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VOL. 27.
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17,
NO. 8655
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER tS J "i " .
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T
HRONG LISTENS
TO HOBSON TALK
AT HIGH SCHOOL
Question of National Prohibition
Must be Settled by Constitutional
Amendment Says Speaker.
UP TO DIFFERENT STATES
Matter I MOM Important guotllou
of Uie Day and Will Play An lm-l-nant
Tart In Next NeUoiinl
Election, lK-clares Hobson Al-I
ivbvl An Agency of Degeneracy.
SOME hobson POtMBBRft
4 gi icu. proves alcohol an
agency of degeneracy.
The question of prohibition
Involves the perpetuity of the
human ipecioo,
The enormous cost of the
Europeun war docs not equal
the financial burden caused b
alcohol
4 All of the scourges of the
world, war, pestilence, llWIWi
fire, flood, famine earthquakes
4 and volcanoes, do not demand
the toll of life that does alec-
hoi.
Thera art li . in
this couniy alone each year due
to alcohol '
a) There are T, 000, 000 habitual
drinkers In this country, and
.'(i.OOO.Ooo moderate drinkers.
4 The average life of the total
.ibstalner is 60 years; of the
4 moderate drinker 11, of tlie ha-
4 bltttSl drinker 3 &-
p.i cent Of the drilikcis J
4 , i ri tract the habit before they
4 America must lake the lead w
4 toward world-wide prohibition.
When liquor Is abolished,
e there will be ushered in the
great era 1 'i prosperity tin
4) world lias ever known.
National prohibition nf the liq'Jjrj
traffic, through the medium of a
rtltutional amendment puttim;
the question up to the different
., ,.,. was ..d m-ated laat evening to
n audlen.c that packed the high
school auditorium to capacity bv
Capuln Richmond Pearson Hobeon.
on. .time hem of the Iterrimac, lat
er naval captain, authority on naval (
.. objects and for eight years leader,
,,f the dry" forceB In congress.
The question Is the most difficult, i
,l most Important and the most,
paramount question of the duy.',' he
declared In his opening astfencos.
ml he predicted that It would p.ay
a hading part In the next nation:.!
c Continued on page six )
300 Mentioned as
Having Aided in
Munitions Plots
FORM Kit A BTRlAJi CONS!
GIVES MAKES To HEAP
OF SECRET SERVICE.
NEW YORK Nov. 17 .--Three
hundred names of men alleged U
have aided Teutonic spies nre report
ed to have been presented by former
Austrian Consul Ooricar of San
Francisco to Chief Flynn of the
l'nited States secret service. Flynn
conferred at length with the man
who claims that the German ambas
sador and the New York Austrian
consul general, plotted against Orr
inunv's enemies and maintained a
hotbed of spies in this country.
Dean Fawcett
Young Women
What Is charucterlied by those
who heard it as the most beautiful
and effective talk ever given to young
w men In Pendleton was gl.en las!
svsnlu at the high school banoiict
ropm when liean Fawe-ett. head of
LjM women's departments at O. A. C.
addressed 100 high school girls as
M inliled to organise a High School
c, ills' Forum.
Dean Fawcett was Introduced to
the girls by Mrs. W. D. McNary and
her talk waa along the lines of the
pro Ms mi confronting young women
nmj particular? h"h school girls. A
! lea as made for the life that leads
to strong and beautiful womanhood
and affnlrs of ordinary life. Including
kindness and courtesy, were portrav
WAR COUNCIL IS
EFFECTED AMONG
ALLIED NATIONS
Conference of Leaders Perfects
Machine to Carry Out Plans of
Campaign Against Germany.
RUSSIA AND ITALY TO JOIN
Vrmle) Hitherto FlghUug Am Single
Unit Will lie. Guided from Single
Sonni vast Macliliic Will coop
erate ( lowly in Every Move
WPataun the Enemy.
PA It IS. Nov. 17. The French and
British fighting forces are virtually
one vast machine tonight. Hitherto,
the allied armies of the two coun
tries have fought more or leas Inde
pendently. Russia and Italy, too,
will join the combination as soon a
possible. The Kranco-lirltlsh ar
rangement was perfected today in a
conference between Premier Asqulth,
Munitions Minister Lloyd George,
Foreign Minister Grey and first Lord
of the Admiralty Halfour of England
and Premier Hlrand and Minister of
War (lalllenl. Commander Joffre
and Minister of Marine Lucuze ot
France.
