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DAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVEIIIIIG EDITION TO ADVERTISERS. Tht Esit Oregonlsn hat the largest paid rlrrnlatlon of sny paper In Oregon, '( of Portland and oer twice the circulation la I'endletun of any otucr ncwapapcr. Foreran for Eastern Oregon, hy the United State Weather ohrrvee at Portland. Fnlr tonUht; Friday rain. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER !h Igt'lfeira VOL 20 DAILY EAST OREGOXIAN, PENDLETOX. OREGON, TIIL'II.SDAV, OCTOBER 29, 1914. hkrmr BRAN ICED TO RETIRE ffi HELD ! Berlin War Office Admits That Superior Numbers of .Russians Force Germans to Fall Back. RUSSIANS ARE PRESSING ON Czar's Whole Army Is Advandnjr on a Tremendous trout Against Teu ton and Austrian Who Appear Hcij.lcss to Stem the TMe Center In laired Ilack. BERLIN. Oct . That the Oer- mana in RuMlan Poland have been forced to retreat waa admitted thl afternoon by the war office. It waa explained lhat the retire ment waa rendered necessary by the enormoua numbers of the foe. "We are reaming the offenalve, however." the official statement add. d. from which It waa Inferred that the kaiser's troops In the eastern flelj were being strongly reinforced. PETROGRAD, Oct. !. Russia's whole army waa advancing today along a front of tremendoua length gainst the Oermans and Austrlans. In the extreme north trie Germant were trying to keep the avalanche back with artillery while they reor ganized and reformed their forcee. The fighting In thla quarter waa be. Ing waged on the kaisers tide of the TruMlan frontier. Despite all efforta to resist the ad vance, the Germane were being driv en back. At the center, the alav forcea were tumhinr th rnfmy before them aa rapidly aa the heavy condition of the roada would permit. After a week'a conflict along the Ran river, the Austrlans were report ed Or In ret-eat, Prtemysl's stubborn resistance alone had delayed the aavance of trie cxar'a entire left wing. Determined to remove thla annoyance, the Rus sian were assaulting the fortress with great violence and confidence was ex premed by the war office that the city would fall Into their hands soon. E LET GILLIUOD THT IHfflil IT Discovery Made That Plans Were Changed on Six "Eberhart" Bridges After Contracts Had Been Awarded; Lighter Bridges Built But County Paid for Heavy Bridges. HIS PAY 1 DEFEAT WITH UVES KVlsKlt ANGERED OVER HUS- mx virrouv. orders a MEN EXECUTED. LONDON. Oct. 29. For the disas ter which the German arms suffered In the fighting with the Russlana at AuguMowo. three of the kaiser's gen erals have paid the death renalty ac cording to an unconfirmed story from Tetrograd. According to the account of the au thor, a news agency correspondent, authority for the atory was credited to a captured German officer who waa oald to have exhibited a copy of a general order issued by the kaiser In which the latter expressed Indignation at the defeat of his troopa and de manded the reenrture of Augustowo at any cost. As n sequel. It was stated, three gcnernls, whom the kaiser held re sponsible for the defeat, were court martialed nnd executed. ALARM CLOCK SHORTENS PERIODS BY 20 MINUTES DEVICE WORKS WKI.Ij AT HIGH SCHOOL UNTIL IT IS DISCOVERED. 1 'iirtlier evidence showing envied work in connection with the building of bridges under the "Eberhart system" in vogue during the timo T. 1. Oilliland waa county judge lias just been discovered. The facts tdiow that after Eberhart had secured a contract for construct ing ix bridges in 1909 the plans were changed so as to allow him to builj lighter and inferior bridges thus netting him. an additional profit of $1,030 on top of the txcosnive price he was already getting. The substitution in the plans was discovered a few days ago by Geary Kimbrell, county surveyor while making a personal 'inspection of the bridges in question, accompanied bv County Judge Maloncy. Roth Geary Kimbrell and his father J. Kiml.rr.11 .rt th ,:,'. denco is clear and plain that a swindle was worked uon the county. ,T'KT? six r,Jfr('9 are t,ie hridX' referre! to in the storv from Mr. .T. W. Kimbrell published in