East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, November 11, 1915, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1 - .. i DAILY EVENING EDITION 1 v r-g . DAILY EVENING EDITION for Eastern Oregon by tha I nltr.i Suim . athee Oberer at Portland. Tonight ami Friday occaal ,nl rain; warmer tonight. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL 27. DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1915. NO. 8650 iri advertiskhs I n m I narTMU i AT IJitAA AA ?, m i . . .-i The But Oregonlan hai the largest (Mid 1 B (V aCatW X f,VVt' Vwy . I ft W V 1 II 11 I circulation of any paper In Oregon, east of V 7nWy X f r- A r V 1 uW. M m JV F WV U Portland and over twice the circulation In WlT aaMnnsHni I VAJ L.T m -fm M Pendleton of any other newspaper. WJC fJ'fT " aaaawaansVM" JMW fJfT COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER "S - ' . yv; JFfjF TORNADO SWEEPS THROUGH STATES LEAVING WRECKS Nine Persons Reported to Have Met : Was Warning Given and Was Sub Death While at Least 1G0 Have marine Austrian or German Aie Been Seriously Injured. 'Now Questions to be Settled. 6REAT BEND WORST STRUCK lour Peraous There Are killed mill n Injured Mam Buildings Ruin ed II) Terrific Wind Storm Kail-iiu- of iMutuiic" iini in. in Aft certain ut lUl Itinr. KANSAS CITY. Nov. 11. -T lla way throUKh fit states last nigntof the lulled Stales over the torpedo it tornado klllnl nine victims and In- ; Ing of the Anconu will depend on Jureil 100. I whether the vessel was warned batata being sunk and whether the subina- KANSAS CITY. Nov 11 Four rlne was an Austrian or a liernian. persons ure known to have been kill- No proteot will be made if it is offlci ed In a cyclone which swept Great ally established the Ancona did not Bend. Kansas according to wire In-1 observe International laws requiring formation Sixty are estimated Injur-1 submission to a search after being ed The tornado cut a path nearly ' overhauled, a quarter of a mile wide through the southeast section of Great Bend. The Lo.'li Nov. 11 The Ancona's Santa Fe depot, three riouring mills, j cuptaln declared the sunmarlne dirt a number of residence, the city wa-! fired first, according to a Tunis dis ter and light plsnta and a laundry I patch. After the Ancona's engines were wreckert An accurate estimate hail Mopped, the pursuer continued of the damage In lacking to shell the ship while coming up he, Kansas and parts of Nebraska and; said. The last shells and torpedoes South Dakota began to report heavy, that finally sank her were fired from' damage from last night's storm Theja distance of 300 yurds. killing main worst part struck Great Benrt. Com-1 of the passengers In lifeboats, munlcatlon Is crippled so total fig-' urea on the casualties and flestruc- HLooMlNGTON. III., Nov. 11. Hon may not be known for several i Fears that Eugene Savage, the artist. rlavs. perished on the Ancona were re-i moved today. His wife received a' Road Improvement Near Cemetery is Done Says Report r ino or n n H i sniKKT MADE P0881BJLE THROUGH OOOPERATIOJf, The paving of Tutullla street from; the west end of Webb street to the road leading off to Olney cemetery i has been completed, according to a iep. it made to the city council last i vetting by Supt C. P. A Lonersan of BM Warren Construction Co This paving was made possible through the . i operation of the city MUCH, the Commercial association. the; county court and the Warren Con tructiM Co, Some time ago a committee from the Commercial association rained funds to assist in the paving of West Webb street and at the same time secured contributions to help in pav-, ing Tutullla street, leading to the, . inetery. Most of the lodges con-1 trlbuted to this fund. The County i ourt agreed to stand half the MM of the Improvement, Inasmuch as the highway