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BOUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
NO. 8674
VOL. 27.
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEM':? , 1915.
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Germany Will Not Take the
Responsibility of Carrying on
the War Says Chancellor
Military Successes of Teutonic Army
Will Allow Nation to Discuss
Peace Under Conditions.
SPEECH LOUDLY APPLAUDED
rroNMalN of Vlllis MuKt Is- Compat
ible. With the Dignity and Safot uf
.d rniuin (o-rtiiaus o I ighting
for World Ni r but for life and
Liberty, he lM-lami.
BBRUN, Dec . (Wireless via
sayviiie. i "Fully oonaeioua oj heri
unshaken nillltiiry sun Germany I
l. i l in. is to take th responsibility for
a continuance of the misery now fill
ing Europe." Chancellor Hollweg told
the Kplrhatag today, further declar.
Ing that (lermany Ik ready to dlacuaa
peace provided her eneiulea' propos
als are compatible with her dlgnlt)
and aafety. The crowded gallerlea
loudly applauded. He denied the en-
mien have made formal peace sug
Keationa. He reviewed the recent ut
terancea abroad regarding peace. He
ieclared the enemies pretense of fight
ing to protect small countrlea haa loal
lta persuasive power since the recent
events In Greece.
"So long aa In the enemy countriea
the iruilt and Ignorance of atateamen
are entangled with public confualon
It would be folly for (lermany to make
proposala which would lengthen In
stead of ahorten the war." the Chan
cellor said.
' They apeak of a war of exterml-
MUM). So we inuat consider that
theoretical argument for peace will
nut bring the nd nearer."
Th. more the enemies continue the
I ral with bitterness, he said, the BMN
;.-nany needs a guarantee of her fu-
ture. He declared (lermany la not ,
' subjugate othera but for !
I be protection of life and liberty and.
ii. defense of the future. He grlmli
aiserted the war can only end bs
peace giving human certitude the war
lll not return. He said the food sup
ply Is sufficient.
Socialist leader Scheldeinann fol
lowed the chancellor. As a result of
the success of her armies he declared
OenMUW Cttii "peak for peace without
risking being considered as "weak
hearted or dispirited." He protested
;iitainat dreamers.
Scheldemann declared It Is folly for
the French to contlni.e U AJ-
Mice He said peace la uppermost in
'he minds of belligerents. He quoted
recent peace speeches In England.
Italy and France and concluded by
denying Germany is seeking world
leadership and asserting that Germany
may. by moving toward peace, now
tain all the glory first dreamed of.
Scheidemann assailed those favor,
lug annexation of conquered countries
reminding them the kaiser himself
declared this Is not n war of con
quest Following Hollweg's speech all par
ties united In a formal declaration.
. i in: his stand and declaring that
any peace terms must guarantee (ler
many' aafety even If the annexation
of territory is necessary. It was sug
nested, however, that annexation was
not what Germany was seekins.
Vcswi Is Safe.
VKW Yt'llK. Dec. 9. - The stand,
ard l company received another
i able stating Communlpaw had left
Vlen.indrla for New York on Tuesduy
in ballast It Is now believed anoth
er vessel has been mistaken for the
Communlpaw.
.Ionian Out of Danger.
PHO-BtlX Dec. 9.-David Starr
.lordau who Is ill from pneumonia Is
pronounced out of danger.
PEACE DELEGATES ARE DIVIDED IN TWO CAMPS
DISAGREEMENT COMES OVER WILSON'S MESSAGE
A HOARD STEAMSHIP OHCAIt, from within, but not from Its natiiral
11. off Cape Race, Dec. 9.- (By wire-1 lied cltlxens. The real danger Is
less to New York.) Henry Ford's from native Americans who arc build,
peace party was divided Into CWD I Inf battleships at huge iroflts.
camps. "Every grafter In the I'nlted States
One faction supported President Is In favor of the preparedness plan."
Wilson's message for preparedness. I ,,v Charles A. Aked of San Frin-
i'd the other opposed It.
