East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, March 30, 1915, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EVENING EDITION Forecast for Eastern Oregon, by lb I'nltnl State Weatlicr Obrref at Portland. DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISERS. Tb Kilt Ortgonlnn bag ttis largest paM rlrcultuloa of auy paper in Orejiuu. east ot I'ortlnnd and nut twice th circulation Id Peodlatoa of toy other newspaper. Probably Wednesday. showers tonight anil COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 26 NO. 81G3 DAILY EAST OREGON! AN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1915. . h last w 1 1 c --ra.Faw?px a ran camps io IE HBKHTJ' Hi A CQMMISSIOU Germany Agrees to Throw Open Places of Concentration for In spection by Americans. ENGLAND WILL 00 LIKEWISE Ten American Comprise Board to I'rolx- Conditions Foreign Aulluir- II lex Will Do All In Tludr Power fo Assist Member In (iottlng VI Men WW Ilc'cjuexlloiicd. BY KARL ACKERMAN. CCopyrlght It IS by the United Press. Copyrighted In Great Britain.) BERLIN. March 30. Germany hns agreed to throw open the prison cam i' for Inspection ly un American commission. Auibussudor Gerard made this announcement today. Eng land In understood to have uccepted the same offer and trip of Inspection will begin upon the arrival of the commission In Europe. Ten Ameri cana will constitute the body, accord ing to the present plans. They will visit the 47 camps In Germany. Ev ery effort will be made by the au thorities to aee that the probe of the condition of the military prisoners la free and unhampered. Copies of the commission'! report will be forward ed to each belligerent nation. The report will embody a recommendation that the warring powers adopt a uni form prison policy, regarding sup plier, correspondence, exercise ana treatment by guards, It Is expected. To date the following have tenta tively been selected as members of the commission: J. C. Crew of Bos ton, chairman; Charles Edward Rus sell, Llthgow Osborne, aon of the warden of Sing; Sing; American Con sul Mlchelson of Cologne; Dr. Carl Lhncsborg of the United Statea navy. Under the terma of the agreement the imperial government has made with AbaNnador Gerard the commission will be permitted to make a thor ough Inspection of every camp . In (iemtny, and It la understood, will be given the same privilege In Eng land The commission will be em powered to examine the prisoners out of earshot of the guard and bear their comnlalnta and endeavor to set tie minor disagreements between the authorities and prisoners. SECRETARY DANIELS WILL ACCOMPANY FLEET ON TRIP IIF.AD OF NAVV DEPARTMENT WllJi TAKE CRUISE TO HA. WAIIAN ISLANDS. WASHINGTON. Mnrch 30 Secre tary of the Navy Daniels Is going to Honolulu with tho American war miuudron, it was learned today. Th definite announcement In connection with the outline of the plans for the cruise will be Issued In the near fu ture. Aftor a series of two nnuieu vers on tho Atlantic count will come a voyage to the Pacific ocean via tho Panama canal. Daniel said about 20 ship will bo taken on tho cruise, which will extend, up the Pacific oa far as Bremerton. Washington. From the Bremerton navy yard the secre tary will return to San Francisco and .after a brief stop tho cruise to Hawaii will be resumed. LOVABLE GIRL CALLED BY DEATH; ILLNESS WAS BRIEF KIJZAItkTH ALICE RICHARDSON EIGHT. IS 1KAI FROM PNEUMONIA. Elisabeth Alice Richardson, the little eight year old daughter of Mr. und Mrs. Seth M. Richardson, died Monday afternoon at 4:00 of pneumo nia and heart disease. She had been very til for over a week and hor life hud been dlspnlred ot twice. -However. Sunday night she seemed so much Improved that hope was held out for her recovery. About three o'clock she began to fall and despite every effort on the part of the phy sicians the end came In about an hour. She was born July 2, 1906, In Pen dleton and Is the youngest of alt children. Besides her parents she Is aurvlvcd by four sisters, Mrs. James A. Isaac, Edith and Esther Richard son of thla city, Mrs. Edward Tweet of Rathdrum, Idaho, and a brother, Edward Richardson. She was a member of tho third grado of the Hawthorno school. She had a kind, loving disposition nnd Tvaa dearly loved by all who knew her. Tho funernl will bo held from the family home Wednesday