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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL 28.
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FKIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1914.'
NO. 8299
mm AN B AN
IN CONFLICT ALONG RIVER SAN
Defense is Being Conducted Along Lines Suggested by
General Staff of German Army-Germany Has Rush
ed Reinforcements to Scene-Assault on Jaroslav
Przemyl Has Failed, Says Report, Although Fighting
is Said to be Still Raging.
VIENNA, Sept. It (via Rome.)
A tremendous battle between Austrl
.ans And Russians la In progress thla
afternoon along the River San.
The Russian assaults on the Jar-oslav-Prxemyl
fortified line havo
failed. The Russian losses were
enormous.
The Austrian armies are united In
making a Joint resistance of the ctar'a
advance. The Austrian defense Is be
ing conducted In accordance with
plans suggested by the German gen
eral staff which hns accepted the re
sponsibility for the Gulucian cam
paign. The Austrian force ha been
strengthened by the arrival of the
first line of German artillery and
more German troops are arriving
constantly.
VIENNA.. Sept. 18 Russian forces
under Generals Rouszy and Brussal
off nre attacking the Austrian line
from Jaroslav and Prtemyl, fiercely.
The main weight of the assault is be
ing delivered against the 5 Prxemyl
JAF IIII SI
TO HAVE
TOKIO, Sept. 11. The destruction
by Japanese aviators of part of the
Klao Chau wireless station and two
power houses was announced here to.
day.
Admiral Kato, commanding the Kl
ao Chau blockading force, also men
tioned dropping bombs on German
-warships In the harbor but the ex
tent of the Jamage they suffered Is
not known. It was said the Germans
arc building bomb proofs over their
supply stations.
CAVAOIAX IIXISTEU OP
TILE IXTEHIOIl gt'ITE ILL
WINN1PEO, Can., Sept. 18 Con
tinued 111 health of Dr. Roche, min
ister of the Interior, Is causing con-
Iderable anxiety to hla colleagues. It
was announced today. H was said
that a changa In the Canadian ad
ministration la expected toon.
Dr. Roche recently underwent a
second operation at Rochester, Minn ,
and Is expected to undergo another
' before his' return to Ottawa. Under
those conditions, It Is thought lm
lrtbal'le 'Hiat he will be able to re
sume the' permanent administration of
-so heavy. a department as that of the
' Interior. ,'
t'a'Mlvrn In German JoIm,
COPENHAGEN. Sept. 18. The
Socialist paper of Berlin, the Vor
- waertou, complains bitterly at the
employment of French and British
: prisoners of war on the railroads and
roadways of Germany and In tho
: fields.
, It says thot 100,000 workers have
by this procedure been deprived ol
work and that the runks of the Ger
man unemployed have been increased
to this extent.
. Will Oppose War Tax.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. Under
wood will introduce the war tax bill
In the house either this afternoon or
tomorrow, with a bitter republican
opposition expected.
Buffalo, X. Y., hns almost 70,000
factory operators.
SWITZERLAND NEARLY
HI IN ED I1Y WAR
BERNE, Switzerland, Sept.
18. That Swltscrland Is being
nearly ruined by the European
war was admitted here by gov
ernment officials nnd men high
In the commercial community.
. The army which was mobil
ized to maintain Swiss neutrality 4
when hostilities began Is costing
8300,000 dally, It was stated and
orders have been Issued for, dis
banding It as the country can
bear the expense no longer. In
dustries have been ruined, ho
tels closed and exports paralys
ed, It wns declared.
DN GERMANS
forts. The fighting is of the bloodiest
character.
It was denied the engagement ended
In an Austrian defeat. The battle
was declared to be at lis height
The railroad from the fighting
front to Cracow was declared to be
running, insuring an Austrian line of
letreat should It become necessary.
Tlia MllUMl.'im U'arA nr.fr VAt tn fotf-
,,, . . .
deliver a general attack and by tho!mttrk'' th? "nllzatl" of U'e , clt' 8
time they had concentrated in full! 'oc and dreams of yearn. Is now
force It was believed the Austrian!1' " """" ' '
n -,.i.i i,. w. .,iff.t .m.ii,l,-n" fatronage. Quite a
clc-ntly to withstand them.
It was hoped German activities In
the north would speedily compel the
cxnr to turn his attention to that
quarter,
VIENNA. Kept. IS. (via Rome)
Denial of Paris find London stories I
that Austria has made overtures for!
peace were Issued from the foreign of
fice here, it was declared Austria Is
ready to fight to the last In whnt It
considered was a righteous cause.
