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CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
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VOL. 29
DAILY EAST 0 REG ONI AN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH , 1917.
NO. 9064
VILLA PAID GREAT SUMS BY
GERMAN AGENTS TO INCITE
TO AN
Teuton Plotters Play Bandit
Against Carranza With Hope
. of Involving America and
Mexico in New and More
Serious Troubles.
$250,000 FIRST PAYMENT
outlaw Agree to bend Small Bandit
r-'t to Harraa U. 8. Troops for
Initial Installment of That Amount
and Monthly Payment Thereafter.
. (WEBB MIIXfR.)
LAfeUODO. March I. I Just return
ad from a trip to tha Interior of Mex
ico and in able to atate on the high
est authority that Germany la playing
Villa gainst Carrana. Villa, la re
cevms great auma of German money,
Inciting him to attack the United
Mtatea and Carranza Gorman ajrnt
are attempting; to make Carranxiataa
oppose the United Ml ten.
Two government agent approached
Villa on February twelfth, at l'oa
ranch. They proposed the resump
tion of border raids In event or a Her
man war. They conferred! two daya
Villa airreed to aend email bands to
harraa American troops. The Oer
tnana promised the ' first payment
would he a quarter of a million dol
lars In gold and monthly payments
thereafter,
Wouldn't Make large Attack.
Villa refused to attempt any large
attack. He favored sporadic foray,
at widely separated points. The Qer
man aUo approved) the plan. VilU
refused to start operations until the
nrxt payment was made..
The VUla schema was the first move
nrter Zimmerman's orders reached
Mexico. One secret aitent traveled
north from the capital to Ran Luik
i'osofd, where he met another. Both
went on horseback from Pnrral to
KuMillu ranch.
Wanted to Keep Army osi Uurdcr. ,
They arrange the Villa atta-kk'
principally for use In the event Car
ranaa refused to eosrr the Intrigue
They hoped to Involve Cmrranaa and
the United Mate In new and more
serious complications to make the re
tention of a larjm part of the Amerl -can
army on the border necessary.
Germans Kiurlnenred Note.
The Germans told Villa that fric
tion between farranx and the United
Elates would weaken rhe-aracto gov
ernment. The German Calstl at M
loo Cliy started powerful under
ground Influences to Induce Carrun
xa to conrnit to the German alliance.
t'urrunxa' famous note to the neu
tral powers urging an emlmrxo on the
allte munitions wm engineered
by ,
liorniM) propagnnd'a The Ger
mans wanted Carranza. to clow th
ltrltlsh oil rields at Tamplro.
It in rumored two high Mexican
government chiefs are coors-ratlng dt
roctty with oermsn agents. The Oer.
mans subsidised one Influential Mex
ican paper. ' The Mexican govern
ment has established a close military
HI
censorship on all cable and telegraph j the !ardanelle expedition gained 1m
office to prevent sending unapprov- i jortant pollt!oal advantage although
ed messabea. I
CITY FATHERS GROW CAUTIOUS
AND DECIDE TO ENFORCE LAWS
Recent Hoch Damage Suit Ar
ouc Council to Advisabil
ity of "Getting on the Job."
An ounce of precaution la worth a
:NHind of cure. '
A stitch In time saves nine.
Ki-fro, strict enlorcement of ordl
itmnea Is better than damajce suits.
So reason the learned city fathers.
The word learned Is used sdvlsedly.
lor thuy rei elved a f 3000 course of In
struction recently. Since the city
was assened that amount In the re
inl Hurh damnxe suit, the council
men have learned many thins, to
wn, what their own ordlnnnt-es pro
vide, what the laws say relative to a
cltys liability for street accldont.
what it costs to set mixed up In a
law suit and numerous ami aundry
other thlnau.
It was made plain last even In; t
the rvrular council sum 'Ion that the
city is not sol n it to he Joined In any
further damaere suit by reason of
bunerte. m (tllsem e or lack or proper
ire.nulion. The street commissioner
wa. Instructed to keep the streets and
sidewalk frne of sll olstructlons ami
to enforce all other provisions of the
luilliltn ordinance to the letter. The
committee was Instructed to report
iieTtt week upon the jbimHint of bond
ATTACK ON U. S.
