DAILY EVENING EDITION
Forecast Utr Kastcrn Oregon by lb
Inlti-d States Weather olwerver
et Portland.
DAILY EVENING EDITION
TO ADVERTISERS.
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limitation of any paper In Oregon, eaat of
Portland and over twice the circulation In
Pendleton of any other newspaper.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPBK
VOL. 27.
DAILY EAST OREGON1AN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 19DJ.
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GERMANS READY
TO MEET WITH
ENGLISH FLEET
London Awaits News of Clash in the
North Sea as Teutonic Navy is
Reported About to Dash Out.
NAVAL BASE IS VERY ACTIVE
Reports. Declare Kiel (mini Is llus)
i-iix EwpcMni Hd Teubea May
Take Part In Dash t.ormnn Ship
t iii- Pitted with unmenM Seven
icen Inch i.un-
LONDON, Ki'l. X. A might) Imttli
III the North Sea la Imminent. UM
don believes. Dutch rumors that the
' Icrtiiuns are preparing for u dash
have been corroborative In reports
from other sources. The Hague re
ported the Germans ulong the Hcl
glan OOUt have withdrawn and taken
lefuue In the Kle! canal. LeaVee uf
absence uf all officer are reported
to have been cancelled Copenhagen
icports extreme activity In the Kiel
anal indicating the Herman ships
are about to venture rorth and rlrk
an engagement
Four Zeppelins and a fluck or
laubcs huve reinforced the flotilla In
i he Kiel canal, and It la assumed will
accompany the warships making the
illy, It la reported lierinunv's
Ireadnaught arc equipped with 17
L&Oh HUM "'e Zeppelins have tor
pedo tube The Engtlsh fleet la re
ported ready.
Plan Proposed to
Incorporate Many
Measures in One
i t MtK iin u 1 1: ii us m ii
I lll i DAIUXG INil.iTU l.
DTK 1TEUV,
WAHH1NOTO.V, I'd. V IVin.i
i rat c lenders tuda.- considered the
larint poUtlenl stratcm at paaalnjl
Inoat of tile democratic leKialallon in
'lllXle ORinlbtU Mil, The house
vv.iy and means committee on ThUra
d) will ciusldet the proposal .if Rep-r-HentatlM
tiarner. The following
no aMires will he Incorporated in one
bill: Revision of the Income tax.
levylnx new inheritance taxea, repeal
of the war taxes; Increaaed duties on
h!skc and cluara: taxation of mu
nitions, creation of a tariff ctmuitla-
su n In a rttanCf with the iresi-
dent'a ih-airea; enactment of anti
dumping i' la u ae In trust laws to prevent
uUthroal competition after the war;
i.tenluoi of siiuar duty; repeal of tax
On mixed floUf.
The increased whlel cy and omar
duties would raise thirty five millions
replacing that atnoonl tin- stamp
taxes, are scheduled lo repeill. Al
l hong It the whiakey tax is hound to
ln.it OPPOgltlOO leaders believe th'a
rpon
ipuhir than a stamp tax.
Umatilla People
Will be Aided in
IMakingTax Returns
. i M .lt VI, DEPUTY OOLIjKOTOH
s i :i;ii or c. s. SBrWI.CE is
IN THE CITY.
To assist the I matlllu county cltl
rens who are subject to the Income
tag, Thad T Sweek of Portland, gen
eral deputy collector of the u s in-j
ti rnal revenue service, is In Pendleton I
today and will remain inrough Thurs-1
day, lie is making headitiarters at;
the Hotel Pendleton and holds him
aelf ready to assist nn. one in mak
ing out their returns
There are between 150 and lT-'ij
residents of the county, according to I
an offhand opinion of Mr. Sweek. who
nre subject to the Income tax. Re-j
turns must he made to the internal 1
revenue collector by March 1. after
which dntp those subject to the tax
become delinquent and are liable to
penalties of various amounts Mr.
Sweek has a supply of return blanks
In the event thai anyone has not yet
been supplied.
