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II , . mM. -C l!i U&hilk DAILY EYEIililO EEITIOII DAILY RtllS po;i ForeoiHt fl(r Fastcm On-frr.il, by t I nitnl state Weather (ittservc at Portland. o TO ADVERTISERS. mm, Th Flint Oregonlan liaa the In r cent pall clrciilatl.m of any jmMf In OrPKou, eaat of Portland ud oer twice tli circulation to Peudleton of any other newapaper. Fair tonight and fiost tonisht. Saturday; light COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 26 .A V DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1915. NO. 8472 sf V - MIES I! ATTLEFSELDS ! BLOWS AT AUSTRIA Russians in the East and French in the West Deliver Terrific Attacks Against the Enemy. JOSEF MAY SUE FOR PEACE lYvnvk Attacks Keep Gcruutuy from Sending? lleliifom.iiieu to Uio AuinrUtiui In the, ('nnwUilaiui Slav slowly Forcing Their Way To ward Invasion of Hungury. French Aviators at the Front v. ... ro ' r i , Ti - 7T7Vt if Hi- J. F. ROBINSON IS ELECTED HEAD OF 0 ROADS IN Permanent Organization is Being Formed Here at Meeting of Dele gates From County Towns. LARGE NUMBER ATTENDING li hi SAJ2J30S GILBERTS AVIAToftS. Uf S. Garni, and Gilbert. French av.a- recnal,Si,noea over the German line, tors who led their inifoui,. i,f..,'ln homl,,ir,ll., i..nin... . 'v" tvtw .wiin.ru (Julius oi ine enemy with bomtw. Uoth m mliwed death by a hair on The same daring u-hi u .. . .l. J OL'caf,lon. Garroa only recently of debates waB called and the fol ns. oarinjr which nerved them eucceedimr In hnn ., lowing fn,,H nr,. "ilrcua Htunts" n BY ED L. KEEN. LONDON. April . Upon two greut battltriclila, 700 nillca apart, the allied armies are cooperating lo a mighty attempt to cruah Austria and force Emperor Franj Joaef tn jiue for peace. Official and unoffi cial disputchea Indicate the allies are .slowly working toward aucceaa. Through the Carpathians the Rus sians are slowly but ateadlly advanc ing Into Hungary. Auatro-German forces, defending the approaches to Hungary, are In retreat at nearly ev ery point. From Bucharest came re ports of startling losses suffered by the Teutonic allies. It was estimat- nw.pa ihun sAfionit f!erinanji and Austrian have been killed, wounded ' the war, are leaders In the aeroplane en"m' wi'h bombs. Both men have or taken prisoners during the great wing of the allies' army In France. struggle of trie mouniaina. in me west a great battle Is raging. lis principal object Is also striking a deuth blow at the dual monarchy. Hurling themaclvea against the Ger. man lines In the region of t. Mlhiel, the French are sacrificing blood and men like water In repeated furious uHNiuhs. So long aa the attack con tinues Germany must keep every avail able man In the west to hold her po sitions. It was expected the kaiser would order men withdrawn from the Ger man line In France to be rushed to the east. There they would have joined the Austrian In stemming the tide sweeping through the Carpath ians. The withdrawal of these forces now 1 Impossible owing to the French attack. Men and guns that might J have gone to aid the Austrian are' engaged In a deadly struggle in I Fraace. All reports Indicate ' that Hungary' Is In a state of terror. Secretary and Board of Dlrtxtors yet to bQ ICIoctrd Mettine Is Called to Order at 2 O'clock This Afternoon With lYank Sloan of Stanfleld Prodding. UN OF GEIW'CE IN THEIR III li EARNING RIGHT Of E WJth delegates present from every section of the county, a meeting of good roads enthusiasts is being held this afternoon in the Pendleton Com mercial association rooms. The meet ing is the culmination of preliminary meetings held in various localities during the past few weeks for the pur Pose of rousing the people to the need of Improved highways. The meeting was called at 2 o'clock this afternoon with Frank Sloan of Stanfield presiding. It was decided to Perfect a permanent organization by electing a president and secretary and a board of seven, directors. J. F. Rob inson of Pendleton was cnosen president. At the outset of the meeting the roll (By William Philip Simins. United Press .Staff Correspondent. Copy right, 1915, by the United Press.) PARIS, April 9. Burying private griefs, every woman of France is la- Korlnor In her nun unv tnn-arH the victory French women regard as cer- Kbmmerzienrat Hedwig Heyl, an In taln, Madame Isabelle Rene Vlviani, tlmate friend of the German emprea' wie of the French prime minister, and chairman of the German central declared to the United Press today, commission in charge of women's ac "The women of France are doing tivities in the present war, so declar all In their power," said Madame VI- ed today. (By Carl W. Ackerman, United Prea Staff Correspondent Copyright 1915, by the United 1'reaa.) BERLIN, via The Hague, April . German women are "earning" their right to suffrage, Frau', ITSCAl PS 10 ATTACK THE OAlliEllES Indications Point to Activity on Part of Allies to Make Assaults by Land and Sea. "Suffrage just now is a secondary consideration," said Heyl. "Now It is the task of the women of Germany FRENCH SOLDIERS ARE READY African Troops Arc in Shape to Talus the Field Aa Soon A Thrtr As sistance U Wanted Rrady Proceed to Any point Without De lay Some Troops Landed. LONDON, April . Transport to help the government In every po- convoyed by cruiser have been sight viani. "However much our hearts bleed at the sight of so much suf fering, we will remain resolute until the end." The wife of the man at the head sible way. The ballot will come to d off fn0' 38 mlIe northwest of of the French cabinet is one of the! the women of Germany when the Galllpoll. according to an Athens hardest toilers in France. Each day! war is over. The government will dPatch. The transport are report she directs a nursery she organized i find that we have been so much help d to be discharging troop on Tur for the children of the soldiers at the' in war that our assistance Is needed kish Bo11 for lani attack upon th front. She visits the hospitals, dlrecu In peace.' I Dardanelles. to do peace, succeeding In beutlnir off two Tmihea midair in which were .ittoni,.i . ........ now serves them In making to earth. NAHM MONEY ON HAND IS NOTENOUGH ACCORDING TO BIDS PARIS, April . Captured trench ea so filled with bodies of mangled Germans that the French were unable to occupy them and woods filled with dead and dying are described In of flclal dispatches telling of the terrible fighting about Suint Mlhiel. So tu rlous has the battle raged that neither side has time to gather the wounded or bury the dead. Along the slopes and In the valleys, pllea ol bodies were declared to be actually hampering operations. Advance were made over ground littered with dead, maimed and dying. The havoc wrought by the French artillery was evident In every German trench the French reached. A communique from the war office threw no light upon the general pro gress of the offensive In the great battle In that region. Some progress waa reported at Eparges, where six machine guns and two mortars were captured. There was no Information to Indicate the offensive was ap proaching an end. Despite the tre mendous losses on both sides the ' conflict was renewed today with the utmost ferocity at nil points. BERLIN, April 9. Despite enor- mo us losses, the french are now at tacking the German positions about Saint Mlhiel with "increased fierce ness" said a war office statement At every point the German lines are being maintained and as a result of strong counter attacks the French 'are being driven slowly southward along a line running from Saint Ml hiel to Pont-a-Mousson, It was declared. When the bids for the construction of the new natatorlum at Round-up lark were opened yesterday after noon, It was found that the lowest bid or combination of bids would not , permit of the work being done ac cording to the present plan and specification with the amount of money on hand. Therefore a Joint, meeting of the special Commercial club committee and the city council will be held this evening to determine whether or not the plan will be re wseo .ana tne expense reduced or whether an efforv will be made to raise the balance or money necea aary. The lowest bid for the natatorlum complete was 18.948, which Is 1948 more than the amount raised for the work. The committee in making Its plans relied upon the estimate of the engineer that the work could be done well within the sum raised and Is thus presented with a new problem. They would very much like to build the natatorlum according to the plans drawn but do not wish to go contrary to public sentiment. They feel that they could probably raise tho additional money but do not want to ask for It if the majority of the subscribers feel that the natatorlum for a a designed la too complete city the size of Pendleton. Five bids for the natatorlum com plete, including concrete work, car yiuuiuing, painting and ev erything except excavating, which has already been done, were receiv ed. So far as a rather cursory Inves tigation of the bids haa revealed, L. Momerasirelll of this city ha the lowest bid, his figures being 18,948. James Upton of this city was second with a bid of 1946". The other bids on the completed natatorium were as follows: E. E. Angel, J10.1U; Louis J. Upp, (10,534 and E. E. Har lowe, (12,500. On the carpentry alone the follow ing were the blds Angel, J3.397.50, Upp, $4 044 and C. H. Belts, 14,202. 