East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, March 09, 1916, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION TO A 1) V E KTISEIIS. The Kaat Oregonlan has the largest patd circulation of an; paper In 'Iregun, east of Portland and over twice the iliTiilatlon In I'eDdleton of any other newspaper. r'nreat for Eastern Oregon hy the I mu l state. Weather Oharrvrr I Port! ind Tonight in I Frida COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER ' KFfPU VJ COUNTY OFFll IAL PAPER VOL.28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGOS. THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1916. NO 87 MEXICANS RAID BORDER AMiRCAA TOWN IS ATTACKED G 11 DECLARES WA Ships' Seizure and Refusal to Liberate Them Lead to Declaration of Hostilities Spain May be the Next Country to Get Into Struggle Austria Will Also Declare War on Portugal; Statement Issued at Berlin Declares War Was Made Necessary Through "Illegal Seiz ures and Breach of Special Treaties" RERUN, Maii ii . .crim.ii e- i l.ii itl war on l-ortnjral today, follow -mi. Hie Portllgaree refusal to KMOTC inter. a-d Onaean rroerta seised hi Hie TM rlwr. I'oniigaJ refusal I, and. si to Gl'llliail) on Saturday anil the mntcnta won- .tiio.M'd today, she i- liie fourteenth Miuer Involved iii Ho- tar. I lie PoftttKlMvp nav) consists l oni- Nrrond ctaas anil four thlnl dam cruisers, fifteen gunboats, five dc--tcocr-. lour lorpetff) Itoat. one ab inarlne gad tliMMi men. she l.a- a standlni arm of 80,004) ami a colon, i ll uirtl or hihhi. Her total strength on land I- MO.Mt, T hlrty-flva Interned German mer. hantmen were reccntl. seized bj the Portuguese mltttars authorities Pleading they needed them for trans Porta Germans Immediately de in .tided their surrender. At the out l i. 'iik of the war Portugal announced . henavolitl neutrality toward the g I . gnd Portuguese troops are report ed to have a ded the entente soldleri .n the African operations, i.'rman toda issued a statement I otntlni out that the seizure of her hlpa Violated the Qcrmaa-Portugii-eae treaties, providing that In the event of such seizure, adequate onn i enaatlon should first lie made. The Herman minister at Lisbon, handing Hie war declaration to the foreign minister said "The German govern ment therefore now considers herself i loin this date at uar with Portugal.1' The ilerman statement said that war was made necessary by the "Il legal seizures, constituting a most grave breach of neutrality and of the special treaties Germany has been obliged to surrender her former fore i earing altitude, maintained on ac count of Portugal's awkward position with regard to the English." Manx hinted that another result of Hie breach will he the entrance of Spain In the war on Germany's Side It was believed that Austria also will d . hire war Immediately. SCOUT IN NORTH SEA AND RETURN SAFELY NOTHING BEEN E HIUTISII SQUADRON I MAIN FLEET STILL T KIEL IMSTKHPAM, March 9. Several last Oermnn scout cruisers, with dis guised auxiliary vessels, conducted u u.'cessful reeonnalsance on the North a and returned without encounter ing British warships. Berlin dispatch es asserted. Trawlers mistook these vessels fur drcadui. lights. This Is Hi. oigbl to explain the story the tier man fleet had left Kiel, seeking the Brltlah, Increase in Rates Affects Grain and Coal in the West IXTEHOTATE COMMERCE COM MISSION n nrm pro posed ADVANCER, WASHINGTON, March s -The In-tetsiat.- commerce -nmmlsslon Justi fied th.' proposed Increase In freight rat en In western classification terrl t -r wt of the Mississippi. The in DTMM affects grain product and coal. NATATORIUM MAY BE USED EARLIER IF IT'S HEATED COUNCIL II s Nor IBANDONED PI. IN TO IMPROVE sVIM. MING TANK. With the approaefl of spring evi dent the thoughts of Pendleton 1 - pie are beginning toturn again to the DatatOrlum where they disported themselves for a eoujile Of inontha last year. The committee of the council. In charge of the swimming pot, has not abandoned Its plana for healing (ha water so that the natuttc rium ma he used earlier In the spring and later In the fall. CouncUman John Vaughan stated this morning that he Us still strongly In favor of putting In the electric heating apparatus and will recom mend such action tn the council In the near future. The cost of the heater is very nominal, he states, and both the initial coat and the subse. quent cost of electricity would be made up by a small charge to bath ers, he thinks. The proposed heater la fitted Into the Intake pipes In such a manner that the water In passing must come In contact with It. fn this way Councilman Vattgjwn thinks the tem perature of the water could be raised to an degrees or above, a comfortable temperature for bathing He does not think it will cost more than S.tti or $1,00 lor a tilling State Convention of W. C T. U. Will be Held in City PENDLETON CHOSEN Foil XEXT GATHERING OP 1801 ' VTION IX OCTOBER, The next atate convention of the Women's christian Temperance