daily evei;:::3 ebitio:.
TO ADVERTISERS.
Tin Put Oresoolao baa tin largest pal4
clroolatloa of say papar In Oregon, cut oi
I'ortlaod and over twice tha circulation la
Pendleton of any other newspaper.
Forecast 1,r Fa rn Ommn, by It
United St tew Weatlir Utwrvw
at Portland.
Fair tonight and Thursday; cooler
tnlght; heavy frost ton'ght.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 26
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1915.
NO. 8476
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CROP ViLL BE 69
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Estimates Indicate Harvest This Year
Will Exceed That of 1914 by
Several Million Bushels. -
ACREAGE MUCH INCREASED
On fUuin of Winter and Spring
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IToduce Matm 63 and 69 Mil
lion HuhIicIh, Whereas iAt Year
TlM-re Was lToduccd 63 Million.
By Hyman H. Cohen, croj stntUtl
rln and niurket expert of the
. Oregon Journal. Written for tha
United Press.) ;
Northwest
Wheat Area.
.
Spring
Oregon . . . 180,000
Washington 1,000,000
liUho .... 210,000
Total 1,890,000
Grand total 1915 ..
Grand totul 1914 ..
Winter.
900.000
1 000,000
560,000
1.450,000
3,140,000
3,627,000
PORTLAND, Ore., April 14.On
the basis of the winter and spring
acreage already planted and from
preliminary reports received from
over 200 correspondents, the Pacific
Northwest will In the coming har
vest produce a wheat crop of from
3,000,000 to . 000.000 bushels. Last
year s crop of wheat In Oregon,
Idaho and Washington totaled 2,-K
000.000,
The better showing for the wheat
crop of tha three atates this season
la aided mostly by the liberal In
crease In the planting. The total
acreage In wheat In the Pacific
northwest for tha coming harvest la
3,840,000 acres, compared With J,
627,000 acres In 1914. The winter
acreage Is showing a very heavy In
crease while the spring sowing was
curtailed somewhat. The gain In
winter planting waa far In excess of
the loss in the spring wheat area.
Winter Wlxtit CYop Large.
Winter wheat la always the big
crop In the Pacific northwest states
and the average production, taking
the good and poor states and tha av
erage production, taking the good
and poor fields together, will be close
to 20 bushels, while the aprlng aver
age will run around 15 bushels. j
This season may possibly be an ex
ception to the rule In that the aprlng
output may be somewhat better than
normal. In some sections thla will
probably be the case because recent
a-alns have been very liberal but in
other sections the deficiency has been
marked and this will pull down the
average somewhat. General expee
tatlons are that It will be fully up
to a year ago. If not better.
(ropa Above the Normal.
Preaent standing of the winter aa
well aa the spring wheat crops In the
better land sections la above the
normal. Even In the dry land sec-
(Continued on page five.)
KURPHY GETS INCREASE
IH SALARY FOR THE YEAR
AVIIJi ACT A3 SUPERVISOR
BUILDING OPERATIONS
AT HOSriTAJU
OF
SALEM, Ore., April 14. The state
board of control today voted to In
crease the salary of Charles A. Mur
phy, engineer at the Eastern Oregon
State Hospital for the Insane at
Pendleton, from $1800 to 82100 for
the current year. The raise waa made
because Murphy Is to act aa super
visor of building operations.
Glfford Plnchot thinks that he waa
expelled from Germany because his
sister Is the wife of the British minis
tor at The Hague, not because he la a
friend of Col. Roosevelt'a.
EXCURSION STEAMER IS
RUN ASHORE FOR SAFETY
PASSENGERS ARE TAKEN OFF
AND WITHIN FEW MINUTES
VESSEL SINKS.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 14. The
excursion steamer Monarch sprung a
leak near the mouth of the Sacramen
to river early today and while 65
men, women and children passengers
fought for life preservers, It was run
onto the Contra Costa shore. After
the passengers had been removed the
steamer slipped off the shore and
sunk.
ILLS
Russians March Off
Cliffs and Perish in
Mountain Passes
DESPERATE STIUCifJI.E NOW
RAGING FOIt CONTROI, OF
I'SZOK GATEWAY.
