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VOL. 27.
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, J910.
NO. H724
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GRAVE OUTLOOK
OVER LUSITANIA
FACES THE U. 8.
Situation is Growing More Critical
as Result of Germany's Reluct
ance to Agree to Disavowal.
WILSON AND LANSING CONFER
riix. .r Bartee r Meetings is Held
today u Daotde I jmhi Futare Pol
icy Toward Berths OuWIBl
lUfiort I'roiu i oioii-i Mown Will
I'robahlv be Awaited.
WASHINGTON, Feb The l.usl
tanla -nil. ill.. ii la very grave Presi
dent Wilson met Secretary 1-ansliig to
day in Ihe firm of series of Import-
aai oontereaeee to determine Am.j'"""' tMUmm won- Having in
.. . .. .i i i . i
mas future policy toward tnc
tons No decisive step planned
loday A conriuentlul report from
I'olonel House Is believed in s.iy the
Teutonic pulille opinion is oppoaed to
.'ii admission or an illegality in utf I
torpedoing, hence the hand, of the
i .reign ofrii' are tied
it was hinted in- administration!
will wait unUl the return of Colonel
Iluuae before lakiiiK any draftlc atep.
If the president refunea further nego-,
tiallOaa, it l believed he will await
HotMe'i complete report befall lend'
ing an ultimatum which will demand
d dianvowni, with a diplomatic break
the only alternative. The Uultanii
i loud submerged political and con-,
.lees al affairs, ll was admitted'
vers w here lhal a point bad been i
reached where a ehow4owa was na
ejtary Hernelorfl la 'he nnl odi-
olal who views the altuatlon uptlmlstl-
i iOj ii' lutiau that matters are aoi
an serioiiH h WaihUsftn reaardi
them, it n believed' Beraetarff w M i j
..wait the deelalon ol Wlleoii befOfsj
iniklns fresh proposals. rWrtMorfTs
p iinb.ni kl Imsed cm the belief he can
propose a oom promise w hich would w
c.eplable to America and which Her-;
II n would rat fj II Is o known
nheiher hb inetructlons permtl
areatfl enneeaslons than yeMerday'i
tnemohfndum showed, ("he amuas
dor bellevrs House's report will lead
the president t accept the compro
itr:ui.iv b Oarmani doe
ii-. i foresee an Immediate crisis with
America over the l.usitanln torpedo.
Ing it believed that further In
formal cM'hatiKcH are ce
i efure ( lerfhan) frames
uer to the i ii m i Amerlci
deadlock Is reached it Ik
alble t.. avert .1 break by
lain t. OUI
formal Him-
1 note. ir a
believed pos-
refenini tht
disavowal demand 10 arbitration. Ft
I relieve America would refuse ..!ch
proposal
a I
UONDOK, Feb 1 Newspapers dis
played prominently the report thai
Oermany und America are near a
rupture. The consensus of opinion !
that the physical participation of Am
. ilea 011 Hie side nf the allies is un-
leslralde because It would slot. the.
..iir.e of ammunition supplies, The,
ePen agreed a 1
- of greatel valin
ii) piirtlcuui( Mr i
, 111 wtf'IlhlTM !''-
ported price on the
h oi ropped heavily
Berlin Bourse
NEWS SUMMARY
(jonoral.
I risl- -aid to be reached between
fireman) ami Polled States over Ltm
.inula affair.
Itlg war -upplv ItOKfV i- burned al
Ottawa.
storm In north went ia'giu
nets,
t.l
-I III 111,
llliM'kad i O.-W. It A V mid V
p. broken.
O.-W. It. A N. had three slides l'
iwnrn Pendleton nisi I -a lirande.
Hay sell- for '.!". .' on lllnlon creek
near lliMM'r.
Wheeler county stockmen grow
short of food
-beep killed In "Idle n" on Smytlie
ranch.
.now of HI iliw'iK'i' thitii till- -avs
II I, Taylor.
Mclgh borers kllbil by train at
hieiiflokl
KefddentS of low perts or Hty pre.
pan- lo move, to IdllH.
l.-ilniiitisl weight of snow In IVn
dieton over S00.000 tons,
M'lMMds will rcoon MondaT.
