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DAILY EV0IIIIG EDfTIOIl Forecast fr IViftcrn Oregon, by United tiUin Westiw-r Observer I Portland. Rain or mow tonight ami Friday. DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISERS. The Kut Oregonlan bis tht largest paid circulation of any paper In Ureg-ou. eaat of Portland tod over twlct the clrcuiatluo la Psndleton of any other newspaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL 26 DAILY EAST 0RFX30ITCAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, Ityf'c , - - - ----- - - ' ' - & A NO. 8.19.1 1 T 1 SUCCESSES All E CLAIMED Y I 1 At Every PointWhere Contact is Had With the Germans, French and . British .Report Advances. ASSAULTS BYa!R REPULSED .Attack on Ammunition Be Near Don kirk ReiKld and AUtor Are irln Away French Artillery Kald to Have Silenced German Gun Berlin Denies) KCTC. PARIS. Jan. 7. Ferocious fighting with the Germans Is re ported In Alsace, in the vicinity of Altklrch. The French attack ed the enemy In force. It was Lated. gaining slightly on the hills went of the city. They are said to have driven the Germans from their outpost trenches at Herz biich by fierce night" assaults. PARIS, Jan. 7 Uninterrupted suc cesses by the allies at every point where they are In contact with the Germans are claimed by both official and unofficial advices from the west ern sons. A repulse of the German aerial at tack on Dunkirk and the allies' am munition supply base In Its vicinity, are claimed, the hostllo aviators being driven away by French aeroguns. Between the North Sea and the River Lys, it was declared the French artillery have silenced a number of main batteries. No Infantry engagements have oc cured In this district, It was stated on account of the continued rains and floods. Desperate fighting was aald to Jiava occurred on Wednesday night and to be still In progress In the vi cinity of Lille. German attacks un dercover of mine throwers and ar--tllleVjr drove the French from one of their trenches. It was admitted, but later it was declared the French were Telnforced and recaptured the posi tion. The Geman advance east of Rhelma was reported to be checked, as were the assaults at Watwlller and Klos cblag and In the Woevre region. The French. It was asserted, were holding the woods three miles west -of Altklrch and making steady pro gress In the fighting In Alsace. BERLIN. Jan. 7. Though It was conceded there Is heavy fighting in progress In Alsace, the war office de nled the French have made suhstan tint gains In that district. It was denied that anything but ml nor engagements have occurred In the Carpathian passes. The most recent encounters along the Vistula. In Po land, were also said to have been on u small scale. PRESIDENT URGED TO VISIT NORTHWEST WASHINGTON, Jsn. 7. Ore gon, Washington and Idaho sen ators and congressmen, urged the president to include their states in the speaking tour he Is to make following his visit to the Panama exposition at Sun Francisco In the spring. The president gave them lit tle satisfaction, saying that If It was within the realm of possi bility he would Include the northwest In his Itinerary. Chamberluin headed the delegation. IS III FUGHT BEFfl n E AD Moslems are Reported to be Re treating in Wild Disorder After Decisive Defeat is Met. WALK INTO RUSSIAN TRAP BRITISH AUTHOR SERIOUSLY ILL COPENHAGEN. Jan. 7 The Dan Ish steamship Shlngolf was sunk In the North Sea by a mine. The crew of 17 perished, it was learned. AMERICAS VESSEL RELEASED BEFORE PROTEST IS MADE STEAMSHIP DENVER IS SEIZED HIT ENGLISH GOVERNMENT ACTS QUICKLY. LONDON, Jan. 7 The Amer!cnn steamship Denver, bound from Nor folk to Bremen with n cargo of cot ton, which was held up by a British cruiser and diverted to the Orkney Islands was ordered released, the gov. eminent having acted so promptly that the United States hadn't time to file a protest The vessel was laden urder supervision of the British con sular "representatives and Its deten tion was a surprise to the admiralty. 