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DAILY EVElilliGEDlTIO.'i DAILY EEt;i;;G egiti:: TO ADVEHTISF.RS wfatiifb. Tonight and Fn.l a f.,ir. hht mi j.eraf ure rhanire The Rut Oreganlan haa the largeat bona fide and guaranteed pild circulation of an ? taper In Oregon, east of Portland and by ar the largett circulation In Pendleton of acy newspaper. t . ' CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAFEB VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1916. NO. 8968 n BME IS RAGING ON hft MILE FRONT British Still Smashing Forward Northward Although Ger mans Force Slight Retreat on Southern Flank MACEDONIAN TEUTONS BEATEN U-BOAT REPORTED OFF PACIFIC COAST NKATT1JR, Nov. 16 Tha Ca nadian government ha Issued warning tliat a, submarine Is lurk ing off the Pacific const. The JaiNUMMe liner Inuba Mam ar. rived with all light exUnftiirfied unci running inside- the throe mUe limit from tlie Oregon cos. K. Mlzutani, director or Uie ViniuUi Stcaiushigp Compuny, said the submarine was powiMy .Hlllrpd to the count In eeciKm and a-nilled on nome remote inland. COUNCILMAN IS INCLUDED IN LIST OF THOSE ORDERED TO PUT DOWN CONCRETE WALKS Germans Regain Portion of StuUlsel Village But Buffer Heavy Lowtos in Attack Are Dislodged from pre--07. LONDON, Nov. 16. Halg reported there was considerable shelling at Anore. The battle la raging on a sixty mile front. The British are still smashing forward northward al though German counters forced a slight French retreat on the southern flank. The nermann attacked the Junction of the allied armies using all their caliber guns, grenades, aero plane bombs, machines, poison gas. tear shells, rifles and bayonets. The gains were Insignificant compared with the tremendous losses, icrnuinH Regain Part of KnilllMri. BEKL'IN, Nov. 16 It Is announc. ed the Germans have stormed and re captured the eastern portion of SaillUiel village. ' "Separate British attacks between Sailly and Serre and also southeast of Beaumont failed. There were hani to hand grenade combuts. Our (ire halted stronger attacks against Grandecourt. There was bloody fight ing between the Sailllsel houses. Hanoverian fuslleers stormed French trenches north of Ht. Pierre woods, to bring back eight officers. 124 men and fire machine guns." Uermaa Forced Bark in Maondoaia PA-RI8. Nov. 16. It is announced the Franco-Russian army has defeat ed the Germans and arrived within four miles of Monastlr. The Ger mans have been steadily forced back ward throughout the Macedonian sec tor. Following a violent battle the French dislodged the Hermann from Pressolre. .SOFIA, Nov. 16. It Is officially ad mitted the Bulgarians are retreating toward Monastlr before the violent Franco-Serbian attacks. "Our Mon astlr plaina positions were bombarded fiercely throughout the day, hut the enemy's attacks failed at the Cernu river. We returned northward to ward Clgol and Tepawoza." says the official statement. Thut councllmen are not exempt from their own medicine was demon strated last evening when the entire council voted to require Councilman Kll to put in a concrete walk In front of his property on Garden street be tween Alta. and Court. The peculiar thing about it was that Councilman Kll seconded Councilman Murphy's motion. However, Councilman EH was not singled out The council had just pre. vlouHly voted to require P. D. Tull of Spokane to replace the old wooden walks along the Tull property In "Chinatown'' with concrete walks and to do It forthwith. The motion for new walks along the Ell and Max puer property followed. The council last evening granted the petition of James If. Sturgis and others for two crosswalks on Monroe street contractors for the building of sev eal concrete crosswalks In various parts of the city. The bid of o. R. O'Melveny, 14.7 cents per square foot, was the lowest. Two bids to furnish the city with an automobile to be used as a fire truck were received. E. P. Tulloch of fered to furnish a Cadillac for $850 and the Pendleton Auto Co. offered to furnish a Reo for $500. Mayor Bet and several of the councllmen ex pressed themselves as strongly oppos ed to buying a second hand car. The matter will be given further consider ation. Complaint was made to the coun cil that the street In front of the Jim tieck home on College street ha. been littered with leaves and sawdust for three weeks and tint it Is impossible to flush the debris away The street