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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 20
DAILY EAST OREGOXIAX, PEXDLETOX, OREGON, fjATTHDAY, OCTOUKIi l'.m.
XO. S3 12
GERMANS BELIEVED TO HA VE STAKED ALLJN BA TTLE
V a r ...
OF CRACOW; RUSSIANS ARE REIWCED HEAVILY
NIGHT MCK ON ALLIED LI PROVES FAILURE VILLA'S DUTFOSTS
FRENCH REPORTED 1 GI Wpffi" 11
BOMBARDMENT CONTINUES OF HI CHINA PORT
,
PARIS, Oct. 3 Confirmation of
the fullure of a German night attack
on the nllles front near R0V6 ilitS tlecn
received from offlclul sources, it was
announced by the Bordeaux war oi
fiee. Tin? Germans were said to have
been reinforced and to have made a
hard fight but thoy were unable -to
I 'net rate the front of the allied line.
The crown prince' army, It was
Mated, tried to flip through the
Trench in Crurie forest but was re
ptilei il.
It wan declared that the French
were gaining in the Woevre district.
Itoiiihiirdnient Continue.
TOIvIO, (ict. 3 The Japanese and
Prltish land and sea bombardment of
the German defenses at Klao Chau
vnn till In progress today. The Ger
mans were answering the fire it the
allies.
Japan- land forces were said to be
advancing.
Another Japanese mine sweeper
was reported to have Mruck a mine off
the coast and been sunk with a loss of
four drowned and nine wounded.
German IjOsc Heavily.
LONDON, Oct. 3. The Prltlsh war
Information bureau published today
(m extract from a letter written by a
German prisoner of war to his wife
"My company," said the letter,
"started action with 251 men. It ha
been reduced to 8. Not a single offi
cer remains alive. Some regiments.
Including the bent in our Hervlce. have
been reduced to two and three com
panies." RescrAlsM Arc raptured.
VANCOl'VKR. It. C. Oct. 3.
loardlng the tug Cleave in mld-har-bor.
Immigration officials took charge
of the tug and an Innocent looking
scour being taken to sea.. In the for
ward part of the scow 33 men. who
were taken In charge by the author
ities, and what Is believed to have
been the first underground attempt
to smuggle German and Austrian re
servists across, the line was baffled
The men will be taken to the military
prison at Nanalmo.
PF.TItonRAD. Oct. 3 A million
Russians hitherto held In readiness at
Warsaw to see If the earlier part of
the program went through, began to
advance today.
It wa reported that they already
have begun to drive the Germans
back In the vicinity of Ijodst.
Official circles declared that a de
cisive Huwlan victory at Cracow will
compel the kaiser to seek pence Immediately,
ii ffeu
PROVINCES
Will HELP ALLIES
PORTLAND, Ore.. Oct. 3.
I'niled Mate engineers today
placed an older at labor agen
cies for approximately z))i
linn which will be hired to
work on government projects
including the north jetty, Coos
liay, l elilo canal and dredging
the Columbia river. This action
was taken so as to be in reudl
ries for the resumption of work
following the signing of the
l ivers and bar'.,, rs b.ll.
NEWS SUMMARY
POLYGAMIST IS SENTENCED
FROM ONE TO FOUR YEARS
One to four year In the peniten
tiary Is the penalty George K. Lei
alias eGorge Calvin, the Milton bar
ber, will pay for having r.toie wives
then the law allows him. Having
been convicted during- the fore part
if the vcek on a charge of polygamy,
Circuit Judge O. W. Phelps this
morning gave him the above sentence.
Five years was tn maximum. Hoth
of I.ee's wives, his little son. a eUtef
and an aunt appeared against him
nt the. ttlfcl and In the face of his tie
hm'.s he denied his Identity, litsl-ib
1 1 v-c that ho had been taken for 'an
other rnnn.