WOMAN LURES MAN
THEN STEALS $500
BEND, Ore., March . Mr. 4)
J. J. Hal ley, a Harney Holes
homesteader, has been arraigned
on a charge of luring Kancber
L. A. Hawllngs to her caibtn,
keeping him prisoner two daya
and stealing a five hundred dol
lar note. It Is alleged her son
helped to eyerpower and tie up
Hawllngs. The woman la charg
ed with larceny. Rawllnga Is
eighty years old.
PRICES FORCE
KEEPER OF ZOO
TO FOOL BEASTS
He Feeds 'em Carrot Scented
With Onion Juice.
CINCINNATI. March . It is
terrible deception General Manage'
Col. Htephan of the zoo Is forced by
the soarinr prices of food stuffs to
practice upon his large animal fam
ily. For instance, two giraffe have
been getting a half peek of onions a
day, but on account of tha hhrh price
of these vegetable. Stephens has sub.
stituted oarrota, and to fool the gi
raffe he rube onion Juice on the car
rots. Bear In the boo like wheat
bread, hut the boo- keter cannot af.
ford this, so Just enough wheat Is
muted In the corn .bread to fool ths
bears.
Monkeys are being deprived of or-
nnge and banana, t "ol. Htophan has
taught them to like carrot, parsnip
and other cheapest food -merely trr
landing In front of the monkey cages
and munching at the vegetables.
The-hippopotamus family and the
ostriches love cabbage' aald' Col
fttephan. "and when carhng were
112 to tit a ton, we could give them
all they needed. Now cniihoges arc
worth I1JS a ton and the hippos and
the big birds must be content with
oats and' alfalfa mash.
"We can find no sirberltute in food
for the liona tigers and other great
cats. They must have fresh meet. 1
am sorry that nature never led the
cnts Into a liking for fish. It would
help out soo fund problem consider
ably toward solution."
DARDANELLES DISASTER
BLAMED ON KITCHENER i
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Inveitigatinir Committee
Charge Three Week De
lay in Sending Troops.
" LONDON. Marvh . The upec !
Investigating commlltce reported thitt
the late !rd Kitchener and war
council were responsible for the Par
dftnolle disaster. The report aald
Kitchener wn responsible for the
three weeks" delay In sending troops tc
Gallpoll. It charred that Kitchener
Insurrlclentlyi utilized the general
staff's services and criticised the war
council's failure to meet during April.
116.
The Investigator ascertained that
it failed to artaln Its main object.
for ll contrai'tora in order to protect
the city attalnst liability. It wrh even
siisireMtcd tliat an Inspector be ap
pointed to see that contractors build
securely.
Even the city water wusons coo not
be left atandlnc- In the streets here
after. Implement dealer who have
been tenvlns; Implement In side
streets, have been notified that such
prartlces must be stopped. Sidewalk.
in front of places beinir improved
must lie, barred to traffic. All other
(hum in tha street which no
cause an accident must be moved
The city con't nffme to pay for acci
dent. l.-TilH Ktiokanfl ordinance.
C. A. 1-Hna.lowne. contractor, ad -droued
the council at the request of
the msor upon the manner in which
Hpokanr Issues permits. There a bond
Is required of the contractor before
the permit is issued, he stated, and
the work is subject to Inspection by
a city ln-pector. City Attorney Fee
slated that the city would be held li
able for itnythln- existlnc In the
street without a permit.
The old wooden bulldlnss on Cot-tonw-ood
street owned by the city were
even ordered torn down because ther
are In a danserous condition. Rven
tuallv the cltv may build a sutwtajitin)
-ti-iii'iure there.
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NEW TOllK. March . The ro
mance of Count Kaltnan I. Osakv and
hU wealthy American wife. Counter
Maud Howard Brvan-lnmHn-Ssaky.
la at an end. Count csaky bt a cou
W. L THOMPSON TO
TALK ON'ROADS AT
BANQUET TONIGHT
.nniPt hiim f the n w rowd liisl
lutiun and of the propiMd mix nitl
Hun bund Imhup will he tnlj this t-ve
nlnic at thr community hutiquet h
tli Oomnierrinl aK(Nciation by W. La
ThttniiMon, state highway commis-Ktum-r.