the East Oregon ian OctoW 21, iu which ne recneti now lie louml a "fnune up " on the part of Eberhart and a man named Gallagher who had Uvn brought here in hopes he would be a competitor on tho bridges. The disclosure shows that Eber hart, not satisfied with getting his $11,884 contract at a hold up fig ure, proceeded to build seemingly with the' courts consent lighter birdges than had lnvn contracted for, and thus "stung" the county for an additional $1,000. In the following affidavit J. W. Kimbrell exposes the steal: THE SWINDLE EXPOSED. State of Oregon, County of Umatilla ss. I, J. W. Kimbrell, being first duly sworn, say that I am now and have been for a number of years past a resident of Pendleton, Ore.; that during the year 1909 1 was county surveyor of Umatilla county, Ore.; that during that year the county court called for bids on six Meel bridges, all 00 feet in length, the substructure lcing the same in each case; they are namely, the Leo bridge over Dry creek; the Adams hndge, the Kaulstone bridge, the John Price bridge, the East land bridge and tho Tachella bridge. Peing anxious to secure compe tition I asked the Northwest Pridgc Works of Portland to compete on these bridges. At their request I made copies of the plans for the bridges and had duplicate typewritten copies of lhe specifications. I sent blueprints of these plans and a copy of the specifications to the Northwest Bridge Works, retainin? in inv office the original conies of plans and a copy of the specifications. The contract for these six bridges was let to A. K. Eberhart for the lump sum of $11,SS4.00; the bridge were erected supomlly in compliance with that contract; after those bridges were constructed I discovered that the bridges built were not in conformity with the original plans and specifications, Wing a lighter type of bridge; then I went to the Court House and found that the original plans and salifications had !ecn removed from the files and had been replaced by plans (onlv) conforming to the lighter bridges erected. I further found that Mr. Eberhart had Urn paid for these bridges the full price of his contract for the heavier hridges. JOHN W. KIMBRELL. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29th dav of Octolier. 1914. FRANK J. DOUSEV, Notarv Public for Oregon. HOW TIIK COUNTY WAS "STUNG." Following is the affidavit of Geary Kimbrell, verifying hi father's Mnry and giving a careful estimate n what the county Jost hv the sulistitution in plans; State of Oregon, Umatilla County ss. I, Gearv Kimbrell, king first dulv sworn, sav that I am now and have lccn for a nunilter of years past a resident of Umatilla County, Oregon, and am now the Count v Surveyor of Umatilla County: that I am familiar with the facts stated in the affidavit given by J. W. Kimbrell relative to six bridges erected by Umatilla County in 1909 and attested to the truthfullness of the same. From the copy of the or iginal plans in the County Surveyor's office I have made a careful estimate of the weight of the steel that would be required for the bridges originally contracted for by the County and also the weight of the steel in the bridges that were actually built. I found that had the bridges been built according to the contract, the total weight of the steei in the six bridges would have been 83,700 11. ; that the weight of the steel in the bridges actually built is 73,400 lbs. At the rate the County was paying Mr. Klerhardt for steely 10 cents per pound, the loss to the Countv through his substitution of plans waa $1,030.00. ' GEARY KIMRRELL. . Subscribed ami sworn to before me this 2!Mh dav of October. 