DAILY EVENING EDITION . yHSBfe . DAILY EVENING EDITION
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I nlli-d state tealhor observer
at Portland
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I'ortland and over twice the circulation In
1'enUletnn of any other newapaper.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 27.
DAILY LAST OREGON1AN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1915.
NO. 8682
GALT RESIDENCE
TO BE SCENE OE
I
President Wilson Clears Up Routine:
Business Before Starting on His;
Honeymoon Tonight.
CEREMONY WILL BEAT 8:30
Hundred ut QifU Arc RMMVWd
Curious pci-Hons Tfiroug Um- Streets
None Bat GnfU WW IK Per.
mitu',1 to Appt-oacti iiomm' hi
OercnMMiy- 'ITiin Evening.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 18. Though i
this Is his wedding day. Um president
undertook his customary routine
work He reached the executive of
fices early. He then cleared up un-i
I Inched buHlnes preparatory to go-j
lug on his honeymoon tonight. 1
There Is a noticeable stir about thei
White House. The wedding an
nouncements are being prepared for;
the mails. At the Gait home every
thing Is ready for the ceremony to
night. A drenching downpour mule
the city dreary today tint the WMttl-l
er man promised a clerir night. Ex
press wagons bearing gifts drew to the!
(lalt home In processions Curious i
persons thronged UM streets until j
Police Superintendent Pullman sent
a police detail which food nuturediyj
held the crowd back After eight
tonight the street will be cleared and :
only guests will be permitted to ap
proach The president s private te- j
nographer, Charles Bwtta, la Um
Only person who w ill accompany the I
hotieytnoonera. Joe Cannon called
at the White House early this morn-.
Ing to congratulate the president but I
the latter had already gone for a,
morning cull on Mrs. Unit The cer.
mony tonight will be at 8;30 o'clock, j
LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS
DEFEAT TEAM FROM WESTON
IIT1NI. II shl . HAl.l. GAME
ENDS WITH SOOKE Jl TO
20 lt)K P. II. S.
In one of the most exciting games
of basketball that has ever bejn
played on the local floor the Pendle.
ton high school gins last night de
feated Weaton high, 21 to 20.
In the. first half Weston walked
awa with the score nnd it seemed as
though the game waa lost, until Alta
Mentxer. the star forward of the lo
cal team, made her appearance
The first half ended with the score
8 to 3 in W'eslon'a favor, hut at the
beginning Of the second half the ftrll
came back and tied In a score. When
this point was ranched, rooting from
the side lines and the speed and fight
of the haul team put Weaton on the
down hill road and the game ended
In Pendleton's favor, 21 to 20.
The line-up for the, local team waa;
Hoards. Leta Agee, Thelma Thomp
son and Katherlne Thompson:
center, Jessie Chessman; side center,
Nellie Ingram; forwards, (irate
llugg. Alta Mentxer and Uela Fer
guson. In the first half Alta Ment
xer was put In for Pella Ferguson.
Delia for Nellie Ingram and Kather
1,,,. Thninuson for Ix-ta Agee
In a very exciting game the aopho-;
mores defeated the JUMOri 2: to l '
All the kojn played a star game
Citizens Are Asked
to Make Bundle Day
Here a Big Success
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES SET.
DATE POD NEXT TUESDAY
CXOTHTNG WANTED.
Next Tuesdiu
Mtmille Day" In
Pendleton,
The Associated Charities has no des
ignated it and asks every citizen of I
Pendleton to coopernte In making It
a BUCOeee. The purpose oi the plan I
is to secure as mucn clean Clothing
;im possilde and as much food also
lor distribution among the needy ol j
the city.
CltUtnl having clothing food crj
other things to give are asked to pie
pare them In a bundle by Tuesday j
and to nltlfy Mrs K. C. AntbalJ
whose telephone number Is 392M. A1
number of the draymen have agreed
to collect the bundles Tuesday after
noon free of charge and will call at
all addresses telephoned In
The Associated Chnrltlra bos found
many families in the city who are
needing warm clothing and plain,
wholesome food and "fluudlo Day" in
designed lo bring some OhfWtttM
, heel" to these homes.
Hai-hagc wagons in a Herman city
are arranged to be drawn either by
horses of electric tractors.
