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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1917.
NO. 9031
MM CABINET
EES SAID
TO BE PENDING
Houston, Redfield.McAdooand
Possibly Lansing May Resign
Shortly After Second Term
Begins.
VROQMANTOREPLACEHQUSTON
Itveaik-nt S Engaged In IntornatloniH
Matter Ho Him Itcen Unable to
Hrvfully Consider IBs Cabinet ivr.
sonnd Ad yt
ROFIBRT J RENDER.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 29. It Is
learned that Iniportint changes are
scheduled. It Is reliably stated that
Secretary of Agriculture Houston,
Secretary of Commerce Redfield, Mc
Ad(ii) and possibly Lansing may resign
cevemi months after the second term
In-Kin.
Itedfteld will accept a position with
a large manufacturing concern. Mc
Adoo expects to enter private busi
ness. The1 mate department changs
Is most uncertain. It Is unconflrnv
edly reported that Lansing may. be
come ambassador to Great Britain.
Carl Vrnoman la mentioned to suc
ceed Houston, Representative Glass
will replace McAdoo. President Wil.
win i so engaged with International
matters that ho 1 unable to careful,
ly consder his cabinet as yet.
MAYOR GILL WANTS
All EARLY TRIAL ON
HraUlr orrtnlal nd C1il'f f PoU
Both Reftim tn IiiIctjiohp Any Tocll
nll pplayw: 4JII1 May I).de to
m fciid illmwlr.
SKATTI.H, Jan. 29 Mayor Gi!l
and Police Chief Hei klnham nnnoiinc
d they wanted an early trial on a
chargo of conspiring to violate the In
terotate commerce laws. In connection
with the liquor traffic. Roth refine
to Ihterpone. technical delays. Kx.
Sheriff Hod-'e. will attack the Indict
ment It may delay the trial. Tin)
n-xt federal court term opens Feh
niary thirteenth. The mayor may do
fend himself tie i a member of a
Sisittle law firm.
DRIVES CAR HEADOfi
INTO PASSING TRAIN
Ale ItrwH'W Is l'nl"rt Altliouitli En.
tiro lYont Mid o' Auto U Twn Off
In .Vvlcloiil.
Ikarlng out the facelloua sjftges
Hon made at the council last week
that trains croasfng East Court treet
are In more danger from speeding
uulos than autos are from the trains
was an Incident which happened early
yesterday morning when Alex Bred
ing drove hlg car headun Into a pass
ing O.-AV. train. The auto, however,
got the worst of the encounter, Its
whole front end being torn oft. Bred,
ing wa unhurt.
The accident happened about 1
o'clock yeterday morning. Bredlng
had as a passenger In the car Bud
Cornfield who had only been honm
from the Mexican border about two
hour. As they approached the East
Court srtreat crossing a train was pass
ing. Cornfield Jumped when about
thirty feet away but Bredlng held on
to the wheel and the car dashed Into
the train with a crash. The whole
front end of the car and one of the
front wheels was torn away. Rred
Ing was Mill holdiTig to the wheel
when a doctor returning from thu
hospital discovered the car and sent
lor assistance
ALLIES VICTORS
ON FIVE FRONTS
OFFENSl VE HA LTED
LONDON, Jan. 29 It la announced
the allies were victorloua on five
fronts. The British raided near Neu
vlllo . Vanst and Lestransloye The
French raided near Verdun. General
HarraJln with French, Rrltlsh and
Serblnn force advanced in Macedo
nia, toward Prllep. The Russians re
tained their gains on a two mile front
on the Roumanla-Oirpsthlan line and
halted an attempted German Riga offensive.
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Congresnman Thqmas D. Rchall, of
Minnesota, la totally blind. He Is guid
ed about the national capital by his
son, Thomas D. Schall, Jr., a boy of
OFF HONORS OF
The Pendleton brigade at St. Pan!
made a heavy splash In the big car
nival parade Katurdsy. accnrdinn to
M'nrd received here and o tin pressed
ns TxuiIr W. Hill with the showing
that he has promised to bring a spe
ilal tralnload of Minnesota people to
the Round -Up next fall
The following wire received this
morning from "The Bunch" by F. K.