1914. FRANK J. DORSE Y, Notary Public for Oregon H TEACH E CIT1 1 ANIL I M MEETING More Than 200 Assemble Here This Morning at Opening Program of the County Institute. LOWELL WELCOMES GU-STS Mimical Program Is Feature of Op ening Soiwlon Important Position Occupied by Teachers Is Keynote of Addresses Many Notable Edu c&tors Are Present. UPTON HOPES FOR CUP RACE NEXT YEAR Over 200 teachers of Umatilla county assembled at the high school auditorium for the first session of the annual Umatilla County Teachers' In stitute thla morning. The program began at 10 o'clock with the heart thrilling old patriotic song, "America," sung by all present. The Invocation by Rev. Weaver of the Christian church was appreciative and effective. The Hon. Stephen A. Lowell of Pendleton delivered the address of wel come to the visiting teachers, extend ing to them the hand or hospitality, In behalf of the residents of Pendle ton. Mr. Lowell also dwelt upon the significant position that the teach- ers of the present day are filling In our country; comparing them to the great architects of old, as builders of) human Intellect and morality. He al so impressed upon the minds . of teachers the Importance of teaching to their pupils, and Imbibing with In them a spirit of democracy; that In the future democracy might be Improved and become stronger rath er than destroyed.' The response was given by Prlnci pal W. C. Howard of the Stanfield school. Ha dwelt ujon the progress manifest In the last 20 years. Impress. Ing the fact that the school system had kept upon an equal pace with all lines of progress; declaring that the number of high schools In the last A jf fff xo. m Wf'M TO IfBIEI MM IS liiu HE GAItlS REPORTED TO HAVE iii iir mm dealt ueavt m Progress Continue?, Declares Bor deaux War Office and Germans are Being Forced Steadily Back. Situation in South Africa Said to be "Well in Hand" British Advanc ing Everywhere. KAISER'S ATTACKS ALL FAIL x''-;vv' (Continued on pago eight) ASSASSIN OF ARCH DUKE SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS THIS PENDLETON HOME IS SWEETEST IN WHOLE LAND HONKY 007.1X0 TltOM CKIUNfi 1JF.F.S m 1I.1 1IIVK IN TIIK CH1MXF.Y. Crown prince Hontls War roiincll. LONDON, Oct. 29. According to tho Star's Home correspondent, the Herman Crown Trlnce presided over the Austro-Hermnn Council of War held on October 14 when tho Ger man advance on the Vistula w:vs de cided upon, which has met with U'M u decisive defeat. "Hume. Sweet ItUHhlng periods at the hign w..ooM that Oollncllm,m appeared to oe jouy spori mr oou.c Individual yesterday nHernoon and a unique apparatus was invented y Miiiie unknown genius for this pur pose. It was an old alarm clock with the buck nnd sides taken off whlcn wis ingeniously attached to some batteries, from which two wires ran, connecting with the wires wnteh con trolled thii electric gong. Kvery 2u minutes the hands would come in contact with a copper screw, which connecting the batteries, causing the gong to ring. The young lady having cnarge of the ringing boeame puzxled and re ported that some one was ringing the gong some 15 or 20 minutes hofore time, for each period. An Investiga tion was made, nnd the secret was discovered. Principal Hampton re talllted however, by causing an extra period to be added to the afternoon KCHNlon, The case will probably be submit ted to the student council. Home." Is a song D. 1). Thelpa I sinning with a great deal of foelln-j Jii.it now nnd he feels tnat ho ha ma terial reason for boasting that hi home Is the sweetest in the city. In fact his home on east Court street la so sweet that tho sacchorme Is oozmn from his celling ajid dripping upon the family. When Mr. Thelps discovered this unusual phenomena his practical mind sought a solution, and tho so lution proved to be a very prosaic one I swnrm of bees had converted tn old, unused chimney in his house in to n hive nnd during the summer had filled it with honey. Tho lighting of full fires had warmed tne old chim ney to such nn extent that the honey leaked out of Its hive and saturated n portion of the celling to such nn ex tent that It ooied out on the living room side. And, thougn he hates to disturb the bees, he will have to tear out the chimney in order to make his home less sweet. NEWS SUNIMARY General. Kaiser's forces tit eastern tlieator t vnr have Ixvn defeated and forctM Illicit by Itusslnns. Premier llotlia of south Africa re I orts that lie litis the rclc situation "writ hi liniul."' Allies claim to lie making gains In iiiniiy different region. - Local, Discovery just mndo that county wns bunkoed hy change 'of plans on hU bridges built In 1900. Annual