com- missloner was notified ENDLESS CHAIR IS PROVEN BIG FRAUD Persons KupfMwnd to lie t hief Heme nctaries or rian Itrttudlate Whole SclM-mo 8MiMcr Has Itraped Klcli llarvrNt. i A good many Pendleton people, who have been receiving copies of a chain letter recently, will 1e interest ed to learn that the persons supposed to be the chief beneficiaries of the plan have repudiated the letter and that there are indications that Its sponsor has reaped a rich harvest. The endless chain letter which pur ported to seek financial aid for on? A. C. Van de Water of Portland, first made Its appearance in Pendleton sev. eral weeks ago. Tt continued its course through the city until It reach ed many families and some of those who "fell" for It were among the most prominent Indies in Pendleton. It is set forth that Mr. Van de Wa ter Is bedridden J with rheumatism, that he has a wife and daughter, that if each person keeping up the chain will send 10 cents the money will be sent to its proper destination by Mr. lien C. Holt, care of the Holt Mfg. Co., Spokane, and that Mr. Van de Water will be enabled to continue treatment of his ailment. "It Is suggested that the chain be continued in a series up to 50, that five persons answer each number in the serial with their Hi cent contri bution. A big Industrial STRUGGLE SEEM, TO BE IMMINENT -a BRYAN 111 TRY TO ill Xext Four Ynu-H will Be Devoted to Effort Dochufe Democmta (Ian not Afford to Take 'Immoral Sale'' NEW YORK, Nov. 16. William J. liryan will devote the next four years to making democracy dry. when In terviewed he declared the democrats cannot afford to take the "immoral side of a moral Issue " He said pro hibition was the big issue now and the members of the democracy could no: be "burled in a drunkard's grave " He declared conservatism would support the Wilson economic. legisla tive program by nineteen twenty and Hundred Employers Organize National Conference Board, Representing$8,000 000 Capital and Employing 7,000,000 Persons Will Watch all Industrial Leg-islation. i the party would be free to hunt new, Seattle recipient of one of ! important issues like suffrage and Hids were received from three 'street cleaned at once. the chain letters has figured out that prohibition. l' everybody has responded up to dale t Mr. Vim ilp Wnter will h.ive rnrclt'oH SOMME LOSSES FAIL TO COMPENSATE 19 UNDERGO OPERATIONS At the Umatilla agency Indian school yesterday Dr. T. M. Hender son, reservation physician, operated upon 19 different pupils, 17 of the cases calling for an anaesthetic. Six of the operations were for removal of tonsils and adenoids, two for tracho ma or granulated eyelids and the re mainder for the removal of teeth. The doctor performed all the work with tha aid of his office assistant The government requires careful Inspection of all the Indian children tiDon their entrance to school and lOndcnbuj-f Lj Policing British to Paj a Cibjant) ToO in tfres tor Small Advances. (Carl Ackerman.) BERLIN. Nov. 16. Hlndenburg is forcing the British to pay a toll o: Uvea entirely disproportionate to their Somme gains. He terrifically shelled the lines today, infllctlnc enormous casualties. All reports say the Rrltish dlsre. garded the sacrifice of human life, while the Germans bitterly defended the line, despite the almost complete destruction of their positions. Front advices say all officers admit the en emy Is able to win a few trenches and villages by concentrating enormous artlllerylng on a small front and launching a gigantic attack. The assaults are so costly they couldn't j be frequently repeated. Berlin frankly admits the loss of fortified positions. She says the British at tacks are uncomfortable but not dan. gerotis. Berlin believes the Italian restless ness, and growing London anxiety over food prices has forced the Brit ish to make another gigantic effort after over four months of limited suc cesses on the Somme. The Voaslache Zeltung said a Rome newspaper ad mitted the Italians think Britain is prolonging the war to crush Germany and also the allies, by forcing the allies to purchase all supplies in Lon don and Liverpool. The Lokal Anxie. ger sa'.d suhmrines had caused the British food shortage. OF ILLEGALLY CHARGED nanagtMx of Wholesale Liquor Houses hi California pace Grand ' Jury Indictment. - SAN FKANCI8CO, Nov. U. E. M Baker and Davis Gibbons, manager of wholesale liquor houses, were ar rested on