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DAILY EVE1IING EDITI01I TO ADVERTISERS WFTIIKH T'MiKhf an,! We lncsd i rmi or SHOW. nl Iwta. Maximum temperature 41; mini mum, 34; rainfall. 14, wind. H" very light; tfalht, cloud)-. be Eaat Oregonlmi has the largest bona fide and guaranteed paid circulation of any paper Id Oregon, eaat of Portland aud by tar the largant circulation Id l'eudletos of any newapauer. iiiirs.iiiiiilPiila'.w iii CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEB VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1917. NO. 9008 ' DAILY EVEM1HG EDITIOII Y WAR TO II LAST OUNCE NOW SAYS GERMANY ON RECEIPT OF ALLIES PEACE REFUSAL! Press and Public Unite in De claring Only Answer to Note Must be Made by Force of Arms. ALL PEACE HOPES DISPERSED Bitter Denunciation Made In All Quar. U-n; Dcxiaml Insanity for Eurolx to Bleed to Death, But Only Way Seen; Not Not H evolved Until Tuesday, (CARL ACKBBMAN.) BH1RL1N, Jan. 2. Berlin peace hopes have been dispersed. Now It la war to the last ounce of blood. The allies' note la not deserving of a writ ten rejoinder. That's the summary of the Berlin, press opinion and It typifies the opin ion of tha man in the streets. It Is apparently the unanimous decision Germany's only answer to the allies' rejection of peace must be by force of arms undor Htndcnburg'a leadership The editors are more bitter In the denunciation of the ententes than the printed editorials. One of these writ ing for the Lokal Anieiger was asked what Germany would do. He replied; "Hold out. It's Insanity that Eu. rope must bleed to death, but ths al lies' refuse peace. Only one reply can come that from our armies. Iet Hindenburg answer." The German public read the text uf the note Tuesday. The dissipation of the three weeks' peace hopes there for did not occur until after tne cel ebration of New Years. This year's celebration was every bit as gay last. , Gerard has not received the official text for transmission to the German foreign office. The Lokal Annegier reflects In bitterness. It said; "It la surprising how ten men can sign a document with no foundation, frivolous, and constituting the lost kernel of truth. We can not see the world full of devils. Let everyone In Germany do their utmost so they do not succeed. STONE IS WITH PROFITING BY ML STREET LUX ('liairmuii of Porelgn UclaUons Com mine, Ita'iiicn Allocation: Bill Is Introduced for tlie Hogulatlon the stock r.xi hanite. of WASHINGTON. .Ian. 2. Chair man Stone of the senate foreign relations committee denied the charges that lie profited by the leak to Wall street. He liranded Ijtwson as a disgusting a. WASHINGTON. Jan. 2. Chairman Henry Introduced bill for regulation of the stock ex ehaiiKe. after a two hour confer rnrv with Thomas W. Iawwm. . . .WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. Rep iwntatlve Knicmon of Ohio, In troduced a resolution for the ap IMilntnient of three representatives and three senators to Investigate the lwson charge. Admitting that, seeret found their way nut of the state, depart ment Stone blamed the present system of civil service. NO KTItlKK VOTK TAKF.X. CI,iai0IiAM. Jan. 2. No strike vote Is being taken as far ns is known, and no vote will Im taken pending the action of the supremo court on tlie Adumson law. President Is-e of the Brother hood of Trainmen said. COSTS $37,000 TO KILL A SOLDIER SAN FRANC! WO, Jan. 5. It costs thirty seven thousand dollars to kill a soldier nnd thirty five hundred to wound one In the European wnr, according to General Fukuta, Japanese, who Is In Ran Francisco enroute to Japan after visiting all the fighting fronts. He compiled the figures In Paris and Petrngrad. DIANS IN COUNCIL Sentiment on Proponed Distribution Is Divided; Strong KBHiciit of Pull Bloods Oppose Assignments to Mfcicd Blood children. Several hundred Indiana of the Lmatllla reservation are gathered in i council at tha agency this afternoon to express their view on the propos ed plan to allot the 75,000 acres ot tribal lands on the reservation among the children of the present allottees. The council was called by Supt. K. L, Swartzlander In order to get their opinions as a guide to the department at Washington. The superintendent has prepared two petitions, one for allotment and one against, which h will present allottees. They may sign either or neither. Sentiment on the proposal Is di vided. Most of the mixed bloods favor the plan and some of the full-bloods. However, there Is a strong element of the full-bloods, said to be headed by Captain Sumpkln and Poker Jim. who are opposed to it. Particularly are they opposed to making any al lottmems to mixed-blood children At present there are about BOO full-blood and 600 mixed bloods listed on the reservation. Between 400 and 500 Indians gath ered