East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, February 18, 1916, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDIIT EVEHING EDITIOK 1 . -wCPT,- A j- DAILY EVENING EDITION Eorerasx fur I n-t. in Oregon hj Ih foiled Slalo Ui nlhrr OtiarrTir t Portland TO ADVERTISERS I In I.hm Oreoiilaii hut tlif lareHL ald (initiation of nity .m-.-i In otprod. fast ut I'ortland ami ovtr twice tbo in ulatloo Id I'rudleton of any other tiwnapr. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRU ft W NO. 873 VOL. 27. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER " e VJ- o " I REBISOND NOW IN PATH OF THE E Slav Armies are Within Fifty Miles of Stronghold and Fall of City is Expected Within Fortnight. ATROCITIES ARE INVESTIGATED Russian ul'll. hil- Win 1'it.lM- iti'inirt-. r irmMlu t riu rtio- mm Bsecu- v of Turkish offlcixli I t--i .- sllllf lll EollOW KIlK'lilllls 1'1'llK- . ii for work. LONDON. Feb. IS. -After captur ing Krzcrum. the Russians are aim ing it Treblaond, 120 miles distant The Ruarlan riniit wise ih within 60 miles Of the city, llalburt ha" bean captured. Tbi- full of Treblsond ui expected within a fortnight The Russians holding Erzerum are beginning an Investigation of Turkish atrocities on Armenia The execution of officiau responsible is pradlctad The Posts Pstrogrsd eorrespondsnt said the capture of Braerum wan duo t. the cyclonic rush of tin Incompar ilbli sil.eriane. Future Course of U.S. Toward Diver Warfare Discussed .HUM Mil l. (i UJ4ES Is W H 1 11 BEEOKE P0I4O.' is DEFINED. WASHINGTON, Feb l. -The cao-l in.-t mid the senate debated the future courae of texet government today while .-ulimarlne warfare negotiations are at; a temporarj standstill The cabinet considered whether to protest formal-1 iv avuinst the Teuton pronouncements I lit It d the rnmenl win Mot Much Grange in Portland Markets 'HU.'AOO, Fi . I-l A, July, b lx. IM T Mn 1-11 129 1-4 PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. Hl.lOti bluestem, 109-110 jxerpool. U1VBRPOOL. Feb. 17. .Spot No. 1 Manitoba. Its 9 hard winter, new. 18x 6d. Wheat l-'.'il; Ni thest price li -ID Report Confirmed That Best is in Legislative Race MUOlt VH,I -Ilk ItEPl'HLI i MiMIN VTION VI' t'tiM IM. PRIM V1UES iyor .lames A. Irmed th.' r.'i i iregon an v. thai lie In. 'I Best Ibis in, .ruing rt printed in the sterdav to the ef leflnltel) made up h iniii.l to seek nation for reprei primaries. vVhu ins petition, he declaration ! h Dr, I'est did n form, principles lir a,, ul, I make stilted Unit tile east end of 111. m Weston whei had urged him M i.ubl make a fl llic r.'i' i )! n. .nil spring uthorlsed the s candldac; . .1 announce a ,1- id uunty, particularly he formerl) lived, run. and that he fight for one of the Ivv " initiations. s R. W Kitner also nn indldaoy today and as II predtetad that it N republican n Inasmuch i,, ainces h's Ii nfldentl sunfield wii a republican I, bi I urn. '.I I ll. II. lot. miv wari ihe primaries, :t Muv me SAX FRANCISCO, Feb, IV An in.. bile collided with a streetcar irl; Ibis morning, seriously Injur- lug the two men and two girls ..ecu- pying the auto, One girl and two men probably will i C RUSS OFFENSIV Tom M'Mahan is Killed Between an Engine and Train WEI l lv Now 1AM VI M N MEE1 -HEATH M I'll.ol IttM K JIM I ION, Kht I'tWI ill i In locomotive a mi a boxcar, Tom Mahan, Mil known local man Unly UUM night began work i switchman al Pllol Rock Jun vim early this morning instant!) tlo ll. kill- I. the firm Ictlm the new tcrnuti t it fatal accident accident a ii nlnal y is.'. I lh. .lust hat probably never be known. McMahan was directed to couple uj. an engln with a train of freight oars. He sig nalle.l the engine to hack and. ac cording to hid nephew, ileorge Last, win. is night foreman ami who wax ony a ear length away ut the lime the Coupling! must have missed con nections Al any the engine wa en feet and th.' signalled ahead for tl 1 other trainmen state una n ilgnalled the Thcv h.-ard no sound thai M. 'Ma ti.tr. 111. 1 found h I He hud been struck Just above the jhipK ami his bod) as practically cut lin tw... The engine was ilgnalled ahead and. as it pulled out. Hie bod) I 1 fell away. Ute had departed. This was a little before :' o'clock 1 land ' eaMbuiind passenger No. I wax Just entering the yards, The body was placed aboard and brought to this i 1 city. Coroner Brown was notified and I took the body In charge An Inquext I I win be held al i o'clock this after- t!Oon to take evidence from witnesses. Deceased, vxh" was about SO .