East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, February 27, 1915, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EVEIII1IG EMM DAILY EVENING EDITION . TO ADVERTISERS. The East Oregoolan lias the largest paid lrcuJatlon of aoy paper In Oregon, east of Portland and ovsr twlia the clrculatloa la Ptadietoa of any other newspaper. Forroun for EwUn Oregon, by tlie L'nJtrd St Weather Obnrrver at rortiMd. Rain or snow tonight and Sun day. "COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL r.iVKR. VOL, 20 DAILY EAST OKEGOXIAX, PEXDLETOX, OTll-GOX;; SATUKDAV, FEBRUARY 27, 1915. it! f NO. 843T INNER FORTS AT DARDANELLES HOLDING OUT AGAINST ATTACK OF THE ANGLO-FRENCH FLEET OTTOMAIN CAPITAL IN FEAR leading Families and the Turkish Government are Prepared to Flee at First- Sign of Weakening of Fortifications. American Merchant Ship Blown Up SEVERAL V-SSELS DAMAGED Astault Grows In Intensity Common IVopIo of Constantinople Are KoH In Ignorant of Development Moslem Officials IVar Fort Can not Hold Oot. ATHENS. Feb. 27. With part of on of. the land batteries along the Dardanelles destroyed, the attempt of the Anglo-French fleet to force the strait guarding . Constantinople was continued today, the fleet shell ing the fortifications, according to Constantinople dispatches. Two forts Inside the strait are be ing subjected to a terrlflo fire. Although several vessels of the al lied fleet have been hit, advices re ceived here Indicate that the dam age done to them has been slight At last reports the bombardment was Increasing In Intensity. The common people In Constanti nople have been kept in Ignorance of the attempt to force the straits. But the leading families and members of the nobility have been Informed and are preparing to flee the city In case It is seen the forts are doomed to fall. That the Turkish Imperial families fear the forts cannot hold out and that Constantinople Itself will be menaced by armies of the al lien was Indicated in messages receiv ed here, asserting that three special trains are being held In readiness to take the sultan and. court out of the city at the first hint of personal dan Ir. , :;h:---:'f:r U V v'S' :- s;.V.' V---:V -V-' 7 ' '. ' -' :.' vn s - , .. i ; --.' '-r X--' ' ""T ' ' - . ' 1 --"- ' ' .li.ii.l '' ' - -' - ' llll I I I, ''I III 1,1- " ' - ' " I--'-"'' - - - J - -- smn FrEiisiv 7 f t r; ?.1 ov tiic nnooiA Ul MIL IIUOOIHITir II nirii iiniin inrnini mu niti V H MIXI! WIIID lMM 1,111 WILL - e ' i , mi IIIVULVII II Bill POLAND 1B1P 111 OF flMIIllfi MfllE Berlin Admits That La.ge Bodies of Reinforcements Have Arrived on Extensive Battle Front. FIERCE ATTACKS UNDER WAY K rc?H of tlio f'uir I'ling Tlwniselves Government Won't Allow Defeated Bidder to Raise His Price Swartzlander Overruled. Under a decision Juat given by the department of the Interior In a case between L. L. Rogers and J. T. Lieu alien, involving 40 acres of Indian It is Believed That Such Proposal Has Been Made in Latest Note to the Belligerents. Airulnht German Column Buti heirship land the recommendation of iwrlln Hohln That They Have H.-en i Major E. S. Swartzlander for a re- Steamer tvelyn This is the Evelyn, the American ship which was sent to the bottom near liorkum Inland, Just off the Ger man coast. .She had sailed from New York, January 29, with a cargo of cotton for ilremen. The ship was in command of Captain Smith. He and his crew were said to have been saved. The Harris-Irby company, which had chartered the vessel for the trip to Bremen, said they would not make representations to the national gov ernment. They are fully covered by Federal Insurance. RAGE I TODAY AT PANAMA 7 PILOT ROCK GIRLS ARE FOUND 6UILTYXF RA66IK6 TACH FIXED $5 BUT SENTENCE SUSPENDED DUHINU GOOD BEHAVIOH. r s F1LOT ROCK. Ore., Feb. 26 Be hind closed doors last evening and with the curious barred out, the sev en young ladles arrested on Monday night for "ragging" at the Redmen's dance were tried In the court of Re corder McReynolds and found guilty Each was fined five dollars but sen tence .was suspended during good be havior. Recorder McReynolds pro , tected the girls from publicity by withholding their names. Two of the nine young men arrest ed ut the same time have been found Innocent. Howard Bartell and Twig Illnkle served out their fines In Jail, " while "Boots" Matthews, Roy Mich at Is and Archie McFarland paid their fines. They had been asked to desist from ragging at the dance by tho management and, when they lg nored the request, the marshal was culled. