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Mr DAILY EVENING EDITION - -- . -a zZ-. ' ' y 'Zsz&tl DAILY EVENING E01II0II TO ADVEIITLSL'IIS. 4 I 'orr-t fur rn Ort'gon, br Ue United State Wcetlwr Ohrrrr t Portland, Tha Rut Oregoolaa hM the large t paid circulation of any paper la Oregon, Mat of Portland mt over twice the circulation In I'eodlntoo of any otnar aawapaper. Rain or mow tonight and Tuesday. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL 26 DAILY EAST OREQONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 191( no. ma- 11 AND SLAV PflEPARE TO MEET III Both Sides in Eastern Zone of Wa Concentrating Their Forces for General Clash. FR9ST1L ASSAULT PUNNED Germans Believed Gathering Strength to Attack Potations of Cur1! Troop Alone tho VwnU fYont Russia la Holding; Rack Invasion of Aaatrl . unaetrj, 4 FETROGRAD, Jan. ll.-Ruaalans and Oermana are concentrating In Po land for a general claah. There baa been little aerloua fighting- alnce Sat urday. The Oermana are reinforcing-. Indl catlona were they are preparing for a rrontai aaaault on the Russians in the VTatula position. Reports that the Slavs had taken 11,000 Austrian prisoners alnce Chrlat mas were received here. VIENNA. Jan. 11 The Ruaalana haven't aa yet attempted to push their Invasion Into Hungary, the war office atated. It waa thought likely thla waa due to anowa which are hamper tng operations In Gallcla and the Car- path la na. MAX KILLED WHILE TRYING TO ACT AS A PEACEMAKER JOHN COXXKLIj VICTIM OF MX LKT AT 1IEFPNER IX AN OTHKR'S QUARREL. Newa waa received here by tele phone by the Knighta of Columbus that John Connell. of Heppner had been ahot and killed Sunday forenoon while attempting to aerve aa peace maker In a quarrel between two men. He waa ahot by one of the participant and died Immediately. Connell waa a charter member of the Pendleton lodge Knighta of Columbua and Bor row la felt here over hla traglo death. WASHINGTON LEGISLATURE OPENS SESSIONS T90AY MQlOlt Ql'ESTIO.V BIDS FAIR TO ECLIPSE Ah LOTIIF.R Rl'SI XESS MATTERS. OLYMPIA. Wash. Jan. 11. The state legislature convened here today. The liquor question will not only be the moHt Important but will take pre cedence over all other measures at thla aesalon. In November the people adopted a prohibition bill by the Initiative method. The atate la acheduled to go dry January 1, lilt. The wets are aeeklng a new special election before that date. They have drawn up an Initiative bill to be preaented to the legislature for adoption, providing that aaloona ahall be abolished but breweries may continue to operate and that hotela having 80 rooma or more ahall have the right to aerve li quor to guests. . Under the law, the legialature la bt.und to reaubmlt thla question to the people, It la claimed, for the ne cessary signatures have been obtain ed. Dut It remains dlacretlonary with the lawmakers whether there Is to be special election In 1)15 or whether the measure shall wait until the reg ular election In November, 19H, 11 months after the atate-wlde prohibi tion goes Into effect. VI El T III LIS ID OISE IS BE French Reported to Have Taken Line CHARLES ii. in lies re; his : DUTIES AS JUDGE New Official Says He Will Have His of German Trenches After Series Office at the Court House-Signs SELLHIE ELECTED MSSL'SS' f o c SPEAKER OFIIOU Bf VDTE 3 TO u of Fierce Engagements. HEAVY ARTILLERY IN ACTION NEWS SUMMARY General. American ixmiUon rewarding protect to Grcst Itrilaln over itlililng It bold Just In prindplo by Englbih govern ment. Vlttlciit fighting In Men tern theater of war begin. Teuton and Slav on eastern front prepare to oUnli In death struggle. Local. Thome M liar Wry, pioneer rHideit, paxMeai away. Rlrtiard Burke charged with sec ond dngrne murder; many Indictments returned. Acttool cevus of county aliowa over TOO pupil. Man of handcuff renown makes capo from Walla WaJla, Judge Cluu-lc II. Marsh take of- flc. County Union endorse plan to cm- ploy county farm expert. Xew wau-r system responsible for reduction In Inmiramw rate. Mr, ivier Sheridan dies. WEST REVIEWS PROGRESSIMADE DURING administraii In tlic SolHHons DiHtrKt, Teuton Are "a 10 nave liONt IlcavUy In Effort u itrgain Ground Taken by French HgiiUug In Alrtace