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DAILY EVEFIIfiG EDITI3I2 WEATHER T.miKhf and Sunday fair. 1,'huI Data. Maximum temperature 50; mini mum 34; rainfall, none; wind, west, light; weather, cloudy TO ADVERTISERS Th Rut Oregonliw his the lsrtrnt bon fide, and guaranteed paid circulation of any faper In Oregon, taut of Portland and by ar tbe lritct circulation In fandletoa of any oewiptper. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAFE3 VOL 2g DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1917. DHILYEYEtlGEGiTIOii NO. 9012 BRITISH FIRM UNDERBIDS U.S. SILL MAKERS American Manufacturers Price is $200 Per Projectile Over Offer Made by Hadfield Co. BIDS MADE FOR 16 IN, SHELLS Itrltlxli Maniiaftcturcr'a Rid Is Con tingent on War's Ending; American Contract Specified Delivery Within KUteen Months. WASHINGTON', Jan. 8. Advocate In congress of government manufac ture of munitions denounced the American manufacturers who were outlild two hundred dollars per pro jectile by a British firm, the Had field Company. The navy department IiUIh were for sixteen Inch sheila. LONDON, Jan. . The bit to manufacture shells for America by Hadflcld's, limited, Is contingent on the war ending. Hadfleld and every other munitions plant In the United Kingdom Is under governmental con trol. The American shell contract speci fied delivery within sixteen months. Secretary Daniels announced he was working on plans for a government projectile factory. ill SWEEP IS I1ACULATZ The Mot Important Oly Rcmaliilnx In Kuooo-ltoumanlaii Hands mdan wrlnd by Outposts on Mirth. Berlin, Jan. 6. -(Sayville.) The onward tweep of the Teutons is de scribed in the official statement an nouncing the capture of five towns, and the arrival of outiposts on the Sercth river and a new menace to Oalatx, the most Important Rouman ian city now In the hands of the Rus sians and Roumanians. It detailed storming advance move, incnts by the Teutons In the Carpath ian. Rlmnirenl. Tartarti, Oleimensrn, Guillancs and Maxonenl are now In German hands. GIVEN FULL POWERS NKW YORK. Jan, 8. Tho bonds of the four big brother hoods of railway employes have lieen c!iikwtc1 to take such ac tion ax they sect fit in tho situa tion growing out of tlio elght Iicmii' law delay, according to J. lUirtand of the firemen's union. This Includes die power to call a strike If advbtablc. MRS. LEEDER WAS IN SEATTLE JAN. 1 Dispones from San Francisco to the contrary notwithstanding, there seems strong reason to believe that Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Leeder of this city were not present In Lamb's Cafe, Hun Francisco, on New Year's morn ing when one member of a party ol Folger representatives was slugged nnd fatally Injured as told In a story yesterday. C. H. Conroy, proprietor of Con roy's Cash Grocery, states that he has every reason to believe Mrs. Leed er was In Seattle at the time of the San Francisco happening Inasmuch as Mis. Conroy had received a letter from her at that place last Monday. Moreover, Mr. Conroy states that in a telephone conversation with Mr. leeder in Walla Walla last evening the latter declared ho had left San Francisco th.1 day beforo New Years Bud that his wife was not present with him In California. Mr. Leeder, who represents Folget ft Co. In this territory, was called to San Francisco during the holidays along with other Folger salesmen. His wife left Pendleton with him with the announced Intention of accompany ing him but, according to her letter to Mrs. Conroy, later decided to spend the holidays In Seattle with relative Mr. Leeder went on to Pan Franclseo for the meeting. The dispatch U which Mrs. Leeder was mentioned as having been present stated that her home was In Oakland which city is th former home of the Leedcrs. BOTH SETS OF BELLIGERENTS HOLD CONFERENCES; ALLIES ADMIT THEIR'S IS FOR WAR -a SCENES OF OLD DAYS ARE BEING PRESERVED l.'corgo. H. Wince) Will be Speaker at Historical Society Meeting Tonight bothering to be Held In Library Aiitlltorliini; All Are Invittcd. Through the efforts of the county historical society, which Is to hold Its annual meeting this evening many In teresting records and pictures of the old days In eastern Oregon are being preserved. The meeting this evening Is being looked forward to because of the Illustrated address to be given by George H. Himes, secretary of the state society. The gathering Is to be held In the library auditorium and all who