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DAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION Fom-ast for t'Mxtrm Oregon h (lM I ni lt d Mates Y rather llhumrr I Portland. TO ADVERTISERS. The Kast OrpjEonlun Iiuh the lurgi-st paid circulation of nay paper In Oregon, east of I'lirlluinl uuil over I nice Hie circulation In IVudletou of uuy other newspaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 27. DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1916. NO. 8700 PLOT UNEARTHED TO BLOW UP BIG REPUBLIC PLANT Militiamen Overhear Plans Discuss ed and Prompt Action Prevents Destruction at Youngstown. 30,000 MEN MAY WALK OUT Orguniscra predict strike Will Grow I Ulcus Trouble I Settled East Young.tow n la Nearly In Ratal from IllK I'lri', following Night of Riot tuning Workers. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio. Jan. 8. Al'nonths. When to this was added alclnsely interwoven with each other : as the council deems necessary but all ! plot to dynamite the Republic steel 'second year of bounteous crops sold nd with auxiliary movements of a'8uch appointments must be confirm- j plant was frustrated today when d!-jat excellent prices, tncre cxbrted a ' great stock market boom, unexam- ed by the council. Heretofore, It has missed militiamen overheard the plot tern. Guardsmen were sent to guard the plant. Twenty high salaried official stok. fd the furnaces today though the plant la not operating. If the flrea are permitted to die the furnaces are! ruined, organizers predicted a strike of 30.000 steel workers In the Ma- honing valley within a week unless the trouble is settled The strikers, are mostly Austrlans. j The strike was called because fourM'd. lxioklng back now to the open- coaaam refused to raise the wages trom nineteen and a half to twenty five cents an hour. They offered to compromise on twenty-two cents. The burned and looted area In Baal Youngslown covers a stretch a tnilt long anil three quarters of a mile wide. Fifty strikers have been arrested. yulet prevailed this morning. ioi'XtisTOWS, Ohio. Jan. 8 One Is known to be deud, 17 are Injur ed, and a million dollars worth ot property was burnea as a result ol last night's riots among 6000 strik ing steel workers In East Youngs- town a suburb about three miles , south of here. Practically the entire business district of East Youngstown ! was swept away. Militiamen are prepared to handle the situation In case of further riot - ing, ISM having been sent here when the authorities notified the governor that they could not control the mobs. The troops remained entrained this! murnlng but are ready to move at anl instant s notice. i fourteen saloons, the postofflce and i the International bank were looted and wrecked. Buckets of whiskey ! were stolen and the rioters became i rated through drink, one man was killed as he was leading a mob Into a saloon. ii attempted jail' delivery wns thwarted by special officers. Firemen from Young-down who responded toiliv the alarm were prevented quelling the flames by the mob. The hose was . at and the firemen driven off. The saloons were kept closed today. Mere (rouble Is feared. German Officials Stop Harden from Publishing Paper I I Mtl l'.ss Pl'BUCMT PltOIIIMT til) l lliiM PEAKING Al so IX IHNfi WAR. BBRUN, via Amsterdam, Jan. 8. Maximilian Harden has been prohib ited from speaking or writing for the lemalnder of the war. The Weekly Xuknft was suppressed for attacking the government. Tne cause Is un known outside of liermany. Harden had previously criticized the fool regulations, and other government acts. Four years ago Harden giivn the United Press an Interview pre dicting that war between England and Germany was inevitable unless s complete change occurred In Her man policies. The Harden suppression Is one of the most drastic acts of censorship .since the war. He had lieen one of the most rearVd publicists. He was formerly an Intimate friend of Bis marck. Ills chief fame was gained b) charging unspeakable Immorality In the kaiser's entourage He wns acquitted of a libel charge. GREAT NORTHERN COMPANY ALLOWED TO RUN STEAMERS IXTHIi.str.VrK OOKMBRiGB XM- MISSION GIVES RtUNG IN i QI'KSTION. WASHING! N. Jan. 8 -The Inter state commerce commisson has allow 1 the Great Northarn Pacific steam-! ship company to operate steamers be iween Flavel and Ran Francisco. They found the S P. and S. owns the line but this does not reduce competition. BRADSTREETS ANNUAL REVIEW SAYS WIDESPREAD BOOM War Orders and Bounteous Food Exports Bnng Wealth to Manufacturers and Farmers-Fall Trade Unprecedented -Financial Records Generally Broken-Immense Orders Ahead. (From Bradstrcct's annu Nineteen hundred and fifteen wan a lining heir to the year which saw the outbreak of the greatest war in all the world's history. War w-aa ln- deed the main