-.ears old, had been a resident of PendletoS) I i for many years, Al various times h j Wat employed on railroads and for U 'number of eurs worked tot tne late i: Forster '" plaining nulls. il only taken his new Job last He was 11 brother of Mrs sheer of this city. Wi 1 1 Ell (1HE ul PRIVATE LINE : To CONNECT OTHE WITH SYSTEM, ervlc oetwi Pendle- t, lure If George QesitakopolUI succeeds in the undertaking he lias outlined QsanskopolUS, who has a ranch right at the Junction, at the present time has the only telephone there that is , onnected sith the system of the p. T. T Co He ow ns the line to the City limits, having built it himself, and now he plans to sell a limited nuni- b. r of phones to the people al tn new terminal yarns wno wisn service with Pendleton and outxld points I His charges w. old be between ..nth Inasmuch II. 00 and M.OO a n would hftve to The O.-W. it he ed phones In the station and several other pll house al Junction nectlon but these phones give con no with the local depot over 111.. . i.-W ires Pendleton mer chants, who seek the patronage nf the people living at the Junction, send representatives dow n dally to take or ders which ire filled ami lent down the following day. PENDLETON HIGH BASKET BALL TEAM IS DEFEATED till Will Ot IN I I I W ls III I l i, ll I sl It. Ml' BY i ORE 2;: i Sil, i The Pendleton High basket tossers I Inst night lost to ihe I.a Grande quia ! tei :':t i.i is, The game "as exceed ingly 8 III ! bard fast, l-i Grande go! the lead ItSli bill t" keep 11 required floor work throughout the The boys will plaj Wallowa tonight, and Saturday Enter- ! The lis' basketball team left this lug for Walla Walls' where the.v engage the '"Garden City" girls II hi. Tomorrow they will play Wi lisle again. The girls feel thai win from Ihe Wnitsburgers J I' the trouncing the.v gave I they m j lltM'JlUSt them llic local floor lust Friduv I night when they beat them :'ii to 7.1 The local girls believe thai the.v were I I given Ihe short .1 the deal bv the referee when the. were al W.iltshurg last month, Miss Bonney, the coach ' and Prof w. U Livingston of the High school accompanied the girls. PREPAREDMESS ADVOCATE LOOKING FOR TRAINING GROUND i. Hall oi u,u Leonard Wooi ast, aratchlng th, i mean Ritner Announces His Candidacy for the Legislature SAY II ItE-KI.EtTED Will. :- ul E TIME To IMl'KOt Ifiti H Hi II WAY I , s. tnei who t the It .int leglsla- andldacy stairs il II devote nnoun.es hi.M I. Mr Rltne e again, he rgies toward the state highway laws in accordant , with the recommendations made b) the las) state convention of count Judges and commissioners. He Rbw I advocates such economy jls h consist' enl with the proper administration o the alfuirs of the state and Hon of such laws as will shorter ballot. At the last legislature II tlve Kitner was father of making eastern i iregon a the adop inxuri tpreasntS' the bill I public StrViCe district He duced the county library bill un.lei Milton Ii-! which Ihe Pendleton and bran bulldlngi ar,. being si ted and of which many other counties and cit ies arc taking advantage, Mr. Ritner' line. WilJ mors directly responsible than s install, any other member of the house lor hoarding I the new game code and the hill re..r es at the ; ganizlng the fish and game Commix- slon. 1 Miring the last ae-ssion lie was ! chairman of the committee on public Institutions and a member of the com-' mittees on roads and highways, game, j livestock and resolutions. Mr Ritner has been a resident of; ! Umatilla county for years and at tended the Pendleton mh. ads and the j Weston Normal. For t"n veins he; was connected with the Pendleton I Savings Bank, but the last eight veal's hul I n engaged 111 funning, being a1 member of ihe firm or Storie & lilt-, ner. He has been a member of the board 'of directors "i the Kound-iip since it I was first organized and al present If vice president and business manager i He Is also president or the linallllt Cotinty Automobile Association audi secretary of the liuatilla County Good II, 'ads Association NEWS SUMMARY GMHVL TonK war W h'aiiil on lu COMl, (.ciiiiau s. -.iihnnirfnt' wnrlan1 mi net oi "inn , (irrlat c- Nciiatur I .odm'. KlMMilMIH pnhhiK Ihelr offVnlM hi ilonsi.Mi belle. fd Uio i. u of Wit mm for ivrvtui j n nr. Local. Tom MoMajMM vk'Um of fntar tin m-tl at Pilot liovU Junction. 