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Dllir EVEIIIIIG EDITION DAILY EVEIIIIIG EDITION I'orraxt, tor Eastern Oregon, by the United SUtoa WmOmv Observe M rorfUnJ. TO ADVERTISERS. ' The Raat Orrgontan has the largest paid fLretilitloa of utf paper In Omkud, Mat of Portland ud over twice the circulation In Pstodlctoo of any otber newspaper. Fair tonight and Thursdiy. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL, 26 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1915. NO. 8 NO ! i last1 i4CiS , y W bis nor JEV; OFFENSIVE III SUP OOF EflEMY Austrians Declared to Have Lost 10,000 Men in Fighting Recently in Carpathian Mountains. ssBassssssssiaBSBa SLAVS GATHERIN8 IN FORCE Calk-in and Hukovina ITovlnoes Will Soon lie Clear of Ausiro-Gorman Soldiers la Relief of High Official at retrogradFlghtlng la on In Both Holds. PETROGRAD, March 3. A new offensive which the Russians have developed In Oallcla and Bukovlna haa revived the belief In official cir cles that the Slave are about to weep the Austrian and Germans out of the two provinces. Lcmberg dispatches declared the Austrian lost In the Carpathians and In eastern Onll.ia the past few days has been 10,000 killed, wounded and prisoners, Fighting continues on both fields. The Russian are shelling Czernowlts, the capltl of Bukovlna. The war of fice assert that the Auatrlan and German forces have been routed at three different points in the Car pathians and In Oallcla, Germany Curtail Food. BERLIN, March I. Another dras tic step In the plan to five the gov ernment control of food supplies of the empire was taken when the heads of households were ordered to fur nish the government estimates by al) the flour on hand. This Is In ac cordance with the order Usued by the federal council some time ago virtually taking over wheat, flour and corn supplies of the nation as a war measure. SOUTH MAIN STREET KILL MAY BE PAYED THIS YEAR MANY PROPERTY OWNERS THERE ARE IN FAVOR, OF IMPROVEMENT. There is a strong probability that the South Main street hill will be paved sometime during the spring and aummer. Quite a number of the property owners along the atreet have expressed themselves In favor of such" an Improvement and have already had a petition prepared for circulation. It li the Intention to have the rt.-eet l.n proved from Bluff, where the present pavement now ends, to ' High street. However, because of the steepness of the grade, It Is pro posed to pave only a strip 1C feet wide down the center and to make a roadway of macadam or cinders on lther side to accommodate trafflc during wet weather. At present the street up the hill Is In a bad shape, the constant trav el and the wash of the rains making It very rough. In aummer times, the duet that arises from the street Is very disagreeable and at all times the street la unsightly, declare the pro ponents of Improvement AVIATOR TRIES TO SINK SHIP 11 ENGLISH CHANNEL DUNDEE, Scotland, March S. An unsuccessful attempt by a Taube aeroplane to blow up his vessel in the English channel was reported by the Captain of the steamer Dalbnlr. The aviator dropped three bombs, the cap tain said, narrowly missing the ship each tlmo. Yalo Recruits Busy. NEW HAVEN. March .2. Co"ach Qulnhy called Yalo 'varsity recruits together today for the first general baseball practice of the spring. Vnnkee Phcnonm Assemble. NEW YORK, March 2. Tho New York Yankeo recruits were to assem ble her today preparatory to leaving tomorrow for the training camp at Savannah, Ga. BOSTON, March 3. Three Indict ments were returned against Werner Van Horn, a German, for attempting to blow up the Canadian Pacifio bridge VAN II IS INDICTED FDR AJTFJPI ID DESTROY DICE ADMINISTRATION PLAN TO CLEAR UP RIS MEASURES IN WAY OF BEING UPSET OPPOSITION TO RURAL CREDITS AND Mill' I'UtCIIASE IN THE WAY. Continuous 6ew4im of Both House Will lie Ilcld Unlit Adjournment Tomorrow at Noon Substitute lUver and liar bora Iiill rawed at IMX Night's SoHblon. WPASHINGTON, March 2. When the senate and house met today the members expected to remain In con tinuous session until noon tomorrow when the present session of congress will be ended by limitation. After remaining in session all night the senate recessed from