BRIG H
WEDDING
Bridal Couple and Scene
i-
- i ii' -in now aw ' Sf- ' X I f
ymemmum'imm iii'imj. xMjtsMimm ;. flF
HCT7D O fNTEKMATirViAl. FILM SERVICE
The home of Mrs. Kdlth BoUltUl
lied tonight, an.! inserts of the bride
Germans to. Sweep
Into Greece For
Attack on Enemy
UiLtEB EXPECTED To MAKE
STAND M Ml LIS I HUM
Ml.llMkl
ATHENS, Dee. IS. -The Hermans
will sweep into Greece before the end
of next week, and attack the adlles
according to persons close to the
Herman embassy The allies flr.il
determined stand Is expected to be
a poult 20 miles north of Salonlki
Strong works there Begun before the
alllee were forced rroni Serbia are
being rushed to completion. The
lii.eks are giving the allies power
ful aid. They arranged a speedy
communication between Salonlki nnd
troops near the border. The Monte
negrins and Serbians are offering
stubborn resistance in the Drin val
ley where a battle of considerate
magnitude la on.
Com in i si Student
I'NIVKUSITY OK ORBQON, Ku-i
gene, Dec. 17. One student In the'
correspondence study enrollment of
the State 1'nlverslty Is getting an ed- i
ucatlon under desperate conditions.
He Is a OonVlOt, and he works all day I
with a road K,ang.
"My lessons are not sent regular-1
ly. I must admit," he writes to his:
Instructor, "but out here on the hlgh-j
way we find plenty of work, and af
ter supper Ihe only place to study Is,
ur tent, where H men are sleeping.!
so a fellow does not get much chance
but I'll dO in best.'
NEftS SUMMARY
nfwfftili
President Wilson and Mrs. (.alt will
in- married tonight at tin' Hall home.
t US trie's note Is unsatisfactory.
America will seid second note de
manding Immediate coaapUancr with
demands,
itritigc at Spokane collapses, sewn
IMTsviin are klllctl.
Local
Nevt Pueeda) is named Rimdle
Day.
Municipal decorations to be pan
lid) bMnicd on Net Veins eve.
Change in division win not neces
sitate trainmen rJJuMUtfng residence.
P. P. V l Co. rales ordered reduc
ed in Washington,
Movie news on page B,
("lalt. In Washington, w ne
anil groom.
PEOPLE ADVISED NOT
TO KEEP LIQUOR III
BASEMENT OF STORES
whii.k t crime; smUi is
RENT TO VVOID APPEAR
ANCES or isvn
While it Is not a crime' for a per
son to store Intoxicating liquor in the
basement of his Ftore. Attorney Gen
eral Brown has advised District All
tornev Btelwer, of Cmatiiia county,
that proprietors of stores shou'.d
avoid the appearance of evil by not
keeping liquor in their basements.
"It Is not a crime Tor a person to
stole Intoxicating liquor In the base
ment of his store," says the stale's
legal adviser, "where the same is
not kept for Ihe purpose of gift, dis
tribution or sale, or for the use as
defined in sections in and 15 of the
prohibition laws, but in view of the
provisions of section 3. making such
pOMtnalon prima facie evidence that
the place where such liquor Is kept
Is a common nuisance. I would ad
vise against a proprietor keeping in
toxicating liquor at such places "
Hanks may not collect the purchase
price of Intoxicating liquors alter the
first of the year, according to an
other opinion by Attorney Heneral
Brown In reply to an Inquiry from a
Portland bank. Construing the pro
hibition law in this respect, the attorney-general
says;
"It Is a misdemeanor under the
laws of tse state from and alter Jan
uary 1. 1916. for any hank. Individ
ual, firm or association to present
and collect any draft, bill of ex
change or order for the payment of
money lo which is at.ohcd a bill of
linling or order or receipt for Intoxi
cating liquor."
Mil. u At mi: OPENS iimv
Portfand Contractor Has Lowest
Price for Water Project.
Mll.W'Al'KlE, Ore., Dec 1". At
the meeting of the sonnet bids Wart
opened for the construction of the
distribution system of the UllWaUkls
municipal water plant, bat the con
tract was not awarded. The bids
ranged from li!2.ifi to 111,000, Ihe
lowest being submitted bj Oltbtach
& Joplln, of I'ortland
The total sum authorized to be
pent on the distribution lyatent, in
cluding the standplpe In Mlnthorne,
In (25,000.
of Wedding
'If-lcient and Mn
are to be mar-
Engineer is Under
Arrest on Charge
Smuggling Opium
GREAT NORTHERN EMPLOY!
HAD NOV Eli WAY TO GET
mill; into cities.
