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foiled Slalo Ui nlhrr OtiarrTir

t Portland

TO ADVERTISERS

I In I.hm Oreoiilaii hut tlif lareHL ald

(initiation of nity .m-.-i In otprod. fast ut

I'ortland ami ovtr twice tbo in ulatloo Id

I'rudleton of any other tiwnapr.

COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER

DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRU ft W

NO. 873

VOL. 27.

COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER " e VJ- o "

I

REBISOND NOW

IN PATH OF THE

E

Slav Armies are Within Fifty Miles of

Stronghold and Fall of City is

Expected Within Fortnight.

ATROCITIES ARE INVESTIGATED

Russian ul'll. hil- Win 1'it.lM- iti'inirt-.

r irmMlu t riu rtio- mm Bsecu-

v of Turkish offlcixli I t--i .-

sllllf lll EollOW KIlK'lilllls 1'1'llK-

. ii for work.

LONDON. Feb. IS. -After captur

ing Krzcrum. the Russians are aim

ing it Treblaond, 120 miles distant

The Ruarlan riniit wise ih within 60

miles Of the city, llalburt ha" bean

captured. Tbi- full of Treblsond ui

expected within a fortnight

The Russians holding Erzerum are

beginning an Investigation of Turkish

atrocities on Armenia The execution

of officiau responsible is pradlctad

The Posts Pstrogrsd eorrespondsnt

said the capture of Braerum wan duo

t. the cyclonic rush of tin Incompar

ilbli sil.eriane.

Future Course of

U.S. Toward Diver

Warfare Discussed

.HUM Mil l. (i UJ4ES Is W H

1 11 BEEOKE P0I4O.' is

DEFINED.

WASHINGTON, Feb l. -The cao-l

in.-t mid the senate debated the future

courae of texet government today while

.-ulimarlne warfare negotiations are at;

a temporarj standstill The cabinet

considered whether to protest formal-1

iv avuinst the Teuton pronouncements

I lit It

d the

rnmenl win

Mot Much Grange in

Portland Markets

'HU.'AOO, Fi

. I-l A, July,

b lx.

IM T

Mn

1-11

129 1-4

PORTLAND, Ore., Feb.

Hl.lOti bluestem, 109-110

jxerpool.

U1VBRPOOL. Feb. 17.

.Spot No. 1 Manitoba. Its 9

hard winter, new. 18x 6d.

Wheat

l-'.'il;

Ni

thest price

li

-ID

Report Confirmed

That Best is in

Legislative Race

MUOlt VH,I -Ilk ItEPl'HLI

i MiMIN VTION VI' t'tiM

IM. PRIM V1UES

iyor .lames A.

Irmed th.' r.'i

i iregon an v.

thai lie In. 'I

Best Ibis in, .ruing

rt printed in the

sterdav to the ef

leflnltel) made up

h iniii.l to seek

nation for reprei

primaries. vVhu

ins petition, he

declaration ! h

Dr, I'est did n

form, principles

lir a,, ul, I make

stilted Unit tile

east end of 111.

m Weston whei

had urged him

M i.ubl make a fl

llic r.'i'

i )!

n. .nil

spring uthorlsed the

s candldac; .

.1 announce a

,1-

id

uunty, particularly

he formerl) lived,

run. and that he

fight for one of the Ivv "

initiations.

s R. W Kitner also nn

indldaoy today and as II

predtetad that it N

republican n

Inasmuch

i,, ainces h's

Ii nfldentl

sunfield wii

a republican

I,

bi

I urn. '.I

I ll. II. lot.

miv

wari

ihe primaries,

:t Muv me

SAX FRANCISCO, Feb, IV An

in.. bile collided with a streetcar

irl; Ibis morning, seriously Injur-

lug the two men and two girls ..ecu-

pying the auto, One girl and two

men probably will i C

RUSS OFFENSIV

Tom M'Mahan is

Killed Between an

Engine and Train

WEI l lv Now 1AM VI M N MEE1 -HEATH

M I'll.ol IttM K

JIM I ION,

Kht

I'tWI

ill

i In

locomotive a mi a boxcar, Tom

Mahan, Mil known local man

Unly UUM night began work i

switchman al Pllol Rock Jun

vim early this morning instant!)

tlo ll.

kill-

I. the firm Ictlm

the new tcrnuti

t it

fatal accident

accident a ii

nlnal y

is.'. I lh.

