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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON. OREGON, MONDAY, UK
NO.
VOL. 27.
27, 1915.
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SOLDIERS SPEND
A GRIM IAS ON
F
Troops on Firing Line Engage in
Incessant Bombardment While
Citizens Observe Holiday.
PRAY FOR FRENCH VICTORY
ALSATIAN
RON
Bit Gun Room Xii-oiiiiutiiimciK lalWayoMI, collided with the man and
Midnight Ma.ss In Cathedral 100 hon when the young lady In the
Vai Iti Ion, I the Firing UM ! "-Wntna, blinded by the approueh
TroiH Forget All AbOUt Moaning headlight on another uuto, failed
of Christmas Day. '" MM the animal and Its rider until
it was too lute. With Miss tlraybeul
(MY WILLIAM SIMMS, i I Was her sister. When the collision
WITH THE FRENCH AltMY, Dec, came, the head of the horse was drlv
IT. Under an abominable warm drhs-cn through the wind-shield of the au
b and thawing snow, except in the tomobile and the animal was dragged
peaks and high passes, the oddest and ( for JO hot before the machine was
most impressive Christmas that Al - j stopped. The left shoulder blade of
save has ever known has come and 1 'he animal was broken,
font, The world has witnessed few The automobile Is owned by Have
DION dramatic Yule-tldce. Oftj heal and was badly damaged. The
While soldiers forgot the birth of girls' injuries are not serious, w hile
Jesus, grimly calculating the ranges Howisby. although sustaining severe
for the Incessunt artillery firing and
softly swearing over their misses, the
happy Alsatian families a thotisani
yards in the rear of the battle line,
dressed their Christmas trees. Bang
the old time carols ami were happy
ever their return to France.
While enormous munition columns,
heedless of Christmas, tolled acro.n
the Jura und V'osges mountains,
crowds parked the cathedrals at the
midnight mass, praying for new vic
tories to come the French armies.
The ereitl nine organs trumpeted "L
I lellverance" "le tmel" while the guns
at Elartmannswellerkopt boomed an
accompaniment like the rear of dist
ant surf.
On Christmas eve 1 watched a bom
bardon nt north of Altklrch. Through
the range finder the houses seemed
,,i.. .h uire... The oublic
souare was distinctly visible. It was
the passage of a
Herman soldiers
Only at points
1 V voting grail-
v a veteran cup-
deserted except for
few vehicles, or Hem
scurrying to cover. Onl
were ilermans visible, A
uate of St. Cyr. now a
tain smiled
"You think man-killin
'hrist-
to as, anachronisms?"
"Well. Americans thought that per
haps an unofficial truce might he ob
served," l suggested.
The French army Is fighting to up
hold Christmas. For all Kris Krlngle
represents, for the right to live With
i ut I he mailed fist forever pointed
ever our heads, fur the principle ol
good will between neighbors
light to enjoy Santa Claus
homes without danger."
thi
Wheat Strikes
New Sale Mark
UND, (ire., Dec. 27. Wheat,
Ck a new high mark when
les of bluestem and turkey
made at 1.08, It was re-;
ported,
this being the ba"i8 of tide-1
water delivery. Huying was confin
ed to I
astern business. Westi
e forced In Chicago
n pri-
nicAG
27 1-4;
PORTLAIfD,
'-J1.U1; bluest
15,000 TON BRITISH SHIP
IS SUNK BY A SUBMARINE
NEW TORK, Dec. 27. The 15,0001
ton Uritlnh liner Arlanza. eommaii-j
deered at the outbreak of the war,
was sunk off Archangel December 10,
It was reported. The news , was SUP.-1
pressed for fear neutral shippers
would be alarmed. It is believed the
ship struck a mine
A new German machine cleans and
soils medical tablets, rejects broken
ones and packs them In tubes at a
ul,. of from 1(0(000 to 200.
day.
Monroe Doctrine as Sacred
Today as Ever Says Lansing
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 The
Monroe doctrine Is as sacred a prin
ciple as when it first was proclaim
ed declared Secretary ljinslng before
the Pan-American scientific congress
today A warm acceptance of the
doctrine of P.n-AmeriCnlSm featur
ed the address of chairman Suiirez.