Looai.
Tluee year old girl accidentally
kUied by brother,
First nrresi under prohlltlllon law
-. in up iroblem hir ofBoera.
Ir. Siultli In cast finds much nun
ndrnoB in Wilson.
VottOra of mad hearing torn down
aial court camels bearing
BROTHER KILLS
SISTER WHILE
BOTH AT PLAY
Children Were Playing Friday Morn
ing Wtien Five Year Old Boy
Picks up Loaded Revolver -Bullet
Enters Girl's Head.
V vvs was mrhwl ben today of a
terrible auuMert yesterday morning
:il III)' lion llcuilrlckMin place, west
oi dam-. wtwnta Hero, the Bra your
old MM of Mr. and lira llondrb kon
-hoi hia itiree feet old Water through
tho bead wtth piui. killing iiu
child instantly. The bullet uu-nti
liie head baUHiaU tlio nose and mouth
and ' iii entirely ihrougii tha head,
t. -cording to tlir Information at
im-;""" .-..mij mi m.
lite mid tlir Hull' bo) dlmlsd apon a
cupboard anil pi i.i .1 op a loaded re
volver. Pnlaltng u at ids nitic atahw
pulled tin- nigger uiul the charge
went oil witii deadli effect,
'I'lie Heodatckaoa piu.c i- rive mlka
noil or Xil.iio- at die edge of ilio lln-
hw m llhaafM and DM
I he I'IiiiiMi church.
lllllc l'l of
Murder at Salem
Baffling Police
SAI.KM. lire, Feb S Though three
luspectd haVi been arreated. the po
lice are ."till baffled over the brutal
minder lust night of Mrv J ll Hln
kle id, Oeoegs I'largi an eacaped
coin l.i, ie being Hougril
Apparentl) three blowii or a blunt
Inatfunanl crushed Mm Hlnkle'i
i-kuii when ahe surpaaed the robber
In ihe kitchen ol her imme. Th
hoii".' vim ranss. kett unit It" In cBBh
stolen Her hnahand, a wealthy re
tired farmer, dlaroeered the bodj
when be returaed home. He if fran
tic with grief
ugly male
I pie are disCOUOt-'
of a fl 1 whan the
.tilers are making
ing the dangers
enow goes off.
preparations with as much thorough-1
nam as If they had advance Informa
tion that the waters are going to over
run Pendleton
Sol a few residents nf the lower
sections of the city, particularly of
those sections along Ihe river, are. is
all seriousness, arrang tig for removal
to the hoines of friends living on th"
hills.
taking the
Merchants generally an
pi t
"f
mutton ot ntOVttt their Itocke out
thflr haxeiix-nts, main reraluni: i
the heavi loeeet
luetained during th.
flood of by
the fuct that their
in the basement"
good were still
when the enten
nine. The loss tu
Baker ft Foleom alone at thai time
was appraised at tin, 000.
The Pedplee Warehouse for the past
two day has been moving the ware
room st.-ck of groceries to the room in
the .liidd building recently vacated by
M, Gale A Son. in the event that
MANY PEOPLE W FOR FLOOD
iiiraifriifflis
Assistant Superintendent
Buckley in Caboose When
Slide Lifts it off the Track
Find hand news of the snow trou
ble! In the Illue Mountains was re
i elved hen- today from Miss Velna
Marple teacher Of the school at l)un
inn and East Oregonbin correspond-
. nt at thai point,
Miss Marple came to Pendleton on
j train IT last evening, the first train
to reach the city from Ihe east. Her
i school Is closed because of the storm
ami will proiiatiiv De closeii an next
week. The reason for ttils Is that most
ol the children use Ihe railroad truck
In walking to si-hoot and they can
not do this In safety now- because the
snow plows llluke cuts only sufficient
ly wide for Ihe trains Hence anyone
walking along the Hack would be In
danger of being run over.
The Snow slbli-
The o -w it. KTi had three ptiit
Clpe.1 snow nlhleM In the mountains j
between ivmileton aim i-i Gtraitdc I
There wan a large MlldV Jtttt helow the
meaihani tumul berween Mem ham
Estimated Weight
of Snow in City
is 557,568 Tons
intiki i i.