Judd tells of the showing Saturday:
St. Paul. Minn., Jan. 2S.
Saturday Pendleton's Round-l'P
was given greatest ovation of all di
visions In parade of 30.0n0. All pa
pers plav us up strong. The Round
l'p costumes stand out among all
ethers. Wherever we go traffic stop?
until we move. Louis Hill Is devot
ing his entire time to us both day and
night. He entertained tis all tonight
at dinner nt his beautiful home. After
dinner he showed us the advance
movim of carnival and dog race.
Weather perfect. Hill says will fUl'e
bring train to Uound-Cp.
ST. f'APU Minn!. Jan. 2S.--With
the paiade. gorgeous In color and
formation, the opening event of the
St Paul Outdoor Sports carnival out
of the way, one fact Is firmly estab
lished In the minds of the thousands
vim witnessed the spectacle today.
That fact is that honors rest be
tween the whooping Indians and the
Pendleton, Ore., cowboy and cow
ulrls who. charging down upon the
deenlv nonulated curb lines, provided
a majority of the thrills that belonged
to the occasion.
There were 30.000 uniformed mar
chers. Each section, each division.
each club was something to be ad
mired, but the spirit and dash of the
far northwest horsemen who came
upon prancing steeds was by far the
hlirirpst novelty. Their daring was
something few spectators will forget.
Home Have JVsUval Rplrtt
Stepping high up Fourth street
through a maxe of onlookers, these
Oregon steeds, to all Intents and pur
poses imbued with the same spirit
that has gripped the sno.ooa persons
wfcn hair nlodired themselves to the
celebration, reared on their hind
PENDLETON
DELEGATION
VOLUNTEERS ARE HOME AFTER
SIX MONTHS BORDER SERVICE
Pendleton's delegation of volun
teers for service on the Mexican bor
der arrived home Saturday night aft
er more than six months of experi
ence In the federal service. Of the 21
or more who went from Pendleton
with the Grangevllle company of th'i
Idaho National Guard, a number did
not return, having secured Jobs either
The troop train bearing the guards,
men of northern Idaho reached Pen
dleton at 11 o'clock Saturday night
and tho local boys dropped off. They
had previously been mustored out of
the federal service but still remain
members of the I. N. O. It may he
that they will secure full discharges
soon.
With the Idaho regiment they
spent several months at Nogales on
five. The photograph shows the two
Juat after completing a 2400-mile trip
about the country on their return to
Washington.
CARRIES
SI. PAUL PARADE
legs at the signal from their masters
ua they approached the reviewing
Place. There stood U W. Hill, presi
dent of the Great Northern railroad
and of the carnival association, and
all his cohorts.
Moving picture machines by the
score registered the meeting of Ore
gon with Minnesota, while thousands
upon thousands of visitors cheered. A
rapid fire of revolvers, whipped from
the hips of .the riders, and shouts of
enthusiasm from the throats pro
claimed that the middle west and the
far west had met.
Crowds (Jatlier at Unlet.
The parade over, the Pendleton cow
I'ovs and cowgirls dashed through the
iHreets to their quarters at the St.
Francis hotel, where thousands gath
ered to witness the spectacle of hardy
f ons and daUKhters of the coast sport
ing buckskins and brosd-brliumed
hat, mingling with the closer fitting
i niforms of a well thought out insti
tution. St. Paul people will not soon forget
the appearance on their streets of the
Oregon riders, for It Is one of the real
events of a remarkable festival.
TIMBER WOLVES
GOLD IIIIJj, Ore., Jan. 29.
It Is believed a pack of timber
woles killed and devoured John
IlaininersloT. a government
hunter on Willows Hats In Jack
4 son county last week. Hammers-
ley dsaivocnrod. Searchers found
tlie mairs wittered and knawed
lioncs. A rifle, shreds of doth-
lug and the eorpsca ' of three
4 wolves gave Indications of a deft
4 (lerate Ktrug-glo. It is believed
4 the victim fought the wolves on.
