P ONTARIO--1 he future County Seat of Malheur County Railroad, Agricultural, and Population Center of County SJje (Buiwei0 Ontario w in the Centre of the Great Snake River Valley Cora Belt mm. The Produce from 15,000,000 acre ia marketed from On tario each year Representative Newspaper of Ontario, Malheur County and Snake River Valley. VOLUME XVIII ONTARIO. OREGON. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 3. 1914. NO. 49 KAISER HONORS VON HINDENBURG Berlin, via The Hague and London. The first field marshal's baton of tho present war has been awarded to Oennral von Hlndenburg for his series of victories In defending eastern Prus sia against the flood of Russian inva sion. His chief of staff and collabor ator, Qeneral von Ludendorm, haa been promoted to a lieutenant-generalship for hla share In the successes. The award to Von Hlndenburg otncs with the great eastern batUs undecided, as a reward for the prelim inary victories at Lodz, which are said to have thrown the Russians on ths defensive with n loss of 60.000 prison ers and 160 guns. It Is taken here to Indicate that the Kmperor has confi dence that Von Hlndenburg will de feat the Russian army completely. The honor of receiving the Orand Cross of the Iron Cross, the emblem alvun a field marshal. Is the highest military distinction a German com mander can receive and was won by Von Hlndenburg. as In the cases of the first Von Moltke, Crown Prince frederlch and the Prussian "Red Prince," Frederlch Karl, on the fjeld of battlo. The elevation of Von Hln denburg will be generally acclaimed In Germany, where he enjoys great popularity. The newspapers comment appreci atively on the honor conferred on Von Hlndenburg. 700,000 German. Qsther. London. Ths Weekly Dispatch's Boulogne correspondent says: "Ths Germans have collected 700, OO0 men In the neighborhood of Arras, where thsy srs preparing for a deter mined effort to break through the al lies line." Attlss Tsklng Offensive. London. The Dally Mall's Rotter dsm correspondent reports that tin allies are taking the offensive soutb of Ypres, having discovered that the Oeriuun line Is weaken! Montenegrins Beat Foe. Paris. A victory for the Montene grin troops In their campaign against the Austrian forces is reported In s dispatch received by the liuvas agency from Coltluje, Montenegro. Son Accidentally Kills Father. Newberg, Or. James V. Thomas. of this city, was killed by Klmer Thomas, his 17 year old son, while the two were near the river on a duck hurt. The son explains that he slip ped ami fell after uiiulng the gun, and that the shot struck bis father in the back. AUDACIOUS TORPEDOED German Submarine Attacked Super dreadnought, Exploded Magazines. Washington. Almost a month after the British superdreadnought Auda cious was aunk mysteriously off the Irish coast, the story of her destruc tion has been made known. She was sunk by a torpedo from a German sub marine. Despite all the mystery that the British admiralty sought to throw around this disaster to one of her new est and greatest ships, the real facts can now be published. The news was received here from an authoritative source in Berlin. , The Audacious was hit twice and the second blow caused her magazines to explode. This entirely refutes the suggestion that the big battleship was blown up by her own crew "to prevent her becoming a menace to naviga tion," as was stated some time after the disaster. Turks Claim Victorlss. Berlin. The Turkish embassy made public here reports of a victory for General Liman von Sanders, the Ger man commander of the Turkish forces near Batum, Asiatic Russia. In which the Turks say they inflicted heav losses on the enemy. ice In This Mine Never Melts. Virginia, Minn - The Norman mine of this city has the distinction of hav ing drifts in which the ice never thaws. Drafts through the under ground galleries produce s tempera ture in one drift u hi-h never goes above the freezing point Other range mines are also cool underground, but few have drifts In which the ice never thaws AMERICANS SAFE FROM 'HOLY WAR' Washington. American mlsslonar I lea In Turkey will be fully protected ! from harm In the holy war reported I proclaimed by the Shlek-Ul Islam and ! t8 other Turkish priests high in Mos I lem church councils. Acting 8ecretsry of State Lansing announced that Turkey had voluntar ily assured Ambassador Morgenthau that orders for caroful protection of American Interests had been Issued to all Turkish officials. American missionaries not only have not been molested In any of the disturbances In Turkey but they are free to leave the country whenever