East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, September 12, 1914, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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    DAILY EVENING EDITION
TO ADVERTISERS. .
The Knit Oregonlan has the Urgent paid
circulation of any paper In Oregon, eaat of
Portland and over twice the circulation la
Pendleton of any other newspaper.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
VOL. 28.
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EFFORT OF
BACK IS
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GERMANS
Food Supplies Giving Out and Ammunition is Low, is State
ment From Paris Prisoners Said to be Starving
When Captured by British and French Forces of
the Kaiser are Reported to be Badly Separated.
PARIS, Sept. 12. The retreat of
the German right wing In northeast
ern Trance, Is reported to be degen
erating Into a rout.
Ammunition la running- short and
food supplies are shorter.
That the seat of government will
shortly be re-tranf erred fr6m Bor
deaux to Parla la predicted.
The worst of the fighting so far has
Veen in the center Argonne district
The Herman have retired from Se
r.anne and Vltrey Le Francois. They
were reinforced but were unable to
resume the offensive anywhere.
To the northeast of Paris, the sec
ond British cavalry division assisted
by French cavalry and artillery, cut
ff a large German force from Its
base, killed and wounded haft Its
number, took 6,000 prisoners and cap
tured 15 cannon.
The Germans were said to be fair
ly starving when they fell Into the
bands of the allies and devoured
Pritl.h beef and bisrulta ravenously.
. Iroc Ilndly Separated.
Aa a result of the general retreat of
the Cierman right wing, the kaiser's
forces have become badly separated.
The armies of General Von Kluck
and Von Puelnw hare been split Into
two detachments and are retreating
R.R. MEN ENTHUSIASTIC
OYER COMING ROUND-UP
OFFICIALS CONFER WITH DIREO
TORS GREAT ATTENDANCE
PREDICTED.
Headed by B. F. Wlnchell, director
of traffic, a party of distinguished
Harrlman line officials were here last
evlnlng for a short time. While here
they consulted with Round-up offi
cials and other local people, leaving
afterwards for Lewlston. Idaho. Those
In the party Included Mr. and Mrs.
Wlnchell. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Uussell,
Lake Forest. 111.; II. A. Dennis, pri
vate secretary to Mr. Wlnchell: P.. B.
Miller, traffic manager for the O.
W. 11. A N., F. W. Robinson, assist
ant traffic manager; William McMur
ray, general passenger agent; B. E.
Palmer, assistant superintendent; and
II. C. Oliver, traveling freight and
passenger agent. The party is trav
eling in car No. 89, weighing 80 tons,
the finest private car on the Harrl
man system.
Can Handle Wlicat.
Mr. Wlnchell Is the man who di
rects traffic for the entire Harrlman
system, and he says that though wheat
shipments, are held In obeyance until
prices attract the farmers better and
though the big Oregon apple crop la
soon to be moved, there Is no likeli
hood of serious congestion should
wheat be unladed on the market
The traffic, department was ready to
move wheat several weeks ago but
little has been unloaded. This Is
bound to Inconvenience the traffic
should he crop be catapulted on the
market at once, but the company has
done all It can to handle the crop
once It gets under way he pointed out.
"Oregon Is a fine country and her
development surprises mo more every
trip," said Mr. Wlnchell.
"The Union Pacific Is anxious to do
all It can to further the development
of the northwest. This year we In
tend to do everything to facilitate the
quickest possible movement of the
crops."
McMurray Enthusiastic
As general passenger agent Mr.
"McMurray la chiefly Interested Just
now In arranging to handle the crowd
that will be here soon. He Is en
thused over the nound-up and looks
for a great attendance crowd again
this year.
"Each year the Round-up Increases
in attractiveness and Impelling inter
est," said Mr. McMurray. "In a nat
ural setting In, a vast amphitheatre,
men and women to the manner born,
wild horses and wilder cattle furnish
an entertainment so unique and so
fascinating that It attracts multitudes.
"1 knqw of no other city on the
eonUnont whose population Increases
from 5,000 to 60,000 In a week. There.
1s not, to my knowledge, another lo
cality offering just what Tendleton
floes.
(Continued on page five.)
DAILY
10 FALL
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In different directions.
It was said that the allies losses
are less than the German In the ra
tio of one to three.
