East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, February 25, 1915, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EVEIllilG EDITION ma mam emioii TO ADVERTISERS. The Hast Oregonlun ban the lawest paid circulation of any pupur In Otmmi, east of I'ortlaod and or twice lli cirnilatlua la .Forecast tor Fem Ore con, by tlx ' United gutrw WUw Ob-ervrr at Portland. rendletoo of aujr other newspaper. Probably fair tonight and Friday. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUSTY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 20 DAILY KAST OUKGONTAX, I'KXlJl.KTO.V. OIJKCOX, TJIl'IISDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1015. XO. S 135 ' G! RIIIIKBEEII 1 BUB 1 1 Position of Teutonic Nation is Hope less Financial and Eonomic Rout is Complete. EVERY OBJECTIVE FAILURE 000,000 Icad Left at the Yser ami Invading Hosts Fail to Cro Paris, Dunkirk, Nancy ana Ver. luuo Jntuet from Gern ui h Assault 4 GiTiiuiiiH llavo Ipvn Chocked. (By William Philip SIiim.) (Copyright by the United Press Copyrighted In Great Britain.) PAWS. Feb. 25. Premier Vlvlanl Austrian Field Gun Outside Przemysl r L,' , V-' v A . .... t--.,:.. ...r - " - 7. Tfiniinii nmiTm lUillUM uilHHL if BATTLE IS EXPECTfHG AHACK "i dEiHG FOUGHT ON Tl HIICO Oil FOOD mini HUE DAK Residents are in Wild Alarm Over 'Austria Reported to Have Massed Reports That the Ri-ssians are! Immense Army in Effort to Break Planning an Invasion. GOVERNMENT R-ADY TO MOVE Through to Lemberg. FIGHTING IN CARPATHIANS ll Kcr(Li and Uic Crown Jewel Germans Claim to Have Taken' More Jlavo Jlotn Iteruoved to Interior, Tlian 10,000 Ituwdan ITIson;rs Polnw Icadln i'anillles Are After Su.rmlng of One Stronghold I.'eady to l-1n Kusslan It4orted Slavs J5eiorted to be In Ketreal to Jle Alwut U Cross Frontier. i Toward llaliu Fortress. ATHENS, Feb. 25. Conntantino- Mnci' li jjuriH i;inu' In action, fnrti 1 today pictured Germany to me as a and mayonry fnrtlfleatloiiH Imve l; hopcleaMly beaten nation In the flrat r.mi nhKolcte. Thi-rofore rtz-(iivl Interview the French prime minlater pi (,Un r lf.'ic,:i il towns an- defi-mk-d hai ever grunted a newspaperman, either French or foreign. "The German torrent has been checked," he anld decisively. "Ger many is militarily stricken. The Im placable blockade has been drawn tiRhtcr and tighter about her. . De spite all the precautions Germany has taken to conceal the truth, I can assure you that her financial and economic rout la complete." After contrasting the present war with the one between Germany and France In 1870 which resulted dbi Mtronsly for the latter nation, Vl vlanl said: "Today the policy of France has continued to be what It was stated to be on December 22, a 'war with out mercy.' We are unanimous oo this point We are unanimous In de claring that we will not accept any but a victorious peace for all the al lies. The united psct of September 4 has our signature and for us that treaty Is not a scrap of paper. Our armies are Intact. We have checked the Germans. "Where was Germany's first ob jective point. Paris and she failed ti win it. Then she tried Dunkirk and then Calais. She left 600.000 ctdavers In the Tser and she did not paM it. The same thins; happened at Nancy and Verdune. Germany has been thrown aside. Her military power has been hard hit Economic ally, ehe Is ruined." miles nutsliU' their KUten ty nrmli-H In j a l;ir-e calibre Au.-tr:an field f;un lntienv l.e'1 )nsltic;n and by marked t hannucriiiK away at the Kiii-.sUn al-batterii-H t the heaviest runs that can j varire lineM. which are einK-a loniiK to I e u.snemll. d. The photoKral'h fhowv i take tin? city. If TAKE 28 CIS. R. N. Stanfield Refuses Offer for Portion of Coming Clip Market is Showing Strong. MAO BUCK CEER STRIKES TERROR AMONG FARMERS IN VICINITY OF PILOT ROCK PAP.TV OF MKX A I IF. Ol'T TODW, M O itixt; IIII.I.S KM! TIIK j AXIMAIj. :TUIS Uillsii OAS I, iisi, ii fit:; !ii I GAME COMMISSION P.. N. Stanfield. prominent wool gioweof this county has been offer ed a price of 28 cents for a portion if his comlna; wool dip and hait re- fbnert the. offer... This-new la con tained in a story published In the Portland Journal lat event! K. Ac cording to the report the prl-.