East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, March 21, 1917, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EVENING EDITIO'I DAILY EVENING EDITION WKAIUER ThurwlHV now. Tonight. Probahl-" uneottted. TO ADVERTISERS . , Th. Ea-tt Orffonlan hu the Iftnceae bona fide aod ruarautiaed paid circulation of any paper in Oregon, east of Port laud and by far the lancfwt circulation 1 Pendleton of any newapaper. ture 41 : minl- . 1 inches; wind, west, brisk; rtlv cloudy. COUNT X.MAL PAPER .' . . m m CITY OFFICIAL PAPER NO. 9075 . DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1917. VOL. 29 ' " i ' "' "' , 1 ' -,. ' . -. ' ' "' CONGRESS IS RUSSIAN CZAR AND. CZARINA ARE ARRESTED Deprived of Liberty and Taken to Tzarkoe-Selo Dispatches . Say; Church Dignitaries Also Reported Arrested. POLITICAL ALtXESTY GRANTED l iminWj Thane Held Have. Kef" d to Renounce All AJJejrlauce to Royalist Regime, 4 4 4 4 , PHTROORAD. March J I. Th provisional government hu issued a gkwt decreeing general political amnesty. The ukase also confirmed the previous announcements of a constitution for Finland and ordered an Im- mediate convocation of the Kin- lah diet. LONDON. March 21. A special dispatch from Petrograd declared the provisional government hsd ordered , the former cxar and csarlna deprived v of liberty and taken to Tsarkoe-Sclo. other dispatches said "the erar would soon rejoin his ranilly at Kharfcoe-rJelo." - sjrhmesntr Arresw Begun. ' "-- Apparently the new Russian ov . ernment began wholesale arrests of royally Immediately after announc ing political amnesty. Heveral high .llrnltartos of the Russian church ere r.' ported arrested. Ipresumsbly those BfreatMd refused to renounce allegi ance to the royalist re if I me. Khleff advice stated the clergy there had formally recognised the government. K-Premier Is Bcssed. Kajeff. chief of the Holy HynoV. and Duprovln. leader of the Black Hand" and Markgrnff, a reactionary agitator of Kokovsoo and former Russian premier, was arrested un der the government's orders. The Finland secret police formally dla ....... .4 aavmi former asents wet arrested on the frontier endeavorins to rsrspe Into Sweden. AGED PIONEER DIES AT HIS HELIX HOME William IIiwt. one of (lie 14. tavra aaal Among Pint Iteesdent of limatUte County, passes Away. (Rust Oregonlan Special.) HEUX, Ore.. March 11. At the ripe old axe of 5, William Piper, one of the last of the forty-niners end one of the first residents of Uma tilla county, passed sway this morn ing at 1 o'clock at his farm home tiesr this place, death being due to complications Incident to old age. Mr. Piper is survived by a wife, three sons. o. J. Piper. George Piper. William Piper. Jr.. all of Helix, and two daughters. Mrs. Frank Smith of Kexburg. Idaho, and Mrs. Fred Mor rison of Jerome. Idaho. Two of the suns, tleorge and William. Jr.. have Just passed the crisis In pneumonia snd their condition Is such that they have not been apprised of their fath er's dth. The body will he taken to Athena snd kept until the two men Improve. Mrs. Smith was with her father at the time of death and Mrs Morrison has been sent for. . Mr. Piper came to the const with the gold seekers In the days hf is and spent several years seeking hi fortune In California- However, he had been a farmer In this countv for over a half century. GERMAN REVOLUTION RUMORS UNFOUNDED Communication by Railway and Telegraph is Un interrupted. " A M.4TKRIAM. March 21. Hu mors of a Oeiman revolution clrca Isted In the stock exchange todav. aroused Intense excitement, f'nlnter rupted communication by rsilwav and wires snd the resnlar arrival if Oerman papers lnrtlcnte.l the report is unf- 'uaided. MAYOR ADMITS HE IS GUILTY AND PAYS FINE Springs a Surprise by Chang ing Plea on the Charge of Using Profane Language in .Public Place. Springing1 a aurpriiie. Mayor Joanna A. Bent 4hia afternoon at t o'clock, through his attorney, changed hla plea of hoc guilty to the charge of using profane and Indecent language In a public place to guilty and waived lime for passing sentence. He was fim-d $15 and costs, which amounted to $14.25. , The case was t for trial at 2 o'clock tomorrow atfernoon. How ever. Col. J. H. Raiey appeared in the justice court this morning with the announcement that he hud been re tained as attorney for the mayor along with Fee fc Fee. who repre sented him in taking the case up to und back from the supreme court. This afternoon Col. Kaley appeared for his client and formally concluded the case by entering the change of rla. Mayor Beat. In d iscu ssl n g h is change of front, declared that he never had intended denying "cussing certain men at the Oregon theater at the time of the Hagan-Mct'arroll oxing bout. His only objection, he said, was to bring the cuse under the state vagrancy statue. He hu since learned, he said, that that was the only statute under which It could be brought. i The mayor declared he hud had lots of fun .out of the ease and would a whole lot rather pay the fine money than withdraw the "cues"' words. ARKANSAS TORNADO IS FATAL TO SEVEN IJTTI.R HOOK. March SI Keren wife killed and eight In jured In a tornado nrmr Isslmnrk this morning, prmrtlw)y every building In iMtmark was wreck eal. UFPVKM C7.lt .VMM A WKK.K AS "MOVIK" STAR NKW YORK. March 11. Uiuia Helznirk. movie producer and millionaire. formerly a nennllHSS Russian exile, cabled Nicholas Romanoff. former csar. today offering him a five thousand weekly salary to come to America snd appear In a film entitled "Hehlnd The Throne." 4 V. S. AEROPLANE CAMP AT t ..wmai mm n mmmmmmitmmimmmmmmmmt iiiimihswisiw i sun m r- nw' '-L., v-.' III T e " " . 4 V If. ks A , Wa .alrWMsasaKjHi (Wa. riBCT U S. AtBO acjUADKOrf- Camp or the Flrrt Aero Aiuadrcn I ..f the tolled ftti at North Island. I S.n Ini'H'i. Cal The pl. ns which at CALLED TO IMMEDIATE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN PRIVATE MUNITIONS FIRMS AND GOVERNMENT IS $80,000 NECKLACE STOLEN FROM HEIR Police of Los Angeles Aid in Hunt for Jewel of Mrs. Frank Sullivan Smith. 08 ANCrELEH, March 21. Po lice were asked today to aid In the recovery of a pearl necklace, valued at 180.000, which was reported stol en from Mrs. Frank Sullivan Smith of New Tor. The necklace consisted .of sixty seven pearls said to be perfectly matched, given to Mrs. Smith by her father. The necklace was missed bv Mrs. Kmith Wednesday. Private detective were called Into the case to avoid publicity, but to day the matter was presented to the police. A reward of IIO00 was of fered today for Information leading to recovery ot the necklace. MRS. PHOEBE JAY IS CLAIMED BY DEATH Well Known Pendleton woman Pass- ex Away at 4:45 O'clock This Morntug from Pneumonia. An attack of pneumonia, which developed from a long Illness from asthma; proved fatal this morning to Mrs. Phoebe Jay. well known resi dent of Pendleton. She died at her home. 1400 West Railroad street, this morning at 4:46. The funeral Is to be held tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock at the family residence. Rev. H. H Hubbell of the Christian church will conduct the services. . Deceased was US years old and had been a resident of this city for the past It yeara Rw Is survived by one son, Isaac Jay of this city, and by six grandchildren, as follows: Mrs. Qeorge Olllette and Ray Jay of Her miston, Ora Jay of Pendleton, Harry Chambers of Pendleton. Dean Cham bers of Baker, and Mrs. Gertie Hay worth of Nebraska. Her husband's death occurred two years ago. WIIMtWS' AXO OHPIIANS' ITXD HAL.TIMOUK. March SI. The bulk .f the fortune of nearly Il.000.no0 left by the late Oscar J. Murray, for mer president and chairman of the board of directors of the Baltimore Ohio railroad, is to be used to found a home for widows and orphans of employi-s of that road. .i:f-v.