East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, December 11, 1916, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextU daily eve!:i:;s Enmo:i l lli t tl kxi I ! at 0 TO ADVERTISERS Unset tlei! -In night anil , ''s s-r t.mnjh:. Maximum ten v .'; mln - tonlg fh Knit OregonUa bu the linr.it boot fide and guaranteed paid dreulatloo of soy piper ID Oregou, cut o( Purtlsnd and by tar tba largwt circulation In teudletos of uy newspaper. mum, 16; ralnfal iml, tmnh wcst, light. Weatli .ulny. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEB VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1916. NO. 8939 PRESBYTERIANS WILL BUILD A S30.00QCHURCH Committee Has Already Started Canvass for Funds-Structure Will be Erected This Year. 6ENER0US RESPONSE MADE First Plana called for Remodelling of old Building Hut General senlimoul la Discovered to Do In Favor of Handsome New Edifice. A new home for the First Presby terian church, to cost between (30,000 and $40,000, Is practically assured for Pendleton during the coming year, A building committee started Its canvas fur funds this morning and has met with such ready and generous re sponse that all uncertainty has seem ingly been wiped out. A few weeks ago the church board decided to build a (2000 addition to the present church at the corner of Alta and College streets. When the committee went out to raise the mon ey, It was found that the general sen timent of the congregation favored u new church home rather than Im provement of the old one. Last Week the matter was discussed and at the services yesterday morning It was an nounced that a new building had been i determined upon by the committee. The work of raising the money began , early this morning. The committee la not yet ready to announce details of the plans, but in. tends making the new church the moat serviceable In the oity. Provision will be made for a large auditorium. Sunday, school room, room for social gatherings and a kitchen. " The locw tlnn 1 not yet selected. BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT WON BY GIRL Wealthy Tacoman MM Pay $(0,00(1 to Woman 1U" HeduM'd ruder ITule Promise of Marriage. TAt'OMA, Dec. 11. The jurj awarded a ten thousand dollar breach of promise damages to Ethel Wnldron who sued Glenn Orr, a wealthy pro twrtv nurnnr Th vnrrtli't t-mlpd A sensational trial wherein the girl I fulnted on the witness stand four PFACE times. She testified she was seduced.1 led by false marriage promises and deserted when about to become a mother. Orr declared the girl forced herself on his attentions. MEXICANS ARREST AMERICAN CITIZENS ON SECRET CHARGES BKOWN8Y1U.E, Dec. 11. Iticardo Soils, an American citl xen, wag arrested at Matamoras last week on secret charges and taken to Victoria for military trial, despite United State Consul Johnson' protests. The consul warned General Cabdlcro the defacto Matamoras com mandant, that the action would probably result seriously. He re ported the facta to Lansing, CONSTANT! NE PROTESTS AGAINST BLOCKADE ATHENS, Dec. 11. King Constnn tine has formally protested to the al lies against the continued blockade of Greek ports. PANT PLAGUE HAS HIT SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO, Cal Dec. 11. The health department re- ported that Infantile paralysis is spreading. There are two new 4 cases. Health officers said 13 4 suspected cases were In the lso- In lion hospital and several fnm 4 Hies were quarantined. TALKiOF SUCCESSOR TO JOFFRE i-' J' ' " ' a ' ' " ' is J J. . "A ' Ir K i t ' v - J p , I GEMTEJOAl. VTOKFieS I'dincldentally with the cViBls In the Dritlsh cabinet, say advices from Pur ls, a Binillar shake-up Is tulked of on the other side of the Channel, and although no definite step has been taken, measures are, nevertheless, be ing considered to that end. It Is said thut the readjustment may even af fect Oeneral Joffre. commander-in-chief of the ullied armies In the west, I CEMETERY COMMITTEE WILL ASK BOARD FOR LIBRARY BALL FUND Taking advantage of - the dispute which has arisen over the library ball fund, the cemetery committee of the city council has decided to ask that the city library board turn over the (930 In the fund for us In improv ing the city cemetery. Joke though it may appear, such application will be made, according to Councllmen H. J. Taylor, Ralph Fol som and U. D. Phelps, members of the cemetery committee. This committee has been working all year on a pro gram of Improvement for the city burial ground and has been hampered LESS TALK AND MORE ACTION WANTED FRANCE IN FAVOR TIME METHODS LACK RESULTS WASHINGTON, Dec, 1 1. Ambassa dor Sharpo cabled that Premier BrU and had started organising a new 1-Yench cabinet. PARIS, Dec. 11. Britain's small war council Idea Is gaining French support. The French regard Lloyd George as the British man of the