East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, February 13, 1915, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVEIITISEUS. The Hast Orsgonlia baa tht largest paid circulation of any paper la Urtgou, tut of l'ertland and over twice tba circulation to PeudJatoa of My other newspaper. For for Eastern Orrron, by tfw rnlUgd States Weather Ob-rrw M Portland. TaU. colder tonight; Sunday fair. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL, 26 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON", OREGON, SATURDAY, IEIJRITAKY 13, 1015. NO. 8 125 V rgyr Xz PACIHC niPDnoc nc 01 uol ui T I UI STEAMSHIP STOCK Holdings Will Have to be Given up or Vessels Will Not be Allowed Through the Canal. , COMMISSION MAKES RUUN6 fcMjr 1)4) a Arw Chen to Alter scrv. Ice of Ituiflo Sionnmlilp Conumny, Now a Subsidiary of Uio S. P. lYntrnt Opera tit n Declared to lie Ilk-e!. BLOCKADE III BE END DESPITE AHCAII PROTEST Note to Germany Regarding Exten sion of War Zone Has Complicat ed International Situation. OTHER NATIONS COMPLAIN WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. The Southern Pacific railroad must dis pose of HI hoM r.gt In the Pacific Ma'l Steamship company unless the operation of veaiels of the steamship company' through the Punama canal In rtopped Within CO days. Thla was the decision of the Inter state commerce commission toduy. The commission held that the opera- lion of vessels through the canal made the Southern Pacific's holdings in the steamship line Illegal under the law. Under the canal act, a steam carrier cannot lawfully hold stock In a, steamship line operating through the canal which inuy be a possible competitor of the fleam carrier. The rommUslon ruled that there were po tential possibilities cf competition be tween the Pacific Mall and the South ern Pacific companies, particularly from Pan FrancUcn The net result of the decision Is that the Pacific Mall's service oper ntlng vl.i the canul, as proposed, would make both carriers liable to the canal act and that a divorce will bo necessary. It l ret forth that the Southern Pacific owns 111.000,01 of the 1:0.000.000 capital stock of the Pacific Mall company. The commla kn hell that tinkss the Pacific Mall's service via t1;e canal to Colon n the Atlantic side In changed, and un'eaa the ateamets are run from San Vranclsco to B.tlbna on the ' Pacific I la of the isthmus. It will refuse to allow the steamship company to op- crate through the ranal under the present atatua s a subsidiary of the Southern Pacific company. Sixty days from February 1 are al rowed for the Southern Pacific com pany to amend I' rt'lt'on so aa to In clude only the San Francisco-Balboa service. Ocrnslonally a man makes a hit "by doing the wrong thing at the right -time. Norway, Sweden and Denmark Lodge Protest at IU1lii Against German I'lun Holland ami Italy May Send 'inillar Irol; American Note, io lie Considered fton. I RERUN, Feb. 13. The German1 foreign Uflce considers that the Am-', trlcan note regareing the extenHlon of th Cerniun war rone hus complicated' tne International rltuatlon. Official today admitted this. The Imperial chancellor considered with the for c Kn secretary the outlines of the no'e. lie assumed the position of thts American drruiid greatly embar rassed Gtrmuny ond will have to be a subject for a cabinet council. It Is understood the euUre text of the niea togo has been forwurded to the kaiser ut the eastern battle front. Chan cellor Von Betimam-Holweg will leave Immediately to confer with the kaiser. Although the p Nihilities presented us a result of t!u note are fully rec ognized. It wus insisted In official dr ib's that GennaiiV cannot change her i, sltlon. It Is resolutely vital, the ka'ser and bis adlsera have agreed, th'it Kngland's commerce be check ed. The proposed German blockade o' England will be enforced. It was declared, beginning next Thursday. WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. It has leen learned that Norway, Sweden and Denmark have protested to Ger many against th latest decree e tending the Gernian war tone. The Scandinavian protest was couched In language lea vigorous than the Am erican protest, but It was aald to stand squarely behind the principle announced In the American note. It is understood Holland and Italy will probably tend similar protests. SEMIS SET M TO FOUR OHE-HALF ACRE FEET OF BHEEW HlfNDENBURG mm w iii i lw li he soprehe i JeSiinRprussia fly decision of the state board of control, commonly known as the state water board, the water rights on the Umatilla river have been adjudicated and settlers are guaranteed the use of from three to four and a half acre feet of water annually, dependent up on the character of the soil. The case of Mrs. Sophia Byers versus claim ants upon the reservation, including the United States government, was decided In Xavor of Mrs. Ever but will be nppealed by the government. Iocal attorneys interested In the wa ter adjudication have not received copies of the decision and the IJyer.i decision was known to Col. Kaley. attorney for the Byers