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DAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION Forecast for Fa Men i nreon hv trie, trailed States Wra. her Observer at fort l ad. TO ADVERTISERS. The But Oregon Ian hi the Urgent paid c irrulatloo uf any paper In Oregon, east of I'ortlud nd over twice the circulation Id rendleton of any other newspaper. lUIn tonight in. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1915. NO. 8ritf VOL. 27. MEN LAUDED FOR WORK IN BEHALF OF SEA RAIDERS Attorney for Ofiicials of Hamburg- j American Line Refers to Them as i Patriots to the Cause. DEFENSE SCORED BY WOOD w4MUuil District Attorney t ails. Ibcm WlihiMrliut Patrlote" If Affair, Had HapN-ncd In tiermany. They Would Have to 'lata- Tlu-lr Medl rtac rase tu Jury. NKW VUltK. Dec. 2. -The Ger- ma -American MM went lo ,n Jury thp ..fternuon. NEW TOtUC Dec I.- After tha defense had termed the Hamburg American official" an patriots for the work f supplying Jermun rulder ul sea. Assistant District Attorney Wood branded them a "whimpering putrl ota" Summing up the caw uf the men i barged with cuatoms violations, Wood thunder "If you Americana were In Germany when me war broke out. you would help the American fleet all ou could. Hut If you were caucht, vou'd take vour medicine and be proud." In the opening argument Defense Attorney Hand called attention to the I ii.iniiicnce of the defendant and took up each charge separately Ken if It Is proven that false mantfarti were made," he said, "we are not convicted of conspiracy unless It Is shown thl was part of a general plan We are not pleading for sym pathy War la no crime. But it means evading, eluding, tricking and deceiving enemy, and. if that were a crime there would be no statue of Nathan Hale in front of the city hall Wheat Makes Big Jump in Chicago CHK'AOO. Dec. J. In fact of a strong demand and light northw-st receipts, wheat showed the renl ef fect"! of the Canadian government! senure ol twenty mllliona of bushel of wheat. December dosed at 11 09 3-4 May Hi 11.11 1-11. PORTLAND, ore., Dec 2 (Spec ial ) Club, 90-93 ; bluestem 95-97. Liverpool. LIVERPOOL Nov. 30. Wheat Spot No. 1. Manitoba lie, MtlU M No. J. lie 5d; No 1 hard winter, new Us 4d. No. hard winter, old 12s 7.1 in American terms the highest prl eea In Liverpool are 1 1 83 per bush el Mas' No More Mince Hc! LENVEH. Dec 2. Mince pie and other foods containing a certain am ount of alcohol are taboo under Col orado's prohibition law which goes Into effect on January 1, Attorney .lenernl Pnrrar announoed. Annual Convention of Wool Growers Opens Here Tomorrow Temorrow the woolgrowers of Ore u n will gather In Pendleton In their snnual convention which will begin in the mornig at 10 o'clock and con tinue through Saturday afternoon. Secretary John O. Hoke expects a large attendance of sheepmen and hai i re pa red an Interesting and In traOtrM program. Among the speakers at the con vention u ill be Dr W. H. Utle. state veterinarian; Supervisor W. W. Cry der of the t'matllla forest; J. W. llrewer ol Portland, T. J. Mahoney of Hcppuer; J. W. Creath, of Portland; v'hurles Coopey of Portland; Jay H. Dobbin of Enterprise and William liarrett of Heppner. One of the most important subjects to be discussed will be the pending pure fabric bill Charles Coopey of Portland, who ha I n fighting for such a bill for veais, will open the discussion of this "object. The officers of the association are Nrrd W Falconer of EnterprUe. president; William Brarett of BPP' ner. vice president; John (1. Hoke of Medical Springs, secretary-treasurer, .lay H. Dobbin of Joseph. J N. Bur gess of Pendleton; A. N. lngalls of Keating. D Q. Justus of Ileppner md .1 w. Creath of Portland, member r the executive committee. The following Is the program for the two days: Address of Welcome. J. Roy Haley, Pendlatob lie ponsc lo ml Iris of welcome HARD SURFACE ROAD TO JUNCTION MAY BE BUILT WITHIN YEAR totvn tot Ml SKKMS FAVOR Mil.v disposed REGARD ING THE PLAN. A hard surfaced road from Pandit) ton to Pilot BOCk Junction I not an improbability Within the next year, A