The federal income lax law is thei
same this year as last. It makes any
bachelor with a net Income of 13000
r over subject to the tax and any
married man with a net Income of
I4D00 or over. However. It provides
that every Individual or corporation
with a net Income of over IS000 must
make a return In the revenue office
regardless of whether he Is married
or single
Mr. flweek Is not required to be
here to assist In making nut the re
turns He Is doing It as a courtesy
end convenience.
British Victim and Her Daring German Commander
I III
This is the former Hrlllsh ship A-
pan is she looked off ohi Point Com.
fori
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Collection of Taxes for the
Year 1915 Will Begin on the
Fifteenth of Present Month
Assessor C. P- Strain yesterday I
tinned over the tux roll to Sheriff!
Tajrlor but the actual collection of the j
1 tuxes will not begin until Feb-
ruary 15. Tax Collector Funk requlr-1
Itig a week in wnien to maaa tne ne
aeggarj preparations.
Any person having title to real
properly on yesterday will be looke I
to for the UK taxes upon that prop
erty, regardless of transfers between
that date and the ttmc of payment.
Personal taxes will he collected from
those holding the personal propertv
But Little Damage Reported
in Northwest As Result of
High Water; All Rivers Full
li HI TLA NH. lire. Feb. X. Al.
though streams throughout the north
west ure running bank-full slight
damage has been reported. The crest
ol the flood In the Willamette river
is scheduled to reach Albany today
It Tread) has Mien three feet at Eu
gene. The Callapoola river has wrought
some damage at Hrownsvllle. The
thaw continues throughout the north
west. Occasional rain Is predicted
for western Oregon and Washington.
Colder weather In the east portion Is
predicted for tonight.
valiiii-lics Cause Viinin nslon.
SEATTLE. Feb. X. Small avalan-
ches. occurring frequently In the Cas
cades, caused apprehension among
railroad offices. The Ureut Northern
1-ns abandoned its efforts to route
trains over Its trucks detouiing them
via Portland. A Milwaukee train re
ported two slides near Keechelua.
UM'AM, OVV I OltTRESH MOXROl
T
eff' ft 9 da- -V"
Nil
t f!: I 'A ; " '.
Two View- of l.ii-utcnaut r.ciiii'
new of twenty-two, who brought her ,
all the way across the Atlantic after
the TauU or Moew e had taken her. I
The other pictures show her daring
at the time of assessment. March 1,
1915.
Th(, ,,.,, ;,mmim nf UiX b((
,.,,.,, ,h. .,rr. rr. iM,
voar js 1(71,774.7 u compared with!
110,1(4.11 This includes the coun-l
ty and state tax. the special school I
tax. special city taxes except for the
Clt of Milton, which collects Its own
tax, the tax for the union high school'
at Helix and the tax for the Teel Ir
rigation project.
(Continued on Page Eight I
Two persons were killed at Seattle
last night when a mud slide buried
the home of Edw-ard Qurney. killing
him and his wife
Lumber Mills Clow.
ilKA.N'lTE FALI. Wash.. Feb. i
-Camps and lumber mills are closed
hrrause of snow and high water. Dur
ing the last II hours 41 inches of snow
fell
Fai-mois. Save stock.
ACRURN, Wash., Feb 8, Phi
rising water caused farmers n thei
(ireen river vallev to drive (heir Stock
Into the hills
Trais rc Flooded.
MAIISHFIEI.D. Ore.. Feb.
Ten
miles of S. P. tracks are flooded bc
tween Marshfield and I'oiiqullle. A
train ran to the summit of the hills
then transferred passengers to motor-boats.
"w - - ijiiry-,, i
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v-, a r'aWirralati W ""
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la f if
commander, Lieutenant Beige of the
Oerman navy. THe photographs were
taki n w her he went ashore at old
Point Comfort.
GUESTS ESCAPE IN
SAFETY FROM EIRE
j mn
SMOKE WKI Ns PORTER WHO
(.1VKN ALARM DAMAGE
lb COVERED.