- far speedy snd p chines. hse l 'he first time. erful fighting m.- . Ing made with them by army aviators 'ho are fast developing the profi en uxmMH there for ; cnrv ,noKn bv n Ih, E,. Isll flishts are br-,p.jn l.ittlv fnmts I BEING ARRANGED Standardization of Output De sired Quickly; Bids for 200 Submarine Chasers Opened SPEED-UP PRCGRAU RUSHED WASHINGTON; sIArcfa 21. Serretary Danteis advanced 'the ' date of openina; bMa. for. tlar fif teen new destroyers from April fourth to March tweMy-fourth, WASHINGTON, March 21. The Munitions - standardization committee of the council for na tional defense met with Sec. Ba ker behind closed doors this aft ernoon to plan Immediate coop eration with, private munitions concerns. The council has been consult ing with the largest manufactur ers of powder, explosives and rifles toward a" standardisation of the output quickly. The state department Indicated this after noon that it believes the war in evitable when it announced that In the war operations there must . be cooperation between the al lies and America. Bids Opened at Troon. Bids for two hundred subma rine chasers were opened at the navy department at noon. Near ly a hundred additional ship builders were requested to ln for in the goverhmevff or their ' capacity for 1uildini chasers. Keels for sixty are now laid In New Tork and four In New Or leans. Speed-up measures. In cluding the suspension of the 8 hour day were enforced. It Is expected that munitions firms which continue to demand -exorbitant prices wilt be speedily commsndeered. Naval archi tects are rushing to completion 'plans for three new 4 2 thou sand ton superdreadnaughta, fif teen destroyers and thirty-eight small submarines. Xt la prob able the government will soon as sume control of all wireles ap paratus.' Chamberlain this aft ernoon conferred with Baker over the universal service plan- lAHAXK MAX SKKRS TO TALK WITH I.MIVIM,1(III(,K liOXDOX, March 21. A ninn, be lieved Insane, gained entrance to l-loyd-'JeorKe's home this afternoon. 11.. was overpowered with difficulty snd arrested, when he demanded to see the premier. 9 SAN DIEGO I? I MEET PROCLAMATION OF PRESIDENT The president's proclamation Is as follows: "Whereas, public interest re quires that congress should be convened In extra session at 13 o'ciof-k. noon, on Ue second day of April, to consider grave questions of national policy, now, therefore. I, Woodrow Wilson, president of the I'nltcd States, proclaim that an extra ordinary occasion requires that congress convene In extra aes sion the second day of April, .or 'which all persons entitled to act as nemlm thereof are hereby required to take notice." RUSSIAN TROOPS LIKE NEW REGIME Receive News of Overthrow of Auto cracy With 43ret Acclaim: rr'. Abdication Read. PBTROOARD. March tl. Russian troops at the front received news of the overthrow of the autocracy with acclaim, according to dispatches from field headquarters. The troops were mustered in the public square, where they marched, carrying red flags and singing the Marseillaise. A: the reoueet of Orand Duke Nicholas, Oeneral Alexelff, chief of staff, read the czar's declaration of abdication, and exhorted the soldiers to be loyal to the new government. COUNCIL SESSION MAY BE EXCITING Controversy Between Mayor Beat and Councilmen May Owe to a Head. Tonight is the night that things are scheduled to happen in city adminis tration circles. At least the public is In a very expectant state of mind, and. from all Indications, the conflict between Mayor Best and certain members of the coucll is very likely to become an open matter this even