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VOL 26
DAILY EAST OREGOXIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1015.
NO. 827
rH Last :mL fN5S
BinEII SEII1EIIT
AGAINST
AMERICA
HI!
Feeling Continues to Grow Since
- United States Has Protested
Against Extending War Zone.
A CRISIS MAY B: FORCED
"Allies" Mrs. Pankhurst's Cause
Gorman Nei4 r 1'uMlJi DIh
wU4ie Tending to Show Tluit TUU
Ountry In Skllii More ami More
WIUi the Allies Boycott Placed on
American Implement.
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AlE SAYS GEBABD
American Ambassador at Berlin is
Quoted as Predicting Satisfactory
Ending to Controversy.
NO CAUSE FOR ALARM SEEN
DELEGATES FROM PENDLETON V
SUNDAY SCHOOLS AT ECHW Minnesota
iTH A.VMAL )XVFNTIOV f i
IMATILLA ORGANIZATIt' .1 .?
OPENS TODAY.
Led by SI Reotx, prelderf
Imatilla County Kuiday School .
version, about thlrtv delpgafa from
thih morning on fie local for Echo
to attend the twentieth annual con
vention of that organization. The
convention will liut through tomop-!
rrw, cUwing 'xhh the 'busineflH a-s-aior.
and election of officer tomor
row afternoon.
Morning, aftern n and evening
meeting are on th program today.
The morning soxs.on commenced at
10:20. It consoled of remark by j
President I'.eett. a round table con-;
dieted by Hev. C. A. Phlppii. tate
secretary, talks on mlKIonary nctivi
t;e.i by Rev. J. M. Cornelison of Tu
tuiila and Jesse If. Jones of Pilot
Hoc k. tate uo?nntfndent, and the !
r;l8tralon and i-wignment of dele-gi-les.
The afternoon meeting commenced
at 1:30. The program consists of u
b ng service and devotional by Rev.
J. If. Harmon of Athena, the an
iiouncement of committees, an ad
diens on Sunday School Evangelish,"
b Rev. E. V. V.'Drrington of Free
weter, an address on "Special Days"'
bv Rev. J. A. Lird of Milton, a pe-j
riod of discusflloi, n address, "The
even Pointed Teacher." by Rev. C.
A. Phipps and the reports of the
county officers.
xne evening meeting will begin at
BY KARL VO.M W I EG AND.
BERLIN. Uy Courier to Copenha
Kn, thence by ni'e to New York.
Feb. It. The American government
th. presn and th' putll evidently do
not realUn the i'.pth of the bitter
ness of feeling wnlch la spreading
thioughout Germany against Amerl
ca
With German newspapers publ'sh
liig dispatches t Dillng to show Hint
thf United Stat.- is siding more and
mcr with the "UIn. and reprinting
dU-patchea from English newspapeia
Indicating this co intry'a extreme hus
tniiv insAril fJrmanv. the people of
riirminv mrm holm worked ud to a
point that Is Ul'f'cult to exaggerate.'
Officials and Americana here cannot1
to a crisis Pankhurxt. woman i uffrage lender, li '"graph shown the former militant
tt a 'a n.rm.. -fflcr snd men hf-re. I.iti h- la .t.n,'r i. It f lir!,a,kln to woman conductor on a
liuuiiuru w is - - - ... ..
openly charge thr.t the losses among tifne t0 A )ew cau(, tn, caUB, of (he
the Oerman trooni ar Decoming
i:lHting (HkhI Will on Ilotli .Sides
Will llrUig QiK -tlon to IVaocful
Tcriiilnation llorlln Warns fiiilc
Not U fOxi1! I'r.-niiiit ICckiiIIm from
kiubmarlric Iltockadc
MERLIN. Feb. Confidence
:hnt the questloi'S In dispute between
O rmany and th. T'nited States would
he settled satisfactorily was express
ed by Ambassador Gerard, according
to the Ixikal An?.ier. The paper
: if les the amh.i.oi:tdor as saying "A
f.r as the present telations between
otip countries are concerned. I regard
tbom with the mot complete calm
end confidence. The disputed ques
lions will, with th- xltlng good will
i,v. both aides, cjrt.i'nly be solved sat
isfactorily to both M
local
greater alnce the French began the
use of arms and ammunition manu
factured In the United States. These
charges have crentcd an atmosphere
for Americans which dally la becom
Ing more frlglJ. Hitherto the Ger
mans have malnta'.ned an attitude of
composure towari American business, j
Bet now they are beginning to com
plain bitterly. Peasants and land
lcrd In Bavarli Jiid other part of
Oermany refuse lrger to buy Am
erican agriculture Implements.
