East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, March 29, 1915, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text-j' lw- , DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISERS. The Rait Qreionlao baa tlia largest paid clnuiitnJiiD of any paper In OrcKuu, east of I'ortJtihd and irrer twice tba clrculatlua la 1'ernllnrOQ of an other newapapar. DAILY EVENING EDITION town for fXrin Ore con. by the United iem Weatlxr Ob-erfe at I"rt land. Showers tonight or Tuesday. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER .VOL. 26 DAILY EAST OREGON! AN, PENDLETON, OREGON,1 MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1915. NO. 8462 RUSSIAN MIS FLY OVER OMAN CAPITAL Will Carry Umatilla County (7 1 d to Celilo " ? . . 1 . r : -. z , . 5 J - in mtk is SHELLS ARE OROPPED NEAR PALACE OF SULTAN FLEET BOMBARDS FORTS DEFENDING BOSPORUS Battleships of the Czar Open Murderous Fire Upon the Turkish Forts While Residents of Constantinople Flee City in Terror-Residential Section of City is Badly Damaged by Bombs Dropped by Aviators Outer Forts at Bosporus Shattered by Russians. the outer forts of the batteries at the Bosporus defenses had been badly smashed. A semi-official statement from the Russlun rapltal asserted "further aerlul rcconnalsance shows our guns did considerable damage to the outer forta and batteries at the Bosporus. Our vessels scored hits on both sides of the strait. Our avia tors dropped bombs m the suburbs of the city. The action is contlnu Inf." PETROGRAD, March .9. The first Russian reinforcements released by the fall of Fermysl reached the Carpathians, dispatches declared, and are now In action near Lupkow Pass Two corps are engaged In an attempt to force their way through the pass toward Vldrony and then press the Austrlnns back upon the railway lead ins; south. The Austrlans have fallen back at Bartfa, leavlnf a gap of sev eral miles between the armies. with the operations of yesterday de- Severe fighting U In progress from dared- "Early Sunday Russian war-i Lupkow to me xucia yn ships shelled the guardahlps at thoj result that the battle Is still In doubt. I;osporus at long range without doing 'German forces are endeavoring to re Uriu. rf:.nm. The battle lasted! lleve the pressure upon the Austrlans onlv a short tlmo and tho enemy's in the Lupkow region by directing ani LONDON. March 29. Constanti nople Is being shaken by the roar of huetlle guns. Russian shells are falling 12 miles from the sultan's palace. For the first time In his tory Constantinople Is being bom ttarded from the air. Petrograd dls jmtches as well as those from Balkan capitals, reported the Russian fleet again shelling the defenses of the Bosporus. The bombardment was resumed last evening with tremend ous force. At the same time Rus sian aviators circulated over Pera. the residential section of Constanti nople, dropping- bombs. It was de clared they Inflicted heavy damage. Part of the population Is reported to have fled panic-stricken to the In terior. A delayed offblal statement from Constantinople admits the bombard ment by the Russians of the Bospos us, but denies that serious damage has been done. "A statement dealing Pendleton Debating Team Loses Contest to Enterprise Boys squadron then steamed out of sight." From Petrograd It was declared attack south of Kosovla. ticks have been repulsed. These at IS IT POSSIBLE THESE BRIDGE MEN COMPETED? JtKlfHlT RAYS HOLT t'P GAME WAS PLANNED BUT COl'IJ NOT HE WORKED. Members of the county court ae leellng pleased over the bids received on steel bridges Saturday at which time contracts were let for the con duction of 11 small bridges and one lnrj.-c bruise the latter to replace the old bridge across tho Umatilla Just above Pendleton. It was estimated that the bridges would cost close to $20000 all told but under the bid prices the bridges are to be erected for the sum of $15. SOS. "This Is the most satisfactory bid ding we have received since I have been on the board." said Commission er Cockburn Saturday after the con tracts had been awarded. Following the opening of the bids Saturday one of the unsuccessful bld- bers Informed a personal friend living in the city that the competition was genuine but that prior to the bidding an effort had been made to get the various bidders to etand together so as to put up the price on the county. The move was frustrated through the refusal of two of the companies to Join In the scheme. Ilo IVm Peeved. Evidently peeved over a comment made on Friday to the effect the county court should lock the safe when bridge men ore In town an Irate Individual called the East Oregonlan by telephone Saturday and In a loud voice said: "Tho brldpe men ore leaving town. Tou can tell tho county court they can unlock the safe now. Please tell tho sheriff also that we ore going."