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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 27.
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMRER 18, 1915.
NO. 8656
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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
HOME
MAY BE PLAN TO
IE
Need of Such a Residence and Also '
Place for Domestic Science Class
Girls, Subjects Discussed.
TAXPAYERS TAKE UP MATTER
District May Ituild Ikiurdlng "nil
itoomiiiK Room whore bMnaoMM
in the Local School Could Uvc
Nine Mill Tin a- la Made for the
1 II li I X 1 1. 1 1 . -
A regulation residence houae f'r
tin UM of the girls of the high school
domtwUc adage department wus sug
Beated B 'in Improvement worth con
aldertng l the meeting of tu.xpu.yern
l.eld esterday afternoon for 'the pur
pose of oo Battering the district school
bUdggt. '"he suggestion led to an
other suggestion, namely that it might
be feasible for the district to build a
boarding unci rooming house where
i he teacheri could live nnd where ihe
domnetlo science students could get
plenty of practical work.
Judge 13. W. Phelps member of
the tioard. made the flrsi suggestion
and Assessor l 1'. Siraln. .mother
member, the second. Judge Phelps
staled lhat Miss Alice Hutler, head
of the department had asked for a
bouse In which she could better
teach Ihe fundanientuls of domestic
science and wns of the opinion that It
would not lie unwise to
mutter thoughtfully. Ml
Id
the
be
said had been declured by no less an
authority thnn Dean t'alvin, formerly
of O. A. ('. and now of Washington,
D, C., to be one of the three best In
structors In her line In the United
Mat, and he declared thai Pendle
ton could not hope to keep her IM
less she was given every encniirngo
meat. aflgeaaor Strain declared he had
been considering the proposition of a
Combined teachers' boarding house
and domestic science workroom for
Mine tine- and believed such an Insti
ll Hon had merits recommending it IW j
si rloua consideration.
The school board ns n hoard has j
nn discussed these matters an" made
no provision In the budget for putting!
ihe Ideas Into execution. The budget
o HT.l7t.TI includes an Item of only
$12.(1(10 for the purchasing of sup-
plies, building of improvements and
ICneral operating expenses and this
sum will he necessary, members of
tin board pointed out. to pay for the
paving on Alta street In front of the
Field school, for the building of con-!
Crete sidewalks at the Hawthorne and
UnCO bt schools and along the back,
aldea of the high school block, for'
making Improvements at the high
sihool grounds and other Improve.
ment absolutely necessary. Uist year
thlf Item of general expense wns 14,
000
Th. handful of laxpayers present
readll.i gave their approval of the
budget and voted to levy a 'nine mill
school t:ix the same as last year. Stall
nine mill tax will produce between
g,(00 nnd IM.nnn nnd the bnlanca
neceeeary for the year will come from
'lie state and county funds and from
Dr. MM to la' IteapiHilntcd.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. Reap
pointment of Surgeon.General Ru
pert Hlue. of the Public Health Ser
lcc has been decided upon. Secre
tin McAdoo will recommend to
liisident Wilson a reappointment
for
vli
.mother term
if four
n rs he
hi January i.
lha Washington, former slave,
la a night school pupil In Cln-
rlnnatl.
EXCLUSIV
HOUS
TEACHERS
Improvements Will be Made
to Telephone Lines in City
Manager Edmund Muble of the
loejd plant of the P. T & T Co.. has
just recerVed notice that the compnny
has made appropriations totaling
J31('(i for Improvements In the lines
In this city Hnd county. This Is In
addition to the npproprlatlon for the
rebuilding of the north aide lln?a.
now under way. Flfteeen hundred
dollars la for the purpose of comply
ing with the requeat of Ihe clt coun
. II that the pole line nnd uerlnl cable
In front of the library site be re
moved. The balance la for re-routlm;
on mile of the line near Milton
" Plxteen hundred dollars covers the
,.. re-roatlni appro tnat!; one
mill ,.f the Oregon-Washington Slaie
Pendleton toll lead near Mil -,
,, for the reason thai Ihe old I outity
road along which the toll lead is
King Inspects
18 j
'I he picture attOWi
Belgium Inspecting u
ting device o a V
King Alfa
new bomb
Irop.
