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CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFIC? PAFO
VOL. 28
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1916.
NO. 9000
0
BlU PRESS
GROWS CALMER
NOTE DIGESTED
Inclined to Believe Wilson Has
Secret Knowledge of Ger
many's Terms and Based
Message on Them.
GERMAN PAPERS EAGER 10
LEARN OUTCOME OF MOVE
Some lliliU'hea Indicate Susplciou
of Ajncricat Motive, Declarlni;
That If Sincere President Bliould
Merely Mako AlUo A'Went tW En
tente's Offers.
BERLIN, Dec. 23. President 4)
Wilson's note haa aroused tha
keenest Interest. Papers subor.
dlnated the war news and com- 4)
pared the note with Lloyd- 4)
George a speech. Editorially 4)
4 they said peace whs distant on 0
account of Lloyd Georges 4)
stand. 0
(ED L. KEEN.)
LONDON. Dec. 23. Newspapers
have ctilmed down after attacking
President Wilson's note. They are In
dined to believe Wilson has a knowl
edge of Germany's terms and based
the note on . them. Lansing's two
statements are considered bewilder
ing. Editorials called them a side Is
sue. All newspapers expressed the
hope that Wilson's hint of peace may
b based or secret German Informa
tion, ,. ,
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 23. Dispatch
es said the Cologne Volkesxeltun
views president Wilson's note with
suspicion They said; "From our
knowledge of President Wilson we can
easily pin ure the kind of peace h
wants. If sincere, Wilson should merij.
ly make the allies assent to the Ger
man proposals and state the terms at
a conference."
Other German newspapers express
ed eagerness to learn the outcome of
Wilson's move. The Berlin Allge
melne Zeitung said: "In view of the
entente's abatement and the recent de
claration that natural Interference
would be regarded as unfriendly, we
eagerly uwitlt the entente's uttllude on
the president's note."
WOMEN FIGHT FOR
FOOD Ifi DRESDEN
SKIllOl S RIOTS TAKK PLACE O.N
KCMMY, MONDAY AXI)
TlK8DAY; POLICE
VLLKI).
IONDON, Ikx; 2.1. ltottcrdam dl-,
pntclios ropum-d scrKHM Dresden fMl
rlota on Sunday, Monday and Toe--;
da). Police and military force
fought n hundred women. Three no-
licemen were seriously wounded otl
Tumttay. The mobs attneked how
and paraded WNt the palace, de
manding food. The sharpest ftirtit
Ins; took place Tuesday.
HAMLEY & CO. PLAY
SANTA TO INDIANS
Hamley & Co. played Santa Clans to
the Indians of the I'matllla' reserva
tion this afternoon following their an.
nual custom. A big tree In the cen
ter of their salesroom was laden with
gifts such as appeal to the eyes of the
red people and banked about It was
a large pile of sacked candies, nuts,
apples and other Christmas delicacies.
Dollar bills were sprinkled about over
the tree and were quite as attractive
as the gay shawls, blankets and ker
chiefs. The room was packed with
Indian men, women and children and
each received candy, nuts and fruit.
The more costly gifts were secured by
those lucky enough to draw the desig
nated numbers.
Wants special rood oonimlseJon.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. Repre
sentative London offered a resolution
for a special food commission con
sisting of the secretaries of agricul
ture, commerce and labor to ascer
tain whether the United States food
supply is sufficient. If Insufficient
he would declare an export embargo.
The xennte postofflee .committee fa
vorably reported the bill barring 11
uuor advertisements from dry states
malls.
CARRANZA FORCES GATHER FOR DEFENSE OF JUAREZ
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EL PASO, Tex.. Dec. 23. Despite
the fact that officials of Carranza pro.
feRK to believe that "Pancho" Villa,
the Mexican bandit, will not dare at
SANTA TO APPEAR IN PERSON
AT CHRISTMAS TREE TONIGHT
Everything is in readiness for Pen
dleton's annual municipal Christmas
celebration, which will be held to
night. Tha festivities will commence at
I to p. m, when a well trained chorus
of forty children will sing gay Christ
mas carols as they are borne through
the streets on a beautiful float.
