East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, November 21, 1914, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EVENING EDITIOII Forecast fr Eacm Orcffon, bjr the United Stales WraUwr DWrirr t Portland. DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISERS. , Tb East Oregtolan hu th largest paid rlrenlatloa of an) paper la Oregon, cut tt Portland and oret twice tb clrculatloa la ftodlctoa of any other aewipsper. 3: Fair tonight and Sunday. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL20 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, ipi4. NO. 8.151 ii , I, I, inn I,',' mm .ii I,, I 1 1 i i r ii r i nil I. I ril f ' " . t . Villi 11 EIITEH E J Refugees From Mexico City Declare That Residents are fleeing From Scene in Great Numbers. LEADER HEADS 50,000 MEN Only Few Constltatlonallst Soldiers Ilem4n to Guard the City Gener al Obrcgon ud Ills Army Are Mainline to Giro IUUle to Villa Bnt Wlierea bouts Unknown. . VERA CUUZ. Not. Villa was -expected to enter Mexico City Sunday night, refugee from the capital ar riving her declared. Ilia force tu now laid to number 60.000. Refugee declare condition! In Mex ico City could not be worm. Thou and of residents, they ald, were fleeing and only a few conatitutlonal lat soldiers remained to guard the city. General Obregon's main amy had cone undoubtedly to give battle to Villa but Ha exact whoreubouu was unknown, It was aald. The fear that General Zapata's troops would arrive at the capital firm and cause trouble was respon sible for the Immediate advance on Mexico City. Villa declared that he had received assurances from Gen eral Blanco.the new commander at Mexico City, that he would support him. EL PASO. Nov. 11. A . general movement of Vllllstaa from Irapuato and Quertaro to Mexico City la on. Twenty thousand soldiers and a hun dred cannon already have started to the capita!. Railroad comm-mleaMosj was still Intact. The Valllstas ex pected to enter the capital Sunday. No serious resistance Is anticipated. ALL WHO ARE AFFECTED BY WAR TAX MOST HAVE STAMPS COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVE NUE IX)R ORIXJON SENDS OUT NOTICE. - Letters are being received here from Milton A. Miller, collector of Internal revenue for Oregon, notify ing purtlea liable under the provisions of the federal net to Increaso the In ternal revenue that they must mnke application for epcclal tax stamps to him or Incur the penalty provided by statute. The following business men arc affected by the act: Hankers, for each 11000 of capital employed $ 1-00 Brokers who have not paid as bankers 30.00 Pawnbrokers 60,00 Commercial brokers 20.00 Customhouse brokers 10.00 Commission merchants, who have not Paid as commer cial brokers 20.00 Proprietors of theaters, mu seums and concert halls: Seating capacity not over 250 25 00 Seating capacity over 250 and not over 600 50.00 Seating capacity over 600 and not over 800 75.00 Seating capacity over 800.. 100.00 Proprietors of circuses 100.00 Proprietors or agents of oth er exhibitions or shows for money 10.00 Proprietors of bowling alleys and Millard rooms, for each alley or table 5.00 Dealers In tobacco (manufac tured tobacco, snuff, cigars and cigarettes) exempt when annual receipts not over $200 Manufacturers of cigars: Annual sales not over 100.- 000 cigars 3 00 Annual sales exceed 100.- 000 and not exceed 200.000 6.00 Annual sales exceed 200,- 000 and not exceed 400.000 12.00 Annual sales exceed 400.- . 000 and not exceed 1,000, 000 3000 Cable advlcoa t oday show Liverpool wheat market still stands at nine shillings eight pence, the quotation that has been In vogue for several days. Reduced to bushels the Liver- pool price In American money la $1.41 per bushel. . ii U Ml 0 CHANGED STATE VETERINARIAN TO GO TO BAKER COUNTY TO HELP STAMP OUT RABIES AM, DOGS WILL K MUZZLED TO PREVENT FURTHER SPREAD OP DISEASE. BAKER. Ore., Nov. 21. W. H. Lytle, state veterinarian, will be sum moned from Portland at once by Dr. F. T. Not to assist In a country-wide campaign to stamp out rabies In the outlying districts and to cooperate with the city of Baker In Its mus cling campaign. Farmers will be ask ed to m utile their dogs except they have them out hunting coyotes. This action by Dr. Nots Is the result of a letter from Dr. Calvin 8. White, state health officer, telling of the spread" of rabies all over the