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DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISE US Toirht ( "Wday fait. Tit Eat OrKonlan bu the largest bona fide anil guaranteed paid circulation of any pflpT In Oretfon. et of Portland and by for the largeKt clrcutatloo la 'ndlaton of any newspaper. - , . WV jnamnuni rv mum triW- a SI: 4; rnfalC"V J.1 a"t. r. clear. J mint mum 3 weather, CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFI? PAPER VOL, 2d DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1917. NO. 9062 DAILY EVENING EDITION H - 4 AUSTRIA GRANTS POINT IN FAVOR OF NEUTRAL SHIPS; BREAK APPEARS TO HA VE BEEN A VERTED Reply to American Memoran dum Claims Right to Sink Enenv Merchantmen But Fails to Include Non-Com- batants. II. S. WILL AWAIT ACTION 1MM Not Want to Ureak Off Ileia. fjona Merely Because Austria &up. pwB Ciennan Theory. WASHINGTON, March . Tho state department has received Aus tria's reply to the American subma rining meinurandum. She refuses tu miiTender her rtght to alnk enemy merchantmen but does not Include neutrals. Authorities believe Austria has conceded a point The United States la Inclined to await Austria's actav Officials aai1 the note Indicated a desire to avoid a break. The United states does not want to sever relatione merely he cauw Austria supports the German theury. ' IXx'uinoiit 1 Ixrurtay. Tho reply la the lengthiest diplo matic note received since negotiations started, urriclals agTeed the docu ment tended to give concessions. All felt a break has been averted. The noet says the barred gone was established for thai purpose or ulti mately making- the seas free. It said ftutomarines would Insure all flags safety at sea after the allies were de feated. It contained much denuncia tion or the allies, particularly of Eng land. It charged the allies used ille gal blockade methods and violated In ternational law. Adheres to Aaauranosa, It said the central powers expected the neutrals to appreciate their ef fort to restore International law and nual rights to all nations. - "The government wants America to understand It adheres strictly to all assurances riven, will endeavor to Hear up all disputed points and avoid misunderstandings.' 110 LAMB LOSSES JN RECENT STORM n tlko 1'iuiirMry Moi-turvWhlTli Mill Im- of tinmi -ftarrts wrt ni Innih lihmn mini iht rifrpnt at Arm In thin part of tUMtrn i r'Kiif, . mccnnltnar to heepmorfl hut. tn the othfr hand thf Ftortn supplied ilfture whli'b will be a great aid to,"'"' " " ... MnM. slKod the JapaneHe-Amerfmn friend- p Brass on the mnRfi. i-hlD an or tne lammnic wnirn was ie ina done when the storm broke was hed lambing and the sheepmen were well prepared. The storm ne-cf-sitated emtra feed inn but the sheep men of tTmatilla. Morrow and iiil liam counties have still enouah hay fo feed for thirty days If necessary. In lrant eoune- there ta said to be a shnrtaae of hay. -Am in a the sheepmen doinr winter .r nhed lam bin are Hmythe Brs.. J.e Cunha. R. F. Wlaleswirth. the I'endleton Hheep Co.. and Anton V. The spring Inmblna will besln about March 10 to 3&. Keports from the sheepmen are that the Urn bin is n how In a hla In i rease and exceptionally strong Ism be This is attributed to the fact that the hlth prices for wool and mutton have caused sheepmen to feed and care for their flocks with extraordinary rare. . . , I The mountain ranges are tu be bet- r this year than for a number nt seaennV. It is anticipated. Inasmuch as the snows have been much heavier then in ordinary winters. Xnow is re imrted in the mountains from four to 1 feet deep and there is no frost In the (round, thus Insuring that much of the moisture 111 be absorbed. This will mesn plenty of grass snd aler. HhVepmen s well ss fsrmers are r.Khl now ready for warmer weather. There Is s big shortage In sheep, prlnclpslly Id the war. snd local florkmsstere sre expecting extraordl t Hty high prices for both wool and innttjon. There la a general dlepo