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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
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VOL. 27.
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1916.
NO. 8736
GERMANY ANGRY
OVER REJECTION
OE WAR DECREE
Teutons Will Not Curtail Their Right
to Sink Armed Merchant Ships
Declare Leading Papers.
SITUATION APPEARS TENSE
America will Not Igree to Decree
which order QermMi submarines
i Muku Attacks Without waning
Berlins Attitude i- tt'i Noi oor
Busmesi to inquire.
AMSHI-illDAM, Feb. !! It.-ppons
that America will not submit to the
Teutonic deer f ejarfnrs upon r rat
ed merchantmen, havs mused indtf
nation In Germany, advices declared
The Cologne Gazelle staled the Teu
ton! will not curtail their right to
sink armed Ships because reckless
neutrals Inillt upon traveling on bel
ligerent vessels. Other papers were
astonished at Washington advices but
mostly awaited confirmation before
commenting, editorially. ,
It ire! declared Germany
withdraw her decree merely
will not
because.
England has given assurances that
kuiis will be mounted only (or defen
sive purpose. Such assurances, they
said, have been broken and Kngllsh
armed merchantmen have taken the
offensive against submarines
dehlin. Feb II. German) hag
laid the l,ut word ln the Lusltanl.i
asc. She will not prepaTI another
note, according to strong Indication!
among official! Though not com
luenting (or publication about reports
that Lansing will not recognize th
Teuton right to torpedo arrhed mer
chantmen, the official attitude in
known to be that flermnny dors n
be!iee America shoiltd Interrogate
her closely about when her new pol-
ii should be enforced, The method
Is u naval secret Which liermany re
gards as a purelv mlllt.irv iUestion
"iicernlng herself nnd her allies.
Hernslorlf has been fully instructed
Al i the I.iinUo nln case and was per
mitted to make a change In the pro
paced settlement which was suggested
al the recent conference with Utnstngi
Officials declare the Lusltanla case
real I J was closed at the conference
and that the new warfare plans will
have nothing to do with the case
Du Pont Chemical
Company Plant is
Swept by Flames
DAMAGE )l II ILK MJUilOJl
lKl.l,Alts l M W K BEESi
IPEM)IAR1 FIRE
M KM I'll IS. Feb. 19. The plant of
the Dti Pont federal dyeatuff chemical
company at Kln(spprt caught fire
and was damaged half a million dol
lars. The plant was engaged In mak
ing picric Hid, a constituent of explo
its. A watchman saw a stranger in
the yards Who fled before being ques
tloned, The fire Started soon after,
ward The plant was worth two mil
lion dollars.
1 navoldahlc Ictidettt, Says Jury.
Thai Tom McMahan, who was klll
ed carlv yesterday morning at Pilot
I tack Junction while coupling an on
I Ine to a Ham. came to Ills death as
1 he result of an unavoidable accident
was the substance of the verdict
brought in yesterday afternoon by a
coroner's urj lhai Investigated the
in. liter The Jurj was composed of
.! H. OWlnn, Fred How loan. Harvet
Klder, Frank MttTphy, Doss Turner
and .Mel Shutruni The funernl of
Mr, McMahan will be held tomorrow
afternoon at J o'clock at the Catho-
iii church. The Knights of Colum
bus will have charge.
1 rain From Pa-sini This P. M.
For the first time slmv Monday,
the N. P. train from I'asco Is expect
ed to arrive this afternoon. The train
left I'asco al noon upon receipt of a
message that the damage done by the
v ashout In Vunsycle canyon had
been repaired.
sm.vn Washington U beted,
TACOMA, Feb, 19, Because Paul
Miisser wrote a letter which was pub
lished in a Tacoma newspaper describ
ing George Washington as a profane
man and Inveterate drunkard. Col.
Albert Joah, a leading citizen of Ta
coma. swore out a complaint charg
ing Hasser with criminal libel. Joah
will produce statements of Hamilton.
Jefferson and others to prove Has
ser 11 "falsifying blackguard." It is
probably the first criminal action ev
er taken In such a case.
ASTORIA RATES THE
SAME AS PORTLAND
WASHINGTON, Feb Is The In
terstate commerce commission lodu
derided the now famous rale I !M in
favor of Astorlu. placing her on an
equal rate basis with Portland, Ta
Coma and Seattle.
