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DAILY EVENING EDITION

TO ADVERTISERS.

The Rut Oieguulan has the lament paid

emulation of any paper In Oregon, nit of

I'ordand ami over twice the circulation lo

I'rndleton of any other oewiqiapt-r

COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER

VOL. 27.

UMATILLA RIVER RISING, S WELLED B

e

1

Snow Beginning to go Out in Mountains-Bridge

on Tutuilla Reported to Have Been Washed

Out-Birch Creek Nearing Flood Stage-Water

Reported to Cover Bridge on Main Street at

Pilot Rock.

Colder Weather is Predicted for Pendleton and Flood Dangers May be

Checked City, However, is Apprehensive of High Water Thaw in

Progress Today and Snow is Melting Rapidly.

;

Willi the weather forecaster

lu Portland promising colder

weather fur I'ciidlolon tonig hi

tlicre arc indications the thaw

ing of RXW will la- dbjOOkOd anil

tlius HimhI dangers InMiivd. ' ''

forecaster, however, predicts dan

gerous avalanches lii the iiiouii

uiJiis during tin' next 21 liours.

Iln-i Un III Is Hooded

I he tlM PepOrl (if basement

trouble 1 1 miu I lir milling KOOW

cm to light HUM afternoon

when ii found water from

Um n-nr ul tin' Ijolnu hlixk

wan fliKxIlim Into the basement

of the I). D, Pbelpi plumbing

establishment mi Court street.

There are mart) who fear that

than I" morf iluuger from oior-

nowtng siiiiter- than from itai

l nuitlllu river, hi Hie event any

i if the storm gutli-rs should he

p , ,1 through ! ii ii.-, M

r for an otlier i - ,i It Ih mn-

dhle damage inn)- result.

Pendleton Ii fillet today with up

prehension of. Hood because nf thaw

ing weather that hus been underway

ill da long mid because of rulher ul

lining reporte from foothllln and

mountain.

About II o'clock the I'matilla river

1 egiin ti, rise and at J was carrying a

considerable stream of muddy wa-

i.r The water Is nun I v fr Wild i

Horse creek and narth from the

1 thatllla proper, it win require a

buge rolUrne Of water to cause any

danger of flood here because of the

; rotccting levee.

At i o'clock this afternoon the of.

fulal government thermometer reg

lered .'.1 degrees above crn. the

aarmeel weatliet In man) dss. ist

night the loweg) temperature waa :'i

nl eve zero,

snou is melting to cbnslderahls ex-

ii nt here this afternoon and slush Is

forming though lltltl water was run

plne on the ground or In the gutters.

That snow Is melting In the inoun

lalna Is sIhomi lo reports from Men.

Chain and elsewhere It rained all

dai Bunds) and last night at Meaeh'

t tier Ygeney.

At the Umatilla agency the tent

.iture was .', degrees this after

noon and snow Mas melting rapidly

report had reached Ihe sgenci thai

a bridge on Tutuilla had washed out

e talis were not known.

rhi- morning Thomiis Th peon

received i phone report from Herbert

Thompeon say that Tutuilla was rag.

Miu lust night hUl Was lower this

morrdhg.

on Birch (Veok,

vt the David Ingram ranch, nine

miles above the Junction. Blreh ereek

was rising and carrying a small tor

rent of mudd water at 2 .. clock. The

snow was thawing rapidly and further

high water was feared It was re

ported that the water had covered the

bridge on the plain street In Pilot

Itoek

t Continued on Page 5)

MRS. MOHR FREED OF CHARGE

SHE HAD HUSBAND KILLED

WIDOW OE H RDJBRKD XEI

It)HT PHYSICIAN Atot lTIKD

NEOROE8 ARE HELD

PBOVIDKNI'K. B- 1. Eel). I.

Mrs Btkrabeth Uobr Is free She waa

i,.,inl not guilty late Saturday on ths

"harge of having hired three negroes

1 MOhTwh,

Phvslclnn. while In an automobile

with his office assistant. Emily Bur-

rr

Mrs. Mohr collapsed sobbing In

,,,urt when the verdict was announc-

ed For the two negroes who were

charged directly with the murder ot

the doctor, the doors of the state's

prison yawned. They were found

guilty of having killed the doctor and

serlously wounding the "other worn-

in" In the ease which has stirred

ithode island for months.

