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DAILY EVENING EDITION
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t Portland,
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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL 26
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1914.
NO. 8353
HIS CKIIIE
ISSi FROIITIER
III f pis
Slavs are Driven Back 50 Miles But
Petrograd Claims Retreat is Order
lyLosses are Heavy.
DESPERATE FIGHTKG IS 091
Caara Troops Contest Every Inch of
live Way In Western Tbeateh of
War Kabicr's Men Are Still Vtlog
'.' gm4ln4? Mctliodii In Effort to
Gain Uw French ooaot
PETROGRAD, Nov. JO. The Ger
mans were atlll pouring by the tens
c( thousands today acroaa the frontier
from Thorn and to the aoutheastward
Jn'u Ruastan Poland.
It was admitted that they bve ad
vanced 60 mllrg into Russian terri
tory. The Mavs were In retrent toJay
tut the retirement was reported to be
'Orderly and they were aald to be
lighting desperately as they fell back.
Although the conflict had not as
yet reached the proportions of a gen
eral er gagement, the loasca on both
aldus were aald already to have been
enormous.
LONDON, Nov. 10. In Berlin
military circles, the Germans killed.
wounded and missing thus far were
estimated at a million and a quarter,
according to a Copenhagen dispatch
received here.
In i-J J Hon, It was stated, there
were h ;. 1 f a million sick soldiers.
The actual casualty list Including
those m the Saxon, Wurtemburg and
Bavarian troops, comprise 980,000
names.
PARIS, Nov. 20 The German
mete bringing tremendous pressure to
bear on the line of the allies today
bet v. on Ypres and Labaase.
It wa plain that they were as de
termined as ever to reach the French
cont.
The German bombardment has
part'y destroyed Armentlerce ana
most t,t the rent of the town Is re
ported to be afire.
A murderous artillery fire by the
allies war repulsing the persistent
Gernirn Infantry charges.
The British were pressing a vigor
ous ((iit.icr offensive north of Ar
NEARLY TON OF CLOTHING
AND OTHER ARTICLES ARE
. SENT ON WAY TO EUROPE
PENDLETON LAVISH IX CONTRI
IHTION TO HELP DEST1TFE
ABROAD.
Nearly a ton of clothing and othei
articles designed as Christmas pres
ents for the children of warring Eu
rope left Pendleton for New York at
2:35 this morning. It was the city's
contribution to the Christmas ahlp
which Is to aall about the first of De
cember for the other side of the At
lantic with It cargo of rood cheer
for the boys and girls who, other-
wine, would have an empty Yuletlde.
The shipment, the result of a cam
peirn of ten days, when boxed up
weighed 100 pounda. Jack Watson
of the Wohlenberg Deparement Store,
who was one of the principal leaders
In the movement, spent most of the
evening packing the hundreds of
packages brought Into the ' store by
ehnrliablr residents. When packed
the I'enlund Rros' trucks hauled the
boxes to the depot free of charge and
they wre recelvd by Agent B. Par
lett of the American Express Co. and
billed to New York gratis.
10 LOCAL BABIES WIN HONORS
IN SHOW HELD AT HERMISTON
DEATH OF WOMAN MAY HIDE
BRUTAL PLAN OF REVENGE
WEALTHY RESIDENT OF AURO
RA, ILL., SFFCFMHS TO
SKI LL FRACTURE.
AURORA. 111., Nov. 20. Mis Jen-nu-
Miller, the richest woman In Au
rora who was found WednesJay night
In Ihe yard of the Firm MethoJist
Ciiur.Ni t thlna jome snruniicry wun
hir fckull crushed. died today without
leKViitng consciousness.
The pollee theory was s.ie was
struck down to avenge a fancied
grievance against her father.
I'ullman Officials on Grin,
PAN-FRANCISCO, Nuv. 20. Offi
cials of the Pullman Car Co. appeor
?J before the California railroad com.
rlHlun here todny to show cause
why their rates for Pullman service
should not be revised. The hearing
pr jl ably will continue several days.
(Special Correspondence.)
HERMISTON, Ore., Nov. 20. Sam-
uel liees, young son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. N. Rees of Hermlston, Is the win
ner of the first prize In the baby
judging context held here during the
recent dairy how for which prizes
have Ji'st been awarded The score
of the Rees child Is 9 1-2. Little
Charles Haddox, son of Mr. and Mrs
Thomas Haddox, takes aecond place
with a score of (9, while Lorain
Jackson, child of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Jackson la third with the same
i-core, 99. At 2:30 this afternoon the
diplomas were awarded to the proud
parents of the winning youngsters.