Union will lie held It. Pendleton some time in October, according to n report com ing from Portland where the execu tive committee bus been in session the past few days The local of the or ganization has not yet been apprised of the selection of this city. The action of the state executive committees Is a response to an invi tation recently sent by the local W. C T. C and seconded by the Pende ton Commercial association. A stuta convention of the white rlhhoners has never been held In eastern Oregon and this was a factor In securing for Pendleton the next meeting. Dele gates from every part of the state at tend these conventions Bandit loots Bank. ST PAUL, Minn., March 9 Rid ing lo the door of the Security stale bank here, a masked bandit secured M4 g cash locked the Institution's president, cashier and teller In the vault, remounted his horse and escaped. PROPERTY OWNERS WANT TO HAVE MADISON STREET PAVED RENEW ITTEMPT TO HAVE SOME I M I ON I IKEJi OX PETI1 ION TO COUNCIL. It 1 1 uf rrc tt paving of Madison street from Jackson to Wilson is to be made by properly I owners In the affected district. K. A. Sohlftler, one of the property owners, I appeared before the council last eve-1 ning and asked that some action be taken on the petition presented last summer for this purpose. He stated that a majority of the property own ers favor the Improvement and would like to have the work started this spring. The street committee prom Ised some action Boon. With the intention of building ulti mate a sexton's house, the council last night decided in favor of purchas ing the If, lots adjoining the ceme tery for lir.n. The new cemetery or. lluance. providing for the better eu pervislon of the burial grounds, was also passed last evening. Hlds on lYinilnt. Hlds for the city printing for the next two years were opened last eve i im; The Kast oregonlan was the onh bidder for the printing of legal notices and will probably be awarded the contract. The bid was less than the price now paid The Tribune and H. W. Ireland bid for the Job work of the city, the latter s figure be liii! the lowest In most Instances. The b:ds will be reported upon next week. No report was made upon the pe tition for a more equitable assessment f the costs of the Monroe street Im- provement. the street committee ask ing for further time. No further ac tion was taken either on the fire es cape ordinance. Reports of the re corder and treasurer were about the only other matters before the council. Baker is Sworn in as War Secretary I ! WASHINGTON, March t. Newton a) Bakei of Clave land was sworn in as.a secretary of war today. .Entering his!4 new office he found the war depart- j 4 ment'l worst trouble the Mexican sit- 0 uat on which is demanding immediate attention. Shown dispatches he aldljO "It looks as though I'd have some- thing to do immediately. However, Kitting busy Is the best way to pre. cnt home sickness." Rabid Coyote at Albee Stirs Up Plenty of Excitement; the Animal Finally Put to Death A till amuck f a rabid coyote running . the town or lbee and ot excitement aplenty among the towns peopie was orougni uown iooa ' j Paul W Clark, well known young resident Of Albee. He reports that cases of rabies among the coyotes of the southend are being reported fre quently now with the result that most of the men are going armed. The visit of Uie rabid coy ote to the town was made Tuesday of this week, he states. It appeared first at the ranch of M. F. Dick about 7 in the morning. The two Dick boys, noting that It plainly exhibited symptoms of lh .tisfeise secured mins and set nul In pursuit. They followed It to the: ranch of Jim Conatant where another j coyote had appeared at hi. earllei j hour. There It attacked a dog while the hoys emptied tnelr guns at it without hitting It When the animal j turned upon them they dropped t heir j guns and sought refuge in a tree The animal then made Its way into I the town and. at 8:30, passed through ! the school yard The Dick boys, huv- Ing secured more ammunition, were PQRTUGA GROUND BROKEN FOR HARVESTER COMPANY HERE Another form of P up was staged on W this afternoon when the Blawett Harvester ndleton Round- st Court street stockholders of i Id. participated In a formal groundbreaking celebra- I Hon to fittingly observe the starting of work on the company's plant. With J. V. Tallman and W. B. I Hrock. old and new president of the Commercial Club handling the shov els some 40 or 50 local businessmen saw the official start on the erection of a plant that will add materially to the city's payroll. The crowd was photographed by W. S. Howman with the famous Hound-up grandstand in the background, the picture thus set ting forth the date for the coming show and also nHking known to the world that Pendleton Is on the map as a manufacturing center. Those assembled for the occasion today, however, did not start the first actual work on the ground. Already a force of men had made much pro gress on the prel'mtnary