a charge of Illegally ship, ping liquor Into Oregon. Both are under a federal grand Jury indictment in Portland. The hearing of Louis Hothenburg, another dealer, was post poned pending the arrival of Oregon witnesses. WHiCOX KTIL1, WAITS ItEPOKT OF CALIFORNIA Admit That Gulden State Republicans Wont Sponsor Vague Fraud Charges. CARRANZISTAS AND V1LLISTAS CLASH EL l'ASt, Nov. 16. It is report ed that heavy fighting between Car' ranzlntas and Villbttas progressed yesterday and1 last night a hundred and fifty miles south of the border. near the Mexican national railway nitrrrsH foot sitcatiow IN NKKI OF IlF.trtLATIOJi data Is preserved for future use ThOjFour nunijre(i carranxistas started children are weighed each month and from juarez to reinforce the de facto where a loss of weight la reported tne army physician makes an investigation. In cases where operations are ne cessary the consent of the pupil's parents is always secured as the op eration Is free of cost to the Ind'an and Is not compulsory. The physician U on a monthly salary and receives no extra pay for operations. A week ago Sunday 10 operations were per formed by Dr. Henderson. He is giv ing the school close attention at this time no as to remove danger of 111 nem during the winter. The sanltnry precautions at the agency school arc cfassed as excellent by Dr. Henderson. Drinking foun tain are used, likewise Individual towels that are used 'but once and then lnundrled, the children have the use of washing faucets, not bowls, and the eewnge system Is up to date save that a septic tank would be benefi cial Am a result of the medical Inspec tion nnd care taken with respect to fanltntlon It Is said the danger of dis ease communication is less at the In dian school than In white schools where there Is no such Inspection. IiONDON, Nov. 16. Walter Runci man, president of the board of trade, tod the House of Commons the Brit ish situation has reached a point where the government "may be com pelled to take artificial means to lim it food consumption." He favored the appointment of a food controller. He said the government would soon Issue food tickets and first regulate milk prlcee, , CULUSON FAVORED TO SUCCEED MINTO 8ALBM, Nov. 16. Jack Cullison, of Portland, Chas. Burns of Oregon City, Deputy Warden Bherwood and Jack Iuy of Portland, are the leading can d'dates to succeed Penitentiary War. don Minto. Governor WIthycombe favors Cullison NEW YOP.K. Nov. 16.-National headquarters Indicated that the repub. llcan admission of Hughes' defeat de pends largely upon the California leaders reports after the official count is completed. Chnirman Wilcox ad mitted that leading California repub licans refused to sponsor the vague charges and suggestions of fraud. "He refused to outline the probable ac tion conceding defeat or asking a recount. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16. Offi clui returns with six counties missing put Wilson ten thousand ahead. ST. PAUL. Nov. 16. Official re turns from Quiparle county are boost ing Hughes' lead to 802. 1 T.2.SS7.K90.4H and the chain would be sill! going. A local recipient h.'u figured It out the same way. An etiort was moue in fpokane a few days ago to get a statement from the Holt Mfg. Co., but the office re used to say anything beyond the fact that Mr. Holt has been in California for the past few weeks. Mr. Holt formerly lived In Walla Walla. The following message regarding the Van de Water part in the affair was sent out from Portland. Family la BunUlated. "Mrs. A. C. Van de- Water tonight said that the chain letter started by a Spokane man for the aid of her hus band was started without her or his knowledge or consent and had been a source of much humiliation. The fam ily Is not In the dire need indicated in the chain letter. Mr. Van de Water has made an attempt to break the chain, which was successfully done here several days ago when one of the chain letters. No. 13. reached Portland. "Mrs. Van de Water said their friend apparently was oversolicitous. None of the money thus far collected by the chain letter has been received by the Van de Water family and would not be accepted. "The Van de Water family lives at S60 East Main street. ' Portland, and maintains a good and comfortable es tablishment with modern conveniences such as the telephone." the liquor side of the prohibition question, it risks a loss without cer tainty of gain." NEW