East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, December 05, 1914, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

East Oregonian : E.O., December 05, 1914, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textf DAILY EMM EDIHOII Forecast for fjmtrrn Ore iron, by tlie I'nltftl fciU' Weatlier oWrver t Iurtlaml. I'nsettled tonight ami Pundijr; probably rain or mow, DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISERS. Tba lUit Orfgmltn bti the largest paid elrcolatloo of an) ppr la Oreicou, Mat of Portland and o twice tus circulation la faodletuo of an stbar ntwtpaper. 'COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 26 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, ORPXJON, SATl'I'DAY, DKCKMUKK 5, 1014 NO. S3CS E MM. IN PRE Off 11 Rf Fred W. Falconer Elected at Session N. Stanfield, Who Served Past Re-election Other Officers are Fred W. Falconer of Enterprise wai elected president of the Oregon Wool Growers' association for the year 1115 at the close of the seventeenth annual convention In this city yester day afternoon. His election was unan imous, Robert N. Stanfield, president during the past year, refusing to be a candidate. W. B. Barrett of Hepp ner, who had declined a nomination for, the presidency, was unanimously chosen vice president. John O. Hoke of Medical Springs, ecretary-trcasurer for the past three years, will retain his position for am other year. By resolution tho selec tion of a secretary was taken away from the members and given to the president but President-elect Falcon er declared he would appoint Hoke. The appointment of an executive committee and an advisory board was deferred, until a later date. The selection of a meeting place for next year was also left to the pres ident and, while he withheld Ms de cision, he declared that he personally favored making Pendleton the per manent convention city because of lt centrul location and other qualifica tion. One of the lost actions of the asso tcatlnn before adjourning was the ad option of a set of reslutlons embody- ELKS WILL KEEP MEMORIAL SUNDAY IN FITTING MANNER APPROPRIATE EXERCISES WILL UK HKI.I IN AKTKRNOOX AT ALT A THEATER Pendleton lodge No. 288. B. F. O. E. will recall the memory of depart ed brothers tomorrow afternoon with memorial services In the AHa theater. The custom Is one observed by every chanter of the lodge on the first Sun- rfou in Ttni'itmhiT. The members of the order will assemble at their hall at 2:30 and march In a body to the theater. The service are public and a largo crowd will undoubtedly be jresont. The memorial committee, consist ing of H. W. Itltner. Cllve S. Cheshire end It. E. Chloupek, have arranged n Impressive und appropriate pro gram for tho occasion. Francis V Galloway, a young attorney of The lalles who has a reputation as an eloquent speaker, will deliver the me morial address nnd MUw Eula Grand lerry, prominent vocalist of Walla Walla, will be the soloist. The "departed brothers" of the Tendloton lodge of Elks now number thirty, six of whom have been added vlthln the last year. The roll of the absent ones Is as follows: Samuel Sturgls. E. T. Murphy. H. C. Guernsey. E. D. Boyd. Chaa. Zelg ler F. W. Walte, K. Van Pran, Frank H. Parr, H. H. Hallock, T. Q Halley, E. H. Clark, C. E. Rerfleld. Henry flay, Louis Hunxlker, M. M. "Wyrlck. Chaa. W. Wall. W. Boy Saxton. J. A. Baddcley. J. H. Wright Conrad riatxocder. William Sullivan, Chns. Cunningham, M. T. Mllarkey. Joseph Hauler. Frank O'Gara. Joseph Kane. B. F. Benn. E. E. Corby, Wll llntn Hoesch. Mark Moorhouse. The past exalted rulcra of the order are J. A. Borle. R. Alexander. C. E Roosovelt. F. W. Vincent. J. A. Fee, T. Q. Halley. Thos. Flti Gerald; Geo (Continued on page five.) COUNTY TREASURERS WILL MEET AT PORTLAND DEC. 10 U. W. BRADLEY WILL ATTEND ORGANIZATION WIIjIj BE MARE AT THAT TIME. For the purpose of attending ft meeting of 'state treasurers, G. W. Jiradley, treasurer of Umatilla coun ty, will be in Portland on December 10. Following the practice of tho county Judges, nnd tho county asses sors, the treasurers have decided to organize to discuss matters pertaining to their office. The meeting will be held In tho Imperial Hotel. , The proposed oganlzfltlon Is for the purpose of enabling the treasurers to work together and discuss methods by which they enn more efficiently per form the work of the office with the people.