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DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISERS. The Rut Oieguulan has the lament paid emulation of any paper In Oregon, nit of I'ordand ami over twice the circulation lo I'rndleton of any other oewiqiapt-r COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 27. UMATILLA RIVER RISING, S WELLED B e 1 Snow Beginning to go Out in Mountains-Bridge on Tutuilla Reported to Have Been Washed Out-Birch Creek Nearing Flood Stage-Water Reported to Cover Bridge on Main Street at Pilot Rock. Colder Weather is Predicted for Pendleton and Flood Dangers May be Checked City, However, is Apprehensive of High Water Thaw in Progress Today and Snow is Melting Rapidly. ; Willi the weather forecaster lu Portland promising colder weather fur I'ciidlolon tonig hi tlicre arc indications the thaw ing of RXW will la- dbjOOkOd anil tlius HimhI dangers InMiivd. ' '' forecaster, however, predicts dan gerous avalanches lii the iiiouii uiJiis during tin' next 21 liours. Iln-i Un III Is Hooded I he tlM PepOrl (if basement trouble 1 1 miu I lir milling KOOW cm to light HUM afternoon when ii found water from Um n-nr ul tin' Ijolnu hlixk wan fliKxIlim Into the basement of the I). D, Pbelpi plumbing establishment mi Court street. There are mart) who fear that than I" morf iluuger from oior- nowtng siiiiter- than from itai l nuitlllu river, hi Hie event any i if the storm gutli-rs should he p , ,1 through ! ii ii.-, M r for an otlier i - ,i It Ih mn- dhle damage inn)- result. Pendleton Ii fillet today with up prehension of. Hood because nf thaw ing weather that hus been underway ill da long mid because of rulher ul lining reporte from foothllln and mountain. About II o'clock the I'matilla river 1 egiin ti, rise and at J was carrying a considerable stream of muddy wa- i.r The water Is nun I v fr Wild i Horse creek and narth from the 1 thatllla proper, it win require a buge rolUrne Of water to cause any danger of flood here because of the ; rotccting levee. At i o'clock this afternoon the of. fulal government thermometer reg lered .'.1 degrees above crn. the aarmeel weatliet In man) dss. ist night the loweg) temperature waa :'i nl eve zero, snou is melting to cbnslderahls ex- ii nt here this afternoon and slush Is forming though lltltl water was run plne on the ground or In the gutters. That snow Is melting In the inoun lalna Is sIhomi lo reports from Men. Chain and elsewhere It rained all dai Bunds) and last night at Meaeh' t tier Ygeney. At the Umatilla agency the tent .iture was .', degrees this after noon and snow Mas melting rapidly report had reached Ihe sgenci thai a bridge on Tutuilla had washed out e talis were not known. rhi- morning Thomiis Th peon received i phone report from Herbert Thompeon say that Tutuilla was rag. Miu lust night hUl Was lower this morrdhg. on Birch (Veok, vt the David Ingram ranch, nine miles above the Junction. Blreh ereek was rising and carrying a small tor rent of mudd water at 2 .. clock. The snow was thawing rapidly and further high water was feared It was re ported that the water had covered the bridge on the plain street In Pilot Itoek t Continued on Page 5) MRS. MOHR FREED OF CHARGE SHE HAD HUSBAND KILLED WIDOW OE H RDJBRKD XEI It)HT PHYSICIAN Atot lTIKD NEOROE8 ARE HELD PBOVIDKNI'K. B- 1. Eel). I. Mrs Btkrabeth Uobr Is free She waa i,.,inl not guilty late Saturday on ths "harge of having hired three negroes 1 MOhTwh, Phvslclnn. while In an automobile with his office assistant. Emily Bur- rr Mrs. Mohr collapsed sobbing In ,,,urt when the verdict was announc- ed For the two negroes who were charged directly with the murder ot the doctor, the doors of the state's prison yawned. They were found guilty of having killed the doctor and serlously wounding the "other worn- in" In the ease which has stirred ithode island for months. ,,,, rc COM? luted. Both Henry Kpellmnll and Victor lirown were pronounced guilty on the murder charge. Having three different verdicts ti mnounce, the strain following the innoiinceiiieiit of the clerk that s de. rlaton hud been reached was terrific The verdicts In the case of the ne- TpM came first. jflr& DAILY Fine of $25 and 30 Days Imposed for Killing Deer I BILLY BTAXIdSY, HOWEVER, PER. MTTTEI) To RETURN ROME TO CARE FOR STOCK. Klned 2.'i and given a 30 day Jul! sentence for killing u deer. Hilly Stan ley. a young man living on the North1 rorK of tbe Jollll UH was remi tted to return home to care