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CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEH
NO. 9038
VOL. 28
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1917.
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ECH0I1NCBQUH
TRAIN AND
Mrs. Anna A. Coburn Was At
tempting to Cross Track
Just in Front of No. 19,
Early This Morning.
1 WEST WILL BE HELD
Accident Appear Almost Inexplicable;
Woman on Way to Work Stepped
Directly Before Train; Englnee
Failed to Bee Her Until Within a
Pew Feet.
(East Oregonian Special.)
ECHO, Ore., Feb. (. Cruhed under
the engine ot train No. 1, econd ec
tion, Mr. Anna A. Coburn wai In
rtantly killed at (;0S thl morning In
an accident that eeems almost Inex
plicable, The woman wa going to
her work at the Teat Orlll and evi
dently attempted to cros the railroad
track Just In front of the inooming
westbound paaatnger train. The en
gineer did not see Mra. Coburn until
within a few feet of her. She had a
carf over her head and it 1 possible
bhe either did not ace the approaching
train or else did not realise It was au
near. The accident occurred at the
Buckley crossing', where the Main
mad ro'ves the tiacks.
A strange feature of the accident 1
that after It had occurred the glasses
worn by Mrs. Coburn were found un
dernamed on the pilot of the engine.
Mrs. Coburn was 45 years of ago
and had lived In Echo for 1! years.
She was divorced from her husband
A. J. Coburn four years ago and Mr.
Coburn now lives in Kansas City as
does also their son Herbert. Another
him. Edwin 12 years of ac. is III with
the measles at the family home here,
A daughter. Ruth, la attending a bus
iness college In Portland. A sister.
Mrs Marshal Tarvis I now here.
Coroner Brown was notified of the
tragedy this morning and arranged
for the holding of an Inquest.
HOUSE PASSES Bill
10 BE REGISTERED
Measure In ContJilorcd of Great Bene
fit tn HUn-kmun Particularly Those
of Eastern Oregon.
(Kaxt Oregonian Special by Mull.)
HAl.KM Ore., Feb. 5. House bill
No. 3M which requires thitt all brands
fur livestock be registered with the
Ktate veterinarian passed the hou
today. The measure wits Introduced
by Representative Crandnll.
Kpeaker Stanfleld declared that
many of the stockmen In various parte
cf the state, particularly eastern Ore
gon have registered their br.indR
under the present laws and were In
favor of a law renulrlng registration
of all brands as being more fair to all
stockmen.
Senate bill No. 197 introduced by
Hurley and passed by the senate to
day Is a similar measure except that
It provides that the use of any brand
other than one registered with the
state veterlnanian shall be considered
a crime.
U11EW OF VKSKlfl, RAVED.
GALVESTON. Feb. t The coast
guard cutter Commanche reamed the
crew of the water-logged British
schooner Irma Bentley seventy miles
off Galveston. All hands are enfe.
They were exhausted after a long bat
tle with the tempest.
HOUSE PASSES REPORT
OF NAVAL COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, Feb. . Under the
f stress of a national emergency the
house almost unanimously adopted
Padgett's naval committee report
This assures its passage. The appro
priations Include a million and a
quarter for machine guns, a million
for anti-nlrcrnft guns and six million
for ermlng auxiliary cruisers
The measure authorises (he presi
dent tn commandeer all ship building
plants and nil plants capable of pro
ducing war materials and gives the
president a hundred snd fifty million
to rush the completion of ships. Ii
appropriates a million for the pur
chase of a new aeroplane patent
KM1T KILLED
ZIMMERMAN REGRETS
WILSON'S MEASURE
German Foreign Secretary Declare
Teutons Have Not Forgotten Tradi
tional FriendsiUp Wltb II. 8.
X BERLIN, Feb. . (Delayed.)
The official news agency
quoted Secretary of State Hoi-
tench as saying: "There la no
way back. We shall go for.
ward until the end. We are
convinced the neutrals will be
thankful, Ws consider aubma- 4
rinlng an efficient means to
shorten the war. . Wa will
break English tryunny on the
sa and shall do everything to
destroy English brutallsin.''
BERLIN, Feb. (. (rayvllle) For
elgn Affairs Secretary Zimmerman
nald: "I exceedingly regret President
Wilson's measure. It cuts Germany
from all direct communication with
the Trans-Atltntic world. It is against
all tradition and International law.
We also remember the United States
diplomats have attended U German
interests during the war with effici
ency and success.