4 til his ammunition was cihaust-
ed.
the border and, while they saw no
fighting, they experienced some hard
ships and hard work. They arrived
back In Boise the latter part of De
cember and have since been heli
held there. A number of the boys
contracted colds on their return.
Those returning to Pendleton were
Richard Devlne, Rud Cornfield. Jack
Royce. Howard Purkhe'ser, Charles
Clum, Bill Stevens, Wiley McGinnis.
George Morgan, Fred Oelssel, Floyo.
Holslngton, Oliver Rlnehart and
Charles Sheet Pat Slddons remained
In Boise where he has a Job and Ed
Solre dropped off at Huntington.
According to Devlne, there wero
positions awaiting all of them In
Idaho had they desired to remain
there, the railroads being particularly
desirous to secure their service.
DEVOUR Mil
FIRE DESTROYS
BLANKET FIRM
BOSTON, Jan. 29. A
wholesale district fire destroy
ed the Thomas Kelly company
building, the. largest woolen
blanket dealers in New Eng
land. The damage was half a
million dollars. Frequent hot
air explosions occurred hinder
ing the firemen and damaging
adjoining buildings. The fire
spread in two directions.
Ill KNOWN PIONEER
MAN PASSES AWAY
Mrs. ,!M')liine Eiilmk v at Hos.
pllal at Midnight Ist Night; Kur.
vived hy Husband and 7 CliUdn-n.'
Doalh early ye-terday morning
brought to an end the life of another
I'matilla county pioneer when Mrs.
Josephine Enbusk. wife of J. W. En
busk, succumbed to a complication of
troubles that finally terminated In
pneumonia. She died at St. Anthony's
hospital about midnight.
Mrs. Enbusk was 54 years old, hav
ing been born In Norway December
IS, 1862. With her parents she came
to the United States In g?5, settling
first at Calumet, Michigan, and on
May 1, 1877, arriving In Umatilla
county. Her parents began farming
In the Greasewood country four mile
we.?t of Adams and were among the
first of the pioneers to settlei there.
The year of their arrival was the
year In which the Bannock Indian
war broke out and the deceased lady
with other settlers of that commu
nity were forced to flee to Weston for
protection
In 184 she was married to Mr. En
busk and her husband and seven chil
dren survive her. The children are
Henry J., Charle jW.v John Peter,
Brida Miriam. Esther Susan. Frank
J., and Edna J, Enbusk. all of this
city. A brother, John Hendrlckson.
lives at Major. Oregon, and several
nephews and nieces, sons and daugh
ters of the late Andrew Jacobson and
Charles Pell, live In this county.
Deceased had lived In the vicinity
of Pendleton for nearly forty years
and had seen It grow from a small
village, to the "biggest little city !n
the west"
The funeral will be held Wednes
day at noon at the Presbyterian
church with Rev. Snyder In charge of
the services. The body will be ta
ken to the Greawwood cemetery for
interment
WILL MOORE MAY
GET APPOINTMENT
WIIJ, RE RECO.MMERn RY
Dl.MOCRATlC CEXTHAI, COM
MrTTEE FOR COU.FXTOIl
OP CUSTOMS.
Will Moore of Pendleton, promi
nent democratic warhorse. is slated
for the position of collector of cus
toms In Portland if the state demo
cratic central committee has anything
to do with the appointment. The
committee at a meeting In Portland
Saturday afternoon-dee'ded to recom
mend him for appointment to Sen.
ators Chamberlain and Lane. At pres
ent the position is held by Thomas
Rurke of Baker hut his opposition to
the re-election of Senator Chamber
lain two years ago has probably elim
inated him for reappointment.
Mr. Moore attended the meeting aa
committeeman from Umatilla county
He returned home yesterday.
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CRUISER AIDING IN SEARCH FOR SEA RAIDER
K I-J S. Gi,AS:owv
The big British cruiser Glasgow, one
of a fleet of at leas fifteen allied war
ships searvhlng the South Atlantic for
the German sea raider which has
'terrorised the waters of South Am
HOT DEBATE OVER THE
"BONE DRY" BILL IS ON
jEast Oregonian Special Wire
Service.)
