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DAILY EST OREGON! AX, PKNDLETOX, OREGON, MONDAY, YEVAIVAKY 8, 1915.
11 EXPECTS
II PROTEST OVER
FUG II. S, FLAG
Liner Lusitania, Which Arrived at
Liverpool on Saturday, Used Stars
and Stripes to Escape Germans.
USE BELIEVED JUSTIFIED
If Diplomatic Kxclutngcrt Itesult, Enff
luud Relieves Ttoy Will lie IK
twecn America and Germany In
ternational Uw sold to Sanction
tile t'w of a Neutral 1 1a
LONDON, Feb. 8 Great Britain
does nut expect a protest from the
United States as a result of the liner
Luiatanla flying the American flag
during Its trip to Liverpool In order
to avoid attack by German subma
rines.
The British foreign office la con
vlnced that the use of the American
colora Is Justified by international
law and that If diplomatic exchange
result, they will be between German)
nd the United States.
LONDON, Feb. 8. The British
(earner Lusitania, of the Cunard line,
which sailed from New York January
ao and arrived at Liverpool Saturday,
flew the American flag from the time
he passed Queenatown until she en
tered the Mersey. This is vouched
for by American passengers who
vroased on her.
According to a statement by Will
Irwin, an American writer, the Lusi
tania carried the regulation large
American flag at her stern, with a
mall American flag and mall pen
pant at the forepeak.
Itot Accepted by All on Board.
Ex-United States Senator Young,
another passenger, while he did not
personally see the flag flying, aald
1t was accepted as a fact by all on
board.
The Lusitania received a wireless
message from the Baltic, of the White
Star line, that two submarines had
teen sighted from that vesael.
The captain of the Lusitania, In re
ply to a question of on of the pas
sengers, declared that he had a right
to fly the flag of a neutral country
for the protection of neutral passen
gers and mails which his ship was
currying.
Voyage 5Iade Full Sliced.
After being delayed by heavy
torme which raised seas deck-high
and Injured 11 passengers, the Lusi
tania arrived off Queenatown lute Sat
urday. She cruised off the Irish port
for two hours, end without picking
up a pilot, us Is usually done, pro
ceeded for Liverpool at full speed, ar
riving ut the Mersey channel at day
break, with the Stars and Stripes still
flying".
The British merchant shipping act
passed in 1894 contains the following
paragraph:
"If a person uses the British flag
e-nd assumes the British national
(Continued on page five.)
HIVENTOR OF 1
ZEPPEllll DEFENDS
OSE OF AIRCRAFT
Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin De
clares England is in MorUl
Terror of Aerial Fleet.
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Ml
ilL7 0. HOUSE PROVIDES
Bridge Blown Up, by Werner von Horn ' ey to finish federal
- . ,. , A nnM num m tiiip pitv
DuiLuirui in i nio uiii
MAKES REPLY TO PROTESTS
DropHmr of Bombs on Unfortified
(Klin Justified England Would
Use Same Mnhod ir It Had Aerial
licet to Carry Out Ilan Such
McUmkI XMYNMrj'.
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Karl II. von Wlegand, United
Press Correspondent.
(Copyrighted 1915 by the United
Press. Copyrighted In Great Brlt
uin. BERLIN. Feb. 1. Via The Hague
ond London, Feb. 8. "Does anyone
for a moment believe that England,
In Its determination to crash Germany
ry every means In Its power, even at
tempting to starve women and chil
dren, would not use Zeppelins If she
had them?"'
It was Count Ferdinand von Zep
pelin, the creator of Germany's dread
ed fleet of aerial battleships, who
spoke. This was his answer to pro
tests raised by Germany's enemies
against the use of Zeppelins and the
dropping of bombs on unfortified
places resulting In the killing or
wounding of women and children. His
answer was a Justification of what
has taken place and what will contlnJ
ue to take place while the world mar
goes on.
"No one regrets more than I"
and here the voice of the aged sol
der and inventor carried a genuine
note of unmistakable grief "that
non-combatants have been slain. But
have not non-combatants been killed
by other -engines ef.. warfare? Why,
then, this outcry?
"Let me tell you It is because Eng
land fears the Zeppelin dirigibles.
MeBsssBmasMSsnsBjs!
This in the Canadian Pacific bridge
over the St. Croix at Vanceboro, Me.,
which was partly blown up by the
German who gave his name as Wer
n r von Horn, and said he was an of
ficer of the German navy. The bridge
formed the most important link be
tween Canada and the British Isles.
It was on the short route of the Ca
nadian Paciric t New Brunswick,
where shipments of soldiers, ammuni
tion and supplies for the war have
teen made. ,
The prisoner, a powerfully built
German six feet two .thches tall,
weighing about 1(0 pounds, is undent
cbly German and gives every appear
a net of having had military training.
