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DAILY EVENING EDITION Forerun for Eastern Oregon by UM Culled State Weather Observer t Portland. DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISERS. The IJast Oregoulan haa the largest paid circulation of any paper In Oregon, eaat of l'ortland and ovar twice the circulation In rendli'ttm of an; other uewapaper. Tonlgli snow COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 27. DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 191 NO. 8714 r HINT IS GIVEN THAT REPLY 18 UNSATISFACTORY Report That German Lusitania Note Meets all America's Demands is Pure Supposition says Whitehouse MATTER IS BEFORE CABINET r rial dual win confer Wttk Saontarj lamalng Tomorrow and Hoi'-, to Clear ul Situation lb-fore Starting 1 ou UN Preparedness fmnpttlgn j MooUftoation Made. Washington, Jan. IS. Reports that the latest Herman Lusltunla note j meet! all of American's demands l "pur supnonMlOB, not Justified ly the: facta," aura I W hite Kouac announce- inenl. Th. note was presented to the 0bl. I net today. The president will confer with Isinsing toniorow, hoping to ileal the ease before Martini Mi I"''- partdne asm pal gn, it is reported I Herman) diii not mention the rnattei of future warnings to liners bffon submarine attacks, and lias modified it refusal to concede wrong doing by th diver which sank the I.iisltnnla. M UN RMY t.l Hfi I r FIGHT, UtXHIMWS TO NNol l MENT IN 111 1(1 I bkrlly Ian. : ' la) ellle i The main (Wireless to Montenegrin ur- ny has surrendered ion hold the whole The Austrian r Montenegro ROME, Jan tt Montenegrin ami. Herbtan troops are striving to reach! Duraano because the Austrian occu pation ol Scutari prevents their n. , sne lo the Adriatic. PARIS, Jan. 2a The Germans penetrated th trenches near th mouth of the Yser. It was officially admit tad, hut liter were driven out This followed a bombardment. 20.0"n bells being thrown against the French lines. The Germans occupied two shell cratrs at the Arras Hoad but subsequently were repelled The lighting continues Pr7Tlt iGllAD. Jan. 25. The Rua-j mimic ' h inges after the war are In slans are within three miles nf Plnsk , vital)!", tin- president favors naming if Ik renorted. ThlB is the'extenslon of board "f responsible businessmen the attack against the Austrlnns the KoVel region. Bodies of Victims Still Unrecovered I!MY MEN SEARCHING COM. MISSION MILL NOT X RE SPONSIBILITY. H BATTLE, Jan. 25 chairman Rey nolds of the public service commission has returned from the scene of thi wreck at Cora, said the commission Will not attempt to fix the respoiisl i Hit It will gather evidence soon tn use In framing preventative meas ures against future accidents. There nill lie nn Inquest, the coroner stated, lie has eliminated the element of cri minal negligence. The hop Of finding the three miss. Ins victims dwindled. An army Ol I Tn,, havoc wrought by the p rover laborer Is "till working. If the bod- ,iu bull In the chlna-shnp was scar les have lieen swept past the lower , M. greater than that created lust trark thev cannot be recovered fot i n'onth. The missing are Mrs Fern Wallnc and bat" of Lyons, Washington and Itnlph Bat term an, eight Three bod i.s of the Bntterman fnnilly hnvf been recovered. Mrs Hatternian Is in sti Kverett hospital, w ith nne son. five. PROTEST TO ENGLAND HAS BEEN DRAFTED BY AMERICA ST ATI: DEPARTMENT PRACTICAL. US COMPLETES NOTB ON BRITISH ORDERS. WASHINGTON. Jan. 25 The slate in partinent has practically completed th drafting nf a vlgoreus. unequivo cal protest to Kngland. declaring thai America will Ml recognise the legn! Ry of British urders If they disturb Mis commercial relations of American firms with German Interests. Heroes From Different Parts of United Kingdom HbBBbbbmbIIIiW 'bbbbbbbBbBI SIB LSi$SF' '' of jam 9 zlm '-'-Fy COZ.. JYSXOP, esented in this picture i heroes who have J f three I'm TARIFF COMMISSI TO BE ESTABLISHED W MITE Mot M .NOI NCHN II so IN DETERMINED TO HAVE l'o ':' WASHING'! White Mouse determined ON Jan II. Thi announced that Wilson t,, establish a tntll'f commission to Investigate Industrial conditions and submit recommend. i tlonS to i nngress for schedules suit able everywhere. Itemizing that SCO. similar