East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, January 18, 1917, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

East Oregonian : E.O., January 18, 1917, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1917)

Page of 8 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (3.6 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Page of 8 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page Textdaily Eve;i;:o eoimi Tnniuht .mil Friday parllv clomM riot iniiili ehjoge In temper il 1 1 r . TO ADVERTISERS The Kaat Orrgonlan has the largest bona fide and guaranteed paid circulation of any iiapur Id Oregon, cant of Portland (od bf far the larireat clrculatloo to 1'eudletoa of an; newspaper. Wcallii Data. Maximum. 2T-" 'nlmum. 13; rain, fall, : wind- t, llht; weath -New- V ,".w er, cl-ar. V COUNT 'AL PAFE3 CITY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1917. mm me FORCED BACK FROM BRAILA Russian Troops Defeat Teutons on Both Wings; Roumanians Surround Germans at Prales WEST FRONT IS INACTIVE Mantle of Snow Cover Barbed Wire Entanglement Making Beene of Mwh Beauty; Men In Trenehes ape lttrd With Covering. I'BTROO RAD, Jan. 18. It Is an nounced the Germain have evacuated Rralla In Roumanla. The Russian defeated the Teutons on both wings. The Roumanla surrounded the Ger mans southwest of Prales. capturing many and four machine guns. PARIS. Jan. 18. It Is announced the French repulsed German recon nlscences on the Meuse heights, fol lowing a three hour bombardment. The night was quiet on the whole front. BERLIN, Jan. 18. It Is announced the British occupied abandoned Ger man trenches on the Serre after sev- eral days of bombardment. The Brit ish advanced near Loos following the blasting operations but were Inter re pulsed. (W. P. Kims.) HRIT1KH ARMY, Jan. IS. Thick snow steadily falling has transformed the battle field into a stupendously beautiful vision. Bur bed .wire en tanglement seem lovely and harmless. They resemble airy woven white webs. Snow covered men are not complain ing In the trenches. The Canadians are phased. The guns maintained a monotonous thunderltiK throuh a world of white. PRICE RECORD IS BROKEN TODAY IN PORTLAND MARKET PORTLAND, Jan. 18. A dol lar and seventy-two cents per bushel was paid for bluestem wheal on the Merchants' ex- change. This Is three cents over the previous high record. A dol. lar and seventy seven was bid for bltieetem In the Interior This i Is the highest price ever offered on a basis of Portland delivery. CHICAGO. Jan. 18. (Special to the East Oregonlan.) Range of pri ces today: Open. High. Low. Closo. Mav J 1.88 $1 90 i 1.8714 l.0V, July 81.51 1.G3H 1.604 153 Portland. PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 18 (Spec ial ) Club. $167; bluestem. $172. CO-OPERATIVE CREAMERY GO. AT HUDSON BAY UMAPINE. Ore., Jun. 18. Tk an nual meeting of the members of the Hudson Bay Co-Operative p"e"merv Company was held In the Grange hall on Monday afternoon with a large attendance. O. K. Goodman, presldont of tho board of directors presided over the meeting and R. 12 Bean served as sec retary. The meeting was held for th pur poses of hearing the secretary's report of the buHinoss of the creamery for the past year and the election of two directors for two years. The annual report as submitted by the secretary was approved by the board of direc tors and members of the association and shows the creamery to be In prosperous condition, with a consider able Increase of business over that of the previous year. There were mora than 100.000 pounds of butter fat re ceived during the year from which there was approximately 125,000 pounds of butter manufactured, con siderable butter fat was sold and a good sweet cream business was had. Apprlxlmately $36,000 was paid to the patrons tor their product and a divi dend of 8 per cent wll Hie paid the members on their stock. A vote of SENA PASSES ILL Mil DRIVING WHILE (East Oregonlan Special Wire Service.) SALEM, Jan. 18 The senate parsed Dlmlck's bill making driv ing an automobile while drunk a crime. It provides a ten dollar daily fine for any one knowingly employing a drunken chauffeur, STOTTS REPORT RErTSED. The house refused to adopt Stott's minority report on the Bowman bill removing stale sup port from sectarian institutions. It accepted