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DAILY EVENING EDITION 1 , 'JSB g . V DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISERS. The Kaxt Oregonlan lias the largeat paid circulation of any paper In Oregon, east of l'ortland and over twlie the circulation In I'tudletuu of any other newspaper. KtttfjSWl'YftBiUSiJ ' ?mmmmmmmm2mal Tonight and Frldas -n .-w. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER JXJ, ff COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPO VOL. 27. DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANU 1916. N0- 8704 . , 1 - , . . i JAMES A.FEE, JR. APPOINTED NEW CITY ATTORNEY Choice is Made Following a Caucus at Which He Receives Majority Vote of Council. SCHEER AND NASH RETAINED lleatbtnan Is RmrX'litt'i Strict VuuiilMHliur Hurry K. Kdwanbt Ix Only New Memla-r of Police Force Mailer if CtMOaitsJ CHj Qagtaeeg Slill 0M, I mi. Algr Fee, jr., Ik Pendleton's new city attorney Ills appointment j wna made lust evening by Mayor liost following a caucus at which he re ceived the majority vote of the conn-1 ill, and It was confirmed unanimous ly. John Heathman wan reappointed! street commissioner, William Scheer and Frank Nash were retained aj members of the police force and Har-! ry K. Edwards ffll chosen as the onlyl new member of the force. John 1 1 Vaughan wan selected by his MM protested against the pnasage of the .lutes ax chairman of the council I conscription bill looked to J. W. J. Roy Raley, who nail received Hodge, labor member of parliament live votex for city attorney at the; nd Arthur Henderson, labor mem :irst caucus, withdrew from the race bar of the Asqulth cabinet for lead when he leurned that he wax not nc- srship m the crisis. I eptiible to the mayor. Despite thlx - - fact three of the councllmen, It Is! wild, voted for htm last evening. There wii a divlalon also In thai a lut on street commlsxloner, II H . ! 'eland of 77 7 Thompson street ro . clved two or three votes There were many applicants for the three police positions and from them rhlei I fiD Ourdane selected a number who would Ih acceptable to him Tile ouncll balloted on these nominees nd selected Messrs Scheer. Nash and I. v. iris Scheer. the veteran of ths i 'iree. was retained by a unanimous vote. U Ix said Nash has been serv ing ax night pollerman since last I vptcniber an.l has won a reputation j is a competent. f ea r less officer. He was formerly depufv i-.icrlff of Ifor row county under Sheriff Shutt and received a hl(rh recommendation from htm Edwards Ix a well known I local carpenter Rimer Turner, who has been serving for the past Week. I received three votes. It Is said, for re tention on tho force. No engineer was rhiwn lfl even ing Mayor Rest announced that the position would b h!6 noon until the orseeni xncurobent re'ry Kirobrcll, I htta prepared officii' field notes. At' . reseat there are no Held n dee "n file with the city, thoxe used In the .st Mnnglng to Mr Klmbrei. Tbei rnayof announced thete are as vers applicants for the position John VaiiKhan. cniincllman ir m the fourth ward, by Virtue of his tip polntment as chairman last evening. Mill preside at all meetings not :it- i. -lull. i by the mayor and, in the event of a vacancy In the off CO of mayor before, the next election, will hteome acting mayor. New OotnaaHtM rfaaned, Mayor Host announced to the coun Oil last evening his committee aP I'olntmentx as published yesterday afternoon. One change was made, however, on the ordtnarc -ommit- tee. The mayor withdrew his own name and substituted that of COtiatlll man Folsom, the iiunmlttee now be ing composed of Vaughn. Kolsorn mil Penland. He also appointed one other Committee, the levee committee, coming Kolsoni. Kll and Murphv up on It GUILTY OF FORGERY TAKHH .11 RV ONLY M MINI TI TO DECIDE csf, GINST BBNVBEK. Il look the Jury onlv 20 minute. veatatday afternoon to reach a varttletl of guilty In the case of the State is I Mich Zenebek. the llnxslan charged I with uttering a forged cheek The State pad built up a strong ease j agaWN him and thlx, ndded to hlx re fusal to defend himself, sent the Jury I to the Jury room nlmoxt of one mind Not only wns the 14 50 check, to which the name of 0. P. Bowmnn had been forged. In evidence, but half a dozen or more other cheeks alleg ed to have been passed by the man were produced. All bore the signa tures of former employers of the man. Hlx system of operation. It Is sild, wax to work for a man, secife a check In payment of services and then to Imitate the signature. The checks ranged from J100 to 1500. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney R. I. Keator handled the case for the state. ii i m lurniniiin 7m. mn'c Tr.,Cf iiirnmiiin nm IftflAPO MrrTIIIO i iiwvr i ,i -A.-. i u i" .a. r;.i nirif .uv ....w.. , . n ivi r if 1 1 . n ni m u i uf-t- u. luuui lioulis i uuym EUMMripuuiiDiii I L fllll L i I U fl I! U tt rJ! X?3Bnnnnnw sS w HODGE, Li 'Mm IN, Jan. en Of England. 13. The laboring whose leaden stave Snowfall in City Breaks the Record for Many Years Past Pendleton has had 18.25 Inches of, snowfall since the first of January "tij the snow breaks all recards for , many years past. The snowfall aj-! Meaty this month exceeds by four! Inchei the fall of Januury, 1SH2. the ' time of the laxt previous heavy snow Whether or not the present snowfall Is heavier than the fall during the Sold winters xlx and xeven years ago Is not clear ax those records are not 1 available. It Is reported from Walla Walla that the snow fall in this sec. i tlon is heavier tha'n any for 12 years, past The fall of xnow for the month ' thus far as shown by the government J gauge has been as followa Jan. 2 25 Inche3 1 Jan. 3 50 lnchc-4 1 Ji.ii. 4 1.25 Inches Four Indictments Returned by the Grand Jury Yesterday Four Indictments and one nut true bill were returned yesterday afternoon l' the grand jury In Its report to tho Court Abraham Golberg and J. C Brummetl were Indicted Jointly on a charge of larceny from the person lias Ksplnosla was Indicted on a iharge of assault with a dangerous weapon and Mac MeMurray was In dicted on a similar charge. The fourth Indictment Is withheld Inas much as the person charged is not In 6tla$ody A bench warrant has been Issued. George Fogelxang. who wax held to the grand Jury on a charge of stealing from a hunkhouse at Stan field, had a not true bill returned against him and will be released. Golberg and Urumtnett are aci'tised of stealing a watch and chain from Club Now Quoted at Dollar in Portland r UK "AGO, Jan May 128 1-111 I l-l, IS (Special.)- --4; July 122-121 Portland, CHli'AOO. Jan. 13- (rtpeclal.) iub 100-101; blueetsm 19S-10I l-l, IJvcrpoot. I I VKItl'i mL Jan. II.- Wheat Spot No. i Manitoba, 13 I-14; No :!. I2s 3d; No. 3. 13s; No. 2 hard win ter, new, l!a 5d. In Vmeiican terms the Liverpool price Is 11.05 pat Bushel. Teutonic onisuls Interned. PARIS. Jan, 12. A Havre dis patch from Toulon xayx that the con suls of the Teutonic allies, arrexted at Balonlkl and brought there, have been Interned on board the French auxiliary crulaer Savole. Portland Storm Hound. PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 13, -The city hired all the unemployed to shovel xnow from the streets and dump It Into the river. Ten Inches fell inside of 24 hours, making the worst storm In 23 years. Hodge, In moving the adoption of the resolution protesting against ths bill, passed by the executive commit tee of the national labor congress, de nied that the voluntary system of re cruiting, pursued by Lord Derby had bean a failure. Jan. 6 1.50 incheaj -fen. 8 2.50 Inches! Jan. 75 inches! Jan. 10 5.60 Inches! Jan. 12 2.60 Inches' Jan. 13 3.50 inches I Total 18.25 inches In 1912 the snowfall for the early part of January amounted to 14 inch ! es all told. ' in one day however, a' total of 1" Inches fell which was a heavier single days snowfall than we have had this year. The total pre cipitation, rain and snowfall conibln- I ed. for January 1912 amounted to j 4 18 Inches. This year the preclpita-j lien thus far has been onlv 1.40 i Inches. The lowest temperature recorded i hi re last nlnht was seven above