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The Nenana news., 1916-12-02
FRIDAY

NEW YORK Exchange on Germany reached the lowest figure on Monday that has been recorded here since the commencement ot the war. 1lIe Ger man mark, normally valued at 3+ cents, dropped 10 little less than ITS cents.
 WASHiN GTON There is in prospect another controversy between the United States and the Entente allies ill conse- quence of the refusal of the British gov ernment to grant safe conduct to Count Tarnowski, the new Austrian ambassa- dor. Officials of the state department refuse to discuss the situation.
 BERLIN Generals Mackensen and von Falkenhayn have brought their forces
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posing himself lest his condition become serious.
 NEW YORK John Archbold, presi- dent of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey, was operated on for appeu- dici,is last week and is recovering as rap idly as could be expected ill the case of a man of his age He is 70 years old.
 SAN FRANCISCO Through Secre- tary Humility President Wilson has in- formed Frank Connolly, leader of the movement for an embargo OH the eXpor. tatIon of foodstu!fs. that the embargo question is now receiving the serious con- siderat,on of the administration. It is believed that the heavy shipment of food stuffs from the United States has helped considerably to boost prices.
 WASHINGTON Robert Peary las recieved a letter from Explorer Stefans- son, who has been III the Far North during the past three years at the head of the Canadian Arctic expedition. The letter was written during December, 1915, while the explorer was at Victoria Island, and expressed the bellcf that success would reward the members of the eNpe- dition for their long stay ill the Arctic. Peary IS of the opinion that Stelansscn has carried out his program and is now at his winter base. It is Stefansson's in- tention to return to civilization in 1918.
 NEW YORK Moran and Fulton have been matched for a ten round bout, to take place ill St. Paul oil December 22
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fcit of S21, ,15+. The total amount of money raised is reported to have been S2,420, +2l, collected from 3+, POS contrib utors.
 SANTA FEE, N. NJ The official re- turns show that President Wilson carried this state by plurality of 2500.
 SEATTLE Preparations are beIng made here for the final hearing ill the Alaska freight and passenger rate inves- tigation which IS being conducted by the interstate commerce commission.
 SAN FRANCISCO A launch belong ind 10 the United States supply ship Gla cier, with thirty passengers aboard, was cut in two by the freighter Apache. Three of the passengers were killed and num- b of others injured. That more were not lost was due to the prompt assistance rendered by rescue launches.
 CHICAGO Officials ot this city began d III OlI CdlNA (lSiN AO bAStAN L' eiI SAAlS ed corner in food products. About hlty investigators are at work on tie case anG it is expected that a number of charges will be preferred. The cold storage plants were invaded and all goods believ- ed to be held in violation of the city ord finances were tagged.
 WASHINGTON President Wilson is compelled to remain indoors on account of a severe cold He was to have attend ed the army and navy football game but his physician has advised him against ex-
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WASHINGTG M-- Tie un.ted Staste treasurer reports that the gold holdings of the treasury total Sl ,SO5, 493, ,e35, Tie total ill circulation in ihe United States is given as S4. 4.02f ,0C0,00O
 NEW YORK Charles l.. Hu? hes. un- successful candidate for the presidency, has announced that rc will resume the practice O.! law as member ct the firm with which lie was associated at the time he entered the subernato ial race il this sta,e. Ills son will Lecoule q member of the same firm,
 SEATTLE Two barrels of whiskey and a quantity of bottled goods, which were siezed some time ago by the city authorities, could not be found when or dered brought into court this week. The warehouse in which the liquor had been stored was broken in,o and the entire si>Zure stolen.
 NEW YORK Adolph J. Loefler, a $25-a-week grocery clerk, has confessed to the theft of SIPS, ,U00 two years ago. He declares, however, that all tile money has been spent.
 JUNEAU John w. Troy, editor and manager ot the Juneau Empire, and Mrs. Ethel Crocker Fergy, of New York, were married here this week and are now on their way to San Francisco on their honeymoon. Mrs. Troy was formerly superintendent of schools ill Seward
 CHICAGO Tex Rickapd, the fight promoter, is here trying to arrange anotn- CT match for Jess Willard. The cham piou IS holding out for S5O GOO.
 HALIFAX The French steamer Patria is aground short distance of the coast and is calling for assistance. Several boats have responded.
 SEATTLE The steamer Nelson, on her madden voyage across the Pacific to Nladivostok. Is in distress two hundred miles of CaIe Flatterv according to wire less messages received here. The steam ship South Dakota is rushing to the aid of the disabled vessel.
 FL PASO Achievements under Gen. eral Alurgia are moving toward Chihua- hua for the purpose of relieving the Car ranza forces, which are hard pressed by Villa. The Murgia command is said to consist of Is. GOO men.
 NEW HAVEN Yale defeated liar yard with a score Of to 5. This is the first victory for Yale since 1909. The game was played under very unfavorabIe weather conditions, a torty-mlle wind interfering seriously with the play dur ing both halves. The game was witnes- sed by the largest and most enthusiastic audience which ever attended a football game, there being ,U00 present. After the game the Yale rooters indulged i'll a r1otous demonstration.
 SEATTLE The Seattle Construction & Dry Dock company, of this city, has
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PROGRESS OF TIE STRUGGLE K EGRO3E
 Continued from Page ?.

