East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, May 13, 1915, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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DA!LY EVEKIIuj ECITIO!
ForecaM for Kastern Orrn by the
Initcd State Weather ohmrter
at i-i.rdianrl.
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TO ADVERTISERS.
The East Oregonlan hail the largest paid
clrt'ulatlun of any paper In Oregon, east of
I'orlland, and over twice the circulation In
l'endlrtua of any other newspaper.
Shottrri tonight and Friday.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 26
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1915.
NO. 8.101
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USES BEING
CLAIMED 111 FIGHT
111 ARRAS M
French War Office Says Allies are
Making Substantial Gains Against
German Lines.
BRITISH DE1VE PROGRESSES
iit iioawr I- Eneiinh von
Have occupied Nearly All of CI-
veiu-hy-CHr Is In Huln, After
Ikwpcrale FlRirtinK French
turc More (jcrman Treadic.
Cap-
PARIS, May 13. "Brilliant suc-
I , . I . Kir lha ma w rtfftnm
in the httTrSli Arras
to the sea. In the woods east of Ca
reney the French have captured ad
dltlonal trenches. The French also arcn is. ine rrencn warsnip ou
have made Important progress toward vet was also destroyed inside the
Lens, their main objective. straits. The French marine offices
The British drive on La Basse is stated the Bouvet was sunk by a mine
making satisfactory progress, it was but Constantinople declared me vessel
stated, despite the admission that the waa torpedoed.
English have lost heavily. Clvenchy.l
now ln ruins, is almost entirely In the
hands of the British.
PETROGRAD May 1J Rein
forcements are being rushed to sup
port the Russians east of the San
river. It waa seml-offlclally stated
that though the Russians continue to
retreat at certain points In this regl
Ion, the main force of the Auatro
Germans Is nearly spent. No fear was
expressed here of the ultimate defeat
of the Russian forces In Oallcla.
COOT'S SHARE OF WORK
Oil CUTOFF NEMil DOSE
KAILWAY CHEW NOW ENGAGED
IX WIDENING PASSAGEWAY
TO 20 FEET.
The county's share of the work on
the cutuff leading to the bridge ac-,
ross the 1'matllla above the St An
thony's hospital la now virtually com
l lettd and a railroad crew Is engaged
In widening the passageway under the.
bridge so as to-make It 20 feet in
The work on the cutoff was handl-' Prlce
nl hv force account and cost approx-' The
Imately $2000. The change in the
road works an Immense Improvement
both In the grade and ln the curve so
as to render travel much safer.
The work by the railroad company
will also be beneficial, the bents be
ing moved so as' to make them paral
lel with the road. In excavating for
the cutoff the county used the dirt for-
making a 76 foot fill at the east end u,e city with 500 feet of new fire
of the bridge, thus doing away with hose and the Studebaker company en
one sect'on of the bridge approach. A tere(j a b,j to furnisn the city with
small bridge in the Riverside road new ,1)rnkllng tanks. The company
was also eliminated and the floor of has several different kinds of tanks,
the Wild Horse cut Improved. I
The cutoff by the bridge Is now In
use and all that remains to be done
consists In the removal of a small
ledge of rock near one end. Within
few days this will have been removed
i-nd the railroad bridge will have been
Mrengthened so that the Improve
ments will be complete except for the
Kiirfaclng of the road. County Judge
Marsh says the surfacing work will
have to wait until the macadam plant
Ik brought down from the east end of
the county.
The steel for the new bridge over
the t'matllla has not yet arrived. The
county Is to place the concrete work
for this bridge nnd this work cannot
be done until the river Is low.
UKIAH RANCHER HAS NARROW
ESCAPE FROM MAD COYOTE
M.
I' KTl'ItDIVANT Jl'KT MISSUS
I1KING IUTTT.N 1Y ItAllID
lf all the close escapes from mad
coyotes, reports of which have filt
ered In to Pendleton from the foot
hills that of M. E. Sturdlvant, promi
nent I'klah rancher, a few days ago,
vi shout the narrowest. In fact so
close did the teeth of the rabid brute
rome to him that he lost the sent of
bis pants.
Mr. Sturdlvant had a sow and the
now had a litter of pigs. The mufi
had the whole family enclosed In a
pen. Sometime during tne nignt ne
henrd his two dogs barking savagely
and be and his brother rushed out to
ascertain the cause of the tumult.
They found a coyote Inside the hog
pen fighting with the dogs.