morning at 30 o'clock. Good Roads Men Are Gathered Here Today to Discuss Subject ma.v nU)M various parts of l.M.VIIIXA (XM XTY AUK IX ATTENDANCE. Jllt lit lt-VHH UllU It MUM (I.H'Idcd Ul lierfeet a iMTiimnont working organ. '-"" and a coiiunltNv of rue wu "ri'"i"ini 10 uralt a jduii of Mentation, . rir- What promises to be one of the moxt Important good roads gather Ings held In the history of the county Is underway at the rooms of the Commercial Association this after noon with partita In attendance from various parts of the county. The. meeting today Is the direct re sult of the Stanfleld meeting a week ngo tonight at which time It was vot ed to hold a meeting here this after noon. While the gathering Is called us a meeting of the association form ed at Stanfleld there was agitation previous to the meeting to make the 1 association county wide In scope or eise io rorm an entirely new associa tion leaving the Stanfleld association Intact ns representing the cause of a road from Umatilla to Pendleton At 1 o'clock thla afternoon a meet ing or me executive committee of the Umatilla County Highway Asso elation was held. This committee Is composed of two men from each of the towns from Pendleton to Umatll la. Among those reaching here this forenoon to attend the meeting were D. C. Brownell, A. 0. Means, and J. F. Wurster of Umatilla; J. Frank Spinning and Ray Hlnkle of Echo; J. M. Kyle, It. A. Holte and Horace Walker of Stanfleld; Peter Sheridan of Putter Creek and J. T. Hlnkle of Ilermlston. A. It. Shumway, William Harder and J. F. Slover have been delegat ed to represent the Milton section at the meeting. RAINS BRING RIVER UP TO HIGHEST MARK OF SEASCN liOCAL RAINFALL IX PAST HOURS IS VERY CIXSK TO ONE INCH. 48 Pendleton's rainfall for the past 4 8 hours Is only one-hundredth less than an inch, the .IS of an Inch which fell since yesterday noon bringing" the total up to -9'. Incidentally Pendle ton's total rainfall yesterday was .53 of an Inch which, by a coincidence, was exactly the amount which fell In Portland. The rain was a general one and It Li Interesting to compare the am ount received here with that received at other points. The following re ports have been made from various towns; Boise .48. Colfax .30. Marsh field 68, Medford .02, North Head .66. North Yakima .04, Tendleton .53, Portland .53, HoseburK is Sacramento .02. Salt Lake .94. San Francisco .02, Seattle .16, Spo knne .10 Tacoma .28. and Walla Walla .54. The rain since Sunday In this coun ty has had the effect of raising the water In the river to a higher poim than It reached all winter. The a ter In all the streams Is so muddy that thero will be no fishing on the first day of the open season. BAKER VISITOR WAS ARRESTED AS A SPY HAKKlt, Ore., March 30. Arrested no less than five times as a spy while endeavoring to leave Europe, D. I. Stoddard of Ia Grande for two year & missionary for the L. D. S. church, although now only 21 years of age. finally made his way to London, thence to New York and after cross ing the continent spent yesterday In Baker visiting hla brother Earl Stod dard of this city. Three or nis ar rests took place In Hungary and two In Germany, and occurred, he stated because he traveled alone, being un willing to wait for the trains tardily furnished for outgoing tourists. When war was first declared be tween Scrvla and Austria, Mr. Stod dard was In the southern part of Hun gary and on ascending the Carpathi an mountains could see tho moblll- xatlon of Hungarian troops on on side and the Roumanian troops on the other, although Roumanla was not then Involved In tho wur. WHITE STAR LINER RACES A SUBMARINE LIVERPOOL, March 30. A story of a thrilling race through the Irish sea to escape, a German submarine, was told by passengers of tho Whlto Star liner Arabic, which arrived from New Y'ork. Tho German sea raider made every effort to get close enough to the liner to launch a torpedo but tho speed of the Arabic snved her. After entering the Irish sea the look out sighted a periscope not far off. Orders were Immediately given to put on full speed and tho Arabic dashed away. Frir 30 mllea the submarine kct up tho chnso but never was ablo to get cIoho enough to launch a tor pedo. The chase wna finally nbnn-doned. British Battleships Irresistible and Or VWere Sunk SPWWIMWa ,.W,'., .ry.,: v. ...... i h v s:. r -'St--.