'Hi! Hl-N
Mil
i OMPII'KD TO snow IM
MiETO i O.XlHTIONt.
Hi
w heavy la the
inii Pendleton ?
snow an IlKht
mow
which i"
Moki pe
.pie re.
Rani now ax IlKht ami lint!
thinking' of tin tremendous
when It pile up until Home
Iiik i oof given evidence or an
little
weight
come kind Some computations made
b BUpt, F. J,' Haies of Ihe water de
partment will be Intereatlng to all
and amazing to many,
Mr Hayea places the weight of the
present snow On each square foot of
UrfaCS at iO iniunda With that as
a DUll from which to work, he esti
mates that there are more than 7
tool "f snow on each Of Ihe two city
reservoirs or more than 1;6 tona Oil
th-.- two. The dlmeMtaaa Of each roof
are l feet by S3, giving It a total
Surface area of 711 square feet. At
20 pounds to the aqitAre root, the to
tal weight on each roof would be
I'lii.ttii pounds or II. 1 tons. Mr.
Hayes tlgures that the roofs are suf
ficiently strong I., withstand three
times that weight, but. nevertheless,
he has had both roofs cleaned.
The weight of Ihe snow on the roof
Of th. grandstand at Hound-up Park
Is estimated at IN tona The struc
ture being ov er l'i" feet long. A I
1 raw of laborers Is atlll at work to
day removing this snow
The weight Of the snow on a tot II
by III feet is approximately :,n tons.
Figuring Pendleton at (Wo miles long
and one mile wide, ihe weight of the
Club Mow Quoted at
98 Cents in Portland
CHICAGO, Feb. S, (f
; May 11.34 1-4. 11.12 J-l b
I tilt M. 1.34 7J.
Portland,
j PORTLAND, Feb I. (I
I Club n V ll.lt: bliiestem 11.
Jttlj
WateT nets into
saleeroom stock
and the grocery
the basement
will be moved
business will lie
the
SUM
tinned in that location.
There is much
as to whether floe
the melting of the
ti ml that such a 1
dissenting opinion
1 water will follow
-now. Many com
mdltlon will be In.
pVttAblf mIi.iV nthen ilcclm- that it la
extremely unlikely that the water will
re atoll W unusually high MaRe.
Phi sc latter contend that a chlnook
wind re rely continue more than three
iluy and they eXprtM the opinion
that .1 three-da Chinook would not
mtirh mor-1 ihiiti start the vast vol
unii". of mow t siting. After that
Ihe) .iy It is likely that the remain
der Of the snow will go off very slow
ly. Sume old-timers recall floods that
resulted from heavy snows and oth
ers bring to mind olher snows thai
did not result in high water Hut tin
1 tie!
purer
tome
aster.
that
Kith
while
pre
uiul Huron. Another slide filled the
cut below Duncan, this slide be hi :
111 or 5U0 feet in length
on the other side ol trie mountain
there was a slide at Hllgard 1600 feel
long and about IS feet deep When
the rotary train started lo dear this
slide a small slide of snow cattM
down unto the train and hilling the
caboose raised the same orf the track.
Assistant Superintendent lluckley wicj
In Ihe caboose This occurred Tues
day Feed t;niw- Scnrcc
Feed lor stock is becoming low In
j the mountains, but (bus lar no losses
are reported. At Duncan, Mrs. B S
. Wilbur Is f ling .100 or toil head ot
beet caltle and the teed Is becoming
. low. However. Mrs Wilbur has par
! chased several eurloaos of ha at Kn
1 terprlse and will have It (hipped in
an noon km the Joseph hiaurh if i
ed to traffic.
The snow Ik fonr and a half
Jeep at Duncan.
pen-
BIG SUPPLY CO.
AT OTTAWA PREY
OF INCENDIARY
Grant. Holden and Graham Concern,
Making Clothing for Soldiers, is
Total Loss This Morning.
SUSPEGT IS LATER RELEASED
llclgluu Musician Arrested lint la l
lowcd to gti After an Inrettttgatloa
1 uncial- Were Probing IK-truc
lion uf 1'arliaincut llolldlngs t ben
New lire Break- Out.
