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LAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETOX, OREGON, TITUItSlUV, DECEMBER 17, 1914.
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TURKS III TRUISCAUCASIA AFTER SERIES
OF FIGHTS; SLAVS HEPORTEO RETflEATIHG
Moslems Claiming Victory Along Eastern Frontier-Serv-ians
Said to Have Taken 10,000 Austrian Prisoners in
Battle to Obtain Heights Dominating Belgrade,
SEVERAL GERMAN TRENCHES TAKEN IN WESTERN WAR ZONE
Artillery Duels Develop Between Allies and Teutons
Russians are Reinforced Heavily in Central Poland and
Gigantic Struggle is. Developing.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Deo. 17. The
Russian forces In Transcaucasia have
been defeated by the Turka after a
series of battles lasting several day
according to a atatement made by the
war office today.
The atatement aald:
"Battles on the eastern frontier. In
the region of Wllajetswan, have con
cluded favorably. We took positions
at Saral by surrounding the enemy
who Is now retreating toward Kotur."
aiSU. Servla, Dec. IT. The war
office announced the following this
afternoon.
"During the battle at Tarlak for the
possession of the heights dominating
Belgrade, the Servians captured an
other 10,000 Austriana, bringing the
total number of our prisoners to $0,
000. The entire strength of the Aus
trian southern army operating against
us Is now only 30,000."
LONDON, Deo. 17. The Austrian
training ahlp Boethoven haa been
blown up by a mine and Its crew of
cadets lost, according to Information
received here. Though It was not spe
cifically stated, It l presumed the
.disaster occurred In the Adriatic sea.
VIENNA, Dec. 17. Continued Aus
trian successes In Oallcla and South
Russian Poland are claimed In an of
ficial statement Issued by the war of
fice.
The relreatlnr Russians," It was
asserted, "are being successfully pur
sued everywhere, though at Liako.
Klerno. Jalao and Blalatale they op
posed us fiercely."
PARIS. Dec 17. Much artillery
and some Infantry fighting In the
western war zone was reported In an
official war office statement.
French advances in the Vcrmllle
region was described is still In pro
gress with heavy cannonading.
Fierce artillery duels were raid to
have ruffed Wednesday In the Traey-le-Vol.
Alone, Champagne and Argon
Tie regions and about Verdun.
"Between I.vs and the sea," said the
statement, "the allies have captured
several German trenches at the point
of the bayonet."
PKTUOGRAD. Dec. 17. That It
will take the bloodiest battle the
world has yet seen to settle the pend
ing Issue In central Poland was the
general opinion of military experts
here.
The Slavs are preparing to meet the
situation with an overwhelming
force. The defenders of the Ccar's
Ilow-Lowlc lines have been rein
forced, It was stated by an additional
quarter of a million men.
"Dull Care" and his family were,
not In, attendance, at the Elks Mln
atrela last evening and If they had
been there they would have had to
lt on the stairway because there were
no seats untaken Inside the Oregon
theater. It was a packed house that
turned out to see the 'Hello Bills"
and the audience was rewarded by
siielng the best mirth producing per-'
forniance the- lodge has ever given
here; It was a', prgram 'reflecting
credit upon Messrs. Stcelhammer and I
Chloupck, who directed the show and
upon the lodge as a whole. ....
Cllve 8. ChCHhlre was the mnjestlo
Interlocutor and the effd men were
represented by James Entes, Lou
Steelhammer. Bob Fletcher, BUI Liv
ingston, Jack 011n6n. Bill Bailey,
"Buck" Buchanan nnd Leo Drake.
The. Jokes were brief and none of
tliciu moth eaten as mHy be seen by
the fact one of them brought out tho
Information that while some men
prefer the Remington typewriter and
some the Oliver. T. F. O'Brien's pref-,
orence Is for a blondo.
The vocalists wore Jack Gibson,
George C. Bner, Bill Livingston, J. R.
rtlmonds, Brooke Dickson, Louis Steel-
MELODY
AND
MIRTH
MINSTRELS
BANISH
DEFEATED Bf THE
It waa admitted that a desperate
fight Is In progress between the Aus-tro-Uerman
troops and the Russians
in the extreme left In southern Po
land and Uallcla.
TRIESTE, Austria, Dec. 17. That
the trulnlng ship Beethoven was sunk
by a mine with all on board was of
ficially admitted. It carried a crew of
Austrian naval cadets but the exact
number wasn't made public.
E BEEN
BY THE BRITISH
BUENOS AT RES, Dec. 17 Un
confirmed reports that the German
cruiser Dresden, the last surviving
vessel of Von Spec's fleet had been
run down and auqk by the British
cruiser Glasgow were current here.