YORK, Nov. 16. History's greatest industrial strug gle seems near. One hundred employers have organized a na tional industrial conference board. It represents eight billion dollars of capital, employing seven million persons. It pro poses to watch industrial legislation closely and eliminate fa voritism to labor. The railroads are rushing preparations to tvrevent th n. forcement of the Adamson law. More suits coverinir all Hiim and all districts will be filed within ten days. Railroad brotherhoods are ioinin forces, preparing to fight for the In troduction of an eight hour day In alt Industries, contemplating strikes and force the employers to surrender. The railway managers' conference have adjourned. They were unable to reach terms with the Brother hoods. They may call a second meet ing next week if the brotherhoods are willing to enter conferences. 9 ENGLAND MUST GO leadersh'p on these reforms easy. We SLOW ON POTATOES owe nothing to the political bosses j arj-v IIrJITT EI "W m controlling the politics in most of the I Ait Will I i t LUUK cities. Considerable of Pres'dent j Wilson's electoral votes were from I dry territory. If democracy takes i Strict Food Dictatorship Is Supported JUDGE KING SPENDS SHORT TIME HERE Practically to a Unit bj All BritMi. AI.Id WITHIN KASV 11AXGF, OF MON AsTIK SALONIKI. Nov. 16. Monaatir amoral wunin reacn or General Sar roils Franco-Serbians who have made an astonishing advance. They bat tied through snow and rain over na tural mountain fortresses. The Ger mans retreated to prepared new i. anions on tne .Monastlr Dlaina Th Franco-Serbians flanked the Teutons twice. Berlin twice tacitly admitted that portions of her plan were aban doned. The allies seised all banks of tne cerna, absolutely controlling the river. The allies artillery is almost within easy range of Monastlr. PORTLAND JITNEURS PUT UP BIG FIGHT TORTLAND. Nov. 16. Fifty-two jitneurs who were arrested charged with operating without franchises, were arraigned by Police Judge Languth and released on their own recognizance, with examinations lat er. They threatened to fight to the highest court. The police drove three hundred jit neys off the streets. The entire police force of fifty deputies participated. Jitneurs contend the city cannot can cel their present licenses which are good until January first and arbltrar. ily sugsttiute the franchise system la Making Trip of hpecA OW the tioTerament Project and West Extension Near Bermixton. Judge Will R. KJng. chief counsel of the reclamation service and for mer member of the Oregon supreme bench, spent last night in Pendleton and is today making a trip over the government project nd west exten- Ion near Hermtston for the purpose of gathering first hand information as to the conditions and needs of the project. i Judge King has just come from an inspection of the Malheur project anl while on his western trip, will inspect the North Yakima project and south ern Idaho projects. He Is accompan ied by A. G. Pollock, a young attorney. He. is scheduled to address the set tlers about Hwmiston this evenins s - (By Dd Keen.) LONDON, Nov. 16. England is a unit In support of the government's food dictatorship plan. Not a news paper or individual, apparently, in the whole United Kingdom has criti cized Runciman'a plan. Runclman's announcement is pure ly preliminary. He has not revealed al the contemplated steps. He sug gested" the British food dictatorship thoroughness may outdo the German system. The.British people are fully prepar ed to meet the necessary sacrifice. The new dictatorship wUI probably first limit the use of sugar in costly confectionery, the indiscriminate feeding of animals with vegetables and the wasteful uses of white flour and potatoes. Administration Prepares to Ftglt. (A- J. Bender.) WASHINGTON. Nov. 16. The ad. ministration will start an aggreatr fight In behalf of the Adamson law as a result of the railroads' concerted attacks. High officiate believe ail efforts to enjoin the law are doomed to failure. They suggested the gov-, em men t might not confine it efforts to defensive tactics. If the railroads prevent It enforce ment, the railroaders are expected to strike. The president' adviser be-Hev-e the court will hold tha roads are responsible for any Interference of interstate commerce In such an event. They believe the case is tr.nvfh.. ed by the administration' claim that the law primarily is dnsimd k tain through scientific lnii are 78 per cent higher than before the war. The cost of eggs, potatoes, fish and sugar has nearly doubled. 