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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPE3
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 19l7.v
NO. 9028
VOL. 28
SPRING CAMPAIGN
PIVOTAL PUT III
PEACE Ifi
Advisors Believe Wilson Has
Created a Situation Where
by Neither Side Can Con
tinue War After Results are
Known.
ONE BIG EFFORT NECESSARY
All Preliminary Hans Arc Progress,
ing; Details of Gigantic ISlow Will
He Complclo iu 6 Week.
(KOBERT J. BENDEK.)
WArtHINOTON, Jan. 25. It 1" of
ficially believed that a great spring
offensive will be the trying point of
the peace maneuver. It Is under
stood that President Wilson expects
that one great effort will be necessary
before the Nrst actual peace step.
Diplomats agree that peace la lmpos.
Kible until the gigantic effort.
Preliminary plans are progressing
All campaign details will be com
plete within six weeks. The entent
iiutlons await the outcome before en.
tering negotiations. It is believed
Wilson has laid the real peace,
groundwoik.' He has outlined Ameri.
ea's attitude and the United Statci
Ideas of permanent peace arrange
ments. Advisors believe the president
has created a situation whereby, eith
er side cannot liulst on continuing
the war after the spring campaigns'
(suits are definitely determined.
IRE OBJECTION IS
MADE 10 OIL PLANT
PcOlkon May lk Prex'iiled Asking
Thai sti'mlard Oil Co. KonHvr
Itullillnps Outside the c'tjr Umjts.
Kurther objex'tlon to the city grant
ing the Standard OH Co. a franchise
to build and maintain an oll-di.trlbut.
Ing plant at Its present location was
made loft evening when the ordinance
Introduced at the request of the com
pany came up for discussion.
Col. J. H. Haley, appearing for the
company, requested action at the
meeting !f possible, declaring the
company wished to atart work on
Improvements at once. Mayor Dest
declared that residents or the vicin
ity were oliJectln to the lorntlon of
the plant and wlahed time to present
a pet Hon asking for the removal of
the plant outside the city limits. He
expressed the wish that the ordinance
be held over until next week. A rep.
resent.'itlve of the company ."tatert
that he had no objection to thin and
It is probable a decision will bo
reached at the next meeting.
The company has an option on the
Frailer property and will buy It as
soon as the franchise Is granted Mike
Keating was present last evening and
reminded the council that there was
other private property In the neigh
borhood and that the company shoull
buy the entire block.
STORM FORECASTS
TO AID STOCKMEN
wfatiifr nntFAr wn,i; fa
de. von TO PHOTI ST THF,
SIIOIIN liAMIl.
Forest Supervisor order announces
that beginning about Fehruafy i the
Istrlct Forecaster, IT. R Weather
Bureau, Portland, Oregon, will begin
sending the special weather forecasts
for the benefit of stockmen. This Is
the resumption of the sen-Ice main
tained Inst winter and spring which
proved so valuable to the stockmen.
The forecasts will be telegraphed to
the forest supervisor and by him tel
egraphed or telephoned to the vari
ous distributing centers for Immedi
ate distribution. Distributing centers
ere established nt Pendleton. Tllot
Pock. Vnnner. Arlington and Con
don to that all sections of the trlbu
tary stock raising country will be
served. The names of the gentlemen
who have kindly consented to dlstrlb
ut these forecasts follows:
Ii 0. Rcharpf, First Bank of Pilot
Pock, Ore.; O. W. Hager, Secretary
Oregon Wool Growers' Association,
Meppner, Oregon; George Smith. Ar
llngton, Oregon; O. B. Robertson,
cashier First National Hank, Condon,
Oregon. The forecasts will be placed
without cost In the hands of the
above gentlemen but those stockmen
desiring to receive the forecasts must
arrange to meet the expense of de
livery should there be any,
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NATION HONORS
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THE CASKET JTS ESCCRT. FAS JUNG .TKEA SITJEV. FAJ1&VINGI EKROU TE 1 TO
Not since the body of the martyretl
McKinley was born through the
streets of the national capital has such
honor been extended a,was extended
George Dewey, lute admiral of the
BONE DRV Bill IS MADE 1
SPECIAL ORDER OE BUSINESS
FOR HOUSE MONDAY MORNING
(Kattt Oregonian Special Wire
Service.)