are Interested In the subject are invited to be. present. The meeting will be of particular Interest to pio neers. STANFIE IN DEBATE CONTEST STAN FIELD, Ore., Jan. . (Speci al) The debating team of Stanfield high school again defeated the Her mlston team last evening, duplicating its victory of last year. Only two of the three Judges selected were present tut both voted in favor of Stanfield. The local team upheld the affirma tive of the questiisi, "Resolved, that Oregon should adopt a bill for com pulsory health insurance," and handl ed It admirably. The negative team, however, deserves much credit for the l.ard fight made, Stanfield was rep tfsented by Lee Bartholomew and Genevieve Bevy while Durrell, Archie and Gludys West debated for Hermis- ton. The feature of the debate was the splendid argument and presenta tion of Miss Bevy. .... ,. , The Judges were Assessor C. P. Strain and J. W. Huff, both of Pen dleton. Mr. Huff after the debate publicly complimented Miss Sevy up on her able discussion of the question. OREGON SETS $128,111 FEDERAL ROAD FUND WASHINGTON. Jan. 6 III al nttlng tho million dollars to he wient (he coining year In the con structing of roads and trails In tlin various states Secretary Houston announced that Wash ington's share was $ll.f)r5; Ida ho's $108,730, and Oregon's S1JH.1I I. PORTLAND BIDS VP SIX CENTS TODAY CinCAAGO. Jan. 6. All grain ral lied on reports that Wilson will not send a note to the allies. Sellers yes terday are buyers' today. CHICAGO. Jan. . -(Special to the Fast Oregonian) Range of prices to day; Open. High. Low. Close. May $1.8314 tl-86 (1.82 11.85 July 1.494 11.51 $1.4914 11. 61 Portland. PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 6. (Speci al) Club, J1.64; bluestem, $1.62. Liverpool. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 5. Spot wheal steady, unchanged. No. 1 northern Duluth, 17s 8d; No. 2 hard winter, 17s 8d; No. 2 hard winter, 17s Id; barll. 17s 2d; No. 2 northern Manitoba, old 17s 10 l-2d ($2.60 per bushel); No. 3 northern Manitoba, old, 17s 8d. P. H. S. GIRLS' TEAM WINS; BOYS LOSE IN DOUBLEHEADER GAME Lout night in a double header bas ketball game, the Pendleton high school girl defeated tho girls' team from Hermlston by the score of 3: to 1 and the local alumni defeated the high school boy by 46 to 18. The girls' game which was played first, proved to be a lopsided affair, the Hermlston glrta hardly ever get ting the ball out of Pendleton' ter ritory. Practically the entire second team wa sent Into the game in the last half. The boys game, although the score would seem one-sided, wa a scrap py contest from first to last. The alumni outclassed the high school team In basket shooting and passing, but did not prove the better fighters, for both teams were fighting from the first to last Jump. Fowler, for the alumni proved to be the star basket shooter of tho Entente Council is Held at Rome; Central Powers Meet in Field Camp of Kaiser; Re fuse to Reveal Motive. ALLIES AFTER GREATER UNITY Would inaw doner Together In Their Efforts of Waging War; Furccahts Made of a More Vigorous I"roseeu tlon of tiie Struggle. LONDON, Jan. . Interest center ed today on war not peace. Two conferences one by the allies, the other by the highest officials of the central powers, are cited to indicate that both seta of belligerents intend ed to make answer to the various peace notes with force, of arms. The allies' conference was held at Rome. It was a meeting of the prima minister and cabinet members Of the ententes. England had Lloyd-George and Lord Milner, a member of the war council present. France was represented by minister ot war Lyau tey, Briand and munitions minister Thomas. Russia had General Plaltziu of the general staff. It was officially characterized as a get together session. Forecasts were made of a more vigorous prosecution of the war. The Germanic conference was held in the field camp of the kaiser. Those present were the kaiser. Archduke Frederick, Field Marshal Hoetzen dorff, crown Prince Boris of Bulgar It; Hindenburg and quartermaster General Lundendorff. The Teutonic censors would not permit the dispatches to tell what was considered and no reason was given why they called the conference. British public opinion holds there could be no better answer to the Ger man peace proposals than today s Rome conference, with its professed purpose to obtain greater unity of ef fort In waging the war. The confer