East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, January 26, 1917, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAP "iliG EDITiOl! DAILY EV!!I::G ECITI3;i TO ADVERTISERS Ton-ght .- , ,'r, -rtlv cloudy Maximum tem. '4,r : Itiin' muni. ;s; rainfall. ' . t, light; weather. Inrtiy cl"un.' threatening Th But Oregonlan has the largest bona fids and guaranteed paid circulation of any papr In Oregon, eaiit of I'ortland and by tar the largaat circulation In I'eudletua of aey ncwapaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPE1 CITY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1917. NO. 9029 HI 1750 I FRENCH LINE Five Hundred Prisoners Taken in Assault on Hili Three Hundred and Four-Counters Repulsed. SUFFOLK COAST BOMBARDED Small Steamer Attemlrta to Sited Shore Hut Only Slight Damage I Inflicted; Official Report Made On Naval Battle Off the Dutch Coast. rETROGRAD, Jan. 2. It U announced tile Russians retreated a mile on Ue eastern tmnk of the river Aa toward Kolomea, fol. lowing an obstinate battle. The Roumanian front was unevent ful. BERUN, Jan 26 (Via Sayvllle.) It lg announced the Germans stormed seventeen hundred and fifty yards of French trenches on Hill 301. Five hundred prisoners were taken. A French counter failed. The Germans captured Russian positions on both sides of the river Aa on the Riga front. Five hundred prisoners were captured. Strong counters on the west bank were repulsed. Archduke Joseph repulsed Roumanian attack's In the Caslnu valley. Has Destroyed 28 Alrwhlp. TARI8, Jan. 26. It Is announced that Lieutenant Quynmer haa destroy. d his twenty-e ghth German aero plane, the third within seventy-two hours. The French repulsed attacks at four points between Avocourt woods and Deadman's hill. The Ger. man losses were very heavy. Small detachments penetrated a French trench near hill S04. Artillery fire halted two Homme attacks, Navnl Rattle DrwTlbrd. BERLIN. Jan. 26. (Via Saycllle The official press bureau's version of the destroyer battle says: ''Imme. dlatelv after beginning the engage ment a shell killed the V-69'a com mander, Captain Max S hultz and hit other officers and sailors. It also damaged the steering gear and caused a collision with other boats. The V-69, heavily damaged, entered Ymui len unmolested. "A German boat rammed by the V69 continued flthtlng despite the damage H rammed and heavilj damaged the English destroyer, the latter In a sinking condition. The German vessels succeeded In reaching support unhindered. "The third German boat encoun tered numerous hostile destroyers and Immediately entered action. She sank one large hostile destroyer with a direct torpedo hit. at shortest 'range. The hostile fleet being super ior, the boat stopped fighting and ar rived at port unmolested." ITH POSTMASTER New Offlre la Created at Railroad Terminal; WUf Re of Much Benefit to Many iteatdenu of Tliat setlKm. (East Oregonlan Special.) RIBTH, Jan. 26. While It has been known for some week by a few faithful ones, it came as a surprise to most of the populace Thursday morning to read In a I'ortland paper the special dispatch from Washington, D. Ci announcing the appointment of A. G. Means aa postmaster at Rieth, Umatilla county, a new office. This will fill a long felt want and has been much needed for a year past, there being sufficient number of people here the day this terminal was open ed to Justify a postofftce. BASKETBALL TEAMS OFF TO WA1TSBURG (.IrU Have High Hopes of Winning Game Hut Roya Are Not ao Confi dent; Hard Rattle Ex1eeted. The P. H. S. boys' and girls' basket I all teams have gone to Waltsburg where they will play the Waltsburg boys' and girls' tonight. The girls' team expect to win as they beat Waltsburg hre. though tbey realize it will be a hard fight and have gone prepared. The boys' team hardly expect to win but Intend to make a hard fight. K BILL LIMITING WOMEN TO 48 HOURS OF WORK WEEKLY IS POSTPONED (East Oregonlan Special Wire Service.) SALEM. Jan. 26. The senate Indefinitely postponed the Olll bill limiting women to forty eltiht hours of work weekly. TO STOP SINGLE TAX MEASIRES. Representative Small presented