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DAILY EVENING EDITION Forecast for Eastern irrgon h the 1 nil. .1 State Weather Observer t Portland. Tonight and Sundav generally fair. ' ontlnued cold DAILY EVENING EDITION TO AOVEHTLSKllS. Tbo Kut Oregunlan haa the largest paid circulation of any paper In Oregon, eaat of Portland and over twice ttie circulation In Pendleton of anj other newspaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 27. DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1916. NO. 8718 TENTATIVE PUN FOR HALL FOR K. OF P, DRAWN UP Knights of Pythias and Integrity Lodge, I. 0.0. F. Would Occupy Proposed Fraternal Building. COMMITTEES NOW AT WORK i Lot hi Main and Wuur Street Will n gite Lodge Fed Confident That twustructlon Work Will He t Ddtrtaken Soon Wo DeBnlte I'Kiu Adopted. Tentative, plana for a three "tor" fiaternul hull have been drawn up hy Daunon Lodge, Knlghta of Pythiaa. of this city and Integrity Lodge, I. O. 0. F., the building to be erected on the K. of 1. lot at the corner of Main tween Motional and race feeling as and Water street. Committees haveiwell as senatorial traditions and been appointed by each lodge to ecu- party politics will be Involved. R Is fer with each other on the plans and, I practically certain the Judiciary coin while no definite decision has )et mltteo will hold hearing on llranil- been reuched, the. committees feel hopeful that the building will be un dertaken The Knights of Pythias have held ' the choice lot on Main and Water to veto the appointment Of any man street for years with an Intention of j In his state that is personally offen biillding ultimately. For th PJi ilvs, two years plans have boon dlscusscu Praatdtnl Wilson Is prepared t" at some length by this lodge but fall" sustain the appointment and If neres. tire to get a permanent tenant i r j arv ho will enforce the senutorlal the lower story has neld up the ur- oonrtaty privilege . 1 Follette fu dertaklng vers llrandcl while Weeks. Sheman The Integrity Lodge which, like ; uni Sllllt, ,,,,,. him. The reported tha K of I'.. has been renting !ne privllegis of the mid fellows nan, i ,,,, ,ito the consideration of CnSW owned by Kureka Lodge, has also lnrro ,,, The racial Issue la bound looked forward to being in a home of, t0 intrude because Brundels Is of Jew Itl own and has acquired a consider-1 wn extraction, abla fund for that purpose Recently' a proposal was mude mat the two lodge Join in putting up a common building and the proposition met with f s vor The o lit- of Pythias appointed ' James H. Owlnu. I. K. Young mo M. C. lYopper as a building commit tee and Integrity lodge named I'hatles llonney. Charles Miller arid ft. T Perkins as u eommittee. These Commit tSSS have not formulated Ml) deflnlU plans but their tentative plant are meeting with much approv al The-, lenlutive plans provide for i thro story structure, the first floor to be used entirely by the mem bers ol the two lodges for club rooms, no the second floor It is planned to have the lodge room proper and In addition a U,-6o ballroom ror rental purposes The third floor, ,- no planned, would be divided In!" living quarters for such yonnt: men "f the two orders as would cure i" avail themselves of them Twenty tWO bedrooms are provided for on lb,- plans and several sitting rooms sod toilets and baths with each. The Mrransemenl would permit of several oi ihe rooms being thrown Into suites A kltihen und eating room would nl n I., on the third floor and would probably be leased out to some pri vate person. The plans provide for steam heat sod an automatic at all times. elevator in service And Her Mother Would be Proud of it Also I'i i. ids arc congratulating Sophia lgo, 1! years of age. who makes her homo with Rev. and Mrs. Charles tjuluney at tho Episcopal rectory be cause she won a gold medal for hav ing the highest showing of merit in the tieshmun class In the high school ,,i St Joseph's Academy. She had :,u SVerS gs of H.I and 99 In deport ment. Making Sophia's record more cred itable Is the fact she nad the mlsfor liine of losing both her father and mother Her mother died when she was bin eight days old and her fath er two kcars ago near pilot Rock. He h id a little ranch but It is incumber ed and does sot produce enough In come to keep a girl in school. Con sequently napssa mm i ney with Ihe housework In return lor her board and room. It la her aim to complete her education nnd be come a teacher. Site has the high rt -ganl of those who know her and I his) BSy she will succeed because she i- Faithful und diligent The gold medal for the highest made In Ihe senior class at St. Jo seph'l '' awarded to Esther Mark. Crew Ma) Is- Saved. , OAKLAMD, Jan. 