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DAILY jEVEfllfIG EDITION Forecast tor Eivrfcrn Oregon, by U I'nlUtl KUtc wmilicr Observer at Portland, TO ADVEUTISEIIS. Ths East Oregonlan has the lirgMt paid circulation of any paper In Oragon, eaat of Portland and or twlca tb circulation In PandUton of any other newspaper. Snow tonight and Sunday. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 26 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 191 NO. DAILY EVENING EDITION 5. Iff! 11 USED 10 IX BIIIIISII IP IS oriii JOFFflE EfFIDEIIT While English Admiralty is Keeping Silent, Public Believes Disaste Due to Submarine. 559 MEN COUNTED IS LOST But JS1 of Uto Crow are Saved From Battleship Formidable Which Went to the Bottom of English Channel on lYUlar Off Portsmouth Scene of Disaster. LONDON'. July 2. That the bat tleshlp Formidable was aunk In the channel on Friday by a torpedo waa considered certain. Thla vun't the offlciul opinion but It was the Judg ment of competent naval authorities. The admiral' Is withholding; de tails of the disaster. Latest accounts were that 151 of the crew were saved Hopes were entertained that fUher men had rescued a few more. Aggamlnr the survivors numbered 1(1, the deaths must have totaled at least SSI. The Formidable, It was learned was sunk 10 minutes after the explosion The admiralty Issued a list of the Formldable's 35 officers, headed by Captain Loxley. with the comment that all were believed to have per iKhed. survivors aeciared tneir escape was little short of miraculous. Dl rectly following; the explosion life- boats were ordered launched but the time was so short and the sea so high that only one cutter was floated after leaving the davits. Several boats were smashed against the Formldable's sides as they were being lowered. The men rescued escaped by leap Ing overboard and - swimming to the -cutter or to a few floating life rafts and clinging fast until they were pick ed up. PARIS. Jan. 2. French naval ex perts agreed that the reports Indicat ed It was a submarine which sank the Formidable. Accounts received here spoke of the disaster as occurring off Portsmouth, statements given out by the British admiralty merely said the disaster occurred lit the channel. BUNOIT ENTERS BANK AND ESCAPES WITH MUCH GASH CASHIER IMPRISONED IX VAULT WHILE KOHIiER WALKS OCT WITH $1000. OF UK EIIEBT FtlDM FRENCH SOI I Scene .fRaM nnd Man,gersg4 ENORflfMlNSOF CMS TROOPS MARCH ' J yf m - 01 i. 'MM 10 INVADE HUNGARY; MS Strong Offensive Movement in Ar gonnes and Vosges Designed to Drive Back Hosts of Kaiser. ALSACE CAMPAIGN VIGOROUS Germans are Reported to bo Alarmed Over Activity of French In Province and are Developing Heavy Ddives to Hold Gallic Troops Hack No Gains are Made. PAIIIS. Jan. 2. With the besln- ning of the new year experts were of opinion that the "second prelude" of the pending campaign in the western war zone had begun. They believed a point had been reached where Cen tral Joffre considered the allies were strong enough to hold the Cermuns at bay in the extreme north and that the offensive he was developing in the Argonnes and Vorges was designed to force the Invaders from France. French activity in Alsace was Plain ly alarming the Germans. They had been strongly reinforced and were de veloping heavy drives against the French in the Moselle and Meuse re gions, and strong counter attacks In the Argonnes. These moves were Interpreted as st- tempts to divert Gallic attention from Alsace, but it was said st th .r office the Kaiser had failed to make material gains in any of the quar ters mentioned. Along the allies left wing fierce ar tillery fighting continued today. An attempt by Franco-British forc es to take the German positions In the Labasse region failed but so also had the German counter attack in ths same district. t It was clear that Joffre wasnT wor rying concerning the situation along me left, since all reinforcements had been dispatched from his cented and right. w-r viz.. ss -Nr. WM CAPTURE PASSES FROi THE AUSTR1S Main Object of Russian Campaign Grows Apparent With Report That Strong Bodies of Troops Have Begun Offensive Movement in Effort to Overrun Country to Southwest-Present Advance is Looked Upon as Definite Start Toward an Invasion Austrians are Reported to be Retreating-Supreme Effort Has Been Planned to Crush Austrian Defense of the Carpathians. Admiral Jclllcoe, commander of the British fleet, and Sir David Hender son, chief of the Koyal Flying Corps, managed the raid of the British bat tleshlnps on Cuxhaven. one headquar ters of the German fleet. In answer to great demunds In Britain for ac tion, which followed the German at tack on the east coast cities, they sent eight warship and a number of aeroplanes over the German port. Bombs were dropped, but according to the German account there was no damage. I fact, that account has It that the