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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL'. 26
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 15,. 1915.
NO. 8477
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iliPIERu OF
FORESTRY SEHV1CE
TO BE
Umatilla 'National Forest Office Will
be Housed in Federal Building
When Completed.
PLENTY ROOM IS AVAILABLE
lONtnuvH4T Tweed)' Says Tlusro Are
sit Office as Yet 1'ntakcn
Headquarters Will llo Removed
from llepimer Kiockmen Anvlous
to Have Office lu Pemllt'Um.
That Pendleton will be made thi
headquarters fur the Umatilla nation
al forest after the lucul federal build
ing has been erected la shown by a
.report from Washington published In
the Portland Journal last evening.
The report states the chief forester
haa notified Senator Lane the head
quarters will le moved here from
Heppner provided room can be
cured In the building.
According to Postmaster Tweedy
there are alx office rouma yet untak
n In the federal building and con
sequently It appears there will be ni
difficulty on the score of giving
quarters to the forestry people.
The request that the forest head-f
-quarters be moved here originated
with stockmen who complained It
was very Inconvenient for them to
make the trip to Heppner and that
the majority of stockmen using thi
reserve would be, accommodated by
having the headquarters here. Upon
that request being presented to the
department an Investigation was or
dered and the report from Wash
ington Indicates the change la favor
ed by the chief forester. -
If the forestry office , la moved
here It will mean an office force of
fjve or six men headed by the su
pervisor will reside here. Also
there are a half dozen field men who
work through the supervisor's office.
This town will also become the ren
desvous for stockmen who make use
of the reserve.
EVERY IMPORTANT TOWN IS
SUPPLIED CELILO TICKETS
A Mi WHO WISH TO TAKE RIVF.lt
EXCURSION CAN APPLY AT
THESE PLACES.
Through action of the" Ceillo cele
bration committee tickets for the
steamer trip to be made to Celllo May
6 have been left In all the more Im
portant towns of the county. In
most cases the tickets were placed by
a local junketing comlttee headed
by J. F. Robinson. In the west end
of the county the Umatilla members
of the committee handled the work.
The following Is the list of men
having the tickets In the various
towns:
Pendleton Pendleton Drug Co.
Athena B. B. Richards.
Adams K. O. Marquis.
Weston 8. A. Barnes.
Milton W .C. Wade.
Freewater O. H. Bishop.
Umatilla II. N. Dryer.
Pilot Rock M. D. Orange.
Hertniston 0. G. Rapper.
Stanfleld Ralph Holte.
Echo R. B. Stanfield.
Helix J. P. Norvllle.
The tickets for the steamer
ell for $2 each.
trip
BUOY, FAMOUS MOVIE
ACTOR, IS CRITICALLY ILL
NEW YORK, April 15. John Bun
ny, the famous movie actor, Is criti
cally 111 at his home In Flattbush. He
broke down two weeks ago. It Is de
clared there Is little hops of his recovery,
IDE HER
ROAD BOND ISSUE llffil BY
3T0TINIL11IH
PORTLAND, Or., April 15. Mult
ncmah county voted yesterday In fa
vor of good roads.
By a majority that may reach to,
O00, the people authorised an Issue
of $1,260,000 In bonds to pay for Im
proving 70 miles ot the county's
principal trunk highways. At 10 o'
clock last night returns from 120
precincts gave 8984 votes for the
bonds and 1185 against, a favorable
majority of 5799.
$300 Provided for
Civic Club by City
to Maintain Lawns
MRT1I SIDE IKMICTKItV PLAT
AM) DKI'OT t.KOl NDS WILL
HE 4'ARKD rXHL
An appropriation of $300 waa mude
last evening by the city council to
the Civic Club to defray the expense
of maintaining the lawn on the old
north aide cemetery and the new
lawn which U to be put In on
the depot grounds. The appro
priation la in keeping with the city')
promise to the ladlea last year,
Claiming that one of his horses
tiled several months ago as a result
of a fall on the paved streets caused
by the city sprinkling the streets Just
before a freeze, Chris Stanul, a team
ster, sent a communlcalon to the
council through Councilman Mont
gomery asking that his claim for
damages be settled out of court. The
horse was wurth 1100, he states, an1!
he la willing to settle for $75.
