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DAILY EVENING EDITION 1'orermjit for Fa-tern Orrjrnn, hy the I'nlted Ht(M Weather oWrtir at Portland. Tonight and Sunday cloudy; prob ably rain. TO ADVERTISERS. Tb East OregouUa bis tht largest paid tlrralattoa of euy ppr In Oregon, cut of Portland and ortr twice the clrculatloa la Frodletoo of toy other Mtipiptf, COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL 20 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON. OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1914. NO. S33 DAILY EVENING EDITIOH w. 1 MIT IT FOE 111 BE Seat of Government Will be Trans (erred From Bordeaux to Paris About Nov. 20th it is Said. IMPORTANT GAIMS ARE MADE Trrmix Formerly Occupied bf the Germans) Have Been Takeo by Al lie and All Along lUUle IJne sac ohm Are KeporieXl Kaiser 11a Hayed Trump Card. PARIS. Oct. 11. Unless the allies meet with unexpected reverses, the eat of the French government will be transferred from Bordeaux to Par le November J9th. It was elated on unofficial but reliable authority to day. By that time It was predicted by Central Galllenl a aides, the Germane would have been compelled to eraco ate French territory. Messages from the front said that the kaiser's troopa nowhere had suc ceeded in reaumlnff the offensive and that In many places the alllee had succeeded In occupying trenches which the Germans held a week ago. French military experts did not think the Germans would be able to strengthen their lines. They express d the opinion that the kaleed played his trump card .when he threw his crack regiments Into the Tser con flict. Military men asserted that the al lies were winning- notably at last but official claims were made In the most careful language. a It was generally believed that the Germans planned to wtttidraw their troops from Russian Foland to the first line of defenses Inside the east Prussian frontier and the theory was that the Teutonic forces released will le rushed westward. The Bordeaux war offtre claimed continued gains were Interspersed with few losses. An official commu nication declared the allies had made Important gains east of Tpres. after a vigorous attack by the Germans tiad been repulsed. EUROPEAN ALLIES EXPECTED TO DECLARE WAR ON TURKEY WASHINGTON'. Oct. SI. That the F.unpt-nn Franco-Anglo-Russlan al lies consider formal declarations of war Imminent was evldencet today by informal Inquiries whether or not the 1'nlted States Is willing to take charge of the French. British and Russian embassies at Constantinople. When the Inquiry Is formally made the United States will agree to act. oRErtotf C1TV, Oct. 31. Dr James Wlthycombe's description In his speech here last June of ex-Gov ernor Sylvester Pcnnoyer as a "dema- gogue" fur the part he played during his life In the early days of antl-Chl- nose agitation, aroused considerable comment among local residents who had a imrt in those stirring times. Dr. Wlthyeombe had for the sub ject of his speech "A Program for a Greater Oregon," and in discussing the agricultural possibilities of the state, he said that our people had made a great mistake in driving out the cheap Chinese labor. He said, "The Chinese harmed no body and did their work well. If they had been permitted to remain they would have cleared the land at from 115 to f 20 an acre, and much more of the Willamette valley would today lie In cultlvuted farms." Pennoyer, who had not then been elected governor, presided over a macs meeting In Portland, called to consider the Chinese problem, and It was for his part In this meeting that he was particularly flayed by Dr. Wlthyeombe. It was In this connec tion that Dr. Wlthyeombe spoke of pennoyer as "that demagogue Pennoy er." Dr. Wlthyeombe said the ex citement of the times was the work of agitators. "A mistake was made," he said, "that our people did not have the courage of their convictions and per mitted themselves to be swayed by mob rule." The anti-Chinese agitation referred to ly IT. Wlthyeombe In his speech DM OUT Sill WITHYCOMBE CHINESE LABOR VIEWS HID BY HERS UMATILLA IIUK HI ENDED Today Witnesses Close of Success ful Meeting-Many Subjects of Im portance Discussed. Today witnessed the close of the last and third session of the Umatilla county annual teachers' Institute, which was held In the public audlto rlum of the local high school. The Institute