(Special Correspondence 1
KCHu, ore.. Feb. I. DOOM smoke
about 4 o'clock this morning awoke
the potter at the Hotel Bcho and his
Investigation showed that a fire had
gained considerable headway between
the partitions Guests were awaken
ed and all made their way out in
safety. The tire depanment respond
ed to an alarm and arter a stubborn
fight had the hlaxe undei control,
The damage will be several hundred
dollars, fully covered by Insurance.
The building is owned by C J
StUbllng of The Dalles and is leased
by B t! Mashhurn of this pyace. It
is believed the flames started from
a range in the kitchen.
NEWS SUMMARY
General.
UeruMUi fleet ma meet British in
North sea
Lusllania affair ma) end sat sfee-
i,,rib
local.
Mlllraoe. Icc-ldockcd. flood east
end of city: river falling a little,
Three nlcad raUtl ami rin.- I'm
iHiotWJkglng: Issize to he dostroM-d
Tutuilla crock dammed b Know
and water fbssls flats.
Tax roll- turned irrer in sherlfl
i ollctiiou begins next week.
Income tax man In cit to help pic.
NU-e returns.
Chester Fee maj be professional.
TUTUILLA CREEK
COVERING FLATS
ON RESERVATION
'Snow-Dam Ho'ds Up Water and
, Spreads :t Out Over Low Lands
According to Reports Brought Here
WEBER HOME IS FLOODED
super MlHMMgttl siiarl.lander l imbic
to Drill- Ut IMgdUg Mission IK--iiause
of Ucep Water Haekin!; Into
lioad In sonic Pfaoea l Said to la
:i i v-ci Beep,
Flood waters of Tutuilla i reek have
been prevented from reaching the i
low lower end of the stream by a snow j
dam which has backed up the water!
and spread it out over the flats of the
teservatioti Thie is the report
brought in by farmers living on the'
I upper portion of the creek.
When news of the high water in
I Tutuilla reached Pendeton yesterday
i numbers of people made their Way to
the lower end of Webb street to note
the stage of the crek there. They
found only a little stream running
down thi channel and consequently
views the previous reports as hysteri
cal exaggerations.
Nevertheless, authentic reports in
dicate that the stream up on the res-
on iracco juopo.u.ius uo- ,y ha(, a chmook 0 s-undav and
quailed in recent years. John Crow. ,, M,(nday bm thg nortn(,r part of
4I known reservation farmer whose e c,)Un,. hgd coofr weath(r Tn,
Place l OH Tutunia. is ! the city to- Bun ,s snlnjn? ,odav Hpn and
..ay and reporus that the water haSthe gnow meUi jd,
! pread oat on both sides of the banks j
! and is several t
! states that ther
t l ... I.. !.. . Utt
is sir Inches of -1
ter in the farm house uf Bruno Weber.
Superintendent E. L. Swamlander
j telephoned in this morning that yes
i terday afternoon he was unable to
J drive to Tutulrla'ttiWston bn aceonnt
! . f the water having Imeked op Into
the road south of the CVaw place. In
some places it was three feet deep.
ue siaieu.
The Chinook struck on the foothills!
where the Tutuilla has Its source and j
rapidly melted the snow. A big vol
ume of w ater started down the creek
but as It proceeded u wall of snow
formed In front. As this dam grew I
it naturally retarded the progress of
the water and forced it to spread out i
when the flats were reached. The I
DOW on the ground absorbed some of
it and the ground also soaked up a
portion of it. Had the flood water
made its way down to the mouth of !
the creek, where the channel is nar- j
row, it would have probably have !
done much damage in the lower end!
of the city.
STEAMER IN GOLDEN GATE
IS SUNK IN COLLISION
IINI.il HAHV MID IN FOG KM
Kt Kl.sioi; AL1 II U K
T1MK l'K ESCAPE.
SAN PRANCI8CO,
Feb.