-j was ctiered Mr. StanfieU for the wool op a band of sheep he has at Port land ready for shearing. The offer ix by the Portland Wool Warehouse company, which purchases wool on a commixslon hauls, one cer.i a pound being charged as commission. The offer made for the Stanfield wool shows the streiiRth of the wool nu rket and Is In line with other re ports of high prices offered for wool. It Ik reported that K00.000 pounds of Idaho wool hon leen sold In advan. of shearing at a price of 25 cents. Other reports from Idaho tell of I'liAT OF LIVEUMOHETS SKCOM) lontriicllng at 30 cems per pounu ADD1TIO.Y TO CITY IS AD- , Prl-cs (Joins; fp. OITED. j A late Himton mail advke says of the general wont situation: The adoption of the plat of Liver-1 "Wildly excited." a term frequent inoro's second addition to Pendleton 1 ly uned to describe conditions In the was the principal business transacted ' stock, grain and cotton exchanges. CITY COUNCIL HAS LITTLE BUSINESS LAST EVENING V. Tailman or Some Other Umatilla County Resident Will be Appointed if Backing is Given. PILOT ROCK, Ore.. Feb. 2Z. (Special.) A party of men are riiurlnu the mountains In the Pine' Grove locality on Stanley creek to , day In search of a mad buck deer which has made an appearance at several places In a dangerous mood.! It Is presumed the deer was bitten by; a rebld coote and thus became af-; focled with the rabies. That J. V. Tailman or some othei' The animal was first noticed at I'matlUa county itiwn will le ay Ih Hascall sawmill where It attack-' 1 1 nted a member of t' e ne fish el and chased several dogs. Later and game com.nlss'on if the Icgisla on It was seen at the Ed Warner tlv delegation and the sportsmen p'uee where Its actions were equally ".vt'l Join in the-ii en.'orsrirent is the n ml. From this point it disappeared sntement of Representative R. W, into' the timber and a party was at Ritner, who arrived home this mor- onte organised to pursue it. rmg. If the local candidate do 3d not , hve the approval end support o I r-oth the legislators and the sports PnillMPI RCflPP,C MAY UlVClmen. then some other eastorn ore- UULUlllum ukUHUi. rini unu. n0n coJnty. candidate will likely be BEEN REMOVED TO HOSPITAL" Mi. Ritr.er, as a member of the i ciinie committee of the house, was PETROGRAD, Feb. 25. A great nd south eastern ranges cc ruing to dispatches from the Turk- of the Carpathians. Meaner dispatch pie la expecting an attack by the al- battle Is raging to the east a I'es and la preparing to meet It. ac- 0f Stanlslau and In the easter Warfare on Merchantmen Threatens Commerce of United States and Action is Urged. SUPPUES MAY BE CUT OFF lh capital received here today, lYesident WUson May Ftabllh Air tight Iuhargo in Effort to Bring I jiglajiil and Germany to Agree to Demaiul-f Made by Anicric Wil son Urged to Act. i WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. The United States government may sum iron hunger as an ally to bring England and Germany to their knees All the records of the government ciare that tne battle overshadows the i-nd the crown Jewels have been re- developments In Poland. moved to interior points. Leading Austria is reported to have massed families of the capital have made a great army and will attempt to cross c-Miy arrangement to nee. Great the Dneister at nalltz in an effort to oittm prevails in Constantinople be-: reach Lemberg. cause of a report that the Russians; Dispatches received here indicated &re about to cross tne Black sea for that the Russians are retreating upon an Invasion of Turney with the ot-jHaliu for strategic reasons. j' u ui delivering a cruamng anacK i. gainst Constantinople. es from the scene of the fighting de-I In the situation which has cause 1 . BERLIN", Feb. 25. Prussian re serves have stormed the fortress at Przasnysr and taken more than 10,- 000 prisoners according to an official statement The statement says the Prussians hnrtori