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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1917.
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VOL. 28
GERMANY SEEMS
FAVORABLE TO
WILSON'S PLAN
South America Delays Verdict
Until Aims are Fully Under
stood; Swedish Papers Think
it Pro-German.
HOLLAND PRAISES IDEAS
Papers Kditorilly Declare Tlmt Peace
Will Never come Vnle V. S. At
temps to Practically Realise the
President' Theories.
(CARL ACKERMAN.)
BERLIN, Jan. 21. PrealdPnt Wil
son's eenate speech wa telegraphed
to the kier and Hlndenburg at the
front Ambaasador Gerard conferred
with ForelKn Secretary Zimmerman
for forty mlnutea lat nlnht. He later
cabled Waahlnirton a confidential out
line of the forelicn office' attitude.
Foreinn office officials believe that
Ormany cannot officially recognize
the addrew. They Bay they disfavor
any further peace move a a result
of the allle' "Insulting" reply to their
original KUggestlon. Germany doe
rot conHlder the time opportune for
revealing terma.
Officials praised Wilson' argument
for "the freedom of the sea." All
politicians except a small conserva.
tlve group among the socialists sup
ported the president' Ideas. It is be.
lieved Oenird found the foreign of
fice aliunde favorable.
Despite her peace work, Germany
In rushing preparations for the blgge.it .
kind of a contllct. tun m-n
young women are volunteering for
"home service." ftnllroads have plac
ed embargoes on unnecessary freight.
Officers exoect the navy to partici
pate In a decisive battle They antlcl.
pate the war's greatest battle soon.
RI'BNOS AIRES, Jan. 24. Dis
patches indicated that South America
is delaying Its verdict on president
Wilson's speech, awaiting a fuller un
derstanding of its exact alms. Many
nppned the extension of the Monro"
Doctrine. An overwhelming majority
favors the peace suggestions. The
newspaper Rnxo endorsed the move.
Tt said: "It Is neutrals' duty to sun.
port President Wilson's work."
AMSTERDAM. Jnn. 24. The Co
logne Gazette said President Wilson's
.tntements were worthy of discussion.
Kditorially It snld that pence was Itn.
possible unleas the I'nlted State at.
tempted to practically realize th
president's theories
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 24. Swedish
papers of both parties Interpreted
Wilson's speech as antagonistic to th i
allies.
SHT'AF, i8 Kr:s wiirx
BOMB IS KXPI.ODF.D
SAX FRAXCiaCO, Jan. 24. A suit
case, identical In description with one
which the prosecution contends held
the bomb which exploded hew last
July, killing ten persons, was een on
the spot where the explosion occurred
a few seconds before the fatal blast,
according to the testimony of Mrs.
Eleanor A. Kennedy ' today In the
murder trial of Thomas J. Mooney.
Mooney nnd four others are alleged
to have been rsponslble for the explo.
slon.
GREASE WOOL BIGS
41 CENTS PER P
Forty-one cents per pound in
the grease! ,
This Is the price received for
a clip of wool sold In Kansas
City recently., The C. J. Mustlon I
Wool Commission Company
made the sale. The clip is de
scribed us being slightly hurry
and of being three-eights and
qimrter-blnod wool of medium
length staple.
Needless to say this Is the
highest price ever paid on the
Kansas City market for unscour
ed wool.
The same firm also sold an
other car of wool, consisting of
a clip of allghtly burry short
staple fine and half blood wool
from Buchanan, New Mexico,
for 80 cents per pound in the
grease or 11.03 per pound after
being scoured or on a clean ba
sis and a clip of wool that was
hurry from Lamar, Colorado, for
30 cents per pound, this one car
bringing 111,034 0.
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NKVV YORK, Jan. 24. Dudley P.
Rrown, head of a manufacturing cor
poration, and his wife, have become
reconciled as the result of the efforts
of their alx-year-olj daughter. The
couple appeared In the supreme court,
Mrs.
Urown having procured a wri:
of habeas
corpus for her duughter.
Dudley Brown
explaining that she
and her husband had
epnrated, but
give her th?
that Rrown refused to
NEW CONSOLIDATION SCHEME IS
SUBMITTED;MRS. THOMPSON WAS
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE TODAY
(East Oregon'an .Special Wire
Service. )
IlKAX HAS NEW
CONSOLIDATION PLAN.
SALEM, Jan. 24. A compre
hensive consolidation plan, com
pletely revamping the present
system of state government was
offered to the house consolidation
committee by Representative
Itean. He is now working on a
bill carrying out his Ideas and
it will be submitted to a commit
tee or the house. The plan di
vides the state government into
executive, financial and adminis
trative departments. A board of
control, consisting of the gover
nor, secretary and state treasur
er are given charge of the state
Institutions.
