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Forecsm for Ksern Oregon, by the
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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 26
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1915.
NO. 8473
BONDING PLAN FOR ROADS TO BE SUBJHTTED TO PEOPLE
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UMATILLA COUNTY
AUTOMOBILE CLUB
ID ESTABLiS
R. W. Ritner is Elected President
and George Strand Vice-President
at Meeting Held Here.
TO BOOST FOB 6000 ROADS
Dr. M. B. Kern H Secretary and
Walter McCoratmach Treasurer
April 20 1 Set for Day In AVIiiili
All Are Asked to Get Out and
Help Improve Roads of County.
With Representative R, w. Ritner
as president, George Strand, vice
president, Dr. M. 8. Kern as secre
tary and V alter Mel ormmach as
treasurer, the I'matllla County Auto
Club came Into being lust evening
and began at onre Ha work for good
roads by setting Tuesday, April 20
as a day upon which not only auto
owners but farmers, business men
and every body Interested In Improv
ing the public highways will be ask
d to lay aside all other work In or
ler to "contribute eight hours' actu
al phvalcal labor toward making the
roads better. The organization of the
club and its first action was. a fitting
end of a day that meant much for
the cause of good roads in Umatilla
county.
, bHu o f o m Parts!
l the county and the organization
was given a good start toward a
working fund by the Payment of the
five dollar fee by thirty-five mem-
tnjrs. W!hln a few da)i..lhe officer,
expert to iiave u me.nbf. enroled
While the association Is designed
principally to organise
automobile
owners, the membership will not be
limited exclusively to those having
cars. Anyone Interested In the work
'the club Intends doing Is entitled to
Join.
A membership committee consist
Ing of Hugh Bell of Helix, Joe Hodg
son of Weston, C. J. Miller of Pilot
Rock, Earl Tulloch of Pendleton, J.
O. Hales of Adam. Asa B. Thomson
of Echo and Carl McNaught of Her
tnlstnn, was appointed and applica
tion for membership may be made to
any one ,of them or to any one of the
officers.
President Ritner was empowered
to name seven directors and an
nounced this morning that he would
name them ell from sections outside
of Pendleton, Inasmuch as thta city
1a renresented by three of the offl-
ers. A meeting of this hoard will be
held at 1 o'clock next Saturday aft
ernoon Just prior to the good roads
meeting and any members or any
one Interested will be welcome to at-
innri
The Umatilla County Auto Club
will probably affiliate with the na
tional automobile association. it
will not confine Its activities toward
working for good roads, though this
will ever be Its principal purpose, but
will give Its attention to all matters
ir,tret to the auto world. It
uroa nrnnnsed last evening to
all of the roads In the county but the
r.mnraial was met with an announce
m.nt made by County Judge Marsh
that the court had already ordered
iron signboards upon which will be
marked the distance and direction to
different polnu In the county for the
guidance of the traveling pudiic,
Kirh Killed In Revolt
SOFIA. Bulgaria , April 8. The
Commander Strumltaa telegraphs that
the villagers of Vlllandovo, exaspera
ted by the cruel conduct of the Serb
n authorities, rose In revolt and
killed the Serbian guards.
Reinforcements were sent In and
the villagers were forced to flee to
the frontier. Measures have been
taken to disarm rebels who reached
Bulgarian territory..
A million dollars of good Umatilla
county cash is rolling around In the
streets and roads In the form of auto
mobiles, according to a report and
compilation Just completed by Major
Lee Moorhpuse, local Insurance agent,
frqm the 1916 Insurance reports and
from a personal Investigation. Ho
finds that there are approximately
1000 automobiles within the boundar-
AUTOS 111 Mm COUNTY
REPRESENT 01 $1 .000,000
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Indications that Turkey has turned
indications m i u, ., -
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. ' that General Llmon Von)
Anders, long the premier I
premier
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one back o Berlin. No defta It. uw
nouncement of hta w I ihl from
Tone has Seen made bt vrWM
dlspatcnao
ert he has left Turkey.
WELL KNOWN ATHENA MAN
DIES FROM TYPHOID FEVER
HARRY L. COOMANS WAS FOR
MER BOOKKEEPER OP
ATHENA NAT. BANK.
(Special Correspondence.)
ATHENA, Ore.. April 10. Harry
L. Coomans, former bookkeeper In
the First National Bank of Athena,
and sun of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Coomnn. died at Walla Walla yester
day of typhoid fever. He was taken
ill several weeks ago at Waltsburg,
where he was serving as operator for
the O.-W. R. & N. Co. He was 21
years of age and was well known In
Athena through having resided here
for four or five years. The funeral
will be held from the Athena M. E
church at J p. m. Sunday and the
service will be conducted by Rev.