"The text of the president's message
has been minutely examined. There
is no real cause for (lerman hostility
with the United States. We remem
ber the traditionally friendly feeling
between America and Oennanv sin"
the United States' earliest days. Nat
urally we appreciate Wilson's unhos
tlle words, Included among the words
of different character
'Wilson says he dees not wish a
hostile conflict. We appreciate thnt
end understand the reasons prompt
ing the United Plate to Its present
attitude. We expect Wilson to recog
nise O'tr reasons."
The break distinctly surprised Ger
mans. A leading Rerlln editor said:
"We never expected the severance of
relations. We hoped Wilson wou'd
realise Oermany was flehling for her
existence. I do not believe the-Ger-man-Americans
will support Wilson.
The war will proceed and Germany
will win."
Newspaper, comment Included:
"German people will accept America's
decision with the most earnest
li-trength of character and ethics. Sub
marining Is a self evident necessity.
We never minimize the United States.
Those who minimize end understl
mate the German nations defense
s'reneth are blind.'
LONDON" Feb. (.Central News
reported Gerard already left Merlin,
and expected tn reach Switzerland to
day. All previous Berlin reports said
Gerard would remain until Thursday.
MOVE TO PKOTEtT GOLD.
WASHINGTON. Feb, . The first
move toward preventing Europe from
raiding America's gold accumulations
after the War was taken today when
the House Banking and Currency Com
mittee reported favorably on an am
endment to, the law under which the
Federal Reserve Ranks will mobilise
more than I700.00fl.0no In gold coin
nd bullion as against a present gold
reserve In those Institutions of ap
proximately I3B0.O00.O00.
, The amendment requires the coun
try banks to keep In Federal Reserve
-vaults at least 7 per cent In gnld of
their total deposits; city banks 10 per
rent and the three great central re
serve banks 12 per cent. In the case
of the country banks their total re
serve including gold, will be as at
.present. 12 per cent of the deposits,
while the total reserves of the citv
wind central banks will remain at re
spectively 1. and 1 Sper cent of the
diposlts. It Is estimated that $900..
oon.nnn in hanking credit will he ad
ded to the reserve system.
WASHINGTON-. Feb. . The houss
Interstate commerce committee favor
ably reported the Adamson hill pro
viding a military draft for rallw.ij
employes In event of war and en
lurking the mediation conciliation,
board for the settlement of strikes.
WASHINGTON. Feb. . (Chairman
Welili of the house Judiciary commit
tee, favorably reported three war bills
They prohibit the fraudulent use and
counterfeiting of government seals
and provide punishment for attempt
ed injury to vessels ensace,l In for
eign commerce and forbid the dis
closure of national defense secret.
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CHARGES RUSS CAPTAIN HAS FLOWN TO ESCAPE SUIT
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$
Ml 1AE, WHE,EIr.T3 RUPERT I
NEW YORK, Feb 6 Mrs. Ma
Wheeler RuperU, who has instituted
proceedings to procure a separation
from Captain Ruperti, of the Russian
army, today told her counsel that she
believes the soldier of the czar - has
fled to Canada. Justice Cohalan, In
the supreme court, after reading tha
complaint. Issued an order for Cap
tain Ruperti to show cause why his
ORATORICAL BATTLE IS WAGED
OVER
RURAL
(East Oregonian Special Wire
Service.)
SALEM. Feb. . By unani
mous vote t',e senate adopted the
house concurrence resolution con
veying to President Wilson assur
, anna of loyal support Huston
appealed to the public to be
careful of the language and asked
that American citizen of Ger
man hlrth not be unnecessarily
antagonized.
f-TEIWKU RESOLUTION TABLED.
The senate is not ready to en
ter as ac.ommittre of the whole
to determine which bills shall be
listed as the most Important and
he given precedence.' Stelwer'a
resolution providing such an ac
tion was tabled. President Moser
Invited the senators to meet with
him to select the measures they
plan to push to the front.
HOC.UE RIVER FISHERIES.
Another open hearing will be
- held tonight by the senate fish
eries committee on the Rogue
River bill. No other legislation
' b's enured such a fight The
delegation from Medford Is ex
pected to speak for the bill.
CORE BILL POSTPONED.
The Gore bill providing "one
day rest In seven." waa indefinite
ly postponed by the house. Oore
protested against killing the bill.,
sa' lng In view of the public sen
timent In favor of It sufficient
consideration waa not given.
