East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, January 08, 1917, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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East Oregonian : E.O., January 08, 1917, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textnmvcurmvn cnmn! DAILY EYOiliiG EDITIO'I ImlLl LILUtilU LUIItUi WEATHER Tnnuht a"d Tuesday unwOl, probably ruin or nw. IkI imta. Maximum r..i; minimum. ."3; ruin fall, nr. lie, wind. K light; weather cloudy. TO ADVERTISERS Thft Et OreKonlan haa the largest boot fide mid guaranteed paid circulation of an; faper In Oregon, at of Portland and by ar tba lamat circulation In l'eudletoa of any newspaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPE3 CITY OFFICIAL PAPER NO. 9013 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, "OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1917. VOL. 28 H N. STAKRELO E OF THE 1 SPEAKER HE Umatilla County Man is Given j Unanimous Vote; Gus Moser is Elected President of the Senate. 2 REPRESENTATIVES STRIKE WOULD ANYONE STEAL THESE SHELLS? .w . ' rA' 7 -re& V J- Forbes Mid Burdlok Claim They Are Not Credited Full Rights When F1b Seated; New Members Sworn la by Justice Moore. BALEM. Jan. 8. The home con vened at ten twenty, the senate at ten thirty thU morning. Senator Hawley waa named temporary president John Cochran of Portland waa elected chief clerk of the senate. The organixatlon committees were appointed. The sen ae credentials committee reported no contests. J. E. Andersoii was elected tempor. ary house president. W. F. Drager wu elected temporary chief clerk. The selection of an organisation com mlttee occupied only three minutes. Associate Justice Moore swore In tbe new house members. All were present except Gore of Douglas and Jackson who was detained home on personal business. L. E. Bean nominated R. N. Stan- field for speaker. Mrs. Thompson ol ........ Kood River and Wasco, seconded it. George Brownell. slso seconded It. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. Secretary Forbes moved the nominations close. Tumulty was the first witness before The house voted unanimously la fa- the house rules' committee lnvestlga vorof Btanfleld. Bean and Knoll's" Hon 'of the alleged Wall street leak, corted Mr. Stanfleld to the chair and He denied all knowledge of the leak Justice Moore administered the oath, and denied giving Information to Ha- Moser was elected president of the ruch. He declared he did not know .enX JuMloe Moor, swore him In. about ITe-1nl Wilson's peace ,. Moser spoke briefly, expressing hi. until after the advance copies were ,nmr . , given the newspapermen. He said: appreciation. ( am MH awititing Ht.presentative Representatives Strike. Woods apology for ImpHcatlng me." Representatives Forbes and Burdlck iJe rettd a statement friini Wilson, struck for a few minutes, claiming as saying; "I wish In Justice to Tumultv rot being accredited their full rights (l, my he stated the exact fuel. Hi In the house. When nomlnnted and na(j no knowledge of the note what- elected they ran as representatives ever UMt)i )t wa fVen for publlca from Crook. Orant, Klsmath and Lake: tion." counties. The tags on their desks Representative Chlpperfield asked bore the names of those counties. Tumulty whether he visited the local Deschutes countv wss created at the stock broker. He replied that he took election but the name was not Includ- Ambassador Gerard to W. B. Hrbb s ed In the desk tag The representa- brokerage offices. He said Gerard tlve- put, In a hurry call for nrw taxs wanted to purchase bonds, f.om the printer. Insisting they were Chlpperfield asked Lansing wheth- hrlng tl-prlved "f one county. The I er his two Interpretations of the note PL. ' ,,. HI.l,..lon of rep-! the day following Its release were iwn nn'ii ill... ... . resenting moie counties than any ether representatives ('apt. 'George A. White, In command o troop A, cavalry on the border, will return Friday to look after the inter-e.-ts of the Oregon national guard be fore the legislature. . f 't Jl es ? - -j0 sV ssh A French sentry guarding a pile of shells near Verdun. It Is difficult to-see. however, are necessary, since they seemingly would not be of use to any one but the enemy. y such precautions TUMULTY DENIES LEAK KNOWLEDGE, LAWSON REFUSES TO NAME SOURCE THREE KILLED 22 MANGLED BY A CAVE IN Six Fatally Injured When New Fill on Twin River Extension at Port Angeles Gives Way. EK6IXEER PROVES HERO Walks Half Mile to Telephone De spite Terrible Barns; Construction Foreman Has Both tiegs Broken: Fireman Suffers Smashed Head. PORT ANGELES, Jan. 8. Conductor Clyde Gibson and two track laborers were Instantly kil led and twenty two were Injured, six fatally when a new fill on the Twin River Extension collapsed. An engine and tool car were roll, ed a hundred and fifty feet down the embankment. Engineer Har ry Legear. despite terrible burns walked half a mile to telephone fot" help. Fireman Ferguson had his wrist broken, his head smashed and was