Library Kile DIhtumwI.
Judge Lowell appeared before the
council on behalf of Charles Oreullrh
j and Mrs. It. Alexander. to discuatt the
matter of the proposed vacation of
a part of Jackson street for the li
brary site He stated th!K his cli
ents did not want to stand in the way
of public Improvements and would
elnnt nlileri to Ihd vacation If thev
were convinced that It la necessary.
Councilman Phelps, who Is on the
library board, stated that until an
architect la employed and the plans
definitely accepted, It would be Im
possible to say Just how much land
would be needed. The matter was.
accordingly, continued.
City Map Purcluwed.
Plans and specifications for the
Wilson and Market street sewer were
adopted as were plans for the grades
on Thompson street south of the
railroad tracks.
A map of the city, showing all of
the sewers, was purchased from Guy
O'Melvlny for 118.
BUSINESS LOTS PUT I!.
OK TRADE FOR FAR?.! LAND
A deal involving a consideration ot
128,000 and the tradirg of city prop
erty for farm land was brought f a
conclusion this morning with I ho
signing of deeds transferring the title
to 480 acres of farm land on Mc
Kay creek from James Hartnett and
George Hall to L. V. Henderson and
conveying the vacant lots on the cor
net of East Court and Thompson
.urcet from Henderson to the oth.r
The farm land lies about five miles
from Pendleton on McKay creek.
Three hundred acres Is In grain arl
fifty acres of bottom land In alfalfa,
and the crop goes with the land. The
Hnd was put In at $18,290. ThJ
lots, which are In the business sec
tion of the city, were given a valua
tion of $8000. Henderson acquired
the lots on April 18, 114. at the same
time he secured the Carney and
Bradley livery barn on a trade with
O. K. Perlnger for farm land south
of Pilot Rock.
The deal was brought about by E.
T. Wade, local realty dealer, and
made a total of 150.000 worth of cltv
property he has traded on farm lands
valued at 1100,000 within the past
year. "
SUSPENDERS PRAISED
BY FAMOUS SURGEON
ROCHESTER, Minn.. April 14
Appendicitis has lncreaced from S0O
to t"0 per cent, because of the In
censed ue of belts Instead of sus
pe.nlers, according to Dr. W. J
Mayo world famous surgeon, who
has been called to watt on the royal
ty of Europe. Minneapolis surgeons,
however, differed from this state
ment, alleging that the Increase of
appendicitis cannot be attributed to
any cauoe and that the only possible
specific cause of appendicitis couli
be a heavy blow In the region of the
verli'orm appendix. A kick from a
horse would demonstrate this, they
say.
Harvard Nine MocW Maine.
" CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 15.
The Maine University baseball team
crosses bats today with Harvard on
the former's spring trip.
Approximately 40 per cent of the
registered vote waa cast and tha ra
tio In favor ot the bonds Is estimated
at I to 1.
Nearly every precinct In the coun
ty voted for good roads.
In some precincts the vote was as
high as $0 to 1 In favor ot tha bonds.
The favorable majority ranged all the
nay from that proportion down to a
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REPORTS CONFLICT
ECffllG BATTLE
NEASTERN ZONE
Bsrlin Claims That Russians Have
Been Beaten at Every Point in
Invasion of Hungary.
FIGHT STILL RAGES AT PASS
Ixuidoo Is Puzzled Over Stories from
ISrrtlu and Petroariwl llsmu-lo
from the I.iiiUt City IHt-lare Aus
trian Are prrparinjr to Make lte
Ireat from Mountains.
LONDON, April 15. Sharply con
flicting reports as to the situation In
the Carpathians have been received
from Hetrograd and Berlin and have
left military authorities In doubt as;
to the success the Russians are at
taining in their attempted invasion
of Hungary. From Petrograd it was
reported the Austrlans are blowing
up the railway tunnels In Uszok Pas"
In preparation for a general retreat.
