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...... a,. . DAILY EVEHltlG EDITIQlTI DAILY EVEIIIIIG EJIIIOII , TO ADVEIlTLSiniS. Tht Rut OrefonUn bis the UrgMt pala Circuistlim of tny piper in orejon, east of IoraDd aod or twlct the circulation la Pendleton of ny other newspaper. Forecast tor Eastern Ormton, by lh United states W'eaUvre ONww I Portland. Fair, cooler tonight; Tuesday fair. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL 20 DAILY EAST OREGOXIAX, PENDLETON, OHEGON, MONDAY, MAUCII IS, FZ.i4iV PROPOSED FOR ROAD TO THE . . , m NO. ykUMBIA RIVER LlikRIBSlllIllaEIITSRGGESTS GERMAN MI on is no I GREAT Ml Drastic Restrictions are Placed Up on Neutral Shipping to Keep Supplies From the Country. PROTESTS ARE ANTICIPATED I'nlKtl States, Molluiid mid Kcandina- In ii Countries) Exjicctcd to IamIhc Compliant Against Kngllhh Order No Vessel Will Imi Allowed to i:ii Icr a (.criiiun Port. WAslllXtiTON, March 13. Amcrl ca will protest England's sliliolng or tier. (.otcrniiM-nl officials declared today the order would Iw a direct vio lation of International law and the right of ueutral nation. Ambassador Page has not yet trans mitted tlie full text of the British or der but Wilson and Ills adv Uora have hern Informed, of the general tenor of tho note. No surprise wait expressed! at tlx rcccl of press dispatches an' flouncing tho order. Hie woowcl American protest already hat been outlined. It I understood It will deny the right f (ireat llrltaln to place a Manket r-mliargo on the commerce of t.crnuiny. This government contend It ha a right to mmhI unlimited quan ta hi of uneoniruhttiid good direct to ;ernuiny as long a the vcwm'I In which they are carried la willing to brave the danger of mines. I.ONDOX, March 15. An order In council vm Issued today by which 1'rltuln practically declares a block ade UMaliiMt the whole North wi coast sin guii EXPECTED TO QUIT befii mm Fall of City Predicted Within Few Days-British Bring in New Ves sels to Bombard Forts. FRENCH TROOPS ARE ON WAY i:IHsllilonar) -Torcp Will Oiicratc AguiiiH Dnrdniicllc As Soon an Main Dclcnsc Which U Mill Hold ing Out lift lu-i-n Heduc.vl Mine Snvrs Ch-urlnj- Channel. LONDO.V. March 15. The fall of Smyrna before the end of the week I predicted In dispatches received to day from Athena. More British war- German Raider Driven to American F it it . z:lm? -LJTii: ' : 1 --... r T S5T SH.R1 SUBSCRIPTION RE RAISED; . ; COUfJTf BONDS FOR BEST Of THE COST 7jntT The North German Lloyd liner, i Among the prisoners were the cap- Prlnz Eltel Frlederlch. which haj tain of the American shin William P. ahlps have been sent to reinforce the been a German auxiliary cruiser and.Krye, who. with hla wife and son. squadron under Admiral Pelrce until,1 has raided British commerce In tho' were picked up by the Eltel after the seven seas since the war began, put; rye had been sunk, he now has a formidable force bat tering at the forU guarding the gieateKt port In Asiatic Turkey. The Karrbion at Symrna Is reported to have made preparations to evacu ate as soon as It Is evident that fur ther resistance is urn-less. A h ill of shells was poured into the forts today. The attack on the Dardanelles continues. Mine sweepers under protection French cruisers are clearing the channel of mines to per mit the battleships to advance fur ther Inside the strait. Activity by the larger biittleshlps In shelling the forts at the Dardanelles by direct fire aero the Isthmus of lialllpoll indicated that a determined effort Is about to be made to eelroi the Isthmus and cut communication j between the forts on the European Into Newport News the other day bearing more than 300 prisoners, taken from British and French ships. Tuesday night after dark the Ger man ship appeared off Cape Henry, l..t. .11.1 no. until .ri.. il.r.l IIIU HUl 1 1 I I U I I l U 1 11 I U K light, when she passed quarantine and dropped her anchor at - Newport News. All her officers preserved the strictest silence, anil her captain at once dixputched a message telling of his arrival and the condition of h's ship to the German embassy ot Washington. There were also a number of French people who were paKsengen on the French liner Florida, sunk by the Germans off the coant of Brazil. The '.1st of prisoners Included also Tslng-Tau. She reached Talng-Tau shortly after the outbreak of hostill ties, and the German authorities there equipped her with naval guns and. turned her into an auxiliary cruiser. She sailed from Tslng-Tau before the Japanese attacked that port, and early In November she