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I CBB . DAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION TO AOVliimsRIU. The Kant orojtonlnn liua On largest paid etfealatloa of au,v paper In (h-cgou, 'aat at Portland and over twice the i In nlatlun Id ' '' of any other newspaper. MM fr ggMfggfJ Orvgon by t I'nllcd i! . Weather ohsrrTrr .1 Portland. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 27. DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1916 NO. 8701 " f GOUNTY OFFICIAL PAPKB T " f STATE BOARD IS TRYING TO END STRIKE IN OHIO Sheet and Tube Company Reopens Plant Today With 500 Workers- -2 Companies Militia Remain. OVER 400 ARRESTS MADE Negro Strikebreakers hit lcMr(cd to Ik- on Way From Chicago to Man Pinup- (tang Cleaning up Debris I ri, m Hints mid 11 rr City Is Quiet Today. TOUNOflTOWN, (Jhlo. Jan. 10. ! The state board of WO'tatton la seek- j lug to settle (he atrlke amonK the j steelworkors. This sheet und tube company, officials attempted to re open the plant today with 500 work era. The militiamen. 1-xeept two com- I panics, have lieen removed from thej scene of the atrlke. A Krone Jury has mai led an lines, j tlgntlon of the rioting. Throe hun-; drod negro strikebreakers wen- re. ported coming tTOM Chicago, Ovar I 400 strikers have been arrested and are held In linprovlaed bullrings nt the courthouse and fire headquarters Claim are cleaning the debris result-1 ing from rlota and fire. The atrlkera will deride thla after IMMM whether to accept L'3 eenta an i hour if It la Offered, They have been standing Pal for II cants. Authorities denied report that two j Austrian laboran hud instigated thai strike lo atop the manufacture of war! ahlpmenta. Both men are held on1 rioting charge. The militia com-; mander at roungatown intends send- nit! the troops hom a i If milet eon Dog Developed Rabies After Being Bitten by j. f. Robinson's Dog round (n lie exhibiting the Pri -iiiifoi is of rubles, a dog B0 longing lo I liner Thompson and whleh was one of those bitten ii tin- .1. p. itohin-on flog dar ing It.s madness, anjM e-.tenla killcxl by the silli-e. Mr. Thomp--on who live-. In the mom end of llic Htv. had Ix-en Watching his dog share it was Utten mui e rifloed it when it showed indi eaUon or brim affected the dlacawe, The doir WM bitten Just two uis-U igo mid. aUMgfllf to K. L Iverlll, federal Inspector, It takes rubles two weeks to devel op. Therefore, he urges that owners ol other dogs i-vaisd to the dlarsjsr natch cloM-ly tliclr nnim.il- durlim the next few days. SIX DIRECTORS OF THE NEW HAVEN ARE FREED IN NEW YORK JUKI HAS HKI N TRYING THE (1MB IXHl NKAIllV TIlltKK MONTHS SOW. NEW YORK. Jajl. 10.- Six of the 11 former directors or the New York. Now Haven & llartrnrd Railroad, barged hy the government with erlmlnal violation of the Sherman anti-trust law, were found not guilty bv the jury that for nearly three months haa been trying the case. The Jury disagreed on the five others. Those acquitted were D. Newton Harney, Karmlngton, Conn.; Robert ( W. "Hift, Providence, R. I.; James M llemmlngway, A. Heaton Robertson and Prederb k V. Brewster, New Ha esa. and Henry K Mcllarg. Stam ford. Ciinn. Jury Is out &l Honrs. Those of whom the Jury disagreed were William Hoekefeller. New York; Charles F. Hrooker, Ansonla, Conn.; Charles M Pratt, Brooklyn, la'Wls Cuss Ledyard, New Tork, and Ed ward 1 Bobbins. New Haven The verdict was returned after It hours of deliberation and the Jury was discharged. The final vote on ihe five defendants on which the Ju rors could not agree stood eight to lour for ncqulttal. It U Butts, chief counsel for the government, announee(i that he would move for a new trint of these five. This will be done ,he said, before any effort is made to try the six other former directors of the road who were indicted, but who obtained the right to bo tried separately. Heavyweight Champion is Alive tieotgWi i arpcntier, Ficm-h i European heavyweight champion the ring, the man who put the quit on Gunboat Smith In lyondon, is 1: shown In war costume WUn hla hi mobile. Several times he has b ExceSSWe AmOUTlt of SnOW t is Reported in Mountains snow In the excess of the normal amount is lepoiled from the moun tains to w v. rr der. lupsrvlsor of the Umatilla forest, by his ranger.