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DAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISERS. The Rut Oregon Ian hai lb hirgeit psld circulation of any paper In Oregoa, east of 1'ortland and orer twice the clrfulatloo to Pendleton of an other newspaper. Forwaat fur tastim nreiriin by Culled MMm WMkM ofmcrvcr at Portland. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY. MARCH 3, 1916. NO. 8747 WILSON'S POLICY UPHELD IN SENATE BYOTE OF 68 TO 14 c" VPO -aV COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER "' "' 1 ' ' :,:r , t ,",.,""".': ..:-:-- - ' rr3B 800 YARDS OF TRENCHES REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN CAPTURED BY BRITISH PARIS, March . V mioMiil f the (iertnui attack on Vcr iiun has convinced mlHtari es ii'rtH the kaiser's oftoMlve is tho real thing. Tlie OOSt It ghastly. Ilw Qt'l'UUUI dead are strewn In Woods and on hills so thickly that from a distance thr field- -etui coveted "Itli a .trans;!' tray and BVMO growth. Iti-cause of the German preMiratloiis b shelling, . ritles iH'lleve the drive airallist Verdun li not feint. Thei are mindful. though, of Uie posMhl lily or u midden thrust In the Ohamagnc and Alsno sectors Witnesses of the snuggle arec lie- Verdun hatlle iiiiiKtltulo the heaviest fighting of Die entire wmr. Tlie Germans are shooting many times more shell than the French did In the September of Tensive In the champagne. The flower of tho German troop arc putii-iiatlng. Respite his Iohhcs tho kaiser must strike with his maximum strength. It Is bellev od, or his prestige and morale win Buffer, if mrrrtillin in cap- tiirliu; Verdun, the war will oidv be prolonged. If the attempt fall i he kalsi'r miiHt realle he has immi definite!) beaten. Paris calmly and confidently .waits the outcome. behoving In ' j the final turn, suciists u 111 n-st with the trl-iiilnr. LONDON, March I. The vil lage of Douainnout. four mile north of Verdun Is now In Ger man hands. A Berlin official statement toda) claimed tile cap. ture of the Ullage wllh I IMKI pris oners, lmrls officially admitted l he enemy had riskrtod the town. Berlin said the (ii'nnaiii. arc now driving west hihI SUUtbweel from the rHlaT I'aris Kald the Lot mans suffered cruel liwwv. The struggle for the Kw4et.i of the village continues. The rYencli claimed to have repulsed attacks east of the village of nu Tlie Germans re bora hording the u nion southeast of Verdun. Tin- Preach nrc w the VVoevre Putin iwvionis the Teutons hiIuiiicIiik. OefUsM iiirimii have bombard- ad Verdun. Berlin admitted the HrUMi gullied near Vprea, the northern end of the wissleni lull tie line hut did not indicate the extent of tlie gain, tiose righting has develop.' near the lsi Basse canal. A lYvmii attael. In the rgimno was reKHIed, LONDON, March I.- The llritlsh have recaptured IM yards of Herman trenched, causing G fill CI to believe the- English are eneiluvorlnir to draw the (lerman fire, keeping the Teuton. bury away from Verdun. Berlin admitted her operation! and movement of cannOH were hampered by the soggy condition of the Woevro plain and that ahe has been unable to progress in the drive east and southeast of Verdun An unconfirmed Stockholm report aid Von Maikcnseti, heretofore com manding the armies In Serbia and Poland, had taken direction of the western offensive, Joining the kaiser and the crown prince. Pepper Heights are under heavy fire, also positions westward and across the Meiise A delayed Berlin report said a lilg Herman force had been cut off from their companions for two daya by the roncentrlflc fir of French artillery. It Is claimed. the Teutons held Hill 314 despite lack of food, until the French surrounding It were repulsed. More Money Needed to Secure Location of Harvester Plant Since the publication of the list yes. terday a total of 1900 more has been si cured for the Hlewelt Harvester Co., and the committeemen at worK on the Job are anxious to secure tho remainder of the money needed with In the next day or two, so that the establishment of the plant here may be fully assured. Among those signing up since yes terday are Mrs. Joe Murphv. K. M. Sawtelle and (Irltman Bros. Two other subscriptions have also been made but not yet signed up with tic committee. The sum yet to be subscribed to lo cate the harvester plant here still am ounts to approx mately $5000 and it will be necessary to secure this am ount quickly or there Is danger the enterprise may yet fall. New York Tach! club syndicate mav take over the controlling Interest ol the Hnrreahoff shipbuilding yards at Bristol, R L NINE GOVERNORS SHOW H IN WILSON POLICY : Replies Received to United Press Query Indicate Sentiment of the j American People Toward Crisis. CONGRESS SH00L0 KEEP OUT Withuiimlie Declares Hands of the. President should no I phel.l In Matter- Pertaining to Foreign no Intions ("ountr Must stand l ulled Over yuestion. WASHINGTON, March 3 -Reptlel of sen democratic and two republi can governors to the United Prest query. Indicate the American people do nut believe congress should take a hand in the international situation The following query was sent ever? governor this morning "We are re questing all governors to give Inter pretation of public sentiment In thelt states on the course congress should take in Wilson's letter to Representa tive Pou requesting a vote on the res 0 1 tit lotl to warn Americans from iirmed ships Would greatly appre ciate vour statement." Some thought it unwise to mke comment Withycomhe of Oregon, said "At this time of International crisis 1 believe i ongress should uphold th hand! of the president, who essential ly must administer matters pertaining to foreign relations." Meander of Idnho. replied "The isshe should be forced and congres.i should .-how the world America stands united with the president In sustaining the laws built through cen furies, but threatened with destruc tion in the European chaos and war passion " Stewart of Montana said "Mte tanans generally sympathize with the president and sympathize with his ef forts tii prevent Involving America In the war Trusting his wisdom, thei are not disposed to rock the boat" BILL ENDORSED TO MAKE BATTLESHIPS ON SOUND WASHINGTON Mnr.h 3 The sen ate naval committee unanimously re ported the hill to appropriate two million .sixty-five thousand to equip the Puget Sound navy yard fur battle ship construction. Handling Grain in Bulk to be Discussed at Meeting of Farmers Tomorrow Afternoon A meeting litis lieen arranged for tomorrow afternoon at I.. Hi o'clock :it the Farmer! Grain Agency here, when the subject of elevator! and the han dling of bulk wheat will be discussed All farmers and others Interested have been urged to attend. Owing to the present price of sacks the war-clause In the contracts and the embargo on Jute, the matter of handling In sacks will be an expensive as well as a precarious one for the Wheat rancher. II la said thut the price of sacks for one year under the present Conditions WOUld build wooden granaries on the farms. In two yeara the farmers would be able to buy steel tanks and In four years they would be enabled to tinlld concrete ginneries. After that, the expense of handling grain WOUld be one-quarter the old method, At a recent meeting of the Count Farmers Union of Wasco county the subject of handling grain In bulk was discussed by various speakers. lauds Delevouk of Spokane was resent and addressed the gathering Mr Delevouk Is a nelevator architect and spoke in favor of handling grain in the bulk, stating that the cost ol handling grain Is cut down to one quarter as much as handling In sacks, and that a conservative estimate of the cost of handling ill the bulk Is one half per cent per bushel. He sit Id lantOt J Hill thinks that this may be reduced to one quarter cent per bush el If the grain Is properly handled. He Attempt Made to Wreck Paper at Providence 1 X PLOSION OCCURS IN JOIXRNA 1'l.ANT; BELIEVED oi:h ol ANTI-AU.II - I'ltOVIDK.NCE. II 1., March . Investigation of u ftre and eploslon in the Providence Journal plant last night convinced the authorities today that anti-ally agenui are visiting retri bution upon the paper for the recent exposures of Austrian and German ac tivities. The damage was comparative ly small. Zeppelin Falls Injuring Many P.n. GERMAN