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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 28
I MEN KILLED
Avalanche Cuts Power Line
Putting Douglas, Treadwell
and Juneau in Total Dark
ness. WEATHER IS BITTER COLD
:Miu'rw Are Hunting Con"" of
Maurice Koamumen and Benjamin
(irete Burled WlM'n, Three Slides
Oivurred In Mountains.
Jl.NE.UT, Alaka, Jan. 27.
lUM-urra are hunting the rirto
if Maurice ItawiiUHMMi, following
three miow Mules In I lie moun
taiiw surrounding (he lty. Ben
jamin (.rcte, a lineman was also
killed. The avalanche cut tlio
imiKT limn and Douglas, Tread
well and Juneau arc In total
darkness. U Ih Ititirr cold.
1L 304 IS STORM
CENTER: BIG BATTLE
AT
Advhv Indicate 1-rvuoh Have He
(.nlmil Nearly All (.round (ientiauii
Took Thiirsduy Mishl; llritiMi At
tacks ou Ia lia-o canal Fall.
PARI?, Jan. 27 Tt In announced
(hat 11 1' I ill t'd arllllerylng marked the
continued struggle in Mill 304.
French frr destroyed Oerman works.
KeparKes nil the scene of a heavy
battle, five German aeroplanes were
destroyed.
Advices Indicated the French have
regained practically all of the ground
(ho Oirmarw took Thursday night
1'ariK believes the Germans are at
templing to ascertain whether the
Krench are preparing; to attack on th
went tiank of the Meuse. The attack
cost the German thousand of men.
It Is estimated a hundred and twenty
thousand Germans participated.
BERLIN, Jan. 27. (Via Sayvllle'
It is announced that repeated
French attacks on Mill 304 collapsed
The statement described battles on
Combrea Heights and Meuse Bend
west of 8alnt Mlhlel. Ten Belgians
were captured southwest of DIxmude.
British attacks failed south of I-a-hassee
canal.
START SURVEY OF
FEDERAL HIGHWAY
Stirvevlng of the proposed federal
aid highway across Umatilla county
Is now under wny between Pendleton
nnd Krho. A crew of fifteen men In
charge of Engineer Bennett. Is now
surveying nnd mnpplng the route eust
of here. The stretch from Pendleton
to the eastern line of Umatilla county
has already been completed.
About the first of the week It is ex.
pected the crew of surveyors will
move their camp to Echo, although It
will be some time yet before the de
tailed survey la completed this far.
For several days Engineer Bennett
has been looking over the district west
of here, making a preliminary survey
of the most feasible route from here
to The Dalles. Uter the crew will
go over the road, making detailed sur
veys and maps.
The road now being surveyed Is the
one on which It Is proposed to have
the federal road money expended In
conjunction with -the state funds, t'n
der the law the federal government
will put the same amount of money
Into construction of these highways
us is expended by the staje. Echo
Sews.
PEACE TALK IS
CAUSE OF DROP
IN WHEAT PIT
CHICAGO, Jan. 27. (Special to the
East Orcgonlan) Peace talk caused
a five and a quarter break In May
vheat. July dropped three and three
eights. September I down one and
u quarter.
Today's range of prlcos:
Open. High. Low. Close.
M.iv SI. 80 SI. 80 11.74 1.75 14
July S1.S0H SI. 50 SU614 11.47 H
Portland.
PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 27. (Spe.
rial)--Club Sl n2; bluestcm SI. 56.
IN SNISIIS
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MI?S H.J-'SPANELI,
SAX ANTONIO, Tex., Jan. 27.
'barged with the murder of his beau
tiful wife. Crystal Holland Hpanoll.
nnd of IJciilenant-Colonel Matthew
". Huttler. of the Sixth Cavalry V.
S. A.. Harry J. Spanell went on trial
here today.
Spancll was the proprietor of a
hotel. His wife was the daughter of
a wealthy banker and ranchman, and
met Spanell while she was attending
I-aylor I'nlversity. Lleutetiant-Col-1
nel Mutter was married. He was
stationed at WashlngtorffTrr n--Tn
at the War College and had a wide
ac'iualntalnce In army circles.
The motive for the killing was still
AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION IS
ORGANIZED BY LOCAL DEALERS
The Pendleton Automobile Aasocla.
tion came Into being Inst night nt a
meeting of auto dealers held in the
Commercial association rooms Us
chief present purpose will be the pro.
moling of the first annual Pendleton
auto show, scheduled for next month,
but it will be a year-round organisa
tion devoted to the Interests of the
automobile business and to the en
couragement of good roads.
