East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, January 20, 1917, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EVEiilaG EOlTiOII TO ADVERTISERS WrtttlMT lMl. Maximum temofraiure. SI; tii'ni mum, 21; precipitation. .1; wind, southwest, light: weather. cU.u-ly. Ibo Rait Oregonlan has the largest bona fide aud guaranteed paid circulation of any paper In Oregon, taut of Portland and by far tha largest circulation la 1'endletoa of auy oewapaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAFEB CITY OFFICIAL PAPER DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUA JANUA I 1917. NO. 9024 VOL. 28 WEVTHKR Tonight and Sunday ptrtlv ctoiidn v- -jmwmy "f 3 MEN PHH WHEN FLAMES DESTROY HOTEL Guests Jump From Windows in NightRobes;Firemen Rescue Naked Women From Port land Hotel. QUE MAN SERIOUSLY HURT ltoriln f Two md Mod Found Crouching Near Head of Stairway of lUiildlng Horn Hostelry is Practi cally Complete Lous, i PORTLAND, Jan. 20. Tlie IUiw Hotel burned and A. Hurt, Erne Maruuctto and Tom tour er perMicd. One. man wan wl mwly hurt. Ton fled to the street or Jiimed out of window In their night clothes. Firemen rescued oimi naked woman. Tlio two dead men were found crouclicd at Uu heed of a stairway one near a window. All were terribly char- ml. SEATTLE FIRE CHIEF KILLED SEATTLE. Jan. 20. Hattailon Chief Fred C. t.HImm wa killed when the Grand Theatre build in burned. Kino others were In jured. ;Uham wan found buri ed under a half ton of deliriB. Ills feet were burned off. The roof 1 CKllMwed. The charred theatre Interior and heajied smoking timber were wiirchrd for more victim, (ill luun died after directing the men to carry ho to the roof. He van standing on the gallery, lire men believe the chief steed iHU-kward and fell Into the bal cony. A moment Inter the roof calved ln burying him. The wall were, left standing. I The Hector Hotel gucU nest door fled to the street In their night dollies but returned when they found then; wax no danger. ROUND UP WILL BE ADVERTISED l'emlh'ton is sure to be represented m the annual midwinter Ice carnival hi St. I'aul the latter part of this month and. from the plans which are being made. St. I'aul and all of her guests are sure to know that Pendleton is represented. The local delegation Is planning some real "wild and wool" stunts In order to exploit the Kound- U B. Tierney and J. M. Coy, travel ing representatives of the Great Nor thern and Northern Pacific, are today ,issulng the tickets for the Pendleton 'party which will be large enough to fill at leaat one car. The tickets must be secured today or tomorrow In or ler to get the special rates. IN TOILS OF POLICE M. HeU hcr Is Arrested: Search ol Hotel Itooiu Kevcalu lnnxislng Ar ray of Alcoholic Kvidence, Chief of Police T. B. Gurdane yes terday afternoon grabbed another bootlegger in the person of M. Fletch i-r upon whose trail he had been camping for three months. Having an Imposing array of alcoholic evl donee against him, the chief had lit tle difficulty In necuring a plea ot Kiiiltv from the man He paid a fine of 1100 which brought tho total re ceipts In fines for the month to 1020. Fletcher, who works In a local ga rage and who formerly lived In vtfallii Walla, waa arrested on the street al j o'clock yesterday afternoon and ushered to Jail. There his key were taken from him and armed with them the chief gained entrance to his room In the Hotel Pendleton which was locked with a Yale lock. There h found whiskeys, wines and other II nuor In abundance and with them travs. decanters and glasse to assist In serving patrons. It was when confront- ed wUh thl. that Fletcher decided not to fluht the case. MISSISSIPPI BELLE TO CHRISTEN NEW NAVAL FIGHTER It 4 in hi -i MISS CAnihJsA MBEATH When the new battlwthip Misiaslp. Pi glides duwn the way at.. Newport Xewa on January 25, Miss Camilla McBeath, a pretty society belle of Me ridian, Mm, will give the new aea BILL WOULD REQUIRE ROAD TO BUILD WAREHOUSE SPURS (Hunt Oreffunian Special Service.) SAL. KM, Jan, 20. A bill requiring that railroads build ipur tracks to any warehouse within 1500 feet of the main line of the road where there is not less than 300 tons of freight in the warehouse to be shipped, was In troduced In the hou.