the commander of thessGertnan submar- inc weo directed the sinking of tlle American steamer Shenung, which was torpedoed this week ill the Mediterrane- an, cmplied with the rules. as recently agreed upon by both governments,
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together ill a junction less than fifty miles fIouI BuchaFest. They are ROW closing in on the Rumanian town of AL exauurd.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-30
Cleanup Days are
Near at Hand; all
Urged to do Work
TOMORROW AND SATURDAY
WILL BE DEVOTED 10 PUT
TING YARDS IN SHAPE.

Tomorrow and Saturday are clean.
up Days in Pendleton.
Clean UP your backyard, and your
front yard, and your sideyards, and
the street in front of you and behind
YOU and any vacant lots in your vi
cinity. Sack up the rubbish and put
II in the street next to the curblng.
BY so doing you can have 1t hauled
away free Of charge.
The council some time ago desig-
mated Friday. March 81 and saturday
April as annual cleanup days and
now asks the citizens to take advan-
tage Of the opportunity to have their
rubbish hauled away without cost.
Wagons will be sent around the
city on Monday to haul away the
rubbish collected.
Today is cleanup day at the olney
cemetery and many people have gone
out to do some necessary work in
cleaning off the dead grass and fixing
up the graves. The cemetery COM
mittee of the council is directing the
work
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-30
Daniels Tells
Plan to Board
BIG NAVY MEN TRY 10 HECKLE
But THEIR EFFORTS ARE
FOIIIED.

WASHINGTON, Mar. SO--Attempts
Of big Navy" members to heckle
Secretary of the Navy Daniels, while
he addressed the house naval com.
mittee were foiled by Chairman Pad
gett. Daniels said he favored bring
ing the personnel of enlisted men up
to $4,000, amid repeated efforts to in.
terrupt his speech. Padgett finally
silenced those who sought to annoy
the secretary by announcing that each
would have chance TO question the
secretary after he had finished. Dam
iels warned the committee against
paying attention to individual off,
GERS who failed to agree with the ma
val board
Daniels asserted that the officers
who testified gave only their person.
al views. He opposed a large in
crease in enlistmenrs until the ves-
sells were in active use so that train.
ing could be continued rather than
have a large number of men with
few duties. He cited facts and fig.
ures to show how hard it is to keep
the navy up to its full enlistment
strength.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-30
MILLIONS WILL Be SPENT
IN IMPROVING O-W ROAD
81. 3.0SO,OOO is SET ASIDE; PROJECTS
WILL BE STARTED AT
ONCE.

PORTLAND, Ore, March S0.-Ex.
penditures authorized by the o.-W. r.
& N. Company, in addition to the
normal Improvements for the present
year aggregate sS,650.000.
The budget carrying these appro-
priations was approved at a confer
ence in California last week between
]. d. Farrell, president of the com.
pany, and Robert S. Lovett, chairman
of the Union Pacific system.
When Mr. Farrell returned to Port
land early this week, he ordered work
on the various Improvements author
lied in the budget to proceed. Some
of the work, in fact already had been
under way pending formal approval
of the budget. H.
Vale Extension Provided For.
The detailed expenditures as con-
templated in Mr. Farren's budget are
as follows:
Rail renewals, 112 miles. s 250,000
Shop Improvements and
tools, Alblna ......... $4,000
Concrete lining North Port
land tunnel .,,......... $4,000
Elimination grade crossings 100000
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-30
EASTERN OREGON ROAST
PIG LIKED AT COLLEGE