The Berliner eitung yesterday
published a pamphlet which It charg
ed had been prepared by Roosevelt.
urging the United States to Join the
allies and crush Germany.
Mieet cur All of the men con
I ductors are In the trenches and ths
allies, hhe Is working In a ParU guards on the Paris underground rail
lurpltal where ertin wounded Brit- ptad are women.
11 KIAOIVISIOl WIPED
! OUT BY TEUTONS SAYS NEWS
iiniTrn unnir rnnni nir rnnuT
vwniirrr n mr ritii u mr i-kii ui
miMLIl IIUMIL I llUITI .NIL I UUIII
BERLIN, Feb. H Warnings have
leer published that the German peo
ple must not be too anxious for quick
results from the proposed operation
ni suumarines aguirxi uriiwn com- j.jj with a eon
1 irrir. -1. viriuiTiii viir vviuv4 yt Jones.
run- ors should not ie treaited but tna
people should awi't official reports
which will be available only after the
submarines return to their bases. The
aitlcle admit th possibility of de
struction of neutral ships but Insist
that Germany cannot be blamed ai
Kile has given th? fullest possible
warning to neutrah ot the danger.
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IS
mm as last
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"Beginning of the End" Declare'Of
ficials in London in Commenting
on the Situation.
ENGLAND IS WELL PREPARED
AwaiU With Confiilonc Ontcome
Lomlon o-.Vi..pcn Oiarge Or.
many With frymj to Involve I'nlt
cl State and Other cuiraj Jf
UoiDi in tli Wat.
LENTEN SEASON OPENS WITH
ASHWEDNES0AYORSERYANCEI
I-JMSOOIWIj m
nii'iinira hold snxiAii
SF.KVKT0S TUMOKKOW.
BERLIN. Feb. K. German brew-
1 eric have been-ordered by the Bun-
1
debrath to curtiil Mill further the use
rf malt in beer. o that more barley
I will be left for use by the public. The
CAT1JOIJC announcement wjis made by the gov
ernment.
I A correspondent of the Lokal An-
rplor who has returned from the
Tomorrow being Ash Wednesday cost aays 11 Kus.iln army divisions
marks the beginning of the Lenten hfve either been annihilated or bad-
season, a perto.t or rony aays oeui
Iv defeated as a pckuU of the recent
flglitlpg along that front. It 1
charged in shipping circles that Eng
l.u d may be expected to deliberately
sink one or two neural vessels after
February IS In oiur to Involve neu
trals In the war by blaming the out
n.jres on Germany's submarines. It
vas charged furt.ier that the Brit
ish have sown mlns along their own
ce.ist as a protection against subma
rine attacks.
WASHINGTON. Feb. I . Develop
ments In the controversy between
England and G'?rioiny over the use
of neutral flags end the proposed
German blockadi of British waters,
placed the UnlteJ State In the atti
tude of an Intermediary between the
lelllgerent. The forwarding by the
American atate department to Eng
land of the combined German threat
and offer of a compromise apparently
establish this attitude. The state de
partment requested that England re
lease the Wllhelmlna'e cargo unle
England has evidence hitherto unde
veloped. It Is evident that American
utithoritlea considered that both Eng-I
land and Germany would make con-j
cessions which might result In bene
fit to American commerce.
