East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, October 26, 1914, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EVEIIIIIG EDITIOII Eorcrnst for Eastern Oregon, by the United State Wmthrr Observer at Ton la ml. DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISERS. , Tbs East Oregonlan bM the largest paid rlrcolatlon of any pper In Oregon, rut of 1'ortlsad tad over twice the circulation la I'eudleton of iny otbsr newspaper. Fair tonight and Tuesday. COUNTY OFFICIAL rAPEB COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER NO. 8331 VOL 26 DAILY EAST OREGOXIAN, PEN'DLETOX. OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 2C, 19 H. ESTIMATED COUNTY LOST $20,000 mn SWINDLE THR& f EXCESSIVE HE I'M cin FOR BRIDGE HI Bridges Investigated Show four Cents Per Pound Paid for Steel Above Prices Now Paid. Eber hart Tried to "Sting" City But Was Thwarted. ANNOUNCEMENT , Ic)lte the fact tl'" MUiKvmo court ha ruled Judge. Maloiiry must hold office two yearn longer and hence no election of county Judge 1m necessary tills fall, the East Orcgoiilun will con tlniio with Km expo) of the, bridge swindling ojx'rnllonu carried on h'TC under the Glllllund term art county Judge. TIiIm will be done, because this luK'r has evidence sho"1ng a grot fraud Uxn tlx county and Indicating complicity in the fraud on tlie part of the old county court. With nuch evidence In 1M jiMKf.loii tills poier would bo guilty of cowardly neglct of duty u Ue coplo should it fall to iMibnilt tlko facta to Ue public. Tlie attention of the cople U Invited to statement prenented today and to furtlicr fact which will be bhown In nuhMu,iK'iit Issues of the pacr this week. E. II. ALDRICH, Editor. SUBSTANTIAL BRIDGES NOW BUILT BY COUNTY HERE FOR CHAUTAUQUA OTIIKK NOTABLE MEN WHJi BE OX PROGRAM FOR JUNE GATHERING HERE. There la a strong probability that Champ Clark, speaker of the house of representative, and Judge Ben Lindey, the great Denver juvenile worker, will be two of the leading speakers at the aecond annual Pen- here next year during the week of June 20. Clark ha a prbmlaed to come If congress la not In aesslon and Llndsey haa practically agreed. Thin la the news brought back from Portland Saturday by A. J. McAllis ter of the local Commercial assocla- I tlon commute. While In the metro- (Continued on page four.) WEST END DISTRICT FOUR TO ONE FOR SMITH ptT ! . HERMISTOX, Ore.. Oct. 2!. Editor Kant Oregonlan: We had a meeting at- the Columbia action) house hut night with 26 In attendance, a majority of them men voters. We discussed the tneu8Urea and wound up by taking a straw vote for gover- nor. The result showed Smith 19. Withyconibe 4. Scattering J. Smith will get fou,r to one here. W. T. SELLERS. That the taxpayers of Umatilla tal sura ia Uio noirhhorhood of. CHAMP CLARK HAY BE $20,000 by the "Eberhart system" of contracting for bridges in yopue during the Gilliland term as judge is indicated by data that has been riven tlio East Orejronian today by a man of integrity and fcnow ledge of the subject. The conclusions as to the prob able total amount of Kraft are biisrf-d upon the known facts re garding several of the most iui jortaiit Widges ertctcd by Ebcr liart. These facts show that the first trues bridge erected by Eber hart for the county tfas cold the county on a basis of six cents per pound for the steel, erected in place. That is the only bridge found upon which such a price was given the COUnty. Utner bridges polls ho conferred with the Ellison of similar nature investigated re-1 White management and agreed on a veal prices rahring from nine to tentative program for the neat chau. -A it . i tauqua. He also secured an ad- 10 cents ptT pound for Steel. vancement of the dates which will iSow the price ot steel ot tlie.be appreciated.. character Used tn the truss bridges I Circlclllo's Italian band will be should have l-ccn about six cents! here again and another big musical erected, the price charged for the first bridge built by Elierhart. Tie Joe Vet bridge, which is said to Ik? the lest built bridge in the touiity, and was erected by tho. re.-cnt court, was bought on a basis of six cents per jound for the fccl erected in place. The Main street bridge in Pendleton, erected by the city through contract under, ,oiiititive bidding, cost on a basis . i five and one half cents per iHiniid. The Matlock street bridce. ! I - - - - - - i erccteil by the citv under similar coiiijH'titinn, cost six cents 1'ouud for the Steel. EOl'll CENTS TOO IIVCU Therefore it is to le seen that from the information secured thus far it. is evident the county under the "Elierhart system" wns charg ed from three to, four cents ier pound too much for the strx-l liridgcs Greeted during the Gilli land term as county judge. Computing the swindle upon this estimate it is figured that up on the truss bridges erected by Eberhart the county paid from .