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DAILY EVENING EDITION For- fur Eastern Oregon, bf the United State wtlr Obrrer at rortlaod. Unsettled tonight an.1 Thursday; probably rain; cooler tonight. TO ADVEHTISEHS. The Kut Ortgoolaa bu toe largest paid oUculatiun of say paper In Oregon, aaat of Portland and or twice tbt clrculatluo In Praoietoa ot any other newipaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL 28 , DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON,- WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1915. NO. 8123 DAILY EVEHI11G EDITION II. s. TO"! no Government is Troubled Over Situa tionGermany's Answer is Ex pected Before Tonight. OUTLOOK IS NOT PROMISING Irost for Compromise I Consid ered Might England Will Hold to Determination to Starve German Into Submission (iornuuiy Hrni on War-xono (Juration. WASHINGTON. Itb. 17. What M AltHIl I1X1, Ore., 1VI. IT An iiot-ctiou tli got eminent Intend to clcluli body Iiun Imtii fuuud. It in un fclre lb thousand uT Americana -lk Identified. are on Klcamrr headed for British vU-r included in the Gmnnn oxtcn-1 MAICSIUTELD, Ore., 1VI. 17. tln of tbo war c'x and what It will I lie which destroyed the hoarding lo to proUst lu i-hipplng and cum- house of lite- snuth Lumber com lucres In tlie future l a diplomatic puny call) today caused tlie death of arcnt. Rryau declined to "outline nccn roii and I he serious Injury any imllcy." jo' "' other. A iiuiiiImt of the In- Ijurcd may die. 1'orty-fivc iKiston WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. Between mtc lodged In the Iichi-v. Including lhe flrea of England' determination1 the regular mill workers.. Tlie bulld to starve the German Into submls- J In;; burned rapid;'. Ion and Germany' resentment ot j ., a. Cra'g. nn Invalid, fatlicr of euch tactlca. the government was ad-,ta. priH-Mor, wa suffocated In Ida rnlttelly troubled today as to what room.. Mx oilier bod leu, liorrlbly will be the answer of the two belllg- burned, were reiioed from tlie d. rent to the recent American pro- ,r,.. jive are tho-? of LouU Kalin- tests. It la expected that Germany a ana- wer to the American demand will be received before night. The prospect for a favorable or even a compro-1 nilae reply la considered alight. Noth- lug has been heard from the British ' foreign office In reply to the pro- teat regarding the use of neutral flags. Administration offlclala are convlnc- d. England will not relent lu plan to Ti,e fire put the electric light aer Urve out the Germans and that Ger.( Vc at North Ben-i and Marshfield many will not drop Its Intention to out of commission. annihilate commerce extended Into. the war sone. Between the two. Am- crlcan commerce must suffer with the possibility or tne aesirucuon oi ... American vessel and the loss of Am- erlcan lives. Officials of the German embassy aid relief ships entering the war on will be liable to attack the same as If, they were Hrltixh warships of merch antmen. It was declared that Eng lish merchant vessels already have made arrangements to find safety by disguising themselves as relief ships. German submarines operating In Brit Ixh water repeatedly allowed such ves sels to pass. It w as stated under ' iplel tnai iney were on a nun.-,.,., j .mercy. Consequently, It was declar-. ed. hereafter there will be no ex- emptlon of any nationality or class of j .suspected ships. I The case of the steamer Wllhel- mlna. which Is held by the British ad. tnlralty court because she carried food for Germany, still hangs fire, i WELL KNOWN RESIOENT OF CITY IS CALLED BY DEATH It. 6. MOSS ILL BIT FEW DAYS FROM AITENDICITIS WHEN END COMES. Taking suddenly ill on Sunday, hi not at a, t0 tner nking. 43rd birthday. R. S. Moss, well known Thp b wa pa(u,ed ,n th noUM resident of this city and county for yo.lerdnVi navlng ,)(n worked out many year, died at ( o clock thU ,)y th(l commlttee on banking. It re morning at St. Anthony nosp itaL quire. bMldea tno ,i00 Btato iicense. He was seized Sund.iy about 4 o clock . surcty bond of 1000 ,t enUl,g In the afternoon with acute ftPP-ndl. ; upcn them the keep,ng of an accurate :lti. lie wa rusnea in roiu iuo W. Harrah ranch on Wild Hor, I whore he had been working, to the hcupltal ffhd Monday morning under went an operation. Perltonltl, how ever, had set In and he ank gradual ly until his death. Deceased had been a resident ot Oregon practically all