e'tton locally to hold, all offers for c ntrarts being refused. rxtVAslOVr KKJHTIXtl ItKSI'K.lt. ATK. rtltlM. Marvh a. it an. MsNinced mHrate righting oow tiBaea la t'aarleres Wand as ' IkoeantntHit. The fief-man are ustahle to rwover het trf-mies. SPECIAL WEATHER FORECAST IS BIG AID TO STOCKMEN SIIKKI'MKX PAUTKH.'I.AKL,Y HE. CKIV'IXO OIUiAT HKHTBrTT, U-I-XXAJU24 D. P. SMYT1US, The special stockmen's weather forecast, furnished through the, co operation of the United States weath er bureau in Portland and the foresk rv service. Is proving a boon of ines timable value to stockmen of eastern Oregon and Washington, according to ban P. timythe, prominent local sheepman. The special forecast furnished hf the weather 'bureau with the assist ance of Mr. McKenzle and Mr. Or der of the forestry service la prov ing of greati Value to stockmen, par ticularly to the sheepmen." he said this morning. "The service has only been furnished for a year and dufinrf that time I have had occasion to ob serve that the prediction of big storms have been made with wonder ful accuracy. ' "personally, I know thnt Pmythi Tiros, have on a number of occasions benefited from them and we are learning to watch them with serious concern. When a sudden change In the wtather Is predicted, we always take precautions to protect our stock. The Inst big storm which broke over eastern Oregon was -predicted In ttime to give the sheepmen who were lambing to prepare for it. Thiies who did not suffered. 'l have taMred with many sheep man who at first rldicu'ed the serv ice and find tluu all have been con verted to Its value. They are ready to testify to the direct benefits they have derived, r believe that, when th system of warntng stockmen Is developed that It Will prove as big a boon as are the forecasts to the shipping business"' SHEER MADNESS TO ' DESERT ALLIES SAYS JAPANESE PREMIER Kinimcmian IetUT Kcvraln xmlbtc liniorancv of other Nations' Alms IHx'IarCH Teraurlit. ToKIO. March . ITemier Te rHuchl made a atatement dxUirlrit( tho Zimmerman letter revealed Oer many'ji effort to estrange Japan from the L'nlted tatee and showed Ger many's compleoe Ifrnornnee of other nations alma He raid Japan would ni ant fent "whoer madness' if she at tempted to Uiwrt the aHiea and at- APPAM RESTORED II Hnin-i-nw court Dismisses W Horn Aimral Washington. New York and Iowa Workmen' MM Held Valid. Wahlngturt. March . The su preme court ordered the German prtxe steamer Appam restored to her Rritlsh owners.- Thev dlsnlM.il war. ,.. . . .. , ner Horn s appeal, ordering the a!- fegru uevnian plotters to stand trial on a charge of conspiracy to dyna mite a Canadian railway bridge. It declared Ihe Washington, New York and .Iowa workmen's compensation laws were valid. i FLAMES FORCE MAN TO FALL TO HIS DEATH HKTltOIT. sUsrch .ia. d. Voorhiee hunc from a hotel window by his flnireni for five minute until flames forced him to release his hold when he fell to his death six stories be- low. Many watched but were unahlV-to Ss-sis-t him. Fire and smoke drove four hundred Hotel Teller cuefts to the street. ViMirhies as a sulesman. I AMERICAN VICTIM OF IT HE LACONIA g.- ,ig s5.Jra- I s if cWKtaj H -'. ...: ? .J n.fe ''s.'ISJItfaw j-1ifr. . -J MR5.MARY MOV Mrs. Mary Hoy of Chlcaxo and her daUBhtcr KliEabPth died at 1:30 a. m.. Monday. Feb. 86. In an oiien boat after the Iaconia had been sunk by a German submarine. She died In ber HIIUJIItH KVTKR IIOMK KKIKI.U -UIKKI.KKS CHAItT PORTLAND, March . The Portland Heights residence of F. I. Fuller, vice-president of the Portland Street Railways, has twice been burKlarlsed. The police believe the buraiars are hunting charts showing revo lutionary wireless Improve ments. Fuller's son is conduct ing the experiments. His son is chief electrical engineer of the Federal Wireless. STURTEVANT WILL CASE IS APPEALED e-vuncv or appeal in me Murwvnnt nnnKnifi aplicatJons for Uio pod wlll contest was filed today by G. W. tum ttt rmHtiM.