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(Received Yesterday by E. I.. Smith.
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wife should not be granted a separa
tion, 600 a month alimony and coun
sel fees. Mrs. Ruperti says that she
met the captain after he had come
here to buy munition for his govern
ment. She asserts that he has an In
come of $18,000 a year The papers
In the case were served on him at the
offices of the Imperial Russian gov
ernment munition commission, in the
Fatlron building.
RURAL CREDITS BILL BATTLE.
A big oratory battle was wag
ed in the senate over the oppos
ing ruial credits bills. The ques
tion came before the senate with
two reporta from the senate com
mittee on agriculture, the ma
jority report, favor senate bill
12C. It was introduced with the
approval of the state land board
and grange. The minority report
favors senate bill 1(2. introduced
by Barrett. The fight Is beintf
made over Shank's motion to
substitute the minority report for
the majority. Shanks talked for
an hour on his motion and was
answered by Senator Huston. The
debate is being continued this
afternoon.
NEW IlIfillWAY BILL.
An "Oregon highway law" was
Introduced in the house by the
onmmlttee on roads and high
ways, as a substitute for the
Schlmpff code bill and Lnuigaard
bill. The bill provide for the
creation of a state highway com
mission, three members appoint
ed by the governor, and one
from each congressional .district
to serve three years, at a salary
' of tiiOO per annum payable
monthly. Each commissioner
shall give a $!,nnn bond. The
bill further provides for the ap
pointment of an "engineer" to
hold office at the pleasure o' the
commission at an annual salary
of H.000.
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WAR CLOUDS ARE THICKENING
OFFICIALS SEEM CONVINCED
THAT FIGHT IS INEVITABLE
LATE HE BULLETINS
WASHINGTON, Feb. .-
state' department is ttc-heduled to
odvle the American line today,
regarding AmeHcan tines' sailing.
The government several times re
fiuMl omcmUy to advice. It Is
unofficially Indicated the s'U
should not aniL Today' decis
ion may establish a precedent.
The government deem the sub
marine blockade Illegal, unleest
airtight. American have an in-
aBeoabie right to send shlpa to
allied porta under the circum
stances). LONDOW, Feb. .It to an
nounced the Btttteh VVarle? Pick
ering ma sunk in the barred
wine. The Leyland Liner Florid
tan wa also sank. Sixteen were
saved.
WASHINGTON, Feb. . Con
sul Genera! Dennlson of Chrts
tiania, Norway, cabled that ail
Norwegian sailings, to the United
States were tiunpororflT suspend
ed. LONDON. Feb. .Rumor
the Spanish submaWne Isaac
Parol had been ordered to sail
to Spain lmmedinteiy, caused ex
cstetnent.' It ha been here fur
days, loading supplies On Its)
trial trip.' officials claimed ig
norance of the order.
LONDON. Feb. . It I an
nounced the BmiHh steamer
Wartenfcis ha been sunk.
LONDON. Feb. . It is an
nounced a German submarine
sank the British steamer Port
Adelaide. The captain ws cap
' tared. Ninety six. sailor and
passenger were reacued. " The
Russian steamer Cerera was sub
marined. JAPANESE CRISIS
OVERSHADOWS THE
GERMAN IS BEUEF
SENATOR POINDEXTER POINTS
OtT DNGFRS ARISING FROM
IMMIGRATION BILL.
WASHINGTON. Feb. Sen
ator Pohtdextrr told the senate
the Japanese crisis ovetshadowed
the German danger. The Immi
gration Mil leaTes the Jananetae
situation doubtful. Tlie Jonane-se
government complained the bill
waa aimed dimtly at Jaianeie
Immigration. Further protects
are expected.
wide range in
wheat Market
shown today
CHICAGO. Feb. 6. 4 Special to the.
East Oregonian.) Range of prices
today:
Open. High. Low. Close.
May I1.T3H 1.7SH l.tOVj 1.7JS,
July tl is 1M) 1.48 1 47 V
Portland.
PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. (.(Spec
ial.) Club. l. SO: bhiestem, 11.54.
POISONERS PLEAD N4VT GUI.TV.
DERBT. Feb. (. The court order-
id the four alleged Uovd :eorre p i-
on conspirators committed for trial
They pleaded not guilty.