of hi life, most of the timo In Baker and Umatilla counties. He haa been engaged " BEST IMAT OBTAIXABIJ? SHOl'IJD the stock buslnsss and farming at; siXTHKD. SAYS MAYOR different times and more recently ran oi' iMATILLA. a meat shop on Cottonwood street. , He Is survived 'oy one Bon, Hoy. Umatilla people r.re enthused over Moss, winner of the steer roping con-1 tin. plans for celetrutlng the open test at tho first Round-up. This son Ing of the Oelilo canal and particular is some place In Nevada now and, ly over the schema to have Umatilla until communication Is had with him county people rnxu3o a special steam the funeral nrransomonta will not be , er to take them from Umntilla to Ce jnade. Doceasod was also an uncle lllo for the affair, says H. N. Dryer of District Warden E. F. Averlll of and Arthur Mean, who have been this city. HIGHWAY COMMISSION ASKS RESIGNATION FROM BOWLBY SALEM, Ore., Feb. 17. The state highway commission today requested thn resignation of State High-way En gineer Bowlby, According to the governor, Bowlby Is the center of the opposition to good road legisla tion at this session nnd that nothing car. be accomplished unless he 1 re moved. . SMI UVES IE LOST AII0 10 ARE INJURED III fl Boarding House of Smith Lumber Company at Marshfield is Destroy ed by Early Morning Blaze. 'SOME OF INJURED MAY OIE Lighting plant ut North Read and MarMhflcId Are Put OH of Com iniNHluti 43 person Ar0 In House When lire Breaks Out Some Jump from Windows and Uacapc. wtkl, William G!oer, W. Ward, I.ouu pepp nd Sidney Ixtt U nilllworkcr. Tlie sixth l unlden- tilled.. Byron trn'if. imjo of tlie pro pilctor, was terribly burned and Is ex peeled to dlo. Firman Max Krugrr va seriously burned wlille effecting rescue, jieujamiii oiaon. a uoaruT, leaied from tho Ihlrd story window end was seriously Injured. n,e lDjUT,d vre removed In the datkntvJ aft(,r f,m ald naJ been rcl,dt,r(j by canj0 ugnt Among the lnJured are: E. A shear, jumped ftom thrd Btory rndow. c Iteete, Jumped from second story; James Shahas, t jrned, leaped from tMrd story, BILL REQUIRING TUX FROM PAWNBROKERS PASSES HOUSE tKTy iM)N, ALSo REQUIRED OTHER STRINGENT HKUl' ITIONS MADE, ' " ivndleton pawnbrokers are begin, ,.jn to beieve Jn lie old adage that "it never rains but pours." A year pg they were permitted to conduct their businesses very blissfully, the only requirement being that they pay Into the city coffers five dollar quar terly. Then last December came along the government with It war tax of (50 per annum upon men In their line of business. This was followed by a clt ordinance regulating their busi ness In a drastic manner. Now come long the legislature with a bill re- quiring them to oay an annual license to the stat of $100, prohibiting: them from doing a aeconl hand business and further renulailnar their business (Continued on Page K) RIVER TRIP TO CELILO PROVES POPULAR SCHEME here today consulting President Tall man of the Commercial Club on the subject. It Is the view of these men that the best steamer obtainable) sliculd be secured for the trip and the plana for the excursion be work ed out on a blsla of Including all the people of the county. It Is possible tlitf stamer Bailey Gotzert may be se cured and If so the committee will be aL-ure of a boat large enough to ac commodate everybody. This afternoon a meeting of the county affairs committee and the en tertainment committee of the local Cemmerclal luo aro being held with a view to considering Plana of Pro- 1 cedure. I DENT COMMISSI ML BE ABOLISHED IF BILL PASSED il SENATE IS ADOPTED IN HOUSE .SALEM. Ore., Feb. 17 The senate paiwed Kepresentatjve Schuebel workmen's compenwitlon bill with am endments, abolishing the preaent In dustrial accident commlnnlon and pro viding for' the appointment of one commiKHloner by the governor. An emergency clause la attached. If the house concurs, Fern Hobbs loses her Job. The amendment provides that the law be administered by one com mlbaloner inittead of three. The house adjourned at 11:10 after (Special Coritf pondence ) ECHO. Ore., Feb. 17. (Special) Judge J. W. Maloney of Pendleton, though not present, was chosen presi dent of the Umatilla County Sunday School association for the next year at the business session this morning and Mllton-Freewater was chosen as j the place for the 1916 convention. Mrs. S. A. Lowell or 1'endleton was chonen vice-president, and Wesley S. Whipple of Pendleton secretary-treasurer. The' following superintendents were named: Of adult department. L. E. Stuart of Freewater, of home depart ment Miss Grace Gilliam of Pilot Rock, of elementary department Mra J. G. Miller of Pendleton, of teach ers' training department. Prof. F. K. Nordhoff of Freewater,. of temperance department. J. M. Hays of Pendleton, o( mission department. Claud Price of Weston, of teen age department, Mrs. I. H. Gobbell of Echo, of evangelism. Rev. Chandler of Hermlston. Resolutions expressing thanks to Echo for her hospitality, to the news papers for their courtesies and to the O.