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: DAILY EVENING EDITION Cnmwt for Eastern Oregon hi the I'nlted State Weather Oharrtrr t Portland. DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISERS. The Ksst Oregonlsn hi Ihn Urgent paid clrcalftilun of any puier In Oreguu, emit of Portland mid over twice the circulation In I'eudletoD of auy other newspaper. Tonight and rhmtitf fair, eon tlnued cold OOUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1916. Hi VOL. 27. N( RELIEF FORGES near city mm Tl British Expedition is Outnumbered Two to One and Way is Blocked to Beleaguered Defenders. BATTLE MAY NOW BE RAGING Weather Hinder Pi-ogress of the ltrttlah Forces Relief Army WW in- Forced to cut i Wy Through Turkish Armies Pcaicged ''" Well Prov isloned. LONDON. Jan. 11 The Hrltlsh ex pedition for the Teller of beleaguer, d Kut Id Amaru Is now within seven teen miles of the town. It Is repoit ed. The TurkB, outnumbering their foe two to one, blocx the pnth and surround the town. Since dispatches told of the danger 10 the Hrltlsh as a result of Saturday' fighting, no news Of the fate of the garrison hag reached here. It Is recorded as pos sible a decisive battle has already been fought It Is reported the rellel forces of Octierals Aylmer and Camp hell are fighting the Turks at the Hend of the Tigris river. The weath er Is Impeding the Tlrllish progress The relief army must cut Its ejfgf through heavy Turkish forces Kut El Amara Is provisioned to with stand a long Stage because It served is i DAM to! the recent Bagdad sally. ENGLAND PLANS TO DELIVER A BLOW AT M IN8ERT i LAI 1 IN US II n ( I II KSIS Mi MN-I ritADI I XPANHIOS LONDON Jan II Kngliinil ma) insert a clause in the final pea OS terms which will bind Germany's hand In commercial ax pension- Commercial experts suggested the Insertion of I clause whereby Germany Will agree i-. refrain from the asporl business fof . period of years. Buatneetmen ap. proved the war against German trad urn! nuance. The board "f trade t; Inquiring into general ;'" "tt agree menl among the allies thai ii" will Mqaor it" ill- Mhda, TACOMA, Jan. 11 Armed with search warrants, eight deputies be ggtl raiding houses and Btores under usplciun nf violating the prohibition law it wiikeson and onrohnedo, min ing towns. TRAINLOAO OF WOODMEN TO BE HERE FROM WALLA WALLA WILL TAKE PART IN CELEBRA TION OF LIFTING MORTGAGE ON HALL. K..r the niiirtgage-llftlng celebration of the local Woodmen and KagleB Friday evening, a special tralnload of I Walla Walla woodmen are coming ever This was the message sent over vesterday by the clerk of the Walla Walla (amp. Just how many will be In the vlsltng delegation Is not yet determined. The Woodmen and Kagles are plan ning 10 make the occasion a big one. The members will parade' through the .-ireets to a spot selected for the form a! burning of the mortgage whlrh they recently paid off. a fitting program Will be held In their hall following The hull was built ten years ago and the two lodges have since been pay ing for it In annual Installments. NEWS SUMMARY (coeml. Kriirf expedition u Mocked by large Turkish nrmy. laaaria Justifies sinking of Italian llnrr. Knglnnd will pans iwhi iptlon hill 1. might. Local, N. V. puts (MH a r land on sale In thin county. sheeipmcn leave tomorrow In special ear for Knit Ijikc. O..W. It. N. rint by lumber n1 lvaL Walla Wnlla WixMlmen coming In stHMal train for local celebration. JRKSSURROUND Continental Army Plan Doomed Sans President Wilson NATION, HOWEVER FAVORS IN ( REASE IN MM. Ill A AMI bTANDING ARMY, WASHINGTON, Jan ll.-Prod-, dent Wilson and the cabinet consld j ered the rising opposition to the ud-j ministration prepareanes program, ! The president conferred with Chair-1 man Hny of thn house committee on' the same subject It Is understood he told Hay the. plan for a big con tinental army was apparently doom- ed, but that the national Mntitaentl favors an Increase In the regular ar my and un Increase In the militia Hesldes speaking In support of the. program, the president plans to wield his personal influence with congress men to counteract Bryan's influence. Club Advances Cent in Portland Today CHICAGO, Jan. 1 1. Special.) May 125-126 1-2 asked; July 117 1-1-119 bid. Portland. PORTLAND. Jan. II. (Special.) Club (101; blucstetn 102 1-I10( ArefpooL LIVERPOOL, Jan. 10 Wheat Spot No. 1 IfMltob, 13c I l-2d; No. -'. 