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Feb. 27. The Grand Prix automobile race started at 10:30 from the exposition grounds. Thirty cars began the long, gruelling drive, a distance of 402 miles. The length of the course Is three and nlnety-hundreths miles. The first prize Is 13000, the second $2000 and the third 11500. It took three minutes to get the cars started. In the fourth lup Ruckntell, In l Mercer, held the lead. Barney Old field was a pronounced favorite with the spectators. Chewing a black ci gar he was cheered lustly every time he tore past the grandstand. Ruck stell was averaging 70 rnlles. In the ninth lap Pullen took the lead in a Mercer. It was calculated the leaders were then making 75 miles an 'hour. ADMINISTRATION LEADERS SEE A VICTORY NOW FOR SHIP PURCHASING BILL 5 BOOTLEGGERS GET STIFF SENTENCES FROM COURT WAUXIXO GIVEN THAT NEXT TIME THEY WILL BE GIV EN MAXIMUM. NEWS SUMMARY General. filronjr ffriulvo movement is be gun by the Hinwlans In Poland. America may call upon foolllgcr nta to eliminate the floating mine ex ecpt near coant ports. Inner forts at the Dardanelles are hcing shelled by the Anglo-French fleet. ' Government at Constantinople Is ready to flee. 1 Local. Judge Phelps bands ont stiff ten traces to bootleggers. Coffee Club will suspend tomor row night. Pendleton high school defeats La Grande handily. J. T. I.liMiallen wins dispute Involv ing reservation land. Garfield and Jlinklo to be tried Again next week. .Urn Dmmls Is home again. Douglas Lefflngwell appointed on Insurance commission. The severest sentences ever handed oitt tp bootleggers In this county were passed upon the five men who were convicted of or pleaded guilty to charges of furnishing liquor to In dians, b Judge Phelps In the circuit cou.t this morning. The sentences ranged from four to eight months In Jal and the Judge warned all of the offendeis that If they ever appeared before lm again on similar charges that his Inclination would be to give them the maximum sentence of a year In Jail and 1500 fine. James Jones, pioneer resident and keeper ot a second hand store on Cottonwood street, was fined 300 and given SO days in Jail besides. I,' he fT.s U- pay his fine, his sentonce In Jail will be six months. George Flotcher, the colored buck aroo, got six months In jail without the option of a fine and the heaviest sentence of all was Imposed upon 81 Tate. He was given eight months. Martin Olson and Charles Hansen nllus Charles Thompson, both of whom pleaded guilty, were given four months In Jail. In passing sentence, Judge Phelpi administered a stern lecture to the five men. To Jones he stated that the evidence had shown that his sec ond-hatid store was probably head qunrtcrs for bootlegging. To Tate he declared no leniency wns due Inas rr tich as he could plead neither outh, old age nor ignorance. Flotch er lu cautioned particularly to mend his ways else he appear in court on a more serious charge. Hugh McConnclI, the sixth boot legger held In tho county Jail, will he turned over to the federal authorities. (ONIEUEXCE COMinTTE RE PORTS OX COMPROMISE MEASURE TODAY. WASHINGTON1. Feb. 27. The (.i nference committee of the house ur.J senate reported the compromise government ship ' purchase bill to loth houses. Administration lead ers declined to' delay final action on tl.e bill until next week instead of trying to push it through today. The conference report will come up In the house Monday. It probably will le adopted. The debate undoubted ly will be limited to an hour there. Then a desperate attempt will bs n.tde by the administration demo ciitts to push the report through the senate. As amended it is . believed tho compromise measure will be ac ceptable to progressive republicans but the seven democrats who bolted the original measure still are obdur Me. It administration, leaders can enlist the support of only two re republicans, the vote will be a tie and they will win the fight by the deciding vote of the vice president IE OF ALLEGED IWPlf BETS THREATS C'C MAIL Repulsed Foes Continue IlatUIng in Swamp Land, BERLIN, Feb. 27. The opening of a new and powerful Russian of fenxive in Poland was announced In an official statement by the war of fice. New Slav forces, it was admit ted, have appeared on the Przasnysz Augustof line. The Russians have sulci overruled and the Indian bu reau Is directed to accept the offer o. Mr. Lleuallen for the land. The decision is of much Interest FIELD TO BE RESTRICTED Point Near Ooaxt Slight Use De structive Engines Food Embargo la BeJns Given Conaldcrabio Thought at Capital Negotiation Continue but Kept Secret. WASHINGTON, lstratlon officials Feb. 27 are still Admin-secretive