East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, January 27, 1915, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EVENING EDITIOIlj D1ILV EVEIIIIIC EJIIIOII Foreran fur Eaern Oregon, by tf United Stair VilMr Olrrvrr t l'ortland. Fair tonight and Thursday. TO ADVERTISERS. Tba East Oregonlan has tlia largest paid circulation f any piper In Oregon, aaat of l'ortland aod orer twice tba circulation lo 1'endlotoo of an other newspaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 26 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, I'ODLETOX, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JAXl'AKY 27, 1915. no. 8 no Hi SOW, I R 1HDS III MUG CHARGE Feckless Attempt to Dislodge French and British Succeeds in Some Districts Near Rheims. KAISER IS ON THE FIELD Fid DESERVE BIB 1 ITS FIRST REPORT Review of Circumstances Which Led to Establishment of System are Given to House. CONFIDENCE IS NECESSARY Insvared by Ilia Prairnao, Teutonic Troop Dab lo Solid Formation Against TrenolioA, Only to lie Mowed Down by Machine Gun! lire lVwicli Driven Out. Safety In Critical Time Will Depend Upon the I'aJtli of tlio .atlon In tho New, System Declares tlio Re Mrt -Ini)rlaiit Improvements In Check SyMcni Coming. WASHINGTON', Jan. 27. The fed eral reserve bank board made its first PARIS, Jan. : 7. Ilea pa of dead, the) victims of reckleM and bloody charge against the trenchea of the unnunl report to the house today. Tho slllea were the German army'a birth-1 report wua mainly a review of th lay present to the kaiser. Inspired ! circumstances which led to the estab- against ing Bvtein. by the presence of the emperor, the lhhment of the federal reserve bank Germans hurled themselves the French and English positions In a series of night uttacks along the line from Rhelma to the North sea. Ex cepting near Craonne, where the French were driven from 40 trenches, It made only a few of the recom mendations, or predictions. The Important points In the report were: The i-HtubliHhment of the gold ex rhunge fund had a good effect upon bunking conditions almost Immediate ly. F.y the time the federal, reserve banks had opened for business, dan ger of Immediate gold exports had passed. The cotton load fund was another beneflclul feature referred to, but Its effect could not be measured by the actual amount loaned. Patience with the system should be exercised, the report said, until It hoi had time to demonstrate Its useful ness. ' Safety In critical times will depend on the country's confidence In the system; It adds. Much .time having been devoted to LONDON, Jan. 27. Deprived of check cuaranees,' Important Improve the awlftMt wing of the nary, thejments In this system and wider cur Oermans will confine their activities! rncy for checka are expected In the In the North aea for many weeks to noar futures . . . . . a aubmarlne warfare, orflclale or tnej jt Jg a mistake, the report saya to Admiralty predicted today. Of the .regard the federal reserve bank tour battle cruiaera which partlclpat. merejy ns emergency Instltutlona. ed In Hunday'a engagement, the Seyd-j Tne banks can never become the liti was reported to be the only ona , ir.(lrtunt factor In the money factor to escape aerloua damage. T, they were designed to be unless a considerable part of their resources the assaults of the Germans were thrown back with great loss, accord ing to headquarters officials. The Germans held a celebration and song service In the captured trenches at Craonne. The assaults were conducted In the glare of French searchlights. The Oermans advanced within IS yards of the French entanglements when thelt presence was revealed by a search light and the French machine guns were turned on the enemy. Although the German losses were heavy, they charged In mass formation with such determination that the French were finally driven out The kaiser Is reported to be near Yprea. HOSPITAL A TOTAL IK FROM FIDE AT VALLA HIA WALLA WALLA, WshIi., Jan. 27. ( Special) tit. Mary's tiotipllal was to tally dent roved by fire thU afternoon. Tim limit Is estimated at fifty thousand dollars. Forty-five patients were re moved to nearby house. One wm on the oiierstlng table and tin- physic! an completed tlidr oeratJon before having lilm removed to another Ikjh pltal. Tlio building was an old frame one), and the liOHpltal was conducted by the Catholic ulster. Hot news of the burning of the Walla Walla liylial was received over the telepliono this afternoon by .Mrs. C. K. Howard from MInm Martha Glrton, one of Uu mimes In the hos pital vthowo mother Is In the hospital here. Mix Glrton stated that the hifepltul had lecii burned to the ground. $100,000 ALLDWED FOR BUILBIIIQ H TO HOSPITAL Eastern Oregon Institution is