East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, December 14, 1915, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EVENING EDITION Forecast for pastern nrci;tn h ii lulled Stalei W rat her observer t Portland. TO ADVEHTISKIIS. Tbe East Oregonlsn has tbe largest pld i l-culitlon of suy piper In Oregon, Mt or i urtland and over twice the circulation In leudleton of nf otber newspaper. BOUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER NO. 8678 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1915 VOL. 27. I i east ll&l f fvwetims&i J' wSI w s I pajly m 1 ,jr Lj1ljH!w wnwmmmmm " ?! COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER - ' - 9 4 Tii '' - , . ,..,J. -JT-T Ot J"n ef s. c POSTDFFICE CAN HANDLE RUSH OF HOLIDAY SEASON Officials are Prepared to Take Care of the Largest Business in the History of Local Office. STAMP SALE MAKING RECORD i p u Dale There Ha Been In . mw or :i per Dent orw suii of lJist Your in TIujk Tinm floM" maeter Tweedy Gives urnrnwit iu RcgMdlm sending lnickagv. Preparation for the handling ol the largest holiday business in the history ot the Pendleton postofflca hay now been completed by Poet, master Tweedy Prom all Indication this Christmas will establish a rec ord, for at this date the itamp sale are over 30 per cent ahead of the mi me dnle for the month of Decem ber last year. Another good feature for this year la the new Insurance rate on panels valued up to la. Thi i. He has now been reduced to three cents and It l suggested that patrons Insure their parcels which will gual antee safe delivery. It Is also re quested that patrons who have two or more parcels to Insure, call at tho postofflee at once and receive the blank Insurance tags, which must bo I Hied out by the sender, and then thev i an fill them out at home and attach them to their parcels. This v stem will relieve the sender from UndinC In the postofflee lobby for ny length of time, and will also re lieve the congestion at the parcel post windows. A few other sugges tions given by Postmaster Tweedy nre as follows: He sure and prepay postage fully on all parcels. Address parcels fully and plainly and if sent to a large city be sure to place the street and house number on the parcel. II vou write the address on an at tached shipping tag, be sure that you alBo place the name and address 00 the parcel, a tag can be easily torn off In transit and your parcel will oe Always place your name and ad drccf on the parcel and If it Is not .iejiv. red it will be returned to you. Panels without your return card up on them are unmallable. Puck your articles carefully and ' be sure to rap and tie them securely with heavy twine. If two or moio; parcels In the same sack should MOM ion it would be Impossible to tell In whii h parcel the .different articles: .Mall your parcels now for they may l.e marked "DO not open until Christmas" and may contain Christ mas greetings with the name of the ... v.' r on the Inside of the package. Do not seal your parcels for thai laki them first class and will is gi-d at the rate of 2 M e. If you use itlckera m stamps do not place t Olds of the packages oi annus cross lor this ma ir Bed em ou where ie." the ih parcel scaled. Always Insure valuable pari els. If you are obliged to send "ooli te ie nee present" and the time Is very sijort lie sure to place special de icer, stamp on the parcel ami It wll: i , delivered immediately upon its ar rival at its destination. Patron will greatly lessen Ihe la bors of the clerks If they will MPal art the long and short letters ami ra t the letters so the stamps will be In the same corners. This applies only m those who mall large qitani- tl s of letters at one time. Willi the cooperation of the public and the extra force In the office it will be possible to dispatch all par cels as they are mailed, and urr.inge inents will also be made lo deliver all parcel arriving In the office, before the end of Christmas day. Telephone Merger Involves Million Dollars Capital OHKtiOX, WASHINGTON IND BRITISH COLUMBIA MNEs ARE INCIATDED. -AN FUANCI8CH, Dec. 14 i ll COmpltta negotiations by the end ol this week or early next, and then will be glnd to divulge Information. Pub licity now would be premature end embarrass m nt mv dealings." W M. Winter of Hood Blver. ore Hon. a telephone official thus dlspo-ed tod a) of questions regarding details of the proposed merger of 2!i tele Phone companies' In Oregon. Wash ington