.ALEM, Jan. J5. The com
mittee reitorted the bone dry bill
to the house this morning. It
made it the special order of bus
iness for Monday morning at ten
thirty o'clock. The judiciary com
mittee adversely repotted How
man's bill prohibiting the circu
lation of Initiative, referendum
and recatl petitions by hired
.agents, ft was Indefinitely post
ttoned. MFMOKIAIIZIMJ CONt.llKSS
t K1T1CIZKD.
The house memorialized con
gress uniing the establishment of
a naval base at Astoria. Tlch
nor pretested, advocating Port
Orford. Peck urged Coos Bay.
Lewis and Stott opposed "con
tinually memorializing congress."
U-wis said It cost the house elKht
hundred and ten dollars dally for
operating expenses. He charged
the time was wasted. Belland re
plied, asserting that Lewis wast
ed much of the time talking.
After a bitter debate the house
memorialised congress to appro
priate three hundred thousand
dollars to improve the harbor at
Crescent City. California. The
Kngue River delegation arRued
that the improvement would
benefit their district. Peck and
Tlchenor said Coos Pay and Port
. Orford offered better harbor fa
cilities. The house adopted the resolu
tion providing for a point com
mittee to discuss the Columbia
river fishing laws with the Wash
ington committee, and memori
alized congress to urge the de
development of Oregon's water
resources. It asks congress to act
Immediately on the Anthony
suffrage amendment.
MINOMTY RF.POUT ADOPTED.
A majority of the Judiciary
committee unfavorably reported
the bill providing for the sterili
zation of feeble minded persons.
Wilbur, Olson and Stelwer se
turned a favorable minority re
port. The senate adopted the
minority report 21 to 6, after a
lengthy discussion. The bill was
made the special order of busi
ness for two o'clock Monday af
ternoon. THISI'F, AMENDMENTS l"Pf
Three proposed constitutional
amendments relating to elections.
Initiative and referendum peti
tions were Introduced In the son
ate. Three others are scheduled
STRONGER TONE IN
WHEAT PIT TODAY
CHICAGO, Jan. 25. (Special to
(he East Oregonlan) Range of pri
ces today:
Open. High. Low. Close.
Mav IM tl S6 It. 84 $1.85
July $1.454 U.B4 $1.63 J1.53H
Portland.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 25. (Spe
cial) Club Jl 63; bluestem $1.67.
DEWEY. LAID AT REST IN ARLINGTON
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I United Staes navy. While the nation j
paused In Its dally tasks, all of Wash-
. ington officialdom and the diplomatic I
Icoi pj paid homage to the hero of Ma. I
' nilu Hay. The machinery of govern- I
for introduction in the house this
afternoon. Secretary Fording of
the constitutional rertsion associ
ation handed the amendments to
Senator Olson. Olson said he had
not studied the measures yet and
was unable to explain them.
KINDNESS IS REPAID
BY BULLET IN HEART
Immigration Disprvtor Shot and Killed
hy Man W hom He W as Taking to
Prison riimamv'lcri.
WINDSOR, tint., Jan. 2.V "This is
what I get for being kind to you,"
were the last words of Immigration
inspector M. B. Jackson of Winnipeg,
whom James Stewart, a safe blower,
killed. Jackson was in the smoking
car while enroute to Windsor, where
the American police planned to arrest
Stewart on a charge of blowing the
safe at Cattle Creek. The prisoner
took Jackson's revolver from his
pocket while talking. Jackson per
mitted Stewart to take the long ride
unmanacled.
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This Is the first photograph of the
two Oermantown school teachers,
who supplied the Philadelphia police
with the name of Bernard V. Lewis,
silf-sloln suspect In the "model"
murder case. It wus on Information
supplied by the teachers that detec
tives traced Lewis to Atlantic City,
where he took his life just In time to
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GIRLS WHO NAMED LEWIS IN MODEL MURDER
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ment halted an the funeral procession
passed along Pennsylvania avenue,
From the president down to the hum.
blest office holder all honored the
great Dewey.