zero. ! A. B. Watson in a local saloon during the Round-up. They were arrested by State Parole Officer Joe Keller. Es- plnosla Is charged with attacking Jim Heck with a knife and MeMurray, who Is colored, lx accused of attack ing Harvey Brazelle. another negro with a knife on election night. The l oir men were arraigned thlx morning and will probably plead to morrow. The grand Jur last evening took up t the Investigation of the election cases and this investigation will continue j through tomorrow. K. W. MeComaa who was struck over the head by Chief "f Police Manning, was before! the jury for an hour this morning and Dr. Iv J. Sommerville. w ho was j with him at the time, is one of th witnaaaea this afternoon. Spry Makes Plea For a Protective Tariff on Wool salt LAKE, Jan. is. Governor spr of Utah delivered u plea for a protarllve tariff on wool In weboin n the National is.i Growers' noctation. preetdcni llagenbarth in hi- annual address did not touch on the tarff question. One thousand delegates attended the afternoon .---Ion. it l- the migri attendance ever known at a convention of live stock men. MIDDLE WEST ALSO IS IN THE GRIP OP GOLD WAVE CHICAGO. Jan. 13. Below zero weather gripped the country from the ruckles to the Great Lakes. Ev erywhere the lowest January temper ature In years was reported Trains are six to twelve hours late becauxc of storms. The thermometer regis tered six below last night and It was predicted It might be Is below tonight. 12 AT MADERA ARE SHOT TO DEATH Reports From Chihuahua Tell of Further Massacres Victims Said to Include Two Women. EL PASO IS FIGHTING MAD I'gty Mood Prevail- Among CItiaeal and Poihw Raw Been Ordered to Hold Themselves In Readiness for Riot Dot Rancher la Killed at Guerrero. BL PASO, Jan. IX. ( lilhuahua re ports, -talc that 1 American-. Includ ing im women, were ma aired at Madera, war the aoene of Monday -murders. Tht- ha- aroused Intense imitation here. i:i Paaoaai arc In a flchtJae; mood. Extra police have livn onlcccd ready for riot duty. ! WASHINGTON. Jan. 13. It was of ficiall reported that a Mexican firinu squad killed Hurt Kramer, an Ameri can rancher In the Huerrero district on Friday. Italians Will Try to Save Cettinje for Montenegrins TH MIPS WH.I HE SENT TO RE LIEVE DEFENDERS OE THE DOOMED CITY. ROME. Jan. 13 Italian soldiers will probably be ordered to relieve the Montenegrrs within two days In an effort to save Cettinje which la almost certain of capture by the Aus trlans. It Ix believed this subject was considered today at conference be tween the king and the military chief of the cabinet. The Montenegrin crown prince and, his wife reached Rome Just before j King Emmanuel arrived from the front after an eight months' absence.! The prince visited the king and pre-! sented an appeal for help from King, Nicholas. It was reported Emmanuel ! returned a response to the appeal through Queen Helena, daughter of! Nicholas 1 300 Cattle Drown. WOODLAND, Cal.. Jan. 13. Thir teen hundred head of cattle, valued at $7n.onn drowned in the flood in the flats between Marysvllle and Algonon. Cri-w Rescued. I.K1TH Jul 12. The steamer Traquir was submarined. The crew was rescued. J7SS DUPJiLt NKW YOitK. Jan II. China painting and knitting woolen thlties for soldiers has passed out as a so ciety pastime, and the daughters of New York's socially elect are now go ing In for bookbinding. Miss Mar garet Puprez Lahey who has bound hooks for some of UM most promi nent people In the country, is teach ing society girls the art. which Is one requiring a certain amount of phy i - - - - . . : i j ! Bookbinding Latest Fad of Society Girls i ' !!i I i Lin., .men's Trust Company Gets the City's Bond Issue POItTllAND CONCERN SCCCESS Ell NINE HMDEIbi IX -I -I It I I I i I.ONTESI In the liveliest bidding for city bonds experienced In Pendleton In several years, the Lumbermen's Trust Co. of Portland was awarded the It4.gtt.0l bond issue made to cover the unpaid assessments in the West Vita, etc, improvement district. There were nine bids submitted and they ranged from par and ac crued