delegation of 2fc prominent local tcx pnyer waited upon the county OOUTt yesterday afternoon, urging Huch a highway and the court, while not committing Itaelf. seemed favorably disposed toward the proposal, espe cially since property In Pendleton is to bit subject to the road tax next year Though there i some question as lo the legality of the law which make all municipal property subject to road taxes, the county court, act ing upon advice of the district attor ney will levy a road tax against all property In Incorporated towns and cities as well rji against country property. L'nd -r this taw, the court must spend at least 70 per cent of the money paid In for road luxes within the district from which it la derived. The total road tax which Pendleton property will nave to pay will lie approximately 120,000 and this will be sufficient, probably, for a hard surface road to the terminal yards. The court hold the tentative view that if the people of Pendleton wan: their part of the road money spent upon this highway that It will agree. Inasmuch as the court is compelled to spend the major part of this 120,0011 within the limits of District 35, the objection from taxpayers In other parts of the county, which would otherwise arise, will be largely elim inated. The distance from Pendleton to Pilot Rock Junction Is a little more than four miles. Part of the unpav ed distance Is within the Pendleton city limit and the city would prol -ably be called upon to build a pave ment to Its boundaries. Another mile runs along the Eastern Oregon Stale Hospital property and Senator Bur gess, who was at the meeting yester day, waa under the Impression that the state would pay for this distance This would leave the county court otilv about three miles to build, (lood, hur.l -surface road will cost between $6000 and 17000 a mile, It Is estimat ed. Judge Marsh yesterday told the del egation that County Surveyor Brad ley has leen busy surveying a route for a good road to the Junction. At first, he said, it was thought neces sary to go over the hill but now the consent of heretofore objecting land owners to give right of way will El iminate the necessity of going over the hill In this event, the river will probably have to be crossed and UM road run down the south bank A good road to the Junction, as pointed out by the business men, la a necessity If Pendleton Is to secure the patronage of the employes of the terminal yards now being built. Austrian Are Winning Towns. PAKIS. Dec. 1. Admission that the Austrian had recaptured Ku cha. Metalka and Prlepolje was made In a dispatch received here from offi cial Montenegrin sources. Annual Address by Pre. Fred Falconer, Enterprise, Oregon Naming of committees. Five minutes recess. Annual report of Secretary -Treas-1 urer John G. Hoke, Baker. Oregon. Reading of communications. Noon recess. "Present Diseases of Oregon j Sheep." Dr. W. H. Lytle, state veter-' ' Inarian. Salem i Genera! discussion Address by Hon. T. J. Mahuncy, cashier First National Bank, Ilepp i ner, Oregon. Address by J. W. Brewer, Portland ; "Tiamber of Commerce. Address by W. W. Cryder. super visor of t'matllla forest. Adjournment. Saturday A. M. Address by J. W. Creath. executive. I committer. Oregon Wool Growers. I Portland. Oregon. Address by Hon. Chaa Coopey. I nrtiand, Oregon, "Pure Fabric Bin and Its Relation to me Woolgrowlng In.luatry of" Oregon." General discussion Noon recess. "Urowlng and Preparing Wool for Market.? by Jay H. Dobbin, president Columbia Basin Wool Warehouse Co.. Enterprise. Oregon. Address by Wm Barrett, vice pres hlenl Oregon Woolgrowers' Assocl.i tlon. Heppner, Oregon Report of committees Election of officers. Adjournment. Does Pendleton Want Bootlegger Hooll.trgordoui when allow ul to hate It- nay Is above the law. It has, little respect for man or Lod. It ha little thought for the suffering and miser) It ran bring to innocent and , helpless MH.