a Joint resolution amending the constitution and preventing the Introduction of more single tax Initiative measures before 1921. $75,000 FOR Pl'BLIC SCHOOLS. The education committee of the Oregon legislature favorably re ported Gordon's bill appropriat ing seventy five thousand dollars for state public schools. The bill accompanies Bowman's act for the withdrawal of all state aid from religious Institutions. SENATE HILL M COXSTITITIOX.U The senate Judiciary committee reported that senate bill 63. ap plying to counties of 100. (toft peo ple Is constitutional. The bill which repeals the provisions re quiring the publication of delin quent tax lists was first Introduced by Senators Farrell and Orton. It applied to the entire state, but newspapers forced an amendment eliminating all counties except Multnomah. LAST RAY FOR UII,I,S. This Is the last day for Intro ducing bills. When the house adjourns today the members must get unanimous consent to submit measures. Muckay asked an extension of 10 days fur the Introduction of un insurance code. The request was granted. THREATEN IXG OFFIC1 A I S. Senator Dlmlck introduced a -bill making It a crime for any person to threaten for the pur pose of affecting the official acts of any public official, or employe of state, county, city, municipal Itv. In Hny manner In relation to an official aot either pant- pres ent or future, penalties of five years in prison or a $!0u0 fine are provided. To IMPROVE KMHT.H. Authority was given the port of Portland to Improve the Ore gun Slough, In the bill introduc ed by Senator ljuston. It was as sumed the port had the authority until the recent decision of the supreme court held the author ity was restricted to the Willam ette and Columbia PEACE I.i:(il E APPROVED. MAXCIIESTER. Jan. 2. The lalMir party coiilVronce rCMulied in approvine Prci(llit Wilson's ln tenuitioiial Icagnio to enforce la'ai-e. TlHre vvas oiJy one disv scnt'iii vote of the seven liiimlred balloting. FUTURE CROWN PRINCE Prince William, the eldest son of Crown Prince Frederick William, Is shown taking a ride on a sled. Push Inr.g the sled Is h's brother, Louis. , Ferdinand. William Is eleven and; II 9! ' PKIHCE WIILIAM f i ' 1 AND V 1 PRINCE XOUIS I S jX FERDINAND l r ' y " . " ill I 4 : FARMERS IN FAVOR OF GRAIN MEASURE STATE 1XSPIXTIOX FAVORED, NAYS EAItNHAHT IF FAIR BILL IS DRAFTED. Eastern Oregon farmers will be af fected by proposed legislation at Sa lem with reference to state grading of wheat Stories from Salem indi cate that several bills have been In troduced or will be Introduced. According to R O. Earnhart, one of the Farmers Union representative at the grain conference recently held at Corvallls, the subject of grain In spection was discussed favorably at C'orvallis and also at a meeting at Mc Mlnnvllle. He Is of the belief that the farmers will generally favor a state grain standard bill provided the bill Is drafted in fairness to the growers. The following story from the Port land Journal deals with a bill to be introduced on this subject. The hill creating an Oregon grain standard will be Introduced In the legislature within a week, according to reports of the plans of a commit tee from the northwest grain confer, ence recently held at Oregon Agricul tural college. This Is the measure which the (train growers will advo cate, particularly those east of the Cascade mountains, who say that as long as Wash'ngton has a grain stand ard law and a board to arbitrate dif ferences between growers and ship pers and buyers. It Is more to their advantage to sell through Seattle than Portland which recognizes only the grain tandards formulated by the bureau of the chamber of commerce whose members are almost exclusive ly buyers. When differences arise between growers or shippers In Port land there Is nn appeal. It 18 probable that the bill will pro vide for a grain standard based on weight as well as measure. Wheat weighing 5)1 pounds to the bushel is now graded as No. l. wheat weighing FiS pounds I (rraded as No. J. But If wheat received her weighs 61 or 6! pounds to the bushel It brings no premium whereas If It weighs, at all under 