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DAILY EVENING EDITION IwIM for BMW rarxi by TO ADVKHT1SEKS. t'nitrd -i.i' - . hi i 1 11... i i - r I Pnrtlaml. The Fast Oregunlan has the larueHt paid circulation of auy paper In Oregon. Mat ot Portland and over twice the circulation In IVudletun of any other newspaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER r - - 1 ' j. - , DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY fig VOL. 27. NO. 8727 . Wp j . v DAILY EVENING EDITION ' muw sn Inwiy. VP V wvd '- . " COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEK W jf BELGIUM WILL NOT AGREE TO A SEPARATE PEACE King Albert Reported to Have Turn ed Down Proposals as Said to Have Been Made by Germany, i WILL FIGHT UNTIL VICTORY I It lie Nation li lieioriiilncd to Con- Untie War With Ullea I mil Kaiser, la Flnull) OoafMNd Peace Term-. included Iteetoratlon or Devastated Nation. LONDON, Keb. 8 Home dispatches a.iirl that Helglum has rejected (lex-1 man overtures for a aepurute peace. 1 'art Ml Marc lar if reported to naval leM the pope this The propoMil terms were I'omplctc restoration of j Belgium, reeervlM prlvilsgss of Her Hutu u.e nf ithinntl ports; Germany t pay a large Hum In r building de. stroyed structures, the maintenance ot Belgian neutiulU for the remain- j tier of the war 11 was declared Kin- Albert iinllK lUUItl refused these ti rms and Willi not Consider peace until the allies are! victorious. Ilelgian source denied' thai overture! had been made, but th, Hague reported negotiation were pro. ceadlni satlafactorlij from a German I I ndpolnt. Tile fact that Douglas Hail recent 1. went to Havre on a spec, at RtlSSlOtl ineel Kill; l the peace lent of the irthcoming, lis had del. result though the trip ma was believed ' king sgainsi mile peace It hud eerlouel 'lance tieforc Operating Cost on Umatilla Project is Under $25,000 IV II 111 - M MM I l I 11X1 ttl LAM1 Y I Ut KNGI M Kit M KI - HEPOH I The total talntananca COSt Of on ili operation and Umatilla project igntlj less than -age use of V. a project whs 6.57 the at HI the i-r per aci et per acre Three figures contained in a! a port b) li ii Neweii. project m iger. released lor publication to- rhe manager'! statement in full U ollowa: tti bution lyatern n the fmutnia nit for the season (1( was :"2 il i para tie II ot storage and distribution svstem . . t V I Maintenance of above .... 16, o pro lit. Total in ho Mill day I til, there w ere 14,1 lt4.Mt.CI .November if acres run i ed by water rlglii ippllcutlon ami Sated rights. The area that has iieen relieved from charges on ac . ounl of aeepage is lOf . acres The net Irrigable area subject to opera tion anil maintenance charges Is ap proximated 11,000 acres. This gives an average coat of aliout 11.14 pel acre as compared to the coat of SI Kfi for tin' season of l'.IM. Dndet i he provisions of the reclamation ex- u'ontlnued on page four.) Kitchener will Remain. l.tiNDON. Keb. I. 14 was author!, i.itively denied that Kitchener Is go ing to Kgypt soon or that Derby grtO succeed him. No change In the min istry Is contemplated. NEWS SUMMARY (llama! tlrtil-.li baUieahip Drake 'aptuns i.i iiiian crtdaer Itmin in running fight iW'igimii refnaea aeparaU1 ik-bit i i -rms, AdmlnlHtralion will ntMfN OemaM ItsTBM In Uudtanla cane. IjoraL LcncnU rain over inuntv aids At iiK-ltJng snow. i.mI man Invent InKi-nirdtati-gcar for Ford. (liargrK ngalnsl Hoc AlatliH'k ills. mlHl. Ctrl rialc slv mlliss Mkotl daj iliroiwh storm to HCttOOli llnndml high school boyl aldol In (Planing walks and iiKifs. Bperjtal incctlrutM at Tutuilla end IUi all night WllMi Jolin llarlejTorn to Ik- rxis-uttsj to moffTOW morn. Named for Supreme Court Bench icw - of M'uis II. Itriiniicls. NO I IDK.Nt'K Is HilMi TO CON. Mil III VI Willi SHOOTING Of PHI M.I PH. Having lound no sufficient avl- dance with which to connect him with an) reaponalbUit) fm the death of Wendell Phillips last week. District Attorney Stelwer this morning moved for the dismissal of the charge ol manalaugbter filed against Dee Mat lock on Monday afternoon. Justice of the Peace Pnrkes grunted the