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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 27.
DAILY EAST OREGON1AN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22,
NO. 8686
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SANTA GLAUS IS
PREPARED TO BE
HERE THIS WEEK, .1
Arrangements for His Reception are
Complete by the Committees in
Charge of City's Tree.
LITTLE ONES TO 6ET 6IFTS
Chad wiiii Be Distributed ami Chil
dren win Be Made Happy Pro.
irnim on the stni'i will Be One la
Be Remembered cboru Rebears-
illK lis smut-
Phins fur the municipal Christmas
exercises Friday evening arc work
ing OUt well and the committees In
eharg announce everything la read;
Inees fur 11 celebration that win Ihv
or long in the memories of the chil
dren ur Pendleton.
The large shipment 0( candy has
ieen divided Into hnnaredi of parts
and s.u k. up ready t..r hanging
the Dl Christmas tree at the Inter
action ol Main ami Court atreeta.
The cbUdren'l choir, which 1 1 1 llni
curola from a float early In the ev
ening. Is IicIiik trained dally by Mlrs
Bleaaor Vincent and l-.'ugene llollt o
and the large mixed choir which la
to sing hymns from an elevated
platform has had Us Baal rehearsal.
Jack Robinson, who u making tho
necessary arrangement! with Santa
I'laua, has fitted up his auto for the
accommodation or th genial old
gentleman in case me absence of
snow prevents him from driving In
with his reindeer. Mr. claus de.
chute his candy factory has turned
out a fine I'hrlstmas stock both In
quality and quantity and writes Mr.
1.'. .1.1. ...... Ih a I... .. ,11 v....... ..1.......
!, . '
The musical program will start at
7 o'clock and will precede the :ip
peerage of Santa Claus The elder
people will be asked to take places
In the bat kground so that the Chil
dren may have positions from which
they may enjoy to the full the hapi
Occasion. This evening at o'clock
a meting of the high school boys Will
be held and they will be commission
ed as special officers to assist In
marshaling the crowd
The appearance of Santa Clans
will be made at S o'clock. Instead of
9 as rormerly announced
SEVERAL KILLED IN RIOTS
AMONG VILLISTAS TROOPS
I
I
2 Several thou-1
reported IWeeptnl
ill!
sand Villlstas arc
Into Juarez and pinna
render of the city art
have fallen through
ror the sin-
believed tO
ll
killed In liots. Villa I reported
heading the troops..
The police said inn Villlstas are
already in Juares, 1000 in the strik
ing distance. Carrnnta has placed
I price on Villa's head. A renewal
or rlotittg Is reared.
Ai cojdiim to. a German scientist,
-i ii I i n 1st have been distributed over
the world b) the oedtlatlon of its axis.
which ha chanted the Climate In va-
LOCAL BASKETBALL TEAM
MEETS ATHENA TOMORROW
PENDLETON BOYS WILL TRY
III I I IT FAST SITING
QUINTET,
I" i
Tomorrow nluht the boys' basket
ball team of the high school will en
deavor to administer deleat to the
fast quintet from athtna, Vhlg.will
lie the first boys' game of the sea
son .mil it is expected to be a fust
On. Several new men at the gam
will be seen on the floor. Although
figfat, 1 hi y ate fast and show good
knowledge of th game. Much will
depend upon the two men of lust
year I team. Gordon ami Fowlei
Guidon will be at guard with either
Latourelle or IVrrln ns his side
mate, while Itoylcn will play the
oilier forward. Minis will hold down
center.
The Athena team has met and d -fented
all the weaker schools of this
MCtlon Of Hie county and Is now
looking for a harder team. Just last
week they won from Toucliet. Wash .
by a large score.
Besides the regular game there
will he a preliminary between the
high school girls nnd the all stars ot
the town. This Is expected to he one
of the fastest games of the season,
as the high school girls nre in good
condition and the nll-stnr team 1"
composed chiefly of runner blub
school stars. The whistle will b
blown at 7:46.
