DAILY EVENING EDITION
DAILY EVENING EDITiON
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, WEATHER
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freh aoutherly wind, ,
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CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 28
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1917,
NO. 9049
a M fkJBTU"IIEElU 1 J entJUnT
12 DAYS LEFT
Fl
TO CLEAR UP
iMust Pass Naval, Army, Forti
catibns, Military Academy
and Sundry Civil Bills Carry
ing Total Appropriation of
$187,000,000.
$150,000,000 TO BE ADDED
frrt-naui tXlttvtn to Make A r prl mti on
Ur Immediate ComJttion of War.
ships Now t' ruler Cond deration.
WArJlUNflTON. Feb. It. Congress
haa twelve legislative days to clear
up its vast preparedness program
which carries a total of efffht hun
dred and seventy one million In ap
propriations. It must paaa fortifica
tion, naval, army, military academy
nnd aundry civil bills. The senate ia
expected to add a. hundred and fifty
million dollar appropriation cover
ing the immediate completion of ths
warships' under conatructlon.
tWtJ float lm BUI by House.
The house haa passed the fortifi
cation a. naval and nrgent deficiency
bill. The army bill la under con
aideratlon. The military aeademjf
HIU la acheduled for consideration
extn. Sundry civil bllla were report
ed today.
Aero Club II aM Complaint. .
The- aero elub- complained that only
three million dollar were available to
build aeroplane. The house replied
that portion of the senate's special
hundred and fifty thousand dollar ap
propriation would be uaed -for aero
naut In.
DISPLAY FUNERAL
IS BARRED: MONEY
GOES TO RELATIVES
Allra W-t lc-vcx InirtrucUuau TVI
Vo HHlrloui Hti-vfa- Itat l'"d at
niHtiU and No l'nn-iar)- Ki-
DecUi-ina; that he wtehed hia money
to ffo to hiaTeiatlvea rather than havt
It vo to inaklnv a diaplay at hla fu
nrl. a Hen B. WC who died at
Milton January 80, left Inatructtona in
hli will that here be no rellaioua aer
vices at hla funeral, no unneceawary
expenee In connection wMb it and that
h b buried In a quiet and orderly
manner by hlafrlenda.
Deceased left no lineal deaoendanta
but he remembered almuet all of hi
tmmfdiate relative In hia will. Tha
eatate conalata of real property rai
ned at $3300 and aome note. He aean
that the real eatate be converted In
to money to dfatributed aa fol
io we $100 to neibert Wwt. ha
brother. $100 to Frank Weat, a broth
er. $100 to Pophta C. Harerly, a "la
ter, $100 to Chrlatlana WoUord. a
nltrr, 50o to Mary Chapman, a alatar,
OR CONGRESS
PROGRAM
ISOO to Dora McMinn, a sister, io- ( Ban.r t hu cabin above the springs
each to Nlrholss. O rover. Chrtetle. and w, w. Hoch at the springs both
Beth and Penrl Kllng. nephews and hrMTi hlm but paid little attention at
nieces, and i0 each to James Wt .first, thinking It waa a coyote elp
and Rufua King, nephews. In a co- lng when lney finally made out that
rtlcil he annuls the bequet to Mrs. I it wma a human voles, they thought
Haverly because of her death and al- bU treed an animal and each
ao the bequwt to James West for ; m.t ollt wllh nU (Un. Haker waa the
"good and sufficient reasons." An ad- tim. to reach the Injured man. Hoch
dltiooal 1100 la given to Chrlatiw arrived soon after and built a fire
Kllng. ttoo la given to his niece. Hat- to warm lbs half-froaen man, while
tie Woirnra van Taasel and lion
his niece. Xna Wolford. .
al. J. uana is namsa evecutor or
ths will which haa been admitted
probata.
FREDERICK EIGHTH
STILL AT HALIFAX
HALIFAX. Feb. It. The Freder
fc'h Eighth haa not yet been released.
It Is understood officials have finish
ed searching Bernstorff and are now
tngnertlng ths cargo. Ths departure
date will not be filed until ths ex
amination la completed.
T.UI'PKMSiH rNM'OTTF.XI,Y
RAID FIU-TMH tXAT
PA HIS, Feb. 1. It Is announced
nsppellna unsuccessfully raided ths
French coast near Boulogne. Berate!
bombs wssr dropped. The entire west,
m front is calm. There is patrol
fighting In Ali-ace.