They met early today and com
pleted their work this afternoon but
adjourned subject to call. Subse
quent meetings will deal with fresh
situations as they arise and as new
policies become necessary.
Despite the fact that General Jof
fre has been recognised as com
mander In chief of the allies' forces
on the western front, not only the
French, but the British and Belgian
forces have been handled separately.
The Itusslans have cooperated still
less in a concerted action and the
Italians hurdl at all. -
Italian Passenger
Ship is Sunk But
All Aboard Saved
Uli;i SUBMARINE TOItPK
DOES VESSEL ANOTHER
LINER SPARED.
ROMA Nov. IT. The Italian pas-1
st nger ship Hormida. bound to Von-
ice from Tripoli has been sunk off
Sicily b a submarine, presumablj
Austrian. All aboard arc reported to
bava been saved.
A German submarine stopped the
Italian liner Mllano In the Mediter.
cancan but spared her because she,
had German-Americans aboard.
Following reports of cannonading
off Said ilia It was reported Italian
torpedo boats sank an Austrian sub
marine In that vicinity.
NEWS SUMMARY
General.
iH'iitii aaataace is paaaod "in
hopelessly deformed infant.
ItiilgnrutiiH arc trying 10 hold
back I riinco-Rrttl .il advance in Uie
Balknaa,
War council will conduot future
campaign plans of the allies.
Local
Pour-county teachers' instituu' op-
ena with over 100 teachers fi-vent
lloliwm makes telling; llrolgnmcnl
of nli-oliol.
Funeral of .lolm Kearney to He
In Id tomorrow.
School budget mcetim? hciiur held
tliio afternoon.
I .'plain Hobson urgt s prepared
m . as mentis toward universal
I ' '.CO.
Ihlth school girl's orgnnic forum.
Talks to Girls
a
a a
Organize Forum
ed as showing In personal appear
ances. Modesty In dress was urged
I and udvice was given the girls as to
I social affairs.
The dinner for Denn Fawcett was
attended b) the ladles of the high
school faculty Including Miss Butter,
Mrs. Webb. Miss Bonney. Miss Und-
so. Miss Slater and Miss Wilson. Miss
Btttler presided during the meeting
of the Forum. The room was decor-
ated in orange and green.
It was decided by the girls to form
a regular organisation to be known!
as the Girls' Forum and to hold ses-'
slons once each month. Officers '
war nominated last evening and the
election win he held next Monday.
TEACHERS FROM FOUR COUNTIES
HUB HERE
What amounts to the largest andi
most enthusiastic teachers' gather
ing held in Pendleton since the In
land Empire meeting was held her!
smile years ago, Is now In session!
at the high school auditorium. At
noun today over 400 had personally
registered for the institute and
there are more arriving by every
train reaching the city.
The gathering Is the annual instl-l
I tute for the counties of I'matllla,:
Morrow, lillliam and Wheeler. It la
arranged through the Joint action of
I. K. Young, superintendent for L'ma-j
tllla county, J. C. Sturgill, Gilliam
county superintendent. S E. Notson,
Morrow county superintendent and
H. J. Klmmons, Wheeler county m
pei Intendent.
The Institute was formally open-
ed at 10 o'clock this morning and In
SPANISH WAR VETERANS TO
RE REORGANIZED IN CITY
I'l - I Mill! Y To REVIVE
LOCAL CAMP MEETING 8
t VLLED FOR I I! ID t
Ualabon Camp, Spanish Wa.- Vet
erans, is to be revived if an effort
Row on is successful here. Through
authority of Hoy W Kesl. depart
n it nt commander, U. L. Peters, who
came here recently from Albany. Is
commissioned to reorganize tho
camp and to that end he has called
a meeting of all Spanish war veter
ans to bf held in the office of Chief
of Police Manning Friday evenln.
Chief Manning is a veteran and there
are some 15 or 2" other ex-soldiers
OPENING OF ANNUAL INSTITUTE
SIX ARE DEAD AiND
23 ARE MISSING IN
MINE
B BATTLE, Nov. IT. R
working In the Northwester
provemcnt company's mine
was partially wrecked by a c
plosion yesterday, succeed
c tiers,
Im
whicli dust ?x-
ded in
the third
surface,
i atom bad
to have
clearing away the debris (
level, 1500 feet below tl
and reached the miners
there. Of the 2S believe.
been trapped on the third level, tin!'
two were found alive. They are J.
S. Davis, n timberman. and John
Arko, a miner.