U. S. Will Not
Over Sinking
Austria Must Meet Demands
Point of Aiik-iu-h'm Rejoinder.
By the Austrian admiralty
own admission that Its com-
mandcr torpedoed the Ancona
after her engines stopped and
inminmi were 'still aboard,
Austria Violated International
law and "entirely disregarded"
humane principle! which should
govern sea warfare. In Amcrl-
ca'i view.
Details of the sinking
the matter of who perished, a
sought hy Austria, are heme
"In no way essential matters of
i "ii."
The oommander! culpability
Is In any case established. Am-
ericans were put iii Jeopardy
by his lawless uct.
The administration holds Aus-
e trla dues not question or dis-
pate re. ognlied International
law nor humane principle, so
the United Ratal doee not
feel called on to debute them
America renews the demand!
of her original note and "sin
cerely hopes" Austria will meet
them In a spirit of frankness
and with "the same concern for
k I relations" now existing lie-
tween the nations "n which
the United States makes the
di rnands,
WA8H1NQTON, Dec.
United States will not
Austria any points Inv
The
with
the
irglle
ved
sinking of the Ancona.
In the second American note t
the Vienna government, made pub!
by the state department today vheu
It was delivered to Foreign Minister
Burlan in Vienna, this government
states thai It must -renew the defl-
i nlta hut reepectful demands madt
its communication or the sixth ol
December."
This second note, extremely brie!,
Ii friendly In tone, out leaves no
uoubt of the determination that Aus
tria shall make full reparation for
American lives lost and shall punish
the Austrian submarine commander
whose "culpability Is In any case cs-
tabllehed," and whose act. details Ol
which were given In the Austrian ad-
mlralty statement. Is held to
"wilful violation of the rule! of
ternatlonal law and the principle
1 humanity."
Addressed to Anil
the note follow:
"Department of S
December 19, 1915.-
aandor Penfl
Washington,
are ln-
stri
teil to address
noti
the
A ii-l ri i -Hungarian minister
affaire, tsjttually as follows
"Tile government of the
States has received tne not
Excellency relative to the i
the Ancona. which was de
e of Y
linking
llvered
1915. i
Vienna on December ir..
transmitted to Washington
up!
has
fui
ron
and
n.l ca
n the note Immediate a
leratlon.
. Zw iewinck. the cli
the imperial and
Bt Washington, trai
partment of state
report
(Continued on Page I.)
WALLA WALLA ROAD
I
DAYS BY BIG STORM
HEAVY snow ABOUT VT1IEXA
AND W ESTON IIOI Ds t p
TRAFFIC ON HTGHW W
a snow blockade of the macadam
road between Pendleton ami Walla
Walla existed irom Sunday until yes
tenlav afternoon, according to word
lirought to this city. The heavy fall
of snow about Athena and Weston.
followed
ed much
passable
days
by a windstorm whit h
drift
the
ds ho
The auto s
and Weston
through yeati
I'
lis first trip
afternoon. Bvetl
ds
el .-now is
banked up along the
roadside in several places to a depth
of three or four feet. The fall about
Athena and Weston varied from nine
Inches to a foot and was dry enough
to drift easily In some places the
road was filled with a mass of snow
for a considerable distance.
Many automobile were caught in
the drifts. One Adams man essayed
to go to a dance Saturday night, got
stuck in a drift, abandoned his car
nnd. returning lor it later, found It
noWed under. The following da ne
had to hitch four horses on and put
a shovel gang to work btfar he
could rescue It A number or Athe
na and Weston autolsts had similar
experiences
Argue Points
of the Ancona;
li ii
I PF0 03ES CONSCRIPTION
(Copyright. Harm & Kwing
.senator George k. Chamberlain
Senator fleorge E. Chamberlain
of
i iregon
liairnian of senate commit -
tee
on military affairs, has lntroduc-
a bill in congreii proposing con -
ptlon for all between the ages it
twelv
and twenty-three, it is pre
posed thai Irom twelve to i
all eligible young men shoul
ganlxed into cadet coi pi ar
lighteen to twenty -three int
n ien army
JURY FOR NEW TERM OF
COURT MOSTLY FARMERS
UrT lilltW.N Tills Al-TERNOON
a CLERK BAUNG AM
SHERlEr TAVIXIK.
