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DAILY EVENING EDITION Pom-ant for Eastern Oregon hT the United State Weather Irtwrirr at Portland, t Tonight and Saturday rain or anow; wirmfr tonight DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISERS TUe But Oregonlan bi the isrgsst psld Oriolatlon of any paper la Oregon, east of Portland sud over twice the circulation la Pendleton of any other newspaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER NO. 8675 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1915. VOL. 27. am i A L' JTVIfiKEKFKH?iT k XJ. HUG'S TALK DOES NOT BRING HOPES OF PEACE German Attaches Recalled by the Berlin Office WASHINGTON, Dev. 10. Am has udor Von Borntorff notified tin State department that Germany has recalled Von Ptipcn ami Boy-Ed and ii-iiui-Hli-d their safe conduct. I L.. Uerman lerms as ftnnounceu uyi, , n Chancellor Puts More Determine-: way and Company tion Into Allies to Continue War. j Merges With Big SPEECH SHOWS A WEAKENING Wholes House Peace Pilgrims on Way to Stop London BoUsves, lotion iu Rclohsia WlK Tllkotl tO ApCUse tllC QW- tng DeniHiiil In tjcnnany for Tome With the. UHca Sorts llaa lp. trove of cli"nccllor' Vord. DEAL MADE IN SPOKANE PRO. PR1ETOK W s FORMERLY Ol PENDLETON HUM. 1 . KI.l N Dec 1. The relchstuir socialists, In caucus, approved tho. government's attitude ennunclated by I Chancellor Hollweg yesterday. The press unanimously endorsed the apaartt, LONDON, Dec. 1.- Hollwcg's pro-i nuuncement of German peace terms practically has ended all talk f an early peace aa far as England Is, concerned Several high officials, Iti tnrviewed by the I'nlted Press today.; declared that not even the moat ar dent pacificist now can see an early peace The newspapers shared this; view Some declared peace la more remote now than any lime since the war began on account of Hollweg'n lotion which la regarded as Intended to appease the growing Oerman de- maud for peace.' WAR COLLEGE URGES TROOPS BE SENT TO GUARD PUGET SOUND Announcement hus been made in Spokftttl of the consolidation of the wholesale house ot (Iruy & 'o., of which W. J. Cray, formerly of this city, has been manager, with the Im perial Coffee & Tea Co., the new cor poration to be known as the Grav Manufacturing Co. Mr. Gray was formerly a member of the firm of Gray Bros. here. The Spokane Chronicle, speaking of the merger, says in part: "Consolidation of the Imperial Cof fee and Tea company, coffee roasters and distributors, with Gray & Co., wholesale dealers in supplies for ba kers, confectioners and soda foun tains, under a new corporation known up the Gray Manufacturing company was announced today by W. .1. Gray "The new concern is capitalized at $100,000, and will take over the busi ness of the two companies January 1. ft. O. McClintock, head of the Mc- Cllntock-Trunkey company, is presi dent of the Gray Manufacturing com pany. W. J. Gray, present manager of i Gray A Co., has been elected vice pres ident and general manager, and H. D. Trunkey Is secretary-treasurer. "Extension of territory and an In crease In the lines handled by the! present companies is contemplated by the new corporation, Mr. Gray states. The company will occupy the four storv brick building at W1102 Ide ave nue, present location of the Imperial Coffee & Tea company. affording 20.000 square feet of floor space.'' j I CDSEL TVZD I aBsssssssssHl SSm &Jl v'jMVi ! mm ' , RERTOH 5- , mrndtrnmrnm s ssssBL am .mmmBsaar . mmmsmaBmmxim9 sr- k sHHHBsHsssVsaHBsVssVsasssWlsssW ssLV . .. . .- ... ' '- - . ti tht m, rord LIGHTER SEEN ! STATE WIDE DRY BEING TOWED TO ! LAW HELD TO BE PORT BY 2 T GS CONSTITUTIONAL Disabled Minnesota is Sighted at Sea by Assistant Harbor Master Vessel Refuses Assistance. IN WASHINGTON CONDITION IS A MYSTERY Supreme Court Hands Down Decis ion Today in Much Disputed Case Six Justices Concur in Arriving at Inte.pretation. All I iinii- to i,. i Ship to I : i .1 lo WirclcMx JleeHagCM are Fuliio ; Captain of ship Refuse to Dtvalge What Took IMaec Kfcdernl traml Jury .May I To be time. SAX DIEGO, Dec. 10. The dis abled freighter Minnesota, towed by two tugs, passed San Diego this morning, evidently heading for San Pedro Assistant Harbor Master Mugler informed the United Preu to that effect this