The president's message was lead,
to the delegates by S C. McCHire. I
Then Kllia o. Jones, leader of the
faction opposed to President WllsonV
plan, took the floor.
"I believe,'' he said, "that the pres
ident's message should be received
with silence by this assemblage. The
message Is reactionary.
"We are going abroad on a ptautl
mission among nations w hich were ,
prepared for war. This Is not the
time to disturb American traditions
by preparing for war.
"I wish to call attention to the fact
that the Canudinn boundnry has nev
er been fortified. There are no fortl
flcatlona In Sweden or Norway, eith
er. "The United States Is In dongei
llandlts Oct S 70410
CHICAGO. Dec. . Three
youthful bandita held up Miss
Emma Schllnske. 24, caahler of
a branch of the Prudential Life
Insurance company, tied her
and a girl clerk together, then
escaped with ITUdn cash. Be-
fore uttacklng the women the
bandita bound a watchman to a
chair and awaited the cashier's
0 arrival with the payroll. The,y
escaped In an automobile.
'AAAAAAA A A A A A a
9 V V W V
WILL TRY
10 HAVE RAILROAD
STREET OPENED UP
.Ml Kits OF PACIFIC POWER AND
IJGHT co. to BE ORDER
ED REMOVED.
The city council will make an ef
for to open Kailroad street Just east
of College in response to an urgent
request made by N Herkeley on be
! half of residents In that vicinity.
I The street Is blocked there at the
I present time by the coal sheds of
I the Pacific Power & Light Co. and
other buildings and these will be or
dered removed. Mr. Berkeley mad
I his second appearance before th
council last night upon thin matter
and Chairman Cole of th -.t... .
committee recommended that the
Btrpet lw TUe recommen-
ua(lon waI adop,ed. Kailroad streH
n uoclu , tnLH ,g on)v
obstruction In It
t fh ibrf nf montblv hnl. h..t
evening appeared aeveral for work
done In excavating for the library.
Mayor Dyer made atrenuous objec
tion to paying these bills out of the
general fund, and, at his suggestion
they were ordered paid out of th-?
library fund.
The contract with the Newport
1-and and Construction Co. for the
Improvement of Monroe and Ea.:
Main streets was approved last ev
ening. The engineers report
upon
pavpm.nt wal read and adopted!
inA I'nino el on nT tnA Wet A It i
last evening. , incPd the way of the allies at Sa
Mayor Dyer suggested that tM I UmlJrJ," the report said. "The prom
street committee go nver the im-1 iHd transport lines have been held
proved streets carefully to ascertain Up sad conimunications blocked."
whether or not they were accept-!
able. The atieet committee called
attention lo the fart that the W a r
ren .nstru.tlon Co. is under a f iv e
year bond to keep the street In
pair The major
then suggested ,
(Continued on page five.)
Wheat Goes Upward
in Portland Today
PullTLA.ND, ore. Dec. 9. (Speci
al) Merchants' Exchange prices to
day, club, 93. 1-2 bid, 94 asked; blue,
stem 98 l-l bid. 98 asked.
Chicago.
CHICAGO. Dec. 9. (Special)
At the close today. Dec. $1.16 3-8-11.14
f-t: May 11. 17 6-8-11.16 3-8.
Liverpool.
LIVBftPOOL Dec. . Wheat
Spof 5 1 Manitoba, 12s 4 1 -2d : No.
2. 12s Id; No. 3. lis lid; No. 2 hatd
v inter, new, lis 10 l-2d.
In American terms the Liverpool
nice is now Il.SU per bushel.
Cisco voiced the following remark;
today regarding the pence mission
"What is to come Irom this mis
sion." he said, "1 do not know. I'ri
til Saturday I never saw Mr. Fori
and knew nothing of his plans. I do
not know w hat we are setting out to j
accomplish, or how. Hut I am most'
certain that lasting good and oi.ly
good can come from the trip"
Mmc. Schwinimer told the delegntes!
that she had received letters from I
both factions of the belligerents in
which desire for pence was expressed
A discussion was started when news-1
palter representatives asked to see thei
letters. Dr Aked showed himself to
be a true pacificist when he suggest
ed a compromise by which a com
mlttee of reporters was selected to In
epect the letters.
