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VOL. 28
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1917.
NO. 9045
HOUS
FAVORS
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REPEAL TAX
PUBLICATION
Votes. 32 to 22 Amending Bill
Repealing Delinquent Tax
List Publishing Law.
SALARIES CAUSE DEBATE
1 hnw Hlg-hway CommlsHlourr'N Pay
MaJtca Sharp Vontot,; tieoryce Kel
ly, DoanmlHHiuflier of the Port of
Purtiaod.
INTERNED GERMAN LINERSAT BOSTON BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN DAMAGED
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BALKM, Feb. IS. The houM voted
thirty two to twenty one In favor of
repealing the delinquent tax list pub
lication law. It amended the bill
providing for t repeal, applying It to
the entire atate. The bill now goes
before the house. If panned It goes to
the aenate for a record vote.
The senate l debating the nouse
Mil providing for a new highway
rode. A aharp content over the aal
arte to be paid the three highway
commissioners la on. The Joint ses
ion elected Oeorge Kelly commlsslo
tier of the Port of Portland by a vote
of lty to twenty five.
HA1JKAX IIGNATKD As
POINT OP CAIX BY HKITAIM
NEW YORK, Feb. 15. It la learn
ed the British admiralty dealgnated
Halifax as a port of call for neutral
ahlpa leaving American porta. Inatead
of Kirkwall. The change enables
merchantmen to enter Halifax for
examination. It la unneceaaary to.
ran the submarlns blockade and en
ter Kirkwall. The chnnge created
enthusiasm .here.
The collector of cuatoma at Boaton
has sent word to the secretary of the
treasury he haa heard the Internal
German liners Cincinnati and Ameri-
ka have been damaged. TbU work
la beliebed to have been dona by Cer
man sympathisers shortly after Ani
baaaador von Bernstorff received hi
Paaaporta from Secretary Lansing
There la the earn report regarding
the larger number of German liners
interned at New York City.
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS KEPT
FROM A TTENDING DA NCE PARTY
REBELS IN CUBA
BEING DEFEATED
II A V ANA. Fh. 1 r. Oovrnnif-Mt
fore nrf graduiillv rt fen tint the
rh-lr. I)iiHt hi from vartnUH part
'f the icImiu! Indicate dftiltnrv rlt
iiin The rhrli niutnUilned n r
tut n trail' in in trli'iit itHivincr. Thy
wir it Inru i ed her. ) ,v?rr.-
mnt ti.rc-H ure niotilllxinK to "nnu-r
l ht? r'-l,ln In that Mctlun,
WASHINGTON. Kl. 15 -Thf '
liui nilnlitT htintltd tht mute dt'pMrt
mnt a note formally thank Inn the
Kiwfi nrnent for It attitude ARntnt
ihe n-lH'lH. Hm conferred with the
war department regarding wnuinB
niiiiiitlona to Cuba.
There waa more or lean of a
amoulderlnff Indignation manlfent In
the demeanor of certain members of
th hlRh chon! faculty thia mornlnK,
and. from the heat advices obtainable,
U resulted from what they Interpreted
n eleventh hour edict of Supt. A.
T Park harrlnc them from attending
the danclnic party Riven at Aawembly
Hall lant evenlnjr by the Bachelor
Club.
Hupt. Park denlea that he ianued
any edict at all. atatlna that he had
merely auKReated to one of the teach
er the Inadviwibillry of encourag
ing hlKh -school dances on week nights
by the attendance of faculty mem
bers. He declares that he told them
to use their own Judgment and that
their attendance would not be held
a gainst them In any way. shape or
form. The teachers' version of the
affair differs from this materially.
He that as it may. the faculty mem
bers, who had made all preparations
to attend, suddenly changed their no
tions and one member, who was al-
ready at the party, was summoned
home forthwith.
. The bachelors' Club is a social or
ganisation of young men of the city.
While the membership is made up
largely of high school boys, members
stated today that It Included, too.
young men not In school and that the
party luxt evening was a private one
and in no sense a hitch school iJjyty.
