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Pjfljf BglG poll Forecast for Eastera Oregon, by the I'oitAd fiUtra Weather Obsrrve I Portland. Fair tonight ami Sund.iy. TO ADVERTISERS. The East Ortgonlan bit tht largest paid jrculatloa of any piper to Otkou. east o( Portland and over twice tb circulation la Pendleton of any other newipsper. COUNTY OFFICIAL rAPEIt COUNTY OFFICIAL PA PER. VOL. 20 DAILY EAST OREGONIAX, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH C, 1915. NO. SI 13 DAILY EVENING ED1TI0H FLEET IS Three New Dreadnoughts, Recently Finished, Have Joined Czar's Squadron in the Black Sea. BOMBARDMENT IS EXPECTED British Admiralty la Silent on Re ports Unit Slavs will Oicn lire on , Fort Guarding Constantinople by Tomorrow Night W1U Bo Leas Than IS Miles Away. LONDON', March 6. The admiralty announced that tho Anglo-French fleet turn entered the narrows of Uie Dardanelles and U bombarding the forta on both aide of the strait. Tho land defenses have been heavily dam aged and one niagazliio haa blown up, LONDON'. March 6. That three Russian dreadnaughts, recently rush ed to completion, have Joined the Russian Black sea fleet now descend ing upon the straits of Bosporus and Const an tin pie, was the report In ad miralty circles today. Admiralty officials refused to con firm and would not comment upon Bucharest dlapatchea which declared that Russian warships would be bombarding- the forts at the Bosporus, less than 18 miles from Constantino pie, by tomorrow night WEIL KNOWN HERMISTON MAN DIES l HOSPITAL DOUGLAS I'll AY PARSES AWAY AFTER LONG ILLNESS FUNERAL TOMORROW. After being confined to Et An thony's hospital for eleven months, during which time Ma health slowly -declined, Douglas Phay of Hermlgton, former resident of this city, died this morning at 8 o'clock. Originally he -was afflicted with rheumatism but his Illness was complicated by other troubles before the end came. The body was taken to the Brown under taking parlors and the funeral will probably be held tomorrow. Deceased lacked only six days of being 64 years old. having been born 1n Dayton, Ohio, March It. 18(1. He came to Oregon about 25 years ago and lived most of the time since east of the Cascades. For the. past 11 Tears he has been at Hermlaton In the employ of the reclamation aer- vice and for awhile was marshal and constable of that town. Prior to mov ing to Hermlston he lived at Pendle-, (Continued on page five.) COURT EVIDENCE SHOWS EAST OREGONIAN HOLDS BI6 CIRCULATION LEAD By Unanimous Action County Court Award) IVinllng Contracts to East Orcgoiilan and Milton Eagle. At the session of the county court just closed an order was mnde declaring the Dully East Oregonlun and the Milton Ea- glo to be the official county, pa- pers for the coming year. The action wns taken In accord with the law which requires tho county notices to be published In die two papers having the largest sworn circulation with- In the county. The facta were determined by tho court from sworn lists of subscribers filed with them. from sworn testimony given the court by postal officials, and the circulation managers of the dlf- ferent papers and from the of- flco records of the papers. The Dally Eust Oregonlan paid list for Umatilla county only, not counting exchanges. news stand and Btreet sales, whs 1395. The circulation of the Milton Eagle for Umatilla county os shown by their sworn statement wns 826. The sworn evidence given the court showed the East Orego nlan hnd a circulation In Pen dleton more than double that of tho other Pendleton paper. Tho mall circulation ln this county wns shown to be over three times that of the other local paper and ln addition more East Orcgonlans were go ing by express and stage to paid subscribers. The printing contracts as awarded the above papers was by unanimous action of the county court. I 1 45 MIXERS RESCUED ALIVE WHILE OTHERS ARE STILL PRISONERS UNDER GROUND NINETY ARE KNOWN TO BE DEAD AND 45 STILL UNAC COUNTED FOR. Hcacucra are Working Frantically to Bring Others to the Surface Res cued Men Toll of Horror of Their IVwr Das Confinement In Wreck ed Mine Pocket. LAYLAND. West Va., March 18. Forty-five miners have ben rescued alive and 45 are still missing. Ninety are known to be dead. This Is the situation in the Layland mine after 45 men entombed four days ago were brought to the surface. Helmeted rescuers are working frantically hop Ing to bring others to the surface. Of the 45 all are famished and weak, but none have acute