Endue discrimination was found to
exist in favor of I'uget Sound. Tin
decision orders the North Hank rail
road to reduce Us rales. Tin- con,,
mission remarked thai Astoria can
not develop Into a great port while
discriminatory rates prevail. Here
tofore Astoria has paid mi cents more
a ton than Seattle. Tacoma or Port
land. Taking evidence began In June
1414, The city of Astoria filed a
complaint against the Spokane, Port
land and SSSttls railroad, which is
the only rallfoad reaching there. The
Astoria people Consider the decision
removes the only obstacle in prevent
ing tin- city becoming one of the big
gest ports on the Pacific coast.
A sweeping revision of rales be
tween the Inland Empire and Pacific
coast cities, will result from the de-
olslon it is expected this win di
vert huge shipments or grain and pro
duce raised In the Columbia Basin,
which heretofore has been sent to Se
attle and Tacoma because Of the low
er rales. The city of Astoria. In mak
ing Its protest, claimed the river
mouth was the natural outlet for pro.
dure of the Inland Empire The com
mission assumed that Portland later
will ask for lower rates to the Inland
I Kmplre because of eelng 109 milei
nearer than Astoria It was said a
reduction in the Portland rate doei
i not necessarll) follow as an Inevtt
I able i snssQuenoe of the present re
duction, i 'ommisslolier Harlan wrot.
MOST OF COUNTY OFFICERS
TO BE UP FOR RE-tLECTION
j With the powlblt exception uf iit
rtct Attorn, Frederick Steiwtr then
is u Mining probability that ult of thf
prtMtnt office holders at this county
will wi'Jt re left Intl. Count) I "It-rk
; Ki an u SaliiiK, about whose eand'dHf
there has heretofore been some doubi
tida filed his pOtlt'On of candidal v
, for the republican nomination am
Surveyor Willard Bradley also an
nounces his candidacy for re-election,
i sheriff T. D. Taylor, Recorder 11 s.
Burroughs and Treasurer O. w. Brad
ley lime not yet filed their petitions
I bin it Is understood the w ill all seek
to succeed themselves. Count) Su.
petit tendent Young mad' his flllm
I several days ago. Assessor C. 1'.
Strain has announced that he would,
remain In office If the people so de
sire, or that he would be willing to
.seek a place on the state public service
: commission.
i Judge Phelps and Judge Marsh are
hold-overs. District Attorney Stiv
wer s term expires this year and he
has not vet decided whether he will
seek to retain his office In the
even! that he declines, it is probable
there will be several candidate
out.
Farmers Predict
L Bumper Crops for
the Coming Season
GROI l II Vs HECEIl ID M( nil
MOISTI'HE THAN col! l
PAST BARS.
Then
is deeper moisture in the
r Umatilla county right now
mny fanners who have bail
to make tests. A number
thai
lng
ton
place the depth of ihe moisture at six
1 feet and declare there is enough stor
ed up now to Insure two good crops.
1 The greater pari of the moisture In
the unprecedented snows has seeped
Into the ground, espeetaUv upon the
binds where there Is little or no slope.
The snow has gone off so gradually
thM 1'ttle of the water has had a
chance to run off into the streams.
So wet is Ihe ground, particiilarlv
that In summer fallow, that It is al.
tnosl a Rtlre, Billy Ferguson, well
known farther of Athena, brought in
la story vesterdav that gave some In
I dlCS Hen of the amount of moisture
in the ground.
During the time the ground was
frozen, - he said, he pulled a wagon
across his barnyard and left it stand
ing In one corner. This week one of
the hired hands undertook to move
the wagon. A span of mules was
hitched to the wagon hut both the
vehicle and the animals became mlr
ed down. The more the mules strug
gled, he said, the deeper they sank
until finally one of them had llliln
more than his head sticking out. For
three hours the animals were impris
oned before another team could drag
them out of the mud
Will Wilson Pick One of These for Secretary of War
akmmsmkkm twiMbtmi ? aeeeeaeeiaeeeeeaseeeeeeeeeenv' ',.
