East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, January 26, 1916, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION rYirreaju for rjuitcrn OltgM br lb I nit.-.! state Weather observer M Portland. TO ADVERTISERS. The East Oregnnlan baa the largest paid circulation of aujr paper In Oregon, eaat o( fertland and over twice the circulation In J'endleton of any other newapaper. ill Thursd.ii u settled probably snow. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 27. DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26. NO. 871") til TURKEY DESIRES SEPARATE PEACE DECLARESRUMOR Distinguished Diplomats Arrive at Zurich to Arrange Details With Powers of Entente Allies. FINANCES NOW AT LOW EBB riiiniliiiin f Nation i (Mtfoal in Muney Matters. Sns Report "nil Ottoman Empire Said to IK' Ready ut UMMlder inHinui Empire Raadf to stop lighting. Zurich. Jan II. Distinguished Turkish diplomats have arrived here to prepare peace proposals, a news paper has stated. It Is reported Tur key la desirous uf gaining peace lie-1 cause of the strained condition 0( her Mcdua Is (scrupled. ROMA Jan 20 - The Austrian' l ave occupied Mcduu, Albania anil ; are moving toward liuraato. dispatch-1 . have declared They plan to Join the Bulgarians In the Elbassan re gion The Montenegrin and Albanian Forcei defending scutan wen- osvptar-l ed whe that city wait occupied. but! the Serbians ate neadlng southward. liner i luwii LONDON. Jan II. The liominiou liner Nursman was beached without casualties among the crew. It wua Inirntfl today, after Liverpool advices had reported her M torpedoed and Mink. ,-himIc Is shelled. AMSTERDAM. Jan. 2. ---Allied monitors ahelled the Oerman posi tions at Westende. Simultaneously II i ISlatg bombarded Herman positions ,.er Knocke and Heyst The IVwt ende shelling wan reported especially . ffecllve. It resulted In official" tiding numerous German wounded in Bruges and Ghent. The attack was bettered In retaliation for iierma'i mlde on channel towns. Majority of City Council Said to Oppose Ordinance MI IKl'IUC TO ItEGI I M I DANT S(. Cm M W NOT 111 IDOFTED TONIGHT. There seems little pr.ibablllt of the danOO-IWgUUUinl ordinance being passed by the city council this even in :ct least In the form that it was submitted last week by Mayor J. A liesi Opposition to the ordinancei lias developed In a number of quar t.is and II is laid that the majority! of the council Is opposed to ii tiniest some of the provisions are stricken Ut. 'i'oda the ordinance committee haf , i . i n eonfering with number of poo-1 pie Interested In dances, public tnd private, with an idea of getting Iheli lews. Dne member stated this morn ing that the general sentiment seems to be that all suggestive ami Indecent dances be prohibited but that many o the other provisions or the ortli naneM are too drastic, unjust or un necessary. In the opinion of several members ol Ihe council no new ordinance Is necessary to prohibit Immoral danc. Ing. They declare that under the p resjeat ordinances the police have full power to act However. It seems pmpaMe these coundimen will feel disposed to recommend for passage an ordinance directed against the chief evils of the present-dny dance The ordinance hus produced no end of discussion during the past week Objection has been made to tho clnuse providing for all dances to close at II o'clock or before, other objection Is being made to the pro vision requiring a re-admission charge In case a dnncer leaves th'' hall and Ml 11 1 another Is directed against the regulation of private par ties. The high school students ob ject to the paragraph excluding nil persons under IS unless accompanied n their parents or legal guardians, and they have some support from th" krown-ups. Tha "boQM" clauses, -iiime say. are unnecessary Inasmuch :i the same ground Is covered by the prohibition law. Mayor Pest. In presenting the or dinance. Indicated that he would make a fight for Its passage and It is certain that he Is ttOl without support In his position. For some month past there has been a quiet movement for Ihe proper regulation of dances. It has been determined Ihat the Uiisslans display greater reslstence to the typhus germ than the Hermans. Starving Mexicans Begging for Soup j MEMa 1 1 II Ill )i MHi I WSWMW . . Jk Iff. i IP 5 'hese Photographs reoenth taken, In Mexlc. show I., what condition th- peons have come. Thee Mexl, Ana ! are walling for free soup furnished by I MIOW to what condition I Firearms Used by Violators of Laws Will be Confiscated Announcement that hereafter he