COUNT AND COUNTESS VON BERNSTORFF OFF FOR GERMANY
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COUNTESS VPN BERK9T0RTJ-,
Above U a photograph taken of
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Count and Countess von Bernstorff
and the Prlncaxs von Hatrfleld (cen.
WITH BROKEN LEG MAN CRAWLS TWO
MILES THROUGH FIVE FEET OF SHOW
Lou Bulin of Bingham Springs
Owes Life to Stott Nerves
and Lusty Lungs. , '
Two milea from camp with a brok
en lea; and five faet of snow on the
! ground 1 the predicament that con
1 iron ted Lou Bulln of Blmrham Sprinsj
i tiAt Kridvy afternoon. He la now at
St. Anthony's hoapitai recovering
from an ordeal that might have prov
ed fatal but for a atout nerve and u
luaty- pair of lunca,
liulln. who la employed at th
.'prinicM aud who la well known to
Pendleton people, had gone up the
river to fish for bia; trout. In Jump
ing a erne the rtream he alipped an t
hla leg alruck the rock ao hard that
both tHinee of the upp'r part of the
leg wars broken.
The situation Wits a desperate one
iia the Injured man realised. He was
two mile from the apnngs and thtre
waa small chance of getting help. H
broke np his flfh pole and mad
apllnta for hts lea:, binding It In place
with hla line. He then set out to
crawl the two miles over the snow.
He made but alow headway because
of the Injured leg and the intern
cold. He had to drag htm-e4f aruunJ
one bluff that overhung the river and
it took all the strength of his two
hands and hia one good leg to aave
himeelf rom slipping over the edg.
The accident happened about $ in ;
the afternoon. After drugging hlnvei(
a mile and a quarter, liulln. half-detut
with the suffering and the cold, be
gan calling for help. Foreat Hanger
: Baker sscured a horse. It waa o-
i olock at night before they finally got
, ,h- Ilirl
Dr. E. o. Parker was called over
the telephoae and arrived at the
springs Ulan, after traveling part
of the distance on a freight train and
put on horseback. He found the
fracture a bad one. Ths man was
brought down to the hospital Satur
day and today is reported Improving
nicely.
ltHSKVFJ.T TO OHtiAAW.
AMRHaXHN IHVINIOX IS
fcTVKVT WAR IS nU'LAItKU
NEW YORK. Feb. I. Ths World
declared Theodore Roosevelt bad fin
ished plans to organise an American
division to participate in ths Euro
pean fighting Immediately after war
la declared. He plans to train the
division In Canada If It Interferes
with the t'nited States army arrange,
menta. He wants te convince ths al.
lies the t'nited States is anxious to
Cooperate.
PttlHCfJSS KATZFEi-OT COUNTVOH
I ter) ipon their arrival at Hoboken
an route to the steamer Frederick
vjn whch wllI take the ,aU amba.-a-
dor and his suite back to Germany.
MYHTKIUOt K L1;ilT HHiSMA
1AMIH ABOVE CAWWOKItO
SAXTA KOftA, Feb. 19.
Frank Opfer told the federal
authurftieM mysterious persona
were conducting a light aignal-
ling on the hills above Caara-
dero. The flashes were visible
aeuward. Opfer said all the
light were, red Monday night
and white Tuesday. Sometime e
they were arranged to form a
croaK or trianfrle. Opfr said
only two lights were used sever-
al times. He did not report the
mvKtry until he had watched
the aignels several weeks.
500,000 GERMAN
SPIES IN AMERICA
ASSERTS SENATOR
IMTIJl aTATfcg FOKWAJtlHi SOTK
THAT IS PIIAlTICAla.Y A.
ILT1.UATIM.
WASHINGTON, Fob. 1. The
state department announced the Unit
ed Status would flatly demanded the
reelasa of the Yarrow dale prisoners.
Lansing forwarded a note Saturday..
It waa almost an ultimatum.
Qermany notified LAnslug Sunday
mght that the prisoners were schedul
ed for release. This communication
replied to the ad ministration a earlier
inquiry regarding the situation.
Senator Lee overman asserted that
a hundred thousand German spies
ware In the United states. The sen.
ate debated the espionage bill. Over
man Is in close touch with the Justice
department
Ths Mexican embaaay has received
the Bolivian government's communt
cat. on scatchingly denouncing subma
rining. It summons all American na
tions to confer regarding the menace.