URCRAFT BROUGHT DOWN BY All TIU.KHV HUE. LONDON, March 3 A Zeppelin, evidently hit by artillery, fell at Ez hezce February il, damaging a house and injuring is children, an Amster. dam report today said. Another fell it Malsnau.lt. Milton School is Victor in Debate TWO TO ONE DECISION is GAINED i OVER ISAM ok tiii: Ull. II N MIHII ATUKNA, Ore , Murch 3 (Special) Athena high school was last even ing eliminated from the county cham pionship debating contest when the Milton high school team wqji a two to one decision at a Joint debate held In the local school house. Milton's Victory entitles her to meet Ferndale for the east end championship and the winner of this debate will meet the Stanfield team for the county cha mi'ionship. Milton but evening took the affir mative of the question, "Itesolved. That the Tnited States should adopt the essentia features or the Swiss system of military training and ser vice." The debate was very close throughout. The Milton team was composed of Huth Steen. Lloyd Still and Romeo Hohbs. trie Athena team of Henry Koepke, Zola Keen and Frances FeahT, The rebuttal argu ments were made b: and Koepke. The judges of the Judge ,1 W. Malonev Messrs Hubbs iTebate wcrt of Pendleton. Prof. Hurrah of Adams and Merle R Chessman of Pendleon. Prof. Wash burn of Milton, presided, owing tu the stormy weather, only a small au dience was present state, I th.it statistics tin LCCOrdlni to government price of wheat In the ess than that obtained Rocky mountains while 'I tlie the average western wheat Is good as the average eastern grain. W V. Ilarrah of Pendleton was ! so a speaker a the meeting. Mi HarTah considers the bulk system ol handling wheat Is the best fur farm ers To take care of his wheat he uses s Holt combine fixed for both sack und loose grain. Sacks are use t particularly for green grnin while the ripe grain is cured for In the bulk. He fixes his combine to handle bulk grain at a cost of about 1100. He hail boxes made for three wagons at a cost of $:5 each with a capacity ol 1 li" bushels each used for hauling the grain u threshed In the field to a large concrete granary capable ot holding IS.IM bushels or grain, the building costing 12000 and In build ing this style he considers he saves both In storage und Insurance. This was built for the gravity system ol filling the grain run Into the granary from the wagons at the top and then taken out from the bottom In build ing he used old scrap Iron to reinforce the structure. It was painted on the i outside with bltullthle. He has nn Itrnubie with grain spoiling except whan I It la IMW 111m AMttftlAM 1- tfcfct the locality of a farmer should de termine the storage system he should , use MAN CONFESSES HE FIRED HOUSE HERE YEARS AGO Resident of North Yakima Writes to District Attorney Steiwer Admitt ing He is Guilty. SAYS HE'S "SEEKING LORD" Deeired to Be ltiht with God and Man; Home Burned About Fight Years Arm But He IVrgeta Man's Xante Who Owned Place; District Attorney to Inve-tlirau.. Having become a religious convert and desiring to set himself "right with God and man " ITyse Beaancnn of North Yakima, has written to Dis trict Attorney Frederick Steiwer con fessing that eight years ago he set fire to a residence in this city He states that he cannot remember the owner of the house but locates it in the southeastern psrt of the city. The district attorney has answered the letter with a request for further information relative to his confessed crime. Inasmuch as the man has left the state It Is probable that the stat ute of limitations has not run. leaving him still subject to prosecution. Hie letter of e"nfeslon reads as follows: To the Prosecuting Attorney at Pen dleton. Ore. Dear 8ir: I. riyse Besancon. wants to make a confession of burning a residence in the southeastern part of Pendleton about eight years ago. I have forgotten the man's name who owned the house. I am seeking the Lsird and want to be right with God and man Is the reason for this ronfeeeton I am guilty of the deed My ad dress Is No Taklma. Wash 1 n 3 First St N. Salvation Army Bldg ULY8B BESANCON, Snow in Mountains Nearly 5 Ft. Deep lls THICK