She realizes that they promise to de-, According to the authorities he makes
Werner von Horn, Who Blew Up Canadian
Pacific Bridge Over the St. Croix River
stroy her splendid Isolation. It is
because, falling to succeed In build
ing something similar, she hopes to
arouse the world to bring pressure to
bear to prevent the use by Germany
of these great weapons of modern
warfare which are not available for
her own cause. If the military ef
fect of the Zeppelin airships tends to
ward shortening this terrible war by
only one day, thereby saving perhaps
thouxandn of lives If the Zeppelins,
even now only beginning their devel
opment as a new miliary arm, should
prove so effective a weapon as to
make wars less likely to occur In the
future then their advent has been of
benefit to humanity quite aside from
peaceful usuages."
no attempt to conceal the fact that at
midnight, Monday, Feb. l he placed a
large charge of nitroglycerine near the
Canadian end of the bridge, therefore
In Briti&h territory, and exploded It
in the !iope of cutting off the long
procession of grain, troops, general
food trains,, troop trains and horse
tralnj forwarded from northern and
eastern Canada to St. John. X. B., for
t-hipment to the British armies
abroad. He proudly exhibits a Ger I
nihil flug which was wrapped around
his left urm when he was captured.
Skater Ha no Ton Mile.
NEW YOHK. Feb. 8. An amateur
ten mile roller skating race through
the streets with the finish at Grand
Central Palace, was viewed by hun
dreds of spectators today.
CITIZENS PROTEST AGAINST ANY
CHANGE IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM
Fearful of the changes In the coun
ty school system which Senate Bill 87
contemplates, a mass meeting of cltl
sens and taxpayers, hold In the Pen
dleton Commercial club rooms Satur
day afternoon, unanimously went 00
record against the bill nd voted to
request the Umatilla county delega
tion to use Its Influence toward killing
It or at least In amending it so that
some of the most objectionable fea
tures would be eliminated.
8. B. No. 87 proposes to throw the
entire county, save only districts of
the first, class, into one district and
to have til school matters In thta dis
trict supervised and directed by a
single board of five members. The
change Is not compulsory but, by a
provision of the bill, may be voted up
on by all of the citizens of the coun
ty outside of the first class districts.
While condemning the bill In toto,
the meeting Saturday urged that If it
could not be killed that U be am
ended so that the system could be
voted upon by the entire county be
fore adoption.
County Superintendent I. E. Young,
Assessor C. P. Strain and A. J. Mc
AllltUer were the principal speakers
at the meeting. They analyzed tho
bill and explained it thoroughly with
the result that the sentiment against
the bill was practically unanimous. In
Umatilla county the only first class
district Is the Tendlcton district and
the bill thus alms to throw all of the
balance of tho county Into one dis
trict. The spcukers declared that one
of tr.e greatest objections to the bill Is,
thit It would destroy local self gov
ernment in school matters. Thus if
eome school problem peculiar to the
li t e school In Cottonwood district
thoukl arise, Instead of the taxpay
ers and patrons of thj school In that
community settling :t through their
own bunrd, they would havo to come
to . the county seat al present the
n-atter to a board w.iion could not bb
ns fumlllar with the school as the
hor-ie people.
Tie Immediate resists of the
taijge would be, acco.ding to As
sessor Strain, that school taxes would
be higher In Pendleton and In the
country communities and lower In the
'.mailer towns. PendleUn would be
si1, Minted entirely from the county
ystem and would draw no money
from the county school fund. Supt
Tom g alto declared that tho propos
ed ostein would necessitate an addi
tion to his clerical force of at least
six. inasmuch as the board would
be a salaried boar, additional ex
pense would be Incurred.
The proponent of the bill claim tot
It that It would give to the country
pchools tho same provision that city
schools now secure, that It would re
sult In n unl'oiiu srhool tax and uni
form schools nil over the county.
Homo pimliiont oi cators are lobby
ing fi-r ih.1 inii;u and with sum
success that Senntor Burgess, who Is
against the bill, declares that It will
Piixs the senate without a doubt.
However, the ' local opposition feeli
that tho bill may be killed or chang
ed in the house.
BILLIE CLIFFORD SAYS SHE
WILL MAKE HER HOME HERE
YOl'XG WOMAN WHO ITGIKKD
IX III' UK E T1UAI, WILL
TllAIX HOUSES.
Instead of being driven from Pen
dleton and Umatilla county by the
notoriety which she gained as one of
the principal figures In the Burke
murder trial lust week, BUHe Clif
ford announced this morning that she
Intends making Umatilla county her
permanent home and horse training
her means of livelihood. She will
leave Wednesday for Boise but ex
pects to return within two 'or three
weeks.
