daily eye::::.o Eom::i f .-fr .5.-. paper In Oregon, east of Portland ami by i - "aa-T AtA. I - AV- V J tar th largest circulation In l'endletoa of : . r """ES '"""""'''iyVlp CITY OFFICIAL PAPER - Cvl " IKkl ta I W k i I I . 1 i , wruiirn Tonight ;inl Sal'ir.hi) ruin or in'( warmer ton'gh. Hll'T Inta. Maximum temperature. 4: niin mum, 30; rainfall, (I, wtrvl. south west, light; weather, cloudy. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAFI3 VOL.28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY'S, 1917. NO. 9035 8 WILL FLOWERS FOR WOMEN MUNITION MAKERS 5 ra il s. on Dutch, Spanish and Scandinav ian Governments View the Situation With Extreme Seriousness. , HOLLAND IS HARDEST HIT lu Nearest Barred 7me; Germany' ActivlU'w Near Border Further Alann Hollander; Time Tliouglit lUpe for Invasion Since Cana Art: I "roam Over. ROTTERDAM, Feb. 2. More German troops are re ported massing this afternoon on the Dutch border points near Weilen and Venebrugga. Holland is generally apprehen sive. I)NDON. Fell. 2. -The Norwegian (teamen Pertla and Hekla and the British gtamer Ravenbourne have been sunk. Three of the Raven tmntnt'i crew perished. European neutral are anxiously awaiting Americas decision. Dutch. Hpantsh and Stand lnvlan dispatches hinted thut thee nations are delay, in action until the United Stater plan ore announced. Holland la the hardest hit. She is nearest the bar Ted one. The Dutch retard the Ger man order most serious. German army activities near the border have further alarmed the Hol lander. It la polmed out that the time In moat favorable for a German violation of Dutch territory The ca nal are froiten preventing the inun dation of the lowlands Spanish 4r)nler Rnmanonen aaM the situation was most grave. Stock, holm advices detailed profs, and pun llc'c gravest apprehensions Practi cally all neutral have ordered sail ings suspended temporarily. THINKS SPELL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS LONG ILLNESS Chief No Shirt of the Walla Wallas, l'lnic at the point of death t hip liome near Thorn Hollow, renolmelj refuses aid from the while man a doc-1 lorn because he hellevea that a spell I.hs been cast over him by She lnw-he-tammy, an old Indian doctor on the reservation. I'nles She-low-he-tinn1 mv removes the spell he cannot re cover, he thinks. ' Thl Is the report brought In from the reservation today. It Is suld that j the condition of the auej chief irrows rleadllv w orse. He has one of the . Ii.dlan medicine men In attendance but holds no hope thnt this "doctor" can overcome the evil Influence of I She-low -he-tnmm who Is familiarly, known as "Hlx Jim." I "HlK Jim." who Is a rather plctur-. eque flirure nnd who may be remem-, lered by some as the Indian who wears the fur cap adorned with fea-, thers, Is siipp"Sed to have caused the death of several Indians recently. II I RUSHED BOSTON, Feb. 2 Adjutant sOen eral Pearson announced that th Massachusetts mlllta is preparing to answer nny possible duty call In con nection with the submarine crisis. He sent instructions to all state com mander to prepare the units for ser- l'(l!TI.ANn. Fob. 2. The collec tor of the port boarded any Inspect ed the Oormnn ships Palbek, Arnul dua. tinder orders from Washington He expected also to Inspect the Kurt at Astoria. OHIO VIEWS CRISIS WITH DEEP ALARM COLaTMBlIS. Ohio, Feb. 2 Th i Ohio house of representatives passed a resolution unanimously declaring they "viewed with alarm" the pres ent crista and asked every cltlieen to 's'tand behind the president as on man." HrusNelfl I ihIit Martial Iw. 11AOI B, Vb. 2. The, Kwhaneo Tclonph learned that Germany hai dcrtfled to establish martial law In ItriiHxPla and Ismie new deportation orders affecting sixty thousand Rel com workmen. r - ' . V it to it f!Kiun hi ' j V- 1. -.' I ,i 1 T. ft iMnlWWMl .; CM WOlM MrJlIOK VOI?KES. Thlx picture fhcwa French women miiklnK lniinitlom In Khop near found that I'aria. The nittnasement ANTI-ALIEN LAND BILL WITHDRAWN BY AUTHOR AN UN CONSIDERATION CRISIS IS OF N'RV YORK," Feb. 2. Twenty-six prominent men have sarted a move ment for an 'unlmpaaslnned consid eration" of the German crisis. A signed communication to the presi dent was published In all newspapers. Amog ptnehot. Geo. W. Klrchway and Oswald Garrison are among the sign ers. The message said; "We recognise the perplexity of the problem before you and wish to ex press our confidence In your wisdom, power and leadership. Don't allow the nation to be dragooned Into a war at the very end of the