The jury panel for the January
term of court will tie composed for
the most part of farmers. The list
was drawn this afternoon by Clerk
Frank Baling and Sheriff T. D. Tay
lor and IS uf the 31 drawn are farm
ers. Eight of the number live In the
Free water-Hilton district and nine
live In this city.
The following are the names ol
those drawn, their residences and
occupations:
T. G. Smith, Btanfield, fanner:
Pied Koepke, Helix, farmer:
Chastain, Free water, farmer
Prltchett, Free water, farmer;
Simmons. Free water, mrmer;
Myrii k. Adams, farmer;
Christopher, Adams, mrmer.
J C.
A W.
J. P,
Isaac
Valen-
T. Lambirth, Pendleton, banker; l.
m Green. Free water, farmer: w n
HcCormmach, Pendleton, tanner: c,
l. stewari, Freewater, mrmer: c U
Woodward. Adams, farmer: D. K.
Bell. Pendleton, farmer; J. J. Ander
son, Milton. farmer; Charles J.
Koch. Pendleton, merchant; L. J
Kclntyre, Hilton, barber; g i. La
Dow, Pendleton, merchant: H. C.
Mills, Pendleton, farmer; G. M. Rice.
Pendleton, banker; C. D, Hobbl, Mil
tun, farmer. Harry Glese, Hermis
ton. farmer; Walter rarr. Weston
Mountain, farmer; G. M. Morrison.
Adams, farmer; r Raymond, Pen
dleton, farmer; Robert Belike, Pilot
Rock, farmer; Trojan Tucker. Wes
ton, fanner; C. K Vonderahe. btit
ton. farmer, and Hugh Uclntyre,
Athena, farmer.
Gearhart Hotel Barn.
PORTLAND, ore.. Dec. ;j. The
Gearhart hotel at Gearhart was de
stroyed by fire. The seaside file de
partment was too late to assist. The
(ire Started in the engine room ami
a heavy wind fanned the names
Capture of Varna
by Russians Said
to Have Been Made
HIM. ARIA SEAPORT FALL
BEFORE (.1 Ns or BLACK
MA III IT
LONDON, Dec. ;: The Dally
Chronicle reports the capture ot
Varna, Bulgaria's chief Black B
port, by the Russians. says the
hpmbardment of the Russians silenc
ed the Bulgarian guns and laid the
town In ruins, the garrison sufrerlng
heavll)
The Russians then, according to
the report, landed inrantry and ar
tillery without loss ami a suriicii tit
force to hold the town against Bul
garian attack.
STORM HOLDS UP
TRAFFIC ON ALL
L
Northwest is Paralyzed and Corr.
munication is Practical
Standstill in Many Sections
mnniMlias i- D,,t,,ll .
.....rvuvn .a rinutetiij n
ALL TRAINS LATE INTO CITY
Washouts, Snowslidea ami BvroUeu
sinnnisi l to l.iffli ultl
Travel I ustboiuid Train- Bdd
rp
by slide taile
Mas Abated.
PORTLAND, Ore
Washouts, snowalidei
c-
nnd SW'llen
streams throughout the
northwest
delayt d traffic and paralyzed com
munication as a result of a three'dav
storm,
abated
Tlie 80 mile gale off the coast
some this morning.
i . .onaue tun. lour incnes
ram nas laiien In me last 24 hours.