LATE WISE BULLETINS
liORAH HAS WARNING.
W ASHINGTON, Jan. 25. Sen
ator Itorah offered a resolution
wanting the I'nlled Slates against
the "danger of beoomln Involv
ed iii an entangling alliance with
European nations." P asked the
senate to reaffirm tne Monroe
DVictiine principles, it was aim
ed at President Wilson's speech.
SECRET 8LSSION HELD.
PAIUS, Jan. 25. Tuerhanibcr
of deputies met In secret session
to discuss the Greek situation.
MOTHER KILLS CHILD
WITH GERMAN FATHER
PARIS, Jan. 25 Josephine
Barthelemy aged twenty, was
acquitted of the charge of kill-
Ing her own baby. She told the
jury she killed the child because
It had a German father She
pleaded that German soldiers 4
attacked her and her baby was
unwelcome Her lawyer said:
"Would you condemn a girl for
stifling the life of a child whose
father killed France's sons and
violated France's daughters?"
The government has re-establish-
ed the custom of placing a
cradle outside the town halls
where mothers may leave un-
welcome children, the govern-
ment guaranteeing their support.
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tali , ,
avoid arrest. The girls were motor.
Ing with the wealthy young Pitt'
burgher on the night before Maxle
Agnes Colbert, or Grace Roberts, as
she was professionally known, was
slain. They have since expressed
themselves as sorry that they were In
strumental in starting a search for
their friend.
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DIET OF JAPAN
IS DISSOLVED
AND MINISTRY
OVERTHROWN
Critical Political Situation De
velops From Activities of Op
position Party in Kingdom.
VISCOUNT KATO IS LEADER
laiiiH Selection of Terajehls Cabi
net Was Unconstitutional; Newspa
pers Fall to Make Any Comment on
W'llson'e Peace Note.
TOKIO, Jan. 25. The Japanese
diet has dissolved. Count Teraychi'
minister has been overthrown. The
political situation Is critical. The mi.
kado appointed Terayoh! as premier,
replacing Okuma, Viscount Kato
led the opposition. He claimed Ter
aycW's cabinet selection was uncon
stitutional. TOKIO, Jan. 25. Japanese news
papers have not commented on Pres
ident Wilson's peace proposals. They
are entirely occupied with internal
problems and the diet's dissolution.
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HRESWAS S78245
Annual Report of Fire Chief Rlngold
Shows That Burning Trash Caused
Most Conflagrations.
There were 4 9 fires in Pendleton
during the year 1916 and the total
damage is estimated at J7S.245. The
value of the buildings and stocks JeoP
pardlaed by fire was $480,350 and the
insurance carried was J269.300. The
loss on old frame buildings was $14,
500. Fire Chief Ringold made his an
nual report last night and it shows
that the burning of trash was re
sponsible for more fires than any
other cause. There were five fires
from this cause and two more caused
by burning trash in stoves. Other
causes were as follows: Defective
flues 6, thawing of pipes 3, overheated
stoves 3, spontaneous combustion 3.
ashes piled too close to buildings 2
exploding lantern 1. thawing of gaso
line engine 1, gasoline on floor 1. es
caping gas 1. filling gasoline tanks 2,
children with matches 1, cigar stub in
sidewalk grating 1. cleaning bed flth
coal oil 1, stove pipe through roof 1
gas heater 1. electric Iron 1, cigarette
butt 1, grassfires 2, electric stoves 2,
unknown 2.
There were 30 alarms came over the
system and 19 by telephone. There
were four false alarms. The number
of feet of hose laid was 22.650. 351
gallons of chemicals were used and
seven quarts of Pyrene. The total
value of the fire fighting apparatus
Is (16.541.50.
The fire chief issued 170 electrical
permits during the year and estimat
ed cost of wiring was 18574.
