-HIIWM1 Hill St - DAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION I'iti for Eastern Oregon In ihe TO ADVERTISERS. I nltcd stale- w.-mi.. .- olearter I Portland The But Oregonlan baa the largest paid circulation of anj paper In Oregon, eut of Portland and over twice tbe circulation In I'cndleton of in other newspaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER NO. H70 VOL. 27. DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, lr-- Fair (..nigh, nd T GERMANY CAN'T BE BEATEN SAYS HIGH OFFICIAL Imperial Secretary of the Treasury Declares British Empire is Doom ed to Dissolution. TEUTONIC FINANCES SECURE German Arni stand solid An itit In Lneini'., OontrH lii.K)iil hlMtv for foul lunation of War WW Not ite( I ion Guriuouy, EKclares. nigh Miniate' BERLIN, Dec. 15 .(Wireless to Saytllle. In a sneecn hefore the (..,. ),.t ... 1.....I,.I e.,-..i.., ,.f " ,7V. T ' '"" inasury itun neiiiericn. ueciarea flMMMuia SI MW1 f. IM ,..C. 1 1. ... la 1. 1 n ...,........i uuiii.aiioii " ! j ot. urimiiu ami 111111 CRgiand litis. 11 wcigneci in me naianci- ana I found wanting. England will be , 1 a . . .... bUUMOM for a continuation of war, I ,1 . . , . . .. , , 1 lip said anil deelari'il her d sun hi in , . .. .. V. j was at hand. "We stand rock-like, In a !iia.s in the enemy's counlrles , .., .1... ij.i.ii. " " ' ' , , ., . TV" " "'" '""" nn,.e. .M..o. If MM Ilnhai.i. uuL wiiuei n iiesnaz.ars . . J t -in weighed In the onlnnce and found wnnllng.' Helfferlch dramatic- ally declared g.iotlng acrlptures. h,M B Co Hlot hZI ,.e( .,red these columns Will ermble Uella Kreewater Jieph- Jnd ,a"- ine McDevltt. Pendleton 'The responsllillity for the blood. which will flow from now on." ho said :'T the world'i misery and toi CflDUC lain CCUinDO 111 1 1 1 n.-er to civilisation, will not uurno Anu otnlUHu WILL 1 nil on (iermany nut on those who: can't resolve to . draw conclusion, from Germany's successes, whl h none can dispute." He contrasted llermany's flmacinl condition with that of her enemies.. His speech was made In connection with the first readlnf of a bill pro vtdtaf an additional two and a hall! l illlon dollar war credit Wheat Crop of Country is Over Billion Bushels REMARKABLE IXCKEAHE IS NOT ED; CORN WUJj BE OVER ' a BtLUON. WASHINGTON. Dec. U The Hit wheat it. 'I Mill total one llillioli el ..' U....A..., ....a .".".o.. ouom.o .... itirut? trrieuBu'-r ' - ' - ' 1 "Ill he 3,05t.53r,.itoi against 2.672.- iivi ...... iM, ,.,r Tti.. ..In. ,,r ihe . . . i ine total nmoum provioen ior in uir be cr ',; ;,, . Iced r ' 1 T Vr ':umpr:ls' 'u- u,," '. it., a d "he , crop an il ""'-I , T? V ", MHiM-M "''" -uno will re ivi.uuo and tne coin crop an 1 1. 1 ..- nrs hai laid the r t red lo.n.is ..,, . . . . Bt,nn4. Taken In conjunction with the sec rotary Of agriculture Houston's annu al report, these figures Indicate the larmers' pockets will be well filled. Houston's report estimated the value it agricultural products In 1914 at nx.ii.ri.nflo.finn. which is sss.ono.onn better than In 113. Houston advo cated the raising of more meat ani mal letters to the number Of 3.581.473 lormlng 7 7 r. . 6 9 S words. 31,73' 1IK! chnpters and 16 hook; up the Bible. Yuan of China Believed to Have Already Taken Throne WASHlNUTi iN, lc. U- Tbi'la firm refusal was unavailing;. 1 have Japanese embnssv todav assured forr('11 "ubrnlt to the pec . . ... . ... .... , j .....II''"' will I -have Instructed the dli'- worm mm. me mmpiea, ,,u,i motives Inspire Japanese relations with China, particularly the Japanese 1 protest against the change to a mon archy. ii'ttpyrlght 1915 by the Cnlted Press c. pvrighted in Great Britain.) RW YOBK, Dee IB. Emperor Yuan. In his first public statement cabled to the Cnlted IToaa, makes known MM dominating reasons for the llllllllllO- t the Chinese republic He announced his policy toward Amerl , .i His cablegram follows: Peking. December 14th. Your i.'legram