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f DAILY EVENING EDITION I 'P3 J , "V DAILY EVENING EDITION Forerai for Eastern Orrunn hy th I mini m.ii. - i in In r Dlwrn r The r.i (irpicuiilan hat tin- lurum paid circulation ef any paper In Oregua. east of I'ortlaod and over twice tbe circulation Id I'eudletou of an; other newspaper. DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1915 VOL. 27. NO. 8681 891 iff it COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER aa - AMERICA NOT TO !EI IN ANCONA CASE Definite Reply Will be Made to Austrian Note Severance of Re-i lations May Follow. i CABINET MAPS OUT A COURSE Ijinslng Will Follow Inrfriii Huns Which May Have One of Three Re suit Outcomi' of Negotiation- De InimIh I jmiii II. - Attitude Toward HcquCHt fur Evidence. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. Presl dent Wilson and the cabinet today read Auatria'a unsatisfactory reply to the American demands In the An-! cona raae. Tiny mapped t court for Lansing after the president starts on hi honeymoon. LanBlng will draft a definite rejoinder which Is expected to have one -fif three re sults: First, a severance of dlplo. mutlc relations; recond, an Austrian backdown; third. Austria to produco evidence lefutlng that OB. which her first statement was based. I,anslrig will submit his mcssag ) CHANGE DEMANDS to Wilson and then send It to Vlen-1 under charter by the American Bei na. It will leave no loophole for fur-1 glan relief commission. She sailed ther delay. trom New York November 21 wltli Two additional note, the Amerl-6500 tons of bacon and lard for Bel can reply and the Austrian answer, j glum. She flew the relief flag Tho are likely to pass now. These will ship waa believed Immune from at- rovinr mime narrier against a pos- alblc lirrnch of diplomatic relations. The outcome of the negotiation de pends largely on the American atti tude to the Austrian request for evi dence regarding the American con tentions In respect to the actions of the commander nf the submarine that sank the Ancona. Indications are the American ans wer will l In the nature of an ulti matum It may recite the evidence but it is certain It will reiterate the, original demands under a threat of a severance of diplomatic relations Experts finished retranscrlbing the Austrian message 30 minutes after the cabinet met this morning.- It was taken Immediately before the presi dent's advisors and considered at the time as Ambassador Penfleld'fl Infor RHtl report from Vienna. (.llvl.v TAKE VP I KTHI.I,. Itr i n Mawr College Wilk Add Mrlng of Winter Sort IlltYN MA Wit, PI . Dec. 17 prvn Mnwr college girls have 4iken up o notation football as one of their winter sport. A league has been formed with tennis entered from ill dormitories and I regular schedule made nut So far three game have l.een plV. Fd, the Denbigh hall girls having ; downed Pembroke West the Pem-I'" broke Vto team has defeated Merl-! on and the Radnor Hall eleven has ' beaten RoekotoMor Spectators of the masculine per- i naslnn are not welcome: In fnct.j guards are placed to head off all mere men from the campus, but many of the girls from various board ing schools in Hryn Mawr help to swell the "crowd" at the game ft Is said that there are several "Oll nhantf " and "Mahans" in the lineup. Redfield Has Plan to Bar j Unfair Foreign Competition WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. In his annual report, made public today, Secretary of Commerce RodfitM deals at some length on the problem of foreign competition following the war nnd outlines plans for curMng nnfnlr competition by use of the fed i ral trades commission The following Is from the report ivirelg-n I nfiilr CornlN-UUon. "I'nfnlr competition" Is forbidden by law in domestic trade, and tbe l ederal Trade Coiiiint-slon exists to determine the facts and lake steps to abute the evil wherever found. The door, however, Is still open to "un- fair competition" from abroad which maj trie; seriously affect American inmis- It Is