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DAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVr SEDITION TO ADVERTISffTW Tohiirhl and Hv The But Oregon fan hu the larfcast bona f)4e and guaranteed paid circulation of any paper In Oregon, eawt of Portland and by far tha largoat circulation IB 1'tndloton of any "newapapar, ... Weather "VvV ixlinilrn K2; ininiK V 'iiii wind, west. fK ' tirr. Ma full threatening. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN. PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1917. NO. 9047 MEXICAN BANDITS KILL 3 AMERICAN COWBOYS; BODIES MUTILIATED Twelfth Cavalry Concentrates on New Mexico Border; Women and Children Flee SALAZAR PLANNING RAIDS SAN ANTONIO. Feb. It. FunHton announced that 8ala w Bar's threat to attack American border towna would not affect the redistribution of troopa Funston la In constant cornmu- nlcatlon with General Sickel who Is commanding the New Mexico .diatrlct. KI; PASO. Feb. 16. The Twelfth Cavalry is concentrated 00 the New Mexico border fol. lowing; Ou confirmation of the report that Miranda's bandits murtlere! three American' cow boys Monday. . A posse brought the mutilated eorpsr to llachlte. The bandits are holding the wife 1 if fed ward Spencer, negro ranch fisreanan. demanding a five thou sand dollar ransom. Spencer re-nra-ted that Halaxar la planning bonier raids, Ameriran women and children are fleeing the bor- FOOD RIOTS OCCUR IN AND SWEDEN TEACHERS FELT SAFE NOT TO ATTEND DANCE Teacher Signs Statement Show- ins; Superintendent Park Correctly Quoted. THE HAGUE, Feb. There were serious food riots in the royal Palace last nlicht. Workmen staged a demonstration in front of the queen's residence and ministerial buildings. The Hussars and police repeatedly charged the mob. The food situation has reached a crisis in Holland. Officials fear more serious outbreaks unless the govern ment remedies conditions. ' The blockade is responsible. HTOCKH01.M. Feb. 1. On ac count of the increasing food short age the SwedUih government is de termined to seize the barley crop throughout the country. It has for bidden feeding potatoes to animals. LONDON', Feb. 16. It Is authori tatively learned thut Germany has cut the Belgian civil population's ra tions one half. WOMEN PREPARE TO FIGHT 1 1 Mi 4 $ f ? 'A WOMEKS MIWTAKY RESERVE If ARMORY. Bearing on the story relating to the aavtas of Buperlntendent Parks that teaohers not attend the Bachelor Club dance Wednesday evening one of the high school teachers today gave the Kast Oreffonlan the following state ment In which she says that the su. Ir1ntendent wss correctly quoted by H.14 paper last evening. F'endleton. tire.. Feb. I. 117. T Utke iMMUe with the statement that the tt-achers' view differs materially to that of Mr. Park as to whnt was satd by him to the teachers Wednes day evening concerning going to the dance given by the Bachelors' Club. I He said the same thlnse quoted in , l:ut evenlns's conv of the Kawt Ore- I gonlan. and nothing else. The tea chers saw Mr. Park's piwitlun and fnlt It het to slay sway. CAROI.IXB K. BONNET. It Im understood one cau or intllg- nttn sKits aupi how OAJT CAPTIVES FLEE? latest Uerntan Scheme rata Off Prio- osn Itu turns so Ralluses tilt Work. WASHINGTON. Fab. 1. On the theory that a prisoner with no gall u J- as can not run rapidly. Germans havs cut off alt tha euttona from prlson rs clothes, according to confiden tial war department reports. They think a would-be fugitive would keep himself busy trying to hold his clothes on whlls he was escaping. NOT, YORK, One of the first or ganisations to prepare for action in the event of war with Germany la the Women's Military Reserve, composed of thirty prominent society women of this city. Costumed in smart olive-drab rid ing clothes, they hold cavalry drill in the Central Park Riding Academy and later go to the roof of a neigh boring hotel for dismounted drill. saiss xaura wtcnKiss, the com manding officer of the small but val iant army, hopes to raise the strength of the organization to a full squadron within the next two weeks. CHICAGO INDUSTRIES ARE THREATENED BY FREIGHT CONGESTION CHICAGO. Feb. i. The rail, road congestion has threatened Chicago Induatrlra. It la the most serious situation since the CLARKE NELSON HOME IS DAMAGED BY FIRE Imm of $aoo Is Caused fioan over heated Stove In ITnetatra Room.; Folly Covered by Istvaraace. REPRESENTATIVES OF MANY AUTOMOBILES ARE ATTENDING SHOW Fir laat nlffht did acout 12606 damaore to the home of Mr. and Mrs. KUark