Harding of Waltsburg.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY IS
WINNER IN BIS REGATTA
CARRIES OFF HONORS IN WA
TER EVENTS TODAY AT
OAKLAND ESTUARY.
OAKLAND, April 10. Stanford
University swept the waters In the
three cornered regatta today on the
estuary. The cardinal crew dashed
over the line victorious In both the
varsity and the freshmen eight oared
races. Washington finished second
In both events and California third.
The official time of the varsity race
was: Stanford, 15 minutes, 87 and
4-6 seconds; Washington, IS minutes,
43 and 1-4 seconds; California, 18
minutes, 42 one-fifth. Freshmen
Stanford. 11 minutes, one and one
fifth seconds; Washington, 11 min
utes, 16 and 1-5 seconds; California,
11 minutes, 51 and 1-5 seconds.
ics of the county and that they are
divided Into Si different makes.
Lest someone might get the .Idea
that every known variety of motor. car
has found a home In this county, It
might be stilted that the insurance
reports show that there nro no less
than 1260 dlfforent makes of cars
and that there are about 900 differ
ent factories.
(Continued on page six )
GIVES
SERBIAN INVASION
TO Till TO ITAK
Troops are Being Rushed to South
ern Frontier in Anticipation of an
Early Attack. .
RUSSIANS ADVANCE STEADILY
Defcnms of Hungary Hu Rcai-lvd
Desperate Slrults and Ansulaiu
Are I'mctli-ally at ltay n the
Moiintuln I'aMKs That Italy Will
Strike Blow Soon Swing Apparent.
ROME, April 10. Driven by the
Russians to a point where she must
make a last stand In the Carpathians
In defense of Hungary and threatened
by Italy on the south, Austria has
abandoned all plana for a new inva
sion of Serbia, according to Informa
tion which has reached here. Troops
intended for an Invasion are now be
ing concentrated on the Italian fron
tier, It was declared.
Despite renewed rumors that Aus
tria Is bending every effort to arrange
a separate peace, greatest prepara
tions are being made In anticipation
of an attack by Italy.
PETROGRAD, April M. After a
fortnight of most desperate mountain
n-trhes
fighting In history official dispatches
ln(ik,ated a ,u , tne bfttUe betweea
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Russian and Austrian forces In
Carpathians, except In the San
tne
river valley.
Utterly exhausted, the
Austrian are declared to have prac
tlcally ceased resistance on the
heights and in the main passes of the
mountains until the outcome of the .
fighting along the San has been de-
termlned. There a great Slav force
i clashing with the Austrtans sup-
mriPrt hv Oermnns on a line IS
miles west of the railway running
through Uzsok. The Russians are
endeavoring to capture the southern
railways leading Into Hungary.
ALL VEHICLES OF TRAVEL
ARE EXHIBITED AT FAIR
TRANSPORTATION RUILDING
IS
ONE OF MOST INTEREST
ING AT FRISCO.
(By W. E. Meacham.)
SAN FRANCISCO, April 9. The
transportation building has a large
ond comprehensive display of all
kinds of locomotion from the prim
llive means of traveling several hun
dred years ago up to the most mod
ern method of traveling by air, land
and sea.
We see here all makes of automo
biles, trucks, cars and Fords. The
Ford people set up eighteen cars each
afternoon and there is always a large
crowd watching them.
You see everything from the mo
tor-cycle to the most expensive autos
made. ' The Westlnghouse people
have a monster electric locomotive
on a huge turnstile In the center of
the building, which is in motion all
the time.
You will see here models of the
old Japanese ships of the 17th and
18th centuries, which were propelled
by oars.
And In contrast to this can be seen
models of the most up to date ocean
going vessels and battleships.
The Southern Pacific company haj
the first locomotive built In 1863 for
the Central Pacific, which la In
strange contrast to the modern oil
burner located beside It.
You will see models of great
bridges, depots and patent devices
and relief maps of some of the great
systems.
The Lincoln highway and Colum
bla River highway are shown by
great relief maps that extend sever
al hundred feet around the great ex
hibit halls. The Wells-Fargo people
have one of the old Concord coaches
used by tham In California and Ne
vada In the early days. They have
life site plaster parls casts of the
pony express rider and the old stage
couch and driver to represent the old
method of handling mall and express
and, In their moving picture show,
the new way of handling It Is shown.