the public morals committees report recommending the bill's passage. The i 11 was placed on the calendar for a third reading. It will probably pass. oitson bill it. Senator Olson's bill providing a method for the mother of Illegi timate children to make com plaint against the alleged father and compel his support came up for Its third reading and final passage, with a favorable report from the judiciary committee, Final action was deferred The bill was returned to the Judiciary committee after several senators had announced their desires to offer amendments. Garland said caution should be taken to protect Innocent men against unscrupulous women, FAHREIJj HILL WITHDRAWN. The tidlciary committee made adverse report on Fan-ell's bill providing for the transportation of convicts to penitentiary by state officers. Farrell defended the measure but said a more com prehensive bill on the aame sub ject had been Introduced In the houe and he desired to have his V1LUSTAS WIN 6 DAY BATTLE EL PASO, Jan. 18. It is reported that Villlstns repulsed Carranzlstus In a six day battle at Palomas with the heaviest losses Murgula rushed the entire Chihuahua gnrrlaon to the bat. tlefield last night, reinforcing the ex hausted troops. r(kkki'KIJ.i:rs i,AVYi:it DUX tlovrttuid. .Ian. 18. Virgil P. KHnc. Rockefeller's personal at torney and Standard oil lawyer in the court f'lthta of early year, died suddenly today. WORKS ASKS I.WSINtJ TO NAME REPRESENTATIVE WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 Senator Works of California, Introduced a resolution asking that Lansing name the man representing the president and government In foreign countries. Works denied that the resolution ap plies to Colonel House, the president's personal friend and advisor. House made European trips as Wilson's rep resentative. thanks was tendered the board of di rectors, who were o, K. Goodman, Win. P. Leach, H. T. Torkelson, D. O. Saunders and It. E. Bean, for the ef ficient manner In which they conduct, ed the business during the past year. (). K. Goodman and It, E, Bean, the two retiring members of the board were renominated by acclamation However, Mr. Goodman, owing to other business duties declined re-election much to the regret of all mem bers present J. E. Jones wu then elected in his stead and the follow ing members will consttlute the board for the ensuing year: Wm. P. I.each, J. E. Jones, H. T. Torkelson, D. O Saunders and R. E Bean A number of betterments have been made In the creamery during the pas: year, among them being a large sep tic tank to handle the waste from tho creamery and a butter milk tank All cream Is pasteurized before churn ing and only a high class product is manufactured, the larger part of the output scoring as extras. A goodly share of the output is sold locally In Walla Walla, Milton and Freewater. while the surplus Is shipped to port land to the Oregon Co-Operatlve Exchange of which this creamery h a member. OAS PROSPEROUS YEAR OF AN AUTOMOBILE INTOXICATED A CRIME bill give way to It. eighteen sen ators supported the motion. BONE-DRY DISCISSION MONDAY. The bone dry bill will start through the conference discussion route Monday when the Joint sen ate and house committee on al coholic traffic meet to hear the druggists, dentists, physicians and manufacturers who want to dis cuss the provision referring par ticularly to their businesses. DEWEY MKMORIAL ARRANGED. Just before the noon adjourn ment Belland of Clatsop asked the house to appoint a committee to draft a memorial in honor and respect to Admiral Dewey. He said that It was fitting to have the state honor the brave men of the nation who served It In time of trouble and danger. The house and gallery burst Into applause at the conclusion of Holland's re marks. MOTHERS' PENSION LAW. Representative Jones introduc ed a bill repealing the mothers' pension law. Representative Laurgaard introduced a joint me morial asking congress to give favorable consideration to the Chamberlain-Smith bill provid ing that ten million dollars of fed eral funds be used to pay the principal and Interest on Irriga tion bonds whenever the regularly constituted irrigation district de faults In payments. NATION'S WATER RKSOITICKS. Senator John Gill offered a res olution suggesting a Joint memo rial asking congress to enact