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DAILY EVENING EDITION loreta-H fur la-tern Oregon hi the I nltnl state Weather n'- i , al Portland. TO ADVERTISERS The East oregonlan tiaa th largest paid circulation of any paper In Oregon, eaat of 1'ortland and orar twice the circulation In I'endlaton of as? other newspaper. Tonight and Tu tonight dder COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER n VOL. 27. DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBr i915 NO. 8671 DAILY EVENING EDITION t a I DEFENSE IS ONE OE PROBLEMS TO BE SETTLED NOW 64th Congress Will Grapple With Question of Adequate Protection Big Program Before Members. OTHER LEGISLATION PRESSES lit w-uiic, WW MtoMMrM mid GOVOTO mtmt ship IMri liaw All Of) Omt fo Hearing ut This session Congrc May Bne I" ODnuWC Into Next Milium r 1 I'mlif'iion. WASHINGTON, pec. 6 The sixty-fourth congress convened at noon. Routine . proceedings betrayed no surface Indications tht Impurtant I. gislntlnn l pending. All concede') that preparedness Is the dominant Uh sue. legislators eagerly awaited the presidents message tomorrow and predicted the president's defense pro gram will be extenslely changed be fore It 1 passed tiecuuse opposition to It la spreading. Clark was re elected speaker, 221 to 194, The administration's preparedness measures were not Introduced today , I-eaders are awaiting the president's message In the senate, Martin of West Virginia, swore In the new sena tors Preparedness measures galore were Included In the flood of bills In the house Socialist Congressman Lon don of New Vorki offered a resolu tion proposing a peace conference of neutrals. Several resolutions pro posed that the government manufac ture Its own munitions. Wlckeraham of Alaska offered a hill providing for a commission form of self-government for Alaska. Chair man Ferris of the public lands com mittee Introduced government c"" . . .II f,,- ih. level ,m,f.n rei ,iti, ,ii ii,in - .v..v)...... under leuses. of public watcrpowcr land, coal, oil and gas resources a. they passed the last house. iWOTWiraw, m .. 1.. y - siinnai -w... al noon today In the last congression - a meeting ueiore wie uu pimw Hal . umpaigu. All 43 the house and It. eeniu hide senate) were swr former, lit; of the I new members of rs (1-3 of the rn In Of the! itter, 9, were Besting upon the legislative pro- gram of Die new congress today was the shadow of national and worl 1 politics. Tomorrow the ndmlnlsfa - lion's program will be outlined per-1 sonally by President Wilson when he lead" his opening message at tne jono session Its known, big, outstanding leatures are: National defense, rev enue, war measures and government ship purchase There Is a mass of other leglsla ton comprslng the largest, longest ami most Important program 01 d ,ole. Since adjournment of the llrd eongress last March a score of new and vital questions have arisen In addition to many left over. Con tinuation of this session well into (Continued on page five.) JAMES FISK TAXES LIFE BY SENDING A BULLET INTO BRAIN MAN COMMITS SUICIDE IN VKN ON THOMPSON STUKKT IiAST NIGHT. .lames Flsk. SS years old. last eve ning committed suicide at the old 1 arn. Huey livery barn on Thomp son street by sending a bullet through his brain. He left no word behind to explain the reason for his rash art but his friends say he had been drink ing rather heavily and was despon dent. He shot himself through the head shove the right ear, using a .38 cali bre revolver. Death was almost In stantaneous. Several men In the barn heard the shot and Investigat ing, found the body. They notified the police and Comer J. T. Brown al once. Coroner Brown has not yet held an Inquest but Is considering railing a lory to Investigate this afternoon. Deceased had lived In I 'mat ilia county a good many years. Nine years ago he was employed by the Newport l.and A Construction Co. at Hermls ton and lately had been working for I'rte Sheridan, well known Butter t 'reek farmer and stockman. He had been In Pendleton most of the time since the Round-up. He has no known relatives In these parts. However, he has a sister some place In the east and an effort is be ing made to locate her. p!f ; : ;vFf'''.' p: A view of fresh Turkish troop in landing of troops on the part of the 40 New Members of K of C Initiated at Meeting Sunday S mii.ii.ii TOWN hNH.lllx , , y ol'T Ql I i.r.m. ur.nr, . ..arum n in ceremony, . rori 1 manna ana Borrow oouni men were ye sierany initiated into tne , ','"" "" ,"' j 1 .