,,,, rc COM? luted.

Both Henry Kpellmnll and Victor

lirown were pronounced guilty on the

murder charge.

Having three different verdicts ti

mnounce, the strain following the

innoiinceiiieiit of the clerk that s de.

rlaton hud been reached was terrific

The verdicts In the case of the ne-

TpM came first.

jflr&

DAILY

Fine of $25 and

30 Days Imposed

for Killing Deer

I BILLY BTAXIdSY, HOWEVER, PER.

MTTTEI) To RETURN ROME

TO CARE FOR STOCK.

Klned 2.'i and given a 30 day Jul!

sentence for killing u deer. Hilly Stan

ley. a young man living on the North1

rorK of tbe Jollll UH was remi tted

to return home to care for his stock

dining the present severe weather.

The man was arrested b Deputy

War den Heorge Tonkin who made i

trip over the MOW after the offender.

He was convicted before Justice nf

tin- Peace McReynold of Hint Rock.

M s si. iik was ronnrtoil o, i..,i nnr,

dltlon and relvlmr a no ti ihe nramla!

"f the rnuna man In return after the

snou lasvss to serve nut bis sentence

thai official suspended the sentence i

for the time being The carcass of

the deer a hrouwhl in Peiutlston I

tnd given t" St. Anthony's hospital. I

i

leiilii Ih'iiii'M Report,

Washington. Feb 7. Socrstar)

luiislng denied the statement attrlb-

uted to Secretary Klmmerioan o

Merlin, that America had increased Its'

-mande In the I-usitnnlii case

II"

Mid he doubted if Zimmerman had

made such a statement, which he

must know Is utterly false J

'flic defendants entered picas of not

guilt) this after uoon, ami ail eaated

for Jury trials. rile first trial. Unit

of Mrs Hania, was set for a week

troni UMlay. The others will follow,

(id. .1. II. Haley und Will M, Pelcrsjin

an- n-nn'Miitiiig the ilcfciidanls ar-

iMIed at Mrs. Harris' rooming house

and Judge Pm Is nctltu: Tor those r-

I'fatfd at the Kmplie

uomeii and two men wen

ar-

FIVE UN AND TWO MEN

ARRESTED AND MUCH LIQUOR

SEIZED

rested and several hundred dollars seised was found in the rooming

worth of liquor confiscated in a raid house of Mrs. Harris Whiskey or

conducted hy local officers late Sat.j,cer was found In almost every room,

urda) evening upon two rooming jA gallon barrel of w hiskey, un

ionises, the first such raid since the opened, and seven full barrels of bot

prohlbitloa law went into effect itled beer were among th stores lo-

The raid was directed by District ,,,,, The whole amount WfeWd i mrf,i "' emble to discuss the Ot

Attorney Frederick Htelwer who hadL0w stored , the office of Justice at tire last week. A supposed

secured advance evidence and who I (he Peace Joe H. Purkes. Besides the j Patter ws fired upon rowing toward

swore out the complaints before 11 barrels there is n trunk half full of t,w 'nternationnl bride, connecting

la'd. Sheriff T. D Taylor conducted I h.i. kttli of w hiskev. a full th """' Jil:,,,H nd Brtdgeburg

the s.'.iii'h of the rooming houses and;

was issistid B Deput) Sheriffs Joel

Bill is Passed in

for $19,000 tor Bridges at

Mission and Thorn Hollow

News that the house ol represents !

UvM 8( wshngtn ,m8sed a bill Sat

-day approprlatlhg ,1,000 for the

bridges at Mission and Thorn Hollow

on the I'matilla reservation is con-

tallied in a message received by

Thomas Thompson from Congressman

(J, j. stimuli. The message states

tm,t the Items are Included in the In-

din appropriation bill,

r Thompson has also received

letter from Ileprcsentatlve Slnnott

und the belief Is expressed the ap-

prnprlatlon may now be secured

without trouble, un Senator chamber.

