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VOL 20
DAILY EAST OREGOXIAN, PENDLETOX. OREGON, TIIL'II.SDAV, OCTOBER 29, 1914.
hkrmr BRAN
ICED TO RETIRE
ffi HELD
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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
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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
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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
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(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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.