East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, December 30, 1914, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

East Oregonian : E.O., December 30, 1914, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISERS. The East Oregoulaa has the largest paia circulation of any paper la Oregon, aaat of Portland and over twice tbe circulation In l'oUltton of any otbtr newspaper. Forecast 'nr l-Mrrn Oregon, by the Unl((l State Wrtl-r Observer ( rortUnd, Unsettled tonight and Thursday; probably mow. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PA TEH VOL. 26 DAILY EAST OREGONIAX, PEXDLETOX, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 19H. DAILY EVENING EDITION PROTEST or mis II 1 Cabinet is Called t) Consider Note ' Calling Attention to Violation American Neutrality. WILL THRESH OUT QUESTION Negotiations Likely to be ITolongcd Owing to Different Interpretations of International I aw Governing Matter England Will Inslttt on Some Points. LONDON. Dec. JO. It la doubtful If a single Incident of the war ha ar oused such Interest a was manifested today In the cabinet session, called to consider the Washington admin istration's protest against the treat merit, by the British navy, of Amerl can commerce. Foreign Mlnlter Grey carefully re viewed the American communication before he joined the other members of the ministry. To the meeting he carried the message Itself, together with the reports his assistants had prepared, covering the various points made in the protest. The American statement having been bused on an Interpretation of In ternational law by Wasnington legal experts, it wasn't thought likely the issues raised could be easily disposed of. Prolonged negotiations probably will be necessary. Concerning some points at least. It was said. International authorities differed widely. There were even members of the British cabinet who .took the view there was absolutely no precedent existed governing the case as a whole. There was no disposition fo dispute the right of the United States to in sist there must be no interference with vessels carrying cargoes unques tionably non-contraband. The Brit ish undoubtedly will hold, however, that the American protest isn't en forceable in cases where the former have positive information that "con ditional contraband' cargoes are In tended to reach Germany or Austria Hungary, even though consigned In neutral bottoms to neutral firms In neutral countries. It was said this view will prevail especially In the case of shipments of moat or other foodstuffs. AH ME III PROGRESS III I'JESTEOII IE German Batteries are Being Engaged Violently Near Aspach and at Several Other Points. TEUTONIC ATTACK REPULSED l'onM of Kainer In Vosgcs Are Held Hack by French Renewed Kffort In Made by Gmnatu to Recapture Saint Georgtt, Near Xleuport,. Wliere Allies Hav Advanced. PARIS, Deo. JO Terrific artillery fighting was In progress today at many points on the battle front west and northwest of Paris. The Ger man batteries were engaged violent ly In the vicinity of Aspach. Despite the fearful weather In the extreme north, the Germans renewed their efforts to recapture Saint George near Xleuport, where the allies ad vanced nearly two miles on Tuesday. The French have re-occupled high ly Important positions southeast of Zonncbeke. and were in a position to drive a wedge Into the German front at that point. A war office statement confirmed these reports, adding that Saint George was being bombarded fiercely. Between the Alsne and In the Champagne regions, continued the communication, there was continuous heavy cannonading. The French claimed to have advanced slightly In the Four-de-Parls region, between Argonnes and the Moselle, especially on the heights of the Meuse. Fierce artillery duels were reported In pro gress. In the Vosges a German attack on Tete-de-faux was said to have been repulsed. King and Queen of Belgium WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. Govern merit official made it plain that no re' Ply was expected from Enland for UMATILLA COUNTY GRIND JURY TO MEET ON MONDAY MANY CARES ARE SCHEDULED TO COME BEFORE JANUARY COURT TERM The grand jury has been called