"The Monroe doctrine Is the nation
al policy of the United States,'' Lan
Horse Has to he
Killed Following
an Auto Accident
I o Gilt US VND ONE l IN 1 1 1
si, i, m i. v INJURED i R.
ING collision.
A valuable horse owned by O. J.
Huey of the Telephone stables was
so badly Injured thut It hud to be
killed, two girls weri' slightly Injured
by flylntc Klaus, and Charles Howisby
was severely scratched about the fuee,
while an automobile was almost
wrecked. In an uccldent last evening
I I o'ebick opposite the partially Hn
Ished Catholic church in Kust Court
street.
The automobile, driven by Daphne
cuts about the fare,
about today. Uowlsl
ihle
to be
riding
horseback and was in
of the way before the
upon him.
I I I I I lis SEE 111
Ml, II I IE
I our Indow f.ucr.
Hois In,. I..
-tilt l lib
I ase,
Ill HI
III
Dec. IT. Four
lhat they had heard
Mrs. George Kaxon,
handsome
Hlnckl
'would beat watching,' j
peered into her home one night anil
saw her husband's half-brother, Ad
dUon Faxon, with her She was In her
nightgown, und four testified in the
circuit court at Sycamore during the
"" " """ice sun o,,,u.m t
FJW by her husband. The
witnesses. Jose,h
Crawford. Knslgn
BteVri H. W. Whlllaker and M.
fantz. admitted that the husband's
brother was fully dressed but said that
n'H demeanor was most unusual,
i 'rH- ''"axon und the brother-in-law
named with her took the stand and
swore mat tne testimony oi vnu
moil
peepers was
ivention.
J F. S. CHbba, a travel-1
is co-respondent, but in
tatement his attorey j
name of Addison Fax.
raxon nan
ing
An
ipenlng
ght In thi
WOMAN SMOKES AT !!:!.
Keie on Train eirr Experienced,
Corset Never Worn
I CARMI, 111.. Dec. 24 Mrs. Betty I
Storey was 103 years old and cele-1
Ibimted the event with a quiet smoke. I
Mrs. Stony has never ridden on a!
worn
Smoking, she said, certainly
not shortened her life, and In
opinion, her common sense
and a simple, moderate diet
nourished her vitality.
hasj
bl
"JOHN DOE" Is
sheriff Expects to Identify Wounded
Holdup Man.
PORTLAND, "re.. Dte,
Doe," the holdup who wi
Multnomah Station by J. 1
. "John
shot at
Stewai t, ;
the operator there, and who lies in
Cood Samaritan hospital, was form
ally arrested on a warrant issued by
the district attorney's office on a com-
I laini sworn in oy a special w-i ; Oeorga Christmas, before the Glas
thc railway company. KOW stntes H(1 frankly glljll
lt charges the unidentified patient r,,laxation of union rules is neces
with burglary not In a dwelling. The; s llv j Kngland is to succeed,
process will not be served until the I ,
wounded man gets well enough t
to Jail.
Sheriff Hurlhurt said that
thought he would have sufficient
denoe to reveal the Identity of
man.
the
Swedish Waters Entered.
LONDON, Dec, 4, Captured in
Swedish waters by two Herman tor
pedo boats the steamship Argo has
been taken Into n Germun port and
the Swedish government has ordered
an investigation
test to Berlin!
llanlsh goods eo
with
The
BW I
i pro-
arrled
sing said. "The feeling that Ameri
can republics constitute a group sep
arate and apart from other nations
with common Ideals and nsplrutlons
has become definite as forces draw
them together Into the American
family of nations."
He reiterated Wilson's declaration
that the United Stntes will not exer
cise Its might III wresting territory
from Its neighbors.
j Objective Points of Contemplated Allied Raid
p " -
J? ESfe SmitMh i , l&il
The famous Kropp gun works at
Eiaen, Germany, and the Kiel canal
are the objective points of a content-
plated gigantic uero raid by the allies,
according to an official of the Curtis
LLOYD GEORGE MAY
HEAD GOVERNMENT
IF
i m Is RAISED IN ENGLAND nil:
NEW CABINET CON
SCRIPTION COMING,
LONDON, Dec. 27 Using Lloyd
Georgc'a slogan, "Too late." infltien-
sense garb; aj newspapers demanded a rtorgan
.te diet have j zation of the cabinet. Lloyd George
probably will head the government if
Asuulth quits. Prompt decisive c-
utRFsTER. ! ton in enforcing conscription can
I save AaqUlth, his colleague hinted
i Despite the optimistic reports, it wu
I hinted Iird Derby's campaign was
unsuccessful. Conscription advocate-;
demanded that the issue be not side
stepped. They do not favor submit
ting conscription to an election. Un
less the issue is met tonight, compul
sion advocates expect to renew the
tight on Asquith. The
whole nation
J 1... , 1, ...... ,U .1 T 1.... 1
RUINS UPHOLD TRADITION.