29. A DlStal life boat which the schooner Aberdeen carried has not been discovered. A belief Was expressed the crew of eight 1 bl are far at sea In this craft Instead "f dashed to pieces on the looks perhaps an outbound vessel r oe,l them. Despite this faint hope, the families believed all had perished. L BE APPROVED BY THE U.3. SENATE Vote, However, Will be the Closest of Any Ever Taken in Confirming Appointment to Supreme Bench i RACIAL ISSOE TO BE RAISED Eight UU Involve Senatorial Tr ditJoiiM and Party politics, n is Re. isirtod 1 1 "in Washington Beattof Wi-oks of Massachusetts Prominent in opposition. WASHINGTON, Jan 29. The senate will approve the appointment of KrandelH by the closest vote of anv Justice ever approved, It wan reliably Indicated today. A long fight be els' qualifications. K his unfitness is proven. Senator Weeks of Massachu setts Is expected to object to the COB flrmallon under the right of a tentof question of. presidential aspirations Gamble. Weal Africa, ha of ;tbiy square miles and I Hon of 141.101. popula- SIX ABOVE AT 2 P, M. COLD NIGHT EXPECTED lenarail cold' Is fair the fo id nlin- lied tst for to night and Sunday fur this sec tion and the thermometers this afternoon are co.operatlng In making the forecast come true. Al o'clock the government thermometer at B. I. AverilTi re fists red six above zero which is as cold us it became last night. With appearances Indi cating a cold, clear night it is l.,?-siliie Pendleton may face real cold weather before the sun rises tomorrow. There Sras a light fall of snow last night and this morning. ikir.oTV Mrs. Ifohr, on trial in Providence stand that she had anything to 1 " PROVIDENCE if I Inch widow defiantly from the stand, BRANDEIS II - ' " ! Accused of Murdering Her Husband i , "7T " - .;sss Ef ,, itstJ'thr 11 i'T ' ""sSj,v . VaMlsSessswo. Wall of Water 40 Feet High Swees Through Otay Valley Leaving Death and Destruction in its Wake; Fifty Persons are Lost; Property Damage Enormous FORMER PENDLETON WOMAN HAS MARROW ESCAPE IN FLOODS OIUJ the sufferers front the re floods in southern California former Pendlron woman. Mrs. Uwf, daughter of Mr. and Mrs WUH ,' 11 M ... Miaaeiy. uving in is An-1 "im wUn her duKhter and mothe In law. she awoke one morning at and many other of their belongings 3 o'clock to find a root of water in Mrs. Leser write ihat she Is still the bedroom and the three women suffering from Ihe exposure and narrowly escaped with their lives, ac-i shock and that her mother-ln-la v. cording to a letter received by the1 w ho was ill at the lime, has since been Ulakelys. In the hospital. The basement ol In leaving the house they were their house was Itill filled with wa forced to wade In water up lo their ter at the time of writing. Relations Between Germany and America Reach Critical Point Says High Official WASHINGTON, Jan. ::. -Diplo. matlr relations between America and Germany are graver than at anv time since negotiations began, a high offi cial stated. Although Secretary Iain sing denied the issuance of an ulti matum. It Is known that the events of the past week have brought Germany and AmTica close to the breaking point. ) Wllson's action In rejecting the con-1 Best Way to Maintain Peace is to Gain the Respect of Other Nations Says Wilson PITTSUl'RG, Jan. 2H. Before cheering thousands that packed Me morial Hall. President Wilson struck a new blow In his preparedness pro gram "As your servant and representa tive, I should report on public af fairs It Is the duty of every public man to hold frank counsel with the people he represents. I love peace. but peace costs something. The best way to maintain It Is to gain the re-j spect of other nations. It is hard tin na c fran ko in iori& & wire 01) charge of murdering her doctoi bh the plot that l-n.t to his .'rath. tt trial for The exami her husband, I swept down by they gained a rvatlon but wera -ii . o next das' In their wet clothes. When they could return home they fo(inu that the wa ter had ruined most of their clothing cessions of Ambassador liernstorff Tuesday created the grave situation, A German embassy official said these constituted Germany' s last won." on the Lusitanla case. Wilson Insisted on a complete disavowal. Though Hernstorff on Tuesday predicted a satisfactory settlement. It Is supposed the administration expressed its un- w illingness to continue negotiations hesassn Oewrlffay could not under- stand America s position. keep our Judgment cool when the world is running red with blood and It Is hard to keep the passion of sympathy under the control of our Judgment While we admire the zeal of the professional enthusiast, I would not wish him to guide me." He reiterated his views that the