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VOL 26
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETOX, OREGON, TIIL'ILSDAV, FKIJRI'AUV 11, 1
SO.
AMERICAN STEAMSHIP IS REPORTED rlNK BY RUSSIANS
battie mm
or n
atiiu was
TO 0011,1 OF SEA
Berlin Reports Disaster, News Hav
ing Been Received from Constan
tinopleFate of Crew Unknown.
BUCK SEA FLEET IS BLAMED
Slur and Strip' Were Hying Wlieii
Wart-Mixc 0hh 1 'ire, According to
Unofficial UciH-rt- German Sub
narino Attacks l.'nKllnh Steamship
lint letter Icapc.
Women Must End the War
HUT
WASHINGTON', Feb. 11. Am ha
sudor MorgcnLltau at Constantinople
lias confirmed the sinking of the
Washington. Hp said tho vckhcI was
sunk In Treble ml liarlior by Russian
wandUiiM during a bombardment ot
Uiat city.
BKRLIX, Feb. II. Tl-c sinking of
tho Amrrlia steamship Washington
In .bo Black sea b Itutian warships
In rdorlcd ln-re In Hcml-official re-
wrts received from Constantinople.
Tho report declared that lb
Washington wa sunk while flying
l American fc.
So mention Is niuc of tlao fate of
tho crew.
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 11. The Cor
nun submarine, L'-t, jestorday at
tacked Uie Mcam-tMji lAcnm, owned
by the Ocean Steamxlilp company, off
the Mas ligl-bthlp. Tho cainaln ma
nipulated llo liner K tho torpedo
mt-d It mark,. Tin-', German con-
trnMiil la tire aikl ouc pf tno rnancta
of the stcauuUUp. , viii, j-fclillod. " The
laacru finally eluded live submarine.
Tie new. of Uo al'ac k was reoet-ed
lieie by wlreleM.
AlOIIG WHOLE THE
IE I TBI!
Slavs Withdrawing From Bukovina,
According to Statement From War
Office at Vienna.
CARPATHIANS SMDUliO
PEOPLE OF BERLIN
I
I
D00OS ABE EMS
Serious Potato Riots Are Reported
in London--Police Called to Put
Down the Trouble.
Gaby In the Moviea.
NEW TOltK. Feb. 11. Oaby De
lyt made her debut to film fanl to
day. In an original atory of tbe
atase. "Her Triumph." the ParUlan
dancer appenred in four reela releai
. by a produrlng company today
Harry Pllcer. until recently Gaby'
dt nclng partner, appears In the fllma.
Kvaiigrlino Itootli III.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 11. Command
r Evangeline Hooth, of the Salvation
rmr who Is III at a hotel here.
reported to be suffering from perl
ton.tls. MlM Booth's physician said
her condition was not necessarily se
rlrua. but she could not be "moved
fmm the hotel for the next SS hours.
AVIATORS BOMBARD
HIES OF FOE
Both Sides Take to the Air in Effort
to Dislodge the Troops Heavy
Artillery Pounds Below.
PAIllS, Feb. 11. A bombardment
of the Irenches by airmen from both
nfclea Is In progress on the entire line
in northern France and Flanders the
war office announced. The aviators
are signaling the range to artillery,
men who are keeping the guns con
Btantly In action. From sea to the
Champagne region both sides are us
ing their entire artillery strength.
Many villages and towns In the rear
of tho actual fighting are suffering.
The Hermans have been repulsed In
the Mesnllles-Hurlus region.
-i'.L,l-r
rsfi
S.. .
I'u-M-! Are Ill'Hki 1 and ProRrots In
Mow UuhMuiw ttffidins IVMTatc
ITcHlxtuiH'e to Aih'incc of GTtuBn
AtMro Army Hut .Serlet of Siicco-
Claimed by Jjttler.
VIENNA, Feb. i!!. The Itus"!ans
are In full retreat from l!ukovlna. It
w;ia announced hen. Austro-German
.'t rees have driven the enemy beyond
Zucozawa and the Mavs are retreat
Ing along the wtvh line, although
they are offering a stubborn resist
mre, It was stated.
The Austrian otfut claims success
for the Austro-German troops, fur-thi-r
t-f.itlng that a series of victories
hav been achiever by the Germans
Iiattle In the p:ises of the Car
pathian mountains .'ontinue and san
guinary struggles are In progress at
many points. -
Vic lent oppos'tii n Is being offered
by the Russians to the Austrian and
German combined army which is at
tempting to raise tho siege of Przem
:l but It was declared h allies were
making steady progress.