they please, Ambassador Morgenthau cabled. Turkish authorities have nev er closed the Christian schools main tained by Americans In the Moslem empire. As further evidence of good faith, the Turkish government in the case of official dispatches from the American embassy In Constantinople to the stats department has suspended operation of the ban on cods tola grams. Churches In Europe Appssl. New York. The Fsderal Council of Churches of Christ In America receiv ed at headquarters hsre an appeal from leaders of Protestant churches by several neutral European countries urging churchss throughout ths world to strive for peace The appeal orig inated with the Right Rev. Nathan Soederblom. Archbishop of Upsala. Sweden. SEN. VON HERRINGEN Qeneral von Hsrrlngsn, one sf ths Kaiser's fisld commanders In France. CANADA FEARS RAID Movement Similar to Fsnlan Attack Remote Possibility. Buffalo, N. Y. Extraordinary pre cautions have been taken to guard ugalnst a possible raid by Germans or German sympathizers across ths Nla gars rlvsr. A permanent guard of 30 militiamen has been stationed at Port Kris, dl rsctly opposlts Buffalo, and the whols riverfront from there to Niagara Falls aad Quoenstown Is patrolled day and night by between (00 aud 600 mem bers of the newly organised home guard regiments. Automobiles and motorcycles are used by tho men on putrol duty. These measures, it Is said, were ta ken in response to demands from civic organisations along the Canadian sids of the Niagara who iusisted In commu nications to the department of militia that a movement similar to the Fwnlan raid was not a remote possibility 1 gH La gSBSr VEVgsV V iJsSSSSk t 'iasgm l ' gsssm gsifl gssrJgsgstX j rm H 'i I AirH 1 BSSSBBSSSr '-BBP M J M0WM W AiX MbsW gfl F ! A BsseS-JU fgflgMgBSsV4knaVj Pkfw SsJSv fl I Births During the Past Week Bom on the 29th to Mr. snd Mrs. Hamilton Major, a girl. Born on the 24 fu to Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Steers, a boy. Born on the 26th to Mr. and Mrs. Will Lyells, a son. OREGON LAND CO. LOCATE HERE Close Out Holdings in the Western Part of State. J. D. MORRISON IN CHARGE The Oregon and Western Colonlzs- lion v.,ompany nave innveu ineir ncau- quarters rrom Portland to Ontario and opened up the finest set of offices in the city, having moved all the fittings from the Portland office here and in stalled it there. The company has closed out their holdings in the Western part of the state and came hers to be near their property. During the past yesr they have locat ed several hundred settlers, mostly in the Harney valley and consider the pro spects for settling up the balance of their lands in the near future as very favorable. Louis W. Hill snd W. J. Davidson are the owners of the compsny, snd J, I). Morrison is the man now in charge of the Ontario office. BURNS AND ONTARIO TO HEtr ON THE GRIDIRON The Ontario boys who went to Burns to play football had a great time while there and speak very highly of the way ths Burns people treated them. There will be s return game played hers on Friday, the Uth, at the Fair grounds and the players srs planning to have a good team in line so they can win this time, they losi the game at Burns by a score of 12 to 6. The Burns men are practicing and will In- prepared to put up a strong game so the locals will have to hustle if they turn the table on them. Several of the old players are getting into the game and are practicing. Ontario should turn out a big crowd to greet the sage brushers and encour age the home team in the best football game of the season. MALHEUR COUNTY WINS AT WALLA WALLA Many Prizes Come Here as Result of Exhibit SNAKEL RIVER VALLEY REST Malheur county got very nearly all the prises at the Walls Walla corn show given by the O. W. K. & Railroad. They received first for the best ear They received tirst, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh for the best do ten ears. There was no entries in the acre con test because of the fodder requirement, no meneuremunts were made hero. There were 2'W entries from all parts of tho Northwest and the results show that the Snake river valley is the greatest corn section in the northwest. The quantity of corr. produced to the acre here ia the best for any part of the territory and the quality Is the best. Another year the farmers will take more care in the selection of their seed and the seed will be acclimated so that it will do much better. A few years ago the yield was small and the oualitv uoor. because the aead was not adopted to this section and the climate , but this is being overcome and soon we will be producing