U. S. NEWSPAPER I
IS MISSING; MAY BE IN
A BRITISH PRISON
NEW' YORK, Jan. 25. The
newspaper syndicate has asked
'Lanslnr to learn the fate or
George Bacon, an American
newsjiaiierman believed lnirlsn
eil In England or Ireland. He
was sent abroad December 5. He
wrote a letter mentioning the
possibility of a new Sinn Fein up
rising Easier. An Englishwom
an heart! that the British had ar.
rested Bacon.
WASHINGTON', Jan. 25. It
is announced that the state de
partment Intended to act intme
diatoly to ascertain the fate of
George Bacon, American news
paperman supposedly Imprisoned
ln England since December,
lansliur received appeals this
aftcrno..n and promlstxl distant
Inquiry through AnilMisiMtor Page
al London.
miunr
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LIBRARY ORDINANCES
REPEALED; JUDGE FEE
MAKES RECOMMEND
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DESTROYS 1 AEROPI.ANE
A DAY, 27 HIT SO FA It
PARIS. Jan. 25. It I an-
nbunced that Lieutenant Guy-
nener has destroyed hLS twenty-
seventh German aeroplane, the
second within two days. The
French repulsed a German at-
tack south of Berrybae. The en.
emy lost heavily.
COSTS $700,000 10
REFLOAT MILWAUKEE
Cruiser's Boilers, Armor Plate an.l
Engines win Bo Impossible to
Save Say Salvage contractors.
EUREKA, Jan. 25. Salvage con
tractors said it would be Impossible
to save the cruiser Milwaukee's boil
ers, armor plate or engines. in-!
metal is worth twenty dollars a ton
as Junk and it would cost a hundred
dollars a ton to remove it.
The engines are unsuitable to mer.
chant ships and not speedy enough
for modern warships. Contractors ex
pect, to ave a million dollars worth
of equipment and material. The cot
to the navy department will be seven
hundred thousand dollars to refloat
and equip the cruiser.
N. P. TRAIN WILL
BE GUARDED FROM
SPEEDING AUTOS
J&'heihex .the Northern Pacific train
is more dangerous to auto traffic
than it is endangered by it Is a ques
tion given the council to consider.
Last evening one of the councilmen
recommended that the N. P. Co. be
ordered to install a bell at the East
Court street crossing as a warning
sign,
H. G. BIydenstein, who chanced to
be present, volunteered the informa
tion that the public needs protection
more from automobiles who use East
Court as a speedway than It does
from the N. P. train. Councilman
Phelps, thereupon, declared that
some steps should be taken to safe
guard the X. P. train from the speed,
ing autos. "One of these days an
auto is going to knock that train
off the track," he said, and, thereupon
at the suggestion of Councilman Tay.
lor, the police were notified to en
force the traffic ordinance to the en-1
that the N. P, "cannonball' be pro
tected from danger.
As for the installation of the bel!,
most of the counctlmen could see no
reason for it It was pointed out that
the N. P. train only makes a speed
of four miles an hour inside the city
and. as Phelps pointed out. a collision
is Impossible because there Is only
one engine on the line.
S MACK STOLEN
IN 24 HOUR PERIOD
PORTLAND, Jan. 25. The police
reported that automoible thieves stole
five additional machines in twenty-
four hours. This makes a total of
thirty for the month. Eighteen were
t recovered Some were found
stripped.
WITCH GIRL DRAWS
ENORMOUS CROWD
DETROIT, Jan. 25 A crowd
gathered in front of the home of
Celia Wrobleski, aged sixteen.
following the report that she
was possessed of supernatural
powers. The police tried vainly
to disperse the throng. Many de-
elated they expected to e the
"witch girl" transform herself
into animal shapes Men 'aid
they feared to see her face let
a terrible calamity befall them.
It is unknown how the strange
rumor originated. Father Kie-
ruj, pastor of St. Francis
4 church said! "It snumU in-
credulous. I cannot understand
it. The girl is among my parish-
loners. The whole story In
falBe."
The crowd was increasing this
afternoon. Spectators came from 4
every part of Detroit and nearby
cities.
444444444444
Discovers Constitutional Ob
stacles to City Making
Library Contract With Any
Corporation.