Robert Simpson of the Simpson
Auto Co., was elected president; J. W.
McCurmm.iih of the Pendleton Auto
Co., vice president; Jack Allen of the
Allen-Ward Co., secretary, and J. U
Knight, Studebaker distributor, was
chosen treasurer. The board of di
U. 8. DESTROYER
DAMAGED BY FIRE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. A
coast guard reported that a Untt
Statcs torpedo boat was found
afire and beached at Orient
Point, Long Island . It was towed
to Greenport. The name was with
held. NEW YORK, Jan. 27. The
Greenport Construction Company
admitted a I'nited States de
stroyer was taken to their yards
after fire damage at Orient point.
Employes refused Information re
garding the extent of the damage.
LOST TO WA1TSBURG
P. II. 8. (ilrlH IrefcaU'd by 17 to 20
Score, Iioyn Team IVs 7 (o 8;
Roth Jlatdos) Hard Fought.
The P. H. 8. boy and girls' basket,
ball teams lout to Waltsburg at Waits
burg last night
The girls' game, as was expected,
was close and hard fought. The only
thing the Waltsburg girls had In their
famor wiu their home floor. The
score was 20 t 17.
The boys' game was a one-sided af
fair, Waltsburg winning 59 to 7. This
score does not Indicate the hard bat
tle the P. H. S. boys fought, however.
EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY,
)
a inKti-ry when the trial opened.
The home life iif the Rpanells seem
liiKly, was Ideal. On the evening of
Jul; 2M, after a drive about the city
of Alpine, the Rpanells Invited Col
onel Hutler to Join them. A few
minutes later Spunell walked Into the
jail and surrendered to the sheriff.
"1 have killed them both." he said.
Spunell stopped his ,car a few
Mocks from the hotel, the police
suid and began shooting with an
automatic pistol and a six-shooter.
T1ir"iiimer of bottl Mrs. Fpahell' nnd
Colonel Huttler, who were occupying
the rear teat, were riddled with bul
lets. rector will be chosen later and every
firm in the city handling autos or ac
cessories will he represented on it
The automobile men met last even
ing to discuss the details of the com.
Ing automobile show One thing is
certain The show U going t0 be big
ger than the promoters had planned,
and, Instead of ulng only a part of
the Happy Canyon povilion, they will
now use the entire pavilion Joseph
Rleg, the manager, has been so no
tified and will bring decorations in ac
cordance with the enlarged plans.
The dealers had guaranteed to display
20 automobiles but space has already
been requested for 32
The next meeting of the associating
has been set for February 6.
IS
Xo Word Received Yet From Stone
houso, Where Skirmish Hotwcon V.
S. Troops and Mexicans Took Place.
XOr.At.KS. Jan. 27. Head. 4
quarters' advices said fighting
between Amerimn mu-lutr A
I'tah cavalry and Mexicans eon- 4
untied todajy. tcinfortinietit
were rushed. The nimminitlnir
officer has started an Investl-
gallon. 4
ARIVACA. Arls., Jan. 27. N'o
word has been received from Stone
bouse, the scene of a skirmish be
tween cowboys, Utah cavalry and
Mexicans yesterday. A small de
tachment of troops is enroute from
Tucson. The N'ogales cavalry is held
in readiness.
Jl'AREZ. Jan. 27. The CHrrania
commander at Casas Grandes report
id that General Pershing's headquar
ters at Colonla Dublan were evacuat
ed at daybreak. The troops are
n, arching leisurely northward. Their
tiext base is OJo Federlco.
MILITARY SKIIVIOE FAVOUK.D.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 The
national security league unani
mously voted favoring universal
military service for all male citi
zens at nineteen years. It rec
ommended rinttshurgh system.
CHILD LABOR DAY
TO BE OBSERVED
Tomorrow and Monday, Jan.
28 and 2, are designated as
"Child Labor Days" throughout
the nation and, through the co
operation of the churches and
parent-teacher organizations, the
ministers of Pendleton will to- 4)
morrow speak on the subject.
"What can we do to free the
children?"