not normnl for the worse. competition Of which I epeak, but abnormal It la a destructive type of the Industrial struggle. Intended to put out of being the rorce opposed to It that the victor may exploit the, field rft will. The methods used are not ihose f legitimate commerce, bttt I those of commercial offense. They aim not at development, but at con -1 quest. When Hie war shall close the public control of railways In foreign lands, the semi-official chambers of commerce, the publicly fostered or ganizations which control great in dustries In some countries will all ex ist and will all be used In nn effort to recover lost commerce. The 'growth In the United Statei of industries RELIEF SHIP IS BEACHED AS SHE STRIKES A MINE Later Report Declares Vessel is Put Ashore on Flats- -Torpedo May Have Been Used. WAS BOUND TO BELGIAN PORT The Lev en pool, out or New Under charter of Belgian York. cef ' Commission, lladly Damaged Hew Keller Hag and Wan Battered I minimi- from Attack. ROTTERDAM, Holland, Dec. 17. ! A later rert said the vel hud been beached at Mm Uflii- 1-lats The i.rul-i, steamer Uirlb i. rrl I .. lag today, reported the steamer Pen.! dlnn and u torpedo bout hud rerouted the I ( cnMMr-, crew. KOTTEKDAM, Dec. 17. lief ship I-venpnol from was mined or torpedoed. The re New York NEW YORK, Dec. 17 The Leven- pool wa a 4900 ton English vessel laca. only the regular crew was aboard. It is struck a mine believed the ship Itiillun sciikt sunk.. LONDON, Dec. IT. The fifty ' three hundred ton Italian steamship i "Portanld" was sunk by a submatlne presumably in the Mediterranean. Entertainment on New Years Planned For Young Folks l TIM. Wil l BE HELD Tills EVENING TO LISTEN TO SI GG1XI IONS. he DQrpOM of planning some lorm of New Years eve entertain ment for the young people of Pendle ton, a meeting will he held this tV- cnlng of representatives of the W. C. T l . the school board and the Par ont Teafltllin' association No defi nite plans have yet been outlined but several suggestions have been made which trill be considered this evening. Keallxlng that the last night of the. ' regime, comes as it does on New Tear' eve. may be a hilarious one ''eniiieion as 111 ntner cities of ino northwest, those back of the move have in mind some form of enter tainment that will have an appeal to the young folks and keep them off the streets and away from places where unwholesome merriment Is the order of the night I ail of (.la-cow Dies. LOND.ON, Dec. 16. The death la announced of the Earl of Glasgow. He wos S2 years old. and was a vet. eran of the Crimean war. which may menace large marked! heretofore controlled from abroad I will not be permitted if public and semi - public forces acting together in foreign countries can prevent It. The outreach of American Industries, nay their very existence In our own Inml In some cases, will be resisted to the full and every strategem of Industrial war will be exerted against them. Ex pecting this, we must prepare for it. If It shall pass beyond fair competl- Hon nnd exerl to seek or exert a monopolistic power over any part of our commerce, we ought to prevent it o few would question the duty cfl rtMtralnlne h means or the nnhliJ power the unfair fartifn competition .,, mMrt, i sivul, ih,.i it,.. .,,.,.i mv ,,,, n()t to be whotbpr we ,, prevented, while welcotnin.t ,nd(,e(, prmtinKi th, normal ebb an, r,mv f lol!,in,u, ,.,,nnerce he-1 ,.,,,, ,)Ur ,.,,, am, ,,. wlM fTOVU our people the security atnJnat exaction which Is insured by raaaonahl. ,.n,,.tiii..n in m.