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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEB
VOL. 27.
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER !')
NO. SfiHti
JAPANESE UNER TORPEDOED
IN MEDITERRANEAN BY GERMAN
SUBMARINE: 300 ARE RESCUED
.
One American Reported to Have
Been Aboard No Warning Given
According to Report.
FLOATS HOUR AFTER STRUCK
VMik Maru (VMt ,-,,ooo,huo lYtMK-h
Warship I- Maid to llsvo QoM W
Ross-lie and Taken Passengers Oflj
No One Is Ivrlievnl to Have I teen
lost
I XI N DON. Doc. 23. The Japanese
liner Yasaka Maru has been torpe
doed and sunk In the Mediterranean
sea by a Teutonic submarine, nccord.
Ing to cable report here today
Three hundred persona aboard, in
cluding one American, were rescued
by a Trench warship No one Is be.
lleved to have been lost.
According to the brief messages re
ceived here, the liner was attacked
without warning. She remained
afloat an hour after being struck.
The Yasaka Maru was constructed
at a cost of 10.00, 000.
CHRISTMAS TO SEE MEXICO
WELL ON THE WAY TO PEACE
KL PASO, Dec. 23. That Christ
huh will descend on a Mexico well on
the way to peace was the belief gen
erally expressed here today
Throughout the northern Mexican1
states former Villlsta leaders are'
flocking to the Carranta standards ;
Message from the city of Chlhuahuu
reported that Carranr-a representa j
tlyea were In control there and
throughout chihuahua state.
Normal conditions prevailed tod.lv
In Juarex. where rioting broke out I
two davs ago when the Carranzlstas
assumed charge of thi city.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 23. "Qen-I
aral" Francisco Villa will spend
Christmas on American soil. Ills,
wife received a telegram from him
today saying that he would arrlva .
here tonight.
Some. Features of "Dry" Law
Explained by District Attorney
(By
Frederick Stelwer, District
Attorney )
It w
assumed that readers ol
the following comments on the Ore
ion prohibition law are intending to
obey the law The purpose will be, j
therefore, to point out what can be,
done lawfully, and what, under the
law. would appear to be prohibited. I
No attempt win be made to diecu&a
procedure for the punishment ol i
those who violate the law, or tho j
penalties fixed by the statute for tho I
various violations. Nearly every j
branch of Society, and every kind of
DUSlneM is affected directly or lndl-j
recti) by this statute, and It Is Im
portant that all people Inform them-i
selves about the operation of thej
law, and It will not be to the advan-
luge of any citizen to violate the law
first, and then learn its meanlnii
afterward. The first feature ot the
law that will be considered are the
privileges and duties of the purchas- i
r and customer.
Intoxicating liquor Is defined in
the act. it includes ordinary UqtlOM
lik. beer, whiskey and wine, and In-.
eludes also all mixtures or prepara
lions reasonably likely or intended!
to be used aa a beverage which shall
contain In excess of one-half of one!
per centum of alcohol by volume." j
The definition also includes other
Compound! and preparations, wheth
er liquid or not. from which, or by I
which Intoxicating liquor can be,
produced . This will cover beerine, ,
nnd other solid muterlnls, which, Dy j
mixing with water, will produce an
intoxicating liquor. It also covers!
hard ciders and any frull Juice that
is permitted to ferment until It con
tains In excess of one-half of one
per cent of alcohol.
It Is generally understood by this
time that the law provides that one
person, If he be single or one fam
II can lawfully purchase outside of
the state of Oregon and receive at
ahy point within the state through
a common carrier, two quarts of spir
ituous or vinous liquor, or twenty
four quarts of malt liquor each 2
days. It 1 believed by atorneys that
the purchaser must select, that is,
ho must take the two quarts, or the
twenty-four quarts. He cannot law
fully accept both during any one pe
riod of four successive weeks. In
Refund Is Denied
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.
The Interstate commerce com
mission denied the appeal of
San Francisco shipper! for a
refund of 4.00U,OOU paid to
transcontinental railroads for
switching charges during the
last four yean Tho appeal wiu
made through the Han Francis
co chamber of commerce.