PETROGRAD, April 14. EnUra
Companies of Russian Infantry have
died In the CarpathUtne by march
ing off cliff masked by anow. Men
and guns have been hurled like rocka
to the bottom a they pressed for
ward In" the wake of the retreating
Auatrlana In the deaperate struggle,
for the possession of Uazuk pass.
Thla mention of difficulties encoun
tered In the mountain fighting was
received here today in dispatches.
Hand-to-hand fighting, In which
Advances were made only after bloody
charges, is In progress In the Usw.k
region where the road Into Hungary
la now being guarded by Immense
forces of Austro-Uerman troops. j
The Russian right wing in the
Carpathians has advanced 10 nillea'
toward Hungary In the laBt few!
days of fighting, an official state-1
ment announced. These forces are
now In a position to strike at the
railway leading through Lupkow and
i Into the heart of Hungary. The gen-
au.uuce ui tnese troops, nowev-
er, has been halted pending the out
come of the fierce struggle for the
possession of Uszok pasa.
The latest gains of the Russian!
have Iwen made with comparatively
alight losses. It was stated.
JURORS, GUT OF JO?,
. ARE GIVEN VACATION
DISMISSED UNTIL MONDAY
WHEN CASES SET FOR TRIAL
FADE FIIOM DOCKET.
When tha Jury brought in a verdict
Just before noon In favor of the plain
tiff in the case of Mary Madison vs.
Elmer La Due, Judge Phelps dismiss,
ed all of the Jurors until Monday
morning, the civil docket having been
competed through the settling of Some
cases set for trial and the continua
tion of others. ,
Of the six cases set for trial this
week, only one, that of Gumm vs. Fer
guson et al, was actually fought out
before a Jury. In the case this morn
ing the defendant failed to appear in
court. His attorneys were ready to
go to trial but withdrew when an in
vestigation showed that La Due.
though he was In the city, had left
this morning by auto. The plaintiff,
thereupon, presented her case to the
Jury which returned a verdict In her
favor fur 1360.
The case of the O.-W. R. & X. vs.
W. C. White and of Peter Xedes vs.
G. 8. Holslngton were settled and dis
missed and the two cases of Kldd vs.
Michael were continued until the fall
term on account of some of the wit
nesses being in California. The re
moval of these cases from the docket
was unforeseen and, none of the
criminal cases being ready for trial.
Judge Phelps had nothing to do but
dismiss the Jurors until Monday. On
Monday the 330.000 damage suit of
Twltchell v
Thompson Is set for trial
but efforts are being made to settle
this out of court. 1
TURKISH FORT SHATTERED BY FLEET'S GUNS
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This photograph, the first to arrive
In the United States, actually giving
war scenes In the Dardanelles, where
there has been some ot the heaviest
fighting ever known to the navies ol
Gets Miss Garrett's
Fortune
ESI EEJSr
BALTIMORE, Md.( April 14. Miss
Mary Carey Thomas, president of
Bryn Mawr College, will receive the
bulk of the estate of Miss Mary Gar
rett, daughter of the late John W.
Garrett, who was president of the
Baltimore at Ohio rallroatV It Is be
lieved the bequest will amount to
32.000,000 at least. Miss Thomas is
58 years old and a graduate of Cor
nell University.
Steamship Not Damaged.
SEATTLE. April 14. Great North
ern Steamship company officials are
confident the liner Minnesota' will
be afloat before night. The balance
of the cargo is being shifted from
the forward compartments to the
stern and by this shifting It is hoped
to raise the ship's nose out of the j
mud sufficiently
Ing towed out.
to permit lis be-
China finds that being a republic
does not free It from' the kind of
troubles to which It has been accus
tomed. General.
Northwest wheat crop estimated al
between 63 and 6 million bushels.
Turks claim to have repulsed at
tacks at Dardanelles.
KumlaiM plunging on In Carpathian
mountains.
Prohibition in England wlll.be left
to the people.
Local.
Went end towns to unite In good
roads day April SO. -
Children and brother share In Mon-
ahan will
Stanfield girl who tried suicide die
from wound at hoHjtltal
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the world, shows the work the Brit
ish and French vessels have done
there. In the foreground there 1
what remains of the once seemlngl)
Impregnable Fort Chanok Kelossy at
1 NEWS SUMMARY
Proprietor of Feed
Barn Here Indicted
for Alleged Theft
JOHN F. TEMPLE, JR., CHARGED
WITH HAVING STOLEN
'CYRUS NOBLE."