1 . t ', it . m. 11 I ; M , ' ! ! i i 1 'Sgtj- ' it With Handcuffs on Wrists, Man Wan- for Months; PickedVji Here Swiss-Italian Fugitive in Deplorable Condition, His Hands Made Almost Useless by the Iron Bands Eating Into the Flesh Believed He Escaped (Sear Canadian Line Manacles are Sawed off at Hospital. Lome Said to Have Been Enormous lighting In Southern Pulaxul Has Been Brought Almost to Halt Be cause of Heavy Rains In North, Russians Take Offensive. PETROGRAD, Jan. 7. Transform ed from an army Into a disorganized mob, the beaten Turkish forces In Trans-Caucasia are reported to be flee ing before the Russians. it was said the Mohammedans had been trapped and routed with enor mous losses. Fighting In southern Poland Is al most halted bv violent ruin. In th north It was stated the Russians have I the countv J"- nl halr nd beard assumed a vigorous offensive In the I trlmme(1 and nl c,otnlnS changed. Mlawu regions ne waj' ,aken to ,,ie Bowman studio where photographs were made and I then rushed to St. Anthony's hospital With the metal wristlets of a pair of handcuffs grown Into the flesh of each forearm, his hair and beard long and matted, his clothes In rags and his whole person filthily dirty, a Swiss-Italian, giving the name of Ro beno Batista, was picked up late yes terday afternoon by Sheriff T. D. Taylor Just north of the city. For seven months or more he had been a fugitive from the officers, aft er escaping from them somewhere wear the Canadian line, according to his story, and rather than surrender himself he kept away from mankind as much as pons' Me while he watch ed the iron bands eat slowly Into his flesh until his hands were so swollen anfl sore as to be almost useless. After the man had been bathed at I BERLIN. Jan. 7. Hard fighting in the eastern and western sone was re- where t)r. Guy Boyden, assisted by Deputy Sheriff Joe Blakely. removed ported with no particular gains by, the manacles. They used a hack saw after administering an anaesthetic to the man. Dr. Hoyden believes he will be able to save both hands. The case Is the most remarkable one that has ever come to the notice of local officers or physicians. That , either side except that the Germans have made substantial progress In the Argonne region. North of Arras the French are try ing to recapture the trenches the Ger mans took last week. In the Argon nea, it was stated, the Germans have gained and still are on the offensive, 'n Alsace and west Sonnehelm the conflict was reported still raging, the French attempting to retake positi ons lost to the Germans. the man could have remained at large for so long without being dis covered or without finding some means of ridding himself of the hand cuffs is the most surprising feature to the officers, while the physicians marvel most that blood poison had not long ago deprived him of the use of his arms or canoed his death. The man was camped In the gulch just across the Lee street bridge and had been noticed for several days by neighbors and campers. His strange actions finally Induced Mrs. Tom Hampton yesterday afternoon to call up the sheriff. Accompanied by George Simpson. Sheriff Taylor re sponded to the call and. as they ap proached the man, he fled, but was quickly overtaken. The condition of his arms was not noticed until they searched him as he kept the right hand, which was swollen to times Its ordinary size, in his coat pocket and tin? long sleeve of hU coat concealed the other handcuff. On the right arm the steel circlet had eaten Its way almost to the bone on one side and the flesh had grown completely over It. The other band had cut Into the n-sh all the way around and was half concealed while mini puis II HSU III or i inns Added Precautions Indicate That Authorities are Expecting Zeppe lin Attack in Near Future. ar.ved aep.ofu::es are seefi Flight are Made by Germane Ovet North Sea and Apparently are Mak ing Investigations of Air-Currents IYrtlmJnary to Concerted Move Agaiaw London. Mm mm DUG IIP IIiES FDD Old STIBIE Control of Vera Cruz is Question at Issue Between Forces of Villa and Carranza. (Continued on page eight) ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE PRACTICES ACT IS CHARGED INVESTIGATION WILL EE MADE IK SUBWAY BLOW-OUT WITNESSES SIMMON ED TO DE TEHMINK ltfAMK FOR NEW. YORK ACCIDENT. PI PUSHER OF OREGON SCOUT AT UNION INDICTED BY THE GRAND JCRT. This year 1315 Is going to generate a greater hatred of war than has ever been known before, which will bo a considerable contribution to progress. Glllx-rt K. Clicwtortoii. It.VDON. Jan. 7. Gilbert K. ('lies tertoiv Journalist, humorist and au thor Is serioUNly HI here. Mr. Ches terton was born in Kensington In 1874, and was a son of Lord Chesterton. He was educated at St. Paul's school. HI? first literary efforts were book re views for the Bookman and the Speaker. He has contributed to many mngnrlnes and ncr.-spapers and Is the uuthor of many books. His "Victori an Axe in Literature" u published In 1913. Since the war began Mr. Chesterton has written copiously of It. ITALY GALLS ON AUSTRIA TO MAKE EXPLANATIONS Growing out of charges made dur Ing the campaign against Joint Sena tor C. A. Barrett of Athena, M. A. Maxwell, publisher of the Oregon Sc u of Union, has been Indicted by the grand Jury of that county on a charge of violating the corrupt prac tices act. He was arraigned yester Oay but has not yet entered a plea., It l.i expected, however, that he will I'l'iul not guilty. In which event he will attempt to prove the charges he n ale against Senator Barrett In an prilelo he published. 