An official statement at Berlin de
clared the Russians are beaten and
have been checked everywhere, and
are so exhausted that their attacks
have grown weaker until they have
almost ceased.
"The attempt of the Russians to
use their Permysl army to force the
Invasion of Hungary has failed," It
was stated from Berlin. "The en
emy's efforts to break through to
Hungary via Lupkow and east of
Dukla have been blocked since the
Russian attack near Stropke vas
definitely halted."
Dispatches to Petrograd from Lem
berg declare the battle for the pos
session of Ussok railway and pass Is
proceeding with the utmost fury.
PARIS. April 15. Gains by the
French of nearly a mile after sharp
fighting southwest of Colmar, In up
per Alsace were announced by he
war office. The fighting along the
Saint Mihlel wedge was mentioned
but It would Indicate the Germans
were on the offensive In the Le
Pretre forest. The most furious
fighting was reported there. Sever
al German attacks were repulsed. It
was announced. At Orvlllers, French
artillery wrecked a line of German
trenches.
In the Argonne 100 yards ot
trenches were captured by the
French at Fontalne-Au-Charles, It
was declared. Determined assaults
were being directed upon a hill In
Alsace known as Schnepfenritenkopf,
This position dominates the region
about It for miles.
BERLIN, April 15. Only Isolat
ed attacks have been made by the
French between the Meuse and" the
Moselle rivers In the past 24 hours,
the war office announced. Assaults
near Marchevllle and In the Le
Prete forest were beaten off. The
Germans maintained their positions
at Maronvllle near Hartsmannweller-
kopf, despite the French attacks. It
was stated. The situation on the
eastern front was declared unchang
ed. ROSEBURG MAN HELD
IN MEXICAN PRISON
ROSEBURG, April 15. Roseburg
attorneys sent a letter to Secretary
of State Bryan asking that he take
some steps to liberate G. S. Lahey, of
Roseburg, from a Mexican prison
where he has been confined since De
cember 16, 1914. . j-''
According to letters received ' by
Mrs. Lahey her husband was thrown
Into prison shortly after his arrival
In Mexico late last year, and thus far
he has been unable to get a hearing
or communicate with the American
consul In Mexico. He says he is Ig
norant of the charge preferred
against him. The letter received by
Mrs. Lahey waa smuggled out of the
Jail by a friend of the prisoner. Mr.
Lahey lived here for a number of
years and Is well known.
A fool squanders a lot of money for
experience, then proceeds to give oth
era the benefit of It free ot charge.
RESERVOIR BREAKS;
PERSONS DROWNED
X PHOENIX, Aria.. April 15.
' Eight are known to be drowned
when the Lyman reservoir, IS
miles above St, Johns In north-
ern Arlsona, broke. Several are
O missing. Tha flood poured
down without warning. Three
victims are grandchildren of
Mrs. Rachael Barry, a member
of the Arlsona assembly. Two
smaller reservoirs near St.
Johns are weakening.
t Building Ruined
and Many Damaged
in a Zeppelin Raid
TWO HEX AM) ONE WOMAN ARE
hlJI.inl.V tXJl'UEU IN
, EXLLLSIl TOWNS.
LONDON, April 15. But two men
and one woman slightly hurt, one
building destroyed by fire and three
damaged, resulted from a Zeppelin
raid on villages of the Tjne district
last night For 35 minutes a Zeppelin
ciuised over the district Eleven
towns were attacked and explosives!
und incendiary bombs were hurled up-!
on them. At least 30 missiles tore!
greut holes In the ground and spurted '
flames. At the conclusion of thei
bombardment the Zeppelin cruised
eastward across the North sea while
machine guns and rifles rattled a
harmless rain of lead In ne invader's ,
wake. New Castle undoubtedly wasj
the Zeppelin's objective but the town
escaped entirely. Warships and guns
were assembled there, but, warned of
the approach, the town and the ship- j
Sards were darkened.