Favor ably Considered by Joint Ways and Means Committee. COARSE L E III EAST: OUTLOOK OTHER ITEMS ARE CUT DOWN rollcy of This Legislature Will He to Develop Iloftpltal Here -Improve-nKlit Favored at Eastern Oregon ' Hottal Rattier Than at Older In Htllutlon at Salem. Striking Utterances of Famous Persons Before thc'Commission 1IIES1T GRANTED Reports from authentic sources In the east show that the eastern market Is bare of coarse wool and that with considerable war business from Eu ropeall calling for coarse wool an unprecedented situation exists and It augurs well for high prices here In the spring. It Is said efforts have been made frequently to contract wool but that such efforts have been un successful. ' ' Local woolmen are taking note of the reports from' the London wool (Con tinned on page fire.) Bluecher was sunk and the Derf flinger was declared to have been con siderably shattered. The Moltke waa ..nnrtAil 11 fir wbn last aeen and was heading for Heligoland. AH four! f the ships were capable of great! speed. I Dispatches from Harwich declare that at least one German destroyer was sunk In Sunday's engagement but this statement the admiralty does not confirm. PARIS, Jan. 27. Germnn troops entrenched on the west bank of the River Meuse at Saint Mlhlel are again cut off from communication from the main body. Pontoons which afford ed a means of retreat, should the po- MEWS SUMMARY are regularly and constantly emplo)- I en, ii is piuiru General. IjiMeni Oregon State Hospital may cet $100,000 fr new wlnz. "With the low rate of discount now (.ermurw take French trenches, prevailing at reserve banks and axon- tlnued Increase In the rate of tax-j atlon. to which emergency currency Is made subJoct,"the report said In J conclusion, "there will be a gradual conversion of such currency Into fed ci ul reserve notes, so far ns existing t.otes are not redundant." SALEM, Ore., Jan. 27. Deciding that the policy of this legislature'! should be to develop the eastern' Oregon State Hospital henceforth' rather than the state hospital for t.iei Insane, the joint committee of the ways and means committee last night allowed the Item of J 100,000 for the construction and equipment of a new wing at the Pendleton Institu tion. It was pointed out the state hos pital Is already overcrowded and that It practically has reached the height of Its efficiency. The overhead cost of the Fastern Oregon Institution re mains the same regardless of the pop ulation or the number of buildings, and the committee decided that Im provements made at either Institu tion will be better there than at the older one. Economy will rule even there, however, the committee cutting from the budget an Item of $6000 for a horse barn. 3000 for an engineer's cottage, $3000 for new pavement. $1500 for underground wiring and lighting. $1000 for a machine shop and tools. $1000 for a water heating plant and small miscellaneous Items. A thousand dollars asked to build a fence was cut to $750. while for lumber, paint, etc., waa $1000. and $5000 asked for contingen cleg was cut to $2500. . : I P a r F57 C""' Tl ; V 1 r ' -S OK Mill TO ALL Emperor Celebrates His Birthday by Freeing Hundreds of Persons Im prisoned at Berlin. SOUGHT ESCAPE FROM CALL IDA V4. TrRBE.LU. DANIE.L GUGGENHEIM. i $WQ euMo LAEOR GETS 38 GENTS FOR EVERY DOLLAR OF CAPITAL (Continued on page five.) GANADIAN COINS ARE WORTH PAR VALUE IX THIS CITY Why do so many geniuses get their pictures taken while they are finger ing their faces? Local. Report from east allow coarse wool supply exhausted. IVnillltoii bolcrs defeat Walla Walla. Pilot Ilock junction school serve hot uH'al.H without cost to pupils. Su Young correct published re Mrt of hi attitude on hill to abolish MIMTVlsor. klrk-(;iiIliford jury Is out. ' CHICAGO STOCKYARDS ARE CLOSED NO DISCOUNT NIXTCSSAU1 DE SPITE HEPOKT THAT ILS 11EEN CI UC I'LATED. Contrary to a report now in circu lation here It Is not necessary to dis count Canadian sliver coins and auch coins may be circulated at par aa In) the past. The Canadian coin will atlll be accepted at the banka and paid out by them. It Is a fact, however, that since .November 1 American money has been passing at a premium of ona per cent In Canada. For aome rea son American exchange la desirable In the northern country and the Ca nadian banka have been paying a one por cent premium on New York drafts. Consequently Canadian drafts or checks mado use of hero are sub ject to a corresponding discount of io per cent. This will be the case as long as the premium on American exchungo continues to prevail In Canada. ' Under a technical construction of the subject Canadian coins are also subject to one per cent discount, How ever, George Hartman, caahior