SALEM, Jan. 29. The bone dry
bill debate started at ten thirty
this morning. It continued unin
terruptedly until noon and will be
resumed at two o'clock. Anderson
said the bill's passabe was most
important to the state's welfare.
He reviewed the prohibitory leg
islation of the past four years
and said that crime records
showed prohibition was Justified.
Lafferty attacked the section
permitting fraternal orders to Im
port liquors for sacramental pur
poses. He said secret societies
could easily violate the law. Mac
kay attacked the emergency
clause. He said no emergency
existed and it was a bad preced
ent. Burton said the measure
was the greatest economical pro
ject before the legislature. He
said the abolition of slavery and
the abolition of liquor were pa
rallel economic question. It is
expected the bill will certainly
pass this afternoon.
PUBLIC HEARING OV
TRUST COMPANY ACT.
The house banking committee
will hold a public hearing Wed
nesday evening for the purpose
of hearing arguments on the so
called "trust company act" In
troduced as senate bill 113. The
bill has aroused enmity In several
trust companies and the hearing
Is for the purpose of giving the
committee an opportunity to
hear all sides.
MANN THREATENS TO
BITE ELI.ERMAN S EAR.
The pet stock industry nearly
caused a personal combat at the
meeting of house committee on
expositions and fairs when Mann
threatened to bit the ear off El
lerman. Ellerman requested that
the pet stock Industry be given
an equal break with the poultry
industry in any state appropri
ation. Ellerman who is president
of the Oregon branch of the na
Prince Who Organized
Ambulance Service
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Prince Heinrlch of ?axe-Colburg
end Gotha, who organized the Ger
n, an volunteer automobile ambulance
corps. Thousands of automobiles of
nil sorts and varieties were received
from all parts of the Empire. The
Prince then procured man volunteer
drivers, nurses and physicians and ob
tained large contributions of money
from wealthy persons.
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erica and caused a panic In shipping ; Edinburgh Ciurtle, Orama and a de
circles. Besides the Glasgow, ttu pot supply ship. Other British cruls.
British warships known to be engug- ers and a Japanese cruiser are ;il-n
ed In the chase are the K-sex. Suffolk, believed to betaking part In th.
Uincaster. Cumberland Vindictive, search
tional pet stock association says
his association will match any
state appropriation dollar for
dollar, Mann In head of the state
pet stock and poultry association
which has been holding exhibits
for several years. Ellerman said
Mann wants to get all the money
for his part of the business.
Mann said he would bite Eller
man's ear off If he did not show
a little more reason In his posi
tion before the committee. El
lerman told Mann to start biting
If he wanted to "start anything."
MO: III BUILD
(East Oregonian Special.)
HBRMISTON, Jan. 2. The
construction of a storage reser
voir for the purpose of impound
ing water for the Irrigation of
the land under the Western Land
& Irrigation Co., now the West
land Land Irrigation district, is
an enterprise in store for the
near future In this section. It is
said the storage reservoir will be
built as soon as financial ar
rangements can be made, it be
ing the expectation to have work
taken up this cring.
The directors of the newly
formed weatland Irrigation d--trict
are J. M. Prlndle, O. D.
Teel, O. R. Roberts, J. H.
Strohm and J. W. Messner. G.
W. Rugg is treasurer of the dis
trict SELLS INDEPENDENT
GARA6E FOR $30,300
Through a deal completed here
today George Haw has sold the
Independent Garage property on
East Court street to David Fath
ering of Spokane, the considera
tion being 130.000. The trade in
cluded the transfer of a valu
able alfalfa ranch on Willow
creek, near Jamieson, to Mr. Haw.
Mr. Haw Is now endeavoring to
close up his other business affairs
here with a view to moving to
his new ranch
The Independent Garage is a
reinforced concrete ebuilding, two
stories and a basement with a 71
foot frontage on Court street and
92 feet on Thompson. The build
ing was erected by Mr. Haw after
he had purchased the corner from,
eGorge Peringer.