OTTAWA, Canad ... Feb. i. Fire,
believed to have ,beeu incendiary, de.
atroyed the war supply plant of the
Irani. Holden and iSraham company
this morning, whlb officers were in
vestigating the dest Miction of the par
liament buildings. Thousands of dol
lars worth of clothing and haver
sacks were ruined. Few men in the
plant eacaped aafel The watchman
ia convinced a firebug was responsible
Charles Strony, a Belgian musician
held as a suspect, '.'a- released later.
Referring to th. parliament fire.
Sir Wilfred Laurier declared a cruel
foe is responsible.' B. B. Law, a
niemtH-r of parliaip.'iit and a depulv
clerk have been added to the list ot
missing,
The greatest roundup of allies since
the beginning of the war was ordered
when Dominion police instructed men
at all points to apprehend all foreign
ers who left ottaw 1 on the night of
the parliament fire Railroads fur
nished t ckets to a number of desli
nations for alien passengers The
war supply bouse fire resulted In half
a million dollar damage. It was re.
ported here that the plotter who at
tempted to d-rWdrtte the Victoria
bridge was drowned. His tracks were
traced to the . pen water.
WlXOeaiK. Ont., Feb. ". After.
spending the night in Jail, Charles
.''troney. a Belgian musician was re
leased th s morning from suspicion of
causing the firing of the Ottawa par
Lament buildings A telegram from
Ihe chief of the dominion police said
the evidence was not conclusive He
hail been detained as a foreigner s.
be might explain his presence In Ot
tawa When the f re was raging.
MONTREAL, Feb. 5. Troops frus
trated an allegul attempt 'o wreck
the Victoria bridge They fired on a
man creeping along the Ice to the
bridge. He fled and escaped. He had
I appeared previously at midnight, but
fled when challenged The bridge
epaanlng the st. Lawrence, is one of
the largest on the continent and is
cloeeh guarded.
FORMER LOCAL DOGTOR SAYS
EAST STRONG FOR WILSON
,l SMITH NOW Ji MEW YORK
PRK1MOTS III IXI ITION PA
ItU, M VJOR1TY
Thai he finds sentiment in tin eajtl
almost solid behind President Wilson!
In his preparedness campaign and i
thai everyone save the staunch stand
Put republicans are predicting his I
re-election by an overwhelming ma
jority are among the BtatamenU cm
tallied in a letter from Dr. C. J.j
Smith, formerly of this citv ami law ,
candidate for governor, to
Peterson of this city. Dr
now in New York on buelnef
Will M
Smith
I and Will
return to Oregon about March I.
Dr. Smith writes thin he made t
trip to Washington and had a short
talk with Ihe president before he left
on his tour ..f the middlewestern
states. He slates thnt the business
boom in the east is the greatest known
in years and that everywhere he fladi
optimism and a general Confidence
the administration,
SCHOOL WILL BEGIN
It is announced tod a) i 8u-
perintendent A C Hampton that
the puMir schools will resume
work Honda) after having been
closed tor several days becauee
of the heavy mow a
People living on streets lead-
inii to the schools are aetced to
take particular cure to Clear
walks so the echoot children "ill
not have (' wade ihi'Minh mow a
The public Horary resumed op-
Brat I one yeeterda) after havlni
been cloaed foi a time, a
STORM THROUGH
IT
BEGINS TO EASE:
Streetcar Service at Portland is
Mostly Resumed and all Wires
are Being Slowly Restored.
SNDW FILLS IT HOOD RIVER
Wixai ami yp.it luiniiie Threaten!
Some Train.- Are Mill stalled There
Twenty NilM of Telcgraidi and
Telephone Liaes ro Dawn Along
the oiiiinbia Klvee.
POHTLAXD. or. .. Feb. 5.