-W. R. & N. for their discount in fares were passed. ECHO. Ore., Feb. 17 The Umatil la County Sunday School association hrn Just closed lit twentieth annual convention. Never has there been a more successful ind beneficial meet- ln held. Eighty delegates were pros eM the first day, e.-tcrlay, and more vere In today from the outlying dls tricts. The Sunday schools of Umatilla county were represented as follows on Tuesday mornln: From PendleOn Presbyterian Sun day school, 1 delegate; Christian Sun day school. 10 delegates; Baptist Sun day school, 10 delegates; Riverside Sunday school, 2 delegate. From Hermlston M. E. Sunday school, S delegates; Baptist Sunday school, 4 delegates. From Freewater Baptist Sunday school, 1; Presbyu kian, 4; Federated, (; Sunnyslde Methodist, 1. From Pilot Rock PreBbyterlan, 2; From Umatilla Methodist, 7. BARGES MAY JUDGE MALONEY CHOSEN HEAD OF COUNTY S. S. ASSOCIATION COST OF OPERATION IS The above Is from a photograph of one of the Bernhard barge now in! . , ' use on the Misslwlppl rlv.r and which may be brought Into use on the Co-1 lumbla for freight hauling purpose -.. - ( r ' -C-: ( ' ' jr-rX, t' . , ;. .. : v . . : s v:': v " ; 1 , 1 v . Panning ten unimportant bills, killing two by rollcall and Indefinitely post poning six. The senate passed 'the house bill repealing all continuing; appropria tions except .mlllage tax for educa tional Institutions and two or three annual appropriations that it deemed beneficial to leave on the statute books. The senate also passed the bill placing practically all the funds in the state treasury in one genera.' fund. From Pine Grove Congregational, 1. From Helix Christian, 1. From Milton Presbyterian, 8; M. E., 1; Christian, 2. From Weston N. B.. 1; M. E., 3. From Adam Baptist, 1. From Nolln N. B, 3. From Holdmaa, U. B., 1. From Stanfleld Presbyterian, 2. From Gurdane-J-Presbyterlan, 1. - From Echo M. E., 7. The program rendered on Tuesday morning and afternoon was aa the program printed with the exception of Rev. Swandar of Portland leading In the discussion Of missionary activities Instead of Rev. J. M. Cornelison of Tutullla. In the evening, P:of. J. S. Landers of Pendleton being; f.bgent. Rev. S. G. Roger of Milton ,gave the response to the address of. welcome and R. C Bean of Pendleton gave an address on "Tithing" In the absence of Thos. Handsaker of Heppner. The special music in the evening was singing by a qucrtet composed of Messrs. Mudge of Echo, Gelvln and Hilbert of Pen dleton and Gelvin of Pilot Rock, and singing by George Cxlet and Miss Em r.'a Barnhart of Mission. Especially appreciated were the ad dresses of Rev. Chas. a. Phlpps. sec retary and state worker of the Oregon Sunday School Association. This morning, rr.nrUy at a o'clock the delegates were assemDled at the church and work began again in earnest. The two tlmultaneous con ferencea held flrt were very benefi cial and lnstructle. Every addres during the day was as a sowing of seed which will surely bring Its harvest. The convention was held In the M E. church which nicely accommodat ed the people. Besides the delegates there was a good attendance of work er and friends at the session on Tues day evening there were three hun dred present. The Echo people with their usual hospitality, royally, entertained the guests. (Continued on pare five.) BE USED ON COLUMBIA after the Celllo canal I completed, The remarkable feature about the . ... i . . ,v barge 1 It low cewt of operation, the cost being only one fifth the cost of running an ordinary steamboat of I 1ST VICTIM OF Crew is Given 20 Minutes to Take to Small Boats, Then Torpedo is Fired at English Craft. FRENCH RESCUE SURVIVORS . . England Said to lie Ready to Meet Gennany'sj Kulnuarfno Raids Rut Plans of procedure Are Kci Secret by tlio