Among the towns visited were
lilythe. Walbiend, C'ramlington, Bed-'.
lington, Benton, Chopington. Seaton
burn, Seatondenl Annltstord, Kit
lingsworth and Hartford.
?RET1E01!II
STABBING AFFRAf
When the grand Jury makes a re
port late this afternoon, there will
probably be an Indictment returnelj
against the alleged assailant ot Hull
wig Bredlng at German Hall early
Sunday morning. If reports In cur-i
rent circulation are true, the grand!
Jurors have a suspicion that a well:
known young man ot Pendleton was'
the man who wielded the knife. They!
were given ta' clew by witnesseij
txamlned who would only admit
knowing the first name of the as-
.nllant. This name and the descrip
tion led to an Investigation, it Is said,
with the result that a hunt Is already
being conducted for the young man
In question. It is reported that the
officers have learned how he made
Us escape, being taken by friends
down one of the canyons toward
Echo In an auto and then beating hU
way along the railroad track west
ward. ,
CROWD OIT OREGON SPIDS.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu
gene, April 15. "The rise of potato
growing as an Industry in Idaho and,
Colorado is one great cause of the;
potato depression in Oregon because
the crops of these two states have.
U.ken the southern market," says H.
B. Miller, director of the department'
of commercial and industrial sur
vey of the University of Oregon school I
of commerce. Formerly perhaps 40
per cent of Oregon's potato exports
went below the Mason and Dixon
line.
RABBI IS
NOW BRITISH
LONDON, April 15. The Rev. Dr.
!n.nv. h iwti chief rabbi of the
United Hebrew congregations of the
British Empire has exchanged ms
American cltlienshlp for that of
Great Britain. He waa formerly rab
bi of the Congregation Oroah Chayln
of New York.
City Stands P '
to Meet 1V in
Natato project
7 J
V.lfW WILL U
IOIXC1L 1
PAY.V
AT OXfX-
JKVSTKE
' $!MM.
Though the coramiisee lack
of having sufficient funds for build
ing the public natatorliun, It win be
permitted to let the contract at ence
by the- action of the city council last
evening In placing lUelt behind the
committee to guarantee payment
This action was taken upon the
declaration of the members of tlio
committee that they could raise the
money by subscription but, unless
I he city w ould stand behind them,
they would bo powerless to have woru
started until all of the money was
sctually In hand. Their powr were
limited by the Comerclal club at the
time of their appointment by a pro
vision that they could not incur anv
Indebtedness beyond the funIs :n
band,
Messrs. G. A. Hartman and C. M.
Bishop of the committee adiiressel
the council, explaining that, while(
the bids received made the miMton-i
u in as planned out of the question, by!
eliminating the grandstand cutting J
off two feet of the walk on eacD
side of the pool and doing away wltn
a few other details the coat could be
lowered to $9500 and still the size or
the poo! and the convenience of the
dressing rooms be left according to
plans.
SB300 Is Raised.
Th committee has raised $S5O0 by
subscription which, with the $2000
appropriated by the council. leaves a
shortage of $1000. This amount the
committee believes It can raise with
out much difficulty inasmuch as
many people have not yet been ap
proached. They did not, however,
feel that they should be held per
sonally responsible In the case that
they shuld- tall- short a hundred dol
lars or so and the council readily re
lieved them of this poesible obliga
tion. Inasmuch as the natatorium is
being built on city property and will
be a municiparl affajr, the council
felt It was right and proper that the
city should assume the responsibil
ity. It Is the Intention, of the committee
to have the work commence at once
as warm weather will soon be here
L. MonterastelB was the low blddei
and will probably be given the con
tract. RHINE FORTRESS IS
BEING STRENGTHENED
BASEL, Switzerland, Apr. 15. The
German military authorities, accord
ing to advices reaching this city,, are
reconstructing the formidable fort
ress at Istein, five miles from here
cn the Rhine.
The barracks inside the fortress
have been completely pulled down
and extensive underground barracks
to take their place hare been dug
and quarried out of the earth. Fur
thermore, the river Rhine is being
darned so that when certain sluice
gates are closed, wide stretches of
the surrounding country can he flood,
ed.