to the federal reserve board. He does not propose to dlveet con-1 gtess of any power, for congress WOttld have the final word. The an- i nonncement represents a change lit j Wilson's policy of a year ago when I he announced he wished lo give the ; present tariff an opportunity to dem lortStrate before . hanging He fre- j Iqusntl stated that owing to uiuiat-1 I ural commercial conditions arising from the war. the iri'ent tariff ha I not shown real strength or weakness j The proposed commission will be non i partisan LINCOLN SCHOOL ENTERED AND DESKS ARE RIFLED SOMEONE ENTERS WINDOW NH PLAYS llV(M WITH SCHO LARS' BELONGINGS. nltl n the Lincoln school by some culprit who gained enlrance through I trlndOW. Desks were rifled, teach els' ll nd students' property sadly mlx td up and Other mischief dune Kntrance to the building was mad, through a window In the room Ol Mrs. I'aralee Ilalley. Trucks In the MO bowed that conruslvel' Prom the desk In Mrs. Idleman's room some money, collected from the pupils for t general fund, was taken and auoth er teacher found In her desk money that didn't belong there. The bell han dle was sticky with glue and many I desks showed evidence 0( hasH ran- sacking Thnt aome mischievous buy Is the culprit is the theur entertained b) Mm teachers and. In an effort to locate him. every pupil In the school was this morning directed tn write a note to their pireiils. idling them nf the nocturnal visit to the school and re questing them to write to Principal Delia Hush an uUbl" for their off. spring. GEN. 2JPsETT CoL Ryslo TUG HASTENS TO THE AID Of FRENCH BARK ASTORIA, jnn 2:. The French, ark Bayard, loaded with wheat for !urope is in dlatreas south of the Co mbia It as reported her top gal int mists are gone and sails torn ribbons. The tug Oneonts has me to the reei tie No stock Isms hi sic, valk. me. jn. II. All Malheur ounty is covered With snow varying om one foot at Vale to three r mure et in the higher interior The o dd as nut been serious on stock to date. Ignatius Timothy Trebich Lincoln was once a member of the British house of commons. Ijiter he became n spv for Uertnany, and fled to the United Stales. When he told his storv here be was arrested on a fnrgerv charge He was confined In the Rnv. mend street jail in Brooklyn, but wai laken ever) day by a considerate war den tn auuther office where he eoOld have facilities for writing a bonk. Th.' other day he invited bis kebper to din. tier lu a public rSSts Ufa Ot, He went Into the Washroom and out a back d.-or. - - i - - , Spy Escapes J Khv. Colt LLOYIj L.n. be 'Mien th" tl I he dec GHILORENS' INSTITUTIONS IN STATE OVER-CROWDED No room FOR ANY MORE DE ClARES .1 (i. KILPACK OF ItOS NI OIRI s t( thi there is nn rn Kilpack. .'.gen Boys Girls children a n 1 In I bed bee I'nlsss hones "in for mure, says J G. l for the Buys & Girls' hu is here today. At the Aid there are now 80 sume are sleeping two suss "f lack of room can be found for those now there to take ci will soon be impossible of new children being committed. The superintendent of the state training school for boys has sent out' notices to commit no more boys to his institution because he Is crowded to capacity The feeble minded i school Is in the same predicament There are some local children in line for commitment to the Boys Aj Girls' Aid society but the matter is being deterred in hopes the crowded condition at the institution may soon be relieved. TRAFFIC OVER 0-W RESUMED AFTER TIE XMIINt.TON DIVISION I-. NOW OPENED WILD HORSE ROAD is REPAIRED. After having been suspended two days on account of damage dune b I th" high water, traffic over the Wash-' ington division of the o -W 11 . X. was resinned again tudav. The first train over from Walla Walla was u i mixed train and the local this even-' ing is expected to arrive pretty nearlv an time. The enmity mud along Wild Horse has also lieen repaired su thai; vehicles mav get nver It. The principal damage tn the rail-1 rand and the wagon road both was! round Kavanna The water had' washed the embankment nf the trucks' away fur a considerable portion and along the IndS Pee place the macad am had been w ished nwiiv fur 25 or .in feet. The railroad company, while' I "pairing the tracks, also fixed