and British Columbia, Involv ing a million dollars capital. WtnMt Is here financing the proposition. Plans for Opening Community House Will be Discussed mi WILL BE slMIKUt IX) tOF i l l. CLUB WHICH Ws sl CUSS last YEAR, Plans for the opening of u com munity house, similar to the Coffeo Club of last year, will lie discussed next Monday evening at a meeting of I committees from all organisations In- terested The . Associated Charities, i which l taking the lead In the move, has called the meeting for that ev- enlng at 7 o'clock at the city hall. The Associated Charities is asking all of the churches, the Civic Club, Commercial association, W. C. T. II., and other organizations of the city tr. have committees In attendance an I hopes to formulate plans' which will make It possible to open soon after the first of the year a club where light, heat, shelter, companionship and other conveniences may be hal by the man without a home GERMAN CLAIMS THE WIN WAR FOR KAISER r .t KHNMKNT OWNERSHIP VI TAL STEP IS PREPAREDNESS, vs MINISTER (Bf carl V. Ackerman, I'nited Press Staff Correspondent. I HEHLIN, via Amsterdam, Dec U. liovernment ownership of railroads Is a vital step In the military pre paredness program ol any nation, In- eluding Ihe United States. Minister of The weather Is the coldest of the win- i Hailroads von Brattenbach. who dl-jler and scores are homeless, walking reels the largest pari of Germany's' the streets to keep warm. The cause gigantic network of rallwavs told! of the fire is unknown. tne I'nited Press todav I Hazel liulger. a telephone operator ' Without misjudging the efflclen- summoned aid from other towns. Shej of well administered nrlvatelv I administered privately s owned lines." said von Hreltenbach. ' I referring to raiway organization In the United States, the efficiency of government lines Is greater. "It Is conceivable that private own ers should enlarge Iheir stocks of lo comotives and css so as to lie abta to meet any requirements of conges- lion. Slate railways, on the other: hand, try to prepare for such trsf- j flc. This makes their position strong and Snablel them to realize the de mands both of war and peace ttaf AC." Von ilrelten'oai h is personally re sponsible to the kaiser far the admin istration of the railroads during the' war. He estimated today that thel new lines acquired and built In con- quered territory now form at least 1 It in r cent of the whole German rail-! wa system. And It was his handling! of this great iron spider web. i stretching Into Russia. France and Belgium, that led some critics to re-! mark that "General Kailroad has won more battles and campaigns In this war than any; other general." Hi bad just finished describing the great railway Improvements recently un dertaken In Germany. "Would It have been possible to have realized the demands made up on Germany's railways during the war If they had been privately own ed " he was asked "Well In the war of 1870 the rail ways were not united and were chiefly private." he answered, "but that war was fought on one front. "I may say without offending their owners that private lines of railroads are administered In the Interests of storkholder.s. who are not Inclined to make the Investments I have liked because no returns ore guaranteed. 1 think there Is no doubt but that a stale railway like the Prussian with a uniformly strong organization, meets the requirements of war an I peace better tluin a privately owned system "The fact that we have govern ment owned railroads Is due to Bis marck. He conceived that Idea not as a preparation for war. but to pro mote our economic life, to bring ottr traffic policies' In accordance with our economic policies; Thirty-five yean ago the Idea mel with great op position. Today It has not an oppo nent In the relchslng." The mileage of Germany's railways changel dally U new lines are built Into conquered territory. Thai means new details to be looked after Altogether Minister von Hreltenbach indicated today that It Is no easy Job to administer the German railways. "During mobilization, the whole peace timetables are useless," h,e mid. "The military timetable ls pf' fectlve then: the traffic managers are entrusted with various duties und.