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DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISERS. TUe Kant Oregon loo las the largest paid alrcuiatlou of say paper In Oregon, eaat ( I'ertland and over twice tlie clrculatius la Pendleton of say other newspaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 20 DAILY EVEdlflG EDITION Fortran for Eastern Oregon, by the Inlted State Weather Otxvrtpr at IortUol, fL-iln or unnw tnn'ght nnd Sunday. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER DILY EAST OREGOXIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1915. NO. 8131 DEADLOCK OVER COMPENSATION BILL STILL UNBROKEN nOITAIII Ulll Ifi I II I till I ATTEMPT TO STOP ISE OF 0. S. FLAG Reply t) American Note of Protest Shocks Administration Officials at its Frankness. SITUATION GROWS SERIOUS i:uclll Foreign Office Is Direct In fetatrniciit That I we of Stars ana MrtK Will Not lie Prohibited on UrltlNli MurcluiiiMiln All Foods .Majr lie OuntmlMmd. CORONER'S JURY FINOS MRS. KILKENNY'S DEATH WAS PURELY ACCIDENTAL J III)I(T IS RETHINK!) TESTER DAY A ITER THOROUGH I.. VKSTIGATION MADE. Summary of ItrliUli Reply. Lusltanla n declured to have used American flag only to save Uvea of r.on-combatants. WASHINGTON. Feb. SO. The state department received the offi cii! texts today of Germany's reply to thu protest re-i-irjing the extension of the war zone a. id the British reply to the American notes regarding the Obligation de:lured to rest on belligerent to Identify merchant man before .aplure or destruc tion. If this obligation la full- filled, no harm can befall neu- trals from Brltlnh use of alien flags. Full reap inability declared to rest on warships that dlsre- gards obligation. I'se of foreign flag by mcr- chant s'hlps t) uvold capture declared justified by rules of war. Hrltain Hccoruea tnis w right to AmerL.m vessels In civil war. Krltlsh government does not advise use of foreign flags as general pracl'je. "Purely accidental,'' was the way the coroner's Jury yesterday after roon characterized the death of Mr. John Kilkenny. For an hour after the testimony had been submitted Hie Jurors discussed the tragic occur ence In the light of the evidence and tnc.de a personal inspection of the (levator In the Hotel Pendleton There, unanimous conclusion was that she came to Iter death by a fall down the elevator shaft, and that the death was purely an accident "There could be but one verdict," s:ild one of the Jurors In speaking of ! the matter, "from the evidence of the iMiuest. It was one of those unfor titnate accidents which happen with the responsibility resting upon no one." The witnesses eximlned were Ros coe Vuughan, the operator of the el evator. Henry W. Collins, the only other eye witness of the fall, and Dr. II H. Hattery, uiio was summoned lnimeaimeiy au?r inc acciurnu inw A testimony of the doctor simply re- In led to his elimination of the body fo- the caue of death. The stories tcld by the eye-witnesses were sub stantially the same as reported Thursday In thce columns. PANAMA-PACIFIC FAIR OPENS m PREPAREPlLEGATION MADE IHAT BACK WHEN PRESIDENT WILSON AT OF EFFORTS TO AMEND MEASURE WASHINGTON GIVES THE WORD SBIL0F IS PLAN TO ODST MISS HOODS First Day of Exposition Sees Thousands of Visitors on Hand-Elaborate Ceremonies Mark the Opening-Chief Executive at Capital of the Nation Presses Button and Celebration in Honor of Completion of Panama Canal Begins. Sweden Also May Act With Sister Nation and Both are Expected to Seek Cooperation With America. GERMANS PATROL CHANNEL OFFICIAL OPENING DAY PROGRAM OF PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION I.ove make the world go round. but rexenge tries to square It. EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO GET APPROPRIATION FROM C0N6RESS FOR BRIDGES Through the Pendleton Commer cial association mi effort wilt be mi'de to obtain from congress a suf- ., f neutral fliiss and tha niacin ! fl lent appropriation to secure the ,.r th wiihelniln:! before a Drlze construction of bridges across the TIIK COMMERCIAL ASSOCI TIOX TAKES M MATTF.R AT THORN HOLLOW-MISSION. court. The British r.p!y regarding the flag shocked ad Ministration offlcluls. They confidently believed that Great I'rttaln would attempt to minimize the use of the starr and stripes ot abandon the pr.ic:lce. Instead, the fciclgn office sal J in effect that while It would no, order command era of merchan'.slil's to use the flug. l would not sOp the practice en tiiely. Kngland Justified placing the Wll "hclmlna before u rtize court because e'.crmany hnd tle.'lded to seize sup plies of food to the empire. A hint carried by the note that Hi eat