12s 3d; No 3. 13s No. 2 hard win ter, new, 12s Gd. in Americas terms the Liverpool price Is per bushel. statement pt'eatlgalod. IlKItLIN, Jan. 11. Uermany Is in vestigating alleged hostile statements In a short Umt one will be able to - trOID Alas. ,i to Patagonia ill a sleeping oar. Already more than 7900 if the total 12.000 or 13.000 miles ol railroad is In operation. PLANS 10 EXTEND STRIKEAT YOUNGSTOWN I REFUSE TO LEAVE 1 SHOPS TOVNOflTO WN Jan, 11 - Plans to OXtend the Mtrikf of the Btttl WOlk - to th arnfKip nnd Brier Hill Intended to call nut the common In-: Scene of Activities in East The accompanying map shows the scene of operations In Volhynia in eastern Oallcla. where the Kusalans have launched a new offensive. 'lerenowlts, capital of Itukowlna. the key to the Carpathians; rmherg, the big Oallclan city, and Csartorysk, on CONSCRIPTION JQ Measure Comes up for its Second Reading Today Ireland With draws Opposition to Bill. OVERWHELMING VOTE IS SEEN Several Irish iA-ndcr are Won Over Efforts Will Ue Made to Jloe Uie Measure Go Through Unani mous if Po-tsible hu Ai to Preacai Solid Front. LOMKJN, Jan 11. The comicilp llon bill Is jp for a second rcad'ng i with the uncei standing the debate 1 w 11 last for IT o days. c j. Anderson a laborlte. moed that ominous reject the conscrip tion 1 ill. Anild cheers, Labor Leader I Thome declared Anderson did not lei'resent the .e'a of ihe labon.es i ii commones. Redmond ernouriced that Irish p position to conscription has bsen made apparently certain the over whelming passage tonight Of the con scription Mil The fact th it t.eland i was excluded from tne opera' Ion of I the bill WOP several irlsu '.eiders. Efforts will be made at a conv enes ic morrow to have trie bill paw hearty i.nanlmous if possible so as tc piesenl a united Iront ti its enemies i Ire Destroy ii.mi Block, oTTPMWA. lnva. Jon 11. Fire destroyed a half city block in the retail district. The loss Is !7SS,000. While the fire was blitzing, the police di clara Incendartee Ignited three oth er business houses. The city council bai been called to Investigate. borri and 'Icrnand an IttOTMUM "1 Ifi cents an hour Thp failure was re-1 ffftrded hs an Indication there will he! rrotice f from la u the Kovel-Sarny railroad aecto, are lne Points now nitteriy contest ed. The battle line, J00 miles long I stretches from Volhynia through lles nrabla. and Is now close to the Hu- munlan frontier. A total of about I,' 000,000 men Is believed to gaged. be en- PASS IN PARLIAMENT LABORERS Progressive National Comrrj IVleets in Chicago jjk CHICAOO, Jan. 11 The opening gun of the 1:116 presidential campaign was fired today when the progressive national committee met in session Te t" la, the ill us for the coming Pope Benedict Will Take First Step to Bring War to Close ROME, dan. li. Pope Bene dict hopea to take the first practical peace step this week, animal Merrier of BcigtsOM, and Btahop Heylan of Taiiini. arc expected to Dave an atldfciKT ltb the pope, to explain the Belgian term- of peace. Ills RoUnesa i convinttMl the reator atton "I Belgium Is Imperative to preliminary peace terms and ii nderatood to have notified the frrmhatsnl to thi effect. Recent ly Cardinal Hartsnann of Co logne. submitted uceTOany! terms for the evacnatlog of iiel ginm. The mic desired to learn the Belgian view ami Germany rendu ) consented to (he pass-age of prelate feoM Home. Mem bers of the Belgian relief com. niitlee from London ure lnal here. It I understood the Vati can will Milbit their views. The oic plan 10 submit the Belgian term to Germany, hoping to iic gin a series of oosnpeomtses, Local Sheepmen to Attend Convention at Salt Lake City DELEGATION WILL LEAVE IN THE MORNING BY SPEC1 VI CAR In a special car Umatilla County ami eastern Oregon sheepmen will leac In the morning for Salt lxike when they will attend the annual conven tion of the National Woolgrowers' as sociation. It is expected that about