58 pounds the grower or ship per Is docked. Afterwards, it Is satd. the extra heavy wheat for which no premium was 'paid, can skilfully be blended with liuht wheat and the re suiting combination sold as No 1. WASHINilTON". Jan. 26. Principles "f fashionable finish ing schools have abolished rogue, beauty spot, eyebrow pencils, lip slicks and low neck gowns. . OF GERMAN ROYAL FAMILY louls Ferdinand la ten years old. On January 27 they will aid In sending felicitations to the kaiser, their grand. f:er, who will celebrate his fifty eighth birthday. BIRTH CONTROL ADVOCATE HAS FASTED 5 DAYS Mrs. Ethel Byrne on Hunger Strike in Blackwell Island Prison is Transferred to Hospital. FORCIBLE FEEDING CONSIDERED Striker Declares It Can't be Done and She Will Win Her Battle fur Free dom; Mrs. Margaret Sanger, Her Sister, Barred From Bedside. NEW YORK, Jan. 26. Commissi oner of Correction Burdette Lewis has announced that Mrs. Ethel Byrne, mi litant birth control advocate who is on a hunger strike, was transferred from her cell to Blackwell's Island prison hospital. The bulletin said she was noticlbly weaker. Dr. Irma How ard. Ihe prison physician. Is keeping the authorities posted with frequent reports of her condition. Forcible feeding is contemplated, when the doctor says nourishment is vitally necessary. Lewis refused to permit Mrs. Margaret Sanger, her sister to visit the hunger striker. He declared no special favors were possible. This Is her fifth day without food or wa ter. Mrs. Byrne declared her tongue and throat were very dry. She Is suf fering considerable nervous discom fort. She heard the shrieking Inmates of nearby cells beating the bars night ly and calling on God to avenge the wrong. Her children have not learn ed their mother Is In JalL She said: "They can't forcibly feed me. The tube feeding was found Im practicable In England. They haven't any cat and mouse act to release and then rearrest me I will win my bat tle for freedom." T I Ml TO ST. PAUL ON lioula Hill, promoter1 of Derby, Fol lows Course m Special Tram from Winnipeg; Minis Are Made. GUASSTON, North Dakota, Jan. 26. Eyartus Hanson, Gommar Toma-i-son and Mike Kelly are eighteen miles ahead in the Red River dog derby from Winnipeg to St. Paul. They started on the third day of their Journey this .morning. Louis Hill president of the "Great Northern rail way, who la promoting the race, is following the racers on a special train. Movie operators are also with the special. The three setting the pace were un communicative regarding their ad vantages. The dog teams are travel ing between Hamilton and Grand Forks, and expect to reach Grand Forks tonight. The leaders traveled seventy miles yesterday. They ran 60 per cent of the distance, saving the dogs. The drivers acknowledged they were pledged to stick close together ro that If one meets with an accident help is available. LATE WIRE BULLETINS ESCAPES RATTLE FIELD TO DIE WHILE SKYLARKING WINDSOR. Jan. 26. St. Claire Walker, aged 28, honorably discharg ed on account of wounds from the Somme front, touched the charging points of a powerful motor while sky larking In a garage and died Instantly. HOYS ARE KILLED VXDFR A STOIiEX AUTOMOBILE SEATTLE, Jan. 26. The corpses of Lee Erland and Andy Peehtel. youths, were found under a wrecked automobile beneath the Bothwell'oad Vrldge. The machine was stolon from N. V. Welger. POI R SECRET INDICTMENTS RETIRXED IX LIQVOR CASES SEATTLE, Jan. 26. The federal grand Jury Investigating the llquo graft returned four secret Indictments. The names were withheld until the men are arrested. MONTREAL IS ROCKED BY Ql'AKE LASTING 15 SECtlXBS MONTREAL. Jan. 26. There was a severe earthquake at two forty five th's afternoon which lasted fifteen seconds. There was no damage. DOG riMO RACE 10 I WHERE GERMAN RAIDER SANK MANY VESSELS I -i-j f " " ' MIBIt sA-jm tfafer2- CJ-S- C t! v AZORtSVSf ii!tn3 O Y, p -...