-v ,,,ieir puswuM onjections may lie heard j town Knights here to assist in the; before the decree Is entered. Smyths snmusm ovsan in no- oioiu- ceremonies. Una and were not concluded until r.lght. Walla Walla. I41 tirande. Ha ker. The Italics and Portland all sen; delegations to attend the occasion. The Knights assembled at 9 o'clock In L O. 0. P. hall and at It march ed In a body to the Catholic church where they were addressed by Bishop 1 Charles J. O'Hellly of Baker. At 12 o'clock In the I. O. O. F. hall the first degree was exemplified by the Walla Walla council. Adjournment was taken after this work to the Kagle Woodman hall where the ladles of the Sodality served a luncheon. At 2 o'clock the Pendleton council exemplified the second degree and at 3 o'clock the Iji (Irande council put on thu third degree work. The ban quet In the Kagle-Woodman hall be gan at 7:3a and there were 250 Knights gathered about the board. James Devlin acted as toast master and the address of welcome was made by Bishop O'Bcllly. ToasTs were re sponded to by W. A. Barrett of Al bany, state deputy. John B. Coffey of Portland. J. H. Peare of La Orande, district deputy, (leorge Hennessy, superintendent of the chapel car "St. Peter," Kev. Father P. J. O'Rourke of Heppner. Father F. H. Brown of Pendleton, William Peare. grand 1 night of the La tirande council. P. J. Hanley, grand knight of the Portland council. Charles H. McWuade. grand knight of the Walla Walla council, and F. H. Myers of Ul tirande. The music during the evening was especially good. Vocal numbers were rontrlhuted by Miss Alma Scheer. Miss Sarah Cunningham. Kd Hemniel gam and George Hennessy and Miss Colin Cunningham gave a selection on the harp. While many of the visiting Knights have returned to their homes, there are still quite a number here today and an open house Is being held by the Pendleton council. Wheat Prices Soar in Chicago Market PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec. 6. (Sped al ) Merchants' Exchange prices to da elub 94; bluestem 97. Chicago. CHICAGO, Dec. t. the close today: Dei $1.19 1.4 asked: May $1.19 7-8 asked. (Special) At $1.16 bid $1.18 1-2 hid Liverpool. LIVERPOOL Dec. 5. Wheat. -Spot No. 1, Manitoba. Ill 10dtl2s td; No. 3, Us 5d; No. 2 hard winter new. Us 4d; No. 2 hard winter, old. 12a 7d. In American terms the highest pri ces In Liverpool are $1.8$ per bushel Turkish Troops in Trenches by the their hastily thrown allies. up trenches Decree in Land Grant Case Will be Filed on Wednesday I P""'n-Ar-'" "re.. Iec. . A de - n,,. '" lh "regon-Callfonila laud -Jam case will lie filed in the feili '..i district curt at Portland on We I nesday ReoonUllf to an announc iiient of Assistant Attorney GleneriU I Constntine Snmhe Th decree has am n stinmitlea to the S. P. cdunsel so sain The supreme court has ordered I injunctions. One. intended to nanent. forbids the railroad fro NORTHWEST IS DOWN FOR SHARE OF MONEY FOR IMPROVEMENTS ESTIMATES INCLUDE LAKGE l Ol NT FOB RIVERS M H AIIBOIES WORK. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. North west demands in the budget estlmule. included Tillamook Bay bar. $10,000; Coos Bay. $70,000; Couquille River Itttt; Coos river, $3000; Columbia River mtfnth. $2,104,000; I'pper Co lumbia and tributaries, l,ttt; Snake river $Ss.000; Columbia and lower Willamette rivers, below Portland. 1360.000; Yamhill and Willamette riv ers, $47,000; Grays Harbor. $500; in ner portion of Grays Harbor and the Chehalls river to Montesano. $30,000: Cowlitz and lyewis rivers. $21', 500. LIFE IN TRENCHES IS NOT ANYTHING TO BOAST ABOUT I I'ORMER PENDLETON MAX WITH . v tlt a . - a a a. . . ......... . in ,.