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VOL.28, DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1917. NO. 9011
AUSTRIAN PAPER
10 ASCERTAIN EFFECT EVACUATION
OF WEST WOULD
Sincerity of German Peace
Proffer Receives Added Sig
nificance by Passage of
Quotation by Censor.
NEW HOPES ARE RAISED
. AMbTl JtDAM, Jan. 5. Great
significance l attached to the
passage by Au-siro Guruutn censors
ot a quutatiuu today from Uio
Vicuna ncwitHiiur Arbiter Zul
tuns; asking tbo government U
discover If Uio entente will be
ready to negotiate peace alter the
Teutonic evacuation of the west
front, and U o would the evacua
tion bo niade Imniedlatcly.
The Arbiter Koitung asHorta the
entente's reply la a peace note If
rightly understood.
Tlie significance atutclicd to
tills dlsfNitcli arisen from the fact
JIHUhIi have maintained all along
that If Germany fre In earnest
for ice alie should (rive up Bel
glum and tlie part of France slHJ
now occupies, jirvlluilnnr) to the
dlWHSMtOlH.
SENATE DELAYS IN
ENDORSEMENT VOTE
Indications Are No Action Will Be
Taken Vntll After Allies' Koply
Itcacbeti Uc lT-id'ul, ,
WASHJNOTON, Jan. 6- Foreign
nations se American money mad
ness In the senate's opposition to the
Hitchcock resolution of endorsement,
Lewis declared In a iaHBlonale plea
for the paasnge of the measure. "
agree with Lansing and anyone else
who says war cannot continue with
out America being. Involved. The
administration won a victory when the
senate voted to continue Its consid
eration. Every Indication pointed this aft
ernoon to a delay of a day or two In
the senate vote on the Hitchcock res
olution endorsing President Wilson's
note. This means the senate will not
act until the allied reply reaches the
president.
Immediately following the Introduc.
tlon of two amendments a republican
minority meeting was called and n
committee appointed to draw a reso
lution and submit its report later.
LATE WIRE BULLETINS
;OVi:i!NMl.NT COXTKOl.S C'OKN.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. S. Government
al control of corn as well as wheat
end flour Is announced.
lllltTII roNTitor. FlfJIlT OX.
NEW YOUK. Jan. B The big fight
for and against birth control Is on here
today. The battle Of society women.'
clergy, doctors, lawyers and rebelli
ous mothers was set raging with the
beginning of Mrs. Sanger's trial on a
charge of maintaining a public nui
sance In her birth control clinic.
YOVXG 1IOLIM P KIIiIiFD.
SEATTLE, Jan. R. Three bullets
were found In the body of Ernest
Whitfield, Identified as a hold-up who
died this morning, nged twenty-one
years. He fell a few feet from the
police station trying to escape a po
liceman. A clgsr store proprietor
Identified him as the man who rob
bed his store at one thirty this morn
ing. HFCOItn KF.PT CI.F.AR.
KANSAS riTY. Jan. 5. The Kansas
non-hanging record will be kept
clear. President Wilson has commut
ed to life Imprisonment the death sen
tence of William White, negro and
ex-soldler for murdering Sergeant
James Jackson, also a negro.
WANT COXSrillPTIOX OF WEALTH
VANforvER. Jan. S. Demanding
rnnscrlptlon cf wealth, nationalization
of the railways, mills, mines, etc.. the
trades labor council Is organizing n
mass meeting to protest against na
tional service registration.
SEEKS TO fll, EAR ROY.
riTTfmPRO, Jan. 6. The name
of Pernard Lewis will he cleared If
possible of actual connection with
the murder of Mnrje Colbert. The
father of the suicide planned nn In
vestigation to learn whether his nn
net denotes guilt or hysteria. Lewis
will spend a fortune to hrlng out the
truth.
ASKS GOVERNMENT
HAVE ON ENTENTE
INFORMATION
BASED ONLY
ON HEARSAY
Wood Testifies Mentioning
Tumulty, Kuhn, Warburg
and Others in Wall Street
Leak Probe.