Is a county road. Thej contract called for 1200 yard ol travel bitullthlc but a total of 1733 yards was laid, the Warren Construe-! tion Co. donating the additional 533; yards. Councilman Cole who was a mem bar of the Commercial Club commit tee, reported last evening that his ninmittee had 1845 with which to nay half of the contracted 1200 vards The contract price was isso' and upon motion, the council agreed to pay the other $ 1 05. The council Inst evening extended; a vote of thanks to the Wnrren con struction Co., for the concrete walks; being built from (he office of the public nntatorium to each of the i ut rooms. These walks were donated by Supt. Lonergan without cost to the city. S Rugo A Co. was Inst evening awarded the contract for putting down three concrete crosswalks, that i company being the only bidder. The! bid called for 15 3-4 eentn per foot. A, petition from U. M Ham Bnrt Others for an arc light at the corner! of RallltMd and Clny streets was re ferred to. the light committee The telephone company was grant ed the privilege of opening the side walk on Nafta Main street for the purpose of Inytng n entile providing the wnlk wns put back In good con dition. A warrant for 16000 and Interest wns drawn In favor of the arataf i ommiaslnn In repayment of I loan. DEATH SENTENCES OF 3 COMMUTED BY THE KAISER AMSTERDAM Nov. II The knl t.ft ha commuted the d i'h sentenc rj of Countess ,'eanne Do Hellevllle and Madame Louise TtMlitat: and Louis Severln to penal servitude for Ufa, according to th Ty I s Belgian i orrespondent They wer (or espionage In iw. sentenced' ACTION OF THIS 1 NATION DEPENDS ON TWO MATTERS SHIP MAY HAVE DISOBEYED lnK-riuiilouul Imm Sav V'eaaej Mii-i Halt and submit to Search nca commanded to do o aptaiii of niiiiut i lar. Mrnf Did Not sig. IIUl llllll tO StOp VCM-Srl. WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. Action cablegram from him saying ho was, not on the bessel. Wheat Market Shows Slight Change Today POHTI-AND. ore.. Nov. 11- (Spe S clal I Merchants' Exchange prices i ! today, club. 90 1-2 bid. 93 a.ke! i bluestem, 04 bid. 86 asked CHICAGO. Nov. 11. (Special I At the close today. Pec I.O 1-.' May. 11.01 7-8. Liverpool I.I VEI'.l'i n U Nov 1 spot market eav. No, Whi' it Manitoba 2 hard ; Chicago lis i d; No 3 lis 3d; No. winter, old 12 new lis 2d in Americai i verpooJ pric winter, idd. is 4 l-M No. the highest No. 2 hard: bethel . IBM f . ?'.-0 per May Now Be Crown Prince of Germany If the persistent reports of the death of Crown Prince Frederick Wllhelm of Germany are truo. the heir to the throne Is now the second son of the afteh. kaiser Prince Eltel Frled- Basra A C '' ll aSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBnf - l aW ' n OKI Suffragists Supplying Watchers at J score, while the American embassy The pl. t , ire WMM Mrs Nina Van ' one of the watchers at the polls in j in New York on election day. Most indicated 27 aboard. Winkle, leader of the New Jervv the New York election on Noveniler of them remained at their posts all Forty-five survivors landed at I uffragcues who were defeated In 2. day and were supplied with food and i jfaIta described the .scenes as dla the recent election in that Matcl More than 2"" women watchers! drink by various other suffrage tressing in the panic preceding ihe pouring coffee for Mrs. Frank Keep. kept tabs at the S29 polling placea workers. (sinking. Men fought over the blood- I spattered decks for places in the life- Passengers Horror-Striken on the Frightful Scenes MALTA. N. panic and lib" haw In the v 11 dshtd oi Austrian The horror,., ihe thrilling submarine' were p.ctur I attack upon The Ancona. j ed by a .survivor i indicated that a i passengers t,, get ' was halted b) si ! chase began and ' fired at the Am lells. When the me nrst sno; w