Unregistered Ones
to be Sworn in by
Election Judges
H 81 ICE ol THE l l ( r wil l
NOT oKvt v
N UUQI Ofl INGE.
I'niegistered voters of I'endleton I
will not be able to qualify to cast aj
I allot at the election next month by
being sworn In before a Justice of the
piaie It will be necessary this year'
to In- sworn in before the election1
Judge themselves, nnd many people
are wondering what effect this new I
procedure, made necessary by a new j
law. will have upon the vote casting
inasmuch as there are a urc.it many !
Voter In the city who have not regis
tared, speculation is arising us to
whether the necessity of them going'
before the election boards will not dog!
lay voting to a considerable extent.
It is only necessary to have two free- j
holders to swear to your iiuuliflca- I
Hons this year and. If the blanks are i
filled out ahend of time, all that the!
judges will have to do Is tc. swear the1
voter.
Wheat Up Today in
Portland Market
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 18.
(Special i Merchanls Kxchange
wheat prices rose a cent and a half
trday. club. 93 1-2 bid. r. asked:
Huestem, 96 1-2 bid. 9S asked.
Chicago.
CHICAGO. Nov. IN.
At the close today. Dec
Mm 11. fl" 1-8.
(Special 1
11.06 3-8;
Urerpooi.
Liverpool, Nov. 17. Wheat
spot market easy; No. 2, Manitoba,
ills 4d; No. 3, lis Sd; No. 2 hard
winter, old 12s 4 l-2d: No. 2 Chicago
new . 1 Is 2d.
In American terms the hiuhest
Liverpool price that for No. 2 hard
winter, old. Is 11.10 per bushel.
considerable distance from the for
mer location It la expected that
this work will be finished In about
ninety days "
"Fifteen hundred dollar covers the
cost of placing five pub s, csn feet of
20il pair 22 gauge aerial cable, til
feet of 400 pnlr 22 gauge. feet of
Jim pair 22 gauge underground cab
le and Jft feet of 3" Iron pipe be
tween the central office and Main
iiinl Jackson streets north of the I'm
atllla river. This estimate Is to cover
additional expenditure necessary in
addition to thai approved in Estimate
No 1322 due to revision In the plan
The change Is necessitated by a iv
Miiest from Ihe city council of Pend
leton that our company remove the
pole line and aerial cable now pag
iBg In front of the site of (he pro pol
ed RW llbrarv Just north of the Cm
atilla river at the head of the main
Aeroplane Device
era iii the army. He is constantly on
the alert and knows more about army
nip: . cat than do his generals. What
left of the valiant Itelgian army I
sow aiding he Preach on the north
i n battle line.
Parsons Motanic
Makes Big Hit at
Portland Meeting
III l REV. CORKEUSON t.
Hi i: HOME FROM WTI
( ( IN M .N I ION
Having si ored
big
the
enti-ealoon league convention in
Portland. Parsons Motanic. promin
ent local Indian, and Rev. J, M. Cor
nells, n, missionary at Tutullla. arriv
ed home this morning from Portland
They sung songs Iii Indian before the
convention and were an attraction
more ovular than the famous Ham
mer quartet. Motanic also made sev
eral temperance talks before the
convention in his native language, j
Key. Corneltaon Interpreting, and was I
roundly cheered
Motanic. when he made his anaanh I
took the platform clad in a blanket
Bd war bonnett
I wear
(how yo
to scali
these
I am
the
dd of
f rom
to a
clothes." he said, "t
on warpath, i com
Portland saloons." H
then t
hla life, of his IfaatfiiMiBtlA.
a rlotous-llving young Indian
unlet Indian farmer. temperance
and church worker. He told ,if his
addiction to whiskey and the evils It
worked on him "Rut I throw off
this old life" he said, "and put on a
new." anil he Illustrated the change
by casting to the floor his blanket'
and war bonnet and standing before
the audience In the conventional garh
of civilisation Motanic attended
the OanQUel given to the three gov
ernors and Hobaon by the business
men and. In response to a request,
told of the time he wrestled Gotch.
Explorer land at Sea.
