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DAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISEI18. Forecast for Es'rtcrn Oregon, by llie I'nltrtl StaUst Vtlop observer at Iortlaid, The East Orrft alio his the largest paid elrcolatloa of an) paper In Oregon, east of Portland and ova twice tbt circulation la Pendleton ot any otner newapaper. Fair tonight and Wednesday. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPSS VOL. 26 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1914. NO. S.ltVS Ml is said ji en TO BE III CHARGE OF THEFT His Own Officers Arrest Him, it is Reported, for Alleged Looting of National Treasury. MAY STAND COURT MARTIAL General obrcgon Take Command of Carranilsta Movement, According to Advice Received at EI Paso from Verm Ck-ui VUU and Zapata Prepare to Attack rort. LOCAL MAN'S BROTHER WAS CAPTAIN OF SHIP DESTROYED BY 6ERMAN VESSEL IS SUNK OFF CHILEAN WAST DETAILS ARE MEAGER. EL PA80. Dec. report received at Mexico City from Verm Crui said Carranza bad been arrested by his own officer on a charge of looting the national treas ury of elx million pesos when he evac uated the capital, according to ad vice received here today. The dispatch stated that Carranza had been unable to account for the, money and had been thrown In Jail awaiting a trial by court martial. It was reported that General Ohre gon was in direct charge of the Car ranzlsta movement The report was discredited by many constitutionalist officers here. Generals Villa and Zapata were re ported to be preparing to start an ex pedltlon ogalnlst Vera Cru this week C. H. Norrls,well known O.-W. R. & N. passenger conductor. Is worried today over the report carried In the morning paper to the effect the Brit lsh steamer Charcas of which his brother was captain, has been sunk off the coast of Chile by the German transport Prlns. Eltel Frederich. Ac cording to the report the crew of the steamer was landed at Papulo, 45 miles north of Valparaiso. From this It Is assumed that Captain Nor rls Is safe, but details are very meager. The Charcas was owned by W. R. Grace & Co., and had been plying be tween New York and the west coast of South America. It Is a British j. Unconfirmed; ,ln According to conductor Norris it was the intention to nave the Charcas entered for American regis try Just before she sailed from Newf Tork but for some reason the plan was not carried out Consequently MIS IMS HUM AT 1 GATES OF dCOJ ALLIES GATHER III COIIBTEII EFFORT TO W$K ft II OF 200,000 SLAVS FORCE AUSTRIANS BACK mm DENIES THAT LODZ HAS BEEN TAKEN Fighting at Russian Stronghold Reported to be Still Raging and Although Russians Admit Their Losses Have Been Heavy, They Claim That Germans Have Lost More -The Survivors of the Engagement are Said to be Still Attempting to Cut Their Way Through the Russian Wedge Which Has Been Forced Into Their Lines. Rus- outer (Continued on page five.) CIVIL SUIT FILED TO TRY TO RECOVER MONEY FROM RESERVATION ALLOTTEES TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION TO STUDY COUNTY BUDGET ORGANIZATION IlEING FORMED AND MEETING IS CALLED IXJIt DECEMBER IS. As mo outgrowth of the taxpayers' meeting here last Friday, a taxpay ers' association la being formed to study the oountv budeet as DreDared by the county court and upon which j mem. DEMI HREIt ARGFED REHIRE PHELPS IN IMPORTANT tilt CUT COIRT CASH Tills morning opposing attorneys argued a demurrer which had been filed In a rather Important case In the circuit court, the case In which E. E. Koonts and Marlon Jack, trus tees of the estate of T. J. Kirk, seek to recover money from II. H. and Laura Alexander, allottees on the reservation. This civil suit follows an attempt on the part ot the trus tees to prosecute the Alexanders, criminally some months ago. an at tempt that wos frustrated when Judge Phelps sustained a demurrer; PETROGRAD, Dec. 8 The alans are hammering at the gates of Cracow today. Before a force of 200,000 Slavs, un der General Dlmltrleff, which was said to have reached the city, the Austrian troops outside Its defenses were said to have withdrawn behind the forts. A bombardment of the suburbs Is understood to already be In progress. The war office denied that the Ger mans have captured Lodz as an nounced by the