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i a WL ' sP i DAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION r'oncM for Eastern Oregon by ttw United State RMM Observer at rortlatul. TO ADVERTISERS. The Kast Oregonlan tali tbe largest paid circulation of anj paper In Oregon, eaat of Portland and orer twice tbe circulation In l'eudleton of any other newspaper. tied. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAFBfe VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1916. S750 BjjBBjpgjyjgjyjjj J probably rain or . .. . . , . NO SHIPPERS 10 BE TOLD IF THEIR CARGOES MAY GO English Government Will Pass on Nature of Goods Before Vessels Leave American Ports. SEIZURES MADE UNNECESSARY i.rmt Rrlluln Will Say What shall Go Through Blockade al ThM Prevent lsng ('ontroycrsie In tVmrt; New Ointrahund MM Suld o lie Under Consideration. LONDON. March 7 The BrltlHh government has adopted a new plan to eliminate Inconvenience of Ameri can shippers resulting rrom the block ade, Lord Cecil Informed the United Press today At the suggestion of Consul Skinner. England hereafter will notify shippers before the goods leave American ports, whether the. will be permitted to pax through the. British blockade This will make It unnecessary for British warship " make seizures resulting In long con troversies. The adoption f this plan Is the first Important result of the elevation of Iord Cecil to a postlon In the British cabinet. The operation Of the plan Is left to Rrltlhsh authori ties In America, who will pass on t li eligibility of the shipments. The government, nevertheless, retains the, right to seize goods if tney are deatin- i ed to the enemy It will give shippers j Information on which, from a business! standpoint, they can rely. Roberta I said the government ts considering a now contraband list. England's ans-i wi r to the American note on the bloc kadc pr w daya ib.ibly will be ready In Swiss System is Favored by Baker for This Country MIljsON s CHOICE ixm WAR BEI RET AH Y BEI II : in Mil I TAR1 TRAINING '1.KVKI.AXI1, March 7 --On the eve of his departure for Washlntop Newton Baiter declared today he fa" .orel the Swiss system of military training, Ht advocate! number ol transcontinental and coastwise rull wa)l for strategic purposes. '1 believe In peace, and 'he propef nforcement of peace laws, by force if necessary," he declared. He said he believes military rail roads should avoid passing through large cities, being built strictly to tare miles and quickly trans portlnl large bod too of troops. i 'ongratiilatlons poured In upon Baker today. He went home last night hanging to a strap In a crowd od street car, unrecognized. Orpheum Theater Changes Hands JOHN (,lti:i I K'll AND BERT LIV ERMORE III V OCT FOOT I, AH PLAYHOUSE. The Orpheum Theater, popular pic tore playhouse of this oKy, today passed to a new ownership and man agement. John F. QFOttllck and II. -ft I.lvermore having purchased tho " lUipment and business rrom Dr Har ry A. Medernach, who has had , hart e if It since the death of his father Tho new proprietors need no Intro duction to Pendleton people. .Mr Greullch has been engaged in the meat business In this city and Walla Walla for the past 3 T years. For 20 years lie has been a buyer of stock In this county for the Empire Meat Market and for the l'eudleton Meat Co.. In both of which Institutions he still has an interest. He has an unusually wide acquaintance which will be an asset in his new undertaking. lie will as sume the active management of th" theater, while Ills partner will have hnrge of the operating room, hav ing been employed as operator at the theater for the past four or five years. No Immediate changes will be made in the picture programs. The I'nlvcr sii) Film Service will continue to sup ply the features which have proved srt popular with patrons of this play house In the past Dr. Medernach Intends returning to Portland where he lived prior to tho death of his father. There Is much question In Iowa as1 Not the least deterred by such ar to who owned the dried beds of lakes experience. Charles Sweeney. the which the state recently sold at M0-J young American, who for thirteen Hon The upshot of It Is that tho months fought In the French trench. Mute will turn the money over to thn'es, will return to France, anxious tn i ounty, but require the latter corpor-1 bear cannon and rifle, itlon to give bonds for redellveranee Sweeney was one of the first of the of the money In case the title proves' niany Americans to Join the foreign to have been vested In the federal legion when the war began. He was government. the only American advanced from French Converted Cruiser "La