thomaelvea nrainst the fortress time after time and finally took it by storm. GERMAN" NAVAL ATTACHE AL-. Five thousand Russians hare been LEG El) TO BE MIXED UP ! captured In the vicinity of Novo Geor- PASSPORT FRAUDS MAY BE PROBEO BY GOVERNMENT IN THE CASE. Has Columbia George, well known loft evening at one of the shortes; meetings held for a long time. The !at was presented by Guy O'Mel veny, the surveyor who did the work, und was adopted without 'comment. It will be filed with the county re corder within a week. A protest from Gllman Folsom against the petition of E. T. Wade u list be rmplnyeil U describe mo ircsent wool market. The full war embargo on the export of wool in Australia was followed by a scram ble for the limited supply and prices have shot upward In sensational fHShlnn. V Is estimated that from 6,000,000 to 8,000.000, and some say 10.000.- lr.rgely responsible for the final . . 1.. n- . r. c . , l ti r T T a local Indian twice convicted of mur- i " der. been declared insane and - the "11 pertaining to a new mmed from prison to a hospital? The commission which li now a law and. .. . . . . .1.1. hence, w as reoosnlred In game mat- tnorntng by the East Oregonlan of an r, 1 epresentativo Hlnk e order to change the address of the presented the name of Dr. G.u- East Oregonlan. of which Columbia th governor for app ointment George Is a subscriber, from McNeil " commission, the governor ha t Island t.i Stellacoom. Washington. rcUeic mr. McNeil Island is the home of the fed- u!tab; candidal from eastern eral prison to which the Indian was Oregon and. before the seM.ou ad- sentenced for 20 years upon convic- Journed. he and two other member. glewsk. The statement admitted that the Russians have occupied Nokily NEW YORK. Feb. 25. Local fed-' southeast of Bolymow. eral officials who investigated the ' passport frauds which resulted In the arrest of Richard Stegler and II1ICQ MIICC I? CflllVn GusUve Cook on the charge that JAlYltO JUllCO 10 rUUrtU Germans had conspired to obtain fake passports for use by spies, let! it he known today ti:ey will ask offl-i C"al;- at Washington to Investigate) the alleged connection which Cap ! Jl UY IS OUT THREE nOURS IV tain R. Boyed had with the case. DIAV WOMAX WAS CHTN r.oved is the Gernu.n naval attache' BOOZE. who wa charged Ly Stegler witni GUILTY OF. BOOTLEGGING German submarines to make war- vuro on mercnanimen ana inreaien. American commerce. This was the unconfirmed hint which was heard today in official circles. Those standing sponsors for the suggestion declare that President Wilson may establish an airtight embargo on the exportation of food stuffs to either Germany or the al lies unless ail Involved in the dis pute over the right to receive food stuffs for civilians agree to the de mands made by this government. Prominent men In Washington are urring the president to take such action. II SEEHSf ECTIVE LONDON. Feb. 25. Eleven steam- ers are known to have met disaster since the German submarine cam pj.'f,n was Inaugurated. They were havl'isr arraneed the fraudulent Dasi- in.. ki oKm thm.' fiber torpedoed or struck by a f-oat- ports with whi-h Stegler was fur-! ;.,. the Jury at 8:30 last evening!1" mln- At ,east tnr vess-jia are irrhfd lor a trip to tngiana ,;0ught in a verdict of guilty against .New ork officuu have been un-,jrtmes Jones. Cottonwood street a'jle to Investigate the case properly ond nand dealer who was charged becauM) of Bcyed's connection with w ith giving liquor to Annie Chapman, the German em bast y. They believe j ln Indian woman. The case went to thai ;i T.