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DAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION f'nnraftt for I .i( rti ro.i.n ,,. I nlti-d stale Weather t!i. , , at Portland. TO ADVERTISERS. The East Dreguulao Man the Inrgest paid (ircntatlou at an; paiwr to Oregon, east of Portland and over twin the rlrriilatloD In I'cndlatun of any othar newspaper. Tonight mil Th tonight. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL, 27. DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1915. NC NTC? s CAMPAIGN TO BE STARTED TO ADD TO MEMBERSHIP Commercial Association Last Night Commissions Each Member to Act as Special Committee. Now on the Way to Europe - ... ... -f ' - v - "V" ""' INCREASE OF 100 IS WANTED I'rnatmi Membership i ih Active Worker High Compliments Are Paid to the Efflrlcnri of tin- Asso ciation Matte or AirtonlnrtM i- DiHriuaod. Every member of the Pendleton rr. i... association was commis sioned lust evening a special commit tee on membership und. beginning tba flrat of the year, u united effort will be made to Increase the membership. I At present there are lib active j members upon the association router and, In the opinion of the officer, there ahould be ut teust a hundred more. J. K. Mullinlx, n rerent comer to Pendleton, called the attention of the association to the neceaalty of going out after the new arrivals Incident ally he paid the local association the tribute of being the llvest club of Its' kind with which he has ever beenj i.seoclated. The general discussion was caused b ,i suggestion by it. Alexander that; It wax possible fur the association to get mure out of Ita money than 11 now received. This statement he' iiuuli without reflecting upon Presi dent Tallman, who. he mild, had done' more fur the club than an other man I who ever held the chair. His con tention was that the president should not bsva to give au much attention to j details, and he favored paving MBit oung mun for uiiswerlng correspond ence. The idea of a low-salaried se. retar) was opposed by George Hurl-1 man and other who contended that: in the long run the high salaried m it. was the cheaper Or I. U. Temple j a lso paid a warm compliment to the etflciency of the Commercial organ ization. one new member, L. A. Kelneinnn, county water master, was voted In lust evening. Heport was made thut the Junior commercial association had been organized iind would soon begin Is activities. , Th. matter of a county ngrlcultur. 1st was discussed briefly but no ac tion taken. E. K. Cleaver champion-1 ed the suggestion of a county agricul turist in this county, declaring that j high breeding of wheat has cauwd : the percentage of gluten to run down, to so low a point that soon the local j grower would find his wheat marked. on St Louis Will be Meeting Place of Democrats in 1916 CITY CHOSEN ON SECOND BALLOT! roil NATIONAL CONVENTION IN .11 NE. ST Senate WAMicans to Give F.J Suppc ipefense Program I j Kept Out of Caucus WASHINGTON, Dc. I The sen- this morning He told the president nriannainie n ' ate r,"I,ubllcan will not fight the id- that while the republicans were v A. HLMJO.N. Dec I. Tb detto-1 ministration preparedness program, strongly In favor of preparedness they cratic national convention of 191(1 will , provided it is kept out of the demo- will refuse to support the program be held at St. Louis, beginning Wed-; cratic caucus, republican Senate' If It goes Into the caucus The pres nesday, June 14, at noon. The demo- reader Oalllnger told President Wil- Ident aasured him he will not make cratic nalonal i ommlttee named the , during a half hour conference I the measure a party issue, convention and adopted resolutions i calling for thet ri-noinlnation and re election of Woocliow Wilson as "tha I trusted leader of national democracy.'' Chicago and Dallas contested with ' St. Louis for the honor of the conven j Uon, but St. Louis easily led from I the start and won on the second bill- Mot. When the trend of the voting, ; was seen Texas moved that the choice. I iof St. Louis be made unanimous. Dal- j M.DOX, Dec. I. "Th d-feat of 'las held second place on the first bal- '" Serbians near Kulaluma had the lot, but was displaced by Chicago i u i nature of a catastrophe." the Bui- I -arian war office announced today. The capture of all the Serbian artil- !er and 120 omnibusses as well as a Serbians Lose Many Cannon When Bulgars Win Victory CHILDREN TO BE SURPRISED THIS YEAR WITH TREE Plan Suggested by Rev. Snyder and Dr. Vincent is Endorsed Last Eve ning by Commercial Club. TO BE MUNICIPAL AFFAIR 01 ani7.