Supi. Park declares he' no
knowledge of the party until he had
read the announcement in the paper
last evening. He at once tried to
communicate with various members of
the faculty, he says, but only suc
ceeded in reaching one to whom he
said that he regarded the dance as an
official high school party and con
trary to the spirit of the ruling; mads
by the faculty discouraging such par
ties on arhool nights. He made no
edict at all. he said, and If what he
said was so Interpreted It wss unfor
tunate. He sntd that he had no objection
to teachers attending week-night
pnrties providing they did not make
a practice of it so often that It would
Interfere with their school work.
TEN THOUSAND CARS.
HELD UP BY EMBARGO
Officiate KfHimaia lO.ono Cars
Held Went or Cdit-ago; Would
lnterffn With .MotalizaJJou
Kvent ht War Hoaeier
Not
PANAMA CAXAI. TOLli IS
HM4.IITI.Y HKlyOW 115 frl;l IU-'.
p-tneti Pvr Cent increase m Xumlier of
NIiIim, but Tonnage Average lts.
Mr. Harvey Improving.
Mrs. John Harvey, who recently
underwent an operation at t. An
thony's hospital. Is reported to be Im.
proving.
Mur-h Melc In City.
Physicians report a great many cas
e of meale. In the dtv and the
school record show that many pupil
have been out ,f arhool from thl
cause. The epidemic, while wide
spread, la not considered serious aa
practically all of the cases are mild In
nature
STHATM-IC POINTS OP
POUT MONRO. KOKTIHKI
W A 8 H I NOTO N . Fe b. 1 5. Coast
artillerymen from Fortress Monroe
started fortifying the strategic points
o cBie Henry and Fisherman's Is
fund. They are building ten Inch
tun platforms. The planned to com
plete the work In ten days, placing
suns where they can easily sweep
the waters, preventing submarines
from approaching the bay. The gun
range la nlna miles.
6E?rmiFS orARnma
ARMORY ARK SHOT
PANAMA. Feb. 15. Traffic stalls-
. tics for the Panama canal show thtt
! the number or ocean-going ship
j which made the transit through th
i canal In the calendar year 1918 was
(126.1. Their aggregate net tonnng"
was J. ft 31'. 86 9 tons, and they carried
a total of 4.931.N69 tons, and they
carried .4.931.91 1 tons of cargo,
j The number of ships was 7 per cent
greater than in J91&. but In net ton
nage, tolls and cc.rgo. the record for
1916 was a little lean than 1 per
cent leas than 1915. The two yean
had about the same bulk of traffic
end both saw the canal closed for a
period of three and a half months.
The tolls collected In 1918 were
S3.77,o95.0, which was not equal
to the expenses. The ahlps In the
United States coastwise trade were
slightly over I per cent of the ajr
grerate tonnajre In It If. In 191T.
they were one-fourth of all the traffic,
nnd In 1914 they were two-fifth.
Most of the former coastwise ships j
have been diverted to tha more nrof.
I tarn" foreign trade. j
Colored l-ltjt Daniv.
The Pleasant Hour Club, a social
i rganlxatlon of colored folks, held an
enJoable and largely attended dance
last evening In the Moose Hall. This
whs the second party for which th
ciuh was responsible this season.
CHICAGO. Feb. 16. There are 10.
000 cars of freight In the Chicasjo
terminals, unable to move until the
eastern carrier's embargo Is lifted.
Officials estimated that 30.000 cars
are halted west of Chicago. The Chi
cago general manager's association
said the congestion would not inter
fere with troop mobilization In event
of war. They declare all passenger
traffic will be suspe"ded immediately
followtng a declaration. ' The quar
termaster general would assume
charge. The troops could move east
ward most rapidly.
LIQUOR INTERESTS
GET BODY BLOWS
WASHINGTON. Feb. I ft. The
Webh bill providing a national prohi
bition amendment to the federal con
stitution was favorably reported by
the house judiciary committee. Oorn
mltteeman Carlln aked congress to
submit the iavue to a popular vote.