has been In session since Thursday morning. Soma of the most prominent men of the state were pres ent, and lectured to the teachers of the county on all questions pertaining to the betterment of the public school system of the state. Superintendent Young said that the number of teachers present this morning was larger than ever before about Zll having registered from all parts of the county. Besides the great number of teachers many visit ors from the city and elsewhere were present and no day witnessed less than three hundred In all. The program for today was one of the most Interesting of the Institute. Among those prominent In the morn ing's session was State Superlntena ent Churchill of Salem. M. S. Pitt man and Maynard Lee Daggy. The session was openea oy music under the leadership of Charles B. Jones, after which Rer. C. A. Hod shire of the M. E. church, delivered the Invocation. Following the Invocation, was the morning section work In which J. 8 Landers. Dr. W. H. Bleakney, M. L, Da kit v and Superintendent J. A. Churchill were the teachers M. L. B-aggy gave a splendid ad lres on the "Orators of the Revolu Hon." Superintendent Churchill gave an r.ddrcss on "The Elementary Course of stuJy. Following the section work the teachers again assembled In the main auditorium and were favored by a plnno solo by Mrs. Frank Boyden, who was followed by a reading by Mrs. Adah Losh Rose. Superintendent Churchill again fol lowed with a second letrure for the day. on "The Weakest Link." Mr. Churchill was followej by M. 8. Flttmsn In an interesting address oh "The Teacher As a Diplomat." JAPS, BRITISH AND INDIANS TAKE ONE KIAO CHAU FORT assai i.t is covmrnn with in- CRKSFI 1TKV FLEET BOMBARDS TOWN. TOKIO Oct. 31. Japanese. Eng lish n,l Indian troops were reported to have taken another of the Ger man's outlying forts at Klao Chau and to be assaulting the entire Teu tonic position with great violence. The Japanese fleet was close in shore, bombarding the settlement, part of which was said to have been burned. had its beginning In 1SS5. There had previously been a great Influx of Chi nese labor to the Pacific coast, and many white me'n being out of employ ment, resentment of the working elasacs was naturally directed at the Chinamen, who were taking their Jobs. Anti-Chinese leagues and so cieties were formed all along the Pa cific coast and In some sections vio lence unfortunately resulted. How ever, here In Oregon nothing of a forc ible or violent nature was done to ward the Chinamen, but feeling had become so uroUscd agalmst them that many left voluntarily. Pennoyer took the side of the work Ingnieii and It was really the Chinese question which made him governor. A mass meeting was called in Port land by the worklngmen, and Mayor dates called a counter-meeting, but the worklngmen captured the mayor's meeting and made Pennoyer chair man. As the result of tills meeting Pennoyer achieved great popularity and was elected governor at the suc ceeding election over Pen Cornelius, of Washington county, who, ho charg ed, favored Chinese labor and had Chinamen Ir. his own employ.' Pen noyer was elected on the same Issue. It was the Chinese question which drew forth Pennoyer' famous retort to President Cleveland, transmitted throuKh Secretary of State (Iresham. "I will attend to my business. Let the president attend to his." Cleve land had wired to Pennoyer and other Pacific Coast governors, counseling against violence to the Chinese. As a net result of the whole nisl tatloti the Chinese Fxcluslon Act was parsed by congress. VOTES FOR SMITH ARE FOR HOME AND FIRESIDE Urging' in emphatic manner die election of Dr. ('. J. Smith a governor, V. V. Ilarrah, local Smith leader, chairman of tlio Mmi'h Sinifh-For-Govenior Club and head of the law en forcement league, makes the following appeal today: To The People of Umatilla County: In the election Tues day support Dr. ('. J. Smith for governor with all your power. A man of hi ability, experience and earning capacity could not Lo employed by a commission or on a merit basis for less than five times the governor's salary. Dr. Smith is your home man ; he has stood the test of 24 years everyday acquaintance ; you have found him active, industrious, progressive, one of our ii)t useful citizens and always true to your interests. He ii the friend and champion of the direct primary; always