was reported off the western coast of .South Am- man English people who were taken i erica, where for several months she from vessels captures by the Eltel. j has been active in the pursuit of Brlt The Eltel has a crew of thirteen) Uh and French shipping. One of her officers and 356 men. Including si exploits was the sinking early In De Chlne steward. There were 32Seeml.er of the British steamer Char prisoners. French, English and oth- cas off Chill. Japanese cruisers have er- been described as searching for this The Trim Eltel Frlederlch started German vessel persistently, but they out on her career as a warship from 'never couid find her. of Germany, althoUKh the term aide and Constantinople. It Is bellev- "blocknde" Is not specifically used. The order lays certain drastic re Mrlctions on neutral commerce. This action is dmlKned to prevent the ex portation or Importation of any com modities to or from Germany through Holland or the Scandinavian countries. The order becomes effective Imme diately, In fact it was stated it al ready has been in force since Premier Amiulth on March 1 announced the Intention of the Kovemment to take such action. Vigorous protexts from the I'nitrd States. Holland and the Scandinavian countries are anticipat ed. England's reply will be that she wns forced to act by Germany's vio lation of International law In her sub marine attacks on merrhant vesnels No vessel which sailed after March 1 win bo permitted to continue Its voy age If bound to a German port. Such vessels may discharge their cargo at a British port In the custody of a prize court or proceed to a neutral port or to France or Russia. ed that at least a part of the expedi tionary force being rushed from France will be landed north of Bu lalr If the Queen Elizabeth succeeds In silencing the fort at that point. FALMOUTH, via London. March 15. The Auguste Consell was sunk Thursday by the German submarine V-2S. Her crew arrived here on the Danish steamer Excellence Peske. Memliers of the crew say that the commander of the German submarine gave them 10 minutes in which to leave their ship, after which she was destroyed with bombs. The German commander told them he left Cux- SKYLIGHT AFFORDS GOVEDBIIIT 111 LOCAL DELEGATION ENTRANCE TO III DECIDE NOW I0IIG AROUSES INTEREST STEALS CASH EITEL CAN REMAIN IN CANAL OPENING Unidentified Person Secures Money From Alexander Department Store No Clew is Left by Robber. return. He said another submarine Mould take his place. MAJOR M'FATRIOGE MAY BE REMOVED FROM POSITION rORMKIl AGF.NT AT IMATIU.A RKSF.KVATIOX INVKSTI ATK1 IN MONTANA. Major A. E. McFutrldge, agent up on the Umatilla reservation prior to the arrival of Major Rwartzlandcr, has npparently gotten "In bad" as agent and superintendent on the Blnckfeet reservation In Montana. By report of the Joint congressional commutes that lecently Investigated conditions on that reservation and upon some other reservations Major McFatrldge Is severely censured and Is recom mended for dlsmlsal or transfer. The following extract from the committee's report deals with the Blackfoot reservation and the com plete report appears In the congres sional record of March 4. paKe 6175 lllnckfcct Uwtorvatlon, Mont. Extensive investigations have been made Into the affairs of the Blnck feet Indians of Montana. A member of this commission (Senator Iine) visit ed the reservation during the month of November, 1914. His report la In cluded In part 6-A, serial 2. of the Breaking the ckylight and letting himself through the opening with a haven six das ago and was about tJ rope, an unknown burglar Saturday to the .Alexander Department Store and stole S 17.50 In cash. He mtiAc all BORDEAUX. March 15. The preparations to carry off about 30u steamer Auguste tronsell. rrom .ar-, worm oi merennnmse as wen out wus dlff for Rouen with a cargo of coal ' evidently frightened from his purpose was torpedoed by a submarine off j An investigation after the discovery Sturt Point, near the southern ex- of the robbery showed that the thief tremlty of Devon, Thursduy. The had gone up the stairway to the sec irew of 28 men Is reported to have;ond story of the American National beiti saved by a Danish steamer and Bunk building and had opened a win taken to Falmouth. dow and stepped out upon the roof of the Alexander block. Breaking the The Auguste Consell, belonging to gluss In the skylight, it was easy for the Society lea Affreteurs Reunls. wat'him to lower himself to the balcony of 1852 tons. She sailed from Havrt ! of the store. Once Inside he evidently