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DAILY EVB EBIII01I DAILY EVENING EDITION Fcrrout for Eastern Oregon, by ihs I TO ADVERTISERS. Tha East Oregootan bit the largest paid circulation of any paper la Oregon, east of Portland and otr twice tba circulation In i'codleton of any otber newspaper. United Stales Weatlier Ohrrcr t Portland. Fair tonight and Tuesday; not much change In temperature COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL, 26 DAILY EAST OREGOXIAX, PEXDLETOX, OREGON, MOXDAV, DECEMBER 21, 1914. NO. 83 78 1 0XJltr' . ' i )jii,i.in.m.L. . j 1 r) n COLDEST III lllffl OF WHITER First Time Thermometer Registers Low Point Since 1912 Temper ature This Morning 10 Above. WATER PIPES SUFFER MUCH lYeerlng Weatlier Brings Woe to Household ero Cm Pipe Frown AUo Soma Thermometers showed One Doffrra Below 7ao La Night Ilut Tee Not Official. HI II T 1 1 Of IUED TilOQPS Important Gains Claimed by War Office at Paris in Several Points in France and Belgium. ARRAS IS AGAIN BOMBARDED Pendleton got her first touch of zero weather last night In nearly three yearn. The recorda of the offi cial observer show that thta la the first time the mercury has sunk to lero Bine January 7. 1912. The mini mum temperature last night was even xero by the official thermometer and a number of thermometers register d one below. At 10 o'clock this ernlng the temperature was only ten above. The cold snap resulted In many water pipes freexlng and a number of rases of frozen gas have been report ed. color do coi n. too. I-y Wind Accompanies Wave of Ftwrlnc Weather Mercury Keg. I Ititcm 4 Iv-grmi lU'low. J DENVER. Colo . Dee. 11 This was the coldest weather of the winter In Colorado. It was four below here at 4 o'clock this morning. An Icy wind eccom panted the cold wave. EOT IN 16 YEARS HAS THE UMATILLA BEEN SO LOW MIT.! H HAVE DIFFICULTY IV OP EIIAT1XO DEFICIENCY IN IlAIXFALii CAUSE. Not In the last sixteen years has the water In the Umatilla river been so low In December as It Is right now, according to Horace Mann, head mil ler at the Pendleton Holler Mills. Mr. Mann speaks from a personal knowl edge of the facts as he has been con nected with the mills for that length of time and has kept records of the flow of water. As a result of the small volume of wnter In the river, the mills are having difficulty In operating with anything like regularity. Whenever there Is a sufficient head of water, the mills are run regardless of the hour, but even then not at full capac ity. Mr. Mann does not recall any Teutons Accused of Shelling Hospital at Ypres Fight for Posset I on of Iloulers Contlnnce Warships off Belgian Coast Shell the German Po sitions. PARIS, Dec. 21. The occupation by the allies of the German's entire line of trenches southwest of Loos was announced In a war office state ment In the advance on Peronne, the de struction by the French was reported of German trenches east of Albert. Important gains are claimed else where In France and Belgium. The Germans are accused of bom bard Ink' the Ypres hospital on Sun day. It whs reported Arras again is being bombarded by the Germans. The war office added that It wasn't true the British had taken Roulers. us reported, but fighting for the town It was stated, was In progress. Cun-it-Unt advances by the allies were reported in the Arras and Ypres regions. From Belgium came the news of the steady arrival of tralnload after tralnload of German wounded from the front. It was said the Kaiser's forces were threatened with a typhoid fever epi demic. LONDON, Dec. 21. Though the Kaiser is back at the front, he re turned, according to a dispatch re ceived by the Exchange Telegraph company from Its Berlin correspond ent, over his physician's protest. He was said to have left Berlin without a demonstration and is described as pale and old looking. The correspond ent expressed doubt concerning the completeness of the Kaiser's recovery. It wss stated his field commanders Insisted he spend Christmas with his troops as a means of encouraging them. PARIS. Dec. 21 Fighting in north ern France and northwestern Belgium was lncreiislng in violence and in ex tent today. Warships off the Belgian coast were aiding the allies by shelling the Ger man right wing furiously. In the fighting in Belgium It was stated that Midllekerke has been cap-' i tured by the allies. In France the capture of two more I lines of German trenches, southeast View of Scarborough. Shelled by the Germans and Map of Probable Course of the Raiders fCIT!f til!''' i'sS C yrjr OT'rrTO f jrtTK r'.