The passes through the Carpathians
STEM MEASURES REQUIRED
Mi.nftipul Market Is Closed When
Supply I i:haustetl but Pi-ople
Will Not He SutUflod Fnland
May Ital)lihl I'lM-kado of the
I'.wst of Germany smii.
LONDON, Feb. 11. Serious riots
In the potato market In Berlin yester
day were reported ly the Copenha
Fvn correspondent ot the Exchange
TeUgraph. He diclared the munici
pal market closed jt 11 o'clock when
the AUpply of p-):.ti'CS was exhausted.
Fightin.t crowds .itormed the shops,
he asserts and th police were requir
ed to uce stern meipures to suppress
t;.em. Berlin breweres have been or
dered to reduce their output.
LONDON, Feb. 11. Premier As
qu'th snnounced n the" house ' or
commons that the British govern
ment Is considering drastic measures
to paralyze Germin commerce, saying
tho recent "flagrant breaches' of the
rules of international warfare made
such .ii lion necessary. While the
premier did not disclose the action
contemplated It la generally under
stood the German submarine block-
BRITAIN SEIZES FOOD
CARGO OF WILHELM11NA
English Officials Take Charge of Con
signment Aboard American Vessel
at Falmouth.
OWNERS OF SHIP ARE PREPARING TO LOOSE k PROTEST
Steamer Dacia Sails From Norfolk
With Cargo of Cotton for Germany
Despite Warning.
FALMOUTH, Ftb. 11. The cargo(thi
of foodstuffs carried by the American
ftfamer Wllhelmlna and destined for
Germany was seized today by the
British government. Officials at this
port took possession of the steamer
and the cargo U. being unloaded. The
final deposition cf the food will be
determined by a prize court. The
steamer will not be seized and will
be allowed to sail ct soon as the car
go It re.noved.
It Is understood that the ehips
ov-r.rr will enter a claim that the
cargo cannot be telzed as it left the
United Slates bef-jre . the announce
ment of tiie seizure cf foodstuffs wai
made.
NORFOLK. Va., Feb. J I. The Am
ei lean atamer Dacia, loaded with
cotton destined for Germany, sailed
morning. Tie captain declared
he was confident the ship would not
be molested by Pritlsh warahlps lo
spite of the warning previously given
by the Hritlnh foreign office that the
.-hip would be seized.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 11. Former
United States Sent tor Towne, repre
m nt'ng the owners of Wllhelraina de
clared the state dtjartment and the
owners of the vessel would act In en
lire accord In regard to the Wlihel
inlna'a seizure by tlie British govern
raer.L
State department official Indicat
ed that if the prize court proceed
ings were unsatisfactory, the govern
ment may take hand to establish
the vessel's right to take food .' to
Germany.
are ruiea witn now and as an inea(j., of ,ne Engiu,., roast will be fol
uruges in me uau.u .one nave oeen lowed by an actul blockade of. the
destroyed ty the Blava, progress in German cart by the English fleet,
tiie rigniing i. n ow.
Mrs. Havelock FJlis,
NEW TORK. Feb. 11. "Polygamy
will not be the aftermath of the war.
Women must end war by educating
their boys to serve their country In
a better way than by war. This war
will have a good effect on the civic
values and the love values." So says
Mrs. Havelock Ellis, wife of the noted
psychologist, who is now lecturing In
America. Mrs. Ellis is a Lancashire
woman and has worked out her eco
nomic independence In a cottage In
Middlesex. "The best war to keeD
marriage a romance," she says, "la to
have Just as little law and compul-
non aoout the relations of husband
una wire as Is paislble.
WILSON ML if
COMPROMISE ON
CONSENT TO
SHIPPING
NEWS SUMMARY
. General,
American steamship Washington ro.
txtrtcd mink In Maok sea by Ituwulan
flex.
Itrltaln arizen food cargo of Ameri
can VPHHCl.
Peoplo in Berlin In food riot.
Wilson will not consent to com
promlHo on shipping bill.
Local.
Indian, convicted of bigamy, would
rid hlmflclf of ono wife by divorce
milt.
New land added to productive area
-of county by homesteader, on nutter
Crock,
City official man la adopted,
20th annual convention of county
Sunday school association at Echo
next week.
