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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 27.
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1915.
NO. 8641
300 Passengers, Mostly Women and Children, Lose Their Lives When
Austrian Submarine Torpedoes the Ancona in the Mediterranean Sea
LOSS OF
SHIP MAY CREATE
ANOTHER CRISIS
Recently Placid Outlook in Submarine Trouble Again Disturbed Over the
Torpedoing o( Ancona United States Government Will Await
Developments Before Deciding What Diplomatic Course to Pursue.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 The re
cently placid horizon In the subma
rine controversy was clouded jmln
oualy today as new dispatches gave
md that Austria or German,
sank the Ancuna without warning,
presumably with American! aboard.
Another diplomatic crlal aeemed. on
the surface, Inevitable. State depart
ment heads withheld Judgment on
aceouni of the abaence of absolute j
Information to prove what the news
dispatches Indicated, it the vessel,
was warned and then attempted to
escape, a controversy would be
avoided, authorities said, as Interna-1
tlonal law would Justify such an ac
tion. Just how far Austria la bound j
by negotiations between America and 1
Germany Is another point still unde-
termlned. The logical outcome, In
the event It Is proved an Austrian
vessel u 'culpable, will be a note to
Austria, asking for a disavowal and
reparation mid a pled fa not to repeat j
the offense.
Matt UeeUag Calked.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. For the
first time since early summer Presi
dent Wilson will call the cabinet to- j
tether next week for the opening of,
'ongToss. It Is expected the Interna-'
li, .rial Munition and the president's
message to comtress will be consld.
ered. The Ancona Incident is also
likely to come up.
WASHINGTON. Nov 10 --Two
hundrcil and seventy persons were
saved in the Anrona torpedoing. Am
' i n an Consul White of Naples ca
bled The consul stated that Mrs.
I-ram if. o Musculo l.amnra and child
who are Ainerlcuna, bourded the ves
xel at Naples. Secretary Lnusingn
cabled Ambassador Page at Uome to
investigate the torpedoing. State
1915 Directorate
by Round-LJp
At the annual stockholders' meet-1 ment, some of the directors reducing I
lug of the Northwestern Frontier the cost of their department moiej
Exhibition association, held last ev-jthan a thousand dollars.
nlng in the Commercial club rooms, stock Triples in Value,
the entire 1915 Round-up dlrectora-ej Tnc rel)orl of the MHelll of cur.
was re-elected for the ensuing year ,,0rution shows that the book value'
with the exception of J. W. Watson, i of the ,tock ta now mor thlin ,,.,,!
who rslgned several months ago ho-,I11(,M wnat th(! ,loclc coit urlginalty.
cause of removal from the city. ThTn), aB,,,, include'over 15000 worth1
otbertss directors, however, were of bucking stock, ground equipment,!
empowered to select a successo- to stagecoaches, etc.. but does not In-i
Mr Watson
There was no conslderstlon of any
ih r candidates for directors. The
splendid showing made by the old
board, as told in detail by their Indi
vidual reports, was more than pleas
ing to the stockholders and, when R
Alexander moved their re-election.
A J, McAllister promptly seconded
tin' motion and it was carried unani
mously and with enthusiasm.
The ten directors thus re-elected
were T. 1. Taylor, president, R. W.
Rltner. vice president and business
manager; Charles H. Marsh, secre
tary: I. (1 Frailer, director of
groupds. Roy T Bishop, director Qtlatoek, the idea of all being to add
Indiana Sam R. Thompson, director1 new stockholders only for the pur
of livestock; F. W Earl, director of! Pose of adding to the workers and
non-competitive events; H. W. Col-I boosters for the show. No one pcr
llnns director of exhibition; ,DeaniF,n will be permitted to take more
Tiitom director r accommodations' hun share of stock.
'ml
id. director
pa
show Made Money.
The reports of I he directors show
ed that the till show was a flnnn
clal asucccss as well as a success from
viT other standpoint. The attend
iince and receipts for the sixth :'ii
ii mi 1 show were larger than the vo ir
previous, a fact very gratifying to
the stockholders. The total receipts
of the association from Nov. 10
1914, to Nov. 9, 1111, a shown b5
the report, nmounted to $29,5 1 9.54
and the totnl attendance, aprpoxi
mately 34,000.