DENUNCIATION IS MADE
WASHINGTON'. Jan. 6. Prefacing
the statement that he makes no
charges against any one and that his
Information 1 Is based only on hear
say and rumor, Representative Wood,
mentioned the niynes of Secretary
Tumulty, Mr. Rolling, the president's
brother-in-law; Otto Kuhn, of the
leb company ;and Paul M. Warburg,
of the federal reserve board when he
appeared as the first witness of the
investigation of the leak of Wllson't
rote.
Wood wanted to testify behind
closed doors but was unsuccessful,
-"cathingly denouncing Wood for
mentioning his name Tumulty has
prepared a statement In which he said
Wood should apologize for bringing
his name Into the proceeding merely
on hearsay Information. He said he
would gladly appear on the committee
without subpoena.
DELEGATION PLANS
TRIP TO ST. PAUL
Effort Is being made to organize
a Pendleton delegation to the annual
midwinter carnival of sports to be
held In St. Paul the latter part of this
month and the first part of next
month. Already a number have sig
nified their Intention of attending
and It Is hoped that the delegation can
bo made large enough to make a
creditable showing for the Round-L'p
Tity.
Louis Hill, president of the Great
Northern and who has developed in
to an ardent Round-Cp booster as a
result of his visit to the 1916 show,
has urged Pendleton to send an ex
cursion to St. Paul's winter show. Al
ready the Round-t p association hus
uthorized President T. D. Taylor to I
attend as an official representative
rind Mr. and Mrs. W. L Thompson,
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Judd. Dr. and Mrs.
M. s. Kern and others are contemplat
ing making the trip. R. C. Plshop of
Salem will Join the Pendleton party
as a representative of the Pendleton
Woolen Mills. He Is a brother of C.
M. and R. T. Bishop. The Pendleton
Woolen Mills furnished the blanket
cloth for several thousand suits for
N. P. and Great Northern marching
clubs.
BRITAIN'S BOY HERO
rTuLVX.-,wr,R..FAtsj: i
There Is one proof that the British
are waking up to the Importance of
the war in the fact that they have
made W. R. Fane, eighteen years old,
and Just out of school, a sub-lieutenant
for his work In helping to destroy
a German Zeppelin over the Norfolk
coast some weeks ago. For mora
than a yenr he has taken night
fllghta In his aeropane In guarding
the British coast from the approach
of nlrshliis from the German army.
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world-wide reputation, and his bride
ormerly Miss Elizabeth Wuters. who
was his private secretary. Burbank
REINED By
Ten true bills and one not true
bill were returned this morning by
the grand Jury which has been in
session since Monday. The jury yet
has a number of matters to Investi
gate before its final report.
Del Shilts, whose home is In the
south end of the county, had his name
on three of the true bills. With his
wife. Julia Walker Shilts. he was
Jointly Indicted on a charge of the
larceny of three cows and three
h,!R fr"m, talker, mother
of Mrs. Shilts. On the other two he
was charged with larceny by bailee,
it being alleged that' he sold a cow
and a calf belonging to Mrs. Walker
without her consent.
Harvey Pensene, one of the four
men who recently broke jail and who
was recaptured, was Indicted twice,
once Jointly with John R. Burnsc on
a charge of assaulting and robbing
Joe Miller, and once on a charge of
larceny from a dwelling, it being al
leged that he stole a pair of shoes
from the home of Hugh Bell. This
was during the time he was dodging
the officers after his escape. Burns
has not vet been recaptured.
Negro Own Attorney.
J. R. Rogers, the colored man who
Is alleged to have tried to hold up
the TTmatilla club recently and who
ALL C. 0. D.
BOXES FROM NEVADA
Ijitcst Schciiie to Defraud by Mall 1
Worked on Several ViikiimviIii!
Pcndlel. n Residents.
If you happen to get through the
mulls u neat little package from Gold
field. Nev., with auobt Jl 05 C. O. D.
against It, you will ave money bv
refusing to accept the same. From
all Indications someone in Goldfield
has hit upon a scheme ot gathering
In the shekels and of using Uncle Sam
to help him collect.