.lust hat

probably never be known. McMahan

was directed to couple uj. an engln

with a train of freight oars. He sig

nalle.l the engine to hack and. ac

cording to hid nephew, ileorge Last,

win. is night foreman ami who wax

ony a ear length away ut the lime

the Coupling! must have missed con

nections Al any

the engine wa

en feet and th.'

signalled ahead for tl 1

other trainmen state

una n ilgnalled the

Thcv h.-ard no sound

thai M. 'Ma ti.tr.

111. 1 found h

I He hud been struck Just above the

jhipK ami his bod) as practically cut

lin tw... The engine was ilgnalled

ahead and. as it pulled out. Hie bod) I

1 fell away. Ute had departed.

This was a little before :' o'clock 1

land ' eaMbuiind passenger No. I wax

Just entering the yards, The body

was placed aboard and brought to this i

1 city. Coroner Brown was notified and

I took the body In charge An Inquext I

I win be held al i o'clock this after-

t!Oon to take evidence from witnesses.

Deceased, vxh" was about SO .-.ears

old, had been a resident of PendletoS) I

i for many years, Al various times h j

Wat employed on railroads and for U

'number of eurs worked tot tne late

i:

Forster '" plaining nulls.

il only taken his new Job last

He was 11 brother of Mrs

sheer of this city.

Wi

1 1 Ell

(1HE

ul PRIVATE LINE

: To CONNECT OTHE

WITH SYSTEM,

ervlc

oetwi

Pendle-

t,

lure If George QesitakopolUI succeeds

in the undertaking he lias outlined

QsanskopolUS, who has a ranch right

at the Junction, at the present time

has the only telephone there that is

, onnected sith the system of the p. T.

T Co He ow ns the line to the City

limits, having built it himself, and

now he plans to sell a limited nuni-

b. r of phones to the people al tn

new terminal yarns wno wisn service

with Pendleton and outxld

points I

His charges w.

old be between

..nth Inasmuch

II. 00

and M.OO a n

would hftve to

The O.-W. it

he

ed

phones In the station

and several other pll

house al

Junction

nectlon

but these phones give con

no with the local depot over

111.. . i.-W

ires Pendleton mer

chants, who seek the patronage nf

the people living at the Junction, send

representatives dow n dally to take or

ders which ire filled ami lent down

the following day.

PENDLETON HIGH BASKET

BALL TEAM IS DEFEATED

till Will Ot IN I I I W ls III I

l i, ll I sl It. Ml' BY

i ORE 2;: i Sil,

i The Pendleton High basket tossers

I Inst night lost to ihe I.a Grande quia

! tei :':t i.i is, The game "as exceed

ingly

8 III

! bard

fast, l-i Grande go! the lead

ItSli bill t" keep 11 required

floor work throughout the

The boys will plaj Wallowa

tonight, and Saturday Enter- !

The

lis' basketball team left this

lug for Walla Walls' where the.v

engage the '"Garden City" girls

II

hi. Tomorrow they will play

Wi

lisle

again. The girls feel thai

win from Ihe Wnitsburgers J

I' the trouncing the.v gave

I they m

j lltM'JlUSt

them

llic local floor lust Friduv I

night when they beat them :'ii to 7.1

The local girls believe thai the.v were I

I given Ihe short

.1 the deal bv the

referee when the. were al W.iltshurg

last month, Miss Bonney, the coach

' and Prof w. U Livingston of the

High school accompanied the girls.

PREPAREDMESS ADVOCATE LOOKING

FOR TRAINING GROUND

i. Hall oi u,u

Leonard Wooi

ast, aratchlng

th,

i mean

Ritner Announces

His Candidacy for

the Legislature

SAY II ItE-KI.EtTED Will. :-

ul E TIME To IMl'KOt Ifiti

H Hi II WAY I , s.

tnei

who t

the It

.int

leglsla-

andldacy

stairs il

II devote

nnoun.es hi.M

I. Mr Rltne

e again, he

rgies toward

the state highway laws in accordant ,

with the recommendations made b)

the las) state convention of count

Judges and commissioners. He Rbw

I advocates such economy jls h consist'

enl

with the proper administration o

the alfuirs of the state and

Hon of such laws as will

shorter ballot.

