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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 26
NO. 81G3
DAILY EAST OREGON! AN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1915.
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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-
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Assist Member In (iottlng VI
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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
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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.