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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1915)
daily atmiiG EomoirP ')i ft, " Afy ' Jp ; pwevhwedw: I'nrmu for F'jwirni Oregon, hf Ue I'niUtl fcUlri UcailxT l)l'rft ( Portland. Probably fair tonight and Tuesday. Colder tonight. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 25 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1915. NO. 8390 Portland aud over twice tbs circulation In V? p , , , I VM WT Y tlS ifj rfr Pendleton or toy otber newspaper. C """ """"jHHt"' J COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER ' 1 ' NIB IIS niii BEFORE Sill German Commander of Kaiser's Forces in East is Confident He Can Take Poland Stronghold. RUSSIANS WELL ENTRENCHED Tremendous Difficulties Mux lie Overcome by Teutons Swampa Ile fore Wamaw Are Now Occupied by Germans ITanklnjr Movement May Ito Plan to Oust tho Slavs. FLOODS III Hill IF FflAIICE IIIIIDEII most of rniiie All Streams Are Out of Banks and Troops Compelled to Evacuate Trenches to Escape Water. BT KARL VON WIEQAND. HEADQUARTERS, IMPERIAL PRUSSIAN .GUARD .DIVISION, 17 mile from Warsaw, December 11. (By courier via Sklernlewlcs, Lodi, Posen, Berlin and The Hague.) Mar. ahal Von Hlndcnberg, the Gorman commander n this field of the war, is waiting for real winter to begin. The usual below zero temperature fulled to appear on scheduled time. and proved un enormous handicap to the execution of his plans. As a result, the kaiser's offensive against Warsaw has been partly checked un til the IUwka river and the swamps In front of them frecie. I Winter taw Napoleon's destruction In Russia, but it will spell victory for the Germans, according to high mill tary officials. I spent eight days on the extreme front of the kaiser's eastern Posen line, where a gigantic atruggle la In progress. The atruggle Isn't only to decide Warsaw's fate but to end the present winter campaign and It will have an Important bearing on the en tire war. The Germans face tremen dous difficult lea which they only will be able to overcome by virtue of the . auperlatlve military organisation which Marshal Von Hlndenberg has created. IDs strategy la backed by the won derful work of hla aides. Generals Mackensen, Lltzman, Hans, Vondelow and others, and haa forced the Rus sian steam roller back with heavy tosses, until the swamps before War saw have been reached. Here the Slavs have entrenched In great strength In three aeparate posi tion, one behind the other and flank ed by the swamps. The question which confronts Von Hindenburg Is whether to undertake to break the enemy s line or tnrougn a general flunking; movement from the south ward seek to force the Russian aban donment of Warsaw. SLIGHT BATTLE ON RIGHT At Other Points la WUrn Tlcatcr of War, IIoHtllltKi Have Practical ly Oaxod, Even Artillery Being Forced to Suspend Operations for I-ack of Ammunition. PARIS, Jan. 4 Military opera Hons In northern France and Bel glum were almost at a standstill ow ing to widespread floods. Even the artillery was out of commission for lack of ammunition. The trenches are brimful of water In many places Streams are all out of their banks and the troops were forced to ault numerous positions to escape drowning. Mailed transport wagons blocked the roads everywhere. A high, cold wind swept the flooded countryside. Among the soldiers, sickness Is In creasing alarmingly. There are hun dreds of cases of pneumonia. Only along the French right wing was fighting In progress on a scale of any Importance. MRS. EDWIN P. MARSHALL PASSES (WAY ON SUNDAY CHICAGO WHEAT R-ACHES HIGHEST PRICE IN YEARS MARKET IX PORTLAND HIGIl 1IO0.OOO WORTH OF GIUIN CHANGES HANDS. CHICAGO, Jan. 4 Wheat reached the highest price In years In the mar. ket here. May closed at a I I S 4 1-2 and July $ 1.22, an advance of more than three cents over Saturday's close. Cush wheat sold at dollar thirty two and three eights. Buying was general. The demand 'was heavy. PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 4 There were actual sales today for March do- livery or ciuti wneat ai iize on me Merchants' Exchange and more than 1100,000 worth of grain changed hands on the