afternoon at 4 o'clock and the! ernment statement issued thii following Is the program: afternoon, mn,nM r. All v Flthfiil 4 11 was oufct Wednesday nt Meu- ' 1 nort " siiM thA pommnnlmtlnn LONDON. Dec. 24 For 31 hours, beginning at 2 o'clock this afternoon. England will turn its attention to Christmas celebrating, receiving no war news whatever. The official! military information bureau closed promptly at the stroke of 2, an nouncing it will have nothing more to give out until 9 p. m. Friday. The censors office stayed open, permitting the transmission of such unofficial information as it sees fit to approve. together with official statements fiom other belligerent countries. Every possible effort has been made to make the anniversary a happy one for the troops at the front. As a result of Princess Mary's efforts. More than half a million dollars was taised to send gifts to the men. Ev ery sailor, wounded and unwounded, cU-o will receive a personal Christ mas card from the king and queen- Military men said they thought It possibly a partial cessation, of hostil ities could be managed on Friday In the western war tone but it was add ed this sentiment would not be al lowed to interfere with the operations if strategic reasons rendered them necessary. The Russians, celebrating Christ fas on a different day from the Ger m.xrs, showed no inclination to defer to the Teutonic ideas by relaxing their exertions. PARIS. Dec. 24. British trans ports laden with holiday gifts for troops In the field In Relgium and France have reached this side of the channel. Despite the approach of Christmas. brisk fighting is in progress at the front. The cannonading especially is heavy. LONDON, Dec 24. Dover was bombarded from a German aeroplane today. . The fortress replied to the flra from the aerial craft. A British plane put up and pur sued the German some distance but the Invader escaped. Although there have been stories circulated before of aerial attacks on Dover this is the first time such an attack has been officially verified. An official statement today con- tained the following: "One of the enemy's aeroplanes was seen over Dover at 10:11 o'clock this morning. It drop ped a bomb which exploded la a garden but did no damage. The aeroplane flew out to sea pur sued by a British aircraft but the pursuit was unsuccessfuL The w-eather was very foggy." An unofficial account was that the mlssle did some damage, tearing tre mendous hole In the garden where It landed and amaahlng windows In the vicinity. It was said It evidently was aimed at Dover castle and actu ally struck within four hundred yard of it. Prayers, Lesson St lfVmn ' . . . Cul .... Solo deal- Luke. 59 Ing first with the operations In Rel Klum. "On December 22 we took 230 Mr. Dalov'a Pin ' oners npr iMxsrnonie. i ne ene- Robert La, Dow my waa active Wednesday at Chalons Rice' na we Ilnnll' aoanaonec a position nrosonta fop hnvs nnrt clrls. Christ-! Rorltntlon James mas trees will bluxe In many home! Carol Mrs. Hartman's Class We ' & successful counter VIENNA, Deo. 14. A formal an nouncement of the already unoffi cially known fact that Archduke Eu gene, Emperor Francis .Joseph's cou sin, has succeeded General Potlorek, In command of the Austrian force' dren and many grown and several churches will be the Solo Miss Perkele sceno of Christmas tree festivities. ) Carol At the Presbvterlan. Methodist and I ...Donald and Rosemary Whitman Raptlst. Christmas programs will be; Hymn Sl eastern theater of war we have as- given this evening commencing ati Carol Mrs. Sturgls' Class. ea tne onensive aiong me -tea attack, because the trenches were nearly leveled by the enemy's fire. We took more than 100 prisoners. In the 7:S0 and at each church there will Offering for newsboys cot at Good be brightly Illumined trees laden Samaritan Hospital. with gifts for all children. The Hymn 68 Christian church held Its Christmas The accompanists are Mrs. Phelps. exercises 4nat evening and they