seven this morning to eleven. During the nlgnt the senate confirmed William Parry, progreHaive, Joseph Davles, Edward Hurley and W. J. Harris, democrats, as members of the new federal trade commloiilon. The ' nomination of George Rublee, republican, was not confirmed. The nomination will die with the end of the session. The president will give htm a recess ap pointment. Rural credits legislation and the government ship purchase bill are now the only measures on the cal endar which may Interfere with the administration plana to clear away all the big measures before final ad journment. Opposition to both are very determined. Roth appear doom ed to defeat. During the night the senate pass ed the Indian appropriation bill car rying over eleven million. A substi tute rivers and harbors bill carrying twenty-five million for projects al ready started or to be recommended by the board of army engineers also panned without amendment. Tillamook Man Sentenced. TILLAMOOK, Ore., March 3. A. C. White, who pleaded guilty to an attempt to kidnap his own children, who had been adopted by Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Evans, was sentenced to from 1 to It years In the peniten tiary for an attempt to kill Seals. C R. Worrell hi attorney, also Impli cated In the. caw., will be aentenced later. . . SAYS COUNTY SHOULD HAVE A ROAD EXPERT FORMER TILLAMOOK COUNTY MAN ADVISES AGAINST GO ING TO OLD PLAN. J. M. Harrison, an energetic farmer living near Pilot Rock junction, has taken note of the reported attempt to get the county court to go back to the old system of having members of the court personally handle the road work. He is strongly against the plan and says the same sort of fight was waged In Tllamook county where he came from about a year ago. 'The people elected the members of the court regarding them as busi ness men but not as. expert road builders; they go out of their sphere when they take personal charge of the road work," he said in talking of the matter yesterday. In Tllamook county according to Mr. Harrison there was great dissat isfaction with the road policy some years ago and a great Improvement was made when an experienced engi neer was given general charge of the work. According to Mr. Harrison he has discussed the proposition here with a number of men and finds that all who are well Informed seem to oppose going back to tho old plan of handl ing the work and believe an engineer should be employed to aid the court. ' Cluirlty Demand.- Fewer. Tho approach ' of spring and the better weather has lessened the de mands for charity to such nn extent that one of the field workers em ployed by tho Associated CharltleJ will be dispensed with. Tills decision was reached at the regular meeting of the organization lost evening. Heretofore, two agents havo been em ployed. The organization also dis cussed means of reducing the number of unemployed next winter. Nomination Goes to Senate. WASHINGTON, ' March 2. The nomination of Lnwreneo Baker of Hammond, Ind., to bo solicitor of the treusury department was sent to the senate. near Yanceboro, Mains. The lndlat ments were returned In the fedcVal court and wero based on tho alleged Illegal transportation of explosives. GERtlll'S HEM TO AMERICA!! NOTE FAR Fill IIIMI While Agreeing Practically to De mands, it Depends Entirely Upon Attitude of England. WILSON STILL OPTIMISTIC Prcxklcnt Will Take Personal Cliarge of Negotiations After Adjournment of the ('orurrvt IW'Is Tliat Out look In Good for Agreement Be-twe-ii Warring Nations. Wliat Germany Is Willing To Do Concerning Sea Blockade. The German reply to the American note offers, In sub stance: 1. Germany la willing to concede nonemployment of drifting mines and would agree to attach government mark to all mines used. Renunciation of anchored mines deemed lm- practicable. 2. Submarines to employ armed force against merchant- men, and where necessary to carry out right of search. 1. Conditions made that hos- tile merchantmen be not arm- ed. 4. Regulation of legitimate food import Into Germany by sea, as suggested by United States, declared acceptable. 