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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 26
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1915
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ClPffl TO GET
iREJWRIOTl
Premier Asquith Talks to Working
men on Necessity of Manufactur
ing Projectiles for Army.
LIQUOR QUESTION IS AYOIDED
3io Mrntlon Is Mode of Proposed Plan
to Put the Nation on the Water
Wagon Tlio Government Appears
Derided to Let Prohibition Matter
Drop Munitions Wanted.
LONDON. Aprl il. Indication
that the government has decided up
on a campaign' to arouse greater pa
triotism among the workmen of the
country, rather than reitort to drastic
liquor legislation was aeen here fol
lowing a ipeech by Premier Asquith
before the workers of Newcastle.
The premier refrained from refer
ence to the question of drink, but
appealed for greater production of
war munitions. He made no criti
cism of the workmen but addressed a
strong patriotic appeal to the men
who must keep the fighting force
supplied in the field.
f Heavy Fighting Oil.
' PARIS. April 21 French forces
between the Meuse and the Moselle
are engaged In the heaviest fighting
In the Montmare forest, near Fl'rey
and the Essey road, where the Ger
mans are making desperate efforts to
retake the trenches which were cap
tured. An announcement by the war
office declared the French are hold
lng the positions taken, repulsing the
Herman counter-attacks with extrem
al heavy losses.
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MIS A6A1M TARGET FOB -
m SIS OF THE SERiS
t1IK1JJNO OF CITY CAUSED BY
"RENCH MOUNTJNO CANNON
' SAYS BERLIN.
BERLIN, April 21 Owing to the
French having mounted cannon near
Rhelms cathedral, the Germans were
compelled to again bombard the po
sition, the war office announced. It
waa stated the shells were not fired
directly at the cathedral. The re
newed bombardment of Rhelms, to
gether with attacks directed by the
French at Fllrey, between the Meuso
and the Moselle, and about Metzeral
and Sonderanachen, represented the
chief activity reported. All attacks
at the three points mentioned were
repulsed with heavy losses. It was
tated. y
In retaliation for the bombardment
f Insterhurg and Gumblnnen by the
Russians. German aviators dropped
150 bombs upon the railway Junc
tion at Balllstok, doing great dam
age. Aside from this attack, the sit
uation on the eastern front was de
clared to be unchanged.
WAY WHEAT CLOSES AT
$1.61 AT CHICAGO TODAY
CHICAGO, III, April 21. (Spec
ial.) In the wheat pit today, May
closed at 11.61; July at $135 1-2. For
September tl 23 was asked.
PORTLAND, Ore., April 21. An
unexpected heavy demand for wheat
appeared In the Portland market
from California and Europe today.
Sales of 56,000 bushels were reported
on the Merchants' Exchange. Forty
thousand May bluestcm sold at a dol
lar thirty-five, 10.000 bushels of
June bluestem at a Dollar thirty-six
and 5000 bushels of June club at a
dollar thirty a bushel.
Columbia vs. Yale.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 21.
The Yale baseball team, anticipated
an easy victory today over Columbia
t'nlverslty.
MAN IS RESCUED
FROM HORRIBLE DEATH
X LOB ANGELES, April 21.
Trapped In a bed of liquid tar
Into which he had atumbled,
Carlos Compos, 26, a laborer
waa saved from a horrible death
when tho engine crew of a pass-
lng train saw his protruding
hands and agonized face, white
against the black of the sticky
mass. Compos had sunk to the
ears and only his face and
forearms were above the eur-
face. He was taken to a hoi-
pltal In a critical condition. .
Bottle of Umatilla
River Water Will be
Broken Over Vessel
MISS THELMA THOMPSON CHO
SEN FOR HONOR AT CEL1LO
CANAL OPENING.
As a feature of the celebration of
the opening of the Celllo canul at
Big Eddy on the afternoon of May
6, Miss Thelma Thompson, Pendletor
high school girl and daughter ol
Mr. and Mrs. Sam R. Thompson, will
break a bottle of Umatilla river wa
ter over the bow of the first boat to
pass through the canal. At the same
time, other young ladles will break
Dottles containing water from other
tributaries of the Columbia, tho
whole to be one of the principal fea
turea of the celebration marking the
opening of the waterway.
Miss Thompson was chosen for the
honor by the local committee, she
being selected because she is a
granddaughter of one of the oldest
living pioneers In Umatilla county,
W. M. lUakely, who came up the Co
lumbia In the early sixties to take up
a stock ranch near this city.