-xis rr!J:'''r. 'rrrrrrrrr ' SIPS 0 YA---..m---:l L :A-. . ? , - ..." .jut i: . V:.';.z;y .- ' ' "-M V I tsi. 4., I ,'1 -v. Ill -'"l nr iirTu, il'- ; ' ...m....- .. v... ,1 .,. , ,.;,. ... ' Scarborough, on the east oa?t of an amphitheater on slopes rising from Zngland, It one of the greatest water-1 the sea and mcijnting a promontory lng places in the British Isles, and Is Jutting into the North ea. It is a nine more man zoo mues irom Lon don and thirty-seven miles northwest of the city of York. On the headland and commanding a fine view a city of considerable Importance, with a population of 40.000. It is finely situated in the form of of the harbor are the ruins of a twelfth century castle. Near that Is the ancient Church of St Mary, con sisting of a nave of what was origin ally a late Norman and early English church. The fashionable parade is the Marine Drive, two and a half miles long, protected by a sea wall and embellished with gardens. Scar borough la popularly known as the "Queen of the Watering Places." There Is a large spa, a fine museum t;nd promenade piers. JOHN SPAIN WINS DAMAGES FROM RAILROAD COMPANY WELL KNOWN Hl"CKIUX I.OVF.I 11522 SI FI O-W. H & N. FOll MHH). AL- slmilar condition at this time of the r - Paase. was announced. year In the history of his service at! the Institution "Ordinarily." he- IlltlTISlI IlATTLRSlIIP SUNK. states, "we have more water In the Drendiiautlit Thunderer Is KeMrtcd Ilae Been Ixt November 7. Story Unconfirmed. NEW YORK, Dec. 21. Conflrma- river on July 1 than we have right i to now." The big deficiency in the rainfall for The wet season is responsible for the light flow In the river and Mr. Mann anticipates that the farmer will suffer from the shortage in the precipitation. The official records show a JO per cent deficiency at this time for the wet season with almost no precipitation during the last two months. lion of a report published that the Prltish dreadnaught Thunderer had been sunk Nov. 7 w-as not obtained. The story was the vessel either truck a mine or was torpedoed In the North sea. It was vouched for by only one man. a passenger who arriv ed here on the liner St. Louis from Liverpool. M LLS IDE FOR LEW OF 8 COUNTY AND STATE PURPOSES Umatilla county's state and county ble shows the tag levins In the various tax is two mills less for 1115 than It was for If 14. At a session of the court this morning a levy of eight mills was made fur county and state purposes as against ten mills last year. The actual reduction measur ed In dollars and cents will however, be a little loss than the two mills dif ference would Indicate inasmuch as (he valuntiou this year Is sllKhtly higher. The eight mill levy Is divid ed as follows: For county and state purposes 4 4-0 mills; county schools 1 2B-60; library, j-eo, ana roaas z 1-2 mills. Pendleton property owners will pay a total tax of 22 1-2 mills this year as agulnst 25 1-2 lost year. Nine mills of this will be for city purposes, l ine for schools snd five and a half for county snd stale purposes. Pen dleton bs well as Athena, Echo, Krerwator. Ilermiston, Milton, Flan field and Weston are exempt from the road tax of two and a half milts. Ilermiston taxpayers will pay the Mulled tuxes of liny in Hie county. I lie total levy in their community am ounting to it 1-2 mill Freewster Is ii,e second with t 1-2 and Wes ton third with 28. The following ta- ' towns of the county. City. School. Adams ....,,,,..10 4 Athena 1,2 S Echo g t Freewatfr 15 g Helix 10 Ilermiston 12 12 Pendleton 9 $ Milton g g Pilot Rock 10 6 Flanfleld 7 Umatilla 10 (U on 16 7U Not exempt from road tax. 4 mill school tax, 2 mill high