tciiclicrs' institute owns with big al tendance. Honey drips from celling at coun cilman's home. City cleans Mroets at very small cost. George Fletcher, colored buckuroo held to grand Jury, YOUTH AIX)XE SAVES SERVIAN I'ltO.M PAYING THE DEATH PENALTY. -4 VIENNA, Oct. 29 (Via Rome ) -Oavrio Prinzip, convicted of the as sassination of Ferdinand, was sen tenced to 20 years' Imprisonment. H'.i youth saved him from execution. Ot those convicted for complicity four were sentenced to hang, one to life Imprisonment, one to 20 years, seven to Imprisonment ranging from 16 to three years and ten were acquitted. Sir Thomas J. Llpton, the Engllsa yachtsman who la now talking of holding the races for the America's cup In 1915. In a letter addressed to a prominent New York sportsman he voices his disappointment over the postponement of this year's races be cause of the war and says that he hopes that peace will have been re stored before another summer cones, "In order not to necessitate the fur ther postponement of the internation al races." DETECTIVE BURNS BRINGS SUIT AGAINST NEWSPAPER Number of German Trenches Are Captured Between Ypres and Ar rasIn Other Regions Battle Line Remains I'ncbangcd Brltisn Hold Italian Steamships. QVAKTEH MILLION DAMAGES ASKED AGAINST' THE SEATTLE TIMES. SEATTLE. Oct. 29. Detective William J. Burns has filed suit for a quarter of a million dollars damages against A. J. Blethen and the Times Printing compny. for alleged defa matory statements in connection with convictions obtained by tha Purns Oregon land fraud pra'ecu t'.ons. The article appeared in the Time on Nobember 3, 1912 and Is al'egcd to have charged Burns with malic iously and falsely procuring eviden.-el to convict the alleged .land graDDers In Oregon. PARIS, Oct. 29. Continued pro gress by the allied troops was report ed this afternoon by the Bordeaux war office In Its regular daily com munication. The advances of the alliea were said to have been especU 1 marked between Ypres and Arrss where 1 rumber of German trnciiej were "1 rllllantly captured." In the Argonne region an In the forest of Apremont surees.v:s were being won. Elsewhere. It was Mi?, tho l!ne wai I'nchanged. "Luring Wednesday," continued the statement, "we progrsd nt sev eral points along the battle line, par- tlcu'srly around Ypres and sout.i of Arret. "There is nothing ne t report concerning the sltuafon between N leu port and Dixmude. "Lelween the Alsne and the Arson r.e.i ve have captured somo of the en cm) V trenches. None of the Ger man partial attacks ha sueceede. ''We eli-o have advanced In the fot esi of Apremonf LONDON. Oct, 9. The Unking ot another steamship by a mine off the Mel.a head, was reportsd In a news as'Trv dispatch fror.i Fleetwood. Llox's had no lnfomatlm concern ing the mishap and It Is thought the vesjcl was a small coaa'er. WASHINGTON. Oct. 29 State department officials were advised that the British authorities at Gibral tar have seized the Italian vessels San Giovanni and Reglna Italia, carrying cargoes of American copper. UPRISING NEARLY CHECKEO General Beyers, Boer Rebel Leader, Haa Been Rooted la Western Sphere and in Other Sections Royal Forces Are Procreaslng Rebel lion Given Hear Blow. LONDON, Oct 29 Premier Both, a of the Union of South Africa, noti fied the British government today that he had the African situation "well In hsnd-- Taklng the field In person, tha premier evidently acted with aston ishing suddenness and rigor. He has routed General Beyers, on of the leaders in the Boer revolt In the west Transvaal, and it was re ported that his forcn aero advanc ing everywhere against the rebels. COST OF CLEANING LOCAL STREETS EXTREMELY LOW COPPER COMPANIES PROTEST OVER HOLDING STEAMSHIPS Insane. Kills 2 Children. SHREVEPORT, Louisiana. Oct. 2S. In a ft of insanity, Judpe Roland Williamson, a prominent attorney, choked Virginia Lee. 8. and a year old infant, to death. WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. Four copper companits recen t shippers of cargoes to Europe, notified the state depart men t today of seliures of their copper cargoes at Gibraltar by Brit ish authorities. The American