or physical distress. All suld they were working In the pockets off the main passages when an explosion filled the passages with debris and walled them In. This cut them off from escape but It also cut off the deadly gases which swept the .no .imiii-uiuivijr fturr uie eAionjou. They grouped about in the darkness during the four days of their impris onment, they said, but were unable to find a way out until they heard the picks of the rescuers tearing at the debris which stood between them and safety. LAYLAND. West Va , March 6. Fourteen miners were rescued today from their living tomb. After being burled four days behind tons of de bris In the Laylund mine the men were brought to the surface by rescuers. All were weakened from hunger. They told a harrowing story of the hard ships they were compelled to endure from their long confinement. Five of the men were brought up early In the day and nine later. . ' Although scarcely able to walk after their Imprisonment, five were In good physical condition. They eager ly asked rescuers to hurry back to the shaft, giving the details of the location where at least nine other men were alive. Equipped with oxygene hel mets the rescuers plunged Into the depths and In a remote . chambel found the other nine. HIGH SCHOOL ATHEIETES READY FOR TRACK SEASON HOYS ARE GETTING TRAINING EVERY DAY ON P. II. S. "FIELD. With the coming of spring comes the opening of the high school track season and the close of the basket ball year. Many well made and ef ficient athletes are gathering on the athletic field behind the school build ing during and after school hours and on Saturdays. The basketball men are laving off for a ronnlo of weeks to rest up after their strenu-J ous season, but will soon be donning lir'SPn to enjoy an extremely enjoy thelr track suits with the other lov-! nble Program and a big clam feed ers of the sports of the athletic field, j il,,e ln tnp n'""- Coach Livingston sees many good! Dr- H- s- Garfield acted as toast, men lined upon the track, and the old n-HSler "luring the evening, and, with standby are showing up excellently. the "distance of R. K. Lawrence, the In their various lines. Tercy Auaburn.l "forclD,e Persuader." Injected a great the local polevaulter. Is climbing the dcal of fun lnl th evening by pass polo to a mark close to 10 feet, andj ,n Jmlswnt upon various Eagles for Mlnnls, the old mller. is speeding! varloU8 offenses, around the track In record time. ' Thp lrlr,ll,l address was made by Other men like Boylen. Brock. Pe- s- Forshaw. past president, upon ters, Fowler. Oorden. Seibert and lhe "Progrts and Condition of tne Minims are on the mark with a de-j F- - K -" nnd otner addresses were termination to break even last year's n,tu,t bv s,,m E- Van Vactor of records. ' I Heppner. W. G. Bogert, Deputy DIs- The many freshmen who have reg ,rlot Attorney B I. Keator and R. I; lend at the high school this year are turning out some very brilliant and promising material who will probably stirprlso some of the ath letlc enthusiasts during the coming tryouts. Minister The best man at a wedding. Sinking of German Cruiser 3 ".'M'ii Ksi lt-eye.-iyf- NKING' BLUECHER, KatVwarSMaTajc II-' ' I : The photograph shows the German battle cruiser Bluecher Just before t-1:?i: .'rcn the Btit'sh cruiser Aret'iusa. II III I Situation in Mexico City Must be Relieved People There are Fac, ing Starvation it is Said. INTERVENTION LOOMS AGAIN Administration Official. However. Admit They Are Puzzled Over Situ ation and What Action May Come If Warning In Unlimited Remain Secret -Villa "Advised." WASHINGTON. March 6. The sharpest "representatlms" ever sent the government or a faction In Mex- of the L-nlted gute, today t0 Carra. za. The "first chief" of the constitu tionalists was told that the starvation situation now threatening Mexico City must be relieved Immediately. Car ranza was warned that the United States does not approve of the plan of General Obregon, the Carranza commander, to withdraw his troops and leave the capital to Its fate at the first sjen of a riotous demonstration. AH official and unofficial advices re ceived at the state department showed the food situation Is menacing and that something must be done immedi ately. Meanwhllo Villa was Informally ad vised that a massacre of foreigners would be "very unfortunate.'' It was reported that Villa Is pressing his campaign against Tampico but It Is doubtful whether he can force a change In the military situation In time to prevent a