Pacific Navigation Company's fast
passenger turbine Harvard. nward
hound from San Pedro, ran into and
1 sank the sti
i last night 111
1 urtltg a del
Am
gthooner
Prnncuti
harbo
all hands ample time to fin
In the launches that were qu
1 wide. A report that one
of the crew was missing coul
confirmed.
The Harvard was undama
The Harvard's steel prow
the Excelsior's engine-roo
Chief Engineer J. E. Dorwan
f th.
iboul
Excelsior, was severely burned 1
the hands and legs by escaping st
A fireman and night watchman
1 also scalded by the hot steam.
The submerged Excelsior, with
I smokestack and masts visible, I
j ed off OH tin- tide, and tugs sen
1 t. find the derelict were expecti
have a long search, as a heavy
blanketed the bay.
mlv
fon
The Excelsior was a wooden
and was hullt in Eureka in 1S
MAN KILLS TWO WOMEN IN
QUARREL OVER LAND LEASE
KIM ATH FALLS. Feb v. Pur.
lng a quarrel over a land lease. Wil
liam Doyle shot and killed Mrs.
Myrtle Jones and Mrs Anna Wilcox
, at I-angell valley
hat e been recall
Meager
id Off let
details
New
ai fields are announced In
Manchuri
RIVER FALLS SOME
HERE; COLD SPELL
MAY CHECK FLOOD
So Far There Has Been no Indication of
Danger Although Streams Throughout the
County are at Flood Stage-Pilot Rock People
Returning to Homes-McKay Creek Reported
to be Falling.
Ice-Jam in Mill Race Backs up and
Floods East End Home
Dynamite Used to
Break an Ice-Jam
on Willow Creek
It
necessary for men to use
I dynamite in clearing out an Ice jam
on Willow creew above Heppner yes
terday according to a long distance re
Port today to the East Oregonlan
ftom the Heppner Herald. The ice
had "blocked the creek and while no
serious damage was done it was evi
dent the fields along the creek would
be washed out so strenuous measures
were taken to relieve the situation.
The southern part of Morrow coun-
I .-VlllW SlWftHnu III SUUllirill J1IJI -
row count' arp d hl". partlcu- I
larly the cattlemen. The sheep losses I
so far are only normal but quite a few 1
cattle have died. Difficulty arises
from the fact it is impossible to get
fud to those ranches because of Im
i assaMe roads. The thawing weath
er Is making the roads worse and in
places they are completely washed
out
A shipment of feed from I'matilla
county arrived at Heppner yesterday
and will be of considerable benefit to
ranchers close to the railroad.
WILL TURN L!
IMTO GUTTERS: FINES
ARE Pi BY THREE
BOOZE SEIZED IN I!A11 WILL ISK
DESTROYED DEFENDANTS
CH Wt.K PLEAS.
. j At lilot Hock Birch creek was re
Changini their pleas from not fajrM this afternoon as having fal
guilty to rfinity. Mr. and Mrs. James t. .m-i.i., .i , , .
Harris, rooming house proprietors ar
rested in the raid conducted by the
county off'cers Saturday night, were
this afternoon each fined ITS in tip
justice court on charges of conduct
ing common nuisances under the ;
terms of the prohibition law I
Kva Snyder, arrested in the same !
dace, also entered
a dea of guilty
and was fined 150.
Ernest Todhunt-
Exeettforjor tne son of Mrs. Harris, was releas.
ed
hin
from his bond, the
having heen dismis
case against
ed Upon the
rs. Todhunter. claimed all of the li- ,
lor seized at her rooming house with!
e exception "f the ll gallon barreC
Whiskey, This, she said, was only j
ured there. In conformance w ith the i
w Just ce of the Peace Joe H
I Parkea has set' Thurodei morning at
1 1 ocloCk as the time for the destruc
tion of the confiscated liquor and
j Court street in front of his office as
the place. Sheriff Taylor will have
charge of the work of destruction and
I will empty the liquor into the gutters.