Continues De- hjhu Snow. a ins, Jan. 11 Violent fighting was In progreoa on the entire line in tne Lja and Olae reglona today. According to a war office statement wie rrencn look a line of German irrncnea as a sequel to a series of nerce encounters. Between Ls and the North aea. heavy artillery engagementa are ra ging. Hi the Solasons district it was re ported the Germans have suffered huge losses In their efforts to regain ground lout lust week Fighting; was Increasing In volume but It was denied the Germans had gained anything The war office as- trira me rTench are occupying trenches from which the Germans have been expelled. Between the Alsne and the Cham First Papers Today. JURY LIST BEING SELECTED Mr. Marsh WW Devote Mont of Ills lime to BUHineea of County Ap pointment la Made on Saturday br Governor Most After I Unification of .-uMioiK-j Accepted. i-nanea M. Marsh Is now countv Judge of Umatilla county, having qualified and entered upon his duties tnis morning, thereby relieving Judge Maloney, who resigned In order to make way for Mr. Marsh who was el ected by a large majority at the elec tion In November. The appointment of Mr. Marsh aa Judge waa made by Governor Wet Saturday. In the event the courts hold that the county Judges elected In November were validly elected Mr Marsh will serve for a term of alx years. Otherwise he will hold for but two years. That he will have hi headquarters at the court house and will devote most of his time to the duties of the position was stated today by the new1 Judge. This disposes of a report Choice is Made Unanimous Upon Motion of Allen' Eaton, Selling's Only Opponent for Position. HA TTl A nariom h.il h..n fM..fnl . name res-Inn II ..M 1.1 .f" " ' " """" - vuiai.ug u .t .-T.w T 1 'Vne erfe Intended to have his of- a ) work and the advantage Is with the fce ,own town. allies. I According to Judge Marsh he will give all necessary attention to the Judgeship and will be at hla office at the court house by I o'clock or soon after each morning. However, he will still give some time to private busl neas, as Judge Maloney has done, for the reason the ladgship Is not suf ficiently remunerative to Jutify a man giving up all other Interests. The first official business transact ed by the new Judge consisted In signing up papers for settlement of the e.tate of the late William J. Tur ner of Pilot Rock, the petitions being presented by Will M. Peterson. Today the Judge and commissioners have been in routine .session and one of the big Jobs at present consists in North of Perthes the French were declared to have assaulted and taken a German trench. Heavy fighting waa aald to be con tinuing In the Vosges and upper Al sace, despite deep snows. ' MasMacre. la Femred ROME. Jin. 11. That Immense damage waa done the outer defenses of the Dardanelles by the Anglo French fleet'a bombardment was In dicated In Constantinople advices today. The Impression Is growing the allies naval forces would force a passage of the strait. In which event grave fears are felt at Rome that It will be hard' THOMPSON CHOSEN IN SENATE No Contest In Upper Branch Occurs Oregon LegUIattire Convene This Momliur Only Woman Member la Mim Towne Who Hm Seat In the Houho Rocew is Taken. SALEM, Ore., Jan. 11. The state legislature convened here this morn ing at 10:20 o'clock. S. B. Huston was elected tempo rary speaker of the house and W. F. Drager, temporary chief clerk. In the senate, Senator Day was named temporary president and John P. Hunt, temporary secretary. The senate named a committee on credentials and the house appointed a committee on permanent organiza tion. - Soiling Is rhonen. Later In the day Ben Selling of Portland, was elected speaker of the house by a vote of 37 to 22. Lair Thompson was elected president of the senate. Allen Eaton was Selling's only op ponent. On his motion, after the re suit was announced, the election of Selling was made unanimous. There waa no contest for president of the senateonly one name being placed in nomination. Miss Towne. the only woman mem ber of the legislature, was In her aeat In the house. After the election of a speaker the house recessed for lunch. IIIXESE AXD A JAP TAKEN IX TOILS BV POLICE PAY $50 EACH. The