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COUNTY iCIAL PA PES
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
NO. 9002
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1916.
VOL. 28
GERMANY PROPOSES A CONFERENCE OF ALL BELLIGERENTS
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OFF
Five Vessels on Their Way to
Aid of Maryland Reported to
be in Serious Danger.
ENGINE ROOM IS FLOODED
roast Guard llrst lcwaU'lics
Khii to Succor and 1-au-r
Revenue Cutter Grwhani to
cucrs.
Four
Adda
lies
NEW YORK, Dec. 20 The
steamer Maryland Is reported
sinking a hundred and fifty miles
off Kandy Hook arcordliuf. to
wireless messages. Four vessels
arc on tlielr way to lier aid. Tlio
wlrt'lci eiiirtiicruoms were rapid
ly bring flooded.
WASHINGTON'. lXv. 20. Si
serious dues the coast guard t
vice consider the condition of the
Maryland thitt tlie revenue cutter
Greshani luw lieen adiled to the
four hl already font to her uld.
SNAllliSE IN
FUND IS EXPLAINED
tfUIIKV V- --
ttTtarn Moneys of Ktunrla Vnnd In
Itank In Order to Have Ortn t.t
Flitht Tlireatened Move to Dlveit
Endowment.
In making hi annual report as
trustee of the Sturgi fund, Judge.
Jamoo A. Fee indulge In me point
ed pleamntriea that makes the report
anvthing but dry and prosaic.
For Instance In explaining why th
fund has not earned more during tho
past year, he state, he felt onlige.i
to call In certnln lonns and to hold
the money In the bank In case he
should need It In a fight to prevent
the endowment fund from being di
verted rrnm the purpose" Intended b
the donor. The responsibility for the
failure of the fund to earn more dur
ing the year, he snvs. he divides w th
the ronnjy emtrr. Commercial asso
ciation, women-' rliila. I'marllla cottf
ty tihrnrlan. the Oregon legislature
and diverse and sundry other Indi
viduals and corporations who all
wanted n hand In the management of
the fund
lie concludes with the statement
that. Inasmuch a.s tho Commercial
club now claims ownersh'-p of th
fund, he will not, as trustee, buy nn?
more hooks with the enrnlnes of the
fund until the association hns estno
llshed Its title or tinle's he feels able
to prm'ect the fund.
"It hns been suggested, he nd'M
facetiously, "that If the Commercial
association Is denied the privilege ot
using the money as a 'smok'ng fund'
the cemetery comml'tee will probably
lav claim tn lt."
The report shows that the Sturg's
fund now nmounts to J17.2H4.62. Its
value on April 11, 1!4, at the det i
of Col. lloyd. the other trimtee. was
$7,357.66. The Incron'e up until Dec.
an! mis, was $901!.:w-
UTAH HAS 24 INCHES
SNOW IN 24
SALT LARK. Deo. 20. rec
ord snowstorm In the history of
I (jih In racing. More than twenty
four Inches of snow fell In 21
hour. All trains are late. It U
twenty four Im'Iow wm lit Modriia.
t.ivck Clin' on Trial.
The case of "Peter (iunas and
Ceorge Zographos vs. Peter Ouniboria
to cause the defendant to give an ac
counting of his handling of the fund
of th store of the plaintiff at Rleth
Is being tried before Judge Phelps to
day. Plaintiffs are being represent
ed by Fee A Fee and defendant by
Frederick Steiwer.
Echo Couple Married.
A marrluge license was Issued this
morning to Fred Markham and Edith
r.raxflfld, both of Echo, and they were
married Immediately afterwards by
Justice of ths Peace Joe H. Parkes.
lie
SANDY
LAWSON IS INVITED TO
TELL ALL HE KNOWS OF
LEAKS AT WASHINGTON
Chairman Henry of Rules Com
mittee Asks Financierto Make
Good on Boasts of Inside
Information.
WOODS RESOLUTION CARRIED
Declaration la Admitted to Have Ail
ed at Spur to Carry I nit Out Pnipos
al Which Wotdd Otherwise Have
Died Nutural Death.
WASHINGTON. Dee. 26.- Chairman
Henry of the house rules committee
to which the Woods Investigation res
olution was referred today extended
Thomas Lawson a formal invitation tu
tell all he knew, and prove thera was
"always u leak" In Important gov. rn
inent moves at Washington.
Wood said: "Lawson brags
he is aware through underground
i hannels of the government's plans.
That Itself Is sufficient to justify the
report that my resolution for an In
vestigation should he begun immedi
ately. Henry admitted Lawson's de
claration was a spur in carrying out
the resolution which otherwise would
have died a nutural death.
LOST $18,000 BROOCH
IN THE OPERA HOUSE
Hut It Wa Found Ik-fore Mrs. W.