His Recall Demanded
8
A 4 A
CAPT GOY-EO.
Herman Attache Boy-Ed must leave
the Cnited States because his pro-
ierman activities here are not liked.
Secretary Lansing has already noti
fied Ambassador Bernstorff to inform
the Berlin government that Amerl.
ca demands the recall of Boy-Ed. At
tache Von Papen, at the aame time
must also be recalled.
GREECE WILL RESIST
FORCED DEMANDS OE
THE ENTENTE ALLIES
HERMAN? IS ItKIHRtTFO PRE
PARING TO HOLD AGAIXST
A HIXK-KADE.
LONDON. Dec. 9. Greece is tak
ing active steps to resist if the allies
attempt to enforce their demanda.
according to a Rome report to the
Daily Mall. German aubmarlnes are
reported ready to aid against a com-
menial blockade by the allies of the
... ..... .
-Kvrry I)OMib,e annoyance is being
UU1D 0111111 TIM THHr-AT r-rlr- I
!TAn DUUm lUHH IrHlDIICRCU
TO BE WIPED OUT BY FIRE
HOPEWELL. Va.. Dec. 9. -The en
tire business section was threatened
b a fire starting in a restaurant.
Hopewell is a war boom town built by
I powder companies manufacturing mu-
i.ltlons for the allies. Thousands are
employed here.
The authorities are Investigating a
man arrested here while placing ex
plosles beneath the Dupont powder
varehouse. Blue prints of tbe plant
were In his possession. The ware
house contains Immense quantities of
gun cotton for the allies.
i
fNew British Monitor Bombarding
---- - , b,
-i"c nniiF vw we
This Is the first picture ever tak-
en of the new British monitors with
McComas Asks Inv igation
of His Arrest iWicfay Night
At 2 o'clock this afternoon
the proposed Investigation was
postponed by Mayor Dyer with
the consent of Mr. McComas.
When the matter was brought
up last night Mayor Dyer un-
thlnklngly referred It to tha
police committee. Councilman
Montgomery, who Is a mem-
ber, very reluctant to act be-
cause of his relation to the po
lltlcal fight and there was ob-
Jectlon to Councilman Cole 4i
because of his relationship by
marriage with Chief Manning
The matter may be held over
until next council meeting or
It may be brought up In the
form of a trial of McComas on
a charge of Interfering with an
officer.
I
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i Baa aun hwh .nayoi joiin uej.
City Attorney Charles H Carter and
the police committee of the council!
are investigating the arrest of E. W. I
McComas. prominent grain buyer snd J
politician, who suffered a scalp
wound when struck by the club ofj
Chief of Police Alex Manning Mon
day night during the election riot.
The Investigation was requested
last evening of the council by Mr.
McComas, who. with his attorney.
James A. Fee, appeared before that
body, his head swathed in bandag-s !
He intimated that the Investigation '
would be , preliminary to an acti n I
for damages.
"I wish to ascertain." he said, j
"whether Chief Manning and Off!-;
cer Stephens attacked me out of per-
snnal reasons or whether they were'
i inspired by men higher up. If the j
former 1 will hold tbe city respon
sible and if the latler I will seek re-'
dress elsewhere Their action w.i i
unwarranted and if the council so
finds. I will ask their summary dis
missal from the police force."
Mayor Dyer Vtateu that he world
refer the matter., the police com-K
j mlttee. the citv attorney and himself
and set today at 2 o'clock as the
I hour for the hearing "I will prom
ise a fair Investigation." he saiu.
I "and if the action of the police wa
unjustified, they will be dealt with
i
accoraingiy . i in ine oiner nana, n
we find they were right and you
wrong. I promise that you will be
prosecuted to the full extent of she
law." The police committee con
sists of John Slebert. chairman. J.