- Each treasurer Is asked to attend tho meeting prepared to give a detailed account of how he handles Ms office, the total expense. of the of fice for a year nnd the amount of wa ges paid his help. Among the matters which will be discussed Is a change In tho time of paying taxes, a proposal to abolish the penalty now on the second half payment nnd n. plan to equalize the Hiilnrlrs of the treasurers. AS Here Yesterday Afternoon Robert Year, Refused to be Candidate for Chosen. Ing the sentiments of the sheepmen relative to matters pertaining to their Industry. Pure Fabric Law Wanted. Among other things the resolutions advocated the passage of a pure fab ric law making It compulsory for manufacturers of fabrics to label their products to protect the public from adulterated wool products; a $300,000 appropriation from congress for waging a fight against predatory animals, a $100,000 congressatlonal appropriation for the benefit of the public ranges, a law compelling deal ers who handle Imported meats to so advertise the fact that the public maj know what It Is buying; revision of the tariff bill so that a reasonable duty will be placed upon wool so long as a duty Is maintained upon the manufactured products; and state legislation requiring Inspection of all sheep shipped from one part of the state to another and the maintenance of a quarantine upon bands Infected by grabbles This last resolution re sults from the prevalence of acabbles among some of the sheep of the Wil lamette valley and the desire to pre vent the spreading of the disease am--ng eastern Oregon sheep. The transporatlon companies were (Continued on page fire.) WAR BULLETINS Boinlx Are Dropped. THE HAGUE, Dec. 6. Bombs dropped by French aviators at Frei burg destroyed a section of the rail road there. It was stated In a dis patch received from German sources. The airman was said to have escaped despite a fusillade from the German guns. Belgrade formally onrtipled. VIENNA. Dec. 5 The formal oc cupatlon of Belgrade occurred yes terday with appropriate ceremonies, occordlng to an official announce ment. "The Austrian have further ad vanced Into northern Scrvla." It was announced. "We took 300 prisoners. On tho west and southwest plain of Ar.mjclo the Servians have attacked our troops fiercely." Turk Reach Ilatimi. CONSTANTINOPLE. Dec. S. "Advancing northward through Rus sian territory." the war office stated this nftTnoon. "Turkish troops have reached cast Pntum. Our forces are moving eastward alio In the neigh borhood of Ardogen where the Rus sians are In retreat." The prediction was made unoffi cially that t,he Important Russian Black sea port of Batum would soon be in the hands of the Turks. How Scots This Is the way the London Scot tish churge In the fuco of the enemy. Time and ng:iln they have routed IS CHOSEN t . -if 'nilfi YTiiilYiTiti il ii i' ii n nnimriillii'iiiiiiirii i ni -- -'rv rYi iriBml iTt- '-)! iuitiirii-" :is...jrf..-......... . m .. .nwi.iiiliii.Nt.i n i i i a- TnL'inn Qiiniinrc Frr-m I UlVIIIVj UUI VIVUIJ I r y:: & -- , - ' - ' k I 11 Above Members of the Golden Gate life saving station taking a body. from the wreckage of the Hanalel. Below Life savers picking up sev eral dead and the lust two survivors of the Hanalel. The survlors are shown on a piece of wreckage on which they were washed ashore. ROCK CRUSHER TO BE USED TO GIVE UNEMPLOYED WORK Pendleton city and Umatilla coun ty will Join together to help the un- employed by placing a rock crusher In operation for the Improvement of streets and roads. At the last meet ing of the council