- i . . v j4vU.n;U: " Hwf .kltTtir, ' ?:i7" ' -;;-;;v",v- : T-";;-;."f.V, -. ' SK r---:r:?:;- ) If - .- f. ,r 3 SHIP ) r I " 1 - T. . .jy -,lv'"r - ' - I i ? -,' .rf- r.f ' , , , ;irr? i w-.m.,. ,. T-. .-iri i'mi.?.,".;- . i r: f - . .. . -.- Tvi .. . riMasii i stti LONDOX, March 30. The BrltU i admiralty has announced the Joaa of the battleships Irresistible of 15 .000 tons, and the Ocean, of 12.001 tons, in the Dardanelles, ascribing tneir sinking to floating mlnea. Berlin dispatches from Constantinople assert that torpedoes sunk the war chips.. Few If any lives were lost, It Is reported. ( Annual Reunion of Pioneers Will Be Held June 11-12 COMMITTEES API-OIXTED TO AR RANGE FOR GATIIERIXU AT WESTOX THIS YEAR. At a meeting of the executive com mittee of the Umatilla County Pio neer Association held at Weston yes terday It was decided to hold the an nual reunion and picnic June 11 and ."J ".""l"" " : """, ; ' . , ' ; , V - li, .I ,i " : ' r: cu,d thoroughly the question of en the society and the third annual re- f(m.lng lirohlbitUn durlng tne CQUrse ,." ", 1 V , M:ot 1,16 wa- anl st Britain may go Umatilla County Pioneers will be held; fimher Umn e(thep or at the same time. , thfcl toward temperance. Th)J he officers of the pioneer assoeia-1 proposed plan has the heartiest ap t'on are J. M. Bentley, ' president; , ,lrova, t(f chancellor of the Ex I.oiils MeMorrls, vice president; S. A. I chequer Lloyd George. Barnes, secretary, and J. H. Price,) , decision waa reached at today's treasurer. The committee chairman selected are as follows: J. M. Ashworth. grounds; L. R. Van Winkle, finance; K. M. Smith, speakers; U I. O'Harra, concessions; J. H. Price, music; S. A. Barnes, printing; E. O. De Mos3, decorations; Clark Wood, program; Frank Price, badges; J. M. Price, sports; William McKenzie, reception. ROSEBURG BANKER FOUND GUILTY CONVERTING FUNDS FEDERAL JURY AT PORTLAND BRINGS IN VERDICT AGAINST T. II. SHERIDAN. PORTLAND, Ore., March 30. A federal court Jury found T. H. Sheri dan, a banker of Roseburg, guilty on two counts of wilfully converting th funds of depositors to his own use. Sheridan formerly was president of tho First National Bank of Roseburg. There were eight counts In the In dictment. Sheridan was acquitted on the other six. The case went to the Jury lust night. General. 1 1 1 xrson jHH-lsh In sinking of British liner by German submarine, Russian Invasion of lliikowtiia again moots with reverse, Piinon camps will bo Investigated bj American commission. Kiigland ' K on C "water- MOBOIl." Efforts to raise gubniarlno F-4 ab andoned for Mine. Ihu1. Good roads inass meeUnjr being held here this afUHtioon. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Seth Riclinrdsoil (Hex. Preparations Ihv'ih for pioneers' picnic lVmlloton'si rainfall since Sunday totals .1D of nil inch. 1 NEWS SUMMARY Jj ENGLAND HAY PUT 1 Cabinet Considers Question of Pro hibiting Use of Intemperant Drinks During the War. LONDON. March 30.-England !ma - 80 "dry." The cabinet haa dis cabinet meeting but It was Informal ly reported the ministers would rec ommend either to put a severe re striction upon drinking throughout the empire or absolute prohibition. SNOW COVERED HILLS WON BY THE FRENCH PARIS, March 30. Fresh victories have been gained by French troops battling for control of the snow cov ered slopes about Hartmannsfeller kopf In Alsace the war office dis patches announced. In a savage as sault upon the main height, the Ger mans were driven from the positions they held after the fighting of last week. Six officers and SS7 men were captured, it was said. A number of wounded were abandoned by the Ger. mans. As a result of the ground gained in this region in the fighting since early last week, French guns now command the lowlands for miles. It was offici ally admitted' the Germans have made some progress southeast of Verdun. German Infantry, It was stated, drove the French from positions In the trenches occupied on Saturday. A German position was blown up by the guns of the allies artillery near Ypres, FARMERS IN S. DAKOTA "MINING" FOR HAY PIKRRE, S. D., March 30. Min ing for hay have been made neces sary here by the heavy snows. Sleds are run across a field, to a point where farmers' maps tell there should be a stack of hay. A force of men then starts digging, until thoy find the hay. Men go Into the "shaft" thus formed, and throw the hay ln(o the sleds. AUSTRIA TO CONTROL CONSUMPTION OF FOOD VIENNA, March SO. A govern ment order was Issued today regulat ing tho consumption ot bread, flour and other foodstuffs. Following the example of Germany tho government will Issue bread tickets which civili ans will present when making pur chases. 