translated and submitted tn Ills majesty for perusal. I am In structed to reply as follows: The sovereignty of the Chinese re- public resides In the whole body of throne for some lime, though he for ihe people. A convention of the pen-! mally had accepted However. In the pie's representatives, considering the j message tn the Cnlted Press he said republic unsuitable on account of his- "he would submit to the people's will torical reaaons and public opinion, ; when Ihe necessary preparations had unanimously adopted the ronetltti-j been made." In transmitting It was ilonal monarchy The acting leglsla i noted, however. Ihe secretary refer lure reported to me and stated the j red to Yuan as "His Majesty." Itnll- convention of the people's represen- latlves had elected me emperor. As1 1 7 Applicants on Hand to Take the Teacher's Exams Tills IS mi: SMALLEST NUMBER IS VI its to Tliy (On CERTIFICATES, The tin ailed number of applicant! for teachers' certificates at a regu lar examination In, this COUBty that has shown up In years will takc'ih, I xumlnation which County superin tendent i. v.. young l conducting this week ily 17 showed up thll morn 'ng and Supt. Young does not expect mure than 35 kitOCvther, lm ludin;; pplicanta for flye yeur and lift pet. tlflcatea. The reason for this decrease lien In the new law which requires (hat an applicant must have taken whut is known the elemenaiy training conn or it equivalent This iw bOBMIM effective Sept 1, Before that datC any eighth glade graduate enuld like ihe examinations. The aumlnaUoni hegan thin mom- I II' if) Ihe ,'lri nl, ... " """ """" and wiii continue through Saturday v jj . v.... 11 .. . . .... u..-, i,. as-tsi 11 v 1 1 1 ,f V, u T.. I II II Sunt Vi.iinu j in- itiiMiw iriLr ar ,).. mini -i who appeared this morula.-. j . uMwkM Vl,,, , - j. i.ikh n 011 n, j, ,s Bowman v,,ii. .- i.,,. .1. .. ' .Noun, V. Lllzalicth Both a, Hcrmis . .. . .. ... i'"'"a II. Plnkertoii. WeJ-ton r ml tlr"h""1, ''""dleton; Nellie V UN Qraen, pr.ewuter: l-.-na InetU Junii wniMiiHit i,,.,..... ... .. "-"i nun orown ""ton. reKon; l.ella I Whlteaker, independence; Evalyn Keacer, Olb- 1 v...... . .. . . Allllntl, I'C d le ( n ; nci .Voy rrtewttor: Mrs .1 i Ihilifurih bVhrf i!i.urt- ... ,, ,.,.. J n' 'L..' " ..' BATTLE OVER NUMERALS ri'BEB i.-smia ua at. TEMPT TO AGAIN pit IWJ- Hues on rtRE hol'hk. Uy u Senior.) Last night the old fire house that stands on the back corner of the high school grounds again became! the Mtttu -of ,lass rivalry i the high - " eoi me iasr tew years the prefent seniors have been supreme In I Keeiting their class numerals on ttfel hulldlng. Itst ear the juniors made a vain attempt to estaMish their mi I premacv when they were challenged . , ,.ur. and there Is a possibilitv that j to battle by their opper classmen I ,.V(. thiK wlM tle shaved. This is the around the building as three worthy opinion of Count clerk Frank Baliruj enlon painted the beautiful picture : ,n0e receiving this morning the Of j on the roof. ' flclal announcement of this county's Hut hist night, three sophomores, I hare f the state tax. : .lit , In mln.l I. . . ., l. . . I I I . 1 Hew "llr - swwj lariner 01 tne QwarX nature, anomer ot tne same class: 2? r,ber ,halr mi a I"! "r .rourllKe w ap - k ' 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 a 1 1 . oao mm rauran n mi. .: '. . . . " " u"a"!thls county will pay to rhe state next "'tutu ine mi,' i re nnuse tin there... . ... . .... . .u.i - - to rest a. u ,,.ii . ii.. in . ... ! Asa tesult. tonight will see 'he e- 1 .,r'm "'"'h 'm',"1'; are supreme when tney will bait ,1.. ,r.,. .i,,, .u ..o i. ... rn- nini lm- in nl the white and blue colors " The exports of logs and round Uttvl bor from the Culled States In 91 4 1 were approximately 13S million feet, while ihe Import! were nearly 14 million fOt. Th exports Went tu mnkeliidu and Ihe Netherlands, whereas the Imports c.nne chiefly froip