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VOL 26
DAILY EAST OREGONTAN, PENDLETON", OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1915.
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! BELGIAN QUEEN SENDS A
MESSAGE OF APPRECIATION
Business Outlook is Cheerful and
in Promises for 1915 There is
No Room for Gloom.
NO WARRANT FOR DEPRESSION
Price ITonUae to iu-8 Everyone
Miwt Do HU Kliare to Help Along
IToMperitr, Deciare Sftrrtary of
ommrce Effort of Enroiieao
M ar In l4ng.
WASHINGTON. Jan. X Hearten
fd by montha of close study of tha
business outlook of tha nation, Sec
retary Redfleld, of tha department of
commerce, wrote a New Tear'a greet
Inr to tha marchanta and manufac
ture of tha country, bidding them In
characteristic language to reach out
for the prosperity ha sees within
their grup. Thera la no warrant,
Mr. Redfleld declarea, for gloom or
despair. The Ill-effect of tha Euro
pean war on American enterprise la
paiwlnc and new vlataa for commer
cial venture are opening with each
new day.
IHee Likely to Rise.
"If you want proaperlty, do your
share to bring It and do It now," he
aka. "Get that addition on your
ahop going; It will coat you leaa to
day than alg montha benca. Ia trade
a bit dull In the works? Get thoae
Improvements', begun. Price are low
and likely to line. Tou've been think
ing of that contract work. Better
start yourself before thlngf get the
atart of you.
"Thla country alowa down a bit now
and then, but It never stops growing
and It always moves up and not
down. We dun't know wtujit it meansj
In moKt of the United States to have:
renl general distress. Think ot' Bel
gium and Poland, O man with a
grouch, and allnk Into your hole and
WOMEN OF AMERICA THANKED
t'Oll THEIR WORK IV AID
ING SUFFERERS.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1. Mra. Undon
W. I'atea, of New York, chairman ol
the woman'a aectlon of the commia
slon for relief In Belgium, haa receiv
ed the following letter from Queen
Ellxabt-th of Belgium:
"Headquarters Belgian Army.
"It glvea me great pleasure to ac
cept the Invitation which haa been
transmitted to me to become pat
roness of the woman'a aectlon of the
American commission for relief in
Belgium. I wlah to extend to tha
women of America the deep gratitude
of the women of Belgium for the work
w hich they are doing for my people.
'The food which your country la
dally providing to our women and
children cornea like a ray of sunlight
In the darkeat hour of Belgium's his
tory. The Belgian women have fought
a brave fight and are atill fighting for
the common cauae of human liberty
ao dear to every American woman'a
heart "ELIZABETH."
In the letter from Belgium's Queen
also came thia one from King Albert'a
elster:
"Chairman Woman'a Section for Re
lief In Belgium. New York:
"I gladly accept your Invitation to
become patroness of the Woman'a
aectlon of the American commiaalon
for rallef In Bellum. I know that I
peak for every Belgian woman and
every Belgian child when I say that
we thank God for what you are do
mis CAP1E
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MISER REVIEWS VICTORIES
GAINED BY GERMAN ARMIES
III 8AY01IET HT
Turks are Driven Out of First Defen
ses After Battle in Which Losses
are Reported Enormous.
LULL IN POLAND FIGHTING
lloth slil'-n Take Time to Iledlspofte
Their Trooa Which KeutnUy Wcro
Heavily Reinforced Bloody light
injr RcorU-d n Alsace Between tlie
FreiM'li and Germans.
PETHOGRAD, Jan. 1. Fighting
between the Rimslana and the Turk
In trans-Caucaala was growing
worae today. It waa armltted the
Turka held Sarykawayah but the
trenchea In front of the town had
been taken by the Russians in des
perate bayonet chargea.
The Turk losaea were aald to have
been enormous.
In Poland, according to the war
office, there waa a comparative lull
while both aldea redlaposed their
troopa which had been reinforced.
ing. Now that the extremity of our
distress la becoming known, we feet
aure the tender hearta of the women
of America will respond to our cry.
"Food I terribly needed by mll
liona of my brave brother'a ushappj
subjects, who atill remain In tlarlr na
tive land. Before winter la over the
need will become atill more desperate.
In the name of the Buffering women
and little children of Belgium, I auk
the Women of America to help us.
"HENUIETTE."
(Coutinued on page elg'ct)
Thitt new projectile designed to
at alter molten metal and poisonous
Kaxcs was not the one thing needed
to mnke this a merry Christmas.