- RITES TO EHIENR. Life in the trenches at the Euro- pe.m hattlefront Is nothing that any- one would boast of, according to "BUI" j Darby, former Pendleton man who h now with the Canadian troops in France. A letter was received from him hist week by J. B. Roddy la ! which he states that he hud Just had a six day leave of absence which he spent in I-ondon: In the trenches where he had been fighting there la two feet of water, he writes. Darby has already been wounded once. He sent a postal card showing a cartoon of the Canadians throwing a fright Into the kaiser. ! No JsiK.-csisor to Joffrc. PARIS. Dec. (. Despite rumors. It was authoritatively stated that no auccessor to General Joffre will br appointed to command operations on the weatern front at present. This message Is the first intimation of any suggestion to remove Joffr.v who only recently was raised to su preme command of the French forces oft the continent. long the shore of the Oallipoli peninsula I violating the restrictive provisions of I th'. uvam TM-.h-.-. .h I t cell for more than two dollars and half an gore nor greater tracts than It acres or to non-settlers. The I other Injunction is preliminary. It ' forbids the e,.o,o.i, t,. ll .... a;- pose of the land until congress has an : opportunity t I position, If provide for their dis ingress does not act th. railroad may apply for a court modifying the injunction nst the disposal on any terms." A6AINST ATTACHES WANTED AT BERLIN GERMANY Wil l NOT REC M.I. BOY-ED AND vo PAPEN BAYS on it i i,. WASHINGTtiN'. Dec. 6. Germany will not recall Attaches Bov-RH and Von Papen as the state department ; requested. Unless the denarl mem Imm ,i . . """'"""r oi tne l rciric cnarges against them and and them I arranges for safe conduct for them I and their successors, according to a high official of the German embassy j Berlin's reply to the request has not ' been received. NEW YORK. Dec. (. Lieutenant; Robert Fa and five others are ac- icused of plots against munition ships: !in new federal Indictments returned j today. Thev are charged with con spiracy to murder by attaching bombs I to ships leaving American ports. St. ITiui Has tSOO.noo Hre ST. PAt'L Dec. (. Damage estl- mated at $300,000 was caused by fire which awept the buildings of J, l.es- . . ,,e & Co.. wholesale paper dealers. and Barrett & Barrett, a wholesale Vinegar and issw.i-e hone.. Tbr., ,irl, tmnned on ,,.. ..e.,na n...., ,.f the Iwlle hulldlu r. -......! he firemen. j The 1"ish navy Is experimenting ,h" "s"' "f American coal from ine Atlantic coast. Will Furnish Returns Over the Telephone The K.isi oregonlan will not flash leiurns of the election tonight owing to the fact that the counting of the ballots will only take a limited time. How- ever, people coming down town may secure the results by ap- Plying to the office of Berke- 4 ley A Friedley In the East Ore. gonlan building and those not wishing to come down town may call he East Oregonlan No. I, a nil secure the latest re- 4) suits. Seo in an attempt to prevent t lie Elks Pay Tribute to the Memory of I - . u 111-1. ".nil nsiu UVAIUiUI IjPttnrtpn Rr-Lf-rcichallenses and swearing ln voters, LCfUllCU LflUlimfb I ,he Judges are having a busy time of M Al. RVBHttSES AMI' HELD VKS'TK R D A V POHTLAIfD MAN GIVES ADDRESS. At the Temple theatre the local members of the Benevolent and Pro tective order of Elks yesterday held their annual memorial service and in Impressive manner paid tribute to those of the lodge who have passed The service was conducted by Ex alted Ruler J. A. Gibson and the ad dress was by Hon J. B. Coffey of I Portland, clerk of .Multnomah county, air, Coffey's address was eloquent : and pictured the beneficlent nrtnni. I Pies of the order and the value of the lift that lifts up and comforts In preference to bringing injury and harm to others. Some splendid musical numbers added much to the program. An overture and other selections wer ' given by the I'nited Orchestra; Miss j Edna Zimmerman sang "Lord Is Mvi Helper." and Mrs. B. I. Burroughs I also rendered a solo, each in pleasing j voice. An instrumental