belligerent' lesperute acis. We suggest that the prvklent nK congress anu ine pie for deliberate, unlmpassioned consld- i eration with mankind' future in mind. We ask the belligerents to meet and state their terms. We ad- j dres the sovereigns and executive i heads of the belligerents giving our j final and 'personal mediation offer." The message reminds wftson that : the "hasty reaction of the public press do not represent the people's fun damental feeling" It concludes We believe vour great opportunity as flehtlnar leader In this country is at hand. The men and women who i elected yon will back you In the most extreme measure, for keeping the na- ! lion from an Ignominious eleventh hour partlclpalon In the struggle for a mastery not their own." Prominent New Yorkers' opinion" are: President Putler of Columbia T'nl verslty; "A grave situation. The world's best educated people are warring.'' Rlshop Greer characterized the sit uation as "grave and threatening." Others called the situation "Oer manv'a Inst desperate move demand ing t'nited States' action.'' PltTI.ANl. Feb. 2 Max 11 Hoiisor, the world's largest single grain exporter, believed President Wilson should have a free hand. Ho said: "I do not believe In hasty action, but the president has been extremely lenient and patient I think he should take a firm stand for our right and neutrals' rights. I belleva Hie matter will be well handled." Honser owned the grain aboard the American ship Frye destroyed early In the war. ,1Ntn Difficulties row, WASHINGTON. Feb. it. Uinsliu; Md senator Rornli the roposod Ida Ih niitl-Mllfn law "will n.,t meet Ja pan's nmirloval. Ihmtli oxrtalnod tlie measure wa directed against all aliens. ' Tlie threatened diplomatic laiiaiKW-Amcrh'aii difficulties are nearer. Three, More Ycmclx Sunk. LONDON, Feb, S. The admiralty announced the following additional staking this afternoon. The British steamer Fwonlie, the Sanish steam er Algurta and the llelglan Meant trawler Marcel. This Is a total of six tMlay. 7,7??-'' rtii" IS? I V 9, wiajy' V ' . their female employe worked more ciucieniiy in irafwiiiv bumuuiiuiiid. Flowera served to brlahten the dull, (Special East Oregonian Wire Service.) SAI.F.M. Feb. I. Senator Wil bur withdrew hi anti-alien land bill. He said since Germany had changed her submarine policy, he was unwilling to Imposa any further burdens on the adminis tration. MWY lillJi IS PASSE1. The house passed the Eddy bill providing a recall of school directors by thirteen negative votes. Smith's bill providing that taxpayers only may vote In school elections was sent back to edu cational committee. MINORITY REPORT ADOPTF.D. The house adopted the minority report, favoring Stott's bill pro viding that the public service commission regulate Irrigation projects. The bill passed to the third reading. PIF.1U K IUI.I- PASSES The senated passed the Pierce bill prescribing a method for submitting any proposition for levying taxes In excess of the six per cent limitation to a popular vote. . SAW NO TRACE OF ANY TIMBER WOLF Not only was John Hammersly, Jackson county government hunter, not devoured by wolves as reported I nt he did not even see the track of a -timber wolf, according to his monthly report received this morning by Inspector E. F. Averill. He states h, his report, which was mailed Jan. 2!i before he had learned of the re ports of his death, that he had found ro traces of the pack of wolves re ported In the neighborhood ot his cabin on Willow Flat. During the month he killed four foxes and two cougars, according to his report. One of the cougars, he shid. was the largest he had ever bagged. He reports that he will go out again this month In search of the wolves and expects to locate them. PORTLAND MEN TO A TTENDA UTOSHOW That the coming Tendleton Auto Show Is attracting atten- Hon far beyond the borders of the county Is shown by news brought front Portland this morning by ,1. W. MeCorm- mach. There will be a number ' of Portlandere here for the show. F. W. Volger. manager of the Northwest Auto company through whom the Pendleton 4 Auto Co. handles the Reo and 4 Marmon cars, will be In attend- 4 4 ance. It Is also possible the 4 4 Pacific Coast Franklin manager may be here from Ran Francis- co. Fred Dundee of Portland may have an auto machine shop exhibit, says Mr. McCormmach 4 and various accessory houses are 4 planning to have exhibits here. The only car to be exhibited will be those handled locally. ' 9 K ": 'X dark rooms, so the manaaement now supplies the women with , flowers dally. ' SNOViSLIDE HOLDS IIP ALL TRAFFIC Avalanelie Tnrat Over Rotary plow. KiUTiiio and Caboose at Raeon; No One Is Injured, (East Oreifonian Special.) MEACHAM, Feb. 2. All traffic on the O.