that body favored such a move and Instructed Acting Mayor Dyer to confer with the county court. Yesterday the county court .t 4 M a. IN.. O "WJ 'W. Regiment Looks as it Charges Down Upon German Troops in Northeastern France the Germans until their name hnsj become known nil up nnd down the! line of biittlo leaching from northeast :- ' A 1 &' a-T2 w: The S. S. Hanalel broke up on Duxbury reef near Pan Francisco on November 23. Thirty-eight person" were saved and twenty were lost when the old schooner finally cracked before the terrific pounding of wind and waves. In answer to the frantic j declared itself In favor of the policy i and authorized Judse Maloney to act ith the city. i Probablv the first work will be done I j n the i'ual which forms an aj proaeh I to Olnrv cemetery. Already private citizens have subscribed sufficient; funds to pay for one half of a hard. surface road there and. while no de-' finite decision has been made, it Is more than likely thut the hard sur- j face Improvement will be determined j upon. At any rate the crusher will , be placed in operation and jobs given ; to men now out of employment. C France to Verdun. The regiment was! I jecrultcd from men ubove tho average' ! In life, men who were determined to l- NV HnnalAi A I IUIIUIV1 distress signals of the Hanalei's wire- kss o orator the life saving station crews from Golden Gate and Port ' Point stations battled unsuccessfully) against the heavy seas in an attempt 10 reach fie oout ieiore s.ie oroKe up. I IVF.KPtMM. WHEAT ADVAXl HALF PENCE I.iv. ri o v;.r.ci d a ! whe.it price. ad !:a!f pen.e today, ac Ci'i'ilinc to oaNo rep"rts. This makes the Liverpool price nine shillings six len.e. Reduced to bushels the Liverpool price In American money is J 1 3 s 1-3 cents per bushel. el Sfttttt -v.-.. -... -..-.A.- win t'llr way to fame or death. The! result of their fame in London has been remarkable. Thousands of vol , untcers have ti led to make It u con- j ! ..2 -1.''" ' ' -' ' H ' ' . -.... x .-. v.. niimn nniiTiiiiir Lull a i III FACE OF SUB Howling Gale of Sleet and Snow Descends Over Northwestern Belgium as Forces Meet in Battle. ROTH SIDES SUFFER RADLY Teuton PuhIi Forward Ttoir Lines In KiM-wcd Attempt to Itetu-n tf French Seaooaet Pctrograd IXie Not Claim Complete Victory In WesU-rn War Zn. PARIS, Dec. 5 In the midst of a howling gale and blinding storm of sleet and snow, the fighting In north western Belgium was Increasing In violence today. The struggle still centered about Tpres. ' Despite the return of bad weather, the Germans were pushing their at tack with determination. Germans and allies were suffering severely from the cold. LONDON. Dec. 8. Desperate fight In? between the Slavs and the Ger mans from Lodz to Lowlcx was re ported this afternoon In an official dispatch from Petrograd. The official account did not claim a complete Russian victory as did the Bourse Gazttte of Petrograd but It was asserted that the Germans had been forced' back 20 milea at one Im portant point In the main line of their advance on Warsaw. Austria Confiscates Oil. VENICE, via London, Dec. 5 The Austrian government has confiscated the entire output of oil In Austria Hungary. Refiners have been forbid den to supply oil to the trade. The stocks In the hands of dealers will be exhausted within ten days, it I tald. Autrian Goneral Killed. AMSTERDAM. Holland, via Lon don. Dec. 5. The Telegraaf says that Generai von Stutterbein commander of an Austrian cavalry brigade has been killed on an eastern battlefield. ' - NEWS SUMMARY Coneral. at Yrt! nse fierce Germans at- tai k In mid-t of terrific niul miow. i:ale- of sled IxM'al. WtxI grower olot Enterprise man president: draft strong resolution. ..- i ..i...w .n...w.rii i cut Ion of siieepmen. County budget not dlscuss-ed at tax paxers' meetliu. tVuniy and city to cerate roek erusher. SbhiIi III dition of tVIr enlistment that they le si nt to t'ie l.orul.ui Scottish. II, id all the a,'; lic itl.'iw t-vri t iken tn.