Soiling a club, Mr. Sturdlvant
Jumped Into the pen and started to
club the coyote. At once It turned
upon him and as he was jumping back
over the fence, snapped Its Jaws to
gether. They caught In the seat of
his trousers and the cloth gave way.
ffnnttnuad on naae nlsht 1
ill BUIP GOLIATH
IS SUNK BY TURKS; 500 UVES
LOST WHEN VESSEL GOES DOWN
LONDON, May 13. The British warship Goliath has been
torpedoed and sunk in the Dardanelles with a loss of St)0 lives.
The Goliath was with the
against the Turkish forts. The admiralty made the announce
ment of the destruction of the battleship this afternoon.
The Goliath was of 13,000 tons displacement and was built
I at a cost of more than three and
normal compliment of the vessel
,s :n ima
,Wfl8 DUUl ln LyW'
The announcement of the (Inking
was the first official word that the al
lied fleets again have been actively
"" Dardanelles.
In
previous operations the British battle
ships Ocean and Irreslstable were sunk
BOND ISSUE SOLD
TO TACOMA FIRM
The 140,000 water bond Issue was
sold last night and contracts let for
building the north side sewer laterals
and for sprinkling the streets during
the summer at the regular meeting of
the council.
George H. Tilden tt Co, of Taco
ma, was declared to have the best bid
for the water bonds, the bid being
par, accrued Interest and $12$ prem
ium. Cpon the recommendation of
the finance committee, the bonds were
sold to this company.
The contract for building sewer
laterals on Ray, Martin and Wilson
streets on the north side was let to
C. W. Connor & Son of Btanfleld, the
hid being $154$. 7H. The bid of Beno.j
the Italian, waa considerably lower
but the sewer committee declared be
bid to be so low that the work could
not be done satisfactorily at that
I The anrlnkllnsr contracts were let
as follows: District No. 1, north of
the river, to G. T. Meeker for 1150
per month; district No. 2 south of
river and east of Main street, to W.
P. Williamson for $110 per month;
district No. S, south of river and west
of Main, to J. A. Morton for $110.
Eight bids were received from va-
roug rubber companies to furnish
German
' mm j.
Through the agency and territory
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first detachment of German prisoner.
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Anglo - French fleet operating
a quarter million dollars. The
was 700 officers and men. It
The Goliath Is the third British
battleship sunk at the Dardanelles.
Churchill announced the loss of the
Goliath ln the house of commons. He
added the British submarine E-H
had succeeded in penetrating the
straits and sunk two Turkish gunboats
and a large transport. The Turkish
loss of life was not stated. Churchill
first announced the casualties on the
Goliath might reach 700, but later a
cableKram stated that 20 officers and
160 men had been saved.
A first resolution declaring It ex
pedient and necessary to pave West
Alta street from Main to Chestnut
and Chestnut from Alta to Webb was
introduced but no action was taken.
Harry Gray, representing Graj
Bros., asked to have his petition for
permission to Install a gasoline tank
In front of his store, reconsidered.
The council two weeks ago refused the
permission and last evening refused
to take further action. The refusal
waa based upon the contention that
such a machine on Main street would
tend to congest traffic and would
probably result In similar petitions
from other merchants.
A proposal from a citizen to bus
the city's two lots on Lincoln slieet
was turned down, the council deeming
It wise to hold the property.
The council voted to refund to Mrs.
Phil McBrlan a part of tht license
lee paid by her late husband for the
privilege of conducting a drnylng
business. Guy O'Connerly appeared
before the council seeking relief from
an order to build a new sidewalk. His
present sidewalk Is in good condition.
he maintained, and he is financially
unable now. to replace it.
A petition for a sewer on Garden
street to tap the Alta street sewer
was referred to the sewer committee.
An application for a six months' res
taurant liquor license from W. A,
Rhodes was referred to the license
committee.
Exchanged Prisoners Arrive
Of SwltZerll!tll the natlrtna tw.ur lit
' "rmy' No able-h"ei men are being
exchanged from France,
SULTAH ilH
iY ABDICATE HIS
111 OVER M
Wounded Men from Gallipuli Penin
sula Throw Constantinople Into
Terror Revclution Tnreatened.
TURKISH LOSSES ARE HEAVY
Population of City Receives First In
timation of Terrific Slaughter in
Fighting at Dardanelles Women
Parade Streets Denouncing Ute
Present Conflict.
By Henry Wood.
(Copyright l15, by the United Press.
Copyrighted In Great Britain ).