DAYTON Ohio. Nov. Iv That
Dayton McMillan, explorer, may tx
b st iii the North sea beyond hope of
rescue, this winter j I least, was in
dicated In a Cablegram which Com
mon Pleas Judge Carroll Spiiggs re
ceived from the Danish explorer
Rarmuaaen
German i , fa' East
LONDON, Nov IS. German at
tacks In the Dvlnsk and Czartvsok
I regions were reported bv Petrocrad.
though the Teutons mnde no gains i
at either point. The Germans lost j
some trenches though thev weren't
materially forced back
NEWS SUMMARY
Oewerat,
P.oth Serbian armies an
danger. Only hopr U to
Bonntrj to the invader,
I'liltcd Slates nmi build
ill gran
a ha niton
Its
bnttJeVwp owing to poaatbte dMar if
own
ninirn.T- go to private concerns
Loeal.
attoctiCM officials and poaHag ptarc.
i boaen,
school lew is o nana; taamtac -Mi-once
boaedlag boaae u. .Med.
Mutanlc made hit heforr antl-sa.
loon convention.
IVndloton irlws rnval welcome to
school teacher.
t'nrcglstcrod Miters must he sworn
before election judge.
BOTH ARMIES OE
SERBIA WILL BE
FORCED TO FLEE
Northern and Southern Forces Have Local Organizations of Ladies Unite dead. Her husband told her that na
Possible Chanceto Abandon Their! to Welcome Instructors to City j tJtSSS
Country to Invading Foe. I for the Institute. whom science couw have saved, bm
I who, Dr. Halaelden said with the
mother's acquiescence would be bet
SITUATION IS DESPERATE
Auatriana, Qai maiia and itulg.u. are
Rapldl) completing Uio Work t
clearing the Nation of It- c
ftWdlH AIUe ate Trying to sac
i It of IfOtMMtir,
AMSTERDAM. Nov. Is The su
ction of beleaguered Serbia is de
wrate. Both northern and southern
mies are In danger or capture. The
st the Serbians can hone for is a
h
to abandon the nation to the
There is a poaflblllty the northern
army can flee to Monetengro. where
it will be welcomed. In the south
the outlet la at I Ichrlda in the south
western corner ol Serbia. From there
perhaps the Serbs can make their
way to Albania but are likely to re
ceive a hostile reception while if they
flee Into Oreece they probably will
be Interned. Everywhere the Aua
trians. Germuns and Bulgars are
rapldl) completing the work clearing
the nation of Its defenders.
LONDON. Nov is. Hoping to
reach the threatened city of Monas
lir in southern Serbia before is is
too late British troops are enroute
from Salonika aupplled plentifully
with artillery. The situation ofthe city
momentarily grows more perilous, for
the liulgars have joined In force at
Priltrp and are ready for an assaulton
the southern town. The capture of
Prilep givw the Hulgars practically
an open road to Greece. On this line
ia Mona.,tir. g Iggdfc baada are desiiar.
ately fighting rearguard actions, hop
ing the allies will reach them before
at onaetir fails.
BSRLIN, Nov. 18. German forcea
have occupied Kursumliya. 30 mlla
southwest of Nlsh. after the Serbs
looted and abandoned the town, tht
war office stated The Teutons still
are pursuing the Serbian northern
army along the A. uatro-German line
form JavTO to Kadan.
Bad Life With (ias
CHICAGO, Nov. IS. August W.
Weeghman. father of the Federal
League magnate suicided by inhaling
illuminating gaa at his residence,
Weeghman was found in lied some
hours after his death He h.ul taken
the precaution of fastening tlghtlj
all doors and windows.
This striking photograph
in the Champagn country
,i taken
ifter the
a bailie
irata battle ever fought a
in which seme 110,900 men fn
mi nnd wounded, The nrievl
ui,vn cat when shells burst nv
kill-
r hi-
1 1 Returns to His Church After Battle
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I
W J.tEBr- VT I I I I I
RECEPTION HERE
TO TEACHERS IS
GIVEN BY WOMEN
EXCELLENT PROGRAM HEARD
ViM-al Numbers Arc Rendered Presi
dent i'allman of the Commercial
Association Make-, the Address ol
Welcome Superintendent llarap-
ton Also Delivers Address.
With a pleasant reception follow.