The exercises at the Christmas tree
the corn(,r 0r Man .ni Alta streets
j wil. tart at 7;U wlth , drllI hy the
high school cadet corps and folk
dancing by the high school girls. Th
crowning event of the night will be
the arrival of Santa CI a us from tho
north. Old Bant a will be mounted In
RAISING OF GENERAL COUNTY SCHOOL
TAX WILL MEET STRONG OPPOSITION
IS BELIEF OF SUPERINTENDENT YOUNG
That the plan proposed by Princi
pal John Washburn of Milton to lower
the district school tax of the more
populous districts by raising the gen-
oral county scnool tax rrom one and
a half to four mills will encounter e
verul formidable obstacles when the
puliject Is Investigated Is the belief of
County Superintendent I. E. Younir.
He declared this morning that the
law forbidding the Increase of any tax
more than six per cent will prevent
either the legislature of the count?
court from making the proposed In-
crease unless the people at a special
election first authorize the Increase,
He points out that the convention of
directors ield In this city some months
ogo favored doubling the county per
capita school tax but that the county
court ran tip against this same ob
stacle.
Moreover, Supt. Young states that
the proposed plan, while it would re
duce the district taxes in most all of
the incorporated towns, would work
PENDLETON TEAMS SCORE DOUBLE
VICTORY IN GAMES WITH ATHENA
Itoih the boys and girls' basketball
teams were victorious last night In a
double header with Athena In that
city. The girls won easily, their ;
score being 39 to 7, but the boys had ;
I much hnrder time, only winnlna
!8 to 27.
The girls' game, which was played
first, proved to be a walkover for
Pendla'on. The whole Pendleton team
showed a great amount of fight, nev
er giving Athena a chance to gain the
advantage. The entire second team
was sent Into the game in the seconl
half and continued to hold the lead
acquired In the first half.
Alta Mentzer and Helen Nelson
proved the stars of the local team,
much of the credit of the large score
being due to them. However, the en
tire Pendleton team played up to top
notch form nnd showed Itself to be
a scrappy organization.
The boys' gimie proved to lie a
tempt an attack upon Juares. across
the border from this city, the Carran
2lstas are concentrating large forces
there. Rumors persist that Villa con-
a sleigh behind two real deer. HU
float la said to be one of the moat at
tractive and original ever seen here
Many busy hands have been tying up
1600 bags of candy and nuts and pre.
paring a like number of pop corn
balls tor distribution by Santa to the
children of the city.
To get a present each child must
have a ticket Parents of children
under school age can procure tickets
by calling at Alexander's store. Tick
ets have been given to the school chil
dren at the schools.
Main street beitween Alta and Court
streets will be roped off from traffic
from 6 o'clock until after the festivl
'ties.
to the financial disadvantage of the
taxpayers of fully two-thirds of the
districts. A four mill general school
tax would produce $25 per capita for
each pupil of school age in the coun
ty and this would give such districts
an Cayuse, Riverside and 113 on the
reservation seeral times the amount
of money required to, run their schools.
SupL Young states that there Is a
feeling in school circles that the pres
ent plan of distributing school funds
Is wrong. He states that the state de
partment is now working on a plan to
apportion the funds on the basis of
number of teachers employed and the
aerage dally attendance rather than
upon the number of children of school
age In a district. Such a measure was
drafted at the last legislature but was
htld over until 1917. As an evidence
of the Inequitable way the present sys
tem works, he points out that at pres
ent the Cayuse district draws money
for 76 children whereas there are .put
seven attending school.
rough, hard fought game In which
Pendleton hud the advantage In
weight, a great advantage in a rough
game. On tthe other hand, Athena
clearly had the Pendleton team out-
conditioned and throughout the last
half had the locals guessing as to the
"nai outcome.
Pendleton ilook the lead from the
first whistle and was never headed.
Throughout the first half the local
boys clearly had the advantage, they
leading at the end by the score of H
to I,
The hard pace began to tell on the
poorly conditioned Pendleton team
and the Athena team came within ar.
ace of winning.
The entire local iteam showed up
well, there being no player outclass
ing his teammate.
For Athena, Booker, the right
(Continued on Page 10.)
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'if
templates a dashlrig attack upon Ju
arer, even though e be compelled to
give It ud after capture, as was the
case when he captured Chihuahua
City, recently.