Interest, onl; through the fact he had received no tice of appeal from II. It. P.ankln. deputy fulled .states attorney. ' In u long distance interview with the East Oregonlun th's afternoon, J. H. Lewis, state engineer and member of the state board of control, said the board had alioted users on the rivet the amount of water specified above It was reported here that by the de cision old land will be retrlcted to three feet of water and that new land may have four and a half feet. Ac cording to Mr. Lewis no distinction at all Is made between new land and old land but the water is allotted entirely In accordance with the character of the soil. Not Enough Water. How the decision of the board will please waterusers Is not yet fully clear. According to I). C. Brownell of l'matllla the board allows sufficient water for land where the water table la high but he Is frank to say new land under his holdings cannot be re claimed with the amount of water al ioted by the board. He thinks the same will be true of new land in some other districts, thouch the conditions will vary In accordance with the dif ferences In foil. Under the state law enacted by the legislature two years ago It was neces sary for waterusers to develop their (Continued on pace five.) General von Kluck and His Whole Staff Slav Forces Attempting Drive Against Konigsbergand Thorn Have Been Thrown Back. GERMAN STRATEGY WINS BATTLE 30,000 Russians Reported to Have Been Captured, Together With Many Guns and Supplies. NEWS SUMMARY ' Giioial. (Jennins ntj Kuvdan advance In cast. 8. P. mux give Un fftcaiiiHlilp hold In. IcaL Umatilla river 'water right flnallj adjudicated; water board grants set torn from J to 4 I n foe. Hojr Swit celebrato anniversary by competitive hike. OM-rrannmlenee marrlajre results In filing of third divorce suit In two jearn. Northern Paelfic makes freight raica from SeatU: Swno aa rates from Po-tUwid. WASHIXOTON Feb. II. The gov ei'iment was adit-ed today that an unfavorable outcome of the test case to be made In a British prize court of the selaure of tne American steam er Wllholmlna'a car.o destined for Germany will bring retaliatory meas ures agilnst Engmnd by Germany In wh'ch America ma) suffer commer- dully. Ambassador Von Bernstorff riesented this wrrnlng to Bryan. He i 'loclared the kaiwr would not toler ate England's plan tc starve German civilians. It was hinted that Ameri can commerce might be shut off aa a part of Germany a proposed course Von Bernstorff suggested that the United States ought not to acquiesce In the seizure of the Wllhelmlna, which was declireti to be arbitrary In view of the German assurance that American food shipments would ba used only to supply the needs of cl viliana. Vai'f :s o This Is the fir.u photograph pub- lUned of General von Kluck, one ot the greatest of tne German leaders. and his staff. He It was who came nearest taking Tail for his army was once within twenty-five miles of that cltv. He waa repulsed at the lust moment when an army of sever- i hundred thousand fresh troops was cnt from the city to turn him. They fucceeded snd the city was saved. -.m-:.N, eo. 13. Once more Germans is aroused to the highest pitch of enthusiasm over the victories of Von HIndenburg It Is becoming more apparent dai.v that the Russian offensive in east Piussia has been crushed. The fc'lav forces which es- ved a drive agiirst Konigsberg and T orn have been expelled from Ger man territory. Few details of the German victory ha"e been made pub lic but it Is estimated that 30,000 Rus sians have been captured and many guns and enormouo quantities of sup plies taken. Once more the Russians have been r 9 victims of Von Hindenburg's strategy. As In ti e case when the fUvs were led in to a trap and almost annihilated at Allcrateln early In the war. Von IlinVer.l'Urg again lured them on. The Oerr.ians withdrew be fft".e the advance irxard of the Rus nr.s until Von Illndcn',uri thought the time was ripe. Then he struck thb Slav front and both flanks with .'uch crushing strength as to throw the enemy back in disorder. Only a I'.u-slan scout saved the Rusalaos frjm a complete rv.it He discovered the German maneuver and advised tho Russian comirander. A retreat was ord-red before the Germans com plotely surrounded the Slav troops. AIR RAH) DOES NO DAMAGE DECLARES OFFICIAL BERLIN REPORTS THAT GERMAN POSm- OXS SUFFERED HEAVILY ARE DENIED. GOMFHOMISE IS PROPOSED 091 SHIP PURCHASE BILL RESOLUTION WOULD LIMIT CON SIDERATION TO 6 HOURS NEXT WEEK. Atorut Company Ineoi-xratcs ASTORIA, Ore., Feb. II. Articles of Incorporation of the Tyler Dry Goods Company were filed in the County Clerk's office. Th. capital stock Is 125.000 and the Incorporation are M. T. Tyler, W. A. Tyler and C. S. Tyler. BUFFALO PATROL BOY SCOOTS, WINS FIRST COMPETITIVE IE Buffalo patrol of the Washington school, Pendleton Boy Scouts, led by Floyd Ulrlch arrived In the city shortly at 12:50 o'clock this afternoon and won the first competitive hike .held by the local boy scouts and be came' the possessor of a large pen. riant In recognition of tholr ability. Kagle