is ma. women and j children, st reaming and crying, knelt seemed to hit one of them squarely, submarine was in pursuit, followed by dleton. secretary, and W. P Mc ln prayer, he said After the An- Women and clrhlren w-re .hr.. kingla hall of shrapnel over the fleeing Lean of Pendleton, treasurer. Cona was overhauled, the survivor said the sc-ne was Sim Oft indesi rili- nbt. J "The submarine withdrew i short distance with a gun trained on us.'1 he said. "Instantly there was rush the lifeboats. Women and chll- IS REPORTED SAVED IN I CARIA Vltm.M OF MVER MKDITERR ANF.W IN EW W RFRF. it , .Jpj! LOMu i Nov. liner Caria has been submarined I and sunk The locality of the disa-! ter was not announced. The crew was saved. It is regarded as likely she was one "f a eerie of victims of the new Mediterranean warfare of German and Austrian submarines. Demonstration of Churches of State is Being Planned CELEBRATION OF Pltollllll I lo TO BE OBSERVED o JfEW YEAR'S EVE. PORTLAND, ore.. Nov. It. A gl-1 Maiitii- religious demonstration in j wltich every prntestiint church in tha state will participate will be held New Tear'l eve In celebration of state wldei I rohibltlon, w hich goes Into effect , with the advent of 1116. if the plnns announced today are carried out. i ondnraor l Robbed. PORTLAND, Ore., Nov, ll Two masked men. armed with revolvers held up a street ar conductor iti the Woodstock line and relieved the conductor W. B. Cooley of 19.76. NV nis sengers were on the car. anaaW Wm wtt&EMtKKkltm Enacted as the dren went over !n the first, but men, ftgh'ing. ."creaming and cursins, pushed into the others The din was awful Above it. I could hear the wounded p.ussengers W raailllllf j for help to get into the boats. Worn-' en started jumping. Mi n threw sV-l er boxes, then tumped and tried to rrach them. The submarine began circling, shelling the ABCaaa and the lifeboats. A . harge of shrannel in the boat- and othe -s in thf wa-1 ter." ; K"ME. Nov 11 Whether hat? less passengers ..n the Ancona were! slaughte he Austrian jub-, marine were killed cold, Montgomery Gains By Strong Stand on Local Issues ndidatf. pi -edged to kn ftmtce laws thorohhiiv a;ainst aij. alike If J.'hn Montgomery is elected mayor of Pendleton he will give the peeiple an econ "m1eal, biisinesfc-W- administration of affairs and 'he rws wl" np thoroughly enfoieed "gainst tl alike These pledg.s are; embodied in Mr Montgomery's plat- , rorm wmch he announced ivtoner 9. on which date he formally i ntered me race ,or mayor, r or aiaw on Of local voters that platform Is here' reproduced: To the Public: In response to the request of a! large number of the voters of Pan- dleton I have consented to become i candidate for mayor of the city at ! the approaching mnntclpal election, and to the end that th-re ma; be 1 full undere'andlng as 10 my attltiid upon public qnaations 1 will orleflv declare my platform. Which i H For informaVon follows: If elected I will administer the if fairs of the city economically, lion eatly and upon sound bdafnau prin ciples: the laws and ordinances will, le enforced thoroughly. Impartially , i nd without fear or favor, every citizen, rich or poor, will receive the' , Miine consideration at my hands. I shall enter the office free from any entangling alliances. lndepen 1-; ent. under neither promise nor obll-; j gatlon to any man. any institution or. any Interest, recognizing my .-ol du ty ao be that which n public official owes lo the entire body of cttrsena, Dated at Pendleton Oregon, o, to ber 9. 