Sydney AnderOrt, representative in
congress from Minreeota, Is urging
federal Investigation of the decline in
price of cattle ano hogs recently and
service led by Jesse' the advance of cereals. eaDaciallr
Earl V.r. Ham man of Echo' vheat. ' In einlaininir the 'ier cent In.
will make the ad Ire., of welcome and i crease on the price of a loaf of
Prof. J. S. LanJen of Pendleton will j bread, bakers lay it to the higher cost
mr.ke the respoi.se. Rev. Thomaof flour Millers pass it on to the
Hcndsaker of HeDrrer will niilrMi! r., ..r t..t .-.m v.
thr delegates n "The Boy and the! funner assert they are getting no
futiday School.' special music will I more for their crors than they eve!
ti rendered an! an address on "Thelcid.
Chicago Convention- by Rev. Phipps) Where is it goin to? ask Repre
will close the Meeting. sentative Anderson.
cted by the Cnthollc church and the
Episcopal church to fasting. Special
sitvlcea will le held by these church-
... . .. . .. . it .
es until r.asier piiiiuay, pru i.
At the Church of the Redeemer to-(
morrow morning at 10 o'clock the!
holy communion will be celebrated
and a service will be held at the,
church at 4 oVbck: In the evening. I
according to an announcement, by
tho rector. Rev. Charlea Qulnney.
Services will be held every Tuesday
evening and every Friday morning as
well as on Sunda throughout Lentj
find extra services will be held during:
holy week.. Bishop Robert TaddockJ
will be here on March 21 to onflrmj
a class. j
At St. Mary's Catholic church to
morrow morning nt 7:S0 a service
'consisting of the blessing and distri
bution of the ahe will be held and
there will be evening devotion every
Wednesday and Friday until holy
week
MM N QTDATinM'Q PnMDMMICi:
nuiiiiHiuinniiuii u UUllll liumiOL
SHIP BILL ILL PASS HOUSE
TONIGHT IS PREDICTION MADE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. Passage
by the house of the administration's
compromise ship purchase bill tonight
was assured. The house adopted the
gag rule today, limiting the debate
on the bill to six hours. A vote on the
The Wednesday services will adoption of the rue stood 186 to 1S9
consist of the Rosary, a sermon and " "Peetea that this plurality for
benediction and the Friday services lhe Administration advocates will be
o The Way of the Cross and a bene- maintained In the final vote tonight
dl. tlon. Special service will be held " the bill Itself,
on Palm Sunday, Mnrch 2S, nnd will A fourth all night session In the
corttniie' thromrh holy week. senate is In prospect for tonlKht. L'p-
Vnrtous degrees of strictness have i
prevailed in the church In the ob. iirjOr niCCCC TUT lir IPIinF
scrvance of Lent since lt origin In fllJUot I AooCO I Ht mtAoUilt
an eany nay. i vnect aosiincnco
from all food evorv fasting day until!
evening Is theoretically required and
frequent attendance at services is al-J
h) considered dcslmblo. Public im-'MMi 1NTUODLCEI) HY GAME
on receipt from the house of the
Week s amended bill, which is the ad.
ministration compromise measure, the
senate filibustered will resume their
tactics of delay and will fight to the
last a motion to concur in the house
amendment. The original Weeks bill
already has passed the senate. If they
can the democrats would like to hold
the senate In continuous session until
a vote can be forced. This Is proble
matical, however, owing to the uncer
tainty of the attitude of Senators
Norrls and Kenyon, prosresslves.
MIDNIGHT FIRE DAMAGES
THE CHERRIER DWELLING
Eight Ct. Fat Steers Well
Acquainted With Portland
Among local cattlemen there has differs from the accustomed behavi
been talk for some time past to the ' or of the eastern Oreeon steer wh
effect one of the big PorUand pack-1 he first gets into the metropolis after
Inj house keeps on hand some very! a long ride over the O.-W. R. A N.
me oeet wnicn It sels to itself every ith none too much In the way of eat
Monday morning at the price of eiwht; and drink.
cents as a bait to lure growers to bring The Portland Livestock Report r
their beer to market with the expec- having heard the reports in circu!a
tation of getting prices somewhere in. t on. denies iher L nv -fr-m. ...