of the First National bank, state that no such discounts are taken because pi tho scarcity of such money here and the fact the discount would be verj slight. CHICAGO. Jan. 27. The union came from Washington. It was dlseov stockyards will be closed Indefinitely ered that livestock shipped from Chl tonlght so far as outgoing shipment cago to Philadelphia were Infected of livestock are concerned. The em- with the foot and mouth disease. The bargo will not be lifted, It waa an- prevalence of the disease In the ship nounced, until the yards are disln-jment was discovered at Pittsburg fected. Fifteen hundred men were and as a result the stockyards there put to work. The order to closeLso were ordered closed. WK-KF.FF.LLFTt GIVES FIGMIES TO SHOW PK01OltT10X ATK SHAKE OF EACH. NEW YORK. Jan. 27. "The sug gestion that capital receives SO per ! cent and labor only 10 per cent of the product of labor has a familiar sound but it Is far from being a fact." This was the declaration of Kocke- niivr. jr.. wueii neramiieu wie uum(tesiUmo of m.inv faimiUS persons. In the federal industrial commission. and women known the worM Investigation. ovpr for thelr views on ca,,ttai and "The sross receipts of the Colorado1 iabor. None have done so much Fuel and Iron company In 1K0S," con-1 toward helping the commission 'as tlnued Ilockefeller, "were two hun- da M. Tarbell Samuel Untemyer. dred and forty one million. The com-1 the famous lawyer w ho made J. Pier- Orders Are Iwucd at' Held Headquar ters and Kent to German Capital KaitfT Is 5 Years Old Today- Conceded to lie the Central Figure of Oie Great Struggle. BERLIN, Jan. 27. In Celebration of hla birthday, the kaiser has grant ed a general amnesty, freeing hun dreds of persons under punishment for breaking military and disciplin ary regulations. He Issued a decree today annulling all legal proceedings and investigations growing out of cases In which persons were charged with evading the call to arms Issued last August These or'ers were Is sued at the kaiser's field headquar ters and telegraphed here. Emperor William II has the dis tinction today, as he celebrates hla 18th birthday, of being more able to wield power for good or evil than any ruler aince the first Napoleon. No man In history haa aroused so much discussion. He la conceded ev erywhere to be the central figure in the war. This man of whom everyone la talk ing was born on January 27, 1S5J. IIU father was Frederick III; hla moth er, the Princess Victoria of Great Britain. When his father died on June 15, 1888, after a short reign, the preaent emperor aucceeded to the throne. He married Princess Victoria of Schleswtg Holsteln, who Is three months older than he, on February 27, 1881. They have seven children, six princes and one princess. William II la a many-aided man. With a capacity for hard work and long hours combined with a mind quick to grasp essentials he would have aucceeded In almost any busl- I ness or profession. Aa an emperor It Is for the future historian to say whether he Is a success or a failure. Until the war broke out. at least, he t as thoroughly in love with hia work and arose at five o'clock In the morn ing in order to do as much as possi ble. "We Hohenxollerns knpw noth- (Continued on page eight) The Investigation of the United States Commission on Industrial Re lations at New York has had the pany s payroll was ninety two mil lion. It paid out twenty four million in interest on debts and dividends. The remainder went for materials, taxes and improvements. This shows that for every dollur earned thirty eight cents Is paid to labor.'" The charge that "education is pois oned at its source" by foundations was taken up by the commission. Rocke feller said the Rockefeller education al hoard had not attempted to influ ence Institutions aided by It as to what should be taught or to Impress any policy on them. King Albert Reviews Brave Fighting Men EARTHQUAKE BELIEVED TO HAVE SHAKEN 2 COUNTRIES LONDON, Jan. 27. The Wesi Ilromwlcli Olwervatory recorded a se vere earthquake which Is believed to have shaken Greece or Turkey. i: 1 '-mx; .--1:T.;..u-; -M nirnr7TwTrMrKi'riiiin 'i'm m" 11 ' .-f'??T?y: TTTTTTS? 'J, tr :":' ' ..." '1 0' - " v "p- It , ? 2i ' V; f r ' ' -Hw'h til v ' ' " ' M V'iv " ' - '...r. aaWJlW...v :. . "W V V. '.s ,jav..,t,, . ,v ..'