The following story. clipped from
the University of Oregon Emerald. in
dlcates that eastern Oregon roast pig
is considered something of delicacy
among the students:
Pork three times a day is the order
OF eating at the Kappa Sig house
these days. And the fellows around
the fire place are saying they are not
one bit sorry that Tommy Boylen is
not with them this year.
Last June the industrious crimson
r9mbler," removed his cap and gown
ard hied himself to sheep and hog
raising in eastern oregon. Three days
ago, his erstwhile mates at the Kappa
Sig house heard from him. 1t was
not letter. 1t was not post card.
either. It was a pig. a hundred and
two pound porker. dead. Of course,
and ready for the eating. The favor
ed ones say that it is the kind of eat
ing that makes one want to forget
manners and ask for more-anc
more.
After each meal there follows a
dissertation on roast pig. The fresh
men got their heads together and
it out that if Tom Boylen, Jr.
had come to oregon one year later,
he would be here now; and eating
lash with the rest of them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-30
COLORED TIGERS TO PLAY
SUNDAY WITH THE BUCKS

As a preliminary game for the
Pendleton Bucks of the Blue Noun.
tain League, the Colored Tigers of
this city will take them on for nine
innings next Sunday afternoon at
Roundup Park, commencing at $3.50.
The colored boys are in fine fettle,
having been organized and playing
for several weeks. The Bucks, too
have been practicing for some time
and seemato have wealth of material
from which to draw. A general prac'
tice will be called Sunday morning at
9 o'clock for the purpose of picking
a team to play during the afternoon
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-30
LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL WILL
CHANGE ITS STUDY HOURS
STUDENTS VOTE ON QUESTION
OF HAVING A CONTINUOUS
SESSION.

On Friday of this week the school
hours of the high school will be
changed. The change was put to a
vote of the students last week and
the vote carried for eight continuous
sessions. beginning at eight o'clock
and lasting until 1:2O without the
noon hour This plan met with dis
approval when put before the school
board so the second choice of the
students will be put into effect. This
plan is to have the school take up at
$50, running six sessions before noon
and two in the afternoon. but have
the noon hour, The students in this
way hope to avoid study in the hot
afternoons. School will be dismissed
hereafter at 2:2O instead of $40.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-30
MILTON ATTORNEY fAvORS
HUGHES FOR PRESIDENCY
S. d. PETERSON ANNOUNCES
SELF CANDIDATE TO RE
PUBLICAN CONVENTION.

Announcing himself as favoring
Hughes for the republican nomina-
tion for president but pledging his
support for the choice of the Ore
gon electorate Of his party, S. d, Pc
terson. well known Milton attorney,
today sent his formal declaration of
candidacy for the position of one OF
the four delegates at large to the re-
publican national convention to the
secretary of state.
There will be eight or ten candi-
dates for the four positions, three of
whom, ex-senator G. w. Fulton,
Judge Carey and A. C. Spencer, all
Portland attorneys, have already fill
ed, In his declaration, Mr. Peterson
says in part as follows:
Il believe that the restoration to
power of the republican party is abb
yolutely essential to permanent pros
perity. and to restore the nation to its
once honorable place among the ma
tons Of the world.
There must be nominated for
president man who holds the un-
shaken confidence of the American
people. | believe that Justice Hughes
iills this requirement.
In order that the candidate nom-
mated may go before the country
with the united support of the party,
it is essential that the convention per-
form Its work in absolute harmony
II elected q delegate I pledge all rea'
sonable efforts to that end.
Print after my name on the Off.
cial ballot:
National Honor, Restoration OF
Permanent Prosperity, Party Har-
mony.'"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-30
3 Young Women
are Candidates for
Queen of Festival
PENDLEION MAIDS ENTER CON.
TEST; VOTING ENDS ON
SATURDAY.