-e yesterday by Representative C. C. Clark of Arling ton. The provision contains the con ditlon that the owner of the Ware house is to furnish the roadbed and ties for laying the rails, if he want the spur. It is also provided that the warehouses are to be so located that tha:ns may start on the spurs with the same power ordinarily used on straight, level track. The estray bill introduced in the house by llowman of Hillsburo, which provides for the taking tip and sale of strayed animals came into the senate yesterday and was referred to the committee on livestock. The bill provides that an estrayed animal taken up shall be kept and reasonable diligence used to find the owner. The person tailing up me an imal shall file notice within five days with the Justice of the peace that he BOASTS OF THE FIRST The city of Milwaukee, Wis., Is a leader In many municipal ''wrinkles," I . - . woman doe catcher , . .... i.i 11a C-wkw has just received he official appointment to the posi ELLA J, . j' vv - j . 1 CAWKEJ3T i .,, ' 1, A Ir V v ' 'nV 1 III . I .s i k $ ' s 21 fiBhler the name of her native state. MiXit Mclieath is well kmwn in so cial circles throughout the suiith and is espiclally known ax a typical southern beauty. has used reasonable effort to find the owner. If the owner is not found tho Justice of the peace is required to or der notice of sale fixing a time of fif. feen to twenty-five days before whic'j the animal must be claimed. The no tice is to be in the name "f the per son taking up the animal. Senator Pierce of Union county was largely responsible for re-referring the bill saying that he was averse to Its adoption until he had heard the opinions of the stockmen. Sw iss ItcKerrlstH MnH IteKrt. WASHINGTON, .lu. 20. SwIhh Minister Hitter has ordered rcM'rvists on conditional leave to ri'Ht immediately. Three addi tional SwUs army corps will bo mobilized on January 21. Ho be lieves tlie new tnxiiw will relieve the liiiltM already moblllwd. Im doii reltorted tliat large German forces were masked on the Swis frontier. WOMAN DOG CATCHER tion and is the only woman dog catch er in the United State, It Is said. Miss Cawker also conducts a schoo, for dumb animals and has conducted an extensive campaign to teach chil dren how to care for dumb animals. I Lji n ,. ' i A 1HML0F FEB MM MEXICO U Despite Official Announcement Every Indication is That Evacuation Has Started; Camps Broken Yesterday. FUNSTON MAKES DENIAL Plan la to Gradually Move Whole Army Northward and Distribute lteitulain Along the llordcr to Ite lleve Militia. SAX AXTOMO, Jan. 20. Funxton flat! dented the re- port that Pershing' expedition had started to leave Mexico. (Webb Miller.) EL, PASO, Jar). !0. Although offi cial announcement is lacking, every indication Is that Pershing's with drawal has begun. It is reported that the American camp at Elvalle was broken yesterday. Troops are march ing northward to join the main camp at Colonia Dublin. Horse corrals were built at Columbus, A hundred and fifty empty trucks were sent Into Mexico. Officials admitted that withdrawal preparations had started. Juare railroad men said many cars had been concentrated at Dublan on the Mexican Northwestern railway. They had been ordered 'that all rail forace shipments were halted. When the withdrawal news spread through the militia camps the thous ands of guardsmen cheered. The men expect their home orders after the expedition reaches the border. Carranza officials are frankly Jubi lant. They said. "We hope the report Is true, and the withdrawal occurs soon." WASHINGTON'. Jan. 20. War de partment officials momentarily ex pect Pershing's withdrawal orders. Pershing is ready to gradually move the whole army northward. He plans to distribute regulars along the bor der, releasing the militia. PLANT BLOWS UP LONDON, Jan. 20. The home of fice announced that forty bodies were in the ruins of a munitions plant near London following an explosion. A hundred were seriously injured. It is officially estimated the casual ties are less than was feared, prac tically all the explosives burst The building was completely destroyed. Neighboring factories and three rows of houses burned. There was consid erable damage to other property. Baby Girl Dies. Clara, the one-year-old baby dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. George Ternev who live on Despain Gulch 16 miles northwest of Pendleton, died this morning of kidney trouhle. The fu neral is to be held tomorrow after noon at 1:80 at the Baker chapel. Buys Home on Eat Court. L. E. Kaiser has purchased the resi dence property of R. C. Jon- on East Court street. Henry Strove has pur chased a residence lot on Rnley street of Cox & Lonergah and intends building in the spring. Both deals were made through Charles E. Heard. Hnys lenders Property. Dr. George J. Kim today purchased the beautiful home of former city Su perintendent J. S. Landers on Jack son street, the consideration being 55000. The sale was made through the agency of E. T. Wade. UNKNOWN STEAMER SF.XTS WIRELESS DISTRESS CAIJ.S ' HALIFAX. Jan. 20. Wireless calls from an unidentified vea- sel were heard last night. The Cape Race station received the calls from the Standard Oil tanker Archbold. It waa unable to discover the identity of the steamer originally filing the message. It la believed It was the Swedish steamer Pcandlna- via. bound for Norfolk from Chrlstlanla that sent the signals. TRANSFERRED TO Hearings Will be Resumed in Custom House on Tuesday Morning; Program is Un settled. WITNESSES UNDER SUBPOENA Will Hold Themselves Ready to At tend Any Hearing; Newly Retained Attoriey Enroute to Xew York to Make Plans. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. The house rules committee decided to hold the next leak Investigation meeting in the New York custom house Tues day morning. The hearing may be transferred to Washington later. The committee fi rmally retained Sherman Whipple as an attorney. He leave's tonight en inute to New York to make plans. lie will select the first witnesses. Chairman Henry said the program was unsettled. All witnesses are un der subpoena. It expected they will hold themselves ready to attend any hfaring. " WHEAT DOWN TWO CENTS IN CHICAGO CHICAGO, Jan. 20. (Special to the East Oregonlan.) Range of pri ces today: Open. High. Low. Cloaa. May 1.87 1.87V4 1.85 1.8i July 1.61H 1.61 1.61 1.61H Portland. PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. 20. (Spe cial.) Club, 81.62; bluestem, 81.67. Fm-d Mechanic Here. J. L. Van Huffell, traveling me chanic for the Ford company has been here today and will cover all the Umatilla county agencies. ASVI.l M roil ANXOYER OF T. R. Court orders Mrs. Ida claussen Doun Back V State Hospital. NY'ACK. N T.. Jan 20. Mrs. Ida von Claussen Dona, who has figured frequently in the newspapers becausa of alleged attempts to annoy Theodore Roosevelt and other noted men, was put in custody of the superintendent of the Middleton state hospital bf supreme court Justice Tompkins to day. She was once committed to the Bloomingdae asylum, but was releas ed on a supreme court order after be ing placed under observation of phy. sicians, who declared her sane. Arter leaving Bloomlngdale, Mrs. Dona was committed to the Middleton Institu tion. She was permitted to go on pa role in the custody of a relative. When on parole she was married to Francis A. Dona after fleeing from the home of her custodian and was then recommitted to Middleton. On her behalf today a motion was made to have this order of recommitment vacated and It was denied by Justice Tompkins. Mrs. Dona once tried to sue Col Roosevelt, because she said that when he was president he prevented her from being introduced at the Swedish court. , YORK NEAR RIOT AT HIGH SCHOOL DANCE; POLICE WERE CALLED Tom Murphy, who was recently per manently suspended from the high school, was the chief figure in a dis orderly incident at a dance In the high school gymnasium following the basketball game last evening. Prior to the dance young Murpn , 0f the high school faculty sav It h s had been notified by a member of the j be the r,,gular custl)m for "thm , hieh school fneulty that the faculty had decided he was not wanted at tho wnr ""tendance at the high school dance, so It Is asserted. It l- stated 1 dance and that they were amply Jus. also by faculty members that he j tified In barring the suspended stu promised not to attend. Young Mur- . dent. It is also contended by them phy denies this. He did nttend the that the authority of the faculty must dnno mid was reouested by principal i be upheld or the school will be Drill to leave. After some parleying Murphy struck the principal a blow ot, the chest. Thereupon Principal Drill phoned for a policeman to take charm of his assailant, the police being sum. moned on the advice of Mrs, 8. A Lowell, a board member, who wa present at the dance. Before the police arrived young Murphy was persuaded by some of f his friends to leave. No arrest was made MISSING ARMY AIRMEN FOUND SAX DIEfJO. Jan. I'). Lieu tenant Itobertson in expected here thin afternoon. Colonel Bishop will crime later, follow ing their rescue. Robertson ex pects to lead a party to the, wrecked aeroplane. The avia tors who have been mbvini? '(f two weeks were found in tbe Mexican wirl where they ha.l been wandering for 4 days without food ot water. WARNS U. S. OF JAPANESE PERIL -4 r A I - r 4 w NEW YORK, Jan. 20. Leslie M. Shaw, former secretary of the treas ury, believes that Japan will Insti tute a Monroe Doctrine of the East after the end of the present war, and believes that sitting as one of the counsel of nations, will procure the support of her present European al lies in this policy. Mr. Shaw In speaking upon the subject then add ea the following significant sentence: "And she may ask neutrality while discussing with the United States the supremacy of the