Hrltuin may declare all food stuffs contrabanl Increased anxiety among administration offclala. The burden of responsibility for the de struction by German war craft of r.eutral vessels because British mer chantmen may use reutral flags was placed by the British reply upon Oer many. Government officials consider that as a result of the latest develop ments, the United States Is Involved mere deeply than ever In the Inter national tangle. LONDON, Feb. 20. The British foreign office Issued a note last night In reply to the representations of the United States government concerning the use of the American flag b British vessels. The note says Ihat the Cunard line steamer Lusltanla on her recent voy age from New Totk to Liverpool raised the Amirlcan flag "to save the lhea of non-combatants, crew and passengers." fJowrnrtMut Give No Institution. It adds that In spite of the fact that American assengera embarking on the Lusltanla on her outward Toy- are for New York pked that the Am erican flag be hoisted, "the British government did not give any advice . to the company as to how to meet this request and It Is understood the Lusltanla left Liverpool under the British flag;" After discussing the Lusltanla in cident, the memorandum make this statement: "The British government has no intention of advising their merchant shipping to use foreign flag as a general practice or to resort to them otherwise than for escaping capture or destruction." , , . Blamo Shifted to Enemy. In conclusion the statement says: "The obligation upon a belligerent warship to. ascertain definitely for Itself the nationality and character of(a merchant vessel before captur ing, It and a fortiori (stronger reason) before sinking aul destroying It has been universally' recognized. ; "If that obligation is fulfilled, ,the I'mutllla river at Thorn Hollow and Mltsion At a ir.cetlng of the board of directors and reed roads commit tee yesterday .iftai-noon with Supt E. I.. Pwartzlander of the Umatilla res ervation. President Tullman and Sec rotary Cranston were Instructed to ci'trmunicate with the Oregon dele gation at once, railing Its attention t ) the corresp indrnce already on fil with the Indian department ret 9 a. m. President Moore and all executive cf. 'leers of the ex position, the board of directors, state exposition commission the woman's board, national ex Position commission and direc tors of division assembled at the California building. :15 a. m. Pro' esslon consist ing of exposition officials pro reeded from California building to grandstand at the Tower of Jewels, and took their respec tive places in the grand stand. :45 a. m. Governor Johnson, Mayor Rolph and other officials passed through the exposition gates at the nead of a citizens' Procession. Guards and United .States marines stood at atten tion at either side of the road way from ths entrance to the grandstand, forming a lane through whlcij the governor, mayor and other officials march ed to the Towe.- of Jewels grand stand. 10 a. m. The ceremonies In the grandstand began. They consisted of the following: (a) "Star Spangled Banner." , chorus of 200, accompanied by SAN' FRAN'CISCO. Feb. 20. The Punama-Pactfir International Expo sition opened Its doors to the world here today. The mandate, throwing wide the gates, came direct from president WilMin nt Washington, over the new transcontinental telephone line. The in; ndute was In the form of a con gnitulatory message and the presl- at;ve to the bridge and urging the.d'iit's voice carried splendidly over premutation of a Mil to secure the needed money. This action resulted from the dis covery of the Indltn department, aft er the plans for 'he bridges had 1 ( en drawn and the estimates made, that there Is not sufficient money In the tribal fund to warrant the con struction of the bridges at this time. Inasmuch as both bridges are very necessary for the tarmers of the res ervation before wheat-hauling season, the Commercial association decided to Initiate a movement to secure the money from another source. An appropriation from congress ot a bm t $ 1,000 will be sufficient, ac cording to the estimates of the cost The county court has already prom Ised to contribute one-third to the toBt of the bridges lraamuch as about or.e-thlrd of the farm land on the reservation has passed Into the hands of white men and is thus subject to county taxation. the three thousand miles of wire. An electric megaphone then carried the band, thousand Joining in sing ing. (b) Invocation, Rev. Edw. J. Hanna, D. D. (c) Readln of Psalm, Rabbi Martin Meyer. (d) Address, Charles c. Moore, president of the Panama-Pacific international