ing. Whether or not the mayor will be asked to resign as head of the police committee Is uncertain. It Is pretty certain, however, that Councilman Penland will tender his resignation as a member of that committee in the event that the mayor does not re sign. His reasons, which are mors or less public property and have to do with alleged misconduct on the part of the mayor, may be openly giv en by him this evening and they may not. It seems to depend largely upon whether any other member of the council requests them. In the event that he resigns, the eouncil may re fuse to accept his resignation or his action may precipitate a more thor ough investigation of the charge made against the mayor by former Chief of Police CSurdane and Council man Penland. Mayor Best has already announced that he will not relinquish any of his rights as mayor and will fight any move to oust him from the chairman ship of the police committee. He figures the council has no power to do so and believes the charter and ordinances will support his stand. It Is reported that several Infor mal conferences have been held by some membrrs of the council upon the course they will follow. NEWSPAPERMEN PEEAD GUILTY TO CHARGES Will He Sentenced Tomorrow for Lanm-liirar a -Military rMer)Ttr I Against Itritaln. j NEW VHKK, March II. Albert j Sander and Carl Wunnenberg. for- I nier newspapermen, charged with j launching a military enterprise j against ;reat Krltnln. withdrew their I pleas of not guilty and pleaded guilty, j Juilire Vanfleet announced he would j sentence them tomorrow. Oerge Vsux Haon. a newspaperman who went to Knslund as alleged spy. tes tifltMl agaln.-t the men lefore the grand Jury. HlStVPM, Cl.K.ltCJY It I1KIHY FOU Alt ll TV j HPIllNilFIKlJI. Mass. Msrch rv The Episcopal clergy of the West ern Msssschusettes Ilocese have passed .res.tluti.tns offering their ser vices to the go..rn..r for sny er--ice he mat a.-k f 'r st ite or nation. ..n.l prrtielii l'r.-si.l.MH ils..n f..r his nrm s!;n.l in Ihe itiler'i .t:.nal crisis. ON APRIL 2 w-w WILL BE ASKED AGGRESSIVE GERMANY; WAR MAY BE FIRST ACTION TAKEN All Possibility of Averting Hostilities Apparently Killed; Presi dent's Decision Based on Tremendous Appeal From AH Parts of Country for Revenge; Last Vestige of Patience and Hope Destroyed. WASHINGTON, March 21. The president has called an ex tra session of congress for April second. He has decided to meet Germany's high seas affronts with a sweeping 'action. War seems just ahead. Congress will be asked to consider aggressive steps toward Germany. With a state of war admit tedly existing as a result of submarine attacks on American merchantmen, a declaration of war may be congress' first ac tion. . The possibility of averting hostilities is apparently killed. The president's decision is based on a tremendous appeal from . the country for revenge for Germany's killing of American citi zens and destruction of American property. It is recalled that a year ago the president told his advisers he believed if America entered the war actively the struggle would terminate within a few months. , ap - PROHIBITION BRINGS BREWER COMPENSATION "Bran New," Popular "Dry" Drink Pro-res aa Popu-. Iar as Beer. . . Prohibition Is Just.' Though It up roots business and destroys industry which it regards as evil, it seeks to reimburse the losers by building up something better. William Koesch. manager of the Roeech orewery phil osophies thufly these days. . In the years when Oregon was wet. the orewery turned out beer on a wholesale basis. When prohibition made such brewing unlawful. Mr. Roesch faced the proposition of shut ting down his plant or adjusting it to the new conditions. He secured a formula for a non-intoxicating bever age of malt and hops. So good a substitute did It prove for beer