morning after making a fruitless trip to S-';. to ex tend the courtesies of the port to Captain Gailick of the Minnesota. The Minnesota remains as much a mystery ship as ever, uarllck persist ently refuses to be seen or state the destination of his snip or what transpired aboard. Throughout the morning Captain Garlick had refused to reply to a wireless from the local station. Ap parently he Is determined to keep his destination a secret. Mugier then put to sea. Federal officlal-i of all Pacific ports are watching for the Minnesota. A federal grand Jury will investigate the conditions uboard, It was freely predicted. Lo cal federal officers refuse to discus: the matter. INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT HAS NOT BEEN VIOLATED Prohibit on lu kl Not 1811 of Pub licity. Declares the Court Two of the Jadgm Write separate Opln. Ions Hot Arrive at Same ConduM M mly One lhx Not Participate i '-aw Goes nl1 Effect jn. ry I. OIAMPIA. IH-c. 10. The state su preme court today declared the state wide prohiMou law constitutional. The law goes into effect on January 1. Six of the Justlecs amtmmi in the opinion written b JlWltll Parker Two wrote a M-parate opinion. arrl- ing at the same oonrlusions. or ; did not partieiiMite. The court held that the prohibition law did not fail of publicity: that the Interstate com merce act was not violated : that then Is no defn-tiTe inoonstetency In that the people's law and the initiative amendment provided different dates for the law to become effctle. left is IhOI and their si y the party, turned ov . rjti MM Mrs. Purton Braley, I.onieMin Ol r 111 lituei puiii. ton Braley eated at sea sailim: i. hosl- -atn nrried to Be i twiard the the right is shown The ceremony tne f.iruifr Mist-1 Pelow is a view of the dorks nf th. who was Oscar II. with the peace party on the poel. . board, as she swung out into the river hip before it sailed. ! on her journey. Makes Proposal to S. P. SALEM, Ore, Dec. 10 The Oregon-California land conference com mittee decided to submit to the 8. P. a proposition to pay them $2.50 per acre, plus the amount of taxes ex ceeding that sum that has been paid. KBCOMMENDATION8 MADE FOR PREPAREDNESS LARGE MO BILE FORCE SUGGESTED. JUNIOR COMMERCIAL CLUB DISCUSSES ORGANIZATION HOYS MEET 1-ST EVENING WITH UOMMITTKE OK KENIOR .1SSOOIATION. WASHtNQTON; Dec. 10- The war eollepe's special defense report, sub mitted today to Secretary Garrison, dl "iKtiates Puget Sound. California and the Atlantic coast as the three rrtllral areas." It adocates a pre. j Paredneas program far greater than ImkI evening all the boys of the the administration. It urged one dl- nhjli school Interested In the Junior Wiflon and a brigade of cavalry for, (-,,mmerrlnl Asooclatlon met In the the Puget region. Commercial rooms and discussed the A division of troops and a brigade plana of organization with the execu of cavalry were recommended both, live committee of the senior associa lor California and the Atlantic coast j t Ion A. J. McAllister and J. It Ita The recommendations were baaed on ley. both made very interesting talks the necessity of maintaining the Mon-' on the plnns of the organization and roe Tioctrine and avoiding entangling I the purpose of the club, alliances. The cost of the entire plan j n boa been decided that tempo would be J63,40,000 first year. Iks raff headquarters be established in administration's plan provided for the the rooms In the hack end of the expenditure of lilt, 000,000 annually j eotnmerclal building until the pres " hen the system was Installed. Re- ent library rooms are vacated. At Inforoements for our Island possess!- mat time those rooms will be turn ons were suggested. The many miles i ed over to the boys for their per "I unguarded coast line were pointed, nmnent quarters. ,, i, thp additional suggestion ! )reat Interest Is shown by the that strong mobile forces are needed ,oys In the organization and It 1 to prevent a possible enemy from j expected to be ns great n success as landing. I any In the city. About seventy ol the boss were present last evening. .A-.-.-4 They will again assemble next Tluirs Note Sent to Austria Over Anconajs Really Ultimatum WASHINGTON, Dec. JO. It wasltically an ultimatum. It was stated l .1 ,.. ...J ,w... . ... II . V.I. ..,. I .....pin-i hnu '1." 