Mieu iit mage of Mom smew
Hunters Reveals old History.
FARGO N. D Dec. 27. That the
discovery recently of the ruins of a
prehistoric Indian village In the vi-;
clnlty of Beulah, N. D.. by Dr. o. 0, j
Llbby of the North Dakota Historical'
society will necessitate the' rewriting
of a large part of the Indian history
of North Dakota, Is the opinion of
Rev, M 00, Heedle. Standing Rock
missionary and probably the greatest
authority on Indian tradition and
history in the state
NEWS SUMMARY
General,
Chinese on coast ready to help re-
olution in their native land.
French soldiers spend grim chri-t-inns
in Ataaoa,
Local.
New council to CAUCUS sum on ap-
pollltmcitt.s.
Ilor-c killed h collision with auto
mobile. Christinas tree at home results in
lire.
.... ,c,y'- X37KltiimllXIK fi. ,
Aeroplane company which
building
air craft for the British government,
This official states that the raiding
fleet will be composed of about 500
aeroplanes of all classes, ransrins
Appointments May
Be Threshed out in
Caucus This Week
l Y(H! NI1 NEW CITY COl N II
MAY GET TOGETHER III
MAKE CHOICES.
Theri
probability
officers,
custom
it
fori
to
held Just prioi
j to the beginning of a new admtnistra.
tion. The council will await the call
oi u) or-cieu .uejii ami mat can naa
not yet been issued It
is possible
d until the
I the caucus mav be deferr
first part of next week.
There are a number of positions to
be filled by appointment. notably
I that of chief of police, city attorney.
I city recorder, city physiciun. city en-
gineer and street commissloer. There
is hardly a position that has not se-
aspirants and there is a great
! deal
of speculation .is to the resul
of the caucus.
The general opinion seems to pre
vail that T. B. Gurdane. chief of po
lice under the administrations o
Mayors Fee and Murphy, will secur
the berth 'again It has been under
stood thut he Is the personal cholc
of the new mayor and, while the ma
Jorlty of the council are friendly to
Alex Manning, the present incumbent,
it Is doubtful whether they will pre
cipitate a fight over the office.
A good deal of Interest has been
aroused over the city attorneyship.
The names of Alger Fee, W, M- Pe
terson, Roy Haley and Charles II.
Carter, the present incumbent, are
prominently mentioned, Mayor Rest
is said to favor one of the three first
mentioned while different members ul
the council are inclined toward re
taining Mr. Carter The position ,
considered an Important one during
the next two years because of the
many Improvement liens thut must be
foreclosed.
The prevailing opinion seems to be
that Thos. Fits Gernld will continue
us city reenter tnougn joe tt.
l'arkes, M. A Ferguson J. K. Beam, I
hn Hailey, Jr.. und F. E. Van Du-
K. Van DU
entertain
sen have been nown to entertain
hopes of landing the Job.
In all likelihood there will he
change In the office or city physician
and City Engineer Kltnhrell ls said
to he in danger of losing his position i
Including August, the grand total
of cargo that has passed through the
Pnnama canal ls now more than -150
tons.
mm
.Tom the fleet scout air-cruiser to ih
heavy battle-planes mounting two or
more rapid file guns. Seven thousand
bombs, containing approximated S75
tons of explosive are to be ued
CAFES WILL NOT BE
ON NEW YEARS EVE
VTTEMIT Wil l 111. MADF.
CATER In tt Wi s IH KIN'I,
( ELEBILATION,
i twins
he fact that the city
Hires that serving of 11-
ordinaiu
quor stop at n o'clock on wrek-
I nights, thus putting Pendleton in thi)
jury column an hour beforethe pro-
(UDltlon law goes into effect, some ot
the cafes and eating houses where
merrinu
New Ye
geneially
no;ds forth on
iot make an at-
tempt to cater to celebrators.