- MM..a,i V. Mark A. Rturtevunt. Alma Kturtevant and Fay Sturtevant againat whom the decision of JudKe Marxh in the probate court was returned. The appeal Is taken to the circuit court and the notice is served upon Stephen A. leweli. Frederick Steiwer, Kales & Raley and Will M. I'etemon. at torneys for 'Vivian I. Hturtevam. now l.lnsner and Lowell K. Sturtevant. the contestants of the will. h.WH IXHtMKR HHITISII AUMIKAU HMIKH. IT HIS POST MKR TltAITOIl UlXDON. March . Admirnl Sir Hed worth Meux. member of the ouse of commons for Portsmouth at which port he is commander In chief in crliiclftin. In the house today those who wished to brln Iord Fisher, former first sea lord.- back to the ad miralty, said: "I-ord Finher deserted his post like a traitor. There were cries of dissent at this juncture. "Well." went on Admiral Meux, "if he had been a soldier or a sailor he would have been shot." This "hydra headed In triune' to 1'Hnic t.ord Fisher back, declared th speaker, was headed by persons who bad failed, and If there was one way t- lose the war It was to bring back those who hud failed. Wave Kttlnirutsh flm. MOHli.K. March t. MnuntainoiiH naves'exilnRuifhed the boiler fires of the Stenmer Pruld. enroute from IVnsacola to Havana. 8he la wallow- tnir helplessly In a raalnit: Kale seventy miles off Penaacola. The cruiser lunibiH nearby wirelessed the facts. Ktdb once In ten Moines. IRS MOINEK March . Frits Kolk. the s IN wed Herman bomb plot, ter arrested in Hoboken. was engag ed In the automobile buslnss here in July, 114. He Is a former Oerman army lieutenant. He came here from Mextco. Kolb said the Oerman- gov ernment sent him to Rgypt and other foreign lands He claimed he was mm worVinr for Germany while here. v. dnutihter's arms, killed py exposure in the icy ocean. ' Miss Hoy died a few moments later. The death of meae two sjay be the overt act to Precipitate war between the United States and Germany. IS HEAD OF AKtintnM-nt of Ntato IIiei.wvmjr K Ksurcr In Inferred Vntil After Uh I une Klit-'tion. R.VI.KM. March . Tlie new state highway cotnmiHXIon lias been organ lied. Klmon llonxon mt PnrtJand. Is chairman. The other niemherM are K. . Adams of Kncmie. and W. It. TliomiiKon of Pendleton. . The. apulnun-iit of m state high ay eiucineer was defprred until after the .lime elntlnn on tlie six million dollar road liond. Sevtiwl rtiancca In tht tvinuiiiwifkns cm'iloyoN were 1)111 ill. f 'nnmil.ul. iruv . 1 .1 I all MtrtM of tlio country. ACTUAL SALE OF CLUB AT -$1.-67 POHTUXD, March 4. (Special. Merchants. JSxehanfre reported a sal? "f ten thousand bushels of April club v hHt at a dollar ixty seven per 1'Ushel. a record breaking price. ' rhlcajro. r-HU'AflO. March , . (Special pto the Est Orearnnlan f--ltana-e ' of vhe.t prices today-hai been ss fol lows: Open. HiKh. I-ow. Cltise. May Jl.M ll.B 11.8RH I110 July !.; $I.m. I158S Sl.r.94 Portland. PORTMXD. Ore.. March . .So cial) Club I1.6C: bluestem $1.71. LAIE WIRE BULLETINS SlsTKK OF POVHi llli. ltOMF, March l.-r-MN. Komi larolla. ltcr nf tlto lat 1Nmm (Med. RltKAD KXPIHIT8 STOP. I)IK)X. Manh . The Xrtli erlandN aiiiMmnred that siibnia-Hnlnj- had forced Ibdland t. pririiMMt eMM-tlnx bread to IM aium. While slavers Itrnled Itr-bcerf ns i WASHINOTON. March . The preme court denied, the ruggs- I'amlnettl white slave case rehearing. Ihi nun go to jail within a month. UIIITK 1IKK PK-Krrixs ABAMKINHI BY WOMKN . snlN;TON. March . Snffragettee abandoned the White HiHtsr lat-fcef. They are planning a new eonrse of wtinn. The plW. ft laetetl several wtvks. WILL NOT ACT E OF HIS POWER President ExpectedtoAnnounce Today Whether He Has Authority to Arm Merchant men. INAUGURATION SPEECH SENT WASHINGTON'. Marv-h . Senator IjoAkv this afternoon at lemtsted . to Introduce an armed neutrality bill In the senate. The meafrtire wan Identical rltii the previous bill. Owen moved tlie Mil's Introduction wax out of order, aa the foreiaii relations committee evplred Sunday. Vlee- Preldcnt