-. Th,- readings of the snowstakes taken Ion January i showed mow ranging from two to three and half feet on the various meadows and since that date there has been almost s contin uous storm The deep SSI snow rs reported from ranlte Meadowa where on January! I the si. ike read i 2 inches. At Pear son Meadows there was Inches, nt ' the head of Willow creek It, and at Dixon ranger station. II miles north of Spray tin me.iaureineut was 21 ' inches. However, Supervisor Cryder M ies thai there has oeen an addi tional foot or two feet received at ia, M point since the first. Headings are taken on the ine.i iIom landa of the reserve on the first January Term of Circuit Court Opens This Morning Wlih the case of Llllle Miller vs. T V Ueuallen first on the docket, the regular January term of the circuit court opened this morning. The week will be taken up with a number of civil cases and a few hold. over crim inal cases. The case now on trial results from the sale of some of Lleuallen'a land to Scott I'anlater. Mrs. Miller al leges that ahe Waa authorized by Lleu allen to sell the land and declares she produced Mr. Banister us a buyer. She asks fur 1100, not its commission but as compensation for services. Lleu ullen declares he cancelled Mrs. Mil ler's authority before the sale was made However, the case will large h hang upon a point of law. There was no written contract between the parlies and there Is a question as to Paroled Man is Faith fnl, SALEM, Ore., Jan. 10 Although he has traveled to nearly every part of the world since his parole a year ago by Circuit Juilgn Kelly nf this district, John Schulz, a Newberg far-j mer, has faithfully reported his I whereabouts each month to District Attorney Rlngo. In a letter received hy the district, attorney, Schulz says he la "some-j where In Franco" nnd on his W4jrJo London. LnlHir lender Bexlgiis. LONDON, Jnn. 10. Carrying out hla threat to raslgn If the labor party opposed conscription, Arthur Hender-i son, president of the board of edu cation and loader of the labor part; 'ported dead, but the nearest evi-i MIC Of that In the picture la the; ioix du Guerre on his breast, show-' ; he has Iwg a hrav soldier Car-! Mler really belong to the aviation! ifps. of the French army, and lhtr ! e has made a name for himself 01 November. December, January. ! February and March by the ramsera! Who -end than to the supervisor. He in nun sends the data to the I'. S. weather bureau. The presence ol so much snow in! the mountains and the absence of I any irosc in the ground insures an abundant water supply for next spring and summtner Supervisor Cryder declares it will make range! conditions Ideal. M. I) Scruggs of the reclamation service at Hermlston declares th heavy snows have banished any fear! Irrigatlonlsta might have had of al shortage of water next summer. Al rsady, he states, the government res-1 ervoil is half tilled ami the snows in-' -nr.- ,i heavy late flow The Granite Meadows, where there Is the deepest' snow is In the basin of the Umatilla I river I whether or not the plaintiff can re I Cover under an oral contract, j The Jury was selected this morning and the opening arguments of the at Itorneva made. H. 1. Watts of Ath pnn It representing the plaintiff and Fee & Pee of this city are acting for the de- I fendnnt Judge Phelps called the docket this I morning and several cases on the j ! docket were dismissed. Prior to this ; morning 13 other cases, to have been tried, were dismissed, having been settled out of court. The cases now set und the order In i j Which they w ill come up are as fol lows: Tropical Oil Co., vs. D. A. May; ' State vs. Mike Zenebek; H. I). Kern vs. I Plank Downey el al.; Slate vs. David I Mcl'ennett: Charles Weaver va I Charles Belts. George Peringer vs. M l ; J Carney et al. in tho house of commons, resigned. ' ."ceordlng to announcement of the Ex-j Change Telegraph. Junior laird of the Treasury Rob- oris and Under Secretary of Home' Affairs W. Brace also tendered theli resignations. Mohr Trim Ends PltoviDENCE. Jan. in A Jury1 completed the trial of Mrs Mohr and I two negroes, charged with murdering Dr. Mohr in August. Thousands I gathered outside the courtroom an I the police were forced to break j through In bringing out Mrs. Mohrl and the negroes. Clubs and Stones Are Hurled During Riot by Strikers MM)() s OF M-l MINI M PL I XT uti: nitoKi;x rout R RE- i SERVES CALLED Ol I NIAGARA FALLK, Jan 10 Clubs! and atoni-8 broke the windows of tile Aluminum Company ptant during a riot by a thousand Workman follow ing a strike. The police recei ves were culled out and nred over the; Mrlkers' heads. The srrlkera retired i to a mass meeling. BRITISH LOST WHEN CONSTANTINOPLE CLAIMS THE ORE 11 LSI KTOItV OF WAB AT GALI.IPOLI. BERLIN, Jan 10. (Via Sayville wirelessi The greatest Turkish vie-1 tory of the war is claimed by Con-, stantinople aa & result of three days I of fierce fighting preceding the allies i withdrawal from Gallipoll. Turkish artillery sank an allied transport filled with soldiers. Enor-! motia booty was taken Constantino-J Pie made a festival of the occasion.! The city Is flag-draied. The with drawal la hailed with delight be-i cause the Dardanelles abandonment releases Turkish forces for service elsewhere. MAY GO 10 BALKANS UlsPt (SITION op MEN KKING nTTHHELI) EGYPT