E. Montgomery and C. A. Cole.
Judge Fee appeared first as a rep
resentative of Mr. McComas and re
quested a hearing for his client. Ru
mors of the intended action of Mr
McComas had drawn a big audience.
Mr. McComas appeared a few mo
ments later and stated that he wish
ed to make I protest of the action
Of Manning and Stephens. He de
i dared the action of the chief un
j warranted and unnecessary, declar
i Ing he could have been taken with
I out force. He also said he felt that
j they were inspired to their action.
Chief Manning was present bul
I made no statement. However, lie
land Officer Stephens both assert
that their actions were entirely Jus
tified and necessary in view- of the
circumstances. In their story they
declare thnt Stephens was be'.nit
abused by Dr. E. J. Sommerville.
who they allege had been the leaa-
er of the threatening mob earlier in
the evening Thev state that Staph-1
ens after advising Dr. Sommerville
o kee ,,uie, to"k h.m by the arm
' seep im -
v mi
their powerful 15-Inch guns In M
tion Very Tittle haa been heard of i
.this part of the English navy. Each)
. y
i--9
to lead him to the station when Mc
; Comas Interfered, grabbed the offi
j cer by the arm and declaring he
i would not take Dr. Sotnmervllla to
! jail while he was around. At thus
j Juncture, they assert. Stephens was
assaulted, struck and kicked and
went down to his knees. The crowd,
which had gathered, took part in this
assault and Chief Manning declares
McComas and others were threaten
ing further injury to Stephens when
he used his club. When McComas
fell. Chief Manning asserts, further!
violence was checked for the time
being. McComas claims to have lost
a diamond ring valued at SITS lu
the melee.
Another angle to the affair was
given later In the evening when
Dudley Evans, the challenger against
whom the fhob demonstration wai
made, declared to the council that
he would Insist upon the prosec-i-
tion of Messrs. Sommerviile and Mc-;
Comas for inciting the crowd to del
....
mm injur'.'.
Cold Plunge Into
Tank Planned for
Christmas Morning
IiOCAL SWLMMLN'G ENTMl'SLASTS a he records of the election and
MIKAXGIN'O TO I SE NAT- carefully preserved for possible fu
ATOR1TM. (ture use.
There were other protests in the
Portland will have nothing oDjbox also. One, signed by Dr. J. A.
Pendleton this year in the way of aiBe8t- Protested against the presence
. , . of Evans at the polls on the grounds
Christmas swim. Local aquatic en- .... . uA J
H that he was a non-resident and not
thusiasts are planning a plunge intoia voter of Pendeton. It also con-
the waters of tbe natatorlum on
Christmas morning and declare they
will go through with It If they have
to break holes in the ice to reach
the water.
The Christmas swim in the Wll-
aaaaua river nas oecome an annual
anorilatai event at Portland and
U...MBAB mimh 1 1 1 A. mm v.. Ill uf-1
,. . . ,hp ....
bathe. The water here will be at a
I lower temperature than that n the
I
river at Portland but tnis tact is mil
detering the local swimmers in their
plans. They have arranged to have
the pool filled for Christmas morn
ing and Invite all to Join them in a
refreshing plunge
EQUITY OF THE S. P.
IS FIXED AT $2.50
IN LAND GRANT CASE
i:II.KGAI) MI ST STAND ALL THE
COWS OF THE SI IT WHICH
IRE LARGE.
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 9. Federal
,'udge Wolverton read the decree lim
iting the S. P s equity in the Oregon-
California land grant, to I2.5D per
acre. The decree will be filed this
I
afternoon. i
.. . . i
The railroad must pay all tne costs;
,.f the sil t which are verv large
Cross complaints, interveners who;
Claimed title b, right of settlement
r otherwise, are relieved of the costs
of their suits.
German Base
monitor carries one big 15-inch gun
mounted on a turret. The picture
was taken off la Panne, Belgium
J.E.MONTOOMERY
WON'T SANCTION
CONTEST EFFORT
Protest is Filed by Dudley Evans
Against Counting Ballots of Second
Precinct in Fourth Ward.