for his stock dining the present severe weather. The man was arrested b Deputy War den Heorge Tonkin who made i trip over the MOW after the offender. He was convicted before Justice nf tin- Peace McReynold of Hint Rock. M s si. iik was ronnrtoil o, i..,i nnr, dltlon and relvlmr a no ti ihe nramla! "f the rnuna man In return after the snou lasvss to serve nut bis sentence thai official suspended the sentence i for the time being The carcass of the deer a hrouwhl in Peiutlston I tnd given t" St. Anthony's hospital. I i leiilii Ih'iiii'M Report, Washington. Feb 7. Socrstar) luiislng denied the statement attrlb- uted to Secretary Klmmerioan o Merlin, that America had increased Its' -mande In the I-usitnnlii case II" Mid he doubted if Zimmerman had made such a statement, which he must know Is utterly false J 'flic defendants entered picas of not guilt) this after uoon, ami ail eaated for Jury trials. rile first trial. Unit of Mrs Hania, was set for a week troni UMlay. The others will follow, (id. .1. II. Haley und Will M, Pelcrsjin an- n-nn'Miitiiig the ilcfciidanls ar- iMIed at Mrs. Harris' rooming house and Judge Pm Is nctltu: Tor those r- I'fatfd at the Kmplie uomeii and two men wen ar- FIVE UN AND TWO MEN ARRESTED AND MUCH LIQUOR SEIZED rested and several hundred dollars seised was found in the rooming worth of liquor confiscated in a raid house of Mrs. Harris Whiskey or conducted hy local officers late Sat.j,cer was found In almost every room, urda) evening upon two rooming jA gallon barrel of w hiskey, un ionises, the first such raid since the opened, and seven full barrels of bot prohlbitloa law went into effect itled beer were among th stores lo- The raid was directed by District ,,,,, The whole amount WfeWd i mrf,i "' emble to discuss the Ot Attorney Frederick Htelwer who hadL0w stored , the office of Justice at tire last week. A supposed secured advance evidence and who I (he Peace Joe H. Purkes. Besides the j Patter ws fired upon rowing toward swore out the complaints before 11 barrels there is n trunk half full of t,w 'nternationnl bride, connecting la'd. Sheriff T. D Taylor conducted I h.i. kttli of w hiskev. a full th """' Jil:,,,H nd Brtdgeburg the s.'.iii'h of the rooming houses and; was issistid B Deput) Sheriffs Joel Bill is Passed in for $19,000 tor Bridges at Mission and Thorn Hollow News that the house ol represents ! UvM 8( wshngtn ,m8sed a bill Sat -day approprlatlhg ,1,000 for the bridges at Mission and Thorn Hollow on the I'matilla reservation is con- tallied in a message received by Thomas Thompson from Congressman (J, j. stimuli. The message states tm,t the Items are Included in the In- din appropriation bill, r Thompson has also received letter from Ileprcsentatlve Slnnott und the belief Is expressed the ap- prnprlatlon may now be secured without trouble, un Senator chamber. Win and Senator Uine are aiding the move In the senate In the event he Inst out In the house Mr Slnnott had the Mission and Thorn Hollow brldg- arranged with the senators lo huveles and will have to do so Is stated b the Item Included In the appropriation i Judge Marsh Owing to the restriv bill before the senate ttOM under the new law and the ne- The bill provides fur the construe-1 cesslty of building some other bridges Hon of two bridges, the total cost of It mny be hard to secure Hie money, which will not be In excess of lls.bl It will be provided In some HMU 600 It Is specified that the state ollncr Otherwise the government sp- Oregon or I'matilla county shall pro- prnprlatlon would be forfeited EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, CENTRAL ALLIES AND ROUMANIAN ARMY WAY CLASH Bulgarian and Turkish Forces are, Most of Them Survive the Storm Moving Toward Frontier Where Better Than Was Expected De Large Forces are Concentrated. dares Member of Commission. TRANSYLVANIA IS THE PRIZE Itoumanla Itefiuee to Doinobllo or Give Pledge of Benevolent Neutral. I ll louanl the Teutonic 1'oitx-s I 0,000 carload- of (.rain are sold lo the Mill".. LONDON, Feb -Bulgarian and lurhl' forces are moving toward lh ' 1 mefi ine con- oentrated rtnumanlam there. Milan eonuniee on, yvho reached home yes. reported. II was stated the central tarda alter having been snow bound Powers demanded a partial itoumani- for as hours at Bonneville. The un demobilisation with a pledge otgame survived the storm belter than benevolent neutral ly inward the Ten-1 WM expected but there have been ti'iiv This was