nearly double what we are now. THE LAST CITY BONDS HAVE BEEN SOLD The city has disposed of the last issue of bonds to Sweet Causey and Foster, of Denver, receiving ;par and accrued interest for them. COYOTE PROBLEM A SERIOUS ONE Much Stock Being Killed in the Interior Sections A MENACE TO HUMAN LIFE The mad coyote scare is getting worse in the country precincts and the farmers and stockmen are losing cattle, horses anil sheep. I.lllllherl -Hilt lit Weutf:ill loMt live head of his beat milk cows. Charles Becker has lost several head of cut ile and many of his neighbors have lost some. A herder in the southern part of the county was bitten and died before he could reach treatment, and another was taken to Vale where he is receiving treatment. Many of the farmers have built close fences around their houses to protect their families from the mad animals. There ia no bounty and no effort is being msde to atop them, while ths dsmsgs is constantly growing Istyer. NOT MUCH INTEREST IN COMING CITY ELECTION The nominating csucus cslled for Monday evening paased off very quietly and but one ticket was placed in nom inatfon. The people are evidently aware that we have had an especially good sot of officers the paat year and want to re tain them as far as possible. Mr. Zimmerman has moved out of town and H. L. Peterson was nominat ed for the vacancy. Mr. Frsser and Mr. Fry were nomin ate! to succeed themselves. There are a number of important -matters to come before the council dur ing the next twelve months and it ia important to have a good set of officials to handle the business. With but one set of officers nominat ed there will be no interest taken intlu election. EISH AND GAME CLUB HOLDS SESSION Various Committees appoin ted to Take up Work MORE PROTECTION THE ORJECT The Ontario Fish and (lame Prote. t ive Association met in the rooms of the Commercial Club Wednesday evening with about twenty present. Harry Farmer was appointed a iuii mittee to rustle new members for tiie association. Another committee was appointed to solicit funds to defray the expenses of planting ths fish and birds brought here by the state officers. The constitution and by laws as com piled by the committee was adopted. They provide that there will be no init iation fee and dues of Alt) cents a year. The members of the association be lieve they can make this a good bird and Ash section and are enthusiastic in the move to get game and fish started and protected here. TEACHERS EXAMINATION AT VALE THIS MONTH The following is the program fur the teacher's examination which will be held in the Court House in Vale on Dec ember 16-17-18 and 19, 1914. Wednesday: Arithmetic, Civil Gov ernment, Geography, Grammar. Thursday: History, Orthography, Heading, Physical Geography, Compos ition. Friday: Theory and Practice, Writ ing, School Law, Psychology. Saturday: American Literature, Physiology, Algebra, Very truly, KAY CLARK County School Superintendent ROSSIANS DIVIDE GERMAN ARMIES Center is Declared to Have Been Separated From Wings. London The spcclnl correspondent of the Times, telegraphing from Petro grnd. snys: "I feel perfectly confident that the Rtisslnn troops are not merely nround Crncow, but already probably past ti. ii 'Inst stronghold of tho llupshurgs' as a high military official recently called. "During the Inst eight dnys the Rus sians in lluliclu have captured nearly 40,000 Austrian prisoners with guus, maxims and stores." A review of the military operations In the lust week by both armies In the rear of Lodi, as given out hero semi officially, says that the German army under General Mackenxen has been cut In three parta, says a dispatch from Petrograd. Tho right wing Is struggling 16 miles west by southwest of Lodx In sn attempt to unite with the column sent to Its assistance from Weilun. The cantor Is 10 miles northeast by -north of Lodz and Is engaged In a desperate effort to cut Its way west to rejoin ths loft wing, which Is partially cut oft from the strongest position on the Vis tula This army, ths review asserts, Is moving back before the Rusatsn on alaught, but Is stubbornly disputing the Russian advance. Ths alleged failure of tho Oerman plan Is attributed to what Is termed a reckless altsmpt to cut ths Russian eonter lino. JAMES W. WADSW0RTH Fbote by AaMH.oaa Preae Association James W. Wadsworth, Jr., republi can, elected United 8tates Senator from New York. HOLLAND DECLINES HELP Honor Dots Not Permit Aid in Care of Belgian Refugees. The Hague, via London. -The Dutch government haa categorically declined all offers of financial aid tor llclgiun refugees