Admiralty HotiUa Is Ready to Sail. LONDON, Feb. 17. The British navy Is ready to m?et Germany's sub marine raids. Only the admiralty knows what the plans are. Escorts, It 1 believed, will te provided the British merchant fleet and the ma jcilty of sailings w'll be proceed on schedule time. A flotilla of destroy er and torpedo boats has been as signed to duty along the steamship lanes. It Is believed .the .Germans will attempt to strike hard at the out tet In an effort to terrify ship own er to keep English vessels in port The sinking of the Dulwich was ac ctmpllshed as the opening of the German campaign. HAVRE, Feb. 17. Twenty two members of the crew of the British cclller Dulwich 'vre picked up by Fiench destroyerj after the big hlp wsi sunk by a German subnairine on Tuesday. They wefe landed here. Seven reached Fecamp but two are missing. The ere said the Ger man gave them 20 minutes to take to the small boat and then torpe doed the collier. It is possible that the G. O. P. and the colonel will exchange valentine. There ought to be--some organiza tion, to enable our ex-presldenta to get together. MEWS SUMMARY General. Germans defeat Russians on east ern front. Seven lives lost In fire at Marsh field. United States awaits reply from England and Germany). Local. Judge Maloney elected, president of Sunday m-IiooI association. High school senior girl declare for economy In dress. R. S. Moss diet from sudden 111 nctvs. Chance In tax collection may cause, much confusion. Mrs. Caroline Eversx dies In Walla Walla. Iiocal pawnbrokers find their lot a hard one. Barges may be operated on Colum bia river. Man, who robbed farm hand here, arretted In Boise. Gold Is cstabllsliel Institution In IVndlcton. VERY LOW tho same tonnage. The only question regarding the t:se of the barges on the Columbia will be In connection wUh nlnnln(f thtMU up,tream ,n vUxcet wnere the water -nay be swift, as be lew the rapids ai Cascade Locks. RUSSIANS DEFEATED WHEN GERMANS MAKE TURIN ON POSITIONS SUCCESSFUL FLANKING MOVEMENT IS EXECUTED Security of Slav Entrenchments Over-Estimated -Von Hindenburg Takes More Than 50,000 Prisoners-Russians in Retreat. BERLIN, Feb. 17. More than 50. 000 prisoners, DO cannon. SO machine I guns and enormous quantities of war J materials are the prizes of Von Hin- denburg's latest drive into East Prussia, the war office announced. The Russians have been crushingly defeated. The ground over which the Russians are now retreating is cov ered with dead and wounded, mft of the latti-r. undoubtedly will die as they were abandoned by their fleeing com rades during the worst weather of the war. Freezing temperatures and con tinuous rains brought pneumonia to most of these unfortunate soldiers. A graphic recital of the recent events in east Prussia are contained In SENIOR HI6H SCHOOL 6IRLS AGAINST EXPENSIVE GOWNS SIMPLICITY AND ECONOMY WILL MARK GRADUATION DRESS ES THIS YEAR. The senior girls of the Pendleton high school have declared for eco nomy and simplicity, this morning taking a decided stand against elabor ate and expensive graduation gowns. A meeting was held Just before noon and, by unanimous consent, a reso lution was adopted declaring that no graduation gown shall exceed six dol lars In cost, that gloves shall not be worn and that middle blouses and white skirts shall be worn by all of the senior girls at the class day exer cises. The action was taken upon the in itiation of the girls themselves but Is enthusiastically endorsed by the fac ulty. Principal Hampton declared It to be one of the sanest and most sen sible steps taken by a group of stu dents since he had been connected with the high school. Heretofore, there has been no uniformity of dress among the girls of the graduating classes and the result was that girls, whose parents are well to do, came to the public exercises in elaborate and costly gowns, making the poorer girls feel conscious of their own simple gowns. FAST OF 59 DAYS IS TOO MUCH: PALO ALTO MAN DEAD TALO ALTO. Feb. 17. Louis G. Roth, who broke a fast Monday after abstaining from loir for 59 days, breaking all known records, died last night. He began fasting on account of stomach complaint He weighed 145 when he begin and 75 when he died. With his dying breath he ex pressed the wish that his body be given to Stanford University for sci entific purpose. Thli will not be done the doctors savin? Roth was so emac