Pacific." FUNERAL OF NAVAL HERO IMPRESSIVE WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Admiral Dewey's private funeral was held from his residence at ten o'clock. Anna polis middies escorted the flag draped casket to the capitol. Chaplain Fra zier of the flagship Olympia. said the simple ceremony. A secretary's salute of nineteen guns was fired at noon. Distant battleships saluted. President Wilson, Secretary Daniels and other officials accompanied the procession across the Potomac to Arlington cem etery. Taps were sounded. All gov ernment departments closed and con gress adjourned. SIHP IS LAUXCHKD. ASTORIA, Jan. 20. The new McCormick steamer Ernest H. Myer was launched In the Wilson shipyards this morning. Ger trude Cochran, nine year old daughter of S, J. Cochran of Portland, broke a bottle of cham pagne over the bow. Cochrun is superintendent of construction. A crowd from Portland, Grays River and St. Helens witnessed the launching The vessel's name was changed from Latourette at the last minute. Today the high school principal Is being roundly denounced by certain high school students who assert hi? course toward young Murphy was wrong. On the other hand member.) thrown into turmoil. Had Principal Drill retaliated when struck by Murphy It la said a free fight would have occurred as friends of the ex-student were prepared to give him aid. Tom Murphy says that Principal Prill saw him buy a dance ticket and did not object at that time. He also complains that the principal spoke to him while he was Hiiionx when he should have done so between dances. TO BE CLOSE TO ULSL PORT Wireless Warning From British Warship Declares German Ship is Near Steamship Lines off New York. PRSUERS STEAiHS NOHTH Aii-umiilating Evidence Indicate That Raider Observed Every Rule of International Law and Warfare; Only Freighters Were Molexted. Xew York, Jan. 20. Wlrdewi station reported that lurttlih warships were again aendlnc ra dio warnings to allied mcn-hant-men saying the raider was near Atlantic steamship line off Xew York. RIO DE JANEIRO, (Copyright IT. P. Jan. 20. The Brazilian packet steamer Bahia reported sighting the raider off Castrlo Grande Do Norte Friday. It was traveling north at twenty knots. No consort was sight ed. All South American governments are guarding their neutrality. Uru guay sent the steamer Corsalrio from Montevideo, to patrol the coast line. Brazil dispatches said several war ships of the allied fleet were concen trating on the coast. A Falkland Island wireless said the Eritish fleet was steaming northward. Two cruisers have reached Pern am - buco. Accumulating evidence Indi cated the raider observed every rule of warfare and International law. American Consul Gottschalk said that official advices Indicated a "predeter mined plan to avoid attacking passen ger ships and avoid International complications." Only freighters were molested. The raider carefully hoists Its true colors when within gun range and flies the British flag during pursuit. All sur vivors said the raider was capable of great speed. Some added its hold was filled with ammunition. PENDLETON CONVICT IS III PRISON FIGHT Jack Wdton C-minilued from Tho -I.v L; slanted in (heck and Arm by Frank White of Portland. SALEM. Jan. 20. Convict Frank ; White, committed from Portland, , .-.a.-iinl convict Jack Welton On the i urek alio in the arm In a fight In the i'i.in d.ning room yesterday, offl c,aiS divulged the facts today. Wel Uu, was commuted from Pendleton i for bur;!ary. His wounds are not j dangerous. White w-aa put in the dungeon. The records at the sheriffs office show no Jack Welton committed from this county. In August, 1915 a man by the name of C. S. Welton was held here a few dayes for the sheriff of Lane county on a charge of nun-sup-pert. However, the man in question may have been known here under some other name. LATE WIRE BULLETINS YAIUtUWD.YIJ-' TO SYA INEMl'DF. AMSTERDAM. Jan 20 The Cologne Gaaetie dispatch said the captured British ship Yarrow dais was taken to Swinemude, a strongly fortified Pruseian town at Port Sti ttin on the Baltic PROMOTION t RITH I7.E WASHINGTON, Jan 20 Thy Army mid Nay Journal, the of. ficial service organ, bitterly at tack. d WiL-ona promotion of persnnal phviriuit. r,rason, to the rear adiniralshlp. It saiii he p.iaaed i.ra).iu over the hads of a hundred ami twenty-two other eligible nWlMTN STEM. U.VHI. KANAPOl.IS. Kans., Jan. 20. Five bandits blew the Exchange State Hank vault and took twenty five hundred dollars cash and a thousand dollars in stamps. James Cowle Jr.. the bunk priMldent'a son. fought the bandits. He waa wounded in the arm. Son in Horn. was born last night to Mr. K. It. Al ard of . Mapl A son ind Mrs street.