$14.mio to $l.r,006 more than it should have paid. This of course is exclusive of the Umatilla bridge which is a girder bridge, not a truss bridge. The known graft upon the Umatilla bridro ns has "been shown and can le shown con clusively whs not less than $f,000. 'Therefore the' total swindle worked upon the taxpayers under the Eberhart "system'' may safely be. reckoned as in the neighborhood of $20,000. THIK1) ; TO 'STING" TIIK CITY. At the timo the '.Main, street "bridge, was erected in l'endleton Eberhart sought to have the city h-r him draw the plans as he had lice n doing for the county. He did draw a plan and attempted to have it adopted but was unsuccess ful, largely liocausc of the opposi tion of City Engineer Geary Kim lirell who entertained suspicions as to Elierhart. It is said that the vlan submitted tolho city by Eber hart called for a very inferior "bridge as compared with the Main street bridge and yet would have -cost almost as much as did tho powerful plate girder bridge that wan- built. It is estimated that "had Elierhart succeeded in getting the city to adopt his plan the tax payers of the city would have Im'Ch "stung" to the tune of not les than $12,000. t J X Tills la tlie Joe 'c lirldjjc on the Walla Walla river alxve MlKon, whidi wan built lat year by Uic pre, cnt county court. Rcfrenc'e to this bridge waa malo Saturday by T P. GilllUnd In liU cfrorti to make It aiicar the okl county court built bridge a cheaply as does the pros ent turt. The Meel In the Joe West bridge cmt, erected, six fntft tier pound, while the steel In the t'matllla brplfrc eKt erected, about 10 cents Icy of the present court If) to make all bridge of MiWcicnt Htrcnffth to carry concrete floors. No bridge a pound. There are over 300 yards built by the old court Is strong of cement in tlie Joe Wryt bridge, co.lliic a little over $8 per yard, while the cement In the I'mntllla hriiie rot IO XT janl. ('oni)are I lie two bridcM a ltd Judge for yountdf which Im the better built bridge . The pol- t-noiixh to carry a concrete floor. Note the onr, substantial concrete wlnics of tin- Joe Went bridge built to pro tect tlie brldjre acainu high water. The win); on tlie right hand idde of the picture is over SO feet loiuj. 10 LEFT fA IS KILLED WHEN ... FALLS BENEATH TRAIN WEIJ KNOWN RAILROAD MAN IS VICTIM OE ACCIDENT NEAR LA GRANDE. IS THE ATLAS BRIDG-. COMPANY INCORPORATED? What was the Atlas Bridge Co., where was it Incorporated and where is It now? Thene statements are aroo tlie exitosurc being made by this paper pmnmIIii flu. I,iIjIipm vr.nn a.n.l, tliA IIIIIIh.. .tn aii .ttiintr ln,lro Tim dleton Chautauqua which wUI be held ntriMls for ,e w(.stPUilon of the I matiUa bridge and many other bridge were awarded to the Atlas Bridge Co., and In making jipose contracts A. E. Eberhart signed aa "proprietor." An Inquiry aa to whether the company waa Incorporated In Oregon ad drewed to the "Blue Sky" department Oct. 19, by tills paper brought forth the following reply:. "No corporation of record Atlas Bridge Co. R. A. Wat win, corporation commissioner." The East Oregonlan subsequently wired Mr. Watson asking If he could SMcertain If the Atlas Bridge Co. had eer bs? IneoriMirated anywhere. The following reply was received. tKt. 21. "InaWe to give you any Information concerning Atlas Bridge Company. R. A. Wat Mm. eorjKirallon tximnilssloner.' During the time Eberhart Hold liridgcs to this county he had headquart ers part of the time In Walla Walla and part of the time In Portland. An in vestigation of BradstrcctH falls to sliow him listed at either place. Tlie same Alt. true of the Atlas Bridge to,, , . llie old county court had lniMrtant business dealings with the Atlas Bridge Co., a siipxsed corporation. Where was it Incorporated and where Is It now LOCAL POST SPANISH WAR VETERANS TO BE REVIYED While en route from La Grande to Penileton Baturday night, Brakeman Hooper of westbound freight No. 2S3 fill between cars and lost his life un der the heavy wheels of the train Whether he fell accidentally or was pushed off will probably never be known. The freight left La Grande at I o'clock In the evening and, when It reached Meacham Conductor Atkins misled the brakeman. He notified Conductor Cross and crew of an east bound freight to keep a watch for the mtosing wan. When the Utter train waa proceeding down the other side of the mountain, the crew dla covered the dead body of Hooper be tween Casey and Glover. It had been decapitated, the wheela passing over the body in such a way aa to sever the head from the torso. The body waa picked up and taken to La Grande where it was turned over to the coroner. Hooper waa well known In railroad circles and had many friends here. ALLIES IK FORCE IIG OF GOPPERFIELO CASE BEING HEARD BEFORE COURT HERE The Pendleton post of the Sranlsh Amerlcan War Veterans will be re vived, sentiment among the ex-soldiers here having been found to favor such action recently and plans have progrewej to the point where forma! organization will