Watts Sherman Realised It Was
Gone.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26 For three
I arts of "11 Trovatore" last nigni a um-
irh and pendant, which ft
...v - ' "
Jeweler Hppralsed at about $1S,000 lay
unclaimed in the box office of the
Metropolitan opera house. It had
been picked up on a stairway leading
to the Oolden Hornesnoe d l.. i
Ktmnett and given to an usher, who
wth flna,ed eyes turned it In.
Kvery Jewery expert in the house
KTUtl,pd tne opportunity to bask In
,h) Mnccutomed rays, and to won-
,,,.r hy the pendant portion of the
jlwe wrth alone perhaps IS.OOU
hhl)U)(1 De fmtened to the brooch pro-
tier by a bit of string.
As the wonder grew two men ap
pealed and announced that Mrs. V
Watts Sherman, oeeuping Box No.
was wondering what had become
of her diamond ornament. Tlien the
Treasurer, Mr. twis. went to the box
anil Mrs. Sherman Identified the ar
ticle The box office group had no
tied that one diamond was missing
from the brooch, and an usher hunted
fr II He found it on a stairway and
appeared with it just as Mrs. Sh.t
lu.in pronounced the brooch hers. She
took th - names of both ushers.
1,M)S DROWN l SMH'till.
SNOHOMISH. Dec. 2. The ImmIIcs
of Paul nrenlcT. acctl ftMirteen. and
WalK-r .lohiison. flftwn. were found
In a slough near here. They went a-iim-liig
Sunday.
COUNT VON BERNSTORFF
WAS.-IlNGToN, Dec. 26. Count
von llernstorff. the German ambassa
dor, has Informed Secretary of Sta'e
Lansing that Germany stands ready to
give the entento allies a full statement
of her peace terms. Such term, tha
ambassador seated in a visit to Secre
tary Lansing, will be tendered If a
request for them Is made. It is said
that the allied embassies have advised
their home governments not to return
flat refusals of the peace proposal for
the sake of neutral opinion.
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RIETH ROBBER GETS
Put MclMinakl and J. Ilaniel lx)-e
125 In Co'n. Valuable Jewelry and
1ot hi rut to Extent of $75.
(East Oregonlan Special.)
RIETH, Dec. 26. Sunday evening
between 7 and 8 o'clock a burglar en
tered the car occupied by Pat Mc
Donald and J. Hamel us sleeping
quarters and ransacked a. 'trunk an 1
suit case, securing about $125 in cash
beside valuable Jewelry and wearing
upparel to the extent of about $75.
Deputy .Sheriff Kslea has been work
ing on the case today with some suc
cess and arrests may he made at any
moment.
FIIIPESI IS TAKEN
AFTER BITTER BATTLE
Teutons Retained to (Mntrol All Ifcl
rudju; Iteverses Are Suffered iu
' Kngugrmcnt In Egypt.
BBH1.1N, via Suyville. Dec. 26.
The official sratement said: Flllpesl
had been captured. Fifty five hun
dred Russians have been made pris
oners during the last, few days' fight,
ing on the Wallaoh an plain on the
edge of the mountain south of Rlmni
cus&rat According- to unofficial ad
vices all Dobrgflja Is now in the
hands of the Teutons. Bridgehead po- j
strlons on the Danube where It forms ;
the border of Reaaurabta are being
pounded.
UOXDON, Dec. 26. The practical
destruction of the enemy's forces In
an engagement Saturday at Mara,bah
Egypt la announced by the war office
today. Thirteen hundred and fifty
prisoners were taken.
PARIS, Dec. 26 official reports
tell of active ar'illerylng In the Lc
1ilnn region on the Somme Christ
mas. RERUN. Dei'. 26. The repeated
repul.-e of Hrltl.-h patrols is reported
In today's official statement of the
western front. ArMllery activity la In
creasing in the Ypres sector.
CHICAGO MARKET
CONTINUES STRONG
1 CHICACO. Dec. 26. (Special to
the East Oregonlan I Halite of pri
ces today:
Open. Hih. Low.
l'ec. $1.60 1.621 $1.5
May $1.69V $ 1.72 H $1.67
Close.
$1.59
$1,68 1,
Portland.
I PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 2'i. (Speci
al) Merchants Exchange bids today;
Club. $1.40; hluestem. $1.44.
Princess flilmny s Dead.
CHICAOO. Dec. 26. The Princesj
Chimny is dead. In Padua. Italy. She
wax the beautiful dara Ward, dauch
ter or Eber 11. Ward, millionaire
shipbuilder of Detroit. Though for
years she was known all over ithe
world for her escapades, her death
was so olwrure that the American
consul had to be requested by the
state department to verify it.
The news of her death was receiv
ed by Calvin FontresB, treasurer of
T.von f'.arv Co. In a cable from
Padua which said:
"Clara
dead.