tWent) member! at the Oregon Wool growers association, among the Dum ber It. tt. Slanfleld and J. N. Hurgcss Of this clt . will make the trip. The special car will be attached to No, 6 In this city tomorrow morning at 7 10, A number "f Morrow county sheepmen are expected over to Join the local WOOlrMaj and others will ho picked up In I'nlon and Baker coun ties The national convention, which la largely planned out by Dr. S. W. Mc. Clure. formerly of this city, will meet during the last three days of the week In Salt Uikc and local sheepmen ex pect to derive a great deal of bene fit from the dlccusslniiH there. Mat ters of much moment to the sheep In dustry will be threshed out at the convention. Water Famine .trtl. 8EATTI.K. Jan. It Immedlsts danger of a water famine was avert ed when water began pouring Into the reservoir. By noon, officials an nounced, the supply will be normal The caving In Of trenches had threat ened the entire supplr- national convention Among the prominent committeemen present were Victor Murdock. national chair man, of Kansas. William Flynn ol Pennsylvania, George W. Perkins of ROOSEVELT SENDS A PREPAREDNESS PLEA TO COMMITTEEMEN Asks BILL MOO8ERS TO nitOP PARTIS.N8HIP AND UNITE FOR DEFENSE. CHICAOO, Jan. 11. Asking th ,1'Ull moose Ciimmitteenien to drop j purel partisan considerations Koose- j ; velt has wired a plea for prepared-! neag He declared the country faces 1 la great crisis and that the nation has1 fallen far short Of its duties in the Past ten months. He did not men- i tion himself as a presidential candi-' our national life and strive whole hearted!) for a sound Americanism j which shall insist that every man 'within our borders be an American i and nothing else." w ired Roosevelt. "We must do Justice to our own people at home and Insist they have 'justice when abroad. We must insist !on a thoroughgoing preparedness to preparedness is the best guarantee of an honorable peace. We must ever remember there cannot be such pre paredness unless there is also a pre paredness of the soul and spirit which alone renders nations fit to perform the high, difficult duties of national and International life." If peace with honor is obtained, three fourths of the bullmoose Com mitteemen favor amalgamation with the repui licans. A national conven tion simultaneous with the republi cans Ls extremely likely. If a pro gresslve republican Is nominated, tho bullmoose party will become a mem orv. it is feared the standpatter! frill control the republican conven llon and squash a Roosevelt boom it one I'evebus it was declared that a ma lgsm.it ii i. presents the only pos Mbility of defeating Wilson Johnson of I'.ditom'.i telegraphed his belief the party has exerted a Wholesale influence on the nation s political life. Hcvcrtdge Mat a plea I i prepareohes; Allied Troopers Arrest Suspects ATHENS. Jun. 11. - Allied troopers outside a itulgarian church at BaloM iki. arrested several Teutonic sym pathliers suspected of espionage. This is expected to provoke a freh protest from Qfaeoa, tt was report ed the allies had guaranteed not to hinder the supplies of Hreece an l that QrMOt ships detained had been released. New York, and Medlll McCormick of Illinois. If the progressives continue as a party, It is said, there will be no can didate put forth in opposition to Col Roosevelt. Clear Skies at Dawn Sent Mercury Down Might More Moderate Did yon know that the weath er waa not very odd during tle greater part of lat night and that it was. practically morning before the thermometer went below ze ro? That vacfa was the case Is vouched by Mrs. Averill who closelj observed the government mercury. At 10 o'clock last night the tcmoeraliirc was 10 decrees above zero. Hut near morning the skies cleared away and the riMord shows a minimum tem pcratBM "f one half degree be low zero. A feature of the situation Is that tin- cold continued through out the forenoon. At 10:S0 this morning the government ther mometer regfaasred two aisixe zero. BRITISH STEAMER SENT TO BOTTOM WITH LOSS OF 13 LONDON. Jan. 17 The British steamer Clan McFarlane has been submarined. Thirteen persons per ished and 24 were rescued, it was