She has already received a num
ber of offers to train horses for wild
west shows, she says, and will engage
In this line of buslnes upon her re
turn. She will also attend a number.
of the shows this fall as a trick and
fancy rider. Mrs. Clifford's specialty
Is standing Roman riding but she Is h of IiOIMlondorPy Dead,
an all-around horsewoman. In fact, "f,. w ' . . c,.
It is said that there are few women ...1 .'""'1,
In these parts who can manage a
horse better than she can. She has Pneumonia. ,
attended the past two Round-ups as
well as quite a number of smaller
wild west shows and for a period of
three months traveled with the Bar
ney Sherry outfit all over the west.
It was while traveling with this out
fit and at subsequent wild west shows
that she got to know young Richard
Burke so well.
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NEWS SUMMARY
ZWUKER HOME DESTROYED
BY EARLY MORNING FIRE
General.
Count Zeppelin defends uso of air
craft by Germany.
Britain does not expect protect from
United States over use. of American
flag but Washington officials Intimate
that protest will nrrvcrtlietctia be made.
Willi the Kaiser looking on. tier
nuins hurl themselves acalnst tlic
HussloiM.
Early this morning fire practically
destroyed the H. 0. Zwlcker farm Local,
house Juat east of Pendleton. The Tapajers and farmers oppose In
flames were discovered about B:S0 posed change In school system,
and an alurm turned In. The fire Auto rocs over cmbanknMMit with
engine ma do a fast run to the bridge party of six.
but discovering that the fire was out- Tax oollwtlon Is begun by treasurer
side the city limits, turned back. Fa
cilities for fighting the fire were very
limited and the house was practically
a complete loss. The damage is es
timated at $1000 and there was 600
Insurance carried upon it.
Ilurko to bo sentenced tomorrow;
Bllllo CI f ford to remain In county.
Zwlcker farm house near town
burns.
Vendeton bowlers triumph over Ij
Grande.
EXTRA SESSION CONGRESS
PREOIGTED BY WILLIAMS
MISSISSIPPI STATESMAN" SAYS
CAN'T SEE HOW IT WILL
HE AVOIDED.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. "I don't
see how an extra session of congress
can be avoided." This was the de
claration of Senator Williams of Mis
sissippi, after a conference with Pres
ident Wilson.
OYER 100,000 BRITISH ARE
L3ST THUS FAR IN THE WAR
PKEM1EH ASQUT1I ANNOUNCES
FIGURES IX THE HOUSE
OF COMMONS.
LONDON, Feb. 8. Speaking In the
house of commons Treinier Asutilth
announced the British casualties In the
wur up to February' tli were 104,000.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 The
house appropriated 10,000 for
completing The Lalles postof-
,fice and 85J.OOO for completing
the Pendleton postoffice.
ASSESSOR STRAIN TURNS
OYER ROLLS TO TREASURER
EVERYTHING IN" READINESS
NOW Itm PAYING THE
COUNTY TAXIS.
Umatilla county taxpayers may now
call upon Treasurer Bradley and pay
over their share of the taxes. The
rolls were turned over this morning
by Assitftsor C. P. Stralu and every
thing Is in readiness for the annual
harvest. Treasurer Bradley has In
creased his jugular force by the ad
dition of R. T. Brown, until recently
deputy clerk. Owing to the fact that
no announcement of the actual date
of the opening of tax collection had
been made, no payments had been
made up until noon.
The law provides that all taxel shall
be paid by the first day of April to
escape penalties. If paid after that
date up until Sept. 1, a pentlty of one
per cent per month is required and
after Sept 1 a further penalty of ten
Per cent is added and the whole am
ount thus delinquent bears interest at
the rate of 12 per cent per annum.
Last year quite a number of tax
payers paid only one half of their
taxes on April I, permitting the other
half to go over until fall. They paid
the five percent penalty but subse
quently the county court rebated these
Penalties. The same law Is In effect
as last year and no promises that
penalties will be rebated are being
made.
WHILE I KAISER
LOOKS Oil, GERA1AUS
HUSH TO ASSAULT
Desperate Effort Being Made to
Relieve Left Wing of the Teutonic
Forces in Eastern Theater.
FRENCH CLAIM SUCCESSES
AUTOMOBILE GOES
III tllltll I'ilTH
SIX PA E
A narrow escape from serious in
Jury was had by the six occupants of
the Rust automobile last night when
It turned completely over after going
into the ditch alongside the macadam
road near Eastland. Glen Rust, the
driver, sustained the worst injuries,
severe cuts upon the head and some
bad bruises, but he was able to be out
upon the street today. Roscoe Rogers
was also pretty badly bruised and the
other occupants, another young n.an
and three young women, all sustain
ed scratches and other minor injuries.