Provence" Sunk PA HIS, March -In the neighbor hood of 3000 Uvea were lost when Lai Provence, formerly a transatlantic liner, which had been converted Into London Says no Damage is Done to Naval Base AIR R.UHs ACCOMPLISH No Mil I I Ala IDVANTAOE DE t LHES STATEMENT, LONDON. March 1 no military dumage was pellns In the attack on . Absolutely Son by Zep- the British naval positions at Hull Sunday, a re vised official statement said. The to tal killed Is now 13. Ninety bntnlw were dropped In the vicinity of Hull without dumage to the naval establishment. Sweeney of Foreign Legion Going Back to Fight for France ItlEVT SWEENEY HtS WTE NEW YORK, March 7. It Is not very often that a man has the ex perience of having a bullet pierce hit lung and of still being ready to re sume his position in the battle line. i rulHcr by the French government I I was mink In the Mediterranean. Lu Provence has been famous foi Fund For Harvester Factory is Almost Completed; Report to Commercial Club This Evening New subscriptions ,l. HoUorakmach Taylor Hardware Co V II. cm penfaMd ins. J, i :. Montgomery ,1. E, McCorniniuch . E. J, Murphy firitnaan itros . $500: .-on MM MM MM MM 300 100 W . Rhodes too Dr i ', E. Hoyden io,i Mian Rollers. . . too . I Bobfefar 100 .lidin s. liaker IOO l. !. Phelps 1(10 the ranks, and today he wears mi the lapel of his coat a small red rlhbon the U'glon of Honorthe highest honor bestowed by the French. Lieutenant Sweeney received his In jury In the Champagne battle on Sep tember is. For four months he was In the hospital hovering between life and death. He Is now on a three months' furlough, nnd expects to re turn to the trenches on May 1. lieutenant Sweeney Is a graduate of West Point and has spent much of his time abroad. He Is married to s Belgian girl. Ills wife and children are now In Paris. ten years as the fastest French snip afloat. It was built in 1905 at St. Nasslre, France, with a tonnage ot 13,703. With only $3000 yet to be raised 'he committee working on the loca tion of the Blewett Harvester Co. In Pendleton is fast bringing Its Job to an end and It Is the expectation that the monthly meeting of the Commer cial Club to be held tonight will see the final touches put on the guaran tee so that the company may go ahead with establishing Its plant here By this evening the stock subscrip tion will he so near completion that it is believed a wa may be devised to assure the remainder so the Blewetts may start the work of building their I shops on the land porcnased opposite j the Hound-up Park. During the day some energetic work ! has been done by the soliciting com-1 i mittee which has had the service of ; a new recruit in the person of J. W. I UcCormmach ol the Pendleton Autoj j Co. The list of heretofore unpublish ed subscriptions is given above. A complete report of the commit- j ! tee's work is to be submitted to the I Commercial club thin evening and it Will furnish one of the interesting subjects for the meeting Hence at good attendance is desired for the oc casion. Incidentally the meeting tonight' will mark the advent or the new Com mercial Club administration. Presl-' dent-eled W. B Brock taking thej ; place Of J V. Tallman as head of the ' organisation, Urges Voters to Register and Back President Wilson N BERKELEY, NEW DEMOCRATIC CH URMAN, M IKES APPEAL TO COMMITTEEMEN , The following is a copy of a letter written by the chairman nf the demo cratic central committee to each pre I clnct committeeman In the county; Tendleton. Ore . March 7. 1H16 Dear Sir: You doubtless know nr can r niona and ooa our precinct politics, and : the citizen ! matter of aim of the n the is the Dunt democratic party is to ac- Compiler) the will of the people, re gardless of political predellctions. I tarnaatlv request that you ascertain the desires .;" the citizens of your 'Continued on page eight.) NEWS SUMMARY General. fl Will) II slilpiK-rs will he notified If their g,Hls will be allowed xa-t BritMi blockade House supports pros'dent tn vote on wanting roso!vitlon Final into expect 'si thi afternoon. Tactics tluit won Warsaw for the German an- used at Verdun and gnlns are reported. UxxsL Man) new mbacrtptlOM to tllrwrtl cominny received Ue. lUnd of Portland make Im Wisalve talk to -indents Record Utter of coyote nqsirted by government hunter. orpheum theater changes hands. RIGHT AND Ufl GERMAN WINGS CLOSE ON CITY Tactics That Won Victory for Von Mackensen at Warsaw are Used By Teutons in Verdun Attack. FURTHER GAINS ARE CLAIMED Hill '.'115 - in Maud'- of the (.erman Irewnst Also Reported to Hayc lUs-n Taken in Assault; Paris As serts I ii.it All the ;erman Attack Have I t n Repulsed, LONDON, March 7. I'sing the ladles