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VOL 27.
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 191.
NO, 8665
LONDON GREATLY
AMUSED Al FORD
PLAN FOR PEACE
General Verdict is That Auto Manu
facturer's Expedition to Europe is
"Advertising Scheme."
Big Men in Army-Navy Game Today
PAPERS MAKE FUN OF MOVE!
"An Atlantic Joy Hide" Rceiare tin:
Telegraph Evening News says
Kuril "runny" Cardinal Gib
bons In A inert cu lYudlcts Hockl
Ahead for the pence ix-ictrnu-s.
LONDON, Nov. IT. Henry Fords j
peace ship und peace congress plans i
are an "advertising scheme." Is'
England general verdict Official!
circles and the press were not re-'
sentful of his proposals, but n storm I
of rldleule greeted Ihem Many
quarters even questioned Ford's sin
cerity. "The Idea Is very silly,1' a high of- j
final said. "People who associate
themselves with it will find no sym
pathy with their plans among sensi
ble individuals in Burope except.
perhaps, among our enemies who'
want peace. Ford is simply an ad
roil advertiser." From another of - j
licial came the comment, "Ford is a
gallery player to the world through
the medium Of his newly made ri-'h-es
"
The press greeted the Ford Idea.
for the 'most part, wit guffaws The
Telegraph called It "An Atlantic joy I
ride." The Evening News called I
Ford "funny."
ONE KILLED AND
TWO INJURED IN
BOUNDARY FIGHT
Leading Churchmen Unite
in Call for Decent People to
Vote for John Montgomery
Showing that the church element of the citv emDhaticallv re
pudiates the effort made to characterize them aa favorine Dr
i Rout fnr ynai-. fiftne n.nm;MAH4 l I i 1 : ,l.
ftmarlz-n T. k 6 ti r "vv ".'! iniccu miMiiiiicui local men, oeiongjng to me
American iroopi- butffef m Engage j (liferent churches of the city and all law enforcement advo
ment With Mexicans at Nogales- j cates have joined in an open statement in behalf of Mr. Mont
Drunken VilllSta Starts Trouble ' g"merv- Tne statement nets at rest some falsehoods circulated
aDout Mr Montgomery by the Best forces and makes an appeal
for all decent citizens to rally to the candidacv of Montgomery.
FIFVFN MFYiniN adc ncAn to whom it may concern
mmmnmm, hiil ulhu The undersigned, citizens of Pendleton, have investigated a
j current rumor to the effect that John E. Montgomery, candi-
tunanza pom imfeat villas Men! date for mayor of the city, .is a member of the Wenaha Club;
ami Take iwv. 0r the Town and we have investigated likewise other rumors as to his atti-
.. L" yTy tude upon moral questions, both in his private capacity and as
from ins wound. a member of the Common Council of the municipality; and we
L have reached the conclusion that the many stories afloat have
WASHINGTON, Nov 27. One i been falselv and deliberated launched hv interested narties.
- r .
tail Mel. Wi-yaml. limy.
apt. A. C, MHix. Navy.
NEW YORK. Nov. IT. With the
prealilent and his fiance neutral but
enthusiastic onlookers, the Army de-
thls afternoon 14 10
BALTIMORE, Nov. 27. Cardinal
itiliUins sees rocks ahead for Ford's
peace plans, he told the t'nlted
Preee today after Ford outlined his
plan- for getting Europe's warriors
out at the trenches by Christmas.
"T couldn't help but admire Ford feated the Na
fur his roseate views of the future.
eommented his eminence. A heuvy rain marred what usually
"But I told him I fear there arei' an occasion reapletldeol with gold
man rooks ahead to Impede the j 'ce and handsomely gowned women,
progress .of his Journey and prevent A damp and uncomfortable mass of
Ihe Mirrcss he devoutly wishes.''
Ford did not Invite the cardinal to
accompany the peace expedition be-
caaat or his age.
Army Defeats the Navy 14 toO in Game That is
Played in Sea of Mud-President and Fiancee
are Spectators.
was killed, one seriously ; Vinninir tViqi-oKi. f olionnfo W., vi , .. iv.
e ; a e -i.'
American was killed
oijuiru anu one Mignny nurt, wnile ., -i...
11 or more Mexicans were killed ln! 1 " UIC ,. ,
yesterday s firing at Nogaies, run- uur investigation discloses that Mr. Montgomery is not now,
ton notified the war department. and never has been a member of the Wenaha Club, or any other
nogales a i m n t club' where intoxicants are permitted, and we find that the ru
wi'th loot'ed uquor; a v.iia' straggler I".01? in circulation derogatory of either the man, his record or
who snatched his rifle from & woiu-
I his intentions, are equally false ; and it is our opinion that the
an on the main streei of Nogaies, bo- party originating the reports knows them to be false.