Three young ladies or Pendleton
became candidates for the honor OF
being Umatila county's candidates
for Rose Festival queen or maid to.
day when friends deposited ballots
bearing their names in the boxes in
the various stores. The young ladies
whose names are thus presented are
Miss Muriel Sailing, Miss Gaynell
Baldwin and Miss Mabel Hampton
Ballots will be continued through
the Friday issues of the papers and
must be voted by Saturday noon. The
name of the successful candidate will
be announced Saturday afternoon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-30
36O,OOc road
Employees Demand
an anEightHour Day
MEN Also WANT TINE AND 4
HALF FOR ALL OVERTIME
WORK.

CLEVELAND, March sO.-Three
hundred and sixty thousand railroad
employees today submitted to the rail-
roads their demands for an eight
hour day and time and half pay for
overtime work. Representatives OF
the Brotherhoods notified the general
managers that a written answer will
be expected before April 29th. Lead
ers said that strike reports circulated
in New York were merely calculated
to affect the stock market Should
the railroads refuse the demands, ar
bitration would be the next logical
step.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-30
NEWS SUMMARY

General.
America viii not reccde from po.
sitiOn OF demanding that submarine
outragcs ccase.
Teutons are halted In attacks
against French in Veriun secto~.
villa said To have escaped safely to
mountains.
Local
Tomorrow and Saturday ciean-up
Days.
Three young ladies nominated for
Rose Queen candidate.
First ball game OF season next sun
day.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-30

JoHNsToWN, Penn. March s0.-
Hope of saving eight men entombed
in the Robin Dale coal mine was
abandoned this afternoon. Rescuers
entered the lower reaches but were
unable to find the victims 1t is
feared the entombed men will not be
found for several days.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-30
Pendleton. one. March so.

NANANNSAAt WV @N1ANAA W.
Editor East 0regonian.
Ninety per cent Of the products of
Umatilla county go to market In their
raw manufactured form, thus
making the gross tonnage much larger
than IL concentrated or made into
flour, bread, lard, bacon. hams, but
ter, cheese, cream, dried and canned
fruit and vegetables, clothing, blank
cts, harness. shoes and many other
things that should be made at home,
This is large county sparsely settl-
ed. Most OF the people living In. the
towns along the railroads. The prin-
clpal product Of this county is wheat,
being over 100000 bushels, hauled
by teams and wagons an average dis
tance of say miles at cent per sack
per mile or 1-2 cent per bushel per
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-30
WV. Harah Makes Argument
Regarding Road Question

mile, total cost Sc per bushel for 6
miles S15O,OOd: barley, $40. 600; hay,
$40, ,OOO; fruit $4,000; stock and wool
$4,000; other things hauled to
farms as lumber, fuel, post supplies
and machinery $4,000; making to-
tai of $25O,OOO, for wagon hauls only.
II properly loaded on good wagons
one horse will haul as much as he
weighs over a dusty, hilly road A
good dirt road with no grades exceed
ing per cent one horse pulls twice
his weight macadam per cent, 8
times his weight; concrete or hard
surface, per cent, times his weight
per cent. times his weight: level
16 times his weight But a macadam,
concrete or other forsa of hard sur
fgSonffnnAN m rn~A five
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-30

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, March 80.
Martial law has been proclaimed in
Canton. China, as a result Of bomb
throwing by rebel sympathizers. ac-
cording to a cable from Shanghai re-
celved by the China world
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-30
Liverpool.

LIVERPOOL. March 2S.-Wheat-
Spot No. / Manitoba, 1Ss Sd; No.
hard winter gulf. lis I'D; No. hard
winter. choice, 1Ss Id; No. 1 Durum
1Ss Sd; No. hard Duluth, 13s lid;
Northern Chicago, 13s sd; No. red
western winter, lis sd.
In American terms the highest Liv-
erpool prices, for No. Duluth, is
$2.02 per bushel.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-30

The state OF Washington consumes
annually over 100000 cords OF fuel
wood. Reduced TO BOARD measure,
this amounts to approximately 1874,
O0O O00 board feet.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-30

About 1000, 900 natives of Siam are
engaged in the cultivation Of rice, but
the large increase In the production
OF American rice is having the effect
OF reducing the Slam crop.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-30

SHREVEPORT. March s0.-Two
pouches Of registered mail were taken
from Texas-Pacifie train here when
robbers boarded the cars as they
We're pulling out overpowered the
clerk and helped themselves. They
escaped after riding two miles.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-30