folly of leavlnr the. blinds un "hen a quiet little game of fantan la being enjojed In a closed town was learned this morning by China Lewis end China Sam, two Chinese, and Harry Poama, a Jap, when, upon their piea or gambling contrary to the or dinance of the city they were assess ed ISO each by Police Judge Fltt Gerald. They were arersted Saturday evening In Chinatown when the po nce. looKlne; through a window, de oected them engrossed In the faacl r-ating oriental game. ine session of police court this morning netted the city $175. In ad dition to the $150 secured from the celestials, George Mansfield paid $10 for the privilege of fighting John Kesner and Wilfrid Mlnthorn, Simon Whitman and August Alexander, three Indians, paid $5 each for being drunk. In all there were IS offenders In court Six drunks took Jail sentences another will stand trial this after noon and Kesner also wants to stand trial to prevent a massacre of foreigners in the selection of the lurv fnr th Constantinople. I comlna- vear. WEST END RANCHERS WILL WAGE WAR A6AINST RABBIT Under the direction of R. T. Jack son of the department of agriculture residents of the west end of the county are going to conduct a war of extermination upon the JackrabbiU. In his lnt niefSiiRe to tho Ifclxln ture, submitted today. Governor Went reviews the pronrexs made during the four yeara of hla administration, dwells In detail upon the business af inlrs of the state and makes various recommendations bused upon his ex perience in office. Among other things he Implores against "pin stick- Ing law aimed at railroads, endorses me ronis dim now before congress nn-I urnes the legislature to give the governor tull power to see thnt laws urn enforced. The retiring governor's message In part Is as follows: The four years Just past have given us much constructive legislation. While other periods have brought great fundamental changes In our govern mental system, none has produced legislation which has covered such a broad field and ylolded such splendid . results. Tho long-fought battle of the peo ple for amendments to our federal constitution which would permit the Imposition of an Income tax and the election of senators by a direct vote of the people has been won. Our legislative bodies were prompt to ratify these amendments and Ore gon la therefore llnted In the group of progressive states claiming credit for theso great reforms. The fight for equal suffrago and a "dry" state has been successful Ad ditional safeguards have been thrown around the ballot 'tlsiough extending tho non-voting period of the newlyj crrlved alien and the old barbarous! fcystem of capital punishment has been abolished. Numerous laws have been passed which create a broad policy making for the conservation and development of our resources. Those laws have dldcd tho Investigation of numerous Irrigation and power possibilities and the construction of the Tumalo Irriga tion System; have made provision for a stato forester nnd the protec tlon of our timber against fire; have led to a thorough study of our min eral resources; have made liberal provisions for the propagation and protection of our fish and game; and have provided 'for the publication of a booklet giving unvarnished Infor mation ns to opporunltlea In Oregori. A budget sy st om which carries to the publlo the needs of tho different departments of state has been pro-J I :ed for. also the auditing of the ac ' i.unf i of state ami county officials handling public funds. All penal and eleemosynary Institu tions have been placed under a sln gle board of control and a splendid "sieri adopted In reference to the purchase of supplies. The fee sys tem In the state printing office lias been abolished and the printer has beer placed upon a flat salary. The state now owns the printing plant and Is saving $S0.000 a year. Our educa tional Institutions have been placed upon a mlllage tax basis, which In sures liberal support and removes them as a factor In legislative log rolling. Practically all public service cor- I'crauons nave been placed under tie jurisdiction of the railroad com mission and a blue-sky law is driving bogu. corporations from nnr ntnte- rpltmUd banking laws are In effect and steps