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Germany's Answer to Break Expected Within 24 Hours; May
be War Declaration; Killing of American on British Naval
Collier Increases Tension; Americans Advised to Leave
Germany.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 6 Germany's answer to the dinln-
matic break is expected within twenty-four hours. It may be
a war declaration. Officials believe war is inevitable. Bern
storff recently reiterated the assertion that Germany would
declare war in event of a rupture. The government ia rapidly
cumpteung us war preparation,
this afternoon.
The Eavestone case conclusively proved that Germanv 1a
waging ruthless war. Official state department reports said
the submarine shelled the crew in lifeboats, killing Richard
Wallace, an American negro.
tional law, despite the fact the
collier. There is increased tension. The administration has
requested full details.
The state department cabled Gerard, advising all Americana
to leave Germany.
Chairman Hoover of the Belgian elief commission, announced-
that headquarters would be established in Holand,
instead of the United States, in event of war.
NAVY CENTER PREPAREDNESS WORK
The government's greatest preparedness efforts are being
centered on the navy. It may halt dreadnaught work and rush
to completion submarines and small launches to offset subma
rine attacks.
Officials believe Germany may predicate her war declara
tion with President Wilson's appeal to all neutrals to follow
the United States' example. The president cancelled his usual
conferences with newspapermen, on account of the crisis.
It is understood Daniels intends to immediately consult con
gressional leaders regarding the pending wireless bill, enabl
ing the government to completely control all American radios.
He believes the navy may need all wirelesses.
BRITAIN CONFIDENTLY EXPECTS WAR
LONDON. Feb. 6. Whether America will deem the Wal
lace killing sufficient for w ar caused the greatest conversation
topic. Britain firmly believes the United States will eventually
fight She momentarily expects a war declaration. Mean
while Britain is still carefully regarding the United States as
neutral.
Ambassador Page is gathering information on the sinking of
the Eavestone. He plans to submit the formal report to Wash
ineton. He is maintaining the closest touch with British officials.
SPAIN STAVES OFF
GERMAN RUPTURE BY
V.RITINGA PROTEST
Note Refuses to Suiend San!h Ship
ping: Swluerland Also Will Not
Rreak Relations at Present.
MADRID. Feb. Spain hand
ed the tierman anihassodor a note
miein submarining. The ac
tion rva'tudee an Immediate
Spanish-German break. The note
refuses to suspend Spanish ship
ping. WASHINGTON. Feb. , it fc reli
ably Intimated that Spain and Sniu
frtanj ili mia hrek r,'lirlms In ac
cordance with President Wilson's sujr
reMions. They will remain neutral
because of handling American and
Grrmaii diplomatic Interest. Spain
is scheduled to publish the outline of
her position tomorrow.
a camnet meeting was held
It was contrary to all interna
Eavestone was a British naval
LONDON, Feb. . The Am
erican Liverpool consul reported
that a (German submarine baited
the American steamer Wrstwego,
and threatened to sink. It spared
the vesoci after the commander
surrendered three barret of lu
brkwting oil. The admiralty an
nounced the submarine f -4S fired
De shells at the WrMtweco but
failed to hit.
TO SEIJ. RODIN PLAQCE
HERE IX)K FRENCH ACTORS
PARIS. Feb. (Augusts Rodin
has Just finished a plaque entitled
Trotecticrn" to be suld by the French
Actors" Fund In New York for the
benefit of the relief fund fur actors,
actresses and the theatrical person
r.el of Pari.
As a special compliment to A merl.
can philanthropists. Director Mole
is permitting ten gold coplt-s of the
llaiiie to be made fur the leading
supporters of the fund In New York.
A few silver and bronze enpls als-i
will be made fur lesser scbsrrli ers.
ThT I.FWIS MM'IIIN'K- 4HN.
AnMrun I'owilor (Jven lUHier Re
sult, Till n lultisli "ii Trial.
WASHINtiTo.N. Feb t.Se-vw-
'teen mnulxrs of the hou-e mliltar
n'lalrs committee tmliv at'ended n
ilemonstiatlon of the I.ewls machine
sun which took place in a seciudeil
j spot ne ir the naval nhTvatnrv. In
Ihe ileanon-tratlon both RrltUh and
Ame'ican ammunition were uswi. an I
the more satisfactory resiiltn were ob
inini'd from the American.
Tbe current armv appropriation act
culls for the pun-has of a mur1!
heivi-r gun than the Lewis gun. al
though n riirthnr armv te "f tht
.rn ifiip L provid.! for The dem
oruorntion today niM'le bv a ro.
roMjiiutivo of tiie nwinii''uctiirfr.
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