K. Nfrlaon, 909 Thou paon atreet Starting from an overheated atora tit tha upstairs bathroom the flam quickly reached the attic. neceaaltat ing the use of much water. Host of the damage done to the lurnfture wao done by watr. M r. Nelaon van not tX home lata evening, being- in Heppner on a bus iness trip. Mrs. Nelson had gone out in the auto for a abort ride and when she returned about 8:30 the fire was discovered. The alarm wax turned tn and the fire department responded nation over the mitrln.endent' ac tion In thut 'he wiiited until a late lour before In form Inn teaohem on the nuhjeot. One hlh arhool teacher waa already at the party before he revived word and others are raid to ha ve ben d red to attend before Wlntr warned am In at Koine. threatened general railroad I quickly The nature of the fire madn strike. Thousands will be Job- Mt Impossible to fitch t iealth chem Considering it location, the fire was extlna-uished quickly. A good deal of the upstairs furniture lese unless relief comes immedl- ! lea la. a:ely. Domestic staamatlon is ! increasingly pronounced. It la J believed the only solution Is urg. a) and clothing was ruined by water but ing President Wilson to arm American merchantmen and e provide naval convoys. MORE THAN 500 ATTEND FIRST NIGHT OF AUTO SHOW: CROWD KEEP DEMONSTRATORS BUSY The isoond day of Pendleton's first annual automobile show I but a con tinuation of the success of the opener, and that means it la an unqualified success, indeed the show Is being re ceived with a popularity that la sur-. prising to the men who planned It. Tha attendance laat evenulng was twice aa large as was expected for the first night, more than 509 people en. taring the doora during the evening. 2ortland automobile men, who are experienced In auto shows declared that the people warmed up last night quicker than any opening audience they had ever seen. Cars were In spected with unfeigned Interest anil this interest became so keen that dem onstrators were kept busy all even ing explaining the merits and virtues of their cars. Sill Motors Attract. The split motors. In which the working of the engines wss shown, found high favor and ware alwsrs surrounded. Ladies, who care more for comfort than for a soft-puring motor, went from ear to car and tried the cushions, and was the demonstra tor who could keep his car occupied with ladles. "It draws attention to the car." one dealer said Fsrmrra Mke Trecka. Farmers, to whom the age of gas oline has meant most, flocked about the big motor trucks and the demon strators of these trucks always found Interested audiences. The aocessoiy booths proved extremely popular for there w much of interest there, both to the "auto bug" and the novice. At the booth of the Pendleton Auto Co., where Monogram oils are being displayed, refreshments were served. From big oil cans, heated with elec tric coils, ths attendants drew hot beverages snd pltnut butter were served from can. of hsrd-olL Nat urally this booth provsd very popu lar. . No detail of the show but what had been attended to and the result w s such that many exclamations of pleas ed surprise were heard. "Just aa good as ths Portland show.'said one. "Did you ever know Pendleton to put on snvthing Inferior?' ssked the other "Our hats are off to Pendleton." said a visiting sulo dealer, and such ex pressions were mors common than otherwise. VotsUlsta Make Hit. The team of high power vocaliaia Measra Bert Vincent snd Frank Hnv- der. proved a big hit. Singing from an elevated platform they were easily heard all over the big pavilion To night they will sing entirely different songa. They will sing "I Know I Got More Than My Share.'- "Wake Ld. America.". -Are Tou Half the Man Tour Mother Thought You'd B T" Ths orchestra filled In between songs and helped to make the even ing pleasant. But after all ths shoe's biggest pull Is the show Itself some of ths valuable oriental rugs downstairs escaped with but slight damage. Fire Chief Rlngold estimates ths damage to the house at S1000 and to the contents at 15i0. The loss ts covered by Insurance. Men From All Over Northwest Are In tity Inc-iudinr. IWaaaw se and 4o Portland Agents. - Appraisers Appointed. Elmer Crow, Alexander Gsmey an1 John Graham have been appnlntel appraisers of the estate of Kiiza Mc Phaft. deceased. The first annual Pendleton Auto mobile Show Is proving a magnet that is drawing automobile represen tatives from all over the northwest to the city. Between thirty and forty men of the Portland automobile fra ternity are