VOTE CANVASSED BY COUNCIL
Official Count Slums No change in
the Previously Published Flgur.-
Montgomery Makes Molirra Thai
Ills Opponent Bo nuiared Klectnl
Major of tiic City.
Whe the city council made a can -
vaM ot ,ne Monday election returns
iu, ,M . i nmr. nf ih. n.
I '
tire ballot of the second precinct of
the fourth ward was found in the
box. It was signed by Dudle.
Evans, as challenger for J. E. Mont-
I gomery, and, while Mr. Montgomery
last night disavowed any responsibil
ity for the protest and declared he
j would make no fight against the le
I gallty of the election of Dr. Best as
1 mayor. Evans who was present. Ir.-
jsisted that the protest be embodied
j tained terms uncomplimentary' to the j Ported. Great activity goes on at
challenger. A protest against the I Kesearabia. It is believed here that
reading of Dr. Best's remonstrance i his may be a concentration of Rim.
by Election Judge I E. Penland in!!rians for a Bulgarian expedition,
the presence of the voters In the :
polls was also In the box. the protest! SOFIA. Dec. 9. The bulgars hav
i ,,r, ,ii"a mwm .umiuuMi -
i cation was written after he had been
of f icift It v sdvlspil nf thp Ipnlltv of
the presence of Evans at the noils
Evans, in the protest, claimed that!
ur. Best desired the reading or no
- , ...
remormtrance for electioneering pur
poses.
All three of the protests were read
by the council and the recorder was
instructed to file them away. Coun
cilman Montgomery, the defeated
mayoralty candidate, asked that he
be placed on record as opposed to
any contest of the election, and Dr.
Best, who was present, also asked
i that Montgomery's statement be
j made a part of the record.
Evans addressed the council at
length, declaring that every election
t law on the statute from the corrupt
I practices act down to the procedure
in counting ballots, was violated by
! the Judges of the second precinct of
i the fourth ward. He declared he
protested time an 1 again at the pedis
but was not heeded. Evans asked '
j for certified copies of the protests,
declaring that he might need th-n
In some future action he might take, j
Councilman Montgomeiry himself j
made the motion that Dr J. A. Best j
'be declared the next mayor of Pen-j
dleton for a period of two years
commencing January I. 1916. after!
an official canvass had showed him I
I
elected by a majority of 23 votes
c.n I i .k .Nt.l
"r ..IT.
l"e eieiuon reiuros mi .;
Bos, m: .
tr-surer. Moorhouse l l Horto .
200; for councilman first ward,
KirkpatricK 183; for
councilman secoftd ward. Cox 11!
KdmistOll !S. Oliver 7S. Taylor 192:
for councilman third .ward. Poison
22S. Owen 180; for councilman
fourth ward. Cole 1S, McAtee 234.
Penland 503; for water commission
er. 3 years. Strain
HOS; for water
commissioner, s years
McCormmachj
14 23; for water commissioner full
term. Stroble 1321.
Rich Land to he ih iu-.I
j WASHINGTON. Dec. 9. -The rich
Colville Indian reservation m Wash
j in. ton state will tie throw n open to
I homestead entry July t. An annoitnce-
nient to that effect by Secretary of
the Interior I-ine was made follow
Ing a conference with Senators Jone?
mil Poindexter and
iil of Washington.
OM-Bial
liUMillJ will not avpt re-uil-,
I illt r i-nrrting on tlx- war. iledan
i li.uniilor. l.tmiau dilr- pmt
w nil honor.
in-tv la-lletitl pri'iMiiiiig to rvlM
ftari4 dciiiamU of ihc alllr-..
ItoUui lau- funv allie. in Serbia to
Local.
McCoaaaa ak Investigation of lu-
urrt--l ; hWtanMlM -dl'- wen- inspire!.