In the baby contest there was a to
tal of 81 entries and of this number
73 were scored. The following scores
are announced as the high scores In
the various divisions.
Division 1 (six to 12 months)
Gene Clark, son of Mr. and Mr.
Leo Clarke, it; Eleanor Elva Fletch
er, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. W.
Fletcher of Pendleton. 98 1-2.
Division 2 (18 to 24 months) Sam
uel Rees. O 1-2; Helen Viola Ber
bon. J7 1-2.
Division t (25 to 38 months) liar.
old Harrison, aon of Mr. and Mrs
Frank Harrison, 17; Lawrence Rake
tiraw, 17; Kate Alena Atterbury, 97
1-2.
Division 4 (37 to 48 months) L
rein Jackson, 99; Dorothy Hltt, 95
1-2.
Those scoring 95 per cent anj over
were Myron Wesley Nation, 95; Mar
ine Allen, 96; Ruth Kolp Glese, 95;
Mary Maxlme Allen, 90; Ruth Kolp
GIr.se, 95; Donald Taylor Cresawell,
8 1-2, son of R. J. Cresawell of Pen
dleton; Jane Warner, 97; Gladys Mae
Swaner, 97; Morris P. Johnson, 98;
Gerald Haddox, 99; John Gordon
Rogers, 95; Nell Young, 98; Harve
Glenn Wolfe, 95 1-2; Geraldlne Fine,
15 1-2; Leonard Nation, 95 1-2; Le
Roy Bauer Salser, 95 1-2; Joe Glese,
96; Herbert McDonald Pasewalk. 95;
Anna Loralne Garther, 95; Willis Ca
rron, 98.
The testing of the babies was con
ducted by the following physicians:
Dm. Temple, Garfield, F. E. Boydea
Heber, Tamasle, Hattery, Henderson,
Best, F.Ingo, Campbell and Walnscott
I
I CI HERE
OF 11 BIG GU IN EHPEAII
FJ
11U11 0 1 U1I1I
OPERAT
iii beiui field
1
German Infantry Practically at Stand
still and Nearly all Attacks Have
Now Ceased.
AUTO STREETC'fAMAGEO
WHEN RAM'M ANOTHER
mew; m evening
if. t
AS RESULT .1RENT, NORT7I
HOE SJ E WILL BE
DISCO.. IN FED.
MANY HEAVY 6UNS AR: LOST
Moods In Bolfflnm Canned by Opening
Dyke Do Immense Damage to En
emy's Artillery German General
Staff confident or Victory In East
ern War Field.
NEWS SUMMARY
i as.
H! SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM
CLASHES WITH LA GRANDE
LOCAL HOYS OO TO NEIGHBOR
IVJ CITY FOR GRIDIRON
CONTEST.
This afternoon the local football
couad Is playing Its Inst Interscholas
tic game of the season on the La
Grande gridiron, and once more the
students of Pendleton high school are
under the spell of expectation and
hopefulness. '
The local boys have played hard
this senson, but the disadvantage of
Inexperience, light weight and con
'llcts with superior teams have plac
ed the tcnm'bn the losing aide as far(
a the score goes. But it Is hoped
that today the boys will "get the
bacon1' for Pendleton.
The tenin faces La Orande In a
crippled condition this afternoon.
Frledloy and Badley, though present,
are both In bad condition from the
Baker game, and nearly half th
team Is suffering from bruises and
pralns. However, outside of these
things. the team is In as good a phy
dral condition ns ever and have a
much better knowledge of the game
ihun In previous games.
Cnlllson l probably playing nt cen-!
wr thli afternoon, with Fowler and!
Wilbur nt guards. Charley and Fred
Runoll it tnekles, Selbert and Ulrlch
At ends, Boylen at quarter, Vaughan
iind Xlmms nt halves, and Brock at
full. Frledloy and Badley, together
with Ke-rrlck, sub for full and hnlf,
are present nnd will take part In
case of necessity.
(iieral.
(crmans nro 'rxwln Into Ru.-mIiiii
I'i'lanil by t "lis of tlioiiHntuN. Tin?
Russian trHiM Iium fullrn back 50
mile.
TiirU')V pl Miatloit of Smyrna In
cident linM ht l-wii mrhcJ as yi'l at
ashliiBton.
Heavy (iiiostiri:t halts iN'r:itlon
in Belgian field.
i:inl)ar.: m Cn,:;;;inu eallle i
liftit.