3S BIRTH CONTROL MARTYR IN JAIL WHEAT QUOTED AS LOW SELLS HIGH PORTLAND. Nov. 18. Five thou. sand bushels of January bluestnm wheat sold at a dollar seventy, a new high record. CHICAGO, Nov. 16. -(Special to the East Oregonisn.) Range of pri ces today: Open. High. Low. Close. Dec. $1.88 1.88 1J85 1.85 May $ 1.9S 1.94 1.80 t.il4 I"orilHud. PORTLAND. jOre., Nov. !. (Spe. tlaU Club. $t.r.8; blucstem. Jl.Gsy, GOLF CLUB PLANS PERMANENT LINKS Semi-official statistics showed thai 'tne ract for the basis of final i.n.t.. retail food prices have Increased i7t,on and will be effective only for six per cent during tne year. The prices aunng tne period of the eignt nour day Investigation. It mav be extended only thirty dav at the request of a special commission ap pointed to investigate. The government sav an, itLmn, to enjoin it by the railroads is an in terference of interstate traffic. As sistant Attorney General E- M. TJn- uerooa. and solicitor General John Davis have rushed work formulating s.rrnmenis plans. The govern i ment probably will file a demurrer. ......iS me mw constitutional and answering the road's demands. BALTIMORE. Nov IS TV- jthat capitalists had formed a nation. ai industrial conference board excit ed the American federation of labor conventioning here. Oompers said-' "It would be unwise to comment w He instructed his secretaries to obtain additional InformaUon Na ; tional Secretary Morrison said- '"Th ...... n, win result as other have, 't will add thousands to the ranks of organized labor." I Plans lor securing permanent links and building a club house were dis cussed hist evening at a meeting of the Pendleton Golf Club held in the Commercial association rooms. It the present grounds cannot be secur ed at a reasonable figure the club will look about for other convenient property which will be suitable for golfing purposes. It Is the intention of the club to own its own grounds and build a club house by next spring. Plans for fi nancing the club project will be work ed out in the meantime. It was also proposed last evening to place a limitation on the member-. ship by raising the dues after the first of the year It was the general sense of those present that members Joining before the first of the year should be received upon payment of the old fee. JIO a year, but that thos- Joining afterward should pay :'5 The club voted to retain O. H. Eddy, the professional who has been in charge of the grounds, at least un til the' winter weather makes further playing Impossible. The club als.) voted sympathy to Mr. Eddy who? -toi died from usplivxlittion Tus-I:tv. : U . B , . j , -CD'- .hr:wl tr ff-W' Iffl 17 hi " feX i 1 'X v'. Sail i - fr "I' 4 'tlVrl'? rH; 'n II L . "" r.: it B i'i in nl 1111 -i .'. fm., im , J I tMMm.,, tt w lainiiiiniiH ! THINK ITS COLD NOW? NOTHING LIKE IN 1872 13 BELOW ZERO THEN That the present cold mild compared with what w, had In o8:l1Lrr:alled b n m . iu me rast Oregonlan - imerasnnv t ... weather U today. as fol- 16- 1916 York gave Mrs. Margaret 11. Sanger, who ha-" New York, a suburb of New before Leen in trouble with the fed-l'"1'). where for 11) cents she eral authorities In the New York Citv P ""'es ot that section e on jurisdiction l,u.s.. o, her connection ! '''''I'L Sh" h;" "ot bee., .v. w"rk r,,r two days lief..re jhe had with the birth control propaganda again hee arrested This photograph Is again behind burs. She recently i ihows her e vlmr ..k-i,.. in K-u-t icn of that section ..f New Vork t irt.'.l a birth control clinic Portland. N.m Editor East Or.gon.an I see from the papers that you ar. having a cold snap , I - .J it.,r.. which seems early fr winter to in, but I remember 4 4 vears ago it began snowing on the 10th of th . jmontn and by the lth it was over a foot deep, and on the i;th it win 13 below xern, but we had all of oor winter between that time and the first of January and on 'he first o' February the farmer., were plowing So let us hope that h'story will repeat itself all along thi line. We ure having quit a cold waie here in Portland, which make m anxious to start for southern Cap. fornln where Mrs. shulta and I expe. t to spend the winter, hoping to re. gain my health and return to Pen dleton, able to make nnothr flgH for democracy. Yo'irs iimvreiv V W. Vf