There are In the country 1,. 4)
850,000 children between the
ages of 10 and 15 who are work. 4)
ing in factorial" and various
lines of Industries when they
should be going o school and
getting the other advantages of 4)
childhood. The new federal
child labor law frees 150.000 of 4
these children but other means
must be devised to free the oth-
ers.
ALLIES SOLIDARITY
SHOWN BY IDENTICAL
OPINIONS ON SPEECH
They I niU-dly Declare the President's
Views Approximate Uie Allies'
Ideas.; New German Peace Move
Excitement.
LONDON, Jan. 27. Officials be
lieve that the Rome, Petrograd and
Paris identical oplniuns on President
Wilson's senate address shows freh
proof of the al lie' solidarity. They
unitedly declare the president's views
approximate the allies' ideas. Rus
sia favors all nations having a sea
outlet and autonomous Poland. Tho
Petrograd foreign office said the al
lies did not wish to crush their ene
mies. Paris reported that the United so
cialist deputies had formally passed
a resolution approving Wilson's aim
and urging the 'democrats of all na
tions to Join In hastening peace "
Eighty nine members signed it. At!
are extreme socialists.
London is all excitement on ac
count of reports that an Important
fierman pVace move would mark the
Kaiser's birthday. A notable gather
ing Is assembled at the "great head
quarters" with a preten'e of celebrat
ing. It Included the kaiser. Austrian
emperor. Foreign Minister Hollweg,
Foreign Secretary Zimmerman, Hin
denburg. Quartermaster General Tu
dendorff and other high army and na
vy officials.
EAST END FARMERS
ORGANIZE A FARM
LOAN ASSOCIATION
MOKE THAN" S7.0.000 IX LOANS
ALREADY APPLIED 1X1R;
.IOHX McFAYEX IS
PRESIDENT.
A national furm loan association
was organized by the farmers of the
east end of the county yesterday
morning and the organisation had no
more than been perfected than more
than 150,000 In loans were applied
for. according to a. letter from Attor
ney G. H. Rishon who assisted In the
organization work.
The meeting was held In the office."
of Bishop and Pavig yesterday morn
hig at 10 o'clock.
S. C. Masterson was elected chair,
man of the meeting and called an ex
ecutive session of all the farmers who
had signed the articles of association.
After the by-laws were read and ad
opted the following directors were
elected: John McEwen. J. A PraA
lev. R. W. Rleakney. W. P. Huntsman.
William Wacner. Mrs, E. B. Ross.
Immediately after adjournment the
newly elected directors after first
taking the oath of office, called a
meeting nnd proceeded to elect tho
off!eers for the ensuing year, as fol
lows: John McEwen, president; Tt
W. Rleakney. vice president: G. If
R'shop secretary-treasurer; W. C.
Hopson. R. W. Rleakney, J. A Rrad.
ley. loan comrnlttee
The organization has decided to do
business tinder th name and style of
"The Freewnter National Farm I,o.m
Association. " It propose to do bus
Iness In a territory co extensive with
T'matllla rountv.
THAW RKCOVFRrXG PIT
IS STILL BEWILDERED
PTTtT.ADET.PHT A, Jan. S7 Hnrr
K Thaw, who Is slowly recovering
from setf-lnfllcted wounds. Is suffer.
Ing from a condition of mental bewll.
derment as a resnlt of hemorrhage
and lowered vltalltv. accordlne to the
report of a police surgeon, filed with
tho deteottve bureau todnv. Thiv
was examined to determine whether
his eond'tlon would permit of his re
moval from the hospital for a hear
ing In connection with the charges
brought against him In New Tork
"tnte tint he bid benten Frederick
Gump. .Tr., a Kansas City boy.
JANUARY 27, 1917
HALF BLOCK ;
PITTSBURG BURfJS
$2.0Q0,Q00L0SS
Five People Injured in Con
flagration That Destroys
Douglas Shoe. Co. and
Department Store.
HEART OF BUSINESS DISTRICT
l.laze Ik Most Dlsastroua That Has
Occurred in City in Years; Grand
Theater Is Total Loss.
PITTSBIRG, Jan. 27. The
(rand Theater, the Douglas Shone
Coiniuiy, the Frank Soder De
partment store and many other
establishment burned. The east
ern half of a downtown business
block wafi rfrtroycd. The loss Li
(ho million dollars. Five were
injured and are unconscious. It
uas among: MUsburgh's most dis
astrous fires.
LATE WIRE BULLETINS
NAMED JI DGE OF HAWAII.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. Pres
ident Wilson nominated Joseph
B, Poindexter of Helena? Mont.