. There are many other things that
could be mentioned that are most In
teresting but we have not the time to
go Into detail. -
Kaintorlmit Meeting Postponed.
The Joint meeting of the natntorl
um committee and the city council
called for lost evening to consider
the bids received was postponed un
til some time next week.
Six Men Pair Off
and Fight Deadly
Duel in the Street
TWO ARE I)ED. TWO DVOfG
AMI TWO DESPERATELY
WOUNDED- IS FIGHT.
LETART, West Virginia, April 1.
Two men are dead and two. ace
dying, while two others are desperate
ly wounded as a result of a Inn
standing feud which culminated late
yesterday when six brothers, repre
senting the Shirley and Boswortb.
families, paired off deliberately, drew
long bladed knives and faoed their
opponents, carefully selected with
regard to age. While the knives of
the duelist flashed and the fighters
cursed and groaned, several hundred
men, women and children stood
transfixed with horror as they look
ed on. Earl Shirley, 28 and Urson
Bosworth, 38, eldest sons of the two
families, killed each other. Standing
breast to breast they slashed until
neither bore semblance to a human
telng. Fighting similarly. Jackson
Shirley and John Bosworth, the sec
ond sons, fatally wounded each oth
er, and Harry Shirley and" Tom Boa
vorth, youngest brothers, fought un
til each was dangerously wounded.
AFTER LONG ILLNESS, FRAKK
P. ROUNDS GALLED BY DEATH
WELL KNOWN RESIDENT SUC
CUMBS iAST EVENING HE
WAS YEARS OLD..
Death last evening Just at 6 oldock
claimed Frank P. Rounds, well known
resident of this city for many years
and for the past quarter at a century
the local foreman of the O.-W. R. &
X. yards. HJs death followed a lin
gering illness of several years which
had lately taken rich a serious turn
that the end tu-A been expected for
several a s.
Deceased was 69 year tw months
na iv aas oiu ai me uu.e . uu..
naving Deen oorn
in Ion a county,
Michisan. Jan. 29.
1646. In 1863,
when he was but 17 years oM, he Join
ed the Third Michigan Infantry and
served through the remainder of the
Civil War and at its clone- being sent
down Into Mexico for a short time
When he retired from the army he
was a second lieutenant.
At the conclusion of his soldiering,
he entered the employ of the Grand
Rapids and Indiana railroad and to
the end of his life was engaged In
this kind of work. He-came west in
1886 and entered the employ of the
O.-R. & N two years later0 at The
Dalles, remaining there two years be
fore being transferred to Pendleton.
From 1890 until three months ago
he acted as foreman of the local yards,
rendering the comany efficient ser
vice all of this time. Every railroad:
man alone the line knew him and was
his friend.
In 1882 he was married to Miss Car.
olyn Wheeler and he Is survived by
his widow and their one son, Roy
Rounds of Portland. Two brothers,
It. P. Rounds of Walla Walla and
James Rounds of Webster, Michigan,
also survive him. He was a member
of the Episcopal church but was not
affiliated with any fraternal order.
The funeral will be held Monday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Church
of the Redeemer with Rev. Charles
Qulnney officiating.
GLUE MOUNTAIN LEAGUE
OPENS SEASON TOMORROW
ANTOMOBILE PARADE WILL BE
HELD PILOT ROCK PLAYS
LOCAL TEAM.
King Baseball will take his throne
here In Pendleton tomorrow and great
preparation has been made by the lo
cal club for his regal advent. With
the brass band blaring out Inspiring
tunes at the head ot an automobile
parade, and with the weather god
promising the prevailing brand, there
will be music and sunshine to greet
the first game of the season between
the Pendleton Bucks and the Pilot
Rock Pebbles of the Elue Mountain
League.
The local club has arranged for an
auto parade to start from the Hotel
Pendleton at 2 o'clock In the after
noon. The parade will be headed by
the' band boys with the ball players
in new uniforms following In the auto
bus of the hotel. All autolsts of the
city are asked to Join In the parade to
make the bet; inning of the season a
propitious one.
The ball boys will arrive at Round
up Park at 2:30 and begin their pre
liminary practice. The game will be
called promptly at 3 o'clock. Two lo
eul dignitaries, not yet selected, will
be the honorary battery for the first
ball pitched and then his umps will
announce, "naileries ior lonay s game
for Pendleton. Webb and Peterson, for
Pilot Rock, Purling nml Albrecht
Piny ball "
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Between There and the Meuse t'ie
French and Germans are Looted
in a Terrific Struggle.