state. The letter of date of November It, Is as follows: "The examination of the brain of the dog revealed the presence of Ne gri bodies. I want to thank you for these photographs an they will, In fu ture, make valuable reference to the present epidemic. We have it now practically all over the atate. We are administering two Pasteur treatments, une from Grant county and one from Clackamas county and have ordered one for a child who was bitten yes terday In Marion county." BEING HIS OWN DENTIST IS CAUSE OF AGED MAN OYING COPPER WIRE ISED TO PULL TEETH RESULTS IN l!IK)l) POISONING. Pulling two of his own teeth wltn a copper wire was Indirectly the cause of the death of an aged man by the name of Summers out from Kamelu. Blood poison set In and death en sued, the dead body of the man hav ing been found In his lonely cabin day before yesterday by Frank Han ion. For some time prior to his death acquaintances had sought to Induce him to come to a local hos pital for treatment but he not only refused but commanded them to go away and leave him alone. Very little is known about the de ceased man as he lived almost a her- mil's life since the time a few years ago when he took ud a homestead en some poor land near Kumela. He refused to associate with his neigh bors, his only companions being his horses and chicken. However, he was something of an electrical genius, had many electrical devices about the premises and hud his log cabin light ed with small Ineandesccnts. So far b is known he had no rel atives. The body was burled jester-1 day nt Kamela. Besides his home- stead he owned a timber claim on the reservation. IVttott sees sifent Ship. BUXTON. Ni v. 21. A stranee ftamlilm, believe,! to be a British warshln. whs seen cruising off the end of Cape Cod. She refused toi answer slKnuls from the marine ob- kervatory nt. Highland Light. WOUNDED ENGLISH TROOPER, .yJXw in -ti- MiYn.V--'--" - ""iwmm I . . v yl r-ri iwm TURKISH ATTITUDE IS IIHW Tl I). S. SATS DECKER At Same Time Commander of Cruiser Tennessee Declares Firing on Launch Was Not Hostile Act. FULLER REPORT IS AWAITED Administration Will Mark Time Uo ' til Complete Details Have Been Re ceived Regarding Incident at Smyr na Turkey Will be An Wed to Give Its Version. . WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. "The net of the Turkish batteries in firing on a launch from the cruiser Ten nessee In the gulf of Smyrna was not a hostile one but was unfriendly." Secretary of the Navy Daniels ad- mltted this afternoon that a state ment of the incident from Captain Decker of the cruiser contained a de duration to the above effect. It was said that nothing further would be done In the matter until a full report had been received from Captain Decker and from Ambassa dor Morgenthau at Constantinople, Secretary Tumulty stated later that Decker had reported that the shot was not Intended as a hostile act but that Turkey would be asked to give a version of the affair. NEWS SUMMARY General. Gigantic buttle In eastern theater of wr attract more attention now titan cai!italim In Belgium and Its nee. Villa will lx In Mexico City tomor row. It tti expected. German Ik'IIcycmI to plan to launch oil-fillet! I Hire's, M't (hem afire and t.urn allies out of trendies nr Dix- iiiikIc, Turkish act In firing on launch from fuller Tcniie-sscs was unfriend I j but not hostile. Harvard defeats Vole In annual KUirc by score of 35 to 0. Local. Umnlillii county taxpayer Increase nMCv-cd valuation of own trillion anil half. property i Pendleton 1 1 i v I lo"s to La Grande Tirt time in II jenrs, Tjiii die us re.Milt of pulling own t' ctli. I'lour shipment for Belgian grow ing. County court will finish IVndliton to Milfoil liUKiuliim, Eteht lior-es bum with Ijnilirt bum, FROM BELGIUM, BEING FLACED -.v-- LA GRANDE WINS A GAME . FROM PENDLETON FOR 1ST TIME IN FOURTEEN YEARS VICTORY COMES YESTERDAY ON ' GRIDIRON IlY SCORE OF SI TO 0. For 14 years La Grande high school has been trying to Jefeat Pendleton high on the gridiron but not until yesterday could the trick be turned. But, playing In their home city, the La Grandera made a good Job of their ultimate triumph, overwhelming the Pendletonian 14 to 0. The fortunes of the game were a surprise to everyone. All of the dope Indicated that the battle would be a low score and hotly contested affair Inasmuch as both teams had fallen