ence also developed the failure of Germany's scheme to cause a dissen sion among the allies. FRED CRABBE WILL ARRIVE TOMORROW Fred Crabbe Salt Lake grappler v ho Is to meet Frank McCarrolI here next Wednesday evening, is expected to arrive In Pendleton tomorrow, ac cording to a telegram received this morning by Ray McCarrolI who Is staging the bout. Crabbe is fresh f;om triumphs over Al Ackerman. for mer middleweight champion, and Ce cil Redfield. another topnotcher. He defeated each man In 90 minutes in Salt Ijike. Indications continue to point to the largest crowd that ever witnessed a wrestling bout in Pendleton. Women as well as men are taking a lively interest in It. Already 41 women have purchased tickets altogether in the center of the house and the manage ment announces that no smoking of unseemly conduct will be tolerated. 'The wrestling bout will be as clean And as free from objectionable be. havlor as any other attraction at the theater," said Mr. McCarrolI this morning. DKNV THAT WOMAN AND ROY WERE SHOT AS SPIKS BERLIN, Jan. 6. Absolutely un true was the denial registered of the press bureau report in foreign papers that a woman and a thirteen year oil boy were recently shot as spies Li Nasseln. Belgium. No boy was shot. The woman was sentenced to death but was pardoned. game, he amassing a large portion of the points. The entire team showed that it had lost none ot the skill pos-i-essed In former years. The lineups for the games were: Pendleton girls Center, Edith tjiing; side center, Jeanne Folsom; guards, Thelma Thompson and Leta Agee; forwards, Vera Temple and Al ta Mentzer. Substitutions, center, Qwendolln Roger; guard, Helen Nel. on; forwards, Veva Cook and Alice Flnnell. High school boys Center, Milton Fit Gerald; forwards, Harold Casey and Olen Huey, captain; guards. Ralph Hargett and Sheldon t'lrlch. Substitutions, Duff for Fit Gerald; Boylen. for Ulrlch. Alumni Center, Slehert; for. wards. Fowler and Boylen; guards, Mlmms and Gordon, Substtiutlon, Snyder for Gordon. LAWSON WILL TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS COM CI -I ' . ft " . i '!? r- f Thomas W. Lawson, the Boston fi- nancier, who has expressed his will- Ingness to appear before the rules committee of the house and tell what STURTEVANT CASE IS WON BY CONTESTANTS Judge MarMi Holds A. J. Sturteum Was Mentally Incapable of Making a Valid Will; Appeal Will Probably He Taken. After being before the county court for two and a hat years, the Sturte- vant will contest was this morning de cided In favor of the contestants by County Judge C. 11. Marsh. He holds that A J. Sturtevant was not men tally capable of making a valid win at the time the will admitted to pro bate was made. It Is understood the; case will be appealed to the circuit court at unce and the probabilities are that the supreme court will be called upon to make final decision. A. J. Sturtevant, Pilot Rock pio neer, died during July, 1914 Under the terms of his last will the bulk of his $50,000 estate waa left to his son, Mark Sturtevant, his wife, Alma, and daughter Fay. Under previous wills his grandchildren by a deceased son, Vivian and Lowell Sturtevant, receiv- ed a b:g part of the state. Through I their mother, Mrs. Myrte Carnes, they at once contested the validity of the Instrument, and testimony has been taken at Intervals ever since. In his opinion. Judge Marsh states that after careful consideration of the evidence and' arguments, he has reached the conclusion "that tho weight of the evidence under the law favors the contestants and the court is therefore of the opinion that the instrument Involved In this proceed - i Ing purporting to be the last will and testament of Andrew J. Sturtevant Is void and of no effect for the reason that said Andrew J. Sturtevant wis not at the time of the execution of the Instrument capable of making a valid will." He, therefore, directs the counsl for the contestants to drnw findings of fact and a decree In accordance with the allegations In the petition and present it to him for signature. live Timber Wolves Killed. J. W. Fox, government hunter at the headwaters of the north fork of the Umpqua river, has within the past month killed five large timber wolves, an animal very rare. He has Just made a report of his success to E. F. Averlll of the biological survey. (.rand Jury Inspects Jail. The grand Jury spent a short tlms in the county Jail today. Inspecting the walls with a