work tow aids erecting the first concrete build ings. Shops and sheds were in evi. dence and a trench had been excava ted connecting the grounds with the city water system. This evidence of activity on the part of the company caused many favorgble comments. The articles of Incofporat'on for the new compan; have been accepted at gg.Iwn Hnd lh(. n meeting of stock holders will be held tomorrow even ing at the Commercial Club rooms All subscribers to the fund are asked th tte I RR lfi VTION CONGRESS IS 1 SESSION- SALEM, Ore., Murch 9 At the opening of the drainage, ir rigation and credits conference. Wlthycombe urged utilizing the outstanding mortgages as a bas is for securing further loans on rural credits. Many opposed the state guaranty of irrigation bonds. The Kuropean credit system was strongly advocated. A. U Mills, a Portland hanker, was elected chairman in a close race with .1. T Brown, presi dent of the Fanners' Union. a still in pursuit ,,n. they chased the animal through the blacksmith shop n to the main road. They took MUlonal sh.M at the brute but It an seemed to bear ., charmed life At the Fisher place II ran among the stock and then st .rted after Wilfrid Corb y, who was employed at the ranch. Fortu'natelv ror him its atten tion was attracted by a dog. which! gave fight As it turned back into the! road it passed within three feet of Mrs. Fisher who was hurrying out with a shotgun. Gale Dick. Bail Clark and Wilfrid Corley followed the coyote until aft -1 ernoon getting close enough at times' l., shoot hut never sue. -editor Im out-I succeeding m put- ting a bullet Into it. Finally they trailed It to a big den In lhe ground w he. e It had taker refuge. When Mr. Clark left home the hoys were prepar-j lag to dig cut the den and expected J to find several animals Mr Clark states that a short time o Fred Bolln Of Potts killed a mad .ote right at li s doorstep As he ago Fre,l Coyote ri thrust U Imal seiz gun out the door, the an j 1 the barrel In Its teeth Just la Bolln pulled the trigger BY V1LLISTA 4 U. S. Troopers and 7 Citizens Are Killed; Several Buildings Are Burned; Raiders Are Driven Out Pendleton Chosen by S. S. Delegates for Next Meeting RELIGIOUS WORKERS END CON VENTION AT MILTON; MA LOXEY Is PRESIDENT. Pendeton was selected yesterday as the place for the next annual conven tion uf the Cmatllla County Sunday School association which closed Its 1916 convention last evening at Mil ton, At that time the 21st anniver sary of the organization will be cele brated. It was also decided yester day to hold the annual boys' and girls' conference in Pendeton soma time in May or June of this year. Judge J. W. Maloney of this city was re-elected president of the or ganization at the business meeting (Continued on Page Eight.) Stella Williams is Paroled From the State Prison MiTOIHOl s VOCNG SOI AW GIV EN LIBERTY AFTER YEAR IX THE PEN. Stella Williams, lung squaw of the the notorious Umatilla reser vation to whom whiskey has Deen such a curse, is now free again Aft er serving a year in the penitentiary. she was yesterd y paroled by GOTar-llng and will be alowed as long as she keeps the ,f her parole. It is not , waver, that she will be, o return to hei home as )een a disposition on the! conditio certain, permltti there h part awa if parole authorities t.. keep ner from the temptations which are sure t frlendi Stell beset among her old was sent from this county a on a charge of larceny from on. a colored man having that she robbed him She guilty and was paroled by helps upon the condition woal.l remain on the reser- year the pel timed Judge that h latlon liquor alone. one hour The Americans dragged ma after a few weeks, chinp KUns jnt,, (r1c streets and sprav- her parol . ters the penitentiary. Let. om her from time to I hat she h..s enjoyed i ;-. 1 was happj t away from liquor, two ago she wrote that she didn't care mil win paroled or not. Nine other parolee were yeaterda) by the governor . of the nine were men sent t' count One was frank Si; up a year ago last Februar having been convicted of robbing old man during the 1914 Round-up. The other wis Uave Winner, convict ed of robbing the house of Ad (Irlgga near CayUM and sentenced last March. 1 lOSifld PriCeS dt Chicago Higher Toda CHICAGO, March 9 -(Special 1 May opening tl 1 3-4. closing, ll.ll Set; July, opening. SI OS 3- closing SI 09 1-2 Pottlaaal, PiiltTI.VND lire.. March 9. (Special i -Merchants- Kx. h inge I. .Is today, club, It, 97 asked Mueatem 11.43 bid, $1 "ti asked Llvci-poo' LIVERPOOL, Mali h I Wheal Spot No l Manitoba hard winter gulf I: western winter 13s 1 4 In American term top price fof Spot N the Liver p. I! u per hushel. Thirteenth Cavalry Clears Columbus, New Mexico, of Bandit Forces; Fighting Lasts Two Hoursin Streets of City; American Soldiers Put Machine Guns Into Action; Report Circulated That Villa Himself Led thefAttackers. WASHLXGTOX, March 9. In Jfflcial messages rroni Major Loners I si-ott said between four and five hundred bandits charg ed Into Columbus, set fire to hulUlng, stationed rifle squads tn the streets and shot citizens as they (time dashing from the blaz ing houses, col umbos has a pop- ntadon of four hundred. The bondings are chiefly of wood. HI. PAso, March 8. Descending suddenl) upon Columbus. New Mexi co, at four tills .our ...is ...onuiiK. iawawa8 certainly a hot fight. I under oanotts iti i ten ,r American soldiers, s,ad Colonel Slocum has not asked seven .