To him has been a twinned
the auhect of roada mi the toaMt lint,
i'other t4MiKtM will be retfiionded to
by Senator Fred tUeiwer, Hejireeenta-
;iv l. W. Hltner, J. N". Burwewt. J.H
V. Tallniitn. Mr. J. K Haley and E.
i. Aldrlch.
The ba nutiet and recei.tin It
heduletl t Mart at tf o'clofk In the
Kitt:l4--ViHidMian hall and the com
mittee In h:irte ret I ma ten the at- j
tendance at LMirt. After the bunUet
there will be a prourani ot inuj-lc am: j
brti-f tti'eche. '
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WIFE SEEKS DIVORCE
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sin of Count Schechenyl, husband or
Gladys Vandcrhilt, Countess Csaky
ha filed iuit for an absolute divorce,
naming a woman unknown to the
plaintiff.
WORK STARTED ON
RESERVOIR PARK
OI.I ISKKuVtHlt TO BK T1J?D;
1I .. Al, KA1MS TO BK
HI ll.T; TIIKKM M-.T.
Work on the construction of a park
extending from the reservoir to Bluff
tDevt. a distance ot three blocks, la
now being carried on by the city watet
commission, through Superintendent
Frank Hayes.
The work will consist In the filling
of the old reeervolr, the "build ng of a
diaxonsl madwaya. Improving the
grade to the reservoir and the plant
ing of trees along the same. The
perking will be 200 feet In width and
when the work la all dona the hilq '
greatly beautified.
1h. work will be carried out rn fi
nally, arconllng to Mr. Haveo. and the
cxpt-n e this iirin w.!l tnt amoun;
tn mure than -"'. The park will bo
water, d ihroiiKh use. of eiirpluij wati t
fmni the reservoir.
WIFE IN HAVANA
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INDISPOSITION
OF PRESIDENT
DELAYS ACTION
Decision to Arm Ships May be
Deferred Until Extra Session
of Congress Gives Order
RECRUITING TOTALS INCREASE
Wave of Pauiodnn That Man SwefH
Country lU'fltwted In Ianre Num
ber of KnJiitiiMmtM.
WA8HINGTON'. March 8. Presi
dent Wilaon's Illness has delayed the
announcement of the armed ship de
cision. It is apparent the orders for
arming will not be delayed much
longer. Many believed the president
preferred to call an extra session to
remove all doubt of his actions legal
ity. War department announced that
the February recruiting total was
nearly .five thousand. It credited ft
to Increased patriotism. Field enlist
ments and reenlistments will swell
the total later.
It is officially learned that German
activities in 8outh America, involved
Peruvian naval officers in a plot to
raid the allied commerce of the Pa
cific. .
CLOTURE RULE WILL
PROBABLY PASS THE
SENATF IN FEW DAYS
WASHINGTON. March .
senate cloture rule will probably paa
within two daa The twelve fllwus-
ters admitted their inability to halt it
passage. Stone pledged hi support
to the amendment. K orris hotly de
fended the obstructionist He cried:
If this la treason make tha most Of
it.' He supported the cloture.
Hherman denounced President Wil
son'' statement attacking tha flllbus-
terent. I.ewis attempted to Introduce
a resolution pledging the senate sup
port to any move the president makes.
Martin objected and It was with
drawn. ENGLAND WILL TRY
FARMING AT NIGHT
lo Import 2,000 Tractor From
U. S. and Form Army of
Soil Tillers.
lA.Nl N". March S. "We want 2
oo American tractor tloughs for th-1
tijie of a civilian amiv of nisht 01011211.
era which w uria. a hnuf ti nlitt
throughout the British Isles. said
Fir Arthur Lee, director-general tf
food production today. This new de
partment, which in the outgrowth of
(tf.many's submarine campaign, aims
at the enlistment of several -hundred
thousand civilians to cultivate every
available bit of soil.
Several Ford tractors from Detroit
recently were received In England
and tt is expected that they will be
used in this experiment.
"We hope to make the tractor
ploughrt fill tha giips caused by the
shortage in labor,, continued. Shr Ar
thur. "For this reason we are goin
to Import 00-, or as many as we can
from America. We are go-nc to
etiiip them with headlights for niglt
pM wing. laborers can only worl;
eight hours, but tractors can work
24 hours. They will be driven by tax.
cab drivers and chauffeurs.