Interest to a premium of t50'J. The IOfl premium was offered by the Lumbermen's Trust Co. and was only a few dollars higher than sever al other bids. F. H. Hollenbeck, as sinant secretary of the successful company, was present at the meeting and took back with him last night notice of the awarding of the Issue to his company Wllflrd Shore ft Co , of Portland, bid 1487.67 premium Fred Glenn , Co.. through the American National Rank, bid $20.51 premium on each J10U0 of the issue, the Western Mon'l and Mortgage Co. bid 102 or two per cent premium. Keeler Bros of Den ver In their sealed bid offered a premium of 1362 but a subseq-ient telegram added J 125 more to that offer. The Security Savings ft rrust of Toledo bid $262 premium, tho Guardian Trust Co or Denver bid $243.50 premium. Ferris ft Hargrove of Spokane bid $390 premium and theie was another bid for par ind accrued Interest only. The council last evening authorized the issuance of bonds to cover ths unpaid assessments for the Improve ment of Jackson street west ol Blaine The amount of the bonds will he $582.76. tyown Prince Repealled. BERLIN, Jan. 12 Unconfirmed Swiss reports declared the German crown prince has been recalled to Berlin, probably to assume the re gency on account of the illness of his father, the kaiser. NEWS SUMMARY General. Wilson will stand pat on his watchful waiting'" policy toward Mexico. Twelve More American- are killed by bandit- In Mexico. Ma mcctirur at El Paso will de mand Intervention, IM'al lacr Fee named city attorney : po lice force ttami'd. Grand jury return- I indictment -. snowfall for January over IS Indite Weaver v- Belt damage -nit on trial today. David Bennett found not uuiltv ol assault; Zenebek i- convicted. Portland company buy- eiti bonds in lively contest State hoard to paaa on lio-Htal "im; tomorrow. LAHCY AND SAS-lPVC OF WOJZK. Q,TL. Fieri StftrrcC. sical prowesa Each book must go' under the press five times and the! heavy cross bar operating the press weighs fifty pounds so no namby -1 pant by girls need take up the Work unless thev expect to develop their' nntsiies. Just at present Miss Uiliey Is working on a rare 17th tentury book ; belonging to Mortimer Schtff. Jr. It ;ls called Monument flu Oostum and rS SL"' li DEMAND GO INTOJHEXICO President Wilson Stands Behind Lansing's Statement That Men rrtered Country at Own Risk. WATCHFUL WAITING GOES ON It I- Made Plain That the President Will Not Deviate From the Course Mapped Out Regarding Policy Toward Mcxlco Miners Itoogh- house Consul. WASHINGTON. Jan. 13. Presi dent Wilson stands squarely behind Secretary Lansing's statement that Americans entered Mexico at their own risk. The White House made It plain that Wilson will not deviate from hiJ watchful waiting policy. It was stat ed the Santa Yzabel victims were spe cifically warned against entering Mexico. EL PASO, Jan. 13 Mexican min ers, enraged because Consul. Edwards at Juarei, aided In getting passports for the Santa Yzabel victims, forcibly ejected him from the lobby of a ho. tel. Edwardi fled and escaped. They followed, loudly denouncing him. Min ing companies are considering raising a company of American volunteers to exterminate the Villa bandits, with the permission of Carranra. Edwards declared the Juarex com mandant personaly assured him safe ty for the mining party, claiming the Carranzistas completely dominated the district. The consul tried to ar gue with the miners but several seiz ed htm and threw him Into the street. WASHINGTON. Jan. 13 Senator Lewis of IHtnole came to the defense of the administration this afternoon in a stirring speech upholding the policy toward Mexico. He introduced a resolution giving the president thed' fame a protest against the rame power of control over the army K"' waicnrui watting ana co ue a w tmL-.rrt Mexico n toward i niand Intervention immediately. the territories of Nicaragua and Por to Rico. Lewis asked congress to clothe the president with authority to intervene! foroibly In Mexico, While Lewis de fended the administration's policy of watehful