only damage was that to the Britiuh vessel which were repelled by the Germans. VIENNA, Jan. 2. Four enormous Russian columns were driving today through the Carpathian mountain passes from Nysykow, Sky, Turka and Gorllce in Callcla. into Hungary. In stead of western Galllcla or Germany. It has become clear that this was the main object of the Slav's cam paign. It was evident the present ad vance was a genuine invasion with a view of overrunning Hungary. PETROGHAD, Jan. 2. Rusnian In terest was divided today between the fighting In Gallcia and Trans Caucasia. In the former field the Slavs had captured four Carpathian mountain passes. The Austrians were retreat ing into Hungary. It was admitted the Russians had beaten them at the expense of heavy louses. Nevertheless they were press ing their advantage. The war office said it had planned a supreme effort to crush the main Austrian defense of the Carpathians finally and definitely. In western Oalicla and Southern Poland operations were being pushed with all possible energy. The fighting In Trans-Caucasia was increasing In volume and intensity. The Russo-Turkish front stretched along a 70 mile crescent Both sides were bringing up strong reinforcements. Franz Joseph Reported III GEUIS REPULSED III FIEHCE ATTACK BIB FORCE CARRAKZISTAS MARCH ON MEXICO CITY NKELYV1LLE. Mo., Jan. 2 A mimked bandit surprised W. A. Wel ker, caahler in the bank at Neelyville, locked hlin In the vault and escaped with $1000. Welker had Just opened the vault and placed the money In the cashier's cage when he was faced by the bandit with a revolver. ILI.IST.VS ARK RKSISTIXG AT- 1K.MPT TO TAKK CAPITAL SAVS KKPOUT. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. Wireless dispatches received at the Mexican constitutionalist agency said a large force of Oarranslctus, marching on Moxlco City, had reached Apam. 60 miles from the capital The dispatch added a large number of Vlllistas were renlntlng General Obregon. EXHAUSTED PATIEIICE OF SHIES LED 10 fJDTE TOE UIIIIED If (IK! n BRITAIN 1 All WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. "Exhaust ed patience" with England precipi tated America's shipping protest. It was learned from a reliable source that the president's forebearance had reached the breaking point and that ne reluctantly felt compelled to pro test. The formal note wan th nil. mlnation of a series of informal pro tests. The British foreign office either temporized or entirely disre garded the informal complaints and the only alternative for the L'nlted Mates then. It was said, was to pro test vigorously and make It impos igle for England to ignore the com plaints. A baby never talks back in the Ian a aoe may possess an appetite like an ostrich. WIDOW OF FORMER LOCAL MAN OIES AT PORTLAND SHOW LOWELL IS INSINCERE ABOUT FORMER PRETENSIONS BBBBBBBBaBBBBaBMaaBBSiasBBaBSjBl Though ho had promised to take action, Judge g. A. Lowell has re ' fused to bring ouster proceedings against Dr. J. A. Best and his course Is held up by Marlon Jack and Will Moore as showing Inconsistency and Insincerity because the Judge had or iginally claimed to be shocked by the thought that men who were technl tally disqualified should serve upon the water board. In the following letter addressed to Judge Lowell. Messrs. Jack and Moore show up the latter'a double dealing and make It oleur he brought proceedings against them purely through antagonism to ward the gravity water system. December 31st, 1911. Hon. 3. A. Lowell, Pendleton, Ore. Dear Judge: Replying to your letter of yester day. In your letter of February 8th, 1914, addressed to Marlon Jack, J. A Best and Will Moore, nottflng them that you had ready for filing quo warranto .proceedings to test their qualifications as members of the Pen dleton water commission, you gay that you are proceeding upon your own motion, and at your own expense, as a cltlsen of public Interest From this we naturally thought that you would consider It as great an of fense for one man to hold office, when he was not qualified, as for an other, man to do so. Our faith In your integrity of pur pose was somewhat shaken when you Joined with Mr. Best's attorneys In their contention that he was qualified to hold office. After the last election, when the jisople had amended the constitution of the state of Oregon so that one who Is not a cltlsen of the United States u rot qualified to be elected to or hold office In any municipality In the state, we, hoping that you might be honest in your exalted pro fessions of morality, called your at- lenuon to tne Tact that J. A. Best was not qualified to hold office In wregon. Under date of December 7th, 1914 you wrote us as follows: . "Marlon Jack and Will Moore. Since you called at my office ImmerilAteiv after election regarding the effect of me amendment to the Ores-on eonstl tutlon as affecting the qualifications vi j. a. nest to