Club Mow Quoted at
85 Cents in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore., i. . II.
The jirlce of wheat struck tho M
season's highest point when
liluestem reached 11.61 and
fortyfold f 1.01. The unusually
heavy demand for war ship-
menu araa the cause
Chicago. Dec. It. (Special)
Pec. Il.ll 1-2-11.24 l-l: Mai $1
Portland.
Pi irtlan D.
I Special i i 'lull
11.02.
LiverpooL
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 22. Wheat
Spot No. Manitoba. 12s 3 l-2d; No.
2, 12s 3d; No. 3. Us Hi 1 -I'd ; No. !
hard winter new, lis sd.
In American term the highest
Liverpool price is $1.78 4-'. per bush.
L
lord I Ituwerliut
Hl'.ISTIANlA, Dec. 23. Ford's
dreams are glimmering, his friends
believe. It was suggested that he
plans to end the trip as Inconsplcu-I
ously as possible Neither Ford not 1
Madame S hwlmmer have appeared!
In public for several days. Ford Is!
recovering rapidly from his recent
illness.
purchaser to sign an affidavit pro-1
vtded i'or by statute. These affidav-i
Its need no comment at this time be
i.iuse they will be furnished by the
county clerk to the common carriers.
They must be sworn to by the con
signee or purchaser before an agentj
of the common carrier. In addition
to the right to receive liquor in the!
way Indicated above, It will be law-
lul for any person to purchase priori
to January 1. and store away such II-!
quor as he may desire. The attor
ney general has ruled that In his!
opinion liquor should not be kept aft-
er January 1 in stores or shops. It I
is lawful without doubt for a person
to store liquor at home In good
faith for his own use. or for the use!
of his family, and the man who;
stoles liquor In this way is In AO
danger of prosecution, but the man!
who lays up a stock or liquor for the
purpoae of sale is in danger from j
the first day that the law goes Into
effect. If one lawful sale Is made
from such a stock, the whole stock
CM be confiscated, nor does this in
such case preclude the state from
prosecution for the Illegal sale.
The courts in the state of Kansas!
have decided many cases Involving
the giving away of liquor under a
Statute similar. If not Identical wit n
section 9 of the Oregon statute It;
Is likely that the Oregon courts will!
follow the lead of Kansas courts It.
construing this part of the statute. 12
so, it will be lawful for any person
having intoxicating liquor legally in
his possession to give It to a member j
of his family, or to a friend who .
haiqieus Into his home. The test of
legality is that the gin must be an
act of pure hospitality. If It Is in
ny sense an act of traffic It would
become unlawful A merchant can
not lawfully keep a stock of Intoxi
cating liquor in his store building,
and give It to customers In order to
procure their patronage or to en
courage their dealing. H Is alwsyt
dangerous, under the Oregon law.
lor any person to carry liquor about
on his person for a gift to a casual
acquaintance, or one made by one
person In the course of a buslius
transaction, even though the parties
be friends.
STREET WILL BE
CLOSED FOR THE
XMAS EXERCISES
Traffic Will Not beAllowed to Inter
fere With Tree Celebration To
morrow Night Here.
ENTERTAINMENT STARTS AT 7
Tickets Rejig Distributed Twla Am
miic Children Which um Entitle
Them to Receive a iuik of Chad
From Nanta la ui Committee He.
porta Ml i iiiwi).
From ; o'clock until 9:30 tumor
low evening Main street from Alta to
Water and Court street a half block
each side of Main WM1 be closed to
traffic In order that the municipal
ChrlstRUU exercises will not be Inter
farad with by vehicles. Hopes will be
stretched across Main .Turn the Am
erican National Hank to Sayre and
from the Hotel Pendleton to th
Brown furniture
store and across
.ast of the Oregon
eat ui the Hamlev
Court street Jusi
garage and just
store.