111 II LIQUOR 7. ATTEMPT 10 RAISE f-4 IS Cables and Chains are Found Inad equateConference Held Among Engineers Directing Work. HONOLULU. March 30. Attempts to raise the F-4 were suspended to day. The cables, chains and tackles available for use by the vessels en gaged In the salvage work proved inadequate. A halt was called In the work while Rear Admiral Moore and the engineers directing the opera tlons, held a conference. HONOLULU. March 30. After tugging with the F-C for two day the hold of the dredger California broke early today. Before letting go the California dragged the submarine 563 feet toward the shore. The dredge Navajo, retained its hold, con tinued the struggle alone with the hulk, although it still Is more than forty fathoms down. A diving bell will be ready this afternoon. Games Ittponcd. SN FRANCISCO, March 30. The Venice-Salt Lake game was postpon ed because of snow. The ' Oakland Frisco game was postponed because of rain. A spinster may live to congratulate herself on the number ot times she didn't marry. BECOMES ARCHITECT IN A PRISON CELL DENVER, March 30. Eight years ago Leslie E. Francisco could neither read nor write. He was convicted of aiding In the murder of a man sen tenced to the penitentiary. Now his sentence has been commuted. In two years he will be free, and not only can he read and write, but he Is a capable architect. Warden Tom Tynan, of the Colora do state prison brought Francisco to light when he came to Denver to urge Governor Carlsou's approval of a $10,000 appropriation to fit out the new administration building at the penitentiary. He brought along the plans of the building. They were drawn by Francisco and were as complete as any architect could turn out. "Not only did this young Francisco draw the plans for the building," said Tynan, "but he supervised the construction of It. Eight years ago he could neither read nor write, but look at that! Got It nil from cor respondence school. Can you beal It?" And Tynan answered himself with an emphatic "No." Tho warden Is bubbling over with enthusiasm and his plans for the prlscn. lie Is proud of tho drawing. Francisco Is only 23 years old. II.' was sentenced from Colorado Springa A Russian Invasion of Bukowina Again Receives Set-Back ARMV OK GENERAL IVANOFF DRIVEN HACK 20 MILES PETROGRAD SILENT. LONDON. March 30. The Russi an forces attempting the new Invasion of Bukowina have met further re verses according to Bucharest dis patches. The advices confirm Vienna claims that General Ivanoffs armj has been driven back JO miles from Czernowltx and across the Dnelster river. Petrograd is silent regarding Ivanoff s movements, though It was semi- officially stated a cessation of ! the offensive in Bukowina was ex pected while an attempt to force the Lupkow and the Usiok passes in the Carpathians was being made. Ofcaoks Repulsed. CONSTANTINOPLE. March 30. Large bodies of Cossacks have been retuilsed with heavy losses north of dlti In the Russian Caucasus, a state ment from the war office declared. Russians Shell Forts. CONSTANTINOPLE. March 30. The Russian fleet again appeared at the entrance of the Bosporus todaj and directed a desultory shell fire against the outer forts. An official statement declared there was no dam. age. The forts fired only a few shots In reply. Shelling the Dardanelles was resumed at long range. The damage has been Insignificant. Many Russians Captured. BERLIN, March 30. The Russl n losses in the last three days In the fighting in Poland and East Prussia totalled 10.000 killed, wounded and captured, dispatches to the war office stated. The war office declared 2000 Russians had been killed and 3000 captured In the fighting around Kran- snopol. A thousand were captured when Tauroggen was taken. Along the Skva river, northwest ot Lomza. the Russians directed two un successful attacks. It was announced. Near Klimkl an attack was launched against the Russian positions and two officers and 600 men were