Win and Senator Uine are aiding the

move In the senate In the event he

Inst out In the house Mr Slnnott had the Mission and Thorn Hollow brldg-

arranged with the senators lo huveles and will have to do so Is stated b

the Item Included In the appropriation i Judge Marsh Owing to the restriv

bill before the senate ttOM under the new law and the ne-

The bill provides fur the construe-1 cesslty of building some other bridges

Hon of two bridges, the total cost of It mny be hard to secure Hie money,

which will not be In excess of lls.bl It will be provided In some HMU

600 It Is specified that the state ollncr Otherwise the government sp-

Oregon or I'matilla county shall pro- prnprlatlon would be forfeited

EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY,

CENTRAL ALLIES

AND ROUMANIAN

ARMY WAY CLASH

Bulgarian and Turkish Forces are, Most of Them Survive the Storm

Moving Toward Frontier Where Better Than Was Expected De

Large Forces are Concentrated. dares Member of Commission.

TRANSYLVANIA IS THE PRIZE

Itoumanla Itefiuee to Doinobllo or

Give Pledge of Benevolent Neutral. I

ll louanl the Teutonic 1'oitx-s I

0,000 carload- of (.rain are sold

lo the Mill"..

LONDON, Feb

-Bulgarian and

lurhl' forces are moving toward lh

' 1 mefi ine con-

oentrated rtnumanlam there. Milan eonuniee on, yvho reached home yes.

reported. II was stated the central tarda alter having been snow bound

Powers demanded a partial itoumani- for as hours at Bonneville. The

un demobilisation with a pledge otgame survived the storm belter than

benevolent neutral ly inward the Ten-1 WM expected but there have been

ti'iiv This was ignored. The t.'hron-' some losses, particularly of quail,

icle declared the Teutons protested I Wh'le held at Bonneville by the

against ine itouinanai) sale nf Ku.UtHi

Carloadl ul grain to lhe allies. Hou-

" replied this was necessary to

Wn ner rconon IC interests, ine

Au,"r'anB are repotted to have pro-1

'ted against the nomination of two

Roumanian parliament candidates;

'"'edged to secure the acquisition of'

Transylvania-

' Inevllle and the local man says he felt,

ROMR, Feb. 7. Austrian aulryjh, remained there long enough to be

have reached the Arn-nl river foufi"11"!! to vote.

miles from Durasso. awaiting the ar-!

rival of the main bodv of Austrlans

who defeated the Serbians Sunday ,

The Serbs are retreating southward

to escape the envelopment at thlfn,m perishing ,

Bulgarians at Klbassan.

Plakeiy and J.

Qaorge Blmpsoq

and Police offlc

H. Rstee, Janitor

I tile c.illl't house

Plunk Nash.

The rooming house on Court street

conducted by Mrs. James Harris bet

ter known as Mrs. Todhunter. and th

Empire Lodging House on Webb street

wer" the two places where the liquor

Was found and the arrests made

oilier houses were searched but m

further arrests made.

The greatest quantity of the liquor

(Continued on page flve

the House

vide the remaining one-third of the

cost and shall agree to maintain the

bridges and the approaches to the

same

The Indian appropriation bill also

carries an appropriation of 13000 (M

the I'matilla agency. JI000 for th'

Warm Springs reservation. 18000 for

the Klamath agencv and SI 10.000 for

the Chcmawa school

In getting Ihe bridge appropriation

through the house. Representative

Slnnntt hud the benefit of some spe

cial information us to tonnage and

detour from Thomas Thompson

County to Aid

That the county court has given a

pledge to meet one-third th

Ml nl

RAID SHERIFF

REPORT OF LOSS

OF GAME-BIRDS

IS EXAGGERATED

MARION JACK RETURNS HOME

liter Being snow Ism ml. finally Gets

Into Pendleton Hays tuail Suffer

Host From snow s,K,w at Bonne

ville slv Fiat Deep larnirr- arc

Feeding the (.ion, Birds.

Reports of the In

if game birds

have been exaggerated sa. Marion

jam, men i in ine i.-u miu sin.

hlockade .Mr. jack n.ui opportunity

to observe conditions it the state fish

hatcherv there. He says the fry to'

tne noun natcnery is an sale nut inai

there is danger some of the fish in

the ponds will be

net

In

freshet

these f sh are likelv

:!'t int

the Columbia river.