'Behind every plough will be
.kit'ed farmer. They will te assist
ed by prisoners, conscientious objec
tors, members of the home defense
force and women. In this way. wo
hnp to pri-dnce enough food to mke
uj independent of outside help a
ltnir as the war la-t-. For th's we
th.ink the) Herman submarine. The
nlei-jidv have given England an airrl
cu'tiiral policy which is dest ned to
m ike us to a large extent self-support
in r The suomartne als have
revived rral life, aii-en the farmer
a minimum wage and general K- m.oe
our natinal defense more effect iv
than n thousand speeches in parl'n
npnt.'' 1 11.1 i:k to nto iik
frl'MS STt!! IMtOlU
W A H I X -T X. arc .
TIm revteral ira-nV nsninnlon
nirinihiil tt was una Me t Mart
tlx ft mm! itrk-e lnt-tiaatkMi ihi
aiNint t 4iiKTt-r'-4 failnrr tit
lrin Me mom) .
BRYAN GIVES
HIS VIEWS ON
FILIB US TERERS
Declares Senators Only Wanted
to Force Extra Session and
Sees no Treason in it
FEARS ACTION OF GUNNERS
Shipowner, ifa.lnjr jLance 1ccnnirj
inteorMt int Lsuidinj? Contraband
Cargo MlRiit tYrce Crew to War
like More,
MIAMI, March S. William -Jen
nings Bryan gave the United Press a
copyrighted statement of his views on
the congressional situation. He said
he opposed filibustering and favored
the senate cloture rule. That the
majority should be sufficient to in
voke a cloture. He said the filibus-
terers only wanted to force an extra
session and asked whether there was
anything treasonable in the desire to
save congress from an other session.
( tinner Mijrtit CauMs Trouble.
He said the public had such com
plete confidence in the president that
congress would not hesitate to confer
any power Wilson himself could use.
but he declared the president could
not accompany nhips and handle the
guns. He said the gunners may be
under the immediate direction of a
shipowner having a large pecuniary
interest In landing a contraband
cargo.
Iilgcreiit KIilfM Clearance.
He advocated a law withholding
clearance from belligerent ships car
rying Americans Europe ward. He
asked why should the government
permit the United States to be drawn
into a war by the folly of an Am
erican din regarding the country's
welfare by traveling;, on belligerent
ships. He pointed out the British
authorities did not allow British wo
men to travel in the barred xone on
British ships and asked why Ameri
can women were permitted.
IS CHARGED WITH
CATTLE STEAUNG
Charged with complicity In the
stealing of cattle from Ben Colvln.
prominent -T.rant countv stockman.
James Clark, well known stockman
who. has participated ' In several
Rnund-l'ps. was this morning ar
raigned in the circuit court on an In
dictment returned by the last grand
Jury. This afternoon he entered a
plea of not guilty a yd has employed
Fee A Fee to defend him. The al
leged theft tMk place just innide the
county line, it I claimed.
TWO CENT ADVANCE
IN PORTLAND BIDS
iHI; . March 8. (Special tit j
the Kasi 1 retiiian 1 Rantre of pri- i
res In wheat market tiday:
Open, Hiuh. LeOTV". t'lose.
May fl.sTS 1 . M 4 llSs $l.8S j
July $I.ST l.t,9 tl. J1.55 i
frtiaiitl '
PtMtTUXD. Ore.. March S. t!ie-j
CiaH 'luh $!.:,; blTtesttcm $t.T. j
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MAN AND WFE ARGUE,
MAYOR HAPPENS ALONG
HUSBAND IS
j With Mayor Best a.-, the prost-utini;
' w itness, M. V. Leeder, well known
I traveling- salesman, was ye-terday ait-
ernoon convicted In police courts on
a disorderly conduct complaint, the
parttculiir charge being that he uei
profane langu.ge on the public streets
during an argument with the mayor.