I cd by dancing Pendleton gave official
welcome last evening to the iiiO tea
! chers assembled here from four coun
I ties to participate in their annual In
stitute. The reception last evening was
given under the auspices of the wom
en's clubs of the city and those ln.l
; the receiving line-were Mrs. Una 1
i.-uurgis, airs
H. H. Hattery, Mrs
1 I. Ladow
Mrs. E. T. W'ade. Mrs. A
('. Hampton. I. E. Young, A. C. Hamp
ton, Supt. Sturgill, Gilliam Co., Supt.
Notson. Morrow county, Supt. Sim
mons, Wheeler county and J. V. Tall
man, representing the commercial
club and school hoard. The ladies
represented the public library and
the various local ladies clubs.
In behalf of local people President
J V. Tallman of the Commercial as
sociation, made the address of wel
come, and following him Superintend
ent Hampton extended greetings to
the visiting instructors. Responses
were made by the county superin
tendents from Wheeler, Gilliam and
Morrow counties and by Prof. M. S.
Plttman of the Oregon State Normal
School.
Charming vocal numbers were giv
en during the evening by Mrs. Lyman
G. Rice and Mrs A. Carl Power andjAncona jrith Americans aboard will!
. piano solo by Miss Harriet Young i be made'ns a result of the affidavit!
v.as greatly enjoyed. j of Dr. Cecil Greil an. American, con-'
There are lit teachers registered trc dieting the claims rhi ViiKfrta., '
ut the institute to date and all are c ommander did not shell the surviv
evincing great interest in the work. : ors as they took the life boats. The!
Of ihe tin Cmatilla county claims woman's statement was secured at
over half. 22S being registered from Bizerta and definitely declares t.ie
this county. j passengers were shelled after the lin-'
The morning program this morning j er had stopped It left the administrai
proved an excellent one. E. F. Car- tlon no alternative but to make a
leton. assistant state superintendent, j
spoke upon the Panama-Pacific expo-j
sitlon very entertainingly and very In
structively. Dr. B, W. DePusk of the
I'niverslty of Oregon gave an inter
esting lecture on the reason why
some children are laggards. Emma
Haley Fraielle spoke on "Literature''
and Supt E. J. Klemme of Ellensberg.
un The Second Mile Man.'" In the :
absence of Miss Mayree Snyder, who
is ill. a vocal selection was contrth-
(Continued on page five.)
head. He went back and ihe photo
grnpher caught him looking on hi)
v recked altar. The little church a
rot so famous as the cathedral at
r.hcims. which ara bombarded, Put
it was .lust as dear t.i tip' paator and
his (mailer flock.
i wfeT WhlnTold jCLE SAM WILL
I Her Babeis Dead: EQUIP SHOPS TO
EFFORTS HEI(. MADE TO HAVE
PHYSICIANS LICENSE
REVOKED.
CHICAOO, St
iia
ter off dead. The mother la satisfied
.-'he did not wan; to view the body.
This reticence she excused "for the
sake of other babies that mav
come
to me.-'
AH she knows is the child was a
: monstrosity. She was not told that
ne ear 'a missing and the other
I flea f nr
that the child ' head was
sunk between its shoulders.
vhile its
intestines failed to function. Mean
time, persons opposed to Dr. Haisel
den's course in declining to operau
on the child, circulated petitions to
revoke his license. Health officer
Itobertson favored this action to pre
vent similar future practices. He re.
fused a burial permit for thp child.
but w ill grant it later if the coroner
00 orders. Coroner Hof'man an-
r.ounced he Would hold an Inniest
over the baby's death, summoning six
I rorntnent physician as a jury.
PROTEST TO BE MADE
TO AUSTRIA AGAINST
I NITKD ST.VTKs Wil l. TAki IP
MATTER TOUOWING Ar
il DAVIT
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. Protects!
to Austria over the torpedoine of the
strung protest to Austria
Five of Craw lost.
AMSTERDAM. Nov. IS. Five
members of the crew of the Norwegi
an vessel I'lriken. New York to Rot
terdam, perished when she struck a
mine and was sunk. The I'lriken car
ried 3000 tons of wheat which Ameri
ca contributed tnward relief in Bel
gium. Survivors said the Greek
Steamship Otanias also waa mined
nearby.
HUGHES REFUSES TO BE
nrnmnrn to niuninirr
HtbAHUtU AS GANu DATE
j
HI i LINES TO HAVE Ills N ll
ON NEBRASKA PiyM AIIY
ItAl.l.OTs..