leg islation for opening and develop ing the nation's water resources. It was referred to the resolutions committee. CITY 10 FORECLOSE I Jackson Street IToperty OvvniTs who Have Not Yet Paid Their Assess, mcnta Ai'e Involved. Tlie long-fought Jackson street paving fight is soon to go a few more rounds after a long period of rest The city is preparing to foreclose the liens against the property of those owners who have not jet paid their assessments. Last evening City Attor. ney Fee was empowered to secure le gal assistance if he deems it neces sary. After the paving of the street, sev. en or eight property owners escaped payment through a supreme court de cision which nullified the council' proceedings on the ground of a mi nor technical error In the district map Later the city adopted an amendment to the charter permitting reassess ments In case of such errors and thil amendment is now held to be retro active. The city attorney will bring proceedings in the recorder's court to foreclose the Hens and stiff opposition is antilpated. 9 $4,000,000 LOSE; HUNDREDS HOMELESS ruminoHs fire at A remarkable night view of the fire which destroyed the munition plant at Kingsland, N. J., causing a loss of more than $4,000,000 and mak FRESH CRISIS RESULT FR0M11CS United States Officials Say Complications May Arise if American Lives Were Lost by German Raider. WILL ACT AS PEACE CLUB Administration May Use Tlreatened-Cerintw-Amertcan Break In Fotve Kaiser to Peace Negotiations. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. Officials broadly hinted that International complications may result If the Ger man raider sacrificed any American lives, contrary to International law. It is Indicated the peace maneuvers will not prevent the government tak. ing action in event Its rights were In vaded. The administration may use the threatened t German-American break as a club to force the kaiser to agree to peace negotiations. Several state department officials said the government had not received any of ficial Information. All raid facta have been obtained from the press. MRS. ADA LEACH IS CALLED BY DEATH Mrs. Ada Leach, wife of C. C. Leach, signal malntalner for the O- W. R. & N. at Gibbon, died this morn ing at 11:35 at St Anthony's hospital, death being du to septicaemia or blood-poisoning. ' the body will be taken to La Grande and the funeri'l will be held there tomorrow. Deceased is survived by her hus band, five little children, the young est of whom is only four weeks old, a father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Graybeal of Imbler, Oregon, four sisters and five brothers, as follows: Mrs J. M. McCoy of Irrgon; Mrs. R. M. McCoy of Imbler; Mrs. Don C Brownell, of Umatilla; Mrs. Charles McFaul of Kamela; D- C Graybeal of Twin Falls, Idaho; Lee Graybeal of Irrlgon; F. M. Graybeal, of Pendle ton, and W. E and M. C. Graybeal of Imbler. She was but 3 years old. LONE VIGIL MAKES MAN HYSTERICAL Detective guarding Room Where Tluiw Attempted Suicide Tries to Shoot Vp noil-1; Says Mystery Man Made Attack on Him. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 18. Private Detective Herman Kelly, guarding the room where Harry Thaw attempted suicide, became hysterical as the re sult of his lonely vigil and started stooting up the house. He declared a mystery man attempted to enter and knife him. V kikcsjakd, t j; ing some 800 men, women and chil dren homeless. The shocks of the explosions were felt for miles. The flames lit up i'ae entire New York FAST BRITISH CRUISERS PURS UE GERM A N RA IDER LATEST ADVICES STATE 26 VESSELS -9 CIVIC CLUB ASKED TO TELL ORIGIN OF THEREST ROOM Councilman Taylor Makes Request But Withholds purpose of State ment Until Later Time He Ex plains; Something of the origin of the rest room at the city hall was made known to the council last evening by a dele gation of Civic Club ladies. They also made recommendations that the city hereafter take charge of the room and make It a place for the exclusive use of countrymen. It was suggested that the city provide a separate room for Indian women. The ladles appeared before the council at the request of Councilman Henry J. Taylor, according t0 hit own statement, and he further stated that he had asked them to tell how the rest room was originally financed. Ills purpose in having