were; Mrs. Dickson, Mfcw Berkeley, Miss M. enburg-Soldau Russians." line, repulsing the PARDON IS GRANTED HELIX MAN CONVICTED OF HIGHWAY ROBBERY recently driven from Servla, waa Is sued today, "After successful fighting," said the statement, "tho Austrian com mander decided on account of Im mense difficulties he was encounter ing, to withdraw from Servla. Our troops are neither broken nor beat en. They are reaay ror runner rignt Ing but naturally the withdrawal meant serious losses in men and ma terlal. Servian reports of our losses are greatly exaggerated." $1.25 OFFERED FOR WHEAT BUT GROWERS HOLDING BACK t PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 24. A dollar and y quarter was of- 4 fered on the Merchants Ex- change for spot delivery of club wheat. .This Is the highest price known hero for spot de-'w livery. Regardless of the high price, growers are refusing to sell. attended by a happy throng of chll- people. In- rtead of the conventional big tree. there were five small trees, all blos somed out In gifts, and an electric cross that mado a beautiful effect. At Catholic Church. At the Catholic church tonight at midnight there will be held a high mass followed Immediately by two low m nires. Promptly at 12 o'clock the big choir, which has been prac ticing under the direction of Eugene Molltor, will start singing "O Holy Night" and thin will be followed Im mediately by the solemn high mass with several priests presiding at the altar. The choir will sing the mass In O by Millard, which Is composed of the following: Kyrle, Gloria, Cre do, Sanctus, Benedlctus and Agnea Del. In the Gloria will be a beauti ful solo selection by Miss Alma Scheer and a solo, "Et Incnrnntus Est" will be sung by Eugene Molitor In tho Credo. In tho Benedlctus the solo part will bo sung by Carl Hem melgarn and In the Agnus Del by Miss Adeline Thome. Other low masses will bo held during the morning and nt 10 o'clock another high mnss will be held. Episcopal Clmirli. The Christmas tree exorcises of tho NEWS SUMMARY Colesworthy, Miss P. Rice Tomorrow morning at 10:30 there will be Christmas services at the Episcopal church, the services to con sist of special hymns, anthems and a sermon oy tne pastor. Mrs. can VCP t i-ian,! , ,UM Power will sing the offertory solo, . who ,., imrsul. General. German aviator drops bombs on Do- Brltlsli fly. Clirlstma.H will b observed by Eng land dewplto war. Gifts arc sont to "The Birthday of a King." The of fering on Christmas day throughout the Episcopal church Is for the clergy, widow and orphan fund and the ag ed pension fund. 4 No services will be held at the. for allien to drive Germans furthci Christian Methodist, Presbyterian or back. troops at tho front. I Mines planted under sand dunes aloiur Belgian roast make It Mssiblc Having served but a few weeks of his sentence for highway robbery, Milton Anderson of Helix is again ai having free man, made so by a pardon grant ed by Governor Oswald West yester day. He arrived home this morning. His pardon was secured through the efforts of his attorney, Will M. Pe I terson, who presented the matter to l'the governor In person Monday and ! who fortified his own pleas with a petition signed by 400 citizens of the Helix community and by 40 or more letters from men knowing Anderson The pardon was, however, condl tional. Anderson, by Its terms. Is to abstain from the use of liquors for the period of a year, is not to entei J a saloon and la to report each month. in person or In letter to the gover- r charge of highway robbery commit ted against Tat Dempsey. Navin. given $750 bonds, left the country but young Anderson entered a plea of guilty and made a clean breast of the affair. He was sentenc ed to the penitentiary from one to ten years and an application for a parole was made. Judge Phelpsv while of the opinion that the man was deserving of clemency, did not thing that he could hold such a crime as he committed lightly. He therefore, denied the