terribly scalded. Tbe construction foreman had both legs broken. The uninjured la borers rolled a big rock off the dead conductor. DIES FROM RECEIVED AT PLAY Six Year Old Son of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. KM"-!! Succumbs to Internal Abscess Result of Blow on Side From Improvised Merry-go-RouiuL As a result of injuries received while playing at school, the little six year old son, of Mr. and Mrs. D. C Russell died Saturday evening at 6:30 and the funeral was held at the Fol som chapel at 10 o'clock this morn ing. The little fellow while playing with other children on the playground of the Washington school was struck In the side by an Improvised merry-go round. This was about seven weeks neo. A little later he was pushed off the steps by other boys and fell, strik ing the same side. The parents thought nothing of the mntter until recently when he began to complain of nil tide. A physician found that an In ternal abcess had formed and this ab cess had broken before he was oper ated on. general statemenU by saying: "1 can see your four flush and call it." Law son called Chlpperfield insulting and bulldozing. He submitted to cross ex. animation and declared his willing, nesa to take the consequences if he decided to refuse to answer certain questions. 'The past two years have been a gigantic robbery of the American peo ple. It was a deliberate robbery, carefully worked out. In my tele gram to your chairman I said congress had not wanted an investigation. 1 felt so then and feel so now. When your chairman told me to put up or shut up, I wasentlrely sure the com mittee did not want an Investigation. 1 will not give names." The chairman asked whether Law son knew any individual directly con veying Information to Wall street. Ha repfied "I have no direct legal knowledge." He offered to glv the chairman privately information con certing the state department end of the Investigation. He remarked "I have had hell lambasted out of me, since exposing the leak." He called one senator "an uncivilized. sure enough old blatherskite" Chipper fteld sarcastically mentioned "Fren zied Finance." Lawson said: "I am sorry I ever wrote it. It cost me sev eral millions. Supreme Court lak Alleged. Mr I.awson testified. "Many profited from the leak. I profited my self. There has been a supreme court ciipation, he paused and then replied: i leak also. The damnable situation has existed for two years. Many citi zens lost two billion dollars on the note lek. Ten ' thousand persons were ruthlessly robbed." He refused to name the leak source. He said Wall street regarded the Washington leaks as the most common He exchanged bitter per sonalities with Chlpperfield. Lansing gave the history of the note's preparation and publication. He declared Wilson write on his own typewriter. He admitted three men, on his own initiative. Lansing re plied. "I think that's beyond the scope of the Investigation." The dent, ocratlc members hastened to Lan sing's assistance and ruled that he needn't answer. Lawson stepped smilingly to the wltne-'s chair, no beamed on every rules committee member, smiled at the newspapermen and complacently remarked: "I have reason to believe I'll be stopped." When asked his oc not reporters. Were present when he gave the confidential statement to the press. He dented ever dealing with Wall strsstX DEEP SNOWS DRIVE OF EIK COWS NEAR PHOT ROCK LATE HE BULLETINS NEW CODE TO PROTECT RIGHTS OF NEUTRALS WILL BE FORMULATED Wilson and Lansing Original Agitators of Scheme Which Wilf be Developed at Meeting of International Lawyers in Havana January 22,; Problems to be Handled From Neutrals View point Instead of Belligerents. REPETITIONS OF LUSITAMIA CASE WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE Will Also Prevent Such Trespasses a" the British Mil Seizures nd Deten tion of NeutTal Snips; president Does .V intend to Foree ew tdo VntJl End of present ( ROBERT J. BENDER.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 8. The Unit ed Press has learned that internatlon. al lawyers will meet in Havana -on January twenty-second to discuss an international code to protect the lib erties of neutrals. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing are the orig inal proponents of the scheme. Brit ish commercial interference and Ger man submarines are the main reasons behind the move. Leading North and South American experts are partici pating in it. The new code will endeavor to make repetitions of the Lusitania case involving neutrals impossible. It will try to prevent such trespasses of neu tral rights as the British mall seiz ures and detention of neutral shipu. Wilson and Lansing contend that the present "Imperfect code" defining the relations between belligerents and neutrals over-emphasizes the bellig erent' needs. They advocate handling the problems from the neturals view point, instead of from the belllger. ents. The details of the new project have been withheld pending the Ha vana meeting;. The Cuban govern