HontgiHiicry disavow-. resuoivbl.
t) for prolci of "m don
CwlaCMM dio Om i pliuiiMil.
vliiiii.ipal t bri-imas uree lo be put
in place si once. I
t onmil listens to plea for uproing ;
Hallroad stni-t.
Representative j
NEWS SUMMARY
BULGARIANS ARE
F
ALLIES
SERBIA
TO
General Retreat is in Operation in
Southern Part of Courts-Forces
Flee Toward Greece.
MANY BRITISH ARE CAPTURED
Eulgars Ddlier Attack Against Kn
tire Front Rusnian-. Arc Nid to he
Manned for Invasion of Bulgaria
Itusso-Humanlan Frontier Station
W Cktecd.
! LONDON, Dec. . That the allies
sre retreating in southern Serbia was
onicially confirmed today by Sofia.
The war office there claims the Bul
bars have reached a point only 20
miles from the Grecian line. It was
added the French are hurrying tow.
ard a refuge in Greece. The belief
prevails the Bulgars are pressing tha
allies hard or that General Sarrall
has ordered a general retreat.
South of strumnltxa." the official
statement said, "we are attacking th
en"r front.
One hundred and aeventv four Hrir.
lh prisoners were taken at Petros.
SELRICH. Dec. J.-The Russo
Rumanian frontier station at Ungeni
and the frontier harbor at Rent have,
been closed, according to Bucharest
advices. The arrival of thousands of
nussian troops at both points is
re-
jujiru Kmm wuages or tirovica and
i Demirkauu which h lv..,w
aterl it wuc ,rfi 1 1 . .
Paris. rec. 9. Repeated attack
eat f i- i.
, , . i,,.- m i ii n-IT DrOKen
up oy trench artillery, the war of
fice announced. It was admitted the
Germans gained a portion of a trench
in that neighborhood. The entire
eastern Champagne district trembles
fnder a terrific artillery battle.
Oregon Man Chosen.
WASHINGTON, Dec. . C. W.
Hod son of Oregon, was made chair
man of the nomination committee of
tao national rivers and harbors on.
vention.
Big Tree Will be
Placed at the Corner
of Main and Court
l-L.B(K.VEE PREPARATIONS (A.
DEKWAY FOR Ml NICIPAI.
CHRKSTMAs rVmVrTUCH
The municipal Christmas tree.
Wlhieh ,.n .
- ' rvr contain
. , J f0r every bo :,nl
fir or i - n 'i, til k i. i .
' " - i m piaca
mvmmm. laal
wi oiain ana
streets within the next few
Court
days, and will serve as a part of th
noiiday street decorations. The trea
will occupy the center of the Inter
section and will be trimmed so thai
it will not interfere with traffic.
Rev. J E. Snyder appeared before
the council last evening and re
quested permission to put the treo
in the street. The matter waa re
ferred to the police committee and
,m V'" act H-v
aeu uir permission u
; i ope on a block for a few hours on
Christmas eve so that the featln i. .
would not be interfered w ith bt ; . -!
hides.
on the night of the unique enter
1 talnment a platform will tx btllll
1 back of the tree for the am ot IBS
: chorus or children who will irn
j Christmas carols. A gMolhsi old
fashioned S.un.i oiri- wll: ;i
rnt to tuk'' presents ofr UM Mw
and lestow them upon the
rich and pool alike the Coinn
clal aodation is behind the
rangements of the saMrtAte-t
Prof, a C Hampton .rint: chain
mittce today the follow ri
tees wet.- n.ime.l to :i in
the differeul features of
Program Uev. J.
Elean r Viment. J f K
pocoraUoao A. j. Mei
on Coben. Roi Ale indef
Treats -The advisor)
the rsjfoai TsanlMH' nm
k.t - a c ii iau
Musi.- M l Mgfeoil
W.'
'Ir i
stall
i I
o to S-io- f--i-
HINOTON Dw I '
ge at liitdon his olvi
paltinent England U.i
the tmeriran reueot
r unmove American
seise or unmote Ao n. in ...-i.
pending action of the MM inn
court In the Hocking, Oent and
Kankak-.c
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