The snow was six feet deep at Hon-

Ieputy Came Warden ronkln has

I raeelved some reports fr.,m Athena

Indic itlng the fe. d a of game birds

1 nils materials helped keep them

T. J. DePrei ce of Athena has been

feeding quail and says they have sur.

I rived the storm though some Hun

1 garian partridges were lost.

'"harles i larking also helped in

! feeding quail and says many birds

j we re thus saved from starving.

Jack Vincent of Athena believes

i that few game birds were losi In that

! section during the storm.

' The chief danger has 1

I tiawjis ,thut take advantage

ii from.

f the

feebled condition of game

prey upon them.

drain companies or oth

having grain sweepings

itrde and

I

urt 'es

samples they will donal

for feeding !

gam I birds are asked to notify

Uadow, so that the sportsmen

make arrangements to use the

; i j

Rumor Afloat of

New Sensational

Plots in Canada

I'MtlltMl NI is PREPARE!) '!

tSSKMBl.K TO lMKt'VSS THE

EIRE VI ottwa

OTTAWA. Feb. 7 BtAMtlonal

ports of new phl aicainst Cm

! Witt nrculatt'd when parliiimi'iit

Ontario. Th a lent strength to the be

I lief spies are operating.

I The ninth overseas battalion an

' ed at the Wetland canal to reinforce

! the two regiments lilreadi guarding

the canal and ammunition plants. Sen

tries have been placed at all publU

' buildings and a continuous guard is

1 maintained at the canal and bridges

j Despite suspicious uccurrances it Is

i expected Borden will express the

Conviction the parliament fire was an

tccldent.

Gtiwial,

Central iillli moving against How-1

manlan foeres iHimviiit-ausit on fron.

tier.

Sensational rumors ur new plots

gain rirt'iilalloii nt Ottawa.

Local.

Offhvrs make seven arn-sts ami

sclxe Wg quantity of liquor In proht

hltlon raid.

lllot BiM'k pmrde Moving to iiinh

places.

killed snd ladi.-e

More mad dog--oiind

warning.

Marren ami Mattock I'liurgcd with

iiiaiislauulitci

lhvr sluvcr -s nl -iicctl to jail hut

allowed to OBN for sUwk.

O.-W. trains almost back lo normal

J

. tea mm gtst Rh area m mm m e .

HIV dUMMAKY

FEBRUARY 7, 1916.

Y WATER

; :

PILOT ROCK FOlaS

MOVING TO PLACES

OF SAFETY; FLOODS

ARE ANTICIPATED

Hock people were ami-

, ,

d and moving to placet)

iting

of safety as stated in a special phone1

report i" the East iregonian at '11

o'clock today, a rain Ml at Pilot

,, , ,

Rock air day Sunday- and part of the

I -

A chinonk has been under-

night.

Creeks in the Mountains are Rising

Foot of Snow melts at Meacham

- .

Warm Rain Falls

At Meacham a warm rain fell all I spring day in Pendleton." Consider

lar Sunday and all last night with 'able water was running and the snoa

ine result mat a foot of snow disap -

I beared in iess than 14 hours. At 1 1

"'clock thll morning the East Ore-

tomans eorrespnnaent at Meacnnm

! reported the weather to be "like

BK DROPPED AS IXVRSm

GATION PROCEEDS.

rhargmg manslaughter. a

Iitliiinr tt-fll he flleH this sflerrjoon in

the justice court against W 1 '

"Whiter" Marren and IVe Matlock. ;

W'ho have been held in Jail since the

shooting Of Wendell Phillips a week

;,Ko. Though his investigation is not (

complete, pressure ironi me atinrnej

from the two men decided the dis-

trict attorney t

HI

MATLOCK AND 0-W TRAFFIC

MARREN ill WILL SOON BE

nnr nn morn unnimi mini

rAbtUW5, HAL AIM

i

I CHARGE AGAINST MATI'M K HIT

j manslaughter against both men. The trains from the west between s JO

connection of Matlock with the fatal ' and 9:30 No. 18 ills evening is re

affray is not yet clear and It may be! ported on time and No. IT from the

'that the charge against him will b? ' east reached Pendleton bout 1:30.

dismissed. However. the officers! With the arrival of delayed trains

i have decided tn hold him until furth-1 Saturday and Sunday, the local post-

' er witnesses can be examined office was swamped wtiti mail.