mo tion and released Matlock's bonds men At the time of the shooting he v. as the nl other person in the room bwridea Pn Mips and W. O. Marren. who is charged with the shooting, and the officers held him until the could CXamlnt all of the evidence lii tha British Liner is Believed to Have Been Lost at Sea oitlssx Is I I USI n TO HAVE I1KEN si nk lV URRM COMMKItt'K it l i ii i; I ' N'KW YORK, Fib '.' liner orlssa Is believed I The I buv b been sunk, eclved ger sti i- dcnl irlssa neuri met a MATLOCK IS FED FROM A Wall street firm has re-' stores seized by Its officers? As it i cable saying a large passe n-'is now the state destroys in one day miirr met with a terrible ac.1 several hundred -Pillars worth ot b In the North Atlantic ThaUor and on the next we send away litis not been heard from for ' several hundred dollars to another a month. It Is thought she state to get the liquor Which the law German commerce raider. permits us to have " Butter Creek is on Rampage Forcing Residents to Take to the Upper Stories of Homes (gpSCial Correspondence.) Idly Inconvenience hut no damage ECHO. Ore., Feb. . Rutter creek Is anticipated. A number of the res is on a rampage, according to reports Idents were driven to the upper story received here This stream la usual ly dry the greater part of the ye'ir but now on account of the large am ount of melting snow along the Mut ter creek valley the water ra'sed rap- f aney o I 'lilted me court bem h due to thw dei.th i Justice Limar has aroused oftl- W'ashinglon While individual Mora lounii obligation l" him In aggressive championship ot many iritia and attacks on corporations. underlying reason for opposition. lew of them mentioned except lu Will BE THROWN IN GUTTER BY SHERIFF I'ltoiintmoM i aw wn i. i lltRIKD ol r TOMORROW UORMXU AT 11, UK I In public execution of John Bar leycorn Is set for 11 o'clock tomor row morning, Ills blood will he spill ed iii the gutters In front of the Ea-1 gle-Wood man ball where Judge) Pnrkes. who ordered the execiithn, holds his chambers. 5heriff T. D Taylor will be chief executioner and such of the public as are interested are invited to be present. The mourners' bench will !e re served lor those fulthru! friends ofj old John who have stood by him fori these many yean, a scene of woe and lamentation is promised front I them when they see the ruthless de-; strut tion of their worshipped master, i However, nature in ali things strikes; a balance and, so. for every sigh audi soli from the mourners' bench it Is expected there will be a note of rc Joiclng from those bitter foes of the I old tyrant who have worked Ions' and patiently for his downfall. All the above is written because a! large (iuantity of confiscated boose,1 seized In the recent raid, has been or-j dared daatroyed i Justice of the! Peace Pnrkes In contormance with) the dictates of the prohibition law. The DOOM has a money value of COX" slilerahle size hut the law makes no allowance for this fact, lie it a plr,' flask or a hundred gallon barrel that has played a part in the violation of the provisions of the prohibition law. It must be publicly destroyed. Tin' operation of the law for the destruction of thia liquor has caused much comment among local people. In the opinion of many the law should have permitted the state to take charge of the liquor ami dispose of it so that some revenue might be derived As one prominent man put it, "The law prrmlts us to purchase rtaln amount of liquor each month Why does it not permit the state to supph otie demands from the of their houses while others who had sufficient warning, took up carpets and went to neighbors- houses. A large number live further from the creek on higher ground. CONFISCATED BOOZE CONCESSIONS IN LUSITANIA CASE TO BE ACCEPTED Negotiations Only Await Arrange ment of Technical Details De mands Practically Conceded. DISAVOWAL NOT MENTIONED Administration feds, However, that c.i nil. io - vn-ui i Means Torpedo, lug Wa- mogul Though Adanlaaioii is Not Sic4floall Made London is skeptical; WASHINGTON". Keh. 9 The Lllsi- tunla negotiations unlay awaited only j un arrangement