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DAILY EVEIIIIIG EDIWI Mm Forecast for l-xxlrni Oregon, hy the United Stales WratJirr ObffT at Portland. Fulr tonight and Wednesday; not ao cold tonight. TO ADVERTISERS. Tlia Et Or-goalan bai tin largeat paid elrcnlktluu of any paper la Oregon, eaat of t'ortlud and over twice the clrcalatlus In I'cudlvtoa of any other Daw-paper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL 26 DAILY EAST OliEGONIAN, PENDLETOX, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1915. NO. 8109 DAILY EVEHING EQITIOf j eia-alCW a ' 12 III I1AVAL MULE British Losses Larger Than London Will Admit, According to State ment From Berlin. I BATTLE CRUISER IS LOST Claims of EnglUh Los Ilciemted In German Official Statement and It Is Further Deelared That Eucmy's KhJpa hliowud Badly Damaged Con dition Aft. Uio tlx lit. BERLIN, Jan. 16. Repeating the claim that u BritUh battle-cruiser was sunk In the battle on Sunday and adding that Information haa been ob tained that two llritlHh destroyer were sent to the bottom, the war office today lsaued another official state ment regarding the naval encounter. "Well Informed parties declare they have Information that a battle cruiser of the Prltlsh fleet was aunk by a torpedo boat with two shots after the crulner had auffered heavily from the fire of our tuna," the statement de clares. "German airships cruising along the roost while tho battle was In progress, confirm this report. Two destroyers were alai aeon to capsize and sink, and It was further noted the shlpa of the enemy were badly damaged. HAWORTH 60ES TO VICTORIA WITH A STRING ATTACHED FORMER PENDLETON PLAYER TURNER OVER TO UEES UY THE MXTtEDIES. Homer Haworth. catcher for the Portland-rtallard team laat season, was turned over with a atrlnr attach d to ths Victoria Bees yesterday by the McCredlea, says the Portland Ore nonlnn. Haworth. was one of the players retained by the McCredlea when they gave up the Nothweatern league team. He was procured from the Pendle ton cluh. In the Western Trl-State league, and had a tryout with the Peavers laat spring. He was kept on the Beaver roster until Tantz joined the team and then was turned over to the Colts. Haworth did not do a great deal of work last season. He did not get many chances to receive for the Bea- ers. and Murray, who will have) a irlnl with the Heavers this spring, was going at a good clip for the Colts. Haworth managed, however, to get a batting average of .269 for the season. Walter McCrcdle. thinks Haworth la a clever catcher. He hits the ball hard and haa a good throwing arm. His only fault Is slowness on the bas es, which, however, he should be able to overcome. The young player has played ama teur and semi-professional ball around Portland since he was able to walk. His first experience In organlxed ball was when he Joined the Tendleton club In 1(13. Prior to that he had played Sunday ball with the Astoria cluh. He Is 23 years old. Few people to whom you are intro duced really care to know you. in AGED LABORER TELLS STORY OF BRUTAL ASSAULT TO ROB Luring William Townsend, an el lerly laborer of this city, back of the Hackett pelt house on Cottonwood street lato lust night, Oeorge Fay, an other local laborer, assaulted him brutally In an effort to rob him. Such at least is the story told by the bruls. ed and bleeding man a few moments later and It H the story which will bo presented to the grand Jury tomor row. Townsen and Fay had been In a saloon Just before closing time when Fay Invited his companion to accom pany h'm to get something to eat. A number of other men in the saloon heard the Invitation and some fifteen minutes later they met Townsend as he came on to Main street holding his hands over his bloody face. He told them that Fay had enticed him off Cottonwood street between two bulld . lngs and had then commenced boat ing him. They took the old man to the Pal ace lodging house and got him a room and within a half hour Fay walked Into the same rooming house and asked for a room. ' James Dodson, one of tho men who had helped take care of Townsend, Immediately seized Fay hub IB JOKES TO Dl Aged Strike Leader Meets aire at Industrial Hearing and Shakes Both His Hands. OLIVE BRUNCH IS ACCEPTED Meeting Arranged for I-ater In the Week Mother Jones Kays she WiU Tell Magnate What Ho Can do to I'l-event T rmi Mo in tho Colorado Coal Held. NEW YORK. Jan. it. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., has extended the olive branch to Mother Jones. Rockefeller evidently has forgiven the uged strike leader for her attacks on Rockefeller and his father, during the Colorado strike. As detectives were escorting Ilockefeller from the stand at the federal Industrial commission hearing today he saw Mother Jones among the spectators. Ilockefeller bowed. Mother Jones came hurriedly over and shook both his hands. "I wish you'd come to my office at your convenience." said Ilockefeller. "There's so many thing on which you could enlighten me. We may not work at cross purposes tf we freely discus what you know." Mother Jones smiled broadly and said: "I II be glad to accept. I'll come to your office whenever It suits you." An Interview was arranged for luter In the week. "I will tell him what I think he can do to prevent further trouble In Col orado," said Mother Jones later. GAMBLING CHARGE MAY BE OUTGROWTH OF ENCOUNTER ARRESTED FOR FIGHTING, TWO! WILL ItE HELD PENDING AX INVESTIGATION. Arrested because they had en gaged In a fistic melee yesterday af ternoon, Charles Patton, well known colored porter, and W. O. Mam ofj Helix hopped from the frying pan In-1 to tho firo In tholr efforts to show in ! police, court the cause of their alter- j cutlon. Fining them 125 each on aj chargo of disorderly conduct, Judgo- Fltx Gerald ordered that each be held Pending an Investigation to determine whether they could be prosecuted for ; gambling. j Mam it was who laid the foundation for tho filing of the more serious.' charges. He declared that he and I Patton had been gambling In the room ' of Kd Switzler in an upstairs build-' ing on Court street and that he had ' won $52 from the colored man which the latter refused to pay. This led ! to a fight, ho said, and about this ' point there was no discussion fori there was plenty of evidence that the two men fought all over the build-i Ing. Officer Manning went to the Switz ler room and found nearly SO decks of cards and a bucket of poker chips : all of which was confiscated. T,ho ' matter will probably be presented to I the grand Jury. and sturted for the police station with mm. On the way he met Officer Omar Stephens who locked the man up There was frefsh blood upon his coat and trousers where he had evl-' dently wiped his hands and later, blood was found upon the towel In! the St. George lavatory where Fay had gone to wash. An Investigation at the scene of the attempted robbery furnished further evidence. There was blood on the ground and on the side of the build ings nnd other evidences of a fight. On tho ground, too, were found Town send's watch, a five dollar gold Piece and several other coins he had In his , rockets. Mr. Townsend declares there is two dollars unaccounted for and he thinks Fay got away with this amount. The matter was presented to the district attorney today and will be ta ken up with the grand Jury tomorrow. Mr. Townsend has been working for Dan Mai, and at other times haa fol lowed the vocation of sheephevder. Fay at one t'me drove a team for Ben Burroughs but has not been in his employ for some time. j HIM Newest President of Mexico :; rf !a. This is General Roque Gonrales Garza, the newest president of Mex Ico. He won the Job over night w hen Gutierrez fled fearing he would be attacked not only by Villa, but by the Carranza followers. The provis ional convention, which haa more or less assumed to direct the affairs of PAIUS, Jun. 26. A brilliant vic tory for the British at West Labasse and between the Lys and the Olse river, was announced In a war office statement. German assaults at these points were thrown back with fright ful losses, the statement asserted. In the, La Basse encounter the Germans charged numerous times but were routed by the Britishers In a bayonet charge. At Culnchy the British ar tlllery raked the Germans who were attempting to advance and the effort was abandoned after heavy losses had been sustained. COURTS WILL DECIDE WHO IS MAYOR OF PENDLETON OUO WARRANTO PROCEEDINGS ARE FILED IX THE CIR CUIT COURT TODAY. It Is now up to the courts to decide whether John Dyer or R. F. Klrk rntrlck is the mayor of Pendleton. Acting for the former, City Attorney Charles H. Carter this after noon filed In tho circuit court quo warranto proceedings against Kirk Patrick, charging him with unlawful ly Intruding himself Into the office of mayor. Illegally exercising the func tlons and taking unto himself the em oluments ond honors of that office. He asks that the court require the de fendant to come Into court and show by what warrant he claims the office and he asks further that the court declare him an intruder and Impose a fine upon him for his pretensions. Tho filing of the suit is one of the steps In the plan adopted by the council for clearing up the question of Dyer's right, as chairman of the council, to act as mayor since the death of Mayor Matlock. Klrkpatrlck was appointed mayor by the council at the lost meeting and Immediately qualified in order