Canada. . feeent mlnb-ters and departments to! rnak(. ir-llnri,tlons an,, th(. necessary preparations having been made t III ! I be required to carr them out with one consiueratliin Tne relations ,( China and America have always been friendly. The monarch's policy will he to cement this closer ami ex, n the utmost to promott Ihe Industilal and commercial development of the two nations (Signed.) ADM I It A TSA TING TA AN. Private Secretary. emperor's statement Is the 1 The first Information that the new mon anhy will be constitutional. Press dispatches from Peking stated Yuan bad not Intended to assume the eating. In effect at least, he Is nowipramii the emperor. Will von Nuber Also Be ('aptniii Trail, ion I'apen. Investigations of the alleged (!er- man spies and plotters in this co'in- try is going forward rapidly. Cap tain von Papen and Captain Boy-Bid .fall Word from their povei nment as ; to their return. Dr. von Nit her. i Austrian consul In New York city, ; will probably be Indicted soon. Wholesale arrests are expected to I follow in the next few days and the t government, it was stated, expect.- t4 fnmhinpd State and "ICU C5ldlC dllU County Tax Will be About Efght Mills ,.KV, WIIX OT EXCEED Till: ITU I RE ACCORpING TO THE mi vrv 1 1,1:1th. The oombtnod stale and county tax r fmatllla county for IMS will not rxeMd ..ri: mills the lev. of last v.ei.rrtinir t this announcement aim aft a in which is annul 111. w tliL .;ar , ,hp intr.,w , . eounty budget i, uire during tne next year. An eight mill tax upon a property , MI.090.S0. ill product ! -35 MIMH The count, will have a balan m nami at tne iirst ot tni year of approximately JI9. i and re ceives during the year from sources other than taxation, fines fees, etc . about tla.Onn. so that, in the opinion ol the cotintv clerk, an eight mill lax I will he ample. The new law making town and city LproDertV subjerl to the road tax will' ; fni) by Itt.Mf and still make the Ir..ad tax bvy less than las; year. The county court will meet within the next few days to make the lew, I and, it is possible thai u few thmisan 1 lib .liars will b' shaved off the budget . Assuming that the levy will be eight 'mills, the total tax upon Pendleton property Will be 2 1-2 mills, the city levy being 9 1-- and Ihe school lev being 1' mills. This will be three mills more than the total last year al Pendleton was exempt from the 11 mill road tax last ,vear and the citj j lew was only nine mills. A .6 M mill tax will mean that IM.M will he i ollected for ever 11000 of property (in the city. OwmL Imperial accectri of the German Iffnon declare- i. i t iiiam cannot lie btnlCII itnerlcnn arm) will is- UiUftoord tn mioo ooo in two tears predicts Sena tor chamberlain. Emperor Yunn of China policy toward America. mtlliics LocoX County and -tate tat will not ex ceed H mills; total for city 20 1-2. ln-llmlnary plans for organization of County Club made. tn Boyd), piaygToaind Instructor, icsign- poelrJoft, Slaiil'icld organlcs social hygiene school census shows small gain. NEWS SUMMARY j' 1 - mm ii 1111 W n mm , mmt Dr. Uoxna der m Nuber, proceed not only against Hr. Al x ander von Nuber, hut against all Herman anil Austrian consuls who have been mixed Up in the alb-gt d nation-wide plot to cripple ammun1 tlon plants. Qermany is believed to have decid ed up. in the men from whom she will select the successors to Captain von Papen anil Captain Hoy-Ed. mil itary attaches of the Ocrmau embjs- Miss Boyd Resigns as Instructor of the Girls' Athletics SHE WILL LEAVE l oli M M VOHK TO TAKE ADVANCED WOHk IN COLLEGE. Miss Cecile Anne Boydi playground instructor and director nfl girls' ath letics in the Pendleton schools for the past year and a half last night formally handed In her resignation to the school hoard and it was accepted to take effect Jan. 21 which is the end of the first semester. Miss Boyd's resignation comes as a result of her determination