(d U'Dattuii i rout. The Hungarian oc f M'tnantir WMI reported SSOSCAB.il Art Photo tffTL, w r I ' j f 9ft Photo In-il -cond rollcall. M. IHils lnoii-a-.es Vote. I The result of the first ballot WW: I , St. Iyiuls ''l, Dallas 14, Chicago 14. On i the second ballot the vote was: St. quantity of ammunition was reported. LouU 2H, Chlcao U, and Dallas s.The Serbians were said to be In a dis- J The majority for St. Louis was gained i : on this ballot, when John T. McGraw .arose near the end of the call and I changed West Virginia's vote from ! Chicago to the Missouri clt. Then j I the choice was made unanimous It has been i iistomary heretofore! j lor naionai conventions to begin work on Tuesday. The fact that Tuesday I i fell on the 13th next year may or may I not have had something to do with j the determination of the committee to begin the proceedings a day later. Short Convention iVirexaHt. , j The official explanation, however. was to the effect that the convention would not rejulre more than three or i four dues to complete its work, and It would not be too late in the week to start on Wednesday. Political leaders in Washington re garded it as practically certain that! ! Chicugo will be selected for the re-1 publican convention when the nation-' al committee of the party meets next; I Tuesday The date for this conven-j tlon probably will lie late In June. Othar liulgarian forces are reported moving on the Albanian border. Illg 1 1. Will itr mi p at vi,,,,, ,,,( Court mMi and (.ally Dnnrated With ml lights Santa la us Will IHstrthute (ilfts of land to Utile Ones. SuFIA. Dec. S. The Bulgarians! have occupied Dibra and Besna and i the villages of Madovo and Mlrantner. j 1 A municipal Christmas tree, aglow with colored lights and burdened near the Albanian frontier, an offici-i""" canaj. win nnng delight to the al announcement today said. Small hearts of Pendleton children on l ands of Seiba from Monastic still I ''hrlstmas eve. hold a small portion of southwestern Serbia but are rapidly retiring toward Albania. IN OF on MS IPMSPPiSW; ! SA LKM statement Ore.. Dec. S. A combined of all the banks of Oregon on November 10. shows a decided business Improvement. State Bank Superintendent Sargeant said today. The condition is the most satisfactory sinc September ft, 1914. indicating a rapid return to normal. The total resources are now $164,481,127. De- Posits are 1 1 67,402. Resource nf bagB of candy and show an Increase since September : last of $2,087,90. The deposit crease is $3.882.9S. In' i The Oscar II with Its delegation of peace advocates la now well on the way to Europe, accompanied by Hen ry Ford, the leader or the party, who Is assured that the men of the belli gerent nations will be out of trenches by Christmas The ship w ill proceed to some neu tral country where a peace confer ence will be held. The millionaire au tomobile manufacturer announced the 'hut the expedition would in no way be official. 1 WASHINGTON" Dec. S. Chairman I McComba of thde'iiocratic national ' committee announced a special con j vention wil! assemble here December 20 to make arrangements for the na tional convention at St. Louis June 14. The president was host at a lun cheon to the Committee at the Whit" House today. Mrs. Anna Shea is Called by Death; ! Illness is Briel. down. He based his assertion statements of millers, he said. An expression of thanks from the Horse ft Mule Breeders' association lor iid given at the last show was nail and the association promised moral and f'nanclal aid for the 191 1 SEVERAL VERSIONS PLANS ARE BEGUN TO RECEIVED OE FATE HAVE A COFFEE CLUB HERE DURING WINTER DEMURRER OF COMPANY IS UPHELD III DAMAGE SUIT (OMI'I.MVT Is HELD INSl I'I'K I EXT BY CIRCUT U'DGE PHELPS. WELL KNOWS WOMAN DIES AT HOSPITAL FItOM PLEURAL PNEUMONIA, NATION IS AT HIGH POINT, OF FINANCIAl POWER SAYS 1100 The plan, first started by Rev. J. E. Snyder and Dr F. W. Vincent, was endorsed last evening by the Com mercial association and a cnmmlttea was named by President Tallman to assist in the preparation for this nov' el celebration of the Yuletlde. The plan is to set up a tall ever ureen tree at the Intersection of Main and