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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.