to take further college work She intends leaving at the end Of the first sem ester for New York where she will enter Columbia Dnlverslty. she took work there last summer and intends to remain upon her return until she has graduated. Miss Boyd has been the first In structor of her kind In the Pendleton schools and has given thorough satis faction to the hoard. She is consid ered one of the most capable play, ground directors In the west. Her position will be filled as soon as the board and Supt Hampton can consid cr the various applicants. At the meeting of the board last evening the advisory council of the parent-teachers association asked the board to purchase pianos for the Lin coln and Hawthorne schools, pointing out the need for the Instrument. The Washington and High schools alrc.nl have pianos. Chairman Tallman p pointed Directors Smith. Brown and Phelps as a committee to confer with ihe advisory council. Supt. Hampton lat eemng was in structed to order new flags for each o:' the school buildings and Prof. It E. Chloupek was instructed to make a sand table for each of the four pri niary moms. On these tables will be placed sand for the use of the little pupils in modeling. The board al lowed Coach John Hinderman of tht1 high school football team $r.e for his services last season Ford's "Peace Ship Arrives in Europe LONDON. Deo. 1 1 Ford's ponre ship has arrived at Kirkwall. Scot land. It is believed the ship will be de tained a few hours for the usual ex amination for contraband. It a not staletl whether the passenger will go to tiOnttHl but they have not been invited and It is not believed they will come. The ship was be hind schedule on account of hcavi seas. The cedar Imported Into the Cnlted States during 1914 amounted to ovet 17 million feet, valued at nearly one million dollars, of which more than half came from Cuba. sfis J. s Recaller Capuuto Kari Boy-Ed. y. Major Herwarth von Bittenfield military attache in Washington sever al years ago and now official Berlin j censor of American news and Captaio I Kwald Hecker, director of German i Bed Cross work in this country, arc Iteing considered for von Papen's place. Commander Thierickens n' : the interned Prinj Eltel-Frledrich has been mentioned as Boy-Ed's suc cessor. Cornelison Thinks Celebration Should be Made Big Affair XMAs EXER4 ISErj HERE OCGHT TO BE RECORDED IN MO TION PICTURES. Suggesting that a big affair be made of the municipal Christmas tree In Pendleton and that motion pictures be taken for advertising I purposes. Hew J. M Cornelison has written the following letter to this paper: Editor Et.st Oregonian: J When I read of the proposition of the Commercial Club of the city to decorate the principal business streets with evergreen trees. I thought it a fine Christmas spirit snlendldlc typical of Pendleton. But when I later drove into town and realized ! the beautiful effect, counted the large j number of blocks so decorated; the Christmas spirit was rampant and contageous seemingly to be distilled I from the evergreens Now I want to j read anew all that Charles Dickens. I the greatest dramatist of the Chris! I mas spirit .ever wrote in his "Christ mas Books." so that I might catch the spirit more than I had. if such I ere possible, for I felt like saying with Tm Tim, 'God Gless us. every I one." But in order to perpetuate and remember thus fine spirit of Christmas in Pendleton. I have ttU thought anil suggestion. The spirit of Pendleton, m seen In the Bound-up has been caught each year on the moving picture film. It is seen and admired up and down the eountr far and wide, and Is a great adver tisement to our city and Its citizens. Kor at least once in the year all 0? I us "Let er Buck.'' others try It. yet don't get in the typical Pendleton , "Buck." Now. why not let this other splen- did spirit of our citizens, a spirit that makes one desire to live in and about Pendleton more than