Court streets, strings of lights will be suspended between the tree and the four corner poles and mrt ads of tiny colored lights will be sprinkled among the branches. Dr. Vincent, who Is manager of the Pa cific Power A Light Co.. has volun teered to contribute the lights with out cost. On the tree will be hung hundreds Santa Claus will distribute the. gifts among the children. There will tie plenty for every child in the city. This will, however, not be all of the municipal observance. A big float, drawn by six horses and occu pied by forty children. will drive through the streets and the children will sing Christmas carols. They are ! already reheasing their songs under I direction of Miss Eleanor Vincent smd Eugene Molitor. HESOl RCKS ARE GREATEST IV Ol lt HISTORY, HE DECLARES IX REPORT. WASHIXCTOX, Dec. S. A sweep ing declaration of American financial stability was made by Secretary of tht Treasury McAdoo in his annual .e- ONK KEPORff SAYS VESSEL S.UE IN I "OUT ANOTHER she II s BEEN s NK Minnesota is Being Towed Into Port in Crippled Condition KOILERS ARE OI)T OF COMMIS SION HOW ACCIDENT HAP PENED NOT KNOWN. W ASHINGTON. Dev. H Ambassa dor Paffr at Home- cabled that the ,( onimuiiipaw had hern capture! and or coffee club was made last evening icoutoycd to an unknown port. The I nationality of the raptor was not 'stated. The I NEW YOKE, Dec. s.The Stan lira oil company has received a ca-1 saloon hie from Its agent at Alexandra stating the tank ship Commiinlpaw. recently reported sunk by a submn rlne, arrived safely at Alexandri; Sunday. It was admitted there wiu a possibility the Cm mum paw might have left Alexandria tater ahd been Holding that the complaint filed by L. 1). Ashbaugh. administrator of : the estate of Alice L. Ashbaugh who j was killed at Echo by an O.-W. K. ft j X. train, against the railroad com pany was insufficient for a cause of I action. Judge Phelps this morning I sustained the demurrer! of the rail road company. I Mrs. Ashbaugh was killed trying I to craw 1 under a train that blocked the street of Echo. The complaint did not charge that any of the em ployes of the company saw her make the attempt and. hence. Judge Phelps holds In his opinion the doctrine of hist ete:,r rhnnra . - j ,1 1 1 . . f lm dunlin. wholesome substitute for the banished abIp, Furthermore. ' he holds that a ASSOCIATED CHARITIE8 APPOLYI COMMITTEE TO T.IKE INI TIAL BIXPS, An actual beginning upon the cam paign for a winter community house Mrs. Anna Shea died here at C a. m today at St. Anthony's hospital Irom the effects of pleural pneumon ia. The end though sudden was not entirely unexpected, as her condition had been critical for some time and her children had been summoned. The funeral is to be held at 10 o'clock p"rt to congress today. tomorrow morning from St Mary's Catholic church. Mrs. Shea was born In New York September 17. 186v She came to I Pendleton 15 years ago and her hus band, David shea, died in that year. The following are the children: Will Shea of Jordan Vaitey. Mrs. H. 11. Bond, of Portland, who Is here; Miss Irene Shea, who arrived from Oak land, Calif , last nigtit. and Vioia, Esther and Anna, all unmarried daughters living here. Mrs Ellen Waterways Should be Developed Says Secretary Redfield GET HID OE THE "PORK BK HE1. IDEA HE DECLARES AT CONVENTION WASHINGTON". Dec. s The natl- waterways must be developed. uur nnancial resources are the' greatest In our history and our bank lag system, through the operation of tne tederal reserve system Is the j,..,.,., ... 7. . . W i -be nalonal and ZrOfT Z . ommenting on business conditions Vfntion. He expressed ,e fear the SZJZ'ZL -ial development ,h. j , 7 , 7 ",al "vamp the railroads and therefore when the Associated Charities ap pointed a committee to meet with other organizations of the city and devise some means of opening i before Christinas upon which olttMHi might contribute some bundle that would prove useful among the poor. A committee was appointed to ar- attacked. '"""r The Communlpaw carried a crew of I A financial campaign will be un- I 39. shipping circles generally belleva ! uertaman at once to secure funds for in SAX PHANC1SCO, Dec 8 With boilers crippled, perhaps by spies or mutineers, the food-laden Hill freight er Minnesota, which recently cleared from Seattle for England, Is belnK lowed In today by two tugs, replying io h wireless