MarHhali mistained Owen. Tlkomaa declared IxxUre' hill wan not In order, as nMurrem wm not reKtilarly In sewdon. lie was mi stained. ' Tlie senate wait unable to de termine wlictlier tlie Ijodce bill Is kKH now and adjourned wntil noon tomorrow-. . Marvtiail aaid Uio bill could be profierly intro dued. lie refused to divultre tte imrllamentary metlHtd, Miylnjr. tt waa beyond tils prfviiiee a pre- fddiiiK officer. Verdnitn ercd prefaklent lVlbam'a calllnc the fillbusterH wilful lie HaJd be was worry the presi dent waa displeased, but said: I am not talxinjr orders from anybody outside of Mlssltwlnfii. lie promised to cooperate with tlie majority and revise rhe rub' 4 to preyent nilbwstcra. Hew yon denied participation In the flH buMtcr. .Tonea of Washlncton, said- be saw no reason for reply Irur to the preMideut'a rrltfeimna. Klrhy denied flllbuMorinc. Ho win greatly excited, and favored tlie cloture rule. Iane favored a limited cloture, lie declined to dls-usfi the president's crlticiam. la Kollettc refused to talk. It is utidci-HtoiMl he Im awaitinjr the first opoortunlty to make a hot reply to Wilson. WASHINGTON. March 6. Presl- dent Wilson is expected to announce today whether he has the power to arm merchantmen. It is strongly in- tlmuted that the legal department be- ileves the president Is empowered to furnish naval cannons. Officially it Is believed that Wilson will not ad unlet, he is certain. The White Hmi!e received scores, of teleKruni utkIiiic the president to nrm -ships. Wilson ordered copien of his lmur K ura tion address sent in all ioreiei. novernmenis. He w ants the Tnife" States' attitude distinctly understood Ieniocratic senators caucussed and started a campai.un to revise the ruUs to prevent filibusters. They named Martin of Virginia the fleinocrati floor leadt-r. and Kin? of I tah wan elected senate secretary. UNLESS SR WOMAN HAILED AS LACONIA DISASTER HEROINE . HARRIS r a, - t 8ur Ivors of the ,iinard Iin-r I j -nia. fonk by a tterman Kuhmarhie off th lroh const, were loud In thfir iral' oT Mrs Frank K. H;.rnti. wit-1 f an A iimTu :ip ;.rri oficer. her. RESOLUTIONS GIVE SUPPORT TO PRESIDENT . Resolutions expressive of Pe.ndk?ton patriotic support of the national adminiMration In the present International crisis - and calllru? upon Senator Harry Lane to line up squarely be hind President Wllaon are to be presented to the Commercial association for paasajra at the monthly meeting tonight. President Tall man declares the resolutions will be presented d in response to a greneral de- mand from business men with. out regard to their party afil- iatlona. Many demands were made upon him yesterday to draft a telegram roundly de- nounciryr lane for his reported part In the filibuster that de- feafied the administration's arm- ed neutrality bill. The new presidetit dedided to wait until 4 the meeting- this e renin. Similar resolutions are to be presented at the banquet for which tile Commercial assocla- d tion will be sponsor Thursday evening. A draft1 of these reso- lutlons is now being- made. It Is said the resolutions will refrain from undlfmlfled lamruaffe but w will give flenator Lane plainly w to understand that his reported action im not endorsed by constituents in Pendleton. his SEN. LANE SAYS DID NOT OPPOSE WASHINGTON. March . Senator Lane denies that be participated in a filibuster against the hill granting authority for arming merchantmen. "On the contrary,' he. says, "I fa vored a vote on tlie hill. I wanted it amended so protection would be given only to American ships and not to any carrying munitions of war. Re member, we had the senate bill be fore us all the time and tt . needed modification.