LOCAL MEN ACQUAINTED IN
ENGLISH CITIES SHELLED
fa,
F. AND W. EDM OX II WERE
BORN BIT SHORT WAY
FROM SCAIUIOROI'GII.
It wns with no little excitement
that Q. F. and W. EJmond. well
known brothers of this city, read In
the East Oregonian last evening of
the bombardment of the
northeast1
coast of England by German cruisers.
This part of the English coast la well
known to them as It la the locality
where they spent their youth. Scar
borough, one of the bombarded cit
ies, waa the birthplace of their par
ents and they themselves were born
at Leeds, Just SO miles from Scar
borough. They have relatives living
now In Whitby and Hartlepool, the
other cities shelled and they are
awaiting further news from those
places with considerable anxiety.
Mr. and Mrs. John Vert of this city
are also acquainted with the part of
the coast which was bombarded.
ai arcs'
hammer, Glenn Scott, Wlllard Bond
ana james tales. There are good.
wura among tneso DailadlsU and all
were enthusiastically applauded The
"Chicken Rag" by Jim Eatea was a
particular hit, while, the "Aba Daba
Honeymoon" by Messrs. Drake and
Fletcher had an encore that. was a
scream. At the second performance
to be given this evening there will be
new Jokes and additional end men
and soloists. '
During tlie Interim between the
first and second parts of the program
Lou Steelhammer displayed his abil
ity In song and monologue.
What a city election In Pendleton
will be like in the yenr 2000 is de
pleted by a ono-act sketch that Is a
laugh-maker. Miss Evelyn Temple
ton (Walter Rose) la the candidates
for mayor and makes a glowing
speech promising the Improving off
the depot block before the year 3000
If elected. "She" does well politically
until exposed by a poor man (Nat
Kimball) whom she had wronged In
hla youth and who lays bare the
dread secret he Is the mother of his
(Continued on page clgl-t.)
EASTERII SECT!
OF EHUD BEIIIC
RAKED FOB SPIES
Mysterious Flashlight Signals Re
ported to Have Been Observed
Before Germans Made Attack.
enemy guided by agents
(Scarborough In Worst Damaged of
Towns Bombarded by Kaiser
Cruisers It Is Estimated the Prop
erty Uvm Will lie $200,000
Wreckage I Beinj Cleared Away.
SCARBOROUGH,
part of England Is
Dec. 17 This
being raked for
German spies.
Reports are current there was a
mysterious flashlight signalling along
the xoast the night Scarborough.
Hartlepool and Whitby were bom
Larded by the kaiser's cruisers and It
Is suspected that German secret
agents were guiding the raiders.
It Is estimated the property dam
age at Scarborough will be KOO.OOO.
The authorities believe that most of
the dead and wounded ha.ve been ac
counted for.
The wreckage la being cleared
away.
LONDON. Dec. 1 7 Recruiting of
fices reported the busiest day In three
months. From factories, shoos and
professions volunteers are coming In
large numbers. The rush Is attrib
uted almost wholly to the German
bombardment.
HAPPY CANYON WILL REMAIN
INTACT UNTIL AFTER 1915
PETITION FOR REMOVAL MAT
BE WITHDRAWN UNTIL AFT
ER NEXT ROUND-UP,
"Happy Canyon' will probably
stand as It la until after the 115
Round-up and will be relnhablted by
at least one more Joyous throng.
Though the council met only to ad
journ last evening, the police com
nilttee announced that Judge Lowell,
attorney for Elmer Searcey who pe
titioned for the removal of the falr
ravllion, had written a letter advis
ing the committee that hs client
would, he thought, be willing to with
draw his petition on the condition
that the city would .confM-nt to the re
moval of the entire pavilion at the
c'01" r the nPt nun1 week.
juuge uowen wrote mat ne wnuiu
make this recommendation to his
client and was of the opinion that he
would agree to It. Members of the
police committee are Inclined to ac
cept the proposal. It will give the
C. mmerclal association an opportu
nity to put on its entertainment once
nor and reallxe some profits from
the money Invested.
The committee will make Its report
at the adjourned meeting Friday.
NO CHANGE TODAY
IN LIVERPOOL PRICE
e
Today's reports by cable show
the Liverpool wheet market to
be unchanged. The price
stands at nine shillings, eight
pence. In American money the
Liverpool price is $1.41 per
bushel
German
'!'
The Gneisenau, one of the German
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KIRKPATRICK IS
OF
As a result of complications devel
oping from the wound which he re
ceived when shot by Richard Burke,
an Indian, nearly a month ago, Ed.
D. Kirkpatrlck, well known reserva
tion farmer, died this afternoon at his
farm at 1 o'clock. The news comes
as a shock to his many friends as It
was the prevailing opinion that he
was well on the road to recovery.