Although the rescuers reported
finding the bodies of the dead men
Funeral of Former Chief of
Police to be Held Tomorrow
The funeral of former 1 hief of Po
lice John Kearney, who t"ok his life
yesterday afternoon by shooting him
self, will tie held tomorrow afternoon
at 2:30 in the Brown chapel and In
terment will be made Immediately af
terward In Olney Cemetery. In con
formance with a request made by the
deceased a few days before his death.
Will M. Peterson, prominent local at
torney, will conduct the services. Mr
Peterson and Mr. Kearney were close
friends and were brother Mas. ml
The former chief before he com
mitted his rash act wrote three notes
One directed who ever found it to
take the revolver back to the "man
who runs the little shop back of Fed
som's." the second was to Coroner
Prown asking him to gJve his body
burial as soon as possible and the
third to his wife asked her to forgive
him for his rash act. slating that 111
health caused him to do it and add
ing. "You have alwas been good tfl
me."
Chief of Police Manning Inquired
today at the restaurant back of the
Folsom store and learned that Brun
fleld. the proprietor, had sold his
place to two other men yesterday af
ternoon. It is presumed that the ex
chlef borrowed the gun fr.fm him.
The family of the deceased Is ter
ribly grief-stricken as a result of the
tragedy. Mrs. Kearney states that
her husband had been In 111 health
for some time pasi and that for the
past few days had been Irrational and
out of his head part of the time. He
had only returned Sunday from Port,
land where he had been a witness
before the federal grand jury . He w as
not an Immoderate drinking man. she
states, and took liquor onl because
of his ill health. In the hopes it would
Improve him.
Iff FOR 1 :
lieu of Rev. J. E .Snyder who Is 111.
the teachers were made welcome to
the city by Judge S. A. Lowell.
other numbers on the program
this forenoon consisted of a vocal
trio by Misses Daniel, McGrew and
Daniel; address, "Some Evil Effects
of School Life." Dr. B W. DeBusk,
a reading from Kipling, J. C
Herbsman
This afternoon the speakers ire
M. 8. Pitman. F. L. Griffin of O. A.
C and E J. Klcmme. Scotch song.1
by Jock Coleman will furnish enter
tainment for those assembled.
This evening a reception to the
visiting teachers will lie given under
the auspices of the different wom
en's clubs of .the cit y and the pro
gram for the oci aIon is given else
where In this paper The reception
begins at 8 o'clock.
here. New arrivals In the way. of
veterans Include Mr. Peteis. Rev H.
H. Hubbell and powibly others.
With the war In Europe putting
a new face on military affairs it is
the desire of the Spanish war vet
erans to be active in inculcating les
sons of patriotism in the schools
and elsewhere and in many places
military drill Is established in high
schools. Some efforts along this
line will be undertaken here.
Fires Please Germany.
LONDON, Nov IT. The Morning
Post prints a dlpat, h from Berne
saying the partial destruction of the
Bethlehem works had caused great
rejoicing in Austria and Germany
The press Is forbidden to comment
on the matter, but It Is openly de
clared the event was long expected.
EXPLOSION
It will be impossible to bring them
to the surface until the cables and
cars disabled by the explosion have
been repaired. Six miners are now
known to be dead, five have been
saved and t$ still entombed and
believed dead.
Throughout the morning, the IMS'
cucrs toiled in the lon er level where J
the bodies of the Imprisoned men
are expected to be found. Great
masses of debris blocked the way
and though the gangs worked fever
ishly, there was little hope the
shafts would Le cleared before later
today.
Deceased was 4 0 years old last Maj
and was a native of Umatilla county,
having been born on Hear creek
south of Pilot Rock In 1 s 7 r. . the son
of a well known farmer and stock
man. Practically . his entire life wai
spent in this county. In his early
youtti his principal occupation was
the shearing Of sheep.
He served in the Philippines dur
ing the Spanish-American war in the
Pendleton company, Co. 1. Second
Oregon. He was not one of the mem
bers of the company when it first
went over In April. lss but follow
ed as a volunteer a few weeks later.
He was mustered into service June I.
1S9S and reached Manila Nov, tl of
the same year. He was given an hon
orable discharge oil July It, till for
"faithful and honest" service and,
after remaining in the islands for a
month, returned to Pendleton. Short
ly afterwards he was married to Miss
Alice Owlngs who lived In the south
end of the county.
Sometime later he moved to Pen
dleton and followed the carpenter
trade. He was appointed night offl.
cer on the police force in 1 101 by
Chief Tom Gurdane and earned the
reputation of being a ven efficient
guardian of the peace. In January.
