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1 DAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION ForeraM tor Mourn Oregon hy th) I mu d Stair U rattier Observer at Portland TO ADVERTISERS. Tbe Kaat Oregonlan ban the largest paid circulation of any paper Id Oregon, eaat of Portland and orrr twice the circulation In Pendleton of any other upwupaper. Tonight and Friday probably snow; not much temperature. unsettled: change In COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 27. DAILY EAST ORfclGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY NO. 87 Hi . - 77 I i 12 THOUSAND IN CASH STOLEN IN DARING ROBBERY Hunted with Price on Head 20.000 BRITISH Four Boy Bandits Hold up Cashier: and 30 Others in Washington Parkj National Bank in Chicago. GUNS KEEP VICTIMS IN LINE; i mitha Drive t Place in m bale, Enter with Drawn Revolver! anil, tVicnjnand Paihlfff ami u Teller to i l-n tin- Sttfi Mukr Canape ftrr Mx-tirlng Money. CHICAGO, Jan. 27. In a s.-nsa-i i luU ami during robbery four boy ; handlu held up the cashier and htlr-, I) others in the Washington Park National BUM toduy and succeeded In making way with 112,00(1 In rash.; .lake Stahl. ylrr president of the hank IX a among those robbed. ipnrently all the robbers were un-j ler ;'i ears of age. They drove to i he hank In an auto which bore no! licence Bntnrini Ule bank they drew revolver! and warned the ouato- men t" stand back." Thev then fll-l All the officials and employes of the bank were forced to stand in a line with hands up. The customers a-ers treated In slinilur manner, urn 'to.- those In the number being Mu. uicipej Judge Frc. All present obey ed the orders to throw up their hands. Grabbing their loot they started to i it ii warning those Inside to remain nit teller seized an auto ami Itaitad to give chase but it was un UOOaaafttl as th I robbers in their ear oon baoama lost in the max of 'raffle. Sll fuur youthful robbers vmn ica-lo- while In the bunk f I Ms, H rSa il L 1 AT ADEN NEARLY CUT OFF BY FOE Arab and Turkish Forces Reported to be Closing in on Stronghold Losses Said to be Tremendous ENEMY HOLDING TERRITORY Khlelu said to Hate rcxihiciI and .loiniil Turks tgalnat tin' Eiutli-li euiiy itiu.aiin Bqnare llttea of Arahlu lteirted to Haw Been Cap tured From IB-it Mi. Tilt in v. uncil Shows Lack of Harmony; Dance and Prohi Measures do Not Reach Vote Neither the dance-regulating ordl- nleipal purposes, and the council was ranee nor the prohibition ordinance more reconciled. However, they re-j succeeded in reaching a vote at tho quested a week for the purpose 01 meeting of the council last evening. It will be another week before a re port Is made on either and. when the committees announced their last evening, .Mayor Hest some irritation. In fact si were other indication! est of harmony does The grievance of sc the eoun'il at the nance was more fancied showed methins in and 'I there milled to the committee day. In this original draft was citizen BERLIN, Jan. Twent) thous and British, defending Aden, are en dangered by the combined attacks of Arab arid Turkish forces, the Cologne giving the police thi Volkzeitung says. It was reported the an(j seizure in privy Knglish have lost 15,000 killed and M public buildings. -".Uijii wounded since the combat be. gan. The paper quoted a wounded British major as authority for the statement, the Arab Shteks have Join ed the Turks and captured nearly 100,009 square noii- of Arabia from the British, it wa.- reported the Arabs ;.re using Brltlah arms. studying the ordinance thoroughly Additional Mja Added. As explained by City Attorney Fee. the proposed ordinance follows the state law almost exactly except In .". few particulars. He pointed out the differences. The ordinance, besides providing a fine not to exceed $100 or 30 days in Jail for violations, pro vides as an additional penalty that all licenses or permits held by viola- prohibition ord.