iated that scarcely anything Is left ot his body to aid science. Fill IN WOOL WEARS NOW AS REALITY BECAUSE OF WAR At prices r.round ri and 26 oents I er pound the wes'.ern wool ni.irket is now open seve-al months in &! vanee of shei.'l.u and the situation Icrs out ti.j cul!i. long m.ulo that t!:c country will experience a wool f.i'iine because .f the w r uud the i.i't option of eintree. A dUspat-M fioii ruttc, Mont, un d; ' dr.te of yo ' lay, sayv "Montana wooijrrowera were advis el last nlnht that 500,000 pounds of Llalio, Utah and Montana wool had hten contracted for at Salt Lake at the prevailing price of 25 cents a povnd with sales as high as 26 cent This Is the record price for the am ount of wool Involved. Twenty cents w.-.-? refused two weeks ago In Mon tana." In Its weekly letter to Its stockhold. err the National Wool Warehouse Sk Storage company of Chicago gives" In. f'ii matlon of Interest to local grow ers. The letter In full follows: Chicago, Feb. 13th. 1815. To the Shareholders: So little territory wool remain out the official statement of the war of fice. "For nine days." it say, "the battle raged In the Mazurian region. It resulted in an overwhelming de feat of the entire Russian tenth army, which Is now a disorganized mass. We not only have driven them from their strong positions but have forced them across the frontier and have de feated them at every point." Unofficial reports state the Ger mans successfully outflanked the Rus sians, who believed themselves secure In their strong positions. The German offensive started February (. The Kaiser was present during the decis ive fighting at the center, the state ment says. The Rus t.n I e are enormous everywhere in the region. MAN ARRESTED AT BOISE WILL FE RETURNED HERE TRISOXER IS CHARGED WITH ROBBING LOCAL FARM HAND OF $1. Charged with robbing - Fred Shel lenberger, a farm hand of this city, ot IIS in cash. H. O. Keefe alias Casey is under arrest at Boise. Idaho, and will be brought back to this city. Ue has confessed his crime, according to Information received by the .local officer, and will waive extradition. According to Shellenberger'a story. Saturday he and Keefe and a third man by the name of J. H. Moor had been drinking and had gone to a room In a downtown rooming house during the evening. It was while there that Keefe stole a watch and the money from him. He missed the watch first and Moore made Keefe return It. Keefe had. however disappeared when the loss of the money waa dis covered. Sunday Chief Kearney took Moore into custody, thinking he was a party to the robbery but became convinced that he was Innocent. Moore de clared his belief that Keefe had gone to Boise and stated that, as he was going; there too. he would keep an eye open for him. Sure enough upon his arrival there he came acres Keefe, pointed him out to the Boise officers and had him held for the local officers. In the purse that was stolen was a certificate of deposit for $40 and the possession of this prob ably caused Keefe to confess. He was a transient here. Shellen berger works on the Joe Holmes place and Moore Is a former secret service man. S Flrenirn killed. DANVILLE. 111.. Feb. 17. Two I firemen were killed by falling wall j ar.d six other Injured In a fire which I destroyed the Odd Fellow building. iThe loss will be $100,000. Los Aiixclc Bank CicarlngH. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17. Bank clearings for the week I17.120.5S4 t.gainst J25.S59.5H for the same pe riod lat year. o' the consumers hands that quota tions are practically nominal. There has been less speculation between '..alers In medium, pulled tnd scour M wools, waste, n )ll, etc., than 1 t week. One of tho papers reports that not since Ul) has there beer, such an excited wool market us pre vailed Friday an 1 Saturday of last week. Many conservative dealer deprecate the wild speculation which took pUc with such a email amount of wool available, especially for the Influence It would have In preventing their ob taining bargain In the wcs:. .Somn houses have aliraly sent men wil, while others consider It bad policy to endeavor to contract wool so early In the season at prd e which Krowrrn new expect. We bear of sorne wool having already ben bought In Idaho ut 25 cents. Compared with tho op enlng price in th; west last f.uim of 10 to 1! cents :hl Is causing dealer some uneaslneas. (Continued on page five.)