East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, December 25, 1914, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EVENING EDITI01I Forecal ttr EavStern Orecon, by aWe I TO ADVERTISERS. Ts Kut Oregonlan baa tbe largaat saH etrailatlon of any ptpar In Uregeu, Mat ef Fartiand aad over twlca tba circulation la feadlstoa ef an otbar Dtwapaaar. United Ktatea Wr titer Obvrnv at Portland. Fair tonight and Saturday; not much change In temperature. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL TArsS VOL 16 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, Fill DAY, DETKMJiEIt 25, 1914. NO. 8332 DAILY EVENING EDITH)!) i ' , . cins DM III EASTERIIVMR ZOHE To Wed Nephew of the Kaiser IMMED Cl BATTLE Russians Assume Offensive Turkish Outposts Said to Have Been Re pulsed Along Whole Front. OTTOMANS ARE III RETREAT fcUva Calrture Transport and Selie, Xma prevent Bloody Fighting' Alone Ilxura Itivcr la DctHm1 Germans In JteKUxl Rushes Try I to Capture Trenches. PETROGRAD, Dec. 25 The war office announced that fighting In Caucasua wua proceeding and that the Russians had assumed the offen Ive In the direction of Surykamyth. Turkish outposta had been repuls ed along the wholo frunt. it waa mat ed and were retreating In the direc tion of Van with considerable loss after a stubborn resistance. During the Mlawa fighting recently a Rusulan battallion rulded a trans port and captured a quantity of Christ mas gifta. Details of the bloody attempt of the Germans to cross the Ilxura river j between Rawae and Sochacrew have been received. The Wurtemburg troop were brought from France to aid In the Warsaw advance. On Sat urday the German artillery opened on the iluaslana. With frequent artillery attacks on Saturday night, the Wur temburg charged acroaa the rough, swampy ground against the Siberian riflea In the face of a frightful fire. They reached the Siberian tranche. where a hand to hand bayonet fight resulted. The Germans were repulsed but they charged repeatedly until seven Wurtemburg battalllons were annihilated. On Hunday night two Oennan detachments crosail the FSiura by a foot bridge near Plela, and the Itumlans annihilated them. FREKCH ARTILLERY CUTS I'EN DOWN III TRENCHES DEADLY llN(.K OF GUNNERS DOES HORRIBLE EXECUTION AMONG i:xemv. PARIS, Dee. 25. General Joffre. the commander-in-chief, said to Col onels Ignatleff and Yarde-Uuller. the Russian and English military attach en at the field headquurlcra of tlw French army, three or four days ago: "Come with mo nnd you will scei something never seen before in war.'' Tlio military attaches accompanied I the general to a place near the lines of far Arraa. There 600 pieces of heavy artillery were placed ,ln a po sltlon so as to bear upon a compar atlvely short plexus of German en trenchments. The ranges already had been found. Upon a word from General Joffre, repeated by his aides telephonlcnlly the 600 pieces opened a sustained fire upon tho German works and the spaces Just behind them. After a quarter of an hour the French Infantry charged. Not a hos tile shot met them. Not a bayonet gleamed over the edge of tho works. The trenches were actually torn In pieces as though by gigantic plough shares. Dead and wounded men, half bur led, lltcred the line where formerly had been the trenches. The few live were struggling to free themselves from heaps of earth. Those who had tried to run were caught by the hor rible spray from bursting shells In the rear of the German trenches. Prob ably not a man defending that pari of the line escaped. i It a i Yi tz - A I MIES IITIII TO ADVANCE ALONG FRONT III HE Paris War Office Reports Numerous Successes From the North Sea Clear Through to Alsace. GZRMAH ATTACKS REPULSED Pclglain Iiiu Forward Along Right Bunk of the ywr River Positions Recently Captured by tlifl French Arc Being Strengthened No Devel opment In Alsace. t Miss Elisabeth IlWd Rogers Prliire Ctirtsttan of llwe. and (NEW YORK, Dee. 25. The en gagement of Miss Elisabeth Rogers, daughter of Mr. and Mr. Richard N. Rogers of New York and Wash ington, to