here, and there are others from Walla Walla. La Grande. Hepp ner and other nearby points. Among those at the show this af ternoon are S. 8. Gilbert, represent ing Federal motor trucks. Charles I. Dunham, wholesale representative of the Saxon. I V. Kawlings of the Oer- nger Motor Car Co.. distributor of the Chandler auto and the Federal truck. H. J. McRcll. stote representa tive of the Hudson, Harry C. Hays, traveling representative of the How- erd Automnhlle Co., distributor of the Buiek. H. W. Roberts of the Roberts Motor Car Co.. distributors of Re public Motor trucks. T. J. O'Keefe of the I'nlted States Rubber Co., Louis H. Reese, representative of the Pack ard. W. 8. Parnes, sales manager for the Paige. P. A. Collins of the entri neerlng deportment of the Reo. L. W. Kiyea. salesman for the Wlnton. A. K. Sheldon, service man for ths Wln ton. Charles Campbell, salesman of Goodrich tires. Charles Pruitt of the Fisk Rubber Co.. H. U Keats, repre senting the Chalmers. Jl F. Oroce. representing the auto supply house of Archer Wiggins and specialising in Warner lens, F. G. Delano, travel ing representative of the Maxwell, F. W. Volger. head of the Northwest Auto Co., distributors of the Marmon, Cole 8. Dort and Reo. H. G. Lo'tle of tho same company, A. T. Brown, dist rict manager of the Studebaker agency. Thos. F. Coward, manager of the La Grande agency of the Ford, '. G. Evans, territory advisor for the Ford, Manager Coleman of the Che vrolet. J. M. Greif. state manager for Monogram oils. A. G. Henderson. Wal la Walla representative of the Detrolt- r. and C. J. Miller of the Bond Au to Co. of Pilot Rock. AMERICAN PRISONERS ARE FREED Germany Makes Official An ' nouncement of Release of U. S. Citizens Held on Yarrowdale. U.S. MAY YET SEND PROTEST Wilson and Lansing feel Ger many Has Clearly Violated International Law and Want U. S. on Record Against Such Action. AMSTERDAM, Feb. 16. Berlin officially . announced that American Yarrowdale prisoners would be released. Dispatches received here .on- tained no details. (ROBERT J. BENDER.) Washington. Feb. The admin istration may send the Yarrowdale protest despite press dispatches say ing Germany has released two Amer ican prisoners. The government has not received official confirmation. The note contains details regarding the treatment of Interned German ships' crews in the United States. Wil son wants the note sent aa a protect oners' release. Wilson and Lansing I feel Germany has clearly violated In- f ternatlonal law. They want the United States on record against such actions. Austrian negotiations are contin uing The state department la very silent regarding developmenta It is PROVIDES MORE ESSENTIALS FOR THE JIIIIAIIVE House Passes Joint Resolution Making 8 Per Cent of Legal Voters, Representing Major ity of Counties Necessary. BITTER FIGHT IS WAGED Enemies of Move Declare it Destroy Initiative EnUmly and fiiree Undue . Advantauce to the Wealthy. (East Oregon Special Wire Service) - SALEM. Feb. 1. The house adopted the joint resolution pro viding that eight per cent of the state's legal voters representing a majority of the counties are necessary to put an initiative measure on the ballot. Enemies of the move claimed the resntu- tion practically destroys the In itiative. The vote was thirty to twenty six. Eaton ted the fight against the resoluton. He claim ed It gave undue advantage to the wealthy and was unjust to the poor. He declared It would pre vent placing many measures on the ballot. 89 rFjssax Bunjiw2. More Than 3.000.00 Tone fader One). WASHINGTON. Feb 1. Ameri can ship yards have under construc tion or order f 81 vessels for an as- still attempting to preserve friendly gregate tonnage of over two million. relations with Austria despite the according to the bureau of naviga identlcal ruthless submarining an- tion. nouncement. No Americans were i This total Includes fifty-seven ve. advised to leave Austria. sels being tnillt for the navy of 187. Ambassador Klkua officially re- EST tons total; and sixty-one eubtna. COtlaaV-CoostautinopIs conditions. De- -rlnea (details unavailable). tails are withheld, rt la understood Of the SIS Tin Is Bade the American slteatloa In Turner fa tion or ordered. 41s are to not as serious aa feared. ships from private yarda with a to- Swlss Minister Ritter conferred tal tonnage of l.