exchange. It was re- nnrtixt that Italy bought a cargo of wheat and Is negotiating for more. Following were the official prices: Bluestem. $182 I I bid, $1.S4 asked; club, $1.32 bid, $132 1-2 asked. ILLNESS OF WEEK RESULTS FA TALLY FOIl PROMINENT LOCAL WOMAN. Following an illness of a - week, Airs. Edwin P. Marshall, prominent club woman and charitable worker of Pendleton, died yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock at her home on North Main street Death resulted from In testinal toxemia which was compli cated by myocarditis or heart trou ble The funeral will be held at the Marshall home at 10 o'clock tomor row morning with Rev. Charles Quln ney of the Church of the Redeemer officiating. Interment will be made In Olney cemetery. Before her marriage the deceased lady was Miss Lynne E. Evans. She was horn In The Dalles and her early life was spent In that city. She came to Pendleton about 30 years ago and was married to Mr. Marshall here. They have been residents of Pendle ton ever since. I Mrs. Marshall has for years been: prominently Identified with the clubj llfA fif Ponillntnn. Kfcrt una nntk Ctt 1 the charter members of the Thursday Afternoon Club, was a member of the Civic Club, secretary of the Li brary Board, secretary of the Uma tilla County Historical Society and was an active worker in the Episco pal church. She was one of the founders of the Coffee Club, recently organized In this city for the benefit of the unemployed. Besides devoting (Continued on page eight) NEUTRALS HOPE AMERICAN PROTEST WILL BEAR FRUIT RUSSIAN INVASION CHECKED BY AUSTRIA IS REPORT SLAV COLUMNS ARE BROUGHT TO TEMPORARY HALT IN CARPATHIANS. VIENNA, Jan. 4. The Russian In vasion of Hungary has been checked At least temporarily, military experts asserted. The Slavs were still trying at four points to force their way through the Carpathians, It was ad mitted, but the war office denied they war contllulng to make pro gress. At Gorllce the Germans and Aus trian were cooperating. Petrograd claims the Russians won a victory .there were contradicted. Accounts of an Austrian victory south of Gorlice were confirmed. PETROQRAD, Jan. 4. The Gcr 'tiians are sacrificing hundreds of men in vain night efforts to . cross the Hxura river, the war office announc ed. (Continued on page eight) ALLIES OF ENGLAND. HOWEVER, DO NOT WANT NOTE TO BRING SUCCESS. WASHINGTON. Jan. 4. All Eu rope, except the nations allied with Great lirl'nln In the present war, hope that America's shipping negotiations with England will be successful. Neutral nations believe the success' of the American protest will matri aly Increase their commerce! Doplo matic representatives, while refusing to talk for publication, say privately that England's attitude had caused en ormous financial losses to neutral na tions and they believe that if England relaxes her attitude It will be possible to send both food and cotton to Ger many and Austria. The food situation In Germany, It was stated is rapidly becoming an im portant one. How German Shells Damaged English Cities r 11 Gil;1 i'uui I- " r : fit - ? 0 ii ! u Ik rr i i J . it : 'II 1 V'jvi. .... rrv H -.J "r jjfy v mmim v'sT-r -: 4 'J I) 'tutu---. -h' vv z-tL?- '1,1 ..... xU;- (Top) The result of the bom- I bardment of Scarborough. This U I the Hotel Royal. Tills was the finest hotel in carDoiougn, which Is one of the best known watering places in England. The German battleships stood off in the open sea some miles out and threw shell after shell Into the buildings of the town. Several of them struck the hotel and the hole here shown was through the rooms of a guest. (Bottom) This photograph Just re- WOMAN IS APPOINTED TO THE SENATE FROM DOUGLAS SALEM, Ore., Jan. 4. Gover nor West announced the ap pointment of Miss Kathryn Clark of Glendale, to be state senator from Douglas county to fill a vacancy, celved In the United States, shows part of what was left of Whitby Ab bey, one of the famous historic churches of England, after the bom bardment by German warships on December 14. Shells from the cruij ers beat down the old walls until lit tle was left. It was among many other buildings of Whitby, Scarbor ough, Hartlepool and