I.i.-.u!.
Winner of llerml-ton Imby contest
announced.
Auto Mwt -ar Is wrecked In col
IInIoii. '
Ss liiM.luli'l now Iieio lieanl Itoom of
cannon In EiiniM:in war.
Christian 'luircli workers thank lo
cal Hoole for i-onrtewy.
Tons of I'lirlstmas presents sent east
for fchlpmcnt lo Furoite.
Reservoir Hill to be parked.
New York safely after a very long
voyage.
Before going to Switzerland last
April Helene lived with her aunt and
uncle In Portland. She has made
five trips all told across the Atlantic
ocean. She came to this country with
her parents when very young and In
ufter years returned to the old coun
try for a visit v This was her second
vbtit to Switzerland and as stated
r.bove was brought to a cIo-e because
of the conditions arising from the
war.
There Is a little girl now here who
heard the Bullen boom of the great
tuns ucd by the Germans and the
rllles In the war In Europe. She la
Helene Tscharner and she arrived In
Fendleton but three days ago from
the war stricken country. Sh is the
i;lce of Robert Tscharner, pastry
cook at the Hotel Pendleton, and it
was to Join Mr. and Mrs. Tscharner
that the girl came to Pendleton. She
!fi 14 years of age and will attend
i-chool here during the winter.
L:ut April young Mbs Tscharner.
whoso parents are dead, went to
Swltrerland. her nntlve country, for
the purpose of finishing her school
work. However, the war has
wrought havoc with Switzerland even
Ihoush the little country Is not act-
tally at wir. Almost all the men are
in the amy now guarding the PwUss WASHINGTON. Nov. The cat-
frontier nihilist Invasion by any of ., .. , . ..
, .. tie quarantine against Canada was
the warrln? nations. This has dis
united the FchooN ns the SwL. ; lir,,'J u",ll'- The embargo ;i gainst
tea'-hejs are for the most p;irt men-' northern Viclilgan probally vill be
F'tvMng cnrdltlons very unsatlsfac I iiftlHl on Monday.
' the pirl decided to return to Am-i
CANADIAN CATTLE EMBARGO
IS LIFTED BY AUTHORITIES
PARIS. Nov. 20. German Infan
try operations were much hampered
In northwestern Belgium today by a
heavy snowstorm.
The Teutonic attacks In this region
rractlcally have ceased. The fury
of the kaiser's bombardment also
has slackened somewhat between the
coast and the Lys.
An official report from the Bor
deaux war office claimed the Ger
mans lost a large number of heavy
guns in the Belgium flood.
At Chauvancourt the Germans have
reoccuplcd the entire town. There
were no developments of Importance
In the Argonne region, the official
statement added.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 20. An Eng
lish woman who w-as arrested dressed
like a priest, was reported to have
been shot as a spy by the Germans
at Courral barracka.
BERLIN. Nov. 20. Confidence of
fresh German victories In the eastern
field of the war was expressed by
General staff officials today. Fight
in? In that field. It was officially
stated, had not yet reached a decisive
stage, but the situation was said to
me regarded as extremely favorable
from a German standpoint
I
HE'
AFFAIR
VET RECEIVED
Washington is Still in the Dark Over
Intent of Turkish Forts in Firing
on U. S. Flag.
K0 CO?.IMUXICATIOJI ARRIVES
Secretary of the Navy Daniel la Re
doubling III Effort to Get la
Touch Wltli Captain Decker of ttm
CrnlMcr Tcnresurn Details of In
ctdciit Are "Yet Mystery.
The first accident to the Pendleton
Auto Mrett Railway occurrej last
evening when the Bredlng auto ram
med one ot the big streetcars an1
damaged it so badly that It will be
laid up lor repairs for a period of
ten dfcys. During that time the north
side set vice will be discontinued and
cars to the hospital will run every
hour intecd of every half hour M
heretofore.
The street car waa Just returning
from a trip to the eaat end of the
city 6nl was rounding the corner
from Alta street Into MaJIn when
the Bredlng aut, driven by one of
the youngr Bred.ng boys and pro
ceeding norih on Main, ran heaj on
Into the Mgger vehicle, striking it on
the side i. ear the tear with such force
that tho tntlre bsck end of the car
was dmn'b-r.ed. The Bredlng car waa
ccns!dtra''J.j damaged Mo. The
youn; men In the auto declare they
were going only about 12 miles an
hour fet the time.