LONDON, March so.-Teuton U.
boats have embarked upon a new
campaign of high sea terrorism de-
spite Berlin assurances 10 the con-
trary, in the view of OFFICIALS here. II
is pointed out that during the first
fortnight Of this month, submarines
acted with caution, supposedly upon
orders from Berlin. But during the
past fortnight, the sinkings have av-
eraged several daily Admiralty Off
cials are said to lave PROOF that sub
marines worked without discrimina-
tion, hurled torpedoes without warn
ing and frequently at night
Affidayits in regard to the sinking
of the Eagle Point, the Englishman
the Manchester Engineer and the at
tack on the Sussex. have been for
warded to Washington. All these ves-
sells carried Americans. The British
embassy at Paris has forwarded state
ments of the Sussex commanders in
which he claimed he saw a torpedo
and tried to dodge it. He blames
most of the fatalities to the panic
following the explosion Many VIC
tins were not identified because their
bodies were mangled by the blast
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-30
Closing Prices Today
are Higher at Chicago

CHICAGO, March sO.-(SpeciaD-.
May, opening, 31.12 ga, closing S1.l4
SIS; July, opening, $1.1O Is, closing
SLIP as.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-30
Portland.

PORTLAND, Ore, March S0.--
Special Club, bid 30, asked. S5;
Bluestem, bid, 80.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-30
Many injured in ACCIDENT.

CHICAGO, March s0.-Twenty
persons were reported injured. sever
al seriously, when two street cars
met in a head-on collision.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-30

WASHINGTON, March &c.
ANY expectation that the admin
istratiOn would ,recede from its
determination to sever diploma
tic relations with Germany II II
is proved Teuton submarine tor
pedOed the Sussex has been re-
moved, 1t was understood today,
by the attack on the Britisher
Eagle Point, sunk without warn
ing and endangeriRg American
lives. A prompt and complete
settlement OF the whole subma-
rine issue is the only development
that can prevent the threatened
rupture, officials stated. Some
believe that such a settlement
would be more probable after a
break OF relations than before.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-30

French soldiers at the front are al.
lowed one pint of wine a day.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-30
U-BOATS NOT TO
LET ANY VESSEL
ESCAPE TORPEDO
New Campaign Of Terrorism on the
High Seas Reported to Have Been
Launched by Germany.
ATTACKS MADE At NIGHT

Admiralty Officials I'm London Claim
to Have Evidence That Submarines
Are Attacking without Discrimina-
ton and without warning; Many
Vessels sunk.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-03-30
TEUTONS THROW
MASSES OF men
AGAINST FRENCH
SupTems Effort is Being Made to
Wrest MalanCOurt From Enemy
and Seize the Two Highways.
FRENCH POSITION IN PERIL
Germans Are Hurting Thousands Of
sheals from Three sides, Followed
b. attacks by Infantry; French
Heavy Guns are Replying from
Ridge OF Deadman's Hill.

PARIS, March SO.--German
forces have been checked in their
drive on MalancOurt, It was stat
ed. Several attempts 20 recap
ture the positions taken BY the
French In the Avucourt region
were Fepulsed with heavy losses
70 the Germans.
The Germans, after a deafen-
ing bOmbardment, hurled series
OF attacks south OF the Some, so
miles from paris. The charge
carried them through the French
lines west Of VernandOvllIier. be
fore they couh establish them
selves. however, the French aG-
fectcd q cOunter-attack which
forced the Teutons to flee.
BERLIN. March SO.--Although this
Germans are making every effort tC
smash Malancourt, the war office
failed to claim any important gaini
there A statement asserted the
French had been uniformly repulsed
in their attacks on the Avocourl
Wood Terrific artillery duels ragged
during the night aiong the river
Meuse
LONDON, March sO.-Hurllng
shells upon the French Notifications
from three sides, the Germans sent
thousands Of men charging upon
Malancourt in d supreme effort to
capture and seize the two highways
interseeting there, the French po-
sltions were admitted to be in ex-
treme peril.
From the wooded heights north
and northeast. and the newly taken
footholds near Malancourt, the Ger.
mans are sending shell after she'll
into the French defenses, Replying
to this bombardment the French
guns on the ridge OF Deadman's Hill
are sweeping the highways. tearing
them TO dust with heavy explosives,
SO that an attempt to advance over
them would be practically suicide
The French victory in the Avocourt
woods is considered almost an offset
of the German gains,