- tors shall be forfeited. The ordinance also makes It a misdemeanor for any a provision In person to make a misrepresentation ordinance sub- to a iocir pharmacist or common during the ; carrier. It contains in common with the state law the clause that the pos- MAN ENDS LIFE AFTER KILLING Ti OF FAMILY Nathan Pullman Leaps from Window After Murdering Wife and Daughter-No Reason Assigned forCrime ALL HAD BEEN TO THEATER Traced is, or- in a Tliirtl Avenue Hot. I in New York -kull- of Vic limn Art- Found Cni-lK-il In With An Aj NMoa BcUeie; tile Man HeBM Suddenly ln-aw. . i,.se loioioomg any ciusen irom session of quor ln a pubUc place nai.ng in nis possession more man ! shall me time an I rer of search imes as well News of this clause was noised around on the streets yesterday and i reated much unfavorable comm -nt. However, the ordinance read last ev ening had been revised so that the search and seizure clause coincided with the provisions of the state law. evi- man is stroni a the ;i fortifi Pork;1 l, but .nip, be considered prima faci dence of violations. To Modify name ordinance. When Mayor Best called for a re port on the dance-regulating ordi nance. Chairman Yaugnan of the or dinance committee announced that the committee was not ready to re port He asked for another week, whereupon the mayor declared that It Is imperative that an ordinance eliminating the elements of inde cency, immorality ane unhealthful naat be passed at once. He declared he knew of one barn in the west end of the city where dances are being held and where the women have to climb into a loft. Councilman Yaughan asked the mayor If he knew sane, that under the present ordinances the -death NEW YORK. Jan 27 Nathan Iull- suspected of the killing of his wife and daughter with un axe. Jumped from the third story of a Third avenue hotel and died in ten minutes. With their skulls crushed. Mrs. Hebecca Pullman, aged 50, an-! daughter, Gertrude Basel, aged 25. were found at their home In the Bronx early this morning following a dinner and theater party celebrat ing 1'ullman's return from Chicago. Relatives could not assign any rea sons, for the murder. Bloody marks on a towel were the only clue. Friends said Pullman and his wife had planned to go to Chicago today. They believed he suddenly went In- Many notes relating to the of the women were found In General Ventistlaab Carranai it a price on the head of flatter jla, wh" is now feme, hunted dow f the Mexlcii mon nuisance under the terms of the: law. that is to say. it will not Inter-: id 'lenled this. Hr(, wjtn a man g private stores un less he is suspected of selling or man-' Importation- lda--kli-ied. ufactUI ing liquor. un.V Jan. ii. ttuneiman an- .Not understanding that the oi.jec-i.-, h f has bower to condemn sin h : his pockets. The police believe Pull- tlonal provision had, been modified, j , danee "If tnat is the case." said man killed his wife with a hatchet Oonncllmen Ell. Murphy and Taylor, lne mavor tni6 committee has and then his daughter with an axe. promptly announced they would not not ,.e,lortf,, on ,na. ordinance next! lutely necessary to the nation so as to vote for the ordinance and others! Wnilnadv t will nee that that ham I is condemned " Councilman Phelps Interposed tse. iiounced in dontmona thai ihe govern ment has decided t" prohibit the im portation of man articles not abao- m the Hhipping siiu.it; e British merchanttle m placed under the contr ha. mouniains. Yllla was reported to have ' s"mln'n- Imports of wood oeen ruptured, but later dispatche tobacco showed kindred feelings toward it , The city attorney, however, explained; that the ordinance Is almost entirely an adaptation of the state law to mu-l (Continued on page four.) indicate that he ha eluded his pur- istneases Justice Without Aggression pAsWftted to enter In lini- ileil qUAfltlUM. rltfr possibly. the (iovernment may pmhibil the inipm Uatlon if fnrniture. wood and raw iTiateriii.H and experts .if r&fS, waste and other pro'iuris tries. partii-nlHil .V Ihe hardest hit. SITUATION BECOMES N'eutral conn erica, will DJ ON: 4 ARE DROWNED VYAKHlNflTON, Jan. IT. Uenerul Kunston telegraphed today the details of the drowning of four American soldiers near Brownsville and thai Uaxli in tsantlira ol two of the swim ming party. He said four men ol Mattery l. Fourth Field Artillery, (Want aeross the Klo t;rande, strlpiied i l athing, at Profreao, Three Mexl- ans. armed, took two of them pris oners, into the interior. The other ! two swam back. Several shots were lired at them and a rescue part)', which swum across, was fired upon 1 The American troops returned the lire. Sergeant Clems, Corporal King and ITivatea Rhode and Wlltenbesl ' win- drowned in the swill current. The rescue party remained on the Mexican side an hour. A doien j shots were fired