POIILAND. Ore., Dec. 18. After
IS years of service, Peier McGregor,
the oldest engineer In the employ of
the Great Northern on the Vancouver-Seattle
branch. Is In Jail today at
Seattle charged with smuggling op
ium into the country. Hugh A. Hus
ton, many years his i'rreman, also was
arrested ut Seattle V. F. Kent.
McHregor's friend, was arrested here
According to federal officials. Mc
Gregor secured opium at Vancouver
and secreted it In a hollow log he
carried In his engine cab for a foot
rest He heaved the tog from the
window near Seattle.
Kent's alleged duly was to dispose
of the opium In Seattle and Portland
A college professor at Ames, la.,
has perfected a machine which will
scarify the hard seeds of sweet clo
ver, alfalfa and the like, so that the
"balky" seers will sprout. A sprout
ing record maj be Increased from BO
to 95 per cent by this method.
ADDITIONAL TRAINMEN ARE
NEEDED BY 0-W R, AND N,
HK.WY Vol 1 ME Oi' FREIGHT lo
III: MO ED RESPONSIBLE
FOB WEEDS,
An indication of tne heavy freight
business beitm' done By tile o -W It.
& X. Co., at tills time may be taken
tram Ihe tffortJ made nere tods) t..
secure additional trainmen for ser
vice in moving train Assistant Su
perintendent Buckle telephoned this
morning from La Grande to Yard
master o. J. McKee asking him to
hunt up nil of the trainmen In the
city who are out of Jobs. N'o ex
planation was given but local railroad
men declare Ihe company is short
of experienced men right now and
needs them badly to assist in moving,
the heavy volume of freight. The
company Is training a large number'
ot students but will not trust them
More than 1000 members uf the
London Stock Kxehange are either on
active service or directly employed
by the government on war work.
AUSTRIA'S NOTE
NOT ACCEPTABLE
IN ANCONA CASE
Brief Communication Which Will
Permit of no Quibbling Will go
Forward to Vienna Tonight.
MUST COMPLY WITH DEMANDS
secretary lousing Makrn Public Aus
trian Reply to First Note out
Sinking of Vessel Austria lii-:-l-Tliat
Evidence in c should Be
Wsc-ussod.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 A hriei
sharp note ermit4ng of no quihblln ;
will Is- forwarded to Austria tonight
In tlx- Aneona case it hii- prciareil
l. I mi- ic and ihe pro-blent approv
ed a. oliiriaklom held the situation
-till -very grave." The proinptne--witli
which America replied to the
tuattfan note Ware pule room for
doubt (hat Austria lias railed to com
ply with the American demand..
Washington:, Dec. is Secre-
! tary Lansing made public today the
Austrian note replying to the Ameri
j can demands in the Aneona case.
The most significant feature la
AttitrhVa insistance on a discussion
of evidence and the principles involv-i
I ed. It was held that Austria is en-'
' titled to discuss the facts. Regarding'
the commander of tne Austrian sub-,
marine that sank the Aneona. the ,
j note declares the American demand
j 'does nut In any way sufficiently war-1
i rant attaching blame to him" even
! if America's contentions are correct
, and the "most rigorous legal cor-1
I caption" applied to a Judgment of the i
jiase. It held that Austria had not;
1 been completely informed of the con- i
j tents of the American-German notes
I retarding submarines and suggested I
1 a further parley.
Austria held she has a right to ?x-,
I pect the precise .-peclficatlons of the ,
circumstances on which the Ameri
can contentions are based Ameri
ca's original note "left room for
doubt," the Austrian communication
said, as America failed to designate
the persons on whom she relied lor
evidence "and to whom :t apparently
: believes it can attribute a higher de
I gree of credulity than the commander
of the imperial and royal fleet."
Furthermore, it cites America gave
i no names of victims, "But." it de
! dared, "in view of the Tact the
' Washington cabinet has now made a
I positive statement concerning the
loss of lives, Austria is. in principle.
' ready to enter into an exchange ot
views in the affair."
In what some betteved was curt
I language. Austria reserved the right
' to maintain Its own legal views in
discussing the case and queried as to
j why America referred to the German-American
controversy settlement
particularly, since Austria "by no
' means possesses all the pertinent cor
respondence" in that situation. Fur
i tser it held the two cases are nol
parallel Therefore, the note contin
i ued, Austria "leaves n to the Wash
ington cabinet to formulate the par
ticular points against which the sub
marine commander offended."
