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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