GERMANS CLAIMS SUCCESS
Gaols Ropurtfd to Have Suffered H
tcto Iteversca In, Desperate A8-
shuIU Ajrainst Entrenched Positions
of the Teutons 1 l(,-litiiig la Severe
AH Along the Line.-
PAR1S, April 10. Struggling, up.
Combres Heights In the face otf a
withering fire from German guns,
the French continued their fierce at
tacks upon the positions of the en
emy despite the terrible toll jaJd.
Reports indicate the French are
pressing the advantage gained ia the
capture of . Eparges. yesterday. The
Germans are holding positions aA the
top of the plateau and machines (ins
are raking the approaches wltn
deadly effect. Despite the mix of
death pouring in upon thein, the
French are delivering daring; bayo
net charges up the slopes and. slowly
fighting their way to the togr ef the
heights. In the Allly woods an at
tack is being directed agaUsst the
southern side of the German wedge
equally as violent. It. la beiived that
one object of the terrific attack be
ing made by the French la this re
gion Is to force the Germans to lift
the pressure exerted upo the allied
lines In the Champagne legion,. Al
sace and long the seacoasfc. Prospects
are that wun vigorous ugnuns
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.ROAD TO RIVER CAM SAVE
$320,000 TO COUNTY YEARLV
(From a talk made yesterday by W.. W. Harrah)
"Figures from the interstate commerce commissJjjn:
ehow tEat the average, rail rate, considering all cla?,
is seven and a half mills per ton mile, if we had such a.
rate on wheat, a product entitled.to th very lowest.rjate,
the rate to Portland, would be four a.nd a half cent, per
bushel instead of eight and a fourth, eents now charged.
If a hard surface road to the Colu.iK.bia river will dp no
more than give the average rail rate it will meafi a re-,
duction of over. 40 per cent from: present rates.. Uma-.
tilla county non pays approximately $412,500 a year as
freight on wheat. ' It is a sum greater than our total state
and county tax. On. products; pipped out anl shipped
in this county pajs annually freight charges that wiU
aggregate $800,000 a year, ti through use of the ope,
river reached by a hard surfce road or road we can r.
duce freight rates 40 per vent it will meaa $ 320,00ft a.
year tS this- county."
GOYEMMW IS LOOMS
FOB IKE M DiPS
SPKCIAL AGENT IS HERE QN
CAMPAIGN OF RDIVATION
BEIXJRE C0LL1-XT4ONS. -
"The government h on the trait of
the dodger of the income tax."
The statement was made this after
noon by Thad T. Sweek ot Portland,
special agent of the government who
Is Just now on a campaign of edu
cation preliminary to collecting in
the revenue from those of large In
come. All over the United States sim
ilar campaigns are now being con-j
ducted so that the federal omcers
will be fortified against the cry t
"We didn't know."
Mr. Sweek Is going to have his
headquarters at the Hotel Pendleton
for about a week and is ready and wil
ling to answer all information rela
tive to the workings of the income
tax law. It lsn't.hls purpose to go out
and hunt up men of large Incomes, at
least right now. At the present time
he is serving In the capacity of a trav
ellng dispenser of information on this
one subject. To get the Information
the farmer or merchant or anyone
else must seek him out and ply hlm:
with questions. The answers will be
explicit and gratuitous.
"The government is going to make
a pretty severe example out of those
individuals who are caught trying to
evade the income tax law," he said.
'Last year few violations were pun
ished because the law was; new but
this year Ignorance will not be accept
ed as an excuse. My advice to anyone
who thinks his income may be suf
ficient to bring him within the pale
of the law Is to find out for certain
and net accordingly, While the law
provides that a married man Is not
Gets Divorce,
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NEW YORK, April 10. A decree
of divorce In favor of Mrs. Mario Sie
ge! against Henry Siege-I, former de
partment store owner:, has been signt
ed. It provides for? s alimony. Sh
l given permission, use her malt
en name, Marie Vautjhn or her
married name,. MdCta V, W ilde..
taxable until his. net incon. exceeds
H000, the law very specifically re
quires that every man. whether single
or double, make a retura rf his In
come amouow N. 3(WV Therefore,
if the married man has an income of
$3000, it is up to him to make a re
turn regardless of whether he will bej
taxed. violations or mis prousiun
will be punished along with all other."
Vktah Lou Sold.