FURTHER DROP IN
WHEAT IS SHOWN
CHICAGO. Jan. 29. (Special to the
Fist Oregonian) Range of price?
t( day:
Open. Hish. Low. Close.
May J1.77H 1.79 II. 70S. $1.71
July 1. 50 11.51 11.45 11.43
Portland.
PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 29 (Speci
al) Club 11.50; bluestem 11.52.
FURTHER ARMING WIM,
NOT CHANGE STATUS
WASHINGTON. Jan. 29. The state
department said further armament ot
British merchantmen, Including guns
forward would not necessarily causa
this government to admit them as
subject to unwarned submarinings.
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TWO SOLDIERS
MEXICANS RIOT
Enraged Because They Cannot
Enter U. S. Unbathed Mob
Hurls Stones and Bottles at
American Sentries.
WOMEN MOB REPORTER
Two Hundred Mevban Men and Wo
men Gather at Juarez End of In
ternational Bridge.
EL PASO, Jan. 29. -Five hundred
Mexican men and women resumed
rioting at the Juares end of tha in
ternational bridge this morning. They
were enraged because they are not al
lowed to enter the United States un
bathed. They threw stones and bot
tles at the American sentries. Two
soldiers were hurt. The troops
charged the crowd in the middle of
the bridge and clubbed them with
muskets. The Mexicans were driven
back. Federal authorities announced
that one Mexican was killed In yes
terday's rioting and several wounded.
The Mexican women attacked David
McChesney, an American reporter.
They tore his clothes and scratched
his face. Four hundred women
stormed the street cars, chasing the
crews and hissing "gringoes." Mexi
can cavalry charged the mob this
morning, using whips. Shouts of
"death to the gringoes" wers heard.
The car company attempted to re
sume service but women lay across
the tracks. All Americans have beea
piohibited from entering Juarea,
PENDLETON BOY TO .
T WITH ALLIES
Joe Dexin Enlist With (viadjaa
Troops and Is Now "Somewhere la
Franc."
Joe Despain. well known Pendleton
boy, Is now fighting with the allies
in the trenches "somewhere tn
France." according to a letter received
by his brother-in-law, Frank Griggs.
he letter was written during ths
middle of December from Bordeaux
and stated that he expected to be or
dered to the trenches within a week.
Tour.g Despain enlisted with the
Canadian troops at Sydney. Canada
recently. He had been on the Mexl--an
border with the Third Oregon
h, -,q as he had been mustered
. ... i,'t for Canada to enlist for
....,.,- viee In Europe.
He ' -he youneest son of the lata
P"-iatn. pioneer resident and
several of his brothers and sisters live
r - . is but 19 years old. In his
ltfer home he stated that he already
had had many experiences that he
would like to tell them but that he
could not because of the censorship.
COMMERCIAL CLUB IS
ASKED TO PROTEST
Portland Chamber of Comtnrrc
Starts Jlrnre to Omihnt Attemix to
Dtsrredlt fepartnieiit of (Mnran-ee
at I'nhTTsity of Oregon.
Branding the attempt of special
legislative committee to discredit the
department of commerce of the Uni
versity of Oregon as "ridiculous and
sinister." the Portland Chamber of
Commerce has addressed the Mult
nomah county deb'Ktion to oppose
any such plan vigorously anil has writ
ten to the Pendleton Commercial asso
ciation and to other such organization
In the state to address their local d.-l-eiiatlons
In similar manner.
"The effort honl,l bo cornbatted
y every poer at the disposal of the
business Interests of the state." writes
Secretary Dodson of the Portland or-gnnix-ition.
"The great help and In
spiration to the whole state from th
V partntcnt of fomnieree. Its assist,
arice In si'ndlng out bulietlns on mar
kets the fruit ami flux industr), elec
ttical primer etc.. and the co-opera
t'on of Its head, Hon II. It. Miller,
v It h sll of the commercial organisa
tions of the stale" are mime of the
reasons set forth by Becretary Dodaon
for opposing anv effort to Injure It,
President Brock of the Pendleton
Commercial association will call a
n esting of the board of managers to
discuss the proposal to address th
I matltU county delegation on th aut.
Ject.