I'nited State district judge of
Hawaii.
SLAYKK IS (APTIKED.
WINDSOR, Ont., Jan. 27. The
provincial police have captured
James Stewart, alias Gordon,
slayer of W. M. Jackson, the Wln
nil?g immigration officer Th"ey
discovered Stewart in the lobby
of the Essex hotel. He fought
and attempted to shoot the offi
cers. FISHING BOAT F1HED ON.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27. The
American fishing schooner Mary
land exchanged shot with the
Mexican patrol boat at San Ra
mon point in Lower California.
The patrol boat approached the
Maryland going south through
Mexican fishing waters and open
ed rifle fire
SENDS BIRTHDAY GREETINGS.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 27. Pres
ident Wilson sent birthday greet
ings to the kaiser.
250,000 MOTHERS DIE
ANNUALLY AS RESULT
OF AN ARCHAIC LAW
Mrs, Sanger Explains Why Sis
ter is on Hunger Strike in
Blackwells' Island.
NEW YORK. Jan. 27. Mrs. Mar
garet Sanger, birth control advocate,
made a statement explaining why her
sister, Mrs. Ethel Byrne, is on a hun
ger striqe at Blackwell's Islands.
"To the people of the United Statet
who want to know why my sister was
convicted, struck. She refuses all
food, drink and work because she be
lieves the court denied her her In
herent right to test the anti-birth
control laws constitutionality. It is
the most outrageous legislation on the
statute books.
"This archaic law. untested since
eighteen seventy eight, causes eight
thousand working mothers' deaths In
New York annually. Similar laws in
other states bring the terrible total of
dead mothers to nearly a quarter of
a million.
"The unfortunate women go to
their graves unnoticed, the agenti
are unknown. Mrs. Byrne feels that
one more death laid at the door of
this state's government is Inconsequen
tial. If the women let her die It
means ending the women's freedom
for another generation."
"You have the finest institution in
the state and Superintendent McNary
has shown himself most capable and
conscientious In his requests upon the
legislature and with reference to hn
managerial work In all respects."
This warm compliment was today
paid to the Eastern Oregon State
Hoepltal and its superintendent by
senator Wood of Washington county,
rhairman of the senate ways and
.... .y,-..iiiMiiiiee and ch.ilrnian of the
sub-committee here to investigate the
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C011E
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WALLOWA WHEAT IS
CONTRACTED AT $1.50
ENTE-UPUI.SE. (it., Jan. 27.
An agreement establishing the
record price for contract wheat
was enter. . Into a few days ago
between H. A. Queensberry, W.
R Holme, president of the
Wallowa National Bank, of this
city, and owner of the property
farmed by Mr. Quesenberry, 4
and C. R. Jvlliott. a retired stock-
grower and wheatralsor.
C R. Elliott agreed to pay
Mr, (juesenberry and Mr.
Holmes Sl-f.O a bushel for all
merchantable wheat to be rais-
ed upon 275 acres during 1917-
0 mi sum
or OHIIU cm
TREASURER TO $15190
BUI I Introduced in House by Hod
gen and Rimer; provides That AYitb
Increased Pay No Deputy Shall B
Employed,
(East Oregonian Special By Mail.)
SALEM, Or., Jan. 27. A bill was
Introduced in the house today by tha
Cmatilla county delegation to In
crease the salary of the treasurer of
Umatilla county from 1200 to JloO'i
a year.
The bill provide that with the in
creased salary no deputy shall be em
ployed as in the past when the salary
of the treasurer was 11200 annually
with a deputy at a salary of J900 a
year. The county under the bill will
be saved S600 a year.
llMrWElHIi
TWO 0AY5 BATTLE
Hundreds of Followers Killed In
Fight in Western Chihuahua; Chief
Lieutenant Deserts.
EL PASO. Jan. 27. Carranzistas
defeated Villa in a two day battle at
La Junta, in western Chihuahua.
They captured trains. Yesterday
Villa raliled and recaptured the trains
according to information this after
noon. Hundreds of Villistas were
killed. Before the battle Inei Sala
zar. Villa's chief lieutenant, deserted
with fifteen hundred followers.
Following the battle, it was report
ed Villa had marched north, planning
to massacre all Mormons and native
aiding Pershing's expedition. While
Pershing Is evacuating his field base
four hundred residents of Colonia
Dublan are fleeing horderwurd. Forty
wagons are carrying the refugees en
route to Columbus.