O F. Farker, owner of the street
cars, had tv.e damaged car taken to
the repair shop and declares it will
be ten days before it is In shape to
thatunis IdT'carf arelven better j PENDLETON BOWLING TEAM
pairi-nag". he will soon discontinue
the servke. His losses averaged about
15 a day directly, while, at the
s.nr.e time the car service Is mater
ially cut '.lie dovn the receipts from
his taxicabs. lie has been operating
the cars CO dajs now, he states, and
Is rot teeeivli.g the encouragement
necessary to snakt them a success.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. Tha In
tent of the Turks at Smyrna In fir
ing on a launch from the United
States cruiser Tennessee was still un
known in Washington officialdom to
day. Secretary of the Navy Daniels has
redoubled his efforts to communicate)
with Capteln Decker of the Tennes-
i
OPENING OF MADERO REYOLT
OBSERVED AT MEXICO CITY
WINS FROM LA GRANDE BOYS
LOCAL AGGREGATION" IS VICTO
UIOFS WITH 119 POINTS
TO SPARE.
DELEGATES. IN RESOLUTIONS,
EXPRESS THANKS FOR
COURTESIES.
(By Miss Amelia Hllbert.)
Prior to adjournment last evening
CITY DECORATED AND SOLDIERS! tne conference of Christian churchy
eriea. in doing to she went by rail
to Onon. Italy. ;tid there took a
(.'earner of un Italian l ne, for New
York. It required 14 days for the
voyime across the ocean.
Though he saw no actual fighting.
Ueler.e bad wlint many would call
e:y' vivid experiences. "We could
hear the cannon," she pays. Return
ing home through Half she and other
tmswongers were rigidly questioned by
th Italians. On the voyage across
the steamer w-as held up twice by
English torpedo boats, off Gibraltar.
When the Identity and destination of
t'ie ship was made known they were
allowed to proceed, finally reaching
SOFHIFBN WOMEN STAtiF.
PLAYS TO HELP COTTON
NEW YORK. Nov. 20. In order to
l-uy cotton for the Red Crosj in Eu
rtpe and at the same time help the
south, southern women now in the
city will hold a benefit performance
this afternoon at a local theatre.
Three professional women's clubs; the
Gamut Club; Professional Woman's
League and the Twelfth Night Club
will each present a one-act play.
Willa Holt Wakefield planned the affair.
AND CIVILIANS JOIN IN
PARADE.
MEXICO CITY. Nov. 20. The
fourth anniversary of the opening of
the late Madero's revolution against
Dluz vas celebrated today.
T'ne ! is decorated in flags and
civilians
Numer-
of eastern Oregon passed resolutions
thanking local people, particularly the
Commerclul club, for courtesies shown
them; gave thanks to the Heavenly
Father for the peace this nation is en
joying and for the triumph of th
prohibition forces in the recent elec
tion The resolutions were prepared
by Mrs. Clara G. Esson and Mrs.
full the re.olut'.ii:.-j
With a margin of 14) points, the
l endleton bowling team last evening
plucked the tailfeathera out of the
La Grande team at the Quintan par
lors in this city. The total Pendle
ton score was 2621 against 2472 for
the visitors. Hoover of the Pendle
ton team was the high roller with 848
points to his credit, with Noel and
Mellon fs right behind him. Humph
reys wu the best pin knocker for the
Union county boys.
The following la the way the score
sheet reads:
Pendleton.
1 2
Hoover 151 223
Wheeler 178 175
Crystal 158 141
Noel
Humphreys
i-vott
Walden . . .
Roesch
Averill ... . ,
193 178
Iji Grande,
,.19S
,.189
.190
,.133
.174
1
139
140
155
153
3 Totat
. 179 648
i 134 83$
I 159 458
i 174 543
: 185 53$
i 201 529
125 45S
178 481
; 181 488
hunting wblle soldiers and
Jo'ned In a monster parade. Numer-j Humphreys. In
.:ii concerts were held. i an as follows:
General Obregon, commander ofj i;e it resolved th"at the convention
the Carranza forces was expected toj t.ike this opportunity tn th.-mt th
pastor and members of this congre-
start north tomorrow-
troops.
At the request of the diplomatic
colony he agreed to leave sufficient
force here to prevent an attack
til Zapatistas.