The dining room of the Hotel Pen
dleton, where all tables were reserv
ed for Xew Tear'i eye a year ago. will
not be open during Friday evening
after the regular dinner hour. The
all-night eating houss will of course
t, remain open but they will not be per
nutted to sell liquor after
1 and according to the c
on the law by the district j
may not serve liquor after!
unit
it hour.
although it might have
used before
jug inveetlgatie
led States bureau of standards has
ided that the lightning rod.
iroperty installed, is a trust
Mans of protecting property.
TURKS HEAVILY DEFEATED
BY BRITISH SAYS LONDON
have been heavily defeated in an at
tack on Kut-el-Amara. it was offlci
ally announced. Constantinople re
ported the Turks have been attempt
ing to surround Kut-eLAmara, a Brit
Ish base, since the failure of the Hag -
expedition.
41bali m sinning.
home. Pec. 27. At least l.ifluOo
Albanians have starved to death In
, the .,, ve . ...d .i..!,.. f...
awaits an equal number next year.
said W W. Howard, arriving after
distributing 100 tons of flour among
the suffcters.
1st ion of one million has increased
by 200.000 Serbian refuges and 290.
Austrian prisoners
GREEK STEAMER
SAID TO SHIELD
ENEMY'S
DIVER
Italians Seize Vessel When Liner Enkre Northwest Celestial Popula
Port Said is Submarined Accord- tion js Stirred Over Assassination
ing to Milan Report. hi San Francisco.
DESTROYER ANSWERS CALLS
I iiilcr-Sca Itoat Kmps AfUr fhatf
American onsul Conflrnu Re
imrt That .laiwnesc Vessel Was Sub
Dtarloed Without Warnliu: I . 8
1'laiLs a lrotet.
PAR
ec. 27. Six passengers
and one seaman perished when the
Italian liner Port Haid was subma
rined. Milan reported. An Italian de.
stroyer answered the S. O. S. call and
pursued the submarine, which dived
and escaped. A Greek steamer, stand-
j ing by was seized. It Is believed she
i s hielded the submarine.
Report is Confirmed,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. Ameri.
1 can Consul Brkrtow at Port Said cab!
i I i the state department, conVrming
the report the Yasaka Maru w as tor
I pedoed without warning. He said a
! periscope was seen afterward but the
j nationality of the diver is unknown.
Cntil the cruiser picked up the sur
1 vivors of the Yasaka Maru, the at
tacking submarine followed them, ap
; parently to see that no harm befell the
passengers, a report said. The fact
I that the nationality of the submarine.
' supposedly Austrian or German, is un
known, makes further investigation
t necessary before this government can
Christmas Tree
is Enlivened By
Fire in Closet
MRs. PLOTl s PLAYING s.
TA CLA1 s. i 1 1 AT CATCHES
FROM CANDLE.
Mrs. Floty, 611 Walnut street, was!
playing Santa Claus Saturday even-j
ing. she dressed in some of Mr, Floty's
dothea, The Christmas tree was light, i
ed with pretty candles and filled with'
toys.
Mrs. Floty hung the clothes up in'
a closet after the festivities and short-!
! ly afterwards. Mr. Floty detected the;
odor of smoke. He made a search
but discovered nothing. Tired, but
i happ:
the
child had beei
smoke was detected. Mr. Floty open
ed the closet and there discovered the
fire. Evidently a piece of the cloth
ing which his wife had worn while
playing Sunta had caught, and. still
smouldering, had been put away. The
whole interior of the closet was in
flames. Mr. Dennis, a neighbor, heard
the Flu
turned
ell and he
rar
Jt
der cor
arrived.
. r 1 1
lll.XMKD FOR llll'.D.
Woman Wants pay for Window
ol
Home Rroken by Chicken.
PIERRE. S. D., Dec. 27. The statt
11 O'clock I s responsible for the game it pro
attraction I tecta by law, is the contention of Mrs
John Yeis. of Seneca, who has sent a
bill fur tt to the state auditor for
I damages when a prairie chicken flew
through her parlor window, smash
I ing the glass.
. rjnit The bill has been referred to thi
em.
ii n i GREX mm: oi;iru, BIG
French Place Contruct for lluntlrctl
Million in America.