Ha by Of -crated On.
The infant son of Jamea Spelrs. an
employe of the woolen mills. Is re
coering from au operation at St. An
thorn's hospital.
WASHINGTON. Feb. IS. The sen
ite amended the post office bill, in- I
AUTO SHOW IS
'CLASS ALL THE
WAY THROUGH
One Hundred Thousand Dollars
Worth of Cars and Acces
sories on Exhibit at First
Annual Pendleton Event.
ALL DETAILS ARE PERFECT
GERMANY'S TALK OF
PEACE IS BIG BLUFF
OFFICIALS DECLARE
DECLARE GERMANY FINANCES PEACE PROPOGA N DA
ATTEMPTING TO FORESTALL WILSON'S NEXT AC
TION UNTIL SUBMARINES ARE READY TO STRIKE
AMERICA IN EVENT OF WAR; ANTI-AMERICAN SEN
TIMENT IN GERMANY VERY STRONG; U. S. CONSULS
DETAINED; AMERICAN WOMEN SEARCHED.
No pains Spared to 8t Oft Dinplavs
to Bet pMSibie Advantage; Z9
Pteamire cmra od five Tracks
Have spaoesi
Class!
That one word tells the story of tha
first annual Pendleton Automobile
Show which opened this afternoon at
30 in the Happy Canyon pavilion.
Tha unanimous verdict of the first
audience is that Manager Rieg and
the men of the local auto world have
fulfilled all their promisee to stage a
show that will further add to the
lustre of the famous Pendleton spir
it
One hundred thousand dollars
worth of automobiles and acceasor-
ea are on exhibit at the show, and
they are toeing exhibited in a way
that shows off the beauty as well s
tha more practical qualities of the In
dividual ears.
Each exhibit Is enclosed by attrac
tive panels of white fencing and above
each is an Illuminated sign telling the
make of the car. The exhibitors hare
fitted up their own booths and have
vied with each other In making- them
attractive with potted plants and
flowers. Overhead Is a false celling
of olue and white panels and the
walls are covered with hugh can
vaaaew depicting familiar aoanea along
the Columbia Highway.
There are on exhibit tl different
makes of pleasure cars and three
makes of motor trucks. In all there
are 39 pleasure cars and five trucks.
It of a different model, besides 1 1
booths In which tires and accessories
are ah own.
Before the exhibitors had complet
ed rubbing down their cars, and they
gave them as much attention as ever
did a stable groom to the gll-nening
coat of a thoroughbred the pavilion
began to fill up. and the opening at-
endance is exceeding: the expectations
of the promoters. Among the visitors
are many automobile dealers from
Portland and from cities and towns of
inland empire.
The two largest exhibitor are the
rting a clause makinc hone dry all i Oreg-on Motor Garajre and the pendle-
partially prohibition states, wherein ton Auto Co. which have the bigirest
llluor is Imported In small quantities j riart of the central floor space The
for personal use under the existing j exhibit of the former shows a Pack-
llarn isanoe at Helix.
A dance to dedicate the new barn
on the Em 1 Tim merman place near
Helix la to be held tonight and
number of Pendleton people are fo-
Ing out.
Jammed Between Oars.
Harry Forester, who Is employed at
the Pendleton Auto garage, rt
caught between two cars today and
was bruised up considerably. A doc
tor was called but It waa discovered
that the Injuries were not serloua
SAYS EVESTONE WAS "PROVISIONAL BRITISH COLLIER"
OSWBO O, Feb. 1 1 . Th ree sho t s
were fired at sentries ruardfng the
state armory. A bullet grased Private
Frank Ryrrel. Soldiers followed the
trail to the railway yards.
ONE AMF.IWOAN" ON SHIPS
M BM A1UNK1 BY OKRMAN
W A PHI NV? TON. Feb. 1 5 -r-Ambassador
Page cabled that the British
sailing veseel- Alnsdale wasffifbmarin
ed. The crew Included one American.