at them from the brush American soldiers on the Tx aa side fired 200 stuns. Funstun re-' ported the arrest of the lieutenants! who swam the river. The Mexican! onsul has asked the Matamoros com-1 raandanl to make an Immediate, search for Wheeler and Peterson. The) M ii ans were not uniformed. Fun-; --ton said. The war department voiced its ap-i proval of the arrests of the lieuten-! ants w ho crossed the Rio Grande. the Maxdcan ambassador was quickly assured that the lenders of the Am-1 erican party had hem arrested It! was. declared the) had violated nn Ironclad rule. Iilt 'WNSYILLi:. Texas. Jan. 27. Mexicans delivered Privates Wheeler 1 and Peterson to Funston unharmel Ibis afternoon, it was stated here. I Club Price Drops Cent in Portland Mexican a Wilson Policy Speaks is Outlined to Ministers Labor iipp..-,-- BRISTOL, Eng.. Ja arklngmen recorded 0 0 ' NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-- Justice 1, a always has stood resolutely lor the without aggression was the keynote' right of every people to determine 01 Wilsons Mexican policy before a their own attitude toward their own gathering of 2000 clergymen this affairs. I welcome the aceentanre of hallenge to fight. Drafting. u. 17. English themselves a- ly opposed to the govern- nt conscription hill, which is now a convention paaaad a raaolu- ii declaring eonscripiion contra r? the spirit of British democracy and DgerOUl t" the liberties of the peo. CALIFORNIA!. CITIES JOINT ALLIED NOTE MAY BE ANSWER TO NEUTRAL PROTESTS Liquor Shipments Arrive Daily for County Consumers IXDtCATIOS I si -111.1 KS l.H UP IX DBCKSfBSI BMBtH TO HI LOW . I I(K)D WATKR.S Rlsi: STEAPUA M l.os VXGEIjES STREETS Mil RIYERR. ANGELES. Jan. -Th. afternoon. He declared he is com Bllttad to the pollcj' of allowing Mex ico to work out her own destiny with out interference. He said the growth of religious an tagonism within the nation was a dangerous tendency. "line must search-Mr the founda tion of peace. The greatest force In the world Is character. This can ba expressed on a national scale. Amer- ine challenge to fight. ( know the nest pin pose will prevail 1'eace does not mean inaction We are all spiritual kith and kin. building up aj family which will set an example to the world." President Wilson indicated thai he is no longer too proud to fight. He declared "1 always accept, perhaps, by some .impulse nf native blood, a I challenge to fight." Kaiser KeeM Birihdai. BERLIN, Jan. 27 The kaiser eel tbrated his 17th birthdav afield with his troops. The chancellor Joined him today At the requeet of the em peror the custiiinniy elaborate cele bratlona were omitted. Flags were hung out. out parades and demonstra tions were lacking. Ij i- flood hit southern California with re. newed force and high waters again are becoming dangerous. Rain is predicted for the next 36 hours. Many FIRM POSITION uii.i, BE TAKEN TOWARD POM7TOX F I. s. AXD SWEDEN. L I'matilla county consumers of In toxicants, a good many of them at least, are already beginning to find their supplies, laid up last Decem ber against the ary days. running short and daily shipments are arriv ing in Pendleton at the express of fices. For the past week an average of three or four packages have been NOOK, Jan. 27. The issuance delivered each day. Joint allied note answering the1 Most of the - - are the ti ' American and Swedish protests against two quarts of liquor but early In the trade interference is contemplated, i eek the first shipment of beer ar il is learned the government plans anirlvd through the American Express I Impressive showing, uniting all thejf'ce- As the time since the begin aliies in a single declaration. Then'ng ol prohibition grows longer thi ipplauded the intl-! ahlpments are expected to Increanei mation the government Intends to;and the express business la expected deal firmly in answering the protests to swell materially as a result of the of streets here are rivers. Railroad ser vice again is demoralized. In some i newspapers have Places the water Is higher than dur- I Editoriala are widely divergent con between Los Angeles and the beach 1 0(.rnlng the government announce are inundated. j ment there is no actual blockade. Boxing the Favorite Sport Behind the Trenches PRESIDENT HAS NOT SUFFRAGE QUESTION Humphrey Makes Scathing Attack on Wilson Policy WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.