MN II COMES 10 WEATHER. 1
PENDLETON
EXCELLENT
PARIS, Jan. 1. Bloody fighting
waa In progress in Alsace today on
I the heights of the Meuae and In the
Champagne region.
Elsewhere there waa not much atir
'ring.
Artillery duels are going on at aome
places but the Infantry la Inactive on
account of bad weather.
It seemed evident the French in
tended to follow up their latest sue
ceases In Alsace by movements of
capital Importance.
LONDON, Jan. 1. From the
French and Russian war offlcea mes
sages were received disputing the
German figures concerning the num
ber of Gallia and Slav war prisoners
snld to have been taken by the Ger
mans thus far.
The German statement placed the
total at 3138 and 677.875. Of thla.
according to Paris and Fetrograd ac
counts, not more than fifteen percent
are soldiers, the balance being civ
ilians aclzed and Imprisoned In con
centration camps since the war broke
out.
ENEMY IS KTHX KEIT LOW HE
DECLARES IX NEW YEAR'S
ADDRESS.
BERLIN, Jan. 1. "After five long
months of heavy, hot fighting," said
the Kaiser In hia New Year'a ad
areas to Germany, "we enter a new
year. Brilliant victories have been
gained by ua and great success achiev
ed. The German army Is almost
everywhere In the enemy'a territory.
Repeated attempts by the enemy to
swarm Into German territory with
their legions have failed everywhere
My shlpa have covered themselves
with glory on every sea. Their crews
have proven they not only , know how
to fight but how to die like heroes
when superior forces overwhelmed
them. Behind the army and navy,
stand the entire German people, In
unexempled harmony, prepared to
sacrifice their heart's blood for the
sacred domestic hearth we are de
fending against outrageous invasions.
Much haa come to pass In the old
year but our enemlea are atill kept
low.''
NO TRUTH IN STORY THAT
HOT LAKE IS FROZEN OVER
There were only 83 day,
the SSS dan of 1914 unon which Old f 0 having enough rain to
. ... . m - n , iiHUBUir,
Joi oiu not anow ma into 10 x enuio
ton people. The records kept day by
day by K. F. AverlU, official weather
observer, show that and many other.
Interesting things. These
ahow that 148 days were perfectly
clear and that 134 of the remaining
lays were partly clear. Only on 89
.days was there enough rain to meas
ure, that Is over .01 of an Inch.
There waa a deficiency of 3 39
Inches In the year's precipitation,
moat of the shortage coming within
the past two montha and In August
when not a drofc fell. The normal
rainfall for the year la 14 I Inches;
and the total for 1914 was but 10.71
Inches.
The statistics kept by the weather; on the Mh; June, 98 on the 16th, 39
t . i. - . . ... 1 Vi AIK lAth nn.l 99n,t .Tlltv 1 fi R
observer anow inni wie irmriuimo, v..., , - - i - - -
during the year rnnged 108 degrcca, on the 18th. 44 on the 6th; August,
from aero to 108. The coldest nlghti 106 on the 13th, 42 on the !4th; Sep
of the year was on Dec. 11 when the tember, 94 on the 2nd. 38 on the
mercury sank to aero and the hottest! 29th; October, 83 on the 16th, 30 on
during tlon but also had the most rainy days.
There waa less than four Inches of
snow during the year. February fur
nlxhed the most, an Inch each on the
6th and 10th and a trace on the 4th
records' January had a trace on the 9th and
27th. November produced one Inch
on the 16th, December a quarter of
nn inch on the 17th; a half Inch on
the 19th and traces on the 6th, 11th
14th. 16th, 16th, 18th and 27th.
The following are the maximum
and minimum temperatures for the
twelve months: January 70 on the
6th, 27 on the 10th and 28th; Febru
ary, 62 on the 28tli, 6 on the 6th:
March, 69 on the 17th, 24 on the 10th
and 28th; April, 82 on the 30th, 27
on tho 28th: May. 95 on the Slat, 30
i .i. . . . . - ... ,,-1,
day of August 13 when It climbed alx
degrees above the 100 mark,
the 23 and 24th: November. 68 on
the 1st, 23 on the 15th and 17th i De
The stormiest day of the year waa cember, 66 on the 1st, aero on the
TVliruarv to when anow. aleet and 2 let
rain fell. On that day there fell one
Inch of anow and the total precipita
tion, melted snow, aleet and rain,
waa .48 of an Inch. June 13 waa the
wettest day of the year, tha rainfall
being .68 of an Inch. May 15 waa
but .08 of an Ineh behind thla mark.