Will confiscate all guns nr other hunt-i lug or fishing property used by game law violators was made by Deputy Warden Qecrge Tonkin today. Ill doing so he cites section 27 of the ; fllsh and game laws of Oregon, which; leads as follows: All guns, dogs, boats, traps, fish ing apparatus and implements used In hunting or fishing or ktking anv Wild animals, birds or fit-u or the state ot j Oregon la violation of the law. shall' be declared a publle nuisance and sb.ill be seined by uny member of th:) stute board of fish and game com-! mlsslotiers. by the state game warden, master fish warden, or any deputy or I any niher officer charged with the en-j forcemeat of the game and fish laws of Ihe state, and In case of convlc- j lion shall be held, proceeded with and disposed of as may tie drrected by the stale board uf Fish and Game j Commissioners; provided, that where! deemed practical, any game letted may be given away for charitable purposes; provided further, that anv moneys derived from the sale of any seized guns, dogs, boats, traps, fishing apparatus, or Implements shall be English Concerned Over the War-Like Attitude of Sweden LONDON, Jan. II.- Newspapers to day displayed prominently the war like utterances of the Swedish pre mier. They caution ihe government not to involve neutral nations In the blockade controversy a few papers citing to the belief the cabinet will change Its policy radically. It is be lleved the government has vtrtull decides! lo cling to the present trade regulations, instead or announcing an actual blockade of tlermany. Riddell Convicted at Portland for Fraud WiRTLAUD ore Jim : H. II. Hlddell was convicted In the feder al court of using the mails lo defraud In connection with Ihe Oregon In land Development conipan. Kxtreme ItnienC) was recommended tk. ,....,, . . . v B'"iiiiiirii ll)p pnOl'lgiai'M ann nn .., ,i, ui ..I shows I line of them, waiting for a soup kitchen to open, and the others show the soup being doled out. deposited In the game protection fund and used for the protection and prop-1 Station Of anv game animals, game' birds, or game fish or the state. "It will readily be seen that this sect Inn of the law does not give the courts or deputy game wardens anyl authority to exercise leniency." says Mr. Tonkin. "Hereafter all guns. I els., will be selaed by the deputy game wardens of this county at the! time of making any arrest as will also' the hunting or fishing license as pro-! vided In section 47 or the fish and j game laws of i iregon. This section also provides that any person whol thus forfeits his hunting and fishing license shall he denied the privilege! of hunting or fishing for the remain- j der of Ihe calendar year In which the offense was committed "It is believed that the enforce neat of the law in the above manner Will work much good toward the pro toctton of our game and fish. Though Ihis may seem rather harsh treatment it seems to be Just after due consid eration Is given the matter. The game law violator is no fit person to lie carrying a gun and very often the lack of a gun would prevent his yielding lo temptation In the future." INCOME TAX MEASURE It BE REVISED AI MEETING NEXT WEEK DKHOt'KATH CALL lis Nli MEANS (OMMllTKi: TO CONSIDER MATTER. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. Tne democrats have called a meeting ol the ways and means committee for next week to consider the revision ol the Income and Inheritance taxes and lo discuss the ipiestlon of taxing mu nitions. The creation of a tarifl commission and continuance of pres ent suiiar dut) are also scheduled for consideration. House democrats will caucus Ihe revenue matters before reporting. During the fiscal year lilt, 4 4 of the ItiL' national forests paid their local operating costs, or in other words, were self supporting. Liquor Ordinance to Follow Closely State Prohi Law 1 IVAL DRAFT EXPECTED TO BE MADE TOH PRESENTATION Tills EVENING 'Although 1 have made a draft of. the ordinance to lie presented to tho city council tonight, giving the neces-j sary power to city official to enforce the prohibition law, there are some chance which probably will have to! oe made. I can say this, however, that the ordinance follows strictly the state law, defining what consti tutes prima facie evidence and pro-i vlding for issuing search warrants in j cases where it ia believed the law is being violated." The foregoing is in substance a statement made b City Attorney Feei this numiing regarding the city ordl-j nance to regulate liquor matters in PandUHon. It will oo presented