East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, February 16, 1916, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION r'ore-at fur lantern Oregon bjr II I mo d Stab- Weather ohnrrTrr at Portland Generally fair tonight and Thui TO ADVERTISER. Th Kast Oreguulsn lifls the lurgent palu 'irmlatloD uf any pappr In iiregoQ. east of I'urtland nd over twice the circulation Id rendition of any other uraiipaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 27. DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUAR . NO. 878 I I 1 teiSS) E FORTS IN FACE OF HEAVY FIRE Strongly Fortified City in Turkish Armenia May be Forced to Sur render Before Slav Attacks. CHARGE IS MADE UP HEIGHTS t jii s InHiiis in Zero Wi iH In r stui -in ami oipturo Nine l-'ortrwera Taafe of Taking RMnalniag strong -holdi Will Ba Difficult rv strongl) Fortified by Artillery, LONDON, Feb. Petrograd Ibis afternoon declared Bnerum lux) la-cn captured. PBTROORAD, lab tl Nine fort defending Breerum, tne principal city i of Turkish Armenia, have been cap tured! It was officially announced. 'I In- llusslans charged up the niouti- , tain shies In sero weather, under an intense lire ami -tormed the forts- Capturing the remaining forts win bo severe tank Artillery guards them an. I i Turkish gsrrlson of iRO.non is repotted Inside the wall of the c ity. Tin- (all .'! Krzcrum will pave the Way f'U the Russian spring advance throtmh Armenia and perhaps will force Turkey to sue for separate peace Kr.er im Is one Bf the strong. t fortified cities In the east Its surrender is not expected before weeks "C artlller; ana Infantry at tack LONDON, lb, I, Storm) weath. er has ttOpped artillery fire on the western front though furious infan try attacks are being made around Yprcs and Champagne without im portant result BMifft announced the English thttee attacked their new poeltloni al fpree ami were repulse l The) leal i"" p the French tta hure failed. Pa port an! activity vented lighting oners. II vv s northwest i did not da lecp snow i the eastet i County Officials Pour Liquor Into the City Gutters l wo OBiK-Fl.N1 l.ol l ll l!l HI si i;u I l 'ROW i t. A I II I KB, III I IHsyU'POINTKR. Tin liquor, seize. I oy the sheriff in op- receni raid of the Bmplre lodg ing house, was destroyed this morn nu .,i ii o'clock, ms advertised, and such .a tin- crowd gathering to watch i In- pro, -ceilings, as reached the scene promptly ai the hour or 11 witnessed iin- destruction, which required about one hall of one second, and received hard!) a smell lor their pains. t a m ilter of fact, there were Just tWO One-Pint bottles of liquor seized. ne null. lining whiskey and one al cohol However, the amount . to be destroyed was kept quiet and the crowd was anticipating some such .. ene as w is witnessed lust week when about 800 bottles were cracked This morning Deputy Sheriff .!. A Blake 1 1 l.".k one bottle and Deputy Sherifl .1 II Elites the other At the stroke "f II the corks were pulled and Ho- contents emtled into the gut-1 ipr ii look the crowd some min utes to realize the thing was all over si. soon Thll atari n before Justice of the Peace Parkes w. u Mountain is seek- lug I" establish a claim to tin- ,2-l gallon liarre Harris rnotr be had slot ilskcv seized at use. II.- alleged there Mr his own in ks lo show that stored in his room It lies Th ih,. liquor but In a iher liipi state was not amnion .r. ami store room with therefore. It comes It r term "nuisance' as dclm law. Mountain Is a son Mrs. Harris. In-law Chicago Wheat is Advanced Few Cents CHICAGO, Keli. 16 May 11. M 1-2 JI M July $1.22 1-t. $1.23 1-2. PORTLAND, ore.. Feb. 16. Club T, 11.11; hluestem 1.W, $1.12. I III lKol LIVERPOOL, Feb. 14 not No. I Manitoba. Its !l hard winter, new 1 r,s 6il In American terms I be r ce al Liverpool at present 1 .. per bushel light l'o-ip..ii.il gniii. CHtCAQOi Fete 16 -TM Willard- MOralt light was postponed until I March 25. Tom Jones announced RUSSIANS TAK Man Has Narrow Escape Trying to Ford Birch Creek olio lillMAs is C.KIUKj OW N STREAM 111 I M XI.I.V IS llESt LEI), In atteniptiuK I Ibis morning Willi r.l Itlrch i team ami on,, ftetman, who Martin place, hail i be will not