We urgently request all citizens believing in law enforce
ment, in political and civic decency, and in public order, to sup
nora. opposite here, and fired at
I nlteil states soldiers patrolling the
'order, 5u yards away, started a se
ries of engagements between Mexican ir ort Mr. Motgomery at the polls on the 6th of December.. His
record is clean, his private life pure and his public life honor
able. Dated this 15th dav of November, 1915.
ROLAND OLIVER
hamanlt) crowded the .'lands, while
the Blayera wallowed in a sea of mud. j
The Army made one touchdown Inj
the first period -and another In the
third. Uilphaul, for the Army, waul
the individual star of Ihe day being
responsible for both touchdowns. Sel
dom If ever has a game been played
under such (inauspicious Conditions,
Kitchener Hopes to Goritz is Shelled
Line Italy Up With by Italians Until
Allies in Balkans it Lies in Ruins
and American troops In which 20
Mexican soldiers were reported kill
ed and two United States soldiers
mortally wounded.
Advancing CUrranza cavalry chas
ing the last of the fleeing Villa troops
also came within the fire of the Am
ericans and returned It, but the er
ror was discovered before damage
was done on either side.
Eleven Americans Wounded.
Eleven Americans were wounded, j
according to the latest reports three
on the border within the town of No-,
gales, and the rest where the I'nlted
States soldiers were reported killed j
on outpost east of here.
The fighting continued intermit-;
lastly more than two hours, from j
a m. uiiiu 1 o i luca WMisWi
at Which hour the Carranzu forces,
after defeating General Villa's re
treating army some miles south, took
possession of the town General Al
vara Obregon, the C'arranta chief,
then met Colonel " W. H Sage, com
manding the American troops, and
exchanged apologies for mistake in
Identity which caused the exchange
of shots.
J. W. MALONEY
R. H. WILCOX
W H. McCORMMACH
W W. HARRAH
W. J. STOCKMAN
G. W. RUGG
STEPHEN A. LOWELL
A. F. MAY
C. M. HOGUE
S. L. NICHOLS
GEO. E. MASON
L. L MANN
J. T LAMBIRTH
W. S. BADLEY.
SLAVS WILL TRY
TO BREAK LIS
OF HON ARMY
"Watch Russia" is the Word Cjming
From Reliable Source-Mighty
Smash Expected on East Front.
TROOPS ARE WELL EQUIPPED
Inuncnx- guantiLies or Aran and
Ammunition Have Been Supplied
soldiers in the nid Raasaaa
Une Is strengthened Tw-fokl by
the Arrival of Freeh Troops.
ATHENS, Not. 27. The
have captured Kmshero, 15
went of PrUep.
Serbs
Detective Confesses He Was
Employed by German Consul
FROM
STROKE OF APOPLEXY
1
ONI i;iii; 1: is HELD ON BAT
TLE FRONT BELIEVED
PLANS WILL SUCCEED,
VI BTHIAN CITY LEVELED R.
HEAVY Ql Ns HI T FORTH Kss
HOLDg Ol'T.
FORMER HERMISTON WOMAN
TRIES TO END HER LIFE
END ttHIKs IN ALMOST IDENTI
CAL WAY s HUSBAND'S,
7 MONTHS AOO,
LONDON, Nov. 27 Kitchener's
visit to Italy Is to enlist her aid in the
Ilalkans, it Is believed here. His
task requires that he satisfy Italy
LONDON, Nov. 27. Oorlta will ! DRINKS POISON BCT PKOMPT AID
soon mnk with the crushed cities of! SA,I TO BRIHG HER OCT
Helglum In the utter ruin wrought by DASGBR.
Italian shells. The Vienna war office'
told of over si million inliars ,i.im- Mrs. William It. White, who has
SAX FRANCISCO. Nov. 27. Ger
man Consul Franz linpp employed C.
C Crowley, a detective, charged with
heinK an anti-ally bomb plotter. This
much loomed as a certainty in the
case. Crowley confessed it. Bodo mati,m th. k- sj . . .
admitted it. Both disclaimed any ; part in a nation wide bomb plotting
guilty action by Crowley. Crowley He is out on bail while federal offi
said his work was in tracing the ac-icials sought to run down data o
in this nect him with "higher-ups."
I country, bopp declared he was en
gaged chiefly in ferreting out British
recruiting here and not at all in get
ing information as to munition ship
ments. Crowley was angered at intl-
tivltles of the allied agents
that she will get the Balkan and Asia HK(. wrought already in the city where 1 ,Fen living w ith her husband
JuM seven months to a day from
the date of the death of her husband.