UlVHAItKST, Oct. 3 The Aus
lro II unxarian provinces of Rukovlna
and Transylvania have been offered
by Russia to Roumanla, It was offi
cially announced, If the Roumanians
will Join the allies Immediately with
their entire army and conquer
Trans) Ivania for themselves.
The Russian already hae occu
pied much of Rukuvlna but ure not
el In Transj Ivania.
It was said the Roumanian crown
council will meet next week to decide
llu.fl.i'8 proposition. Public senti
ment is almost universal for war.
King Charles, whose sympathies
aie all German, has Un so worried
that he In ill at the sum mor 1-lace at4-oa"t lrt continue. (rnmii9 Iiol.l
SlnaJ.i. It was expected he would lout mid reply lo lire of n!lh,
abdicate If the council decided to Join
the allies.
Royalty Goes to IVont.
LNODON, Oct. 3. Never since the
Middle ages have so many royalties
been engaged In active service at the
front
The czar has sonie'll of his near
relatives engaged In the war; the
Carranza's Forces at Naco Under
Command of General Hill are
Called on to Surrender.
BUTTLE SEEMS TO BE NEAR
OUTCOME Ot WAR DEPENDS LARGELY
UPON CLASH BETWEEN FORCES OF
CZAR AND KAISER DECLARE EXPERTS
Every Available Man is Being Rushed by Germany to the Russian Frontier to Attempt
to Stay Advance of Immense ArmyIf Russians Win, They Will Open Road for
Rapid March to Berlin-lf They Lose it is Believed the Czar Will be Forced to
- Make Peace or Face a Revolution at Home.
General,
llattle of Cracow may decide final
outcome of European war.
Ron mania is olfered Austrian province-.
If she wil engage la war to lic!p
ulliex.
Mulit (itlack aaln-t the allies' cen
ter Is repulsed.
lUiinluirtlnu'iit of Gcrmauj'a Cido'
Ixal.
Mrs. Wnmhaugli Is first woman In
county to enter political raee; Is ran
iliiiHte for coroner.
lolgainlst senteneed to penitenti
ary from one to four years.
iraiil Jury I ml lets nine more men.
Former Pendleton man candidate
for ma or of Portland.
Night m IiihiI at liigli school to Mart
Aincrlcun Army Officers Roei-he Or
ilers) Not to Allow Wounded fros
to Arizona in (a of la-li lie
tweeii Rlal Troops Hill Ignore
Demand to Surrender.
NACO, Ariz., Oct. 3 Actual hos
til it lea between the troops of Car
ranra and Villa at Naio, h'onora, was
imminent today.
Drawn up within striking distance
of the town, the Vlliista under Gen
eral Maytorena were encamped at
daybreak. During the night, skir
mishing of outposts was reported.
Six were said to have been wounded.
A courier from General Maytorena
to General Hill presented a Jemand
to Hill to surrender his command.
Hill was reported to have dictated a
profane reply, ignoring the demand.
American army officers announced
that they had received orders not to
permit the wounded of either side,
in the event of a battle, to be brought
to the Arizma side of tlte border.
I'jirly Duck Sliootlns Costly.
ASTORIA. Ore.. ct. 3. Yesterday
morning. Deputy Game Warden Lar
son arrested Walter Stacey and Julius
Nelon on charges of hunting ducks
before Jayllght. In the Justice Court
the men pleaded guilty and were nnea
$25 and costs which they paid.
CUIRASSIER WO0K0EO AT BATTLE OF AISNE
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kaiser has six sons and many couslna
under fire, while some nine or ten of j again.
Kngiand's royal family have volun- Grievances of students
teered for active service. school o Ih Mibmitted to
Iirltain to Issue Short Ixuin.
LONDON, Oct. 3. Tenders will be
received hv the Hank of England J'-r
treasury bills to the amount of I."..-
OOa.Oao pounds sterling ($75.000,.
OoO) in amounts of icon pounds ster-
ll'ng. StHMi pounds and la.oou pounds.
at Idgh The bill will be dated October 10 and
a council, will be payable in six months.