Berlin war office yes. td'diiy. It was asserted that the fighting there Is still ruglng. It was admitted, however, that the Russians have lost heavily at Lodl but the losses of the Germans were declared to have been greater. After the retreat of the Germans toward Strykow, It was declared, their corpses were found In some places piled waist high. The survivors of the engagement were reported to be still attempting to cut their way through the Russian wedge which was described as forc ing Its way Into the German line. There were said to be places where the Germans were fighting behind breastworks iormd by toe heaped up bodies of their slain. HowJFighting Lines Have Been Drawn Up to the Indictment returned against the tax levy for the coming year will be based. E. W. McComas. who was named at the Friday meeting to se lect a nominating committee, has The Alexanders were at that time Indicted for obtaining money under false pretenses. According to the story they had contracted to lease NEWS SUMMARY made the appointments and this their land to Kirk And had been paid committee In turn selected an execu-,' something like $2600. Thereupon It tlve committee of 20 property hold-1 Is alleged, they failed to keep their ers and notified them to meet here ' contract. The demurrer to the In on December 12 for a meeting of or-, dlctment was entered upon the ganliatlon. grounds that the contract made by It Is the Intention at that meeting! ,,'' ''"i'es was n violation of a to divide the budget Into different , federal law and Judge Phelps held departments and apportion It nmong ' oeren.iants could not De subcommittees for study. Another! l,r""MMIl1' f"r falling to fulfill a meeting will then he held at which contract that was unulnwful. This de. tho reports of these committees and cM"n ,n!" ,,(n appealed to the u their recommendations will be recelv-j Preme court ed nnd ncted upon by the committee The civil puit to recover money was as a General. IliiMslana battering at the (rates of Cracow, Is reKrted. Carrunui rexrtcd to l( In Jail on charge of looting the national treas ury of Mexico, ItiiHlnens Is given message of op timist ly President WIImiii in address I to congress. Allies trying to force Germans back out frontier. Local Local conductor brother to captain: of ItrltKli steamer sunk. Taxpayers league will Ik? orgunlvd whole. Tho final report w ill i thereupon filed and the defendants on Doe. 12 then be submitted to the county court made answer to the same effect asj lilgucst rabbit shoot In history ot before December IS. The call for they did In their demurrer to the In- fomiiy binned to furnish Portland's MMr with Xmus dinner. dee McDill candidate for training school NiiHTtiitcndcnt. Sheldon lirleli elected foot lull I cap tain. 1 1 lyh school will put another debate team Into state contest. SCALE. OF MILFS 1 l tv,--, r-Li I V U V(J Xfi .s Every Indict Movenj i r l-... rronuer i o Forward ermans Over Country. WARSHIPS ACTIVE OFF COAST Positions of Kaiser's Troops That Are Within Itange Are Being SliHIod At Every Point In Northern I "ranee and Belgium the Allies Are on Offensive. PARIS, Dec. S. Every indication today pointed to a concerted effort on the part of the allies to press the Germans back across or as near as possible to, their own frontier. British warships off the Belgian coast were reported to have resumed helling the German positions that were within range. At every point In northern France and Belgium the allies were waging a vigorous offensive. At other points, the German offensive was be ing continued and they were report ed to be bombarding East Dunkirk. By constant fighting along the Paschendaele road, the French, op eratlng south of Tpres. had nearly reached Routers In a flanking move ment to cover Menln. The whole length of the allied front there was similar activity. BUHS ASSURED OF CLEAR WAD III RITE III I1S0II President Departs From Set Address and Delivers Direct Message to Interests of the Nation. MISS KOBBS IS APPOINTED TO ACCIDENT COMMISSION GOVEKNOR NAMES HIS SECRE TARY TO SUCCEED C. D. BABCOCK EV JAN. SALJii. ore., Dec. g. Governor West appointed Miss Fern Hobbg, his secretary, a member of the state ac cident commission to succeed C. D. Babcock, the first Monday In Jan uary. The