before Baker high by the same score, IS to 0. Only in the first quarter, however, could the local boys threat en the La Grande goal at all. After that it was Just a case of keeping the score against them as low as possi ble. ! Returning on the early morning train, the local footballlats had few excuses to offer for their defeat They admitted they were not playing In form but declared they could not cope successfully at all with the plays i Coach Reynolds had worked up for the Union county boys. They gava the principal credit for the victory to Conkey, the La Grande speed mer chant. Ha played one of the best games of his career, they say, and refused to bo stopped without yard age. La Grande used the forward pass successfully and made big gains both through the line and around the end. In the first half three touchdowns were scored and two goals kicked and In the second half two more touch downs and two more goals were add ed. Pendleton finally resorted to the runtlng game. Brock and Boylen are given special credit by La Grande re ports, while Hunter. Conkey. Huff and Larsen are mentioned paticularly among the La Grande eleven. TOTAL FLOUR DONATIONS NOW REACH 65 BARRELS SUBSCRIPTIONS CONTINUE TO COME IN FOR REIJEF OF THE BELGIANS. Still the subscriptions to the flour shipment for the starving Belgians are coming in to the Commercial as sociation committee. The total at 2:30 this afternoon reached 5 bar rels. H. O. Ulydenstein has received n letter from the Nortwestern Miller which Is promoting the capalgn. statins twat the railroads do not want to receive the flour until after De cember 1. so that there will be plen ty of time for the local campaign. Amons; the new subscribers to the burned to the ground. The fire oc sh!; inent nre the Peoples Warehouse, curred between 11 and 12 o'clock and one b::rrrl, Oorge C. Baer & Co.. one nothing Is known as to the probable barrel. Chris Bredlng one anil a half barrels. Carl Hansen, two barrels, John Dnnd one barrel, C. P. Strain, two sacks, and Jerry Cronln, one sack. IN A CART AT FOIKSTONE Ttj -vrr T(l U SE11S HI EI BAR ES AIID. ICE OUT ALLIES Huge Quantities of Crude Oil Brought up Which May Convert Flooded Area Into Sea of Flames. ARTILLERY DUEL CONTINUES Weather Conditions Remain Bad for Infantry MovemenU German At- ' tempt to Build New Trenches Is FruHtrated by Bis; Guns of Allies Latter Have Ik of Fray. PARIS, Nov. 21. A German plan to attempt burning the allies out of their trenches In northwestern Bel glum was suspected. It was certain they have provided themselves with large numbers of huge barges and vast quantities of crude oil. The be lief was they Intended to fill the barges with oil and launch them on the flooded area between Dlxmude and the coast. The barges, burning to the waters edge, would let the oil run out and as the oil would float the whole region would be convert, e'd Into a great sea of fire. The fighting In the north today was mostly artillery. Weather conditions continued to be frightful. Under cover of their bombardment It was reported that the Germans had made repeated attempts to construct new trenches. The fire of the allies was so hot, however, that the kaiser's troops were forced to abandon their attempts. Their losses were said to have been heavy. The allies had the best of Friday's arillery fighting all along the line In Belgium and France, according to a Bordeaux war office communication. From Nleuport all through the Alsne district a duel between the big guns raged today. Everywhere, It w as said, the story was the same and the' French are optimistic over the results. 8 WORK HORSES BURNED IN FIRE AT S. COLD SPRINGS ANIMALS BELONGING TO R. O. EARNH ART PERISH IN MYS TERIOUS BLAZE. Eight work horses belonging to R. O. Earnhart were burned to death last night when the barn on the lat- ter's place on south Cold Springs was origin. The barn was the property of W. J. Furnish owner of the ranch, but the horses and equipment in the barn belonged to Mr. Earnhart. A quan tity of feed was destroyed with the barn. SEYMOUR NARROWS BEING FORTIFIED BY CANADIANS HEAVY GUNS BEING PLACED TO GUARD AGAINST GERMAN CRUISER RAID, PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. 