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VOL. 26
EAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1914.
COUNTY OFFICIAL fArm
NO. 8373
GERMAN ROUT IN NORTH POLAND SAID TO BE COMPLETE
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British and French Make Assault on
Teuton Line Near Ypres and Cap
ture Several Trenches.
61I!IS MADE IN BELGIUM
Wedge U Being Driven Steadily Into
KalMor! isaulo Front and Report
II aa It Hiat Gcrmana Are I rr pur
ine to IlrtJro to Their Second Line
of Defense.
LONDON', Dec. 25. A combined
British and French attack Is In pro
gress today on the German line be
tween the railroad from Ypres to
Lille and the main highway connect
tine the two points, it was officially
announced.
Several German trenchea have
been captured and "substantial pro
freaa" made. It waa added.
PARIS. Dec. IS. Further gains
by the allies in France and Belgium
wore claimed In an official state --ment
issued by the war office.
A combined French and British at
tack waa aald to have been made on
the Germans between Hollebeke and
Wytschaerte and the Brltlah are re
ported to have driven the enemy from
tho woods west of the latter place,
capturing the position.
The French declared they have
gained ground which they succeeded
in holding despite desperate couter
attacks by the Germans.
PARIS. Dec. 16. The allied forces
were today enraged In driving a
wedge farther into the German line
In Belgium, east of Tpres.
Belgian reports Idlcated the Ger
man were preparing to withdraw to
their second line of defensea extend
Jng through Bruges to CourtanL
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Three Batteries of Artillery Also
Ordered to Naco, Arizona, to
Reinforce Troops Already There.
PUN OF ACTION IS ADOPTED
Definite Orders Are Scot American
General on the Border But Thef
Will Not He Made Public I'utll
TUoy Reach film Decisive Jlcag.
uti'o re gald to Bo Needed.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 Secre
tary Garrison has ordered three reg
iments of Infantry and three batterlei
A artillery to Naco, Arizona, to rein
twee General Bliss' troops already
there.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 A decls
Iv4 pian of action t atop Mexican
bul!e striking Naco was reached fit
a j Mi ft meeting today. Definl'e
orders were telegraphed Bllas by Gar
rlon I ut they wor't be published un
til thry reach Bllaa.
A number of the cabinet sail the
policy would not entail a clash be
tween Americans and Mexicans.
WASHINGTON. Dec. IS Only de
cisive measures will end the shooting
Into American territory from Naco,
Sonora.
This was the substance of a re
port to the war department received
from General Bliss. Secretary Gar
rison turned Bliss" report over to
Secretary Bryan but so far no orders
have been Issued to the American ar
tillery to ahell the Mexicans.
Bryan Is still endeavoring to force
Gutierres to order Maytorena to with
draw his forces from Naco, Sonora.
As the Carramlstaa are fighting
with their back to the border, gov
erument officials say it is almost a
Former Ambassador Herrick
Smiles at Presidential Boom
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Representative Hensley of Missouri
Charges Clique With Being Lobby
Investigation Will be Asked.
MORGAN INTERESTS INVOLVED
Intimation Made That Bl Financial
IntereMl Are Backing Campaign
for More Expenditure in Armament
Leajrue -Ha All the Earmarks
of a Lobby," Ho Says.
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Convinced by their trip yesterday
that the natural difficulties In the
way of a road to Cold .Sprlnus binding
.are less serious than they had sup
posed members of the farmers com
mittee Investigating the project Are
hopeful they will be able to find some
way whereby they may escape the
heavy expense they now have to meet
In hauling their wheat upgrade to
Myrlck.
"With the exception of one stretch
of a few miles the grading work
won't be hard," saya J. E. Montgom
ery, secretary of the committee. The '
heaviest work would be In the vicln-
When former Ambassador to
France Myron Y. Herrick, whose work
in Paris during the war was such a
rnnRnlrtimia nuerpAH. vnf nf f the
Ity of Holdmnn, in the canyon. There I tearnor wnlch brought hlm fronl
vould be a down grade all tho way Europn tne oSher dav he was moi bv
iron uerman nan 10 me river wun , 600 frend;li nuwll of whom had be.
gun to boom him for the republican
the exception of where tho road would
Wave Cold Springs canyon and one
1'oint near the river where thre
would be a little grade. We found the
grading would not be as expensive ai
niny had supposed. "
It Is the Intention of the furriers'
committee to make a thorough In-
nomination for president. But thib
Is what he had to say about ll.
"I did not come back to talk poll -
tics or nonsense about a presidential
boom. I don't want to talk about
myself or to be accused of trying to
capitalize any credit which has been
given me for work during the war In
connection with my diplomatic post.