Mr. Kirkpatrlck was shot In the
leg early on the morning of Sunday,
November 22, at the farm home of
his brother-in-law, Fred Hobby,
liurke, who waa drunk, and Billy Clif
ford, a young woman of unpleasant
notoriety, had driven to the home
where a dance was being held and
the woman had Joined the dancers j
as an unbidden guest, t-'he was asked!
to leave and Kirkpatrlck among oth
ers followed her outside the house. A
quarrel with Burke ensued and re
sulted In the Indian drawing his re
volver and firing several times. One
of the bullets struck Kirkpatrlck In
the leg, Just above the knee and
coursed downward to the heel from
which It was' later removed.
He was 'brought to St. Anthony's
hospital where he received treatment
for a week or more, after which his
condition was such ss to permit of his J
removal to his home.
The Indian was arrested at the
time of the shooting by Roy and Earl
Kirkpatrlck. nephews of the deceased,
and Ernest Scheckler and was
brought to town and turned over to
the officers by them. He was charg
ed with a.sault with a dangerous
weapon and released upon $1500 ball
furnished by two reservation farm-
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Map Showing Course Pursued By
Germans in Battle in the Pacific
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V2L3V&vIm rutattuui rai ki aun sm
V I rv ' sunk
A Location of German fleet In the British fleet, which sank tha
Pacific off the coast of Chile. They Scharnhorst. Onelsenau and Leipsic
mailed from this spot around Cape and captured two colliers. The Drea
Horn and at point (B) encountered, Oen escaped.
Cruiser Gneisenau Sunk by the
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cruUtrs that were lost in the engagement with the BrltUh fleet off FulkLind Islands on December 8.
AS
DFSIIlT'GHEEiSAIIOTOBIS
1 11. WIS I C C I
NFLICTED BY ON
era. Prosecuting Attorney Stelwer
was notified this afternoon of the
death of Mr. Kirkpatrlck and will
probably file a second and more se
rious charge against the youny Indian
who is a son of Poker Jim.
Deceased Is survived by a wife, a
mother and a brother, R, p. Kirk
patrlck, all of this city, and several
half brothers in the east.
Fire Destroys Block.
- POTTSVILLE., Pa., Dec 17. An
entire block of buildinis. in the bus
iness section of Pottsville waa destroy
ed by fire, the Iom being estimated
at a million dollars.
NEWS. SUMMARY
General.
German war refuels escape after
raunng English coast.
Russian troop defeated by Turks.
, Eastern section of England raked
for spies.
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F.d Kirkpatrlck dies this P. m. as
result of bullet wound.
Ediiiond brother much concerned
over bomliardment of English riilM
Happy Canyon" assured of another
year or ure, ,
Elks' mlnilrH show a Mjf success.
HernilMon helps raise flour ship
ment. Treasurer Bradley answers criU
Hfiiw made by expert auditor.
Coffee Club fllli need In city.
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XGNIISINAU
MfLtlPZJCj
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ABE REPORTED Oil
WE FARE
Relations Between Two Nations
Reaching Breaking Point Over
Arrest of Naval Officer. ,
DEATH SENTENCE PRONOUSCEO
Greece Demand Ilia Release and Tur
key Kefases to Comply Runwian
Mat k Sea licet Said to Have Sunk
German Steamship BrIUb Bom
bard Ottoman Soldiers.
ATHENS, Dec. 17. Relations be
tween Greece and Turkey are badly
strained.
The Immediate Cause was the case
of a non-commissioned naval officer
attached to the Greek legation at Con
stantinople, who, for some reason waa
sentenced to death by the Turkish au
thorities. Greece demanded that he
be surrendered and Turkey refused-
PETROGRAD, Dec 1 17. The sink
ing by the Russian black sea fleet of
the German steamship Derlntle" off
the Turkish coast was announced
here.
ATHENS, Dec. 17. The British
Mediterranean fleet Sunday shelled
the Turkish troops concentrated near
the Gulf of Paros, according to In
formation received here. What dam
age was done was not known.
Berlin Celebrates Raid.
BERLIN, Dec. 7 Berlin Is aflut
ter with flags In celebration of Wed
nesday's successful German naval
raid on the Englleh east coast.
Argentine Captures German,
BUENOS ATRES. Dec, 17. The
Argentine cruiser Pueyrredon la re
ported to have captured the German
armed steamship Patagonia after a
long chase. It waa asserted the Pat
agonia had been violating Argentine
neutrality.
HERMISTON AIDS FUND FOR
FLOUR TO BE SENT BELGIUM
DRAFT IXR $10.50 RECEIVED
HERE TOWARD RELIEF OF
THE SUFFERERS. ,.