1 NEW YORK. Jan. 7. Lively time for the New York subway manage ment seemed assured in connection with an injulry into the tleup result ing in the(death of one and the nar row escape of hundreds of others from suffocating In .the stalled trains. District Attorney Perkins has sum moned as witnesses In the Investiga tion 60 subway passengers and 27 policemen and firemen, who took part In the rescue. He said It will take two or three days to determine wheth er or not anyone was criminally re- ponslble- for the accident. NEWS SUMMARY Raiding an unfortified town by aeroplane requires about as much strategy nnd skill as an ordinary citi zen would require to sneak out and set fire to his neighbor's barn. General. Final strusxle for control of Vera Crui is bHieved near at hand. UnlnicrruiKed hii"ewes are report ed by tillles acaln.st the Germans. Iindon is making c-areful rcar stions to resist an air attack. Turkish army reported to be In ut ter rout. Local. Fugitive from orncers nii-ked up with liandciifN crown In flesh of his forearms, (rand Jury returns four Indictments Health of city jro1. accordinjr to city li)si-lnii's rcxrt. Three aeed men very low as results of fulls during silver thaw. Marlon Jack almost aplivvlatcd In Ids garage. Editor of Union paicr Indicted for campaign against Bnrrrtt. LONDON, Jan. 7. Added precau tions by the authorities indicated their belief that an Important German aeri al raid is expected in the near future. Additional men have been sent to guard the coast stations. The crews in charge of the aerial guns have been strengthened. The police have been Inxtructed to rigidly enforce the lighting regula tions. These precautions followed the discovery that Zeppelins had been tnree cruising in the Straits of Dover, es- ccriea oy armeu aeroplanes, it was believed they were sent up to deter mine the air currents and take simi lar preliminaries to a general raid, probably on London. Zeppelins have been plainly seen at Dunkirk. They did not approach with in range of the guns but the aeroplana were fired upon and driven off. One was struck but escaped. Both Zeppe lins and aeroplans were reported to have carried light machine guns and It was believed that If a raid mater ializes It will be directed on the naval bases In an attempt to retaliate for the Cuxhaven affair. The British aerial squadron is pre pared, armed with machine guns and bombs. IKDERSTATIKG WEIGHTS IS REASON OF HEAVY PENALTY SPOKANE XNTRACTOR IS IT NED $500 ANOTHER INDICT. MENT TENDING. With the German Rapid Firers DETENTION OF ITALIAN'S IN BEL GRADE IS CAUSE. HR RE PARATION. TURIN, Jan. 7. Italy has demand ed explanations and a reparation from Austria, according to an asser tion in the "Stampa" for the arrest and detention of four Italians held ns hostages at Belgrade during the Austrian occupation. REPORT SHOWS CITY HAS HAD A REMARKABLE HEALTH RECORD The absence of all contagious dls . eases in tho city this winter and the fact that there were but three cases of typhoid fever In Pendleton during the whole of the year 1914, pointed out In the annual report of City Phy sician I. IT, Temple, again call atten tion to Pendleton's healthful and san itary condition. The epidemic of smallpox, measles and chicken pox, prevalent a year ago In a mild form, appear to have been completely eradicated. During the year there were 63 deaths In the city and 11 births, ac cording to the Incomplete records on file. Seventeen more boy babies than girls were born. Dr. Temple, In his report, im'nln advocates the closing of the open sidewalk gratings and men tions certain outdoor toilets as u source of much annoyance. His re port In full follows. (Continued on Page 2.) KM . .i.. "Ve-" . i! I ' r K 1 ? ; ' : $ i a v i s ; a ; . - vmmimivw" 1 weaaajaV 1 kJfctS- .J ' ? VT" V S. I ... -v J. "... - . 