sit upon the water commission of Pendleton, I have been advised that the attorney general takes the ground that none of the measures upon the ballot are opera tive until tne governor makes proc lamation as to the result of voting, and thla has not yet been done. How- ever, when the proclamation Is Issued I will call the attention of the city council to the situation and ask them to proceed In the same manner as I did In your case. If they refuse, then, If it is neccssury, I will assume the responsibility, although I did it be fore as a cltlsen because no one else seemed to be willing to act, or If they were willing tney had not the courage to act. At this time you, as cltliens of Pendleton, have the same right to proceed as I or any cltlsen, and If you arc willing to do so I would much prefer you to take the inltla- (Continued on page fire.) MRS. MARY SKLLINU PASSES AWAY IX HOSPITAL A1TF.R .MONTH S ILLNESS, Word has been received here of the death In Portland of Mrs. Mary Selling, widow of Ben Soiling, sr.. and for many years a resident of Pendle ton. She died yesterday afternoon at the Good Samaritan hospital after I an Illness of a month. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning in Portland and the body will then be brought to thla city for Interment be side her husband. Since her husband was killed four months sgo Mrs. Selling hag not been well. A month ago she fell to the floor In her home and sustained a broken hip. Since then she has been a patient in the hos pital and her strength has gradually failed. Mrs. Selling was born In Wellhelm Germany, October IS, 1SJJ. Coming to America with her parents, she crossed the plains In 1S50 and the family settled in California. In 1876 Mr. and Mrs. Selling removed to this city where they lived until a few years ago. Of recent years the Sellings spent the greater part of each year at Seavlew, Wash., and each winter lived with their daughter, Mrs. J. A Levy, at Walla Walla, Wash. She is survived by her son, Abra ham, of Portland; her daughter, Mrs. Fannie Ley of Walla Walla, and four grandchildren, Mrs. Fannie Holdman, Samuel C. May and Thelma and Na thaMo Selling, all of this city. Ben, Leo and Jacob Selling, of Portland, are nephews of Mrs. Selling.' EX-PRESIOENT TAFT SAYS PHILIPPINES NOT READY AS Y-T TO 60YERN SELVES NOTHING is TO BE PEAKED FROM JAPAN, DECLARES FORMER EXECUTIVE. LOCAL MINISTER CROSEN OFFICER AT PARLIAMENT Rev. T. F. Weaver of the Christian church was elected secretary-treasur er of the Pacific Northwest Parlia ment of the Disciples of Christ of the Christian churches of Washington. Oregon, Idaho, Montana and west ern Canada, at the third annual con vention In Seattle which has Just ended. Mr. Weaver returned yesterday. Rev, J. A. Lord of Milton was cho sen chairman of the program com-' mtUee and W. W. Burks of Walla Walla was made president. The delegates selected Walla Walla for their meeting place next year. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 One or two generations should pass before the natives of the Philippines are given their Independence, Taft. for mer president ond governor of the Islands, told the senate committee on Philippine freedom. "I don't care for American power In the Philippines." Taft said. "I'd like to see the United States get out of the Islands so far as America alone Js concerned. But I'm thinking of the poor Filipinos. They aren't fit for self government. They don't like me because I told them so. but I told them the truth. However. If the Philippine islands are strongly forti fied. I think anv one of tha nntlnns now at war would regard It as an element of strength rather than of weakness. We are the only power to which the islands generally are considered desirable. Japan doesn't care for the islands at all, I think, and Japanese authorities, as I found when In Japan, twice had had quite enough of that sort of trouble in Formosa.'' Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, asked Taft whether Japan might not seise the Islands and ask us what we were going to do about It. If the Japanese were aggrevated by our treatment of Japanese in California. "That might happen," answered the witness, "but 1 don't think they would seize the Philippines for any desire for the Islands themselves. It Is quite true the islands are far from this country, and In that sense might be regarded as a source of weakness." "In the event of that kind of trou ble." asked Senator Lane of Oregon, "wouldn't we have to fight the Fili pinos also?" "If the Filipinos got the Japanese or Germans for masters," Taft declar ed emphatically, "they would learn a few things about self government." Mediators May Handle Question. WASHINGTON. Jan. 2. -Secretary ... wiion let it be known that ho Is willing to appoint mediators to consider the questions Involved In the Ohio coal strike. A conference over the situation between