General GalllenI, military com
mander of Paris, Is so confident that
all danger of an attack on Paris Is
over that he has sent a considerable
part of the Paris garrison Into the
field.
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DANGER IS OVER.
(By William Phillip-Sims.)
PARIS, Sept 12. I have Just seen
General GalllenI, the military gover
nor of Paris. He predicted that the
battle of the Marne would prove to
have been the high tide of the Ger
man offensive movement In France.
He said he didn't think the kaisers
forces would recover the ground they
lost and expressed the opinion that
all danger to Paris la over.
It was his belief that by sending the
city's defensive army Into the field
to help the allies on the left wing, he
had changed the entire situation. By
this move the allies have been given
a force which outnumbered the army
of General Von Kluck and threaten
ed Its destruction. Its retreat was so
precipitated that It was compelled to
abandon quantities of supplies.
EUROPE WILL DEMAND MUCH
WHEAT FROM NORTHWEST
PORTLAND, Ore.. Sept, 12. Rec
ord breaking sales of wheat to Eu
rope are reported by local exporting
interests. Numbers of ships and
steamers were recently chartered to
load In Portland ostensibly for Eng
lish accounts. The business Is said
to be the heaviest ever known.
The outlook In Europe will demand
every bushel of wheat and barley
the Pacific northwest has to offer
this year.
While there was a loss of one to
two cents a bushel In the bid prices
for wheat on the merchants' ex
change, exporting Interests agree
higher prices are being offered In the
country. The demand from Europe
la now reported the greatest In his
tory. CHICAGO, Sept. II. Wheat op
tion prices showed a loss of two to
two and a quarter cents a bushel aft
er a slight advance at the opening.
The loss Is due to the alleged fact a
record amount of spring wheat Is be
ing offered for sale. The foreign
markets are generally firmer and
higher.
German Inland Oorupled,
LONDON. Sept. 12. The occupa
tion by an Australian naval squad
ron under Admiral Patey, of Islands
In the Bismarck archipelago, a Ger
man possession In the Pacific, was
announced by the official war In
formation bureau. A landing party,
It was stated, took possession of the
town of Herbertshohe, on Herbert
ahohe Island. A vigorous resistance
was encountered, the Australians be
ing forced to fight their way for four
miles through bush along mined
roads. In the fight Commander
Charles Ellwell and two bluejackets
were killed and a number wounded.
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ROME, Sept. 12. England Is pre
pared to smash Turkey's naval pow
er It was stated by the Trlbuna, If
the sultan Joins Germany and Austria.
Oreece, the Trlbuna added, has per
mitted the British to establish a na
val base at the Island of Leinnos and
the Mediterranean fleet la ready to
strike.
This. It was added, accounted for
the British naval activity In the Ad
riatic. ,
, When one has nothing else to do
one might devote a few minutes to
feeling that this nation has good
crops and has no war with Mexico.
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EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON; SATTI'DAY,
MI
o)
GENERALS OF GERMAN ARMY
(By W. C. E. Pruiit.)
In magnitude. In the great number
of famous and noted cowboys and
cowgirls participating and In the pro
portions and fierceness of the con
tests for the world's chaiaplonshlp ti
tles the coming Round-up will be
the biggest thing, the greatest show
ever produced In the world. It will
stand as a criterion for all similar ex
hibitions and imitations for years to
come and a fitting climax to the un
excelled perfection of the past four
exhibitions. It Is difficult even for
those who know, and In knowing have
marvelled at, the wonderfulness and
greatness of the past Round-up to
conceive Just what the bigness of the
coming show really means. It Is al
most too big to be conceived for nev
er In . the history of frontier exhibi
tions have there been such a galaxy
of stars of rangeland gathered to
gether at one time and place, never
such a wealth of thrilling and spec
LOCAL BOY WINS HONORS .
AS A BRONCHO BUSTER
Lee Caldwell, a Pendleton boy, Iv
winning more laurels for himself this
year as a broncho buster, having won
contests at three different wild west
shows this month. A telegram re
ceived last night by Hamley & Co.,
announced that he had been declared
the winner of the bucking contest at
Idaho Falls. Previously he had won
In both Salt Lake and Miles City.
Montana.