Mrs Susanna Koplttke, widow of the
late Henry Koplttke, died this morn
ing nt her home on West Webb
Minor possessions she deBlres, even
If the Oreeks tardily loin the allies
and seek some of the same posses
sions The general feeling Is that
Kitchener will succeed.
ROME Nov
-Kitchener has
streel By a singular coincidence her arrived on the Italian front and con
death occurred In almost the ldentl- ferred with the king and General
. al wa that did her husband s. Cadorna
Arising this morning In jiaparent them as
the
we.;1' MRS. FRANK HEALD IS DEAD STILLMAN NEGOTIATES FOR
AFTER ILLNESS OF 3 WEEKS SALE OF FARM LOAN BONDS
good health, she was stricken with
apoplexy about 7 o'clock and never
ralKcd, The end came at 10:S0.
The suddenneA with which she
v. as called wrta a great shock to a
community In which she had long
lived and where she was held In
Italian cannon systematically I ermistoii until the last month
are shootlnc the olaee i., oleees . nesday nigh! made an unauccessfu:
hurches. homes, works of art, are ! attempt to commit suicide in Port-1
targets for the Italian fire. Inces-1 land. according to news stories in the j
santly the giant guns pour their in-!prtland papers. The Whites form-j
siruments Ot desolation into the city, ''rly lived in Chicago and Mr. White KfJD COMES AT ST. ANTHONY'S FORMER PENDLETON nv -mm
Soon It will be no more. an income of big proportion's The HOSPIT.VI-FI NER.M. TO RK RESKXTiM: ' ' .i W .
r,..,.... ., - ,,. i ..... ,, l.uimul e:,w lhi rnllnwlM ne. - .-u.
. .....o uHr.Lru, """". - HM.I IUMt)Hlttl . C.VR.MKlis
Italians are making no aetual head- ""ni 01 ine Hiieuipiru suiciue.
presumably hoping to allsnlWi, ln ,m' buttle around Goiitz, add- Mrs Luella White, age It, and the I Mrs. Frank Heald, wife of the
active assistants with the!'": '"The Italians must realise the wife of William White, attempted dr,v r f th v,.nprn Vioress de-
other allies In the Balkan campaign.
.. ...... .s aiven us
her two daughters were 111 she had
remarked upon the good health
which had been hers all her life.
Deceased was fifty years old !he
w as t native of Switzerland but came I military equipment and the pe
lo this Country when a girl with hcr'evl'dcnt determination to win th
Europe a t;ood i:ampie
LONDON. Nov, 27. A sure cure for
anti-preparedness views Is a visit to
l.urope. according to the prescription
Victor Murdoek. former Am
erican congressman.
"I huve been In Kngland ten days,
and I must say 1 am astounded at
the extent of Ureal Britain's present
pies
war
uselessnees of their offensive." i suicide at o'clock last night l tak-
Some, on the other hand, told otjing poison in her apartment at the
more Intense fighting than previous- Netherlands hotel. 126 Fourteenth
ly. admitting that the austrians at street. Medical assistance reached her' she
FEDERATION
one point of the Austrian front tried
an offensive tint claimed il was r'
pulsed.
within a few minutes after she swal.j fri her n,)me on Mare str0Pt Sne
lowed the poison, and- reports today , had xen m abollt lhree weeks with
from the Good Samaritan hospital. I stomach trouble
where she was rushed last night, arc
PORTLAND, Ore.. Nov. 27. A. D
Stillman of Montana, is ln Portland
representing the Farmers' Federation
of that state, which is composed ot
all the agricultural societies itn.l m.
n.iu oeen laneii u lew ua) ago i ganizattons of Montana
liveri- wagon, died early this morn
ing at st Anthony's hospital where I
parents. Her father, Jacob Stuben
lairt, conducted k grocery store In
Pendleton for a good mnny years
In till she was married to Mr. Ko
iiittke who had been In the contract
ing business and who later opened a
feed 'tore. Her husband died on
April 27 ol this year and at the time
was president of the Pendleton Ice
A Cold Storage Co.
To Mr. and Mrs. Koplttke were
born six children, only two of whom.
Mrs. Ixiuls A. Sutton and Miss Lettn
Koplttke of this city, survive. The
funeral will be held tomorrow after
noon at the family home on West
Webb street at 2:30 o'clock. Rex
Charles Quinney of the Church of the
Redeemer will conduct the funernl
services.
at any cost." he commented.