"PEACE COMMISSION" NAMED
Latent iM-noument In Lllwary situa
tion Is WelfOntcd by Couito.1 Who
See Signs of a taeaHnir I p of thJ
Hard I'omght Controversy.
An unexpected denoument to the
library' situation which threatened to
develop special elections and injunc
tion suits, came last evening when
Judge Fee appeared before the coun
cil and recommended the repeal of
the four ordinances recently - passed
turning over the city library to the
Pendleton Public Library, Inc. His
recommendation was at once accepted
and the repealing ordinances passed.
However, Judge Fee made it plain
that he was not surrendering to thi)
requests of the Commercial associa
tion because of the showing made but
because he had discovered constitu
tional obstacles to the city making a
library contract with any corporation.
This obstacle, he said, not only would
prevent the -city from contractinz
with the Pendleton Public Library,
Inc., but would prevent any contract
with the county or the Commercial
association for the maintenance and
operation of the city library. In oth-,
er words, he holds that the city ha
no option but to conduct its own li
brary. peace commistaon Named.
Further evidence of a clearing up
of the controversy came later In the
evening when Councilman Penland
reported that the special committees
from the council and Commercial as
sociation had met and had decided to
ask that a "peace commission, to be
omposed. of three members of tha
council, three members of the Com
mercial association and three repre
sentatives of the county, none of
whom to have any personal interest
in the controversy, be named to arbi
trate and settle the differences.
Mayor Best empowered the same
committee to act for the council,
namely Councilmen Penland, Taylor
and Kirkpatrick. The Commercial
association committee consists of A.
H. Cox, J B. McCook and W. J.
Clarke. Neither the Judge or commis
sioners will represent the county, it l
understood. Mayor Best insisted that
whatever decision was reached should
be presented to competent attorneys
for approval.
LegkJatiire In Error.
After routine business had been
disposed, of last evening. Judge Fee
threw a surprise Into the meeting
when he made his recommendation
and presented repealing ordinances
I:: -.T-s"enting the original ordinances
.,,,;-.:, . the Pendleton Public Li-
t.'tv, i si.-.-, he said he had acted uP
. ! t- - sumption that the act of
t'. h-;ii iture giving municipalities
the power to contract with corpora
te .ii. ...r t ie maintenance of a library
was valid. However, subsequent in
vestigation had proved to him, he
said, that the legislature had been in
error inasmuch as the constitution of
the state expressly forbids uch a con
tract. He quoted Section 9, Artie! j
11, as follows: "No county. city,
town or other municipal corporation,
by vote of citizens or otherwise, shall
become a stockholder in any joint
stock company, corporation or asso
ciation whatever, or raise money for.
or loan its credit to. or In aid of. any
such corporation, company or asso
ciation." His construction of th.it section, he
said, was that the city could not con
tract with th,- Publu Library. Inc.
tlv Commercial Association or Uma
tilla county for the maintenance of .
Joint library He assumed full re.
sponsibilitv. he said, for the pasa
of the ordinance which he now ask-d
be repealed. The ordinances were re.
pealed at once
The Pendleton Public Ijbrirv, inf.
will cease to exist. Juilge Fee statins'
that the charter would be surr-n.ler-ed.
This leave- the situation 1ut the
s ime as before the pjis-airc of the or
dinance. The city library I" under
the supervision of the city horary
lio;ini and th.- I..'.'"1 which wis to be
giv.-n to the corporation will be n'f"l
for the upport of !h.- cite library
The council cm-it mlthMlv reliev
ed at the turn of affairs and Record
er Fit tlenild d--l .red he always ex.
peered those library ordinances would
come to gr-ef because 'he number of
the last one ended In 13.
NINETY DEFEND .NTS
NAMED.
ONCINNATI. .Ian. 2.V Tin
grand Jury whk-h In limxlicatlog
I lie ot- fraud n-twned m-1-fxl
IndH'tnXiits. naming nirw-ty
defciMlantA, It aniioiiiiOil Out
police wimiM Immediately birla
amtlng thai aviied, rvniilliig
tlta' nnuu-s lute.