crisis. What steps the government of the United States proposes to take In the event Its warn ings go unheeded, remain a secret One high official admitted that ad ministration leaders are perplexed. In tervention wilr ft difficult as It would require two months for an expediti onary force to fight its way through to the capital and in that time for elgners In Mexico City would become victims of mobs. FINE PROGRAM ENJOYED AT EA6LES ANNUAL ROLL CALL LOCAL LOIGE ENTERTAINS OVER 200 MFMBEHS AND FRIENDS LAST NIGHT. One of the best attended and most enthusiastic social meetings of the lrcal Eagles wns that of last evening, the eleventh annual rollcall. More ,nn 200 members and friends were Alexander. .Musical numoers Inejn" ed orchestra selections by Messrs. Goedecke, Gulott and Fletcher, a xylophone solo by n. W. Fletcher, a vocal duet, "Sliver Threw-" Among the Gold," by Ed Hayes and R. K. Lawrence, a humorous song by Jo seph Roundsley, and a vocal duet, (Continued on page eight) M;j.i'iiiivrtJtiiuii-U'i;iu8jj'a.,j St. - -MMaT : t r:-. - i-K.1 ,f? - ,J:tt HU in rn HO SHARP NOTE BY mi GOVER MEN INDIAN SELLS LIQUOR TO ANOTHER; BOTH IN JAIL JUDGE FITZ GERALD DI-'cLAHES WAR ON INDIANS SOLICIT ING BOOZE One Indian sold another liquor and now both are to sojourn in Jail awhlic. Ed Chapman and Charley Shaplisii (Whirlwind) are the Indi ans In question. The former was yesterday afternoon given the maxi mum sentence allowed by the city ordinance, $G0 fine and 20 days In Jail, and is now doing work with the street gang. He was convicted of selling liquor to Shapllsh and Snap- llsh is alleged to have taken the same liquor on to the reservation. bench warrant w luiiel for him fi m the federal court in Portland and he' will be tried there. This Is the fourth time he has been to Portland on this charge. Incidentally, Judge Fit Gerald has declared war upon the Indians who continually solicit liquor and Intends punishing them along with the boot leggers. His decision arose from the appearance In court thla morning of or. Elmer F. Martin, a clgarmaker, who recently came here from Salem. Martin was arrested for giving liquor to Jim Kanine, an Indian, and In court stated that Kanine had asked him to get the liquor and that he had done it without pay because the In dinn had "staked" him to a meal when he first arrived In town. Mar tin was sentened to pay a 825 fine or spend 12 days In jail, while Kanine was given five days on a vagrancy charge. The) '.city ordinance makes It an offense for an Indian to solicit liquor as well as for any one to furnish it to them. However, because the In dian's testimony Is generally neces- sary to convict the bootlegger, little effort has been made to enforce this provision. The Indians, Instead of being punished for their offense have actually profited by it inasmuch as - - i c tt Judge Fltz Gerald announces that Indiana who persistently solicit liquor will be prosecuted. JOINT RATES M ASKEO FROM POINTS IN ORE60N WASHINGTON, March . Reason able joint rates for shipments of single and double decked cars from all Oregon Short Line points to Utah and from Oregon to Los Angeles was ask fd In a petition filed today with the Interstate Commerce Commission by the American National Livestock as sociation and the National Woolgrow ers association. NEWS SUMMARY General. Russian fleet hurrying toward Boa- porua. Allies continue bombardment of Dardanelles. French liner latouralne afire "00 miles off Frrneh oast Carranza l warned In sharp note tliat ma nation conditions In Mexico City mast lie relieved. Russians said to have crossed Prus sian border in new offensive move ment. Ijocal. Ixtcal siMirtsnicn endorse Crowe ol Ia Grande for commission and Crans ton for warden. Doily In Phay siicciiinlis to long III n ess. County court selects East Oregon Ian and Milton Eagle as offlclul pa pers. Local Eagles enjoy llth annual rollcall. Wheat market takes upward ten dency, Llquor-solicltlng Indians to he' prosecuted. Bluecher in the mOjaliUrWvlliil H'..HWH.lLllHllUllllllllulllll umiiiiiu I y- ... - - ft . .' Mi " " , - -. she plunged hottomward In the North BATTLESHIP MAINE SINKS ""P IN BROOKLYN NAVY wffM NEW YORK, Marh . Wit & fJLLU englneroom and hold half fill f Jf ti water the mattleshlp Maine g the bottom of the shallow, ' Basin In the Brooklyn nav. .' The cause of the accident Is not . nitely known. It Is reported that in some manner the sea valves were left open, letting In the water. The pumps were started but they were unable to