- "In the last part of the ftrht t was asked by supporters of the MM what amendments the Independent sena tors would accetpt I saw Korrls. Ken yon and others, who said they were for it if modified. I was unable to get positive assurance from Ia Fol- letre. who was Jnst I suspidious of they were of advocates of the bill him. In the senate tomorrow I intend I to charge that the fcefeat was the re- suit of mlsmanaavment. narrowness 1 anrf tar-jr of tat nn ttis rutrt or Ttitch. j Cock and Pomerene. They tried to , force the, thlnir through without f amendment unon the arrotrant as- j sumption that everyone dtsajrreetn with them was unfriendly to the pres ident. We would have (tot ten an ajrree ment and a vote. I belime, except for this attitude. Further I think it popul ar that whe original document ai(m- hy senator? who said they favor- f ed th measure can not 'be produced, , have iwn trxine to locate it, I in- ! tM.d to ak alvout that, too. Possibiy t was Hlterid before it was given to : the press, , j 'I believe in reasonable clotur-1 rule and will support it, I have neer f eneaged in filihustering- and do not be. iieve in ta'king measures to death." 1 thv InndvHl fr.'i.t tht- Uritti-h p Nit reseuv t-hip tt to-t-n-T.'Wii. Harris urn 1 hr aT ftonun t I t If IjiinMi.t Hnd vm-4 atnoric th- -'fiuf r iit th- L,rt t-'ii . uish Mr- j 11 I - -,e- f J - , -i ' V. ' . - , . t - PLOT AGAINST INDIA FOILED BY N.Y POLICE Two Germans Arrested Charg ed With Starting Military Ekpedjtion Against Friendly Nation. KOLB'S ACCOMPLICE CAUGHT Police See OonaectiOB BnUrerar Bomb and Hlnda CunspWTM; M.sa,ao Ift bjr IKnasHn-ff to Ftaase r. NEW YORK, March . Doctor Chenader ChaJtlogerty and Doctor Ernest Bckunner were arrested on a charge of starting a military expedi tion a-w Inst a friendly nation. The police said they plotted to cause an Indian revolution. They admitted getting sixty thousand dollars from Wolf Von Igel, an aileged German plotted. Detectives raided a fash ionable apartment and found myste rious chemicals and pamphlets urg ing a Hindu arising. , It Is reported Rernstorff left a two million dollar fund here for the purpose of financ ing German propaganda, ' '' Kolb Accomplice Qmfbt.' The Hdbokan police arrested Hans Schwartz, the admitted accomplice ef Frits Kolb. They found bombs 1n his hotel room. He in held without bail. His bearing la tomorrow. The police believe the. bomb and Hindu Pi 00 are connected. They sent detectives to watch every sub way station, following; the reports that plotters planned to dynamite the subway. They believed the eensplr ators were plan nine; another Blaclc Tom Island exposition Vast Quanti ties of munitions are stored on Black Tom awaiting transportation ai lies ward, i 4000 HOMELESS (fl TENNESSEE FLOOD S-ho Hfmsra Shelter Refugera at triartanooga; ost of inch Water 'ot Yet neached. IATT.VOOG., Marca ' . The Tt'iuir-FM-e river ftonri-d naUuss or I tlie rltv. FtHir thuwmut are home, j lews. Kj ltoiil ilou.eM sheltered th- , rcfugreM. It is feared the river will ! continue- riing nntii Thnrsday. GERMANS WANTED NEW ALLIES ONE EXPLANATION Zimmerman Make Second Ex. planation of German ' Letter. AMKTKitUAM. March . Berlin repT.rted that Foreign Secretary Z'm- mrtmu gave the Reichstag; a second ' explanation of the1 Mexican letter. H dt-lared certain Germans complained I that the kaiser was not exerting sur. ; flcient efforta to secure new allies. "America, Is not justified In becom. ; Ing excited. Our step wae a nation -al. and justifiable precaution. I am : not sorry the Instructions regarding Japan hevame known It la unfortu nate the American government ot- : tanned them but it does not alter th . fact that our step was entirely ne- IP.B.S. GIRLS DEFEAT ! SILVERTON 25 10 12 j team, I Via. td on frt-r of (treaTf'.i Arr HliMral a niruivttiim at (WMl. If. In a t-'. 'h"Fip niwii: ;i- nistlii It was lesrrtv.1 tht the P H 8. r' defeated frlvrt. n. 2 to 11. The rame aa p:aved at the Ortn A-rrtculttirai -'i.rs r rNsrvaJHa far no d-t n!s bar t-en h arnd. The rTls team now have the und'putl championship or the state The team Is ept''d hrt tf.m-T. row afternoon. HI T ni;(s Iumiiii. 4iim. tt-H a it . an- iMaiMrd aaal ars4afiaea rin-f. Id bv-avr sitwibM t M rtaTWM-m at ItTfMfw anlar. f