John F. Temple, Jr., proprietor of
a local livery barn and member of
a well known Umatilla county fam
il was this morning Indicted by the
grand Jury on a charge of larceny
of a gelding, the Specific charge be
ing that he and G. C. Simms stole
"Cyrus Noble," the Round-up buck
ing horse which Is now probably serv
ing as a cavalry horse in the Euro
pean war. Simms was Jointly indict
ed with him. !
The Indictment of Temple came
more or less as a surprise to the
community as he' had never been
placed under arrest. At the tlmo
"Cvrus" was stolen from the pasture
of the Glen Scot$ ranch north of
Pendleton, Simms was 'arrested and
"las since been in Jull. A statement
made by him Boon after his arrest
implicated Temple as the originator
ot the plan for the theft of the ani
mal and since that time other wit
nesses have been found to involve
him lurther. It Is said.
Report has it that Temple was out
at the Scott ranch several days be
fore the theft, saw "Cyrus Noble,"
who had become separated from the
Round-up herd and told Scott that
he knew the owner. A few days
later the animal was claimed by
Simms, who brought it to town and
sold It to J. D. Huston, a buyer for
(Continued on page five.)
DEFINITE TiE IS FIXED
FOR REPAIRS TO RAIO-R
PRINZ WILIIELM MAY HE AL
IiOWED TO REMAIN IN PORT ,
- FOR THREE WEEKS.
WASHINGTON, April 14 Captain
Thierfeldt of the Kron Prlni Wllhelm
knows how long he may remain at
Newport News for repairs before again
taking to tea or interning. Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury Peters has
fixed a definite period In which the
Wilhelm may make repairs. Peters
would not sayhow long, as that would
be unneutral, but It is understood
that Thierfeldt had requested three
weeks.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels or
dered the same naval board which ex
amined the Eltel to go over the Wil
helm and determine Just what is
needed in the way of repairs and sup
piles. It will take months to put the
Wilhelm back in good condition ac
cording to naval officials, but Thier
feldt has asked permission to make
only temporary repairs.
ANTELOPE PARK FOR
DIMINISHING BEASTS
WINNIPEG, Man., April 14. In or
der to save from extinction the di
minishing bands of antelope, the Ca
nadian government will establish an
antelope park near Lethbrldge, Al
berta. It became known today. Several
antelope have been feeding there all
winter. They are exceedingly tame
and are numbered among the few sur
viving antelopes in western Canada.
awaSfc";
ft
the entrance of the Dardanelles. Thla'
fort was battered to pieces by the
modern guns of the fleet, among them
the eight fifteen-Inch rifles of the
Queen Elisabeth.-
111 FOR
ENGLAND 111 BE
After Several Conferences British
Cabinet Decides to Let House of
Commons Decide.
PARLIAMENT BEGINS SESSION
Rumors of Early Peace Accompany
the AsMemhling of Lawmakers
Vienna Situation Said to tie Threat
ening Berlin Announced French
Again Are on Offensive.
LONDON, April 14. Prohibition
will not be ordered by the British cab
inet. After several conferences the
ministry decided the question of pro
hibition should be left to the people
for action through the house of com
mons. This announcement was made
by premier Asquith when parlia
ment convened in what may prove to
be one of the most important sessions
of the war. As the two houses met,
prohibition and rumors of early peace
which are. being circulated were up
permost In the public mind.
No sooner had commons formally
convened than a query was addressed
to the premier as to the decision
reached by the cabinet on the liquor
question. Asquith replied the minis
try had concluded commons and not
the government should decide such a
vital matter.
Lewis Harcout, secretary for colo
nies, intimated in commons the gov
ernment would consult Canada and
other selfgovernlng colonies of the
British empire when the time arrives
to discuss peace.
LONDON, April 14 The situation
in Vienna Is rapidly becoming worse
and a declaration of martial law is
Imminent, according to the Rome cor
respondent of the Exchange Tele
graph. The people in the Austrian
capital were declared to be extremely
restless because of the Russian ad
vance in the Carpathians. Street
gatherings have been speedily broken
up and every precaution is being
taken by the government to prevent
demonstrations or outbreaks of any
kind.