The total cost of the show was
111,111 14, which was considerably
Ions thnn the cost of the 1914 show
That the directors were able to make
such . saving In expenditures with
out sacrificing any of the merits of
the exhibition, was considered re
markable by the stockholders. A
saving was made In every depart-
ITALIAN
department officials stated the Inter
ventlon of America hinged on wheth
er the vesel was escaping after be
ing warned.
President Wilson Is seeking all
possible Information. It was point
ed out that even If Americans werei
killed, no protest was possible if the:
Ancona was fleeing after being!
warned.
Machine Shop is
Destroyed by Fire
at Bethlehem, Pa.
LARGE SL' PLIES OF Ml ntiions.
l tin mi: allies ARE A
TOTAL Uss
SOUTH BETHLEHEM Pa, Nov
10. Munitions for the allies and
machinery worth several million dol
lars were damaiied when machine
shop No. 4 of the Bethlehem Steeljcros.- the Dorian-Gyevkyeli line nor
company was destroyed by fire. Therd(,r Monastir. Should operations
loss Is estimated at a million dollars.' around Monaxtir be necessary, tier
Only the skeleton of the building is! many will conduct them without Bul
left standing. Eight hundred (anil garla's aid. The newspapers .Uote
were In the shop. Some were In-1 diplomatic authority,
tended for the allies and others for
the I'nlted States. Short circuited1
wires caused the fire, officials stat-
id,
NKW YORK Nov. it
ult of the fire Bethlehem
led 35 points to four hi
itock was once 600.
a re- j
'
An ant can carry a grain of corn i
ten limes Its weight, while a man or
a horse will carry a burden of nnly
their own weight.
Reelected
for 1916 Show
elude the park whlcn was deeded to
the clt) after having been paid for.
Various stockholders reported last
evening that there are many uroinl
nent business men of the city, some
ot whom have come here since the
organization oi the Round-up. who
would like to own stock III the cor
poration In order that they might
feel some proprietary Interest In It.
Alter some discussion it was decided
to open up the stock books for any
such business men but that the
stock should be sold at its present
book value. There was a unanimous
disapproval of any solicitation of
I Many compliments were pall tt
th directors for the success of the
1915 show, particularly because thev!
hud much to discourage them A,
i rousing vole of appreciation was ex
1 tended to them. W. U Thompson
told of the great advertising Pendlc-;
i ton Is receiving at the Panama Pa-j
: clflo exposition through the htrtrlin
of the Round-up films In the Oregon!
I building aud he recommends that id-
dittonal sets of fllniH be sent down.
i J. R. Raley, first president of the!
Round-up, declared the 1915 si.ow
was the best frontier exhibition ovv.-
I staged anywhere. He made this!
I statement advisedly, he said, ifter
seeing the show himself.' after talk.
lnir with many performers and after
perusing the publications devoted to
the wild west game. 'jPendleton for
a Qjtlaft deal" Is the way the enw
boys speak of the Round-up, he said
Severnl other stockholders also ex
pressed their sentiments on (he wat
the IHK, show hud been cunducttd
GREECE IS Si
TO HAVE AGREED
10 HELP NOBODY
Which Means That Government Will
Keep Out of War so Long as
Bulgaria Keeps Her Promises.
SERBIAN CAMPAIGN WILL END
Uiilgur- re llloru-d to Have j
Agreed to LH-moblllic Will Notj
Enter Monastic Hut Will Leave,
operatlons There to the Germans
llplonmtl Authority Quoted
.
ATHENS, Nov. 10. King
( TmrtanttnT signed a decree on
Tuesday dissolving parliament,
the Kmpros declared, which will
If published Unlay unless rescin
ded. BUCHAREST, No. 10 The kings!
of Kumania. Bulgaria and Greece are!
i reported to be planning to meet to
discuss the Balkan situation.