The barrel of whiskey wil
be held,
until the Lltb at which cine the court
w ill determine whether or not it 1
should rightfully he conflsated
The three
Empire lodgii
drawn their
unless they 1
held Honda)
arrested at th",
e have not with
' pot guilty and.
If trials Hill tie
To Itciaiild si-cts, 11
SAN DIBQO, Oal.. Feb t.-r.irnnn
j Marsh announced 17 person lost
; their lives In the recent Otuy deluge
The city council has diverted large
I sums to pa) for immediate improv.
I ments In the stricken district The
work is being rushed.
I
I an ai Is t ed
KEV VtillW v-h a l.. ti... 1..-..
ilecked library of her home, ileraldm
Farrar wedded Lou Tellegen. a mm
actor. A few close friends wer
guests. Hev. Ion Harvev, nf th
Brooklyn I'nltarlan church perforin
eu tne ceremony.
HIiM-kcft b an !- jam tlu- By-t-rs
millratv this morning over
flowed. Muiiiuc water down lnl
the flat be road the railroad tnas
in Uh- east end of the (it) and do
ing considerable property dam
age. The hoiiM- of X. Joeejrrr
was flooded and considerable)
damage done to the furniture.
1 pon hearing- of the condition
of the millraiv. C hairman Phetp
of the street committee. Coim
rilman Vauglian and Chief of Po
lice t;urdane horned tip and.
after two hours or hard work.
Hosed the hi-ailaic. -hutting off
further water. Ttie IVndleton
Roller Mills was ronied tn shut
down for a time but this after,
noon Is i-ratlng again, the rwv
liavlrur lieen cleared of h-e. It Is
said.
While at the- l-ad of the mill
race, tin- it) official- made an
investigation of conditions there
and. uncording to Chairman
I'hclps. found that a rise of 2!V
inches more In the river will put
the water over the top of the
headgates and that a 37 Inch rise
will bring It over the top of the
levee where It wa cat down
when 'lee county was using it an
a road last summer. The river
Is not very high yet and. If the
anticipated rise crane., it Is fear
ed there may be further damage.
Fears of flood for Pendleton are s
far wholly unrealized and with colder
weather promised for tonight to check
the melting of the snow there seems
co immediate danger of high water.
The I'matllla river is carrying but
a moderate stream and while higher
than yesterday is far away from a
dangerous point. At noon today the
river appeared to be falling
At Meacham.
At 1:11 this afternoon the Kast
Oregonian had a phone message from
Meacham saying the snow was melt.
in.' there but not rapidly. I.ast night
was cold In the mountains and stop
ped the thaw ng. It is estimated the
snow is now three and a half or four
feet deep on the level at Meacham
lilot lin k Composed.
. ,iwLiirioui, inn.- irwrniiiK an
flood danger. People who left their
homes yesterday for higher points,
fearing a possible flood, have gone
back home convinced they are in no
A phone report from Echo declared
phone retiort fr
trie river t() be pnt
I lace. Though un
ely safe at that
somewhat the
stream is not dangerous and no dam
age has been caused. It has been
warm at Echo tndav but there is no
wind. Th snow is now about a foot
deep on the ground.
MeKav Creek rails.
yesterday according to word from the
countv hospital on McKay creek The
snow along McKay is melting hut not
at a fast pace,
-
Wheat up Cent Today
After Drop Monday
After having ilropp-, titr cenis
yesterday the Chicago wheat marks I
is up a cent tisdav The Portland
price is weak, club bids being u 1,
(ents
toda
high.
There is no Pendleton n. ... r:
The Iavert
May t.tl I..-. t.t
li.:.1 M,
Portiai
PORTLAND, Feb.
Club ; bid. It no
11.07. l l: asked
iski-d hiuesten;
I JerssH
LtVKRPOOU F.h
NM Mo. 1 Hanitehe 1
ard winter new Itg I
In American term the
Wheat-"
Is 7.1 N.,. I
DM
EtPri rpooi top
rice Is now I: 1 - p
hi
I ' r 1 1 1 , 1 ' 1- .1 Wounded