to meet Monday morning, January 4, and a week Inter the circuit court will begin Its regular January term. In addition to the criminal cases, the number of which will be determined by the grand Jury's report, there are . Uv..rn1 U'AaL. In lltiArlpn'. nrf Aat I l ICilM 81 rigalnst the treatment accorded Amer ican chipping by the British fleet. The delay will result, they said, from the serious character of the protest and the necessity for care in fram ing a reply. They declared the situ ation from an American viewpoint was neither critical nor urgent. The president and his advisors were admittedly puzzled over the delay In the transmission of the note. It was learned from reliable sources that the note was completed Thursday of last week. The president personally said yesterday he thought It was delivered In Ixmdon on Saturday. Instead, press dispatches declare the document didn't reach the British foreign office until yesterday. It was evident In high official cir cles here that the protest will be ftrongly bncked. Party lines In con gress will be obliterated and both houses will be united In support of the president and his demands. Oregon on Trial Cruise. SKATTLE. Dec. 30. The battleship Oregon, which has been overhauled In preparation for her place at the head of the naval parade through the Tanama canal, steamed from the Pu gct sound navy yard for a two days' trial crulso to Cape Flattery arid return. dozen civil cases set for Jury trial. The cases which have been set by Judge Phelps to date are as follows: Junl. 11. 1915, A. M. Seay vs. J. L. Hammack. H I Watts vs Moses Tay lor. Emery A Oelse vs. J. L. Stork. Jan. 12. 1915. Carlson Currier Co., vs. Peoples Warehouse. Jan. 1J, 1915. J. J. Gum vs. Walter S. Ferguson et als. Jan. 14. 1915, B. II. Fix vs. Ace Thornton. Jan. 15. 1915, Marie E. Johnson vs. Charles Ogllvey. Jan. 18, 1915, National Fire Ins. Co. vs. O.-W. R. & N. Co. Jan. 18, 1915, Sun Ins. Co., and Emery & Gelse vs. O.-W. R. & X. Co. Jan. 19. 1915, M. J. Moran vs. O. W. R. & X. Co. I ! I- I 'I'P . Ill I H9.S . J -r ......... i , -., mi - ri pn i 10, i ' "- ""S h- " As. ; ' r - ' v J. . ... '"v - XI' 1 I I I . u I - - i mi i .4-. I v:tM I wzk f- li di- CALLS Oil OIIIIED . -WE MIES III STATES 10 SEJSllBII HUE SELLING IE OHIO flCIIIIIIS War Would End in 90 Days, Declares Representative Vollmer, if This Country Would Decide. "PARTNER IN CRIME" HE SAYS Torrents of Rain Fall and Flurries of Snow Add to Suffering of Troops in the Trenches. Foreign Affairs Committee Is Urgd to IteiKJTt Favorably on Resolution U Pr4iibit ExportaUon of War Material to Europeaa Nations Onsiirt-a Method. EPIDEMIC IS BEING FEARED WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. Repre sentatlve Vollmer of Iowa, urged the house foreign affairs committee to re- ort favorably on the Vollmer-Bar- thoIdt-Loebeck resolution which would prohibit the exportation of mu nltions of war for European belliger cnts. He called the United States a part tier In the "greatest crime against civilization In all history." Referring to prayers for peace of fered Sundays at various churches, Vollmer said: "Are we so anxious to achieve a reputation of being the world's arch hypocrite that we go to the Lord's sanctuary and offer up prayers, when we have blood money In our pockets? If the United States stopped furnishing munitions of war to the belligerents the war would end In 90 days." I Yem li Are Relieved to Be Preparing to Clear Umxt AJaaee of Germans Along Uio Center or the Allied Ar my, situation la Better German Trenclice Being Shelled. CIS III r APT PI Mil HOI UUlliil 11 SUVEn ENEMY West of Warsaw, Says Petrograd Statement, Bad Roads Alone Pre vent Advance of the Slavs. Neither Kipling nor Doyle nor yet Bernard Shaw ever wrote anything that was read as eagerly In England as are the lists of England's slain. - PARIS, Dec. JO. Belgium and northern France are being; swept by fierce gales. Torrents of cold rain fell today. There was an occasional snow flurry. For St hours these weather conditions have prevailed and have compelled a slackening of activity even of the artillery. Water filled the trenches and the troops were soaked. Grave fears were