In liolluiid, which wore re oeutly unofficially offered by ai American charity. While deeply ap preclallve of the generous proposal. the government saya It feels that It would be incompatible with the conn try's honor to allow another nation or Individual association to assist In this work of mercy Or the 1.000,000 Belgian refugees who fled Into Holland ut the beginning of tin; war, 300,000 penniless ones ro matn. Id addition to the refugees, there are 46,000 lielglan soldltts who crusa ed the border Into Holland and were Interned. The expense for their main leii&hce eventually will be paid by the Belgian government, British Columbis Feels Safe. Seattle. -With all five of the Gsr man cruisers In the Pacific accounted for in Chilian waters, the llritlsli Co lumbla cities ol Victoria, Vancouver and I'rini t Rupert have recovered from the feeling of uitlnlPSSI which prevailed hi ti Ihe Scha t u hurst, (.nil gsoau, Lit pSlg. Dresden and Xurnbcrg wet.- rovt i I I I a. L f i tw Kill vl STRIKE COMMISSION NAMED BY WILSON President Hopes Differences Between Miners and Oper ators May be Settled. Washington President Wilson an nounced the appointment of Seth Low, of New York; Charles W. Mills, of Philadelphia, and Patrick Ollday, of Clearfield, Pa., as a commission through which future differences be tween operntors and miners involved In the present Colorado strike may be settled. The commission, officials explained, was not appointed to deal with the ex isting differences which have caused rioting and bloodshed In Colorado. In a statement announcing the ap pointment of ths commission, tho president expressed "the very earnest nnd sincere hope thst the parties may see It not merely to their own best In terest, but also a duty which they owe to the communities they serve and to the nation Itself to make use of this Instrumentsllty of psace and render Strikes of the kind which has threat ened the order and prosperity of tho great state of Colorado a thing of tho paat." Mr. Wilson added that "merely to withdraw the federal troops snd leave tho altuatlou to settle Itself would seem to me to be doing something loss than my duty after all that has oo curred." He has bssn aaksd by Oovsrnor Am nions, of Colorado, to withdraw the troops from some of tho districts SWEDEN MAY DEFY KAISER Germany Arouse Neighbors by Mik ing Wood Contraband of War Lou. I. u l U(i phi' a from Copen hagen, the Dally Mall correspondent reports that Germany's declaration making wood contraband of war has caused a tremendous revulsion of feel- Ing In Sweden nnd Norway against Germany and agitation for an under standing with Itussla. Sweden's lost. by reason of this dei laratiou. It Is es timated b the correspondent, will tiiioiint to $16,011(1,000 a year The temper or the Swedes," says ih. i .it ti-iondeiil, "Is such Hint they are discussing whether or not It would he n.hlsahle to h. nd cargous of wood to Cnglaml through the Kattegat and Hkngcr Kak under escort of Swedish warships and defy the (jcl'iualia to at tut k them " Zapata Punishes Crime In Cspttsl. Washington Kxccpt for a few Iso lated cases of robbery and vlolem . . which resulted In severe puiilxhinent to the orlendcrs as soon as doti.iod, the Zapatista forces have mulm.i ...I good order In Mexico City, according to advices from the Uraslllaii minis ter to the state department. BRYAN PREACHES PEACE Nstions Built on Force Hsvs Qens Down, Told Chicago Presbyterians Chicago. "Love, not dreadnoughts and i-lege guns, Is to bring peace to warring nations'' Is the text of a ser mon preached Sunday by Secretary Itryan to Presbyterians of Chicago, who filled a downtown theater. "Nations which have been built oa force have died. Those which have trusted in armies and fleets have gone down. Why do not the nations learn that righteousness Is mightier than dreadnoughts?" said Secretary liryau. Mr liryau also denounced the llguor traffic "It Is Insat.lty to try to cure ths evils of society without stopping ths sources of evil," he asserted. I Secretary liryau experienced an em barrassing moment during a reception! following his talk when a young wo man utieiupied to einhi.uu him, claim lug to ht his coiibln Mi 1 : i ... 1 1 1 eludi.l In r embrace and the young woman was led away. Oregon Ballot Measures In Conflict. Ill f. (r While there Is no llkell hood that the mistake will nullify either amendment. Sum Kozer, assist ant secretary of state, discovered that the constitutional auieiidmeui.s proud ing prohibition and ubolishlng tho death penalty both say In their text tli.il Ih ey shall he section 3ti ol arilclo 1 of the i oilblllutlon.