Washington. Feb.
will be the next Secretary c
the all-Important iuestion
circles at the present tlm
conjectures are being made
man whom the preslnenl will select'
England Will be Reminded
She Has Not Answered Our
Protest Over Mail Seizures
WASHINGTON, Feb. is. -The state
department IS considering sending
I Kngland a reminder she has not ans
wered the I' s. protest against mail
seizure- It was explained, however,
j the reminder would not contain a hint
j of a time limit within which to ans
wer the American objections. It will
rcerel! urge a prompt replv and de
clare the leisures continue to the an
I in yunce of America. '
Lansing indicated In- proSstbl;
would send a reminder on Monday if
1 no repi is received then. Represen
tations to Turks concerning Armeni
an massacres are expected to reach
Constantinople next week. These are
'not formal in-., tests. If additional
massacres are reported, strong ob
I lections ure expected t., be made by
J the United states.
NEW YORK. I'd'. 11" -M01
than
$6u including one dollar from former
President Itoosevelt. hss been con
tributed to the fund siarted by Miss
Marjorls Bterrett, a thirteen yeai
Id
school girl. 10 build a new I
bal-
! Starts Children's Fund to Build Battleships E
I I
' SSISSBSSSSTBl
tleshlp to be called the America. ; tertalncd her aboard the crutstl
Miss Sterrett conceived the Ides of I Washington, now lying In the Brook
building a sea fighter for t'nele Sain'sllyn IMW) v .ud
IS. Whojto fill the vacancy caused by the resi. mat,' and Franklin D. Koosevelt. as
f War, iSjgnation of 1- ndley M. Harrison. Am-isistant secretary of the navy,
n official J onf those mentioned for the lilace Another rumor shifts Secretary of
Many! are Secretary of the Interior, Frank-'State Lansing to the wai portfolio
as to the Mill K. Lane; Col. K. .'.I. House, often, and puts Col. House in as secretarj
called the "president's private dipl
Chicago Wheat is
Up a Few Points
I'HICAGo, Feb. 1 May 1J1
HI :,-s; July, m Uti-lli r.-v
PORTLAND, ure.. Feb. if ciul.
M-lOfi; hluestem, 107-113
Liverpool,
J LIVERPOOL, Feb. IS. Wheat
Spot No. 1 .Manitoba. H, 11 l-Sd; No
! hard winter, new, 13s Id
In American terms the highest
j price at Liverpool at present i- $2.15
I 7-10 per bushel.
! pavv from dunes contributed
11 y
school children all over the country
I The contributions are pouring ii
I from every quarter of the Union am
, some have been received from Can
ads. Miivv officials are Interested 1
Miss Sterretl s pi. ins and recently en
ftf fKAriKLlH If
tlVUBOoaiVClT: ill
if I A -
f state.
Slavs May Strike
at Constantinople
FromtheEastward
HMHIh USE LAJiUED TO JOIN;
FORCES WITH THOSE FROM
KRZKKt M.
I LONDON. Feb. 19. I'nder protec
I tion of w arships. Hussian troops are
landing 7m miles east of Trebliond. !
! Feeble resistance w as offered. Pet-1
rograd indicated these forces will
j move westward to Join the troops re
I leased by the fall of Erzerum. It is
believed Grand Duke Nicholas plans'
an aggressive Armenian campaign :
with a junction with the British in
Mesopotamia or an expedition tow
ard Constantinople, it is now thought
that not more than 10,000 Turks were
captured at Erse rum. The 'defend.!
ers abandoned tlteir heavy artillerj
'after unsuccessful!) attempting to j
; destroy some of it.
Londos and Ajax
Will Meet on Mat
at Rock Tonigbt
WRESTLERS WILL STRIVE FOR
HONORS HOTH MEM HAVE
GREAT RECORDS.
Jim Londos. one time mat star 0! I
the Olympic club in s.m Francisco
and at present rated as one of ihe
greatest light heavyweights in th
world, will wrestle two matches In '
tTmatlUk county within the next few:
days. Tonight at Pilot Rock he will'
minutes an.l who vanquished '-he,
much-touted Hen Jackson of Dayton
1 in 11 minutes, on Monday nigh: at!