- In a vi- lent attack against the administra- lion's Mexican policy, Representative I Humphrey ol Washington, pictured j Wilsuii as a scholar, dreamer and theortet. and Bryan aa a great oreach- I er Ol Chautauqua peace at almost NEW YORK. Jan. IT. President j any cash price. He declared our Wilson told 2r0 suffragettes today he I "''"lean POllCJ has earned the con- has not changed his view that the TELLS WOMEN STATKN Wit HOT i'o;ri:ss BHOI i n ii. TROI. THE ! ITTRR Though prices are maintained there Is no market in Pendleton today and has not been since yesterday niornlng. t'KICAOO, Jan. 27. (Bpaotal) Mai II 11.37; July 11.26, 11,27 !! Portland. PORTLAND, ore., Jan. eliUl "lub 11.01, 11. OK; 11.14, 11. 1R. bin tSpe-'stem, Liverpool, I.IVKRPOOL Jan. 21. Wheat Spot No. t Manitoba, lis 5 1-2d; No. S, 14s l-2d't No. 2 hard winter, new. Ill 4d; No 1 northern Duluth 13c lid. In American terms the Liverpool prlot on No. I Manitoba is 12.10 I'cr i ughel. stales and not congress should decide I lie Huffrage iuestion. The praatdant, with his wife, Secretary Tumulty and Doctor Grayson, arrived at the Wal dorf at 6 this morning. Wilson "poke brleflv at Aeolian Hall before a federation ot churches. He opottl his preparedness campaign tonight, addressing railroad men and after wards the motion picture board ot trade. A hundred lufrrafettei gathered at the Waldorf and requested an audi ence with the president, but he re plied he was to,, httajr preparing his speeches. Thereupon the snffra Kctlcs held a i uncus and sent a sec ond note. Wilson still refused, The l umbers swelled to 2Ti0 Leaders mounted vantage potnla in the lobby and fired suffrage speeches at travel ing men It developed the congres sional union hail engaged a room In the hotel, determined to besiege the president after failure to obtain an lUd tonOS at Washington After three hours the president was smoked out and m:i. b- ,i lirlei' statement tempt of the world and influenced the attitude of F.urnpenn belligerents. He said the president's policy is I weak, uncertain, vacillating and showing an uncontrollable desire to I Intermeddle. "We make a tremendous bluster I about the killing of Americans upon the high seas and fill the. air with the tumult of typewriters, hut look! on with equanimity undisturbed while hundreds are purposely and foull) murdered in Mexico." NEWS SUMMARY iGetteral, M-nii Hiisiavtcd of niiirili-i-!ng fam ily commits suicide, Justice without aggreieiloii i- till. xni - Mexican attitude. Inn 111. Prohl and dance 'urtllnnnccs nut iotcd ukhi: mayor and ioumU lilt, I ilipior thlevea enter MHBbw of Daaeattetxta, dry law. Some steady drinkers, th ose w ho like their mornings morning and their evening's evening, are placing standing orders with California whole salers so that it will not be neceasarv for them to write in each month for their allotment. The general opinion Is prevalent that In order to secure liiuor from another state a permit must first be neeived from local officers. All that is necessary under the law Is to send for the liquor, remittance enclosed, and sign an affidavit at the office of the express company when the ship ment arrives that you have not .. lated an provisions of the law. These affidavits are turned over by the eje press companie to the coiintv clerk and filed away. PROHIBITION DEVELOPS A NEW TYPE OP A CRIMINAL "MOTOR TIIIFI " IT I I I PROPRIETOR Of s CELLARS OH i RV 'i ki t' sens with Sim No less than liquor from n a half h-'Zeu heaviest losers nier proof later Pi ntui cellar -r hM Sflt i..-'adr. After twenty-four hours m the trenche close, damp quarters welcomed a little ri or forty-eight cramped In the soldiers creation when of all the sports indulged in back spondents who have witnessed them of the trenches, boxing Is the Favor- In thi- picture two French ite. Lucky Indeed, is the COtnDan! lerymetl ar, mixing It un they returned to their positions at the r 1 """I gloves, K) M in tin ante of anutil "bomb- rear to rest before taking another S' remarkably good matches ar, proof." The man at the right Is the turn at the fTont pulled off, too. according to corre- timekeeper, holding a wutch. Hogert former propriety Place, lost a h i If taaen - llor when sofoe thief uii In his cellar hv- uslli( a have bei-u st-ilen f r-iiu another 'ellaf and several additional miliar theft! have, been reported.