((le like those shown taM It does not car. If it destroys homes and brings disgrace to a OOsB-l miinltv. IPxilleggrrdom Is aWr the coin, In the mayoralty campaign the men who wen- most conspicuous as HERE ARE ASSESSED .E MILLION L STATE TAX COMMISSION CAUSES insn OF ABOUT tHOon to THE COUNTY. By assessing the public Utility property In Umatilla county over a half million dollars less than a year ago, the state tax commission has caused a leas of about in taxes to the county. The reason for the re duction In the valuation of the pub lic service property when there was a slight raise In the valuation of the other property Is Inexplicable to lo cal people und to local tax authori ties. The assessed valuation of ihe prop erty of the railroad and other public utilities In rmatllltt county last yeat was tll.634.95fi.31 and Asvcssot Strain has Just received word from the tax commission that the valua tion this year has been fixed at til.. '153.633,28. a reduction of ISM. 322. 03 The average tax in the county last 1 year was about 13 1-2 mills and on' this basis the loss in revenue lo the f county Is approximately tSOOO. w hlch Ion must be made up from the other property. Asked for an explanation of the re-1 ductlon. Assessor Strain admitted he could offer none. He has nothing to do with assessing public utilities and. had been expecting an increase in the j assessed valuation commensurate ! with the Increase In the other prop-. erty. The state tax commission consist.', of Governor Wlthycombe, Secretary Olrott. Treasurer Kay and Commls- j sinners Galloway and Eaton. The governor is the only new nu mber o! j the commission. COLORED EDUCATOR SAYS NE6R0ES NEED AWAKENING j MX. ItO OF WEST EAR BEHIND Ills SOlTRKItN BROTHER. SAYS KEY. N1LEN. For the purpose of awakening the negro of the western country' to his opportunities, Rev. K. W. Klles sj prominent southern rolored man (si In Pendleton in the course of hi.i western campaign, and will delWel aft I addresK th s evening In Ihe Pri lb) Is ml letter when Pendleton was dry before are now lu an organization working for the "'.cabm of Host and lor the defeat of John Montgomery. There Is documentary evideniv to ptave this chanfc ami this charge made oprtil.v by the hast Orconian has never been denied. Word has come to the FaM Orcgoii- lan that some good people have felt this paper has at lime- been too se- terian church to which both white and colored folks are asked to be present. Rev Niles says the colored population of the west, as a general thing, are behind the members Of their race in the south in the matter of grasping ihe opportunities which1 are afforded them, and it is with the j object of arousing their latent am-1 blttons that he Is making a tour of this section of the country. He Is a leading religionist umonif his DOOpI and one of his objects in visiting Pendleton is to endeavor to have thj colored cltlxens here organize a church The lecture this evening will start :it 7:30 o'clock Attempt to Get Fruit Cases on Ships is Foiled INTIMATED THEY t ONTAIM l EXPIjOtTjYEfi WHICH won.n WRECK VESSELS. PRQVTDEXCSB, R i. Dec. I Con-1 tinuing its revelaions of alleged anti-j ally itlvlties In this country. the Journal announced toda)' it has laid I before the department of justice) startling evidence In the cave of CI ('. Crowley held in San Francisco as an anti-ally bomb plotter The most I significant of the evidence was I t - J ter purporting to have been sent by Crowley to the American wife ol i Husslan Ambassador Hakbmeteff at Washington, asking her aid as ltcd Ck.ss representative, in getting case ; of dried fruit aboard steamers bound lrotn Tacorun to Vladivostok Thcj Journal claimed that Mine. Bakhmei-j eff Ignored the appeal, suspecting mischief, lu an alleged letter. Crow ley Is quoted as saying lhat tha ci; lfornla fruitgrowers desired to con tribute fruit for the Russians. The letter aked that the shipments be facilitated as the Writer understo.w government supplies were constantly Shipped from Tacofna to Vladivostok ; The Journal intimated the "dried fruit" cases were really Intended to contain explosives and charged that' Uermnn Consul Ilopp of San Fran ! cteco, received four hundred OlOU-1 sand dollars for the furthering of destruction of wharves, steamers and, munitions