captured. With the arrival of warmer weathef the Russians west of Warsaw and south of Vistula are attempting to as sume the offensive. DUAL TRACK MEET TO BE STAGED APRIL SAN FRANCISCO. March 30 The University of Illinois track and field team arrived in Berkley today to par ticipate In tho dual meet with the University of California to be staged April 5. Tho Illinois team consisted of 20 men and Is conceded to bo one of the strongest track teams of the middle west. Graduate Manager Strot turned over an entire fraternity houso to the team and provided the visitors with a cook to prepare whatever special Meals their tr.ilni r may fixure on as pivpcr for athletes to consume. 144 PUS LOSE LIVES III SINKING OF BUSH SIP London Fears for Safely of Other Vessels Now in the War Zone The Orduna Reaches Port Safely. PRECAOTIONS BEING TAKEN Admiralty Annonnces That Every Care U Belnjj Exercised to IYevent Submarine Damaging Otltrr Steainefi Passcntn-rs and Some of Crew of Aquila Picked l'p. LONDON, March 30. Eight bod ies have been recovered from tha wreck of the liner Falaba which wan blown up by a German torpedo. LONDON. March 30. Escorted by destroyers and mine (weepers as a guard against German submarine- which were reported off the harbor, the liner Orduna sped through the Mersey Into Liverpool today from Halifax. Warned of the sinking of the Falaba with a loss of 141, the crew of the Orduna was alert In the expectation of an attack. The liner Is only one knot faster than the 14 knot Falaba. Genuine concern was) felt in naval circles for her safety. On board the ship every preparation had been made for a speedy transfer oC passengers in case of an attack. The passengers were kept In Ignorance of the Falaba's sinking. The horror in England as a result of the torpedoing of the Faliba and the steamer Aquila changed to grave concern for the safety of the other big liners entering Germany's war tone about the British Isles. Big shippers besieged the admiralty for word as to the steps taken to prevent such attacks. They were assured ex traordinary precautions had been ordered taken to protect Transatlan tic liners from the submarine terror. Official admitted they had aban doned hope for 110 passengers who had left the liner. They were swamp ed In the heavy seas and all undoubt edly have perished. Reports front Fishguard regarding the Aqulla's losses were contradictory but the ad miralty reported 31 passengers and J3 of the crew were missing. LONDON. March JO. Two passen gers and 15 members of the crew ot the steamer Aqulla, sunk by a Ger man submarine yesterday were picked up In an open boat off the south coast of Wales, fine passenger and eight of the crew are still missing. GERMAN SKIP EITEL WILL" INTERN IS NOW FELIEF captain Appears to re heady to remain in pout until a iter war. NORFOLK. Va.. March 30. The re moval of the armament from the Prinj Eltel Friedrlch preparatory to Intern ment was forecasted when the covers were taken from the warship's guns today. It was reported the period set by the United States during which the Eltel must elect to sail or Intern will expire tonight and that Captain Thierlchens is ready to remain henv for the rest of the war. The battle--shlp Alabama, sent to see that Ameri can neutrality Is not violated either by the Eltel or the British warships waiting off the Virginia capes, arrived this morning. RHEIMS AGAIN BOMBARDED FROM THE AIR AND LAND GERMANS OP EX TERRIFIC FIRE ONE ROMR STRIKES THE CATHEDRAL. PARIS, March 30. The ancient cathedral of Rhelnis was undr bom bardment from tho air us well ai th'J land. The bombardment of tho city was resumed with unusual violence, dispatches reported. With German guns on the heights roaring and po'ir. ing shell Into the city, taijbes clrel"d high above ami dropped Bombs in th- streets. The war office, coiiimuniU stated a bomb itruck th cathedral. Another wounded two civilians. Thu aeroplanes escaped. In view of the renump'lon of tb violent bom hard men tt ft Rtmlrns ex perts expect important development about Kheims before th end if th week. It was officially ut-d thn French have renewed the uneiript drive a wedge Into th- German !!'" In tho region of St. .Mihl-I. tn ob ject being to cut tho Gerfiwiii com munication. Tho German Wrrt forced to retlr.. from 1 fo nln-t i.io der a heavy artillery fire. II wu-i '-ed.