-W. R.,& N. mabt.Iine is held up today by a. big snowt-ade at Bacon, four miles ast Mt Union Junction, which caught the rotary plow and en gine and turned it and the caboose over.. Fortunately no one was hurt In the accident. Some time will be required to clear the track. Trains No. 4, 18 and 6, east bound, are all held at La Grande pending the clearance work, and westbound trains are held east of the slide. There Is now six feet of snow at Meacham and it is still snowing hard. FORTY DIE IN CHICAGO FIRE CHICAGO, Feb. 2 Five were rescned aJdve from a burned tene ment in tlie crowded Ghette dis trict Uiis morning, one woman wag found under the icy debris among the corpses. Forty are be ' lievcjd dead. LAUNCHING OF THE MISSISSIPPI, UNCLE SAM'S NEWEST SUPERDREADNOUGHT i MISS CAMIM-E M MATH. MISSISSIPPI. As 15.000 spectators cheered, the superdreadnought Mississippi third naval ship to be named after that state, was launched at ivewport News, Va.. on January 25. This giant superdreadnought. al most Identical in design with the Pennsvlvania and the Arisona. will have a speed of twenl-oue knots and te .: V -. ' ' -i A .. ...--'V r v ;, ,i i . . ., - - i . - R ' y Vt"T IS V: i: -:.vsvi -..s.v- - N.. .-- a- . S . I? vv-crA rvi 02f5lJ T "Wvvs v4Xv i,&Xtv"'Vs X' V jvv BE ANSWERED IN COMING 24 HOURS SURE, NO MAN CAN BE A COWBOY WITHOUT THE (From the St. Paul Pioneer press.) The Pendleton Round-Up crowd at the St. Francis hotel has been flooded with demands from small boys and men to be taken back to Pendleton and taught to be broncho busters and cowboys. ' The throng of requests started yes terday and 8herlff T. D. Taylor, head of the thirty visitors, was unable to shake off the ones Infatuated with the Idea of life in the wild west. Toward night the men hit upon the expedient of referring all applicants to the women folks, who after dill pent questioning, would report some fatal defect. One man, who Insisted on being a broncho buster passed all questions satisfactorily until he was asked, "Have you ever done your own wash ing?" ' He acknowledged he had not and was led out. ch'ef Ila Good Time. Chief Tall Pine, the Indian brought to t. Paul bv the Pendleton, Ore.. .. .i Via ! delegation, Is having tne time oi u.- life. He hag admirers by the nunareas imong the passersby. "You've got a fine make-up, old man." one man said. "Have a ci gar." "Carnival heap fine," responded the chief. Uke Frontier nay . Neither the St Francis nor the M" chants hotels wer appropriate homes for nervous or excitable person rev terdav. Both the Pendleton men at the St. Francis and the Montana men at the Merchants were equrpped with 44 -caliber revolvers and ample am munition. They fired their guns on everv occasion and a few times In be tween. At the first shot strangers would jump in anticipation of a hold up. Then they would Join In the laugh. See. Selves in Movies. The Pendleton, Ore.. Round-Tfl members, who were guests at the Min nesota club, saw themselves as others .-ee them when motion pictures of the 1916 Round-Up were shown Kvcn the exclusive character of the club did not deter the cowboys and girls and their redskin contineent from applauding noisily with sixshoot ers but the surprise of the evening came wben W. P. K'nney. vice pres ident of he Great Northern, girded with chaps and a "smoke-wagon.' was found to be leading the demon stration. f, SPONSOR; SECT or NAVY DAKlElcS GOVFG.BlXBO OF MISSISSIPPI AntR laumching. will displui 33.000 tuns. Her main armament will consist of twelve 14 inch guns of larger than usual cali bre. Hence, longer range and "hit ting power," Besides her secondar armament, she will carry three anti aircraft rifles and four U4-ineh tor pedo tulies The photograph below shows the QUALIFICATIONS OLNEY SEXTON MAY HAVE NEW BUNGALOW Division of Sentiment In Council as to ' Just Hon- Mui-h Money Should be Expended On It. ' With the matron question settled, the library controversy referred to a '"peace commission" and the Standard Oil franchise up for settlement to night, the city council will probably find Its next matter, of debate In the proposal to build a bungalow at the Olney cemetery. A modern house, to be used as a dwelling for the sexton and as & rest room" for visitors, will undoubtedly be constructed but there is a division of sentiment