reuuest for more tows to . h -lth.r tttockad Rnri aacannA I helping the Associated Charities bt sent. Officials profess they have, , , n . h . be0I1 ' Ita work among the poor during the attacked. The Standard OH company ; winter. While securing subscriptions first heard that n ship named the CO-j of cosh the committees will also try lumbia hud been attacked. It was t" Increase the juembershlp of the or polnted out the Communlpaw might ! aanlzutlon. have been attacked, then escaped, as the Pelrollte did utter sending a wire less she was being pursued. Res cuers, after vainly searching, natural ly would report her aunk, it wns pointed out person in possession of their full sens- Associated Charities also deem- I es who will deliberated- take a nerl. i ed to name a "Bundle Dii ' some time I b us chance bv crawling under train and who could have avoided in Jury by the exercise of proper care Is not entitled ;o recover, citing an Idaho supreme court decision and other decisions in support of his rttL Ing. the demand for iron and steel pro ductors is heavier from domestic than from foreign sources. Among recommendations made U one that persons having a gross in- Maher. the deceased s mother, Is here l'nle Wti or mTf a year shall from Jordan Valley, as is also a an income tax. The law at pre. brother. Ambrose Maher Two other fnt Provides for net incomes of that urged the development of the water ways. He advised a disassociatlon of the "pork barrel" Idea from the movement. He said "pork" was much exaggerated. brothers. Will and Ed Maher. will ar rive tonight from Jordan Valley. Will Shea Is also expected at that time A sister. Mrs. E. Lewis, lives at Si ver City. Idaho, and another sister is In a convent in Dubuque. Iowa. Mrs. Shea was a beautiful charac ter and there is widespread regret among her many friends because of I her death POItTLAND Information ol r 'the cause ol been unable to get the ship's condition ii being disabled The Merchants' Exchange marine department said It had received a message reporting the tugs Iaq.ua and Dauntless are now making threo knots an hour. Their positions are JU0 miles south of San Diego. A heavy northwest swell Is running de spite clear weather. All the Minne sota's engines are dead The belief here Is general thnt they have been tampered with. WASHINGTON, Dec. S. That Ihe const guard cutter McCulloch Rturtcd to the aid of the crippled Minnesota, off lower California, hut returned to San Diego when the Mlnneaota ad vised thnt it was not needed, became known at coast guard headquarters. THREE COUNGILMEN CHOSEN IN THE ELECTION AT ECHO "The court is of the opinion," he says, "that the plaintiff must under the facts of this case allege that the trainmen or at least some of them saw the deceased in her attempt to climb through the train and could have Avoided the Injury by the appli cation of due diligence under the circumstances." MRS. YOUNG STEPS DOWN AS HEAD OF CHICA60 SCHOOLS AFTER YEARS or pl IH.K VII E. ANOTHER W il l. 1 1IEH PLACE. ski; VKE amount, leaving it to the individual to determien whether his net Income is I3UU0 or more. The report does not mention other Income tax law changes suggested by the secretary in a recent statement. Indicating the fight to be made on the so-called pork measure, the omni bus public buildings bill, the secretary advances arguments for its discontiti-: a' ' ""0,ub uance. He cites bad public building r0" iiinditions In many cities. He supports the Idea or government treatment of drug addicts bv the Dub- lic health service or other government Sot ."' 1 agency, and suggests, that the Hani son anti-narcotic act be made more stringent Concerning the public health ser. vice, the secretary urges upon con gress the necessity for more commis sioned medical officers and larger public health field investigation. He comts out that the Cnlted States Is the only countrv which does not pro- Wheat Price Down Somewhat Today CHICAGO. Dec.. . (Special) !' J1.U6 1-4. $1.U May $1 17 3-4, 14 T-s. Des. I, i Sped Bluestem Mc Liverpool IVERPOOL, Dec. . Wheat . Manitoba, lis HdfrlJi -u. .o. 3, iis oa; No I hard winter new. lis 4di No. 2 hara winter, old. lis Td. In Aniorican terms ihf highest prt jces in Liverpool ar, pr buiheU CHICAGO. Dec. 8. Mrs. Ella flag Young closed her service as superin tpn.tent 11' tlu Chicago schools todn Huenos Aires, at the present