Ir, Holler falls to tjown Ilelniich
tliroo times in hour.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. After a
conference with Senators Fletcher
nd Simmons and Representative Kit-
chin, President Wilson decided he
ould not consent to a compromise on
the ship purchase bill, It was stated
on hlght authority.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. Republi
can and democratic senators who op
pose the government ship purchase
bill, aided by Senators Norrls and
Kenyon, progressive republicans, who
have stood by the bill, forced an ad
journment last night of the longest
continuous session In the history ot
the senate and made more uncertain
than ever the fate of the measure
which the administration has so ur
gently pressed on congress.
On the adjournment, after 64 hourn
and 11 minutes of continuous debate,
adlng members of both houses of
congress conceded that an extra sea-
sloV to be called soon after March 4
poimed Inevitable. There were some
however, who still hoped that there
vrt might be time to dispose of ap
propriation bills 'ind the ship pur-
el i me measure In some form before
adjournment.
Administration Still Hopeful.
Adjournment came on a motion
made by Senator O'Gorman, which
prevailed by 48 to 46, after Senator cants.
Ncrils, deploring the fatiguing fill
tu.tr, had proclaimed his conclusion
that opponents of the ship purchase
bill cculd filibuster it to Its death.
Disappointed over the loss of sup
port from tho progressive republicans
but still hopeful that something yet
could be cone to save the bill, ad
ministrate n leaders of the senate
would r.ot admit that the cause was
lost Anticipating a break in the sen
ate. President Wilson had been con-
icrnng throughout the day with
PETROGRAD. '. Feb. 11. The
achievements of a flotilla of destroy
ers from the Rusbian Black sea fleet
vthl.h resulted in the sinking of more
than 60 Tnrkish sailing craft are re
cited In an announcement by the gov
ernment. Destroyers have bombard
ed the Turkish buterles at Treblzond.
silencing them, it wn also announc
ed. In the vicinity of Plantana, the
ve'lels destroyed a number of bridges.
LONDON. Feb. 11. Petrograd dis-
patches declare the Germans have
been forced to evacuate Lodz In Rus
sian Poland, one of the most Import
ant points In the defense of Warsaw.
They declared the Germans have
moved their headquarters to Kulicx
and that the Russians have reoccupied
Lodz. No confirmation of this has
been received at tWc official press
bureau.
When Von Hindenburg occupied
Lodz early In December the Russian
war office denied Berlin reports that
the Russians had been "driven out."
Petrograd declared the city had been
abandoned without a fight "for strat
egic reasons." If the Petrograd dis
patches are true the Germans, in turn
have been forced to evacuate the city
"for strategic reasons."
'SALEM.
-Supplementary Road Bill.
Ore.. Feb. 1L Represen
tative Vawter of Jackson county In
troduced a supplementary road bill
in the house, amending the present
road law to impose a tax of one mill
for road purposes. A general road
bill was Introduced by Sam Prown.
creating a new basis for road assessment.
REUEF IS FURNISHED WESTERN
AND MIDDLE-WESTERN SHIPPERS
t , -
J. D. Biddle's
Daughter Engaged
GREY SEES UTTEE
Foreign Minister Declares Nothing
Can be Gained by Making Pro
posalsGermany Not Ready.
LONDON, Feb. 11. England and
her allies see no likelihood of an open
ing which would lead to an early
Peace with Germany and Austria.
Foreign Minister Grey made this plain
In the house of commons today. Re
sponding to a question by a labor
member as to what terms the allies"
wnra wlllinir fn nffer Orrnifliu' nnd
iiuure leaaers on pians or getting the Austria at present Grey said: "The
bill betoie the house, and such course recent public utterances of Germany
iiii-y ;-.e taken, though the Senate re-'have not given us a reason to suppose
publicans Insist that their fight will that the object of the questioner will
continue until tho end of the session; be promoted by adopting the course
no matter what the administration suggested or by outlining tentative
forces may accompllnh on the house term, of nmre." ' '
Muncy Twin Dies at 96.
BABYLON. N. Y.. Feb. 10. The
second of the I Muncy twins died
here nt his home. He was William
Muncy, aged 96 years. His twin bro
ther, Samuel, died last summer. Both
lived all their lives on the farm here
where they were bom, following the
sea and farming for a living.