cm- I, Willi two men and the wagon In- start is farming th n experience thai have repeated a water barrel li 'd to drive actus. the ' Tci-k, the bridge huving been WBShSd out, In midstream tin- wa gon overturned ami spilled the iu- pants in the i old water. The two men accompanying Mr. R Iman sue Seeded In clambering out without Much trouble but Mr. Itelirinn was! carried down stream fie was flnal- i- rescued in a hair-frozen condition. J The team and wagon were swept with1 the current for a half mile before tin men could reach them and get theml to land The story or the experience i was brought In today by F. A. Mich aels J Republicans Refuse to Endorse Root NOT W I.VTEI) FOR PIUCMOKM kli CANDIDATE WII1TU N l.s I Tl UNI l IM iW V NEW YORK, Keb If, The re I publicans have refused to endorse ! Elthu Hoot f,,r the presidential nomi nation The resolution! committee on the 'stale convention reported unfa VOfabl) . b) a Mite of ;6 to eight the committee also refused to endorse Whitman, but n la possible an en dursemenl may be made separately. Hoot supporters sought to ton e the endorsejinent, but it was reported Root did not approve of this. I'haunce) Depew lauded Knot be lo re the convention as the greatest American statesman. The refueal 01 1 the committee io enosoree whitmac Ihiis construed as a Victory lot 1 Barnes The commlitee discussed the ! wisdom of commending Root as the most tit candidate, Nicholas Hurra) Utler said leed as ti II was complete!. Hoofs fitness hut dlf- pinion existed regardlnt of pressing the u-solu-i generally believed Oils is In the rtoot presided- w is. 1. .111 It w a MAN WANTED FOR ARSON IS CAPTURED NEAR SEATTLE f arson. The canyon neat found him in liar Mount on i v mill s from and his Seattle He tried to brother displayed a deputies' guns fore it io arrest. McDan ilh Tom Pattlaon anil an attempt to burn ihlngle m 11 at Port, ind Priest were ron I are serv ing ten years b is is charged, v Hugh I'riest of the University : land. Pattlaon vlcted in May an, in the penltentli This plctui catching the n al work binned fit at Ottawa . n itliaiiient hulls Searching Ruins For Bodies I Is $.' r. , ftgggsjgeK-S) immeaiiL:: &frfflltWWla 1 SENTIMENT HAS T ; Official Washington is Opposed to Teutonic Plan to Torpedo Armed Merchantmen Without Warning. LATEST PROPOSALS ABE MADE Main r is Newa to WUaogi and I Miming Miici ii an utlliiilo Inward (Jr. dern Not v Determined and will Await Complete Report I rum Col onel tifiunp ill lall'ope. W'Asm m;i X. Feb. nutnj tania latest proposal in the LUsL to Ijitnsing caat w.is presented Its acceptance or rejection Is to Wilson and Lansing. orft declined to discuss the MtUatlon after a I Is understood thi ment Is reached not announce it London, tment will rl n cables WASHINGTON, though official si .1., lust 'I', ment that she will torpedo arniei merchantmen without warning, de TURNED AGAINS GERMAN ORDERS termination of the final attitude of that the appointment America is unlikely until Colonel 'lrd as Vicero) of i House returns from Kueope, He is Baron Hardlssp wW non ..I. tain ng the London view of the!c;aii announced. that situation. Alreadc he has learned the orse purpose and th- reasons of lJeniian en Ihrouub conversations with Merlin of tely. fldals, He "ill return about March theil. It is believed the situation here toot ; will hang fire until then. Beyond acknowledging the decree. uffidalS said BO further cognizance of alderman, hus been, since 1 ,,. suc the I'ciiionic plana will Ik- taken BO-tJBffl-Vrl governog ' oueensland and til the allies announce their positions. w South Wales. In politics he Is There will be no protest against the!11 Unionist, tie is a Knight of Grace decree until a concrete case Involv-1 f St, lohn. Jerusalem, in KnglHiid. i i,,.ri,,u ,.t.PB it i believed i "nil Chanoelior ..f the ..rder ,.f St i uermany win sppl) the new oroer largrl) to sh'ps "If trans-Atlantic! routes, hence the chances of rompli.j cations with America are regarded as remote. Sfimt-tr Btone toda !r.ipttced l I Will Exert lull Strength, IXDOX, Feb. 1- The issuance' v., new ..tilers in council was an- ceil today, one gives the govern-. "late and materials for making pa Tin- government