They were rescued following great
hardships
1M, 1KTF.RMINE RTATIR
OF liAW ATTACK EH
ROME. Feb.. IB. American Consul
Welter Tread well is en route to Cag
Hart, to lnvetgiite the circumstance
f the sinking nf the American
schooner I-yman taw. He wants to
ascertain whether the submarine was
German or Austrian.
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STEAMSHIP EAVEJTDKE
dispatrhea raced red rtne which aank tha Bamatona ataaili
a ma Mat in which Wallace and otB.
ware making their eecape. The
staking- of the Dareatoae mar develop
to be the "wrert acf which President
Wllaon has aald will ! ad to his ask
ln con grata for parmlastoa to aa the
armed forces of tha 1 tilted statea for
th protection of Ita shipping and the
Urea or Ita citlaena.
According to
rrom Vnited States Consul Froat, at
Queenatown. the flrat official inrea
tlgiulon of the sinking of the steam
ship RaveMone, In which Richara
Wallace, an American cltlaen. lost his
life, haa developed that tha reaael
was a "provisional British collier."
Wallace loat hla life when the nibni.
law.
WASHINGTON. Fel.. l.-,. The inn
ate atloptil the J.ine Hmpndment to
the postoffice MM. denying the mailt1
to npwupapcre and ither publications
containinic liquor advertiiiinB;. .when
dpslsned to enter prohibition terri
tory. A fine of five thousand dollars
or two years' ImpriHOnment Is the
punishment.
(CARL ACKERStAN'.)
PARIS, Feb. 18. (Copyrighted.)
American officials close in touch with
the Berlin situation aaid Germany is
financing the peace propaganda in at
tempting to forestall President Wil
son s next action until her submarines
are ready to strike America, in event
of war.
Officials view auspiciously Ger
many's attempt to start negotiations
through the tiwias minister. They be
lieve the movs is merely an expedient
to gan time while starting a peace
agitation In tha United statea.
James W. Gerard la sending Wash.
ington an emphatic warning that the
Overseas News Agency is being used
to mould American opinion. The of
ficial preas bureau colors the Berlin
dispatches. I can stats positively thai
the German cenaor repeated halted
the United Preas and Associated prau
messages Meanwhile they sent
through the Overseas Agency Infor
mation directly contrary to the corre
spondents' dispatches.
Censors have concealed the fact
that Germany attempted to force Ge
rard to sign an agreement, guarantee
ing German vessels safe conduct
home from American ports In event
of war. Censorship concealed the
real developments and withheld the
facts of an active anti-American prop,
aganda, of anti-American speeches at
the reichstag, and that prominent
German leadera financed anti-Ameri
can and anti-Gerard agitation. The
statesmen, also fiercely assailed Wil.
a.
Amrrvso ourals Dn start!.
German press departments are cen
tering their efforts on convincing
Americana of war's horrors, on the
theory the Americana are cowards and
do not dare to fight. Germany is de
tatnlng American consuls. None hav,
reached the border They stripped,
bathed and searched the wives of
three prominent American official.s
German army and navy officiate
have frequently aaid the United
Statea should enter the war as the na
tion was unneutral, anyhow. Ger
man papers caricatured Wilson sellins
munitions over the counter undr
John Bull's orders. Before the cor
respondents left the Berlin foreign of
fice believed Americans very "excit
able" and held if Germany controlled
dispatches for a few days Americans
would forget the submarine blockade
and force Wilson to remain neutral.
Think WUeoat Pro-Ally.
.Before Gerard departed, the offi
cials requested htm not to allow cor
respondents to telegraph Berlin devel
opments. Special envoys advised
Germany that Wilson represents fl.
nancial and munitions Interests. They
aaid congress would not support war.
The Germane believe Wilson la pro
alhr. -
The average German thinks Amer.
ican international politics are bluff.
They were immeasurably delighted
because other neutrals refused to join
In the diplomatic relations break.
Gerard Held S Days.