waiting. Representative Playden declared the patience of the United states has been exhausted and flrely denounced the policy. Am. bassailor Arredondo pledged action in revenge for the assassinations and to protect Americans in future. It is believed Arredondo's message pre sents the possibility of a solution of the Mexican trouhte. Slayden's ?l:h was greeted with uproaroua applause The shes from Luzon's occasional. ly active volcanoes fertilizes the soli and enables the Philippines to pro duce the world's finest hemp. depicts the costumes of that period. Mr Schlff values the book xo highly that he has Insured It for 110,0'' ' during the time it is In Miss I-ahev possession. She hax done whole i- brarles for some of the wealthy New York folk Among her scholars lx Mlax KraM ces Morgan, daughter of J p. Mor gan Mlas Lahey has executed sever al commissions for the noted flna-i cler. Protest to be Made Against Policy of "Watchful Waiting "Bodies of Victims on Way. EACH BODY WAS RIDDLED Soft-Nosed Hullets srd by Mexh-an Itandils In Killing Amcrlins Small Ix-tachntent of Carraoiiataa Accompany sisiial Train Rearing tho Bodies. EL PASO, Jan. 13. The funeral train bearing the bodiea of the 11 Americans killed by Mexicans, arriv ed this morning. A silent crowd of several hundred gathered at the sta tion and watched the removal of the covered corpses into auto trucks. The bandits useil soft-nosed bullets that tore great, ragged holes and shot away the skulls of three of thi Americans. Kach body was riddled by from two to five shots. The Am erican rescuers were escorted by a small detachment of Carranxistas who Insisted on stopping the special train frequently and reconnoltering for bandits. When the scene of the' massacre was reached, mounted Villa lorces stood less than half a mile away. Unmounted Carranzistas mado no attempt to pursue the suspected men. When the bodies were loaded into a box car, the train backed into is now learned that all eighteen were Americans. General Medlnavetia. a former VII l xta, was jailed on a charge of mur der in connection with the execution of Peter Keene. an American ranch man at Chihuahua recently. A mass meeting was slated for to'- Jose Sanchez, a Mexican mining employe, said American friends of the murdered men risked their lives by I oldly riding into view of the marau- dcrs to recover the bodies. Pablo Lopez, In charge of looting the car. said "if you want to see some fun, Just watch us kill these grin gces. He ran through the coach it vas said, crying. "Viva Villa." Manager Watson and four other -'merieans were running in different directions. The Vlllistas were shoot. Ing at them. The other Americans were rounded up. Lopez selected two soldiers as executioners. The bandits nearly fought for the privilege of shooting the Americans. They were shot one at a time. The bodies were then completely stripped of clothing. Fourteen bodies were piled together in a heap near the tracs. General Banda and 12 other former Vlllistas were thrown in Jail to guard against violence from Americans, fol lowing the discovery of a plot to lynch Salazar. CHIHUAHUA. Jan. 13 General Trevino sent 500 Carranzistas to pur sue the murderers who killed 1 Am tricans. He ordered them to show no mercy. St, LtMKta Publl-her llurleil. ST. lyOUIS. Jan II The funeral of Charles W Knapp. for years pub lisher Of the St. Omls Republic and since January l treasurer of the New Vork T.mcs w;is held here. Bon .1 was in Calvary cemetery. Local Creamerv Mnl High Rating in Big Corvallis Contest a It from the Peodleton Or ear soiiatlon and th- Bullet situ higher score migtii nave 4 been ma U h id it ti"t '...n foi 4 the fact It was BSCSSSarj '.i ship 4 the butter to I'orvallis by pa-- eels post and naturally the s quality of butter wns xom'Whit Impaired through Shi pineal !n the mails xu. h .i lllste ftl'l e In the spring a ilmtlar con text will be held in Spokane In which prize winners from or- s) gon and Washington Kill pal 4 thipate. The I'm at creamer) . s planning to enter thlx setttesl and hopes to make i g ,. .1 ilwn Ing.