At the last legislature II

tlve Kitner was father of

making eastern i iregon a

the adop

inxuri

tpreasntS'

the bill I

public StrViCe district He

duced

the county library

bill un.lei

Milton Ii-!

which Ihe Pendleton and

bran bulldlngi ar,. being si

ted and

of which many other counties and cit

ies arc taking advantage, Mr. Ritner'

line. WilJ mors directly responsible than

s install, any other member of the house lor

hoarding I the new game code and the hill re..r

es at the ; ganizlng the fish and game Commix-

slon.

1 Miring the last ae-ssion lie was

! chairman of the committee on public

Institutions and a member of the com-'

mittees on roads and highways, game,

j livestock and resolutions.

Mr Ritner has been a resident of;

! Umatilla county for years and at

tended the Pendleton mh. ads and the

j Weston Normal. For t"n veins he;

was connected with the Pendleton

I Savings Bank, but the last eight veal's

hul I n engaged 111 funning, being a1

member of ihe firm or Storie & lilt-,

ner.

He has been a member of the board

'of directors "i the Kound-iip since it

I was first organized and al present If

vice president and business manager i

He Is also president or the linallllt

Cotinty Automobile Association audi

secretary of the liuatilla County Good

II, 'ads Association

NEWS SUMMARY

GMHVL

TonK war W h'aiiil on lu COMl,

(.ciiiiau s. -.iihnnirfnt' wnrlan1 mi net

oi "inn , (irrlat c- Nciiatur I .odm'.

KlMMilMIH pnhhiK Ihelr offVnlM hi

ilonsi.Mi belle. fd Uio i. u of Wit

mm for ivrvtui j n nr.

Local.

Tom MoMajMM vk'Um of fntar tin

m-tl at Pilot liovU Junction.

11. . Itltner ami Mayor Best an

noiui.v oandkhxc) for tegtxlsturc,

'iviethoi nervhv to rilol

iTumtlon mu n arranged

K.M I,

In a recent speech at Chkumauga.

while looking for a southern training

ground for the army. General Wood

cuaracienaea tne ines or prepuredne

as "white rabbits."

TWO CHINESE SERIOUSLY

WOUNDED BY TONG ENEMY

Ol'TBItE.YK OOCCBS STREETS

OV POBTLAKD ONE 1 -TLM

M VY Dll

PORTLAND, ore.. Peb. in

Police throughout the ,sst

stati"-. aii taking extra precau

tions, fearing a further outtorenk

of the Chinese long war. sev

eral hours alter a member, ..i

the Hop sing Tong was fatally

slioi iii the sii.vN of Portland

last night, lour Hop sing men In

Seattle killed Y'u Mark a Korean

laborer. Beeent shootings at san

Eramdseo and Stockton leads the

IhiIUt to fear a general outbreak

of hostilities between the Hop

Sings and Sncj sing Tongs.

Tlie Seattle police are unable

to flint (he murderers. Chinatown

In everj city Is siippreis.Mul with

excitement, several, arrested for

i-arryiiur revolvers, said thej

feared an attack.

L08 ANGBLKS. Feb. is - The chit

of police assigned a special squad t.'

Chinatown, fearing an outbreak over

tong troubles

PORTLAND, lire., Feb. Is Two

Chinese, suid t. be members ,i Ihe

Hop Sing Tong, were shot and seri

ouslv wounded on a crowded sidewalk

at Third and t'"U,'h streets curly last

night by one of their countrymen,

said to be a member of the Bow 1-e

ong Tong.

The police are as j-et undecided

Whether the silo, ding was the result

of a tong war or grew out of the in

ternal struggle between the republi

can ami monurchial parties in fhi

na. It is known thai tne feeling am

ong the local iVIestial politicians is

very bitter .unl shooting occurred re-

eentlv in Ban Francisco among

Chinese sympathizers with the

ring parties ,,i their nome g..

the

war-

men!