- sTwwooBtffii.i grv ft Oram ati sr As?? x 0 (Sink) I5sSi ' ftNsMxj JXWM '-1 , jAMgmcK 1 1 V I " - J , CSimAJ , ASKIERi -4' ty . I : HAHTES mam The mysteriots German raider which has sunk or captured some twenty-six vessels of the allied powers in the north and south Atlantic oceans is believed to have left Wilhelmshaven and gone around the north coast of the British Ibles. Then she made south and encountered many fine THREE CENT DROP IN WHEAT PRICES CHICAGO, Jan. 26. (Special to the East Oregonlan) Range of prices to day: Open. High. Low. Close. May 1.8S 1.85 J1.80T, J1.81, July 1.53!4 J1.54 $1.51 11.5164 Portland. PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. 26 (Spe cial) Club J1.60: bluestem $1.63. COLLEGE TOWNS ARE' ACCUSED OF GRAFT Special Legislative Committee Makes Report Assailing Oorvalllg and Eu gene People Sororities and Frater nities Are Rapped. SALEM., Or., Jan. 26. Petty Jeal ousies found to exist between the Uni versity of Oregon and the Oregon ag. ricultural college are condemned In a report by a special legislative com mittee, which presented its findings before the legislature today. The com. mlttee favors the administration of both Institutions by a single board of regents as a means of promoting co operation and obviating the duplica tion of work now going on. The committee was appointed at the last session of the legislature by Speaker Selling and President Thomp son. It is composed of Charles Charles of Linn county, E. V. Littlefield of Multnomah and W. W. Cardwell of Douglas of the house and Senators Strayer and McBrlde of the senate. The committee has been working on the report for some time, having made special visits to each of the three Institutions for higher learning supported by the ttate In general, the report finds all the institutions in a healthy, grow ing con dition, with the students hardworking and enthusiastic. Severe criticism is made, however, that fraternities and sororities decrease scholastic efficien cy, and the recommendation Is made that more dorm'torles be built anrt that secret sncletle) be discouraged. Some criticism Is made that undue advantage Is taken of students, both at Corvall s and Eugene, In the mat ter of house rents and general living expenses, which has a tendency to re strict the attendance because of the cost of living. In connection with the Greek letter societies, considerable space to which Is given In the report, the statement Is made that, while the rules are supposed to be strict regard Ini educational standards, the com mittee finds that girls who reside at the unlverity dormitory have higher grades than those who live at sorority houses. prizes on her way to the south At lantic. The black line shows the course so far figured out by the British admiralty, and the shaded portion In the Atlantic Indicates the area over which she operated. In thU field a dozen or more fast British cruisers are now hunting for the ves sel. TOBACCO BUSINESS OF Fart GtUanders and It. L. Burroughs are Purchasers for a Consideration Said to be SoO.OOO. By a deal closed this morning Earl (inlanders and Ben L. Burroughs be came the owners of the wholesale and retail tobacco business of Gritman 1'ros. They will take possession to morrow. Mr. Gillanders assuming the active management of the concern. The consideration Is withheld but It is said to be near the JSn.ooo mark. The Gritmans have for years con ducted a big Jobbing business In ci Kers and tobacco in' this county be sides running their retail business on Main street. Their stock Is said to be the largest between Portland and Boise. The new owners have been identi fied with the local business world for some time. Mr. Gillanders was form erly one of the owners of the Pen dleton Ice & Cold Storage plant and has recently been manager of the lo- lal business of the Smythe-Lonergan Co. Mr. Burroughs Is president of the corporation that bears his name and which conducts a lumber, fuel and Ice business. . R. J. It OF WESTON IS DEAD Passe Away This Marnlug at the Home of Her Daughter. 121 Jeff Davis Street from Bright IM-ax-. Mrs. Rebecca Jane Mitchell of Wes ton, wife of G. W. Mitchell, died this morning at 10 o'clock at the home of ber daughter. 121 Jeff Davis street Death was caused by Bright's disease of which she had been a sufferer f.M some time. Mr. and Mitchell were in Seattle when the last Illness hei;iin und Mr. Mitchell hurried his wife to this city. Deceased was 5S years old. liavinu been born In Ohio. August 15. 