BERLIN, April 14. Directing
strong attacks at all points, the
French have resumed the offensive
against both sides of the German
wedge extending back from Saint
Mlhiel, the war office announced. The
most violent fighting was occurring
on the north side of the wedge be
tween Maiserey and Marcheville. The
official report admits losing certain
positions near Marcheville but de
clares they were re-taken by attack.
Other strong attacks made by the
French were broken up even before
the wire entanglements were reached
the statement asserted. Heavy artlb
lory fire was directed against the ad
vancing enemy and great gaps were
opened in their ranks. The French
are strongly reinforced on the south
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The war vessels In the distance ara
landing marines on the peninsula ol
Oullpoll for rear attacks on the fort
further up the straits.
PR
UP TO THE PEOPLE
It s Claim Allied
Fleet Beaten Back
at the Dardanelles
FRENCH AND BRITISH WAR VES
SELS AGAIN STEAM IN TO
ATTACK FORTS.
LONDON, April 14. The most de
termined action against the defenses
of the Dardanelles since the allies
lost several warships on March 18
has begun, according to official ana
unofficial reports received here.
In a bombardment on Monday, dis
patches from Constantinople state
that two of the warships in the al
lied fleet had to withdraw badlyl
damaged by the fire from the Tur
kish forts.
According to Sofia advices, the roari
of the guns at the Dardanelles wa:
heard for more than 40 miles. j
Constantinople claims that thej
bombardment was unsuccessful. Sev-j
eral warships steamed Into " the
straits and opened fire on the Turk
ish defenses. The Turks replied with
the greatest vigor, forcing the early
retirement of the vessels after two
had been badly damaged. Dispatch -
es from Tenedos mention only
two battleships as taking part in tlm,
attack.
Advices reaching here today indi-
cated that the allies hdve again re-'
newed the attack and seem determin
ed upon carrying the strait.
DEUKQUENT INCOME TAX
PAYERS 'SHOULD SETTLE
bUiMMHUt Att.i utile, has
LIST OF BETWEEN 200
AND 300 DIE.
There are between 200 and 300 res
idents of Umatilla county who are de
linquent in making their income tax
returns either for the year 113 or
1914 or both, according to Thad T.
Sweek, government special agent who
is here In the interest of the internal
revenue department, and he has the
names of every one of them in a lit
tle file which he carries around in his
pocket. He declares he is waiting
titatiantTir fna iham tn AitmA Ira i j tia
cu thplr woridi -ff.ir, with him'
k.. -j.,. .u-. v... ...
but adds that his policy of watchful
waiting, so far as it affects Umatilla
county, will come to an end Saturday
evening and that after that he will
"go get 'em."
"If I have to go out after these de
linquents,'' he said this afterno.fn.
"the U. S. government will see that
they pay for my trouble and pay welL
Some of them did not make any re
turns for the year 1913 and are con
gratulating themselves that they suc
cessfully evaded Uncle Sam. They
are only fooling themselves. Because
Uncle Sam hasn't taken any action is
no reason he has overlooked or for
gotten the matter. He ts Just a little
slow in acting, that is all. He has the
information and is now giving the de
linquents one last chance to come in
and square themselves."
Mr. Sweek will remain at the Hotel
Pendleton through Saturday and wants
to meet all people who have or have
reason to think they have an Income
of more than $3000.
CHILDREN AND BROTHER TO
RECEIYE MOXJUUSI PROPERTY
The property left by John C. Mon-
ahan is to be divided between his two
children and his brother, according tt
the terms of his will filed Just be
fore noon. To the son. John J. aged
21, is left all of the real property in
Bellingham. including a two-story
brick block and a one half Interest
in residence property and an old store
building and warehouse. To him is
also left 22 shares of bank stock In
the Colfax banks but this Is to be held
in trust for five years by his uncle.
Thomas F. Monahan. To Thomas F.