11 ivriieo iiuviinrivaiiv eiv lllunt lliai llir itiiiih; vimv ..ut, ,,.u ...... I " American note to Austria, protesting w If in a position to sever diplomatic against the destruction of the liner' rtlutlons unless Austria accedes to the Ancona. with American lives, is prac-1 demands made. BIG FIRE AT EI DESTROYS 550.000 OF ULRIGH IS REELECTED TO CiPTiffl FOOTBALL SQUAD Naval Battle KnuulK ATHENS, Dee. 10. It Is believed a naval battle may have occurred off Albania yesterday. A report was cir culated an Italian squadron appeared while the Austrians were bombard ing 1'iovanni de Nedua. ha!cr Ming lo Brussels. Alt Inventor In Holland is said ti AMSTERDAM. Dec. 10. The I have invented an artificial rubber of Kalsfr Is going to Brussels Sundav. hlch the chief ingredient Is extract. He plans to visit Waterloo. led from freshly caught sea fish. Is Not Wanted Here ITRRBUG is SOUGHT THOUGH OWNERS SAY COMBUSTION W AS THE C AUSE. ERIE. Pa.. Dec. 10 Five hundred; ind fifty thousand bushels .f Cana- j llan crain. consigned to the allies, ! ere burned in a fire destroying thre j Apchor Line elevators The author- i ities are searching for possible fire bug though the owners believe the cause was spontaneous combustion. HURNED TOW N is 0 day evening for a regular monini.v A business meeting to discuss further HKl.VG REBUILT the Plft"s of organization. It is ex- pecteu huh me eiuo win nywu . week from the coming Monday CS3JT. I INTL. r.-IrM PETERSBURG. Va.. Dec. 10. Automoblllsts brought word to day that the work of rebuilding Hopewell Is already begun. I'raetlcallT the entire town was wiped out by yesterday's fire. Thousands of homeless persons were brought here. Practically every business house was de stroyed. The militia Is control ing the situation. MarsltlieM Has $504) lire. MARSHEIELD, Ore.. Dec. 10 Fire next to the Evening Record of fice, In the Panama Millinery store, owned by Mrs. Max Tlmmermnn. did damage amounting to $600. The Record office did nut sustain any oa mage. J.i, sin has more telephones than all the rest of Asia. Umatilla County Will Pay $109,859.10 in State Taxes UmgtllU county will contribute IH,III.1I toward the cost of op erating the state government and state institutions during 116, ac . online to the tentative estimates ol the state tax commission. This Is . more than $26,000 less than was re-, ipilreil a year ago. The assessed valuation of the inoperty In Umatilla county amounts: to approximately $4!i9,O0O.O0O and lol raise $100. 69 10 a tax levy of abo'ltl two and two-tenths mills will be re BUlftd This Is about a half mill less than was required to raise the $136. iint.afi necessary last year. The county court has not yet fix ed the amount of the county and state levy but will probably do so next week The budget hf county expenses as officially adopttd Will call for an Increase over last yeat unci the total levy will probably take up all of the six per cent in crease allowed by the Bingham law. The total cost of operating the state departments anil InStltUtlOAS next year Is placed at l,llt,Mtl which Is about $562 1100 less than last war. On a millage basis the average stale levy for 1916 IXpsnaM will oe 1,71 mills against 3 1-3 mills last yenr. Umatilla county will pay ti larger amount than any olbet counties except Multnomah Mil Ma rion. Multnomah will pay $l.ls2. 000 while Marlon will only pay atmut $2000 more than Umatilla. i A Wheat is Lower in the Chicago Mart PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 10. Club, 91 1-2; bluestem, 96-9S 1-2. ; CRICAwO, Dec. 10 Dec. 115-112 5-8; May 116 S-S-114: July 107 3-t-i 106 3-4. , Liverpool, LIVERPOOL, Dec. 9.-- Wheat Spot N 1 Manitoba, 12s 4 Did; No. ! 2. 12s Id; No. 3, lis lid; No. 2 hard winter, new, lis 10 1 -2d. j In American terms the Liverpool I pri.