A man is mean enough When he t"

himself, but when he has a had cold

he ought to I

ilone in

well.

a 40-ucre field until he

Mai on News.

Portland Man Gets Position

as the Interpreter of Future

Events With Munition Co.

From a ubordins

j Portland bureau of

water works toi

th

position of the interpreter of the

i uturo tor a bits m

tiiring company in .New xorr,

remarkable rise and change nl

tlOB experienced b; tieorge

who spent ysoterdai with frit

PeadietOll while en route east

gin upon his new duties.

The story of young K..rU

tork is th

strange one rWBSSSSMsa Ol an uin.au

ny ability to see into the future, he

I has decided to capitalize this clalr-

I voyant power which he has demon -

strated to the satisfaction ol manv

witnesses He has so impressed the

big munitions manufacturing

panv with his cxtraoruinar pre i

sum that he has been tendered I re

tuiner and last week transportation

lo their base of operations was tele -

rwpnvo am irwiu me, n o , , pgg rg sense, the outcome of even

lice of the company j the smallest detail In the pmpuasd

He left Portland last Tucsd.o but j w orkings of this theme or scheme

was held up by the siorm. arriving. Before leaving Portland he gam

here on Saturda) He Narad n 'h' j onstrated his powers to his fellow sgg

Hotel Pendleton while here, being , ployes and they were greatly Impress

i trleiid ol cniei t lerk Hay i revre.je( by them. Just what use the imk

Knd visited other fr.eiids until t Hln rrJI f munitions Intend making ol

I afternoon when he resumed his hs prophetic aense Is a matter ol

I JoUme,

Barb

has been woiking in th-

Portland water department In

clerical capacity for the past two,

r ine past iwo , Mr km Icy Is very modest and

ion' employes had tlcent about his unusual gtetlactl

le Was subject to'aud dislikes talklug about It.

yaare and his fellow

long noted that tic

FRO$0OO THILLS

1 t a

v

i way today with the result Birch creek

has become quite high

,11 lor win,- mr iiroNS'- nda erm ,

quite a few families having homes

ing the bottom had moved to the

80,1001 h'jUW or t0 tne oId church f"r

safety. Some families had gone Into

. ..

1 me DUHJtirj so as lo oe sale irom dui

flood danger. The weather was warm,

All Day Sunday

iwas settling fast. The melting snow

was causing the creeks in the moun-

tains to rise. Thus far

there has

been no damage inflicted ana tne ran-

UUEUHOOD THAT HIGH WATER,

Ol!

ATAJjANCHSS M y

BLOtK IT SOON.

Traffic over the O.-W R

t N.

tracks Is unnroachirir !he normal

i again after an interruption of a week

but there is a lil'e:ihoo ' th.it high

water o- avalanches mn; cause an-

i n o uum rwwaa so-, m mu

j morning shortly after 10 o'ciocg and

1 ' yesterday morning there were three

In neither rhina nor Japan is the

any production of milk worth met

tinning It is foreign to their diet

only imported condensed milk is

, tstned except at a few places

however, did he offer any exnlanatior

. ..nto vi. j . ... . .

' "eyanure lor tne,

. w h..i lo c.

Indefinite

j leave of absent e

1 j furnish his reasons.

' i Ac, ording to his si

! an ability to peer In

' since sot was u bov.

he saw in bright detail and could and,

i did foretell striking Incidents. Then

' quite as suddenly he lost his myste -

nous power but eventually regainel

;. tl) -vtent. that la it

j w,, him for periods ranging from

' few jys , ix mnths

During the past few weeks he has

f(,,, h(s ,.,. ?nvnty returning and

lm",now believes himself, is he exnresse

t- .vHpbl(, b. kaMR unwver -

ing concentration on any theme ol

I which he comprehends the ulrimaie

1 ,b)eetlve. to foretell In a negative ot

conjecture though the a. Ivan-age

having someone at r.B.n.1 e.n. i

the future Is obvious

Mr Barter Is very modest and H

DAILY EVENING EDITION

Knmwl for Is-tirn I re"n hy the

I Mill '1 Stall's Weather OIXKTTff

I Portland.