AM. PAIGN lo LIKi:iA. IjONDtlX, Jan. 10. The censor is withholding the disposition of the al lied troops withdrawn from the Dar danelles, but they probably will be; sent to the Halkans or Egypt The fleet is also available elsewhere. The. public generally discredits til Con- j stantinople claims that the withdraw al was attended by heavy losses. They believe Monro's report that only one man was wounded. Dyewood Suppttea Pound, Washington, jan. io. American dyentuffs manufacturers have turned to Central and South America fori dyewood supi lies which may make' them Independent of shipments from Jamaica and British Honduras, now barred by a British embargo. Investigation by agents of the bu-1 reau of foreign and domestic com-, merce has disclosed, it was learned that then- are vast quantities of dye-, woods available in American COUn-1 tries and never exploited because of I the lack of u market IK Brides Beat leap Venr. CALDWELL, Idaho. Jan. 10. Canyon county records for the Issu ance of marriage licenses in a single day were broken when 18 couples were applicants. With the exception of one couple the applicants are all residents of Canyon county License Clerk Parsons attributes the sudden plunge Into the matrimo nial sea to the nearness of leap year and a desire on the part of each bridegroom to refute Ihe charge that the lady proposed Woman Shoots Soul-Mate. JULIET. Jan. 10. Mrs. Lillian Pi per entered the office of President John Hohart of the Juliet Welding works and shot him then turned the revolver on herself, dying instantly. Hohart's condition is critical. Believ ing himself dying, he confessed his r.ame was John I'lrich. He said he lb s, rted nis w ife and four children i In Philadelphia seven years ago ami came to Illinois with Mrs. Piper. She ias known here as his wife. Recentlv his affections cooled. She said she left btr husband in Philadelphia to elope with Hohart. NEWS SUMMARY General. Three kilbnl in explosion in Da Pont plain al Wilmington, Del. Dardanelles troops nta co to Bat kana, Lnoal, Heart) sii inch now mil In biggvM storm of years. New grand Jury drawn; circuit eoiirt hogVis. Unity -nows in mountains Insure plenty of water next summer. Baptist church dnnuuml by fire. Another mad dog killed iu (.Hy. SNOW STORM IS BIGGEST ONE OF WINTER IN CITY Beginning at 40'clockThis Morning, Seven Inches Fall During Day Storm Has Been General. GALE REPORTED ALONG COAST statUe Dispatch Telia of Much Dam age at Ylld Point Wlicre Homes are (rushed by Huge Wans. nlluanl Sweepi Through Montana Willi Mercury Near Zero. The biggest snow Pendleton has re ceived in any one storm in four years fell today, lieginning about 4 o'clock this morning the storm continued without interruption until well into the afternoon. More than seven inches of snow fell. The storm followed the chinook wind of yesterday which took away a greater part of the snow of last week. However, during the nleht the tem perature fell and a freeze preceded the beginning of the snow. At 8 o'clock this morning the fall amount ed to 3 1-2 inches, according to offi cial measurement, and this afternoon at 2:3u the official depth was given as 5 1-2 inches. Lie Ports from over the county indi cate that the storm has been general. At Helix and Athena the fall is re ported several Inches more than in Pendletun while in Hermlston and I ther parts of the west end almost as much fell as here. In the foothills and mountains the storm was consid erably heavier. The total snowfall in Pendleton for the winter up until this afternoon amounted to 15 inches, according to the records. In December there were three small snows for a total of 2 3.4 inches and there have been seven sep arate snows in the first ten days ol Jan nary, the total for the month be ing 12 1-4. SEATTLE, Jan. 10. Two homes at Alkl Point were crushed like egg shells when huge rollers, driven by a thirty mile gale, dashed them against the rocks. Scores of other homes were threatened with destruction. Tho boat-walk skirting the municipal bath ing beach was torn up and carried to sea. Many homes were damaged and thousands of yards of new earth fill were washed away. Trees were up rooted and lawns scooped away. The (Continued on Page Eight.) Kven the old women of France do their duty for the armv and here in ... . . . I one of them showing tt. She had learned how to use the snare drum. ! Woman Drummer in Army llHagV'SHE'.4 Three Killed at Du Pont Plant in Powder Explosion LNVEM1G ATHM BBOUN snot K shakes town for Mil I S ABOUND. WILMINGTON, Del., Jan. 10. I Three were k.iled by the explosion f a small powder house adjoining the, du pont plant thia mommg a fourth man escaped because ne was late to: work. A strict Investigation is pro ceeding. The three men were blown to atoms. The shock shook towns for miles around