Prince Christen of Hesse, nephew of the kaiser, was not at all a surprise to her friends In New Tor. PARIS, Dec. 25 The following of ficial communication was issued by the war office; 'To the north of Lys the enemy has bombarded rather violently the ap proach of the road from Yprea to Comlnes and those of Langemarck, tut has delayed the attack. "Uefore Bolsselle, northeast of Al bert, our troops made slight progress. A German attack on Saint Hard wood, east of Tracy-le-Val, has been repulsed. "We have organized the trenches captured December 22 near Uisalcn ne. The ground taken In the Iian-de-Supt region, near Illinois, nortn of St. Die, has been held and organ ized " Minor Suiwtt, Reported. The official report Issued earlier in the day recites a series of French suc cesses of apparently minor Import ance from the sea on the north to the frontier of Alsace on the south. The locations where French troops have gained the advantage are given as along the Lys, In the region of the.Alsne, In Champagne near Per thes, in the Argonne, In the forest of Apremont and near St. Lie. The text of the report la: German Gun Firing From, behind Trees '' ,1' j. i 5 4 I' A : '' .;. i r- X v 0 I 4 This Ls the first photograph of a German howltser firing from hiding. Much has been written about the in ability of the soldiers to see each The grand climax of the holiday season was reached this morning when Christmas ushered in the spirit that makes December 2S the bright est day in the yearbook. With tons and tons of gifts scattered among the residents of Pendleton as symbols of good will from friends and relatives, everyone and his children have been made aware that Santa Cl.ius, if not a being of flesh and t:.oJ, U a reality nevertheless. The business men of tne commun ity have suspended work today, taking a rest from the strenuous work of one of the biggest Christmas trades In late years. Until late last night the stores kept open and the buying of gifts continued as long as they re- amn I J . t - m. a . M other during the fighting in France., guns without being able to see one of ' "1" ""T" """, In the batUes before Brussels British 'hemfJ "hM l,n he practice now . a holld . t.r..L.. i. j 0 the fMmya artillery cannot exact days under fire of the great German; ly locate them for the return fire. TULETDE ones jot m I II Good Old Saint Nichclas Overlooks No One Today in His Distribution of Useful Gifts. CHILDREN ARE HADE HJtPPY Xbm Tree. I ulen with Protests. Greet Youngsters Who Awake at Peep of Day Poorer Homes are Remembered by Kindly CIUxcsm Chuniic IIato Prognun. 800 WAR HORSES WILL BE SHIPPED TO FRENCH FIELDS From the sea to the Lys we madej CAVALRY AJfP RTILIRY AVI progress by sapping operations in the dunes and repulsed an attack in front of Lombaertzyde. At Zwartelin, to She had hinted, it la said, In letters, the southeast of Ypres. we occupied to rlrl friends her that tha nouncement wag soon to be made. Prince Christian and MUs Rogers met for the flrn time about a year ago In Cairo. a group or houses and drove back as far as the southern part of the vil lage a counter attack of the enemy. (Continued on pas Htj.) RUSSIANS CLAIM ROUT OF THE . PCDMAMQ AlflMP R7IIDA DIUTD ULiuiittiu mlumu uLunn mvu PRESIDENT WILSON SPENDS HAPPY DAY AT WHITEHOUSE iIFT(4 ARE DISTRIBUTED WAR'S SHADOW HANGS OVER TILE CAPITAL CITY. ' WASHINGTON', Dec. 25. Anna Cothran, the president's favorite grand niece waa the center of attention at the white house. The president dls trluted gifts from a hutft .tree. The ayres, McAdoos and Margaret Wilson composed the party. The capital was not a gay as usu al, the war's shadow being apparent. Embassies, heretofore scenes of gay cty, were gloomy. A community cel ebration lust night gladdened hun dred;; of children. Jap RattlcNlilp Off Port. LIMA, Peru, Dec, 25. Accompa nied by a torpedo bont dcxtroyor and several EiikIIhIi merchantmen, the Ji pit Hero wuri-lilp Hizen anchored i-evtn miles off Puerto Do 1'lnura, on the northern count of Peru, LONDON, forces were Itzuru river bad crossed Dec. II. Strong