as to how much money should be spent. An appropriation of 11500 was provided for this purpose Ir the budget for the year but some of the members of the council have 'in mind plans that will call for at least I250U. Whether they get a ma jority endorsement for tlwir plans re mains to be seen. - The plans In mind call for a house plain bat attractive nij weir hunt. The committee considers it essential that the sexton should live at the cemetery where he can be reached at all times. A wide porch for the re ception of visitors Is also Intended, and inside and outside toilets are In cluded in the plans. WHEAT STILL ON WAR TOBOGGAN CHICAGO. Feb. 2. (Special to the East Oregonian! Range of prices to day: Open. High. Low. Close. May I1.S3 $164 $1.59 $11 July $1.43 $1.45 $l.4t4 $1.43i Portland PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 2. (Sped- jltl club $1.41; bluestem $1.46. 1 Si i -real hull of the Mississippi as she appeared after being safely launched. Above are shown (left to rightt Miss Camille Mi-Heath, daughter of J. M. Mcr.eath, democratic national committeeman, of Meridian. Miss., who christened the ship; Jo'ephus l;iniels. secretary of the nay, and Governor Sttttirt of Virginia. Important Cabinet Session Started This Afternoon Be lieved to Presage a Break in German Diplomatic Relations. EXTRA PRECAUTIONS ARE ORDERED AT PANAMA CAXAL (Robert J, Bender.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. The state department announc ed: "Nothing; has been sent Germany yet." It was strongly hinted officially that a definite announcement would be forth coming within twenty - four hours. Every indication is that President Wilson is still unde cided. ' The most important cabinet meeting since the Spanish war starts at two thirty this after noon. It is expected to last un til evening. Preceding the meeting the president conferr ed with Chairman Stone and the senate - foreign relations committee. vExtra GUard at Panama. Army officials ordered extra pre cautions guarding- toe Panama eanai: It was learned the locks have been closely watched since Tuesday. There have been special preparations throughout the country, to prevent German plots. Secret service men are watching for possible conspira cies. Senator Poindexter presented hill asking, for a hundred submarines In addition to the eighteen already pro vided. It provides eighty coast and twenty big seagoing submarines and appropriates four million dollars to equip the government yards for their manufacture. Thirty one are to be built on the Pacific coast The navy department this after noon refused to divulge warships lo cations. Heretofore they have been published daily. t Action W ill he Vnhurrird. There is obviously no chance of hurried action. It is reported thei i president sent confidential messages to Ambassador Gerard. Officials be ! llt ved he will not act untit Gerard , replies, officially interpreting certain phrases of the Oerman note, j Uinfing has prepared a detailed '.written statement of the whole situ ation. It will be submitted to the cabinet this afternoon. Official feel ing predominated that a break was inevitable. If Germany follows her avowed Intentions. German Kmhavwv in Gloom. ,An almost studied gloom surround ed the German embassy. Officials were unable to explain the German circles declaration that "Bernstorff is readv to pack his trunks. ' Central powers diplomats hinted, that "Ger many means business and will go the limit." It is reported that Bernstorff ex pects his pa.ssports within forty elxht hours. It is flatly stated that Ger many is ready to select the Spanish einhassv. to handle Teuton matters here in event of a break. Wilton Arrive at Mvtlng. WASHINGTON. Feb. 1 President W ilon arrived at the cabinet meeting at two thirty this afternoon. Sc me trics Line. Heilf'eld and faker ami Postmaster General nurlesi.n arrive, I it ihe Siiine time. Wilson curried n bulky envelope, evidently containing the outline of his position. He greeted the minis!. r solemnlv. V.i didn't member as willing tn discuss the sit u. nl. m 111 I.I.KTIV S:l. OCMK K. WASHINGTON. Fi-h, J. Thr cabinet meeting adjourned mttrr tbe longest srwlon since the I.ux4 taiUa sunk. Prrnidcnt Wilson Im ledlatcly went to the caiti4 t tnri- with Senator Slono, Th members were very grave. MFl W AMKTKItliVM IK 1DF.KKI TO INttlF. POUT ROTTERDAM. Feb. J The Hoi. Uind-American liner letjw Amster dam milled enroute fur New York yes terdav. she was offlnallv ordered to felura to her h o e port Immediate!) . ii