LIGHT COMPANY ORDERED TO
REDUCE WASHINGTON RATES
PCRUC SERVICE COMMISSNON
T KES ACTION NO EFFECT
IN Tills STATE.
In thirty different cities in east-,
ern Washington the Pacific Power &!
Light Co. will be required to reduce,
rates charged for residential purpos-l
es b) an order promulgated yester-j
day by the Washington public ser-'
vice Commission, The order of course!
does not affect the Oregon cities in1
which the company operates Here
tofore. Pendleton has been paying!
the same rates as Walla Walla and '
N'orih Yakima
w ith lighting and power rates, and
also orders that the practice of d;s j
criminating between the barge and
small consumer be abated. The ra -for
residence lighting in North V i
klms and Walla Walla. Which are t ie!
same, are reduced from 10 cents er
kilowatt hour per month for the first,
30 kilowatt hours, and S cents per'
kilowatt hour per month for any am-i
ount over 30 to S i-2 cents per kilo-!
watt hour per month for the first 10
kilowatt hour; cents per kilowatt
hour for the second 60 kljw.itt hours!
and 5 cents per kwtlowatt hour for
any amount in excess of 110 kilowatt
hours.
A wealthy young Englishman. Ic
fore going to the front. Insured his
life for $1,000,000, the risk being s lit
among several offices. The fi st
premium was 150,000.
a ' v" -90 una
rVitf Nof
! tkctJ? Gmnde
VOCORDIN'G To PRESIDENT FAR
RI.I.I. REW8 OM
( II INGE RKMDKNl B&
The opening of the new terminal
yards at Pilot Kock Junction and the
starting of traffic over the Ech ,-
i.oyote Onion will not affect train
crawl and will not necessitate engine
men changing their residence, accord-i
! ing to the following story printed ;
I yesterday by the La Grande Observ-1
er as a special dispatch from Port
land:
"La Grande will not lose the re-s;
I dence of any of the engine crews as
a result of the creation of Pilot Reck
Inn.t;..r, ll...... ..,,1,. ....... 1,. .
dleton as a through train terminal,
of the La Grande, or second division,'
of O -W. R. & X. Company, it was an -!
nounced today by J. D. Farrell, pres
Ident of the company. Instead, the
change adds to the responsibilities nfj
the La Grande offices as a division ,en were lnJur.d whpn an A(rtop
center, as the La Grande crews Willi street car went into the Spokane rlv.
operate the cut off which is to be-r early this morning when a middle
used by through passenger trains. lH.an of th( Dlvlsion KlTfet brldge coI.
Changes Largely Theoretical. ; lapsed beneath it. A majority of the
The arrangement of the division victims were workingmen enroute to
operation is largely theoretical i work.
and is occasioned by putting: The hriH .., .1 i,k
into operation the Coyote cut-off. I ning and noiselessly dropped into the
Through trains leaving Portland w-H 1 river with the car. The motorman
imake Pilot Rock Junction a chang-;,.nd C(mductor and manv of the in-
ing point for engine crews only, thejJured Mcar,Pd through windows and
train crews being unaffected and go-1 doors and climbed to the top of the
ing on through to Pendleton. Other ; car wherP thev were removed bv fire
trains will run on to Umatilla as a; men with addpr!1 The entire police
I present. and fire departments aided In the res
New Division Created. cue and tugs and rowhoats were re
The change really creates what is i rjutstitioned. A big crowd gathered on
j to be known as the Coyote cutoff di- the shore, a second car. leaving the
vision which-will be made out of af bridge, clunc tn the approach by its
part of the first or Portland division. frn ,rucl.s aM narrowIv escaped
and part of the second, or La Grande hiding bark Into the chasm.
, division, as far as through trains are one bndv was recovered after three
c oncerned, but gives La Grande crews hours work. It was identified as
the responsibility for operating the Jamnp; Howard,
cutoff.
Double llaek Provided For.