82. The lowest of the several plumb. Ing bids was J775 put In by Beddow & Miller and the lowest bid on the concrete work alone was by the Mnith Construction Co., by E. C. Day for 14780. The total for the low bids on the concrete work, carpentry and plumbing separate Is still Jo. 30 higher than the total bid of Monter astrelll so that It seems probable that ne will secure the contract If the r.atatorlum is 1 built . according to the present plans. lowing found present: Uklah, J. H. Wugnoner; Umatilla. C. G. Brownell, D. C. BroWnell; Pen dleton, W. W. Harrah, J. F. Robin son, Leon Cohen, Douglas Belts; Her miston, Don Campbell: Stanfield, Ralph Holte; Echo, R. R. Lewis, 4. B, i xuomson; moi KocK Jc, (ieorge Robers; Athena, C. A. Barrett, W. S. Ferguson; Adams. T. A. LWuallen: Pilot Rock, C. J. Miller; T. P. Gilli iand. George Carnes Mr. Elv; Helix, J. S. Norvell. C. C. Connor. H. J. Bell; Huldman, Fred McRae.'Wm. Kupers, J. T. Hoopea, R. O. Earnhart; Vin cent, A. L. Hodgeant Mr. Simonds, M Morrow. the work rooms for women, busies herself with countless other activities in addition to presiding over her own household. She Is indefatigable No task seems too great for her if it aids toward "the final victory." When I Interviewed Madame Vl viani, I found her overseeing the r.urseries and the school canteen lo cated in the famous hotel Biron in the middle of a green park in the daughter of heart of Paris. U. S. army. "You must excuse me if I don't "When the war broke out."' said answer questions just as you might this gray-haired, kindfaced woman, Frau Mavl is one of the leading business women of Germany. She' PARIS. April 9. French troop succeeded her late husband as pres- from Africa are ready to assist the ident of the world famous Hayl chem-' alliel fleeta and British expeditionary leal works. Instead of making -j forces against Turkey. The followlnr chemicals exclusively in thee war:official statement waa Issued by the times, her factories are now pre serving fruits and canning vegeta bles. Frau Hayl received me through the kindness of Miss Margaret Glenn, General Glenn (Continued on page elgut) (Con tinned on page five.) PROBABLE LINE-UP OF THE PENDLETON TEAM GIVEN BOYS ARE IX READINESS VOR OPKXIXG GAME OF THE SEASON OX SUNDAY. Here is the probable line-up of the Pendleton Bucks in the opening LOCAL VETERAN WAS AT SURRENDER OF GEN. LEE WELL KNOWN COUNTY MAN DIES HERE AT SETII M. RICHARDSON WAS EPH WILBl It PASSES AWAY P PRESENT AT APPOMATTOX WITH GEX. GRANT. Today, the 60th anniversary' of the surrender of the Confederate forces at Appomatox, Virginia, prob ably means more to Seth M. Rich ardson than it does to any other res dent of Pendleton, for not only was he" present on that historic occasion but he stood within fifteen feet of General U. S. Grant and General Robert E. Lee when the latter sur-. rendered his sword to the former and the former courteously refused to ac cept It. IKK ILLNESS LASTING SEV ERAL MONTHS. E. S. Wilbur, known to his many friends as Eph Wilbur, died at mid night last night in his apartment in the Temple building following a long Illness. A post-mortem examination this morning showed that death had been caused by cancer of the liver. Funeral services will be held In the Folsom chapel this evening at 7 o'clock and the body will be taken J tomorrow morning to La Grande where Interment will take place at 10 war office. "The expeditionary eorpa to th orient, which was placed under com mand of General A. G. L. D'Amad of the1 81,(1 concentrated at Bizerta (a for- tified seaport of Tunis, Africa), to perfect it organization, has effected the voyage of the Levant under th best of condition . It ha been ready since March 15 to aid the al lied fleets and British expeditionary corps. "in waiting, it was deemed advis able not to prolong the stay of the troops aboard the transport, and, for this reason, the hospitality of Egypt was accepted. The French force have been debarked at Alexandria and are installed at Ha ml eh, where they are resting and perfecting their organization and cohesion. They are ready to proceed without delay t any point necessary. WILL COMPENSATE OWNERS FOR LOSS OF THE FRYE WASHINGTON. April . Gcr many' Intention to compensate the owners of the American ship William P. Frye. sunk on the high sea with her cargo of wheat by the commerce, raider Prlni Eltel Friedrich. wm for. game of the Blue Mountain league f,eeona New rorK regiment, Dore mBj uregon. naung ueen uorn in mjmally communicated to the United Richardson was a member of the 0 cloek' First Maine cavalry which, with the! Deceased was a native of eastern Sunday, as announced bv Manaeer! br"nt of the fighting that preceded , Grande Nov. 25. 