up a pan of the mad and Judge M ush land a crew at work fixing It up also When the snow melt- off, permanent repairs will be made. 7 DUNKIRK iULU FROM AIR BY I GERMAN FLIERS Attack on Dover is Admitted in Official Statement- -One Teuton 1 nT; rcr'nacoljp.d wlth Mir,n Machine Brought Down byBr.tishj'emands for the punishment of aiieg. NEW BATTLE-PLANES USED Machine Are Equlnixd lo Carry llca I'arpics of Bombs Boilesr. i ll That Raids, Are rianned to Ter rorise rtilllann Tlnnaira ltaid is I 'ourtb on Channel Ports. I.i XDOX. Jar.. 25. Two German, birdmen this morning bombarded Dunkirk, it is officially announced. Later some Brltlah airmen shot downl a German aviator at Nteuport. An official announcement said the Ger-1 ma u aircraft aided Do Mnnd Anti-aircraft guns t The Dunkirk rai : attack on channel j days. The Teutons espi live behind the French lines. London j believes the Germans are using new j battleplanes, equipped to carry heavv I cargoes of immbs and plan systematic raids to terrorize civilians, i removal of the British h ' from Dunkirk. It has been immune from attacks. Since the td'tuarters ; practically , I j ;. Sixteen lombarded ; SALONIKI, Jan. ; French aeroplanes hav I Ghevgelt, killing and wounding lOA people and doing damage to ! Pulgarlun camp. ,ver i the I MAKES ESCAPE FROM GEORGE II.AItK DRILLS WAY THROl (.11 l',l!. AND .l 1- Y PROM GCARDS, SAI.HM. Ore. through bars and George Clark, a Jan. Drilling j crawling over roofs. burglar .escaped : from the penitentiary. He is con sidered a desperate criminal. It Is not believed he is armed. Guards are searching for him throughout tha valley. LOREN HOOVER LEADS IN BOWLING TOURNAMENT HERE CONTEST DRAWING TO A CLOSE KREDS Ol' THE ill t'K -ROOES SEXOND. Standing of Teams. W. L. Pet. Lulldoggers la Happy Canyon IS 14 .533 Forty Niners 17 16 .515 Lores Hoover of the Bullduggers is the leading bowler of the tourna ment which is now drawing to a close, having made an average of 203 17-27 pins in the games hi which he has participated. Krebs of the Buckarooes is second with an av erage of m 9-10 while Myers of the same team is Uiird with s fraction over 1H1. Fred McMnnies. captain of the Knppy Canyons, is only g fraction behind Myers and Bonk nf the Forty Niners is over 190 The Bulldoggers look like sura winners In the tournament having won 18 out of 17 gamee played The (Continued on Page Eight.) NEVUS SUMMARY ticnoraj. Hint Is BVeW tlutt German rviHy on l.ii.slUtn'n not satisfactory. Dunkirk 1- tionihanlcd b (.craian tilers. Turki ressslae itntisii luiMcnmg to relief of giirrlii at Kut, H Xnxiia Montenegrin armv lev. siirrciidiTist Nils 1 1, -I'll" i;,'iot LiHSd. Traffic rcMimcd over railroad am! snendwn. Mis Tarkington oOhmhss a play ground director. Marauder doc- BBSeBfted afl(-r n- icriug i iiui'iii adaaoL Hoover liNidiiu; tamlcr of Unima- seni Villa is Making Attempts to Join Follower's Force Ml MY OF -'ooo MIA SEEKING TO L'NITE W ITH 1 2iM I NDEB PEDRK EX A. EL PASO, Jan. 25. With a r.on- endaavortM to join a force of i2oo ea American came tnieves ami an nm- -rican trooper, who shot a Carranzlsta civilian who was attempting to cross the Rio Grande, gave the authorities Ome misgivings. Presenting the de mands at Juarez the authorities re ported a growing anti-American sen timent because of the execution of the Duran brothers. Officials admitt that Villa is able to harrass Carran zistas and wreak vengeance upon Am. erieans. Miss Tarkington is Chosen Director of Playgrounds Here Hill. MAG KATE CHARGE OF physic l nnnn no IN THE SCHOOLS. Miss RU evening el Instruction i N. Tarkington was Mat ?ted director of physical for girls and playground director of the succeed Miss Ce resigned to bee James S. Sturgls will arrive here Monday morning to assume her new duties. She is a graduate of the Lewiaton Normal School, where her predeces- or also received her preliminary training. Miss Tarkington formerly taught in Haker and Is now teaching at Lodgegrass, Montana. The board is also about to decide upon a successor to Miss Arline Cleveland, normal instructor, who re signed recently I'ntll a decision is reached. Mrs. A C. Hampton is con ducting the normal classes Oregon Labor Opposes the Military Program POllTLAND. ore., Jan. i. strong! opjlusition