ATHENS, Nov. 10, Bulgaria and
(1 recce reached an agreement vester
day by which Greece will keep out
of the war. according to local news
papers. Bulgaria is alleged to have
agreed to demobilize and end the
Serbian campaign as well as not to
SOFIA, Nov. 10. At least
prisoners Have been taken by tbi
r.ooo
Bui-
garlans In and around N'lsh, the war
office claimed. This number may bo
Increased when a complete count Is
made Forty-two fortress cannon.
thousands of rifles. TH" railroad
laden with food and supplies
cars
and
n.anv automobiles have been captur
ed. The statement claimed the Bul
garians are pursuing the enemy along
the whole front.
I BRLTN, Nov. in. "We have re
PQUFed the Russia in everywhere." the
war office claimed. A fresh junction
with the Austro-Germans and the
Bulgar has been effected at Vlashk i
along th" cirient railroad They are
attempting to end Serbian guerrilla
Warfare in order to resume their ad
vance ,,n I'onstantlnoide.
Chicago Prices Are
Up One Cent Today
CHICAGO, Nov. 10. (Special) At
the close today. Pec. $1 0.1 3-1; May
SI. 04
Portland.
PORTLAND. Ore.. Nov. 10.
(Special i Merchant's Exchange pri
ces today, club so bid. 93 asked; blue
stem 14 bid. 96 asked.
Lives-pool.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. io. Wheat
spot market easy; No. 2 Manitoba lis
4d; No. 3. lis 3d; No. 2 hard winter,
old 12s 4 l-2d; No. 2 Chicago new
lis 2d.
In American terms the highest Llv.
erpool price, that for No. 2 hard win
ter, old. is $1.80 per bushel.
French "Caudron" Greatest Aeroplane and Driver
The French, who have excelled in i
aeroplanes since the Wright brothers !
invented them, have produced another
wonder in the "Caudron," an ner
plane with two engines and two pn
pollers. It Is the fastest heavier than i
air machine made. .lilies Vedrlnes, i
one of the famous aviators of Franc i
AMERICANS BELIEVED
VICTIMS OF THE
Pians Are Being
Three-Story Hotel Which Will
be Built at Lehman Springs
ABERDEEN, Vah.. Nov. 10.
Architect Troutman of Aberdeen, Is
drawing plans for a three story ho
tel. 30 cottages, a nataturlum and a
dancing pavilion, to be built by W. H.
McCormmach at U-hman Hot Springs
If miles from Pendleton, at a cost of
. 5,000.
-
! Interviewed here today W. H. Mc
Cormmach. owner of Lehman Springs
confirmed the Aberdeen report as to
the improvements proposed for Leh
man. He says lumber for the purpose
will be manufactured on the land near
the springs and that work will start
up soon as possible in the spring, pro-
PEACE TALK DOES
NOT COME FROM THE
on: SOLDIERS Wll.l, PIGH1
FOR DBX'K'VK VICTORY."
sYS PREMIER.
PARIS. Nov. 10 ' All this peace
talk Is misplaced," Premier Brlant
today told a group of American cor-'
j respondents. "Tou may rest assur
: ed It is not the French who are start
ing the rumors. Until our soldiers,
fighting and dying In yonder trench-
pj, nave won a decisive victory, we
not talk of peace here."
Briand would not discuss the Lal
kan situation
Electric Heater
for Natatorium
is New Proposal
WOULD ENABLE 8WLM.MEIIS T1
I SE TANK i NTII, LATE IN
THE PALI .
I To enable the local people to use
the natatorium from early spring un
. til late fall, the council commit'ee In
charge Is seriously considering in
1 stalling an electric heater which
will raise the temperature of the wa
ter fifteen degrees The committee,
has already investigated the matter
, and has come to the conclusion that
the heater can be installed and oper
ated at a very small cost.
I Cotincilmen Vaughan. Montgoiiierv
' and Phelps compose the nataorium
committee and Councilman Vaughan
stated this morning that he believes
the installation of an electric heater
will prove entirely practicable The
: Westlnghouse electrical company Is
now putting out electric heaters for
(Continued on page four i
I drives one of these
army and he Is I
latest photograph i
latelv won. In ar
f thlrtv or fort
'audrons lend the
superior speed makes
pOs'Ml
them to go ahead of the
of raiders and th back.
leneral bodv
ichlnas with the I f
I show n in his I m
h the medals h 7u -
r.uds mada up F
aeroptam t w .
vpcditlon. Thcr av!! !-J
Drawn for
I vlded that In the meantime he does
! not "" the resort.