1860. He was thusj states government Ambassador GI Ballard today: Peterson behind thelthe surrender and w hich, following r past 54 years old. With his father he , rard cabled a note handed him by the 1 NEWS SUMMARY SPECIAL TRAIN 1Y TAKE LOCAL P E BACK FROM CEL EBRT1 General. Transport are sighted on tho nay Willi troop to attiick tho Dardanelles from Uio land. Armies of allies In cast and nest delivering smashing blows against enemy. Women of Frawe and Germany earning light of suffrage. Ijocal. Good Roads meeting attended by delegates from all sections, atan present at surrender of Lee recall event on It 50th anniversary. , Bids on natatorlum alt call for more money than Is In fund; Montcr astrolU is lowest. Auto club to be organized this eve ning. Eph Wilbur snccumlis to long 111-aces. Further details as to the arrange ments for the greut celebration at Ce lllo May 5 were disclosed here today by the urrlvul of Jack Miller, travel ing passenger agent for the O.-W. R. & N. Co. According to Mr. Miller, It is the Intention of the rullroad company to run a steam train instead of the mo tor car from Pendleton to Umatilla en the evening of May 4. This train leaves here at 6:30. So those mak ing the trip may eat dinner before leaving if they desire. If a sufficient number of people desire It a special train will be run from Umatilla back to Pendleton the night of May 4. If there is not suf ficient putronage to justify the ex tra train those desiring to return home from Umatilla may do so on the midnight train. The steamer Is scheduled to leave Umatilla at 5:30 on the morning of May 5. Local people who wish to make the trip but do not wish to spend the night at Umatilla may take train No. 19 westbound which leaves her nt 3:25 a. m. This train will get them to Umatilla in time to con nect with the steamer. Those desir ing to muke the entire trip by rail my use the Portland local No. 1, which will be provided with special equipment that day. A special train and Pendleton for the accommoda tion of the crowd on the return trip The people of The Dalles r mk. Ing elaborate preparations to accom modate visitors In their city and the government is also preparing to en ii-nain ine celebratlonists at Big Eddy. The portage road will be kept In operation along the canal and will tune tne people to The Dalles after the elebratlon. 100 commanaer of the post at Vancouver has offered to send the United States army band to Celllo If desired and It Is probable arrange ments will be made to this effect Senator Borah of Idaho has been asked to be one of the speakers at the opening of the canal and it is understood he will accept VETERANS CELEBRATE VICTORY OF GRANT DES MOINES, la., April 9. Com- Plying with a general order from Col. David J. Palmer, commander- in-cnier or tne Grand Army of the Republic, old soldiers all over the country are busy today celebrating the surrender of Lee to Grant Just 50 years ago. In many places, accord ing to reports received by Col. Palm er, other patriotic societies are asslst- wlll be operated between The Dallesllng )n tn0 ceiPbratlon. bat Webb or McGarrigle in the box. Peters on the initial sack, Ralph Knight at the keystone sack, Siebert on the hot corner, Gordon or Patton in the short patch, and Varlan, Par lett and Ernest Knight In the out- gardens. Just skimming an eye over the ar ray, It looks pretty good and a little observation at the park during prac tice time will confirm the opinion.1 For Instance there are Gunner Peter son and Clarke Varlan, two of the leading hitters of the Western Tri-j state league last season and two of: the men largely responsible for Ten dleton's pennant Both have been! bona fide residents of Pendleton alii year and, not having caught on in; professional company and desiring to. Keep their hands In, they have con sented to play with the amateurs. Peterson will work behind the bat and at that position will be able to direct the Infield work of the young sters. In