salary Is $3500 annually. thn first meeing. being sent out to day, suggests that a 15 per cent re duction may be possible from the ef forts of the taxpayers combined. The nominating committee con sists of E. W. McComas. W. I dlctment. Plaintiffs demurred to the answer nnd the arguments on the demurrer were made this morning, Charles II. Carter appearing for the trustees nd Will M. Peterson and H. I Watts for the defendants. Judge ' . Tl 1- -1 1 . a . i i i i . Thompson. Manuel Frledley, Julius "a "ol m uec.s.on jei. Hudeman and Col. J. H. Raley. The' executive committee as selected by them consists of tho following prop erty holders: Caspar Woodward of Adams, W. S. Ferguson of Athena, Joseph Hodgson of Weston, A. R. Shumway and J. B. Savior of Milton, J S. Norvell of Helix. Herbert Boylen and George Carnes of Pilot Rock:1 Joseph Cunha and W. T. Reeves of Echo; Marlon Jack. Manuel Frledley, John Vert. Dr. F. W. Vincent, Julius Hudeman and E. P. Marshall of Tendleton; Frank Hllbert of Uklah; A. F. May of Holdman; Julius Guder lan of Birch creek and William Mo Kendo, who lives west of Pendleton. o 0 SO .'writ, or Arras, where Germans are reported to hnvo become very ac tive with artillery fire. B 120.000 Germans reported to be conducting a hot assault In desper ate attempt to cut a way through allied lines. C Dixmude where German front Is said to have begun a'general retirement. SO r Armentieres. wnich has subjected to a severe German Pardnient. E Couitarl. which has been turn ed Into a hospital city, where 5000 of the wounded have been unable to' secure proper accommod.itions. F l.ethune, a target for German bombardment. G Section between Bethune and Lens, where French report victories Loralnc Hit by Shrapnel. LONDON. Dec. 8. The following account of the wounds sustained by- Robert Loraine, the actor-aviator, re cently, while fighting at the front, has been received from a military surgeon. "One of my latest patients Is the Aviator-Actor Loraine. He was out making a sketch of the enemy's po sition, when n shrapnel bullet hit him below the shoulder blade, trav- jersed a lung and came out below the oeen c0!ur bone ln rront He was in bad 'condition when he entered the hos pital, but is doing well now." LEGISLATION IS FINISHED Administration Has Completed ITo irram In This IU-pect and BaMnrM JntereMs vm iut0 Rct from Ke. atrlctive mad Corrective Las -Op. UntLsm Keynote of Speech. WASHINGTON. Dec. . Depart ing; from the prepared text of his carefully arranged address to con gress. President Wilson delivered a direct message today to the business Interests of the country. In effect, he declared that his ad ministration had completed Its busi ness on the legislative program and that hereafter the business Interests would have a rest from restrictive and corrective legislation. This announcement was taken to mean that business may now proceed, secure In the knowledge that If It shapes Its affairs to the existing laws. It will not find Itself confronted by sudden changes resulting from new laws. Almost at the start, the president digressed from his set address as or iginally furnished the press. He declared that the business pro gram of congress has been completed and that now business knows where It stands. "The goal at last lies clear and falf before business" he said. "It la on the road to unclouded success. It la a road that every honest man and every man interested In the welfare of the nation may walk In perfect safety. What we have- done In our own land and for our own people we have done for the best. What chief ly strikes us now. as we look back on the closing year year that will be memorial In history is that we face new tasks. They are important tasks and we must face them with out partisan feeling. We must real Ire that America owes a great deal to herself and also a great deal to mankind." The address as prepared bv Presi dent Wilson and which was furnish ed to the press, in full Is as follows; TONER WINS OYER GILLIS IN WALLA Willi FLECTION WALLA WALLA, Dec. 8 Miko Toner was elected mayor over A. J. Glllls by 771 votes, the difference be tween 2G18 snd 1745. A. K. Dice nnd It. H." Crnmpton wero selected an commissioners at the election hero yesterday. Dire, tho only one of the three members of