which brough victory to on Mackensen at Warsaw, the Crown PrinceVl armies, today smashed at Verdun with the right and left wings simultaneously. The right Jaw of this monster nutcracker advanced with an im petoooa rBsh within seven miles of Verdun, seizing hill 365. ac cording to Frenotl admission, simultaneously, the left Jaw broke the French lines at Free nee, capturing the village, the (iermans claim. Paris failed to confirm the rtqiort Ercwnes had been taken. It mentioned only artillery dueling on tho VYoevre plain around lYcsnos, In the Bras Sector and In the region of Hard uimionl. Berlin claimed further galas north of la Chaladc. and In the Anronne forest. Paris, however, asserted that ail the Teuton attack- had been repuls ed with severe losses, BERLIN, March 7. Frosncs. 12 miles southeast of V'erdnn has been captured. It was officially claimed. Tlins? hundred French surrendered With the village. PARIS, March 7 The (ier maiis have captured hill 2t." near Rengeville, It was officially ad. mltted tiKlay. The (.ermans charevHl and Selaed the position under coyer of an intense bom bardment. The (iermans who OOCSXpled Forges made the i-- iuIi The French positions on Goose Hill arc under a severe shell fire. general renewal of extensive in fantry operations i. oeetod. Despite the staggering losses, the Teutons advanced steadily tip the -loM'. leaving a trail of dead and dyimr. The French retreat ed to Goose Ilill and the yilliigeof Rellanconrt. The Teuton artil lery immediately centered their fire on these positions com munique declared the French -till hold the summit f .imc Ilill. This rises 250 feet alsne the thickly wooded surrounding country. British Fleet Awaits Attack of Germans HUMORS Vt.AIN REVIVED THAI TEUTONS VMM. MXKi: DsH INTO COMBAT, LONDON. March rince Henry of Pr -Humors that I daek into the North Sea were revived j 'and given wide t redence today. Ams-j j terdftl reported 2f German warships' 'were cruising in the North Sea yes-' tet day. They were observed off the! co ist of Holland, proceeding norui in battle formation Russian destroy. er squadrons recently were seen of f j the Swedish coast. It is predicted the British and Russian fleets mavl combine against the Germans, should 1 the latter seek battle which is ex-1 peeled soon. Wheat Drops Some Today in Chicago Pit CHICAGO, March 7 (Special.) May. opening price, tl 11. closing $113 1-: July opening $111 S-t, closing. $1.10 7-. Portland, PORTLAND. Ore , March 7 (Spe cial. ) Merchant's Exchange prices today, club. bid. 9!. asked, it. Blue stem, bid. $1.0J. asked $1 05 UVBRFOOta March 7 -Wheat Spot No. 1 Manitoba. Its 8 l-2d; No 3. 14s 3d: No 2 hard sinter, gulf, ill 9d: No. I red western winter. 13s, In American terms the Liverpool price for spot No 1 Manitoba is $2.11 per bushel. HOUSE WILL BACK PRESIDENT; FINAL VOTE IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON I Representatives go on Record Twice During Debate This Morning to Stand Behind Wilson; Refuse to Amend Resolution; Estimated that 10,000 Hear Debate; Pou Denies Rumors That President Wants War; Final Vote Will be on TabKng Resolution. THE KESOLITION The McLemore resolution, af- ter a preamble, recites the facts in the armed liner controversy and says: "Therefore be It re- solved that the house of repre- 4 sentatives request the president of the United States to warn all Americans from traveling on ships of any and all powers now or In the future at war, which mount guns, whether the armament is called offensive or defensive In case Americans do travel on such ships they will do so at their own risk." : I HESOLmON TABLED. WASHINGTON, MARCH 7. THE j HOl'SE TABLED THE McLEMORE RESOLUTION, 276 To 113, AT 6:3". IP. M. WASHINGTON, March 7. The house of representatives twice went on record as backing the president dur ing the debate this morning on the McLemnre resolution which declares Americans sail on armed ships at their own risk. By a vote of 356 to 150 the house refused to amend the resn. lution. up to the final vote for con sideration of 271 to 138. The session was tumultuous. Every gallery was filled, mostly with wom en. During the discussion, they waiv ed handkerchiefs. The house was tense with suppressed excitement. Pou opened for the administration, recit ing Wilson's request for a show down. "It has been unjustly charged the President wants war. All the imps of hell never devised a more infamous pbell declared he ute If the Mclr tabled. will offer I0NG WAR ON AGAIN: ONE CHINESE KILLED SAN FRANCISCO, ("al.. March 7 Shortly before noon. Set Yit. a mem ber of the Bow On Tong, was shot In: What the back and fatally injured by an ter for unidentified assailant. The highbind er fled to the headquarters of the Suey Sing Tone This Is the second shooting today, following an outbreak of the tong war at a theater when one was killed and four Injured. The po lice believe the shooting will impl!