consul at Gibraltar was asked to report to the state de partment In connection with the eels-ure. THIS CRUISER IS NEMESIS OF BRITISH TRAOING VESSELS K I . , 7. v t.. i X- r. l$t ONE AND QUARTER CENTS PER LINEAL FOOT FIGURES GIVEN BY COUNCILMAN. Pendleton la having her paved streets cleaned at a coet of one and a quarter cents per lineal foot, accord, ing to a report made by Charles Cole chairman of the street committee, to the council last evening. The con tract was not let by the foot but by the whole Joz. However, Mr. Cola used his mathematics to figure out the cost per foot and believes there Is no city In the northwest that haa its streets cleaned at a lower cost Ha recommended last evening that the contractors be instructed to clean Johnson and Thompson streets which are not included In the contract, at a cost of not to exceed a cent and a quarter per lineal foot. The ordinance authorizing the Im provement of Tustin street by grad ing, the building of a retaining wall storm gutter and a new sidewalk was passed unanimously last evening. The dirt excavated for the high school building will be used in grading down the hill to the high school. An ordinance authorizing the Is suance of bonds In the amount ot J412T.8J. covering the amount of the unpaid assessments on Johnson street was passed. City Attorney Carter reported that he had been notified that the North ern Pacific Co. baa now ordered the materials for the building of new sidewalks on west Webb street and that advertisements for bids would be ordered at once. The matter of awarding damages to L V. Turley for Injuries his auto received when the auto truck collid ed with it was not decided. The city attorney advised that the city was un der no legal obligation to pay but might be under a moral obligation. S0e kt - "is-, ..A-cfci? ' v,r- - "tVt i h v-.-i-i. f-.k - .- - m- rw--. to ,...-., sv 'v. 3. J.: '.) transferred to the steamer Hryfedalp. which waa also captured, but later re leased in order to take the crews of the sunken vessels to Colombo. The first capture by tho Emden was made on September 10. On that date The cruiser Emden which, It Is of ficially announced by the British war office sent five more English trad ing vessels to the bottom In the In dian ocean. The English merchant- nien'were the Tumeric, King Lud, she took the Indus and after remov-1 both their crews put aboard the Kat Ulherliv nnd Foyle and the collier j Ing her crew sent that steamer to the' 'npa. Later the Katittga was taken Uursk. The crews of these vessels, bottom. On Sept. 11 she took the! to Calcutta by the Kmden and there the British war office announces were j I.t -vat ami after transferring the iNwuloned. crew sunk the vessel. On the nth the Katingn was captured and on the same day the Klllln was taken and sunk. Tne Diplomat wa sunk on the nth nnd tho Trabboek on the Hth and HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS WIN INTERCLASS CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL GAME YESTERDAY AFTERNOON HARD FOUGHT MORE 18-0. Yesterday afternoon tho Juniors of th local hlsh school won the Inter class championship In football from the combined te.im of the sophmores and freshmen by lx-0. The g.irne hard fought and fast, and both teams played m If they were bucking rival schools. Hut luck was with the Juniors and Russell and Dovlen both succeeded In making a touchdown In the flrKt half. The sophs then held them down until th last part of the List quarter when Una-tell broke throush the lines, se curing a third touchdown for the Ju niors. Three place kl-ks railed and the score remained 1S-0 In favor of the Juniors. The sophmore line-up was n fol lows: Ulrlch. full; Vaughan arid Haze, halves; Patton, center; Mtnrils nnd Wilbur, guards; lirowti and Fred Russell, tackles; Rrock and Snider, t tuls; anl Murphy. iu irter. Th ju niors' lineup was Charlie Kiwll. full; Minims and Kerrlck. halves, Fowler, center; JUdlev and Iiautmer, tackles; Frledly and Ca'llson. gimrcN; Siehert arid Ln'ourelle, end.', mil "len quarter. The, federation of Woman's rfn', at Eugene endorsed a progrurn .f li tor lus to go before the le-!y!ilnr.