According to Mr. McCormmach the
first step will be to build a new swlm
i mlng pool, so as to have It ready for
j the summer' use. The erection of
j the hotel and cottages will have to
j await upon the seasoning of the lum-
her. The hotel will first be erected
and then the cottages. The estimate
on the cost of the total Improvements
is a trifle high, says Mr. McCorm
mach. It has not yet been determined who
will operate Lehman Springs next sea
son but Mr. McNeill, who has had the
resort for several years, will not be Id
charge again.
FRENCH CLAIM TO
HAVE REPULSED ALL
CAMPAIGK ix CENTRAL sehiha
is rkpokted F.woRABi.E
to the allies.
LONDON. Nov. 10. The French
war office reported that the German j peuoing or me liner, tnough
assault in the Givenchy wood haditrian flap:. Authorities said it
been repulsed and
tA n .1 . V. . . . Mtlll i
an artillery,
duel is on near Tahure and In'
the Argonne. The French have re
captured Veles in South Central Ser
bia, from the Bulgarians. Athens re
ported The British vessels Callfor
nian and Moorina have been subma
rined and sunk and the British tor
pedo bjoat Louis is stranded in-the
eastern Mediterranean the admiralty
announced. The crew was saved.
Mimic
Head nappiii OIL
PORT WORTS, Nov. 19. While
spectators stood aghast, C. A Myers
head was snapped from his body
when he was hanged for the n.urier
of A. W Montague.
Will
THE Vt i;
END TOMORROW
BERLIN. Nov. 10. The Eu
ropean war will end tomorrow,
says a postcard from a Gernvin
soldier In the Vosges. "Ger-
niany's la.-t great war was tn
1870-71 Peace was concluded
May 10. 1S71. Add 1870 to 1871
you get 3741. Add the first two
figures. and 7. and you get
10. Add the last two and v,.u 4
get , meaning. H-l-'7L
"This war has been in 1914, -
1915. Add to 1914 to 1 i 1 ; and
you get 3829. And the first
two figures and you get 11. Add 4)
the last two and you get 11,
meaning that peace will conic
on 11-11-15."
rMgjaMiiaMMh l KKFWBS wg
le for ... nm.,fcjia
TO HAVE
LATEST SEA
Italian Liner is Sent to the Bottom off Coast
of Tunis Yesterday-Undersea Craft Hies the
Austrian Flag, But Opinion Prevails That
Destruction of Vessel is Work of Germans
Only 270 are Accounted for as Saved Out of
582 Aboard-Liner May Have Been Attacked
Without Warning.
LONDON, Nov. 10. Neaily 300 persons, mostly women and
children and possibly including several Americans, lost their
lives when a submarine torpedo crashed into the Italian liner
! Ancona off Bizarta. Tunis, vesterdav. according to Llovd s.
; 0f the 582 aboard, only 270
f aorl
Madrid dispatches, reporting the British destruction of two
German submarines off Gibraltar, are deemed significant.
Suggestions are current that a German submarine shielded
hphinr) thp AustriAn fine wna the ronl nornotratnr rvf tirhat is
j denounced by the English press as an unpardonable outrage,
j Whether the attack was without warning, gor whether the liner
I was attempting flight, was not known.
Survivors have been landed at Bizerta, Cape Bon and Fer
ryville, Africa. Rome advices indicate the heaviest casualties
jwere among the emigrants aboard. That the attacking sub
marine fired 100 shots at the Ancona gave some ground for
the belief she was attemping to escape.
LONDON, Nov. 10. Rome dispatches said the submarine
which sank the Ancona, fired 100 shots at her.
PARIS, Nov. 10. Orders have been given authorities to do
; their utmost to aid the 270 survivors of the Ancona, reported
landed at Bizerta, Tunis. Admiralty officials susDect that the
Germans, rather than the Austrians are responsible for the
l 1 f ,i i, . i . . . . r
1 1 1 , , , . , .
mans wnnlrl rinist tho An ctnQ n
ZTZ1
" c6iiul ckii Italian r?:t?i.
are not at war.