Maritime records contain no Infor-1 felt very safe for indications are that matlon concerning her movements, ne went anout nis operations in a very State Department is Now at Work Considering Question Regarding German Cruiser in Port. WASHINGTON. March 15. The "On to Celilo" is Slogan of Boosters Who Attend Farmers Union Meet ing at Helix. "On to Celilo:" was the slogan of nfter that date. leisurely manner. The cash he found outside the safe where it hud been left at closing time Saturday night. The safe had not been tampered with. An Investigo lion about the store showed every thing orderly but in the buck room i was found a pile of clothing carefully Court Martini to Begin. VALLEJO. Cttl.. March 8.. The cruiser San Diego, flagship of the Pacific fleet, arrived for a six months' stay. The damage done by the recent explosion oft the Mexican ,a,d upon lwo coUon biankel8 Xnere umst several weeks ago will be re-Were njne 8U,t8 of clotneg geV. paired. Nine men lost their lives In era, valn of 8hoes BU,t8 of under. the explosion. The general court Wcar and othfr weurlng auparei. The marlal here will begin with the trial back dowp wag found ,0 be unjocked of Lieut. Hill and four men ", showing that he had made his exit state department Is preparing to de- lne loc"l delegation some 25 strong clde how long the German cruiser ,hwt vlsi(,',, HeIi to Rt,enJ th? ...,,, , v. meeting of Helix local Farmers fciiei Mcwieuch may remain at New. l.n(n ,saturjay evening and the trip port News Tor repairs before ordered was an unbounded success, not only to put to sea or intern. A complete from the standpoint of arousing in reix.rt lv iii nnvi.l hnnrH uhlrh r. 1 terest in the celebration to be held amined the vessel was sent to Coun-I Mav 5 bllt 1,180 ln creating new inter sellor Lansing. This will furnish the Mt ln ,he Important subject of a basis for the government's decision. r,Mul to the Columbia river. The administration Is determined to J Frum numerous and hearty expres follow as closely as possible the rules ion on the part of the Helix people and usages of International law and I,lst evening it may be put down as allow the ship every right guaranteed ! granted that they will do their part It, toward fittingly celebrating the op- If the Eitcl Is unable to make re- enln of the great northwest water pairs soon, undoubtedly It will be or- (" The only thing that kept them dered to Intern. No further action 1 from "iRning up for the trip Saturday win be taken regarding the sinking of' was the fact details for the trip have R. 0. Earnhart Thinks it Possible to Work Under Present Law. Would Run Branch Road to Wild Horse Highway to Accommodate Other Towns as Well as Pendleton. Commercial Club Help Wanted. That a hard surface roaJ from Pendleton to ColJ .Spring land in; ho built a miieklv as iK.siIle throu'rh ue of funds to I? raiV-d nartlv by Mibscriptiou and partly by a county" bond i-sne is the succ-timi mado by IJ. O. Kamliarr, president of the Fanners Union of Umatilla county and chairman of the Cold Springs farmers road committee. Preliminary investigations made indicate that such a road as is needed will cost about a half million dollars and Mr. Karnhart's plan in brief is as follows: Paise a subscription equal to 20 per cent of that co-t or 1100,000 from the farmers and businessmen who will be most directly affected by the benefits of the open river. Allow subscribers, if they wish, t pay their subscriptions in 10 annual payments, the interest lieinjr at the regular bond rate which cannot exceed six per cent Vote county bonds, under the county bonding law, to secure the romainder of the money. Construct a hard surface road by the most feasible route from CoM Springs to Pendleton. From some point on the road extend a spur road eastward to connect with the Wild Horse highway so as to give connection to that section of the countv and to the towns of Adams, Athena, Weston, Milton and Freewater. the Frye until Germany has made Its official position ln this case known. charges of negllgance. NEWS SUMMARY General. German cruiser Prewdcn In sunk by tho British. Mexican gunboat rciMirted to have flrctl on I'nltod States crulsor Pes Hearings Before the Joint Commission Moines, to Investigate Indian Affairs. The chief Inspector of the Indian service (Mr. Llnnen), whose report Is pub lished In the same volume, subse quently visited the reservation. These reports, together with oral testimony heard by the commission, disclosed u. ft.A tllniilfonl Inrtliina n r a In a pitiable condition and are suffering' i