patrol of the Hawthorne school led by Hubort Smith, won second . honors, arriving at 12:55 o'clock. The hike today was held In observ ance of tho fifth anniversary of, the founding of the Boy Scout movement In America and was participated In by about 60 boys divided into five pa trols. Scout Commander Clarence Tubbs yesterday measured off five three-mile distances from Pendleton on different ronds, using his speed ometer on his motorcycle for the pur poso and the patrol captains were ac quainted with their destination. This morning at 10 o'clock the five patrols set out for their camping places, Under the rules of tho hike. each patrol was to spend two hours at Its camping place before beginning the homeward Journey. The first pa-1 wilt also be awarded. trol buck thus became the winner of the big pennant and the second pa' trol to return the smaller pennant. Tho commanders of the different patrols are Harlan Fell, Hubert Smith, Phlmlster Proctor, Alden Proc ter and Lloyd Ulr'ch. They led their patrols from the city hall In a swing ing trot at 10 o'cock. keeping this trot for 60 paces and alternating It with walking for 60 paces. This is what is Known as the scout pace. A banquet will be held In the assem bly room of the Christian church this evening and boy scouts from Pilot Rock will be present as guests of tho local troop. A program, opening with the singing of America, will bo given, and the banquet will follow. The pro gram will bo as follows: Welcome to scouts from Pilot Rock, Lloyd Ul rlch; solo, Walter Rose; duet, Misses Margaret Colcsworthy and Pauline Rice; Boy Scout song; knot tying con test; prUes awarded by J. S. Landers; boxing match. Tonats will be one of tho features also nt the close of the banquets The pennants to the win of a sea war tone and the Hrltluh nlng team in th hike this afternoon. Admiralty's views as to the use neu- WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. A com promise resolution on the administra tion ship purchase bill was launched In the house by Chairman Padgett of the" house naval committee. It car ries a rule limiting consideration of the bill to six hours next week. WASHINGTON, Feb. IS. The fight over the government ship purchase bill was shifted from . the senate to the house. In the senate, the mean lire, bH.'ked by determined republl can opposition, was displaced as the unfinished business, and a cloture rule designed to forcibly terminate the filibuster was taken up. Administration forces began work on a compromise bill to be passed through the house. Leaders on that side of the capttol, however, were far from confident that the proposed com promise would unite the divided sen ate democrats or win support from re publicans. They declared the admin istration did not concede enough In the proposed compromise to secure Its passage. The cloture rule presented in. the senate met the same republican fili buster that had characterized the shipping bill, and a new conference of members of the senate was called for today to consider the advisability of continuing the fight on the cloture proposal or of abandoning it and re turning to a direct contest for the shipping bill. Tho new bill in the house was de veloped after Postmaster General Bur leson went to the capltol and defin. Itely recommended the compromise measure and would have taken the government out of tho shipping bus! ncss two years after the termination of the European war. Mr. Kltchln declared that conferences had assur ed the passage of his measure through both branches of congress. CHICA60 WHEAT MARKET HAS SHARP BREAK AT OPENING Three Rulers Meet Again. BERLIN, Feb. 13. (Via wlrelcsn to Sayvllle, N. Y.) The Overseas News Agency says that, according to a Copenhagen dispatch received In Berlin, the rulers of the three Scan dinavian kingdoms will hold another conference. The question considered will be floating mines, Germany's declaration ' tral f lugs. OrTIMISTIO RETORTS ON CONDI TION OF WESTERN CROP RESPONSIBLE. CHICAGO. Feb. IS. Wheat broke sharply at the opening of the market May opened at a dollar fifty-nine and a half. Juiy at a dollar thirty-four. At ten o'clock May receded to a dol lar fifty-six and a half. July a dollar hlrty-on3 and a half. Optimistic re ports on the condition of the wheat crop in the west were responsible for the break. May closed at a dollar fifty-four and a quarter. July at a dollar twenty-nine and seven-eighths. NEW YORK. Feb. 13. As a result of unconfirmed rumors of the sinking of several British merchant vessels the cotton market declined 14 points at the opening. Woman Golfer After New Titles NEW FREIGHT RATES WILL GO INTO EFFECT APRIL 1 WILL BE SAME PROM SEATTLE AS FROM PORTLAND TO PENDLETON. a Starting April 1 the Northern Pa- Iflc freight rates from Seattle to Pendleton will bo identical with the rares from Portland to this place. Ihs Is In acco.