here because It lays down a policy 'regarding negotiations with England b- th rWrtrrnt on,.. ii 1 and Germany, concerning the protec- The average man displays a lot of eiithUHiusm when he gets a chance to talk about himself. NEW YORK, Feb. 27. An Investl gation by a United States grand Jury Is expected to follow the sending through the malls of a letter threat enlng Mrs. Richmond P. Stegler be cause her husband confessed to a plot to obtain fraudulent American passports for use by him as a German spy in England. The letter, which was anonymous. Warned Mrs. Ptegler not to talk and told her It was her fault that her husband "will have to go to Jail for many years and always be looked up on as a scoundrel." In addition to the letter Mrs. Stegler declared she had received several telephone calls warn ing her to "keep her mouth shut." Phe asserts the typing of the letter re sembled that of letters received from Captain Boyed. naval attache to the German embassy at Washington. COFFEE CLUB SUSPENDS ITS ACTIVITIES SUNDAY NIGHT FREE EM PliOYM ENT AGENCY HAS HAD SUCCESSFUL CA REER FOR 3 MONTHS. After operating three months sue eessfully lis a free employment agen cy and poor man's club, the Pendle ton Coffee Club, the first institution of Its kind In eastern Oregon, will suspend activities tomorrow night The Civlo Club, which originated and superintended he institution, plan ned originally to conduct It only for three months and the time limit ex Ijiies on February 1. The Coffee Club was opened on December 1 to fill a much-felt net in the city. It has during Its exist ence, not only served as a medium ot bringing Idle laborers and employers together, but It has supplied whole. some food at cost prices to the un employed and provided a reading room for those men. The club has been financed through subscriptions from charita ble residents. With the opening ot spring there Is less need for It and the Civlo Club feels that It would not he Justified in calling for furth er financial assistance to carry It on longer at this time. Whether or not It will be reopened In the fall Is a question for the fall to decide. "It derends altogether upon the demand for It," said Mrs. E. T. Wade, pres lc'.rnt of the Civic 01ub this morning There Is a possibility that the As sociated Charities will revive and carry on the Institution next fall. LOCAL MAN APPOINTED ON INSURANCE CODE BOARO DOUGLAS LEF1TNGWELL MADE MEMBER OF COMMISSION BY GOVERNOR. Douglas Lefflngwell, well known local insurance man has been appoint ed by Governor Withycombe a mem ber of the insurance code commission which body Is to consider practically all of the insurance legislation pro- poped at the recent legislative session, The formal appointment of the conv mission has not yet been made but the governor hns announced the per sonnel of the commission to be as follows: . Of the eight members the gover nor names four representing insur ance interests and four representing the insured. The following will be the membership of the commission: Rep resenting life. V. C. Herrln, Portland; fire, James P. Moffett. Portland; mu tual, W. C. Hagerty, McMlnnvllle; casualty, Douglas Lefflngwell, Pen dleton. Representing business Inter ests, William Cannon, office manager Meter & Frank eompany, Portland and J. C. Jones, Metxger, Washington county; farmers, M. I Jones, Laks Lablah Meadows; attorney, Conrad Olson, Portland. Harvey Wells, In surance commissioner, ' Is ex-offlcte chairman. ned up is that when Indian heirs zon an,i shipments of food to clvll wish to sell their land and ask that'iann r.f h hoMiir,. mnnfri. Blurted a series of. violent assaulUjbldj be advertised for and they are it was admitted that the published iiF.alnst the village of Skrodna, South willing to take a price equal to or advlcea regarding the attitude of Kclono. several of which have been greater than the appraised price anajGreat pntin do not lnj optimism rei ulsed. As a result 1100 Russians j such price Is offered by the highest to the situation. b'dder the land shall go to tuch bid- talk of establishing an embar der unless a showing shall be made'Ko against exportation of foodstuffs to the effect the appraisement, continue That such action has been was not right or that there considered by the president and cab was some irregularity In con- lnet WM ,trongiy indicated by the m-ctlon with the bidding. In other) retfcence of one offjcla, who ordl. words, the department takes a stand ( nariIy wouId deny ,t ,f ,ucn a diu,. against an unsuccessful bidder mak- 8lon had not occurred. ing an effort to raise his price after It , certaln that adrnlnistratlon of he has been defeated In free and flcIalgi whether formally or not. are open bidding. gMjlg th ,ubJect a good deal of The 40 acres involved In the case thought and that no steps will be Just decided Is located In section 15, taken in the matter, except In an ex- townshln thro rinr 91 - Th hatn t w . . n . 