of the technical de j tails for a satisfactory ending. Am erica will cable acceptance of the last j German terms. Von Jagow will sub I stltute a formal note for the inform ; ul memorandum to President Wilson. it was declared thia memorandum practically concedes the American demands. It was reported that Colonel House was the immediate cause of a satisfac tory termination of the dangerous con. t.nVers The contents of his commu - Bleatlon Will remain a secret. It Is understood that House emphasized the (ierman feeling against further! be taken off by the rain with cor.se negotiationa. the demand for the re-1 nuent hich water. sumption of an unrestrained suhma tine warfare and the sentiment that a severance of diplomatic relations ..!.. .1 .. ult In war. tier. simistic reports i of what would hapiien if Wilson re-1 i Jected Oermany's last word. I It is understood the forthcoming German reply will not contain a word I of disavowal, though the administra t'on has insisted there must lie a dis avowal. Instead, ft will say that the belligerents cannot legally order any j act, even a reprisal, w hlrh endangers I neutral lives. It does not specifically admit the I.usitania incident was ille ' gal. Regarding reprisals. America holds them justifiable sometimes but never legal. Germany has agreed to admit reprisals are unjustifiable when involving neutrals. This means the Lusitania sinking was illegal, the ad ministration lielieves and has accept ed this wording. LONDON. Feb s Reports that Pres ident Wilson virtually has accepted i.crmany's latest proposals in the I.usitania case were accepted reserv edly. Newspapers expressed the hope Wilson had not receded from his de mand for a disavowal of the torpedo ing ITALY MAY DECLARE WAR ON KAISER AND ENTER THE BALKANS i I -Italy is expert-1 LONDON, Feb ed to declare war on German and announced her participation in the l alkan campaign as a result of Pre - mier Hriand's trip to Home. Paris I port I day, d. Ilri id fi SNOW IS DISAPPEARING RAPIDLY AT WALLA WALLA HITTERS Itl'N WITH WATER NO l! IGE FROM FLOOD V1T REPOTRED, W'AU.A WALLA. Feb 9. Except I w here it had been packed in piles. the snow was about half melted yes I tarda) and all da the sidewalks. streets, gutters and roofs ran with j water. Some rain fell last night The thaw cnnttmifil uualiated last night, in spite of the prediction of colder temperatures, but still no dantag from floods or washouts has been re ported in this section. The few ad ditional roofs that caved In the las; two days did not do much damage but there was considerable loss us a result of those which liroke before the chinook arrived Workmen were busy yesterda cleaning oft the crossing places on the paved streets and gutter nntrol men were busy steering the water Into th sewers The root over the old frame dwell Ing owned b) John Gaston on North Fourth, adjoining the Elks' temple, one of the oldest buildings in the city collapsed about noon yesterday, The Frank Singleton barn mi South So, -ond lost a portion of the roof Honda! In a similar manner. Fairbanks. Alaska, by a Japanese. was discovered 4 BA V LESHIP DRAKE CAPTURES GERMAN CRUISER ROON AND TWO MERCHANTMEN RAINFALL GENERAL OVER COUNTY; HIGH WATER MAY RESULT It bjw been raining ail da at Mcaelnun aixvirding to a phone ri'isirt late lhl. afternoon to Hi" ljt Oregimiait from the paper cirm.pondcnt at the mountain town. The weather is quite warm and the SBOW is melting. Howcur the temperature wa-is-iow freezing lai-t nigh, thai stopping the thaw during the night. With rain forecasted for Pendletoa i tonight and tomorrow and with rait generally falling over trie county , there is a possibility the snow may Ram began falling here about noon,' jT gj, today and for a time the rainfall was l,...