Wilson and Representative Francis of Ohio Is scheduled for today. I ;s 'iii.'Ao.;l':;?' J if: hMMM Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-, have gained wide circulation that the on fOEiicu lis PARIS, Jan. J. Extensive mining and countermining operations have marked the conflict between the allies and the Germans in the western sons In the past 18 hours. German sappers accomplished the moet Important success by demolish ing French caissons between Bean meu and Achlcourt The FrencJi r tailiated by Undermining and blow ing up the German trenches at Faf vlllers and In the Selle forest The war office admitted the Ger mans had fiercely attacked the allies tines at many points ou Thursday but declared they had been reDuhwd everywhere. Violent artillery fighting was In progress among the sand dunes near Nieuport. at Zonnebek and In the Arras. Albert and Roye regions. French cannon have succeeded in silencing the German batteries in the Aisne and Rhelms districts. By a series of bayonet charges the French also have made material ad vances in the wooded regions of Per thes and have regained part of the ground they lost in the Argonnes. Slow, steady gains were reported in the Woevre district. In AUace there was desperate fighting about Steinbach. Hungary has been In feeble health aged ruler was near death. He is attain reimrtd t.i h in uni hi. for some time and frequent reorts dition has been said to be grave. MURDER CASE WILL BE UP BEFORE NEW 6RAND JURY YOUNG INDIAN RICHARD BURKE CHARGED WITH KILLING ED KIRKPATRICK. One of the principal cases which will be presented to the grand Jury which meets Monday, will be that against Richard Burke, the young In dian who is charged with second de gree murder for killing Ed Kirkput rlck, prominent farmer. Burke is now In the county Jail with 15 others who are awaiting the action of the Jury. Prosecuting Attorney Steiwer thinks there Is enough work ahead of the grand Jurors to keep them in session for at Vast a week. There are the usual number of larceny and burg lary cases and several original In vestigations perhaps. Ed Kilgore and Wolter Gilman, of all of the prison ers, perhaps stand the least chance of being turned loose for there are almost a dozen charges hanging over them. Included In the charges, ac cording to the officers, are larceny of cattle, larceny from a buildlng.J lewd cohabitation and axsuult. An other well known burglary case which will be presented to the grand Jury lnvilves Barney Pespaln, well known young man of this city. MILTON LIBRARY BOARO PLANS FOR THE NEW YEAR OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN MANY MAGAZINES AND NEWSPA PERS SUBSCRIBED FOR. miltox. ore., Jan. 2. With the election of Mrs. Belle Berry president, Mrs. W. A. Gent, secretary-treasurer. and Miss Edith Stiil, librarian, the re cently appointed library board named by Mayor H E. McQuary. held Its first official meeting Tuesday after noon. To see Just how much the people of the community realize the Import ance of the library and how welt they will avail themselves of the opportu nity to read the books furnished by the library, the board has decided to open the building to the public three afternoons each week, namely; Tues day. Thursday and Saturday. Subscriptions have been taken to a number of magazines and dally pa pers, which will be for use of the public, in addition to the books fur r. Lined from the county llbrury. If sufficient Interest Is manifested, and there seems to be a demand f it, the board will later make arranne ments to open the library during cor. tain evenings of the week. NEW MURDER MYSTERY IS - UNEARTHED IN NEW YORK BODY OF MAN IXH ND IHOZKN IV UK IX MARSHES NEAR CONEY ISLAND. NEW YORK. Jan. 2. Chopped Into small pieces, wrapped In a woman's clothing and then In burlap, part of the body of a man was found early to day frozen in the marsh near Coney Island. Two packages were found. One contained most of the torso. The head and arms were missing. The other contained the upper part of on leg. The police think the victim was young, weighing about 10. The only clues found were copies of a New York newspaper of Decem ber 21 and an Italian pper of the same date. The body was found by John Thorn as, a muskrat trapper, and his son. They were attracted to the scene by bloodstains and chopped the pack ages out of the ice. NEWS SUMMARY Troubles never dodge up an alley when it meets a man who is looking for it. General. Four large KuwIm columiH ore nuuvIUng through ih ('ariwtlilaiw on the way to Invito Hungary. General Joffre In confident that Uhj German will be driven from tYatuw. Torpedo holloed to ho lm-m ration of Ions of the Itrltlih hauli-Hhlit Furtu Idabic. Local. Mrs. Hon St'lllug, Sr., d.-d in I(,r. land. t'liuttlllt county to Join with il othora In maintaining eihJMt at Pa nama fair, Mrs. Marshall rofMlltlon un changed. Grand Jury nm-U "Mnilay,