OFFICERS VIEW RUIN THEIR GUNS HAVE WROUGHT
III
f , a-'vVij2'4 v -v'tvl --5r,t.i --v.'1. . vf
I.ents is fighting for a
swimming pool.
park and
NATIONAL PRAYER DAY TO
BE OBSERVED TOMORROW
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. To
moriow, under the President's
teeent national proclamation,
will be observed throughout the
country as a "prayer day" for
Kuropean pence. The president
wit observe his own exhortation
that "all God-fearing persons
on that day go to their places
of worship and pray for peace
In Kurope."
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Tle la(tl of Oaeow mnjr nrt
tlo tMj Kurqiean Mar dcclaro
military expert
Kaiser H Iielie'veJ to hare stk
enl all on outcome and b ruslu
ln: every available man to the
Hussian frontliT.
little N fa-t developing great
proMrtiriis and i e-iiNl to
rage for several ilmt.
Ku.wian.4 arc Ix-injr lieavily
r"lnforeed and are eonfklent Uiey
can tTush the German defense.
Austrian are aU.stlni; (irr
nians to throw hack Of invad
ers. It H estlniatod that 7.VI.0O0
Germans have com-ttitraUil to
engage In Um flht.
IVtrogral claim- tluit thus far
In tlie rrogTe4 of tlie battle Um
(K-rmans have Isvn forei-d to re
treat. PETROGRAD. Oct. 3 The batt!
of Cracow was beginning to reach
great proportions today.
The Austro-German outer lines of
defense were parallel with the Dona
Jec river between Tarnow and Cra
cow. Here the Teutonic forces en
gaeed the Russians.
The battle line extends from the
Vistula river to the Carpathian foot
hills. More Russians were coming- up
constantly. It yeemed certain that
the fight would develop Into a might
ier conflict as It progressed. It waa
expected to lajt several days
North of Vistula and west of Dona
Jec was drawn up the German line
which will attempt to hold back th
Russian advance from Poland Into
Silesia. This line follows the War
tha river and extends from Posen to
Cracow where it touches the Austrian
line.
Along this front it was intimatej
that 750.000 Germans had concen
trated. Accounts from the front In.
ThLs bs the photograph of a French cuirass which these cavalrymen must; dCated that more troops were arriv-cuiras.-ier
(cavalryman) wounded nt. wear us part of their uniform. While: ing constantly.
the battle of the Alsne which ha. it i.s supposed to be proof against,' The war Offjoe asserted that the
been raging in France for nearly two' rifle bullet it offers little protection e.t.rrnans were cutiuelled t.rtre.t
leu.'s
weeks. Having become weak from 1 against shrapnel and bursting
loss of blood he had to dismount. The J w hich
photograph shows tlie heavy steel, war.
have been a feature of this
by International
Service.)
Lieutenant Ceogar, the German
commandant at Dluaiit, r.iUlum, r.:
right, with the German professor
of the town. The men are inspecting
the ruins of the town .shortly after
It had been shelled and fired by tlie
Gem; an Invaders.
X. 1 General Manager Die.
ST. PA PL, Oct. 3. George Geodell
general manager of the Northern Pa
cific, died here today from pneumonia.
Italian Vessel p.lovwi l'i
rARIS. Oct. 3. Another Italian
Vessel was reported to have been
blown up by a mine rear Trieste with
a loss irf 50 lives. The news came Ji
rectly from Venice.
Ijiirli-Ji Cotton Mills May (ise.
LONDON. Oct. 3. The correspond
ent of the Central News at Aecring-
j ton. In Lancashire, says the general
opinion among cotton manufacturers
is that because of the war the mills
i of the whole country will be forced
' to dose before Christmas. Thousands
' of employes are now bite, and the
1
suggestion Is made that the govern
j ment io:;ie to the rescue with a large
' grant.
everywhere.
It was estimated that the German
had lost 60,000 killed, wouudel and
captured In the past two weeks be
sides the loss of many guns.