"Coining fresh from America
v.'here peace talk Is suppcrinost, I'm
trongly impressed by the utter fu
tility of such a propogandu. I find
oblj indignation in both hiifh and low !
quartet at any American attempt til
force a conclusion of hostilities
IATI
OF EASTERN OREGON
WINS IN RATE CASE
French lrlsoner I'mK Life.
AM-TERDAM. Nov. 27. V rC
RXWSsfu! French soldier whose cm
ferslon of Miss Edith CaVaUl activi
ties In behalf of allied soldiers led te
her execution, hanged himself Thurs
day In the military prison. Brussels
advices said.
MPAN'KSK Gl'NS ARRIVINti.
RlMSlaa I o-itis ratlon In BalkanN Fx
isi'tcd to Begin Soon.
npFSIIAGKN. Via London, Nov.
27. A telegram received here from
1'irlln snya that great consignments
ol heuvy Japanese guns ure arriving
dally at Odessa on the Black Sea
l imit of Russia.
li Is Inferred that co-operation of
Russian forces In the Balkan cam
paign Is to begin shortly.
Chinese lTetw Cautious.
PKKIN, Nov. 27. The Chinese
newspapers, commenting on the sug
gestion of the entente powers that
China join them and thus solidify the
far east, urged President Yuan Shi
Kal Jo proceed slowly, declaring that
China's fate hangs In the balance.
The newspapers say that Chins
probably could not assist the entente
powers In a military way and that her
obligations under an alliance with the
sen powers would forever end Ger
man and Austrian commerce In the
far east!
that she probably will recover.
Her husband Is a nephew of Stan
ford White, who was shot by Harry
K. Thaw at the Madison BqUarO Gar
leu In New York several ears ago.
W hite Is said to be a millionaire, and
is reported to have recently pur
chased a large apartment house In
Portland.
According to Patrolman a. l Long
who Investigated the case, the at-
i tempted suicide was prompted by
i Jealousy, and is the second effort to
COMMISSION ORDERS THAT take her life. It Is reported that the
RATES BE M ARE BANK As i first attempt was made w hen Mr.-.
SPOKANE RATES j White was only 16 years old. At that
I time she took gas. Mrs. White is a
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -The in- daughter of J. E. Swnnson. M Grand
terstnte commerce commission up- avenue.
held the Eastern Oregon Lumber The Whites have been married
Producers' Association complaint eight years, and haie a daughter ti
against tne rates of tue Oregon- years old.
Washington Railway and Navigation
Deceased was 51 years old and had
been a resident of Pendleton for the
past three years, coming here with
her husband from Wlllmer. Minn
She is survived by her husband and i mer some nine years ago
by one daughter who lives ln the f rsrea from agricultural
east. The funeral will be held to- aooui iwo years ago and
Farm
and unoffi
cially. Harry Cullon, In charge of the
department of farm loans, under
State Treasurer William C. Rae.
Mr HttWrtun Is an old resident of
Oregon, for many years a practicing
attorney at Pendleton, who removed
to Montana to lead the life of a far-
LONDON. Nov. 27 "Watch Rus
sia," was the word from reliable
sources today. This hint strength
ened rumors that the eastern front is
destined to produce one of the great
est campaigns of the entire European
war this winter 1 ir saver, reports
of the German evacuation of Mitatt
and the withdrawal along a wide
front from the Riga region, tended
to confirm the Idea that big events
are planned by the Muscovites.
The Russian line, strengthened
two fold by the arrival of fresh
troops, vast supplies of ammunitb n
and big guns is now preparing to
sweep down on the narrow front to
ward Prussia. Desperate fighting In
the Balkan campaign is expected
soon The western front is not ex
pected to produce any more big
drives until spring. In the mean
time Russia wiU be, heard from
Reports that the Austro-Germaa
ranks in the east are thinning are
not credited. But the preponderance
of heavy guns and munitions which
enabled tjie Germans 10 drive through
Poland, now apparently has turned
to the side of the Russians, and this
Is expected to give them an advan
tage when they start their prospec
tive offensive. Three million men
comprise the czar's new armies
VIENNA. Nov. 27. The forces of
the central powers are In control of
the plain of Blackbird, western Ser
bia, the scene of historic battles cen
turies since. The official announce
ment of this progress indicated ths
Teutons are now beating the coun
try' between the plain and Montene
gro for the fleeing Serbs. The or
ganized opposition of the invaders
has disappeared from northern Ser
bia, and the Serbs have split up Into
guerilla bands to harrass the Teu
tons as fiercely as possible. An Aus
trian pursuit of the remnants of the
main Serb army Into Montenegro
and Albania is anticipated.