21. The fortification of the Seymour Narrows the northern passage to Vancouver. Nanaimo and Victoria, against a pos sible Invasion by German cruisers was progressing rapidly, according to C. S. Lindsay, a steamship agent of Juneau, who passed through the Nar rows on Wednesday. Lindsay de clared at least 50 big guns are being mounted on either side of the Nar rows, which are heavily mined and that he counted no less than 13 squads of from 25 to 50 men who ap parently had their station at the ar tillery emplacements. OH Strike Made. TACOMA, Nov. 21 That an Im portant oil strike has been made near Tenino Is the claim made by oil ex perts and announced in extra edi tions of newspapers. NEW HAVEN, Nov. 21. Harvard defeated Yale this afternoon by the score of 36 to 0. What was expect ed to be a close game developed into a route of the Yale eleven. In the first quarter by a succession of line drives Harvard scored six Yale was unable to score. In the second Yale was played off Its feet, HARVARD ROUTS YALE IN GAME AI NEW HAVEN, WINNING 36-0 mffi VALUATION OF ; Air IN COUNTY IS RE THAN $37,500, EASE OF A BOLT FOUR AND -.IIREE-TENTHS PER CENT HAS BEEN GAINED. The assessed valuation of the prop erty In Umatilla county Is over a million and a half dollars more than last year exclusive of the property of public service corporations and the peculiar feature of the Increase Is that the major part of It Is not from new property or from higher valuations Imposed arbitrarily by the county as sessor but comes from the Increased valuations placed upon the property by the property owners themselves. The assessed valuation of the prop erty in the county exclusive of the public service property last year was approximately $30,000,000 and this year it Is over $27,500,000. an Increase of about four and three-tenths per cent The three tenths per cent about represents the new land and proper ty subject to taxation, according to Assessor C. P. Strain, leaving a four per cent Increase Imposed by the tax payers themselves. This results from the new law requiring all property holders to give In their own valua tions and swear to them, and proves that the taxpayers of this county as a whole have acquitted themselves honestly. What the valuation of the property of the public service corporation In this county will be, this year has not been determined. This Is fixed by the state board of equalization which has reported only tentatively to Assessor Strain who Is now protesting against this tentative report Last year the board adjudgej Assessor Strain's val uations to be on a basis of 77 cents on the dollar and this year the tenta tive ratio it assigns to this county is 75. In view of the four per cent in crease in the valuation this year As sessor Strain feels that Umatilla county's ratio should be 81 and he Is so contending to the board. The final ratio fixed by the board Jeter mines the valuation which will be placed upon the public service prop erty. Last year this class of proper ty in Umatilla county was assessed at approximately $12,000,000. mak ing the total assessed valuation of property in this county $47,730,000. Not until the county ratios are de termined by the state board of equal ization will the apportionment of the state taxes be made. Inasmuch as the county courts must make their tax levies at the December meeting, it is expected that the board will make its announcements within the next week or two. MACADAM ROADWAY WILL BE i FINISHED TO WALLA WALLA I IMPROVEMENT BETWEEN GAR DEN CITY AND PENDLETON SOON TO BE COMPLETED ' Within another year Tendleton will J be connected with Walla Walla by a macadam roadway over the entire dis tance. If the plans of the county court are carried out. In the budget upon which the tax levy will be made is one item providing for $100,0ti0 for roads and bridges. Out of this fund the court will appropriate enough to complete the macadamizing of the road between here and Milton. The distance of seven miles between Wes ton and Milton Is yet to be Improved and Judge Maloney figures this can be easily done within a year. . At present the road Is completed al most to Athena from this city. With in another month the short stretch between Adams and Athena as yet un improved will have been completed with funds now on hand. Once the road between Pendleton and Walla Walla, the principal thoroughfaro In the county, is completed, the court will commence the permanent Im provement of roads In other parts of the county. No Sorc In rirt llnlf. OORVALL1S, Ore.. Xov. 21. The first half of the O. A. C.