This feature of the Big Eddy cele.
oration was decided upon some time
ago and request was made by Wal
lace Struble. secretary of the general
committee, for a Pendleton young la
dy to dedicate the first boat with wa
ters from the Umatilla. Each of the
young ladles is to wear a white dress
with red, white and blue ribbons.
Phil Bates, who conducted the party
of the Portland rose queen on a swing
through the Pacific states last spring
and who has chaperoned other par
ties of young ladles, has been chosen
to take the young ladies In charge,
throw about them every protection
and give them every courtesy. Offi
cially they will be guests of Portland
on the trip down the river.
MEXICAN AEROPLANE FIRES
ON TOWN OF BROWNSVILLE
SECRETARY GARRISON RE
CEIVES HE POUT BIT WILL
NOT GIVE OIT DETAILS
WASHINGTON, April 21. Secre
tary of War Garrison announced he
ha received a report from General
Fuiuton of a Mexican aeroplane fir-
lng upon Brownsville. Details of
the report will not be made public
for 12 hours, the secretary said. He
refused to explain the reason.
Despite optimistic unofficial ac
counts of the Incident, the action ot
Garrison In withholding the details
la Interpreted as Indicating the affair
might be of a serious nature. '
18,000 AUSTRO-GERMAN
TROOPS OEAD AT USZOK
DESPERATE FIGHTING IS HE
PORTED ALONG THE CAR
PATHIAN HATTLEIRONT.
GENEVA. April 21. Reports ol
desperate fUhting in the Uszok pan
region In which x."0fl Austro-Ger-mans
were killed, wounded or cap
tured, were contained in advices from
the Carpathian battle front. It was
declared the Austro-Germans, taking
advantage of the lull, delivered an un
expected attack on Saturday. The
Russians were forced to retreat but
being reinforced they drove the Aus-tro-dermans
out of the positions they
occupied at the point of the bayonet.
Towns Attacked
German aeroplanes reaching over
towns along the Thames River in
broad day light have so frightened
the British people that special night
watchmen have been sent all over
London to watch for their approach.
If they come In the night every light
In the city will be put out. Guns
have been mounted, and every prep
aration known In the present day
Says Kaiser Did
Not Want War
ALBERT BALI IN.
LONDON, April 21. A letter re
ceived by a British concern from Al
bert Pallin, German steamship mag
nate, written before the war and ex
horting England not to become In
volved, has been made public here.
Herr Ballln recites an Interview with
the Kaiser in wh'ch he asserts the
ruler of Germany declared he was
averse to war and Insisted that the
Emperor was In no way responsible
for the beginning of hostilities. Herr
Ballln has acted as the imperial gov
ernment's mouthpiece for the Ameri
can press on several occasions, having
given several extens ve Interviews.
Kan-wn vs. Ames.
LAWRENCE, Kansas, April 21
Kansas 1'niversitv tnriav ODened the!
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Muteoaii season in a game wun Ameai
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NEWS SUMMARY
General.
ItiMiM-vi-lt brands liurnes as buss of
dominant tc.
England will start campaign for
more patriotism among worklngnien.
Gorman anibawador wild to lie pre
paring to leave Italy.
I,oral.
Defendant III ilanuuir suit has In
nings: lias strong witnesses.
StanflcM banker pn-!l-t road bonds
will inrry.
Miss Thelma Thnisoii to break
bottle of Umatilla water at Big Eddy
nUlirallon.
Dr. C. J. Smilh sulisjTibcs flOOO
towards road to Columbia river.
After 17 years, woman pays for
stolen olives; conversion makes her
reoenl,
Early sales point to phenomenal
prleea for wool.
in Day Light Raid
against such an attack Is said to have
been ordered at a special meeting of
the cabinet. The raids Friday, April
16, did very little damage, but they
caused excitement.
The map shows the course of the
aeroplanes and the towns near which
they dropped explosives. They were
sighted at Deal, on the coast. About
noon they appeared over Heme Hay.
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Stanfield Banker
Thinks Good Roads
Bonds Will Carry
FIRST ESSENTIAL IS FAIRNESS TO
DIFFERENT SECTIONS SAYS
RALPH 1IOLTE.
"It is my belief that the road bond
issue will carry if the committee can
arrange plans that will be fair to the
different sections of the county" sa d
Ralph Holte, Stanfield banker today
in discussing the good roads propo-
ganda now under way in this county.