the. pitching department there is nothing lacking. McGarrigle, who Is truck-farming Just outside the city, once upon a time was In profes sional company and last season cap tained Pendleton's Blue Mountain team. He Is a good inflelder as well as a twirler. Webb has been in the city for a year. His spit balls not long ago-at'.iicted the notice of Mr. Comiskey of Chicago ar.d won tor, him a short tenure wlQ the White Sox. , I The Infield might be mistaken for! the Pendleton high school track j team, or maybe the basketball tcam.j Peters, Siebert and Gordon belong to! both and Knight only a year or two .ugo was one of the fastest sprinter! In the school. They are all fast men with rattrRl ability and pln y of ginger. The best sluggers on the team are In the outfield. Everybody knows hereabouts what Varlan can do with th willow and as for Parlett and 'Inlght they won tho reputation of being two of the most consistent wielders of the wnrcliiba In the Blue Mountain league hist season. On the second siring of players there are any number of comers and. 11 to ateam ulong at a stiff pace Sunday to nose out a victory. tne surrender, roae an , oay wun "au oeen mieresieu in me sunmiu j Uerlln foreign office in reply to the General Grant as an escort. business for many years and at the recent American communication sub- "The surrender tooK place about time of his death was associated withmitting a claim for an Indemnity of 9 o'clock in the morning." said the the elder Wilbur In the management j J22S.059.54 on behalf of the Frye s old veteran this morning. "I had and operation of a mill on McKay owners. ridden up with m troop to escort creek. Several weeks ago he came to . The foreign office upholds, without Grant from the old stone building and Pendleton for medical treatment that qualification, the legality under inter was within fifteen feet of the two proved unavailing. He is survived by national law of the raider's action in . jus wmow anu a son. nusscii uour, . sinking- the Frve and tw.. ih. (Continued on pane tiv 1 who is attending the high school. "Beanshooter" to Throw Bombs www IS . -t 'V i v . J : k - - - ,". " J I i V I . , ' . : 1 t t j. . tr - Hr . i . 1 1 ' i r il t - t ,"'-4 . , . .1 This evening at a meetim; of auto mobile owners in the i Vmimrrtul u,i sociatlon. a Umatilla county aotomo. bile club will be organiz-d' for thi purpos.- of promoting the cau.tw of good r la.lf and seeurlng a co-oper.. tion among the autuSis upon yth.-r matters In which all ur Interested. The meetinif Is the nute.inie ..f a u. lestion made by HetiresHnl.iilvM ( V. LUitner at a reccjit good road rn..; ing In this city. The nuRKeitton w.-n leized upon as a worthy una and earthworks of th. . ... " . ' '" """" r" shooter - is the latest war engine elastic bands are use I A a , , . "k'',n ,h'"" ..sod In the trenches, the photograph she in.wer anTthev ca h P7 DioT"m'Dt u ot "' The mating nt. ..... 1 t- . . I""- "' they can hurl tho ..open to all who own or dri. e.-.r. ... ,1 distance of a hundred un! 1 ,ith reasonable accuracy. ' u d. yirej. nrre are any nu inner or comers una, j Kurtf itaTvw u ... ' ' ltogethcr. Manager Ballard expects: fllLl lARl " 5EAN SHOOTER FOR THROWING RnrtftS' 0 make the Pilot Rock machine, u IA" W A treat big slingshot, or "Bean Jbility of the German government to I pay Indemnity solely on the old Prus j sian-American treaties of 1799 and 1828, which provides that contraband ! belonging to the subjects or citizens jof either party cannot be confiscated by the other and may be detained or used only in consideration of payment ot the full value. Compensation Matter of Course. In view of this stipulation, the note says, of course the American owners must be compensated for their loss. It is pointed out, however, that the case of necessity must go Into a priae court. In order that questions of own ershlp, cargo, destination, etc., may be formally established. The German position is that th Frye's cargo of wheat was contraband because it was consigned "for orders" to Queenstown. which is declared t be a fortified point of Great Britain. No notice is taken of the fact that since the wheat was sold en route to Iritish citizens, the United State filed a claim for the ve.soi only, this question being left f..r de velopment in the prii court. AUTOMOBILE CLUB WILL BE FORMED HERE THIS EVENING wine men um oi neuri luuure ana snowing, a French Instrument ready bombs Bo.no mi wun orain laiiure. rr oust'ng a small bomb into the i f i. i I 1 I ' i E ' I ' t ll