Almost two Inches have fallen In
Portlaad In that time. From Falis
City. Ore., it is reported that the riv
er is higher than at any time this'
season and that a part of the dam
owned by the electric light plant
went out yesterday afternoon Thej
water is still high enough to furnL-h:
power.
At Hood Klver, a section of a daml
constructed by the city, state and
fish and game commission, went out
j with the high water. In places'
throughout the Cascade mountains,
j the snow is reported ten feet deep,
j Some snow has ftilien :n the valley.-'
but this is rapidly melting.
Shipping Is held up by the high
winds off the Columbia river.
The rainfall for the season is 4:40
above normal to date.
CEXTRAUA
tire north end
Dec. 22. The en
li flooded by the
swollen waters of the Skookumchuck
river, which beg: n to recede only
this afternoon. Other sections ot
the city are under water in places.
Police with a flat boat moved strand
ed families. The schools have clos
ed. Yesterday the city was tompell-
ed to furnish
school children
flooded yesterdt
banks.
onvevances to the
The China ditch,
y, is back within its
VANCI "TVER
Dec
Train Schedules are
resit of the storm
east are five and ten h
uis late.
A landslide forty fet gwide alo
the Columbia highway near Wyet
lias blocked al Itrafflc from the :
RA ROAD
andjon the O.-R. & X. lines The sl.ci
occurred during the early part c
"mer; night and in time to prevent the fai
E. J. I mall and No. from comln
through. Crews have been a
for the past twelve hours and
track open late this morning, i
lag to latest report. The
train through is marked up fi
this afternoon and will be fi
irsl
;:30
Wycth is a little station Just a few
miles this side of Cascade Locks.
I Heavy rains have been pouring down
; in that vicinity during the past few
I days, causing the earth on the bluffs
to loosen.
Wheat Remains High
in Chicago Market
Portland.
PORTLAND, ore.. Dec. It. (Sp
clal.)- Club H-Vt; btuestem 9T-H"
Lilvernooi,
LIVERPOOL, Dec. II. Wheal -spot
No. i Manitoba, i:s 3 l-2d; Nc
2. 3d; No. I, lis 10 l-2d; No.
hard winter new. lis Sd.
In American terms the hlghei
Liverpool price is Jl.TS 4-5 per hush
NEWS SUMMARY
j
fjoaecal,
Roastane Take Varas from Bnlger
Inns.
Russia i- willing to open Bardan-
ehc- to Bnaeann 1sllllller', as con
ii- ion toward pci'
Local.
Landslide at W'yeth blocks O..W.
1 raffle from west.
t ooat) court ha- 1x500 available to
prosecute bootlegger.
lantiaM jury panel I- mo-tly far-1
mere.
Plans for ( lirKtmas it-lcbiatlon an-
.omplctc. j
Uamclatcd charities elect trustee.
Snow bliH-kadc on I'liidlcton alia
Walla road broken,
Motion PU-tiiiv news on page .".
County ' ? rt Has $2500 on
Hana .o Aid in Financing
Enforcement of "Dry" Law
For th
violating
I the first
ise who may contemplate
the prohibition law after
i nit- j vtir witfre ii m
i in the fact the COUnty court
in the general fund for the corr-
Inn year the sum of lltOfi available.
, ,d ... - - .
ing detectives and otherwise work
ing for the enforcement of the law
It is evident the county court is
randy to do its share toward making
the new law effective. The position
is taken by Judge iiursh that with
a state-wide prohibition law In ef
fect It will be proper for the county
ol government to cooperate In a finan
clal way, if necessary, towards seeing
.V.ong the toast that the law is compiled with Par
I ticularly so since tne county will
get the money from fines.
j Recently the county authorities
wprp ...W,.,! Y,v Uprmiuton neonle to
.,. u,.aini Arimia n -
fused of selling liquor Illegally In
.v.. .
i o a i ma
The request was not
complied with on the cr,,und that 1 "nsldjer the prohibition law
I beW .Irv thruiurh the local ontlonime light as any other law.
oi.law lt was lHUer that lne Hermiston
town authorities handle the matter.