CIEAN SHIRTS TO BE
LUXURY IN PARIS
Paper Napkins to Appear Soon
It is Expected in the
Fashionable Cafes.
Ill
brother as follows: Mrs. J. Hammer
PARIS. Jan. 26 Clean shirts an i , f Ml ,) . Misses Anna. Minerva
collars will be scarce hereafter. TheiaIui Emlv Mendenhall of Echo. Mrs.
l :g laundries announce that they will I Jonn r)orn and Mr9 A K Hammer
close owing to the lack of coal. Laun-'of Ech and A,fred Mendenhall of
dry prices already exceed the cost of 1 Grande.
dry cleaning, and many people have
i'U their soiled garments cleaned with
napiha. Instead of being washed.
Well-to-do men are adopting the mil
iary style of wearing dark blue shirts
end dark blue soft collars. Every
celluloid collar has been sold and few
haberdashers have dark colored shirts
left.
Barber shops lack towels, and res
taurants suffer for clean table cloths
and napkins. The smartest cafes,
like Maxim's, the Cafe de Paris. La
Rue's nnd Palllnrd's expect to use
paper napkins soon.
L
state hospital and its needs. As to
what funds will be appropriated for
the hospital Senator Wood was un
able to say owing to lack of action
as yet by the entire ways and means
committee.
The aub-commlttec here on the In
vestigation of the strtte hospltol com
l rises Senator Wood, chairman. Sen
ator J. C. Smith of Josephine: Sena
tor R. F. Farrel!. Fortland; Rep. K,
K. Kuhll. Portland; Rep. Frank A
Rowe. Tillamook and Rep Ch.ul s
Child. Linn county.
ISP A
NO. 9030
ST. PAUL GIVES
Local Delegation is Met at the
Train by Nearly 1000 Carn
ivalites With Bands and
Drum Corps.
TAYLOR "KIKG OF THE WEST"
Armed Willi 4i Caliber Revolvers)
Itound-l p Boosters Let CUy Know
They're On Hand.
ST. PAUL, Jan. 27. The 1M7 St.
Paul outdoor sports carnival began
yesterday- Although the opening of
ficially was scheduled for today, en
thusiastic thousands, refusing to be
quieted by a. mere mechanical pro
gram, blew the lid in all directions.
The first big celebration occurred
at the Union depot when 39 visitors
from Pendleton, Ore., Including
Sheriff Til Taylor, "king of the west,'
pulled in on the Great Northern. It
was the first visiting marching club
to reach St. Paul for the carnival.
Almost 1000 uniformed carntvalites.
Including the carnival Hu-ara, the
Glacier Park club, the newsboys'
band and odd members of other or
ganizations, met the delegation. As
the train pulled into the depot the
bands and two drum corps vied in
welcoming the visitors. Louis W. HI'.I.
president of the Carnival association,
officially welcomed the Pendleton
throng. .
The visitors, all armed with 44-caI-iber
revolvers, added to the din ot .
erfrms-- irmtlcat instrument and th
tooting of engine whistles. They
fired so many shots that a special S
O. S. call was sent for more ammuni
tion. Following the welcome, the visitors
were escorted to the St Francis hotel
where they will make their head
quarters. This afternoon they were
furnished with horses.
"We are glad to be here." was the
expression of Sheriff Taylor, who Is
president of the Pendleton Round-TJp.
JAMES MENDENHALL
OF ECHO IS DEAD
I MVTIILA rOl'XTY PIONEER IS
SI RVIVKD BY SIX SISTERS
AND A BROTHER.
(East Oregonian Special.)
E '!T1. Jan. 27. James A. Menden-'-'!
l--"i' er resident of the meadows
iuac Kci: ., died yesterday afternoon
: .' o'cifck at his home, death be In;;
iuc tu a complication of troubles.
i ul-...-.-1 was a native son of Ore
gon, having been born in Lane coun
ty, .-Vpt. 6. 1859. With h's parents he
came to I'matiHa county when 12
years old and had been a continuum
resident ever since. He has farmed
on the meadows since early man
hood. He is survived by six sisters and a
I The funeral will be held tomorrow
'morning at 11 o'clock at the Metho
I dist church In Echo.
HUNGER STRIKER
IS FORCIBLY FED
PEILtHlS
LILCOI
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