CRUST AND Wild. BE SLOW IV MELTING IF- ri.MiK ItEPORTS There is now between three feet and a half and five feet of snow In the mountains of the south end of the county and It Is thickly crusted over so that the probabilities are that It will be late and slow in melting, ac cording to a report brought In to the office of the forest supervisor hv Ranger F, V Horton who has Just returned from taking a monthly reading of the snewstakes. He found the deepest snow at the head of California Gulch where it had drifted some. The stake read 00 Inches there At the head of Pearson creek there was 42 Inches und on Grantte Meatlowg 4 Ranger MHson reports .''i inches at Pearson's Meadows. Ranger Horton made his w ay as far as the Ogllvy ranch on a horse and from there went en snow shoes Be cause of the heavv crust he was nble to travel fast and made good time He made the trip on ihe first and it snowed hard all nieht Wnen he left there was eight eltht inches of fresh snow on top of the crust He is of the opinion that . onslderable snow hns since fallen on the ranges NEWS SUMMARY Conceal. fjore resolution tabled in senate:1 President Wilson is upheld. llritlsh report taUlut 804) vards of! ticrman trenches. Local. (inverted flrr-biuj confess to irn In this it alter 8 years. Know in mountains hetwem 3 - ami 5 foot deep. Farmers to meet tomorrow to dis CWSfl handling grain In bulk. II. 1. Walts out nr district attor ney. Milton defeats Atlicna In debate. Gore Resolutk Warn Americans off Armed Ships of the AIMes is Tabled Amid scenes Unparalleled Since Declaration of War with Spain; President Given Free Hand in Dealing with Foreign Question e . Local School Bonds Resold at Par by the First National Bank VIEW HELD 1 M ITLLLA OUXT5 1 GET ROAD BOND MOM VI FOUR PJtlt CENT. That the bond market Is in thejln 11 tne duty of every' American to most favorable shape ;n many years abstain from the right of travel on may be seen from the fact the First !irme(1 snlPB unt" submarine matters . . . . .. arp -,.'... 1 Tla rntnl.HlAn - k auonai ihk 01 t'enmeton recently cold at par the $100,000 Pendleton high school bonds, drawing four and a half uer cent interest. The bonds were sold to the Lumbermen's Trust Co., of Portland The First National purchased the bonds at the time the high school was constructed several years ago. The interest rate was such that for several years the bonds could not have been moved at par. However, tne financial situation is now so flour-1 . Ishing that an offer to take the bonds! ShU'st then demanaed a rollca"' was recently made to the bank and it' whl.ch,b'"f1n Thos 7tlnfi was accepted I asainst tabl'ng the Gore resolution on . ' , . . , warning Americana off armed mer- The sale of the school four and a chantmen were Boran chMlMrtaln, half per cent bonds at par is of inter-1 (,, cummins. Fall, Gallinger, es, la View of the proposal to bond ,;rona Jr) po, M(m the county for good roads. As the her N-orri. 0.Gorman Pherman and bonding proposition will go before works the people it will specify the bonds i . . . . . shall draw not more than five per Th senate thus c inched the whole cent interest. In the view of men well J"' " , " , , 1 .... ... . ,, Hon. Following simitar action which informed it should be possible to se r ,- . ... n , j j , thp house Is expected to take quick v, Umatilla county road bonds drawing L,,, sUte departrnent mav Tme ne. four per cent interest The security j wtlatlo in the Lll8tanla ca.e. Bo. ouck oi me uonos win ne mucn great- er than the security for the school bonds The size of the bond issue will also be advantageous with reference to the sale on favorable terms. NEW SYSTEM WORKED OUT IN STAN0IN6S AT HIGH SCHOOL ltKPOHTs I'llKPARED OX AVER AGE or EACH STI DKNT DUR ING THK sEMrSfTER. I about his views Jones defeated the A new system has been worked out move by withdrawing the resolution in the high school by Prof Gambee, Moreover, he said he would not rein in the standings of the students at the troduce It, end of each quarter through the sem i James, the massive Kentucklan led ester Each person knows Just where he stands with his fellow student. Mr Gambee