school tax. The taxes In the country communi ties will be eight mills plus the am ount of the school levy In the district In which the property la located The school levies In the country district range from one to seven mills. Total 22 224 4 28Vs 24 294 S4 214 23 214 244 21 union Clilleiui Culiiiu-t (jiiiu. WASHINGTON, Pec. 21. A din. patch received by the state depart uieiit from Hunt In ko reported the res ItiniiMun of t!ie Chilean cabinet. No detail!! were Included In the dispatch. BAKER. Ore.. Dec. 21 A Jury In the circuit court returned a verdict awarding 11522 damages to John Plain, former champion buckaroo of the world. In his suit against the O- W. R. & N. railroad company. Spain alleged that he was Illegally arrested end taken from a train at Huntington en a charge of Intoxication; that con finement In the Huntington Jail "re sulted .In his catching cold, necessi tating a second operation following the amputation of his right hand, which was Injured in a roping con test In Tine Valley in 1912. The verdict giving the ex-broncho buster king damages was signed by enly nine of the 12 Jurors. Spain sued for IS000. During the trial of the case, F. C. Oxman. the Durkee stokman. was called as a witness by the defense. He testified to seeing Spain on the train from which he wa-i removed at Hunt ington, and that while on the plat form at Huntington saw Spain take a drink from a beer bottle, observing him through the enr window. Cross examinatlng the witness. Attorney O. F. Hyde asked him how he knew It was beer. Oxman replied that he saw the bottle. "Might It not have been water?" asked Hyde. "It might have been coal oil." an swered the witness, while the specta tors Jurors and court officials smiled oot loud. HARRY THAW MUST RETURN TO NEW YORK FOR TRIAL K. M'PUF.MF. COURT RKVFUSFS OPIMON OF NF.W HA3IP hlllKi: tXl ItT. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 Harry K.i Thaw was ordered extradited today by the United States supreme court from New Hampshire to New York. The decision means that Thaw must return to New Tork to face trial on a charge of conspiracy. The ruling reversed the decision of the New Hampxhlre supreme court. which granted Thaw's application for a writ of habeas corpus. Whether Thaw will be returned to Matteawan asylum for (he criminal nsane will depend on the New York riithorlili'S. Thaw's attorneys de clared that If their client wasn't tried for conspiracy or If attempts wete made to hold him as an allege. 1 luna tic niiothi-r halieag corpus writ wilt be sought. .rw "Z Iff V 1 I I al sank Yl tr W. m BhS ' I r fl o r t ft yVA Jt & I IfP ' I Jm II I A i jrr T &"U?MP AMSTERDAM f i EFMFNS II . -rr oT.J MJi5Tfi A V II ,T5rv- A' A kA JT A IF VRA N C E . , u Mf 7 r 1 ' 1 M iM m ju " innii nnmiirno nomn nn-rrnii I ! cccn paico mn currn rrm :. - , ii 1 1 ,u i , i n .Anrrf rrn I ' I j wa-a-fc wi il lh.Vf I VII VIIUUI I LLU j II II DESPERATE EOT TO SAVE PHSl Fierce Sortie is Made From Fortress in Attempt to - Drive Russian Forces Back From City. . SLAVS FORMING k NEW USE Defense of Warsaw Likely to Develop - oujm-iiR. iet or Strength Ito tween tl- Ttooih, of the far and Uic Kaber Forces-. over MillJoo Men Defending War-w. VIENNA. Dec. 21. Via. Puma The Austrians are making a tremend ous effort to raise the Russian siege of Przemysl and with this object 1b view a furious sortie was made today irom me lortress. The Slavs are be ing engaged In the direction of Burc- xa, whence another Austrian force Is trying to reach and relieve the be leaguered city. Simultaneously a sirreme effort i. In progress tn driv th. r tackward along the rieht hank nf th. Vistula, In southern Poland, it Is be. Ileved that the success of either the ortle or the operation In Poland would free Prtemysl. LONDON, Dec. 21. The Russians are believed to have formed an en tirely new line for Warsaw's defense. nest judges were of the ooinlnn that If the Germans broke through the Slay front they would do so only at the expense of a terrific battu on cale which the present war has not seen. It was said that more thn mil. lion men are In the Warsaw defensive