CHIHUAHUA ATTACK
IS nGJUH DENT
V illa Seeks to Eliminate Murgta After
Having Gained Twrreon In Short
fight Yeuterdaj. Q , "
EL PASO, Dee. 23. Americans con
nected with foreign enterprises escap
ed to Aguas Calientea before Villa cap
tured Chihuahua. It Is learned Villa
took the city easily. Government for
ces prepared to evacuate when the
bandits appeared. Following one clash
the Villlstas waited until the evacua
tion was completed and then entered
unopposed. General Salazar, Villa's
chief lieutenant. Is occupying a stra
tegic position south of Chihuahua.
There is continnous fighting between
Salazar and Murgla. Another attack
on Chihuahua is Imminent.
Military experts are watching Villa's
latest moves with keenest intere'-t.
Villa is strongest since Pershing enter
ed Mexico. He is smashing at Murgia's
force of twele thousand men, the
strongest Carranzista unit In north
ern Mexico.
If Murgla is eliminated Villa will
hold undisputed control of the north.
The occupation of Torreon paralyzes
all railroads and severs communicati
on with Mexico City. Torreon is the
center of a rich, populous district.
United States department agents
learned that Villa personally com
manded the Torreon troops. Other
reports said Villa remained at Jiml
nez directing he operations and com
manding the reserves. Villa controls
two hundred miles ef Mexican nation
al railway lines between Ortiz and
Chihuahua. He occupies Santa Ro
salia, Mapimi, Parral and Jimmlnex.
NFERNAL MACHINE
SENT TO ALBANY IN
ALBANY, Ore., Dee. 23. .lames
R. Mlsner received an Infernal
machine through the mall yes
terday, wrapped In Seattle and
Tjioonta papers. Mlsner oeiied
the outer lid and saw the second
lid was glued beneath and be
came afraid. He tied the box to
tree, attached fifty feet of wire
and ofiened it by IHilllug a cord.
The explosion blew a hole in the
street.
IDAHO LEGISLATURE
WILL BE DEMOCRATIC
BOISB, Dec. 23. For the first
time In 16 years the Idaho state leg
islature will be democratic In both Its
branches when lit convenes here Jan
uary 8.
Governor Alexander and democrat
ic party leaders plan a brief session,
terminating before the end of the CO
day period allowed by the constitu
tion. Enactment of Initiative and refer,
endum laws will be attempted at the
outset. A complete revision of ths
election laws- la also planned. Liberal
appropriations will be asked for good
road building.
KB IS
I GREATEST
1R HAILED
Postoffices Over Country afe
.Flooded With Traffic That
Breaks Previous Record by
25 PerCent.
ROAOS USE FAST FREIGHTS
Pontiiiajiter General Issue's Orders to
All Mail Superintendents to Put on
Extra Mall Handlers and Send Bills
to Railways.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. Millions
of pounds of mail are Inundating the
post offices. It is by twenty per cent
the biggest Christmas rush ever handl
ed. Every post office is affected.
Headquarters are receiving hundreds
of telegrams dally detailing record
traffic and severe obstacles impeding
deliveries.
Postmaster General Burleson order
ed all railroads to use fast freights in
an effort to catch up. He authorized
all mall superintendents to employ ex.
tra mall handlers and send the bills
to the railroads. The contracts force
the railroads to handle the malla
promptly and employ extra labor if
necessary.
Post office officials refused to esti
mate the mail volume. Chicago
handled over twenty one hundred tons
In three days. One Chicago mall order
house used sixteen thousand mail
sacks and paid twenty thousand dol
lars postage In one day.
Trains west of Buffalo were delayed
from twelve to twenty four houra
Many were forty eight hours late at
St. Louis.
WESTERN ROADS FACE
ENFORCED LAY OFF
DALLAS, Dee. 23. All rail
roads west or (iiicago face the
possibility of stopping or curtail
ing operations in event the coal
miners take their annual layoff
during the holiday season, accord
lng to a high Missouri, Kansas &
Texas railroad official.
PORTION OF DEMANDS
Federal Arbitration Board Gives Five !
Cents an Hour Increase to Conduc
tors and Ilclers From Today Un
til December 2. 1917.
NEW YORK. Dec. 23. The feder
al arbitration board has filed an
award in the federal court partially !
granting the switchmen's union of
North America's demands. The
sw itchmen asked thirteen eastern and
middle western railroads to pay time
and half overtime. The board grant
ed a five cents an hour increase to
conductors and helpers from today un
til December 23. 1917, with an eight
hour day and prorata overtime.