Good roads are what this county
needs. People from eastern sections
where road work is more advanced
than here regard our roads as very
poor. To Improve our roada In a sub
stantial way will benefit everybody
and particularly those who own land I
for it will Increase the value of the'Alt'k I I-aunched in Characteristic
land."
Mr. Holte la a successful business
man of Stanfield and he has been ac
tive In community affairs in that
town. He was prominent In attend
ance at the first toad meeting held in
Stanfield and also at the organization
of the Umat Ha County Good Roads
association. i
The greatest desire of the west end
people, according to Mr. Holte. is for
good highway from Umatilla
through Hermlston, Stanfield and
Echo to Pendleton. He feels this pro
ject should have important consider
ation by the executive committee at
work on the bonding plan.
The volunteer road work in the
west end was interfered w th to some
extent yesterday by the fact the wea
ther was unfavorable. ,
ANGLO-FRENCH TROOPS ARE
REPORTED AT DARDANELLES
20.000 HAVE BEEN LAN DEI
CENSORSHIP PREVENTS DE
TAILS BEING GIVEN.
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 21.
Twenty thousand Anglo-French troops
are reported to have landed near
Enos. A strict censorship has been
established by Berlin from the Dar
danelles and Important operat'ons are
believed In pr-.gr.4S there.
UMATILLA TO HAVE
2ND GOOD ROADS
DAY ON APRIL 27
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Urads Day In Umatilla was duly eel-
.k, j h.. riv ii f ih. hiLlnonJ
' men and citizens of the city
turning out or hiring a subsiitute In
i tt elr place to work on the roads.
and a much needed piece of road was
! put in excellent condition by spread
i lng over three carloads of cinders on
the road leadine into the east side, i
from the crossing to the main part."'"' n
of the city.
Refreshments were served and
everybody enjoyed himself, especially
ever the results of the work, which
pleased all so much that a meeting
win called (mediately following an!
it wns decided to advertise the fact
that Umatilla Is going to have an
other good roads day on the 27th ot
this month and it is expected that it
will more than duplicate the amounj
-if work accomplished yesterday.
Ptim vs. Swartmoro.
PHILADELPHIA, April 21. On
Franklin Field today, the University
of Pennsylvania baseball team has
Swarthmore's for Its guest.
by the Germans
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and they went on
'about fifteen miles
to Canterbury.
from London, !
Within a few minutes they were re-
ported over tanteroury, closer to tne
capital, and very soon afterward they
appeared over Faversham and then
over Slttlngbourne, not more than
thirty miles away, dropping bombs on
each town. So far as known the dam -
age done by the bombs was negligible.
il
AS BOSS
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TYPE BY UEL
T. R. Brings Fists Down With Re
sounding Smacks Against Witness
Chair as He Testifies.
jRQOSEVELTIAN VIGOR SHOWN
Fashion Against New Yorker Who
Is Declared to Have Inherited Hold
Upon Republican Machine from
Senator Piatt.
SYRACUSE, N. Y., April 21.
Bringing his fists down on the arm
of the witness chair with resounding
smacks, his, teeth flashing and his
I Indictment ringing out In crisp. Jerky
phrases, Colonel Roosevelt today por-
I trayed William Barnes as a political
1 boas of the most dominant type.
After the court ruled that Roose
velt must confine his testimony to
evidence having an actual bearing
upon the case, the colonel launched
Into an attack upon his political en
emy with true Rooseveltlan vigor. He
told how Barnes had Inherited his
hold on the republican machine of
New York from the late Senator
Piatt. How he strengthened It and
how Barnes worked with "Chief"
Murphy and other Tammany Hall
leaders to defeat legislation at Al
bany, were also recounted by Roose
velt In support of statements to the
same effect upon which the Barnes
suit la based. . '
Barnes sat unmoved by the at
tacks during the colonel's testimony
They sometimes faced each other but
neither the colonel nor Barnes bat
ted an eye. In a letter read by the
colonel, Barnes declared that the
"Ideas of getting rid of bosses Is ab
surd so long as we have a party or
ganization. The people do the elect
ing but the party should be free to
frame up their proposals to the peo
ple." Roosevelt declared that Barnes waa
bitterly opposed to Charles Hughes,
now a Justice of the supreme court,
but formerly governor of New York.
Quoting from a letter he received
- .Tnrin nnnnaitlnn to
from Barnes, expressing opposition to
the direct primaries, the Colonel
read: "It the direct nomination plan
ever adopted it will lead to untold
evils and place In office a cheaper,
kind of legislators. '
The colonel rode roughshod over
the objections interposed by the at-
tomeys
for Barnes, as he proceeded
Most women suspect there is some
mischief brewing every time their
husbands smile.
