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i'codleton of any otber newspaper.
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Fair tonight and Tuesday; not
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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL, 26
DAILY EAST OREGOXIAX, PEXDLETOX, OREGON, MOXDAV, DECEMBER 21, 1914.
NO. 83 78
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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