exposition. (e) Address, Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane. it. Address. Governor Hiram W. Johnson of California. (g) Address, Mayor James Rolph, Jr.. of f-an Francisco. (h) Benediction. Right Rev. William Ford Nichols, D. D. 12 noon President Wilson pressed the button officially op ening the export ;on by wireless. This opened th9(main door of Machinery palacj and In Trans portation Palais; ond started the "Fountain of Energy" In front of the Tower of Jewels. Flags were raised on exposition build ings throughout the grounds; Lincoln Bea?hey circled the Tower of Jewels in an aeroplane releasing In midair doves sym bolizing the peace of the world. ptefident's words to every part of the 64P acres covered by the exposition and the big sho v was on. President Wllm was unable to be here In person to participate in the historic celebration of the comple tion of Uncle Sam's mighty water way. but he was represented by number of his ciblnet Secretary of the Interior Lan. a California pn duct. (Continued on page three.) SubmarliM-H Are Known to Re Scout ing About Hut Ccn-wrsldp of Ad miralty IrevHN Any News Coin lug to the Public Steamship La hltanla Arrives in New York. LONDON, Feb. 20. The Cardifl McamT Canihaiik was torpedoed by a German Nubniarlne and sunk off Holy head. The Cambank waa a Iirltlsb owned Meanwr of 2000 tons. COPENHAGEN. Feb. 20. The Norwegian steamer Iljoerke Mruck a mine In tlie North be this morning and sank. The fate of tlie crew is unknown. COPENHAGEN. Feb. 20. A later rejiort received said the txew or the Rjorke had been rwcued by a traw ler. The vcmmoI wax laden with coal anil wa en route to Ixith. There seemed to bo no doubt here but that tlie mine was planted by Germans. PRESENT FISH AND GAME COMMISSION IS THROWN OUT Compromise Bill Passes Senate Providing for New Com mission of Five, Four to be Appointed by Governor and He to Serve as Chairman-Senate Refuses to Pass Measure Abolishing Livestock Sanitary Board-Appropriation Bills are Passed. (Continued oa par elgTit) STELLA WILLIAMS A8AIN IS IN THE COUNTY JAIL YOINO INDIAN WOMAN VIO LATES PAROLE AND IS TAKEN IN CUSTODY. Having violated the terms of her parole, Stella Williams, well known Indian girl, was taken Into custody again today and this afternoon Judge Phelps ordered her parole revoked and directed that she be taken to the state penitentiary to serve the term to which she was sentenced a few weeks ago when she pleaded guilty to steal ing money from a colored man In a local lodging house. However, the Judge stated that he would recom mend that the state officials parole her at the end of a year. Veel Taken to port, ' DOVER, Eiur., Feb. 20. The Nor- wejrlan steamer neirtdxa, which was torpedoed and badly damaged by a German submarine yentcrday. . was towed to London today whore she will bo placed In drydock and repaired. People boast only after the their records. Of their world has ancestors forgotten PORTLAND WOMAN ATTEMPTS TO KILL SELF AND CHILD PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 20. Dls traught from nervousness, Mrs. Rosa Byers, 4S, took carbolic acid, forced her six year old son Lincoln to take seme and then snot herself and the child with a revolver at her home early today. .There Is no hope for the recovery of cither. The tragedy was discovered by Oscar L. Byers, 21, a student at the Agricultural college, Corvallis, who wen home over Sun day. He was awakened by the shots. C. Byers, the husband, la superin tendent of construction on the Co lumbia highway at Bonneville. He ww away from home. Mrs. Byers wa. worries because threats, she said had been made by workmen, dis charged by her husband, that they would kill the husband and dynamite hL) Portland home. i NEWS SUMMARY General. IxLslauve deadlock continues; at Salem. Present fish and game com nusNion is aboliHlted when compro mise measure Is adopted providing foe aptMUntment of new commission. Britain will not prolilblt nse of Am crlcan flag on her merchantmen. Local. "Purely accidental" is verdict of cor oner's Jury. Commercial club aks congress for money to build reservation bridges. Local Elks will celebrate 20th annl. versary of founding of lodge. Ford car butts Main street bridge and cornea out second best. Sheriff Taylor becomes tax collec tor again. Stella Williams alleged to have vio lated parole. Pendleton Knights of Pythias Hold 51st Anniversary Program Last Night LONDON", Feb. 20. It is known the English channel Is being patrol led by a number of German subma rlnes. but owing to the censorshtf the number and their exact where ahouU are withheld. Strong reprennt ltlons from Nor way as a result of the torpedoing of