While plnagho, calcrpillur en
gines and -era'i-. were being
iimiI lii Ihe Rtreeta of Portland
tbi- afternoon, the -now rail wac
rtunii'd and threatens to iiiii
hame tonight, lit' on sinii' -trcet-I-
tea laches thick and icred
with -now. Mules and farm
plows an- breaking the lee alon
i lie -tret car track- in eoaae section-,
several oa-lern trains
reached I'oriiand today. I, mi.
mail wa- distributed or delivered,
aofferlng Is reported in the
MMttheaMern Hectiou of Portland
Inhabitants there an- without
groceries,
PORTLAND, Feb ." The m rth.
vest ia wriggling from lieneath blan
kets of snow Telegrnph and tele
I hone line-' are slowly being restored.
Streetcar service in Portland mostly
has been resumed. The temperature
is slowly rising in western Oregon
and rain is predicted tonight or to
morrow. Snow is falling heavily at
Hood lliver. A wood and meat fam
ine Is threatened there. Two trains
are stalled there. Twenty miles of
telephone lins are down along the Co.
himbla, northwest of Portland. As
toria Is n iched only through Seattle.
Telegraph companies route Seattle
business through Chicago or Spokane.
NORTHWEST NOW
Heavy Snow in 1884 Went off
Without Flood; Fall Was Even
Deeper Than Now Says Taylor
That the snow is not as de
tp nowi
as it was in December. 1!M, is declar
ed by Henry J. Taylor, promise fit
farmer and member Of the council
In that year Ihe snow was 3ii inches
deep on the level at Mr. Tavlor s place
and it is now but 3u niches deep
there. However, he admits more
more snow may have fallen this time
than in lxst and that the snow may
have been packed down more.
"It snowed for seven .lays and
nights and we had nine weeks ol
sledding The coldest weather we
EastOregonian Has Led the Field
in Covering News of Big Storm
Su h newspapers as have arrived here thus far indicate
that ii; covering news of the big storm and its various as
P'.vts the Kast Oregonian has surpassed any other north-vv.'.-UTn
paper, large or small, in handling the news of its
own territory.
Yesterday the East Oregonian carried 21 live news
stories relating to various features of the storm or conse
quences of the storm. On Thursday we had 13 different
news stories on the subject and on Wednesday 17 stories.
These news stories have covered all the most important
and interesting phases of the storm story, from different
angles and particular attention has been given to accu
racy. Naturally special care has been accorded to con
ditions in Umatilla county and nearby counties in eastern
Oregon. In securing such news we have had the benefit
of a large Staff of special correspondents located at differ
ent points and the long distance phone service, in constant
ijse by us, has been excellent at all times.
The Kast Oregonian desires to be and thinks it is the
best newspaper in the world in a town the size of Pendle
ton. One reason for this is that the paper rises to the oc
casion and gives its readers special service when big new.,
is brewing. We are always ready to do all the work need
ed and spend all the money necessary to obtain the re
sults desired. Numerous compliments received bv the pa
per together with the fact the past year has been in every
way the most prosperous one in the history of the Kast
Oregonian shows our aggressive policy is appreciated by
the people.
REPORTS HESE ARE
THAT TRACKS WEST
ARE NOW CLEARED
Several Trains from Portland are Said to be
Enroute OverO-W-INo. 18 is Marked to Arrive
This Afternoon and if it Gets Through Will
be the First Train to Arrive from the Rose
City in More Than Four Days.
Though the trains did not succeed
in breaking through the snow block
ade along the Columbia yesterday
afternoon as anticipated, reports to
day have it that the tracks are clear
ed and that several trains from Port
land are en route to Pendleton over
the O.-W. R. N The first train, Ne
ll of yesterday. Is marked to arrive
at 3:45 this ufternoon and. if it gets
in on aohedule time. It will be the
first train from Portland for more
than III hours.
The blockade was reported brok
en yesterday afternoon and a train
was scheduled to arrrve during the
evening some time. However, more
snow barriers were found as the train
proceeded and these were not clear
ed away until this morning. No. 2
and No. Id are marKed to arrive on
time this evening, but will probably
arrive late.
From the east trains are coming
through though delayed several
hours. No 19. the rant mail, did not
pull into Pendleton until after 9 this
morning and at 9:15 continued on
west. No. 17. due at noon, was
marked to arrive two hours late.
