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VOL. 28
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1916.
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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