compelling cause of the year's activities, and its effects can be traced in almost every Amen. lean trade, financial and industrial, huppenlng of the past seventeen combination such as neither this nor any other country had previously ex- perienced. A review of the year 1915 must of necessity, therefore, re-1 fer back to a certain extent to the lal-1 ter port of 1914, which saw the (Otlon of the most disturbing occur-' fence of modern times but which, owing to this country's fortunate po - BttlOn, likewise saw the beginnings ot 'he improvement growing Into- the greatest boom 1 ntrade ever witness- lng of the year 1916. one may see I. at II douot and Indecision reflected in the opening months ol I the year vara not warranted; that! improvement, slow, halting or Irregu-j IHC as It looked at limes, was even I then clearly manifest, and that this country, men an t sum spareu iromj I an : pat Ion in hostilities, had al- re, niy embarked on the most marvel uiih expansion seen In this or any ther country. The history of the business rent 1915 may be said to deal with three great movements. First of these was the Immense demund, begun before the year opened, for cereals, meals, wire, automobiles, horses, clothing and a variety of other products that practically swept the country bare of ! surplus stocks of staples of all kinds. mil especially of any sort of ready-j mac feni this war material, wnether for of-, ,,.,,,, t roroiKTi countries. These i cd the custom house when the British or sustenance. An example O,!enrmous items failed, however, tOlWBoa arrived and drove the rebels was the taking up of every sun-1 adju)jt (he balanoe or lradc and forJaway. plus bushel of the greatest w heat crop In the coucntry s history at clow to the highest prices ever know n The second period may be said to em bnu e the marvelous diversion which occurred In our Industrial forces, which, lacking occupation of a peace r kind, turned toward the produc tion of war material, demonstrating the production of war material, demonstrating the adaptability of Ann ri ,n manufacturers, mechanics and artisans, and giving a, vast incen- thl production of all kinds of metals, whose output alone would place the year In a class by itself. With the immense expansion in In dustry shown In the nrst half of the year, unemployment, which had de clined steadily from high levels at Ihe outset of the year, pructicall i tagged to exist, skilled labor became siarce, and the commonest kind of labor rose In demand. The third pe riod may be said to nave been coin cident with the final realization by the business world that Ihe immense foreign demands could not go on Without a vast Influence upon purely domestic trade, and this latter branch of business, possibly repressed early in the yeur by fenr of our In volvements In hostilities, stimulated ay tne targe earnings anu swonen pay i N),n su,iriln.lte(i to , industrials. rolW of Industrial centers, and buoyed 1(.ndlnR t) respond to notable ln by the gathering of the greatest roOdcpM(a ,n carnln(r8 crops in history, bringing unsurposs-1 ,. ., unprecedented ease ed earnings to farmers, surged for- i ward In the fall months In a verit able ground swell or purchasing. Question of Bonding County for Good Roads to Come Up The matter of bonding the county for the Improvement Of the highways I will be discussed In the near future ) by representatives of the 1 'mm 1 1 in I County Good Bonds association, the i Pendleton Commercial association I und the county court, and there Is a possibility that n mensure authorizing the issuance of such bonds will be I placed upon the ballot at the fall election for the purpose of sounding i public sentiment. President J. P. Robinson of thej good roads organization Is taking the! Initiative In the matter and Tuesday! evening requested a committee from the Commercial association to coopef nte with him. President Tallman last evening appointed Col. J. H. lta ley. li. M Itlce nnd W. 1 Thompson as n committee to confer with the been ; the I coiinly court on the matter In the past year there has much talk relative to bonding county for Improved hlghwnys t- Cold Snirlngs Ijindlng, rrom Pendle- ton to Umatilla, from Pendleton to IS INDICATED revlew. released today.) which found stocks or goods bought on previous conservative lines all too small to satisfy demands Decreases! shown in the earlier months of the i year were In many cases made up byi,nd that he would have to take his' the advvance In the fall, but the'c'hances with other applicant when' ( year's resulta in distributive trade as! permanent appointments are taken! a whole are hardly up to the best of! up previous years. ! l-'nder the city charter the city i These three great movements were! marshal may appoint such deputies I pled export trade, unheard of im-j always been the custom