The finance department U to
have the state treasurer at the
head. The insurance corporation
and. banking departments are put
under his administration.
The agriculture department
will take in the state fair board.
The department of labor assumes
jurisdiction over the work of the
labor commissioner, the Industrial
welfare and child welfare com
mission. The plan resembles the consolida
tion program outlined by Senator
Day during the 1915 session.
MAY PHOUK
INSI HANCK RATES.
The Joint Insurance committee
will hear those Interested in fire
Insurance on Tuesday. Both
chairmen want a full Investiga
tion of fire rates.
Senator Orton said he learned
that Insurance companies last
year Increased their rates and
wanted to know if socalled Inde
pendent companies did likewise.
He has reliable Information an
Increase was made. Chairman
Mnckay stated that over Insurance
might cause Increased rates.
The chairman Instructed the
committee clerk to go to Port
bind and make an Im estimation.
MI!S. THOMPSON SPEAKS.
SALEM, Jan. 24. Mrs Alex
ander Thompson, woman member
of the legislature, took Speaker
Stanficld's place today. She pre
ssed at this morning's meeting
of the house on account of Stan
f.eld's slight Illness. The mem
bers addressed her as "Mr. Speak
er." It was the calmest session
since tho start.
AGAINST ALIEN LAItOH.
Senator orton Introduced n bill
providing that all public Insti
tutions, school district, munici
palities and contractors In public
work employ only American citi
zens. It prevents all aliens from
working on public jobs.
ANTI-PICK ETING HILL. '
The senate passed Eddy' bill
custody of the little girl, a agreed.
While the case was proceeding the
little girl took her father by the hand
and led him over to her mother and
drew their hands together until they
smiled. Then the couple decided to
talk It over, with the result that the
case wag adjourned while they went
Into conference It finally was decid
ed to let bygones be bygones, drop the
legal proceeding and tackle the matri
monial harness once more.
providing for the recall of school
directors. KuUU in the house In
troduced an anti-plcketing law.
It was sent to the second reading
and will probably be in a commit
tee' hands by the end of the
week.
MITTXOMAtl EXEMPTED.
The bill repealing the law pro
viding for the publication of de.
linquent tax list In newspapers
nearly passed the senate through
an accident. Just before the sen
ate voted on the proposition of
amending the bill, making It ef
fective only In Multnomah coun
ty, a senator discovered the error
whereby the bill repealed the
publication law throughout the
state, except Multnomah. It was
quickly changed.
EOU FIRE MARSHAL.
Cailan presented a bill making
the Insurance commissioner the
state fire marshal and authorizing
him to appoint deputies. It pro
vides that the insurance premium
tax supply the necessary funds.
HOIMJEX IV DERATE.
The house passed Mueller's bill
providing that public service cor
porations pay six per cent inter
est on nil meter deposits Cor
nelius. Hodgen nnd Peck vigor
ously opposed.
LEAK PROBE GOES
TO CAPITOL
NEW YORK, Jan. 24. The house
leak committee adjourned to Wash
ington. It will hold one meeting there
and will announce the time of re
snmlnT the probe here. The action
was taken after the committee learn
eo it was impossible to get stock ex
change records quickly. It asked the
exchange to hurry.
CLUB BACK TO OLD
PORTLAND PRICE
CHICAGO, Jan. 24 (Special to the
East Oregonlan) Mange of prices
today:
Open. High. Low. Close.N
May M.84H $1.84 J1.85 II. 84
July $151 $1.68 $l.B0t I1.5JH
Portland.
PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 24. (Spe
cial) flub $1.62; blucstem $1.6.
BACK
FAILURE TO ACT
RESOLUTION IS PRECEDED BY
HOT DEBATE Ail SENATORS
M
EATE WIRE BULLETINS
WILL PROBE INCREASE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. It Is
announced lift Conunissioners
Parry and Harris of the fcxlcrtJ
trade commission are going to Ot
tawa to confer with Canadian offi
cials regarding; the ivport tint the
dominion government has In
crtaaed news print paper price
ten dollars.
FRE-VCIf RAIDS SCOCEED.
PARIS, Jan. 21. It announc
ed that French raids were sue
resxfal south of Chilly, in Woevre
forest. There Is great patrol act
tivlty at Sell. Elsewhere It was
very calm.
1II DSOX MARU STARTS
NORTH.
BIEXOS AIRES, Jan 21.
prison ship Hudson Maru left
Peraambuco, hogging the shore
line cioiely for her northern
course, she is presumably en
route to New York. All prison
ers were lauded. It is sensation
ally rumored tliat the Brazilian
kteamer Slric ws torpedoed.