NEW YORK, Xov JO. At least
two Americans were aboard the An-
cona. L. Giger of the Bronx told of-'
ficials of the Italian line. A letter
from his uncle. E. Giger, said he and:
his wife would leave on the Ancona:
for New York. The line has receiv
ed Inquiries regarding Mrs. Canfiehl.'
J .hnson and Mrs. Hossllll of Phila
delphia and Adelaide Stanghieri and
Filbert Mazzarulli of Baltimore. Of-1
ficials presumed they are Americuna
ROME, Nov. 10. It was learned
definitely that Americans were am
ong the Ancona's missing. The ves-l
sel was torpedoed off Sardina by an
Austrian submarine, it was stuted.
BERLIN, Nov. !0 An Austrian
submarine sank the Ancona while
he was trying to escape, it was otfl-
oianv announcea on tne strenvn Jt;
reliable information.'
NEW YORK. Nov. 10. The An
cona sailed from New York for Na
ples on October 17. She had on
hoard 1245 Italian reservists and a
general csrgo. She arrived at Na
ples on October 2S and was due to
All from Naples tor New York ves
terdav. The Ancona was built at Belfast In
190S. She had a gross tonnage ot
210. was 482 feet In length aud 58
i leet beam.
For several months before Italy's
! entrance In the war the Ancona was
engaged in carrying home Italian re
' servlsts from this country and sup
! plies for the Italian government. On
I one of her trips from New York to
Naples late In August last year the
I Ancona was stopped by the British
j at Gibraltar, and 2 4 Germans and
1 one Austrian were taken from the
1 ship, l.ate last summer the Ancona
v line iv, nHiy nun tO.UO" ollsn-
s oi wneat. .oou
tons of hiv and
no hundred horses for the Italian
government On the same voyage
she carried 300 Italians In the steer
age who went back because U was
ai l at the time they could not get
work In the New York su m i .
Officers ro u ,ns
When the Ancona left New York
on her last vovase, October 17. sh
waa in command of Captain Pleto
y niglo.
All of her officers engine room
force and members of the crew MM
lions who shipped from Italy
William Hartfleid. general mint,
cer of the Italian line last ninht
characterized the sinking of the An
v ona " as an unnecessary crime."
md absolute murder.' He Immedi
ately cabletT the Naples Offtc of his
firm asking for all Information rg
-.irding the disaster.
Although he had no list of her
p.tssngors. Mr Hatfield said the An
cona on her last few voyage to thU
BEEN
DISASTER
have been definitely accounted
the submarine flew the Aus-
va natural tn ovnoet the Car--
. .
PitlrkW in ft n jn tVi ai ,iwrt ......
. c .ipci-
inasmuch as Italy and German
country had carried 300 or tro pas
sengers, among them a number of
Americans In tne first caM:i and In
the steerage. Most of her pa.Menger
list, Mr. Hartfleld said, had been
made up of women and children. He
believed she carried a large number
of women and children on her pres
ent voyage.
sbip i ui o.i o Cuns.
The Ancona. l,e added.' caHed a
crew of ISO men At no time, said
Mr Hartfleld. did the Ancona carry
guns or munitions of war because It
was against the rules of the com
pany to carry war munitions on the
same vessels wi'h passengers
The Ancona hao been In the Ital
ian line ssjrvice for six years and
with her cargo was valued at more
than $1 000.000
Thfl v . , . .. , t . n. 1
pari in me rescue or pawneery rrom
the burning Fure liner Santa Anna
In mid-Atlantic lust September 1?.
She came to the Santa Anna's aid
ami took off more than 00 passen
gers. The Santa Anna carried mors
than 2000 passengers but succeeded
in checking the fire and proceeded
to the A sores without further assist
ance from the Ancona.
lark Will support tt-n
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. That
Speaker Clark will support the ad
ministration's preparedness pollcv was
indicated by a message sent the
White House congratulating the pres
ident on his Manhattan club sp-e. h.
E.-tlmatr of t.i rmans.
LONDON, Nov. 10 -Petrograd
military authorities estimate that
there are 110 German infantry dlvls
b n In the west German and 40
Austrian Infantry divisions with II
livislons n
Russian from arid 10 ujtfo-0F
man divisions Invading Serbia.
NSWS SUMMARY
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