night. mo ueiridge -m expected. Indica tions were the Scandinavian nations will act in conoort and are expected to seek the cooperation of the Unit ed States. Xo attetr.pt was made by British officials to disguise the sit UHtlon from a standpoint of a neu tial nation. A number of r-ewspapermen, re turning from Holland and Norway declared the citizens of those nation believed Germany is deliberately lnunchlng a campaign to make the whole world ha: her. The theory In Norway and Holland is, according to the newspapermen, that the rul ing powers of Oermany plan to plaoe her in a position where she may say she is unable to light the world. Tnererore, It waa raid, Germany la anxious to have Itj'y and Roumanla. take an active part against her in t.ia war, and have the United States bitterly protesting against German methods. SALEM, Ore., Feb. 20. At two o'cltM'k Uiis afternoon a compromise apparently had been readied on the Schuebel bill and the girls' school bill. This will be true If leaders In the movement to effect a compromise are given tlie exported support In the two houses. SALEM. Ore.. Feb. 20 All efforts to break the legislative deadlock over amendments to the Schuebel work men's compensation bill, and appro priations for the girls' Industrial school, failed up to noon today. It was alleged by some that the underlying efforts of the senate to amend the Schuebel bill is to get the scalp of Miss Fern Hobbs. a member of the in dustrial accident commission. Miss Hobbs notified members of both hous es that she Is willing to resign if It will save the Schuebel bill In the form that it passed the house. Leaders expressed the opinion the legislature will be able to adjourn to- The house passed additional appro priation bills for IS 14.300. SALEM, Ore.. Feb. 20. The senate passed Day's bill appropriating J10, 000 to be used in making Oregon's exhibit at the exposition at San Fran cisco permanent and combining it with the exhibit now being maintain ed by the Portland chamber of com merce. The compromise fb-h and game bill as prepared by the house commit tee on game, passed the senate. It provides for a fish and game commis sion of five, four to be appointed by the governor and the chief executive to be chairman. No changes are made In the duties of the commission or of the fish and game wardens. The senate refused to pass the bill to abolish the state livestock sanitary board and create a department of animal industry. The appropriation bills passed by the house were: Salaries of the cir cuit Judges and district attorneys. $338,400; for the bureau of mines and geology. $35,000; for the dairy and food commission, $39,000; for the Purchase of the Salem receiving hos pital. I3S.0OO: for the railroad com mission. $SOOO0; for the tax commis sion. $30,000; f(r the Industrial wel fare commission, $20,900; for the desert land board and the state land board. $23,000. The house ground away until near ly 1 o'clock before adjourning for lunch. ALLIED FLEET BOMBARDS ITS AT mam to open the n for ARMY MOVING Oil OTTOMAN CAPITAL I.uitanla Arrives. NEW YORK. Feb. 20. The Lusl tanla arrived fro.n England today. Otfijcers and pasj?ngers said the ves sel did not fly the American flag.) No German submarines were sighted. oiu me L,usitanias portholes were curtained each night. The Lusltanla officers did not admit it but it was reported a British cruiser, keeping cue of sight, convoyed the steamer part of the way. LONDON, Feb. 20. A nerious at tempt to force the Dardanelles and prepare the way for the capture of Constantinople is In progress. This was evident when Athens dispatches declared the forts on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles have been silenc ed by a bombardment of the Anglo French fleet. Most of the forts prac tically have been destroyed. Great activity evidenced by the admiralty seems to confirm the belief that the Present movement Is of great Import ance to the allies. Excitement Is In tense at Constantinople. FORD AUTO KNOCKED OUT IN COLUSION WITH BRIDGE LITTLE MACHINE STRIKES A MIGHTY BLOW BIT BRIDGE 11EMAINS IN PLACE. ELKS WILL OBSERVE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF FOUNDING Pendleton Knights of Pythias and their wives celebrated the Klst an nlversary of the founding of the or de- In fitting stle with a special picgram and banquet at the Eagle Woodman hall last evening. J. W. Maloney, past granl chancellor, was chairman of the earlier meeting and the speakers were Rev. J. E. Snyder, ntw pastor of the Presbyterian church, and Judge 8. A. Lowell. It was the first public utterance by Rev. Snyder fc-nd he demonstrated that he la a forcible, eloquent speak er. Judge