-U. of O lootimii game cutlet! witiiotit a score by eltlicr side. Harvard scoring 16 more points to their nothing. In the second quarter Coolidge of Harvard dashed 90 yards o a touch down. In the third quarter Harvard scored another touchdown, kicking n goal. The score then stood 29 to 0. In Hie last quarter Harvurd scored another touchdown and kicked a coal. ATTEIITI TIIS TO EASTERN PIAIII AS BATTLE RAGES Slavs and Germans Clash in Gigantic Struggle Which May Turn Tide in European War. WARSAW IS !.!Ai;i OBJECTIVE RnwlsiM Claim to Have Stopped Of fens4ve Movement Between Vistula and Wartlie Rivers Kaiser's Troops Suffer Enormous Loss la the Fighting-. FETROGRAD, Nov. 21. The war office announced tfiat the German at tempt to inarch on Warsaw by break ing through tlte front between Kielce and Hadom had totally failed, BERLIN, Nov. 21. With hundreds of thousands of men engaged, a bat tle was progressing today between the troops of the kaiser and the cxar In Russian Poland. The war office announced that as ;et the battle has not reached a de cisive stage. With the development of this gi gantic battle today, attention Is now centered on the eastern theater; of the war. The feeling was evident here am ang military men that the outcome of the entire conflict depended largely cn the developments In that field. It was admitted that Warsaw's cap ture was the main objective of the German offensive to the eastward. Military officialdom was quietly con fident that the Germans would suc ceed. PETROGRAD. Nov. 21. The Ger man offensive movement in Russian Poland, between the Vistula and the Warthe rivers, has been checked, the war office asserted this afternoon. The fighting was said to be of tha bloodiest character. Explosion mines planted by the Russians on the banks of the Biura river were declared to have cost an enormous number of German Hves- Survivors of the explosions, horses and men, were plunged Into the river. The bed of the stream had been filled with entanglements and while the an imals an! men struggled in the w tT, the Russians, concealed, 'opened fire. But few escaped alive, it was said, and these were captured. Owing to the severe weather the German losses In the present cam palen In the eastern section were said to be far heavier than when the kai ser's troops Invaded Russia before. This is was stated, was because the ground Is now frozen hard and does not allow the Invaders to "dig them- j selves In" and they have been com j pelled to fight in the open or behind : such natural defenses as the country affords. The Russians. It was stated, were prepared for the present conditions and their sappers were provided with tetrol to thaw the ground thus en abling them to entrench as effective ly as if the season were summer In stead of an intensely bitter cold win ter. ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANT IS NOW ASSURED FOR HELIX WALLA WALLA COMPANY WILL COMMENCE WORK WITHIN SHORT TIM E. HELIX. Ore.. Nov. 21 At last, and rf'.er several fruitless endeavors, He lix Is to have un electric light plant. Representatives from the Freuler Dyer Engineering Co. of YVull.i WolU tiive Interested loeal capital in this enterprise nn I will cotnmei.ee work within a short time. U Is the inten tion to add an i P:-'lt In the sprint? !th a capacity of four tm dally. .. i.i.o, iii !.. ii meat adv intage t' evervone In this locality. The proposed light plant will consist of a 2J horse power crude ol en title wi'kh UI drive !t 20 horsepow er generator, which wi'I be nniphj to furnish light and power for the needs t.f this loealltv at present. A stor age battery will also ) Installed. ' as to insure day and nUht eurrent. The plant will be so arranged as to allow additional capacity being add ed ns the needs of the city r.-1'ilre It The streets will tie wired In the most U-to-date manner and el-trl- '-r-k-e will lie available f.-r everyone In this Immediate locality. The servlen will equal that of the larger cltl-s. taectrle Irons, washing marhlnes, va cuum cleaners, motoM Hiid cooking utensils can be operated. It Is the Intention of this nw com I any. should the city officials sre, to Install 13 street lights nt Mis nom inal cost of 113 P'-r month, or II each. Including Installation nn ni t nance, which in unquestionably ths cheapest street lighting sHm that iv n be secured.