XKW YORK 1$ CI-OSKD
PORT AFTKK MKJHTFAIX
MOW YORK, Feb. It. Begin
ning tonight the port of New
1 orb, rtuara at nightfall. No vea
anla will be permitted to enter or
depart after dark until the gov
ernment changes Its onhrra. A
ais-ctal rnard was waahUatied at
qaarantine to prevent ships paw
ing. RKBI'tTION OF 3r POI'N ft
MIE IX NKWS PRINT
WASHIN'OTON. Feb. 1. It la
learned a reduction of three cents a
pound In newa print paper will prob
ably be fixed. The federal trade
commission hi arbitrating prices and
distribution. The commission began
Ita arrangements to reduce prices
The first work will be a aeries of
brief hearings wherein manufacturers
and publishers will discuss the sub
ject. The commission expects ts
complete Ita work In time to aubmit
the new price schedule March first.
' if
Elaborate precautions were taken
by police, secret service men and
members of the enutratity' squad to
proiect the Irty frbm cranks.
FIFTEEN MEN ARE
TRAPPED IN MINE,
RESCUE EXPECTED
TH5!T:iC-b. tins Oak-
sn roal suns kt buralnc. 1h
Wshoo asiaa erne nauwit A
maprrlntUMteat and luarteoi wmem
srert worfclns; wiiea an expoo
were trapped on the lower levels.
Ilelmrtsaen descended to the ruth
lerel, aMnnpting to cave theja.
Manager Harry llaxh experts to
GERARD ASSAILED
BY VONREVENTLOW
AMSTERDAM. Feb. 11. Count
Von Keventlow wrote ait article to the
Berlin Tags Zeitung bitterly attack
ing Gerard. - He charged that Gerani
used his official position to transmit
information to America. He asserted
the America nembaaey wan responsi
ble for "delivering Casement to the
gallow.i." He assailed United States
newspaper correspondents and in con
clusion sa'd: "Thank heaven Gerard
Is gone."
FKKXOI UXKIt (il'AYNK
SINKS A SUBMARINE
NEW YOltX, Feb. 19. Offi
cers of the f-Ycmti line freighUer
Guayne iporcd Uwt Uw s"wl
nar.K a aubntarlne off Bordeanv
Jnnnar- twnty.He,nml. 0pain
KouaelkH satd the nub marine flr
el UirV lmflVctlve nix us. The
uayne flrad twice. Ttw itrcontl
. shot aank the Mihmartne.
DSK VfHl 1IAMPKKA THK
HUIIT1NO ON VKT KKOXT
RKRALIN. Feb. 1 (VIVa Pav
ville.) ft la annound a demte fog
hampered the weatern front flghtlng
Hoveral enemy reconnoiaances failed.
Oermsn acouta captureil several prla-
oner. Two hoetile aeroplanae were
deatroyed on the Mscedonlan front.
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Above Is a photograph of the Nor- I
weglan liner Ft-edeiik VUT. whK-h j
wilt take Count vn lierntorff sod hi
I SHIP WHICH WILL TAKE COUNT VON BERNSTORFF TO EUROPE
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SAFEBLOWERSi
FIRE TO VILLAGE
100 ARE HOMELESS
YOUNOMTOWN, Feb. 1
Safeblower accidentally fired
the Jewelry More here and two
churches and an entire business a)
block were destroyed in Lowell- e
vllle suburb Over a hundred
are homeless. The damage is
eighty thousand dollars. The
yeiftrmen escaped. )
2000 PEOPLE SAW
PENDLETON'S FIRST
ANNUAL AUTO SHOW
aa Hfdciidid ftiicccua In Every Par
ticular: IMt N'lg-bt Crowded to Ca
pacity; Iealcn IMvased.
Fully 2000 people paid to see the
exhibit at the first annual Pendleton
Automobile Show which was brought
to & chMM Saturday evening. The at
tenaence grew each day and Satur
day the capacity of the pavilion waa
taxtd both afternoon and evening.
Fully 500 people were inalde during
the afternoon, moat of them being
from the country.
The show closed Saturday evening
with good cheer reigning. There
was a full house present and there
was ainKing, dancing, and general
merrymaking throughout the even
ing. The show was a splendid succeas
In every pham and those who are re
sponsible for putting It on are more
than pleased. The show is already
brtniring the dealer direct beneflta
as quite a number of cars were sold
at the show Saturday while other
aale starting there will be closed in
a few daya.