1915. JOHN E. MONTGOMERY Mr. Montgomery's attitude aa ex pressed above .together with hi. clean racord, is making him a host of supporters and his friend's confident of his election re Polls With Fock Doomed Vessel Submarine Fires bloodedly as the l;ner was overtak en is a point still undetermined Re- ports up to this point vital In de-j tomoblle dealers held in the Com termining the position of neutral mercial aasociation rooms, the t'ma America in the torpedoing incident ' ,i,la bounty Dealers- Association was conflicted. A Tunis dispatch quoted' formally organized with Kyle Long Ancona officers as saying the vessel of ,his cKr as president. Robert hal ed as soon as commanded to do so on the other hand, survivors; j rio-imma oi r.cno, seconn told of shells kllline some whlfo theivlce president. G. I. La Dow of Pen- passengers in lifeboats after the ve- sel had halted All messages agreed the Austrian shrapnel took a bloody toll. The casualties are still ,n doubt. The best information agreed i that 300 had been saved and not over WO had perished. IS. JOHN HUll IS CALLED 8Y DEATH AT A6E OF 60 YEARS HAD BEEN RESIDENT OF PEX DI.ETtN IXR NEARLY QUAR TER OF CENTURY. After lingering illness of five eesi- liiar Just month. Mrs. John Kimbrell. a dfnt of j,endlflon for n,,ariv passed away Just tea minutes before noon today at her home on West Railroad street For ,h(, ffW wwks her conm,n had lwn vefy MrlMM ad the pnd WK, no, une,p,cted. Deceased was 60 years old on Au- gust 7 and since 1S92 had lived in' Pendleton with her family. She is; survived by her husband. John W Kimbrell. ex-eounty surveyor, one son Cit) Engineer Ceary Kimbrell, and three daughters. Miss Ivy Kimbrell of Portland. Mrs. Nellie Thorne of I Weston and Mrs Fl.,sie Doorh o( ; Pendleton. Funeral arrangements have not yet een made, the familv deferring ar ingeoients until other relatives have een heard from. NEWS SUMMARY General. lAiier . Xinhua Mai Irving to caio froni iHtMkl awaWSCftM wIm'h aha wn sunk. Tornado syviqw si states, Icavliv? tra I of death Im-Ium.i Ixal. Praaant stHSI msmi to n used . laiyV cltiK Mr.. Jofan W, Kimbnil naaasji away Tutiiilla road avisnient Is etim. irietod Auto dealers fonn organiuiliou. LINER ANCONA WAS TRYING TO ESCAPE ATTACK OF ENEMY Italian Vessel Fled Before Austrian Submtirme Which Gave Pursuit-Rain of Shells Fell Around Doomed Ship as it Tried to Get Away Diver is Alleged to Have Fired Into Passengers in Life-Boats Distressing Scenes Enacted on Deck of Liner as Men, Women and Children Struggled to Escape-(Many Badly Wounded. ROME, Nov. 11. Snapping out wireless calls for aid, the Italian lin er Ancona fled before an Austrian submarine which pursued, under a rain of shells, the majority of the dispatches today agreed. Estimates of the dead In the sub sequent torpedoing are still confused, ranging from 150 to 300. The moat reliable sources placed the number j around 176. The Scocieta Itala raid 11 Americans were aboard. Including j Mrs Cecil Grlel as the only native j born. The others were naturalixert Italian-Americana. Other estimate placed the American victims at a AUTO DEALERS ASSOCIATION IS FORMED IN THIS COUNTY KYLfi LONG DKNT OK TIOX IS FXFtTED PRFM NKW ORGAMA AT MEETING Last evening at a meeting of au- mpson of tnis city, nrst vice pres- The organization includes in Its membership practically every dealer in automobiles or automobile acces- series in Cmatllla county and, as ?tated by the constitution, was form- ea ,or lne purpose or -aitording mu tual protection to its members fnd to the public and to develop the au tomobile and affiliated Industries." ! One of the principal purposes of the organization will he to Invest!