ignored. The t.'hron-' some losses, particularly of quail, icle declared the Teutons protested I Wh'le held at Bonneville by the against ine itouinanai) sale nf Ku.UtHi Carloadl ul grain to lhe allies. Hou- " replied this was necessary to Wn ner rconon IC interests, ine Au,"r'anB are repotted to have pro-1 'ted against the nomination of two Roumanian parliament candidates; '"'edged to secure the acquisition of' Transylvania- ' Inevllle and the local man says he felt, ROMR, Feb. 7. Austrian aulryjh, remained there long enough to be have reached the Arn-nl river foufi"11"!! to vote. miles from Durasso. awaiting the ar-! rival of the main bodv of Austrlans who defeated the Serbians Sunday , The Serbs are retreating southward to escape the envelopment at thlfn,m perishing , Bulgarians at Klbassan. Plakeiy and J. Qaorge Blmpsoq and Police offlc H. Rstee, Janitor I tile c.illl't house Plunk Nash. The rooming house on Court street conducted by Mrs. James Harris bet ter known as Mrs. Todhunter. and th Empire Lodging House on Webb street wer" the two places where the liquor Was found and the arrests made oilier houses were searched but m further arrests made. The greatest quantity of the liquor (Continued on page flve the House vide the remaining one-third of the cost and shall agree to maintain the bridges and the approaches to the same The Indian appropriation bill also carries an appropriation of 13000 (M the I'matilla agency. JI000 for th' Warm Springs reservation. 18000 for the Klamath agencv and SI 10.000 for the Chcmawa school In getting Ihe bridge appropriation through the house. Representative Slnnntt hud the benefit of some spe cial information us to tonnage and detour from Thomas Thompson County to Aid That the county court has given a pledge to meet one-third th Ml nl RAID SHERIFF REPORT OF LOSS OF GAME-BIRDS IS EXAGGERATED MARION JACK RETURNS HOME liter Being snow Ism ml. finally Gets Into Pendleton Hays tuail Suffer Host From snow s,K,w at Bonne ville slv Fiat Deep larnirr- arc Feeding the (.ion, Birds. Reports of the In if game birds have been exaggerated sa. Marion jam, men i in ine i.-u miu sin. hlockade .Mr. jack n.ui opportunity to observe conditions it the state fish hatcherv there. He says the fry to' tne noun natcnery is an sale nut inai there is danger some of the fish in the ponds will be net In freshet these f sh are likelv :!'t int the Columbia river. The snow was six feet deep at Hon- Ieputy Came Warden ronkln has I raeelved some reports fr.,m Athena Indic itlng the fe. d a of game birds 1 nils materials helped keep them T. J. DePrei ce of Athena has been feeding quail and says they have sur. I rived the storm though some Hun 1 garian partridges were lost. '"harles i larking also helped in ! feeding quail and says many birds j we re thus saved from starving. Jack Vincent of Athena believes i that few game birds were losi In that ! section during the storm. ' The chief danger has 1 I tiawjis ,thut take advantage ii from. f the feebled condition of game prey upon them. drain companies or oth having grain sweepings itrde and I urt 'es samples they will donal for feeding ! gam I birds are asked to notify Uadow, so that the sportsmen make arrangements to use the ; i j Rumor Afloat of New Sensational Plots in Canada I'MtlltMl NI is PREPARE!) '! tSSKMBl.K TO lMKt'VSS THE EIRE VI ottwa OTTAWA. Feb. 7 BtAMtlonal ports of new phl aicainst Cm ! Witt nrculatt'd when parliiimi'iit Ontario. Th a lent strength to the be I lief spies are operating. I The ninth overseas battalion an ' ed at the Wetland canal to reinforce ! the two regiments lilreadi guarding the canal and ammunition plants. Sen tries have been placed at all publU ' buildings and a continuous guard is 1 maintained at the canal and bridges j Despite suspicious uccurrances it Is i expected Borden will express the Conviction the parliament fire was an tccldent. Gtiwial, Central iillli moving against How-1 manlan foeres iHimviiit-ausit on fron. tier. Sensational rumors ur new plots gain rirt'iilalloii nt Ottawa. Local. Offhvrs make seven arn-sts ami sclxe Wg quantity of liquor In proht hltlon raid. lllot BiM'k pmrde Moving to iiinh places. killed snd ladi.-e More mad dog--oiind warning. Marren ami Mattock I'liurgcd with iiiaiislauulitci lhvr sluvcr -s nl -iicctl to jail hut allowed to OBN for sUwk. O.