any oth er city about her. let this spirit get on the moving picture film. Let It go abroad as the tvoieat Christ spirit in Pendleton Co right alone i w ith the Round-up films, and It w .ll i make its appeal to another class of (Continued on nag, five ) SCAFF0LDIN6 WASHED DOWN RIVER WHEN ROPES ARE CUT The telephone compau is loset through the work of unknown parties who cut away their ropes and scaf folding from the Main street bridge sometime Monday night. The rope and scaffold had been pu; there in connection with the laying of thi ne phone cable for the north sub district. The rtqies were cut in two places and dropping Into the water the entire paraphernalia washed away According to Manager Mabu 3u0 feet of three fourth Inch Manila rope was lost. Thur far there Is no clue to the miscreant. Plans for Country Club Discussed by Sport Enthusiasts GOIiT MID TEX.VIH U) BOH Ml LAST KI6HT TO EOBM1 -LATE cM III HI Preliminary plans looking to .the organisation of a Pendleton Country Ciub were discussed last evening at a meeting o golf and tennis enthusl asta last evening in the Commercial club rooms. There were about flftee.i representative sport lovers ln attend, anco and all were eager to proceed with the plans. The outcome of lie meeting was the appointment of a committee, consisting or U G Era ser. Leon Cohen and It. H. Home to confer with the owner of the pres ent grounds to ascertain whether m not that land may be had at a rea sonable price. Another meeting will be called a soon as this committee is ready to report and It is hoped that the plan an be proceeded with at once. The financing ot such an organiza tion was the matter discussed prin cipally last evening. The plan which met with most favor was one requir ing a membership of 100 persona 1 who will contribute 1100 each, lt down and $23 each year for three! years. This would provide a fund Of $10,000 which, in the opinion of those present last evening, would be ample for the purchase of the aad for the construction of concrete ten nis courts, for improving the golf links and for building a club house (Jne dollar a month from each mem ber would be sufficient for mainte nance, including the cost of a grounds keeper, it is believed. R H Horne who is one of the orln- clpal enthusiasts, favors the bulldin,' or tnree concrete court- and suggest ed that these courts be so construct ed that they might be turned ino a roller skating rink. He also favored a club house to cost about $500u so that it would not only afford room for the members to store their golf and tennis equipment but would alsui give them facilities for entertaining Census of School Population Shows a Total of 1670 The total number of children of1 school age within the Pendleton dts-1 trict is 1870, according to the re 1 ort of Census Taker Harry Bickers, b) the report turned over to County j Superintendent E. Toung. Of this! number S3S are boys and S32 are I girls This is an increase of 17 over last year when the census showed I Kit of which SOS were boys and 847 were girls. I Supt. Young has not yet checked! I iiver the names and this number may ' ! 1 ossibly be reduced a little. Fre-1 i ouently duplications occur, that Isj j the same family will be enumerated, I in two different districts. The number, as accredited by the I county superintendent, is used as aj I basis for apportioning the per capita I tax. Thus the county allows $10 to' the distric: for each pupil enumerated and the state apportions an amount j varying between $1.S0 and $1.9u peri capita. Emploving the customary ratio ofj five, the school census would indicate I that the population of Pendleton Is i soon or better. AUSTRIA WILL YIELD TO THE AMERICAN DEMANDS London. Dee. IS, Swtaa dfa- pateho -tatol Austria will yield to the na'rlcan Vmima demand- Tml RftCka .eam. 1iar-r- ! WASHINGTON, Deo 15.