! lie w as Informed that It w as always j a suujecl or congratulation mini bridge men took their departure. Japan evidently believes in making hav in China while the war cloud darken the scene of operations. Envy Is the drippings from the en gine of success. EAST EI PEOPLE SHOW GOOD SPIRIT TOWARD ROAD PROGRAM That the people of the east end of the county are ready to fall In line for a good roads program that will Insure this county the benefits of the open river was clearly Indicated by talks made by representative busl nessmen and farmers at the good roads meeting held at Milton Satur day evening with a delegation from thin section lrt attendance. At the meeting to be held here tomorrow afternoon the east end will be rep resented by a committee composed of A. R. Shumway, William Harder and J. F. Slover, which committee will present the road needs of that soc tion of the county. Tho Milton meeting was held un der the auspices of the Commercial Club and the Farmers' Union and president Bailey of the Commercial Club, called the gathering to ordor, ufter which he asked W. W. Ilarrah to take the chair. In an earnest, straightforward manner Mr. Ilarrah laid the road eubjeet before the meeting and dls cussed the problem from a county wldo standpoint. "What are we go ing to do to make sure of the bene fits of opening tho river." he asked Tho merits of tho Cold Springs plan wcro nbly pointed out by A. R Fhumwny, Milton farmer and legls Inllve representative of tho Farmers' Vnlon. Mr, Shumway characterized such road work as work for which the county can pay a dollar and re ceive two dollars in return. Other Milton people who discussed the road move favorably Included S D. Peterson, J. F. Slover, Commis sioner H. M. Cockburn, Bruce Shan glo and others. Pendleton peoplo who took part In the discussion In cluded Leon Cohen, C. H. Martin, It B. Blydenstoln and E. B. Aldrlch. President Bailey of the Milton Commercial club, commended the policy of building roads to secure the benefits of the river freight rate and intimated the east end of the county would probably desire a road to con nect with tho highway Walla Walla proposes to build to Wollula. lie es timated the distance of the connecting road at 12 miles. H. N. Dryer of, Umatilla explained to the Mlltonltes the plans for the celebration at Umatilla and Celilo and Invited them to Join with the re mainder of Umatilla county In cele brating the advent of the open river. Owing to the fact the meeting; wasj held at a busy time the local delega tion to tho meeting was not as large as anticipated. However, tho suc cess of tho meeting could not well have been greater. Those attending from Pendleton wore W. W. Hnrrah, Loon Cohen, A. F. May, C. II, Martin, II. CI. Blydenstoln, Harold Smith and1 E. H. Aldrlch. DECISION' IS TWO TO OXE FOR VISITORS LOCAL TEAM OUT OF STATE MEET. By a two to one vote of the Judge the Pendleton high school debating team was Saturday evening defeated In a Joint debate with Enterprise high and thus eliminated rrom the state Intel-scholastic contest. Because of the past record of the local school lu debate, the news of the defeat came as a surprise to those who did not attend and It was no less of a kurprL.se to many of those who were present In the auditorium when the decision was announced. The Pendleton team, composed of Clarence Bean and Ernest Crockatt, supported the affirmative side of the government ownership of railways question, the visitors, Wlllard Lewis and Harold Vlnske, defending the negative. From a standpoint of de livery there was not much to choose between the two teams but from an argumentative standpoint there were many who Considered that the Pen dleton boys had decidedly the beat of It. However, the Judges, Professors O. B. Marquis. W. R. Davis and W. II. Bleakney, all of Whitman College, Walla Walla, or rather two of them were of the opinion that the Enter prise boys made a stronger showing. Affirmative Argument. The local team submitted that rail ways are monopolistic In their nature Just as are light, power and water services, because a single company can serve the community or commu nities more economically, competition meaning duplication of equipment without Increasing the volume of bus iness. They contended that all busi ness monopolistic by nature should be owned by the public to eliminate the abuses bound to grow under pri vate ownership. Authorities were