-miens, wounded many, and reinforcements, but we certainly need burned several buildings. Many of, more troops here to protect ur peo the bandits were slain. Brigadier Gen.) pie." erai ,-ersmng reporieo. .tie ininei-ntn cavalry, stationed near fiHlumhus. drove the Mexicans acro the border after a sharp sklr- mlsh. Colonel SI, sum. i-oounandlng the .avalry. declared dead Mexicans ..... r i.i. aanoai ua inunung. rour nunureo u.ia.as uei.vereo ine aitacK unaer cover oi aargness irom ww in ,.eicans ur- from streets, into houses, aroused the Americans. Several were shot t unning from doorways. Others fell in sharp fighting before the raiders were driven across the border three miles away. Rumors that several guests perish - ed in the burning Commercial hotel; were discredited. James .lean and wife were both killed defending their home. T. C. Miller was slain in a drug store. W. T. Hichey. proprietor of a hotel at tempted to defend his property and was allot Three other civilians gave their lives aid ng the troops. Cavalrymen stationed nearby ar rived quickly. The fighting lasted two ri ,he bandits with lead. some declare Villa himself led the i SCHOOL DIRECTORS TO HOLD ANNUAL CONVENTION HERE mention or the school county will tie held an church of this city sessions both morn Supt K. J Klemme tomorrow with lug and evening of Blltnaburg arrived this morning and will be th, principal speaker This evening he and Supt. I K. Young will go to Hermiston to attend a par J"s r". ent-teachers' meeting, tomorrow ev- i etiing they will go to stanfleld for a similar meeting and on Saturday aft ernoon and evening they will attend in institute of the teachers of the east end at Milton. The following Is the program for the directors- meeting tomorrow. Morning. the for the I a m The School Budget County H s. Fund Law; Qualiflca Hons and F.mplownenl of Teachers School Supplies and Be hoc iPl Agents, a Better Means el Suppol the Public schools. 1 p ni. I Us. usion of topics finished at morning session .' 30 p. m - Address. 'The urn tllrl supt head Four-Square' K. J. Khm.ne, .f schools F.llenshurg. Wash if training department state BO school SehOOl official Irons and friends ire invited hers and pa the public school! , BANDITS raiders. He has been encamped to days at Paioma, across the border. The Mexicans mounted, retreated precipi tately, leaving nearly 40 dead. J. L. Greenwood, president of the Columbus bank, an eye-witness of the fighting said: "The town was arous ed by the first volleys. Armed citi. wna tried to help the troops but the Mexicans' first rush carried them through our patrol lines and Into the heart of the town. Three dead Mexi cans were found In front of the bank Probably thev Intended r.. loot i if A11 was qm, f,, nQon The re- j treating Vlllistaa carried off ! American . several WASHINGTON Feb As a re j suit of the Vlllista raid on Columbus" senator Fall this afternoon began - gathering information fo for a renewal of his attack c the administration Mexican policy. Rorah at... .l steps to attack the president's stand He will conduct , ; theory the administration enforce, American rights on the high seas but i falls to maintain Its prestige along j lhe southern border. 1 DOUGLAS, March I. Isaaa .he wounded was Ueutenant clarence Penson of the Thirteenth cavalry shot through the right arm. Colonel Slocum reported Ten wounded Am erican soldiers were taken to Fort Bliss at noon. WASHINGTON, March 9 -Amer -can troops entered Mexico pursuing the fleeing VillisIa.s after the Colman bus raid. The state department It considering asking rarranza to per mit American troops to assist in run ning down Vila and other bands. BIG ATTENDANCE WANTED TO HEAR M'COURT SPEAK bj the who u club t. he republican men out to th- the meeting tomorrow night J J0. court is going to apeak on the nth Ject of women part which the in lltlrs and th o T-seien t a , f am ;, ' -... !..., special attention t., the nueal national prepared Mea and th. new wnch nave been created ", lha Present Kur..pe..n war tlw lhe m"n r' t"'nK '" he glrea an equal volce with the men in the aelerti. of the officers for this club It hi I nounced. Dr. M s Ken. th- temper, ary chairman, urees thai .... publican In the UuulM l. a. th- amafl room prompt I cm 1 in n .r.l.r that this meeting b'Wed to vote all present win be ai without it costing then "'iJintng .wter the organtaatl parfealod in. i the i rn... i ipo those wh.. p) is w.n n Mr. and Mrs i a,., Paalaad Helix, came in this morning tu apart I the day.