entertained that an epldemlo may break out. Already there Is much sickness due to exposure and suffering. To the southward, along the allies' center and on the light the situation wasn't so bad. In these districts the French displayed much activity, ad vancing steadily. The German trenches on the heights of the Meuse were being shelled heavily. It was believed the Gallic forces were preparing to attempt the re capture of Saint Mlhiel Important operations were reported also In upper Alsace and Indications were the French troops already had begun an effort to clear the province of Germans. NEEDED BIT OF WORK AWAITS nc DiPUT nc ur uif f II V i E II muni ui mu r, King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of P.elglum. photographed at a vision headquarters behind the firing line In Belgium. INTERNAL EXPLOSION WAS CAUSE OF BULWARK WRECK INQl'KST FINDS MtlXTANKOlS COM DISTIOX RKSPONSIRI.K IX) It LOSS. ANOTHER RECORD REACHED IN PRICES OF BLUESTEM PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 30. Five thousand bushels of Feb ruary blucHtcm sold at $1.33, a new high record. March club brought $1.32. 1111 DENY CLAIMS MADEFY ALLIES OF GAINS IN FIGHTING LONDON. Jec. SO. An Inquest in to the case of the sailors who lo.t their lives In the recent explosion of the battleship Bulwark, ended with a verdict of "accidental death.'" The authorities evidently satisfied them selves the vessel was destroed by spontaneous combustion of smokeless powder in one of the magazines. PAROLE OF LAFRANCE IS REVOKED BY THE GOYERNOR MAX WAS CONVICTED OF ERA I DING INSURANCE COMPANIES OF MONEY. DE- SALEM. Ore.. Dec. J The gov ernor revoked the parole of J. C. La France, released from the penitentiary several 1as aso on representations made by District Attorney Evans of Multnomah county. La France was convicted In Port Ian of defrauding Insurance compan ies of $15,000 by faking death. The parole board recommended La Fiance's release. As quickly as right of way ar rangements can be made a long need ed and prayed for piei e of work ad Joining the city will be carried out by the county court It will consist in the elimination of the present I dangerous and steep curve at the south approach to the county bridge Just above the east end of the city and ttie construction of a new bridge The plans of the county court as ad- cpted a month aco call for a cutoff that will provide a good gr:ide and an almost straight piece of road lead ing to the bridge from the Pendleton side. In order to make this change it Is necessary to secure a piece of land for right of way from the Byers estate and negotiations to this end have been in progress for some time rast. The work could be started at once, if this right of way were se cured, and thus the county would; have the advantage of being able to do the work during the slack period. At the same time employment would be provided for men now out of work. Plans for the new steel bridge have been drawn by County Engineer Mar tin and the bids for the structure will be advertised for In the spring. The bridge is to consist of two 110 foot pans and will replace the present bridge which is in such a rickety con dition as to be dangerous to traffic. It Is the rlan of the county court to induce the railroad company to replace their present little wooden AUSTRIANS ARE 1.1 RETREAT Moch Equipment and Supplie Are Abandoned In Flight Many Fugi tives Surrounded and Their OtpCuro 1.4 Certain situation in G allot Is Very Much Improved, PETROGRAD. Dec. 30. Russian successes against the Germans, Aus trlans and Turks were claimed today In a statement Issued by the war of flee and so pronounced was the ad vance against the Germans and Aus trlans that it was predicted they would be speedily expelled from the territory of the czar. To the west of Warsaw, it was said, the bad condition of the roads was the only thing delaying the progress of the Slavs. In southern Galicla, the Austrlana were reported to have been routed. They were described to be In flight Their haste was supch it was declared as to compel them to abandon equip ment, supplies and many cannon which were falling Into the hands Of the Russians. The Russians were