cited In substantiation of their argu ment that competitive business should be privately owned and monopolistic businesses publicly owned. Having set up their claim that gov. ernment ownership Is right In prln clple, the affirmative tried to estab llsh a practical way by which the United States could acquire the own ershin. They admitted that, at a valuation of twelve billion dollars, the government could take over the (Continued on page five.) SMawjgaa J aV .. r r jt a av i i . iU J I hit 7-'B il 2 j , . . - ' " EIGHT LIVES I0ST British Steamer Victim cf Submarine off West Coast of Wales Liver poo! Steamer Sunk Too. In preparation for Umatilla coun ty's participation In the opening of the Celilo canal the steamer Undine has been chartered to this county's delegation to Celilo and The Dalles on May 5. The steamer will leave Umatilla early on the morning of May 5 and the are Is to be $2 for the trip. The band will be taken and every possible step taken to make the junket pleasant. The steamer will carry 310 people and the tickets for the trip will be placed on sal soon. Bank Is Closed. PUEBLO. Colo., March Iter. The sudden resignation of C. C 29. Th,' Slaughter last Thursday was followed Mercantile National Bank with de posits of a million and a half, and a capital of six million dollars was closed by order of the state control- by runs on the bank. Poor loans, It was reported was responsible. It's a work of art to make art pay. WHERE ALLIES BATTER FORTS GOOD ROADS MEN WILL GATHER HERE TOMORROW REPRESENTATION IS DESIRED FROM ALL SECTIONS AT COMING MEETING. . At the Commercial Associa tion rooms at 2 o'clock tomor row afternoon what promises to be the most Important good roads gathering ever held In Umatilla county will be called to order. The meeting will be open to good roads advocates of all descriptions and from every portion of the county. In fact a full attendance is desired so that tho needs of all sections may be adequately set forth. The meeting Is to be held pursuant to action taken at Stanfleld last Tuesday evening when It was decided to hold the next roads meeting In Pendle ton tomorrow. The meeting will bo called to order by Frank Sloan, head of the organization formed at Stanfleld. Advocates of the Cold Springs road wilt attend the meeting and as a result of action taken at Milton Saturday evening a com mittee of three or more will bo present to represent the needs of the east end of the county. It Is also desired if possible to have parties present from He lix, Athena, Weston, Pilot Rock nnd other localities. li 'in i i ii - iii i i f J.: j J" & ' i ' u 1 m it v i . i hi r . i . I 0 IPS 1 -: -. S . k S rU V0HH MUSS - WHE OCCAM) , I RRISISTIBLC I . J &OUVCT MC( SUNK J I . t ) Jy . t S S:Sj;m teut . Submarine F-4 May Never Be Recovered From Bottom of Sea The greatest naval battles In mod- which will cross the narrow peninsu crn warfare, perhaps In any warfare, ja o( Galllpoll to attack tho forts from are now being fought In the Dardan-1 dispatches have It elles. This map shows the point at, ' which tho three warshapa the Irrlst-j that a land force is now on the way. Ible, Ocean and Bouvet were sunk b'i The strnit.s are so narrow In some drlfing mines. places that the work of demolishing In tho gulf of Saros at tho left of, the forts by battleships h:s been tho m;tp the allies have landed troops found almost imi'osslble. UNDERSEA CKAFT IJES IN 200 I'EET OF WATER EFFORTS OF HESCT'E tXJNTINl ED. HONOLULU, March 9. After three days of incessant dragging and searching, naval authorities were not absolutely certain early today that they were any nearer recovering the submarine F-4 than on Friday. With hopes bitted by the discovery that the object to which their cables caught was only an old anchor, the work was resumed today. The last hope that the men will be found alive has vanished. WASHINGTON. March 29. Re quest for definite Information as to the exact location of trie F-4 was ca bled Rear Admiral Moore at Honolu lu, by Admiral Blue, acting SecretarJ of the navy, in the hope of clearing up the conflicting advlced received here. Blue declared that If the sub marine U submerged In more than 200 feet of water It Is doubtful If It can be raised. EARLY DAY SETTLER HERE IS DEAD IN CALIFORNIA Ml IS. MARTHA JAY SCOTT FORM ERLY OF ATHENA PASSES AWAY AT AGE OF 92. ord was received here this mor ning of the death In Long Beach, Cal Ifornla yesterday of Mrs. Martha Ja? Scott, one of the early day settlers of the Athena country and mother of the late W. H. II. Scott of Athena and of Mrs. Susan Gerking who has lived in Pendleton the past year. Death