-yan finds a basis for the the Jury at 5:30 but a unanimous charges he should demand that the eruiei was impossible for thne attache be recalled. to vacate a small strip of Madison i,no pounds of 'wool have changed street w's read and referred to the hands during the week. Manufae . street committee. jtiiurH, who have been cautious In Acting Mayor Dyer appointed purchases, feeling secure of supplies ('ouncllmen Cole, Montgomery andjf-om AuMtrallit und London, have Flielps to act In conjunction with bcn forced to buy to protect them tdu Commercial association commit-. selves. Dealers, especially the small- lee which has charge of the swlm-iPr ,. witli visions of a marked inlng pool campaign. A few bills Hhoiiat;e between now and the new were allowed as was the salary list ci,, time, have not hesitated to spec rnd fixed charges, after which J-'ulate. It is safe to say that th market tion of the mured of Tl-mot and Stellacoom. which Is nearby, is the home of the hospital for the insane. Sheriff Taylor has received no notice of the transfer and no one else here so far as can be learned. NEWS SUMMARY jcurnment was taken. PLANS FOR COUNTY LIBRARY WILL HAVE TO BE CHANGED TWO STORY BUILDING INSTEAD OF ONE STORY WILL BE v BUILT. (Continued ( 1'ane 6) General. WIImiii may devhtre embargo on r-n! ntuffs. New IwicMe rnffo on eastern front IiOCttl. Pilot KK'k youiu? folk arrested for rawing. R. X. Stanfield refuses 28 cents per Iound for part of wool dip. .llm Jones convicted of bootlcfrff'nff. I.lbnvry board jilaiw for two story structure. of the game committee. Representa tives Al Jones and C. C. Clark, had indorsed J. V. Tailman. The eastern Oregon commissioner will, according to Mr. RItner be one ol the two members who will look a'ter the sportsmen's interests, the other two to attend to the commer cial interests. For that reason, he jtstes Governor Wlthycombe Is de nr:.i!.s of securing a commissioner from eastern Oregon who will be backed by the sportsmen. Rci-iesctitative Ritner's first term in ti e legislature proved a very sue SPECIAL COMMITTEE FROM WASHINGTON WILL ATTEND hours on account. It is said, ol the refusal of one Juror to vote for con viction. Jones was tried in the circuit court vrntnrdnv afternoon. The state in troduced several Indian witnesses ,n "aieiy. who nun that Jones, furnished rho, Th British steamer Western Coast kiimiw iL'Ifh llnimr nnrf M A. fruser in-ssing. The German government officially declares one British trans port has leen sunk. LONDON. Feb. 25. The Brlt'sh s'camer Deptford has been sunk off Scarborough. Whether the vessel struck a mine or was torpedoed by a German sub marine Is not known. One member of the crew was drowned. The others were landed ALSO A POSSIBILITY THAT PRES IDENT WILSON WILL BE PRESENT. w-n sunk by a German mine or tor pedo off Beachy Head yesterday. It was learned today. The crew and Porta- nnriiiun nr nrnin mini " UrCmlll) Ui UlLILU UAnAL a " employe of a livery barn ad- i lolninsr. testified that he had witness td the transaction through a crack ' raesengers were landed -at i-hlh ha hnH nnnliPrl hia ova lUOUM. through curiosity. The defense In troduced witnesses who testified that the reputation of the Indians who LONDON. Feb. 15. Several Lon- e'e-p newspapers demanded today an ,7 'XSTm 1:? aa Ven th Vand vTry" badj '"-ed.ate declaration of a block.-, !!Tned "1,, yJ?.,L il' ?""'!from a standpoint of truth and ve-- the German coat. They declared ent a special committee of 12 from f K v tiolltial hnilua rt f rAnrAQAntntiVAiI in accordance with a resolution .d-hMt,m?n3r; dclarng that he had Of- opted yesterday at the request ol Congressman Sinnott. It is also possible that President I W1t-. a . raclty, and also attacked Cruser a ! 'C8'"mta -r aa,IT oecommg more rjooi'ciairu over mo repeated auo marine attacks and urged that tlure be no delay In reprisals Comment by newspapers on America's recent for- r'ered to leave the Mate if Jonal would pay him 975. Jones was previously convicted In .. - . ) ! . . . .1.W .V. . I ...... 1 1 1 l.'n I KUUru U. I II t c-tsful one, all of hia hills getting Hson will be in attendance at and was lven tne maxlmUm ! larfer new-Papers did not receive through hoth houss. Not only was Celebration. According to J. N. Teal j t ,e ,ly j,. he w indicted by!vUh 'avor the 8"RKetion that Am. J.ia game LiU made a law but h:s bill of Portland who has Just returned I e.