ENGLAND MAKES APOLOGY
FOR GARDEN'S UTTERANCE
WASHINGTON, Sept. IS
-Through
HritiHh Ambafsador Rice. England.
npologlzed to the L'nlted States for. cnUiw up 4n' SestU.by-JacklJrn In a royrBway while here and
the utterances yesterday of Sir Lion- O'Nell, O.-W. R. & X. passenger i they will be aselsted by the Round
tl Garden. Hrltlnh minister lo Hex- nfent. up dtiectors who appreciate their
Ico, who was quoted as saying Presl-i
dent Wilson had ordered the removal '
of troops from Vera Orus Just when'
they were needed,
Rice attempted to reach Carden's
steamship Jn an effort either to con
firm or deny the Interview. Govern
ment officials have known for a fort
night. It was learned here, that Car
...a nu...-a v-roen n.s pass- rlark , tne (f voIw to
port. It U, understood tha Carran.'.urrend,r JewMry valued, Bhe told lne
m believed ( arden was Inimical to i.iir. . t;n n(in
me cuuxe 01 me consiuutionallsts.
Kmliar-o on Medicines RalMtl.
WASHINGTON. Sept IS. Repre
sentative Mets received reports from ,
Germany that after the raising of the,
export embargo on dyestuffs via Rot-'
terdam the embargo alno was raised
"Win medicinal products with the ex
ception of chloroform, carbolic acid,
TV"'" - '"T"1 'iT.eiary
",ec,flc; .Thc department
MfiuB uiiru iu tor iree export
of the last named for the benefit of
many persons In this country under
treatment.
Surveys are being made for a loop
highway In the Hood River valley.
1 THIS IS THE TYPE OF MEN FIGHTING FOR ENGLAND
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llt Hbovo photograph lnke,i In Franco of the mcnihrr of tins cavalry
" THE HEW HOTEL PENDLETON US IhSb TODAY
(
The new Hotel Pendleton, which
number
of Pendleton people have taken apart-
Ing room and the handsome equip-
' i j
fill t. V!
fi SPFRIAI TRAIN (IF KNIGHTS
s w aiw im in in i w saiii via saw
TEMPLAR COMING 10 ROUND-UP
A special train of Knights Tern-, a Walla the first part of next week
plur from Seattle will be at the to attend the Washington conclave of
Hound-up next week. This was the the order and their special will be
news received this morning In a tele-j run over to Pendelton In order to take
gram to the Round-up directorate in the Thursday and Friday exhibi
requestlng grandstand seats to be re- lions of the Round-up. ,
served for the party. The party wills, The local Kriights Templar are
n aaamon to me special train re-
ihe Seattle Knights will be In Wal-
jg
iaskkh mkx i:xti:r home
AMI KOH IT r JEWELS
KANKAKEE. III., Sept. 18 Mask
ed men early todaentered the home
of Nellie Clark, bound Margaret Ful
ler Q hfifffn l. t ( .1 nnt 9 . I I
The burglars drove away In an au
tomobile. Advices from Momence, In
which direction the burglars fled, said
Chief of Police Stack and a posse
found tire abandoned automobile 10
miles from the city and believed they
had the bandits surrounded in a corn
field.
LVSITAXIA MAY TAKE
CANADIAN TROOPS TO El ROPE
NEW YORK, Sept. 18. The liner
Lusltania arrived this morning from
Liverpool and Immediately started re
coaling. It was reported the Lusltan
ia Is going to Halifax to take Cana
dian troops to Europe.
- - faj
v.
; 151 l. "
making it their permanent residence.
The spacious lobby, the beautiful din
ing room, and the liandsom eequlp
ment and furnishings of the whole
l ulldlng combine to place it high in
the list of modern hotels in the north,
west.
planning to receive and entertain
coming.
WEST HIDES HOUSE
DOWX ELEVATOR
SALEM. Ore., Sept. 18 Miss
Gladys Hardy of Spokane, who
is making a tour of the United
States on horseback, this after-
noon rode the horse up the west
flight of steps to the second
floor of the capltol building.
lpn reaching the top of the
flight. Governor ,Wet mount-
ed the animal, rode it through
the statehouse Into the elevator
and descended to the ground
floor.
(Von Irliioc-8 Aid Killed.
BERLIN, Sept. 18. (via Rome.)