be undertaken In the near future. A. J. UcAllLster, department com-! Before the state supreme court this mander of the Spanish-American j afternoon In this city, an echo of Gov War Veterans, returned from Port-iernor West's raid upon Copperfield land on Saturday after being In con It Desperate Assault Begins Against Front of Kaiser's Forces by Com bined Troops. GERMANS CROSS YSER RIYER Bararlan Troopa Join Army in Ha4 Region and Hurl Scire Across) Stream shell Fire from British ' I Vet Said to Have Cleared Strip S Miles Wide of Germans. MKMllFlIS OF STATE SUPREME TRIBUNAL HEAR APPEAL ARGUMENT. NEWS SUMMARY General. Allies trying to force the left wing of the German army back. Vser riv er Is Toswcd by Ten tops. laical. Mahmcy will hold two year moru but voters; will liallot on county Judge iievcrthelcm. Estimated county lost $20,000 through operations of '-Elierliart sys tem.' Was Atlas Bridge Co., ever Incor porated? Straw vote shows Smith hlg fa vorite at Hermlston. MRS. CARMAN IS RELEASED ON BAIL; JURY DISAGREES NEW YORK. Oct. 26. Mrs. Car man waa released this afternoon In $2300 bail. It. was understood she would't be tried again on the charge of murdering Mrs. Bailey. She appeared completely recovered from the collapse suffered Sundiy when the Jury disagreed and was discharged. Estate Valued at $17,000,000. WAVKEGAN". III.. Oct. 26. Tlit late Richard W. Sears, founder of Shears-Roebuck & Co., of Chicago, left an estate estimated at 17.000,000, ference with the heads of the organ ization. Be prepared plans for op ening the pott here, and entered into other matters relating to this move Keel and Harvey Well, another high Went.- Department Adjutant Ror officer of the order will be here shortly. Arrangements are being made for representation from Pendle. ton at the next convention of the na tion. When plans were perfected, a call will be lwsued for eligible ex-soldiers In l'endleton and vicinity amount to far beyond the quorum. The organ ization intends to be discriminating, and mere service in the Spanish-American war will not suffice for mem bership. The candidate must be ot good character and standing. DR. WITHYCOMBE'S GUIDE AS GOVERNOR I Is being heard. William W iegland one of the Copperfield saloonmen and town councilmen who was hard hit by the governor's action, brought suit aeainst West In the Baker court Judge Anderson upheld a demurrer to the complaint and Wlegland ap pealed. The argument on thia appeal is being made this afternoon with James H. Nichols representing the ap pant and Frank T. Collier the re spondent. The entire membership of the court. Chief Justice F. A. Moore and Asso ciate Justices George H. Burnett. William Ramsey, C. L. McXary, Henry J. Bean, and Thomas A. McBride, is sitting here in the regular fall term of eastern Oregon. There are enough cases on the docket to keep the court in session several days. The first case to be argued and submitted this morning was that of French & Co.. resp. vs. Geoige and Frances Haltenhoff, appl. from Wasco county. W. C. Winslow appeared for the former and W. H. Wilson for the latter. The other cases today were as follows: Minnie D. Moline, resp. An Incident at the quarterly v- Portland Brewing Co.. appl. from meeting of the Farmers' Union here j Wasco county. W. ir Wilson for res Haturday brought home to the wo- j I'ondent and Butler & Wilson for ap- EXPOSED ANTI-SUFFRAGE RECORD OF WITHYCOMBE men present the fact Dr. With;-' combe, one of the nominees for gov- pelants; George T. La Salle et al., resp. vs. Central Railroad of Oregon, crnor, was an opponent of equal suf- appl. from Union county. G. T. Coch frage. It was at The close of the'ran fr appelant and John McCourt meeting when A. Spence. a delegate i f,,r respondent: Wlegland vs. West from Milton, handed each lady pre- from Baker county and Fowder Val ent a copy of a folder setting folthjIe' State Bank appl. vs. A. B. Hen- Withycombe's anti-suffrage record. The meeting Saturday was attend ed by 15 or 30 representative mem bers from over the county. H. J Rosenberg, county president, was named to represent the county msso clation at the state meeting tn be held at The Dalles December 1. C P. Strain nnd R. O. Kamlwrt will derson and Son resp.. from Union county. Cochran and Eberhard for appelant and Hodgin and Slater for respondents. Italian Uorec In Albania. ROME, Oct. 26. An Italian naval expedition today occupied the Alban ian port of Avlona. It was rumored represent the Pendleton local ut the j last week this had been done but thu meeting. I report was premature. 