Accordingly local proseculons
brought against the offender.
Werei
The Divine Sarah
is Dying at Paris
Declares a Report
BKRMIARIVTS Lira IS
8LOW1S
EBBING AWAY GRANGRENF
IS THE CAUSE.
PARIS. IH-e. 2Z. Sarah Bern
hard! is dying from gangrene it
reimrted. r.ecently her leg . am
putated and she had not fully reoov.
ered from the opera Uon. Her life l
Stowlj ebhiiig it was authoritative!)
repornd.
C, K. CRANSTON BACK FROM
THE PANAMA PACIFIC FAIR
After an absence of two and a ha'.!
months spent at the Panama-Pacific
exposition where he had charge of
the eastern Oregon exhibit in the
demoralzed as a" rfs" uuuning. c K. i ranston, sec-(
trains from the ' retary of the Pendleton Commercial I
I association, arrived home last evn-; show
ing. He stopped in Portland several some
days to attend the annual convention ' good
or sportsmen.
Mr. Cranston remained in San i
Francisco after the closing of the
fair to assist in packing up exhibit '
and arranging other details. He was
unable to secure any part of the ex-1
hlblt
the Pendleton school
the endless red tape
Other having the
purpoe
stated
Mr. Cranston feels that
tions of the state' profited
ly from the work of the Or
all sec-inimense-gon
com-
mission at the fair,
had a representative
Eastern Oregon
display "!' In-
varied products and Mr. (''ranston
states that he answered numberless
inquiries provoked by the exhibit.
Photograph was
northern France The k:
BKR1.1N. m, .'.' The
111 nnd unable to visit tl
battle front as planned.
I Kaiser UnabietoVisitWestern Front
i1 j
juntv
ti,s tak up thMr caued
Impression in Hermiston that the I
aame attitude
uid be continu
1 IN ""' ear
ear ThU n...
tKm la dtoinrtlad by iuoga itarah, md
says that after the first of the
the matter will be upon a differen
bail and the county will be read
to give financial aid for law enforce
ment purposes If such aid Is requir
ed.
District Attorney Steiwer is emphut. I
Ic in the statement his' office will doi
Its utmost to compel enforcement of I
the prohibition law and that the law
will be enforced as It stands. For th
purpose of explaning various features
of the law, the district attorney is
preparing a series of articles for the
press. The first of these explana
tory statements will probably appear
in the East Oregonlan tomorrow.
Sheriff Taylor says his office will
In th
An ef
fort will be made to secure evidence
I of violations but he asks that help
he given in the matter so that the
fleers may have proper backing,.
Trustees for the
Local Charities are
Chosen for Year
so PtACE Is SEGCREI) VET nt
OPt- COM Ml MTV 1IOI SK
IX (1TV.
Trustees
the Assocuted Chari-
ties to net tor the ensuing year wera
T . "
ing Mayor John Dyer, Mrs. A. F.
Vay, Mrs. G. W Rugg. H B. BIy
dt nstine. J. C. Woodworth and Judge
j. n. jiaioney were re-eiectea anaii
W. W". Harrah. Mrs. Lina Sturgis aj.dj
Judge C H Marsh were added to the;
number
J. V. Tallman and H. G. Blyden
stine, appointed to look for a desir
able location for the opening of a
community house, reported their In
ability to find a suitable place thus
far but hoped to be successful with-j
in the next week. A significant fea
; ture of their report was their find
ing that every saloon building haa
been rented already.
Report was also made upon the
"Bundle Day' yesterday. The report
ed that, while the results from
sections of the city were not as
as expected, other pans of the
responded very "generously so
the Associated Charities now
i large quantity of good cloth-
nd a limited amount of staple
es of food to distribute among
leedy of the city.
city
that
has
'n8 i
rtic
the
Pioneer Woeaan B e-.