1911. he succeeded Gurdane as chief
of police and served until his resig
nation on September tO uf this year
Resides his vvido., he is surv ived b)
two children. 1-nura. aged 1j. and
rpsOHifd, aged a. three brothers
Frank and Clarence Kearnev of Port
land, and Leonard Kearney .if A ri -sona.
and one sister. Mrs. Utile Wi:
son of this City. He was a member Ol
the h eal lodge of Masons, of Integ
rity Lodgi t, o. 0. F and of the
Mci
BULGARIANS H
I'll"!
i
Big Force of British and French
Troops are Over Frontier and
Pressing Steadily Onward.
RATTLE OUTCOME IN DOURT
Armies Are Ix-kcd in ( umbal About
Strumnitza When' Bulgar. Arc
DoapatMet) Attempting to ta the
Advance French Artlllcrv ( leari
Heights Along Way.
SALONIKA, Nov. ' 17. Engaged
against formidable British and
French forces the Bulgars are fight.
Ing a fierce battle about Strumnitza.
the outcome of which is still in doubt.
The allies have been inside the south
western Bulgarian frontier for a
week. In addition to the resistance
of the enemy, however, they have
encountered the natural difficulties
of the region which make the coun
try hard for military operations.
With big forces of French artillery
and British infantry, the allies have
occupied helKht after height on the
curved front around Strumnitza. to
the west, V'Uth and east. Meanwhile
the Bulgars are being reinforced. The
struggle between the main armies i?
perhaps the fiercest of the Balkan
campaign.
ATHENS. Nov. IT. Overwhelming ;
the Serbs north of Prilep. Bulgar 1
forces have entered Babuna Pass
Huge losses on both sides marked the
battle that finally compelled the Ser
btana to retire. The loss of the pass!
exposes Prilep to speedy capture. The1
Hulgars are reported six miles away.;
Inhabitants are fleeing. After Prilep i
is taken. Monastir on the southern!
1 order will be the Bulgar objective.
Bawl Rawovem l l-'- Points.
NEW YORK, Nov. IT. Bethlehem
steel stock, after slumping from an
enormously high record, recovered
,4 1-J points. At the same time, cop
per stocks boomed on the strength ru.
mors of a copper merger. Trading on
the exchange was brisk, and the fore-i
noon sales amounted to (507.000
Steamers Standing By.
iNDON. Nov. IT. Several steam
ure standing bv the P.oyal Mai'
Suitar consumption in the L'nited
States is now about a pound and a
half a week for each person.
it
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Liner Torpedoed by Submarine
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ita&ah Linen -4vcew.a
The picture shows the Ancona as
she sailed out of New York harbor
on her hut voyage to Italy,
return :ro from Naples t
On her
New
Thinks Bryan Will
he Behind Wilson
When Time Comes
CAPTAIN iionsON is QUEST or
LOCAL HI SINESS MEN AT
BANQUET.
In the belief of Congressman
Richmond P. Hobson. who knowl
something of Washington politics. I
particularly on the democratic side
there is disappointment In store for
those who believe Bryan's differences
with President Wilson over prepar-1
euness will be carried into the next
campaign. He believes that while
the two men hold different views on
this one subject they are together on
most economic subjects and under
stand each other politically HH
view of the understanding is that
Bryan is pledged to Wilson for 1914
and will be found in due time giving
support to the president.
Captain Hobson and Dr. Stearns,
his traveling companion, were en
tertained last evening at the Hotel
Pendleton where a dinner was given:
in their honor by the Commercial
Club, the details of the afXair being
handled by A. J. McAllister. . Will j
M. Peterson acted as toastmaster and
a brief talk was given by Captain
Hobson, dealing particularly with
the national defense subject and ir.-
cldentally with national prohibition j
According to the Hobson view asj
expressed last night, disarmament I
will not come until an authoritative!
world council is first established so
as to guarantee peace. Meanwhile
Ha thinks the weitare oi me worm
may best be served by naval prepar
edness on the part of the t'nlted
States. He believes that we should
have an Atlantic fleet superior to the
German fleet and a Pacific fleet su
perior to the Japanese fleet the
combined fleets being equal to or
superior to the British navy With
a proper naval strength he says the
Cnlted States will be able to lead the
world Into the fold of permanent In-
ternational peace. We will be un-i
able to do that If unprepared fotj
war.
Those attending the banuet for.