-e b now $1.S0 per bushel Sheldon Ulrich, quarterback and captain of the Pendleton high school football team during the season Just closed, will again lead the gridiron ers next year. At a meeting of the letter men of the football squad he was chosen to retain the office of captain for the season or 1(16. Ul rich is one of the best men the high school has had in recent years. Starting to play in his freshman year at end. he made a name tor himself by his hard tackling. This year, when Quarterback Boylen was incapacitated by an Injury, he wis shifted to the backfleld to act In th pilot position. He called the signals for the team and played in th safety position on the defense. Ul rich will have a younger brother. Balfe Ulrich. in the high school next year. Though younger he is heav ier than the captain and secure! some preliminary' experience on the championship grade team of the Washington school this year. Hnngary Seeks IVare. LONDON. Dec. 10. Hungary is re solved to make peace without the con sent of Austria or Germany, accord ing to a dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph's Geneva correspondent who said he "learned It reliably." He said peace demonstrations were oc curring throughout Hungary. British Lose ( aim-is CONSTANTINOPLE. Dec. 10. In constant clash with the British re tiring from their Bagdad failure, the Turks have reached Sheikh Saad. a few miles from Kut-el-Amara, the British base, it was officially an nounced. "W'e continue to hairas the ene my.'' the war office claimed. W'e have captured 300 camels." Tax Levy of the State Calls For Over 2 Millions Charge arc Renewed.. PROVIDENCE. Dec.' 10. Charges that ex-Ambassador Dumba of Aus- ' tria is still directing munition plots ' and strikes, through instructions to Acting Ambassador Zwiedeneck were printed today in the Providence Jour. ! Mt It was further declared that the report on anti-ally activities,, sent abroad by Austrian Consul Number of New York, was confiscated In Lon- ! don. stmu COMMISSION VPPItov I s LEVY COLLEGES GET IAMBS si Ms MONEY. Bandit Make Haul ATCHISON. Kas.. Dec. 10. Five bandits blew the safe of the Everest State Bank and escaped by autumn bile with $1500. salami- Is Acquitted. SANTA FE. N M. Dec. 10. A Jury in the federal court here ac quitted General Salaxar. a former Huerta commander, on charges of SALEM. Ore.. Dec. 10. - The f ill membership of the state tax commis sion arproved the state tax levy ,.i submitted by the commission's ac tive members. The levy calls for $2 550.000. This Is $562,000 less than last year. OtWI million, six hundred and twenty-fou.-thousand, eighty hundr.il and f' rr nine is for general i . , - Two hundred and eighty thou. and, threo hundred and forty-eight la for the university and $373, 79H is for the agricultural college No action wiis taken on the complaint of e4j4rr nor West regarding the failure uf the Lincoln county tax tide nid marsh lands . of the S. p Companv Marshall is Keappo'attcd SALEM, lire.. Dec 9 Willi tm A Marshall was reappointed by Ooer I nor Wiihvcombe as a member of the Oregon State, industrial Asatdent com- NEWS SUMMARY War Mav I i-i six Years. LONDON, Dec 10. Indicating i belief that the European war mav j last six years. Sir John Simon Intro -duced Oi the house of commons a bill providing that the life of the i present parliament he six years In- I stead of five. Kussiin ln- silent LONDON, DM from Denmark state grame have beea Scandinavia from Rl cember 3. No eipl.i Telegrams frmii pott via to Russia are lleporM Uateal picture Papen, German whose recall bus of Capt. Franz von military attache, been' asked by Sec- SgaaWfJ. tvcmiaii attache arc iit-allcd b : Berlin Freighter Minnesota remains im tci v I Is-iii- timisl to vort Washington state court apHvoltl Um ! prohibition law. Local. Umatilla count) "ill have to av lo to siat,. ili. in last year. t Irlch to sucvvxil sMf as football ,t ntatv of State 1 .anting. i'apt. .api.iio Papen posed for this picture In his) IVndlcton bowlers defeated b) Wal i New York office. at Walla. STANDARD oil I OM A PXBTIA MHHM I l WASHINGTON. IVc. tO. Tlie Standard Oil corporation is only parti) dissolved, the inter state commerce commission re ported to the senate. The re port said the stockholders in the producing companies also are interested in pipelines. In a genera' vv.iv the corporation's condition is good, the report stated. BRITISH TROOPS MAKING A STAND AGAINST THE TURKS AMSTERDAM. Dec. 1. ' Th. Hi!' Ish are making a azeisiiful stand at Kut-el-Amaru It was offl. p.irted from Constantinople In ih c.aiiipoii region, the gefari i 'he Turks have scattered ths atiiukiM alliea driving several of the M transports on the shoals of Klmlkll man bay.