said to have surrounded many fugitives and their capture was expected. It was stated that the situation la Galicla was much Improved, from & Slav standpoint, and the general Rus sian advance was being predicted be fore the Muscovite New Tear on Jan uary 30. The Turks are accused of behaving with beastial ferocity to non-combatant residents In Russian territory, which the Turks have occupied, mas sacring thousands of men and out raging and torturing women. ' IIISTI TO REPEAL OF IAI7 LOCAL PASTORS UPHOLD .MEDI CAL EXAMINATIONS FOR PROSPECTIVE GROOMS. Pendleton. Ore, Dec. 30, 1J14. To the Public: We, the pastors of the city, have noticed the proposed action of the county clerks to secure the repeal of the law requiring a medical examina tion In order to secure a marriage II- bridge, under which the road unl cen- with a steel bridge of greater length so as to provide a wider roadway un der the structure. It is said this re quest will be granted as the danger In the present state of the road is rec ognized by the company. First Photograph of Currency Reserve Board in Session BERLIN, Dec. 30. Claims by the French of gains by the allies In the western tone on Tuesday, Russian torles of progress In the eastern the ater and Hlav accounts of successes ngalnxt the Turks in trans-Caucasia were denied by the war office. The Germans, It was asserted, were gaining southeast of Ypres and In the vicinity of Nleuport, it wus declared a French attack northwest of faint Menehould end an effort to retake eertaln German trenches were re puted, several hundred of the attack ers being taken prisoners. French attacks west of Apremont and elsewhere along the western front were said also to have been re I'lusen. mere were Indications, It niuivu. mm me uritish were much displeased with the allies for rioouuiK the Yser district, owing to tne lact the high water trapped thorn at a number of places. In the east the situation was re ported unchanged. Along the Rawa Bzura front and south of Lods, It was stated, the Germans are advancing. The official press bureau Indulged In the comment that neutrals were en t'tled under the Hague convention to suggest peace at any time but added the German government didn't sanc tion peace talk. 'I i I i if y -ii t 'iL. tnV. tm -zr V1H I , Nr,'""".. ' l -tV ' '" Mi-nil, . , DSmmmmmmJ : ' " 1 i " - i .n.,.,. . J We regard the law as a good one and consequently urge the retention of it on the statutes. Let 1t be strength, ened If it is weak In any particular, but let us not have It repealed. A better law to repeal would be the one requiring the bride to be mar. ried In the county In which she re sides. It occurs to us that this law (Continued on pace five.) NEWS SUM MARY 1 Thin Is the fiist photograph of the currenc) reserve board in session, and doing murines. It Is perhaps the the federal government, for It has control of all the national banks. j The members shown here are as most important body of the kind In, lotions: William G. McAduo, were tury of the treasury nod ex officio member of ttie board on the extreme left; then John Skelton Williams, lontroller of the currency and also ex -officio a member: and around from left to right. Adolph C Miller Frederick C. Delano, Dr. H. Parker Willis the secretary, W. P. J. Hard Ins', Paul Warburg and Chartes S Hamlin. t.o governor of ttie hoaij. General. American vrotct artmxx Intense interest In England. . Ciar's army claiming MiceeMseti over Austrian. Germans and Turk. Merer gules In northern France halt operation. Artillery duels beinir eoiitlnned In some, quarter between allies ami tier man. Germans deny claims of French and Riisians. I.H'al. Setli Gecr, fiirmerly of I't-ndletmi, passes away. Cases net for trial at January term f -iirt. V. of o, Rlio club scon-s bitf sue-ce-s. New brldjie- to l built In ra-t eml of elty by cuunty. Minister pris.t aa'n-t n-xnl of law requirliur imsllcul eitiiiinn(iin for iHlieillcW. DECEMBER WHEAT CLOSES CENT UfiflER YESTERDAY CHICAGK, Dee. 3)--Tlie Chicago wheat market clom-d ut th following figiiren' !ec , i:i 1 2; M.iv, I Z S 1-2; July. I 14 i 1.. The during price on I i.e. wum rllghtlv I.-MN than a l ent under ttm dosing prli tenia y.