One hundred shade trees will be
planted by the Massachusetts for
estry association in cities or towns
of four population classes which win
prize contests for excellence in street
tree planting.
to meet Villa's
i
nation for their kind hospitality, the
commercial club for its special cour
tesy extended the delecates. the local
I press for the snace eiven t.i tha re
ports of the sessions, to Miss Hilbert
end Ernest Crockatt for their faithful
services In preparing copy for the
papers, the choir for its special music
rendered Sister Johnson and Brother
Burkes of Walla Walla for their pres
nce with us and their inspiring mes
sages, and Brother and Sister Hand
ANCIENT TOWERS TO DEFEND CONSTANTINOPLE
I.",
TERRIFIC STORM FORCES
ABANDONMENT OF BLOCKADE
ANGIXJ-FRENCH FLEET QUITS
AUSTRIAN COAST AND
PUTS TO SEA.
ANCONA, Italy. Nov. 20 A terrific
atorm In the Adrlatlo sea compelled
Anglo-French war fleet to raise the
blocktde ot the Austrian coast.
The fighting ships were forced to
stonm out to sea to escape being cast
Ashore.
WATER BOARD LIKELY TO CON
SIDER MATTER AT NEXT
MEETING.
There Is a probability that lne hill
south of the city up-n which the city
reservoirs are located will be con
verted lno h ii:ir2 l"h:iirm.in J T.
snker for their eflfclent services as Brown of the water board favors the
officers of their district, with grotl- j idea and will present It at the next
tude to our Heavenly Father for the. meeting of the board, he stated today,
peace we enjoy as a nation and for Supt. Frank Hayes originally pro
the present prosperous condition In posed the idea and. when the pipeline
our own state and for the recent great was laid, took the precaution to havw
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The Turks think these ancient tow
ers will be strong enough to keep the
Billed Josve fr:n Constantinople.
Tlio tower on the left known as Mo-.rtul pr
iinmmed II, end that on the rlgh f cfore
known us Mohammed I. are very o 1 iullt o
nd probably would not last long
modern artillery. They are
f masonry Instead of concrete.
nd the modern concrete forts In
France and Belgium failed to with
stand the German guns.
victory over the forces of evil In our
midst,
Be It resolved, that w-e return to
our homes with a determination to
be more faithful In
the development of
the line so laid that It couIJ be tap.
ped every fifty feet fur the purpof-e of
bringing water to the surface. The
cost of parking the hill, or that part
our efforts for of it now owned by the city, would b
our Individual very slight owing to the faet that the
fields nnd for the extension of the water usd would be taken from the
kingdom of Christ Into the isolated
places in our state.
50 BARRELS OF FLOUR NOW
READY TO BE SENT ABROAO
overflow pipes. It is the Intention to
set out trees and seed the hill to lawn,
thus making it a beauty spot. Access
Is easy by outo from tho east eld
anda footpath could be made up the
west side. The view from the hill U
I cue of the best In the city.
CONTRIBITIONS CONTINFK TO
BE RECEIVED FOR STARV
ING BELGIANS.
The contributions toward the car-
Atbnny will Help.
ALBANY, Ore., Nov. J'i Aotln
' upon the suggestion of n letter from
: th- I'ortlar.d Cliarnlvr of Commerce,
the Albany Commercial club deiided
to formulate some plan for raiding a
Belgian r-Ilef fund Thtw Is lit llri'i
ulrh sioilhip imiViOmoitji I n .1 tltr 11 rn ! t
t!.1 rtf fli-iu. f..i 1 a ..-. !... !..)..!.. .
" ' " k"c in ivim.iho n Otilor cities of tho valley
nm-oi'u in!" dv uarrei marK ni noon
today and more have been coining
in today. The contributions aro
purely voluntary, the committee so
Pelting no one to donate. The fol
lowing are the contributions received
rlnce yesterday:
Ora Holdman, two barrels; Robert
Lnlng. two barrels; T. J. Tweedy, one
lrrel; Al Harp, 1 barrel; C. II. Ros
enberg, 1 barrel; cash, 1 barrel; Jack
Rowland. 2 sacks; E. F. Averill,
sack; Pete Anderson 1 sack.
WHEAT IS FIRM 1(1
UVEMfl MARKET
I
Mistaken for Burglar. Killed.
SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Nov. 20
Mistaken for n burglar when he
wandered into the home of A. F.
Counsman last night In a demented
condition, H. F. Hancock was shot and
Ulled by Pen Hall, a youth.
Cable reports from Llv.-rpool
today show t)i prb-e of vhet
unchanged since e.tcrd:iy. T'i
quotation M.iroN nt lilnn shlll
IriKS. eight pence for S4 pnniiiU.
Reduced t" loiiheln Hie price la
American money la 1141 cn
per buahel, Liverpool.