The work of breaking up hejran
vierdav and by thla evening will be
completed.
imrTi's fix PEWDmn ks
snirCE WAR gJI.eoe.eee.eoo
Daily Average S2S.soS.eOv at PreseM
Time atlonaJ 1Mb at Find ol
Year win Be Over gle.OOO.OOO.OOO.
IrONDON. Feb. 1. The average
daily expenditure of Oreat Britain 1
new $2.!so.000. Andrew Bonar Law
chancellor of the exchequer. an
nounced in the house of commons to
day. The chancellor aaJd the total
expenditure since the beginning of the
war was $21,000,000,000.
At the end of the current year the
national debt would r stand between
tl.000,0M),f.OA and fia.500.00fl. 000.
Advance to allies andd omlnlons
( would approximate $t.SO.OOO.ooo. The
number of anpllcatlona and the
i amount applied for bv the general
( public for the loan, the chancellor
said, mere larger than ever before.
The feature of today's program wa
'the introduction of two new notes of
credit agareratlng $2,750,000,000. one,
for 20ft.0fl0.flO0 pounds to cover eT-
j pense to March S1. the end of the
present fiarat year, and-the other for ;
S50.0ft0.000
fiscal year.
pounds to start the next
WHEAT PRICES UP
IN MARKET TODAY
cftlCAfiO. Feb. is. 8pecf:il to
the Kant Oreironta n Range of prt
cee today.
Open. Ugh. Low. Cloe.
May S1.74H 11.76 1 74 S1.7
July SI.49- tl.B0 S1.49H $1.50
Portland.
PORTLAND. Ore,. Feb. 19 (Spe
cial) Club 11. M; Muestem $1.58.
.,. !
.IIMMIJWlHI'Wea'l'11"11
Ba3PMewxa
suite back to Germany via Norway or I
Denmark.
The former amba-sadvr s st.- Is j
s s
ROAD BONDING WILL BE
REFERRED TO SPECIAL
ELECTION JUNE 4, 1917
400. AMERICAN
COWBOYS DASH
INTO MEXICO
V3, PASO, Feb. it. It Is re
ported VUllxtaa captured Guada
lupe tblrty mMes southeast of
Juarea. Four hundred American
cowboys Invaded Mexico deter
mined to exterminate the Cor
ner Kanch vniderm, Andrew Pet
erson, Junior, leads the Ameri
cana, Eli PASO, Feb. It United
States icovernment acenU learned
that VilUataM eaptnred the town
of Pearson tn wtiwaru Cbfhanna.
Canadian mills are loomed there.
BITBS OFF
TIP OF HOY'S FIXGEIl
DENVER, Colo.. Feb. - IS. "The
bunny's got my fnger," wailed Uu'
ler Storm Pitt. It months old son of
Oai T. A. Pitt of the Salvation army,
as he toddled Into the kitchen of his
home at 2346 Kouth street, this morn
ing, and held up a bleeding hand for
his mother's inspection. -
The boy, while playing- in the yard
of Mrs. U J. Griswold's home. 714
Twenty fourth street, poked the In
dex finger of his right hand througk
the wire netting of a rabbit pen. One
of 'the rabbits bit off the tip of the
finger.
The injury was treated by Police
Surgeon McKelvey.
BACHELOR CLUB BOYS RESENT
A . . . A . . . A
UNJUST TREATMENT BY BOARD
lenying the charge that they con
stitute a secret society and are law
violators the Bachelor Club, composed
partly of high school students and
partly of town boys have adopted
reaolutlons addreased to the school
board and the public.
Couched in mild language there ts
j bad feeling back of the resolution be-
cause the boys of the club feel they
I were not only unjustly treated last
Wednesday but that the school au
thorities have grossly discriminated
aKainat them.
Ppeaking in behalf of the school
board and the auperintendent Mrs. ,
S. A. Lowell, member of the board
Saturday published a letter In which
the following paragraphs appeared:
"In the first place the law of the
Mate prohibits secret sorietiea among
the pupils of the public schools (see
sections 4A5-fl of the Oregon
utatutea ..
1 am advised that the club
la a secret society, existing
aforesaid
'contrary to law. It therefore Is not
1 entitled to the countenance of any of
the teachers. . .