-inv ! ; nun-, i.i h l.fivt- Iwen f. iinil MiHWIIIlUt ATTACK Oil 1 El FJIIII HERE Optimism and Good Feeling Predom inate Over Future Outlook for Sheepmen in This State. SENATOR BURGESS PRESIDES Delegates to Sesxionj EnlboaiaMia Over Welcome ExU-ndeJ Them by rendlcton OUw-ns Banqnet at Hotel Pendleton la Fitting Oomo to Socccshful Meeting. Good feeling and optimism over the outlook before the woolgrowera of the state marked the banquet sir en last evening by local businessmen to the visiting woolgrowera at the Hotel Pendleton. .It was a fitting close to a very successful two days convention and If frequent expres sions made last evening by the vis itors may be relied upon the wool men feel they were w entertained by the "Round-up City." Incidentally, the occasion brought forth many compliments for the new Hotel Pendleton and Its management, both from visitors and local people. Senator J. N. Burgess served as toast master and the banquet was op ened with toasts to the new and re tiring presidents of the woolgrowera association and to t?Te Pendleton Spir it. The evening was enlivened by mu'ic by the orchestra and some ap preciated vocal selections were given ty the Wilson pair now at the Cosy theater. Midway in the program a ry live Pendleton goat adorned with a cowbell made his appearance con ducted by J. F. Robinson and Tom Uoylen. His spirit waa belligerent but he was not allowed to do more than rarade and ring the bell. Fred Falconer, newly elected pres ident of the atate association, waa introduced as a prospective county Judge for Wallowa county. Mr. Fal coner declined to verify a report as to his political ambitions but ex peesed great pleasure over the auc cwa of the convention Just held and thnnked his fellow growers for the honor they had shown him in the a lie moon. Good Outlook Ahead. The keynote of the banquet waa rtruck by R. X. Stanfield, retiring pitsident, who urged the growers to go forth from their convention with (Continued on page 4 ) Some of the reasons why taxes are high were pointed out by R. E. Smith of Roseburg at a meeting held at thr court house beslnunlng at 3 o'clock. The meeting was Intended for the purpose of discussing the county budget but the direct subject of the buget here as not taken up. On the contrary, action was taken to form a taxpayers' committee and E. W. McComas waa authorised to select a nominating committee to select such an organization. The attendance at yesterday's meet ing was light, there being but a hand ful present at the opening and be tween ia and 30 when the meeting closed. With one or two exception thoe present were local mea. At the opening of the meeting Mr. McComas took the chair and Intro duced Mr. Smith, representative of the National Tax Reform Association and publisher of "The Llberutor" a tax re form paper. Mr. Smith spoke for an hour upon the general subject of tax ation. He attributed huh taxes largely to natural cause, but placed much utress on the fact two-third of Oregon Is held by the federal gov ernment and is not subject to tjixes. He blamed tho taxpajers for being apathetic as to expenses and giv some Instance showing rnk meth ods use In some Oregon counties I( stated that In Tillamook county thu county court had been spending m'uii money on bridges without unking ff bids and without keeping nny proper records of the work d"ri. f I stilt ed that the hrldxe builder thitnselvei hav been allowed to In.Hp'irt their own work. At the conclusion of hi talk, Mr. Smith moved that the chairman ap point a nominating committee to si led the officers and executive com mittee of a perni'iiient taxpayers' or ganlzat'on for thU county. Th mo tion was curried wltlwoit ouponltlon. Mr. McComai states hi will appoint his committee Monday. New niiaMlb iirln!i i'loiit. AN'N'AIM I.IS, l.-.-. 5-11 tin ntt nounced that a nnw superlfitrfidont of the naval uiailerny woulil suecewl 'i-l-t.iiti V. I' I'ljl am In J'Jiie, Willi OlG BAHQUET BUDGET MEETING DID DOT DISCUSS BUDGET