BASEHAI.L TO JOIN' UNION.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 Tlx!
American Federation of Labor an
nounced the executive council this
afternoon would consider the
hasclmty plaTers fraternity appli
cation for membership.
ITVE AEROPLANES DESTROYED.
RERUN, Jan.. SI. It I an
nounced tiutt German fire de
stroyed six allied -aeroplanes on
th western front yesterday. The
Germans successfully progressed
to Souroanft. Favorable engage,
ment are developed on both aides
of Oie river A. south of Riga.
Severe cold hindered oierations
on the Archduke Joseph's front
SEVEN INJFRED IN CRASH.
OIL CIT'. Jan. 24-Seven
were Injured, one fatally, when
a freight Mt a passenger train In
the McCllntonvlHe yards. Every
available ambulance was ru.-hed
to the scene The excitement was
very great 't
ONE KILLED IN WRECK.
CLEVELAND. .Ian. 21. One
was killed and several injured
when tlie Nickel plate passenger
trail from New York to Cleve
land ran through an open switch
aii.1 collided with a freight on a
siding.
T. H. SAYS I". S. HAD REST
QI IT TALKING SO MI CH
ST. PAVL, Jan. 24 A plea that
the nation refrain from "declamation
about protecting small nations" until
it Is willing to "Tun some risk and
make some effort to right the wrongs
of Belgium," was made In a letter
from Colonel Roosevelt, read at a
meeting called by St. Paul citizens to
protest against deportation of Bel
gians. RESCUING CREW
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The cruiser Milwaukee went ashore
off Eureka, Cul.. when in a dense fog
she was trying to save the submarine
H-3, which had previously gone
a f, n friLAa,.,, , ,T , f v M, -Mto -.-.
OH HIS
Bitter Words Exchanged Be
fore Deciding to Leave Way
Open for Discussion of
President's Peace Ideas at
Any Time.
SHERMAN Y0IOES OPPOSITION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. The sen
ate failed to act on Cummins' resolu
tion providing for a general debate on
President Wilson' address but left the
way open for a discussion of the pres
ident' idea at any time. A hot de
bate preceded the action. Stone sug
gested referring the resolution to the
foreign relations committee. Cum
mins wanted every senator to talk
one hour, expressing their opinion on
the peace steps.
Sherman bitterly denounced the
president' address. He declared it
a "stump speech from the throne,
forestalling public opinion and an at
tempt to make the senate accept any
treaty Wilson might make."'
Shafroth offered a resolution sug
gesting that each nation have five
judges In a peace tribunal, and con
tribute a portion of their military and
naval forces to enforce the court' de
crees. Sherman criticized the president'
visits to the capltol. Weeks asserted
the president used the senate as a
megaphone, "through which he ad
dresses the world."
Gallinger said Wilfon's plan would
cause a situalon wherein America
might declare war to get peace.
Weeks asked the meaning of peace
without victory. He asked: ''Are we
to sit In extra session to watch Europe
and decide our course In event the
European. hostilities end?"
Lewis questioned the advisability of
a general world peace discussion on
the ground that It "might seriously
embarrass foreign governments in re.
plying to the president's address."
W. L. THOMPSON
TO BE ADMIRAL
AT '17 REGATTA
W. L. Thompson of this city,
will be the admiral of the As
torit Regatta next summer ac
cording to word received here to
day. News of Mr. Thompson's
election came In a wire to T. F.
O'Brien from Mayor Harley of
Astoria.
Mr. Thompson is now enroute
to St. Paul and the message was
forwarded to him.
RECORD RREAKING COW
IS SOIJ FOR S.VMM1
PTICA. N. Y.. Jan. 24. Tietje
Queen de Kol, the cow which recently
broke the record for butter-making
In giving 542.7 pounds of milk in
seven days for 42 26 pounds of butter,
was sold for $5000 to a creamery
company. The previous record ha'l
been S3 pounds of butter. The cow
Is nine years and nine months old.
IN BREECHES BUOY FROM MILWAUKEE
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ashore In a storm. Thi photograph
! shows members of the crew being
safely landed by use of a breeches
j buoy.
Peace Barred by Entente
Reply, Says Zimmerman
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DR ALFRED VON ZIMMERMAN,
Dr. Alfred Zimmerman, Germany'
secretary of tate for foreign affairs,
who states that In his opinion, the
entente reply to the peace message of
President Wilson bars the possibility
for the present of further steps to
bring about peace. Dr. Zimmerman
was under secretary of foreign affairs
under von Jagow'a administration and
is one of the kaiser's best known and
most astute diplomats. It is Interest
ing to note that Dr. Zimmerman bears
upon hi face a scar, earned when
his face was badly mutiliated in a duel
In his student day at old Heidelberg.