5. Permission to Import other raw material for peaceful purposes. Including fodder. Is demanded. . WASHINGTON. March'3. Ger many's reply to the American note proposing a plan of settlement of the Anglo-German food war did not cause rejoicing among administration officials. They held that the terms which appear to concede practically all the American demands. In real-J itv dpnend almost entirely on. the attitude of Great Britain. This attl- tude all along has been uncompro mising and unrelenting toward Ger many and therefore does not offer much basis for hope. After, congress adjourns the presi dent will take personal charge of the negotiations to be conducted by ths United States In the international sit uation resulting from the European war. It was stated authoritatively he is far from being pessimistic and hat he believe the outlook Is good for an agreement between Great Britain and Germany regarding the present food war. The president is compelled to devote most of the nights to consideration of the lssuei In the controversy between Germanj and the allies, his days being occu pied with legislative matter. Frequently he ha been up until midnight studying momentous inter naional questions and the strain U beginning to tell. He does not make any engagements with caller except when It Is absolutely necessary, as he wishes to devote all the time he can possibly spare to the problem ot straightening out these tangles. SITE OF OLD FORT WILL BE SCENE OF CELEBRATION WALLA WALLA MAKING FLANS TO OBSERVE OPENING OF CE1JLO CANAL. WALLA WALLA, March 3. At a meeting yesterday morning of the Celllo canal celebration committee of the Commercial club it wus decided that Walla Walla's celebration of the opening of river navigation will be held on the slto of historic old Fort Walla Walla, at tho Junction of the Columbia and Walla Walla riv ers. Preliminary plans were discuss ed and committees appointed. The tentative plan now favored by the committee Is to assemble at Fort Walla Walla, preliminary to the ar rival of the fleet ot steamboats which will come down the river from Lewlston and hold a big booster good roads meeting that will empha size the importance of a hard-surfaced road to connect Walla Walla with ) Wnllula. The memorial and histori cal exercise will -be held while the Lewlston fleet Is anchored at the mouth of the Walla Walla river. The entire population of Walla Walla, as far as possible, will he ex pected to give over the entire day to the participation In the fete. It planned to make the day a general holiday, to secure the closing of the public schools and of Whitman col lege and to go to Wallula with not ntim thnn 9AflA ttAnnln. A hid. HaolrAt picnic at the Old fort could furnish I luncheon. ' UN SQUAW WANTED TO GET ORUS TO WORK CHARM GOES TO DRUG STORE INQUIR ING FOR "HATE STUFF" TO SEND IN LETTER. "Me want 'em box of hate stuff," announced a comely young Indian maiden yesterday to J. V. Tallman. proprietor of Tollman's drug store. "I don't savvy," answered the druggist. "Hate stuff, hate stuff, you savvy, put 'efh on letter," explained the young squaw. A light dawned upon Mr. Tallman. "You mean something to put on a letter to make the person who gets It hate the one who sends It?" he asked. She nodded. "What's the matter; do you want someone to hate you?" he asked. "Watu," she shook heri head vigorously. "Me want some body else to hate somebody," she ex plained and Mr. Tallman understood that she was Jealous of some other squaw and wanted to engender ha tred between her rival and the man or their mutual affections. He explained that they had no such drug that would work such a charm. "Where they sell it?" she asked. "O, maybe at a book store," he laughed as she went away In fur ther quest of the "hate stuff.'' CLOSE BOWLEG CONTEST MARKS TOURNAMENT HERE HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORE ALSO FEATURE OF LOCAL MATCH. IS The closest contest of the tourna ment and the highest individual score for a single game were features last evening of the bowling battle of the Highlanders and Shamrocks. The Shamrocks, who are trailing In the rear, defeated the Highlanders, who are in the lead, by ten pins the final score being 2(65 to 2j5. The ex traordinary bowling of Tom Brewster gave the victory to the Shamrocks, his total being 3S and his