Hermiston as well as Echo and
renilleton will be represented In the
ihipment of flour which will leave
here within the next few days for,
Philadelphia, where it will become j
rart of a cargo to be shipped to the
Belgian sufferers. This morning Sec
retary Cranston received through the
mails a draft for $10 50 which had
been raised by a number of young
men desirous to contribute to the re
lief. This money will pay for two
barrels of flour, bringing the total
up to SO barrels. Tomorrow the
shipment will be closed and prepared
for transit.
President Tallman of the Commer
cial association this morning received
a letter from Theodore B. Wllcog of
Tortland asking Pendleton to con
tribute non-perlnhable foodstuffs to
the Oregon-Washington cargo which
is to be sent to Belgium. In view of
the fact that this city haa already j
forwarded a ton of clothing and
Christmas presents to Belgium and
la Just completing raising a big ship
ment of flour, President Tallman does
not' think It advisable at this time to
make any promises of further dona
tions, and has so written Mr. Wil
cox. British
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GERMAN SHIPS
ESCAPE 'AFTER
STRIKING BLOW
Vessels Which Bombarded English
Cities on Northeast Coast Elude
Enemy in North
MANY CUTS ABE KILLED
Women aoj cbJktrea are Victims of
Oerma SlieR ' W hk-h Fan In
Town InridcrK WUI Not Interfere)
With Britain's Plans of General
Campaign, It Is Declared.
LONDON. Dec. 17. The German
warships which made a raid along
the northeast coast of England yester
day, bombarding the town of Scar
borough. Hartlepool. WhKby and
Seaton Carew. have escaped the Brit
ish Yeasela which set out to destroy
them. A mist over the' North sea
made It possible for tn kaiser's ships
to elude the Britishers and through
out England today there it much re
gret that a decisive battle could not
have been waged between the hostile
craft.
It was declared that the Incident of
the German raid would not be per
mitted to Interfere with the plana of
the British nary or with the war of
fice's plans for the general campaign.
. A calm but deadly anger was the
prevailing sentiment In England over
the German raid.
The latest Msta placed the killed In
the bombardment of Scarborough,
Whitby and Hartlepool at 7 civil- ,
lans and seven soldiers, and the
wounded at 2(7 civilians and II sol
diers. The soldiers were in the Har
tlepool fortress which responded to
the German fire. The majority of
the victims were residents of Hartle
pool, mostly women and children.
Fifteen schoolboys are Included in
the killed and many other were
wounded. It was aald that many of
these will die. Some were struck by
fragments of shells and other were
crushed beneath the falling ruins of
their homes,
London, as well as provincial news
rapers were a unit today in support- .
Ing the determination 'of the govern
ment not to permit the attack to re
suit In any redlspoeltlon of the Brit
ish land and sea forces which might
It was admitted, menn a more effec-
tual protection of the coast against
such Isolated attacks as Wednesday
but which would Interfere with the
main campaign for the kaiser's final
defeat.
After the first excitement. Inci
dental to the bombardment had sub-
'Med. the raid served as a boom
to
towns.
Scarborough reported IS killed In
cluding eight women and three chil
dren. The wounded In Scarborough
were placed at 150. Of these there
were eight women or girls, two little
boys and one man of 70.
The killed at Hartlepool numbered
65 and wounded 115. One entire
family of eight perished when their
house was strurk by a shell.
Two were killed and two wound
ed at Whitby.
The dead soldiers at the Hartlepool
fortress Included a lieutenant and six
privates.
. LONDON. Dec. 17 With every
member present, the British cabinet
met today to discuss the German na
val raid.
THREE STEAMSHIPS LOST BY
MINES IN' THE NORTH SEA
VESSELS ARE SENT TO THE BOT
TOM HIT MOST OF CREWS
ARE SAVED.
LONDON. Dec. 17 Throe steam
ships have been sunk by mlmw In
English waters in the past few hours
it was announced here this afternoon.
The Klterwater was lost off Flam
borough Head and its crew of Ax are
missing.
An unidentified ve.sel was sunk in
the uni(! locality, tho crew and pas
sengers escaping in Hfebuat.
The freighter Princess o!u struck
a mine und uuk six miles uif ll.irtle.
pool on We'liiwMday nls'ht. The rrew.
vhlch was rescued, e.iij they m a
German steamship Iulng mints ru-ar
the spot where the vcoi-l was bluwo
up.
Kai-M-r IniiTuvliig.
LONDON, Dec. 17. Th 'romllllon
of the kaiser was reported sie.ttly Im
proved In ud vices rwiive.l liurn In
day. Vi to t'onilncic
V.S!!1N;TV.V. lr !7 fnr.t'.n
lied cold In the rimt and niUIli wt
fur the next 3 hmiri wns jr-JI !
1 the government it(.ir hiirj.