The car, a new Hudson, was not dam
ased to any great extent. The wheels
were broken and the top crushed but
after new wheels were put on this
morning, the car came in under its
own power. The young people ex
plain the accident by stating that the
steering gear did not work properly. I
In Western Theater of War, Gallic
Artillery i:cortcd to Hare Worked
Havoc With the Enemy Berlin
Reports Violent fighting lCween
Brtti.-dt and G'Tmaiw.
PETROGRAD, Feb. 8. Under the
eye of the kaiser, who has arrived at
the eastern theater of the war, the
German troops In Poland are dellv
erlng a series of desperate assaults
on the Russian positions at Kamlon
on the left bank of the Zzura river.
Realizing how serious Is the men
ace of a huge force of Russians
threatening the left wing of the Ger
mans, General von M.u ken.i-n has or
dered the danger removed at any
cost.
Unofficial advices state the csar Is
at the front In the region of Bollmow.
The Russlona there are assuming the
offensive.
PARIS, Feb. 8. Successes achiev
ed by French artillery in the' . Alan
end Champagne districts and the dy
namiting of German trenches In the
region of Qulncy were announced by
the war office. Efforts of the en
emy to mass for an offensive have
been effectively checked by ahellflre,
the statement declares. Little Infan
try activity Is In progress anywhere
cn the western front In the north
the lowlands are inundated, making
anything but artillery exchanges Im
possible. From the sea to Clae there
le heavy artillery firing.
BERLIN'. Feb. 8. Violent fighting
between German and British troops
along the La basse canal continue,
according to the war office. It was
declared the Germans have captured
a portion of the British trench In
that region. In the Argonne region
several French . fortified positions
have been taken. Fighting In the
eastern theater is confined to local
encounters on the right bank of the
Vistula In Poland.
LONDON'. Feb. 8 Dispatches re
ceived from Athens say that when a
Turkish fort near the Dardanelles
fired on several British destroyers re
cently the latter replied with nearly
two hundred shells. Explosions from
the direction of the fort, the dispatch
er said. Indicated the fort's magazine
had exploded.
BILL REQUIRES BIRTHS AND
DEATHS TO EE RE6ISTERE0
MATTER NOW GREATLY NE
GLECTED WILL RE COMPUL
SORY EOK PHYSICIANS.
Man Rescued from Tomb.
BUTTE, Mont., Feb. 8. After be
Intombed for S3 hours, Richard Rog
era was rescued alive from the Gag
non mine near here. He escaped
with a few slight bruises. Four were
killed In the cave-In.
Investigating' Wheat.
CHICAGO. Feb. 8. District Attor
ney Clyne announced that he is In
vestigating charges that wheat spec
ulators have concentrated enormous
quantities of wheat at seaboard ele
vators, ostensibly for exportation but
in reality to hold for higher prices
One disadvantage of the cheaper
cuts theory is that the consumer can
rot readily find a cheaper cut appetite.
SALEM. Ore.. Feb. 8 Registration
of births and deaths, neglected for
the most part as a statewide practice,
is required in a bill by Dr. Smith of
Multnomah, which passed the houso
without much dissent. President
Pierce vi the state board of health
was ready to answer questions, but
after Smith's explanation that the bill
carries no appropriation and Is dee
ignated to give new babies the sums
recognition as that given swine, mem
bers voiced no opposition.
Confesses Rifling Mailt.
PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. Archie
Brown. 23. a distributing clerk at the
postofflce. was arrested charged with
rifling the malls. It Is alleged he con
fessed to theft of from $500 to $1000
In the lust two years, saying he spent
the money gambling and In high It v-ing.
E PASSES APPROPRIATION
FOR E. OREGON STATE HOSPITAL
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 8. The house
passed four appropriation bills today.
They were: Fifty eight thousand,
sir hundred and fifty dollars for
maintaining the state capltol building,
supremo court building and the
grounds; six hundred and seventy
slx thousand, a hundred and sixty
six dollars for the Oregon state hos
pltal: a hundred and forty four
thousand, nine hundred and hlxty.one
dollars for the Institute for the fee
li'e minded; three hundred and five
thousand, eight hundred and fifty
dollars for the eastern Oregon hos
pital which Included a huti'lred
tnousand dollars for a new wing.
The senate killed Clarke's reoli
tlon submitting to the people '""
stltuttonal amendment giving th
governor power to remove from of
fice district attorneys and sheriff.
The senate passed a Joint r"'luM"n
by Smith of mn providing that
sHs registered at Oregon prts shall
be exempt from all except state fairs,
The house passed Towne's bill defin
ing and punishing coaHplray.