iM srlns tand,n Smyrna Is near full. Order for Gorman blockade Is Issu ed by KiikIbikI. IiM'l. - Plan roMcil for construction of hard surface road from Pendleton to from hunger and lack of clothing. The superintendent of the reservation has been negligent and Inefficient. He hns resented and sought to suppress Pendleton delegation boost, at He lix for Celilo canal celebration. Major MoKatrldgo, former Indian agent here, severely censored by con- the mnklng of complaints by the In-' grewdonal Investigating committee. llnna to the commission, and tho In dian police of the reservation have warned the Indians against attending meetings or making complaints. In addition to the destitution nml (Continued on Tags 5) Handling of grain In bulk and re taining of county agriculturist urged iiton farmers, Alexander Department Store Is rob bed. First stake driven for swimming pool. through It. However, he had closed it again and set a barrel against it. It is possible that he meant to return for it but changed his Intentions once he got outside. Mr. Alexander thinks It probable that the man carried away some mer chandise as well as the cash. An ef fort has been made to check Up tho stock but It Is a difficult mutter to mlsa a few articles from such a large stock. No clew was left by which the man could be traced. LAST OF GERMAN FLEET TO ENGAGE BRITISH IS SUNK CUriSK.ll DUESDEX Is HEPOUT ED TO HAVE UEEV SENT TO THE BOTTOM. To l'lnani'c Canal Survey. ST. PA ITU Minn.. March 4. Min nesota and Wisconsin will spend $5. 000 for surveys for the proposed I.uke Superior-Mississippi river canal If bills pass the houses of the two state" Roth legislatures have bills providing for this amount of money, equally divided between the states, now before them. Empire Builder on Tour. ST. PAUL Minn., March 9. James J. Hill, empire builder, today started on a trip with several live stock ex perts through the northwest. Ulr Hill will bear the expense of the trip, which Is for the purpose of explaining to farmers of the northwest, the ad vantage ot livestock raising. not yet been worked out sufficiently to permit the committee to make res ervaions. ; All I niatllla Included. "This Is a general move for all Cmatilla county and we want every, body to participate," said H. X uryer or I mntiiia wno acted as spokesman for the delegation In ex plaining the plan which calls for a general open river celebration, or se ries of celehralons, starting at Lew Iston and winding up at Astoria. Lewlston people will begin the I.OXDOX, March IS. The udmlr. celebration Mav S and then start alt announced that the German ship down the river by steamer, the fleet Dresden has been sunk. I stopping at Tasco, Wallula nnd Cma- The Dresden was the only one of tilla en route to Celilo. The I'ma Vloe Admiral Von Spec's squadron 1 tllla county celebrat'on will be. at which escaped after the battle with Umatilla during the day and evening the British fleet off the Falkland In of May 4. The steamers will reach December. I l"matflla before dark the evening of May 4 and win tie up there overj night. An all day program will be! conducted by Cmatilla people and In the evening a water pageant will bo held. Early on the morning of May 5 the trip by water to Celilo will be taken up and on the way a stop will be made at Maryhlll, Wash., to view the famous Maryhlll road built by Samuel Hill. The people from Pen dleton and other points ln the coun ty will reach I'matllla durlnc the ..ay hmih w r - p mi i I imair.. .arcn 10. mere is a, gen- or early on the morning of Mav 5. eral belief throughout Italy that Pope One or more special steamers will be Benedict, altnough praying for peace.' chartered to take the Umatilla, coun- "We Cold Springs people have been figuring on a road to the river but It is too big an undertaking for us to handle alone and beside the whole county wants connection with the open river and so should loin in the work." said Mr. Earnhart ho was in town yesterday. He added, "The mere you investigate and think about the 8ubject.the more you would find this to be true." One of the chief objects to be at tained by a road to the Columbia will be to provide a way for moving the wheat crop by water and thus reduc ing the freight cost. When the Cas cade Locks canal was completed a re duction of 4 0 per cent was made in the wheat rate from The Dalles. A similar cut following the opening of the Celilo canal would mean three and a half cents a busiie! on wheat. Such a reduction would make a saving of 1175.000 a year to the wheat men of the