11. . Itltner ami Mayor Best an noiui.v oandkhxc) for tegtxlsturc, 'iviethoi nervhv to rilol iTumtlon mu n arranged K.M I, In a recent speech at Chkumauga. while looking for a southern training ground for the army. General Wood cuaracienaea tne ines or prepuredne as "white rabbits." TWO CHINESE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED BY TONG ENEMY Ol'TBItE.YK OOCCBS STREETS OV POBTLAKD ONE 1 -TLM M VY Dll PORTLAND, ore.. Peb. in Police throughout the ,sst stati"-. aii taking extra precau tions, fearing a further outtorenk of the Chinese long war. sev eral hours alter a member, ..i the Hop sing Tong was fatally slioi iii the sii.vN of Portland last night, lour Hop sing men In Seattle killed Y'u Mark a Korean laborer. Beeent shootings at san Eramdseo and Stockton leads the IhiIUt to fear a general outbreak of hostilities between the Hop Sings and Sncj sing Tongs. Tlie Seattle police are unable to flint (he murderers. Chinatown In everj city Is siippreis.Mul with excitement, several, arrested for i-arryiiur revolvers, said thej feared an attack. L08 ANGBLKS. Feb. is - The chit of police assigned a special squad t.' Chinatown, fearing an outbreak over tong troubles PORTLAND, lire., Feb. Is Two Chinese, suid t. be members ,i Ihe Hop Sing Tong, were shot and seri ouslv wounded on a crowded sidewalk at Third and t'"U,'h streets curly last night by one of their countrymen, said to be a member of the Bow 1-e ong Tong. The police are as j-et undecided Whether the silo, ding was the result of a tong war or grew out of the in ternal struggle between the republi can ami monurchial parties in fhi na. It is known thai tne feeling am ong the local iVIestial politicians is very bitter .unl shooting occurred re- eentlv in Ban Francisco among Chinese sympathizers with the ring parties ,,i their nome g.. the war- men! At Ihe (loot injured men lining Wall I cntty hurt, al lcc. Chinese names oi the Sick Wall ..n l.o Qong vv ;avc their nan in I five times an il Sue Yee. shot n uiiaintanccs ga injured men :is Sue vjuon Yec. s arrested bs (Continued on rage Kiht t DOES NOT THINK BRYAN WILL OPPOSE PRESIDENT NKBIt VMi N WII I. VOI' I K. II I III NOXIIN M'lUX 111 T Till PRE PVKI UM ss lssl WASHINGTON. Feb. is. -Bryan will head the Nebraska delegation at St. Louis. Representative Shellenberg er of Nebraska, declared He does not believe Bryan will oppose Wilson's nomination but will fight the pic parsdness issue. GEkmANY'S ACT ONE OF PIRACY L Inconceivable That America Will Ac-' cept the Teutonic Decree Regard ing Submarine Attacks. STERLING DENOUNCES PLAN A Reversion U tlx lark ifCS, Mr iMilun. and IijM iff piisMMUUtN of i Grave CfWbi fr Amcrif a WUaXMI U Naid to Im- DltU HllllMij tQ I 11 -.1 1 -j 1 1 (if IHHTW. V ASHIXQTO S Fe b. 1 8 . Lodg doolarad that Austria and I iermun propOMd t piiRax in pirac w.th their plans to attack arnid merch- ftntmen without nrarnltiv. DttoUMtoi the Sterling traolutloil, Ij"dce said It was tnconcelv&ble that America could accept the Teutonic decree. An ab- i and-nment the present system ! WOUld institute a Warlike step p allies wh ch would make the sdminlstratton and the world will know there is a real America, not supine, not apathetic or hesitating, but strong and militant." Referring to the Lusitania case Starting said the administration first appeared bold and uncompromising h,, i,ehalf of 1 great principle, but eventually vielded In substance, for a word. He declared the state depart ment's suggestion that the allies dis arm merchantmen was wrong because it proposed to make merchantmen helpless against submarines, because submarines are not strong on the de fense. He urged a strong protest to Germany against the new plans. Thomas charged the republican at tacks were for political effect and not based on facts or upon a sincere de- dipl H I living from looidenl SEATTLE, F Is dying njured ii md another lis senc a stre miles hea.lot an hour n. The utomoblle ipiei the .4kl: . Mrs Alice Me.T-Wlng. secretai of the Missouri Equal Suffrage Ass ertion Is on her way through the mountains ol Missouri and In Ark. in DECLARES E ill " j Circuit Rider for Woman Suffrage ! - "x A 4k 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaV BSaaaBBSiBBaaaaa irfaasaaaFSSsasasswaBswaa wassssssaassssssBi .