Observers in Basel express the
opinion that these preparations are
in anticipation of a successful French
offensive.
GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT
BOOSTED AT DAYTON
DAYTON. Wash.. April 15. The
citizens of Dayton and farmers of
Columbia county have taken initial
steps for the organization of a high
way association for this county to
promote good roads. Any .are eligible
to membership who agree to donate
one day's work a year cn the roa is
or $2 annually.
The officers of the organization an
to le a president, four vice-presidents
a secretary-treasurer and as many
-eCtlon leaders as are deemed ne
cessary. The county roads are to be
divided Into sections from one to
five miles in length, to be known as
blocks, and each block will have a
leader to solicit labor and funds for
the upkeep ot that particular part ot
the highway,
NEWS SUMMARY
General.
Conflicting repots pusxle Inndon
over outcome of campaign In tlio
Cantathtans.
Cicrman Zeppelin raids several
English towns.
French claim gains against Ger.
nun trenches.
Eleven persons lose live when
-tcamer is torpedoed.
local.
Headquarters Umatilla national for-
ent wil probably be moved to Pen
dletjnn. .
Grand Jury will probably Indict
assailant of Hrtlwla? Rredlrur.
Contract for natatorium will be let
at once.
I Council aiHropriatM money for
malntalnance of parks,
Harold tlaloney elected president
I II. S. student body.
Tickets for Celllo canal trip scUttuJ
fast.
OUTLOOK BRIGHT FOR
EARLY CONSTRUCTION
OF FREIGHT TERMINAL
That the work of. completing- the Coyote . cutoff and of es
tablishing the 0.-W..R. & N. freight terminal adjacent to Pen.
dleton will be taken, up iia the near future w indicated by re
ports in circulation here and by a partial confirmation of the
same from President J. D. Farrell U the O.-W. R. & N, Co.
IRTH OF
IKS ARE STOLEN
fl TRAIN HOLDUP
BUFFALO, X. Y.. April 15 Twenty
masked robbers held up a New York
Central fast freight train near fian
born early today and escaped with
silk valued at $50,009 which were
loaded Into 10 automobile truck
The robbery Is unique in railroad
history. The train was enroute from
Buffalo to Chicago. When 15 miles
from this city It was stopped by the
armed sang. Engineer Morris Goss,
aetpite the warning, cut the engine
from the train and dashed away amid
a shower of bullets. Goss ran to the
suspension bridge. Organized a posse
and returned to the scene. The rob
bers fled lat the approach of Goss' en
gine In silk-laden automobile trucks
The crew was guarded by an armed'
bandit during the robbery.
Goss slowed down the train upon
passing Sanborn and a man suddety
jumped out on the track and waived"
a warning signal. Goss stopped' and
two men climbed into the cab and
covered the engineer and fireman
with revolvers.
The train crew left the caboose te
learn why the train was stopped when
they were confronted by masked
men, covered with revolvers aneT or
dered to put up their hands. The crew
was marched' forward toward th en
gine where they were lined up- and
guarded by one bandit while the
others began unloading the ears and
carrying the loot to waiting automo
biles. AFTER FASTING FOR
57 DAYS, GAINS FLESH
WARSAW, Ind., April 11 Jajnee
Robinson is gradually taking on
weight agttin. He lost 1M pounds In
fifty-seven days, and incidentally set
a new record for fasting In so do
ing. Robinson's troubles was that he
had no appetite. He simply coohhVt
bear the sight of food. He had drop
ped from 230 to 130 pounds.
This upsets the tneory of steel lea I
science that fifty-five days at the
limit of a man's endurance.
VETERAN OF SERVICE
RESIGNS HIS POST
WASHINGTON. April 15. Otto H.
Titttnao, superintendent of United
States Coast and Goedetic Survey for
the past 15 years, resigned today. He
was 48 years In the government ser
vice. Dr. E. Lester Jones, deputy
commissioner of fisheries, was named
to succeed Mr. TUtman.