have been taken towards the regulation of loan sharks. Needy mothers hnve been given aid IhroiiRh the widows pension act. The workmen's compensation act ond minimum wage law have been rassed In the Interest of the working classes; shorter hours of labor have been ob tained; the prison contract system has been abolished and prison labor taken out of competition with free la bor. . I ine transfer of tho Oregon City locks from private to public control has taken place and the recovery of the Jefferson street levee fPortland. Oregon) Is an accomplished fact Oood roads legislation has enabled the state to cooperate with the coun ties In road building and to work Its convicts upon the public highways. The ocean beach has been reserved to the public for a highway. Laws aimed nt the regulation of the liquor traffic have been passed nnd progress made In tho direction of limiting the sale of hablt-formlna drugs. An effective abatement law Is In force; also a law preventing white slavery and one limiting the sale of revolvers. A long-needed Industrial school for charitable Institutions receiving state girls has been established and all charitable Institutions receiving state aid placed under state supervision. The creation of a parole oord and an amendment to the Indeterminate (Continued on page five.) Victims Dragged From Hole by Firemen GERMAN SQUADRON SAIO TO BE OFF S. AMERICAN COAST KIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 11. An other German cruiser squadron was reported today to be operating off the Brazilian coast it was expected British shipping would remain In port until the fleet has been accounted for Confirmation la lacking here of the rumor the British warship Invincible sunk the German cruiser Von Der Tann. . SENSATIONAL BROP COMES IN CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET - . , CHICAGO. Jan. .11 A sen- sational drop In the orica of wheat was registered at the board of trade. May opened at a dollar thirty eight, but . before 12: JO had dropped to a dollar thirty three and a half. The id. pea ranee of a big supply of "long" wheat was responsible for the decline. Later there was a slight rally and May alvanced to a dollar thirty four and three 4 fourths. AMEDICAII P1DTEST HELD TO DE DIGIIT III ITS rfllllCIPLE Great Britain Agrees That Neutral Nations Should be Interfered With Only "When Necessary." KO COMMENT BY WASfOTO:, Secretary nryan Says Statement WIS He ReMYvrd Until Full Answer Is Received Xote Promisee Ttutf Iirltatn WUI Make Redrew for Ac tion of It Fleet. WASHINGTON. Jan. 11 Great Britain's preliminary reply to the note from the United States government. tequesting improvement In the treat ment of American commerce by the British fleet was made public here and In London Sunday by mutual agree ment between the state department and th British foreign office. The British communication concur In the view of the United States that commerce between the neutral na tions should be Interfered with only when Imperatively necessary and of ficials of the Washington government construed it as conceding that the principles expressed by the Ameri can note were Just and upheld by the previously accepted usages of Inter national war. Bryan postponed Comment Th only formal comment made was contained In a brief statement la- ued by Secretary Bryan who aald: "The answer, being- crelimlnarr. and not being Intended aa a complete reply, we will poatpone comment un til the full anawer Is received.' Brtefly. the British note, while con- ceding the principles of the Ameri can government's contentions, points out difficulties in actual Dractice. re fers to alleged fraudulent DracUcea b : shippers and cites statistic ahowina- certain neutral commerce. In support of Great Britain's suspicions that Germany and Austria have been Indi rectly obtaining contraband through neutral countries. The note promises however, that Great Britain "will make redress whenever the action ot the British fleet "may unintentionally exceel" the limits of Internalonal law. ' . 1 v " V Hi.