1 1 .n,,tniun. t.nues at erdun and Perthes where i A,ace MeIe Lewis,' with the European countries have May Crowley, Agnes Morrisette, Effie proceeded further. Although no of- Adams, Ftledlander, and ficer of the government would discuss) McGInnls, the last named being a ml-! the matter for publication. It was nor. The land was appraised by Ma- j generally accepted that the latest Am Jcr Swartzlander at $1800. For the erlcan proposal to the belligerents h'nd I L; Rogers bid 1J900 and J- contemplates the removal of floating T. Lleuallen 40.----- mines except dose to the coasts and The ruling goes on to show that for a system whereby food can be after the bidding was over an heir sent In unrestricted measure to the representing one-fifth the property cl-llians of the belligerent countries, objected to the sale, saying she could - get more money were the land read vertised. The superintendent is quot ed as saying he had been Informed by Mr. Rogers that if new bids were called for he would guarantee that; a higher price than $4060 would be' bid and that E. A. Dudley, an uncle' of Rogers' had guaranteed to bid not less than 14400 for the land should It be resold. I The conclusions of the department UMATILLA. Ore.. Feb. 27. (Spe- in the case are summed up in the ' cial Mucb interest is being taken following: 1 1 the Open River Celebration to b In this case there was no protest held here May 4. as a unit In the that the appraisal of the land em-' week's celebration of the opening of tiaced In the allotment of Nelson the Celilo-The Dalles canal. Lavadore. deceased, was not at its. There will be a mass meeting to tair valuation. No claim has been night for the purpose or getting a were made prisoners. Despite the heavy losses the Rus sian assaults at Skrodna continue. Large forces of Russians and Ger mans are battling In the swamps 10 miles east of Augustof, with no de cisive result in sight Dispatches from the front express, ed the belief the attacks of the czar's force were for the purpose of halt Ire the- German advance rather than a serious attempt to force Von Hln denburg back to the frontier. In the western zone fighting con lues at Verdun and Perthes, where the crown prince's army Is assaulting the French positions. PARIS, Feb. 27. Liquid fire is be ing used by the Germans as an. in strument of war against the French It was officially announced. It was declared this weapon of death was thrown pn the advance French trenches near Eors de Malconcourt between Argonne and the Meuse river Several hundred French soldiers were burned by the fjaming liquid, which was drooped by bombs thrown bj German mortars. The clothing of the troops was set afire and the ran from the trenches screaming In agony. Aviators Reseued. LOWESTOFF. Eng.. Feb. 27. Two German aviators were rescued today from the wreckage of their aer oplane which was floating In North sea off this port. They had been clinging to the ruined craft for two days. Insane Patient Stabs Another. SALEM, Ore.. Feb. 27. Suffering a delusion that his victim had plan ned for years to harm him, Thomas mr.de that the price offered by Le u- committee at work on local arrange Dawson, 75, stabbed and probably fa-!a,)en Is grossly Inadequate or that ments. UMATILLA MAKING PLANS FOR CELILO CELEBRATION MASS MEETING WILL BE HELD TONIGHT TO DISCUSS ARRANGEMENTS. tally wounded Thomas Waldo at the stte hospital for the Insane where both are Inmates. the purchaser has been guilty of any County Surveyor Bradley was down ini'alrness, or that there was any yesterday for the purVose of ascer fraud or irregularity whatever in taining grades on a number of prob connection with the sale. On the able routes for a road between Uma contrary, the price offered Is well tilla and Hermiston. above the appraised value and every Last evening the local chapter of Indication Is that such price is an ad- the Eastern Star was entertained at equate consideration for the land, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. H. N The only objection is, coming from Dryer on the river front. This is the ono of the heirs representing only first of a series of entertainments one-fifth Interest In the estate, that planned for the members of the chap if the land were put up for sale again tor. Progressive