The German official wireless spread
an interview with Baron Von stumm.
explaining that Gerard's departure
waa delayed while his passports
were prepared. The story greatly In
censed Gerard. I can atate positively
that Germany held Gerard from Mon
day until Saturday, despite his urgent
requests for permission to depart.
Americas worn Hcsuvfaed.
Weeks ago Gerard vigorouaiy com
plained to the foreign office because
the Germans were searching Ameri
can women at the border. The mili
tary is supreme. The foreign office
Is powerless. American officials be
lieve Zimmerman is responsible for
the many anti-American plana - He
showed a bluer, nervous attitude to
ward Wilson. Shortly before my de
parture Zimmerman asked me t.t
work In behalf or peace hen I re
turned to America.
WORK OF PAVING
MAY BE RESUMED
Resumption of paving activities in
the city is promised by the action of
the city council last evenlnr In In
structing the street committee ta
see whether there Is ' enough street
Improvement work in sight to war
rant steps being taken to ask for bids.
Mayor Best brought the matter up.
stating that It ta up to the city to
pave lialey street from Walters MUI .
to the city limits if the county car. 1
nea out ILs nlan to diva the road to wll
Rleth. A numtoer of other council-
ard Twin-Six Touring Car. a Packard
Club Roadster, a Hudson 8uoersix a '
Buick Upht Six. a Bulck stripped
chrism is showing the split motor and
head valve, snd two Saxon Sixes. In
the Pendleton Auto Company's space
are a Frsnklin S?dan. a Franklin Car.
a Franklin chassis showing the fa
mous system of air cooling, a M arm on
Six. a Reo Four and Reo Six. The
Pendleton Auto Co. is also exhibiting
a Republic 3-4 ton truck and Republic
t-ton truck, while the Oregon .-lot or
Garage is exhibiting a G. M. C. S 1-2
ton truck. In the truck department
also appears a Federal truck
Near the entrance to the left la the
exhibit of LeOtj button, consisting of a
Paige Touring Car and a Paige Con
vertible Roadster. The latter, how
ever, will not arrive until tomorrow.
It is something new in automobiles
and will attract much attention.
Following down the left wall are the
exhibits of C. H. Torrance, consisting
of a Jfffery Knclosed Winter Car and
a Jeffery Touring Car. the McCook A
Bent ley exhibit, consisting of a Max
well Five Passenger Car and a Max-
stripied chasis, and the Allen-
MANY BELIEVE FLAG EPISODE
IS GRAVEST AFFRONT SINCE
THE RUPTURE WITH GERMANY
1 KniKht exhibit of two Htudekaber
men stated that various property ! 1 ""runt i ars. s ole r.lgni and. a
owners had been to see them shout ' lort.
In the southeast corner Is the ex
hibit of the Simpson Auto Co.. con
sixttnir of a Kord KoadMer and Tour
ing far. a Chevrolet Roadster and
Touring Car and a split motor. Next
comes the exhibit of Rnlph Temple,
three beautiful Winton Sixes, two be
ing touring cars and one a roadster.
Adjoining it is an Oakland Six ex
hibited by the Rond Auto Co. of Pi
lot Rock.
At the right of the entrance is the
exhibit of the Pendleton Cadillac Au
to Co.. ronsiMing of a Cadillac Right
a Cadillac stripped chassis, a rVwlKe
Pros Touring Car. and a Chandler
Club Roadster. Adjoining It Is Jack
Chlldreth s exhibit of a Chalmers Six
Roadrter and a Chalmers Touring
Car.
in that part of the pavilion used by
Happy Canyon for her gambling
games are the exhibits of tire and ac
cessories. The Pendleton Auto Co.
has the largest space for the display
of Monogram oils and a Gould storage
getting certain streets paved and It
thought that, if paving work
started again, there would be a re
newal of demands for Improved
streets
Among the streets mentioned as
under contemplation for paving were
several on the north side.