at San Francisco and Se site. The letter further announced 'We b. v an agent In Taconoi w ho oul i :iss'st in the shipments and it is suit-, (jested that the Hlue Funnel line might be used adv.int.igeouslv be- .1' .V - Dominat, j v frA r vere in criticism of Ir. Best and bis j support. The answer is that this pa. per has absolute proof to hack Its ' charges and has therefore been In : duty bound to take a firm stand for what was known to be right. If those' who feci we have been too harsh will observe the letter from Dr. Best pub lished In the Tribune last evening ' the) will quickly realize that our es nunc, of the man has been correct. j ARE OPPOSED TO PAYING COST OK INSTALLING NTOKM SEWER THERE. A protest by proper1 owners of South Main street against assessing their property for the cost of digging up the street and laying a storm sew er from Bluff to Railroad street- was presented to the city council List ST enlng. The storm sewer was laid in connection with -he recent improve ment of South Main street from Mluff to High and was necessary to carry off the water coming down the Mil during rains However, the property owners take the stand that the sewer should have been laid at ihe time the original paving of Main Street was done and that they should not be made to pay for the mist. ike of past councils No action was ta ken other than to refer it to the street committee. The contract lor the Improvement uf Monroe street was let last night 10 the Newport I.and & Construction Co. for Iff 17. It and work will be started at once. J. E. Mulllnix. a res ident of Monroe street, presented a deed to a continuation of Monroe stret I mm Mr. and Mrs. Lot Liver more and the city attorney was in structed to examine it The contract and bond of the War ren Construction Co , ror the improve ment of Riverside Drive WH apprcv e.l last evening. The application of K L Tower fir permission to Install a gasoline filling tank in front of his Mam stree. busi ness house was refused last ovcnlrjl upon recommendation of the fire committee. Report was made by Maor lvei that private person wished to rent the ground occupied by the old pump station and he suggested that ,se renting of the land would prevent campers from making use of it The matter was left to the water commls sion. which has control of the land Britain- I oc- Heaiv. LONDON lec. I.- Great Britain's contribution to the war to date in dead wounded and missing men Is .'10..'"" AMWVttasI a query from the house of commons. Asqulth gave the follow lag w ritten estimate of ktsjssf Wester front 171. Ht; the near east IM.4K other tend .r.e l' ,.t ftest Admits the Vice Element is Supporting Him If there was need of any further evidence that or ganized vice is behind Dr. Best in his race for mayor that proof has been furnish ed by Dr. Best himself. Yesterday afternoon Dr. Best visittld the East Ore gonian office and was per sonally invited by the editor to make denial, (if he could) of the charge that the vice element in Pendleton is backing his candidacy and is organized in his behalf. Space in the East Oregonian was offered him for such a statement. He declined to make such a denial and ad mitted to the editor, in the hearing of other members of the staff, that those forc es are generally supporting him. Upon this issue, more than anything else, the East Oregonian bases its case against Dr. Best. No man is worthy of election as mayor of Pendleton who comes before the people with a gang of bootleggers, hangers on and bawdy house magnates working in an or ganized way in his interests. The East Oregonian has documentary evidence of such organized work and has positive evidence such work has been underway for weeks past. The issue for next Mon day is clearly drawn. The question will be whether Pendleton shall pntpr the prohibition period with the Dootiegging element in con trol of the city or shall by electing John Montgomery as mayor make a bona fide effort to obey the law of the state enacted by the sover ign voters of Oregon a vear ago. It is proven conclusively where the bootleggers stand. Where do other people stand on such an issue? By reconstructing some parts an English railroad is using .for light work a locomotive built in H47. SUPREME COURT IN WASHINGTON GOES AGAINST DRY LAW PORTLAND. Ore.. Den-. 