With the Germans retreating be
fore the Russians along the Nieinen
river and the AustrUns retiring In
Galicia, It was officially declared that
the plans of the Russian general
staff were working out exactly as
planned.
The plan Included the defeat of the
Germans on the Russian right und
I the defeat of the Austrians by the
I Russian left, followed by the combl
1 nation of the two forces, to comp'i
I the Germans to accept a decisive
1 battle aioii the Polish frontier.
A PRAYER FOR PEACE IN EUROPE
Written by Rev. Tolbert F. Weaver of the First Christian Church
Almighty ChhI, Father ot" humanity; Thou Wh
tkvlaivil that "The eyes of tlie .ml are ever the riuhie.'ti;
His ears are ojn-u to their jM'ayers" we huinhly hoeacii
hear the cries of the ilistresscd, the Uivaveu1, the wotinih 1
i'leolinj; one? in the tcrrihle war zones of tlie worhl at thi- un
happy hour. All over our laul today ten thousand ti::u lin
thousand hearts are tioip.o- mi; in t'oiuja.-ion to the r.iatu'ad
foiius .ind hhvdiiiir ! !it of vouuo- men on the ha'tlc field of
llitsf
an 1
n..v
and
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t.'f
Iieir pan :;!-. a:
Tlcu n.
F.urope. We hear the nie- 01
lin1 wan 01 nioiuers lor ineir son, aim u, tio.i, ttn
too, hear tins cry and help us stop this war.
We do not know how to -o u'oout it, 1 tit Thou are aide i r.ii-e
tip men who will he jiiven wisdom to uest a plan. I'm i; in
to the hearts of the leaders of this war to mv tlu ir av.ftil sin.
Iy some event transpire that will hrin ahout a reaetion t
lulp men ahandon tluir selfishness and yreed and liialice.
Help tluin to oef a vision of the Crucified Chri-t who died t .
save men, and Who is greatly "rieved this hour Uvatw Hi
followers hiivo foresaken His way and His principles. We im
plore Thee to hear the pravers of this nation todav as-enihled
with Knved heads to invoke Thy interference with this war.
'1 be heathen nations are amazed at the so-called Christian eoun
tries. They know it i a mockery, and they are ivcii oeeaion
to plasj heme Cod. May the p h! people of all the world heeomo
so aroibcd that a jues-ure will he hrouht t.i hear upon th
leaders of this cruel war thai an armistice may he determined,
until plans he carried out that may result in universal p.-aee.
(), Cod. pv,. us this victory in the name of Him w ho ahandon. .!
Ilim-elf tor the sake of o. her-. Ann n.
LONDON. Oct. 3. The outcome ot
I i the Kuropean war defends largely
, upon the battle of Cracow military
i I men declared today,
i It was of supreme importance, they
i ! declared, because It will determine
1 j whether or not the Russians were
I at'le efficiently to aid the allies.
! The Slav army ts new and untried
! j Can the officers lead ably or will
! they blunder as the officers did In the
i war with Japan? This was tlie ipies
1 I tion asked on all sides,
j If the Germans and Austrian '
j overwhelmed. It was agreed that th'l
: road would be open f-r a r u Kl R'H
I slan march to Kerlin. It" V" R'H
; Mans are overwhelmed, the k us- r
'would be convince 1 that NUh':.,i
i would have to make pe o or f.o ' a
I revolution at home
All obtainable inf. .1 111.it Ion Indl
! cited that the Germans base nt.ilod
! everything on this m gh'y trugle.
i Everv man who I'oiild be spared
from France an 1 1VU "in b 1 I b-eii
rushed to the Russian frontier. Tli
fortresses in the Interior of 10 rm.no
have been denuded and the garrison'
I rushed to the frontier to nai-u" tloi
Russians. 1
It Killed III Kpl'sloii.
JKIlSKY CITV. Oi t. i i"o per.
known to le dead. uioiloT
sons are
Is missing and
Inj'ired by a ri ;
tn.i:;.i.lne pi mt. i tie
explosion Wis (' ill: e.
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