! icinn. neiner me story h-; According to that publication the beef
. uuuiuii iu nscer- 1.1 quetuun are pulp and Kiain fed
tin. eastern Oregon men who have stuff from Idaho and Utah
observed the high grade beef for ' sal.s are bonafide.
wnicn the eight cent price Is given say
the steers kick up their heels and ca-' the
vort a.ni!t in n manner that indi
cates Brent fumllinrity with the stock.)
yard:', it is a line of conduct that
H.AMES EXTINGUISHED AFTER
HOUR'S FIGHT DAMAGE
ESTIMATED AT $1000.
REVISING THE GAME UWS
usements, especially pleasures, are
supposed to be Indulged In moderate
ly If not entirely foregone. Increased
diligence In almsgiving and deeds ot
charity are also enjoined.
t OMMlTTKi: MAKES SEVER
AL MINOR CHANGES.
Municipal F-rma Advocated.
CHICAGO. Feb. 11. Secretary
Lane, en route to open the exposition thority from the railroad commission
SALEM. Ore., Fab. 16. The senate
l apsed the bill requiring a' person or
corporation wishing to establish a
public utility In a field already oc
cuiied to obtain a certificate of au-
advocated In an Interview the estab
lishment of municipal truck farms,
where the unemployed could be pro
vided with work.
NAVAL MILITIA APPROPHIA-
TION PROVIDED IN nilX
The bill to protect employes of rail
road companies by prescribing a
clearance distance which railroad
companies must allow In the future
construction of tracks, bridges or tun
nels, was defeated hy the senate.
The house pas.wd the bill revising
the frame and fishing laws Introduced
by the game committee.
The bill provide that China phea
Reason Is shortened to 15 days, the
t'me now being from August 15 to Oc
toler 31, with a bag limit of three
fer season. Other minor change
vt re adopted.
Fire which broke out Just at mid
n'ght last night d'd damage to the
extent of nearly a thousand aonars
to the dwelling of C. S. Cherrier. cor
net of Tustin and Aura streets. The
fire Is supposed have been started
from spontaneous combustion, an In-
i .iilinitlnn lhl niiirnlnir clvlns color I
to that theory.
The fire company made a Rood run
tn lha arena nf the fire and soon had
- ' - - t I
M . . I I.
two lineB ot noa oiaying upon im
flames. Within nn hour the fire was ;
completely extinguished. For the
most part the flames were confined.
to the roof and the upper story but
some damage was done to the lower
story and furniture by water. The
damage Is estimated between SSOO and
$1000. fully covered by Insurance I
Mr. Cherrier earned $1500 on the
house and $500 on the furniture with
Joe Ell and $1000 on the house with
C. E. Heard.
By ED KEEN.
LONDON, Fen. 1 England
awaits "The Day" with supreme con
fidence. Brithh officialdom gener
ally accepts the enforcement of the
German submarine blockade, begin
ning Thurstay, at indicating the "be
ginning of the end." They believe it
will e Germany's last great blow.
The Zeppelin, according to the
English view, nav not b-en up to '
expectations, and t..e German subma
rines therefore are th last wemon
j available. It f.et.'eved In Loadorw
that Germany wjij mark her own
doom as soon as she torpefloe a mer
chantman carrying; passengers. Brit
ish authorities Insist that the clvlUxe.j
wcrld will not vlw with equanimity
the sinking, without warning;, "of a
merchantman with Its ere and pin
sengers. unable to save themselves
In view of the speech in the nous ;
of commons yeiterday by First Lord
of the Admiralty Churchill, it Is be
lieved here that the British. French
and Russian fleet will enforce the
most complete Mockade ever attempt-
ed when they clo3 about the German .
cctst
Newspapers In .-ommenting on the
German note to America say It is the
last effort by German officialdom to
"av its race."'
Army officials aa-tert that the Brit
ish military situation was never bet- ,
ter. The possibility of conscription. It .
was sa?d. has oeen removed through
the wholesale enlistments which are '
now- being made.
Many London newspapers charge
that Germany's submarine blockade
was planned for the purpose of In
volving America and other neutral
nations. German, . the newspaper
assert, will then be able to say the
entire world Is vsalnst her, that she
can no longer ?i;ht and that the beet
peace terms posj'.Me will be neces
sary and acceptable.
and the ROME Feb- jr. -Italy made vlrtu-
i.ocal stockmen say that whate eri
facts may be thev have observed
that when they take beef to the mar
ket the prices offered are closer to
reven cents than eight.