11
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LONDON, April 1. Eleven lives
were lost when the steamer Ptarmigan
was torpedoed In the North sea by a
German submarine. Seven were res
cued. The Ptarmigan was torpedoed
a few miles off the coast of Holland
IHiU-h Boat Seised.
AMSTERDAM, April 15 German
torpedo boats have seized four Dutch
10
Urging all to take part In County
Good Roads Day, April $0, the offi
cers of the newly formed Umatilla
County Auto Club have sent the fol
lowing general letter to the press ot
the county.
Pendleton. Ore., April 13, 1915.
To the Editor:
The Umatilla County Auto Club
wnt organized at Pendleton Frlda),
April Sth, In the rooms of the Pen
dleton Commercial Association, The
PERSONS
11
AUTOMOBILE
TAKE
Th report Is r the efrect Instruc
tions have been sent from JTeir Torsi
"or tb completion of the ct.iff ami
termlnat but that owing to the fact
re in.aructlon wre not emplet
further advices are awaited;
' Upon the strength of tha rumor
the Ea Oregonfan yesterday wired
President Farrell aa follows:
"Rumred here orders given for
rcmpletlan work Coyst cutoff; also
fendletoa freight terminal. Can yoa
nonfirm 7"
In repy the following message was
received last evening
Portland; Ore-, April It.
East Oreg-nian, Penrllston, Or.
Telegram dare. Expect mako
pleasing announcement In- ear fu
ture. At this time cannot be deft,
mite, or give details.
Jr D.. FARRELL.
The wording of Presldv-nt Farretr
reply seems to assure that work on
th cutoff and terminur will soon ha
ordered. If so, a large number ef
men will soon be employed on tha
atttaff and In construed ac tracks,
round house, shops, tie., at the ter
minal site Just east of Pltet Roc't
Juatetton.
The work of grading far tike etof?
wast virtually competed pries to tho
shot down of operations fast year.
Th steel both for the track and for
bridtea Is already hand, the bring
stref being now at La Grande.
The work on. the tertnieat here will
Involve an expend It ore af $150,00 or
"). 000 and when the terminal is)
established here fWj-ht crews on
this division win have headquarters
In- Pendleton.
Tn mone-y ft the eetoff and te
minai has been appropriated for over
a year but the worV was delayed ow
ing to- the fl aa octal uncertainty that
arose at the outbreak ef the war
HAEOLQ lALOlY KAf 'ED
STUDENT EOOY FHEXY
The students ot the high school
held their annual election of officers)
yesterday afternoon and the contest
proved a spirited one. nearly ever
student exercising his or her right
ot franchise. The following were
chosen:
President. Harold Maloney; vice
president, Percy Osborne; secretary
treasurer. Hazel Strain; committee
man-at-large, Lawrence Woodworth;
boys' basketball manager, Charlea
Gordon; girls' basketball manager,
Alta Mentzer; football manager, Er
nest Boylen; debate manager. Vernal
Backman; track manager. Arnold
Minnis; assistant basketball manager,
W'esley Mimms; yell leader, Zoe Car
ney. Fngland Want Hilly Sunday.
NEW YORK. April 15. "Billy"
Sunday Is to be asked to wage a pro
hibition campaign among the work
ingmen of that country, according to
the Tribune.
LOSE LIVES WHEN
E TORPEDOES VESSEL
steam trawlers and towed them to an
unknown port, according to a news
Paper at Ymuiden.
BrttMl Isw I39.IHMI.
LONDON, April 15. British casu.
altles from the beginning of the wr
to April have been 139.347. It was an
nounced In commons by Under riecre.
tary of War Tennant.
CLUB URGES ALL
PART IN MADS
purpose of this organization la Vt
work In conjunction with the Uma
tilla Good Roads Association fur
htter roads In general and for the
Improvement ( plaoi-s In particular
which make It difficult ovrr whkli
to operate an automobile.
Membership In this club l opn t
all auto owners In Umatilla count
and to any one else who Hum the
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