a work er for equal suffrage; an advocate of the single item veto and .if other methods for curbing the legislature in the interest of taxpayers. He is the one and only advocate of real law en forcement, ln-ing the sole candidate to announce that if elected he will exhaust all the resources of the governor to enforce the law. He is the foe of the bootlegger, the gambler and of or ganized vice. He has stood for everything educating ami ele vating. A vote for Dr. Smith will be a vote in the interests of vour home and fireside. V. V. HARRAH. GILLILAKD REFUSED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS EX-JIDGE RELIES OX MESSAGE FROM ERERIIART TO OFFSET COOLEY AFFIDAVIT. T. P. Gilliland, candidate for coun ty Judge who has been placed on the defensive by startling revelations of the system of bridge building In vogue during his former administration, last evening made his carefully prepared answer to the charges hurled at him, and. .in order to prevent any calamity befalling his defense, he served no tice upon the audience that he would refuse to answer any questions asked him by any of those present, thus ef fectually blocking any attempt to re quire, him to explain what he did not choose to explain. It was a Gilliland meeting through out, all of the other candidates save one having made way for him. He spoke for more than an hour and a half. In the main his defense con sisted of his oft-repeated story of the transactions which led up to the change of plans and contract for the Umatilla bridge, of belittling Engi neers J. W. Kimbrell. Geary Kimbrell and C. H. Martin and of casting as persions at County Judge Maloney and the East Oregonian for their expos ure of his acts. The feature of the meeting perhaps, aside from his re fusal to permit any questioning by the audience, was a carefully staged clim ax. At the psychological moment Just as he had concluded his lengthy story o.' the t'matllla bridge, a telegram ar-i rived. There was a dramatic pause as the speaker opened and perused the message. Then, waving It aloft in one hand, he declared It to be an absolute rtfutatlon of the affidavit of A. B. (Continued on page eight) IF- WITHYCOMBE WERE (From the Journal ) RIVER LANDINGS IN COUNTY ARE UR6ED TO EE BETTER-0 COUXTY AXD CITY ASKED TO JOIN IX MOVEMEXT TO SECURE LIXES. As a step toward securing the oper ation of a permanent and Independ ent boat and barge line on the Co lumbia and Saake rivers. Pendleton and Umatilla ctunty are urged to Join In a movement to Improve the land ings In this county In a letter receiv ed by the Commercial association from Secretary J. H. Walsh of the Port of Astoria committee. He calls attention to the fact that at a recent meeting of the Columbia and Snake Rivers Waterways' asso ciation, a plan for organizing such a line was mapped out It is proposed to raise one half of the rands In the Port of Astoria and the otner half In the up river country. One way to advance the movement. It was consid ered, was the organization of porta to embrace all of the district tributary to each landing, the laws of Oregon rnj Washington permitting the for mation of such districts and the levy lug ef a tax to Improve water fronts. Already the Port of Kennewlck has teen organized and Secretary Walsh thlrka that the Improvement of any land ng will greatly aid In securing a host and barge line tnat win ma ter!, il'v reduce freight rates to the Interior country. The completion of the Celllo canal this coming season maxes it Impera tive, he thinks, to start action at once If the up river country Is to receive all of tne benefits from this big pro ject. The North Plains hotel, which has' over fifty rooms, asks for a liquor 11 cense. s AS ii Sheriff Says Robber Caught at Echo is Wanted in California for Killing a Night Watchman. Sheriff T. D. Taylor today positive ly Identified the Echo robber arrest ed a week ago and who gave the name of W. J. GUmore, as William Clay alias Richard Dillon who is wanted in California for the murder of Night Watchman Powell Emlgh at Rio Vista at the time the postofflce safe in that city was robbed. For several days Sheriff Taylor has been cnecklng up his man and today declared there could be no doubt of his Identity. Clay alias GUmore and his partne, Richard O'Connor, were arrested a week ago today in the Jungles near Echo by Deputy Sheriff Jo Blakely