April waa the wettest month wlthjan. 1.69
1.69 Inchea and June waa second. Feb. 1 47
with 1.52. July and August were un-Mch 1.62
usually dry. August not only did not Apr. 1.01
have a drop of rain during the month May 1 48
hut did not have a cloudy day even.jj'ne .97
The best It could do was to make a J'ly .45
small showing of clouds on alx (lays. Aug .43
February had less clear days thnn Sept .89
any other month, only two being Oct. 1.19
marked thus In the records. Jan-1 Nov. 1.51
nary had but three. April showers Dec. 1.51
were a renllty for not only did this,
month furnish the greatest preclpltn- Ttl 14.10
The following table shows the nor
mal precipitation month by month,
the 1914 precipitation, the number of
clear days, the number of partly
cloudy, the number of cloudy and
the number or rainy days:
Mo. N.R. 1914 Or. D, P. CI Cly Rny
1.61
1.02
.35
1.59
1.26
1.62.
.27
1.20
1.23
.55
.21
3
2
12
11
16
17
19
25
13
13
11
6
15
10
11
14
12
6
11
. 6
13
14
11
12
13
IS
8
5
3
8
1
0
4
4
8
13
12
8
6
13
7
7
4
0
11
9
6
6
10.71 14S 134 S3 89
State Highway Dolrctl.
CENTRA LI A. Vah.. Jan. 1. The
Kelao Commercial club has taken steps
which will result In combining the
efforts of Interested communities for
action by the next legllature toward
the opening up as a state highway
of the route west of Kelso to the
coast.
A committee of Kelso business men
went to Cathlamet today and another
meeting probably will be held at II
waco tomorrow. It Is further pro
Poed that a meeting of representa
tives of all the districts between Kelso
nnd the coast be called at Cathlnmet
some time next week.
TALE IS PURE FABRICATION DE
CLARES MANAGER OF
THE RESORT.
Hot Lake. Ore., Jan. 1, 1915.
Editor Eaat Oregonlan:A cold wea
ther story, absolutely untrue, haa been
published In nearly alt the leading
papers of the north-vest including the
"East Oregonlan" A the effect that
Hot Lake haa frozen over and the
guests are skating on It.
I wonder the romancer did not add
that a skater broke through the Ice
and acalded his feet There ia not a
word of truth In the article.
There la a small pond near Hot
Lake which freexea over every win
ter, but Hot Lake itself has never
yet been affected by the weather, and
on the coldest day thla season the
steam from the surface of the lake
could be seen for miles.
Will you kindly aid me in nulli
fying the effect of such a libel on this
old natural wonder of the northwest?
Yours truly.
G. W. TAPE, Manager.
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Library Ball Postponed
Owing to the serious lllnesa of Mra. Edwin P. Marshall, secretary
of the library board, the annual Library Ball, scheduled for thla
evening, haa been postponed. Thla action was taken by the other
members of the board at a meeting held at 10:30 thla morning after
they had learned of the critical condition of Mra. Marshall.
Inasmuch aa all arrangements had been made for the dance, the
U and I Club haa taken over the large orchestra which had been
employed, the punch w hich ha J been made and the decorations
which had been put up and will give a big dan'.e In the Eagle-Woodman
hall.
MRS E. P. MARSHALL IS
CRITICALLY ILL AT HG'.'E
PROMINENT PENDLETON WOMiX
IS NOT EXPECTED TO SUR
VIVE THE DAY.
Mrs. Edwin P. Marshall, one of
Pendleton's best known ladiea and
leader for years In society circles and
in charitable work, ia so seriously ill
at her home on North Main street
mat ane is not expected to survive
through the day. For the past 24
houra she haa been hovering between
life and death, and the physicians
have been In constant attendance up
on her.
Mrs. Marshall is suffering from an
exhaustion of her vital strength. For
the paat few weeks she has not been
in her usual health and aince Christ
maa she has been feeling although
ahe waa able to be out as late aa Tues
day. Ptomaine poisoning within the
paat two days contributed toward a
general breakdown of the lire forces.
Her heart action is very weak and she
has almost no pulae, according to Dra.
Boyden and Dr. D. W. McNary whe
have been at her bedside since yes
terday morning.
Late thla morning the report waa
that there waa but little change in
her condition.