Not long since one of the little
packages addressed to E. F- Averill of
this city arrived. The J1.06 C. O. D.
was paid to the postofflce and, when
the package was opened it was found
to contain a little brown, crudely cut
tone labeled "Death Valley Garnet"
from the Death Valley ( Garnet
Co., ot Goldfield. 'This morning an
other of the same with the same
amount due reached Stanley O, Jew
ett. who la In the same office with
Mr, Averill. Neither of the gentle- !
men had ever heard of the company
before. The tones are not worth
over 15 cents each, according to Jew.
elers.
10 TRUE BILLS, ONE NOT TRUE,
twenty-eight years of age. They
were married In San Francisco on
December 20.
THE GRAND JURY
shot Thomas Jackson, another col
ored man, during a scuffle, was in
dicted on a charge of assault with a
dangerous weapon When arraigned
this morning, be stated that he In
tended standing trial and, when ask
ed If he desired an attorney, declared
Phe would act as his own attorney.
Steve Gunis. another of th. m.orfoi
ho recently escaped, was Indicted
oft a charge of stealing several articles
'from George Marls. Ed Vandiver,
one of the two escapes not yet re
taken, was Indicted for stealing grain,
and J. B. Girtnn. whose parole has
been revoked and who was taken back
to the penitentiary to serve out a pre
vious sentence, was Indicted for lar
ceny of harness. The person who
drew the tenth Indictment Is not yet
In custody and the name is withheld.
A not true bill was returned against
P. B. Lane and Jess Davis, who had
been charged with wanton cruelty to
ward animals, it having been alleged
that they shot a dog belonging to M.
Bun hett. The case came from
T'niatilla
The two Shilts. Rodgers. Bensene
and "Gunis were arraigned this morn
ing and tomorrow morning at 10 o'
clock was set a- the time for pleading.
The Shilts will be represented by W.
M. Peterson.
POLICE CAT FIRED FOR
CHUMMING WITH A RAT
Patrolman Makes Charges AftT lc.
tective Work That Solves a
Mystery,
NEW YORK. Jan. 6. M ;w Kitty
Feline of the Hayonne, N. J., police
department will be dishonorably dis
charged today oiTcharges of neglect ot
duty.
For many months Kitty has been
the headquarters house cat and until
yesterday bore a spotless reputation a
a member ot the force. Then appeared
Patrolman Martin Lautermilch. lio
deposed that fur several niiihts he
I was unable to sleep because of hish
goings on m the prisoners' kitchen.
Allowing that it was a rat. Lauter
milch put Kitty on guard, but tho
noise continued, so on Saturday night
he went on the Job with Kitty, armed
with a night stick and flashlight.
About midnight, Lautermilch sa.'
a rat was heard nibbling at a piece
of cheese placed as bait for him. The
policeman avers he turned on his
flashlight and was about to use his
club when Kitty and the rat began to
frolic about the floor, rolling over
and playfully boxing each other's
ears. Astounded, the cop was about !
to get In some club work, when Miss J
Kitty picked up the . rat and totel
him back to his hole and exit. To
day there will be a new police cat.
BROThAHOODS WILL TAKE A
STRIKE VOTE IF RAILROADS
REFUSE THE EIGHT HOUR DAY
EAST OREGONIAN
TO HAVE SPECIAL
NEWS FROM SALEM
DURING SESSION
In order to cite its readers
thorough report on the coming
legislative session the East Ore.
Ronlan has arranged for a special
correspondent at Kalem and in
addition will have the benefit
when necessarr of a special Unit
ed Presn report In addition to the
.regular T'nlted presB report. The
combined renorw will give this
newssper tlie best legislative
service ever received by an east
ern Oregon paper.
Richard O. Hansen, formei-ir
of this city hut now of Salem will
serve as special legislative cor
resmndent for the East Oreeon
lan. handling events partionlarly
from the standpoint of T'niatilla
county and eastern Oregon. His
stories will he without partisan
bias
Mrs. G. M. Rice and Mrs. C. F. Coles
worthy Hand In Resignations at
Meeting Last Night.
At a meeting of the city library
board held last evening two members
of the board, Mrs. G. M. Rice and
Mrs. C. F. Colesworthy tendered their
resignations, the resignation of Mrs.
Rice being due to 111 health while no
cason was given by Mrs. Colesworthy
for her resignation.