The schedules will ne so arranged
j that cre arriving on westoound
j trains in Pilot Rock Junction in the
! morning will double back to La
Grande that day Tram crews will be
entirely unaffected by the change and
ioiher than through passenger trains Rushed by the heavy orders this
;will not be concerned. year Santa Claus began his gift dis-
Iassener to I se Cutoff. jtril uting in Pendleton todav. one week
! Through passenger trains. Instead ahead ,.f rnalrtaui day. and the Ir
jof going through to Vmatilla, w!:ijdang of the Vmatilla reservation
merely use the cutoff saving time 'were the objects of special attention,
and distance. La Grande in all par-j The More f Hamley & Co. was the
Iticulars will continue to be a central BCene ,)f ,he featlvitles for the Indl
I division point between Huntington ; ang Several hundred of them gath
and the western terminus. ered there this afternoon between I
Farrel Issues Statement. , and 2 and took seats around the big
i "The point Is that the new Coyote tree which was laden with gifts.
cut-off affects only engine crews on Numbers were distributed to all and
through passenger trains and theyl there were gifts to correspond with
' only theoretically, and does not affect I the numbers. Everyone received
the train crews," Mr, Farreli author , candy and some of the more fortunate
ized his office to say today "It has got beautiful gifts, robes, kerchiefa
no significance to Portland beyondland other bright-colored articles that
i the usual interest of time saved by , delight the red people. Music was
'operating a cut-off. Part of the Played by Mrs. E. F. Averill, W. S.
La Grande division goes into i Bowman took a picture of the scene
the Covote cut-off division, with a and Parsons Motanlc and Gilbert
part of the La Grande division, for
through passenger trains only. In
other words, the new cutoff merely
overlaps on the first and second di-j oration was on a little more elahor
visions. ate scale than heretofore.
"The engine crews will not have to
will be made at Pilot Rock Junction Wheat (Market Shows
so that engine crews can return to La! j Mafarlal fh.nnac
Grande as a part of their run.' IviaiCliai VlianyeS
AMERICAN SHIP IS ENEMY
German Prise court i-h-sc on pas
of Raima! ia.
HAMBURG. Germany, via London.
Pec. 15 The prize court which has
before it the case of the American
ship Pass of Halmaha has decided to
treat her as an "enemy vessel." It Is
announced that the evidence has es
tablished that the ship was under the
British flag until the end of 1SU
and was sold to an American con.
pany after he outbreak of the war.
The Pass of Halmaha was captured
while she was on her way to Arch
angel. Russia, with a cargo of cotton,
which has been sold for 2.500.000
marks labout 1650.000.)
House Parties Included in
Plan for the Entertainment of
Young People New Years Eve
able New Years eve celebration was I
Planned out last evening for tli I
young people of the community at a
meeting called by the W. c T V.
and attended by representatives or1
the churches, the schools and a nunt-
ber of organisations The plans in-
dude house parties over the city dor-
Ing the earlier part of the evening
with a gigantic bonfire at the high
school grounds as a grand finale.
Committees were appointed last
evening to arrange for a number ot
social gatherings in various hornet
dtnlng the early part of the even-
E SPAN AT
SPOKANE BREAKS
AND 7 ARE DEAD
I
Ten Others Iniured When Street Car
Plunges Into River Below- An
other Car Barely Escapes.
- i
VICTIMS ARE WORKINGMEN
CM MM Will! l-als.rers W
. "
to Work When Accident ilapiN-n
Maii t.le Way Iteneath Weight
PoBoe and firemen Renew Paanrjs
ers 1 li.s-1) Kcemcn-d.
SPOKANE. Dec. IS. 3ycn persona
re believed to have mer ,i..rh ,n,i
INDIANS HAVE VISIT FROM
SANTA AT HAMLEY'S TODAY
Mlnthorn made speeches. Hamley A
Co. play Santa Claus to the Indians
every year hut this year there cele-
I CHICAGl
1 Dec. 11.16
! tl.ll-fl.lt
Dec. 1
l-Mi.li j
l-t asked.
May
Portland.
PORTLAND. Ore.,
t Special i Club 93-9;
Dee.
I ivorpooL
LIVERPOOL. Dec. 17.
Spot No. l Manitoba. 12s 3
2. 12s 3d; No. 3, lis 10 1
hard winter new. lis Sd.
In American terms the hi
erpool price'ls 11.71 1-5 per
Wh
l-2d
Id
Nt
Italy devotes more than II
acres of land to wine gripe
tlon.
decorations on the streets to
grounds where at
thev will be burns. Othe
tilnment will be ke a
to the young people, Iterr
will be serve.' m the hlgl
building lo l.ulies or th e
ty and tlo eiebration will i
up until the lo w year Is
welcomed
lu these plans the eommo
to interest the voting f
them off the MrtSl and IS
contact with the aMBBsal
celebrate the end of the wa
with hilarious and I 1
I ,gh
p. k