According to the testimony. the
rrnunle all Mai-i d over an argument
Wtwevn l-eeier and his wile. On
. Tuesday evtvung they h.id walked to
J the depot to mai( letter au l were
! rt'turning to the M-t'i IVndt l n
' When thy reached Garden tr-'t
! back of the liowman. they wrtei an
j argument as to which streot they
i-ihonl.1 walk down. L.Jer wanted to
. return via Mam street but hts wiie in-
sute4l on going- down i.arueu. snvinv
her rvaon tht she n.l be-ti
bowling In Walla WIla and that
t he 11 11 u-ua 1 exercise h d made her
muscle so sore that she wJk d lame.
Mavor Aptari 4 hb s-ee.
It was at this Juncture that Mavor
rx appeared on t.e cene. w.o
retomfng from a prfeisnai en 11
stid overheard tart of the argument.
He tstif ed that he misU;lred rtie-11
b.ivtng no iIa the- wr tnin and
Wif
Hf lMt:fed In Invw-lica'mr
I e.- ei r.'- nt1-! the intri-.n ul
INDIAiv PLOT
INVOLVED THE
PANAIyIACANAL
Germans Planned Jo Use the
Hindoos to Destroy Water
way and Strike Critical Blow
at U.S.
CONSPIRACY WIDE SPREAD
ftem. Service Meat Iant Ttutt
Schesne Extended to India. immwn,
Philippines and Central America.
WAfHIN-aTO.V. March . Ger
many's India plot Involved the Pana
ma canal. Diplomatic Information
showed the German! planned to use
the Hindoos to destroy the canal and
strike a critical blow at the United
States In event of war. The secret
service learned that the German plot
extended to India. Guam, the Philip
pine and Central America.
SAX FRAXCISCO. March t. Fed
eral District Attorney Preston plan
to give the (trend Jury evidence In
connection with the San Francisco
Hindoo plot to Inrade India via Chi
na. Preston said Ram Chandra, edi
tor of the Hindustan Guar, had
r-nowledg-e of the conspiracy. Chan
dra denied any plot here. He claimed
the allies threatened to make tha
United States pay damae for any
Indian revolt as a result of plotting
on American soil.
AMKRICAN8 HATE BEEN FREELY
PERMITTED TO IfAV'E Bl-3Xill"M
WASHINGTON. March . Brand
Whltlock Informed the state depart
ment that Germany was f t per-
mlttinfr American to leave Belaium.
Immediately after the break subor
dinate official delayed some Ameri
cans without orders.
WILSON COKED TO
BED WITH HARD COLO
WASHINGTON. March
President Wilson is confined to
his bed with an as;gravating
cold.' He has cancelled all ea
gagements. Physicians said his
condition was not serious but
every care is deefhed necessary
to enable Wilson to quickly
resume his duties.
WASHINUTDN. March .
lr. (irayj"n announced that
Pre dent Wilson had a .fever.
The pnysidt nt im tired as a result
if the difricutty of the weeks
ciiice the litrnwn break. He i
ordered to remain In bed several
days until ho is materially rest-
ed and improved.
ARRESTED
a-ked h m if he wnnn't "butting tn
kind of cheap." or wordLs to that ef
fect. After a little parley the mayor
dLHcUi hi identity and flashed his
star. "What am .u roing to d
about It? the trvllmr man u aU
lekHl to hr qoaried. "I II hiivr
thrown in JU. ' aid to have been
the mayor's answer to hi h l dwr
rfpPea that h could ihrow him into
jail and 'b damned" r wrda t-
that iTfwt
Vlnkts rn-t.
A. n rtv;j.i ih mivi-r f i.Vtl upon
t Mfu t NsV-ii t" uiitr trie arrt. t-jn
rout ier th iUCkii !euor tet
tit e.i that he rertionMtraUKl. devlair.ri
he had done nothta to Junfv trr
To this, he Unified. Mavr HmI r
tHdii t cNl!ln( hun a "tlnlistv
btatik tmr ' The mvr dwntMd lkv
tug uwhI any profane -pjfh-t.
Iedr put up ba and tod iril
eM-rdy arternoin. im was flnd
.rive -,rs hv Ju l yixm oerald hi
hf t that L--ter houJd not h
"ranr"d'" t the mavor rtr ttrnn
that he win a psoe o'fr. tte
c-rwit!ert f.r a t'me iraaina a sift
ilar rt.n.p'a n aftirut the ma or f..
l-r dal acitnj-t tte fir a hm ftl
not with to rr ng h. wif tn' otrt
a a w fnwNaV
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