The resignations leave two positl-
ons vacant on the board and It is un-
derstood a caucus will be held by the
mayor .and council today for the pur
pose of deciding upon the appointees.
The meeting last evening was the
first session of the board since in
corporation papers were filed. Three
of the board officers, vice president,
secretary and treasurer were sworn in
but Mrs. Sturgls who had been chosen
as president of the incorporation de
clined to be sworn In saying she was
t ot prepared to participate In the new
organization. Dr. Sommerville was
elected vice president of the board.
Mrs. Colesworthy having held that
position.
PENDLETON MAN A
FIGURE
Mrs. Maurice Lecrier Was Dancing
Partner of Man Killed Following
Cafe Quarrel New Year's Nlfrht.
A Pendleton woman Mrs. Maurice
Leeder. figured in an episode at San
Francisco New Years morning which
resulted in the violent death of J. R.
Buckley, a traveling salesman.
Mrs. Leeder is the wife of the trav
eling representative of Folger & Co.
in this territory and they have been
living in the G. W. Coutts home on
the north side. Last month she and
her husband left for San Francisco to
attend a meeting of Folger's sales
men. They were members of a party
occupying a table at Lamb s cafe In
San Francisco on Xew Year's even
ing. While dancing with Mrs. Leedef
Buckley accidently bumped into Har
ry McQuire. who has a reputation ot
being a professional slugeer. After
the dance McGnlre walked across the
room to Buckley's t:ible and struck
him In the face. The management
elected him. He waited outside and
when the party came out assaulted
Bucklev again. The latter was
knocked down and suffered a basal
fracture of the skull from which he
later died. Mcumre is being held f,.r
murder.
WANT MINISTER UKMOVKD.
WASHINGTON- Jan. S Germanv
lias requested the United States to
remove Minister Voplcka from Buch
arest. The request will probably be
granted.
CHICAGO PRICKS SOAR.
CHICAGO, Jan. 5. Potatoes
sidd today at one dollar a peck
exclusive. F.ggs are sixty five
cents a dozen. Rutter 45c per
pound and flour nine eighty a
barrel.
I MEMBERS OF CITY
LIBRARY BOARD QUIT
Meeting of 640 Chairman Called for January 1 1 in Chicago to
Decide on Necessary Line of Action; Entire Matter Will be
Left to Rank and File for Final Decision Say Leaders.
DR. HIN SON RATED
ONE OF TEN BEST
PULPIT ORATORS
Dr. H. B. Hlnson, who is to begin
special evangelistic services at the
Baptist church on Sunday, January 7.
is noted as one of the 10 greatest
preachers In the United states, all de
nominations being included. Dr. Hln
son formerly served as pastor of the
White Tempi in Portland, the lar
gest Baptist church In the northwest.
Because of his great ability his com-
jlng to Pendelton is awakening much
Interest and there are expectations
' very successful meetings.
HERMISTON AND
P. H. S. TEAMS IN
CLASH TONIGHT
A double header basket ball game
will be played tonight in the high
school gymnasium; the Hermiston
high school girls playing the local
girls and the alumnae playing the
high school boys 'team. Both games
are arousing a great deal of Interest
among local fans, the alumnae-high
school game especially, for It will be
here that the first chance to see last
ytars championship team pitted
apainst this years team will be af
forded. The two teams are well
matched
and predictions of victory for both
sides are being made. The alumnae
will probably have as large a back
ing as the high school team, as a
treat number of downtown support
ers have signified their intentions of
looting for them.
The girls' game will help in de
ciding the championship of Eastern
Oregon and for that reason should
prove to be an exciting contest.
The Pendleton line-ups for tonight
will probably be:
Girls Center. Edith l.ing am!
Gwendolin Rogers; side center. Delia
Ferguson and Jeanne Folsom; for
waids. Vera Temple. Alta Mentzer.
Grace Rugg. Veva Cook and Alice
Finnel: guards. Helen Nelson. Leta
Agee and Thelma Thompson.
High school boys Center. Milton
Fitzgerald: forwards. Harold Casy
and Olen Hueyr captain; guards.
Ralph Hargett and Sheldon Ulrlch.
Alumnae Center. Etnil Siebert;
forwards. New Fowler and Wesley
Minims; guards, Ernest Boylen and
Charles Gordon.