the board to be re elected was second high man receiving 2H81 votes and II. H. Crampton was third with 2334. J. M. Douglas was next him with 1918 votes and Georgo Struthers, a member of the board, seeking ro election, was fourth with 1798. The proposition to buy a site and build a reservoir, the wholo'not to re' over $80,000, carried 2503 to 1481. The commissioners will take of fice December 21. , Senegalese Troops, Called by France to Fight, as They Appear in Trenches ApiMiintments Named. WASHINGTON. Dec. S. The presi- aent nominated William Goodyear of Tullman to be receiver of public moneys at Walla Walla and Frederick Hedger of Walla Walla to be register of the land office at Walla Walla. T-W - rt -r-s -,& SlL.g;s'.sy 4?''atV4aMl . ' :'l$??t$ i St, ax- .""""V v 1 V- ' r -v-' y MIXERS AGREE TO END STRIKE DENVER. Colo . Dec. S The I'nited- Mineworkers recom mended to the special conven tion of Colorado miners that they cancel the strike and rlace their Interests In the hands of Seth Low, commissioner. The recommendation was referred to a committee. Gentlemen of fie congress: The session upon which you ar now en tering will be the closing session of the sixty third comrress, a congress, I venture to say. which will be Inn r. membered for the great body of thoughtful and constructive wnrtr which it has done ln loyal response to the thought and needs of the coun try. I should like In thli address to review the notaftle record and try to make adequate assessment of it; but ro doubt we stand too near the work that has been done and are ourselves tco much a part of It to play the part of historians toward It. Moreover, our thoughts are now more of the future than of the past. While we have worked at our tasks of peace, the circumstances of the whole age have been altered by war. What we have done for our own land rnd our own people we did with the best that was In us. whether of char acter or of Intelligence, with sober imhusiasm and a confidence In the principles upon which we were acting (Continued on page three ) The Massachusetts forestry assocla. tlon offers as a prize the rlantlns- of fifty acres of white pine, to the town which gains first place In a content for town forests. Salient Points in Wilson's Address IS' To Riiard against treo repair falters, or quack treo surgeons the Massa chusetts forestry association will In spect the shade trees belonging to Us members, free of charge. 1 44 A, jJ IV ... V' 'V. .,,a S-y-'l;' '- - vl.;t , lit v. V . . . . - .k.".av Vt k.. The above photograph was taken beyond Purvyse during 'the battle I ,i Flanders and shows the t'S Tiey appeared in the advur, . e li u dies. . Sencalc?,- t- s-vt to the front by France, THE WAROH R OPPORTI XI TIES. Europe will need our help and our manifest services as never before and we should be ready, more fit and ready, than we have ever been. Here are markets (ln South America) which we must sup. ply and we must find the means of action. We have the wish to serve and to serve greatly, generously, but we are not prepared as we should be. We have erred in the way we have stunted and hindered the development of our merchant marine and now when we need ships we have not got them. WATERWAYS OF THE (X)VX. TRY. The passive of bills which will open up the resources of tho na tion. il domain nnd encourase the use of the n:ivlable waters out side that dotnuln. are ursed. THE PHILIPPINE Ol'ESTION. Tho Mil which gives a larger Jf ea ire of self government to the people of the Philippines should receive the sanction of th senate. NATIONAL DEFFXsK. We have always found mean to defend ourselven o iln.it at tack and we shall rind them whenever It U necessary wlt.ho.it calling our people uway from their necessary tasks to render compulsory military s.-rvl. l.t times of peaee. We never have had. and whIU we retain our present pmoipleii und Ideals we never shall have a largo standing army. We rnii.it depend In every trnn of national peril In tin, future as In the past tu,t upon a standing army. . . . I.fit upon a cltl senry trained and accustomed l' arms. A I'owelful li.lV) Lou ! wins regarded a-i our proper ami naturn! mean of J T-1 - nnd It hlH UlWcVK beell of ieferiM I h 1 1 we have tti iir:tif, ro-ver of a;;r-s- Siull or of e,,.lj,. it,