West Hartlepool damaged by German shells. Whitby, which was the smallest of the bombarded towns, was famous Hfflffi OF MAS in mm Levings, Who Worked up Pender's Conviction, Puts Little Stock in Alleged Confession. MAN NOT HELD RESPONSIBLE Officer Kays He Could Get SierLs to ConfeM to Any Murder That Slight be Named If C'onfetedon, However Is True, Pender's Case I "alls to the Ground, He Declares. PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 4. Regard less of the truth or untruth of the al leged confession of John Sierks that he murdered Mrs. Frank Wehrman and her son. officers who have Inves tigated the case still believe Pender shouldn't yet be given a clean bill of Innocence. That the confession may be true they admit. Detective Levings, whoe ! investigations largely were responsible i for the conviction of Pender, declared DME III ALSACE L I D OF DEAD Oil FIELD Most Desperate Fighting of the War Rages Today Neaf Steinbach Shell Firing is Terrific. FRENCH GAINS ARE STEADY Both Slilc Loe Heavily Teatoaa) RepnrUMl 40 lie Dcvelopta Sluurp Counu-r Attacks But Tttey Prove fnuoceimful No cluuios to Itracoe the Wounded from the field. PARIS, Jan. 4. The French gains in Alsace are slow but steady, the war office announced. Tho hardest fight ing Is along the line at Cerney. 10 miles west of Mulhausen, to a point a little east of Stelnbacb, The Germans were reported to have delivered a sharp counter attack west of Cerney but were heavily repulsed. The French, it was stated, had captured the Steinbach church and cemetery and had (t-inel slightly there were many discrepancies In SI- elsewhere at villages In the vicinity erks' confession. "" BERLIN. Jan. 4. The most des perate fighting raged In Alsace. It "If this confession Is true, Pend er's own cose falls to the ground." said Levings. "I venture to say 1 could go to Salem, get in close touch with Sierks and get him to confers to the Hill murders or many other mur- uer you could name. SALEM. Ore.. Jan. 4. Superintend ent Steiner of the Oregon Hospital for the Insane, declared there was no doubt In his mind that John G. H. Sierks. an Inmate of the asylum, was the slayer of Mrs. Daisy Wehrman and her son, near Sea poos, for which John Arthur Pender had been sent enced to hang, but later was commut ed by the governor. "I think his confession Is true In centered about Steinbach where the advantage had see-sawed for week. Steinbach has been almost destroyed. The fields about It are covered with dead and wounded. The struggle has been so fierce that It was Impossible to rescue the latter. The French were directing a heavy bombardment against the German front In the vicinity of Thann and West Zennhelm. In the latter neigh borhood, shell fire had practically ob literated the ka.lsers trenches, forc ing the occupants to retreat but un der cover of darkness they had re captured the position. Both sides lost heavily In the Al ara firhtin but the French were every detail." said Steiner. -He de- Ur greater gufferen than the Oer scribed the murder In detail and I'm manfc official statement said convinced Pender is Innocent" Baker Mayor Quite in. BAKER, Ore.. Jan. 4. C. L. Palm er, mayor of Baker, left- for Hot Lake, where he will undergo treat ment for a severe bronchial affile-( tlon which has been troubling him for several weeks. He has been so ill for the last week that any attempt at conversation has resulted in se vere coushing fits. He expects to be gone for a week. the situation was unchangd In land. Po- 1 6ARDNER AGAIN TAKES RAP AT UNITED STATES ARMY DECLARES TROOPS OF COUNTRY IN NO CONDITION FOR EF FECTIVE SERVICE. NEWS SUMMARY General. General 1 linden berg awaits real ln cr before striking at Hti.vsiaiM before Warsaw. Floods In northern France and I tri tium halt ocratlons. Rattle In Alsace rases. Ictmlve at Portland doubts alleg ed confession of Insane patient that lie murdered woman and xn. Local. Mrs. Edwin P. Marshall pavsc away. Water system and new fire equip ment makes annual saving to proerty owners of $17,000. Thomas Milarkey near death. Indian relic found while excavat ing, example of art of aborigines. School resumes after va-atioit. , WASHINGTON. Jan. 4 Testifylng lefore the house committee on mili tary affairs. Representative Gardner declared the United Slates army was sufficient only to garrLson Paris or to fill u trench 63 miles long. He contended that the militia of the various states was unprepared for em erpencies. Gardner quoted figures given In the report of the general staff of the army, showing that 21.000 of the 120,000 militiamen didn't attend the annual Inspection and that 31. 