view to determining whether recommendations should be made for a new and more modern jail. : "i'Ji ' f; t:H ' I w it iv' t h ;&ti i- vt ,;s ' ; sh - I Ml'. , he knows regarding an alleged leak in governmental matters, whereby Lawson alleges certain people in Wall street "cleaned up." 300 VIELISTAS DEAD 600 CAPTURED SAYS REPORT OF 1RGIA KL PASO. Jan. 6. Details of irreparable defeat to Villa were sent tho Mexican consulate here by Jcneral Murguia. the Carran fcista commander. Three hun dred ViHistas were killed south of chihuahua, six liundjd wert' wounded and six himdreucaptur ed and executed, axirding to the consulate's interpretation of Murguia's report. t;OHKRNA ION' OFFKRFU POST. Ql'KRETARO. Jan. 6 It i under, stood that Ambassador Arrendondo has offered the portfolio to Minister Gobernacion. Tho defacto government will heart wolconie Ambassador Fletcher ROBBERS GET $0000. TARENTUM. Pa., Jan. 6. A bank messenger and guard taking nine thousand dollars to the Glaccus Glass Company's office to meet the weekly rayroll were held up and robbed by three men. They leaped into the automobile, overpowered the messen ger and guard and drove away. 1DD MC BEFORE MINIMI WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 Secretary I using will appear before the com mittee investigating the Wall street leak Monday it was announced fol lowing an executive session of the rules committee of the house this af ternoon. WASHINGTON, Jan. . Represen tative Gardner of Massachusetts, sup ported his emphatic charge of the leak of advance information to Wall street of the president' note. He read a dispatch sent by the Down Jones stock ticker service at two o'clock the afternoon before the note was released for publication. ' nnnunii nrnnnunrn iirui IN. KM. iHft WhW J S I IUUUIIUIL lUUVUIIIbbU 111.11 htL UBMRT C0HP0M1I AND TURNS OVER ALL PROPERTY In Special Session Last Night Four Ordinances Passed Giving Pendleton Public Library, Inc. Title to City Library Books etc. and Giving Full Control of Library to Recently Created Body; City However Pledges Itself to Contribute $2500 Annually to Maintain Library Which Will be Free to In habitants. . CITY RETAINS THE RIGHT TO APPOINT DIRECTORS Present Pendleton PuWIc library Formally Abolished Corporation Cannot Profit Financially New Move Said to be Taken to Block Plan of Other Faction of Contro versy. Through the passage of four ordi nances last evening a't a special meet ing, the city council formally abol ished what has been known as thi Pendleton public library and- turned over all of the city library property to the new corporation known as tho Pendleton Public Library, Inc. contract with this corporation was authorized whereby the city agrees to levy an annual tax and to turn over to the corporation directors annually $2500 for the maintenance of the li brary. Full control and management of the Pendleton Public Library. Inc., is vested in the board of directors but It is provided that these directors shall be appointed by the mayor and coun- cil and may be removed for cause. It is also provided that the library shall Ola Approntees lfuKi. be condcted for the benefit of the in- I Section 2 of this ordinance pro hahitaote of the city and that there j vide that the government of the cor shall be no profit for member of the porat:on shall be veHed in nine In corporation. The action of the council last even- ing Is the culmination of a plan said to have been devised for the purpose of heading off action that the other faction in the library controversy ha contemplated through the legislature to operate the city library in connec- tion with the county library and un der a board on which the county has control It vrill be remembered that certain members of the old library board recently incorporated them selves. Strictly speaking, the city has turned over its library property to a private corporation but the council believes it has fully safeguarded the rights of the citizens of Pendleton. Whether or not the city intends setting up a library separate from the county institution is not known yet though it is said that the corpora t on expects to make some kind of an arrangement with the county whereby the city library can be maintained In the county building but as a separate library. There was little discussion of the situation at the meeting last evening. Judge James A. Fee. trustee of the Stureis fund, was present and pref aced the introduction of