CONSTANTINOPLE. May 11. (By
Courier to Athens and Cable via Lon
don) May 1J. The arrival of 13,000
Turkish wounded from the Galllpoll!
Peninsula this morning converted
Constantinople Into a city of terror.
Crowds mostly women paraded the
streets, cursing the war and those re
sponsible for Turkey's participation In
the present conflict.
Sultan Mohammed, according to a
report reaching the American quarter,
has threatened to abdicate. The
Young Turks have given the city au
thorities carte blanche to prevent au
uprising directed against the present
government by the Musselmans oppos
ed to Enver Pasha's domination.
The wounded men horrified the city
with stories of the terrible Turkish
losses the first confirmation the
population has had of what for some
time had been suspected.
WHEAT DROPS TWO CTS
IN CHICAGO MARKET
CHICAGO, May 13. (Special)
Wheat prices ln Chicago are
generally down two cents today.
At the close May wheat was
listed at 1.&5; July at 1.29
68; September tl.23 b'd.
PORTLAND, Ore., May 13.
(Special) Portland wheat pri
ces today are club $1.12; blue
stem, $1.19.
NEWS SUMMARY
Local.
Civic Club wants city to buy strip of
land near old cemetery and make
whole block a park.
Ixx-aJ attorney In wreck on Sumn-
ter Valley road.
Commercial club to ak state to
nave from city limits to hospital.
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exchanged. The photograph shows
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ALIEN ENEMIES II
ENGLAND III BE
PLACED IN CAM
All Adult Males of German, Austrian
and Turkish Birth to be Interned
by British Government.
RIOTS GRQW1KG MENACE
IluKlitftHMinen I'rge That Immediate
Action Be Taken to Concentrate
" Foreigners and Government Ao
Accordingly Women In Mobs light
When Police Interfere.
LONDON', May 13. All male
adults of German, Austrian - and
Turkish birth In England are to be
Interned. There are now thousands
of "alien enemies" interned In the vast
concentration camps but this numi-er,
will hs niitrmonttt1 Kv lha Intaertrtianf'
f tnougandl5 of othenl who gtm ure
at liberty and who have been victims
of violent rioting the past two days.
Premier Asqulth announced todsy
in the house of commons that the
government has decided to interne
all male adult alien enemies. The de.
clsion was reached after urgent de
manda had been made by buslnesi
men. Two great mass meeting.! were
held today at which resolutions were
adopted demanding that aliens be
concentrated.
Rioting broke out anew today and
a public house owned by a German
in Cannlngton was partly demolished.
Estimates place the number of
persons of German and Austrian birth
in London alone at 20,000 and there
are upwards of 60.000 throughout the
British Isles. The feeling throughout
London and other cities la rapidly oe
coming more intense. American meat
dealers at Smlthfleld market were
forced to yield to the pressure brought
by British merchants and announced,
they no longer will serve German pa
trons.
The police dispersed a mob which
gathered about German shops near
the customs house during the day. A
majority of these in the mob were
women. Wild scenes were enacted
when the police charged.
Johannesburg. May 13. Roused to
the highest pitch of Indignation by
the sinking of the Lusitania and
driven to action by the reports of
anti-German riots in England, mobs
wrecked and burned ten large ware
houses three hotels, seven salcona
three movie theaters and many shops
The property damage will be half a
million dollars.
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Panic on Italian Frontier.
LONDON, May 13. A dispatch re
ceived here from Lugano. Switzer
land, that scenes of Indescribable pan-
Ic prevail on the Italian border.
Thousands of Italians are waiting lor
trains to take them out of Austria
at Home
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PROMPT AND DE1IE ANSWER FROM
GERMANY IS POINT EMPHASIZED IN
RITE FROM AMERICA!! GOVERNMENT
Putting Into Immediate Effect of the Demands
Made by President Wilson Will Then be An
ticipated by the United States-Mote Will Mot
Permit of Mere Promises.
Reparation for Losses to be Asked
Assurance Also Requested on Part of Germany
That Such Incidents as Sinking of Lusitania
and the Gulflight Will Not be Repeated.
WASHINGTON, May 13- The Ger
man embassy denied published state-
menu this afternoon to the effect tliat
officials of the German embassy had
outlined the pohition of the German
government towards the American
note regarding the sinking of the
Lusitania and that it ould be a po
lite but firm refusal to ceae its sub
marine warfare. The embassy state-
ment Mild official were Ignorant of
we terms or tne American note and
that no official had exweexed an opln
ion on the subject.