line. BERLIN, Dec. 21 German attacks on the Russian positions still are la progress, according to the war office). East Prussian situation wu M t be unchanged. In the west It was (declared Important German gains were made in the Argonne region. Where the French attacked the Ger man line Sunday the GallU forces were said to have been repulsed and the capture by storm of certain trenches held by the British Indian troops was described. SCORES OF EXECUTIONS R-PORTED AT VERA CRUZ TROOPS SAID TO HAVE fiOTTKX BKIOM) THE CONTROL OF CARRANZA. EL PASO. Texas. Dee. 21 Uncon firmed reports received here said that Mexican troops at Vera Crux, beyond Carranra's control, were making scores of arrests. Numerous execu. tions were also reported.- WASHINGTON. Dec. 21 Gutter. rex notified the state department that Maytorena would move his Vllllat troops from their present position at Naco Sonora, to a point beyond the range of the American border. WASHINGTON. Dec. 21 "The sit uation at Naco Is very much reliev ed." government officials announced. they admitted, however, they are watching developments In the Interior of Mexico as a result of reports that Carransa had ordered wholesale exe cutions at Vera Crux. Executions elsewhere were also reported. Skirmishes preliminary to a big battle between the Vllllatas and the Carranxistas In the vicinity of Tor- ron were reported Official dispatch, es to the state department from Mex. o City Indicated that the peace con- vention. meeting January 1 would de P(se Provisional President Gutlerrex. Cardinal Seriously HI ROME, Pec. 21. Cardinal Agll ardo, one of the best known members of the sacred college, is ill with a complication of bronchitis and pneu monia. His condition is serious. NEWS SUMMARY H.te Man Is Murdered. CLEVELAND. Ohio, Dec. 21 With numerous stub wound about the heart and back, the body nf Wll I'am Gray, proprietor of th Troy ho tel prid Hnwley house, was fnund dead In the Troy h"t-l. The b..,v was ful ly dressed. Two larice knives lay on the floor Troy s diamonds and money were missing. General, trying to left Kicjge of Austrian Prseinyal. (H-rniHU lirncliee taken by allies. Harry lliaw will Htaiul trial lit New York. IKl. An innovation that gives promise of being very profitable to eastern Ore pon sheep men constats In the use of cotton seed cakes for feeding purpos es. The cakes ore being used here for the first time this winter and some of the biggest growers are trying out the new method with good result County makes rtfc-ht mill tax levy; " 'lea was picked up last winter by totul cit v tux will bo 2:1 1-2 mills. ! J- Burgess and be is feeding the Tmt snd half tons of rabbit result from hiiiKif, I'liiaUIIti river lower I ban It ha Iwen In 0 ears during lhifniNT, Thcrnioiiielrr rejrMcr 7'ro w-illi-iT lic-t nlr.lit. ! I oral lnvpnu'ii iim' eottoiixl tiki's for filu'cp ftt'd. 1 cakeg to the Cunningham company' sl'eep. Smythe Bros., R. N. Sti'.nf.etd and K. G. Warner are some f the ether growers who have taken up with the lti. The cotton seed Ciikes come In nut form ami are hat is left of cotton seed after the ..!! Is tjken uiit Tt.o .lv ,0 4() delivered here and come, of course fiom the cotton belt In the south Four ounces make, a full feed for one heep and the cake. hav. J0 t,m,. he .trench of alfalfa and four time, the strength of barley or corn. The takes are thrown up. the ground and the sheep pick them up The feeding of the cotton seej cakes strengthens the sheep gnerallv and make lh.ni produce nire Wool and the ewes give more milk r,,r tn(. i. oh . i.ai winter HIGHEST OFFICIAL PRICE REACHED IN WHEAT SALES l ' ""r ii prominent grow. t r in r.iavo d: :!.-1 a i.,, tee.l.rg me lu.If the band ot Miit p. on alf;ilr.i iContii uej u:i pi(i! il;. :j PORTLAND. Ore , Per. 21 The highest official prl.e for wheat ever attained In the Pa- Clflc northwest was recorded on the Merchants' En-hinge when GO'iO Inishel .,f Ket.riiiry club Sold at II T" Kur.ip.'sn .lern in f.,r h Jt I" s'r-.uifiT !h.tn hit ,'iim nin'iN tr:nt 4 '' mi'i t-i,ii.r! m ! ! in I, iur ill ..r fir"i" In 'r-.'..n, S t..;' n .it ! Ilifio