Word has been received here that
Captain Wedlgo von Medel, the crown
prince's personal aide and most Inti
mate friend was killed in the battle
of the Alsne.
rcjclmeiu formed by MaJ. Morton Griffiths, du.w the M.lcdia i,;c 0r sol-
iiia- lla-- l t
I
IS
BIG FIERCE
attack if men
Heavy Reinforcements Arrive in East-1
ern France and Battle is Reported
to be Terrific.
ARTILLERY FIRE IS FURIOUS
Kvery Kffrt of lc ITentli to I'ene
tratc Uic (K-rman Line Have Thus
' lr trailed General Iiatalle of
Attat'klng lorce Is lieiortcd to
Have Keen Slain.
LOXDOX, Sept. 18. The Iirit-l.-li
axain have prevented Gencr
ul Von Kluck and liis Germans
from breaking the Franco-Rrlt-
Mi allies left In northern France, j
the war office stated this after
noon. There were a series of fierce
encounters, It was announced, hut
the Rritons succeeded each time
in repulsing the German rushes.
Slr Charles Ferguson's artil
lery Is given credit for turning
the tide,
PARIS, Sept. 18. After five days
of furious fighting twilight began to
fall today on the battlefield of Alsne
with no material advantage for eith
er side.
Thousands have been killed and
more thousands wounded. Many of
the wounded laid many hours in the
rain, exposed' to a chilling wind.
Both the allies and the Germans
are still bringing up reinforcements.
The allies remained on the offen
sive but the Germans continued tq
hold their ground.
General Gallienl expressed iuU
confidence that eventually the kais
ers line will break. The struggle be
tween the French center and the
German crown prince's force waa ex
traordinarily sanguinary.
a,
LONDON. Sept. IS. The German
center In eastern France and In the
Verdun district was resisting a ter
rific French attack, Paris dispatches
declared today.
The Germans have been heavily re
inforced from Luxemburg-.
All the efforts of the French to
penetrate the German line have fail
ed. The fury of artillery firing was de
clared to be unprecedented in the his
tory of warfare.
General Bataile, of the French h
tacking force. Is mentioned among
those killed in the battle.
The Germans made a dash
against Rheims on Thursday , night
and had almost reached the goal be
fore being repulsed and driven back
to their former position.
The British are bearing the brunt
of the fighting with the German right
wing. After repulsing three desper
ate German charges the British troops
under General Pulteney made a
(Continued on page five. I
KAISER'S ARMY IN FRANCE IS
SAID 10 BE SLOWLY
Battle Between Oise and Meuse Rivers Continues Unchecked-French
Offense is Reported to be Declining
Berlin Reports Tell of Slow Successes Being Gained
by Germans-General Staff Hopes to See French
Retreat as Far South as Paris,
BERLIN, SepL 18. (wireless via
Sayvllle) "The German army In
France is slowly but surely advanc
ing," the war office announced.
"Though the battle between the
Rivers Olse and Meuse continued un
checked, there waa unmistakable in
dication that the French offense Is
declining. French efforts to cut
through the German, right wing have
broken down without notable exer
tions on the part of the Germans.
The general staff, It was explained.
Ill
GE
I
BORDEAUX, Sept 18. A French
victory at Xancy was officially report
ed to the war office today by General
Iniracd.
After eight days' attack. DuranJ
said, the Germans ceased the assault
It waa reported the kaiser had
spent some time at the front near
Xancy, personally directing the oper
ations, so important did he consider
it to capture the city.
President Poincare ordered his con
gratulations telegraphed to Generals
Durand and Castlenau.
GOVERNMENT STEAMER GOES
DOWN IN THE ST LAWRENCE
COLLISION COMES LX FOG PAS
SENGERS AND MEMBERS
OF CREW MISS1XG.
MONTREAL. Sept, 18 The gov
ernment steamer Montmagny sank In
the St. Lawrence river after a collls-
jion in a heavy fog with another ves
sel.
Captain Pouliot and 12 members of
the crew are missing;. It la believed
they were drowned.
The - Montmagny collided with the
collier Llgnan 20 miles off Quebec.
Tha Montmagny had among the
passengers Mrs. Richard, wife of the
lighthouse keeper at Belle Island and
her children; Mrs. Lavelle, wife of the
lighthouse keeper at Flower Island
and her children.