WASHINGTON', May 13. President
Wilson has completed revision of the
note to Germany demanding repara
tion for the loss of American lives
and property owing to the submarine
warfare of the kaiser's navy- The
communication was returned to the
state department where experts are
putting It in code for transmission to
Ambassador Gerard who will present
It to the German foreign office..
Pledging themselves to make a first
payment of $500 and to pay the In
terest on the balance for a year, mem
bers of the Civic Club appeared before
the city council last evening asking
that the city purchase the strip of
ground adjoining the old cemetery on
the eist In order that the entire block
may be used as a park. Acting May
or Dyer referred the matter to the fi
nance committee with Instructions not
to report for a week despite the pro
test of the ladies that other parties
are seeking the property and will
make offers Immediately.
Yesterday the ladies of the Civic
Club secured pledges from north aid;
residents amounting to $450. H. F.
Johnson, owner of the property, which
consists of three lots, asks $3000 for
it and the proposition of the ladles
was that they make the first payment
of $500 and the first year's interest'
STATE REQUESTED
TO PAVE ROAD TO
STATE HOSPITAL
Commercial Club
Observe Governor's "Good Roods
Day" May 20-AII Organizations to
Join in Move-Meeting Called for
Friday Evening.
Good roads was the live subject at
the monthly meeting of the Pendleton
Commercial club last evening and the
session resulted In action King taken ,
to bring about the paving of the read,
irom tne city limits to tne State Hos-, I m.itilla ('.Mjnty r..! U.u.Is A'veia.
pital and for a genuine observance by tlmi. called attention to the. f e t Ui"
this county of Good Roads Day set by governor has named Mv f C.Hid
Governor Wlthycombe for May 20 I Roads Day an i nrKe.j that all m
Rep. R. W. Ritner brouuht the sub. Izntions here should t-ot together tt,
Ject of the State Hospital road before' Uo some effective ..rk. M t.-l.-v.
the meeting and argued that since the much olunteer w..rk may iw e. ur
road down the river will eventually ( P(1 linil re, ailed that lluxh I'.ei;, u
be a part of a state highway the state nienilier of the county ee( utiv com.
highway commission should improve' mittee. recrnth- had a crew of
the road. He Introduced a resolution
to that effect and it was unantmousl) '
adopted. The request of the Com-j
merclal club will be forwarded to
Salem at once and It Is hoped money
may be obtained for this pur(-o
from the state highway fund. The!
expense will be light and It U Con-.
It was emphasized unofficially that
the attitude of the United States as
expressed by the note calls for a
prompt and deflnlt answer from Ber
lin to be followed Immediately by ac
tion in accordance with Wilson's de
mands. In addition to asking reparation this
government has requested that such
incidents as the sinking of the Luslt
tanla and the Gulflight and the aerial
attack upon the Cushing will not bi
repeated. It Is now up to Germany
to act next.
It to believed the American com
munication will reach the German
foreign office by tonight, European
time.
Officials admitted that the outlines
of the note as stated unofficially are
substantially correct. The president
today received more than 209 tele
grams, expressing without exception,
strong approval of his course. IIo
expressed himself as greatly gratified.
(Continued on page five.)
WOULD he cm
W 10 GET BLOCK
and that the city pledge itself to puy
the balance in yearly Installments of
$500. Mrs. E. T. Wade, president of
the organization, and Mrs. J. F. Rob
inson, presented the matter, urgin
some Immediate action.
"There Is little ground remaining
in the central part of the city which
can be acquired for park purposes
and the city should not permit this
opportunity to pass by," they said ln
part.
The attitude of the acting mayor
was distinctly opposed to the prop
osition. His objections were several.
In the first place he declared he wail
against incurring any debts for a fu
ture administration to r'. Moreover,
he suggested that if the north aide
wants tht. nnrU an haitlv lha nnrlh
8lde ani, not ,he whoIe clt 8houl(I ta
:
(Continued on pan five)
Starts Campaign to
tended the expenditure will be
tivularly Justified Wum tiie
leads to a si.-ttf Inn'tuUon.
timxl iaU uy
J. F. Uolii!i..n. i rel lem of
.Li
th
men doing some ba-lly nee'led volun
teer work In his nlgh'wrhijii.
others present supported th bleu
of making use of i! I Hoada ly
and It was d" Ule.l to bring about
operation beiweer. th road cornmlt-
(Contlnued on pigs lht )