- gate and supervise all speed-.ests. ', races, reliability runs or other com-i petitive tests of autos or accessories i With the sanction or the orgamza-1 tion. any test will, whan made, ba accepted as authentic. Dividend on S. P: Declared: i NEW YORK. Nov. 11. The South- ern Pacific declared Its r-ula' quarterly dividend of two per cent e! common stock, - Fires Are firing InxeMigatrxt WASHINGTON. Nov. 11 S-ispi-! ,-ious fires in munitions plant? re-j eently, are under investigation by the department of justice, It was a.lujit-! ted. . Library Room in City Hall Will be Used for Boys9 Club as Soon as Place is Vacated IVrmanent quarters for a bOftUbaja1 club but their interna. r is ta club of Pendleton will be secured just help the boys perfect an orgMai U soon as the public tlbrarv Is mov.itlon wnlt'b wl enable the clttb to b ed Into the new library bulldin--. Tb. ' S"'rVnm'!1 1 r" Li.Uar.l and j tabli I will . . council last evenim: unanimoual, en-i stalled In the room and the of dorse.i the Idea of turning oral the the manual training department of prese-.t library room to the boy, or; the high arhool have igrted tu BOB. use as club qnartaro. the matte: be- struct tabtaa ter ,, . ih. n '"S I'lrormru to mai oou ov ne apacuu raaamtnea or the commercial .association appointed to assls. in the erg.inir.aHon of a boys' club. I'ntli the library room la vacated. 1 temporary garters fortthe aun will, lie pi, vi, ted It POSMlh o lb tee now being at work on the ter. It la anticipated that the li will be moved Into the new building aooin April i. Members of the council were ven much In favor of turning the present i library room over to the h.os rh Commercial club committee CBnatst- ing oi x j. .vtcAinster. j. Roy Haley Dr. Gu Boyden. C. P. A Lorargan and C. M. Bishop, Will supervise the boat, rudely pushing women and children aside in the mad scramble for safety. Many were badly wound ed from shells and sank with the An cona. The Austrian submarine stand.! ac cused of Inhumanely firing on tha lifeboats, after she nad ac complished the purpose of halting and crippling the liner itself, circling around the listing liner, the submarine shot Its shrapnel, frightfully wounding wom en and children. Crying for help, many were sucked down In the whirl pool that engulfed the ship, while others were drowned as the lifeboats capsized. The thrilling chase followed aa soon as the submarine appeared as tern. Sighting the periscope, tha liner put on full steam and tried to flee. The majority of the dispatches agree that the ship fled Immediately and only halted when overhauled. Plant Making War Material For the Allies is Destroyed LOSS IS ESTIMATED AT Mil I ION IKI4AR.S I X'FiDI.AIUSi IS Sl'SPBCTED." TRENTON. N. J, Nov. 11 A million dollars worth of damage was done when flames swept the Roeb ling Rope company plant, engaged In fjnn)? war orders, and spread to nearby buildings. The flame-j re peatedly attacked a six story build ing equipped to make guns, but thLs was saved Other buildings were threatened. The company Is engag ed in making barbed wire and chains for the allies. Incendiarism is suspected. TEUTONIC ALLIES REPORT CAPTURE OF 4000 SERBS BERLIN. Nor. 11 Cornered by the Teutonic allies, 4000 Serbians have been taken prisoners south of western Morava river where they were retreating toward Montenegro, the war office announced ejeff are cooperating with the Ger- mans in driving the Serbs from the Morava territory. PKTROGRAD. Nov. 11. Constant Russian attacks from Riga to Oali- cia are preventing the Germans from constructing strong defenses such as mark the western front. Von Hin- denburg is slowly losing In th. The Russians are havlne- Courland. room room. The dues .not rule. r ilm club will tie fi, . s : h. in . setTM The .mention of ttie rommareUI a.s. i.,tio t m.k. k. something more than a I n ,. Ization The Idea Is la in.ik. I i boys' auxiliary to tha Commercial association Itself with officer ami committees which an lend aid In many of the matrers undertaken h the laaorlsHInn The organization of bo' -lub it is believed, will be a Map t,,,,, securing for this city a T, M c v building, something that Is much needed. In the view of people. Vet f rii',st