to leave the, ports of gold, unparalleled ease ofmatter entirely in the hands of the' j money and a record-breaking high Police chief and the police committee! level of prices. .Speaking generally, of the council the great rush of foreigners for Am- Chief Gurdane stated this morning! ln-!erlcan food and ready-made warthat he had already received thirty' supplies Inherited from 1914 was j applications for the positions, some; 'over by the first ouarter of the year, j by which time the country's Indus- Such appointments as are made will! tres. having mobilized for the pro- I robably be presented to the council) Ruction of war material, were fullynext Wednesday, embarked on the manufacture of mu- nltlons. Exports of tne latter reach- td their greatest height In July, but continued ther h le While the great advance In donfestlc trade was reserved ror the autumn and early winter, the year closed with a volume of holiday H ade never before equaled. Tbe l-'iiu Financial circli till I plift. had a very favor able year. .Securities markets were active, interesting and profitable oft er the resumption of unrestricted dealings In March. The basic Influ ences were the abundant supplies and unbroken ease of money, together with the strong financial position ol the cOUfltry. Europe shipped us 1400, 000,000 of gold und returned some 11,0110, 000,000 of American eecWtflegj Which were readily absorbed. Kur- ithermore. loans or credits aggregat-, jn ,,rlv tl. "00. 000 000 were ex- Ign exchange ruled throughout ! strongly In favor of the i'nlted States. ' Demand sterling, which stood at around 4 S5 last January, declined by September 1 to 4 50. but rallied to 4. i 74 In the past month, mainly through I large foreign borrowings here. The j establishment of "dollar exchange1 i In settling world-wide commercial ; transactions became an accomplished : I fact. These circumstances were. er-: j haps, less conspicuous than were thej advancing stock prices and Ihe vlval of public interest in specula-j tlon The "boom'' in war-order is!-1 sues, coppers, motor shares and oth- er Industrials was. Indeed, the chief) feature on thewhole, the stock mar- ket was the most remarkable for years. It withstood repeated acccs-i s ons of profit-taking, and several j temporary reactions due to the l.usl- tania, Arabic and similar sinkings ) were only followed by fresh displays of buying and extraordinary price movements, as witness Bethlehem Steel's rise of Bo0 points. yuieting down In tile late autumn, when it was thought that speculation might have over-discounted war-order re sults, a strong undertone was never theless maintained to tne end, the railway list which had theretofore I money became a nurden to the (Continued on Page .) Helix and In other fiarts of. the lounty. President Uobinson thinks the time has arrived to do something besides talk and believes a test mens- are should be put on the ballot for tin- purpose of determining public sentiment on the matter, NEWS SUMMARY General, Plot to blow up big steel plant In Yoiingstowii is nriistrntiil. hoonti I toad bonding llM-Hsun- nul Ik- put on Imllot, i.owi-ii pwaenn flag to conn for sons of Revolution, Vow chief will make onlv apisiliit- mom- aisH(itbl to ooiincil. Xih u single arrrwt for driiiikmnois during first weak of prohibition Appointments Not to be Made Unless Council Approves ( nil r (.1 lil. M IKES -l VI MINT KM. MililM. IPU- t'ANTS roil I oi: E, "I will make no polio appointrn that are not satisfactory to the a CM." This was the statement made this morning by T. I ; Gurdane, new chief! of police relative to the rumors afloat i to the effect that he had already chosen KImer Turner. John Russell i and W'm. Scheer as his deputies. Tur- ner Is at present working on the dayl shift but Chief Gurdane stated that his appointment was only temporary .coming from points outside the city., YUAN REPORTED 10 'E E S N PR N 1st o. Jan 8. A Hong Rang ruble to the ( limit World re- I m irt- i nan Shi l.n has rc-litucd as emperor and appointed i.uk Ohing Tx tit premier and Secretary of for. eiga affairs. Another vatic said the British. Hon;: aung pOOCC iiirmil the tide of buttle agalns revoluUunlsia attacking the custom house at Ivouloon. It was ri-Mni the rebels almost hud lnest- Liverpool Prices Show Foreign Market Strong , CBfOjLQi i. Jan . IMuy ItS l--126; July 1-4. fSpecia 117 3-i II- lMrtlnnd. PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. i (Spe 102-10: re-ilai. i ( lun. ;n,-i8; bluestem Uvermioi. 11 VK II Pi H lv. Jan. 8 Wheat - Spot No. 1 Manitoba. T3.s 4 l-ld; N 2, 13s 3 l--!d; No. 3. 