NEW BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
TO B- ESTABLISHED HERE
TURKISH MIUTARY HEAD
AT JERUSALEM MURDEREO
25 PER CENT GAIN IS
SHOWN AT HIGH SCHOOL
TOTAL ENROLLMENT FOR YEAR
WILL RUN ABOVE THE
300 MARK.
KILLING TAKES PLACE CHRIST
MAS DAY ACCORDING TO
REFUGEES.
CAIRO. Egypt, Jan. 1. The mur
der on Christmas day of DJemal Pa
sha, Turkish military commander at
Jerusalem, was reported by refugees
from the Ottoman port of Jaffa. They
said Djemal arrived at Jerusalem on
December 24 with 5000 miserably
equipped troops and assumed charge
of its defense. The next morning he
was found dead in a' hotel.
IMPLEMENT HOUSE WILL OPEN
IN PENDLETON WITHIN A
WEEK OR TWO.
Within a week or two there will be
a new business enterprise in Pendle
ton. An Implement house to be
known under the firm name of Mc
Clintock It Simpson, will open for
business In the building at the corner
of Eaat Court and Thompson street
formerly occupied by the City Bottl
ing Works.
The announcement la made this
morning in a letter from the John
Deere Plow Co., of Portland, whoae
line of implements the new firm will
handle. . The proprietors, who will
be new to Pendleton, are thoroughly
reliable and sound financially, accord
ing to the Portland company. They
will handle John Deere plows, culti
vators, harrows, disc harrows, ma
nure spreaders and wagons beside
gasoline engines, seed grinders, fan
ning mills, grain drills and all other
farm implement. ' ,
HUE SEIIT
to nrni of the
fUtllSI CHE
Admiralty States Uncertainty Whether
Vessel Struck a Mine or Was Top
pedoed by a Submarine.
71 SURVIVORS ARE RESCUED
Death of Trairutl orru-rrx and (Trw
la Admitted to Be Srvrrv Blow to
England Vewct It-n-lf Wax of Old
Type, lUrlngr Been Built In 101
Cost 5 SfUlioas.
LONDON. Jan. 1. The Britlah bat
tleship Formidable was sunk today
in the English channel.
A statement to thla effect was offi
cially announced by the admiralty.
The statement aald that it waa un
certain whether the battleship atruck
a mine or was torpedoed by a sub
marine. Seventy-one survivor were picked
up. It is possible that others of the
crew were saved but, the statement
added, no reports from them had
been received.
The Formidable waa one of the
beat of the 18 known battle craft
which have been doing coast guard
duty and aiding the fighting aloof
'Continued en page eight)
DIVORCES
E IN 1914
IN COUNTY OVER PAST MS
county clerk's office show that each
succeeding twelve month an Increas
ing number of unhappy wives or hus
IDAHO LIKELY TO BE
IN THE DRY COLUMN
That the Pendleton high school Is
enjoying a flourishing year Is shown
by the fact the enrollment at the pres
ent time la more than 25 per cent
greater than at this time a year ago. 1 liott, of Bonner county.
LEWISTON, Idaho, Jan. 31. "I
understand that an attempt will be
made at the coming session of the
legislature to give Idaho statewide
prohibition by a statutory provision,
putting the measure In effect Janu
ary I. 1916," said Senator E. E. EI
"If the meas
Year by year the Institution of di- Cupid's bent month last year was
vorce is becoming more popular In September, the Round-up month,,
Umatilla county. The records at the when 31 couples were rranted licen
ses. June, which led In 1911 with 33,
sank to second place In 1914 with
ten less, November was third with
oanas are taking their troubles to 22. December, which led In 1910
the circuit Judse with a plea for .V and 1911 with 33 and 29 respectively.
Judicial paper that will sever the tie; waa second In 1912 with 25 and third
that binds. During the year whichj in 113 with 23. dropped to fourth
closed yesterday, jj divorce suits, last year with an even 20. March
were filed In the circuit court where- recorded the greatest number of di
vorce suits, having 14 to her credit.
The following table shows the num
ber of marriage licenses granted and
divorce suits instituted month by
month.
M.
January 14
February 7
March 19
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1367 ARRESTS ARE MADE
IN CITY DURING THE YEAR
A total of 1367 arrests were
made by the Pendleton police
during the year Just closed.
The month or September, with
Its Round-up festivities, had by
far the greatest number of pris
oners, the total being 216. No
vember waa the short month
with only 70. By a singular co
Incidence there were exactly 100
arrests made in each of the first
two montha of the year. The
records show the other months
aa follows: March 114,, April
134. May 119, June 121, July
119, August 74, September 216,
October 108, November 70, De
cember 92.