score In the last game 2SS, the highest of the tournament The tournament will close next Thursday night with a match between the Allies and the Kaisers. If the Kaisers make a to tal of 2800. they wilt win the pennant otherwise It will probably go to th Highlanders. The following were the scores last night: Highlanders Myers 536, Waggoner 501, Hamlcy 553, McMonles 536. Hanavan 529, to tal 2655; Shamrocks McDevItt 580 Slusher 624. Guyll 408. Wheeler 518, Brewster 635, total 2665. WELL KNOWN RESIDENT DIES AFTER PARALYTIC STROKE II. T. K AM RATH PASSES AWAY END COMES AS SHOCK TO FRIENDS. Suffering a paralytic stroke .last night at 11 o'clock while apparently In good health, H. T. Kamrath, well known resident of this city who had retired from active life, died this morning about 5:30 at his home, 1212 West Railroad street His sudden death comes as a great shock to his relatives and many friends. Deceased was 61 years old, having been born In Germany November 15. 1854. On April 6, 1877, he was mar. rled to Miss Edna Klug and is sur vived by his widow and four chil dren, Mrs. Jack McQuen of this city, Mrs. Allen of Weston, Mrs. Taylor ot Pullman, Wash., and Fred Kamrath of Pilot Rock. He had lived In this country for many years. Yesterday he was down town with his wife and enjoying his usual health, but a rup tured bloodvessel caused the paraly sis, from which he died. The funeral will be held at the family homo tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev. C. A. Hodshlre of the Methodist church conducting the services. NEWS SUMMARY General. loorn of Germany 1 predicted. Can not carry out blockade of England NO'S French Minister of Marine. Russians develop new offensive to sweep enemy out of Poland. Attempt to land marines at Dardan elles frustrated by Tnrklsh forts, some, of which are lelng manned by German gunners. Russians have met with severe re verso says Berlin, Local. Swimming pool will be built at om-c. South Main street hill may be paved. Paralytic stroke Is fatal to II. T. Kamrath. Chautauqua will bo here late In Juno this year. Jealous young squaw would make lover liAto rival. ATTEMPT TO I'll maris blocked . 01 TURKISH FOli;. British Battleship and Two Smaller Warships Try to Dismantle Forti fication in Gulf. GERMANS MANNING THE GUNS fierce Rcfcintance U Offered Allied fleet from KUid Bahr on Ue Eu ropean SUlo of Ux) Dardanelles Turkish Gunners Prevent Land Foruce ' Taking Position. LONDON, March J. A British battleship and two smaller warships are attempting to dismantle the Tur kish forts near the Gulf of Saros. north of the Dardanelles, so as to land marines for operations ashore. Dispatches from Athens declare that these hree vessels have been shelling the Moslem positions heavily for several hour but that the en emy's gunner are replying so effeo tively that the attempt to send land ing parties ashore thus far have failed. The allied fleet operating against the forts on the European side of the Dardanelles have encountered fierce resistance from fort Kllld Batir. It is reported that German gunners are In charge of this posi tion. CONSTANTINOPLE. March 3. That the Anglo-French fleet was forced to retire yesterday after bom barding the forts at the Dardanelles for three hours was claimed in an of ficial statement. The shelling of all the land batteries by the fleet was unsuccessmul, it was asserted. PARIS. March 3. It was officially announced the Turkish fortress Na poleon was destroyed by ihe French battleship Gaulois In yesterday's bom bardment of the Dardanelles fort. Shells set fire to the barracks and the garrison fled. TENTATIVE DATES SET FOR PENDLETON CHAUTAUQUA JUNE 23 TO JUNE 28 NAMED BUT THESE ARE SUBJECTED TO CHANGE. Jne 22 to June 28 are the tentative dates set for the second annual Pen dleton chautauqua, according to a letter from J. R. Ellison ot the EI-ltson-Whlte bureau to A. J. McAl lister who Is handling the local end of the work. These date are sub Ject to change but the definite dates. will not miss these more than a few day 8. Within three weeks, Mr. Ellison writes, the full list of talent for the Chautauqua will be signed up. At present he is able to announce such lecturers as Col. George W. Bala Nela Darling, Roland