.;.l.l,.w...i. .sV.v ' JF Pont Morgan tell the Inside of his banking business before the Pujo "money trust" committee of the house of representatives; Daniel Guggen heim, head of the Smelter trust, and Henry Ford, the automobile man, whose profit sharing plan has attract ed the attention of the world. "Where scientific management of business institutions is installed." Mra J. Borden Harriman. the woman member of the commission, asked of Miss Tarbell, "Is organized labor valuable?" "I think that organized labor Is al ways valuable." "Do you consider it necessary?" "That depends upon the ideas ol the employees; how much they be lieve In co-operation. In united effort. The union should concern itself with all of the best Interests of the work men. It's a mistake not to see that Point, and I believe some of our un ions are coming to see It." "Do you consider the union essen tial to the protection of the workmen where there is scientific manage ment?'' "Xo; it is not essential. The man agors who understand the inevitable reaction of injustice to their work men wouldn't impose upon them any more than the union would." Mr. Untemeyer began his testimony by reading a general summary of his views on the questions submitted to him. "Notwithstanding its Injustice and many other shortcomings." he said, "I believe In the capitalistic system as our only, present solution. Capital ism is more powerful, more rampant. more despotic and less controlled by j lav rr mihllf- sunfimont h.r. thtin In any other country, but socialism Is fmb"s,r h ui Y S"- does not work out a nr.rtlr-l ih,nrv! ',1'm Positively opposed to the ship- f srnvprnmpnt Of nil tha tilnnriara of rnnltnllKm th tl nrl U It Hl.i..JM"' pass ? card of the welfare of its industrial workers. If It were less obsessed -'FORMER PRESIDENT TAFT IS OPPOSED TO SHIPPING BILL DECLARES IX INTERVIEW THAT MEASURE WILL RESULT IX i NO GOOD. ! BY PERRY ARNOLD, , (Copyrighter 1915. by United Press.) I NEW YORK. Jan. 27. Determined opposition to the administration ship , ping bill, now pending in the senate ; was voiced by Taft today. In a Unit- ' ed Press Interview he commended the filibuster agi tor Burton. ! "I'm posit pinsr bill." Taft said. "Do I think It That seems to depend on the success of the filibuster. Amer ican private capital would not be In- with Its own righteousness and sense) i vested in a business which cornea In of security the growth of socialism would soon some to an end." Regarding the Rockefeller. negle, and Sage foundations, Mr. Un temeyer said: "The manner of thtlr organization Is a fair Illustration of the vice of our system. These foundations do not pretend to be limited by state lines. The Rockefeller foundation competition with the government. King Albert reviewing a part of the remnants of hla little army on th e Bands of a Belgian aeacoast town. (Continued on Page 6) I HOUSE ADOPTS BILL ABOLISHING CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS! i That is exactly the situation present- Car.'e ,n tne shipping bill. I'm vigor- uusiy epponea o government owner ship In any form. "My views on this matter coincide with those ?f Senator Rood. I do not i know how long the republican fill I buster In the senate can prevent the . passage of the bill but Senator Bar ton has had considerable experience as a filibusterer. It also depends on the extra session question. I think everyone wants to avoid a session after March 4 'which would be hold solely for the purpose of passltuc ad ministration measures scheduled to pass durjnx the short session, b'lt which niisht be blocked by a fili buster. I can see no good In th shipping measure. My opposition t't It is unalterable." SALEM, Ore. Jan. 27. The house nal passage. passed the Sehuebel bill abolishing debate. all continuing appropriations ns am ended to exclude experiment stations and educational extension work at the agricultural college. There was much bitter SALEM. Ore., Jan. 27. The senate was in session but a few minutes this morning and then adjourned until this afternoon to give the committees an opportunity to catch up with their work. A bill proposing to close Willam ette commercial fishing from Ore gon City falls to the mouth of the Clat kamas river occupied the time of j tne House. Tne bill SALEM. Ore.. Jan. 27. The senate committee on industries favorably re Ported In Kelluhers bill creating au Oregon state trade commission. ImhA Arguments llcgun. PORTLAND, ore.. Jan. 27. Argu ments were begun in the federal court in a suit by the government to secure forfeiture to itself of 96,000 acres of land In Douglas and Coos county from the southern Oregon company. The government alleges the terms of the original grunt, made by congress to was up for fl- Oregon in 1S69 have been violated. MAY WHEAT REACHES OVER $1.48 IN CHICAGO MARKET CHICAGO, Jan. 27. May reached a dollar forty-eight and seven eights. A net mlvani-e of a cent and seven eighth during the day was registered nt the close. It closed at a dollar forty eight and three eighths. July showed a net gain of two and a h;.lf cents at the iuv. Ils- quieting cables and mu! avail- able supplied caused the ad- Vance.