at the agency this morning anil the council opened at 1. TO CULVER City Is Advised to Isn OMirt Keltic Unlit OvT Balding of Ooiuity Itee ords by Hiens of Madras. SALEM, Jan. 2. Governor Withy combe has refused to send the militia to Culver to retrieve for the town tho. county records forcibly removed by Madrhs yestifday In the Jefierhon county seat fight. Sheriff Hlark ap pealed for thi militia. Assistant At torney General Van Winkle advised that the courts should settle. BANKS MI ST ItKPoUT. WASHINGTON, .lull. 2. The ociiipirollcr of the currency has lucl a call for the condition of bunks at the close of biilm, on IHcciiiIkt 27. WORE HONORS FOR JOFFRt GENERAL JOFFRE . The French government has dc elded to raise General Joffre to the dignity of Marshal of Frame In rceognlllon of his eminent ser vices to the country. A decree nomlnatitiR him will b submitted for the ratification ot Parliament as soon as possible. The title ot Marshal of France has fallen Into disuse since the establishment of tlie Third Kepubllc. A bill lo 1873 regulating the army grades, re tained the rank, but specified that the conditions under which It could be conferred should bs fixed by a supplementary bill. That bill, how eyer, baa never been proceeded trtth. T. u. !Ui (, I t 1 r' . i ftpHREE NEW COUNTY OFFICIALS Top picture .1 V the left, Miss Grace Gilliam, county treasurer; at the right, Roscoe I. Keator, new district attorney of Umatilla county; bottom, R. T. Brown, county clerk. ? . ') i f . i ' i ( ! - . i 1 ! j ' i t ! I U- j GRAND JURY TAKES OF MANY CRIMINAL MATTERS TODAY District Attorney It 1. Keator. wh ) took his oath of office today, found a tak cut out for him the very first day of his term. The grand Jury convened this morning to consider the criminal matters which have ac cumulated Miice. the last session and the new district attorney Is engaged in presenting the evidence to this Jury. There are s number of criminal cases pending. The four men who re. cently broke jail, two of whom havj been recaptured, will be doubtless be indicted. William lingers, the color ed man who ...hot "llig Jack" Jack.-oti anil Deil null Julia Shilts ure also held pending the act:on of the grand jur . It h understood there will he several original matters investigated by the Jury also. SELLS L 10 IS Because he did not take the piecau- tiuu of acquainting himself with the lace of Chief of Police Gurihme, Jack Archer this morning found it neces enry to pleud guilty to a charge of bootlegging and accept a sentence of $ 100 fine and So days In Jail. In hi zeal to muke the big profits from the Illicit selling of liquor, Archer actually sold a half gallon of whisky to the police chief. Archer has had his station at a boarding house at 206 We-t Webb street and ha. been carrying on hii I traffic through agents most of the i time, according to the police. Learn ing that Archer had been inquiring as i to what kind uf a looking man Chief i Gurdune Is. the chief decided to seek I evidence himself. He secured another I man to take him to Archer's room and introduce him as Jftnerchiuit. Negotiations were opened hi mice. Archer asked six dollars a quart for his liquor. "Seems to nie that's a pritty stlf.' price." said the chief. "It's J. pretty stiff chance I'm tak in K. too,' said the bootlegger. The orficer agreed that It was and closed the deal by paying II J for a half gallon Jug. His relations with his victim grew so friendly that the latter loaned him a grip to carry his booty away and hold him if he wanted any more booxe to call on Saturday. When the officer had his jug In ths grip and was ready to go, he took Archer by the arm and gently advised him to come along also. "Who In the blankety blank are you. anyway?" said the astonlshd captive. "I'm a government man." said the chief and escorted Archer to the po IQUOR BOOTLEGGER ' . 1 t f , PHOKNIX, Jan. 2. Arizona has two governor two executive officers and will soon have two staffs of offi cials. This situation will continue until Thursday, said attorneys. Gov emoNeleet Campbell and Hunt hav reached an agreement by application to the supreme court preparatory for a writ to oust Hunt. It can not be made before Thursday. Campbell said "There has been no violence sanctioned. I will pro ceed according to law as it Is a re freshing example to have a governor who obeys the laws.'' UP CONSIDERATION The January term of court opens next Monday and the following is the tentative docket January 8 Matilda Wodruff vs. O. W. Carpenter. January g Pendelton Auto Co. v T B. Gurdane. January 9 Herman Neuner vs. H. A. Barrett. January 9 R. H. Lund vs Llllie Miller. January 10 Mary Evans vs. city of Pendleton. January 11 V. C Lidvall vs. Geo. A. Bobbins. January 12 Smythe Bros., vs. Tom Shelal. January 15 State of Oregon V5 Guy Hayes. January 