-r my control. "ijulte naturally the difficulties of management are especially serious during the heavy spring and autumn traffic Then, too, all these dlfflcul tiea must be overcome with greater effectiveness in times of War than In times of peace, especially when mill larv orders call for the transportation of large bodies of troops, are sudden ly given out." (Continued on page fire.) TOWN IS SWEPT BY FIRE; SCORES WITHOUT HOMES Wisconsin Town's Business District is Wiped Out Cold is Intense i and Hundreds Suffering. AID ASKED FROM NEIGHBORS C ause ol lire I Myslcri upward : Adds lo Horrors of Eastern W inter and Big Cities re Storm-Hound Ml Inches of Snow in Western Mas sachusetts. I INTEKN CITIES IN t.ltJP Of Bid STORM NEW yoltK, Dec. 14. New York and the east coast are snowbound. Wire are Inter rupted and trains stalled. The weather bureau predlclB gales and colder weather. Twenty were Injured at Otlsvlllc. New York by a train plowing through I crowd crossing the tracks. Forty thousand men are clearing the streets here Many accidents have occurred and heavy damage has been In flicted. z MnveniN wis iw 14 -The I business 'section of Neccedah and I u.n.A .ui.v .-aid she would St ok to the switch- at-rt onlll tho laiilrtlnu- was afire At that hour the flames were Hearing the building. The fire Is unchecked. BOSTON, Dee. 14 Thirty inches of snow have fallen in the Berkshire hills in 1M hours. Traffic is blocked and the srorm is still raging. It is the worst since 1888. June 7 is the Date Fixed for Holding G.O. P. Convention RRPCBUCANS DECIDE TO GATH ER WEEK BEFORE DEMO CRATS LINE I P iiicao W ASHINGTON. Dev. 1 was chosen a.s the convention iit the republicans this afternoon. b WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 The re-1 publican national convention Willi be held June 7. the week before! ,1... t I, Th,, Onto v.u flvnH 1 by a vote of 3" to 13, the minorly favoring June 27 on account of tho Maine and South Dakota primaries being scheduled after Jjne 7. Chi trtgo claims to have a majority ot votes pledged as he convention city. It is expected San Francisco will re ceive a large complimentary vote o i the ''ret ballot. The ccrmlttee rat Iflet'. the reduction of 3fi In the southern reprei'tntatlon. Cheyenne Chief of Police Doubts He Has the Murderer CHEYENNE. W'yo Dec. 14. Chief of Police Emhry said today he did i not believe the man giving the naive ' of William F. Sntlth Is George Bar tholomew, named In Portland In connection with the murder of John! tiiuett He Is sending Smith's pho ! tograph to Portlan 1. i Wheat Goes Upward Today in Chicago ' CHICAGO. Dec 14 tSpeclal 1- I I Wheat quotations today. Dec. 11.11 1 : 7-8-11.15 1-4: May, 1. 17-11.17 1-J: Jttl $1." 1-2-11.09 7-S Portland. l'KRTLAND. Ore.. Dec 14 tSpc- elal.i Merchants' Exchange pries today, club 92 bid. 94 asked"; blue-! stem. 9 bid, 99 asked. Liverpool. I LIVERPOOL Dec. 13. Spot No. t Manitoba, 12s Wheal 3d: No hard w I l'.'s: No. I. lis lid: No. ter. new. Us 9d. In American terms the top prlc. for Liverpool Is Jl 78 per bushel. LETTERS REVEAL PLOT INVOLVING E Indictments Directly Charge Thtf Baron von Brincken Sent Mail Matter Urging Destruction. TRIO PLACED UNDER ARREST l""l,' ""' M- Cornell Jointly Hum mi man 1 Inearthed to Destroy Munition Plants and (li fers of Money Made for Work Letters Written Parti) In Code. SAN FltANCISCo, Dec. 14. Di rect charges that Karon Von Brlnck en, C. C. Crowley and Mrs. Margaret Cornell, sent mall matter Intended to Incite Louts J. Smith at Detroit to burn the Aetna Chemical companv plant at Aetna, HI., and the Aetna Explosive plant at Ishpeming, Mich igan, are made In tne Indictments re turned by the federal grand jury. Ad ditional charges alleged the trio sen: mall Intended to "incite arson. mir der and assassination." The trio were formally arrested to day. The first indictment recited that ) i 'n Vugust 3 the defendants wrote GERMAN ATTACH Smith on stationerv of the hole! I where Crowley live I The letter was' Von Brincken. attache of the Ger partly coded. It said. "Enclosed lii.c j man consulate at San Francisco, has clipping. I am sure they here tbe- been indicted for alleged participa lieved to refer to the Herman consu-l'lon In munition plots In this country, late i would give Jluo for each, and Advices today state the indictment newspaper clippings and dispatches j to show. What do you think' Ish- leining. .Micnigan mu ouisioe uarr. Ind. Let me heat Horn you. Nothing else new." The enclosed c.pping was a Hare, Indiana, dispatch telling of the ln- creased wages at the Aetna companj I 1111. iue imsnuuu "J"i clippings to noW. IS field show. ' Is held