rateishe left tor Los Angeles ;ind Sun Di- '"r 'he isolation and care of lep- of increase, will puss Chicago in 1930 Ugo She may remain in California rrs There are approximately 14 and be the second city of the bemta-i 10 venrs she declared, though she lepers in the 17. S., he states, and phere. NE11K Qllllll A DV lt". lle No( (iulltv. I-OS ANOELES. Dec. J Hn. Main, measenger boy, tMggd stealing $4000 from the Commef i National bank, pleaded not gullti i the charge. (.his Death M)atfte, SAN HEUN'AltDIN'O, Cal Dec. S. I'hslclans nt the county hospital lire examining the contents of the siomach of Orta Hedgea, 14, who died suddi nly in Itedliinds supposedly from ptimialne poisoning. It hits been re I orted that she might have been kill ed by eating an orange poisoned with arsenic. WASHINGTON. Dec. 8 Anibussn- I dor Page nt Home cabled that a ves-, tSpeclul Correspondence 1 sel believed to be the Communlpaw ECHO, Ore., Dec. 8. At the city hud been torpedoed and sunk. Th" election held here yesterilav. C, J. I scene or other details were not men- tiulllford. William Oliver and Tom: tinned. The state department an-, Deweese were chosen as councllmen. , nounced the consul In the Mediterrnn- A mayor was not elected us Mayor ( enn region was expected to repott Hugh D. Smith is a hold over. Lust i ) soon. I evening the Echo volunteer fire com-! I puny held Its annual ejection with thai LONDON', Dec. 8. The News following result. Millard Hewett Agency published nn "official" dt-- president; H. H. Willis, vice presl- piitch that the Communlpaw arrived dent; P C. Hunter secretary; R It at Alexandria on Monday. Stunflcld, treasurer and Asa B. Thoin- i son, chief. The unnual firemen's (jiwrn'l on tarm rami. nunquet is to lie Held December '.'T. dim - carol'- arc ASHLAND, Wis.. Dec. 8 - Jiini"sj Llgg ITI. Tyndale is dead with two bullet ti Dig in Flames. , tuui she wounds In his body und Jack Corh'.n IoriSVIl.l.K. Ky., Dec. P TTrt nialla is being held by the sheriff, charged perished and lour were Injured in al Deuiurrei' in damage Mill won mo aiiooiiiis. which is sain q nn ueaiio.ing ine OOIOHW AVeilUC O.-W . R. & N. Is Ml-tainctl have resulted from a quarrel at Tyn-' Hotel. A dozen sensational reacuesj AggaglgMd Charities starts dalea farm. were made. VMign for ,vi,lt,.r. expects to tour Europe when the war congraoi 's urN t plcss a bill Intro I ends She visited her offices for the '-iced at the last congress, for M Inst time and removed MM decora- leprosarium i .ins ale eing worked out by the General. St. Louis i chosen ror dcmiMiaii. national OOBVenUOK. II f rcpuMicojis will not oppoot prepoiriwaa nrotnun u h i kepi out of caucus Local. Hons. Her successor has not been a ppolnted. UNCONFIRMED REPORT SAYS ATTACHES WILL LEAVE SOON NEW TORE, Dec s Unconfirm ed reports around the federal build ing said Von Pspen and Hoy-i d Municipal Christmas tree and ottk WOtlM depart for Germain planned for Chrl-t-t succumbs to pitcti- agulu-t day. Steamship OltlCag mi. I me made no reservations. No ggfc I . 'mind skil LONDON, Dec. . C,re tot commons America has not aski safe conduct for Von Papen and ed co.ist guard und navy, the s sas. to make the former o tlon a valuable auxiliary to t in time of war. The secretary also calls a to the saving effected by th i n s innovation of shipping by parcel post rather than He recommends increasing the sal aries of assistant secretaries from $5000 to $7500 The present salary, the secretary points, makes it neces sary for men of the caliber desired to sacrifice themselves financial! mix - ttentiou t reu- money express. HERMISTON ELECTS CITY OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR ! MMtMMTON "r. u the Hermiston ,u tMcttoa bald ,o eterda J w i aim ',. : R , Kenm..i ami II 1 1 poOg ' a . , i ed as councllmen. C M. Jensen u chosen re- Qfdof and M- M ada Phelps aa treasurer. The mayi.r I holdover. Frank KaJCOMta l!ng the Incumbent. Lait evening th Hermlaton Ma- to aonlc lodge sleeted nfftvofl fol- lows: ','harlcs Skin ier. W M., M. D. Sa rogga. s W . a I. Iirm.. I M3i1 'n ExpkrJon W.; J II YiOing t.t.n. t It lec 8. Eightv i;r- Sw.me trroaur-i. The Kauiterc -i .f IBM were killed In an explosion In a1 lodge will hold M el" ti.,i, ..' Btfla imur fort on the western battle! cers next Tuedae and a Joint inataU thi l.ermun- iNDOM, front, according to a report here. Union will be held