CIIAIU.lR 11APf.n KKNIMi 4
tlSO.OO TO ENGI-AXI)
1XVKDON. Fwb it. ft is an-
Bounced that Charlie Chaplin e) I
cabled a hundred and fifty thou- e
sand dollars subscription to
Britain's war loan from t.os
Angelea The subscription for
mally close tomorrow. There
were tremendous popular dem
onstrations in Trafalgar Square
at noon during the raising of
the money. The lord mayor
presided.
; batterx station. Haniley A Co.
snd
Continued on Pace t
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.1 Ge
rard officially advised the state
department tliat Germany forced
American Minister WhiUock to
lower tiie flag rrom Ihe Bru;rls'
rahaty, cut Whkhn-t cam
munlcat.ons with Washington
and detained all American relief
worker in B4lTlum. The stale
dV-partnK-at auto received ofrtcta
Information that (imninr had
aurmpied to forr-.. (Meard to rat
ify the lTu4n.Aittrvnia treaty,
under penalty of holding Amer
ican newt IH-mn-n aa boMagea
Officials are fa toxins? Imh'
that actual war will be avoided
(jermany has abandoned all ran.
tion. Her treatment us Whitlot-i:
haa made tile- situation the
gvateHt s.nce relationa wore b- W -rn.
Toe govt'rntuent will prob
ably demand an explanation
through the Serb minister. Ger.
many has nut replied to the ad
mini! ration's Yarrowtlale M-i.
onenr Inquiries
Auatrsua Break Near.
The Austrian break Is believed
near. The government prepara
tions are being; readied, lbs na
tional dWense council meetn daily.
It Is secretly planned to guard
all railroads and mobilise muni
tarn. A remarkable (nteiUgcive
system has been perfeeled.
(Germany's continued rulhl.-.
detstrui-tion of neutral ships has
helped kill lite Dopes for cn tin
ned peace. The Austrian subma
rines aupareeu entrance Into the
sstuatioa by tne lorpetfcring of the
A sen lean st-hoonee law. haa fur
ther dtaaaushed hope The law
sinking waa unwarranted as It
carried so contraband.
The Vnlled mates business Is
eripptrid on acnt of he bem-k-ade.
PitssiV in vitsson intends ui
dcnbeiatrly. The ac-
of Gern
deeds and the belief that Infringe
ments will steadily iSMTease is
gndoally nsretng Wilson to take
May tie Intentional Affront.
(MTH-iat ai,! th,. present re
ports wMNcaled that the Whitlocei
epissxle may he an intentional af-feont-
It hns admittedly brought
the nata.n nearer open hostilities
tnan any event since the rup-
Offlclala are awaiting dVn
It la admitted the coivtie
Plainly showed Gerantay's spirit.
One aslmuisarntiun group con
temled that the VI hillock inct
den nasy be n especially eritl
They claim the Gersaans
mayne nsnrety reqavescrd wnahKY.
lo merer the Haa-. They said anon
a request was proper, as the le
gation was i lnmi.
COWBOYS TO RESCUE
KIDNAPED MORMONS
Hand of Hfty Will tJK'T Mexico: Tw
A merit -a nr. Kwsirenl slsn at Kass4i
on -New Mexico HurTn-r.
1IAC1IITA. M-n. IS llfty
nova dixsrteri m wm ih.
Americans wh..m Kj. ii.lli - KatSrltm
captives fiHlowMig the hords-r raidL
TtW ombots intem t etiltsr Mexics..
It Is umxnractil.i PiHrtrd Mexsnns
killed two Antex-fa-en si lange rass-at
n the nr Mexico border.
WHEAT STRONGER
IN CHICAGO NOW
CHICACO. Keb IS - Me1sl ta
wregoniani- Kange of prl-
i th K . -f
I res todsy
- "pen. Ulifh I. r Close
an- I Mav II. Tl IIT.' S Ht'S II 7
ngw- ljiv ti tilt', niti, tt,
k" I Portland,
ake I i. ,i,t.i .vi. . . . . .
tne nevt step.
cln.1 i 4 'In b. It r,:. M:e-t-m II '.t