ENTENIE TO ANSWER
GERMANY IN 10 DAYS
1.MJV'.. L't-v. n. o"u.v-. -i
to the foreign office divulged that the; Wal emploves of the o-W Ft &
en'ente answer to Germany's peace (tovPnlI1K,m officials Say Secretary ; N. Co. are happy tod-iv over the Chrisi
proposals will probably not be deliv-1 mas o h Pu,fc
ered before ten days. President Wit-1 ,. ,,. .v.t.h ih.v ,,.,.l, ah
son's nenc note undoubtedly Is Par- s'reet FUktatlons Following His lem ,'" nltn tney " ""ar'" All
sons peace note unaoitDteoi is par I employes getting less than llsnn a
tially responsible for the delay. Th?y ; Two Interpretation. paf m a bm, p,1,IiVjl(.nt
stated the delay was chiefly due o ' :o a month's salary, tn giving these
the fact that all allies must exchange; W ASHINGTON. Dec. ;3.-Adinlnu-, i,,,,,,, , rnihmuX ,,.,,, ,,,
views before framing the answer. tration otttciaU said Secretary Lan-tha, ,nev hav, rn)ltytii m lmlaiW
The Globe suggested that mayba -lng would welcome representative ; ,rsl,erous vear vet realize that the
Hlison wro(e mo noie uremia w.
many threatened rut n less irigntrui-1
ne-ss unles the United States made i
a supretrie peace effort. It declared , tions following Lansing's two state
such an event would form a complete i ments interpreting Wilson's note.
explanation pf Wilson's note and
"Lansing's Indiscreet comment."
PARIS, Dec. 23. The French edl-1
tnrial comment almost unanimously
urged the allies to answer President
Wilson's not wh the same words
Lincoln used in rejecting European
Interference In the middle of the civ
il war. The Petit Parlslenne declared
the entente reply to Germany's pro
posals was nearly completed. It Is
Ipnfhv document listing the allies
grievances and citing the 'h'esvy" r1 !
sponsihilltle of German powers " '
FINAL PLANS ARE MADE
FOR ERECTION OF NEW
$30,000 THEATRE HERE
t
ALRM WATCH IS LATKST.
ST. PAUL. Minn., Dec 23.
4) The forget me not alarm watch.
wrtet or otherwise, is on the lo- 4)
4 cal market today. The watches 4
may be lipped into the pocket
or on the wrist, and are design-
ed to help folks tha don't get 4)
4 there on time.
II KILLED. 2 111I8I
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Jitnejr Driver Attempts to paws Port
land Strleet Oar at Comer "of 15U
and Washington.
PORTLAND, Dec. 23. Two per
sons lost their lives and two others
were Injured late today as the result
of a nlckef-fare automobile being
crushed beween two trolley cars In
the uptown business district. The
casualties:
Rev. Father Alexander Costelli,
chaplain of St. Vincent's hospital,
skull fracrtured, both legs broken, died
in hospital.
Mrs. J. J. Chambreau. hip broken.
Internal Injuries, died in hospital.
E. H. Savage, manager of an ice
rink, fractured skull, condition seri
ous. R. V. Holder, Pacific coast agent
Chicago and Northwestern railroad,
San Francisco, cuts and bruises.
Norman Myers, driver of the auto
mobile, was the only occupant of tha
automobile who escaped unhurt
Myers had been following a trolley
car, which halted at an Intersection.
Myers attempted to pass around to
the left, bat met another trolley car
coming from the opposite direction
He then attempted to stop and back
and his light automobile was caught
and crushed like an eggshell between
4he two trolley care.
ARABIC ORDINARY
PASSENGER SHIP
BRITISH GOVERXMEXT INFORMS
UNITED STATES VESSEL WAS
NOT IX ADMIRALTY SEIt
VICE WASHINGTOV
Iec.