A. Nichola Father P. J. MacCorry and Mrs, A. C. Zehner, and such musical attrac tions as the Schumann Quintet, Clr lclllo's Band, II Trovotore Grand Opera Co., Saxony Singers, The Guil- otta Trio. Ruthven MacDonald, the Canadian baritone, and the Swiss Alpine Yodlers. . Other entertainers already booked Include Evelyn Bar Kelt, the lady cartoonist, and the Floyd Magical Co. .Mr. Ellison writes that his system has 70 different chautauquas to put on this spring and summer so that tho dates cannot be arranged exactly to suit all. By the system, one chautauqua ends each day and an other begins o that there are five or six chautauquas under w-ay at once. The local chautauqua will last five days and a strong effort will be made to Interest the whole commu nity in tho entertainment. Local merchants are considering the mat I ter ot offering extra trading Induce-1 ments for that week In order to araw as many country people as possible- It takes a smart man to dispose ot his rroperty In a way that will shut out tho lawyers as well as his rela thes. a WHEVT MARKET SLIGHTLY STRON G ER EV F.R Y W 1 1 ERE Wire reports today show the Chicago wheat market slightly stronger. May options closed at $1.44 1-2 and July at 31.17 1-S. The Portland market was also slightly up today but the gain Is of little consequence com pared with the big recent drop. There Is no wheat moving in the Tendleton market and no prices are quoted. The few hold ing wheat seem to be standing firm expecting an advance. HAVE MET WITH W &EYERSE WEST OF f , DECLARES BERLIN a, i - L SAID TO IUVE BEEN DE FEATED BY A STRONG GERMAN COLUMN. 1500 Taken Prisoners Berlin Ad. in it strong Russian Force Is Mov. ing Toward the Prussian Frontier irenrh Claim Gains British At tack Repulsed, Says Germans. BERLIN, March J. A serious Russian reverse west of Llpsk was announced officially today. It was declared the Russians were defeated when they attempted to march from Grodno, northeast of Warsaw, to Augustof. They encountered a strong German column and were repulsed with heavy losses. Fifteen hundred were taken prisoners. The war of fice admits a large Russian force is moving toward the frontier of Prus sia from Ostralenska. In the west a series of desperate band to hand battle have occurred at several points. The Germans are declared to have advanced through the Vosges mountain along a five mile front. Two British companies attempted to take some German trenches south of Ypres, the war of- fice declares, but were thrown back with heavy loss after a bloody en casement French attack in the Argonne and Champagne . region have broken down, the kaiser having gained 400 yard of trenches. Fur ther German successes In the region of Badenvilller are claimed. PARIS, March I. Important gain by the French In the Champagne re gin In the last 10 days are officially claimed. The French claim to hold all the first line of the German trenches from northwest of Perthes to a point north of Beausejour. Se vere fighting continue In the vicin ity of Badenvilller and Vaquol. CETTTNJE, Montenegro, March 3. Five Austrian warships entered the harbor of Antivari yesterday and sank the Montenegrin royal yacht and bombarded the town, it was an nounced. Severe damage was done tut no fatalities have been reported. HARRY MINTO WILL BE . PRISON SUPERINTENDENT WILL SUCCEED COLONEL LAW SON AT THE STATE PENI TENTIARY. SALEM, Ore-, March 3. Harry Minto, of Salem is slated to succeed Lawson as superintendent of the state penitentiary, it was authoritatively re ported. Troops May be Sent. WASHINGTON, March 3. Assist ant Attorney General Warren tele ernnhffrl Marshal N'ebeker that troops wn hft gent t0 aId hlm m the CAm. paign against the renegate Plutes if he thought such action necessary. Prohibition Law Signed. DENVER. Colo.. March 3. The drastic prohibition law adopted by the People of Colorado at the November elections was signed by the governor. It becomes effective the first of next year. CONSTRUCTION NATATOH WILL BE ASKED FOR WITH N VERY H TIE With the plans and specifications drawn and enough money raised to warrant the commencement of work, bids for the construction of the pub ic natatorium at Round-up Park will be asked for at once and