1 Herbert A. Cook vs. C. W. Kirk. POLICE CHIEF, lice station where he turned him over to Officer Scheer. It was not until this morning that Archer learned thit he had sold his w hisky to the chief of police. Then he wilted and pleaded guilty. The officers declare Archer had been receiving shipments In several different towns of the county. P. H. S. TO DROP OF DEBATING LEAGUE ! The local high school debating teams have decided to drop out of the j Oregon debuting league owing to the fact that several of the members will drop out of school with the ending or the semester. The teams were to have debated on the 10th of this month and were studying hard on the debate, but as the teams could not have contested farther on account of the ending of the semester, they thought it advisable to drop out and devote all of their time N to public speaking. Pendleton's dropping out of the league will only leave five Cmatilla towns In the H ague and it Is probable that others mar drop out before the first debate. The main cause for the dropping out of many of the teams, has been the trouble In preparing the i hard question and the failure to se cure suitable reading material. QUICKLY BACK7M OF F .NT OF IRODro PREPARE EOR WITHDRAWAL V.I, PASO, Jan. 2. That pre iwraliims are already under way in the supply department of tlie army for the withdrawal of Pershing's e.vieIition army from Mexico, was tlie statement of of ficers. Ail property clerks at every point on the border were ordered to proceed to Columbus. Duty clerks have started a cheek to make a record of ail the equip, ment starting Into and returning from Mexico. ALLIES TO OUTLINE AMBITIONS IN REPLY Bussia Would Out Turkey from Eu roie and Obtain Dardcnelles; Italy After Tyrol and Istria; Frani Wants Lost provinces of AWaoe Iiorraine. (ED L. KEEN.) LONDON, Jan. 2. There Is In creasing belief that In reply to Presi dent Wilson's note the allies will have the oportunlty, after Germany's indefinite proffer and reply to Am erica, to put Potsdam at a disadvan tage. The allies' answer, probably the same as that to Germany, will be Is sued in Paris England and France. They are said to have agreed on a joint draft, now before the other en tentes. Their approval of the note will be handed Ambassador Sharp. The British press hopes the note ill be a clear statement of the terms on which the allies will consider peace negotiations. England is convinced the allies' starvation blockade and Germany's apprehenslveneas of defeat on ths western front in the spring have com bined to Inspire Berlin's peace pro posals. It is pointed out that the terms waived much that Germany would have demanded a year ago. The joint reply to America from the allies will probably subscribe to the Bussian Frank ambition to oust Turkey from Europe, obtain the Dar. danelles, the Italian ambitions for TtoI and Istria and the French am bitions to regain the provinces of Al sace and Lorraine. ASK TO BE SENT HOMK. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. A petition was received by Representative Church of California from seventy nine of the eishty five members of Company A. California Engineers who ask to be sent to their homes. VILLA IN DRIVE TAKES SAN LUIS POTOSI 4s ra . i I StATES cHftUMUA M H XJI C O -: ASUASS CAUENTES i 1 0 tOO Tlie strategically important city of San Luis I'otosi was rar tared by Francisco Villa on Christinas Day, according to authentic reports just received at El Paso, Texan, by government agents and confidants of the bandit chief. The fall of the city marks anoiber important advance by Villa toward his objective. Tampion, where he will have a seaport and rich oil wells to levy on for funds. No details of the capture are available, but grave fears are felt for the American refugees who fled Torreou for San Luis IVtosi when Villa captured the former place. The accompanying map show s Juarez, Chihuahua City, Torrww, Apias Calientes, San Luis PoUksi aud Tauipko. the line of Villa's wintf to the tr"' J " t u .' CONGRESS IS STEP AGAINST GERMANY CLUB BIDS NOW $1.45 PORTLAND 'HlfAGO Jan. 2. (Specia Last On Ionian i Range of today; to the prices Open. High. Low. Close. May 11.77 ll.lHi J1.75H II. SO July 11.44 II. 47 11.43 1.46 Portland. PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 2 (Speci al) Club 115; bluestem 11.56. HEAVY SNOWFALL .North and l a-t Ends of County Visit ed by Big Storm and High Wind That Piles l'p Enormous Drifts. Though a chinook and warm rain has almost entirely melted, the snow in and about Pendleton, other paJU of the county were visited with a dif ferent brand of weather. In the mountains there has been a heavy snowfall during the past two days and in the north and ea&t ends of the county a hard windstorm yesterday piled up the snow in great drifts blocking traffic for