to milliarism was eApreoseu at the opening convention oi tne ore- gun Federation of Labor. Militarism iea(js t war an(j labor only advances in lime nf uaasa. declared President RnphnrJ paino, cmi,h nf th. ! Portland labor council, attacked the I preparedness policy. During the than 14,000,000 acres have been eli - minated from the national forests, and more than 1,100,000 acres have been made available for the benefit of lv win settlers. To Rush Action on Mexican Resolutions SCN.WUUAft, BcitAH W ASHINGTON. Jan. 25. It Is the conviction of senators who have been closely following the situation that only the beginning nf the fierce COB tmversy nver Mexico has been heard In congress, especially in the senate Warning has been given by Senatof BotnH that If the foreign relations committee dues not act nn some nf the Mexican reselutlnns before It, he will find a way of bringing the subject before the senate. This could be dune on a motion t,, discharge the committee. Such a mo tion would stir up an even Haofs strenuous tumult than any which has I .'i is, , ;hu far. I 5. TURKS REPULSE BRITISH TRYING TO RAISE SIEGE Artillery and Infantry Reinforce the Ottoman Column at Kut EI Amra Where English are Surrounded. GARRISON IN HARO STRAITS I ore Will Be Forced to gjtssj I'p Because of .shortage of Food aod Water. Is the Rclw-r Tigris Is at Flood Stage and MM I'm II. i to Withdraw Pos . BERLIN', Jan. 25- Artillery and infantry from Bagdad have reinforc ed the Turks at Kut-EI-Amara and re pulsed the British who are attempt ing to relieve the besieged garrison Constantinople reported the garrison has ceased Its sorties, evidently lack ing ammunition. The Tigris has flooded the region, making the wells unfit for drinking water. Bagdad predicted the garri sou will be forced to surrender short ly because ,,f the exhaustion of food and water. The Turks are refraining from in- dleton schools toifantrv attacks at Kut-Kl-Amara. and Anne Boyd whe ' artillery is shelling the town. Tha the bride of; Turks are strengthening their de Miss Tarkington lenses on the east. wh?.-e the Aylmer relief expedition is attempting lo ap proach Floods forced the British to relinquish the positions won a week ago Mann Sees Danger From England and not From Germany N NOl Nt Ks Ills SUPPORT OFTIU: PROGRAM ItHt NATION At PREPAREONES8. WASHINGTON", Jan. 25. America is in greater danger of war with Eng land than with Germany. Represen tative t . r. m ii. i1! ,,",..! irt , ill support the plans for increas ing military preparedness. He urged the creation immediately of a stand ing army from a quarter to half a mil lion, coast fortifications and a bigger navy. A crowded house heard his re marks and greeted tnem with a burst of applause He urged a norr-partisan consideration of the preparedness pro past five years more . gram anj SUpport f tne adminlstra. tions efforts to Improve the defenses. j He said he never hid favored birire standing armv nr naw but now de- i dares they were a necessltv. Dollar Wheat Still Prevails Here; Outside Mart Stronger Today Wheat Is still selling at II per tushel. club, in Pendleton, though the selling is said to be light this after noon. Honser Is the only buyer and was out of the market yesterday. The Portland price Is listed at 11.07 today while the Chicago market Is also Chicago. Jan. 25 Portland. PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan all Club 11.07. 11.12: 1.15. 11.18. 2a. (spe blueetem, Idseepnat LIVERPOOL Jan. 24 No. i Manitoba, no stock. Wheat - No J. 14a Id; No. 3. 13s lid. No 2 hard lnt new. 13s 3d N l northern Duln In American terms the LSI pool top price is now 12.05 ier bushel PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 2 Wheat prices struck It 15 a new high r-c.rd. Holders are unwilling to sell hehen 11.18. Millers are llonillirhlj a fur ther advance in the price ,.f flour ROBERT SERVICE IS AFTER STATE POST BJUUH mn siteks liw-rrioN ., commission PHOM BA-W liltN ORIX.ON P'lRTlND. lire, Jan 25 Rob ert W Sen e, , llakel null. lair n 1912 for the progresetve n.,inlii.iii.,ti for ratlruad eosnsnlnMOBer formilO has announced hi nsBoD 4 y for Itim republican nuinlnatlnn for publu .. r vice cummlasloner from the eaetern uregon district