Votif,- familv Cub-
salota.''
Cassalota was the last of
her
many husbands. Her relatives in
America have never seen him. Sbo
left no will and It to not known ho
much of her once large fortune re
main'. Her affair with Rigo. the
Hungarian violinist, was a sensa
tion the time.
MIDDLE WEST IS IN
GRIP OF STORM DIG
CHICAGO, Dec. 5 Sleet
storms delayed wire traffic In
the northern tier of the middle
western staite. Iowa Is practi
cally Isolated from telegraphic
communication. Wisconsin.
Minnesota and the Dakotas are
affected.
BAKER ORDERS LEWIS GUN CONTROVERSY TO CEASE
MADE TO NOTE
ii: n. J OF PRESIDENT
TESTING THE LEVIS
This photograph
shows United 1
States army officers inspecting
the i
famous Lwis machine gun. This gun
was offered to the United States and
:T
TO
For the purpose of heading off an
alleged move which has for its obJec -
tlon that it will take the control of the
Pendleton public library from the city.
members of the city library board have
filed articles of Incorporation with
the secretary of state. At least that
Is the purpose as explained by on6
of the members whose signature ap
pears on the articles.
A copy of the articles of incorpora
tion is now on file with the county
clerk. The authority for this action
was not voted In any meeting of the
library board but was taken with the
acauiesence of a majority of the mem
bers, according to one of the mem
J hers. The Incorporators ate Mrs.
' Margaret Colesworthy. vice-president.
Mrs. Ja. H. Gwlnn, secretary. C. P.
I Strain, treasurer. D. D. Phelps. E. J.
Sommerville. A. J. McAllister and Rose
j M. Fee. all members of the present
board. The name of Mrs. Llna II.
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LBRAR
MOVE
ROME HEARS GERMANY HAS NAMED
HER SPECIFIC IERMS FOR PEACE
(JOHN HARLEY.)
ROME. Dec, 26. According to re
port here Germany has handed the
neutrals a sealed packet contains
the specific terms on which she Is
willing to make peace. It was Instruct
ed that, only they be forwarded to the.
I enemies answering the peace proffers
-inrt Bctunltv remiesttna? terms. Other
'wise thev were to be returned. Th -
British and French war review letters
will be released on the twenty-seventh
The report declared In case the note
was submitted to the pope Germany
had permitted him to read the secret
POSTAL RECEIPTS FOR XMAS
SEASON JUMP 50 PER CENT
Pendleton's postal receipts for the
hrlstmas season this year will aggre
gate almost SO per cent more man
for the same season laat year. At
the same time the Incoming mail was
much heavier than ever before, thus
furnishing evidence of the generally
prosperous condition of the country.
Complete figures on the local re-
celpta have not yet been compiled but j were delivered about the city yester
Lester Cronln. assistant pwtmaater, ! day and on Sunday,
has umed up the business for 1$ : For other mail patrons were re
duvs of the month. These days show quired to go to the office.
MACHINE GUM-
rejected ana ano k -
th Rrltlsh ana (janauiau iniu".
Secretary of War Baker,
assuming
fun responsibility for the action of
'the war department In rejecting the
T.
Sturgis, chairman of the board, does
not appear, and she states she had
j no knowledge of the plan to lncorpor-
As explained by one of the mem
bers today, they had heard that the
Umatilla county delegation in the leg
islature has promised to work for the
passage of a bill which would place
the control of the Pendleton library
in the hands of a board consisting of
the members of the county coun "
one person appointed by the city. Be
ing incorporated will also permit the
board, he said, to bring action to re
cover books belonging to the city.
One of the articles specifically states
that the corporation shall not have
the right or power to enter into an?
agreement for runnine or operating
the city library as a Joint library with
anv other individual or corporation.
Continued on Page 8. )
list of concessions and demands. There
was no comment from the Vatican on
this report or the official view of the
suggestions in President Wilson's
note. It is admitted Italian official
dom is puzzled over the American
sugies.ton considering there is some
, d.plomatic secret oenind
- The pre.-9 continued i s s.peiu,au
' over Wilsoti's er
l-ll.....- e.., an. f.lllTHl POlinT.
I.,.. , . . ,t i i-.-ta ranirwitr from int'
. . I
belief the note was inspired by Lan
ins's pro-Germanism to the possibil
ity this as the first step
ca's en'ering the war.
to .nier'
a heavy ga n over bust year and if the
same ratio i maintained throughout
the month a 50 per cent gain will be
shown.
Though an enormous amount of
mall was received at the local office
It has all been worked out and the
only mall remaining at the office U
that in boxes or waiting at the gen
eral delivery. Parcels pout packages
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OPPOSITI
NTC FLM STCMO
gun, dlreofs that the controversy am
ong' army officers, led by General
Wood on one side and General Crozier
chief of ordnance, on the other, shall
cease.