discharge the water as fast as It entered. The vessel settled on the bottom of the shallow water close to shore. The decks are not submerged. RUSSIANS SAID TO HAVE CROSSED PRUSSIAN BORDER PETROGRAD, March . Contin ued successes in the new Russian of fensive against Prussia were announc ed in an official statement which de clared the Slav advance guard was within three miles of the frontier. Cossacks on a reconnoltcrlng expedi tion. It was said, had even crossed the border south of Frlderlschof, while north ofFrrasnysz a detachment oc cupied village near the frontier. The Germans have massed their forces along the frontier to resist a Slav In vasion. There is no confirmation of reports that Russians have occupied Czernowiti. Socialist Are Blocked. BERLIN, via London, March S. The annual attempt of the German Socialists to secure action In the Prussian diet looking to the reforma tion of the Prussian franchise system o era In haa fnfloV TTprp I.tohknecht the 8ocMut Ull6eTi Bpoke for hU par- ty. The Spokesman for the non-soc lalkt parties replied that the present was not the time to consider the sub . . jeci. Minister of the Interior von Loe belt, who had indicated last week tf)at tho que8tIon wou,d not be con s'.dered, did not speak. HERMISTON DEBATERS WIN CONTEST WITH STANFIELD VICTORIOUS TEM WILL NOW FACE WINNERS IN EAST END OF COUNTY. (Special Correspondence.) HERMISTON. Ore.. March 6. The Hermlston debating team won a vic tory over Stanfleld by unanimous de cision of the judges last night The subject was "Government Ownership of Railroads" and the home team was required to take the negative. The Hermlston debaters were Alice Lam bert. Helen Skinner and Henry Gunn. .The speakers from Stanfleld were Lee Barchtown, Muriel Dunning and . Lillie Hossier. Judges were A. W. I McCann. principal of the school at Ir rigon and Attorneys Osmar Smith and B. L. Ballard of Pendleton. Through Hermlston's victory over Stanfleld the team will now have to face the winner of the series of de bates in the east end of the county. WHEAT MARKET TAKES UPWARD TURN TODAY Wheat prices all over the country took an upward flight today and yesterday. Wire re ports received here show the Chicago market up two or three cents today. The Portland mar- ket also made an advance. There Is no selling In the Pen- dleton market today but $1.13 Is quoted for club. 5000 bush- els of prompt delivery club sold in Portland yesterday at 21.27. North Sea Sea battle. Tho photograph was in imieii Off BREST; AMERICANS 1 III Vessel Carries Cargo of 1200 Tons, Mostly Footstuffs No Munitions of War are Aboard-Americans Include Five Physicians Who are on Way to Front in France Ship Has Crew of 200. LONDON", March I. The French liner Latouralne la afire 700 miles off Brest, according to a wireless mes sage received at Lloyd's. Agents of the line insisted the steamer was not in -great danger on account of Its proximity to the Brit ish coast Their statement does not agree with Lloyd's dispatch as to the location of the liner. The Latouralne sailed from New York February 28, .carrying 84 pas sengers, among them five American physicians and 10 nurses en route to the battlefront in France. The vessel has a crew of 200. The remainder of the passengers are largely American businessmen and French reservists. . To complete a hospital unit, 8100,000 for which was contributed by Mrs. William J. Fitzgerald, a rich English woman liv ing In New York, Is aboard. LETTER-WRITING CAMPAIGN FOR PENDLETON SUGGESTED SCHOOL CHILDREN BY TIUS METHOD WOULD ATTRACT VISITORS HERE. Writing from San Francisco about the eastern Oregon exhibit W. E. M each am of Baker, who has charge of the work of installing the exhibit suggests a letter writing campaign by the school children of - -jndletoa ln order to attract eastern visitors to the advantages of this part of Oregon. He suggests that each pupil write at least one letter to an eastern friend or relative urging them to travel to the fair via eastern Oregon and to be sure to visit ' the eastern Oregon ex hibit ln the Oregon building. This campaign has been taken Up ln Ba ker. Mr. Meacham states that he has re ceived the big panorama of the Round-up and will put It up In a con spicuous place. Eastern Oregon will not only have an exhibit in the Ore gon building, he writes, but also one in the agricultural building. While the Oregon exhibit Is not as elaborate as that in the California and Canadi an buildings, it shows up better from a standpoint of products, he