hour. Henry Cheeron, a prominent sena tor, declared the proper authority wa- GOVERNOR-ELECT OF UTAH Governor-elect Simon Bamburger, of Utah, said to be the only gover nor of Jewish descent in the United States. The photograph was made on his arrival recently In Lose Angeles. -! possibly forcing him out and bringing in a generalissimo, who will have su preme command of all of the allied armies In all parts of the world. Oen eral fastinau, chief of staff to Gen eral Joffre, is the man most talked of or this high post. Dissatisfaction with the deadlock of the armies in the west Is said to be responsible for the feeling that there should be a change. i by lack of funds. Inasmuch as the women's clubs of the city claim the library ball fund for use in furnishing the club rooms of the county library building while the Pendleton library board is resisting the claim, the com mittee feels that the fund could be turned over for another public pur pose and that the public will be sat isfied. Councilman Phelps, who is a mem ber of the city library board, declares his belief that sentiment on the board will favor the granting of the appli cation. OF REORGANIZATION lacking because peace time methods are still used. "France needs less talk, more action. She needs a con centration of government activity." The French spirit will undoubtedly soon cause a governmental reorgan ization like Britain's. Cheeron also aald: "We must fol low the British example. The pres. ent premier has failed to display all the necessary qualities of facing heavy war responsibilities. France demands decision, firmness, and courage. For tune smiles upon the energetic and audacious." LLOYD GEORGE IS ILL FROM LABORS SUFFERS A CHILJ, AS RESULT OF WORKING TWENTY HOURS A DAY. LONDON, Dec. 11 Lloyd George suffered a chill as a result of work ing twenty hours daily and Is eon fined to bis bed. Despite his lllneM the whole nation feels the effect of his energy. The public believes the British consefrvatlstu Is smashed. Some newspapers charged that Lloya George was the tool of Lord North cllffe. He stopped these rumors when he named Balfour and Lord Cecil as cabinet members. Northcliffe hatei both of them. -Naval Aeroplanes Raid Hanger X BERLIN, Dec 11, (via Say- vllle) The Austrian war offices 4 announced that naval aeroplanes raided enemy stations at Beige- na and the batteries at Snbba. Three hangers were struck. AH the raiders returned unharmed. M1HIIS HE WILL OUST ALL AMERICANS Interview With Bandit Quotes Him as Declaring U. S. Citizens Must Leave Mexico or Fight. , ' .1 in A. CALLS CARRANZA "BAD MAN" Wan Friend of WMmmi Vntll Presi dent Helped Drfacto Head ami Then he Turned Against Him W ill Keep Mexico's Sacred ItighU Inviolate. NEW YORK, Dec. 1 1. The Even. Ing World printed an interview with Villa, and quoted him as saying: "1 am going to drive the Americans from Mexico or make them fight. The mayor of El Paso chased my wife out of the country like a peon and took her diamonds. He should fight me and not fight a woman and a stranger In the country. "Pershing is violating Mexico's sa cred fights. He must get out. I will ) show him he cannot violate Its rights. "I was Wilson's friend and liked him. But he turned traitor. He helped Carransia, Mexico's bad man. Is it any wonder that I chase Ameri cans from Mexico. I will make the gap between the countries so wide and deep no Americans will be able to steal Mexican land, gold or oil." KNOCKS OUT A GIRL TO STEAL HER HAIR fifteen Year Old Eleanor Corrigan Felled In Taetibide of Home By B"tHper. NEW YORK, Dec. 11. Knocked unconscious by a man In the vestibule of her home at Southamton, L, I., yesterday afternoon. Eleanor Corri gan, fifteen years old, revived to find her long dark brown tresses had been snipoed off short by her assailant. The girl, returning from school, was attempting to open the inner door when she was seized from behind by a man who felled her with a blow on the head when she struggled. Her parents were not at home. The Corrigan home Is next to the Southampton hospital. None of th.3 neighbors saw a stranger near tho Corrigan house and the local police are without a clue. Detectives' have been called from this city to investi gate. The village trustees have of fered a reward of $500 for the "clip per." NAVAL OFFICIAL VISITS ASTORIA ASTORIA, Dec. 11. Commander Howe of the United States Monitor Cheyenne, conferred with the Astoria naval base committee regarding the submarine station possibilities. The Cheyenne and three H type subma rines are here. They are scheduled to sail to San Pedro for target prac tice and are investigating all possible sites enroute. The engines of one H three were disabled. WOMEN COULD END WAR SAY$ SENATOR LOS ANGELES, Dec. 11. Miss Katheryn Clark, Oregon's woman state senator, who is visiting here, de clared a congress of the belligerent countries' women would quickly end the war. She asked American women to work in this direction. She de clared many men's conferences could not do the work of one women's meeting. CHICAGO PRICES WEAKER AT CLOSE CHICAGO, Dec. 11. (Special to the East Oregonian) Range of pri ces today: Open. High, Low. Close. Dec 11.67 11.67 11.64 S tl.64 May $1.77 I1.78H 1.74 I1.T5H Portland. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 11. (Spe cial) Merchants Exchange bids to day: club, 11.48; bluestem (1.61. ROUMANIANS REGAIN SEVERAL POSITIONS ALONG IHtillWAY PETROORAD, Dec. II. lit is an nouneed the Roumanians have re gained positions along the Ploesti and Mosul highways. They vigorously countered after the Teutons took the trenches Saturday. PERKINS HEADS NEW YORK FOOD BOARD V. 1 . I I M t--; GEORGE V SFJZKMS7 NW YORK, Dec. 11. George W. Perkins, former partner in J. P. Mor gan & Co., and financial sponsor of the progressive party, has begun an Investigation today of the high cost of living as chairman of a committee of five appointed by Governor Whitman to recommend remedial legislation. Mr. Perkins says he blames the high price of foodstuffs in this city on market conditions. He asserts that California is far ahead of New York state in the matter of distribution, and cites Cleveland as an example of a city which recently has adopted modern methods. Mr. Perkins is also chairman of Mayor Mitchel's commit tee to Investigate the price of food stuffs. EPITHETS WRITTEN OH SCHOOL STEPS Discontent of High School Students Voiced In Unruly Action Last Night. Lute last night or early this morn ing, some unknown persons wrote in large letters over th? steps, leading up to the front doors of the high rchool, epithets pertaining to Super intendent Park and Principal Drill. No trace was left by the persons and no one has as yet been suspected. Principal Drill, Superintendent Park and professor Chloupek were in the building last evening until after dark and none of the work had been done by that time. The paint was secured from the manual train ing room which was found open thl morning. It is thought that the act is the out come of discontent among a numbef of students, who believing the school to be badly mismanaged and many of their former liberties taken from them, went to this extreme, hoping to better conditions. Several of the epithets as "Athletes must get 99 in subjects," "Drill must be removed, kids demand It." "To Misery Drill's Kindergarten," and others, show that the persons thought themselves to be voicing the popular sentiment of the students. These epi thets were particularly directed against Principal Drill who has prac tically had charge of the high school for the last few weeks. The student body executive com mittee met with Principal Drill late thus morning and agreed to pay for taking the paint from the steps. The work is to be done this afternoon and the last traces taken away by to morrow morning. The executive committee express ed themselves as not being In favor of the move taken by the persons and favored taking action against it. orninr FOR VIGOROUS WAR Will Make 1917 Struggle Most Ex tensive Have Called to Colors the Clam of Eighteen Ninety Eight. ROME. Dec. 11. Italians are pre paring to make the nineteen seventeen wars the most vigorous. They have called to the colors the class of eigh teen ninety eight. Parliament con vened In secret session and gave a vote of confidence to the present govern ment. The vote was unannounced. The socialist wing supposedly oppos ed the ministry. SECOND 1 ESCAPE CAUGHT AFTER HE MS 10 HOI OF HUGH BELL NEAR HELIX Sheriff and Deputy Together Through Snow all Night Finally Finding Fugitive Asleep at Farm House of E. C. Snapp. Burglary of the home of Hugh Bell and the theft of a pair of heavy over shoes led to the capture early this morning of Harvey Bensen( one of the four men who escaped from the county jail Thursday afternoon. Sher. iff Taylor and Deputy Estes, together with ' Mr, Bell, tracked the man through the snow during the night and about 4 o'clock this morning found him sleeping peacefully at the farmhouse of E, C. Snapp a mile and a half this side of Helix. Bell, whose farm is near Helix, left home with his family about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, Bensene, who had been hiding In an empty house on the Dr. C. J. Smith place across the road, saw him leave and at once en tered the house. He took food, some coins belonging to the children and a pair of Mr. Bell's overshoes among other things. Returning home about 10 o'clock last night, Mr. Bell discovered his loss and at once called up Sheriff Taylor. Though he toad been driving over the country almost continuously since Saturday night and had just returned from a fruitless search, the sheriff to gether with Deputy Estes, left in