trio by Mrs. W. c. E. Pruitt. Miss Gaynell Bald- nd Miss Harriet Young was en-I J"y,d and Miss 1!illdwn gave a beau seiecuon Berceuse." The 'service was concluded with th. i,.i. , ," ..i, o.iu roswivuva i Rev- Charles yuinney, rector of b the Church of the Redeemer. FORD 0R6ANIZES FORCES TO WORK TOWARD ENDING WAR BT CHARLES P. STEWART. ABOARD OSCAR SECOND (Wire less to Slasfonett, Mass. r Ford be gan the organization of his peace committees. appointing clergymen, newspapermen and students. The committees will meet similar bodies in neutral nations They will coop erate in the selection of an interna ,-, ., mi.,- ki.,v 1" ha(ten until peace has been restore ! A great majority of those speaking the Portuguese tongue today are .In Praill. and it is there the American Ribh Society will ship the greater; Part of the Bibles It has recently had I t inted in thai language. NEWS SUMMARY i General. Over a billion dollar- will In- msl sl h the government for 1017. Defrost1 program I- paramount B tin- national legislature. Rumania will mohUiu-. I- battel Europe. taW Rig .ote kg being polled todai lo municipal oliMlon. .lame- 11-k i.nnmlts will Mt b -hooting self. Woolerowei-i close con.t-ntlon h naming Heppner man president Knights of Columbia Initiate forty. VOTERS ARE OUT IN LARGE FORCE AT POLLS TODAY Indications at Noon Pointed to the Biggest Vote Cast in a Municipal Election in Pendleton. MAYORALTY FIGHT SUPREME Itoth Candidates An Conndent of llcli-S BMfli I Mint-iliuunl- BIN Takes l(M I'lau-e I lyecttri I luii liallots Will If Countnl by O'clock Ih titculne. With interest in the mayoralty fight between John Montgomery and Dr. J A iiest at a keen point, indi cations this afternoon are that the largest vote ever east in a municipal election.n this city will be polled to day. The balloting began soon after the polls opened at 8 o'clock this morn ing and has continued without cessa tion ever since- By noon about suO votes had been cast in the five pollin places. The heaviest vote Is being I cast in the second precinct of the fourth ward, the polling place of which Is the Bowman Hotel. There more than 200 ballots had been marked at the time recess was taken for dinner. On the north side a big! vote is being cast also, the 200 mark having been reached at 1 o'clock. At the other polling places more than Ut had voted before noon. Each side in the mayoralty contest is watching the polls closely, chal lengers being present to keep out Il legal votes. Many of the voters are unregistered and, what with deciding I it Both Montgomery and Best are I confident of election. Dr Best de- dares he will w in by over 250 votes. I while the Montgomery forces this aft- ernoon declared their man was elect j ed. Betting, which began in favor of I Best, has been even all day. The coucilmanic races are of sec ondary interest though in the north side and west end proving spirited. tne contests are j The polls will close promptly at -i o'clock this evening and the counting I of ballots should be concluded by 9 ! o'clock. CHINA PHEASANTS ARE SET FREE IN THE CAMAS VALLEY :TVE CRATES OF BIRDS VRE LIB PRATED ON j RANCHES IN THAT SECTION, On September 30 five crates China pheasants were liberated lower Camas valley on the ranches ofl Mossie. Hilbert, Clarke. Huston and I Mettie. These birds had suffered 11i men long irip trom tne 1 1 lacgamas game rarm. especially aur- Ing the latter part of the trio which - . . - - , was made by stage from Pilot Rock However, 65 of the total of 60 birds ln the five crates were alive when liberated and from the num ler of birds that can now be seen it is known that there has been very little loss since then. They 'are in 1 1750.000 to $1,1(4.108; engineering exceptionally fine condition now and equipment from $48, i to $((0,0'). with the care that the. are receiving Ordnance stores. HKO.OOO to $J.3S.I, from the ranchers they should live ' 000; manufacture of arms from Mt through the winter, in which event 000 to $1,012,559. automatic ma Camas valley will probably rank '. chlnery from $150,000 to $1.400.U'oi; ahead of most other parts of the armored motor cars from $50.00. to county aa natural home for thesj $150,000; for encampments and ml birds Continued hunting, even dur- litis maneuvers, from $250,000 to $i. ing a short open season, will be veryj 390,000. hard on them in the lower parts oft An Increase from t.ttt,7( la I3. the county, but the excellent cover ln305. 