this statement made, he said, he would withhold at this time, reserving the right to make It known later. Mrs. A. J. McAllister acted as spokesman for the ladies. She stated that a contribution of $25 from the Current Literature Club was the nu cleus for the original fund. She stat ed that the Inland Grain Growers' a sociation directors, of which Council man H. J. Taylor was one, had do. nated their annual conpensation to the fund, and that Miss Mae Taylor, daughter of the councilman, had act ed as chairman of a committe which raised money among the countrywom. en. In all $225 was raised, she re ported. The rest room was comfortably furnished and for several years was kept clean by a lady employed by the Civic or Commercial associations. It was a success, she said, until the In dian women began making use of it Then, white women quit going there and eventually the place began to de cline. The council has already decided to refurnish the place and place a ma tron in charge. Many applications for the position have been received but the council has not yet made a selec tion. UNTIL NEXT WEEK WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. It is be lieved the leak probe will not resume until next week. J. p. Morgan was notified not to report until further notice. There was no hearing today. Democratic members of the house committee this afternoon resumed their task of selecting a committee counsel. The opposition has practi cally eliminated Samuel Untermyer. The democrats attach the greatest im portance to Mrs. Ruth Visconti's al legations involving Tumulty. They want a capable counsel before ques tioning the woman. IN MUNITIONS FIRE -V 5 City water front. Note the great amount of territory covered by the fire and the bursting shells clearly shown in the picture, POSTPONED WERE LOST Survivors Tell of Hardship Suf fered While Confined Below uecK on uapiurea vessels. SECRET SUPPLY BASE SQUSHT Brazilian and Argentine Governments Keep Strict Watch for Neutrality Violations'; All Merchantmen Warn ed to Keep Within S Mile Limit, BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 18. (Copy right U. P.) The fast British cruisers Glasgow, Edinburgh Castle. Orama and Vindictive are pursuing the Ger man raider. It Is reported a Japan ese cruiser left Punt Arenas to join the chase. Latest advices indicated that twenty-six merchantmen were sunk and captured. A fleet is also hunting the steamer Tlnto which left Santiago under sus picious circumstances. It la believed 8 he carried supplies to the raider. The French steamer Admiral La touche Trevilie and the British steam er Araguaya are missing. Survivors said the raider left Kiel and ran the British blockade under a Danish flag. Prisoners Held Below Deck Prisoners from the merchantmen were closely confined below decks and endured severe hardships. They were half starved and bitterly com plained of their bad treatment. The raider's crew is two hundred and fif-1 ty men with four officers. i Fate of Many Unknown. The Brazilian government Is pre paring the strictest surveillance to prevent neutrality violations. Pernam buco survivors included a hundred and eighty thr Hindoos and British and fifty three French. They declar- ed the fate of hundreds of other pna- oners was unknown. Survivors said the raider used the steamer St. Theo. dore as a "prison ship." Captain Days: of the French schooner Nantes said the raider flew a British flag. She commanded him to halt, unmasked ber batteries end hoisted her German colors. She dynamited the Nantei after transferring the crew. He said; "the raider did not resemble a war ship." It is still persistently reported that four hundred perished. One British warship is believed near the spot where the raider trans ferred the prisoners for the Hudson Maru and sent a letter to Pernam buco. The cruiser left Falklands sev eral weeks ago hunting the Tinto. Supply Base Sought. British and French consuls havo issued warning to all allies shlppine. A few merchantmen carefully hugged the shore, sailin! inside the three mile limit. The fact the raider oper ated in the South Atlantic revived the report that a secret German wireless and supply base was located on some uninhabited spot of the South Amer. lean coast line. Both the Argentine and Brazilian governments are making an