"In the first place, there has al
ready been too much talk concerning
this. I am going direct to Washing
ton to report, and then will go to
Ohio and get to work.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 15. A report
by Representative Hensley of Mis
souri, -a little navy" member of the
house naval committee, charged that
the- navy league has "all the ear
marks of a lobby."
Hensley said he will ask for an in
vestigation into the organization's al
leged activities in favor of an in
created naval enufemont
He insinuated that the league was
I spreading a propoganda for an In
creased navy, intimating the Morgan
interests were Involved.
Hensley said those connected with
the navy league included Goneral
Horace Porter, a member of a Morgan
subsidiary corporation, Hubert Sat
terlee, Morgan's brother-in-law. and
Charles Glover, head of the Riggs Na
tional Bank of Washington. .
He declared Morgan himself retired
from the league after tKe attention
of the public was called to his mem
bershlp. .
SULTAN SATS HIS COUNTRY
WAS FORCED INTO THE WAR
IN SPEECH BEFORE PARLIA
MENT PLACES BLAME
ON ALLIES.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 15 The
claim that his country was forced,
much against Its will, into the Eu
ropean war by an attack from the al
lies was made by the sultan at the
opening of the Turkish parliament.
He declared the Turkish govern
ment had resolved firmly to main
tain neutrality when Its fleet was at
tacked by a Ruvsslan vessel In the
Black sea and Great Britain and
France had opeend hostility on its
frontier.
"Thus we were compelled to resist
the policy of destruction," he said,
"which these powers have at all
times pursued against the Moham
medan world, a policy which has as
sumed the character of religious per
secution. "Because of this fact we called all
Moslems Into a holy war."
KAISEO'f PIAIMO ATTACK H'l IS
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Von Hindenberg Rapidly Distributing His Forces to Aid
Germans in South Poland and Reinforce the Austrians
in the Carpathian Mountains.
AUSTRIA REJECTS PEACE TERMS OFFEREO BY CZAR NICHOLAS
Conditions Imposed Found Impossible of Execution, Al
though it is Reported That Austria Made Proposal for
Ending Hostilities Between Two Nations.
PETROGRAD, Dec. 15. A rout of
the Germans In northern Poland was
declared today In an official state
ment to be complete
The plan of the kaiser to attack
Warsaw from the direction of Mlawa
has been abandoned and the Ger
mans In the north have been swept
entirely from Russian territory, said
the statement
The defeat. It was stated, followed
the capture of Przasnysz. Poland, and
cost them enormously In killed and
wounded.
Von Hindenberg was reported to be
rapidly distributing his forces with
which he had Invaded Poland farther
to the southward. He was said to be
sending part of his men northward
to aid In the defense of the Germans
in the Mazurlan lake district in east
Prussia from the Russian Invaders,
and part southward to help the Aus
trians In their struggle with the Slavs
In the Carpathian mountains.
BERNE. Switzerland. Dec. 15.
That Austria has made peace propos
als to Russia was asserted today by
Swiss newspapers.
It was stated that when the czar
named his terms, th discussion end
ed without any progrrtis in the direc
tion of terminating hostilities.
The Slav conditions were said to
be extremely severe. All the demands
were said to have been turned dowi
by the Austrian government
The conditions were said to hare
included the surrender of Gallcia for
a new kingdom to consist of Russian
and Austrian Poland, established un
der Russian soverelgnty.the cession of
the provinces of Bosnia and Herseg
govina to Servla and Montenegro, the
withdrawal of Austria, from tho Aus-tro-German
alliance, granting Austria-Hungary
a new constitution di
viding the empire Into federal states
and autonomy for Bohemia.
VIENNA. De. IS. The pursuit of
Russians by Austrian force Into
eastern Gallcia continued today, the
war office announced.
It waa announced that the chat
had reached the plain of AllenthaJ.
The fighting was described a almost
continuous.
NEWS SUMMARY
General.
Additional rrglmrot sent to
Mexican bonier.
Ilussiaa said to have routed Ger
n in ns.
Local.
Taxpajcrs league orsanlaod; Qp-
Ifwwl to further nmcadani road at
lire?nt time.
Committee finds Cold Springs route
more feasible than they supitoorxl.
Miss nod hired to teaeh. play
pround work in local schools.
Irieo of $9000 paid for Bingham
Springs by Rosenberg and Look.
Old 1 cml lot on relief asNortatlon
Klves way to new charitable organ
ization.
010 RELIEF ORGANIZATION
WILL BE DISBANDED HERE
NEW ASSOCIATION OF CHARITIES
WILL TAKE I P WORK I
PEN DLETON.
(Continued on pag. ftTJ.)
UMATILLA COUNTY TAXPAYERS
ASSOCIATION IS FORMED HERE
THE GERMAN WARSHIPS SUNK BY BRITISH FLEET
The Umatilla County Taxpayer
association came Into being yester
day afternoon and Us first action will
be an attempt to hold up the build
ing of macadam road until the road
built during the past two years up
Wild Horse has received a fair trial.
