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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
NO. 8675
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1915.
VOL. 27.
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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
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BEING TOWED TO ! LAW HELD TO BE
PORT BY 2 T
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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
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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
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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.
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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.