effort to locate the station. The steamship Araguays, a British vessel Is reported missing. She U ten thousand five hundred tons, the property of the Royal Mall Steam Packet Company of Belfast. The ad miral Latouche Trevilie is fifty-five hnndred and seventy three tons, the property of Chargeurs Reynis, Havre. France. U-BOAT SINKS QYTFFW QfIipO"war preventive" force. The entente I CjCjII Oril aj I will continue its efforts to crush the AMSTERDAM. Jan. 18 Bis. pa tone said Berlin bad officially announced tliat one of her gub. marmcs had returned to port aft er sinking sixteen shlpx. Onpen hagen telegraphed that the Rus sian steamer Sklftet was subma rined Dcoembei1 nth .two hun dred drowning. COMMITTEE FROM COUNCIL AND COMMERCIAL CLUB WILL DISCUSS LIBRARY SITUATION As a result of the stand taken by the immcrcia association relative to the library situation, a special com mittee from the council will meet with a special committee from the council will meet with a special com mittee from the board of manager of the Commercial association to discus- the situation and try to arrive at some agreement that will re-establish harmony. Following the reading of the re. recently passed resolutions of tho Commercial association. Mayor Bejt last evening announced that he had ARINE RATES TO SOUTH TAKE BIG JUMP War Risks Have Already Ad- vanced From 6 to 10 Per Cent on Vessels Bound to South American Waters. MANY BIG USERS OVERDUE American Liner St. Paul W ith My American Aboard En Koate to Iiverpool Use Not Yet Reported. NEW TOJUC, Jan. 1$. Marine un derwriters continued advancing rates on ship's bound to South American ; waters. War risk rates Jumped from 2 to 1 per cent and from ( to IV. ; Higher demands are expected. The 1 ships already destroyed were worth ten millions. Local underwriters car ry most of the Insurance. Large lin ers now crossing the Atlantic which have not yet reported reaching desti nations are Alphonso the Twelfth, i en route to Vigo. Spain, and the Am I erican liner St. Paul, with many Am ericana aboard, en route to Liverpool, j the Saga en route to Rio Janeiro; the! Braxos en route to Juan Porto Rico; ! the San Paulo en route to Buenos Aides; the Vaidivia en route to Bor deaux and the Chicago, en route to , Bordeaux, with a hundred and twen ty passengers. PERKINS IS LEADING PROGRESSIVE FIGHT Demands That Katfonsvl Republican , committee Meet at One to Cancel Executive Committee's Work. NEW YORK. Jan. 18. Perkins is leading the progressive revolt against the national republican executiv committee. He conferred with Roos evelt and demanded that the nation al committee meet Immediately and cancel the executive body's work. Hi ram Johnson telegraphed: -I am In full sympathy and hearty accord with your efforts to make the republican party progressive. Go to it. All pro gressives are with you" TO CONTINUE F8R LASTING PEACE Cfr:c:als Believe British Note Han lnted Way for Preshleut; Pointed Out n. at Balfour Eniphatdzes Im portance of Halting Future Aggre- swr-i. ROBERT J. UENDER. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. It is of ficially believed that the British note has pointed the way for President Wilson to continue a lasting peac work, officials drew the following conclusions from Balfour's supple mentary communication. The enten te is fighting to prevent further ag gressions. It wants Wilson to pursue his plan of forming an international enemy's military prestige while Wil .on is formulating the plans. It is pointed out that lUlfmir em phasizes the importance of halting fu. ture aggressors. It says that territo rial readjustments are Inefficient security acainst future wars. Wilson recently told friends he favored an international peace patrol, sufficient in strength to quickly crii-h any ag gressors. conferred with President Brock dur ing the day and had agreed on thn Joint committee. He named (ouncll. men Penland. Taylor and KlrkpalrP k to confer with W. J. Clarke, A. II. Cox and J It. McCook, rejresentativea of the Commercial association. The resolutions read lust evanliig were the same as those recently pun ished. They exprumed opposition tn any plan that would result In two li braries and called upon the council to repeal all ordinances) authorislne; contracts with any corporation for the ma ntenaiic of th city library.