Axrs. LAveues rour cmuren were
drowned. It Is not known how many
of Mrs. Richard's children were lost
SIX KILLED IN WRECK OF
TRAIN ON ALABAMA ROAD
MOBILE. Alabama, Sept. IS. Six
were killed at Livingstone. Alabama.
early today and twenty Injured when
a nortnoound passenger on the Ala
bama and Great Southern rallwnv
struck a broken rail and was derail
ed. The victims were passengers In the
first class day coach.
New York has 24 labor unions
composed exclusively of women and
girls.
NEWS- SUMMARY
General.
German renter is resisting fierce
attack of French.
'AitMrlaii and Russian are kcd
In conflict along river San.
Kaiser' army reported in iwrlln
to lie slowly hut surely advancing In
France. . -- -
Canadian gov em men t steamer sinks
In St. Iwrciice river, several persons
hdinr drowned,
lrcnch claim victory at Nancy.
IH-ali
I'eiulletontaits norm Heppner fair
and ca'Kure it.
Seattle kiiljtlit Templar will send
sclal train to Round-up.
should pcac come In Kui-oimn price
of wheat may advance.
Happy Canyon cntertainmint to
nl $5tKH.
BMAIIS
DECLARES
ADVANCING
understands the hopeless anxiety for
news and sympathized with it but U
compelled to withhold soma details
lest the enemy might profit by them.
It was not secret that the German
forces all along the French fighting
line have been strengthened and tha
belief was expressed that If the kai
ser wins the present battle the French
won't be able to recover for a long
time and will be compelled to retreat
at least as far south as Parts.
Unofficial reports had It the allies'
losses far exceeded the Germans.
ft'
Heppner Weather Beautiful This
Afternoon Fair is Successfully
Handled.
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HEPPNfcR, Ore.. Sept 18. (Speci
al) Heppner and Pendleton Joined
hands here today and executed tho
grand right and left and the Let 'er
Buck walu In most approved style.
This afternoon the weather is beauti
ful and the Pendleton delegation. Is
buy. taking in the fair, renewing oYd
acquaintances and making new ones.
The return trip will be . taken up at
midnight and the train will reach
home at an early hour tomorrow mor
ning. It was 5 o'clock this morning when
the Buckaroo special pulled Into .
Heppner and the hour bein early
many took advantage of the opportun
ity to sleep a little longer. Others
arose and proceeded to Investigate th
town.
At 7 o'clock a Heppner delegation
arrived to extend the glad hand of
welcome and the party was escorted
up town to breakfast. During the
early forenoon a, dust storm arose and
following that' the weather turned
cold and a heavy rain descended for
a time. However, the sun came out
immediately afterwards and the after
noon was made more cheerful.
The exhibits at the fair-have won
the admiration of all who have seen
them. There Is a splendid exhibit of
grain and other lines of agricultural
Industry in Morrow county are well
represented. The fair Is being well
handled by those in charge and has
been successful In point of attend
ance. The fair will close tomorrow
nls-ht.
BRITAIN WILL FIGHT TILL
6ERMANS HAVE BEEN BEATEN
I
LONDON, Sept. ii The decrc
proroguing parliament was published
today. It was also announced that
the king had signed bills grantlnt;
home rule to Ireland and disestablish
ing the Church of England in Wales,
hut signed another set suspending
both while the war lusted
Parliament adjourned in accord
ance with the prorogation decree. Un
precedented actions marked the last
momenta before adjournment.
Will
crooks of the labor drleatlnn
in
parliament which is looked on :t urttl
royalist, led the singing of "Oo.J Suva
th King." and aaked for thrtj clivers
for his majesty. .
British newspapers are rmpr:aM
ing the declaration in tlie king's
speech that Great Britain wouldn't
quit fighting until It had attained Urn
object for which the flxhtinsr b-Kun.
This was Interpreted us meaning the
British would insist on a d-iilvi Gr.
man defeat.
Reinforcements still are bnlng
transported in Urne numbers frorri
England to the French aid of the
channel., - . r.
The extent of th Hrltish losses
hadn't been male put lie but they
are
oellevej to be enormous.
Russian Abroad Not t ailed,
LONDON. Eng. Sept. I The Itiw.
alan military authoritlea htv il i..,
according to an aunounreeiinnr tim.ln
by the Kuxslan etnbuMNy, not lo r, II
to the colors the renervlm ( h;it
country now abroad. All tli.. re,rv.
ixts will l permitted. h)Wr, to en
roll in the ranks of any of th &I1I1
armies.
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