Monahan is left notes and bonds ag
gregating something over 83000 and
seven shares of stock In the Colfax
Mfg. Co. The interest of the deceased
in the Hotel Pendleton Is to be di
vided equally between the brother and
the daughter, Erma, provided, how
ever that F'red Bloch has a preference
Miss Almlna Priegnitx, the Stanfield
young lady who shot herself through
the left breast Monday noon, died last
evening at 5 o'clock at St. Anthony's
hospital from the effects of the
wound. The bullet was removed dur
ing the afternoon but the operation
revealed the fact that the young lady
could not live. The bullet had entered
about the middle of the breast, nar
rowly missed the apex of the heart,
had ranged downward, passed through
the liver, tore Its way through the
stomach and then had ranged upward
young a I'll in is
ON HERSELF DIES AT HOSPITAL
WEST El II
10 ClPERjllE 111
0 ROADS I'll
Tuesday of Next Week Promises to
be a Banner Day In Umatilla
County for Improved Highways.
(MUCH ENTHUSIASM IS SHOWN
Date Selected hjr ( nuttllla County
Automobile flub Is Abo Chowcn by
the Echo Commercial Asmdatioa)
and Every bod y utk,.,! to M 0ul
and Work on the Roads.
Tuesday, April 20, promises to be
a very practical good roads day tn
! Cmatllla county. That date was se
, 'eiieu oy the recently oreanire,! I'm.
atilla County Automobile Club as a
dav for farmers, business men anl
all other good roads enthusiasts M
lay aside their ordinary duties mi
give of their muscle and sinew for
the improvement of the highways
Now come, the Echo Commercial
Club with active co-operation by
naming the same day and urging tha
entire west end of the county to turn
out for the work.
Both the Pendleton Commercial
association and the auto- club this
morning received copies of a Wi.r
sent out by Secretary W. B. Hlnklo
of the Echo organization and other
copies were sent to the Commercial
clubs of Cmatllla, Stanfield and Her
miston. These west end towns have
banded together tor the Improvement
of the road from Echo to Cmatllla
and have already made a good start
with their work. They had previous
ly decided to ask the community to
devote one day a month to general
good roads work and,' in naming;
Tuesday, April 20, the Echo club
was probably guided by a desire to
co-operate with the automoblllsts.
108 '""owing Is the contents of
: the letter sent out from Echo:
"At a meeting of the Echo Com
mercial Club Monday evening, April
12, 1915. it was decided to have a
good roads day on Tuesday, April 20,
1915, at which time members of the
club as well as all others Interested
In the building of good roads are re
quested to Join us in doing whatever
can be done In Improving our publlo
roads.
The Implements of mar will be
shovels, picks, rakes, plows, harrows,
fresnos, teams and automobiles.
Your club Is cordially invited to
Join us In the movement A great
many bad places in the roads, such
as ruts, abrupt projections, mud
holes, removing of large stones and
gravel, etc., can be greatly Improved.
In this manner.
Kindly take this matter up with
your members at once and let us a!L
boost together for good roads.
ECHO COMMERCIAL CLUB.
By W. B. Hinkle, Secretary.
right to buy the interest. The brother
and daughter, too, are to receive the
$2000 due deceased from the hotel
Partnership. The daughter is to se
cure $30 a month from the hotel un
til she is IS in the event that she re
tains her Interest. She is to receive a
two-story brick block In Colfax and
her father s diamond shirt stud. The
remainder of the jewelry is to go t
the son and the residue of the prop
erty to be divided between the bro
ther and daughter. The will was,
made April 7 with C. F. Carter un
D. P. Sniythe as witnesses.
ALASKA DOG RACE IS
RUN OVER SNOW TRAIL
NOME. Alaska. April 14. The fa
mous All-Alaska Sweepstakes dog
race to be run over the snow trail
from Nome to Candle and return was
scheduled to start today. More than
seven dog teams will be sent away in
the classic "dog derby of the North "
The total distance to be covered i
412 miles.
lodging Just beneath the skin In h-r
back.
No inquest will be held u eh
conscious many hours before hi
death and 'admitted that shit h,n In
tended suicide. Whi ther or ri..t ti
made any compl. tu staiem.-nt nf Inr
I reason la not known, alihcmirh it H
believed she did. She did. hwevr
tell her parents not to blaitm the
i young man with whom she brm
'keeping company and waa Infatuated,
jlle was present at the hospital when
i she d!ul nd appeared to b er'nhid
I by her act.