DR. I J.
TOWARDS BOAD
While here yesterday as a witness
in the damage suit underway at the
court house, Dr. C. J. Smith took time
to commend the good roads campaign
being arranged in this county and In
talking to a member of the Cold
Springs road committee stated he
would gladly give 11000 to a sub
scription to make possible a hard sur
face road to the Columbia river.
Dr. Smith is a heavy wheat grow
er, having two large ranches north
and west of the city. Neither place
would be directly affected by a road
to Cold Springs but the doctor eti-
mates that a hard surface road to
BARNES PL
OF ill
SMITH
Convicted by the "Holy
Ghost" Woman Pays for
Stolen Bottle of Olives
Seventeen years ago J. Shanifelt
father ?f Lynn B. Shanifelt of tht
firm ot Lester and Shanifelt of this
city, conducted a store In Colfax,
Iowa. He had a girl clerk who one
day stole a bottle of olives. The
acknowledgement ot the theft and
payment for the olivea was contain
ed In a letter which has just reach
ed the son. The girl clerk, now a
married woman who gives her name
aa Mia. Delia Llbolt Smith, has re
cently been converted and her tardy
atonement for her sin has been
prompted by the "Holy Ghost," she
write Her former employer, the
father of the local man, died seven
years ago In Sunnyslde, Wash., and
the letter was forwarded to the son.
It reads as follows;
German Ambassador
Preparing to Leave
Italy Says Report
WHOLE COUNTRY EXCITED
WAR IS SEEN NOW TO BE
INEVITABLE.
AS
ROME, April 21. An open rup
ture between Italy and Austria is re
garded as Imminent by Senator Car
afa. The senator declared that ne
gotiations between the two govern
ments are now at a standstill and
that he expected a break at any time.
Prince Von Buelow, the German am
bassador, Is declared to have made
preparations to leave Italy.
When Italy shall enter the war la
now entirely up to the government.
The army and navy are ready to
strike at a moment's notice. Con
centrated at ' strategic pointa from
which the first hostile movements
against Austria must be made, tney
are poised for the first blow. The
greatest excitement prevailed In Italy
and official circles because of the be
lief that war la now Inevitable.
S Lost In Fire.
DECATUR, 111., April 21. Three
guests at the Decatur Hotel are miss
ing In a quarter of a million dollar
tire which destroyed the hotel and
surrounding property. It Is feared
they perished. Guests fled down
ropes, fire escapes and leaped Into
life nets, while the blaze raged, but
It spread with great rapidity. Fire
men say the missing three probaNy
were cut off In their rooms or suffo
cated in their beds by the smoke.
EARLY SALES POINT
TO RECORD PRICES FOR
EASTERN OREGON WOOL
That eastern Oregon woolgrowers
will receive record breaking Drlces for
their clips this year Is fully indicated
by offers some of them have already
received for their wool and by prices
being paid In Nevada and Utah.
Reports from Nevada show that
something like 600,000 pounds oi
wool has been sold to one buyer and
he is the only man who has thus far
operated there. The prices have not
been made known which is assurance
they were so high the buyer did not
wish them known. In Utah a price
of 23 cents a pound has been paid for
fine wool according to a report from
Dr. S. XV. McClure.
The Chicago Wool Warehouse is
strongly urging growers to refrain
from selling their clips too hastily and
is offering to advance from 12 to 20
cents per liound on consigned wool.
Buyers who seek to depress wool
prices po nt to importations of for
eign wool since the Australian em
bargo was partly raised. However,
those who predict high wool prices
point out the foreign supply is far be
low normal and hence contend that
even with the embargo removed pri
ces will be phenomenally high.
SI
TO COLUMBIA RIVER
the river will lower the wheat rate
for the entire county.
The offer of Dr. Smith, which was
made entirely without solicitation,
brings the total sum offered for a
road to the Columbia up to I IS. 000.
It Is said that 1100,000 can be rais
ed if the farmers to be benefited are
solicited.
It is probable such soliciting work
will be taken up in the near future
as it is expected the executive com
mittee of the Umatilla County Good
Roads Association will incorporate in
their bonding plan a provision for a
road to Cold Springs landing Dro-
viaea
a sufficient Drivste mihacHn
tion Is raised.
Colfax, la., April C. 1915.