intimated the mi lias decided on a series of aggres measures designed for the more or.. us prnsecUt'on of the war. qutth announced Kngland is prei lag Io exerl her niaxiintlin strength and therefore is Investl lug her financial and Industrial si rves. Alaska tlon law, for the hodles of tin. fire. The man with the i renin and i avid idles Deajardln, sea t his brother NEW VICEROY OF INDIA " ' ' '' ' l.i NDON, Feb U. It It s expected f Lord Chelatf Ha, to succeed hortls be offi- Fr ! third I old. lerick John Napier Theslger Baron Chahnaford, is t years- He is an Oxford man I Magda i '..liege i and aside from hav ing I several positions in the local j rnment .f iondi.ti. member of! ol hoard, county councilor and! g"V. . sch. IK'- WILSON SIGNS BILL FOR MORE CADETS AT va.-h:.;ti W'lls iinpr-.vem. a- Brookl) SCORES OF PERSONS ARE IN DANGER IN FLOODED TOWN NATCHEZ, Keb. lfi. Scons of per, ifeons are marooned in the flooded town of Mewellton li is reported one per ished Seventv five thousand acres ;e.re submerged tilled one i by the tailing Wall) hunibci where the if. save some American Club Building in Toronto Destroyed by MYSTERIOUS FIRES OVERNIGHT. Two ships burned at Brooklyn pier. Loss $4,000,000. Business section of Fall River swept; estimated million and a half damage. Small fire, apparently incendiary, found near the labo ratory in the city hall. Chicago, where the poison of sus pected anarchists are held. American club, Toronto, destroyed. Explosion started the fire. Mysterious fire on the steamer Veendyk forced her to put back to New York. The sugar laden steamer Daltin of Philadelphia, sched uled to sail for England, mysreriouslv burned. Loss $100.-000. Carranza Government Said to be on Verge of Falling Through Lack of Finances WA8HIXQTOX, ?b. 16. is seething with thretftned which needs only a strong to send the rananza goverr bllylon," said seini-officiai -' Mexico uprising, Formation to the state The Carranaa i;o-ernment is reported DR. BEERS TELLS OF WORK OF (MS IN ELEANOR HOME .IM s iDDKESS BEFORE MFM BERS of Till: i.llil.s FORl"M LASS MGHT. Lawt evening at the Oirls Dr. Beers of c'hicago. gavt girls in her gracious and manner, the plans, aims and Forum of the g rls in the Eleanor Homes of Chicago. The Eleanor clubs are fori the working girls who are seeking a home life These clubs have their; mottos, emblems, colors and . songs, the same as any fraternity. "Elea-i nor." meaning "light" is signified by! a colonial lamp. The girls have their Parties, socials, dances and all forms of amusements. The meals are well! balanced, beautiful yet simple. The) table eiu pments are of the very best,; such as beautiful linen table cloths. I Any .-ne desiring to sew or do her I laundry has these privileges for a given regardless of financial clrctim o girl is ever turned awav for lack i of funds who shows a willingness to i do right. The Elenor homes arei seeking n help "the e'ght dollar a! week girl" to live a clean and happy. life. Another of their aims is to pro-: tect the girl from the vice of the city. Dr. I'eers gave these messages to! the girls to carry away with them! through life us shown in the life of I j Miss Huberts the founder of the! r closing itatementa were: thing; it great h and ome, E I. Find v o-.irsel IS for ter to i girls serv-. .f the I was rral ,-Kool girls LATE BULLETINS lb solutvoii t ondciuns WASHINGTON, Fei' llman Introduced a bll i purchase of armor p ptirrhase. I.,. Senator to condemn ,ic fa. lories. l.adliv Cun t sl'KlNr.FlElJl 111. t ile supreme court annot vote tor natio lelegates nor centra: oinmitteciuen Vote. Fell 16. The ruled women z-x i r NEWS SUMMARY Urneeal, scoiv of rirvs last iiihi in differ i pan- of the ouwttf do iiui-idcr-ic ilaweigr hneerleeMi building at eonfn destroyed and ratted mii.. i iii'n loeee bis life. Itnsnbms in StMMg attack agam-l ii.i'inicd TwrkWdi etty. iifficial smtlaSeWt at Washington Is .uauist lit i men nrdeee rrtrartHng swas nutliue attacks. Carranaa government is near tail lllfoilgll luck Hi filltllll. final Birch t reek fanner ha- uairou ra in Hie ,.aH. erUle Irving to rivnl . were i CotUMJ Snt. Vossag aeaMSgMea of tlm cuiidUlas-v for eg eleWluB. More llgjimf