-.i , ' in , o.lul au full or. heavy. At 2:30 a At Athena shortly aftet rain began to fall i i cloca. according to a phone report to the East Oregonian from the Athena Press The rain; was not very hard and was not melt-1 Ing the snow very fast Great Northern Train Jumps the Track; None Hurt PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 9. North bank trains were stopped at Grand Dalles because seven coaches of Great Northern train No. 1 jumped the track this morning Xo one was in jured, but the passengers were all Shaken up. The wrecK was cleared ' this afternoon. The cause of the train leaving the rails is unknown. It -w..s ; moving slowly and stopped cuickiv, the conductor reported. Local Man Invents Device to Double Power of Ford Cars INTERMEDIATE GEAR HAS BEEN St'tX-ESSFI I . I V DEMON. STRATKH HERE A device givmg the Ford automo bile an intermediate gear and doub ling the power of the car has been invented, patented and successful! demonstrated by a Pendleton man. J. E. Kellenberger. w ho has been sflt . Mt lhp denenent Garage. i Those Who have examined R and seen wor ,ltHhlle it u estined to fill a 1 need in the automobile world that re-lm,uld make the inventor wealthy. rii. evlc ; simple. Contained in a si I box, the w hole mechanism ing weighs but 26 pounds. onto the propelling Shaft, ami It bolta I isung transmission parti do Changs the present drive That is 10 1 say, it is controlled Independent ol i the present high and low gears so that it does not interfere with their working. Not only does the Invention i intermediate gear to the Ford car. it gives the car four distinct speeds; ahead. The old high and low la n tained and between them is the lit-j termediate. Then the new gar can be compounded with the old low. giv ing the car a tremendous power with- ! with the reverse. The speed which1 the use of the Intermediate alone! ! gives is about midway between the! high and the low. that is. with HIS car traveling at 20 miles an hour on ' high and six on low. the new gear I Will give the car a speed oi aliiut I", i miles. The present Ford gears are operat. j ed with foot pedals while the n.w gear has a center lever control easily j operated and. according to the in 1 ventor. absolutely fool-proof No pogBtble manipulation of It can resu.t in an Hunger or damage n,- states Hue great draw hack of the Ford car has always been the lack of an Intermediate gear, un rong hills or id eling at a ven low speed has 0 been more or less exasperating. (Continued on Page Eight.) tten Mr At the Umatilla agency rain falling at 2.30 and some snow being melted. was was The river here at noon today was, slightly higher than this morning but ,v . . , . the stream la lower man u was ai noon yesterday. j grave on sighting the Roon enld PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 9. Rain "Please clod today I'll avenge Crad tonight and Thursday, increasing '.he; dock." The Roon waa badly knocked hazard of avalanches In the moun i about Thirty-two officers and 71 tains and floods In the valleya west of; the Cascades, was predicted by the; , weather bureau. The Willamette riv- ! er ia scheduled to reach 17 feet in ; ' Portland tomorrow. The crest of tha j flood. 17 1-i feet, is predicted for, Tt-Hlnv T.i:t .. .. li... haa Wn re- i the mnunlRins in Washington iwi "'" OREGON CITT, Ore. teen hundred men will be thrown Out of wo.-k tomorrow when paper ard: woolen mills will be forced to close! because of high water. Wheat DoWn TWO CtS Today in Portland! i PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 9. (Speci al I Merchant's Exchange prices to day club. 93 bid. 9S asked, bluestem. $1.05 bid. 11.09 asked. ridcago. CHICAGO, Feb. I. , .pecja Hay. $1.30 1-4. $1.27 7-S. l.ivprponl. LIVERPOOL. Feb. spot No 1 Manitoba. 14 -Wheat -7d; No. hard winter new. 13s 4 l-2d. In American terms the Liverpool top price is now $2.1! per bushel. lighting in ivukowiiia. I.i INDON, Feb. 9. A dispatch tt the Times from Bucharest says: "Hostilities have again begun in Bttkowlna. where a grand offensive is expected later. The Austrian positions around CserttOWitS have been eiabor- j alel fortitied. the fortifications in- t eluding three-fold 'series of electric wires.' 