that he found a ready market for it. That market has been growing stead ily ever since and yesterday Roesch received evidence or still greater growth. He received a letter from I McOill of Kenal. Alaska, order Ing a first shipment of -'Bran New." Mr. Mcflill states that he was in wal- la Walla last fall and drank some of the Pendleton beverage, finding it the best of nil substitute ror beer. In- aamuch as Alaska has now gone dry. he thinks he can do a big business with the local substitute. FURTHER DROP IN WHEAT IS SHOWN OH1CAOO. March It. Tellow corn today sold at $1.14 per bushel, the highest in history. CHICAGO. March J. Special to the Kast Oregonlan. 1 Range pf prices today: Open. High. ' Low. Close May 1.HH lltTVi 1S1" 1S4V. .Inly XI tT l.SKti 1.S34 I tSH Portland. PORTIaAN'T Ore.. March 21. (Special.) 1.S; Muestem, fl . FRENCH OCCUPY TEN ADDITIONAL VILLAGES Progress Further North and Northeast of Soi axons it is Announced. PARIS. March 21. Ten additional viilnizes were occupied by the French progressing further north and north cast of Hoissons. It was announced. JAPANESE SAIUNGS ARE KEPT A SECRET Activities of German Raider in Indian Ocean Given a Reaaots. T.KIO March 21 PnthibltLoi ajcsinst the publication of arrisi .tm! sailings of Japanese nvrchant toen In the Indian ce.tn Is announc ed, official announcement was r.--.ei.tl. ma.ie that a tlermsn rsi.l..r ...ei'n.g in Japanese W:tr TO CONSIDER STEPS AGAINST DECLARATION B Americana Died on vlailancla. WASHINGTON; March II. rive Americana died in the sinking of the Vltrllancia, the consul at Plymouth reported. 1 ' The Americana . pertsnina; were: IIIMr IllllM'l -Norrhrr Kng(nrer Adw.o bold. Stephen Lspan.. Mueahoy; P. Brown, passenger, and Joseph Si beria, quartermaster. ' Besides ten foreigners. Incladrna-' five Spaniards, two OreeKs snd three South Ameri cans perished. TdnTrssM Ooonsel War. Floods of telegrams to the pre-o-dent almost unanimously counselled war. The president's advisers nearly all advised an immediate sggressive action. Pacing overwhelming senti ment, the president decided not to wait until April sixteenth, when the extra session Is scheduled to convene. He determined on the drastic course immediately after arising early this morning. He immediately prepared the proclamation advancing the date of the session fourteen days. At nine fifty he went for a game of golf, de spite a damp, dreary day. Ail patience Is Short. Cabinet members believe the pree- ! ' u vestige or pa- I ''ence and hope of bridging the war ha.m. Many believed a specific i 1-claratton of hostilities is inevitable, The president snd Faker may confer (with the college hesds and Senator j Chamberlain rrsardlng the best form r universal service fl. unra upon j .-onsress. powerful eongradonal I pressure will be used for the adop tion of a land defense program. STATE WILL BUILD ROADS THROUGH THE TOWNS UNDER 2500 Smc Will lie f.Hrv im Makltuc ll(hwy Ttwxuch VUUjrrv In In th ?V4nl that th mix milt. on dollar bonding u a adipt4. th tat highway commtiM(.n wtll lvj tht Mm stuto a 1.1 m bmlJlnc haiM mirfMcr-d ristmda thrnu.h smll town ma It UJ b? In bulldms rwl thr.urri the country. W. L. Ttinmion. mm-b-jr of the rommljwion. j-tattrd fM that th rflmmiiBion hitd irTi n r-irrt to that rfect At th metilnnr hH! lo nrun.n ih l-itjurrn trKn HUfhwav AarclKtion. Mayor ftthop f rr-ratfr akfl the qiwatlon a t' hthfr the mt0 would huitd Hi rtad thrtutrh th toa nm or h-thfr t h- tam arui'1 he ftrcrd to r.nilil tnr ectim with in their limits ikmNm of ih H-r. mN on drfrwt n a a-d t h mart i ,r-ntwn. dMlarir It rrtir of much ItttportMni' he "mall wna At the time o.i.im; -nif Thon-i -n ctull nt dfnii a"rn" hut. iirMr th l'tt iftet-tinc , f th wmmiiiin m a'! l r- ihi the mtm will h-nld th r.ejt-t thP'Unh mV tn uteii-r -.i- M- Utn.