their car and reached the Bell place about midnight.. They picked up the man's tracks in the snow and followed them easily across the fielda He took a zigzag course and, though the Henry Hend- QUAKER OATS PLANT BURNS .Explosion Topples Walls and Twelve Employes Are Buried Damage Ov er $2,000,000. PETERSBORO, Ont, Dec. U. An explosion toppled the walls of the big Quaker Oats factory and the building burned. It Is re ported ten employes perished. Twelve injured were removed. Five others were hurt. Four are known dead. The damage Is two millions. The county courthouse also caught Are and burned. CONTRACTS MADE FOR NEXT CROP WHEAT AT $1.10 At a price reputed to be (1.10 per bushel two small sales of next crop wheat have been made here. There Is a report In circulation to the effect a price of (1.25 per bushel was paid 4 on one deal but this price Is de- nied by buyers who assert (1.10 has been the outside price of- fered on next year's wheat. On a basis of the Chicago quotations for July wheat the price of (1.10 for eastern Ore- gon wheat is conservative. How- ever it Is pointed out that our wheat has no standing In the Chicago pit because it has al- ways been going to Liverpool rather than the east. Conse- quently It Is said to be impos- 4) sible for brokers to make de- livery of Inland empire wheat on Chicago sales without suf- fering a heavy dockage. BROKEN FLANGE CAUSES FREIGHT WRECK OH H. P. r7mii-':'r'-'.;1 )' Because of a broken flange on a freight car eight cars of the north bound Northern Pacific freight train were piled up in a wreck in Vanaycle canyon Saturday afternoon. No one was Injured in the wreck but traffic was Interfered with to the extent that since that tune It has been necessary for the passenger train to make a transfer around the wreckage. This morning the Pendleton-bound p&ssen. ger was an hour late for this reason. The wreck occurred near Ring station at 1 p. m. Saturday. The rreignt tram was moving slowly at th time. ine tnira ear irom tne engnu ; With Rancher Follow Tracks rickson place, which is farmed by Snapp is only four miles from the Bell place, he covered . several times that distance in reaching It. The officers arrived at the Snapp house about 4 o'clock. Mr. Snapp was already up. Bensene had applied for a job from him the evening before and had been given lodging. Mr. Snapp was, however, suspicious and had risen early In order to go to a telephone to notify the sheriff. The officers arrived before he had le.'t the house and were taken to the bed room where, Bensene was sleeping soundly. He was brought back and lodged in the jail again. He states that he had been in the empty house on the Smith place since Saturday evening. His story of hit wanderings from Thursday evening until Saturday evening, however, Is to contradictory that the officers took no stock fn it Steve Gunis, the first of the quartet to be recaptured, was brought back yesterday from La Grande by Deputy Sheriff Estes. His story, too. Indi cates that he is trying to conceal the real facts, probably out of a desire to protect Ed Vandiver and J. B. Burns, the other two of the escapes who are still at large. The hoie In the wall of the Jail through which the prisoners gained their freedom was today filled up with brick and concrete, but the returned men are being kept in their cells.. ADADSOH LAW TEST COuESUFJAIllYO Supreme rtit Will Hear Argument on That Date Agreement Made Not to Enforce Law I ntfl Court ..Decides.-. WASHINGTON, Dec 11 The su preme court agreed to hear the Adam som law arguments on January eighth Government attorneys asked haste. The law is effective January first. The government and railroads agreed not to enforce the law until the court decides. OREGON POULTRYHEN ARE FACED BY RUIN Egg Boycott Is Resulting Serlouslt for Chicken Raisers Frantic Ap peals for Help Made. PORTLAND, Dec. II. Several of Oregon's biggest poultry ranches are in danger of ruin on account of the egg boycott. Big dealers and market experts are receiving frantic letters asking for relief. Andrew Eggiman. of the Mountain View Doultrv farm. said the boycott was only hurting tho puuurj men. FOUR GERMAN AIRSHIPS DESTROYED ON SOMME PARIS. Dec. 11. It Is anmiunrerf that four German aeroplanes were de stroyed south of the Somme. There is intermittent cannonading. AI RING STATION was first to leve the track, a brok en flange on the wheel being th-i cause. Of the cars in the plleup one gondola loaded with wheat turned completely over. A car luaded with flour was not overturned but the trucks in some manner were thrown from under the car, leaving the car without wheels. A wrecking crew from Pasco wa called to clear the track and worked until g p. m. Saturday. Going Int i rasco ror the night the crew wm called out for a small wreck on the sr. p, a 8. with the result the work t King was delayed.