writes, and the eastern Oregon grains, grass es, fruits and other products rank as high as any there. Eastern Oregon In fact he says, is very much on the map down there. Another letter was received by Sec retary Cranston from George M. Hy land, secretary of the Oregon com mission, and in It he states that Uma C. K. CRANSTI APPOINTMENT Endorsement of S. P. Crowe of La Grande' for membership on the new state fish and game commission and .of C. K. Cranston of this city for ap- poinimeni a-s siaie sumo waiuen wua- the result of the Joint meeting last night of the Umatilla County Fish &, Game association and the Round-up Gun Club. The president and secre tary of each organization. W". N. Matlock nnd R. W. Fletcher. G. I. La Dow and, J. A. Gibson, were named as a committee to urge in every pos sible way the making of these ap pointments. The failure of the local sportsmen to endorse a Umatilla county man for membership on the commission resulted, not only from the Inability of the sportsmen and the Umatilla county legislative delegation to agree upon a candidate, but from the jus tlce of the claim of the Union county sportsmen. Inasmuch as Umatilla Baker and Wallowa counties have at different times been represented on the commission, they contend that Union county can properly advance a candidate who should receive serious consideration. Tho only local man upon whom the sportsmen and legislators could agree was J? V. Talltnan and he re fused to become a candidate. The other men suggested by the leglsla- WARD LIST OF Ell The vessel carries a cargo of 1200 tens, mostly foodstuffs. No muni tions of war are aboard. NEW YORK, March . -Oscar Cauchoia, assistant general agent of the French line, said he had heard nothing regarding the liner Latoralne except what was carried In the press. NEW YORK, March 8. The La touralne carried 4594 cases of cart ridges and 129 rapid fire guns, ac cording to her manifest The cargo was made up largely of shoes and uniform cloth for soldiers In the French and Belgian armies. Practically all the Latouralne's ca bin passengers were from Montreal. Paul Faugtiett, general agent of tho French line. Is aboard the ship. The origin of the fire Is unknown. Ap parently the reports of an explosion aboard are baseless. tilla county Is making a good showing: It will be one of the counties to re ceive 8100 from the commission, Mr. Hyland stating that only those coun ties sending good exhibits will be thus favored. PRICE OF FLOUR DECUNES - 20 CENTS AT PORTLAND PORTLAND. Ore.. Marh . Flour declined 20 cents a barret The wholesale price- of patsnt is row 21 a barrel. Winter Fishing Is Over ASTORIA. Ore. March 5. The Winter fishing season on the Colurn bla closed at 12 o'clock Monday and has been one of the best In years. The catch there have been quite a number of Chinooka taken. The Spring fishing season will open May 1 and ln the meantime it la ex pected that vast numbers of the ear ly Chinooka will be able to reach the natural spawning grounds. VANDERBILT RACE STARTS; ALLEY IS LEADING SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. March 8. Under Ideal weather conditi ons, the Vanderbllt race started at 12:30. At the end of the tenth lap Tom Alley was lead ing. Resta was second, and Pullen third. AS STATE GAME tors were unfavorable to the men and vice versa, ports The recommendutlon of Mr. Cran ston, who is secretary of tho Pendl.- ion t.onmierclal association for tlitt position of state warden was a r-c. ognitlon of h!s iiuallflcatl.uis i.t I i oni ijj ne an experienced and thor- ougn sportsman but, as chairman at one time of the state Uh nnd ganm cmi mission, be Is auualnied with the work required. S. D. Crowe, president of tho nd. Pendent telephone company of Union and Wallowa counties, the candi date of the Wing, Kin Hnd Klcetfoot Club of La Grande, the most active sportsmen's organization outside of Portland. Local sporUruen who know hlni declare he is every way iii.illfi."l to be e;istern Oregon's repre-.i-nutlvu on the new commission. Representative It. W. Itltner, who Was on the game committee of tbe house and wus lurgely renpona'hUi for the new commission law, was present at the meeting. While ho IntrrpoHK'l no objections to the endorsement f the La Grande (nun, lm stated that he knew nothing of him und would reserve his own endorsement until such time as he mlKht - fit to glv It. It was understood between lilru and tho gporumeu that he not to be bound by their ac tion. IN ENDORSED FOR N BY LOCAL SPORTSMEN