ment invited the delegates to hold the sessions there. Lansing recommended that the sub Ject be divided Into two parts, "Neu tral rights on the high seas," and the duties of the neutrals dependent up on territorial Jurisdiction." It is officially stated that President Wilson does not intend to force the new code upon the belligerents dur ing the war. He intends to suggest it when peace is concluded as a substi tute for the present rulea Lansing said the present rules were inadequate to warfare's new condi tions. Thus the t belligerent prlxs courts became the interpreter's of the neutral rights. GETS LIFE SENTENCE. PORTLAND, Jan, 8. Edward Bar tholomew, convicted of the murder of John Llnd, the "green trunk mystery" was sentenced to life imprisonment He made a speech, protesting his In nocence. He admitted being an ac complice in the killing. . WANT REPORT OF SPEECH. WASHINGTON', Jan. 8. The state department cabled Ambassador Ger ard at Berlin, requesting a report on' his speech to the American Association j Commerce Trade banquet Saturday night IMMIGRATION' BILL REPORTED. WASHINGTON'. Jan. 8. The con- I am a farmer." The committee laughed. Lawson explained that his lawyer said the committee had no right to demand answers or the production of papers. He added he had not Intended to Insist on that right. . He said: "r don't understand that this comhilttee Is sitting for the purpose of hauling the guilty persons Into the light and punishing them." submits to ctoss Examination. Chipperfield interrupted Ijtw-'on's A POPULAR WINTER SPORT FURTHER RISE IS SHOWN IN WHEAT CHICAGO, Jan. 8. (Special to the Fast Oregonlan) Range of prices today: Open. High. Low. Close. May 11.88 H.89H $18BH 11.88 July I1.B3H 1.6 H.hl 81.68 Portland. PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. 8. (Speci al) Merchants Exchange prices to day, club, 81.81; bluestem 81-84. "a IS Animals Almost Exhausted and One That Wanrliu-a fntdrif- Pltv T.lniltn U Easily Caiitpred-Camo Down From ! termce rePrt on the immigration bill West Fork of Birch Creek. ' htts be Placp1 before the senate' 11 li uves the Japanese government a free Evidently having wandered- down ""'"J in regulating Japanese Immlgra- from the mountains because of the'"""- " Provided in the gentlemen's deep snows, a band of seven elk cows agreement. The bill Is substantially Saturdav came down the west fork of!tn? s"e 'h(' 9pnat(' Pa several rirch creek almost to Pilot Rock, ac- j weeks ago. cording to word brought in Saturday Night by M. D. Oranse. One of the animals did stray into Pilot Rock and was so exhausted that it was easily captured. The animals were first seen in the morning at the Herbert Boylen place nbout seven miles south of Pilot Rock. During the afternoon they were seen at Robert Manning's place and It is believed they scattered there. Toward evening one of the cows walked up to the H. G. Casteel place at the edge of Tilot Rock. It was completed ex hausted and offered no resistance to being made a captive. It is believed that it had been chased by a dog. Effort was made Saturday evening by sportsmen of Pilot Rock to get In to communication with Deputy Game Warden George Tonkin as the sports men believe some measures should be ti:ken to protect the elk from coyotes and dogs as all seemed to e exhausted. GRAND JURY MAKES ITS FINAL REPORT Returns Five More Indictments and Recommends Certain Improvements at the County Hospital. With five more indictments and a recommendation for certain Improve ments at the county hospital, the grand Jury Saturday afternoon made its final report and was dismissed. The total number of true bills returned during the January session was 15. Of the five new ones, only one was against a person already In custody. This charged Claude Little with ob taining money under false pretenses. The names of the others indicted are withheld at this time. The grand Jury recommended a new roof at the county hospital, that the cellar be concreted, that new cups be purchased, that the rooms be calci mined and papered and that a new- concrete walk be laid between build ings. The Jury found that the present superintendent was doing the best pos sible under existing conditions. Reports from Various officers at Roll Call Yesterday show Church Is in Splendid Shape; Fifty-sis New McmlKM-s (.aiiied in 1916. Takes Prisoners Below. Deputy Sheriff J. H. EStes left m No. 17 today for fkilem, having in his custody J. H. Rodgers, colored man who U under sentence to the peniten tiary, and Isaak Craig. Indian boy. committed to the industrial school. AUTO RUNS A1CK, LAIS III DOORYARD Brakes Refuse to Hold on Car Left Standing at Top of Jefferson Street and Machine Plunges Over Bluff In G. W. Phelps' Yard: Badly Smashed. Left standing on Jefferson street unattended for a few moments, the Jeffrey automobile owned by Dr. F. U Ingram ran amuck when Its brakes lefused to hold, sped down hill and over a bluff into the back yard of the Judge G. W. Phelps home and ended its career somewhat smashed up