WASHINGTON. Nov. IS. Supreme j
Justice Hughes formally declined to
have his name go on the Nebraska I
republican primary ballots as a presi J
Idmtlal candidate. Hughes' leiier to
(the secretary of state of Nebraska no
tified him he declined to accept the
petition filed November 13. or any
similar petition, and requested his
rame not be pluced as petitioned, oatatgoa ,. '
primary ballots
UNCOLN, Neb.. Nov. 1
-R
b ss of the decision of Hughes against
having his name on the republican
primary ticket, some of the state
11 publican leaders declared the) will
continue to work in the hope of con
vincing him there la a real sentiment
for his candidacy. They plan to i.r
ganta i Hughes club to further th-idea.
Election Officials Are Named
Council Makes Appointments
Judges. Clerks and Polling places
for the city election to be held on
Monday December t were named list!
Bight by the city council as follows I
First Ward Polling place. Alt i
H.mse judges, c v Brawn field. 1
chairman, John Knight and Mrs. M
J Crontn; clerks Mrs. O'Danle!. at la
Phyllis Parkes and llarr Harve I
Second Ward Polling plac baa .
ment of Christian Church, fudge flf
.1 Si.nkman. chairman. Mr- K K
Harve) and Roland Oliver, clerk R
T Brown. Mrs James Veil nnd C
BUILD
FIGHTERS
Naval Program Will be Carried Out
Under Government Ownership
Plan According to Daniels.
PRIVATE BIDDERS TO BLAME
iMaoanceaneal of Delay lanm Navy
Department to Take Action I !uro
an Orders Believed to be- Cause.
of Neglect in ( iinidcrlm; Needs ol
the I n i, ,i States
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 Every
element connected with the battleship
building plans of the t'nited State
may be put under government owner
ship. Secretary of the Navy Daniels an
rounced today that "because of a
most serious situation that has ariaen
ia our national defense program." tha
administration has under considera
tion such a sweepin - mov . The an
nouncement followed advke that three
private bidders on the new American
battleships might perhaps be greatly
delayed in constructing them because
of their inability to obtain supplies
promptly.
"They come to us." Daniels said,
"asking for contract on the plea
that ships will be needed In time of
war a part of the nation's prepared
ness. Now when there is profitable
business abroad, they ship supplte
I'.nd munitions there, and leave this
-overnment to await their conveni
ence." The dans under contemplation in
clude government owned or leased
ironfields. shipyards, armorplate fac
tories and everything else needed for
the building of battleships.
COMPROMISE IS NOT
FAVORED OVER LAND
T
REPRESENTATIVE OF It Ml. until
s s. p. CAN DELAY
SELLING LAND.
SALEM. Ore., Nov. 18. As a basis
for a "compromise" between the
Southern Pacific and the state over
two million, three hundred thousand
acres in the Oregon and California
land grant. Ralph Moody, represent
ing the railroad, suggested at a con
ference between representatives of
the railroad and the state that th
railroad had an equity of 12.50 an
acre in .he land and In addition own
, tiiuuiri nuu majr iase us own lime in
whieh tn w" tne lands, a discussion
er thls eontenti 'n occupied th.. en.
lire morning session.
.Members of the commission ap
pointed at tn.- land grant conference
apparently did not favor a compro.
mise of an kind, evidently hoping
that some Agreement would be reach
ed by which the lands could lie sold
and settled upon immcdiatelv In
answer (o a question Moody said that
; he thought the railroad company did
not have to sell the land until It got
j ready, and can use the timber
There are engaged In poaltluna of
varying importance in the Gerrn.ti.
.... f.,u-. w .
stay I- IVnlcil
SALT LAKE. Nov. Is -OoV-ernnr
Spry wired President
Wilson he would not stay the
execution of HI Uatro m anion
new evidence ara presented ini.
mediately.
Hall, judges. Robert Ijilna luirm ia
John McGinn an I Mr- Fr ue es
Mehenv. elei ks. F. H (P.. Ir
fall Kll
Fmith
and Miss Norma Allow),
era d First pri bw i -
lie FloM School Judg
low. cbaafanan tli olivet
.mi r.