this , evening at the regular meeting of the' city council if the anticipated changes are Tiiade in time lor the final draft Attorney fee has been working on j the matter for the lust week but be-l llevee there are some few details whic h will have to be changed before j the ordinance can be considered. It l now in the hands of the ordinance, commit'! w hich is expected to report j late this afternoon so as to give the j attorney time to make the alterations.' The ordinance, according to Attorney; Fee, w 111 not be out or the ordinary In any respect but will follow closely the provisions of the state law. It simply aims to give the city police I and other officials the power to han dle local cases as under the present rircumatanoM, while violators could be arrested, they Would have to be turned over to state officers for pros ecution. Men Arrested Here Connected up With Idaho Robbery Case James Morgan. Oeorge Howard and Harry Raymond Carrier, the three men arrested last Friday night by the police as suspected eggmen. have been connected up with the robbsrj i of a drug store In Lapwai. Idaho earl In January and will probably be re lumed there for prosecution From i the .Apwai store seventeen watches I were stolen and two of the Watches j carried by the trio have been identi fied by Ihe make and numliers as a part of ihe stolen property. The three men refused to admit i their guilt, farrier, the youngest of the trio, has told several conflicting! stories as to how he secured tha watch he was wearing, first stating bis mother gave it to him. then that i ne of his pals gave it to him and finally that he purchased it from a stranger. The older men refuse tu talk much. Though the officers have not yet identified the rest of their plunder they feel sure that further investiga tion will brink the ownership to light. They believe the three men compose one i if ihe worst gangs operating In the northwest. NEWS SUMMARY General. Turkey is socking to obtain n tap. urate pca , Three men jump to dentil from burning building. I'.nginocr and two ollusr nwii killed I In fvreob on Mllwaukis-. Rerltn will Is? (rhisa another chance ! to agios' to American demands. Local, Dance ordinance will hate hard : sledding tonight. Hob Brwsra files for nomination lor count) clerk. Alleged ttggllM'll iiimicctcd up with Idaho job. mior ball may lie remodeled. New normal Instructor Is elected. $ ONE r iHCE TO AGREE ON TERMS' AmbassadorBernstorff Indicatesthat! His Government Will Make Com-! plete Disavowal of Sinking. ! AMERICA WILL NOT SWERVE; I'nited static Maintain- That t orn paste Compliance With Remands Must bo Made by l.i-rmaiii in the l.u.stlania Vrfair Satisfactory Ad justmcm I lu-tiii; Hoped -v,r. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 After conferring with Secretary Lansing. Ambassador Hernstorff Indicated the Lusitania controversy has been prac tically settled. It is now only a quea tlon of nurds, and ahould be finally settled in a few days, he said. Neither Would say whether they had pro gressed toward an adjustment of the radical difference between the 'Ger man and American viewpoints. It is believed Hernstorff tacitl as sured an unequivocal disavowal of the torpedoing upon which America un swervingly insists. He announced he Would communicate today with Ber lin and hence It is supposed he plan ned to urge a complete concession to the American demands. It was later learned his communication to Ber lin was America's final proposal for I settlement It held unequivocally that Germany must admit the ille gality of the torpedoing. Lansing arranged that. Hernstorff "titht cable Immediately to Berlin, i'ntll Berlin replies, nothing further will lie done In the case. After the conference Bernstorff dictated a message to Lansing's sten. ographer, which presumably was the new terms and. iranamitted.it in node. Brown is Candidate for County Clerkship FORMER DEPUTY AWtH V i HE Wil l. BE RACE AT MAy PRIMARIEK Hubert T. Brown, former deputy county clerk, is the rirst man in the county to file notice of his candidacy) for a nomination lit ihe May primar-! ies. Yesterday afternoon he filed no tice that he would seek the republi- (Continued on Page Eight.) Montenegrin King King Nlchobu This Is name old King Kiel - BERLIN MR r ' ggg9 m Montenegro, who has not nuit fight - Ing because the Teutons have hlni THREE MEN LEAP TO DEATH WHEN CAUGHT IN EIRE Three Others are Burned to Death j and Seven are Reported Missing! - -Blaze Starts in Pile of Hemp. FLAMES GET GREAT HEADWAY Men n fifth Moor or Seattle Build- j Ing Are Trped He fore Alarm i.