157 For more than 30 years she hud lued rear Weston and had many friend? there. Besides her husband she Is survived by three sons and two dau ghters as follows: T. P. Mitchell of Idaho, Jess Mitchell of Weston. Ed U Mitchell of Pendleton. Mrs. Lillie l'ittman of Weston and Mrs. Nellie St. Dennis of Fendleton .1 The funeral will be held at the Fol aom chapel tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Ill u MAY MAKE NEW PEACE OFFERS Entente Attaches Much Impor tance toTirsza's Speech That Central Powers are Inclined to Discussion with U. S. ANSWER TO WILSON PLANKED Kai-r May Make Oeraston of tl's Flftjr-FJghth Birthday Tomorrow to Pronounce Xew Terms More Ac ceptable to the Allies and Also Re ply to the President. LONDON, Jan. 26. Several sources reported that the kaiser plans to make his fifty-eighth birthday to morrow the occasion for another peace move, suggesting- terms more acceptable to the entente. Private German Information via Sitxerland said the kaiser would propose that all parties meet forthwith to discuss the reorganization of future peace. Count Tisza told the Hungarian par liament that the central powers wer "inclined to continue the exchange rf peace views with the United States." Great significance is attached t Tisza's speech as he participated In the central powers' premiers' Berl'n conference. Holland reports indicated that Ber lin officials are considering a reply to President Wilson's senate speech. The kaiser's pronouncement may be the means of answering. The govern ment expects Wilson to send Berlin the text of the allies' reply to Ameri can peace suggestions Officially Ger. may has not been informed of the na ture of the entente sentiments. EXPRESS OFFICES ARE FILLED WITH LIQUOR Practically K'cry Man in Town ! Exercising; Rights for Limited Ship ment Before Bone Iry Law la Made Effective. Right now there Is a big daily in flow of spirituous, vinous and malt liquors Into Pendleton. With the floodgates, constituted by the bone dry law. threatening to shut next week, every effort is being made bv those who lke their "likker" to let In as much as they can while they can Tile express offices of the city ar I'.m receiv.ng stations and the daily re. ciUu at either of the two offices la eai.UKli t. put the whole city on an a.u, jag Almost every man in town, rearil!" of whether he i an ha bitual dr nker, has been exercising his rights to a limited shipment of "booze" and It Is said that a good many have been exercising rights other than their own. So eager are some men for a store of booze that the express agents havo to keep their wits about them to pre vent strangers from sign ng for other people's shipments. The method of operatio is this: l me man enters, scans the rows of cartons upon which the last name of the consignee Is writ ten and asks If there Is a shipment for W. B. Brown. f "No." says the agent. "What's that?" asks the .'tranger pointing to a carton upon which the name Brown is painted. "That's for J. W. Brown.'' says th" J agent, turning over the box ar.d read ing the initials. "Not mine," says the man and walks out Not png afterwards, bow. ever, another stranger arrives, asks for a shipment to J W. Brown am' signs for It. After a few days the real J. W. ltrown arrive and findj his li quor gone. R.ght now there are probably 250 shipments of liquor in the exprnri of- i fire awaiting the owner, and K I preLty certain that when the Ijoiin-dry law goes into e'l'eet tint 'he eompun ies will find much "wet goods" on i the.r hands. Win: will be done with these shipments rem. rot to ! seen. At one of the frmKht depots Is a case of beer which has been waiting for a claimant since September. It Is probable that some Hound-I'p visitor ordered the shipment sent hero and that It arrived too late for him ti take It out. SMALL VESSEL IWMIIAItlW Sl'FFOLK COAST; No DAMAGE LONDON. Jan. 26 The admiralty announced that a smalt German ves sel bombarded the B'iffo!k const Only a few shells reached th hor. Thnrn was small damatte and no casualties.