tJerman utterly routed on the and another army that to tho left bank of the Plllca river were thrown back Wed nesday, according to a Petrograd of ficial dispatch, which added that the successes reported on the various fronts were repeated with heavy loss es to the Invaders and the capture of many prisoners. The Germans report that they have turned on the Russians on the line from Soldar to Mlawa on the Rus slan-Poland frontier, driving them back Into Poland. (iennan Rectment Annihilated The statement from tho general staff of the Russian commander-ln chief received here from Petrograd says: "On the Bcura river near the Cha teau of Tuchow five verstj below Sochacxew, our troops on the night of December 23 utterly routed the strong German forces which had crossed to the right bank of the Bxura. "A German regiment was almost completely annihilated and In addi tion lost five machine guns. We cap tured five officers and 515 soldiers. "All through the day of December 23 tho Germans made fierce attacks In the region of Bollmow. but were everywhere repulsed. Stubborn fight ing bIso prvnlled that day In the re gion of LIv-w-Lods and below that point. We succeeded In throwing back the German column which had crossed to the right bank of the Plll ca. RtiMHlaiu Onpture 300. "On the 22d and 23d violent fight ing took place all along the front on the Nlda river. It wns especially stubborn on the lower Nlda between Wlsllca and Nowemliisto Korcsyn. "During these two days we captur ed to the north of Tlncxow 67 offi cers nnd more than 3000 soldiers. "To the south of the VlHtula we maintained our successes of the pre vious day. Here we took 1G00 pris oners. "In East Truiisla. near Prwmysl, and In tho Carpathians no Important chnnut's have taken plnco. The following official communica tion, issued In Vienna, was received hore. "In the tipper Mngyoger valley the battle continues. In the Lnteloza Vol-j ley yesterday our troops repulsed sev. eral attacks, the enmy suffering heavy losses. One Russian battalion was blown up. Austrlans Gain Along Vwr. "In the upper Ung valley our at tack has gained ground for us and near the frzeker Toss 650 prisoners were taken. "On the Gallelan front the battle continues. .n tne Gallelan front the battle continues. "On the lower Drina more . than 2000 prisoners were taken December 22. "Retween December 11 and 20. 43,. 000 Russians were captured. There are now in the monarchy 200,000 prisoners of war."' Among the Items sent out by the German official press bureau were the following: "While there Is general confidence that the Germans and their ally are making progress along the extended battle line In the east, there Is no In dication, either In the German or the Austrian official reports, that any marked advantage has been won. "Indeed, It Is noticeable that Vienna uses the adjective 'favorable' In rerrlng to the battles In the Carps thlans. but contents itself with say ing mat the severe battle along thej uower Dunajec river and on the Kros-no Tuchow lines continues." (iemisns Win In Prussia. The Oermnn general headquarters staff made the following report: "In the east we have assumed the offensive and are advancing from Neldenburg and Soldau (In East Prussia). "We have repulsed the Russians after several days' fighting at Mlwa (Northern Poland), and the enemy's positions at Mlawa again are In our hands. More than 1000 prisoners were taken In these battles. "At tho confluence of the Bxura 31ALS HAVE BEEN BOUGHT IS THE NORTHWEST. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Dec. 25. W. L. Russell, of this city, who has been collecting horses for the French government for cavalry and artillery announced that he had gathered 40 carloads of animals, which have been accepted, and they will be shipped Tuesday to Jersey City, N. whence they will go to France. The 800 ani mals will require two trains. The horses have been bought at nearly all parts of the Inland Em pire. The shipment Is a record one and represents nearly I100.0K0. .Mr. Rustcll and the French government Inspectors, who are passing on the horses he Is buying tinder contract, i returned last night from a trip tnrough the ralouse country, in Wash ington, and the Clearwater and Ca mus Prairie districts. In Idaho, where hundreds of horses were purchased. ATTEMPT TO BE IDE TO HAVE , MEDICAL - EXAM IAW REPEALED One of the measures which the Ice Blocks River. county clerks of the state will at- HOOD R1VER- r'- Dec. 25 The , . . . , ... Columbia river, opposite Hood River. tempt to get through the legislature . ... . . . , " is filled with large Ice floats jammed is a bill to repeal the present law re- together. The Hood River-White Sal quirlng a medical examination of mon and Vnderwood ferries are hav bridegrooms and a clean bill of health . ,nK o"1' difficulty In crossing. The from a physician before a marriage 1 8teamers have quit running on tn license is issued. This was the statement yesterday of County Clerk CONVICTS AT WASHINGTON PRISON GIVEN PAROLES 35 PRISONERS RECEIVE CHRIST MAS GIFTS OF LIBERTY TODAY. nnd Hawka livers, fierce bayonet at-J tacks took place at many places. The OLYMTIA, Wash. Dec. 25 Pa roles or conditional pardons for about ! 35 convicts of the state Denitentlarv at Walla Walla will arrive there today and the remaining "50 convicts will have chicken dinners on Christmas day for consolation. Report from the penitentiary Is, however, that ev en on the part of the freed men there Is some disposition to stay to see the annual prison minstrel show, which will be staged after weeks of patient practice on the part of principal, the night of December SO. Thirteen Inmates .of the state re- re- formatory at Monroe will receive pa roles as the result of a special Christ, mas meeting of the reformatory board. At all the other 10 Washington In stitutions turkey will be the piece de resistance of the Christmas feast and at all Institutions special Shrlstmasj programs will le presented. The students will take leading parts In these programs. In all, the state will provide din ners for nearly 6000 wards this Christmas Approximately half of these are inmates of the three hospit als for insane, and the superintendents of these institutions have made ar rangement, with the co-operation of the public, to see that each patient receives a gift on Christmas day. Frank Saling who attended the re-. tent meeting in Portland of county' clerks at which it was decided to try to clear f.ie. statutes of Oregon of' many allteed useless laws. , "The purpose of th law is all right." said Clerk Saling in speaking of the matter." but it not only falls to accomplish its purpose but it oper- ates to send money out of the state that should be kept at home. Van- couver has become the Gretna Green' for Portland couples and many Vma- tilla county couples go to Walla Wal-i la to marry because the state of Washington does not require a med ical examination. Thus our license' fees go to another state and Wash ington ministers get marriage fees that properly belong to our own mln lsters. "The law as it now stands is not at all effective. The physicians give an applicant a certificate after a very cursory examination because they cannot afford to make a thorough ex amination for the $2.50 allowed them. They admit themselves that their cer. tiflcates are valueless because a blood test is necessary for any satisfactory, proof that a man is free from dls-; case. I have had applicants apply 9 II H.I.KAit . V. . 4Mtn.'. tlflcate and go down town and return with one In 15 minutes" When here last year In the interest of social hygiene work. Dr. Calvin S. White, state health officer who was one of those Instrumental in getting' the law passed, declared that the only j value of the law Is its tendency to j make young reople think. If a law! discriminates In Intent against those; afflicted with a disease born of social evil he said. It will tend to make peopie think of the seriousness of this d Lsea.se, I middle Columbia river for the winter. The Ice at Hood River Is now six inrhe thick on all of the sloughs. In many a home this morning chil dren