- r v I !1i 1; Hr tJi ( "ill . j U. P. HI fW 11H -mVn X i ll 'MAlssil.' ji -5- . .n, 1" ''taLauai.' - ' "- , V . , STIkS. jj". A .Jx """v-v. BURKE INDICTED ON CHARGE OF MURDER IN 1 SECOND DEGRE Murder in the second decree was December 1, next to Burke was indict MuV. I? brUgIht, ,aRain Richard tot the most serious charge. The K,rte- J" i.India" w.h,i8hot Ed 'ndictment accuses him with assault " inuicung a with intent to kill. wound from which the farmer died, in he indictment returned Saturday evening by the grand Jury. The in aictment relates that he did feloni- olsly. purposely and maliciously kill ine Edward Klrkpatrlck." The grand Jury completed Its ses sion Saturday evening, fill'ng Its report and was dismissed. Fifteen additional true bills were returned, making the total number returned at this session 25. Two not true bills were also returned. Gee Kins, the Chinaman alleged to have struck Toy Yung, another Chi naman with a hatchet at Umatilla on riaipn uespain or mis city waa charged with buntlary. the Indictment alleging that on Nov. 1 he entered the home of J. E. Montgomery and stole an electric iron, safety raior and other household belongings. Larceny from the person was the charge brought against Frank Slseo. charged with stealing a five dollar bill from J. B. Mosehead on Sept 2. J. Frank Ooetschies was charged with larceny from a building, it being al leged th.it he stole $9.75 worth ot two-cent stamps belonging to a Jap (Continued on page elgbt) FARMERS UNI ENDORSES PLAN (Continued on page three ) More than 170 persons, most of 'New York subway, which carries more than a million passengers each day, fire broke out from defective wires. Three or four trains were stalled In the Broadway tunnel near them half suffocated with smoke and some of them In a dangerous condi tion, were dragged from this hole on Broadway, near Fifty-third street, near the heart of the busiest section Fifty-third street. As has been cus of the city, when fire spread through ' ternary, the guards locked the doors. tun- New York's great underground nel. Whllo trains, each carrying 400 were running less than a minute apart thus shutting In the passengers. Smoke began to pour In the windows. Some passengers said later the guards had fled, leaving them locked In. during the morning rush hours In the j windows were smashed and men and women piled out on the tracks those of them who had not fallen un conscious on the floors of the cars. Firemen and policemen tore out the 10 EMPLOY A FARMING EXPERT That the members of the Farmers' I'nlon would like to see a county far ming expert employed by the Umatil la county court Is indicated by action taken here Saturday by tho delegates to the annual convention of the coun ty organization. The delegates pres ent represented all tha locals of the county and they voted unanimously to endorse the employment of an ex pert. Some of those present an nounced they had previously signed a remonstrance against employing such an expert but that upon hearing the mutter fully explained had chang ed their views. Other general subjects upon which air guuers in me uroaaway sidewalk the county union acted were the nnd letting down ladders carried out pending immigration bill, rural cr.-d-s.ores. The rescuers themselves had! its anj the plan for the federal gov to be treated with pulmotors andlernment to work dirt roads. The 1m many passengers were revived with! migration bill with the literacy test them. Several score of ambulances w-as upheld but the present admlnls larried the victims to nearby hospit-J tration was criticised for not having als- enacted a rural credit law. At the annual election of officers. H. O. Earnhart was chosen as prent dent for the coming year. Other of ficers elected were E. A. McCully, vt. e president; Miss Marth Kallou. sec retary and treasurer; W. W. Marrah. chaplain; Barney Anderson, conduc tor; and It. O. ULsacnger, doorkee ier. Mrs Eva Carglll, M. O. La Hue and C. C. Connor and W. W. Hurrah wm elected to represent the organization at the O. A. C. Farmrs' week to ri held at Corvallts from February 1 to February 7. Owing to the washout n-r Trout dale which dtiavrd th li;ism-ugi.r train from I'ortl.wi.l Vft II T. French who was to hiivn lri upon the program, did not arrive Jturliirf the meeting talk were nutiln by A. L. Spurting und by I 1'. Ciimbm In structor In agriculture at the I'rndle tun high school.