At Ihe (loot

injured men

lining Wall I

cntty hurt, al

lcc. Chinese

names oi the

Sick Wall ..n

l.o Qong vv

;avc their nan

in I five times an

il Sue Yee. shot

n uiiaintanccs ga

injured men :is

Sue vjuon Yec.

s arrested bs

(Continued on rage Kiht t

DOES NOT THINK BRYAN

WILL OPPOSE PRESIDENT

NKBIt VMi N WII I. VOI' I K. II I III

NOXIIN M'lUX 111 T Till PRE

PVKI UM ss lssl

WASHINGTON. Feb. is. -Bryan

will head the Nebraska delegation at

St. Louis. Representative Shellenberg

er of Nebraska, declared He does

not believe Bryan will oppose Wilson's

nomination but will fight the pic

parsdness issue.

GEkmANY'S ACT

ONE OF PIRACY

L

Inconceivable That America Will Ac-'

cept the Teutonic Decree Regard

ing Submarine Attacks.

STERLING DENOUNCES PLAN

A Reversion U tlx lark ifCS, Mr

iMilun. and IijM iff piisMMUUtN

of i Grave CfWbi fr Amcrif a

WUaXMI U Naid to Im- DltU HllllMij tQ

I 11 -.1 1 -j 1 1 (if IHHTW.

V ASHIXQTO S Fe b. 1 8 . Lodg

doolarad that Austria and I iermun

propOMd t piiRax in pirac w.th

their plans to attack arnid merch-

ftntmen without nrarnltiv. DttoUMtoi

the Sterling traolutloil, Ij"dce said It

was tnconcelv&ble that America could

accept the Teutonic decree. An ab-

i and-nment

the present system

! WOUld

institute a Warlike step

p allies wh ch would make

the sdminlstratton and the world will

know there is a real America, not

supine, not apathetic or hesitating,

but strong and militant."

Referring to the Lusitania case

Starting said the administration first

appeared bold and uncompromising

h,, i,ehalf of 1 great principle, but

eventually vielded In substance, for

a word. He declared the state depart

ment's suggestion that the allies dis

arm merchantmen was wrong because

it proposed to make merchantmen

helpless against submarines, because

submarines are not strong on the de

fense. He urged a strong protest to

Germany against the new plans.

Thomas charged the republican at

tacks were for political effect and not

based on facts or upon a sincere de-

dipl

H

I living from looidenl

SEATTLE, F

Is dying

njured ii

md another

lis senc

a stre

miles

hea.lot

an hour

n. The

utomoblle

ipiei

the

.4kl: .

Mrs Alice Me.T-Wlng. secretai

of the Missouri Equal Suffrage Ass

ertion Is on her way through the

mountains ol Missouri and In Ark. in

DECLARES

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Houston Believed

Choice of Wilson

as War Secretary

CCKSSOH TO HEAD Of .l!l

1 I I II HA I HI rVKTMIM IS

NOW I'.l IM, l .HT.

WASHINGTON Feb IV Wtb"

is Reeking a fluc-esnor to .secretary

vgri' uitur.' Houston, because u nss

been practically decided to appoint

Houston secretary of war, it wax be

lieve, today, Assietant Secretary

Vruoman is regarded a the probable

Barnes Denies He

Will go on Tour

NEW YORK. Feb. 11. It wax re

ported today that William Ilarnes will

start a cruise In doubtful utates. fly

ing the Root flag and prepared to tor.

pe1o Incipient 'Roowvelt booms. He

probably will visit Ohio. Minnesota.

Illinois and the Dakota. It was re

p .rted he particularly was worried

for fear I'uramins delegates will stam

p."l.' for their ancient enemy. Roose

velt Though Rarnex favors Root, he

would shift his colors to any genuine

consenatlve.