The committee In charge of the en
tertainment requested the police
committee of the council for th's
privilege la$t evening and it was
granted. Chief Manning will station
special police at each rope barrier to
enforce the regulation Uy keeping
these streets vacant, there will be
plenty of room for ail citizens to see
the entertainment which trttl start a
Today tickets are being given out
to all o! the children of the public
schools and of the St. Joseph's acad
emy. These tickets will entitle the
bearers to receive a sack of candy
from the big Christmas tree at the
Intersection of Main and court. Par
ents of childdren under school age
are requested to call at the Tallman
or Pendleton drug stores today or to
morrow for, tickets tor the younge
children. Oarranxa to Pmioi foreigners
OL'AYMAS, Dec. 22 (San Diego I
wireless) Forty cailoads of Carran.i!
soldiers have been sent to protect j
American settlers at San Pedro, whoi
are threatened by 1500 Y'aquls. The.
Americans are now considered safe
The Yaqiiis are said to have attacked !
a ranch at Ontagota where one Am-!
erican and five German sailors from !
an interned warship are besieged.
The Capitol
An Interesting view of the cupltol.
Manifesto Urge German Soldiers to Quit
tne Trenches; Kaiser Must be Deposed, it
Says,
Best Says He Will
Have Smoking in
Council Stopped
M YOR-ELET DECLARES THAI
TOBACCp UIVE8 HIM THE
HEADACHE.
Dr. J. A. Best, mayor-elect, threat-!
ens tu provoke a revolution in the
council at the very outset of his ad
ministration by an order prohibitum
smoking during the sessions of the
council He attended the meeting
last evening as a spectator and, alt
er adjournment, remarked that one
of the first things he would ask ot!
his council would be to "cut out" tue
smoking.
It has been the habit of memberC
of the euncli to smoke during thei:
deliberations for many years put
and It IsTrard to conceive of a meet-j
ing without several clgarB fogging.
Only when Waited upon by a delega
tion of Women have the councilmen
put aside their cigars.
Dt. Best declares smoke mak?s
his head ache and, as an added rea
son lor his .order, he declares it will
be a stimulus to action. "If the,
councilmen can't smoke during meet-.
io" he said, "they will rush the
work along
light up."
order to adjourn ami
luncil there are
uo not smoke.
Slebert of the
of the smokers
Of the year and
new councilmen
he new order is
third ward.
l'hrei
will retire the lirst
two, at least, of th
in, their smoke
going to be tough on such men as
(-oiincllmen Muruhy ami Phelps and
the abetinence from the soothing
weed may make them so Irritable
thai iheiayor will be willing to re
scind hlaSedlct in order to restora
Ho in to a pleasant frame of mind
Aml'then ti.-ie are the newspaper
men whose only soiace during the
reading of a long-winded ordinance
is the smoke curling up from theil
fragrant stogies.
Ancona Trouble ( Icars.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. Officials
are optimistic over the Ancona con
troversy as a result of the Ackerman
interview with Tisza ecoffing at the
possibility of a break. It was re
ported Austria is paving the way for
a repudiation of the admiralty state.
ment on the torpedoing of the ship, j
Snowbound
taken Just
Before Peace
HENRY FORD NOT
WITH PARTY ON
WAY TO SWEDEN
Whereabouts of Automobile Manu
facturer Causes Speculation--Norwegians
Refuse to Join.
CHH1STIANIA, Norway, Dec. 23
The whereabouts of Henry Ford of
fered a field for considerable specu
lation to a curious public here today
The Ford peace party departed this
morning for Stockholm, but Ford
was not with the other members. It
was believed that he remained in
I'hristiania upon his phsiclans' or
ders to hasten complete recovery
from the illness that overtook h'm
here.
There were no additions to the
party as the result of its visit here.
Contrary to expectations, no promi
nent Norwegian peace advocates
joined the pilgrimage Certain ones,
it was reported, objected to having
their names used in connection wi-.h
the expedition.
A Norwegian cabinet member to'd
Madam Hoalka Bchwlmmer, one of
the party's leaders, that the time is
not ripe for a peace movement. He
said, further, that Norway will refuio
to cooperate in such a movement
should President Wilson request it
nuless similar action is taken by
Sweden and Denmark.
It developed today that Ford is re.
imbursing Judge Ben Lindsey of
Denver for the money he lost by can
celling a lecture tour in America to
ai company the Ford party.