SAI.EM. Ore.. Dec. Mrs. Sus
iu Fisher. 91 years old. who cross
the plain in ltg to Marion coun
, died in Salem.
Following her arrival in Marion
unty with her husband they settled
five miles north "f Salem and lived
there until lSj when Mr. Fish-r
died Since then Mis
sided in Salem. She
five children and a
Kisher had re-;
Is survived by,
rother
The failure
" slight i
lul ir stem
.-aid has oti
lam (nation of the eel
official statement 1
PLEDGE TO OPEN
DARDANELLES TO
RUSSIA IS PLAN
d Hunparv is Sair! in ho Will,
O J ' " tw Mw IVII I IK i u
.. .
mane uorcessions to Czar as
C.ndition of Peace.
RIGA OFFENSIVE IS FAILURE
tTnian- Are IK'trcntln- from Ragl
AfTordiruj i Uaadog Bjnpnei Re.
n-ived from .-iie, Frmh on
tin- Weaten ITont Rert tiiii
ii'ihi ri liaate.
Von ijiinib h Ban.
IlKltl.l.N. Dec. -j (Wtrntaea
; HyviBe.) General ,ni t ,.
mich died at Hanover toilay. ,
prominent enrl in 11m- war.
He raptwed Uew.
BKRL1X. De
22 Hurfgary is
Russia that thn
j willing to pledge
Dardanelles
be open to Russl.ni
commerce as a conmtlon of peace,
j ''ount Apponyj declared today in a
! United Press interview The Russian
Balkan Influence must be destroyed
he said though he expressed surjirtsa
at America'! tone in tne Ancona
; note.
i "The violent expressions are tin
j called for. I would nave asked Am-
erica to amend her style and Ian
i guage before Austria replies " he
declared
Ofrennlve at Rica jur,.
LONDON, Dec The German
offensive in the Pivi ..i.. i
completely failed. Geneva corre'-
spondent says. Hinuenbura- has re
tired, abandoning many supplies. R
was said five German divisions had
, retreated.
Sanguinary fighting near
xnU
was reported
Mutiny i-. KrporU'd
BERLIN. Dec. 22 R was
ed that several staff officei
killed in a mutiny or alluv
at Imbros Island, the base
Dardanelles operations.
Prenoit Take unci liivonrrs.
PARIS, Dec. 22 The French ad
vance at Hartmannswellerkopf took
1200 prisoners, it was onfciallv an
nounced today.
JEALOUSY PROMPTS
WOMAN TO 11 HER
HUSBAND AND SELF
MRS R. LAMAS I SI - REVO! R
AT W WW w l l roL.
I o 1N(. M PAR 1 ION,
A WALLA. Dec Zl. ClaSfd
ilousy because of the be!:..-:'
.nat lie was iin
Dodd Laman. a
months, garbed
in a taxicab to the rear of the Walla
Walla bar, tS, Weal Main street.
:'-bout S:30 last 'night, called her hus
band, a bartender, to the rear door
and opened fire on him v
-he
inflicting
in
wnlch she
I 1M:30
j Laman was shot in the right "ar.
:the ballet remaining in his head and
j also below the heart, the bullet lodg"
; Ing In the skin of his b.o k He v n
I removed to the Cookerly Canton
wine undertaking parlor, wh ,
en to the Walla Walla
hospital b) I
probed for ;
! The bullet ii
reached. It
temple and
i bam of the
Had
line R. Pratt, w ho
mined i, ne pullet
head could not bo
d above the rich!
Bill Calling for
Million More Men
Passes Commons
MI W RI Dl RATI ii i NK1RT
(ARson ATTACKS nut.
DAM ELI l s t LMPAHJ.M
LONDON, Dec j r-.r ,,,, .,n
I 'dtht debate the lilii calling; for x
minion more trooge i- nannd by
tho house uf Commoa. Carson at
tacked the bill, arraigned th Imi.
danelle campaign, whiia g