-'.jvnce with an an nouncement from Seattle and the ac tion teems to be the result of efforts by commercial Interests on the sound. Formerly the Seattle and Portland rates were the same and Jobbers in tV two towns had an equal chance for business here. .However, the Ore gon commission brought about a re duction In the rati from Portland to eastern Oregon and this reduction the Northern Pacific did not meet. As V tariff now stands, the class rates cut of Portland 'o Pendleton are one, 8; two, .66; three. .55; four. 47: live, .39. The nresent rates from Se- att.e to Pendleton nre one, .90; two. 77; threj. .63; four, .64; five. .45. It Is therefore to be seen that In some classes a decided reduction will be nude In the sound rates. BERLIN, Feb. 13. Reports that German military positions had suffer ed heavily as a result of yesterday's British aerial raid were denied in an official statement "Near the coast," the statement said, "the enemy's aviators dropped bombs on the civilian population and property. The German military loss es are Irrelevant On the west front artillery shells have been found which doubtless' were manufactured In the United States. All attacks of the enemy iave been repulsed. North of Masslges and northwest of St Memehould. our forces have occupied 1200 meters of the enemy's positions Near Sudelkopf, in the Vorges the enemy has been repulsed. LONDON, Feb. IS. Aerial warfare was waged on the largest scale in its history and under adverse circum stances from the standpoint of the I weather. British airmen, bulletins banks of snow In the air, swept over cities of northern Belgium held by the Germans and dropped bombs on Ostend, Bruges and other places. Thirty-four aeroplans and sea planes of the British navy participated and all returned to their base without casualty to their pilot although two of the machines were damaged. The raid was made In order to pre vent the development of submarine bases and establishments which might further endanger British warships and merchantmen. PROHIBITION BILL WILL EE SENT BACK TO COMMITTEE It Is high time for Mexico to set Euicpt; a goo'd example. If a man could live to be 200 or SOo years old he might have sense enough to leave off cotton whiskers when he played Santa Claus. SENATE ADOPTS .MOTION TO RE REFER MEASURE FOB. CON- SIDERATIOX. SALEM, Ore., Feb. 13. The senabs adopted a motion to re-refer fh pro hibition measure to the commute, on alcoholic traffic Dimlck, a member of the committee, objected because the words "or family was remover from the bill by the committee with out' his knowledge. When It passed the house the bill fixed a limit ot two quarts of vinous or 24 quarts of malt liquors that may be shipped in by any "person or family." The senate passed the bill appro priating 150,000 for new buildings, one at the training school and on. at Monmouth normal. The house passed the bill transfer ring Juvenile court work from the Multnomah circuit to the county court. The house passed Senator Moser's bin requiring that women teachers be not discriminated against In salary because of their sex. Kellaher Intro duced a resolution In the senate seek ing to have established a commission from the state government, the legis lature to be abolished. Baker Bars Wontea "Cops." BAKER, Ore.. Teb. 13. Mayor Palmer has decided against employ irg a woman as a member of the po lice force, a move which has been Utider advisement tor some time. Chief of Police Jackson begged Mayor Palmer not to have a woman on the force, putting forth arguments that she would be compelled to b. up too lete at night, that it Is to cold for a woman to be out on the streets and that he wanted his police system to hive a thorough trial before any changes were made. Ohio Governor's Heart Fall. COLUMBUS. O., Feb. 13. Gover nor Willis suffered an attack of heart trouble In his office in the state Cap Itol building here. His condition Is not believed to be serious. The at tack was said to be the result of over work. J I 7 r 13. PALM BEACH, Fla.. Feb Lillian R Hyde, metropolitan woman golf chi:npion, lias failed this winter to establish a new record for the Polin Beach course, nnd her best per formance Is one stroke behind the re cord she set last year 76. Miss Hyde; H known as 'Tie longest woman IS PASSED IN THE HAS LITTLE OPPOSITION SALEM. Ore., Feb. 13. The senate provides one railroad commissions, late yesterday passed the railroad shall be elected from eastern Oregon commission district bill with but lit- one from western Oregon and the tie opposition. As amended the bill other at large. m SENATE: BIG SHAKE-UP IN BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS IS PREDICTED WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. A big shake-up In the bureau of Indian af fairs, it was predicted, will result from a Joint congressional committee driver in the world" She expects investigation which is to be started to go to California, to play this win-! on the Osage country aoon after the ter. adjournment of congress. Chairman Robinson of the senate committee on Indian affairs, promlxed a complxta exposure adding: "Member of th Osage tribe of Oklahoma have bn KToj.Iy mUtreatwl. pernor, hv been loaning money to non-corriptiii Indians charging them from 40 t. 10(0 per cent Irit crest."