was Incident to old age, she being past 92 years. Mrs. Scott was a native of Ruther ford county. North Carolina, having been born there Janary 8, 1S23. She was one of those pioneer characters who were the real builders of an em pire. When still young she moved to Kentucky w hen that state was lit tle more than a wilderness and she followed the frontier as it pushed west, going Into Illinois when there were few white people there, moving on to help settle Missouri and finally coming to eastern Oregon In 1SS4, She took up a homestead near Athena and the land Is now farmed by her grandson, Joseph N. Scott. During the past ten or twelve years she has lived In southern California with five of her six surviving children. Besides J. N. Scott, the deceased has three other grand children in this county, Wm. U. Scott and Mrs. Wm. Potts of Athena, nnd Mrs. O. C. Ingl of Milton. Arthur Scott of Wallowa, Is also a grandson. 140 PASSENGERS IMPERILED Ilrst III Ocean Liner to be Sent to Uio Bottom Meets Fato a Reniilt of German Blockade of tlio Brltlsli Coat But Litilo Time Given I'm. bengen to Get Away. LONDON, March 29. DLtpatclie to the owners of Uie liner Falafia in. dk-ato that at loal KM) pri-riicd, in. eluding 40 pa-vicngers. LONDON, March 29. The first big liner to be sent to the bottom by a submarine fell a victim to the German blockade of England when the Fa laba, a British vessel making African ports, was sunk In the Atlantic off th west coast of Wales. Eight persons, passengers and members of the Fa laba's crew, wer drowned. Th ves sel had a total of 140 passengers aboard. Most of them escaped by tak ing to the boat but they declared tho submarine launched a torpedo at th liner without giving time for all to leave the vessel. The admiralty made the first announcement but it was not until the survivors were landed at Cardiff that details of the attack were learned. Captain Toft said he sighted the periscope of the vessel off Milford Haven. The submarine ap. peared on the surface almost Immedi ately. She then signaled the Falaba to lower the boats. "Most of the passengers were In the dining room." said one of the survivor "when the Falaba suddenly stopped. W could hear orders being ahouted cn deck. Everyone hurried above and the orders were then given to lower the boats. There was little time gather up oar belongings and even before the boats could be lowered the submarine launched a torpedo. It struck the Falaba near the engine room and there was a terrific explos ion. Then came a wild scramble tl get the boats over. A heavy sea was running; which made the work ex tremely dangerous. The lifeboats were loaded as fast as possible and swung out of the davits. Of the first boats lowered three were swamped almost as soon as they hit the water. The occupants were thrown into the water and their cries for help mingled w-ith the shouts of the officers on board the ship." FISHGUARD, Eng., March 29. The Liverpool steamer Aaullla was torpedoed off Bishops. The crew of 23 were landed here today. LONDON, March 29. A message to the admiralty this evening report, ed 23 members of the crew of the Aquilla missing. J. S. ! III! HIDINGS OF STATE ROARO IN WATER GASES ON FILE The findings of the state board of control in the adjudication of all of the water rights of the Umatilla river nd Its tributaries aro now on fll with the county clerk, arriving this mornlns along with all of the records in tho case by express. The whole v.-as so bulky that a box the size of a trunk was required for the shipment Tho findings themselves cover 102 t rewritten psigos. Every holder of a water rinht along the river has the IS VEST Ml U That J. S. Winters, builder of the new Hotel Pendleton, Is low bidder on the Pendleton federal building Is the report received her though the con tract has not yet been awarded by the government. Olsen & Johnson, who built the state hospital. Is low bidder on one proposal. There are several alternative pro posals and It Is possible the depart tnent may accept the bid on some audi proposal in which case the contract may not go to the seeming low bid der. It Is predicted, however, that J. S. Winter will get the contract. NEWS SUMMARY (Continued on pauo eUht.) General. Hustilaii fleet Ls tdu-llliur lbwioru. Shclb fall wllhlti 13 lullttt of puliu-o of Sultan. Aviators fly over Coimtuu. tinoido. Local. Milton peoplo xliow frlriiillliH. toward ktmhI roads proijrum. Pendleton hli;h Umt-H clrlwle to En tori rlse 3 to I. Bis kimxI roads nx"tlfijr here to il trrow. Winter may gel contract for ft-di-ra! building. County court uw- money on bridge i-i. nt rui -Is.