Barnes denied he would personal!.'

conduct su. h a tour. It w is reported

the Hllles-Crane-Taft grrnup of re-,

publican leaders had urge.l Barnes to'

make this trip personally, but he de-'

Hollanders Flee

when Dam breaks

VMSTKRDAM, Peb. 18. The

IWHSglUC) dam MtaMe I'lirmcr

i nil btir-t tola reiesi-Jiia a prt-at

volume o( water which h ruxhlna

toward the town. Inhabitant

WCTf ordered into tlieir attp-.

IMrmen iid I" miles north of m

"U'rdani. ha a Mftndatlin of

sontt.

BRANOEIS CHAR6ES HELD

TRIVIAL BY COMMITTEE

PERSONAL OPINIONS Will, NOT

III: ( GNSIDERED FURTHER

IN Till l

WASHINGTON. Feb. 18. No wit.

; nesses appeared today against Bran

Ideis. so the senate sub-committee ad

journed until Tuesday. Before hen

Austin F..X attorney for those opposed

to Mrandeis must f le formal charges

to Brand

with the

expected

rhe com

ftirthef mutes will not listen

charges such as alreadv

made, regarding them al

personal opinions.

s.ts to grouse the country women t

tlie need of suffrage she sayi ih

will ride the horse shown in '.lie phc

t.igr.iph through th trip

SHIPPERS IN NO

FEAR OF LOSSES

IN TORPEDO WAR

English Concerns Believe Admiralty 's

Methods Will be Successful in

Handling the Situation.

GERMANY HAS A BIG FLEET

DM llimdrol BaUhSSSSSJUlB lai

IV-n I: ii ill for the KaJSa-r to , arr .

out rjastanaa AMMibi i i-vfex-

liantm'ii s.vit sinklnirs s.hnl-

iUrd to Taki; I'la.f Tixlay.

London. Feb. II. iRaborate pre

eautlons are being taken to prevent

the Germans renewing their torpedo

attackx in celebration of the anniver

sary of the campaign of underse.i

frightfulness. It had been rumored

that Germany Intended to signal the

inniversarv with sereral sinkings

Shipping circles are not alarmed Thei

are convinced frori tne Infreijuenci

of submarine attac ks since December

that the admiralty's preventive meas

ures have been successful.

Germany estimates that 100 mer

chantmen with a tonnage of a million.

' four hundred thousand have been

! sunk during the campaign. Two thou

i sand non-comlatantx. including hun

1 ireds of Americans, perished with the

sunken ships It ts estimated be

tween 30 md to submarines have been

i destroyed

LONDON. Feb. IS. The Geneva

Journal said Germany has built led

. new submarines, and tx preparing to

renew her undersea warfare aggress

ively. SWEDISH ITIZKNs n To

TRAVEL ON VKMtTt SHTPS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 1, Sweden

has warned her people not to travel on

armed ships as a result of the Teu

ton decree of warfare against armed

merchantmen, it was announced to

day. I '.insula were instructed to

warn all citizens. '

Buttercups Being

Picked on Upper

M'Kay, is Report

OTHER HARBINGERS "1 SPRINU

MAKING APPEARANt K

ILOWG CREEK.

' spring, tra la" may not be appropriate

Just now in Pendleton, with many

'vestiges of the late snow still with us,

. but on upper McKay creek they are

singing It blithely ax they pick el

I low- buttercups and other flowerv

harbingers of spring. At least Pepu

I ty Game Warden Ge.,rge Tonkin

brings such a tale to the city. He has

"ast returned from upper McKay and

cups in the Held at the rharles V

Other reports br.'iisht down

that vicinity indicate that the gr

winter has entirely been br

there. i 'harlrs Isaacs, who has

returned from his McRs creek r

states that spring is much mors

ward there than In Pendleton,

fact this cilv seems t lie in th

ter of a belt where the sn,,w

whitens manv sp-is. Resident

,h,',i

' '

inch

lace can the. is

le immediate vtclnl

YARD FOR PORTlAIVD

10 BE Li USE SOON

CONTRA! is M.ltEAin si i I i

FOII sliwn.u.s 'ii I; lull

El(i I Ni l III s I s

.lyiimate ror the pur

1 the shipyards. Contrs

, steel steamers of KH'i'

' foreign Interests are

'tare Each vessel

roinpanv v

, already has