2. The supreme court of the state of Wash- ington last week reached a decision nvcriiirowing tne law puturu; prom- ' u ion Into effect on January I. ac- i, idling to a afjOry printed in the tare-1 AMSTF.ROAM. Dec. 1.- Montene gro is the next nation In which the central powers intend to concentrate , their armed forces. Hoth .iermanyj and Bulgaria announced the Serbian' campaign is at an end. Now atten tion will be raid to Montenegro, whose forces for weeks past have done their utmost to hamper ihe kaiser's south CENTRAL POWERS TO TURN THEIR ATTENTIONTO MONTENEGRO NEXT Record Price Offered for 80 Acres of Umatilla Wheat Land What Is believed to be a record price for wheat land in I'ma'ola t county wll be paid for trt acre lying w Just on the outskirts of Weston it it;. deal a Indicated In a petition filed with the county court bv Mrs a sex ander Kinnr guardian of her bW band, an Incomiitent goes through Mrs Kinnear In her petition flted SOCIALISTS ARE READY TO EORCE TERMS OF PEACE Indications in Germany Point to At tempt to Get Government to De fine What Will be Accepted. BLOW IS STRUCK AT CENSOR I One of the I .coding Newspapers of Berlin I Hi -fares People Have Right Ui Kwra What Is Item Done To ward I ruling War Isivrrnmtil Snvs ( rm.un Not lies ten LONDON, Dec. 2 Peace talk H stirring in one form and another within Germany. This waa demci- strated in Amsterdam dispatches In dicating the Berlin Vorkaerta has ta ken eiception to the censor's efforts to muffle such talk. The paper Is quoted as declaring the people should be informed of any peace moveav. In asmuch as they would be disinclined to accept peace If it comes suddenly without their full knowledge of the situation BERLIN. Dec :. Germany wai.u a speedy settlement of the questions affecting food prices and food dkrtrl bntlon. To gain these end, crowds made demonstraions before the Reichstag, it was admitted. "German enemies," an Inspired statement said, "will again spread ri diculous reports about trouble and street riots and make other inslnua Uons not corresponding with th truth " The statement indicated that the chancellor will make a statement before the Reichstag scoffing at enemy- beliefs in Germany's ultimate economic depression. The statement says: "In Germany, nobody under - : stands why the allies, after military and diplomatic defeats, have not yet begun peace negotiations'. The . han cellor prybal'ly will show' that eneme ! rulers still blindly believe the stories of German ftarvation and economic j prostraction as signs of weakness and wearines of the war " Indications point to a request from , the socialists for a definition of the terms on w hich Germany would maite ! peace. In this connection the Tage I blatt holds that such question would be proper. It could not be In ' terpreted as a confession of weakness, I this paper says. In vew of the strong j military position in which Germ inr j finds herself. Ijttnd jn ,,ond i,ndon has j been sold at tl"5 a square foot, or more than t? S00.00 an acre. gon Journal this afternoon. The de. clslon was to have been handed down nimwi), dui at ins requcvM ol i.o enor Lister the ixsnrt ikHayeil umk in, public the rewilt. the JrBnsl ) Tlx- Oregon ami Waslilrurton law-, are sin eastern campaign What -J. it of th.. Serbian campaigners m ssfaMtsst to aid the Montenegrins ready the Austrlitns. on whom the eroir ,,f the new campaign will fall, have driven their way Into northern Montenegro The Montenegrins claim twei " against them near Fotcha in I M was admitted the Austrlsrn .re meeting a determined resistance yesterday asks for permission la asjl Hn arr" a eh has hen, sffstM 111.500 for It, or almost 117a an , . , . acre. The land h attumr.i j ji thu. ,,, WlMrtn l(u ,,, road entering that town It hue i h-c.t and nie other lakprwvasasstte upon it The petition stats. Oiat Jt ha.- bJw offered . fOWfl flfal mortgage for th. I fas ft ci