nation must stand with Its southern neighbors against the aggressions o( the western hemisphere. He declared (Continued on Page Eight.) h ushuml. has denied on the nation today was brief mil BUddehl) Her countenance pi showed Ihe strain of the four ordeal lists and were : o current. Fllall; iusc at a higher el .ccd to spend tha i Retired Stockman and Banker Dies x u . i u at Hospital Here UHN l SLOAN, PROMINENT RES DKNT, PASSES imv I MiLY TIILS MORNING. Adin D. Sloan, prominent retired I stockman, capitalist and hanker of: this city, died at 4 o'clock this morn-! ling at St. Anthony's hospital where. I ' he was taken yesterday. Death was i i due to hydrostatic pneumonia follow-! Ing an atiack of apoplexy He had! been ill for the past two years. Adln Dodson Sloan was born lnj Polk county. Missouri, May 2, 1817, a! son of Jtremia Nelson Sloan and Morgan Sloan. In 1880 he settled in I the Rogue River valley and In 1870 moved to Morrow county. Fromi there he went to Long Creek and In I 1878 he began stock raising. Mr. Sloan moved to Pendleton lo I 1900 and bought a farm on Little Mc Kay creek. He became director and vice president of the old Commercial! National Rank and later served as I vice president of the American Na- j tlonal bank. He continued as a dl- j rector of this bank until two weeks ago w hen he retired because of ill health. In UN he married Miss Hattiel Burge Case, daughter of R. W. Casei of Pendleton There is one son, Adin: DeLos Sloan. Mr. Sloan was 8 8 years old last: May. The funeral will be held Monday al 2:30 o'clock from tne home, 4 13 1 Bush street. The pallbearers will be! Sheriff Taylor, A. F. May, W. I Thompson, Will Moore. George Fell and J. B. McCook. Denmark Does not Want to get Into Fight in Europe KOPI.K RATE GKRM YNY III T PREFER T KEEP THEIR PRESENT NEITR YIJTY. STEWART London. Jan 29. The war rumblings may disturb Sweden, but Denmark, for almost a certainty, will keep out of the war. This was gleamed In recent conversations with Copenhagen officials and others here today If Denmark tights she will Join the allies, because of her ancient hatred, resulting from the German capture of Scnleswig Holstein Ger- many could overrun Denmark rapid- lv but she is not anxious for an In- vasion. Despite the English blockade she gets considerable supplies through the Danish ports. Germany Is not anxious to undertake the defense nf the long Danish coast line against al-1 lied landings It Is understood there .s .1 nun agreement mai I'enmars. ' divides her foodstuffs between Eng- ! land and Germany, without the oh- ! lection of either This Is believed tho reason that no Danish foodShlpa ire torpedoed Walla Walla Girls Won From Pendleton; Score 34 to 27 In the fastest and most sxcitlruf ( game ever witnessed on the local floor, the Pendleton high school bas ketball team met defeat by the Gar. den City' lassies. The score for tits game was 34 to 2T. The first point of the game wa made by Pendleton when Vera Teta pta placed the ball through the loop on a foul. This was tmmed lowed with one point for th elv fid- : B visitors, kept the mm'. Tlie irst hal. alia s fa- Qond half and s'av - the visit- Ms) of th Th, garden itv vor At ing of the se the locals again came ed but three points b back ore until the last few moments of the! game when a burst of speed netted the visitors about six points In sin- cession In the middle of the 1 tst I half one substitution was Made B) Pendleton when Delia Ferguson re- placed Thelma Thompson at side. center. Thelma takimr Marcuerit Siraughn s place at guard. Vera Temple, the fast forward for the high school team, made 19 of the points Dam Gives Way Under Pressure of Floods and California Town is Obliterated-Troops on Scene Today are Searching for Bodies-Once Fertile Valey Now a Muddy Waste. Devastated Territory is Two Miles Long and 15 Miles Wide Not a Tree, House or Survivor is Left After Thirteen Billion Gallons of Water Sweeps Down-Sweetwater Dam is Reported in Dan gerous Condition and People are Fleeing. I H EGO, Jan. 29. Re turning from a search, troops reported the entire valley morass. tnue remained of groves, ranches or people. The water evidently travelled at ex press train speed, everything in its path betttg diHsaied. A dreary iart of refugees who had heed ed early warnings and fled, -lartcd back for San Diego, sur rendering hope of finding the re mains of their families. Since Thursday night, when the dam broke, tills handful of refugees remained nearby without send, lug word of the catastrophe to the outside world. ARKANSAS CITY. Jan. 29. A family of six Is reported to have perished when the levee at Watson broke. A man fording the Cadon river was drowned. An 18 foot wall of water carried