123 Is shown In the coast Camas valley will make It easy for other defense fortifications. MM many of the birds to escape the hunt- the Items tvlng ets "Much credit is due the ranchers for the interest that thev ha.e shown in the protection of these birds Not;90'- casements, galleries etc. for one instance of hunting them, nor . ubmarlne mines from $31H0a to even a suspicion of such is relumed ' 1254.0(0, alteration ind n h. -,., ,w. - .. I .- .,,.- ....a ..... i in o .Jr.. very well for L'kiah." say-s Warden ' Tonkin ! ' J l'.mi. nr.iit.i.v oec. 4. The war office admitted the Russian captured a oer- TOM commander of a division south-. Went of I'insk. Mobilization of Rumania's Army Appears to be Certain ATHENS, Dec t Rumanian con- order eonimandering roreigt. hi,.. centratlon appeared Imminent The1 ping t.. Ituinanlan i.rt in HM o. tterman fitteenth division has he.-n teres! ,,f national defense" la a ul rushed to Rustchuk. on the Rumanian ed tu be MmMM Inrtti lnimr,i: ,i frontier In northern Bulgaria. It j trouble Is eip ted if Rumanians Mm was reported that heavy German ar the munition vensels of the Teutons tlllery la en route The Rumanian! now on the Danube OVER A BILLION DOLLARS NEEDED BY GOVERNMENT ' Ruling Expenses for 1917 are : Estimated Army and Navy Will be Given Big Appropriations. FIGURES GIVEN CONGRESS Amount I- ny 9 for KT)' Man, Woman and chikl AfUr sinking Itiml it. 1- lle-n DMHetM Ktfi mstcs Are An Inrreasr of liar KM) Million dlar in 1910. What the t'nlted States gov- ernment expects to spend in 1917: Legislative department esti- mates. $13,810,101.71. 4) Executive department! eati- mates. $$668,950. State department estimates. 6 122.298.70. Treasury department, $151,- 812,542. Independent office. $7,067.2t!,- 61. 4 District of Columbia, III,- 365,576.34. War department, $243,(13,- 643.51. Panama canal, $27,535.4(9 13. 9 Interior department, $211,,- 934,870.17. Postofflce, $l,770,4t0. Postal service, payable from receipts, $31(.3(4,879. Agriculture. $29.7(3.000. Commerce, 1 15.436.238. Labor. $4.093.270 75. Justice, $ll,029.54( Total 1917 estimates, 285.867,805. It. Total ltlt approprlat 11.115. 004. 194. !. Jl WASHINGTON. Dec. t (U. P ) The government of the I'nited States wants a billion and a quarter dollars for rununlng expenses in 1917. This estmate today was transmit- ted to cungrea by Secretary of the j Treasury McAdoo. The total reaches the tremendous sum of $1,285.0(7, 008.16. Deducting the sinking fund of $60,729,000 put away for the re demption of bonds and the estimated postal receipts of $316.3(4.879. the administration's estimate of the cost of running the government is $90S.. 765. 929.lt in 1917. This is nearly $9 for every man, woman and child in the United States. The estimates are an Increase of $1(7.831.401.(1 over 191t appropria tions. Increases in the war and navy departments accounts for $lt, 216 32 of this amount. The European war. in entailing new work was directly re of! sponsible for a large part of the ln- crease in the slate department esti mates Details of the defense program are shown in the war and navy depart- ments Increased estimates as fol lows: War department Pay of the army increased from (49.3((.732 to $$(:!.- 70(,307; supplies, service and trans portation from $3(.452.t79 to $5(, 382.702; medical department from Gun and mortar I ,h' modernising of Increased from $(H IttMW new nd dd empla.'eineioa .IMIO to $2(11.. of sen ...,. rtltlrv from ft 1st MM - - - - tp 112.5(7.500. tests of new oHhMMt from $15.00 to Mt,ttt; building of arsenals from HIMM In II Ml lit; I iiatTacKS anil rters tor sea coast Mefens. from $25 000 to $473 0 1 New works Include .-tie- -..r r,,r- tin, .,!,., . ..,,..,- i .. r 1 1 (Continued on Page Eight ) V