13s l-2d: No. hard winter, new. lis Sd. j In American terms the Liverpool i 'op price is 19S per bushel. Austrlans and Montenegrins in Montenegro B German forces In western Ser bia. 0 Itlnlians landing In Albania D Keorganlied Serbian army In1 Albania, Disposition of FhhtEnq Forces in Balkans I o I 7 NVjlx I RUMANIA E Bulgarian and German armies fought at QaittPoH, opposing reorganized Serbian army, j sv Forces of the allies at lH-dca-F Bulgarians In southern Serba. batch. Troops Ba$j at Saloniki I j V ; ' , little scene from the ci, Greece, rush of the This bath- where the allies 1-ulgariuns and ARE LOST AS Si IT.HJ W HI L1XEH STRIKES VXD ItS RE8KKVISTS PORTED S W I ' CKTTIXJE. Jan. 8. It was offici ally confirmed that at least !00 Mon tenegrins, returning from America to 1 I enlist, perished when an Italian stea- mer struck a mine near hundred and twenty flV rescued. ltari Two 1 vere j G Alles at Saloniki H Alien near Macedonian border. I German and Hulgarlan force rear Macedonian border. J Bulgarian army east of Mecedo n In IC-It Where Turks and allies j ing scene does not mean that it warm there. In fact, the weather is cold, but the Britisher even Tommy Atkins, must have his "tub. 8IG BATTLE RAGES ON 20 MILE FRONT ON THE RIVER STYR Jan. 8 A battle 20 mile front along the raaco to Kovel. This fight detracted interest from the Bukowina campaign where a million men and thousands of guns are engaged. Vienna admit- ted the rysk but T Turkish arm on Turkish eoll In Europe. L P. O M -Rumanian forces ,,n northern Bulgarian border. ij X K. -Bulgarian and German troops , w.ilting to met Rumanians i nd Russians In case or an invasion L. Russia fleet and transports in Mack Sea off Varna, Russians approached Cxarto- r ' - ,i SETTLEMENT OF SUBMARINE WAR QUESTION NEAR Germany Pledges Herself to Obey the International Law Regarding Merchant Steamships. AUSTRIA MAY YIELD ALSO ( ompliaiuv W Ith American Demand In I'm (ase Puis Hopeful Outlook oa Other Pending yuess lions Dts avowal of Sinking I'rrsia la Expwt- I ed Soon. Germany pledges herself to obey the International law re- ! garding passenger and merch- ait vessels. . Will give time to those aboard to reach places of safety. Will grant Indemnity and ! punish the commander if It is ! proven a German submarine tor- pedoed the Persia. the safety of pas- ! sengers not afforded by small . boats, unless the sea is calm, I and land near. Promises reparation for the : American victims of the Lusi- lania. WASHINGTON. Jan. . Germany's ! promise to disavow the torpedoing of try Persia is believed to be'a fore j runner of a similar promise from Aus I tria. America has formally protested the j British seizures of mail from steam ers touching at English ports. The i protest will be made public shortly. isMuch American mail was seixed re. Icently. It was suggested Englan dwaa , seeking to get bonds and documents 'being forwarded to America after I their seizure in France and Belgium. I. WASHINGTON. Jan. S Secretary Lansing made public today the Ger man note of November 30 on the Frye sinking. It revealed a complete agree- (Continued on Page Eight.) PATRIOTIC ADDRESS MADE BY LOWELL AS ELAG IS PRESENTED THE CUMT IT COI RT KFX'KIX r S HANDSOME AMERICAN EM BLEM A s GIFT. With the school children of Pen dleton and the few- alien born resi dents who are seeking citizenship as an audience. Shephen A. Iiwell thl afternoon, acting as the spokesman and representative of the Oregon So- i clety of the Sons of the Revolution. tormally presented to the circuit court a beautiful American flag for use in the naturalisation ceremoniea. Judge Lowell's address was a pa triotic tribute to the stars and stripes, explaining oa he did Its ,,rigin. Ita service and the ideals of which it la an emblem Circuit Judge Q W. Phelps formally received the flag on behalf of the court. In part Judge Lowell said There is a call to colors as well in Peace as In war. It means loyal It) la law. to the institutions of the COUa try. to civic duty, to political decency. If the republic is to endur. tad II is yet an experiment. there must be no shrinking from laaaanatWUt at the polls, no delinquency in the wi lmg and honorable performance ,f ih' full duty of citizenship, not only up I ectlon day. but upon .cr. day To the native born ttieTI ti in. ntj one yean of preparation ,,r eduaa tion and of dedication to lam ind TOT" ler. to the four corner atonea of pop ular government, namely. r!o Minrtty of home, the purits of the ballot, the impartial administration of justice, end the integrity of citizenship Ml those ears are In th- rati I !ors. To the naturalized citizen, II all comes as he holds his right han't to heaven, and calmlv and drill noli, freely and voluntarllv swears .illcm ance to the country and pledges un ending faith to th- Institutions n( thin ment. It represents its p.,w, i a. thorlty. Its Influence. Its Metorr, its sentiment. Its protection lis ntVlta lion. IIS hopes i - Ll r -i 1 1, -n . 'I'n,t stars and strip- speak the langungs of democracy of nvil rights, of e-, , (Continued on Pag Three