Last year the Pendleton police
made 1319 arrests with Sep
tember the banner month with
268 arrests. Giving an Indica
tion of how the activities of the
local police compare with the
activities of the police of other
cities are figures from the Wal
la Walla department. With
three times Pendleton's popu
lation and with 24 police to
Pendleton's four, that city had
but 14 SS prisoners during 1914
and but 1353 during 1913.
There are now 266 students enrolled ure la not passed a constitutional am-
whereas Jan. 1, 1914, the enrollment
waa 210. The enrollment will be fur
ther Increased at the opening of the
new semester and there are lndlca
cations the total enrollment for the
year will go above the 300 mark. Last
year the total enrollment was 265.
But love renders a min color blind
to complexion.
NEWS SUMMARY
General.
IlriUxli battleship Formidable Is
sunk In English channel presumably
by submarine.
RuKHians drive Turks from trendies
after dosperate fight
endment will be submitted at the next
general election. Under local option
23 of the 33 counties in the state
are dry."
Oil OPPOSES
c
BIG RAILROAD OFFICIAL SAYS
PUBLIC SUFFERS WHEN
RAILROAD COSTS INCREASE,
J. P. O'Brien, vice-president and
general manager of the O-W. R. N.
. . it 1 ri ..1.1 .1 . ... I
wrry "'" i company, when interviewed concern-
optimism for tlie new year. nR tne construction of terminal at
Turkish military neati at jcrusaicmi pllot Rock Junction, said
Is murdered.
Local.
Mrs. K, P. Marsliall ritioally 111;
Library Ball ,xstH)ned.
New Implement house to loxte In
Pendleton.
New year ushered lit with festivl
ties. Weather records show but few ralnt
days In IVndloton.
IHistal business for 1911 largest In
history.
Divorce on Increase In Umatilla
county.
Police made 130 arrest during
year.
"It has not been determined when
actual work will begin. With the rail
roads barely able to make revenue and
expenditures meet, owtn to growing
overhead charges, it ts becoming in
creasingly difficult to finance such
projects. This ia not due to the Euro
pean war; it Is a condition which has
existed for several years. Excessive
taxation and ar.tl-rallroad legislation
are primarily responsible. The an
nual taxes of the O-W. R. & N. com
pany for the year ending 1913 amount
ed to 31. 454. POO, or practically 34,000
per day for every day of the year.
(Continued on r8 eight)
as last year there were but 81 such
cases, in 1912 there were but 65
and in 1911 but 60.
However, not all of these suits re
sulted In decrees. Some were with
drawn, some are still pending and
In others the decree was refusd.
There was a slight Improvement,
too, in Cupid's handiwork, although
his Increase, as manifested in the. April
marriage license records, does not May
compare favorably with that of hlSj June 23
nemesis. During 2915 210 couple July 9
applied ror and received permits to' August 17
marry and this numbr exceeda the' September 31
total of 1913 by five and that of 1912; October 16
by 13. In 1911 there were 205 II-(November 33
censes and In 1910 there were 258, a December 20
record that has never been surpass-1
ed.
Total 210
D.
14
11
95
PENDLETON
GAINS
E
OVER IN THE LAST YEAR
A gain of over $1500 was made In
the receipts of the Pendleton post-
office during the year Just closed
over the year 1913. The total receipts
for 1913 waa 325.850.34 and for this
year $27,403.41. a difference of
$1553.07. At that rate ot Increase
within two years the local postmaster
will receive a raise in salary, the $30.-
000 mark being the turnlnn point. It
was only last year that the Increase
In the business here resulted In a sul-
ary raise.
Every month during the past year
with the exception of February, June.
August and September, showed a (tain
over the corresponding month of the
year before. The October g;ilti was
especially large owlm; to the cam-j
Palen literature sent through the
mulls. The 1915 December receipt ,
were more than $100 In exics ot last
year despite the fact that three days
before Christmas they were over 1250
behind. The postal buslnena during
the last three days before Christmas
was enormous.
The following are the receipts of
the year 1913 and 1914 month by
month:
Month 1911 1114
January $2503 39 $2354 33
February HUM 177 07
March 1966.16 2244.34
April 2037.56 2414.2
May 1697 6 1901 4
June 1965.91 1131 91
July 2253. 55 2635 53
August mHJi 117 5!
September 2I3J.H9 3161
October 2347.5 3011 9i
November 1892 03 13 73.71
December . 3039.41 3 1 40 6 4
Total .'3iV?.3l $:7 403.lt