The steam train war taken off the
I'orto Rloans on Strike.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 5 The For
to Kican police killed four Industrial
Workers of the World and wounded
four women, two children and two
men while firing on strikers, a dis
patch to the Federation of Labor said
Twenty thousand farm hands are
striking.
Floods taue Damagv.
LITTLE ROCK. Ark. Feb. 5.
Eleven lives have been lost and hun
dreds of thousands of dollars dam
age done by the floods now investing
Arkansas Hundreds of families are
homeless
ha.i then w.u- below eer. At my
place the water froze In a well thai
was 1 feel deep. Though the snow
was very heavy it was earlier in the
winter than is the present snow. The
snow went off without causing any
flood.
Mr. Taylor has a elvid recollection
of the snow during IS St because his
first wife was 111 and died during th
storm She was brought to Pendle
ton and buried In the old north side
cemetery while a snow storm wai
progress.
JJ
west end run this morning and th
motor car resumed The trains on
the Washington division are running
almost on schedule time
P, Is open
Word was received here yesterday
afternoon by Local Agent Walter Ad
ams of the Northern Pacific that
tralna would get Ihrougb from Seat
tle and this morning he received He
attle mall. Indicating tnat the road la
cleared The &. P til, on the north
hank. Is open and trains are running.
Agent I- ( ommended.
T. F O'Brien, local O.-W R. ft N
agent, has been a busy man the past
week, what with caring for passen
gers on delayed trains and keeping
the platforms and tracks about the
depot open That he has done his
emergency duties well is Indicated by
the fact that some more or more of
delayed passengers before continuing
their journey yesterday presented him
with an acknowledgement of their
appreciation for his courtesies an I
services while they were snowbound
here.
The depot platforms are all cleared
of snow and a big force of shovelera
Is still at work on me tracks and
company sidewalks
Hat Checks Serve
for Meal Tickets
During Blockade
RAILROAD l IF.KIHX. is:, PA-
uEXGEftfi trf.iujtn T
Till-! OAl.LKs
The O.-W. R. & X Co. had 115
'assengers to feed while blockaded In
The I. and the railroad hit
.checks constituted Ihe badge of iden
tification The following story from
The Dalles under date of Feb. 3, tells
i of how the passengers were cared for
j A railroad hat rhecg isn't good for
a meal ordinarily, but It is so hon
j ored in The Dulles these days whib
, the 0 -W P. & , tailing care of
the ltr, passengers of the four trains
I which are stalled here
I The company authorized Ihree hum
I hotels to serve meals to any one with
j an official hat check, and charge the
i bill to the railroad. Some of the pas
, sengeis sleep on the Pullmans and
; others have been provided with rooms
in hotels by the company
The matter of curing for the (tall
. ed passengers is no small Item of ex.
pense In connection with the rail
road's tleup. If the passengers are
here much longer they may have to
get along without butter and eggs,
The supply is about exhausted ir Ths
Dalles due to the blockade
Loss of Livestock
is Threatened in
2 Nearby Counties
I NIOS 1 1 w i 1 1 1 w v i vi i, v
HGKIOI'8 sin vno in.
i xl'SOE in sruit.M
Lust- live stock inreatens both
I'nion and Wallowa counties for the
heavy snows prevent traaaportttloa ''
,iced and also pTQKoaui driving IWe-
stock to feed, whe
rs have fred
..i Orande
y supply ou
-a eshaueted
DO fTonVI 'b.
s rloue
says late report from
In many cases the h
different ranches has be
id the (MuaUon thai
livestock owner Is realty
Reports from Union
lell of cattle MarvtBg .
Flat countr ..in- nin
fifteen head Llvesti
around UaloB ire amo
Ihe weather condition)
From W tttowa cuii'
same rei'ori.and White
there seems to he . aoag
needs it is freely admittC
tng saoa em n u this ; .
, Would be very danger..,
Kioto ai iJahua
PARIS. Feb I A rii t. .. at uiiinl
the proportions of a revolution, l.rok.
.out at ljslsui last bight bad cob a
today .-r-'ivd- I Hacking the repRbti
can guard and piltagtaf th
ifornu baa
ll This .a
ml in the
which the
those, aft
coun come
h
report