- i,u.. ment tho matter is one which ma: more wisely be treated as an attempt ed wrong to be forbidden than as an economic mutter which needs to be restrained. I should prerer. therefore to deal with It by a method other than tariffs, classing It rather as nn off anae similar to tbe unfair domes- (Contlnued on Page Three ) JUDGE LOWELL RENEWS CHALLENGE; SHOWS RIOTING TO BE A FELONY Pendleton, Ore Dec. 17, 1915. To the Editor: Jk U Ht I In V.lllr luitp of loBt uvan. I..g. who WW! to be the ,,ke.manl "r,b " of the m"' I and upullgist for the lawless portion ! "nJ lX UnMty Will they show of the Heat contingent In the late!1" any eourt by evidence election, devotes much bad ftngliah tr",h " a"y f ,he mads a.id labored wit to the undersigned I ,v wrl,r in hL' flr,rt That portion of the letter will pahai1" ihr "rlbune? unheeded, but he cannot be permitted! U may be that the knowledge of to avoid the real Issues now before ; th gentleman of the law of riot Is as the public, to-wlt, the lllegul voting , vague and uncertain as his letters and the riot of election night. For disclose huj knowledge of the election his own purposes, and that of the laws to be, therefore for his enlight men behind him, he endeavors to enrneat I quote from the statute: Bidetrack those vital subjects, and to Section 2068 of Lord's Oregon Laws again divert attention by resorting to, personuiuie Therefore our published challenges ' arc renewed. Will the Best support- era Join the friend of Montgomery In demanding the opening uf the bal lot boxes and the Investigation of the I i I 1 1 TllOl'UiVll IrfhUL- H.IHfl OFFERED TO HIGH schools UNIVERSITY UF OREGON, Eu gene. Dec. 17. Four thousand Karl Druschkl rose slips, rooted and growing are to be given away this, Xne ,)ny r,celp, aKKea by tm, a. college year to the four-year high t, division of the University, schools of the Stat by the Unlver- through which application for the any of Oregon. The plants are to Hcutttaii should be made, is acknow. ret out on the high school grounds , ,-,,,, ,-,, lh ,i and cared for. Any time after the first of Janu-: ary. the desired number of slips lral" UM fioin 12 to 20 will be shipped prepaid j KANSAS. CITY. Dec. 17. Three on the request of the high school bandits held up a Kansas city South principal, the chairman of the board Prn piM,nf lraln at Eagleton. Ar or the president of the student body. . . . . tk. - -- ...in v. n.a mu in , kansas. They forced the trainmen to .lie leijueDi niii oe ineu .iini iieru i.i order of receipt, but some of the east ern Oregon shipments will be held tip nnlll oflap Ihe hat-H freeyeu . . . H. M. Fisher, superintendent of the I nlversity grounds, says that the ros- es are a uniformly hard and vigorous variety, The two-hundred foot hedge! from which the slips are cut, is even1 now full of large white buds. Most 1 of the 1600 cuttings sen! out last year focused camera has been mounted so grew. Mr. Fisher says. It was the , that photographs can be made nith rirst time the offer had been made, out losing time for adjustments. Yuan Shi Kai y-UMM SHI PKKIN, Dec. 17. Tuan Phl-Kal. president of the Chinese repubtl,'. has accepted the offer of the coun cil of state, sitting as a parliamciit. of the throne of China. if samn BaHHiffaaM iiiiiWFfy a' ' MiMBBBi '" ' aa-aaajj aBJj SP"S BBa whole election proceedings by the court? Will they aaalst In thorough declare that "Any use of force or w wwin w j .n iu use iorco or violence, if accompanied by im- mediate power of execution, by three i or more persons acting together, and (Continued on Page Four ) and there were more requests than could be filled. Even the grade ' schools began asking for them. Mr. ' Fisher says that by close trimming I ' many as 10,000 slips, so proline Is it The dynamited the Wells Fargo box I and robbed the mall. The loot Is be- lieved to be imall. They did not mo- rs- The r,)bbers ned . Yil Over the operating Michigan sanatorium table In a permanently Accepts Throne ine tnrone was twice offerer! to i Yuan before he accepted, and then ' he consented only upon the ' 1 mnm urai hp wouiu remain as presl- dent until a convenient time for the coronation. Wilson-0 edding Tomorrow wm r i:rarS'f PlBHrSfl ;a ji nhvVBBaVBBaw SS WfB&Sfar Nk faPlPMBfcaPlBMMBHfW PRESIDENT WlLSon & JrJ5S GALT. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. Interna tional affairs will not cloud the pres ident's honeymoon He weds Mrs. Gait tomorrow. The hour Is not an nounced but probably will be in the evening at Mrs Galfs home. The honeymoon plans are secret. If the Austrian note creates a situation de- mandlng the president's attention ! sisters-in-law Dr Cary Gravson the Lansing will visit him. president', physician. Miss' Helen Florists and decorators invaded the! Bone, the president's niece M'ss Gait home this morning, preparing j Alicia Gordon, Mrs. Gait's ward Mr for the ceremony There will be no Gait's aged negro mammy and other rehearsal of the ceremony. The j servants of the Gait home at Wvthe guests will be the president's three , ville, Virginia County Stockmen Are Glad to See the Fall of Snow AMOUNT OF MOISTURE WILL IX CREASE .SPRING GRASS AND WATER. Stockmen of Umatilla county not lamenting the present snows. f... t -U -ll., . . 1. .i si" sou " mat tne steamer J. N Teal which Mother Goose pick her geese, despite! has been running up the Columbia 1 the fact that it will Increase tttalT haa been Sold and ha bten taken off' feeding With no frost in the ground the run. The following Item aprear a great part of the moisture thus , ,d in tne Port,am, oregonian this' precipitated will go into the greun'l morning' to increase the spring grass and alao Following the sale of the steamer! Prevent a summer water shortage. gut, of Washington bv Da There are no sheep left in the j Columbia line to the Regulator line ! mountains to suffer from the storm final details of which were carried as the early snows drove all of the out yesterday, the steamer J N Teal : bands out Most of the sheepmen I which arrived last night from Pasco have been feeding some dry feed for j and Kennewick. was tied up by The some time on their winter ranges ; Dalles-Columbia management and and the present snow will not pre- j her crew ordered paid off. With her vent the sheep from doing a little : withdrawal from the route the com-1 foraging, according to one sheep- j pany will no longer accept freight man. ; for points between Portland and The ar since Nov nj Dalles, and agencies along the M;d 09 the aheopman's ' Columbia will be discontinued, better than last The steamer Twin Cities will be the The weather ec . has been fine frc standpoint much year According to D P. Smythe. sicamer sent to Pasco and Ken- ! there Is more moisture in the ground "ewlck, handling freight for points j now than during the whole of last above The Dalles, she la to depart I w inter. He anticipates that the sheep ' from Portland Tuesday night. Cha i will have tine grass for grazing la SHalamtUl, manager of the fleet. 0011 aa the winter is over. leaves tonight for the upper country The farmers are well satl-fied with look after agencies above The i the snow. also, as it will mean mora!!" and iange (or continuing th ! moisture, the fall having come OB I tnere witn steamer. I unfrozen ground. Tbe farmers of the aunty who rely upon Irrigation are lso pleased. The absence of frost n the ground, particularly In th IIOUntidM, means that the water will ie stored In the hills for use during he next season. PERSEI I HON is i ll IRGED. t hurrti Protc-t Agnln-t Mexico Made In Secretary l.nn-iiig. WASHINGTON, Dec 17. Sytte j matic persecution of the clery in Mex-j loo, authorized by government offi ! dais since the Recognition of Carrar-j zn and in violation of his pledge oil I religious tolerance, w as charged in I protest made to Secretary Lansing bvj j Monslgtior Francis Kelley. of Chicago. : On leaving the state department Monatgnor Kelley said the secretary I had promised to io what he cm,,, secure improvement in the situation I Serbian .lewc-l- Pound. BERLIN. Dec. 17. (By wireless t Tn,.UM.m v i , v ,i..i .ii.i.o, received here from Nlsh. says tax van-, v .,.., .i. " 1 the hidden Serbian crown Jewels ha been found In the houses of ex-Serbi Bn ministers. daughters, hi brother Joaeph, the latter a wife and her sister, Mrs An na Howe. Mrs. Howe's daughter Mra. Cothran and the latter daughter, Miss Josephine. Secre tary of the Treasury William McAdoo Mrs. Gait's mother, her three slaters, five brothers