Last year he won second at Che
yenne and has captured many other
prizes. He has not, however, suc
ceeded In getting In the money at the
Round-up though he has made some
splendid rtdes here. He la a son of
"Billy" Caldwell, until recently one
of the big farmers of Umatilla county,
and has been riding outlaws since he
was a mere "kid." He Is still a young
ster but Is considered one of the best
riders In the northwest, his riding al
ways being In the most approved
form. Three years ago on a bet, he
rode Long Tom.
Sorvla Would Prove YlrtorloA.
GENEVA, Switzerland (via Paris)
Sept. II. Austria having denied
announced Servian successes, Nikola
Pachltch, the foreign minister, has
telegraphed the Servian consul at
Geneva Inviting two members of the
British press to come to Servlu at
Servla's expense to verify the victories.
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ROUND-UP WILL BE BIGGER AND
MORE SPECTACULAR THIS YEAR
THAN AT ANY PREVIOUS SHOW
RETREATING FROM FRANCE.
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Ji?ANP &VK.. ALB&ECHT.j
tacular events and never such a con
course of children of the plains,
ranges, foothills and mountains as
will be seen at the Fifth Annual
Round-up, the epic drama of the
west, September 24, 25 and 26.
Other shows may give exhibitions
and Imitations but . the Round-up
gives the real thing and this year It
will almost have reached perfection.
The spirit of contest and of conquest,
of glory and fame which has always
been the predominating tone of the
Round-up and which has given it that
wonderful Hit and aroma, of the dying
west, will be the spirit of the com
ing exhibition. Nursed with care and
Jealously guarded so that the evil In
fluence of commercialism might not
creep in and pollute It the contest
will, as always, be the real amateur
struggle, open to the world without
restrictions.
(Continued on page three.)
SIEGE OF ANTWERP IS
ABANDONED BY GERMANS
ANTWERP, Sept. 12. King Albert
has gone to the front.
The Germans have abandoned the
siege of Antwerp. The opening of the
dikes, flooding the country In which
they were operating, evidently sur
prised them.
NEWS SUMMARY
General.
Retreat of Germans from France
Is described as a rout.
Austrian ret rent I tig before Rus
sians. British fleet said to be ready to
snianh the Turkish navy If latter joins
Austria and Germany.
Tiocal.
New Indicates farmers may gain
by holding wheat.
- Spokane excursion party Is made up
and will be headed by band.
Prominent railroad official here;
predict bin crowd at Round-up.
I'mallllA council wins out In fight
to secure water system.
Prultt predicts bigger and better
Round-i than ever.
local school authorities not re
sponsible for chantre- In text hook.
Tjoe Caldwell wins three broncho
busting contests.
lrcwldcnt of Alaska Navigation
company reserves Ihix at Round-up
SEPTEMBER 12, 1914.
JVM UVJ. lUJUiMluJinl
AUSTRIAtIS 11
BACK BEFORE 1
Retreat is Begun Declares War Office
at Petrogred Total Austrian Loss
es Placed at 125,000.
GERMANS JUIMING VICTORY
KiL-viLans Repulsed In East Prussia,
Nays Berlin Petrograd, However,
iKtiarcs Russian Advance Is Being;
Rushed GOO.OOO It uhlans Going
to Front, . ,
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 12. The
Russian capture of Toinaszow Is re
.iiorted in messages from Petrograd.
Tl'e town i.i in Uie extreme south
of Russian Poland and was held by
the Austrian.
The Russians also are said to have
repulsed German troops near Chor
zele and Mysginec in Russian Poland
PETROGRAD, Sept. 12. Having
failed to reorganize his shattered
Austrian forces. General Von Auffen
berg, who has been fighting the Rus
sians In northern Gallcla and south
of Russian Poland, is retreating, ac
cording to the war office.
The total Austrian losses in the past
two days are placed at 125,900, In
cluding 0,000 captured.
The prisoners are being sent to
concentration camps In the Russian
Interior. 1
: It was stated that the Austrians
with th,eir German , reinforcements
fought desperately but the Russians
charged them Irresistibly and they
finally began retiring. The Cossacks
are In pursuit.
The prisoners Included two division
generals.
The Austro-German center In Ga
llcla, near the Junction of the Vis
tula and San rivers, was reinforced
on Friday with several thousands,
and it was said that 600.000 Russian
reinforcements were on the way to
take part in an attack on the enemy.