officially announced. O-W Profiting by Revival in the Lumber Business in Northwest Declares Oliver Along with other northwest rail roads the O. W U. & N. is profiting materially by the revival In the lum. her business says H. C. Oliver. tru ellng freight agent for the company v. ho has been In Pendleton teda) In connection with the boom in lumber li. k. Lottgnhnjry, general freight agent, has called the utten tlcn of all agents to the situation In a circular in which be gives sugges tions as to how to avoid a car short- A continuance of prosperity In 1'imber circles is predicted and the following survey of the situation from "a reliable source" is given by the general agent "Despite the recent great advance in I rice, we urgenth advise clients b continue to la In substantia! sup plies of Pgra bOC, In fact, this Is one of the few times when we consider It safe for clients to borrow money with which to purchase large quan tities of this commodity. Many JUSTIFICATION IN TORPEDOING LINER CLAIMED Sinking of Italian Vessel is Defend ed on the Grounds That the Ship Tried to Ram River. ALSO TRIED TO MAKE ESCAPE Vienna Dispatches May Austrian sob marine Sank iJnor When Attempt Was Made to Hun Down Diver I i -s I - (vptaln M.ol. s , , Attempt to Save Lives. BERLIN, Jan. II. Justification for torpedoing the Italian liner Port osald is given in Vienna dispatches, declaring the Austrian submarine sank her after she had tried to es cape and to ram the diver It la stater the Portosaid attempted to es cape and then stopped. When the submarine approached, the steamer veered, trying to ram her. The sub marine then fired. The Portosaid again stopped and began lowering boats The submarine found some boats leaving and giving no heed to those swimming The boat contain ing the captain was halted and a threat to shoot him if ne did not re turn to save the swtmmers. Two persons, one wounded, were fount aboard the Portosaid. They were taken aboard the submarine, bana aged and transferred to the captain's boat. While she was still aiding in the rescue, torpedo-boats and yachts shelled the submarine, which dived and escaped. On December 17 Lon don reported the Portosaid was sub marined. 1 Six thousand acres of land In L'ma I ttlb) county, heretofore leased by sheepmen, has been placed upon the j market by the Northern Pacific R. It. Co. Out of the western land office J of the company at Spokane have been mailed lists of these lands, the acre : age prices and terms. I Lessees of these lands in the past 1 will be given the preference In the ! purchase, according to E. L Hoppel, ! traveling freight agent. I'nttl Feb- ruary 1 they will have an option to of the total price down and the bal ance in five annul payments with ix per cent interest. The lands are limit ed from tl -5 to $15 an arce. Most of toe land thus offered ties in the coun try tributary to Pilot Kock and Kcho. 'thcr N. P. lands in Morrow county are also placed "n the market and the company is retaining still other. The giving of first preference to the lessees is In conformance with requests made b the sheepmen of Oregon at the annual convntlon in this city New coal fields are announced m Manchuria. grades of lumler bays Un i - -H i -i an advance, hut In our opinion r nis Is only a forerunner of wha' la to fe I" pen before next egtnmer tlthOI V our export tru 1e with Kurvpa ( I seriously curtailed. It Is much larger than at any time since lbs ivaf bl out. with every pfueped of elpaad ing further on the dotneetsS ide. the railroads are again in the market for large quantities, a second suc cessive year of bountiful STOPS will al most unquestionably cause the farm, ers to mike suhsuntml pgretiBjag, and the building outlook is erv bright. In our opinion, 'he lutiilrr Industry is In a stronger i ition to day than at air. (Hue ahaca l0& As In the past, there may lie a -light sea sonal dullness this winter but mm look for no serious setback g prp e t'lietits Shoes yards are hot to. hed up to the limit should fei safe In fill. Ing them at once. Delay Is lUnger ous, because h-fure many months Prices will probably be a great deej higher." 0000 ACRES OF LAND ARE PUT ON MARKET