000 absented themsehes at annual encampments. "America has only (13 completed modern guns and HowlUers." 2id Gardner. "Russia In a single buttle with the Japanese had 1204 field guns In action. We have sufficient guns only to equip a modest little army of 127,000. The shortage of ammunition is another serious deficiency. Eight of our field gims can shoot away ammu nition as fast as Uncle 8am can make It" FROM HEAPED III 11 E WILL ALMOST UPOII LOCAL MEET IE IIIIEDEST A S chiefly for Its beautiful old cathedral Tradition has it that Robin Hood and Little John practiced archery from Its towers. The abbey was founded In the sev enth century, but the buildings were practically rebuilt In the twelfth andl fourteenth centuries. The old church towers formed a conspicuous landmark from the sea. The town Itself never has been robbed by mod ern enterprise of its Old World charm. WELL KNOWN PIONEER OF CITY IS SERIOUSLY ILL THOMAS MILARKEV IS NEAR DEATH AS RESUIT OF FALL ON ICE. Thomas Milarkey, pioneer Tcndle ton property owner, Is lying at the point of death at his home on West Court street as a result of a fall he sustained last week. His condition was so grave yesterday evening that he was expected to succumb almost at any moment but this morning he seemed to rally. Hope Is entertained that he will recover his health partly at least but the physicians admit that the chances are against him. Mr. Milarkey fell during the slip-1 pery wentner last weeK. railing on his hip and injured the bones severely. The principal Injury from the fall. key Is about SO years old and the In firmities or age make his fight a hard one. Denmark Seljfs Copper Cargo. COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Jan. 4. A large cargo or copper, which Is said to have been shipped to Den mark by a German-American In an attempt to smugcle It through this however, was Its effect upon an old country to Germany by means of s ailment and it Is this that Is making Ms condition so critical. Mr. Milar- false bill of lading was seized by Dun. Lh authorities. Here is a New Tear's booster story with some punch to it and Incidental ly it affords further Justification for the gravity water system and the new rire truck. If such Justification Is needed. Pendleton people, under the new Insurance rates granted In return for the construction of the gravity sys tem and the establishment of the pres ent fire department, are saving not less than $17,000 a year in Insurance premiums. This Is the estimate made today by Douglass Leffingwell of Bentley & Leffingwell, one of the best Informed Insurance men here, and the estimate is said to be conserva tive. The reduction in Insurance rates Is not uniform throughout the whole city. The reductions varvlmr from 10 to 50 per cent from the old rates ! It may be computed that the rates with reference to business property in the main section of town have been reduced JO per cent, the same redurt'eni also applying to stocks of goods. The reductions upon residence property will approximate 29 per cent whereas the rates upon Indus trial plants and other property such as school houses, lumber yards, etc., has been less, being counted conjr vatlvely at 13 per cent. The reduc tions as estimated upon the above basis and having In view the local valuations make the following show. Ing, the data being glvrn In figures showing the cosh saving at preeont over what was paid prior to making the improvements here: Buslnees property T.5 Business stocks !S9 Residence and hou.tt'hold good 4.14 Industrial, etc 1494 Totnl saving per year lit tnt It Is the belief of Mr LWririgi!l that hla calculations do nt rover all local property and hen:e undr esti mates the saving If anything. (Continued 00 pas five.)