In Russian Poland and Gallcla the
czar had a million and a quarter
troops operating. It was stated.
RUSSIANS REPIXSED.
BERLIN, Sept. 12. (via The
Hague) The Germans are repulsing
the Russians in east Prussia, the
war office announced today.
It was said the czar's troops are
retreating In disorder from German
territory toward the frontier. The
speedy raising of the Russian siege o
Kontgsberg is predicted.
A combined Austrian and German
force Is said to have checked the
Russians near Lemberg and to be
driving them back. No announce
ment was made concerning the pro
gress of the fighting in the west.
ADVANCE CONTINUES,
PETROGRAD. Sept. 12. "The
Russian general advance continues,
asserted the war office today.
The forces of the czar are ready for
a march on Breslau, It was added.
CHANGE IN TEXTBOOKS
ORDERED BY THE STATE
Responsibility for the change in
text-books for the public schools,
which open Monday inthis city, does
not rest with the county, superintend
ent, city superintendent or school
board. This statement is made In re
sponse to criticisms which have al
ready started among patrons of the
FChools against the change In text
books and the course of study.
As explained by County Superin
tendent Young and City Superintend
ent Landers, the state text-book com
mission, consisting of five men, meets
every six years, according to law, and
prescribes the course of study for all
of the schools of the state except
those In the city of Portland. The
commission met last year and adopt
ed a course which made a number of
changes In text books, thus giving
the local school authorities no option
In the matter.
The Pendleton schools will open
Monday morning and today final pre
parations are being made. The teach
ers of the grade schools met for or
ganization this morning in the city
hall and the high school teachers met
In the high school building for the
same purpose.
A mean rich man may Jolly him
self Into thinking that his means Jus
tlfy his meanness.
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BRITISH AND FRENCH ARE IN
. . PURSUIT OF FLEEING ENEMY
Kaisers Forces Reported to be Completely Exhausted
Much War Material is Abandoned Along the Way
English Take Many PrisonersResistance of Ger
mans is Said to be Diminishing Rapidly.
LONDON, Sept. 12. Austrian
troow are rushing from Prague
to the aid of the Germans in
France, it was asserted in a
Rome dispatch received this af
ternoon by the Daily Star.
PARIS, Sept. 12. "The Germans
are in full retreat from the rivers
Olse and Aarne." was the official an
nouncement this afternoon.
"The British and French are In hot
pursuit," the statement continued.
"Apparently the enemy is greatly
weakened and his resistance u di
minishing. "The Germans began retiring., on
Friday along the Solsson-Fissiles-Rhelms
road. Their cavalry was
greatly exhausted. On our center
F
HOLDII HEAT
News Indicates Great Export Busi
ness in Sight; Many Ships- Char
tered. That northwest farmers can make
money by holding thep- wheat Is the
view of men very well informed on
the situation and In position to judge
the market both from the standpoint
of the buyer and seller. It Is assert
ed the present lull in the market is
due almost if not entirely to artifi
cial causes. When the market
slumped two days ago it was an
nounced the change was due to ru
mors of a peace movement In Europe.
It is evident, however, that peace la
far away.
Other elements In the situation
that indicate high prices are the fact
of a short world yield in wheat, and
the fact it is" generally regarded that
war will make it Impossible for Eu
rope to raise a crop next year.
From confidential sources It is re
ported that the heads of big buying
concerns expect wheat prices to soar
higher but would like If possible to
cause uneasiness among farmers so
as to get them in a mood to sell. That
their move has in part been success
ful is shown by the fact farmers to
day have been inquiring In vain for
prices and showing some anxiety.
Of much significance in connection
with the present status of the mar
ket Is the East Oregonian's special re
port from Portland today telling ot
record breaking contracts having been
made for the exporting of wheat to
England. The story recites lhat many
ships have been chartered and that
the business promises to be the heav
iest eve rknown here. The report al
so declares that Europe will need all
the surplus wheat of America.
CANADIAN BUSINESS IS
DEMORALIZED SAYS WRITER
EUROPEAN" WAR RRI(;s M VT
TERS TO A STANDSTILL IN
THE DOMINION.