WASHINGTON LADY
IS ON COMMISSION
WASHINGTON. Jan. 5 Mrs.
Frances Axtell of Fetllngham. Wash
ington, a progressive, was appointed
to a term of four years on the United
States employes compensation com
m Isslon.
NO NK.W NOTK. TO W KKIG
NATIONS AT THIS TIMF
WASHINGTON. Jan. 5. Counsel
lor Polk officially denied that Presi
dent Wilson Is contemplating at this
time sending another note to any bel
hgerents. The statement was au
thorized by the president.
15 miLDRKX DIE IN CVCUNF.
McAlester. Jan. 5 Four children
died, bringing the total death list of
the cyclone tragedy in the school
house at Vlreton to fifteen.
..Jtmx-:.-.
CONFIDENT EMPLOYES WILL
STAND BY ORGANIZATIONS
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 5.
That the four railway broth
erhoods will take a vote
whether to strike in event the
eight hour work day is not
granted by the railroads was
the declaration of the Ameri
can Railway Employes Journal
in the January issue published
today.
According to the Journal the
brotherhood chiefs have ask
ed the 640 general chairmen
to meet in Chicago on January
11. It says: "The meeting is
for the purpose of consulting
the general chairmen, to de
cide what line of action will
be made necessary by the man
agers refusal to put into effect
the eight hour day. The en
tire matter will be placed with
the rank and file for decision.
1 he Journal has faith thev will
stand by their organizations
and bring the railroads to
time."
mm r.iAY direct
NEW THRUST AT WEST
Officialdom Declared to IlesUiie That
3Iove Must Be Made to Offset
French Simx-cmm-s at Verdun; Al
lies Prepared for Big Blow.
LONDON,
Jan. 6 Germany la
about to attempt a great offensive on
the western front. The same desper.
ate need of peace which the allies, he.
lieve inspired the German proposals
ia thought to be behind the Gigantic
thrust, designed as Germany's su
preme effort.
Dispatches from Paris Indicated
the belief there that a German blow
Is being prepared. Gustav- Herve, ed
itorial writer of the Lavictore fixes
the tune for February. Lefigaro and
Le Temps agree a push is impending,
they think later in the year. German
iiir.MC opinion is believed dangerously
,.1 me oreaKing point under ths
soiferlng from food privations. Th
eminent is thought to realize they
imi,-( he fed with some great military
tic npt with Tictory against the ma
jor oes.
The Roumanian victory, although
hailed as evidence of Germany's In
vincibility, failed to evoke the enthu
siasm expected because of th real
ization of Roumanians military weak
ness. Officialdom is realizing it n....
; make a move to offset the Pnivh ...r.
: cesses at Verdun and the Rritish pow.
er manifested List summer.
I If Germany Is preparing an offen
sive it will find the allies ready. They
;are speeding up all branches as the
first duty of the Lloyd George dub'S.
try.
PARIS, Jn. 5. The active inter
change of artilleryiiiK around liu:in
mont and Vaux marked la.-t night 1
fighting on the west front. It was of
ficially announced. Engagements be
tween advanced post on the Serbian
Macedonian front is detailed.
BERLIN. Jan. 5. Snngirnarv loss.
e. were inflicted ..n the iiri(lh em:
of the edge of Loishy by the Altn
burg Infantry- which penetrated
fourth hostile trench, today's officii!
announcement said.
PEACE TALK HITS
JULY WHEAT PRICE
CHICAGO.
East Oregon,
today;
open.
Mac Jl S3
July 11.50 1,
Jan.
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nf pric
H gh u.w. n.w..
I. HI", 1.79 S HI
1.504 lt', UK;
INMlland.
PORTLAND, ore., Jan 5 (Spec
ial ) Club, ii; blufHlem, lSt
l.lVfTMMl.
LIVERPOOL jn, b. hpjt wheat
steady, unchanged No. I northern
Duluth, its nd; No. 2 hard winter, 7
d; No. 1 hard winter. 17 ill; barll
17s id. No. J northern Manitoba, old
17s 10 l-d (2 o per tmhe i, V
notrhern Manltobi, old I7 Id