were awakened to find candle- (Continued on para Ore.) FACTIOUS 1,1 MEXICO HAVE ASREED TO GALL A TRUCE Women Receive Safety Medals MILITARY ACTIVITY CEASES PERMANENT PEACE AGREK MKNT MAY BE REACHED. WASHINGTON, Dec. 25. Appar ently the Mexican factions have de clared a truce through a tacit under standing. Reports received by tha state department show military activ ity has been practically suspended. Bryan and other members of the ad ministration deny they are consider ing a proposal to recognize Gulterrex. The situation at Naco ls satisfactory. Scott reports negotiations undoubted ly will result In a permanent peace agreement srtlllerv ennlil do IIM1 .,. PLANS FOR PORTLAND of the misty weather j POSTOI'I U'E Rl SHED "The Russians suffered heavy loss-! cs on the light bank of the Plllca! WASHINGTON, Dec. 25. -Senator NEWS SUMMARY liver In the district to the southeast of Homnsxnw. Tho Russians nttack-1 ed fiercely several times but were repused by the Austro-Germnn nr ni ies with heavy losses. j "Farther to fie south the situa tion Is generally umiiungcd." Lime ls nil vised by the treasury de partment that the work on the Port land federal building plans is being expedited nnd It Is expected that tht building will go n the market fot construction bids by July next, about n ymr earlier than expected. General. RtiHKan4 repulse Turks. Allies Halm farther gains. Christmas I qiiUt day at Wnshiiur to". ! .... Ivnl. Oil Ccomtie, pioneer reflilcnt, suo cuiitlis to til in vr. 1irktma.i spirit prewiiU In Pen tlU'ton. County clerks stD1ite M to a'x 1. Ish doctor's certificate for brlile-Kruoins, t k .V - ! : i 1 u u - i;--u ILLINOIS IN LINE FOR NEW METHOD OF REFORM PRISON WARDEN STARTS PRO GRAM TO SAVE YOUTHS FROM LIVES OF CRIME. NEW YORK CITY. Dec. 23 Mrs. Philip M. I.vdig and Mfc-s Oraham Mulhal! were honored by the Aniert can Museum of Safety with the sii-e. t tal gold tiu-ilal of the Institution "In j reeoKnitlon of the time, nnniey and I personal service In humanitarian act), j levenient Professor Frederick lt.-m-j cell lluttk.n, of i'ula itlii.t, itnii'oineeit : the awards mi l m ule the pivttcula- tion at a luncheon given nt Debut n- ico's. JOLIET, 111.. Dec. 25. The fresh , air cure for first offenders; dunge ; ons. cell houses and the stone quarry for hardened criminals Is the pro gram Warden E. M. Allen of the Illi nois state prison hopes to work out ' if the state legislature appropriates J 1.200.000 for the reconstruction of the . Joliet penitentiary. j Allen has submitted to Gov. Dunn pian advocating sweeping changes 'n the state's penal system. He would have all but about 400 of the normal prison population of l.tO) convicts live In cottages and work In the open air. The 400 the professional thieves highwaymen and murderers who live I iy crime, ne woum conrine as at present in cell houses under heavy i guard and with the threot of solitary t confinement In a dungeon for dls- , obedience of prison rules. This new scheme of conducting a prison would have double beneficial results, the warden declares. U would give first offenders a fresh lease on lire and at the same tim Isolate them from the hardened crlna- Inals. The penitentiary In this way I would attempt to remedy defeets, th wren says, mneau or upcoming a school for crime. Allen would extend the system of having "honor" prisoners work on t-tate roads, the experiment hnvnir proven very satisfactory thus far Mn would keep the prison etotie qu.trry In operation, forcing hardened crimi nals to break rock fr the slat high ways. Manufacturing Inside the prison walls for private firms he would ab olish entirely. He would retain tho prison shoe factory with the tinil-r-j'tandlng that bout nnd ; Imn h made only f ir Inm.iivt of st it Irnii. l it'ons nnd not to int hi tlw irurhet In competition with fth. r I i r lie would hue Trior.- ei.nvll nl Wnr mi the prji 'ii f irm ar il rtcrif th!- I,!, a t,i Th-tf iri.Mfit.r. r,.nt !( I U :'l St;le Ill-Ill III I w'lh rrinit, r. .J- :. ,1,'rv pio.l'i tt Th t t' tie 'AO lid 1 l'.e 111' ll.-.tl- li!ch M'.'i n!e.