That the European war has de
moralized busin
- ."...uv.ia in vail-
aaa is the statement made by Edward
jr.. wno acted as timekeeper
for Olson & Johnson during the con
struction of the eastern Oregon state
hospital, in a letter from Edmonton.
Alberta, to a local friend. The cltv
of Edmonton, he states. Is flat broke
and owes a single bank over 12.000.
000. "All of the money coming from
the tax levy." he writes, "will have to
bo to the bank until the bank Is paid."
Nell is still with Allen J. Olson, the
contractor, but Is now suffering from
a broken leg sustained when an ele
vator fell forty feet with htm and Mr.
Olson. Olson also sustained a cracked
leg in the accident. The conditions
In the northern country has told on
the company which now only is run
ning one Job which will be completed
November 1.
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DAILY EVENING EDITION
Fowas for E!-rn Oregon, by U
United States Weather Olm
at IN)rfanL
Fair tonight and Sunday; heavy
frost tonight.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
NO. 82DI
and right they evacuated Vltrey t
Francois, Sermalze-Lea-Baina and
Revlgny where they were strongly
fortified.
"The retirement' was so hasty that
they were forced to abandon much
war material.
"In Argonnes they are retreating
northward through the forest of Be
Inoue." BRrnSII PURSUE GERMANS.
LONDON, Sept. 12. The official
war Information bureau ' issued the
following statement this afternoon:
"The British continue their pur
suit of the Germans in northeastern
France, forcing them back toward
Rheims.
"They are rushing the enemy very
fast, taking many prisoners.
"The cavalry of the allies is report
ed to have taken a position on Friday
night between Solsson and Flumes on
the Vosle river.
"The enemy Is reported also to be
retreating north of Vitry Le Fran
cola. ,
"The third French army has taken
all the artillery of one German corps.
"Our aeroplanes report that the re
treat of the Germans is very rapid.
"The allies are exerting a power
ful pressure at the western end of
the German right, thus correspond
ingly weakening the kaiser's center."
UMATILLA OFFICIALS WIN
IN WATER SYSTEM CASE
The efforts of taxpayers of Umatil
la county to block the move of the
administration officials of that town
to secure a public water system have
failed, the supreme court ot the state
having Just handed down a ruling af
firmingethe decision of Judge Phelps
which was against the plaintiffs. The
town may now go ahead with the sell
ing of the bonds and the letting of
the contract
H. T. Duncan, C G. BrowneU and
3. A. Stanfleld appeared In the case
as plaintiffs though it has been gen
erally understood that the O.-W. R
& N. Co., which is by far the heav
lest taxpayer In Umatilla, was back
of the case. The company's attorneys.
A. C. Spencer, Carter tt Smythe and
C. E. Cochran, represented the plain
tiffs. The defendants were Mayor
H. X Dryer, the members of the
council and the recorder
The plaintiffs asked for an order
restraining the qlty officials from of
fering the bonds for sale or letting
any contract for the water works on
the grounds that the amendment to
the charter was void and Illegal. 1 A
temporary restraining order was
granted. The defendants made an
swer and the plaintiffs demurred to
the answer. Judge Phelps overruled
the demurrer and dissolved the tem
porary Injunction.
It was from this ruling that ap
peal was taken. In Its mandate the
supreme court decide that the equi
ties of the ca.se are with the rvttpoii'l
ents and that the appellant have not
made out n caae. The ruling of Judge
Phelps 1m affirmed and the costs tax
ed to the respondents. In conform
ance with the supreme court del.lon,
Judge Phelps yesterday ordered th
cass dismissed.
HO.VMF.lt PREFERS JAIL
TO PAVlXi A FINE
SALEM. Ore.. Sept. I?. J. E. H
mer, editor of he Silverton Journal,
convicted of libeling the Catholic eon
vent at Mt. Angel, whose appeal for a
rehearing was denied by the supreme
court. h.is elected to serve 100 days
In the Marlon county Jail, rather than
pay a fine of 1200, according to his
attorney, Walter Wlnslow, of Salem.
Hosmer's conviction In th Marlon
county circuit court was affirmed sev.
erat weeks ago by the state supreme
court.
Quake Shake Town.
LIMA, Peru, Sept 12 Cars-
volt, a town of four thoiiHand
Inhabitants was budly damaged
by an eurth'iuak today. It la 4
not known whe.thrr there ware
any fatalities.