-W. trains almost back lo normal J . tea mm gtst Rh area m mm m e . HIV dUMMAKY FEBRUARY 7, 1916. Y WATER ; : PILOT ROCK FOlaS MOVING TO PLACES OF SAFETY; FLOODS ARE ANTICIPATED Hock people were ami- , , d and moving to placet) iting of safety as stated in a special phone1 report i" the East iregonian at '11 o'clock today, a rain Ml at Pilot ,, , , Rock air day Sunday- and part of the I - A chinonk has been under- night. Creeks in the Mountains are Rising Foot of Snow melts at Meacham - . Warm Rain Falls At Meacham a warm rain fell all I spring day in Pendleton." Consider lar Sunday and all last night with 'able water was running and the snoa ine result mat a foot of snow disap - I beared in iess than 14 hours. At 1 1 "'clock thll morning the East Ore- tomans eorrespnnaent at Meacnnm ! reported the weather to be "like BK DROPPED AS IXVRSm GATION PROCEEDS. rhargmg manslaughter. a Iitliiinr tt-fll he flleH this sflerrjoon in the justice court against W 1 ' "Whiter" Marren and IVe Matlock. ; W'ho have been held in Jail since the shooting Of Wendell Phillips a week ;,Ko. Though his investigation is not ( complete, pressure ironi me atinrnej from the two men decided the dis- trict attorney t HI MATLOCK AND 0-W TRAFFIC MARREN ill WILL SOON BE nnr nn morn unnimi mini rAbtUW5, HAL AIM i I CHARGE AGAINST MATI'M K HIT j manslaughter against both men. The trains from the west between s JO connection of Matlock with the fatal ' and 9:30 No. 18 ills evening is re affray is not yet clear and It may be! ported on time and No. IT from the 'that the charge against him will b? ' east reached Pendleton bout 1:30. dismissed. However. the officers! With the arrival of delayed trains i have decided tn hold him until furth-1 Saturday and Sunday, the local post- ' er witnesses can be examined office was swamped wtiti mail. A man is mean enough When he t" himself, but when he has a had cold he ought to I ilone in well. a 40-ucre field until he Mai on News. Portland Man Gets Position as the Interpreter of Future Events With Munition Co. From a ubordins j Portland bureau of water works toi th position of the interpreter of the i uturo tor a bits m tiiring company in .New xorr, remarkable rise and change nl tlOB experienced b; tieorge who spent ysoterdai with frit PeadietOll while en route east gin upon his new duties. The story of young K..rU tork is th strange one rWBSSSSMsa Ol an uin.au ny ability to see into the future, he I has decided to capitalize this clalr- I voyant power which he has demon - strated to the satisfaction ol manv witnesses He has so impressed the big munitions manufacturing panv with his cxtraoruinar pre i sum that he has been tendered I re tuiner and last week transportation lo their base of operations was tele - rwpnvo am irwiu me, n o , , pgg rg sense, the outcome of even lice of the company j the smallest detail In the pmpuasd He left Portland last Tucsd.o but j w orkings of this theme or scheme was held up by the siorm. arriving. Before leaving Portland he gam here on Saturda) He Narad n 'h' j onstrated his powers to his fellow sgg Hotel Pendleton while here, being , ployes and they were greatly Impress i trleiid ol cniei t lerk Hay i revre.je( by them. Just what use the imk Knd visited other fr.eiids until t Hln rrJI f munitions Intend making ol I afternoon when he resumed his hs prophetic aense Is a matter ol I JoUme, Barb has been woiking in th- Portland water department In clerical capacity for the past two, r ine past iwo , Mr km Icy Is very modest and ion' employes had tlcent about his unusual gtetlactl le Was subject to'aud dislikes talklug about It. yaare and his fellow long noted that tic FRO$0OO THILLS 1 t a v i way today with the result Birch creek has become quite high ,11 lor win,- mr iiroNS'- nda erm , quite a few families having homes ing the bottom had moved to the 80,1001 h'jUW or t0 tne oId church f"r safety. Some families had gone Into . .. 1 me DUHJtirj so as lo oe sale irom dui flood danger. The weather was warm, All Day Sunday iwas settling fast. The melting snow was causing the creeks in the moun- tains to rise. Thus far there has been no damage inflicted ana tne ran- UUEUHOOD THAT HIGH WATER, Ol! ATAJjANCHSS M y BLOtK IT SOON. Traffic over the O.