The executive committee of the or
ganization was authorized by a mo
tion made by John Vert to go before
the county court with such a re
quest. The association was organized yes
terday upon a permanent basis with
Douglas Belts as president, Marlon
Jack as vice president and Manuel
Flndley as secretary-treasurer. A
constitution and by-law was draft
-ed. by a committee of which Dr. P.
W. Vincent was chairman and waa
adopted. Any taxpayer in the county
will be eligible to membership upon
the payment of 25 cents, a small fund
being necessary for the carrying on
of the work.
It Is the Intention to make the as
sociation an active one In the study
of county affairs and to that end
committee were appointed yesterday
to have In charge the various depart
ments of the work. Tho committees
nre composed as follows:
On roads and bridges Manuel
Frledley, of Pendleton; Caspar Wood
ward, of Adams; William McKenstlo.
north of Pendleton; Herbert Boylen,
of Pilot Rock, and Marlon Jack of
Pendleton,
On school taxes Dr. F. W. Vincent
of Pendleton; John Vert of Pendle
ton; W. 8. Ferguson of Athena; Jo
seph Hodgson of Weston and Julius
Guderlan of Birch Creek.
On municipal taxes Marlon Jack,
Julius Hudeman of Pendleton; W. J'
Warner of Hermlston; E. P. Marshall,
of Pendleton, and J. S. Norvell of
Helix
On state tax laws George Carnes
of Pilot Rock; Dr. F. W. Vincent; A.
F. May of Holdmanf Joseph Cunha,
of Echo, and W. T. Reeves of Stan
field On general business J. B. Saylor,
of Milton; Frank Hllbert of Uktah;
A. R. Sh urn way of Milton; Julius Gu
derlan and A. F. May.
The executive committee Is com
posed of Douglas Belts, Manuel
Frledley, John Vert, A. F. May and
Marlon Jack.
The next meeting will be held on
December 23 at the court house and
every taxpayer In the county is In
vited to attend. Some of the commit
tees will report and important mat
ters will como up for discussion. The
meeting yesterday was w-ell attended,
every one but two of the delegates
named being present. E. W. MeCom
its called the meeting to order.
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THE GERMAN CRUISER
bHlP OP TH6 ONE15EKIA-UJ
The German warships Scharnhorst. '
.Gnelxenau, Knd Lelpsic, which sank'
two British war vessels off the coast
of Chile about six weeks ago, have
come to grief in the South Atlantic. ,
The British admiralty announced ,
that they were sunk. The Scharn
norst nnd Gnelsenau were sister ships.
Tlieac vessels have been hovering
about the South Atlantic nnd South
Pacific coasts for months. Their
I resence hod caused much uneasiness
In Chile nnd Argentina.
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By action today by the executive
committee the old Pendleton Relief
Association will be dmbanded and the
w-ork formerly performed by that as
sociation will be taken up by the new
ly formed Associated Charities. J. V.
Tallman was president of the old as
sociation and Mrs. J. S. Landers, sec
retary The organization had $95 on
hand and after current expense are
met the balance of this money wtU
be turned over to the new association.
In the meanwhile, however, the old
association has engaged John Halley
Jr. to act as relief officer for' ths
coming week while the new organ
ization Is being perfected. Any party
knowing of case deserving relief are
asked to notify Mr. Halley by phone
or otherwise.
The Incorporation papers for the
new Associated Charities have been
received and it Is the Intention to per
fect that organization a soon a pos
sible.
It Is requested by Mrs. Lasd'ra,
secretary of the old relief associa
tion that all partle having Nils
against the organization present tka
to the secretary by December 11.
orrtrlal Art at 3 a. m
WASHINGTON. Dec. 15 To push
an electrical button to give a signal
for opening the San Diego. Cat, ex
position on the beginning of the sew
year. President Wilson will be awak
ened before I o'clock New Tear's
morning.
He will push the button at mid
night, Pacific coaat time, which I S
a, m. here.
Tat I.enleiH-y H rro-xwx-d
WASHINGTON. Dec. 15. An am
endment to the war tax bill, providing
that penaltlea shall be Imposed for
failure to make returns on or before
January 1, 1915, from Decern tx-r 1.
UH. was passed by the svnute. it
goes to the house now.
LIVEUPOOL MAItKKT
I'NCHANGKO TODAY
Cable reports show thm IJv
erpool wheat market todiy w
unchanged from yesterday, ths
price remaining nln.i ahillinKs
eight pence for l pound .f
wheat. Iu Aniri-un fiaurt-a tht
Liverpool prl, Is 11 it j,r
bushel.