PARIS. Nov 27. -An allied of
fensive of mightv proportions seem
ingly is about to begin in the Bal
kans For this purpose, large Brit
ish forces are binding In Salonika
and heading Into southern Serbia
In the meantime the Serbian line
about Monastir holds. Dally, new
aid comes to the SeCs with the ar
rival of tralnloads of allied forces
The fact that French aviators have
bombarded Strumnltza likewise wa
an assurance that operations also
were progressing thereabouts Atk
ens reports that the Greeks are he
ginning partial demobilization, thus
guaranteeing the allies more than
mere diplomatic pledge against 'n-terference.
NEWS SUMMARY
the I
tnort
secured bv i
With Slight (hdiigt's
500 ARMKN'I NS MVSSACREH
Company to Burlington system points
In the middle west and to the Mis
souri river, declaring them unreason-1 Refigrces Seeking Asylum With Ku--able
aa compared with rates from lan slain by Kurds.
mills In the Spokane territory Th-
rates from Perry. La Frande. Baker, j LONDON. Nov. 27. News of fur.
Wallowa and Elgin were ordered ther Armenian massacres has reach
placed on a parity with the Spokane j ed those ln charge of the lord May
rates. From the Cascade Ixwks antf or's Armenian refugee fund. It tells
Hood River a cent differential is nl 'of the massacre of 000 refugees by-
lowed, while from Bridal Veil g five Kurds
cent differential Is granted. The
lowest present differentials nre nin
cents.
Rats destroy
twentieth part
Jamaica
The refugees succeeded in reaching
Russian trans-Caucasia, but nearb
100. 000 refugees were already thet
and the S00 tried to return to tha
every year at least a part of Armenia In Russian occupu
of the- sugar cane la lion. They were massacred on the
road to Van.
BERLIN. No. 27. Pursuing
Serls toward Montenegro. Germ..
He em-: have occupied the Heights on the hi
seclusion j bank of the Sitnlca. west of Prists
organized It was offlclallv announced. This
morrow afternoon al 3 o'clock at thc,lne farmers' Federation with dele-i the last position wtere th rba I
Presbyterian church. The Knights of P'tes from the other agricultural or-1 regarded as llkelv to make an
Pythias of which her husband is a , Ionizations. p,,, stand.
member, will meet at the hall atj When the legislature last w inter
2:30 and march in a bodi t" Ihe , l"1!ised the farm loan and mortgage j
chare, TT:ni"(,t.'!: ruul,"r- Wheat Prices Stand
...v uuoLuii, mat pre-'
; semea itsell was to secure from
, tinancters Puis for the farm
gage bonds, which
I "u nve percent In- PORTLAND Ore. Nov 17 -
:terest, much after the manner in (Special) Merchant a Eirhange pri-
"T" ,ne c,l OI Porl'snd has Issued 1 res tcKh club II bid uske.t bin.,
water works bonds. ittm S5 md
Mr. stillman was at once time le-i
gal advisor to the Women of Wood-1 chics",
craft, and he laid the matter before CH1CAQO, Nov. 27 ( Special J M
v. van orsds.Il, grand guar; the close today lv
man ot that order, when she was In.flOi l-.
Montana last September She laves-1
tlgated It and Indorsed the Securtl Uterpool.
as being first class. UVBRPOOL Nov. H
Ispot. No. I, lis 3 l-2d.
looked Like Hg Assault. h -d No I I'hlcag". new. lis t i .1
PARIS, Nov. 27. The release of N,,. j hard. old. 12s 2 l-2d.
clouds of poison gas between Forges I
and Hethlncourt indicated to th ; Liverpool pftM ! 11.11 3-5 pH9 t"h
French Tsanor-a 1 il.rtiian siassm sata .. .
irong appeal in heluilf of IIIIW lahasR to begin The French, ther.
ore. kept alert but no attack rrsutt. ini aaa scrbijui i mnr,j
IIKRUN. Nov. 27 Serbian prts-.e.
... . - are taken bv central allies asm ana
.JT JIZ" to Th uh""w vmr th,r nan" (" ,h" i ' Ml aac ordmg te .,
PJ Turks. It cornea from the TtTtrfT! 1 inaaseaiial The Ser
Ktra. r-rank ReaM passes awaj. Ogaa "oglan." meaning "youth " td IMI Austro .lernmn rrllHiTI
General.
Russiaas an- fornilrgr (heir lines tor
drive into Serbia against the ustro.
(.ernian ami Bulgarian forces.
I .onion laughs at Henry Ford and
his peace plans.
Kitchener In Kali u plan Balkan
campaign.
One American tiiMiper killed
Mexicans.
by
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make
Mrs Henry Koplttke dhx sudiku-