houses away, leaving Watson un der l" feet of water. SAX DIEGO, Jan. 29. Cavalry searched the devastated Otay valley to day for bodies of 50 persons heliev jed to have been drowned when the Otay dam broke and sent a to fool ! wull of water over orange groves and little ranche. The valley nan swept clean. Everything Is gone. Relief work Is la-iMvcdlns and a big sum of money already ha- been rals- i cd. Sorrowing relatives and friends followed the cavalry through the deva- taled district, aiding in the hunt Not a tree, nor a house or a survivor was left. The oixv fertile Otay val ley is a muddy waste. The troops were called into Pvin. this morning. They headed a dreary i prmvssion from San Diego. N ear the , ' "'' valley tney louna a nud- . died group of horrified survivors who refused l leave, preferring to remain lo xwreh for traits, of friends. Some f the DOtpnH mav -come a-liore along H'c beach. The dam hurvt Thursday hut the now- did not reach San Diego until last night. Except for wt roles. San DtegO Is without communication with me outside world. V colony ,f ;m .launcsc U believed u is- t-iu;iiiicu. i.aneiicr- wno view- cd the disaster from near-by htlLs said tin1 dam hurst with a roar that was audible for miles. The village of (liav and the road to Tl Jtiana wore oblm-rated. The Sweetwater dam Is She shot her baske speed and accuracy with amazing Five of Pet.-! dleton's points were made by fouls while the visitors madt six. The lo j cal girls were very much handicap ped by the weight of the Garden C'ty lassies, yet they were superior In passing throughout the game Jfssle Chesnut and Alta Mentxer were also missed, both being unable to ass ha. j Cause of sickness, The lineup lot tbe teams were Pendleton Fotwvrds. Grace nuc and Vera Temple; side center. Thelma Thompson: center. Agee. guards. Katharine Thorn paol and Marguerite Str-aughn ; Walla Walla Forwards Dtinlar and Percll'ull: center, rmttner- sole .enter Qose; guards. Thorp and Mc- center, Gulre. Subs sater As u school 15. F I.usi.i Hn1 i-apt.iln urM L.ts II PlK work by all the h'ch i'hiol Iftdl mc'inli'd Tor the AfhVl :' th All-txrs, RtbtMrl icayt 4 fl points doa 2. Fnwlor HoyUn ts and Oof- Th.- All-St ir, Houser mail Mt Pi'nuM 4, art') SaunJfr '' I also reported to be danger mls and the i people below are fleHiig. The devastaU-d territory bt two ' milCH long and DfUt-n mllCH wide. ThirU'en Mllioti (rations of water were n-leased when Uie dam hrokr. SAN DIEGO. Jan 2. At least 50 ! persons were believed to have been j killed late Thursday when the lower I dam of the San Diego water system j in the Otay valley south of here j broke under the heavy pressure of the j flood waters. A wall of water 4S feet high was released. Sweeping down the valley the great flood of water carried people, live stock and valuable farm property to destruction. The heavy rains of the last few day's filled the lower Otay dam for the first time in its history. Unable longer to withstand the ter rific weight of the water, the dam gave way releasing a flood of water. Warnings of the impending danger of the break had been given to thi people In the valley, but few heeded them, it was said, choosing to stay and endeavor to protect their pro perty. Rescuers were unable to reach the scene of the disaster last night as all bridges were washed out and tho , swollen streams were so treacherous that it was impossible to launch boat tc go to the rescue. Several bodies have been seen float ing in the flood waters, according to reports received here. The property loss will amount to at least 11.000.000. Because of the fact that they were isolated bv tha breaking yf the dam. which shut off onj means or reacning otner com munities, hundreds of families in the vicinity wre facing a food famine. : ARKANSAS CITY. Jan. 29. Seven are known to be dead in floods along '. the Arkansas. White and St. Francis I rivers. Hundreds are homeless The conditions promise to be worse before niirht with the rivers at the highest stages ever recorded and still rising. COdSt Market DoWfl Liverpool is Higher CHICAtrTV, Jan. 29. May IM 134 3-S; July 12 1-2-115 S- Portlnnil PORTLAND. ire.. Jan tt ( lal.l Club. 100-102; bluestem 114 Liverpool LIVERPOOL. Jan. JJ. I market for spot No. i Manltob, ,d; No 3. 14s 1 1-3 1; No 2 winter, new 13s lid. No I nor Duluth. 14s I l-2d. In American terms the Liv price for spot No I Manitoba is per bushel .-.it Us rt NEWS SUMMARY I v of llfHr-i r.rm.if (hit t .in it mm n f will i MNVpH .iJ. 'f .i hmn oiil of i-H'rdll-s (Irtrvt n,-. K. of I' MM nll rabn MlwiMllM ' HMwl llMRW -lr tiull I sltiii pVOMMJVMsl r uleiif. I'tVNM" u I will MMhN ia.i- (MM IHHIIHH tn--nr.iit v m t I , HirMMff hI wkihaii muttt r in 1.19