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BOATS III F1AVAL
Holland Authorities Consider Intern
ment of Destroyer at Ymulden; One
British Ship Sunk.
LONDON, Jan. 24. Dutch corre
spondents for London newspapers re.
ported that German sailors said seven
German destroyers were sunk and
crippled. The admiralty has not
changed yesterday's announcement.
Holland authorities are considering
internment of the crippled German
destroyer V-69 which sought refuge
at Ymulden.
BERLIN. Jan. 24. It Is announced
that one British destroyer was sunk
off the Dutch coast. One German
torpedo boat reached the Dutch har.
bor. The remainder of the German
vessels returned with slight losses.
UTAH VOTE BEARER
HAS DISAPPEARED
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24 The mes
senger carrying Utah's official presi
dential vote count to Washington has
disappeared. The state department
notified the Utah secretary of state
that the messenger had not arrived
All official counts were due here last
Monday. The Utah situation is de
laying the official announcement.
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It Is believed the Milwaukee will be
a total loss, except for the Imple
ments of war and munition that may
be salvaged.
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SENT TO SEARCH
Rumors of Secret Bases, Con
cealed Harbors and Myster
ious Supply Ships are
Rampant in South America.
RAIDER REPORTED AT TOXROS
Four Founded Vessel Said to Har
Been Seen Off Uaist With One
Pawtenger Ship and Two Cfergo
UoaU, one Fifing American Flat,.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 24 The
biggest crop of stories, rumors of se
cret bases, concealed harbors and
mysterious supply ships since tho
day of Morgan's Buccaneers are ram
pant. Many private strongholds are
said to be located on the north coast
'of South America. It ! reported
i that German raiders are using natural
j vantage points.
The minister of the marine credited
several of the rumors. It sent a Bra
zilian cruiser to search the suspected
harbors. It reported the raider Is
concealed at Tonros. Pernambuco
dispatches repeated the hope. It Is
also rumored that a mysterious four
funneled vessel was teen off the coat
with one passenger ship and two car.
go boat, one flying an American flag
WOMEN HEARTILY
FAVOR PLANS FOR
A PEACE LEAGUE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 Mrs.
Walter McNag Miller, president of
the National Women's Suffrage As
sociation, and Alice Paul, national
chairman of the Congressional Union,
declared that all women would give
the heartiest support to President
Wilson's suggested league for the en
forcement of peace.
Mrs. Miller said: "As suffragists
we are much pleased at the emphasis
the president laid upon a 'government
with the consent of the governed'
Hereafter mankind's silent masse
must be given the right to stop pour
ing out their blood for the country
whenever it is unnecessary."
"Women make the greatest war
sacrifices. The women in the present
war are making the same sacrifices
and also replacing the men gone to
the trenches."
PLAN TO ORGANIZE
AN OHIO SOCIETY
A'i ""hio Society of Pendleton" is
;o ho i.rircnixed. Through the efforts
of .-pve-ii former resident of the
mm e state, a meeting Is to be held
iKt Tue.day evening in the club
r...,r.is the county library baildln?
'or the purpose of organizing. All
former residents of Ohio are asked to
be present. The functions of the cluh
will be purely social, according to J.
W. Huff, who is taking an active In
terest in the formation of the club.
WAS 100 YEARS OLD
The late Joseph Cunningham, who
died recently at the Ea.;.-rn Oregon
State Hospital and whose funeral w;w
held yesterday afternoon, was IM
years old If his comm ttment capers
are to be believed. He himself gav
ISiiO as the date of his birth which
would make him but 97.
He was sent to the hospital less than
two weeks ago from Prlnevllle where
he had been in the countv hospital
for a month. It Is snld that he his
no relatives and recnt'y deeded 1
farm to friends w th the uml.-rstand-Ing
that thev wi re to oirc f..r Mm
the re-t of hi ,la vs. It Is said the
rnte,l the farm an-l niov.'d away. Tha
nM nan. while waMtlerirnr ahoiit on
tiishl 'iiirine the i'o!d si'll, waded lu
the rivr ;,tid h.s -et wer. i.a-Hy froz
en. The funeral was conducted yiter'
day at the hospital chapel by Rev.
Charles yulnney.
THIRD DEATH ItFSI'LTS
FROM IllEt:7.l(i IV S. n.
K.':o, V f. Jan ;4 - The third
death from freexing In North Dakota
th s wlnt'-r wa reportiM hist nigh
Knute Ifamtun. a resident of M'-Vllle
was found frosen to death In a street
there. One man was frozen to death
lat Sundav near Alfreii Iimour..
county, and another In w.-ntern Nor'h
Itukota enrlier In th 'ar.
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