snd Roy Ward, a clerk In the George & Miller store of Echo ror the rob bery of which the two men were wanted. Much of their plunder from the store was found on them or con cealed In the locality. When brought to the Jail here. Sheriff Taylor looked them over and became convinced that they were ex perienced yeggmen. A circular In his possession containing a picture and description of the Rio Vista murder er identified him as Clay and, as the circular contained the Bertllllon measurements of the men wanted, the Identity was made certain. Sheriff Taylor communicated with Sheriff J. J. McDonald of Fairfield, California and an Interchange of tele, grams further convinced him of his man. Sheriff McDonald wired that he would send an officer for Clay as soon as he learned whether or not It would be necessary to get out extra dition papers. Clay has not yet bees informed that his identity is known. Sheriff Taylor also believes that O' Connor Is one of the other four men wanted in connection with the post office robbery but he has not been able to check him up yet. (Continued on page elgbt) NEWS SUMMARY General. Rui preparing to fight Turkey. lYcnch confident that Germans will be driven out of France soon. Jap, British and Indians continue fcs.-ult on Kilo Chau. Ix-al. Gilliland refused to answer ques tions at meeting; Barrett humiliated. Slieriff Taylor Identifies Echo rob Imt as California niurtier and safe blow er. Kcpublii'aiw iiy hundreds support Marsh because of bridge swindle ex posure. .laix.b Ui-hhaoh, well Knuun busi ness man, dead. County Institute draws to a close. Vmatilla county urged to improve river landinc. j GOVERNOR! ii nnrnrn RUSSIA NAV..0R CM 1H TURKS No Official Declaration Yet Hade But Czar is Overlooking No Detail for Dealing Swift Blow Against the Sultan Britain and France Have Given Assurance That They Will Support Russia. OLD 'COURT HAD DAVE LAYENDER AS ENGIHEER ADAMSITE SHOWS IXCOXSIST' EXCY IX CRITICISM OF C. II. MARTIX. Adams, Ore., Oct 30, 1)11. Editor East Oregonian: The "Would If he Could be" county Judge, T. P. Gilliland, criticised the present county court In his speech here a few evenings ago and brought them to task for having employed Mr. C. H. Martin, a competent road build - er, ana piacea mm in tiiarsc oi ina road work in this county. He called his audience's attention to the fact that the county was paying this "in terloper" as he termed him, the fabulous sum of $150.00 per month and then went on to say that Martin's head would come off as soon as he, Gilliland. Is elected. We people up here are wondering if Gilliland thinks we are all fools or that our memories do not go back to the time he held the position he so earnestly covets at the present time. We quite distinctly remember thai he employed one Dave Lavender plac ed him in charge of the road work, with the title of road master, payed for his livery hire, (with the county funds), and paid him a salary equal to the amount that is paid Mr. Mar tin. Every body knows that Lavender is not an engineer, never had any prac tical experience as a road builder and had no knowledge or training to fit him for the position he held. j Mr. Martin has had years of ex perience in road building; was county I surveyor for four years, was for many I years a railroad engineer and la a i practical bridge engineer. j He draws all the plans for bridges for the present county court and su perintends construction of all work of this character and has in this re spect saved the county many hund red dollars that under the Gilliland regime went to tne man who had a monopoly of the bridge business in Gilliland Is making a desperate ef- I fort to get back n the county court again but we have too vivid a reco- lection of his mismanagement of the county affairs when he held the of- fice f county judge to vote for him again. ADAMSITE. FRENCH EX-PREMIER SAYS BRITISH ARE OF N3 HELP PARIS, Oct. 31 The lack of Judg ment displayed by ex-Premier Joseph Caillaur In a iwvnt snewh triw n-h iK he is now serving a sentence of two!0' Messrs Gilliland and Walker, spent weeks' Imprisonment in a French for- tress was a subject of surprised com ment by prominent men here. In an address made on the fighting line at Doulens. where, talking to troops belonging to his own political I constituency. Caillaux was ouote J as saying: "If any of you would like to be transferred