test! U9 IS b sheriff crumbling rapidly. The regime has lost vast ground within two months ( leadership and apparently is facing serious fin rnment Intojandal troubles. Many consuls and in. al mall n-jterior officials are unpaid regularly, department. ! Three consuls in America are far in rrears in their office expenses. N'DON, Feb. rrfneni Jan has the 'hristian Smuts. ex-Hoer leader been designated to command Dl"i-n rorces operatln against the Qermans Baal Africa, su Oen Dor T ran, al. terii linan.icr assumes the ry Lieutenant-iJener- en minister of the in- ones ami aerence of the I union of South Africa Smlth-Dorrfen, according to th j tlclai announcement, has relinq ed command ..wing to ill-health i" June last he had been in , Flanders ' " ' It i an be slated on excellent l thontv that the illnesa necitated the recall of which has. Sir Horace : Mnith-Dorrlen is a recurrence nervous breakdown which for of the -.n Sin v luble mith-Porrlen that :t becama ad- itiv in the summer t,. kim implete rest Friends whu in BngbUM sav that the em -stored Blm to his usual and It was the coavtc- 1 normal health had re-1 lused him to report to e for dutv t weal tnshaawartof via. it, i;c-lgn. W ASHiNn i'i n reb i6 The Nate department admitted thai Am bassador Mayre ,t Petroatad, had re- d liis I. rin,: resignation Is ex. ! AGAIN QUITS COMMAND t9jljgejwj"j! Si. feete-.rfk - V In," .j ii. ' li Fire ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND 2 ARE SERIOUSLY HURT American is Victim of Flames Ex plosion Comes Before Fire Breah Out-Fall River is Badly Damaged by Fire and two Steamers in New York Harbor Also Destroyed Series of Fires Come During Last Night. TOKO.NTO. Feb 16. One person is dead and two were aeriously hurt as a result of a supposedly incendiary fire which destroyed We American Club. P. I. Hurston of Dallas. Texas, a guest of the club, perished Th" caretaker and paymaster of the Am erican legion were badly hurt. An explosion, preceding the fire, shook the whole building. The loss U esti mated at J50 000. Big Blaze in New York NEW YORK. Feb 1 Fire earlv this morning destroyed the steam ships Bolton Castle ana Pacific and burned a portion of the Brooklyn pier between them. The damage g 14.000.000. No one was killed. Fifty naked men were rescued from a barge. The fire started about 1 o'clock this murairut. and seemed uncontrollable. Despite the efforts of all available firemen and fireboats. It soon spread to the pier Joseph Johnson engineer on tne Castle, de clared he heard a heavy explosion in the hold while walking on the for ward deck. The fire started immedi ately and Johnson was forced to leap overboard. Both ships are English but recent ly engaged in the Russran trade. Au thorities are investig.itmg the bomb theory. i ignited, but was saved after a hard fight A score of lighters along tin , pier were damaged. Firemen rescu i ed the captain of the Castle, with his wife, after they had Jumped over board. ' While the fire was it its worst, a fireboat crew, rising their own lives. 1 went alongside the Pacific and toweij it away from a lighter laden with gasoline on which sparks- were fall ing. Fifty stevedores and their fam- ilies were sleep ng on six lighter near the burning vessels and had to j be rescued over a rope bridge. The Pacific was MM ami the Cast I 3600 tons. Fall River Visited by Flames FALL RIVER, Mass. Feb 16 Fire, starting with an explosion in eedingi the basement of the Steiger depart -Smith-I ment store, wrought a million and i half dollars damage before the -Ota- blned apparatus of the New Bedford, Taunton and Newport nre depart meats, controlled It this morning A shift in the wind threatened th- i onges'.ed tenement district where the textile workers lived Uuick work , ureds of frightened ni sorted their homes thi (Continued on Puge Young Announces He is Candidate For Re-election I HI M i 111 H l -I I I III I I M . KXT PRKPAKGM PI l1TIO. FOR PRIM Mill s Deata to declare dale for re-eleetn he prepared h.s ' ing thai bis ii tms ballot at the io: date lor ih,- t-.-i . fe.ited Frang K WaUea, then Intendent, for the repcl.li m I tlon and was pra- Maft) urn. at the general election Pr supf ineilna pacsjed