-1 Buownled Score or Workers Were; Employed In Drying Hemp Taco-j ma Man Had (Vmtract. nATTXaft Jan. 2. Three men leaped from the fifth floor of the Walker building and were dashed to death on the pavement when a fire, originating in a pile or hemp on the fourth floor, trapped them. Three others burned to death. Seven others are missing. Firemen found three bodies on the fifth floor when they succeeded in fighting their way through the flames. Most of the dead were recent refu gees from Russia. P. Beeresos and Lida Cishnedsky identified the dead j The hemp burned furiously and those in the fifth Hour were trapped be-j fore an alarm was sounded. Before the department arrived, they leaped to the pavement Kay Wlnkieman of Tacoma, had the contract of drying the hemp and employed nearly a acore of men. Whether Wlnkieman escaped is un known. Later Wlnkletnans body was iden tified among the burned. Others burned to death were C. Buckley, Portland and Simon Broshton. The body of a third man who jumped to j the pavement was identified as J j Friedman. Alt except two workmen I were later accounted for ' These are believed to have escaped and gone I home. ALBANIANS RETREAT AFTER ENCOUNTERING BULGARIANS ROME. Jan. 26. Brindisi dispatch es reported Ihat Albanians, under Es sad Pasha, are retreating toward El bassan after they encountered Bul garians advancing from Ochrlda who hurled them back after a blotaiy en. gageinenl. Has Mot Surrendered of Montenegro hard pressed. It has now been leuru - iraru- i .j .w... ..- '. '"""" nl that he. had surrendered was at least prtma- ture. ENGINEER AND 2 OTHERS DEAD AS TRAINS COLLIDE Three are Seriously Injured at Servia, Washington Cause of Accident Not Determined. 2 DEAD ARE UNIDENTIFIED Humor ( Inflates That Train Order were DLwegardrd Trains Uern Crack Specials on Milwaukee Hotli Engine. Express and llaggag" ar- Arc smashed to Hits. SPOKANE. Jan. 2. Engineer fieorge Rait and two unidentified ho. hoes were killed In a collision be tween Milwaukee trains 17 and 1. near Servia. 3? miles east of Othello. William Schulta. engineer. IS. I). F. Armstrong, fireman, IT. and John Woodward, express messenger, wero seriously injured. Both engines, the express and baggage cars were smash ed. No passengers were hurt. The cause of the collision has not been de termined. Seventeen and eighteen were called the Columbia and olympla limited, and were the Milwaukee's crack trains. It was reported the west bound train mistook orders and fail ed to wait for the east-bound. TACOMA. Jan. 2. Lap orders caused the Milwaukee wreck, officials declared. The westbound train re ceived orders to meet the other at Roxoboro. The eantbound train's or ders said Servia. The track Is straight where the collision occurred and ths engineers had time to check their speed. Passengers In both trains were badly shaken and bruised Thn track was torn up for some distance. Passe ngerswe re transferred to special trains sent to the rescue. REPRESENTATIVES OF ENGLISH LABOR WILL NO MKNTIOV MVDK 0 U SCRIPTIOJi IN RKNOUTION THAT is MKIITH). BRISTOL. Eng.. Jan. 2. By a big majority, the representatives of over two million worklngmen at a con vention here today pledged them selves to support the government. Tho resolution passed failed lo mention the subject of conscription but later resolutions are sure to denounce com Pulsor measures. A second resolu tion passed condemned Oermsn atro cities in France and Belgium. REPLY TO THE AMERICAN PROTEST MADE BY BRITAIN WASHINGTON, Jan Is England tentatively has replies to the Ameri can note protesting the British seiiure. of mall between America and neu trals. Secretary Lansing plans to publish the protest and Its answer on FTi- . day It Is understood America hai contended England has no Jurlsdii -Hon over first class mall lietween neu trals It is admitted England has a right to censor mall en route through the country but not mall sent direct ly to a neutral nation md forced m enter England en route. Chicago Market up Local Buying Stops Though the Chicago market today the portlaad prtoi as shows a decline and th. local I has ceased, excepting for aba minutes today. Utile wheat changed hands during th,- las days but the prtel Mis M 1 Qataagi CHICAGO, Jan. tN May SI It 7-v II.lt 1-4. Jul, forthuid Jar ' fUlt 'ill li.u l-:. rru I LIVERPOOL, Jaa. !t. Wheat -pot No I Manitoba I Is ', I :, s,, 3. 14s l-.'d No I hard winter - U4d; No. 1 northern liiiiuin ii- ii.i , Aln.rlcllI1 ,n u j nftae on No l Manlt. b. i. . " N 1 Mnl,"h 1 Kr bushel.