against the Phelps house. The car was driven by Charles Ed wards, an employe of the Allen-Ward Co. who was out collecting bills. He had stopped the car along the west side of the C. K. Cranston property and set the brakes. He had hardly i stepped Into the yard of the R. N. Sianfield home until he noticed the Car coming down the hill toward him. It had gained such a momentum that he could not clambor aboard. The ,u...ped over the bluff at the back u.,1 i .' he Phelps property and drop ; .0 Cwn fifteen feet into the yard. . curi'.ed away some clothes lines and :'..:: . U Just against the kitchen en trance vithout doing much damage to the hoi.se. The car was pretty badly tianiaged. A Ice boating, next to skating. Is as In Canada, looked upon in many parts of the United States as one of the most popular and thrilling ouU SPILt. ON.THE' iCE door sports. The thrills of scooting along the river top on one of these boats, which at times travel at the rate of a mile a minute, is almost be- yond description, and spills such a. shown In the picture are by no means rare. The photograph was made on the Shrewsbury River at Red Bunk. N. J. A summary of the accomplishments of the year and the election of offi cers for 191" featured the Roll Call and Report Sunday of the Christian church yesterday. A large congregation, nearly all of whom were members, gathered at th'i morning service. The reports from the various officers showed one of the best years of progress in the history of the congregation. The present re vised membership is 271; gain during the year of 1916, 66. Dismissals during tha year. 16, making a net ga'n of 40 for the year. The church has had a very success ful year In its finances, having receiv. ed in all departments more than $3.- 00. and the pledges for the work during the coming year give promise of a most successful year In the his tory of the church. After the election of officers about 170 penple sat down to the filled ta bles in the basement dming room and a very enjoyable t.me was had by all. Tha following officers were elected to serve for 1917: Elder Wm. Milne. S. G. Reets. Dr. S. A. Hoe and E O. Draper. Deacons Peter Do young. Jabia Vnught. Lester Boyd, Garland Grav, Dan Bowman. R. T. Brown, Floyd Patton. Tenny. Wade Blue. Deaconnesses Mesdames Huey. S. A. Blue. Peters. Riggle. Boyd. Edmls ton, Byrd. Anlbal. De Toung. Trustee & G. Reets Upon the recommendation of the official board the church voted unan imously to Increase the pastor g sal ary 8!00. All departments of the church work are in good, healthful, growing cond;tlon and the future is full ol good promise. Scalps Are Destroyed. In the presence of S. E. Piper, as sistant biologist, and Stanley Jewett of the local office of the biological survey. 679 coyote scalps were burn ed today. They were turned in dur. Ing the months of July and August b government hunters. Shflts Pleads Guilty. Dell Shilta, Indicted on three counts for the alleged larceny of cattle frorn his mother-in-law, Mrs. Maggie Walk, er, this morning entereid a plea of guilty by bailee and was glvenu a sen. fence of one to ten years in the pen itentary. However, it is understood that he will make application for a parole. The cae against his wife, Julia Shllts, may be dismissed YOUNG UN BOY IS KILLED H HIS IK IIS HIM (Ea-n Oregonian Special.) N'OI.IN. Jan. 8. A sad accident oc curred 1 1-2 miles west of hero last Saturday evening about 7 o'clock w hen in some manner Martin Brandt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brandt, wad thrown from his hurse. sustaining In juries which caused his death at 3 o'click Sunday morning. Tile young fellow was on his way to Nolin and a few minutes before he was seen lying by the roadside he called at the home of John Hartley for a companion, who had already gone. Mra Bartley and daughter shortly afterward went to Nolin to attend church and at a point where the road forks, one going toward Br. Brandt's and the other toward Nolin her team shied at a man lying near the mail and upon her return about ten o'clock she saw him again. After returning home she informed her hu-shami of what she had seen and upon Investi- tterred in the 1 O . F. ceinetory, gation he found who it wm and sum moned help to limk after 'ho uiiC.r tunate b") who never rename.! cun- scue.'sness. Dr. O O. Wain-ienit of llermi.ton. the attending pinsioian said the trou ble was a disl.M ati-.n of thi sniri-i a? i the. base of tho skull. Martit, ;ls Id eiu-; uM int. I very large and strong fur h a... U wu highly respected by evjrv ono. He with hlit older brother an. I par ent. have been farni'ng extensively 4 miles west of here for severnl years Besides an aged father and mother he leaves two brother Hurry and Waltor, and four sister, Mrs. Enil Bielke. Mrs. Jake Klnnanl and Ml Martha llramlt who live at tarlous Places near here and Mr. Ijiuri Bragg of Portland. The funeral will be condm ted to morrow at Brho by Ilv. Hlher f PendMnn of the Gerniiin Ijuthrmn church, and tho rennliui will m In.