prepares a report in which the average of each student is given and also the average of each class in school This report is read before the student body assembly and mention is made of those making high grades under special conditions. This report also acts as an incentive to the stu dents to do better work. The highest average was made by Nellie Sloan. She received 85 for an average and carries a great deal ot extra work Hazel strain and Pearl Taylor also received 95 The following students received 94 for an average: Natalie Ferguson. Sybil Farley, Helen KtlrtS, Henry Ia zlnka. Randolph Mott and Emilv Quant There were seven seniors and 10 Juniors who had an average below 80 per cent. The school average stands a: II per cent. The class averages were: Commer cial, 89 5 per cent: normal. S5 7 per cent; seniors, 84. T, sophomores, 80. S per cent; Juniors. $0 6 percent; fresh men II, 71.1 per cent; freshmen I.. 7 7 per cent. Experiments tn Italy seem to indi cate that tomatoes planted in vine yards kill the Insects that cause phvi loxera In grapevines Railroad Shifts Night Force to Save Men from "Moon Eye" (East OrSgOnlan Special I PH OT ROCK JUNCTION, Mar. I The first of the month caused mans changes around the shops and yards on account of the systm of working S night force only one month, the.i change them with the day force for a month In this way it gives men that get 'moon-eyed'' from night work a chance to get their optics hack to normal condition again No postofflce facilities as yet but we hope to have a postofflce station of the Pendleton office as soon as the details can be arranged Contracts for the snmjr having al ready been executed snd the matter laid liefore the postal department at Washington, D. C Our people will not stand for a rural route as origi nally contemplated as It would not provide the facilities necessary to transact the business that will be de manded of the postal department at this busy place. WASHINGTON, March 3. Amid dramatic scenes unparal leled since the declaration of war upon Spain, the senate voted 68 to 14 to table the Gore resolution warning Americans not to travel on armed ships of belligerents. Gore himself voted to table the resolution so he might have the opportunity to ask for a reconsideration. The vote upholds President Wilson's position in the interna tional situation. McCumber opened the fight by of fering a substitute resolution iWiar. are settled. The resolution was ta bled. James then demanded a vote on the tabling of the Gore resolution Gore sprang a surprise by submitting an amendment to Ms r. -, ami an amendment to his resolution, and sued permission to discuss It. The amendment amounted to an ultima turn tn Germany. It stated that the death of an American through a sub marine attack would be deemed a cause for war. Subsequent develop ments showed It changed several voteg ; rah was n. t h,. vote. When Stone attempted to ex plain. Borah objected "No Idahoan nor any other sen can prevent me from speaking." stone shouted. "I will and am preventing you," j calmly replied Borah. Marshall ruled in favor of Borah. After the Gore vote. Stone tried to j call up the Jenes resolution, com manding the president to refrain from any act which would Involve America I in the war, and advise the senate the administration forces. roared down the opposition and forced a ft nal vote Jones. Vardaman, Smoot Activity Shown for Eastern Oregon Wool VDVANCE CONTRACTS SHOW MVUKKT IS STRONG; NEW IHTERS IV FIELD. Woolgrowera will be Interested In - .-v, . , .. j ,,. - .. r . L. . Columbia Basin Wool Warehouse Co under date of FeKruary :9. The fol lowing is from the circular. Wool contracting on sheeps' back has been In evidc.