By a ieed recorded today, Lloyd E.
Stuart and wife of t'klah have sold
to Mary C. Peterson for J3150 four
lota and a parcel In L'klah.
MEWS SUMMARY
General.
Austria turns from another baAasiou
of Sorbin to dlrn-t attention to the
Italian frontier where an attwk U cv
pected.
Great battle rasing lerweeu French
anil Germans along Uk Muncllo and
the Meuse rivers.
New York stock ext-hange has niost
cxritlng nosslmi In Its Itlxtory.
Local.
County bonding plan for good road)
to Ihi submitted to the people.
Auto club Is formed and selects day
for eoimty-wldo work on roads.
Road to Columbia river may save
county $320,004 yearly In freights.
Frank P. Rounds, veteran railroader
pa..' away.
Kxcovatlon started for new wing at
Kasttrn Oreeon Stare Hospital.
ItaM'hull season will oHn tomorrow.
Million dollars worth of automobiles
in Vntatilla county.
Government income tax agent here
to warn local people.
I. II, S. nuimml training deimrt
iiK-nt veritable funilturts factory.
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Strong unty Wide Organization is
Formed Yesterday and Will Seek
Big Sesults.
VOTE PROBAELE THIS FALL
YeCTiV Gathering: Truly Rctre.
srnt:atta of Whole County M-eU
lii(f Marked by Unrmony and Spirit
of Hair Dealing With All Sections
O er . JO in Attoulaitco.
The people of Umatilla
courty are going to have a
chance to vote on the question
whether they prefer bad roads
antLhigh freight rates or good
roads and raduced freight
rates..
By unanimous. vote of the
delegates present from all
parts of the county at the good
rrdsi meeting- held yesterday
it;was decided to submit a
bonding proposition to the peo-lde-at
the; earliest, expedient
(f&te. . The details of preparing
e bill, circulating the petiti
ons, etc., is Jeft to an executive
committee of seven. This com
mittee ws elected yesterday
by ballot and comcrises in ad
dition tor the officer-of the as
sociation, W. W. Hkrrah, C. A.
Barrett Herbert Eoylen, Hugh
Eell, A..R. Shumway, Asa B.
Thomson and R. O. Efcrnhart.
Thtrconcensuadf opinion ex
presMd" yesterday was to the
effect the issue should be submitted-to
the peopJe of the
county at a special election to
be held this faff. The execu
ti committee- will hold its
fijt session? next Saturday
afternoon.
A Strang Organization.
The rnuirtlta County Good: Road
f. Association is the title of the county.
:il wlo association formed here yeeter.
day and l represents the beet organ
ized and most emphatic effort ever
made in behalf of good roads la east,
ern Oregon.
Over 30 delegates from different
towns and road districts wr In at
tendance at the 'iott wtik h lasted
all afternoon. It was a spirited
meeting from start t finish . but
there wsj not a sig ot friction at any
time. On the coij.trcy a spirit ot
harmony and fair deailag prevailed
throughout. The meeting was not
packed in behalf of any section or
la behalf of ay particular road pro
ject. It was a truly representative
meeting and the officers and directors
were chosea by open nomination
from the ftoor,
J. F. Robinson was made president
of the organization after his name
(Continued on page 4.)
WORK OF EXCAVATING FOR
HOSPITAL WING l BEGUN
REfiVXAR FORCE IS BEING EM.
PLOYED COM PL ETE PLANS
ARE NOT READY.
Actual work ot excavating for tho
aew win? of the Eastern Oregon
Slate H'wpital is now under way. The
work is being done through the use
oi the regular force at the hospital
and will be Inilepen-lent of the con.
tract for the construction of the wlnir.
The complets plans for the addi
tional wing are not yet ready but
Superintendent Me.Nary expects them
to be In readiness by tho first of the
month. In that event !t will be pos
sible to advertise for bids ami open
the proposals by the middle of Mn.v.
The matter is handled by the nU'i
board consisting ot the governor, sec
retary of state and state treasurer.
Nino "e Automolillei.
Nine new auto sales in this county
are reported today by the Oregon
Motor Garage. It. II. SUurMd. th
Echo banker. nurcheed a C-37 li'ili k
and Fords -were sold and delivered t
the following: W. K. Rutiwrs uri'l
Pan'el Hopkins of Helix: I. t. lto
era. V. SuoMe, iirtily llowlvnheil,
Brown Bros., and Joseph 10, lt"!l
Pendleton- und C. (,'hatM-y of ,ib.:tiii.