Echo he will wrestle Ted Thle Of
The Dalles, a matraan who has nun-'
ed considerable renown latel)
Hoih Matches are expected to be
closely contested. The only match
LondOS has ever lost was with AjaS I
two years ago and he is keen t. re
gain lost honors. Both men ate mar-
vels of physical perfection. I. K.'
Harlan of Heppner. is promoting the
.matches and expects to stage Others
' 111 these parts
Investigation is
Ordered Into U. S.
Aviation School
1 It 1HGES OP INRPPM ln Will
RE PROBED m N U.
POINTER IMiVUD.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 19 Acting;
Secretary of War Scott ordered an ex ,
haustive investigation Into the govl
ernment aviation school at San Diego.
He appointed a hoard of investigation j
into charges of Inefficiency and em-
powered them to take any action j
I The board begins work on Monday,
1 Whether army aviators hsve fallen;
to death from rickety machines. dUc
I to mismanagement is tne real purpose
I of the probe. Scott indicated th-
bouse miiltarv cotnsatttse, said II
Senator Robinson's charges are cor
rect there should be n Immsdiats in,
v estimation.
U. S. Flag Will
(Not Protect in
Submarine zone
GF.RMANV Ml SI DISREGARD
XKI TRAL RIGHTS IN FIGHT
JTG FOU EXIST! N I
LONDON, Feb IS Germany muai
disregard neutral rights In flghtin-'
for her own salvation, unless the al
lies soon agree to peace. Maximillian
Arden declared in the Zukunft, whnh
has been resumed under a govern
ment permit, according to the Times.
"If Kngland yarns for proof that
discuss peace until this has been prov
ed, America must reconcile herself to
the conviction that further heslta
Uoa will not cripple our submarine
warefare and that the stars and
He declared Germany would have
been content with defensive measures
six yionths ago but now dares not
wait upon such a course. Instead she
must pursue the offensive to prevent
her own extinction. He said that al
though Germany's economic position
is not yet embarrassing, she must
reach out for fresh conquests and
strie heavily to relieve the threatened
situation.
"It Is still a short space of time In
w hich Germany mlgnt come to terms
Peace offers might inc lude little dis
armament, a little international so
cialism and a proposal to pool the
war expenses. If these proposals are
refused. Germany will have paid her
last dept she owes the world and hu
manity and can proceed to be more
frightful than ever with complete in
difference to the views of neutrals
particularly with the 1'nited States "
OOYS GIVE CLEVER PARADE
TO ADVERTISE BASKETBALL
HIGH SCHOOL YOCTH.s WILL KND
TRK SEASON WITH GAME
WITH LA t.RAVDE.
The parade held yesterday evening
by the High school students proved
to have the attracting power of the
Stlls-Floto circus. Half the town
lined the streets in the course of the
parade to watch the procession. The
parade led by three damsels of the
High school was almost two blocks
ling. Next came "Butch" Carnev
and his famous band. Even the goat
of the Central Meat Market had tn
put in an appearance.
"Jumbo" the elephant came plod
ding il'Uvn the street. A doctor, fish
crmau. tenivs sport and all represen
tations of the business man of today
wire shown. Delos Sloan was the
millionaire of the day. Pinkey Boy
len in an attempt to expand in di
mensions of his body, haif his special
carriage drawn by Joe Narkaus and
in the front end a large bottle In
hich he carried the diet oi the hu
man race when babies.
Watch for the date of the basket bal.
game with La GTande the last one of
the season
PENDLETON GlfiLS DEFEAT
WALLA WALLA GIRLS 25 T0 16
in l BASKI "BALL DIM I lls
TVHN TABLES OS OPPOX
I Is IN FAS! 1. M1
The Pendleton High school girls'
basketball team defeated Walla Walls
to local fans, as Walla Walla defeated
Pendleton on the local floor IS to 27.
two weeks ago Friday.
Tonight ihe nirls will play Wails-
burg another game to decide who is
supreme tn astern Oregon and ..outh -
western Washington. By the compar-1
aliv e sere route Wall! Walla Is about
twice as ta-t as W.iitshurg. By this I
th, locals should have an easv v ictory j
tonight over Waitsburg.