-.ce the past wee in Idaho, on basis one-third to one half fine; balance clips crossbred ranginy in prices it 1-; to 16 eer.ts Crossbred straight 28 eer.ts OreTcn wools on basis 20 tn 22 1-1 cents tor fine an I medium and 26 to 28c crossbreds. Montana un,i tfav. da crossbred wools 28 to and medium 21 to He 31i fine Even at present high pri evident that the pur. hasers Wools ment A n concer in the ing a xpeet a profit on their oer of representative wool w ho 'have never had buyers thwast before are now tak n interest and are iren:ir.i to take on good wools at high prices. Work ha not yet started on the county bridge across the fmatllla river here yet and our Birch creek friends continue to trespass the rail road bridge to get to town, risking their Ursa on account of th. long train of curs usually left standing on the bridge all night. It Is up t,. th county commissioners to give these people speedv relief before the rail road officials get hostile and enforce the law against the unauthorized use of the railroad bridge by outsiders Mrs. J K Baseett and Mrs R A. Rudd spent Thursday In Pendleton doing necessary shopping K 11 tirant, assistant foreman, nasi resigned and gone to Harnhart te work for the J E Smith Livestock Co. Q U McClellan Is the new a I. II:; n ' to the car Inspectors' rure He is moving his family here from Union Oregon. and Ciarke vainly tried tn explain their votes James ruthlesaly object ed and Marshall sustained him. The vote ratifies Wilson's free hand in foreign negotiations it la general ly regarded as clearing away the war clouds which administration leaden naa lowered last night Several congressmen, however assert 14 . i, . . . frankly said had lowered last night. ed the senate had now mmmin.il i. self to whatever course the president might take, even If it leads to war. Ostensibly diecuaslng the Shields waterpower bill, Reed. Jones and Clark started the fight over again. Clark declared the senate had itul tlfled Itself by deciding the Gore question under gag rule.. He scoreI munitions exports and said the war would have closed months ago ex cept for the unneutral acta of Ameri ca, Jones contended the senate was now gagged and a vote on the merits of the resolution prevented. He predict ed the lsaue will arise again Borah termed the action a degra dation. Sherman called it cowardice and evasion. Many Intimated the vote was not final. It seemed certain that if a break with Germany threatens, the senators will renew their fight fo congressional action. The Wh te House declared the vote was entirelv satisfactory. Some aena tors admitted it was doubtful whether the senate actually announced Itself against war. or had committed Iteelf to anything the president said. Gore declared: 'I don't know what the Sen ators think who voted down the reso lution. The object of Introducing a substitute was to prevent a wrong struction given to the tabling of the orig nal. Everybody proposed to In terpret the tabling of the original as a declaration that- congress would not interfere in diplomatic negotiations which might lead to war. This in. terpretation is incorrect The substi tute proposed that congress deeUr. Itself clearly, and llnnil viu.aH,. whether there should be war with Germany if a submarine kills an Am- erican citizen on an armed shit E WITH MARRIED MAN LEADS 10 SUICIDE PltrrTv NAMNE VEJ;vth TAKES HER LIFE ITKll VAMPIRE GARISH PORTLAND. Ore., March 3 Drtv. en to desperation by an unhappy in trigue with a Portland business man who she recently learned is married. Nadine Nicholas Velguth One known as "the California Beauty - shot and killed herself yesterday afternoon at 2:1a in the hallway on the seventh floor of the Journal building She fired one shot rmm a 32-cali-ber automatic through her chest. Just to the left of the exact center The revolver was held under her coat so that the sound was muffled. That h took deliberate aim was certain. The bullet passed entirely through her body ani was caught In hoi clothing She fell within ten feet the door of the offices of th.- War. ren Construction company elsJM to -.. . elevator. Death was a matter of ,, . ments I'oroner Dsuanaaai h said u was. without question, a case of sui cide Wheat Prices Range Higher at All Points 1'ortland PORTLAND March (Hpsashl Club 3. hlusstsm 11.41, In.;. bhnprajasfc LIVERPOOL Karen : Whei Spot No. I Manitoba I in d hard winter gulf. Its M; No r.d price for spot Si I Manitoba i. 12.11 per bushel Miss Florence riindsigatgSS h been made assistant hernial in h Bstttmnrs board of health, a position never before h. ld by a woman