Neither used tobacco nor intoxl-
A small group of labor members in
the house are advocating sounding
Germany on the question of peace.
Grey's statement Is construed as Indi
cating that Germany has no desire to
consider a peace propoil at present
North Polo Controversy Shelved.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. Efforts
to reopen the North Pole controversy
In congress were squelched in the
house education committee, which
voted to prooeed no further with reso.
lutlons for that purpose.
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WASHINGTON,' Feb. 11. Vital re
lief for western' and ' middle western
shippers Is embodied n decision ot
the. Interstate Commerce Commis
sion in the intertnountaln case. The
railroads are permitted by the ruling
to establish rates from the Missouri
river territory to Pacific points lower
than to intermediate, destinations.
The decision is the result of the revo
lutionary effect the opening of the
canal will have on rates to Pacific
coast territory. Terminals to which
the new rates apply are points at
which Atlantic and Pacific steamships
deliver freight
The railroads represented that the
shrinkage in rate, on freight by way
of the Panama canal put them In
serious straits. They declared they
faced a double loss in revenue under
the terms of the original order, be
cause the lowering of rates to Pa
cific points to meet the rates on wa
ter traffic would have to be met by
a corresponding decrease in inter
mountain rates. The relief furnished
affords industries In the Chicago ter
ritory the opportunity to continue to
supply their coast customers.
SENATE TURNS : DOWN MAJORITY
REPORT TO KILL RITNER BILL
SALEM. Ore., Feb. 11. The house
adopted the minority report of th
ways and means committee on the
road bill introduced by Brown of
Marlon, and it was passed to a third
reading and final passage.
The senate, by refusing to adopt
the majority report In favor of kill
ing the bill providing that hereafter
members of the railroad commission
must be elected one each from the
three congressional districts, went on
record as giving eastern Oregon a
representation on the state railroad
commission. The bill Is now up for
a third reading and passage-
The unemployment question was In
jected into the house when the ways
and means committee reported ad
versely on the Eaton bill creating a
state employment bureau and appro
priation of IIO.OOO to maintain It.
Indefinite postponement ' was voted
down and the bill will come up on Its
merits later.
MANY NEW HOMESTEADS TAKEN .
UP ADD TO WEALTH OF COUNTY
MIhs Cordelia Iilddle
New wealth has been added to
Umatilla county and her productive
acreage has been materially Increased
within the past year by the home-
steading of several tht'ssnd acres of
land west of Butter Creek. Ac
cording to well Informed persons be
tween 75 and 80 homesteads have
NEW YORK. Feb. 11. One of the' keen taken up and approximately 25
most interesting engagements of the! or 30 families have already estab-
winter was announced simultaneously
in this city and Philadelphia. It was
that of Miss Cordelia J. Riddle, debu
tante daughter of Mr. and Mrs. An
thony J. Drexel Riddle, of Philadel
phia, to Mr. Angus O. Duke, of this
rlty. Mr. Duke Is the only child of
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin N. Duke and
connected with the large Industries
of his father and uncle. James B.
Duke. He was graduated from Trin
ity College In 1905 and since that time
l:as spent the greater part of
'.Ime !n this city.
lished themselves upon their land.
The land thus homesteaded was
formerly reserved by the government
for irrigation purposes but about a
year aijo was thrown open to settle
ment. It is high bench land west of
Butter Creek and beyond the project
of the Western I.and ft Irrigation Co.
The soil la good. It Is said, and already
It has given indications of producing
pood crops of barley and wheat
Heretofore, the land was wild and
his grew bunch grafts In abundance, and
was ured only for stock range.
The settlers were permitted to loke
J-0 acre homesteads and all of the
land has thus been taken within the
Past year. The ground ha- been
broken and several of the settler
grew crops last year of to 35 ounh
el barley and 15 to 20 bushel wheat.
For a new land, thU Is considered
good. The ground Is said to retain
the moisture much better than anticipated.
T'o RattlefthlpM r'avort'd.
WASHINGTON, lu-b. 11. i'rwl
dent Wilson told Chairman TUIm.cn.
of the Sir.ule naval rcunm'tteo. that
he believed that ccntcre hul! pro
vide for two buttlcshlps this y-nr.
lie also said he dlsuKrue.l with Mr
TH'iiai'M lon'eiition that nun? nh-jul'J
be built this )ar. but that four
rhould bt ( nutrui'ted next year oe
lessens of tt-e European war.