that the matter could be tested out. He has employ ed an attorney who will contest the contentions of Acting Mayor Dyer. hJc- - i - - - - M BRITISHERS ROUT GERMANS AIID GAIII DECISIVE VICTOR! V - 'Warn' f., iy . . . Mexico since It oame into clash w' Carranza, eiectea mm ai a mccuue, In Mexico City. The last report was that Villa was hurrying troops to the city to protect its action. Garza Is about thirty-six years old, a graduate of the law school In Mex ico City and has been practicing law for years. RUSSIAN ADVANCE IS BEING ROLLED BACK SAYS VIENNA AUSTRIAN'S r.HEAK INVASION OF HUNGARY THROUGH THE CARPATHIANS. VIENNA, Jan. 26. That the Rus sian advance against Hungary has teen completely broken and that the Austrian heavily reinforced, are slowly rolling back the Slav hordes along Dakla Pass. In the Carpathians, to Roumanla border, was the declara tion of officials at the war office. De velopments In the Carpathians were regarded by them as the most Import ant since the beginning of the Rus sian Invasion. British Jackies While Away Hours in Camp V" O ImuMnrniMu w K-i.va-, British Tars at Wood Carving. Commodore Wilfred Henderson, In command of the Royal British naval brigade, now Interned in Holland, In- N x - ' s I QUESTION OF FREE TEXT BOOKS DEALT m BLOW IN HOUSE SALEM, Ore.. text- books were dea It C when the house passed the . tee's bill repealing tn. commit- .reiu-nt law. The house passed the Blanchard bill allowing civil war veterans to hunt and fish without paying a li cense fee. By a vote of 17 to 13 the senate passed the Kellaher resolution sub mitting to the voters a constitutional amendment giving the governor power to veto single Items In appropriation bills. i CANAL NOT READY FOR BIG SHIPS DECLARES GOETHALS i DITC H W ILL NOT HE OPEN I'OH I Il.VrTLESIIIIS IN M AHC ll HE SAVS. WASHINGTON. Jan. 26. The ad mission by General Goethals that the canal probably will not open to naval veHsels In March when the president planned to steam through the canal on the battleship Oregon, enroute to the San Francisco fair, is worrying government officials. GocthaU ex plained that he feared it would be Im possible to clear away the thousands of tons of earth now blocking trans portation through the canal as a result of the recent earth slide at Gold Hill. The frequency of slides along the banks of the canal are believed to have prompted Bryan's declaration that It was not unlikely the I'nited States some day may build another ocean waterway to supplant the canal. He explained he regarded it as a w ise precaution for the United States to negotiate treaties with Nicaragua and Costa Rica giving this country an op tion on a canal route across that sec tion of Central America. STENOGRAPHERS SEEK JOBS WITH UNCLE SAM WASHINGTON. Jan. 26. Steno graphers and typewriters for the gov ernment service are being examined throughout the country today. The entrance salary averages $720 a year. Thousands are being examined. NEWS SUMMARY General. j England, aiiticipatimr air-raid. take. rtsiuitions to bliM'k attempt. (ioniums claim two British di-tiroy. ers Mink. Loral. I)or Institutes suit to oiu Klrkpat rlck. George Fay altci"! to have "st rone armed" and roblicd than. lighters In court Rite evident that leads to their detention on gambling charge. Pendleton and Round-up to be ad vertised at fair in txxiklet. mm. t - to which country It took refuge after the flight from Antwerp, writes that he must keep the men employed at various kinds of handy work or they w"B,s,s,ai-a-a-4-Jsa(tasaaBatw The bulk of the morning seislon in the house was taken up with the submission of committee reports, 21 bills being reported out. Representative Lewis withdrew his bill legalizing boxing. The Huston bill allowing women to serve aa Jurors waa tabled after Judiciary commit tee amended it to take out the op tional feature. The Schuebel anti-lobby bill which passed the house almost unanimously was killed in the senate. Only two votes favored It. CiTY COUNCIL OF MILTON ACCEPTS LIBRARY BUIL0IN6 COXTRIBITIOXS TO PURCHASE SITE MADE MAINTENANCE FIND PROVIDED. At the regular meeting of the Mil ton city council hist evening, action i was taken on the acceptance of the gift of a 17200 libiary building offer ed by the Carnegie corporation to the city of Milton. Members of the li brary board of Milton were present and a number of business men. who are Interested In educational progress and civic welfare. Expressions of opinion were civen by citizens and councilmen and all favored enthusiastically the provision of a suitable annual maintenance fund and the furnishing of a site for the building. Mayor McQuary reported that H. M. Cockburn offered one hundred dol lars toward purchase of a site. Of fers of