4 S-4 I' x ' v. x 4 5 Jt Bli-.A-r iMtlft- wr'tTf. -4.41 WIlJ WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. The Inter, state commerce commission announc ed that J. J. Lohrenx a contractor of Spokane, has been fined 1500 on an indictment charging him with under stating weights on freight shipments A similar Indictment. It was an nounced. Is pending against J. E. Cunningham. anoUier contractor there. There were five counts In the Indictment against Lohreni. TURN AT WEST END OF WEBB STREET WILL BE CHANGEO DECISIVE BATTLE IS KEAR IUoroeinrnU for VUHstaa Are Re PWld to Hare Been Cot Off aad Istdian Cavalry pnrsae Routed Enemy Conditions In Capital De scribed a Unbearable. I WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 Vllllataa '.and Carranzlstas are preparing for a decisive battle between Vera Crua and Mexico City, according to ad vices received at the state depart ment. The dispatches Indicated the battle may be the final reckoning between the two faction. Several additional carloads 'of wounded soldiers have reached Vera Cm from Puebla, recently captured by the Carranzlstas from the Vllliata garrison. It was reported that black small pox was spreading rapidly at Vera Cruz. VERA CRUZ, Jan. 7. Reinforce ments, hurrying to the assistance of the defeated Villlsta garrison of Pu ebla have been checked 20 mile from that place, it was stated at Carran za headquarters, while the constitu tionalists were gathering strength to continue their advance upon Mexico City. It was aald General Obregon's YaquI Indian cavalry la pursuing the routed enemy in the mountains south, east of Puebla. NUEVO LAREDO. Mexico. Jan. 7. That Mexico's plight la more se rious now than at any time since the late President Madero started a revo lution against Diaz, was the declara tion of General Martin Spinoza, who reached Nuevo Laredo from Mexico City. Spinoza presided over the Za-pata-Gutierrea convention for one day. The convention was a farce. Spinoza declared, being controlled by Zapata with armed guards, while Generals Villa and Angeles and even Provisional President Gutierrez him self under constant survellance when they attended the gathering. Life in the capital has become un bearable. Spinoza said, the city be ing practically depopulated as a re sult of the Carranzlstas withdrawing In fear of a VHllsta attack. v.. A Herman Machine Gun in the Trcn chers In Handera. INTERSECTION WITH TUTUILLA TO BE IMPROVED B' THE CITY. In order to make the turn from th-j west end of Webb street into Tutullla road a right angle one, the city coun cil has come to an amicable agree ment with Mrs. Katherine Stover whereby a three cornered piece of her corner lot. 40 feet wide on Webb street and 120 feet deep on Tutullla will be thrown Into the road. The city agrees to assume the street im provement lien against It, amounting to perhaps 1175, and to move her house for her. This arrangement will not only Improve the street but will permit the new steel bridge. be ing built by the county and city, to be placed In a more favorable loca tion. The strevt committee wus au thorized to move Mrs. Stover's hous at once. The meeting of the council was a short one last evening. The annual library report and the report of the1 city physician were read and placed on file. The city physician's report appears elsewhere In this columns, while a more detailed report of the li brary boarl will be published In a week. The city recorder's annual re Port and also that of the city treas urer have not yet been made. Water System Procs Worth. COTTAGE GROVE, Ore.. Jan. 7. Cottage Grove's experience during the recent cold spell Indicated that there Is little danger of the city ever being without water. While In other cities appeals had to be made to wat er users not to leave their faucets open faucets all over this city were left open to keep the pipes from freezing and the city water never stopped run. nlng from the overflow. 4 INDICTMENTS BROUGHT IN BY THE GRAND JURY BRITISH STEAMSHIP SUNK BY MINE OFF SCARBOROUGH CAPTAIN AND 12 OF CREW ARE MISSING SEARCH IS BEINfi MADE. SCARBOROUGH, Jan. 7 The British steamship Alfre.lla was sunk by a mine crf Scarborough. The crew f ot off In boatu and nine members have readied here. The cat.t.iln and iive others are missing.' scare us In progress. NO NOT TRUE BILI-S RETURNED ANOTHER REPORT IS EXPECTED SOON. Four Indictments were returned this morning at the first report ot the grand Jury now In session. Flvs men. Walter Gllman. Ed Kllgore. Dave WItmer. Harry Sheffield and C. D. Long, are involved In thu true bills. Oilman is charged with steal ing a cow from an Indian near Cay use and Kllgore, who Is said to bo more or less associated with Giliaan In a number of deals. Is Indicted for larceny from a dwelling owned by ar. Indian woman. Witmer and Shef field are Jointly Indicted on a charge of larceny from a dwelling. It Is al leged that they stole a number of ar ticles from a forest r.inger's cahln on Meacham creek. Long U reu.wd cf forging the name of c'n-ral.l Stn field to a check pawie.1 In Echo. No not true bills were returned. Another report from the grand Jury Is expect ed soon. NEW HIGH FIGURE REACHED IN CHICAGO WHEAT MJRK-T . CHICAGO. J.in. 7. A new high flguru f..r heni wm r-g- Isteretl today. May touched dollar thirty right aril thr.-.. eight: July a ilufi.ir tmt four iiml thr- eight. Ilrivy toiuim wax rJiioiNiMr f,,r th V udvincc.