a time on both rail and highway. The weather moderated in Pendle ton yesterday morning and before noon a rain began falling. During the day.07 of an inch fell and today the precipitation has been just dou ble that amount. Between Athena and Weston yes terday the wind piled the snow in such a drift that one of the Walla Walla-Pendleton trains was stuck for several hours. The road has been cleared today, however, It is report ed that from Adams on the highways are piled five and six feet deep with snow in some places, making auto traffic out of the question. The roal is clear between here and Adams. Cp about Meacham and KameU snow fell steadily all day yesterday, according to reports brought down by trainmen. It was exceedingly cold, also. The snow is reported six feet deep at Kamela. However, the rail road has been kept clear by the rota ries and No. 17 came in almost on time today. No. g did not get in un til 11:30 this morning. A report from Ukiah this morning suited that it had snowed about a foot since yesterday. The fact that the rain has not been general has prevented the river from rising a great deal. BBKWFBV SOLD AT AlCTION. SAN ANTONIO. Jan. 2. The Lone Star Brewery Company was sold at auction for violating the state law by contributing to political campaigns. It brought six hundred thousand. Banker Frank Groce was the pur chaser. If JY I TED 4'5 rcrrusi 700 300 Q X'.Zt MEXICO BLOCKS TRAFFIC SOUGHT IN Interpretation Placed on Pres idents Conference With Chairman Stone Last Night; Will be Asked to Give En dorsement to Note to the Belligerents. STATEMENTS ARE WITHHELD Some Sources Believe President. Fear In an rprlalng In CongrrM On Secret Diplomat;? Desired to Hold Off .Move. WASHINGTON, jau. 2. The senate has refnsed to vote an endorsement yet. Lodge thought longer consideration was need ed. The house this afternoon re fused an endorsement of the peace note. (J. P. Toder.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 2 Congress may soon vote an endorsement of President Wilson's note to the belli gerents, with its implied threat of a diplomatic break. whlch many be lieve means war, should Germany re sume unbridled submarining In event the peace maneuvers fall. This interpretation is placed on Wilson's conference with Chairman Stone last night. It said Stone was commissioned to sound congress for the endorsement. Inasmuch as the note carries a warning such an en dorsement will necessarily mean the American approval of Wilson's step. The administration moves today were cloaked with deeper secrecy than marked the sending of the peace notes and supplemental hints, to the neutrals, as the officials insist on call, ing them. It is believed too. the president, fearing a congressional uprising over secret diplomacy desired to discuss with Stone the possibility of holding off a move in congress that might tear off the lid. Nevertheless persons close In touch Insist that the one objective behind the conference was the matter of con gressional approval in event of ex treme step against Germany, which everyone here admits seems inevitable if peace fails. BIG VILLiSTA ARMY READY TO' STRIKE AT CHIHUAHUA CITY I'auclii Loader's Forivs Are Constantlv Lcing AugincntiM by Deserters from (.Miraiiza Garrison; Believe! to Have An Army ot Twelve Tumi, baud. EL l'.VSO, Jan. Th defeat of hundred Villistas who l'Vt dead and the execution of a hundred and forty prisoners by Carransistas yesterday at Tor reros is the correct list as an nounced by the Mexican consu late. I EL PASO. Jan. 2. A Vilbst army of five thousand .s within sinking dis tance of Chihuahua City, it w,u re ported to I'nited States authorities. Refugees declare the residents of th northern capital anticipate ail attach while the movements of Murgupi's forces pointed to evacuation, i Juarez report in circulation wei., that Jose Sulaaar, Vila's chief lieu ; tenant was attackm Chihuahua CH . 'on th.j south. The inilitarv otu. a I . here scout tlise reports. It Is mini i , toil fmliting is progressing soul li whei'" 'he CarriiuSn.is are. a!i"iniiiuig t-i , stop tlx northward march of tin- u in i dits. ! Lare numbers of i .in ani -i a- ir, desxrtmg. go.ng to Villi reiug-,- r, . r port Th. news ..f Vt'U !.. spreads as government tr -n.p., .in j turning to him evervwh-re I He Is pay ng the trooi In 'vr' land feeding them w-ll They are I e,ll pplng thon.iighlv I n led Slate" jofttcl.iU, estitnato Vil'u h is iiwi i thousand men. j Four hundred VltlUtas ar jiiiity miles iMiuih of Ju.tr, -c w tiling ti . ot ! railway Cominimic ation whttn nrdervl. The main body of Vlll in n,,ut:i of Chihuahua City advancing On di vision is we.t of t'h'huuhua City An other column under Colonel V-runn-'Icz, Is said to be niitvltig on l'tjrn . Ilther rntilmin :,re ncn oa Tarifott and SaUillo. M w I v