-lean supervision over the dlstrlbu- provhiirg that one member mi the fu m Washington where he extended ' J ' b j ticn of Germany's Imported food- n'.lroad commbslon be chosen f . .m a personal Invitation to the president brought to an end 8tuffa mlght 8oIve the wf 'H'tein Oregon, a 'i of the uttaost liiiportance to eastern Oregon, was put through after a hard fight. His (Continued on page five.) Why Bread is Six Cents. Flour for Export to Europe. to attend. If the president can do arrange his plans as to make the trip west at that time he will be 1 retent when the big' canal Is thrown o)en to use. problem. the short session of the court, trio other bootleggers besides the three convicted having entered . pleas of;'0 puilty Judge Phelps will probably' I H-ntence all of them on Saturday. Owing to the objections on the part of residents to the vacation by the city of a part of the street adjoining the site for the proposed county li brary the members of the library board have been forced to alter their plans somewhat "We are now planning for a two story building Instead of a one story structure," says C. P. Strain, 'mem ber oY the board and one of those In strumental In working for the new building. "The board was expecting to erect a one story building but our failure to secure the additional ground wilt make It necessary to add a second story in order to provide all the room needed." As planned by the library board the. new building in addition to housing ;' 7.) ) 9 M 5V:r yr i ...)vMiowi. $fmjt Gsftvaca.. Five sections of Canada's new Wei land canal are now under construction and 3,000 men are employed. The canal will cost 350.000,000. EARL TULLOCH BUYS RANCH FOR $33,000 If the groundhog does not become John Mlnto Dead. SALEM. Ore.. Feb. 25. John Minto. one of the most . revered pioneers of the state a reactionary he may have "almost, died today age S" an:.- office within the gift of the peo-j-v Tie this year. One reason why the price' of a I sacks of flour are nwaltlnor tne norary win aiso provide a small cnf of brpa(l ,8 advanreJ to .X'ment to Europe. No one begrudges auditorium. I A . . I the flour to the stnrvlnar BelBrlana. v.jiiio u nui.v no 10 seven is anown , ; nur in iim uerniuna, r rencn ana J!.ng A Jand deal of much Interest has Just been closed here under which Earl Tulloch has pur- chased 480 acres of land be- longing to the Lindsey estate for the price of 333,ttOO. The ranch is now farmed by Frank Snyder and Is situated four miles northwest of Pendleton. The land sold consists of the NW. 1-4 See S2, the SW. 1-4 of Sec. 29 and the NE. 1-4 of Sec. 29, township three north, of range 32. The heirs to tho 4 Lindsey estate aro Mrs. Bolster, Mrs. Moorhead, Henry Johnson nriit .Tnhn TJnAAAV. 4V shlp-.lnld aside their warring and battling n. nm fr whteh th rnrh A and attended to business, they could i wn. soi.i is reirarded as hlt-h 4 It's sometimes easier to settle down ln lhe Photograph. This is one cor. than It Is to settlo up. mr of n wharf where thousands of llsh, all of whom need it badly. Rut one can't hrlp thinking that if they rnlse their own flour and save mil lions of Americans "innocent by standers" from feeling the terrible cost of the conflict so directly. compared with previous prices of land In that section. 4 PJLOT ROCK YOUNG PEOPLE PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR RAGGING Al REOIN'S DANCE PILOT ROCK, Ore., Feb. 25. Be ' had been adjudged guilty but Ar- hi ?ause they "ragged" at a dance giv- McFarland. Howard Bcltel and Tw.g en here Monday night by the Re.l-,Hlrkle went to Jail. M.Farland men. nine young men and seven ) however, paid his fine this mornin oung ladles, all welt known, wcr-. but the other two are still In the Jail arrested by the marshal. Yesterday j j.,ot Kl)ok hM an ord,(ian,.. ,ro. four of tho young men were tried and htUtlna- "rairKlnif" nn.l ....t'v. convicted the other five will be tried dances and it was under thU oni.. :v s.oon as me come to town and thj n.-.n. e that the arrests were m,id.. seven young ladles will be tried to-lFie of tho youna men llv ..umm. .rorrow. . I of the city llmltn but njt soon ax tf-y Roy Michael paid his fine after he, co ne to town they will Le trh.j.