application ana recommended to the state pardon board that Anderson be made to serve his minimum sentence and that, thereafter, he should receive consid eration. Mr. Peterson enlisted the citixens fair paviuon wmrnm UNTIL OCTOBER 10, 1915 A G It K E M E X T IS REACHED WHEREBY REMOVAL IS HELD I P FOR YEAR. By an agreement between Elmer Searcy, the Pendleton Commercial association and the L'matilla, county fair board, the fair pavilion will re main as it Is until October 10, 1915. thereby giving "Happy Canyon'' one more year of life in Its present lo cation. A. report of this agreement was made to the city council lost evening and accepted by that body as a satisfactory settlement of the con troversy which arose out of Searcey'a Petition for the removal of that part of the pavilion occupying Railroad street. The street committee reported It had made an agreement with B. L. Burroughs & Co. and the Farmers I'nion Grain agency to vacate a por tion of Vincent street upon the pay ment of 1400. This report was ad opted and the city attorney instruct ed to draw up the necessary papers. A petition from C. S. Cole and others for the removal of an "obnoxl ous- oarn on Tustin street was re ferred to the police committee and the health officer. A restaurant liquor license waa granted to Swearingen Bros, and a drug store liquor license to the Pen dleton Drug Co. i nor. or neitx in oenau or nis client ana Anderson was Jointly Indicted wlthj also secured a recommendation for James Navin, a well known farmer, on I parole from District Attorney Stelwer. Baptist churches tomorrow. AUSTRIAN BATTERIES SAID TO HAVE SUNK SUBMARINE ONE CRAFT OF ALLIES DESTROY- KlVDETAIIiK OF ACTION ARE NOT GIVEN. AMSTERDAM. Dec. 24 Austrian batteries ave sunk one of the allies submarines, according to claims ot German newspapers. Where it occur, red was not eUiU J. IrcJdent Wilson Rives each rm iloye of White House a turkey for Xmas. Local. Clitirvltcs and homos to be centers PRESIDENT EVERY WHI1EH0USE EMPLOYE RECEIVES 12 POUND TURKEY ALSO REMEMBERS EXECUTIVE ASSOCIATES WITH GIFTS. of Christ imum festivities. Greatest volume of Christina bus iness in history roitortcd by poetof- floe. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 Pres!- Soattlo Sir Knights send certificate dent Wilson personally presented 12 of g'Hxl fellowship to local coiunuind-. pound t irkevs to nil the white house cry. employes. He also remembered his Report of Coffee Club manacnicnt associates in the executive snow inorcustM patroim!?t i witn han'lsome sifts. As far ns pos- 'tVIUv Kills' 'defeat' hlj;li school sible the president refrained from all quintet. work, devoting most of his time to Triple nmvoiiicnt leriults llnpp) preparing for the family reunion at i (in;ou to litf until Oct. 10, 1915. the white house tomorrow. GARRANZA MAKES IT PLAIN HE WON'T LEAVE MEXICO INJUNCTION IS DENIED IN ARIZONA PROHIBITION CASE APPEAL IS FILER AND OI ESTIOX WILL HE TAKEN" TO SC PREME COl'HT. VICTORIES OF HIS TROOPS RE PORTERMEN ARE IN GOOD SPIRITS HE SAYS. WASHINGTON. Dec. "4. Carransa wired the Mexican constitutionalist agency here he was at Atuzaco, Vera offices crur, Inspecting his troops and states he found them in h's'h spirits and eater to assume the offensive a;.iUil the Vlllistas. Carr.inza asked that LOS ANGELES. Dec. 24. Tho T'nl ted States district court denied th Petition of certain Arizona Interests for an Injunction restraining the op eration of the Arliona. prohibition amendment. An appeal to thu su preme court was announced and al lowed by the court. The court decis ion asserted that no evidence wa presented to cause the granting of ar interlocutory Injunction. (Continued on ?ag fivj.) Vegetarian Dirt I'rged. AMSTERDAM, via ImJon, Irc. 24. The Vosslsche fitting of I!-rlln prints an uppeal signed bv I ci ill riff German professors of politlntl eco nomy which tiri" Murrn.irn to live on vegetables and rve tT.'.ul. 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