contributions toward a suit able site were also made by J. F. Slover. S. A. Miller, C. P. Strain and T. A. Williams. The council unanimously voted to provide a good site and also 3750 an nually for maintenance, which Is one tenth of the cost of the building re quired by the Carnegie corporation. Several good sites are being consider ed. ' ' . Sentiment strongly favored a gen erous maintenance fund and it is probable that the exact amount re quired for acceptance of the building will not be the limit If better results can be obtained with a slight Increase In annual support MORE CASES OF FOOT AND . MOUTH OISEASE DISCOVERED HURRIED CONFERENCE IS CALL ED QUARANTINE MAY RE ESTABLISHED. CHICAGO. Jan. 26 Foot and mouth infection was discovered in a j carlo-id of cattle shipped to Philadel- i-ina irom i imago causea a nurneu conf.-rence of federal and state offi cials to riscus the advlability of es tablishing a quarantine on shipments from Chicago. Washington officials were wired for Instructions. It was admitted the situation has some serl ous aspect?. , .0 -1 .WW' - : i -sy-s hi 1 1 i ft 1 - will run to seed mentally and physl rally. They make rugs, try their hand at carpentlng, knitting, tailoring, etc. . T- n A.- -.i a EIIELAIIB PREPARED FOR HID Of GERMAN MLIIIS Defeated on the Water, British Officials Believe Next Attack Will Come From the Sky. PRECAUTIONS EEIHS TAKEH Britisher Well ITr-mrcd for Expected Assault and fleet of Aeroplanes Are ParolUnf- Coat While Aero gun Crew Are on Duty at Station Day and Nlghl LONDON. Jan. it England la prepared for a Zeppelin raid tomor row, the birthday of the kaiser. De feated on the water, the Germans un doubtedly will take to the air, ac cording to the belief of British gov ernment officials. A foundation for this belief w-as seen today In dispatch es from Switzerland which reported the movement of two new Zeppelins from Germany to the I!e!?!an coast. Pad weather along the coast may pre vent an attempt to raid England ut the Britishers are taking no chances. A fleet of aeroplanes Is patrolling the eastern coast of the island and the crews of the aeroguns have been or dered to remain on duty night and day. Although the admiralty today with held a specific denial of the German claims that at least one British bat tlenhfp and probably two destroyers were sunk in Sunday's naval engage ment, the claims were not generally credited here. Government officials declare' thy have information that the admission by the German war of fice that the cruiser Bluecher was sunk by the British haa caused great indignation In Berlin. Dispatches from Lelth, Scotland, declare that Captain Erdmann of the Bluecher was among the German prisoners landed there after Sunday's engagement but the admiralty does not confirm this report. LONDON. Jan. 2 . Preliminary reports presented by the parliament ary committee which was named to J Investigate food prices, show that the necessities of life have advanced 2S per cent since the outbreak of the war. The committee Is inquiring now whether speculators have been re sponsible for the advance. The suf fering 6f the poor has been Increased everywhere In England. It is report ed that wholesale reductions In ths wages of worklngmon and clerks have teen made. . COPENHAGEN. Jan. 2. Reports have been received from Malmo that the German Usht oruL- rsn-nll hn been torpedoed In the Baltic sea. The extent of the damae wa- nni BERLIN. Jan. 26 The bombard ment of Mlddlegerke and Westende by British warships was announced by the German war office. Manr have been killed or wounded, the statement declares. Including Burgo master Middlekerke. Shells wrecked many buidings. burying noncombat ants in the ruins LONDON. Jan. 26 The Copen hagen correspondent of the Evening Star says a hostile submarine attack ed the German Baltic fleet off the coast of Sweden. It was reported the German light cruiser Gazelle was tor pedoed and reached Sassnltx In a sink. Ing condition. AMERICAN CONSULAR AGENT HIS REMARKABLE ESCAPE EOMU DROPPED BY GERM AV AIRMAN EXPIODKS BIT 10 FEET FROM HIM. PARIs". Jun. 26. A dispatch from Dunkirk declares that American Con sular Agent Morel was only slightly Injured Friday when a German air man dropped a bomb which partUllv wrecked the American consulate at Dunkirk. Morel's escape was ri markable. One bomb exploded b'-vi than ten feet from him. NEW HIGH RECORD REACHED IN CHICACO WHEAT MARKET CHICAGO, Jan 2. A nw high record wus made fur whf.il today. May reactud a dollar forty six und fewn rU'hth, July a dollar thlrty-ori and nrn fourth, advances of four and a quarter cents, over the opening. In the last IS minutes th mar ket eased off and all options except May cloned slightly be low the day'a hitth mark.