MOUNTAINS OF MAIL
KEEP POSTAL FORCE
y
DELAYED TRAINS ADD To lit R
DEN OL HRISTM -- RUSH
OX MAILMEN.
Anyone entertaining the idea that!
Santa Claus is giving Pendleton the
"go-by" this year would have had'
that notion dispelled this morning by!
a glance Into the back room of the
postoffice. As a result of the hold- I
ing up of trains from west yesterday;
the mail from six trains was dumped:
upon the busy postal clerks during
the night and, when they came toj
work, they found a pile of packages
six feet high by twenty feet square
awaiting them.
Thousands of packages poured in '
from alt points of the compass and
when delayed No. 6 arrived at 8:30
another great pile was unloaded for)
distribution among 2-eiulleton people
With Systematic and rapid work, the I
postal employes had divided the greit .
stack of packages into different pile!
before the No. 6 mall arrived and '
evening will have ail of the man? !
packages delivered or distributed. Be
sides the motorcycle conveyance a
delivery team, the regular carriers
and a push cart are assisting in the
delivery of the Christmas gifts.
FATE OE VARNA IS
IN DOUBT:
ARE CONTRADICTORY
1 K1N; of SEAPOR I U lit -
IN NOT CERTAIN.
CITY BOMBARDED,
LONDON, Dec 23 The late ol
Varna, an important Bulgarian
Black Sea port, remained In doubt j
today.
Stories to the effect that the ilt
had been bombarded heavily by a i
squadron remained uncontradicted, j
No accurate reports of the possible i
damage had been received.
Strengthening reports from Teuton-1
ic sources that the city still holds out.
a message from Petrograd Indicate 1
that the Bulgars remain in POfSSO
sion. 4
The same Petrograd dispatch stat
ed that Russian torpedo boats pur
sued a Bulgarian vessel under the
shadow of the Bulgarian shore bat
teries, where It found refuge
Will Come
German Humanity Society Makes Appeal to
Troops in the Field-Flag is an Emblem of
Infamy, Declares Statement-Nine Prominent
Germans Sign Message Whfch is Circulated
at Rotterdam.
ROTTERDAM. Dec. 23 Signed by
the German Humanity League, a
manifesto urging German soldiers to
quit the trenches and demanding the
deposition of the kaiser, appeared
here today.
"Today the German name Is a scorn
to civilization." the manifesto assert
Total State and
County Levy not
to Exceed 7 1-2
LEVY WILL BE AT LEAS1 HALF
A MILL LOWER THAR
LAST YEAR.
The total state and county tax will
not exceed seven and one half mills
and, in all probability, that will be
the amount of the levy. The county
court Is meeting this afternoon to
make the order and authorized the
statement that the levy would be at
least a half mill lower than the levy
of last year.
According to the tentitlve order
drawn up and which will doubtless'
lecome the official order this after
noon, the seven and a half mills will
be divided as follows: for state and
county purposes 3 33-60 mills; for
school purposes 1 21-80; for school
library 1-60; for roads and highways.
2 27-60 mills.
Inasmuch as all town and city
Property is this year subject to the
road tax. the seven and a half mill!
levy will produce more revenue this
year than the eight mill tax did last
year.
The total tax upon Pendleton prop
erty will be 26 mills, the school levy
being nine mills and the city levy
nine and a half mills. This is two
and a half mills more than last year
owing to the increase in the city levy
due to the loss of saloon revenue and
to the road tax.
RIVERSIDE DRIVE PAVING
HAS NOW BEEN COMPLETED
With the pavement on Riverside
Drive and up Bush street to Raley all
completed, the city council last even
ing passed an ordinance assessing
and apportioning the costs w hich to- j
total I4871.IS. An ordinance was also!
I assed authorizing the bsuance ot i
improvement bonds to cover the am
ount of unpaid assessments on ti:e
outh Main street Improvement. The
bonds will total $5965.05.
In response to the petition of the
"mayor and junior council" of the
Washington school, presented a week
ago, the city council last evening In- i
structed Street Commissioner Heath-!
man to take city prisoners and com-1
mence at once on the improvement:
find drainage of east Lewis street.