- Crgir. ! government construction of all 071 r equipment. Representative Tavenner, in the house, declared the Niivi league is a "branch office of the J i P Morgan war trust." He charge. i j the league Was backed by contrlbu-Hon- from munitions makers County Will Have 65 Voting Precincts at the Next Election a lection Bex! spring wilt have 85 cut Ing precincts instead Of the .'.4 wher ballots w -re cast at the last elecMo.t I The couni court has flnallt deter ' mined upon the i hanges to be mad bj the boundaries of precincls In or j der to relieve the congestion of latatt which tbe enfranchisement of worn-: en has caused In some pr . lie t. BlOYen new precincts have been de cided upon and their UVundariea lit-: ed. Four of the new prectneta are In I rcndleton at least the polling place-1 AMERICAN ARMY L COMPRISE 5 MILLION MEN Senator Chamberlain Predicts This Force Will be Fully Trained With in Two Years. COMPULSORY SERVICE COMING Downright Murder Tor Nallon In t on. tinue on Plan Which Mat Some Day Send Entrained Men galnst Veteran Troop. Ihi-larc senator IU1 is Iteviewrd. WASHINGTON, Dec. IS. Chair man Chamberlain of the senate mil itary commission predicted a cltixen army of five million men within two years. Chamberlain reviewed with arm;, officers his bill proposing com pulsory service. He estimated 2.3 IS, -883 boys between 1H and 23 years could lie trained the first year and more than double that the a cond year. 'We must come to compulsory ser vice." Chamberlain said. "I downwright murder for a natle Is to continue on a plan which may some day send untrained men against vet eran troops.'' "I believe in time the system mat lead to the abolition of the re-ular army. We would simply have I kill, ed officers and a vast number of fairly prepared men The men tiem selves would be benefitted by the training. I believe the plan would add many years to the average Am erican life. With so short a service period, there would be no danger of arousing the militaristic spirit." Chamberlain plans to seek additi onal financial aid for the schools and colleges for training cadets. Wheat Up Slightly Today in Chicago CHICAGO. Dec. 15 (Special, i . Dec, $1.16 M, 1-1 bid: May H.1J 7-8, tl.l" 3-8 asked; July $1.1". $1 9 5-8. Portland. POBTLAND. Ore. Dec. l"i (Special) Merchants' Exchar.se pri ces toda. club 92 bid. 91 asked; bluestem sS hid. s9 asked. Liverpool. LIVERPOOL., Dec. 14 Wheat Spot No. 1 Manitoba. 12s 3d; No. i 12s; No. 3. lis lid! No. 2 hard win ter, new. lis 9d. In American terms the top price for Liverpool is 11.78 per bushel HERMISTON MEN ARE FINED FOR ILLE6AL LIQUOR SALE (Special Correspondence.) HERMISTON, Ore.. Dec. 15. On a warrant sworn out by Mayor E G. McKenzie. E. W. Mack local druggist was yesterday charged for the mrondj time with selling or giving away li quor in violation of tjie law. He had previously pleaded guilty to one com plaint drawing a $50 fine and yester. day a fine of $100 was imposed bv Recorder E. P. Dodd. J. A. Pea.l h i 1 been fined $50 for the same offense It Is said the city officials had been satisfied for some time thai il licit liquor business was being carried on here to some extent and the belief is expressed the fines imposed (rill have the effect of stopping any h h traffic. I .in-in- - ).lutmeol ( i.nlirmiil WASHINGTON. Dm : i I'll- M. ate confirmed the appointment "f Lansing as secretary of state Experiments In ric- - nrtivatlon in Porto Rico five promise of the is land becoming an Imp ut nit pn do er of that grain will tv in this OH This will Pendleton tola' al I ; rta I One of thi- io-w Pendleton peg will take In all of the north b the riti-r weal of Blaine as well outlvlng community from th,- I em Oregon Mat Hospital $0 countt poor farm. The others t on this side of the river and n eastern part of the ctti Then, will 81 three neO i" In Milton and surrounding out aide, making a tutoi of rive tl One new precinct has bean adds each of the following lowna. Kre. ter. W eston, fee ho and Htanf ld. DM I.O W