1 Hi ID MARSH (lYom tlie Journal.) ES OF GILLIL ILL BE LEFT ON THE BALLOTS Although the state supreme court I opinion declared positively that un hafe decided that Countv Judge J. W. ' l1r the law passed In 1911 there Malonev of Umatilla county will holdjwo,,V no f.Unty i'P H two years longer, the voters of the county will, nevertheles, have an op portunity to express their choice be tween Charles II. Marsh and T. P Gilliland, the two men nominated for county Judge at the spring primaries. County Clerk Frank Saling announc ed this morning that he would leave their named on the ballots and that the votes would be counted. "To leave them on will do no harm." he said, "and to take them off might work some Injury. Tho supremo court handed down an opinion Saturday to the effect that all county judges elected in 1910 were elected to serve six year terms and upon 'their arrival here yesterday for their regular eastern Oegon session the members of the court stated that their opinion applied to the situation In this county and that Judge Malo nev would hold two years more. Chief Justice F. A. Moore, who wrote the tion in this county until 1916 County Clerk Saling. however, states that he has already certified to nearly all of the ballots and that further he has received no formal notification that there Is no judge ship election. He believes there will he no harm done anyone In allowing the names of Gilliland and Marsh to remain on the ballots and states that there la a possibility of Injury In re moving them without authority. Therefore, there will still be a judge ship race In the county on November J but It will be In the nature of an exhibition race only The result will not stand officially. Supremo .Bulges NH Affcs-tod. Members of the supreme court thl. morning gave out the Information that their opinion would not affect the candidates of Supreme Judges 11 J. Bean and Thomas McBrlde Inas much as they were elected to fill s'.iort terms. PARIS. Oct. 26. A savage on slaught by the allies was being- made on the kaiser's front In the hope of forcing the Germans to moderate the fury of their attack In northwest ern Belgium. This was the Interpretation gener ally placed on news that desperate fighting was going on In the Woevre and Argonne districts. The Teutonic forces have succeeded in crossing the Yser river by trans ferring the Bavarian troops from the left to the extreme north and hurling them with the army already In that field, against the allies wing. This weakened the left and the allies promptly took advantage by direct ing a terrific assault against that part of the kaiser's front A strip on the coast, three to five miles wide between Ostend and N'Uu port, has been cleared of Germans by the deadly shell fire from .British warships lying off shore and operat ing from Belgium canals. The Bordeaux war office report at 3 o'clock was optimistic. "During the day," said the state ment, "our front has been maintain ed. The German forces which suc ceeded In crossing the Yser river be tween Xleuport and DLxmude havs been unable to progress further. Our line now extends in a general way from Xleuport through Dixmude to the region between Yprea and Roul ers, thence to points between Armen tieres and a little west of La basse and west of Lens and the vicinity of Arras. From these neighborhoods It has been prolonged to the south ward along the front already known. In recent battles the Germans ap pear to have suffered considerable loss."' PARIS, Oct. 26. Although the Germans have succeeded in crossing the Yser river in considerable force, they have failed thus far to follow up their advantage, it was announced in an official statement from the Bor deaux war office this afternoon. - The allies' line, opposing the Ger mans at the point where the c rosing was effected, was said to remain in tact as well as at all other points along the fighting front. The German losses In the most re cent fighting were spoken of as "con. slderable." German Advance Checked. FETROG RAD, Oct 26 Checking the German advance In Russian Po land and of the Austro-German for ward movement in Gallcla was an nounced by the war office this after noon. In GulicU it was announced that the Germans were using the Austrians to cover the retreat. The Russian right and center were said to be advancing, while the left was taking new positions on the west bank of the Save river. Montenegrins and Servians full hock. CETT1NGE, Oct. 26 Finding themselves outnumbered five to one. Montenegrin-Servian forces operating against Serajevo have retired from their adanced positions, it was offi cially announced, after lnfilting heavy Uvss on the Austrians. The latter, however, were siid to be powerless to dlslod the Invaders from their secondary lines or to fol low up the advantage galnv.l by the partial retirement of the Servians and Montenegrins. Much disappointment a exprex-i1 here as it was generally hoped that Cerajevo would be taken before the completion of the trlul of (iavrlo Prtnxlp, the Servian who nssasilnnt ed Crown Prince Ferdinand of Aus tria, and the 21 uliccrd ucc otnplkvn of the plot. .tuniicn VlnU Crul--r. PEK1.N. Oct. 26 -.sinking by the J.ipanee at (he entrance of Kl.o. Chau bay of n Austrian cruiser whli-h took rt-fiine tht-re at th be ginning of the war, was reported t tlie mikado's ligition hne tn?.ty. !