I ally
the same representations to Ger-
MRS. JULIET BREITU.NG KLEIST
AND PARENTS, SUED FOR $250,000
NEWS SUMMARY
General.
Submarine, warfare looked ixn as
Germany's final move In world strng-
fi-lo.
SALEM, Ore., Feb. It The house
passed tho bill appropriating $15,000
for maintenance of the naval militia. BMtu nuty be killed during, the open
A measure designed to kill the militia souson though the limit is fixed at
fireviouHly was passed In the senate. ( two a day or four a week. The deer
DANGER FROM COYOTES
RECOGNIZED; ALIENS
MAY CARRY FIREARMS
;SALEM, Ore., Feb. 16. Be
cause of the danger from attacks
by coyotes during the preval
ence of rabies in eastern and
central Oregon deputy game
wardens will not, until the dan
ger Is past, enforce the provis
ion of the law requiring a Hcense
fee of $25 from aliens for the
privilege of carrying fire arms.
The announcement was made
after a conference between the
governor and Game Warden
Flnley.
Bitter sentiment against America
exlts throughout Germany.
Administration's eomrtromiso ship
ping Mil will imum the hou.se tonight
Is prediction made.
LocaL
Midnight fire does damage to Cher,
rler dwelling;.
Thirty delegates leave Pendleton
for annual Sunday school convention
at Echo.
Ionten season begins tomorrow.
Original of Kmme MeChesiney vis
ited In IVmlleton.
108 new Knights of Pythias are
made.
Odd Fellows of county will meet In
Weston next week.
Hoy Scouts are Instructed in game
low.
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11 " ii-hm" Vvinj
i s-. Mr
j n;any as did the United States, con
cerning neutral shipping In the eea
wat xone created by the recent Ger
man proclamation, it was made known
here. Italy, however, did not send a
note to Berlin, or did she take any
formal step, limiting her action to.
friendly observations through th
I Iti.llan ambassador to Germany.
Italy merely -,kd that her position
j as a neutral pow-r he maintained, ac
cctdlng to the rales of international
lr.w. 4
The Idea Nail-wale, a newspaper
published in the Interests of the na
tional party. In Its issue of Monday,
ubieties a fotveust of German pro
pal to Italy, which reads as fol
lows: "Before the en I of February, Prince
vet. Buelow. the German ambassador
to Italy, will pr.'s?nt to the Italian
government a concrete proposal for
Italian participation in the war on
tho side of Germany. This consists of
the cession by Austria of the Prov
ince of Trent anil the rectification of
the Eastern Italt.vi frontier by the ad
dition of a strip of land going as far
a the Isonzo rive. In addition, Ger
many will pledgt herself to conclude
a new treaty with It.".ly. which wilt af.
fud protection :o Italy's Mediterran
ean Interests."
Prince von Buelow, according to
this newspaper, M:de us? of this
phrase:
'Either Italy wMI b friendly to
vnrds us or we will treat her worst)
than we are treating England."
"You made me what I am today."
Is the burden of Max Klelst's song, in
his suit for $250,000 against Edward
N. Itreitung, millionaire banker who
recently purchased the steamship
Daela and embroiled the I'nlted State
In a muss with England, for alleged
alienation of the affections of Juliet
I'reitung Klelst.
"She taught me to smoke cigar
ettes. she taught me to drink cock
tails, she taught me to love." said
Klelst on the stand.
The youthful Mrs. Klelst sits with
her parents In the courtroom and Just
smiles, even when her husband's at
torney reads the love letters she wrou
to the plaintiff.
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PASSED III EIIA
If
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 16. The senate
passed the Anderson prohibition bill
29 to one. Kellaher cast the dlswint
Ing vote. The house previously pawl
ed the measure. The voting occupioil
30 minutes. The galleries urn! floor
were crowded.
Dividend Declared
NEW YORK, Vet. 16. The Stand,
ard Oil company of New Jrsey, di
cta red Its regular dividend of five
dollars on each tane.
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