to less dangerous positions you have onl yto tell me. The situation is exceedlnsly grave for we are fighting the world alone. The Kritish are of no help to us." REPUBLICANS FLOCK 10 MARSH FOLLOWING GILLILAND EXPOSE Thoroughly Impressed with the truth of the damaging exposures pub lished by this paper against T. P. Gilliland and incensed that such methods were followed by the old county court, republican voters are flocking literally by the hundreds to the support of C. II. Marsh for coun ty Judce. This Is shown by scores of Individual statements received by Mr. Marsh in person and by phone and letter. Also by reports brought to the city by men who have been In various parts of the county during the last week. So plain and clear has been the ev idence against Gilliland that the fact have sunk home and he is denounc ed by all save those prejudiced throush extreme partisanship or for t'ther reasons. In his speeches the ex -Judge has made use of impassioned oratory to defend himself, but impar tial men who have heard him say ? has presented no facts sufficient t I 1 LONDON, Oft. Sl-Atutcldnf Turkish squadron In the Black sea, Russia a warship sank m tntae-layer and a destroyer and captured a collier according to a dlffpatch to the Star. The mcAeage amid the Turks are bombarding Sevastopol. PETROGRAD. Oct. 31 Russia U preparing to fight the Turks. Nothing official has been heard from Constantinople but no precau tions have been overlooked to meet the emergency which Turkey has pre. cipltated by Joining In the war. The csar all along. It was said, has recognized the possibility of a clash . wUhh7 Russian warships and troops have been moved In accordance with prearranged plan. On news from the Black sea there Is a close censorship. The Turkish ambassador has been tdvlced that the Turkish cabinet met at Constantinople on Friday night and it was believed that the confer ence was still In progress. It was be lieved -that the cabinet would decide the question of war or peace. Great Britain and France have assured Russia that they will support the csar against Turkey. CAST AHIS GILIJLAXD INVOLVES COCKRURX BY CIUTICISIXG WILD HORSE ROAD WORK. By attacking the Wild Horse road improvement last night ex-Judge Gil liland assailed Messrs Cockburn and Waterman, both republicans who con stitute the majority on the present county court and one of whom. Mr. Cockburn, Is running for reelection. The Incident Is resented by friends of Cockburn. ln ms tal11 Ia-st night Gilliland also made a false claim that when he was on the court he favored building a road straight down Wild Horse and leading down to the Lee street brldg'j on tho north side of the river. The iruin is mat sucn a road as that was asked for in 1904 by farmers and bus iness men and the matter was put t) the court which turned the matter down flat as being Impractical There fore Gilliland's claim last nlsht he fa. vored improving the road la untruth ful. At the same time the court refused to take up improving the Wild Horse road the court, thsnj under control as much money Improving the road to Bingham Springs as would have been required on Wild Horse. The court had a plan under consideration to make a substantial highway from "ere to isingnam past the W. J. Fur. nome Bna was onI' popped w hen the Farmers t'nion protested. A Heppner dairy has Installed a complete outfit of sanitary and labor saving machinery manufactured by Monroe and Crlssell, Portland. eff.set in any way the mw of evi dence against him. In tiM apewh nt night he failed to mention sonm of the strongest accusations MKultwt him arid showed tearfulness vr his position by announcing he would an swer no questions put to him t.y the audience. The names of the two rundldifen for Judge will l on the ballot Tues day and the votes will l, counted. However, under the supreme court decision as it now ntun U. Jud Mo loney must hold oflh ,. two ye.irs long, r so will continue on duty trna.fl lexs of how the election guru There fore the election will (,. sUnlfhui nt chiefly as showlnn the state of publl sentiment regarding tho brldg frmdi that Iiuvm been exposed. In th vent he ,., r-elv the highlit n.unhrf of votes next Tuesday It l wild fJIIIJ. land will k. election a count Judge two yearn hence. Therefore If. n t'timtwiit on tho pooph t d. fciif hhn Utile.. they ,4nt hiol In ,.';:,- 4 i,i. Oil i llll! MATE