Captain Hobson and Dr. Stearns In-,
doled Will M. Peterson. R Alex-;
ander. Fred Earl. Mayor John. Dyer.j
A. C Hampton. T. J. Tweedy. W N
Matlock,
rich.
S. King and E B Aid-
Gun From pai nine pea
i SALONIKA, Nov. 17 Strong for-j
i caa of French and British arrived
I here and departed immediately fo
i the no-th. taking with them much
heavy artillery, some of which was
I brousht from the Dardanelles.
What is believed to be a record for
speedy loading is that held bv the
Great I.akes slef.mship William E
Corey, w hich, at Two Harbors, Minn .
took lOono tons of iron ore into her
hold in L'v minutes.
N
t
York she
sunk by
the Austr
that :7l
was torpedoed, shelled 1 ad
1 large submarine flying
an flag. One report say-
icrished when the shin
DEATH SENTENCE
IS PASSED UPON
DEFORMED CHILD
Doctors, Nurses and Mother Agree
That Baby Wuuld be Better Off
Dead Than to be Allowed to Live
SUR6ICAL AID IS WITHHELD
CMCBsro Authorities Take up Matter
In Effort to Force Physician to
Perform an Operation to Save Ufa
of Child Baby Horn at Hospital
Would be Freak.
CHICAGO. Nov 17. Chicago an
thoritles moved hurriedh today ta
save Mrs. Anna Bollinger's baby from
the sentence of the mother, physici
ans and nurses at the German -American
hospital that he must die without
surgical aid, because he has come In
to the world physically deficient.
Police Chief Healy called a confer
ence with the commissioners of
health and the con n II t decide how
to compel the hospital surgeons to
perform an operation to save the in
fant. The doctors and mother hell
the child might better die than grow
up a freak.
CHICAGO. Nov. 17. Mrs. Anna
Bollinger's baby Is slowly dying to
day, sentenced by the verdict of tha
mother herself, the doctors and
nurses, to end Its career without sur
gical aid because it is subnormal.
Porn without one ear, deaf In tha
other, its head sunk deep between Ita
shoulders without the sign of a neck,
the baby would grow up without a
chance in life if surgery saved it. both
mother and doctors agreed So they
took a ballot. Should they perform
an extremely delicate operation in an
effort to permit the abnormal organs
to function or should their inaction
allow the child to die 'before It had
known the giiserof. of a living death?
Thoy decided i; should be death
through inaction. Tearfully ths
mother agreed to this method 33 tha
beat The husband also concurred.
So the babe has no chance Its life
ebbed during the day, and there seem-
mother's illness, befor
typhoid fever.
President Wilson
Asks for Stay in
Man's Execution
APPEAL IS MADE FOR FURTHER
INQURY INTO MURDER
( ASF IN ITA 11
I WASHINGTON. Nov 17
! dent Wilson wired Governor
-pry
1 Ctah today reuesting him to stav
the execution of Joe Hlllstrom. an
j industrial Worker, slated to die be
fore a firing squad Friday at Salt
; Lake for murders committed mors
! than a year ago.
' "With unaffected hesitation. but
' with the most earnest conviction ot
the importance of the case. I ag-nn
! venture to urge on your excellency
the Justice and advisability. If pos
sible, of a thorough reconsideration
of Hillstrom s case." said the presi
I dent's message The president pre
I vlously obtained a stay of execution
j during which the Ctah state boa. I
of pardons reviewed the case hut
I found no cause for a continuation.
The American Federation of Labor
s. ught the stay by sending resotu-
Hons, adopted at S.in Francisco to
I -he president and to Ct.th oil
Wheat Down Cent
Today in Chicago
CHICAGO. Nov. IT. ( Spot lal
At the close today D. Il.on : t;
May. tl 05 3-1. j
PORTLAND. Ore. Nov
(Speclali Merchants Ks.han sri
ces today club 9? bid: ') I SSktd
bluestem. Si blu. asked
I JvCTjwwd
LIVERPOOL Nov 1 wia.
I Spat market easy. No J Manlloh-.
Us 4d, No. 3. lis 3d. No I bard
winter old a 4 I - Id ; No ': Pfcl
go new-. I is M
In American terms the sUiftietl
Liverpool arte that foi No I 11
winter oi.l is tl SO per bushel
lUm IXsdc Hound-
MOCNT vkknii.n, Wash, Ni
I Rain has rendered it in :
, bloodhounds put on th fall 1
I bandits who Wednesday toi l,,
bank at Clear Lake, to keep 11
chase V H.v mi,'