to mean that Smith was to do ihe burning Job and get "five hundred." when he proved it by dispatches. The other Indictment de lares Crowley paid Smith 1250 and ex penses to get Information concerning cargoes and the time of sailing of the vessels Tal Thybius and Hazel Dollar at Seattle, lntendfd to carry muni tions to Russia. It was alleged v. in Hrieken paid Smith $VI August j 1 as past compensation. Another count flhged a letter was sent Smith to Incite him to burn the Herculei , powder plant at Pinole. California NEWS SUMMARY General. Bulgarians ami French engage ill battle which may he decisive In the iialkan campaign. sentiment of army men favors com- ptthar) plan of Chamlieiiain. Local, rHn, officers will enforce mi- gratory bird gMsal law-. Postmaster Tweedy gives direction for mailing pnrkaao Drunken Indian finds bed at foot of sleeping women. Many "Come Backs" in Congress Among the prominent men who have "broken baok" into the legisla tive body after an absence are "l'n cle Joe" Cannon, of Danville. Illi nois, ahd Nicht las Longwoi th of Cin cinnati, Ohio. "I'ncle Joe" for 38 years a mem J j, Attache is In e t BAIZoX Von B&lNCKEtf says letters were found connecting: him directly with plots to blow up; munition plants. BASKETBALL SEASON STARTS AT HIGH SCHOOL ON FRIDAY (.llils SCHEDt'LEO TO MEET WESTON lilt. II xilOOL ON TIIF LOC L FLOOR. Friday night of thus week will see the official beginning of the basket ball season for the high school girls when they will meet the Weston high quintet on the local floor. Although this Is the first game oil th(1 seasorli jt ig expected to be a fast ,nte8t xhe Weston team has been playing for some time and the town ; has always been noted for her well j developed teams. The team is large but they play a fast and good defen 1 sive game. The local team has but one of last year's letter members out for the in dour game this year, and that is the fast little forward, Alta ilentzer. A great deal toward winning Friday'3 nam,- will oepenu upon ner oasKei shooting ability The other members i of the team are small but for this reason the game is fast and expected to be hotly contested Coach Livingston believes the bes'. material to pick he has I team I from that the high school has ever; produced and is quite confident of nutting winning team through the. coming season. ber of congress end for eight yean speaker of that body, naturally headi the list of "come hacks '" He w.c defeated in 191:'. but was elected las year. l.ongworth also went down to de feat In the landslide of 1912. but wasjas to the constitutionality ot the able to secure the election last year. law. The case was presented to thej BULGARIAN SHELLS ARE HURLED INTO GREEKTERRITORY Bulgars are Also Reported to be Five Miles Within the Grecian Border-Decisive Battle Apparently Has Begun Between Allies and the Teutonic Alliance-French Troops Strong ly Entrenched on Greek Soil-Artillery Duel Raging. ATHENS, Dec. 14. An artillery battle is raging on the Ser bian frontier. Bulgarian shells are falling in Greek territory. There is no damage. Unconfirmed Saloniki reports say the Bulgars are five miles within the Grecian border. The main Anglo-French force is entrenched on Greek soil. The Teutonic pursuit has apparently halted pending a conference though the artillery is active. The allied wounded are pouring into Saloniki. ATHENS, Dec 14. The newspa pers announced today that Greece will demobilize 50 per cent of hel troops under an agreement with th entente allies. This provides a clear path to Salonika for the retreating allies. KEKLIN. Say vi lb- i - Dec. 14. (Wireless via i dlcates the fast was delayed In trans Pursuing the French ! mission. Senfimenr of Army Officers Favors Plan of Chamberlain WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. Admln-tmit popular discussion. In that con istratlon leaders are closely watching ! nectlon It was pointed such a plan ,, , ... j may lie necessary If a citizen army national opinion regarding Cham- . becomes a fact inasmuch as the war berlaln's proposal to raise a citizen departm(,t recently estimated the I army by compulsory' service. in country can not recruit more than j many quarters the bill is termed 1 40,0(10 volunteers While Chamber 1 "untimely" and 'impolitic." Cham-; lain is unlikely to force the measure berlain himself Aolda the nUuv view tua. roll call 1 plans to bring it be to a certain extent, but the sentiment fore