&2i.S54. One ban- with State Department Counsellor dred and sixty-one wooden ships are Polk. It la believed they probably die- being built. Of the steel merchant cussed ths reported release of Tar- ships ninety-nine of 451.354 tone are rowdale prisoners. . building for foreign flags. STRONG TONE IN CHICAGO MARKET FOOD IS PREFERRED TO MONEY GERMAN SUFFERINGS INTENSE GRAFT ADDS TO DESTITUTION CHICAGO. Feb. IS. (Special to the Koat Oregoniant Range of pri ces today: Open. High. Iiw. Close. Mav 1.T4H i.7V, IH tl.7Ii July 1.49H tl.504 I147H $1.48 Portland. PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 18. (S(ie- ciall Club $1.52: bluestem $1.57. (CARI. ACKJSRMAN.) j thousands of requests for food. A PARIS. Feb. 1$. Germany Is nr.- German physician asked an American derrourished. The food and econom- ' fam!!' to IB food ,nto of "n j.., .j,. . sy. The police are powerless to halt io conditions are steadily growing grafting, infiuen.i.i .i-. worse. There Is endless graft in the food distribution plana - Transports- ; tion problems are increasing. ! Hindenburg does not consider the ' people. He has concentrated h. i whole nation to strengthen the army. I He is organising a million women to the greatest offendera Dealers in terchange wares Magistrates friends get extra carda Many cards are stolen. Cold Destroys Potatoes. The recent cold destroyed quanti ties of potatoes and apples. Many ENGINES WRECKED ON GERMAN UNER CECIUE fa V I v 1 -S-'' V . I f I s - i (&&. 1 1 ' 7" J asssl II I I i-g-v-'.'.:!'1te work in indu-nrlee and enable add!- I schools and large offlcea and nuhiie tlonai men to enlist. i buildings are closed on account of a Americans leaving Berlin receiver coa! famine. HILLS GENEROSITY WAS- UflLIMITED BOSTOK, Feb. It. What ently waa a deliberately planned erlp. pllng of ths Oermaa steamer Kron- appar- j reported to the treasury department I result against thoee reaponaibla Inu. by Captain John B. Coyle, an eagl- much aa the Cecilia was nominally aesr of tho United States coast guard In the custody of -he United States I eeiTiBs, ... dim. an examination ot marsnal tnrouti i itii its pen(lng prinressin Oscilla Interned here. Is J the vessel, criminal prosecution may against the ship s cwre- Almost unbelio-able stories of the generosity and hospitality of President Louis Hill, Vice-president William Kinney and othr officials of the Great Northern are told by the last half or the Pendleton excursion party to St. Paul, who arrived home this I morning. This part of the delegation went on to New York and during all their stay In that city thev rema ned guests of the Great Northern. Unknown to the party. Hill ai.d Kinney had wired ahead to the repre sentatives of the Great Northern ti take care of them. The telegram of instructions wss evidently -ery pos itive for, from the time of -.heir sr rival tn New York unt;i ihir ds parture. they were entertj ned b Great Northern represtn'a'ic-ta Th did not arrive In New T rk until Z.St a m., but despite the hour, were met by a a. N. official who isci rted there to the Waldorf-Astoria New Tork'r most famous note.. Th-y were told to lock their purses in tlie safety de posit vaults as all expense would be taken cars of by the company. They remained n New Tork sx dsva. dulng which time they were escorted to theaters ant to man. points of interest They rsw New Tork j by day and by aight and. In :h4r lim ed time, under the direction r ths railroad officials were able tn take I more of the city thsr if my had re mained a month under o'dinary cir- cumstaneea The C4mpnnv refused tn permit them to spend mu: foe sr-. thing Returning west, the Pendleton ps--tv spent Sunday at Niagara Falls sn i returned to . Paul by way ..( cm. csgo. Even in Chicago the o-eut Northern representatives int'rca n'd mem ana. wnen thev got back to at. Paul. Messrs. Hill ant K'nney gave them another dinner. Such a trip was neve - Iv'ore Ilk n by a Pendleton delegit'on and it ts doubtful If th.-t. ever ass a pafy from a small e'tv o tsvishtv s-ttr- tained. It cost the ;re.,t N..rth srversi thousand d"ilrs. Mr. we gratertil to the IVnitl' rr,i an, the "iep" t!.y injected !:no the Paul rarnivn! an I tount.vf not pense to .'-how hi. anp.e.'.vton. aaie awirance tht be wou'd here with a tralnload f teop'e f.je tne next Roand-rp an1 h, and Me K" Inner plan to stop off here a day In March on their return fr-.tr, Califor nia. If they do. Pendlct'm will pr b- ahly entertain them wh a miniature Round-Up. Those In the b-trtv returning thi. it i n. were wi. ana sirs. TtHimUM Me .n.. Wm Thompson. Mr ed Mrs Ibmm Wrgls. Mr. sad Mra Oeorre areas aim. w r Tempi. Mra J t seas and Mrs Roy T nisboei. nnrcmsa wbe was with tra Tork, arrived hosse Wsdeasdsy Hill I". Me In New