the ordi nances with a statement of the pur poses of the ordinances. He pledged the income of the Sturgts fund for the purchase of new books for the library of the new corporation. All members of the council were present except Councilmen Folsom and Taylor and all voted affirmatively on the ordinance. Old Ordinance Repealed. The first ordinance passed had for is purpose the repeal of ordinance 585 under which the Pendleton Public Library was established and main tained. The second ordinance provides for the transferring of the ownership and right of possession of all property of the Pendleton Public Library, tog. th- KNEW OF NOTE Subpoenaes will be Issued to the entire Washington staffs of the Wall Street Journal and Financial America Discussing Lansing's statement to reporters the afternoon before the note was made public. Representative Harrison said: "Apparently the reporters kept faith, but the Wall Street Journal and Financial America sent out t IP to tickers." Wood recalled Harrison and asken why no effort was made to find A. Curtis, who told of an alleged con ference with Parney Haruch and Tu multy. Wood said ho wrote but got no reply. Curtis er with ail books, papers, documents, vouchers, receipt, money on hand be longing to the library fund of the city, furniture and other equipment, and all right and interest of the mlty of Pendleton over to the Pendleton Public Library, Inc., with full power and authority to maintain in ita own name all actions and proceedings it may deem necessary for the recovery of any part or all of said property. Section 2 provides for the transfer by the city to the corporation of the management, control and operation of A J the Pendleton Public Library except i mat tne city reserve the right to ap point the director. The third ordinance provide for the levying of an annual tax upon the property of Pendleton to constitute a fund to be kept separate and to be used exclusively by the corporation and it is specified that such tax shall not be included in the aggregate amount of taxes as limited by the city charter for, general and road pur- Poses. J rectors to be appointed by th mayor j with the consent of the council, that sex will not make for ineligibility. that no more than one member of the j council may serve on the board, that ; all directors shall hold office for ; three years dating from September 1 1, and provides that the appointments made under the old ordinance shall be ratified and confirmed if said of ficers qualify uner the by-laws of the corporation. It is specified that If such officers fail or refuse to so qualify It shall be deemed that they have resigned and that successors may be appointed. Full management and control is conferred upon the corporation except that the city re serves the right to appoint the direc tors and to remove them for wilful neglect of duty or misconduct In of fice. Section 3 gives the mayor the right to make appointments and removal with the consent of the council and ilea that no directors shall re , vp sabry. Section 4 gives the cor or; tion the right to adopt by-laws, r ' s and regulations for the govern or' of the library providing that the are not inconsistent with the city .. . .ances and state laws. Section 5 provides that the library is to be maintained without profit to the directors and for the development of the mental capacities and moral welfare of the Inhabitants of Pendle ton and gives the corporation thu right to exclude from the use of the library such persons as wilfully vio late the rules It is further provided that the corporation shall make a re port to the council before December 31 of each year. Yntrat I" Authorised. The fourth and last ordinance em powers J. L. Vaughan. C E. Penland and Ralph Folsom. or any of them, to enter into a contract with the Pen. (Continued on Page 12.) FOUR IS PUBLISHED Gardner quoted the ticker report i. follows- ''Renewed seMlr. i due to a re;, or' received over brokers private wire from Washington to the effect the ad ministration will address Mi belliger ents with quest ton am! proposal of Peace." "Mind V"U," said Gardner. "this statement was made four hour be fore the new note was iriven out. I There's the proof of . leak Miracle, do not go on the stock exchange. The Dfiwn, Jones Company are not pro phets'' It was brounht nut that Wood did Pot 'rv to get In personal tom h with : Curtis Wood said he rt-celvei! man , I similar anonvirt'o; letter.