whist was played. It would probably bring a greater prizes beinx won by J. A. Stephens price. The .only probable Increase and Mrs. H. C. Means, consolation by that can be referred to with any de- Earl E. Shaw and Mrs. J. T. McNur giee of certainty Is 1340. which, in jn. Mr. and Mrs. Rryer proved de a sale involving over $4000 In Itself, IiKhtful hosts and with assistance of vi'lcates that the price obtained rep- Mrs. W. F. Turnbow Mrs. A. J. resents the fair value of the land. Means. Mrs. G. E. Butterwood and The recommendation of the sa- Mrs. J. A. Stevens elaborate refresh Kills Burglar. SALEM, Ore., Feb, 27. An uni dentified burglar was shot and killed by Dan Girdle, of St Paul, 20 miles north of here. Girdle heard a crash of glass in Gooding's store. He arm d himself with a rifle. He then saw three men emerge. He cried "halt." The men ran. Ho shot and one fell dead. Two suspects were arrested. KINKIE AND GARFIELD TO FACE TRIAL AT HERMISTON MEN Willi BE TRIED ON CHARG ES OF VIOLATING STATE GAME LAWS. Representative J. T. Hinkle of Hermiston and Dr. H. S. Garfield of this city will again be tried for vi olating the game laws next Thursday fcienoon nt 10:30 o'clock In the Her miston Justice court before Justice of . T. 7 v "Z , V Cllperintendent for resale Is based on menU were served, advices received here. This will be '. . . . ... . ... . their second trial for the offense, the the fact not that the offer of Lieu- Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Summers have first trial having resulted m a nung, . ,.. ...i . w . o. . ti,. (piol ... , ; property, but that other parties had homeof J. A. Stanfleld. Mr. Som- lr'&J" blm that they would give mers is a grandson of Mr. Stanfleld. tatlve Hinkle having arrived home ! re ,'n .f80 of "advertisement. This He has ust purchased an automobile , ,u ,..., " I even If there were an actual guaran- and will launch the Umatilla auto- tee of an Increased price which there mobile service concern within a day is not. Is sufficient as none of the or so. elements that would ordinarily Justl- Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Brownell at- fy resale are present here and this tended the dance at Stanfleld last i would be true even though all the nixht. heirs were objecting to this sale. Engineer Crooks slipped from his It may be said In this connection engine in the local yards last evening that under the regulations in apply-jand suffered fracture of two ribs. He lng for the sale of this allotment, was taken to Pendleton on the No. there was assent, tacitly at least, on 6 this morning. from the legislature only yesterday. the time was extended. Either Pros ecuting Attorney Stelwor or his as sistant, R. I. Keator. will go down to represent the state, while Hinkle, who Is an attorney, will probably de fend himself and Dr. Garfield. They are accused of 'shooting ducks after sundown. INDICTMENTS RETURNED IN ALLE6ED FRAUD CASE OFFICERS OF DEFUNCT CASBT IER COMPAXT, PORTLAND, FACE CHARGES, PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 17. Charging gross fraud and use ot the mails to promote it. nine former of ficers and salesmen of the Wn-t United State Cashier company were and resale would be for the best in Indicted by a federal grand Jury. The, terest of all the heirs. Indicted officers were Frank Mene- In v!w of tha ,hA ., the part of the heirs that they would accept the highest bid above the ap praised rrlce; this, of course. In the absence of evidence showing under valuation. Inadequacy of considera tion, or such fraud and Irregularity as would indicate the sale under the ordinary rules. The conclusion herein Is all . the more Justified from the fact that all the heirs expect one desire confirma tion ofthls' sale, and It clearly ha net been shown that readvertisement Ui F. M. Le Monn and Thomas! BlUvenu of Campbell of Hillsbore, Eugene. ot this allotment is hereby approved and .Oscarj to j T Lleuallen, .your office will The Indict nients allege that 4000 persons own ; practically worthless stick which cost thetn nearly a million and quarter dollars. . tnke appropriate action accordingly. Very respectfully, BO SWEENEY, Assistant Secretary. HOBBS RESIGNATION IS ACCEPTED BY GOVERNOR CARL ARRAM.S OF SAI.FM IS AP. POINTED AS SUCCESSOR ON COMMISSION. SALEM, Ore., Feb. 27. Governor Withycombe accepted the resignation of Miss Fern Hobbs to take effect May 21, and sppolnted Carl Abrams of Salem, as her succemuir. IHi-lan Prlixv at IVont. LONDON. Feb. 27. Prince Leo pold, thn eldest son of King Albert of Rflglutn has Joined tits UgUtu trtops at the front. He Is 23 yar old.