The recommendation was made, as!
Chairman Cole of the street commit-1
tee put it, by "the north side mem-j
bers of the street committee." The
school children also asked for an
are light in front of their school but
no action was taken upon this re
quest. An ordinance was passed last ev
ening changing the provisions for
the width and location of the side
walk on Jackson street east of Main
to permit the city to carry out its
promise to Messrs. Alexander and
Greulich.
Local Saloons to Have No
Leeway New Years Eve; to
Close at 11 O'clock Sharp
Though the state-wide prohibition
law does not go Into effect until one
minute after midnight on the mom
ing of January 1. the Pendleton sa
loons will go out of business at U o'
clock on the night of December 31
New fears! eve falling on Friday
the saloons will be required to close I
at 11 o'clock as specified by the cilv
ordnance. Saturday night being the
only night of the week when they
are permitted to remain open until
midnight.
t hief of Police Alex Manning and
the police committee of the council
declare they will enforce the letter of
to (Nations
ed, "and the German flag la the em
blem of Infamy There will he no
peace until the kaiser ia deposed."
The appeal bore the alimature ol
Karl Ferniteln and nine other prom
inent members of the German Hu
manity League.
2 Damage Claims
Are Presented to
the City Council
Mils. MARY KVA.vs T 20m
FOR INJI RY HMl FALL
OX SUH WXLh
Two claims for damages were pre
sented to the city council last even
ing. Mrs Mary Kvans, wife of C. S.
"Doc" Evans, presented a claim for
12000 for personal injuries alleged
to have been sustained b a fall caus
ed by an offset In the Main street
sidewalk and L. V. Henderson pre
sented a claim for ISO 20 for dam
ages to his automobile when it was
struck by the skidding auto truck.
Mrs Evans sustained a broken
wrist on Nov. 17 In a fall on Main,
street in front of the store of G. V
La Dow. It was caused, she alleges,
by the offset of an Inch or more in
the connection between the sidewalks
In front of the La Dow store and the
Belts block. This is the same offset
that the council has ordered repair
ed several times and was caused by
a settling of the walk and pavement.
Mrs. Evans states in her commu
nication to the council that she will
never fully recover Its use. For the
injury, the expense It caused and the
past, present and future suffering,
Mrs. Evans thinks she is entltled'to
$2000 and offera to compromise for
that amount. The council referred
the matter to the city attorney and
claims committee without comment
The claim of Mr. Henderson was
rejected at the suggestion of the city
attorney. This claim was presented
ariginally about a year ago and was
turned down at the time City At
torney Carter holds that the city Is
not liable for damages. Mr. Hen
derson claims' that, at the sound of
the, fire bell, he stopped his car alons
the curb as required by ordinance
and that the truck, in turning the
corner at Main and Webb after mis
reading the signal, caused the heavt
truck to skid and strike his car.
NEWS SUMMARY
QcsjnMtt,
l ate of Yarna is still til iltmbt.
Manifesto mil- on (MRaiMM to quit
treaKhM ami dcMH- kaiser.
Japanese liner I torpettoetl. Pa---enters
savctl.
Local.
toll lit lew Hill not cvceeil MfCst
and half mill-.
Saloons, will go out of huoinew at
It O'clock mi ew Years ee.
Dl-trlet attorney explain new SfO-
UUtksn law.
Xow mayor will psboa SBaokfasg In
council room.
Sti-ocU will he roiel off for hrin
mas exercise.
r.ol.u.il trains Moir thousands of
Christina gifts Into do
Motion di-ture news on page -V
loons no leeway simply because It Is
their night of business In the opin
ion of some the police would be jus
tlfled In .losing the saloons at an
earlier hour to forestall any rowdi
Ism that might develop aa a result
of the last expiring gasp of th sa
loons. The clolng of the saloons t 1 1 ., .
clock will bring an end to the .vi
bration of New Year's eve In lh-,
places an hour before the year 116
begins. The committee having In
charge the big honflte at the hlgli
school grounds. bi n will be Hsrtsd
at 11 ocloik. will lnvlt SSSflSMsl
to 1 1 in l the hill and p irtkipitt i