23. The
British government Uiforme.i theiater completed and ready to open by-
state department the steamer Arabii
was not a transport and not In tlie
admiralty service., it was an ordinary
miiim Urn- .k -; i
uh0ut wflrning K g admHted sh,
earried a few gr.ivcronient passenger-i. cevllle and moving picture attractions
The state department announced i in between. Preliminary plans and
after the British note was received: I specifications have been made and
"The Rrith contend the Arabia wa ever'thing Is In readiness for the be
never in the admiralty service and ! sinninfr of work as 8o0n 88 tn 10--never
in the service of anv allied fln(' uonds are sold. These bonds will
power. A number of government I be "''eured by a first mortgage on the
passengers who were, aboard will belwhole Property and a guarantee ot
communicated with tater. It Is un-slx per cent l'v1dends will be given
derst iOd no Arties were aboard ex-1 The 30 0,10 valuation will include
cent an Indian native crew.. It wis!!he si,e- Gilding proper, arcade and
off the regular trade route on account ' furnishings. These furnishings will
of submarine danger." ! l" strictly modern. All of the down-
Germany adm'lted sinkW tlieita,r -eats win be upholstered in lea-
Arabia without warning, site claim.
ed Asiatic workmen and soldiers were
aboard. She aid the submarine mm.
munder believed the ship a transport.
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WELCOME TO LANSING
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m im wneiro-r government ductals!
profiled by the Wall street fluctua-
It Is stated officials will exercise
unusual care hereafter to prevent pre-
mature Information causing price up-
sets. The government officials ad
mittedly are worried over the fact
that knowledge of Wilson's note
reached Wall street before I's publi
cation. An Eight Pound Boy.
Early this afternoon an eish
uiid son was norn at tt Anthom s
hospital t
ton.
Mr and Mrs. Arthur H.it-
Proposed Building to be Locat
ed Just Back of Present
Temple Theatre, With Main
Street Entrance.
$10,000 BONDS TO SELL
oiiHiummation of Plans Depends Up
on Sale of Guaranteed Per Oral
Stock Promises are Virtually
Made rr All of It.
Coming as a Christmas contribu
tion to Pendleton is the announcement
today of a new 139,000 theater which
is to be built soon for the accommo
dation of road shows and vaudeville.
The proposed theater is to be built just
tack of the present Temple theater
and will have an entrance from Mala
street through the Temple building.
The consummation of the plans an
nounced is contingent npon the said
o: 110,000 worth of guaranteed six
per cent bonds. While promises have
virtually been made for the piscina; o(
all of the stock by local people who
ate Interested in seeing a modern
theater built here, the work will not
be commenced until the bonds are all
sold. Immediately after Christmas the
actual placing of these bonds will be
undertaken.
The undertaking is backed by Dr.
I. IT. Temple who has secured from
George Darveau a contract to buy the
lot back of the Temple building. The
plans call for a theater (8 feet by
110 in dimensions with a seating; ca
pacity of approximately 1000. Tha
stage will be 40 by 5- which will
make it large enough to accommodate
all of the large road shows. The fly
gallery will be 52 feet high. The the
ater will consist of a lower floor and
a balcony. The lower floor will be oa
the street level with an incline pro
vided by excavation. A full basement
will be built and the dressing rooms
and steam- heating plant will be undat
the stage.
The building will be of concrete ex
cept the west wall which will be the
present brick back wall of the Tem
ple building. It is the Intention ts
build an operating room for moving
picture machines and this. too. will
be of concrete, making the fire risk
very small.
A wide arcade, illuminated and at
tractive, will lead to the theater
through the Temple building, and the
room now occupied by the Temple
Theater wil lbe used for a mercan
tile house. The south wall between
the arcade and the store room will be
largely of plateglass permitting the
rtore to exhibit displays of merchan
dise to theater-goers. The other wall
will be of tile.
It Is the intention to have the the-
Ma' 1917- Welch & Mead, the
i Present proprietors of the Temple
Theater, will be the proprietors of the
new theater and thev nlan to book
first class road shows and to run vau-
thar anl th draperies and stage set
tings will match.
Pendleton's location makes It an
ideal place for big shows to stop in
making the trip from Salt Lake to
Portland. Being on the main line.
! the city offers a much better Induce
ment than does Walla Walla, an 1
the one big obstacle to shows stopping
here has been the lack of an up-to.
date theater.
l:llr.u.H llm ll.,.
cost of liUim has mounted also.
llad lighting Jag.
Officer Billy Scheer lust night ar
rvsted a man who gave the name of
Webb who had acquired a "fighting
Jag." The man put up a scrap and It
took four men to land him In jail. 1I
was still bellicose In court this morn
ing and drew a li) day sentence.
Partition Suit Filed.
Lula Schwari hits brought suit
asalnst Magdalene Louis Htahl Hi hi
kora. and other heirs of Catherine K.
Stahl to secure a partition of th
property left In tha nut Kvuns and
Waison of Wnlla Walls. r attorney
for the plaintiff