- ate the His Tong. which heretofore has not been involved. Many Applicants Are Made for Jobs With Government IVERILL REMINDS SEEKERS ON LY MEN OF EXPEKII Ni I Wil l BE EMPLOYED. K. F. Averill, logical survey, i inspector fnr the bio. i flying signals of dis- Since the publication Saturday ol the report that congress had passed the urgent defic encv hill and that h hid been instructed to hire addition al hunters In the campaign 10 exter minate coyotes and stamp out the rabies, he has been deluged lth ap plications for Jobs. Every mail brings from ten to jn letters, every hour (brings applications In person to hi- door and on the street he is dogged and way laved by seekers "f positions And now he realises that he should have been more careful In giving out the report. He forgot to mention to the newspaper men that he could not consider any applicants who have nol had a great deal of experience as trap pers or den hunters, who do not own full equipment and who are not re commended as to ahilltv and char acter by forestry officials of promi nent rtockmen. (Continued on Pag Eight) "The belligerents are fighting for existence. The thing for us to do to avoid war is to warn Americana to avoid armed liners." Harrison asserted the issue was ab solutely clear, though everybody was ttying to confuse It. Chlpperfleld leaped to his feet and cried that the president's policy meant either war or humiliation. Following a cabinet session. th president, McAdoo and Burleson re mained in the executive offlcea to learn the result of the house fight They appeared much pleased as news of the proceedings was rushed to them. The republicans applauded when Lenroot declared: "The man who votes to table the resolution and ac tually favors Issuing a warning, is a coward." Farr said: "Tabling of the resolu tion will prevent war with Germany." "The real Issue,'' asserted Graham, "is whether congress intends to mind its own bus!ness and allow the presi dent to attend to his own." Mann favored issuing a warning but urged that the best way to get straight vote on the issue would be tc vote down the previous question. Tabling the McLemore resolutloa would not be an expression of ocln "ii bg said. "I don't believe we should Jeopar dize the nation because of a few fool hardy Americans who want to sail on armed ships." Fitzgerald said. Thus the debate proceeded, mem bers were stirred to a frenzy. It was estimated the spectators numbered 10.000. Humors that the president did not regard war as unwelcome were received and circulated through, out the capltol. Friends of the ad ministration flatly denied them. It was believed the final vote on the proposition of tabling the resolu tion would begin about S o'clock. (Continued on page five.) RECORD LITTER OF COYOTE PUPS KILLED BY TRAPPEfl ILEX tm.I.ETT. CAMPING ON HITTER CREEK. tiETS Hit; II M l. E VNI.M .s. day or so ago by Alex Collett. govern ment trapper wh.ise camp is on the H F. Wigglesworth pl.ne on Butter creek. In a report to E. F Averill of this city, under whom ne is working, he states that he caught and killed a female covote that was anna to be the mother of 14 young. Mr Averill states that, so far as he knows, this Is the biggest litter on record He has board of ) an, coyote pups being taken out of a sin gle den but states that the differ. m 1 litter The kllllnk or the coyote by Trapper rvdlett put an end to j9 coyotes 10.1 the advantage of hiring men nn straight salaries rather trim pa them bounty U, demonstrated The old bounty hunter at this time ol tho year seldom killed a rema:- coyoti 'or the reason that, bv letting hr II v. his profits would be increas.-ii in.,nv fold. Th- bounty btint-rs too. killed the animals only when their fur wan In a condition to make the hldeti sal.. at good price. The trappers hlr-d by the fcler I biological survev are paid a straight salary the year around and upon ths showing they mike, depend their continuant- .n the ),.b Thun thi- kill coyotes at any time that the can. They are not permitted to collect bounty nor to aell the rum Th la the hides f ont th- animal and thr are shipped t Washfnsion where 'hs bureau auctions th-rn off to fur deal ers. The beet specimens are kept f -e exhibits or for trade with other ml) trie fi.r varlot.s specimens j William Cruel of Spokane who hit 1 been at Hot Lake for semi, ton l al : the St (ieorge tila. Uen Burroughs, loral lomtM-r an$ j fuel dealer has rft'irn-d from a hiuti I neas brig to Portland