-i9issBaaxaapxaaSHaslB Houston Believed Choice of Wilson as War Secretary CCKSSOH TO HEAD Of .l!l 1 I I II HA I HI rVKTMIM IS NOW I'.l IM, l .HT. WASHINGTON Feb IV Wtb" is Reeking a fluc-esnor to .secretary vgri' uitur.' Houston, because u nss been practically decided to appoint Houston secretary of war, it wax be lieve, today, Assietant Secretary Vruoman is regarded a the probable Barnes Denies He Will go on Tour NEW YORK. Feb. 11. It wax re ported today that William Ilarnes will start a cruise In doubtful utates. fly ing the Root flag and prepared to tor. pe1o Incipient 'Roowvelt booms. He probably will visit Ohio. Minnesota. Illinois and the Dakota. It was re p .rted he particularly was worried for fear I'uramins delegates will stam p."l.' for their ancient enemy. Roose velt Though Rarnex favors Root, he would shift his colors to any genuine consenatlve. Barnes denied he would personal!.' conduct su. h a tour. It w is reported the Hllles-Crane-Taft grrnup of re-, publican leaders had urge.l Barnes to' make this trip personally, but he de-' Hollanders Flee when Dam breaks VMSTKRDAM, Peb. 18. The IWHSglUC) dam MtaMe I'lirmcr i nil btir-t tola reiesi-Jiia a prt-at volume o( water which h ruxhlna toward the town. Inhabitant WCTf ordered into tlieir attp-. IMrmen iid I" miles north of m "U'rdani. ha a Mftndatlin of sontt. BRANOEIS CHAR6ES HELD TRIVIAL BY COMMITTEE PERSONAL OPINIONS Will, NOT III: ( GNSIDERED FURTHER IN Till l WASHINGTON. Feb. 18. No wit. ; nesses appeared today against Bran Ideis. so the senate sub-committee ad journed until Tuesday. Before hen Austin F..X attorney for those opposed to Mrandeis must f le formal charges to Brand with the expected rhe com ftirthef mutes will not listen charges such as alreadv made, regarding them al personal opinions. s.ts to grouse the country women t tlie need of suffrage she sayi ih will ride the horse shown in '.lie phc t.igr.iph through th trip SHIPPERS IN NO FEAR OF LOSSES IN TORPEDO WAR English Concerns Believe Admiralty 's Methods Will be Successful in Handling the Situation. GERMANY HAS A BIG FLEET DM llimdrol BaUhSSSSSJUlB lai IV-n I: ii ill for the KaJSa-r to , arr . out rjastanaa AMMibi i i-vfex- liantm'ii s.vit sinklnirs s.hnl- iUrd to Taki; I'la.f Tixlay. London. Feb. II. iRaborate pre eautlons are being taken to prevent the Germans renewing their torpedo attackx in celebration of the anniver sary of the campaign of underse.i frightfulness. It had been rumored that Germany Intended to signal the inniversarv with sereral sinkings Shipping circles are not alarmed Thei are convinced frori tne Infreijuenci of submarine attac ks since December that the admiralty's preventive meas ures have been successful. Germany estimates that 100 mer chantmen with a tonnage of a million. ' four hundred thousand have been ! sunk during the campaign. Two thou i sand non-comlatantx. including hun 1 ireds of Americans, perished with the sunken ships It ts estimated be tween 30 md to submarines have been i destroyed LONDON. Feb. IS. The Geneva Journal said Germany has built led . new submarines, and tx preparing to renew her undersea warfare aggress ively. SWEDISH ITIZKNs n To TRAVEL ON VKMtTt SHTPS WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 1, Sweden has warned her people not to travel on armed ships as a result of the Teu ton decree of warfare against armed merchantmen, it was announced to day. I '.insula were instructed to warn all citizens. ' Buttercups Being Picked on Upper M'Kay, is Report OTHER HARBINGERS "1 SPRINU MAKING APPEARANt K ILOWG CREEK. ' spring, tra la" may not be appropriate Just now in Pendleton, with many 'vestiges of the late snow still with us, . but on upper McKay creek they are singing It blithely ax they pick el I low- buttercups and other flowerv harbingers of spring. At least Pepu I ty Game Warden Ge.,rge Tonkin brings such a tale to the city. He has "ast returned from upper McKay and cups in the Held at the rharles V Other reports br.'iisht down that vicinity indicate that the gr winter has entirely been br there. i 'harlrs Isaacs, who has returned from his McRs creek r states that spring is much mors ward there than In Pendleton, fact this cilv seems t lie in th ter of a belt where the sn,,w whitens manv sp-is. Resident ,h,',i ' ' inch lace can the. is le immediate vtclnl YARD FOR PORTlAIVD 10 BE Li USE SOON CONTRA! is M.ltEAin si i I i FOII sliwn.u.s 'ii I; lull El(i I Ni l III s I s .lyiimate ror the pur 1 the shipyards. Contrs , steel steamers of KH'i' ' foreign Interests are 'tare Each vessel roinpanv v , already has