Dnrenso nswmnrtnd,
VIENNA. Feb. 19 The Austrian
have surrounded DttraSSO The sur
render of a few thousand Albanian ir.
inrgents Inside the town is expected
hourly, R is believed the Italians ir
no; among the defenders.
General.
Astoru gets redksgsjesj m rn-
t.crniunv -aid to Imxi- mad. blun
der In submarine orders.
England will lx , mn. . ,1 (,., ha
not replied to I B, ihmIcm on mall
Ktssisen,
Lix-al
I'rai-tbullv all of p 1 offlrlal-
will Mi-k ns-etecsson.
Hi feci of moisture In ground. m
farmer-.
Itlmt test iumvos Dtoot of IVndh
Ionian- weak lulmksd.
NEWS SUMMARY
TEUTONS TRIG
TO ESCAPE FROM
THEIR BLUNDERS
Berlin Made Mistake in Issuing Sub
marine Order is Interpretation
Put Upon German Attitude.
ARE IN AWKWARD POSITION
lllllllll md TIimI Ili-HIn l.,,i,,rnniiil ,
Milling to Yield to American lew-
jwiliit IT She Can do Without
Kui-inu an Outcry Among tlic le.
Ile of Her own l.nire.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.--Germany
biundered when she issued the decres
of warfare against merchantmen and
is now trying to find a way out of
the difficulties, according to the In
ti rpretation some officials placed up
on Carl Ackerman's Berlin dispatches
saying Germany does not want to b
questioned closelv regarding her
methods of pursuing submarine war
fare. It Is thought the story consti
tuted a hint the Teutons realize thev
have placed themselves in an awk
ward position.
It is thought Berlin may willingly
Meld her position to America, but she
is puzzled how to do this without rais
ing an outcry in Germany. Lansing
declined to comment on Ackerman
dispatch. Another department off:,
cial said:
"Austria and Germany have blund
dered. They made a mistake in issuing
the decree w hich. In effect. Is an ultl
n.atum. The prlrfclpal effect thus far
is to impair seriously the relations be
tween America and Germany. When
there was some sympathy with the
contentions about armed ships, the
Teutons Issued a decree which Ameri
ca could not possibly accede to. Out
Position already has been officially
expressed and is that any modifies -tlcn
of the armed merchantmen phase
of international law can only be
achieved by an agreement of all con
rned. It is as much an usurpation
of authority for the central powers
to make such a declaration aa for
America to change the international
law on the subject."
Pretty Little Dog
Story Shows We're
All Feeble Minded
W1MAL IS USED As IET It TEWT
MOST PEJTDLETONIAKS
KALI. DOWN ON IT
"I saw in the street a pretty little
dog. He had curly, brown hair short
legs and a long tail."
Can you repeat that word for word,
without hesitation and after hearing it
but once. If you can't you are feeble
minded, according to the much-ad
vertised Bluet mental test. But cheer
up: You'll have plenD of companv
right here in Pendleton, for a more or
less general application of ihe test has
proved, according to Mr Hinet
standards, that Pendleton i- large!
made up of feeble minded persons
and imbeciles, and thev are not in the
Eastern Oregon State Hospital elthel
In fact the majority of our cm and
county officials, the heads of ,,.ir big -gest
institutions, our leading lawyei
and physicians, our school teai
and plain, ordinarv cltiaeiu havi I
long exper. mentation he dec! ,1
a child that cannot repeat I
Simple sentences after hearo .
lead once has something the
with lis menti
M'Ut of ten adu
cessf ul ip life,
I the same test.
(Continued on Page E t
SENATOR LEWIS DEFENDS
PRESIDENT FROM ATTACK
WASHING l'i N
! Lewis addressliu
i ed Senator Root
the administratis.
and lacking In si
idem who will ..
els' than WOTdj
slhle- It W th! D
to elect ,1 prestdl
purpos.- war ,
exj.os. (hat hvio
cam paig
to our r
nd sources gj
llcan friercN '
Wh-H R
want
w, when
terests h.iv.- the
again-i Germs 11
16 v,-,rs of rei
without a navv
be ever obstructed a' lion for defrnao
of the national honor, although ha
doubted th advisability of P"!f- .
inn HUI H 1