10 Year Old Girl Rode Six Miles to School Each Day During the Storm w bile the schools or peaaftetaai and other largv plav were i I oil during the storm BO as to save the children finin haling to travel through the -now ttssN was niH Little girl in tin- southern part of Frontalis notinti wtaa u-t no such trifle-. M bttsgMNfls kiii her from her aohnoti Her name Is Nellie VtldcrSon and she i- hut 10 i ears. old. She livrs three Saliea aonlh of I kiah anil each da' during the Mist two week of storm Nellie rode her pony Into I'klali. aixMrdiug to the I a-i Oregtiiilan iitrre(srwleiit at that point Fach time the little girl was at her desk when the bell rang Eaeh evening atsf would ride home on tier faithful horsp. rhe snow i- three feM deep on tin- leiel al 1 k i.i 1 1 which l deep er than In manv earv SENATE PASSES BILL FOR PREPAREDNESS EQUIPMENT W ASHINGTON. Feb. . - The senate this afternoon passed an appropriation of half million dollars ncreaslng the Mare Is land equipment ami lt9,gsa for the New York navy yard, with provision that senators and J a alread passed the house. NEW' TORJC Feb. S The libit. published a Bermuda menage today. Haying the Krltish. battleship Drake Captured the German cruiser Rooa after a three hour fight Two mer chantmen, armed, also were captur ed The source of the message Is a secret The battle occurred i0 miles northeast of Bermuda. A lieu tenant and IS men were Killed. The message said The Drake ar rived here today, towing the Roon. I She took her 200 knots eaat of northeast Bermuda In a three hour running fight We lost Danforth and 11 men. Her loss were about a 'Irr.l CI... - I. ""'" " " :n" I aoeam. Two merchantmen were ' . ... nn one aiineu pinn we una both and brought them here 3ea- men were taken in the three priiea." Seagrave waa probably a captain with Craddock whose squadron waa destroyed. Danforth probably was a lieutenant. The British consul her had no confirmation of the story. It wn. .-.,..,,-...., I , . . l . ik SSZ? .7 WZ IZ. ' i r. t , nHu.. .k- captor of the Appam had been cap Feb 9 Kit-' tnred hut refused to reveal the sourct his information. Towns Romlmnlcid. LONDON, Feb. 9 Two Gerrra.i aeroplanea bombarded Ranugate and Broadstalrs at S:30 this afternoon i116 admlralt' announced no M- ji- "Hi cauveu. Ramsgate a seaport town Kent. SO miles from London. Broad - stairs is two mile from Ramiunt It la probable aeroplance of the new fokker type made the attack High School Boys Given Credit For Cleaning up Snow MORE THAN ton vn DEM , TURNED OCT To shovfj. IH RING THE STORM. To the boys of the Pendleton high school belong a lot of the credit for relieving the snow-bloekaded streets and the snow-laden roofs in the c'ty last week Figures complied at th school this morning snow that more than loo of the boys turned out with shovels to assist in clearing walV-. streets and roofs. Seventy-five of the baa hire.l nut their services and the report from them this morning shows that a to tal of $3S7 20 was earned by them. Twenty-five others worked for nevi . al days about their homes without compensation. One of the reasons Tor dismissing the high s.hool was to meet the de mands for shovelers. When It wa found that there were not enough idle men in the city to fill the breach, the ooard decided to dismiss tit school Almost even ooy school placed himself read wer calls and they worked v high the ans- iring 1' PUmeatS for the way she h.irnlleii m, snow situation and the huh school Furnish Dam Not Threatened by Jam There is no ice jam of an-, cense. j uuence at the Furn sh dm ing to a teleph-.i.e maaaaga this I noon from T. M. Johnson ninei n tendent of the dam The only Jam at all was in the Upper end of u ervolr and this did no damags h (states. The Jam which forced 'in ! water on to the j. fc Hmith lands it I Barnhart was m the rlvei at th reservo-r. he states Th- water la 'he is no wa near the .-rest ,,r ae q,lr), According to F. I' Marshall ol tMU ell, late manager of the rurnish pro Jert there Would bavt i.. be Iwiaa much smtSI going down th- river as went down In the r , i , raise the water 1, th- eryst of ihe I dam. The loo fo. t spillwa. which Is ten feet lower than th" dam crest. can carr off a tremendous smougg I of water Th d- il ing-r ri a j flood Is to Ihe ' I W' tin III sg Hi" 1 '" tunnel Is below Ihe level of Hi SfdftU. way. However, there has been to.