the contract let nt the earliest possible moment This was the announcement made last evening to the Commercial association by C. M. Bishop, chairman of the swimming pool committee. By resolution, the association del egated to the committee full authority to handle the money raised and to enter into a contract for tho work. However, the committee Is restricted from Incurring expenses greater than the amount of money on hand. The committee expects that the pool will bo completed within a month or at most within six weeks after the con tract is let, so that the swimming Pool will be ready for use by the time the water Is .warm enough for bath ing. Chairman Bishop stated tnat the committee had met with great en couragement in Its campaign for the ISOOO necessary for the construction ol the concrete pool and dressing rooms. The city council appropriated $20no. leaving a balance of $6000 for the DOOM OF GEBMAIIY IS Slid SMS FRED MlSl Head of Naval Forces Declares the Kaiser Cannot Carry Out Threat to Starve Out England. MERE BLUFF HE DECLARES Germany Is Utterly UnaMe to Make) Good in Plan to Blockade British IMes But, Says Frenchman, Not Another Ship Will lie Allowed to Ilearh German Fort. fly William Philip Sim. (Copyright 1915 by the United Presev Copyrighted in Great Britain.) PARIS, March 3. "Germany' doom ha been sounded. The alllea have answered Germany's inhuman warfare with a death-dealing stroke." So declared Victor Augagneur', French minister of marine, in an ex elusive interview with the United Press. "Not another ship shall reach Ger many If we can. help it and we think, we can," aald the head ot France's navy. "We have observed from the start all the rles of civil ized warfare. Germany has broken all of them, putting herself on the plane of the savage. Well, we will starve her -out" "But Admiral Von Tlrpltx aay Germany will starve out England." It was suggested. "That I just a bluff," said Augag neur. "Germany 1 utterly unable to make good her threat People say that Germany . ha secretly built many large submarines. I know bet ter. I know within two or three ex actly bow many she ha and neither England nor France 1 in the least frightened. She may sink a ship now and then. This is , Inevitable. But in the end what good will thl do her? The outcome of the war will not be changed one lota. The threat ef starving out Eng land by torpedoing merchantmen 1 the same brand of threat to destroy London and Pari by mean of Zep pelins. What if a Zeppelin actually visited Parts or London? It might kill a hundred or two persons, pos sibly three hundred non-combatant. What of that? It would merely ba an achievement a record of savag ery but the final result would In no way be affected." NO HOPE HOW OF FINOING ENTOMBED MINERS ALIVE HIXTON. West Vs., March 3. Hopes of rescuing alive any ot the more than one hundred miners en tomber In the Layland mine by a gas explosion are practically abandoned. At eleven o'clock 17 corpses had been brought to the surface. Nine miners were rescued alive. A carload of coffins has reached Layland and a temporary morgue ha: been estab lished. OF committee to raise. Starting out with a J 100 list the committee raised over half of the ISOOO in subscription of this amount and now is sfi- irins ser amounts. Only about re- mains yet to be raised and th corn- mittee feels that this balance will t secured before the end ot n-t uwk Inasmuch ns there ure many citrzcus who have not yet been approached. To Increase Mcmlx-rOilp. The old question of u blt,-i-r mem bership or larger dues caino before the association last evening and It w in finally decided that Chatrrn.in M.it lock of tho membership ctinmitt shall get his committee together unl secure pledges from different busi ness houses for. monthly donations to a promotion fund. This revenue wilt be over and abova the money ralsd by dues. Secretary Cranston stated that fully half of the business hon-i ar not represented In tho ansodation. In order to handln affairs such u the building of th HWirnrnlrig pool and the staging of lUppy Cnnvori more practically, it was suggested Uct evening that th mwoHiitlon hm In corporated, and Kin mafti-r was re ferred to the board of munagera for a decision.