-W R t N. tracks Is unnroachirir !he normal i again after an interruption of a week but there is a lil'e:ihoo ' th.it high water o- avalanches mn; cause an- i n o uum rwwaa so-, m mu j morning shortly after 10 o'ciocg and 1 ' yesterday morning there were three In neither rhina nor Japan is the any production of milk worth met tinning It is foreign to their diet only imported condensed milk is , tstned except at a few places however, did he offer any exnlanatior . ..nto vi. j . ... . . ' "eyanure lor tne, . w h..i lo c. Indefinite j leave of absent e 1 j furnish his reasons. ' i Ac, ording to his si ! an ability to peer In ' since sot was u bov. he saw in bright detail and could and, i did foretell striking Incidents. Then ' quite as suddenly he lost his myste - nous power but eventually regainel ;. tl) -vtent. that la it j w,, him for periods ranging from ' few jys , ix mnths During the past few weeks he has f(,,, h(s ,.,. ?nvnty returning and lm",now believes himself, is he exnresse t- .vHpbl(, b. kaMR unwver - ing concentration on any theme ol I which he comprehends the ulrimaie 1 ,b)eetlve. to foretell In a negative ot conjecture though the a. Ivan-age having someone at r.B.n.1 e.n. i the future Is obvious Mr Barter Is very modest and H DAILY EVENING EDITION Knmwl for Is-tirn I re"n hy the I Mill '1 Stall's Weather OIXKTTff I Portland. Tonight and Tin Ml I tonight, strong BDUlhWl COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER NO. X72" MANY TOWNS IN THE VALLEY ARE FACING FLOODS Willamette River is Rising at the Rate of Six Inches an Hour at Some Points it is Reported. j nriny in ftlrn IT ,tP ALKOUIl 10 UlCH lid DA Rid j thtnook at lortland tlrmrs Away ! Snow I ; nutt-e U feamd Tliroairh- out the t alley lliver IttsO, Threw l3et In I'ew II at Kuffeues BWr stream Is at II . I, Mark. POUTLAXD. (ire.. Feb t A Chi nook wind swept away the snow yes terday and today. The Willamette river Is rising at an unprecedented rate. It already has overflowed Its banks in some places. Damage is feared throughout the valley. It rose six inches an Hour at some points. Portland, ore. Feb. ;. fin the si hours between noon and o'clock yesterday the Willamette river at Bu- gene rose three feet a rise of a foot and a half was recorded at Corvallla during the day. Other up-valley points reported rapidly rising waters All reported rains and a rapid thaw Flood conditions in the upper vallev were considered imminent last night. Farther south heavy rarns wer likewise falling. Boseburg reported uninterrupted rain for J4 hours, with all streams loming up. but danger was not considered Imminent A rise of four feet In the South I'mpqua river was reported from .anyonvllle. These latter conditions, hom-ever. do not affect the Willamette river or Portland. Every brook and rivulet throughout the Willamette valley tast night was being transformed into a small tor- rent under the Influence of the heavv melting rains And all of the water was flowing toward Portland. A re lapse to colder weather will check It. Continued rapid thawing will have the opposite effect Danger Mark StUi Afar An additional rise of seven feet and a half here would place the water above the danger line, and conse quently the question of whether port land is to have flood conditions Is th" all-Important one now. particular' along the waterfront The river at Porttana was 7 feet (Continued on page eight ) RAVE RABIES ( HIEE OE llil.lt I WNot rt;s MEXSUMi okdin Wt i: wild HE ENFORt ED Several more dogs having exhibited symtoms of rabies during the past few days. Chief of Police liurdune an. nounceit thw ,iirn,. ,h.,i ,h - - mil. - ; ''"ni- oiutnance passed at tip ! i-t SEVERAL MORE DOGS FOUND TO rag obliged to I OOUncU meeting would be xtrlelU en forced and that all snmagsied dons r he has had I wlu hot. ) the future' T1l' police k lied two dogs renter Coming events ! ard another this morn na nan several others are being eloei watched. The thoroughbred ICai ' shepherd dog. ow ned bv ; Wilt - . contractor, went on a rampage off the .---.I, hill veterdn buuhiIbs lining i several other dogs and final! the son of Bert Uvermol the ! hand. Mr lavermore , the police and "ffb-er H ihoned to ,ro I lo. and open : retponded. He and Vlr . Cated the snlmal mi T . it came al the offer mouth He dnmne.l o first shot. The dog ha i other dog eWSjQd by l-e Brown and at his request 'ha officer a is, killed this animal. The dog owned b lien it iwwr Hawks waa killed bv the owner yes terday morning hen found nn th' front porch in -pasms At I" 3D this morning Officer MWsrda waa I .'. i to the Ms n street bridge wb. re , I, g had been showing ladh atlons of be ing luttd It waa killed While it is truieU nillk, i thai sit of the dogs exhibiting .impto,,,. of Illness are not rabid, the police de clare thr will uks bo chances.