Mr. J. Shanifelt, Sunnyslde. Wash.
Dear Sir: I took a bottle ot olives
from youi store and the Holy Ghost
has conv'cted me and shown me that
I ought to pay for them, so I am
sen ling jou GO cents In sumps,
which I lope you will receive aU
right as I am not sue of v ur first
name. I have shed bitter tears ot
regret and remorse about It In tho
last few days. I know God has for
given me and that you will alsjk
Praise God for the Holy Ghost.
Yours truly,
MR3. DELL A LIBOLT SMITH.
K 8. I am the girl that clerkel
In your store here In Colfax.
SUBSCRIBES
10 TRACKS PLAY
LEADING PART II
BID DAMAGE SUIT
Testimony Shows Marks on Pave
ment May Have Been Made by
Other Than Thompson Car.
Y0UH6 GIRL STAR WITNESS
Miss Leona Grigsby, Called Here With
Her Mother From California to Tes
tify Remains Unshaken Under Orosa
Examination Defense: Attacks
Story of Plaintiff.
W. L. Thompson, defendant in the
$30,000 damage suit brought by Shar
on Arnold Twltchell for personal In
juries, Is having his Innings in the
trial today and is attacking the foun
dations of the plaintiffs case with
testimony that Is directly contradic
tory to that of some of the boy's wit
nesses and which casts a doubt over
other of the evidence.
Opposed to the testimony of John
Phay. who claims to have been an
eye witness to the collision and whose
testimony was a strong support of the
contentions of the plaintiff, the de
fendant has Introduced the testimony
of several persons who claim to have
seen the ace'dent and whose version
Is very different from that of Phay.
They all state that defendant's car
was running slowly either down the
center of the street or on .the west
side and testify that the bicycle, pro
pelled rapidly and apparently under
poor control, struck the automobile
rather than being struck by the car.
Much stress was laid by the plain
tiff upon the auto tracks on the east
sfde of the street as observed by no
less than eight or ten witnesses: Yes
terday evening and this morning, the
defendant's attorneys weakened the
effect of th's evidence by showing by
as many as three witnesses that an
other car, that of Ernest Temple, had
been driven up the east side of the
street just a few minutes before the
accident clearly indicating that they
will contend in their arguments that
the tracks on the east side were made
by this machine.
It is doubtful whether the defense
win complete Its testimony this after
noon as there are a number of im
portant witnesses yet to be heard.
None of the occupants of the Thomp
son, car, except the defendant, have
et testified. There are four of them
yet to be heard. Rebuttal testimony
will doubtless be put in by the plain
tiff. The arguments will undoubtedly
be long and no one expects the case
to be submitted to the jury until late
tomorrow.
Another large crowd is gathered In
the court room today to hear the case
and much interest is being manifest
ed. One of the first witnesses th s af
ternoon was Mrs. Mustard, who testi
fied that she was in the immediate vi
cinity of the scene of the accident al
though she did not witness the col
lision. She was crossing Lee street on
Court, she said, when the Twltchell
boy rode in front of her, h!8 bicycle
being about in the center of the
street. He was riding at a pretty
fast pace, she said, but she did not see
the collision for the reason that she
was not looking In that direction.
She heard the crash and a scream,
however, she said, and hurried to the
side of the prostrate boy. Mr. Thomp
son, she said, was the first to raise
'he boy. her test mony in this respect
contradicting that of John Phay who
stated that he was the first to reach
trfe boy. She declared she did not
notice Mr. Phay present at all but up
on cross-examination admitting that
most of the people there were entire
strangers to her.
(Continued on page 4.)
AUSTRIA MASSING MEN TO
REPEL ITALIAN INVASION
SITUATION IS ItEGXKDKD
REACHING A CKITH l.
STGE AT V1ENNV
AS
VIENNA. April 21 Austrian troop
are massed on the southern frontier
in anticipation of an Italian Invasion.
The situation is deemed crit ral.
rtwltserlaml EnUT Disiiute.
WASHINGTON, April 20 fro.
tests of a fresh controversy between
the United States and the allied pow.
ers was seen today In the visit of Mm.
lster Rltter of Switzerland to the stm-j
department concerning Amri. an on-
traband to neutral countries. HwiU-
eriand Is the first neutral to ajii.enr
in the dispute ot the allies 1iIm kil l.
- MldillCA-llitrtard Tennis Maf-h.
ANNAPOLIS, April 21-TennU
teams of Harvard University and thi
naval aeademy met today for their
first annual spring tourney.
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