county, which saving alone would pay the cost of the road in less than three years' time. $100,000 Subscription. If a 1100,000 subscription can be raised from among those who will be most directly affected Mr. Earnhart contends that the scheme will offset objections that might otherwise re sult from using the county bonding law and that the move will succeed if the people can be made to see the eco nomic benefits that will result from taking advantage of the open river. The subscription will answer the same purpose as would a district road plan such as was considered by the recent legislature but which was defeated, through the economy policy of the legislature combined with opposition from railroad circles. According to Earnhart. solJcltlnBe work already done Indicates that th sum of $100,000 can be raised. If 10 annual payments are allowed. His hope is based on the fact the farmers of the Cold Springs section are so eager for transportation relief they were ready to give the Northern Pa. cific 125.000 bonus to build a spur railroad from Myrlck station to Hold man. He worked on that scheme per sonally and the sum of IK. 000 was actually signed up. Since the river road will mean far more than would such a spur railroad It Is held the $100,000 can be raised, especially with the road as planned tapping the who central portion of the county. Will Include Pendleton. An advantage in the county bond ing plan for raising the bulk of the money for the road Is that an extend- i ed period may be taken in which to Pay for the road and furthermore the bonding law is so worked that the In terest and principal are met by a t:it on all the property in the county, thus Including Pendleton as well as the country sections. Pendleton and some of the other towns are exempt (Continued on par 4. MEXCAN GUNBOA I TO HAVE FID ON THE UNITED STATES CRUISER DES MOINES WASHINGTON. March 13. A ru-.gre.o, Yucatan, to blockade that port, mor coming from a source not trac-Jhad fired on the United States cruis ed, was circulated this afternoon er Des Moines. The report hsd not that a Mexican gunboat sent to Pro-(reached the navy department. POPE TO STAND BY ITALY IF WAR IS FORGEO ON HER FIRST STAKE DRIVEN ON GREEK FAMILIES REPORTED SITE OF NEW NATATORY SLAIN BY TURKISH TROOPS BENEDICT, WHILE PUAYIXG IX) It PEACE, WILL BE IA)YAL v TO HOMELAND. will prove himself a true Italian if Italy la forced Into the war, whatev er side the die casts her. It is not believed that the pope or any other member of the Vatican Is bringing re ligious pressure to tear upon the government. This was developed from an attack on the Vatican mad ty delegation to Celilo and the return home will be made by train. Will Canvass County. It was explained by Mr. Dryer that as soon ns the complet plans are worked out a canvass of the whole county will be made, reservation lists being left with people In each of the K.. f AA.nlllU Ik. I..l..l.. m rniimt'ii wun uu? i iiun u whs i ' u tllt'AittK nlilttiir C.nrmnnv t It riu l K It ft the trip can sign up and thus make attitude on neutrality. (Continued on page five.) Yesterday the first blow was ttruck for the public nutatorium at Hou.nc.l up Park and it was struck by J. V. Tallman, president of the Commercial association. With C. M. Bishop, chairman of the speclul committee in charge, holding It. he swung an ax and drove the first stake for the site of the pool. Other members of th committee as well as J. O. Convill, superintendent of parks and boule vards in Portland who is superintend ing the building of the tocal pool, were present. Supt. Convill, with a transit estab lished the lines of the natatorlum and grade stakes were set. It was In tended to commence the work of ex cavating today but It was decided to postpone it until Thursday or Fri day. Meanwhile the committee hns prepared the advertisement for bids and expects to let the contract within a week. ATHENS IS THUOWX INTO WILD EXCITEMENT As NEW s III:- comes cruitEvr. AH ENS. March IS. Athens to day was thrown Into wild excitement by the receipt of unconfirmed re. ports from Bulgarian towns thut Moslem soldiers baa murdered 5) Greek families In the village of Ya marl. The dlmtchea were promi nently displayed by the net spu prl which hud supported Former Pre mier VenUelos In his demand that iJreece participate In the war on lh side of the allies. Appointed to Board. SALEM, ore, March 15.- fJ.Vtr r..r W'ithycoriibe unnouiici-d th aii.lnl. nient of N. K. West of Ii Ururulq, un l W". H. Sava;;e of Corvul l'i ui fiimbe ft 't th,: Mute fmr board. r