brnthoe.ini,. Steamer J.N. Neal is Taken Off Run on Columbia River I. M VS KEEN SOLD ONF STEAMER Wild. CON TIN" I I ABOVE THE DALLES " Of interest to the people of the in In, land empire Is ih . ... . .. " "MHUlCllll-lll Kim: of Serbia Hide. SOFIA. Dec. 16 King Pe Serbia was reported hiding mountains of Albania. of the Diamonds having n tr nearly $27,000,000 were the south African mine; lieneral. Preaadenl ami ir.. uali mm , Ictiimrmw. Relief ship on wa , tIutuiii MhM mine or I- torH-d.H-d Anierii-a will reiterate demanii- up. Oil - . If, C: . - . . , . for ' Local. HliT -now a oxer eonnly: KM-k-aM, fnrn-rs, trrWatlonlsts nil cl- ... i. .liidgt UMMM returns Judge - Fee' Safe awl sane New Year s celebri tlon being planned. Moving picture new, rage S. I in I9H. ui Mi ii NEWS SUMMARY ' BULGARIANS ARE HALTED 2 MILES F No Indications are Shown of Cross ing Into Greece But English Allies Await an Invasion. HELLENIC ARMY IS RETIRING Message Sys Grecian nmw Will Withdraw to ls-ave Grormd Free for the Relligerent Troop Rns. s'ans Reported to Have Or-nurric-J Persian City. SALON'IKI. Dec IT The Bulgar ians continued to hold their line two milea from the Greek frontier hut shower no Indication of croaalng. dispatches today stated. The allies believe, however, an Invasion will be gin within a few daya There i much comment today. A message waa sent the French General Ser rall by the Greek General Moachop oulos stating "the Hellenic army la ordered to retire for me purpooe of leaving the ground free for the bel ligerent armies." Kiw-ans Occnpy Ha-nrrrUn. PETROGRAD Dec. 17 The Rus sians have occupied the Important Persian city of Hamedan, It la offi cially announced. Itulgars Lot Heavily AMSTERDAM, Dec. 17 The Bul garians lost 15,000 men in the Ger na river fighting. Wheat is Higher in All Markets Today CHICAGO. Dec. 17. (Special.) Dec. $118 l-l-ILM 1-2; May. $I.1 3-1- $1.17 7-$; July, $111 3--$1.10 5-8 asked. PORTLAND. Dec. 17. (Special.) Club $3-95: blueatem. 9-9S. Liverpool. LIVERPOOL Dec. !. Wheat Spot No, 1 Maitoba. 12s 3 l-2d: No. 2. 12s 3d: No. 3. lis 10 l-$d; No. 2 hard winter, new. lis 8d. In American terms the highest Liv erpool price la $1.78 4-5 per bushel. nHHIM IS PRISON CAMP German- and Au-trian- Vre Held on l-le In West Indie-.. NEW YORK. Dec. 17. A concen tration camp for Germans and Aus trians taken from ships by British and French cruisers in South American and West Indian waters has been es tablished at Barbados, according to passengers who arrived here on the steamship Acre from West Indian Points. When they left Barbados, the pas sengers said, the camp held 120 pris oners, namely German and Austrian commercial representatives taken while traveling between South Am erican countries, together with sail ors and firemen found on board shipi that cruisers have stopped. According to reports .circulated in Barbados, the passengers added, be ginning with this month, the seas are to be swept clean by the allies of all male representatives of enemy na. tions. Works Advocates Use of Army Men Time of Peace in WOVLD PIT TROOPS HJ i -k ii" RECliAIMINO Dl -I HI UNDH OF WIS I . Washington ie. n . t Works of California in the .. id vocated ihut the army be educated in engineering and har t- Bed t.. tba ri gors of campaiumng In the daarfl re, clumatlon work, rwfacroatlng largo western tracts and protecting ih.- M u sisslppt valley from fl hi II" I l uch an army Would obviate the I ot unpreparrdnesa, also the cl uigei t creating a mll!t.ir caate It w,.nld provide useful work for aoldterl in stead of forcing thiin to booama id lers it woc.i.i pt; the aoMlen with tracts of public lands their lobofl b id Improved. The propoavd tBHUaJ e penditure would be $: ' d"'h would be recouped by the return of their labor, it wis pointed nut such Work would largely be in tbe wexicrti states where the rn,v shoubi ba coo centrated because Ihe west la In the greatrst danger of Invasion front the Japanese There are more than 1.000.000 el ectric fletlrons In use la the I'm - I Statei. FROM R