Club Wheat up Two Cents in Portland CHICAGO, Jan. 10 (Special. ) May 128 1-2-125 5-8; July 11$ $-4- 117 1-2. Portland, PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. lft. (Spe Iclal.) Club 98-100; bluestem 102 1-2 105. IJverpooI. LIVERPOOL. Jan. . Wheat j Spot No. 1 Manitoba, IJs 4 l-2d; No It, 12s 3 l-2d; No. 3, 13s l-2d; No. 1 ( hard w inter, new, 12s d. In American terms the Liverpoo. I top jirice is 11.95 per bushel. UMATILLA COUNTY GRAND JURY DRAWN FOR NEW TERM CR1MLVAL MATTERS PENDING ARE ITKST SIHJKCTS TAKEN VP. j The new I'matilla county grand Jury was drawn this morning The ssjssjsj men whose names were drawn rfrom the box were: Isaac Christoph ' er of Adams, G. M. Morrison of Ad ! ams, L J. Mclntyre of Milton. Tra jan Tucker of Weston, A. W. Sim mons of Freewater. Robert Beilke of Pilot Rock and T. G. Smith of Stan- field. The grand jury went into session at once and began consideration of : the various criminal matters pending. 1 There are a number of small cases i and it is rumored that some alleged bootlegging cases will be brought to ' the attention of the grand jury. The ! investigation of the election trouble i in Pendleton will not be taken up un I til Thursday : and she was drafted Into the a.ri.. to taka ih i,Ue. r . , . " m,"l , ,,m ,. gun and do more effecOve! work. PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM 0 BEFORE PEOPLE p. wjson W; Submit J ion to the Nation and Ask for its Moral SufJDOft r , APPEAL WILL BE MADE SOON President F.xpn-ts the International situation Will Clear Sonn and he Will Devote All Ills Time Then to Ills Efforts for Adequate National Defense. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 President Wilson expects to take his prepared ness program squarely before the peo ple and ask for their moral support. The first appeal Is expected In an ad dress soon. The White House stated the president expected the internatl. onal situation would clear rapidly and ha then would concentrate his efforts cn national defense. He faces an I mharrassing situation with congress as It was reported the democratic cen tral states opposed his program, their floor leaders not lending their sup port. A formal announcement of a settle ment of the Lusitania controversy is expected within a week. After a 15 minute confidential conference with Secretary Lansing this morning Am bassador Bernstorff frankly hinted his relief that America will be pleased with the outcome of the situation. With the trouble with the central powers nearing a settlement, the gov ernment is plannning a dlplomatlo drive against the allies. The state de partment iB preparing a new com plaint to England against selsures of American merchandise and a vigorous protest to England also against the contraband lists. Immediately that the Austro-German controversies are settled, this note will be dispatched to England. It will declare that placing cotton on the contraband list reverses precedents which England heretofore has upheld. It is planned to publish soon the protest already forwarded against British seizures of American maiL WHAT II WILL DO IS NOW MATTER OF DEEPEST MYSTERY LIKELY To STAMPEDE PROGRES SIVE CONVI'NTIOV ss raaumiB i CHICAGO. $in. U'. Whether jBoosevelt plans to stampede the re. j publican convention. George W. Per kins refused to say today upon hi arrival with Roosevelt's secretary, j McGrath. But. he added "He will likely stampede the progressive con tention." He admitted "something I Will be sprung ' at tonight's ban- quet of the national committeemen I preliminary to tomorrow's session but j declined lo intimate further It Is understood Perkins wants th bull moosers to convene simultane ously with the republicans and sit quietly awaiting the republican ac tion. Then, if the republicans nomi nate a candidate agreeable to the pro gressives, they will endorse him. Oth erwise they would nominate a sepa rate ticket Roosevelt will not attend the meet ing. Howell of California l- report, cd bring a boom for Johnson foi in presidency. LATE BULLETINS Berlin Claims Gain BERLIN. Jan. 10 The CCfton of several hundred yarttn of Prench trenches northwest or Massuroa Is of ficially claimed The atBtaM I 433 prisoners. Ii is reported a French sir raid was mad- "n l"uraM Turks UMiniMad Itr ii-b BERLIN. Jan. 10 surrounded ten th troops at Katel IBM tinople reports The tuted a detnrhment i treat of Townshend - The Turks bavi lloiKlet-win on.! i akgM LONDON, Jin II.- .irfiur M.-n derson appeared tmsapeetedry al 'o day's cabinet session ifter having re signed. t :s assumed has with- IK-MTts lo Visit llrbl I, SANTA It'lSA. Cn!., Jnn H Prt- vaie Everett Baikal or . oaxpaaf v, engineering I orps was taken taw k 10 A Icstrus Island by mliltsrr autl Pes after he had Btada kg gatWM go. serlon In order to b with his brld