"I am informed
that Pendleton Is
the only city In the state where the
anti-secret society law is Ignored. It
seema to me that the parents ought
to assist the board In suppressing the
nocletles. In the Interest of good citi
enship."
Within a few hours after the pub.
1 (cat Ion of the letter Saturday City
Superintendent Parks, some members
of the blah school faculty and at least
one member of the school board per
sonally attended a danoe at the
Ka ale-Wood man hall given by the
Phoenix Club, popular girls organ.
cation and successor to the sorority
g I I 1
comprised of more than :o p
most of whom wwrv empltyed
emlay t Washington.
K .
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Proposition Which Will Prob
ably be Reported This After
noon Will Also Carry
Emergency Clause.
LEGISLATURE COST $58,000
Amount la An Increaae of MOO Over
Lat Year; fier-m-taary of Mate Oisa,
piling Final Vres; PrenldeaM
Thanks lrgiulslor for Support.
East Oregonian Special Wira Ser
vice. SAI.EM. Feb. 1. The aenata
roads and highways coraittea
failed- to report tba six million
dollar road bonding- bill early this
afternoon. It probably will be
reported later this afternoon.
When It cornea from the commit
tee the bill will carry an amend
ment referring the proposition to
a special election June fourth,
nineteen seventeen. It also will
carry an emergency clause. Sen
ator Olson raid the emergency
clause was necessary to prevent
a referendum on a special elec
tion feature.
LcKtslatare Cost $.1S.M.
This legislature cost fifty-eight
thousand dollars. It Is an In
crease of sight thousand dollars
over last session. The secretary
of state Is eomplllnr final fig
ure covering expenditures.
President wrote the secretary
of state expre.vfng bis thanks
for the legislature's pledgs to
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that formerly existed
in the , high
school.
The Bachelor flub 'boys make n
reference to the Phoenix Club in their
resolutions but it is known they feel
righteously grieved that the school
toard ahould attack them while ap
proving of another organisation of
the same character as far ss secrecy
is concerned. Tne Bschelor Club is
composed for the most part of boys
who are splendid students but are not
socially pretentious
The resolution of the club Is aa fol
lows: .
From the RartM-lnr OnK.
Whereas, the Bachelor. Club has
been accused of violating state and
school laws, we the members of this
cluh wish to inform the members of
the school board, faculty and com
munltv ss a whole that we are not a
e cret s.ciety. In fact the purpose of
the club is tn promote a more demo
cratic Mplrlt in all hixh school activi
ties. In retard to the dance given at
the State H.uipital Feb. Mth. If we
violated any rule or law it waa. not '
intentional whatsoever. We certain
ly were not aware of the fact that
any rule regarding dances on school
nights waa being enforced.
WOOL EXHIBIT TO
BE HERE MARCH 3
INFORMATION OF MU'H V4.M K
To uini:Rs mv bk ii.w
FROM UKMOVKTII tTOItS.
In the capacity of advance agent
for the "Wool Oar to be here Sat.
urday for demonstration purposes M.
O. Evans of the O. A. C. faculty la
here today. The special car hi to
reach here Friday niaht from Ia
Orande and will be open to inspec
tion from 9 until 1? and from 1
o'clock until S In the afternoon.
The ear contains the following:
1- Six abeep to show market grades
of wool. (Above each ahep are ras
containing good snd poor fleeces of
same grade and coured "ample of
same.)
S. A testlle exhibit hoina all
ster tn the manufacture of cloth.
t. Cm contain nr .rr.p?e of Ai.
trnlian snd New 5 la nt wool.
4. American market crude f
vo. itndvr masnlfvinv slaws.
l"1"tnre fnm shearlnc sheda.
deatvni aarehouses. textile mltta.
re? t ice ifn. breedina of sheep, etc.
. SumplM of rltith showing ef
fens of usinc slal twin- fur ting
fl-eres ind f ualrs t m'ifh paint
in branding
7. "JieresMor for the Shopman
laibrarv " Bmks and deprlodlrala.
a Itale of w'x-I put up under the
ol and new svaterna.
. "The Hheepmea's Wheel of F'r -tun
" for calculatlns; crease value of
osl when ahrtnkare la knnwn.
1 Kxhibttlon fieecee of 4rtrrt
rallies.
II MsJ.-l of an utrAltan shear
ing Shed.