Lowell spoke on the meaning of Pythlmlsm and detailed the .ancient story ct Damon and Pythias. Musical numbers consisted of se lections by a quartet composed of Walter Rose, C. O. Rlnehart, R. E. Chloupek and H. E. Bishop; a well appreciated solo and encore by Walt er Rose and Scotch songs by Jock Ccleman accompanied by Sandy An- lereon. Coleman upheld his reputa tion as an entertainer by repeatedly brlr.glng down the house and re sponding to repeated encores. At the banquet which lasted from 10 o'clock until midnight. I. E. Young, chancellor commander of Da-Sr The Main street bridge In this city has been subjected to the supreme test of strength and It has not been fofnd wanting. In a collision with Ford automobile, the bridge stood up and the Ford went down. Thus are the claims if the old city coun-l in tutu me oriage is as soua as me Reck of Gibraltar substantiated. Last night shjrtlv after 10 o'clock a four passenger Ford, fully occu pied and driven by Henry Latourelle, charged headon into the immense SPECIAL PROGRAM WILL BE HELD TIIVRSDAV EVENING BY LOCAL LODGE. The twentieth anniversary of the founding of Pendleton Lodge, No. 2SS, P. P. O. will be observed next Thursday evening by the lodge with a special program, social ses slon, class Initiation and refresh ments. Today Secretary Fits Gerald Is sending out special Invitations to the charter members ot the local lodge who are still alive and retain their membership her?. There were thir- t-one charter memters and of theae all but eleven are cither deceased or have been transferred to other lodges. The eleven to whom special Invita tlcns have been oent are as follows: J. A. Borle. address unknown, R. Alexander. Dr. F. W. Vincent, Judge James A. Fee. Harrv L. Hexter. Leon Cchen, Charles II. Carter and F. E Judd of this - city. Haldane Dickson. tr C. J. Smith and Mose Baruh of Portland. Pendleton Lodge, No. 28J. was In stituted on February 21. lgjs, and the anniversary observance will be -held on February 25 as the nearest repular meeting night. A big time la being planned nn.l the program, among other things, will contain some reminiscences of the early daye of the lodge by the charter members. western steel girder. There was a crash, a sudd?n Jar and the crack ing of wood and the rending of Iron. Contrary to all nadltlons in the au tomobile world, the Ford went down to defeat and t)day is in the hos- mon lodge, served as toastmaster. Those responding were Frof. J. S. Landers, W. M. Teterson, Rev. C. A. Hodshlre, Rev. T. F. Weaver, C. P. 8train, Wlllard L. Marks, grand vice chancellor and George Hartman Jr. Mr. Hartman submitted a report PUaI of the Oregjn Motor Co, regarding the aulldtng urorosal. As! Latourelle was driving north It stands the plan is to erect a beau-'l Ma!n "trwt at the Um of the accl tlful $35,000 building at the comer dent- for th coUl'lon was not dellb of Main and Water streets provided erat- nd afm unaccountable a lease can be made for the first j wa n became so blinded that he floor, the use of the second and third ,Mred hl car -tra!ght Into the end fit ora being already arranged Tor. I ot the lder t0 u, The front In financing the building it will wh' nd pracclcally the entire be necessary to raise $10,000 from front en1 ct tne car waj demolished the membership and Mr. Hartman! Ncn ot;the occupants were hurt, announced last evening Judge Ha-1 loney had agreed to give $1000 per-! Silence may be golden or it may cnal'X. be an admission of guilt. SHERIFF AGAIN BECOMES TAX COLLECTOR FOR THE COUNTY Sheriff Taylor Is again to become the official tax collector of Umatil la county. Shortly after April 1, n when the first half of the taxes are surposed to be in. Treasurer Bradley will be required to turn over his books to the sheriff, by the terms of House Bill No. 14, which was pass ed by the senito yesterday and will become a law as soon as the gcvernor signs It. The emergency clause, providing tor the change immediately, was stricken out, the house refusing to rorrilr In It Thla waiiM hiv. r. r . . ated a great deal of confusion owing to the fact that the treasurers are In the midst of colliding the first hair of the taxes. The couny treasurers became tax ctllectors last yea- by virtu of a bill passed at the last session. The extra duties required extra help and gi later responsibilities, therefore re sulting In the Introduction of a num. bei ot bills for h Increase of tra. uier's salaries. The tuklng away ot the tax collection from the sheriff did not result In the cutting down of help In that office, so that th demand of the treasurers for more salary and more help was met with the reversion to the old system.