NAVY DEPARTMEJIT RCTJSG
ELIMINATES OHIO CITIES
FROM ARMORPfcATE PLANT
Proposed Institution Cannot
crted Nearer Than 200
Coast or Great Lakes.'
Ba Lo
Miles to
WASHINGTON, Des. 26. A ruling
of the navy department that the pro
posed eleven million dollar govern
ment armorpla'e plant should not b
located nearer than .two hundred
miles to the coast or great lakes ellm
lnateed all Ohio cities with the ex
ception of Ironton, Senator Harding
said today.
MRS. ?. STA-iCrtER.
THE MAYOR OF UMATILLA Jj
& sm 1
! I
Ii I f v v 11
; N
I In the we-t end of the county, h,.-r
Mm. E. E. St.ircher was not only1"' fr"'" "' "' ' h""'
elected mayor of Umatilla Ore but "f b"f h"'e U"n fl""',""1 0"'re ttr'
she hart to .(efei h.r k...h.'.-. i nut more than luwi feeders this ear.
...... uut-.Miiiij in win.;
Me had the temerity to run on the on-
position ticket, and the women of the
city for women vote in Oregon
Just rose up and swatted him an I
many other male candidates. Four
women were eleated to the city coun
cil; another was chosen recorder, and
another became treasurer. "I am for
a rigid enforcement of the law and
lower expenses of government," said
Mrs. Mayor when she was asked alumt
her policy
till. BEPtY
Sees in Immediate Exchange
of Views the Most Appro
priate Road to End Present
Struggle.
PROMISES HEARTY SUPPORT
TO PERMANENT PEACE EFFORTS
Dcciarca Germany Will He IUdf
Willi Pleasure to Collaborate With
V. S. When Moment Arriye-OUl
SiiKire--Jjna of WWrn High Minded.
liUUJN, Dw. 2. ieriuanf
in a formal note of reply to pres
ident Wilson's note banded Am
bassador Gerard t.day prupoMes a
mooting of deiiates from all bet-ligerent-i.
The note hinta that "the great
work of prevention of future wars
can only oonunetwe after tne end
of the present struggle. When
this moment arrives Germany to
ready with pteatmre to collaborate
entirely with the Vnited State la
the exalted task."
The test follows: "The high
minded suggestions made by the pres.
ident of the United States to create
a basis of establishment for peac
have, been received and considered by
the Imperial government in the aun -friendly
spirit which is expressed In
the communication. It points out
what he had in his heart and leave
the road open.
"To the Imperial government the
immediate exchange of views to th
most appropriate road to the desired
result. Therefore it begs. In the same
sense its declaration of December 11
in which it offered to hand In peace
negotiations to propose a meeting of
delegates of all belligerents at a neu
tral place. Also the government is
of the opinion the work of prevention
of future war can commence only aft
er the present struggle is ended. Ger
many is ready when this moment
comes, to collaborate with the Unltel
States in the exalted task."
The note is couched with the usual
diplomatic poli'eness.
( Robert Pender. )
WASHINGTON. Dec 26 Tasty ex
animation of Germany's reply led one
foremost administration official to
slate his belief the allies would not be
s.:tifid to meet the Teutonic propos.
al. He eheld that Germany directly
dodged the reuutst of the United
States for something stecit'lc In the
v hv of peace terms.
ST0CK1EN ARE WEIL
PROVIDED WITH FEED
Verv I'evv Cattle Are lui nit fattened
lien' This Year: Sheepmen SuitpUcd
With Feed for Hands I'nlow Winter
Should he Very Abnormal.
With very few cattle beiiu fed in
this county this winter un-.i wsth she.-p-meu
well provided with, tied for th.- r
bands mere is said to be little dan
ger of any feed shoriuve In this vicin
ity eicn should there be a haid win
ter. The most pronounced feature of th
livestock situation in I'tn-itill.t county
at present is the reroaratdv small
number of beef cattle mi led. mi
the c.tulertan r.unii on Itir h -re-k
Kre-1 Itunii is feedin :wn h.-.n! of leet
and Wright & W nn are feeding u
Dm lo.al on (lie old U-u K;.Imi.;h
place on McKay. These are said "
be th- oi,l lots I.e. ii.' fed in thi ii
, cinit .
according to the estimate of M. It.
Yates of this city. The cattle being
fed In the Echo-Stanfb-ld country are
mostly held by the packing houses and
are not fed by Individual farmers or
stockmen. The high price .if hay
caused most farmers to sell their hr
thu year.
At present there Is little hav b.-ln
sold as most tockmen are supplied
f..r am thing except a verv af.ii.n u.il
season
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