Tonight and Tin Ml I

tonight, strong BDUlhWl

COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER

NO. X72"

MANY TOWNS IN

THE VALLEY ARE

FACING FLOODS

Willamette River is Rising at the

Rate of Six Inches an Hour at

Some Points it is Reported.

j

nriny in ftlrn IT ,tP

ALKOUIl 10 UlCH lid DA Rid

j thtnook at lortland tlrmrs Away

! Snow I ; nutt-e U feamd Tliroairh-

out the t alley lliver IttsO, Threw

l3et In I'ew II at Kuffeues

BWr stream Is at II . I, Mark.

POUTLAXD. (ire.. Feb t A Chi

nook wind swept away the snow yes

terday and today. The Willamette

river Is rising at an unprecedented

rate. It already has overflowed Its

banks in some places. Damage is

feared throughout the valley. It

rose six inches an Hour at some

points.

Portland, ore. Feb. ;. fin the

si hours between noon and o'clock

yesterday the Willamette river at Bu-

gene rose three feet a rise of a foot

and a half was recorded at Corvallla

during the day. Other up-valley

points reported rapidly rising waters

All reported rains and a rapid thaw

Flood conditions in the upper vallev

were considered imminent last night.

Farther south heavy rarns wer

likewise falling. Boseburg reported

uninterrupted rain for J4 hours, with

all streams loming up. but danger

was not considered Imminent A rise

of four feet In the South I'mpqua

river was reported from .anyonvllle.

These latter conditions, hom-ever. do

not affect the Willamette river or

Portland.

Every brook and rivulet throughout

the Willamette valley tast night was

being transformed into a small tor-

rent under the Influence of the heavv

melting rains And all of the water

was flowing toward Portland. A re

lapse to colder weather will check

It. Continued rapid thawing will

have the opposite effect

Danger Mark StUi Afar

An additional rise of seven feet and

a half here would place the water

above the danger line, and conse

quently the question of whether port

land is to have flood conditions Is th"

all-Important one now. particular'

along the waterfront

The river at Porttana was 7 feet

(Continued on page eight )

RAVE RABIES

( HIEE OE llil.lt I WNot rt;s

MEXSUMi okdin Wt i: wild

HE ENFORt ED

Several more dogs having exhibited

symtoms of rabies during the past few

days. Chief of Police liurdune an.

nounceit thw ,iirn,. ,h.,i ,h

- -

mil. -

; ''"ni- oiutnance passed at tip ! i-t

SEVERAL MORE

DOGS FOUND TO

rag obliged to I OOUncU meeting would be xtrlelU en

forced and that all snmagsied dons

r he has had I wlu hot.

) the future' T1l' police k lied two dogs renter

Coming events ! ard another this morn na nan

several others are being eloei

watched. The thoroughbred ICai

' shepherd dog. ow ned bv ; Wilt -

. contractor, went on a rampage off the

.---.I, hill veterdn buuhiIbs lining

i several other dogs and final!

the son of Bert Uvermol the

! hand. Mr lavermore

, the police and "ffb-er H

ihoned to

,ro

I lo.

and

open

: retponded. He and Vlr

. Cated the snlmal mi T .

it came al the offer

mouth He dnmne.l o

first

shot. The dog ha i

other dog eWSjQd by l-e Brown and

at his request 'ha officer a is, killed

this animal.

The dog owned b lien it iwwr

Hawks waa killed bv the owner yes

terday morning hen found nn th'

front porch in -pasms At I" 3D this

morning Officer MWsrda waa I .'. i

to the Ms n street bridge wb. re , I, g

had been showing ladh atlons of be

ing luttd It waa killed

While it is truieU nillk, i thai

sit of the dogs exhibiting .impto,,,.

of Illness are not rabid, the police de

clare thr will uks bo chances.