the military commission of army officers for such a plan led ' which he is chairman and later ti him to propose the measure to per-'take it to the floor for discusalon. CHAMP HEAVYWEIGHT OF THE BULLDOGGERS GET TWO OUT PACIFIC COAST FLEET HERE OF THREE B0WLIN6 6AMES Henry liodanski. champion heavy weight of the Pacific coast fleet o; the I'nited States navy, arrived today to visit his brother, Ben Bodanskl. who is employed at the Hutel Pen dleton. Bodanski is a Z2o pounder and six feet one inch In height. He has as-, pirations of some day breaking Into the game In earnest and meeting men) like Jess W illard and others In thej heavyweight class. He claims title j of champion in the navy from Brem- erton to San Diego and so far he defeated every man who lias stood against him Bodanskl is a sailor aboard the C S. 8. Colorado. He is enjoying a 2 days' leave of absence, during w hith time he will spend a few day.' with I his brother here and then go on to Portland and Spokane. His brother i ls trying to arrange an exhibition match dining his stay in Pendleton. liodanski saw some active service or. the west coast of Mexico during the where marines were landed to protect l.foreigners. I Migratory Bird Laws to be Strictly Enforced in State The federal migratory bird law Is to j be strictly enforced in Oregon, slate I laws to the contrary notwithstanding This announcement was made this ; morning by K. s. Cattron. district In ; spector under this law. Cattron Is here, investigating el-; leged violations of the federal law In local shooters There has beet. , much misunderstanding locall hi ; reason of the discrepancies existing i between the state and federal regu i latlons and because the constitution j ality of the migratory bird measure I has lieen ntt.it ked and is now pend ' ing before the I S. supreme cotut "I regret vry much thai the un -t gon laws uo not contorm to the gov ernment regulations." said Mr. Cut-! j iron this SJloralng, ubkll you under-J stand that federal laws always take i precedence over state laws when the two conflict. We must, therefore, insist upon observance of federal reg ulations. I "We are gathering all the evident jobtslnablc in eveo alleged violation l lot the law and ,.! filing it with the tlcpartmcni of Justice Prosecutor, j however, are being held In abeyance, pending the rendering of a decla'on down the Vardar valley, the Bulgar ians cut off one group, slaughtering many, according to a Sofia official statement. Among tbe prisoners ta ken was a French battalion com mander. The pursuit continues. Tho statement failed to mention the Bul garian occupation of Lake Dolran and Gtevgell. This It Is believed, In- The Huildoggers got the margin on two out of three bowling uanies with the Forty Niners in the tournament match last evening, taking the first and third. In the final game they made over 1000 pins. Hoover waif the bright star of the evening, mak ing high individual score of 242 and high total score. S90. an average of 230 per game. Hays of the Bulldog- gers 111 U- ': a strong game. 1 as follows: HulldoKKcrs. The Gujil 198 194 179 571 Slusher 159 17 177 50S Stephens 171 211 214 591 Hays U 174 228 3 Hoover 23 212 142 97 58 1010 2995 Forty Mner Book 1 211 192 i9 Mitchell 198 230 177 4)05 Butt 1(9 170 1(9 50 Harnett 18( 191 219 IU Hanavan 1(4 174 181 5-'4 883 98 978 2804 lT. S. supreme court iVtober 18 ,nd while It Is possible a decision will be handed down about the time of he Christmas recess It m.iv not he kaft ! ed down before spring. Tn (I afore all those who ar interested might i"t as well make up til- ir minds to await the decision with patience, "f n"r thing thev can rest assured an thai la that It a favorable decision is ren dered ill violators against whom It is ptissiide to est are ttlnottce eitnet tin or later will be pr led In the federal I otirt" Sitl." v.- M - three years after an off ease is com mitted tn wht'h te file -on are WIM the law sun .- it (rent into effect "The strength of I nation Ilea in its observance of the laws of the MM Hon and sportsmen, above .ill ..th.-n, should not set the had .tiiinph' ot acting In defiance of a Ian " The two prowl lease of the l w Hhlrh are of Inli rrsI I... all net tth h differ Iroin th- stale teg'ils Hons are those making a dsit) etmxi period from sonnet to sunrise and the one closing the season on ntMhB '' geeee January 15 In all oth'r i spects the state and federal regula tions are Identical.