NEW YORK Dec. 27 Contracts
for 100,000,0110 hand grenades for the
r ren
here,
caste
h government, it was announce. 1
were placed with a syndicate o!
in
isyivanla iron founders.
Million Hollar
OCEAN PARK.
' hundred thousand
magi-d.
27. Onel
unuige wai
t'oiie to the million dollar Frazer pie
by fire. Los AhCetea engines, control-
1 I'd the flames befor
their spread to
It is believed
v.aterfroiu buildings
he blase originated in a check room
t the Ocean Park Dance H ill.
llriit-.lt Vessel stnil,
LONDON". Dec. II. The Itrmsh
steamer Hailey was submarined. The
crew was rescued.
then BeckWith who spent Christ
with his parents, Mr and M'
i as
J. S. Reckwith. returned yesterday to
Seattle where he is playing at a mo
tion picture theater and taking music
lessons.
CHINESE ON THE
COAST
THOUSANDS WOULD ENLIST
Police Believe Tliat m .o.u i.ir i . (nr.
rlel out Munler Kvery cl- Is
lldng Hun Dvn In faTorl u l ie
raei .Hysterj surToumlUur Nlayiiu;
of hiiis..
PORTLAND, Ore , Dee. 27. Chi
nese of the entire northwent are stir
red over the assassination in San
Francisco of Wong Yuen Yung, cou
sin of Yuan Shi Kal. Two thousand
Portland Chinese and an equal num
ber of Seattle Chinese declared they
are ready to enlist their service to
support the republic and overthrow
the emperor.
Editor Young of a China newspa
per, revealed that Wong had written
a confidential letter saying he had
broken with the emperor because he
disagreed with his monarchist le am
bitons. Chinese held that Wong was
a powerful figure in China and If ha
participated against the emperor it
would be an advantage if the mon
archists eliminate him. A dispatch
declared that Li Yuan Hung, vice
president, was imprisoned because ha
tejected Yuan's offer of the title of
BAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27 The
police are trailing every possible clew.
It is believed Wong was slain by
monarchists because he recently de
serted the emperor's cause. In tha
meantime affairs in China are waver
ing on the brink of a revolution, ad
vices indicate. Three provinces, sup
posedly yuan's bulwark of strength,
containing many troops, are reported
wavering. Chinese, questioned close
ly, shrugged their shoulders and said
"No sabbee talk "'
kins Peter ill Daly.
PARIS. Dec. 27 King Peter of
Serbia has been landed by a warshio
in Italy. He plans to go to Rome,
then to a villa which King Emmanuel
has provided for him. He possiblv
later may make a trip to Salonikl to
confer with the Serbian war minister.
ftees An' Mansion's "flllfl !.
YORK. Pa., Dec. 27. A ghostll
huzing in the walls or the old S. fit
Manifold home it Muddy Creek
Forks. herd many times in 1", yen-,
was explained when the weatht r
boarding was torn off. A hive of
bees has occupied the space
WOMAN AND TWO CHILDREN
DROWN WHEN SHIP IS SUNK
WASHINGTON. Dec. 27 Seventy
r.ine persons were drowned including
a woman passenger and two children
and a stewardess, when the French
steamer Ville de La Clotat was sunk
by a submarine in the Mediterranean
Friday, according to official is
patches from the Malta consul. Tn-i
nationality of the attacking subma
rine Ls unknown. No Americans wer
aboard.
CROW KILLED; St in BEAK
sportsman rn.i- inn Held lu-i r
.el I. i I ill California.
CHICO. CaL. Dec. 27,-The
has long been notorious for its
' tomaniac tendencies and know
steal almost anything, without
gard to Its value, but from the
traction camp of the ChlCO Cons
I tion company, near Shlppee soul
ithis city, comes a stur of a crow
that
il
I was discriminating enough to
, something of value,
i John Schonlow, foreman Cor
company, went hunting He fired
i flock of crows, killing one.
The oldest probate Ju'ig" in thi
auntrv ls Judge Kathattii in'- .
IXlRH I-
REPOH tll H
HWI IHFD I
DETR'HT. 1
Neither
Mrs. Ford nor automobile "fn
cluls had Information concern
ing the rumor that Ford b id
died enroute to America Tim
last message filed shurtl. .ifter
he quit the peace p.tr'y. Mated
his phyalcul condition w;t good
eaa
MAY AID
REVOLUTION
a