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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 26
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1915.
NO. 8475
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ELGIA
IIS TRYING
DISLODGE THE
Ml GIST
Severe Fighting Is Reported Along
Sea-Board--Concentrated Attack
Made on Drei Village.
FRENCH OFFENSIVE HALTED
I'nrU ltnrds (Vwnt(n .of .Gallic
Drive Against (ieriimn Wedge as
Indication Tluit Movement Han
Palled lighting Omllatucs Willi
Artillery III Oli District.
LONDON, April 13. Severe fight
ing has been resumed along the sea
count of Belgium. Amsterdam dls
patches tell of determined attempt!
by the Belgians to drive the Ger
mans from the village of Orel Grac
ten In the Yser region. Street fight
Jng In reported fii progress. The Bel
elans and Germans are fighting from
house to house, while the Belgian'
shell fire upon the German positions
about the village Is becoming Increas
ingly violent.
PARIS, April II. The capture of
several German trenches east of Ber-ry-au-Bac
and near Solssona la re
ported In an official announcement,
but the second offensive the French
are expected to launch against the
German lines In the Saint Mihlel re
gion has not been attempted. The
redistribution of the French forcej
In that relon which haa been verit
ably soaked with blood In the desper
ate fighting of the past week, contin
ues, It was stated. Parla la confident
that the next drive of the French will
throw the Germans back toward
Met upon their line of communica
tions. '
British aviators again dropped
bombs on the railway running trom
Brugges to Antwerp. Tha extent 01
the damage is not known. All offi
cial admission by the French war of
flee last night that the Germans are
on the offensive In the fciam, bi.
m.i And Pont-a-Mousaon regions re
sulted In the greatest disappointment
In military circles. Despite the state
ment that the French attack had been
halted pending a redistribution ol
forces and the arrival of reinforce
ments, the latest announcement from
Pnrls Is taken to mean the. new
French offensive has definitely fall-
The communique made little men
tion of the situation about St. Mlhiel.
The French are In contact with the
enemy at many points, however, and
are fighting their way through wire
entanglements erected Dy mo
mans.
Between the sea and the
.rtillerv engagements
been in progress the past 24 hours.
300 Japanese Dead
as Sea Sweeps Into
Galleries of Mine
MEN WORKING 100 I'EET BKJX)V
l'lXOlt OF THE OCEAN
C.U'UHT IN TllAP.
TOKIO, April 13. Crushed be
nealh tons of earth and the wateri
of the Japan seu at least 300 coolies
were derowned In the I'be coal mine
near Shlmonesekl strait. The men
were trapped when the roofs of the
subterranean galleries of the mine
ctllupsed. This is the first accident
of the kind In the history of the
world.
There is slight hope of rescue or
even recovery of the bodies. It 1j
considered possible but not probabls
that the coolies may have rush; J in
to the watertight eh imbcrs construct
ed aa a precaution against such an
accident.
In the I'be mine engineers worked
out a scheme of penetrating rich de
posits of coal beneath the sea floor.
From the main shaft to near the
shore they drove long, narrow galler
ies into the rock under the sea. Sev
ern! hundred miners were employed
duy and n'ght, working more than
100 feet below the floor of the ocean.
FRENCH AVIATORS WITHIN
A FEW MILES OF FERLJN
BOMBS ARE DROPPED AT II AM
lU'ltH. SETTING HUE TO
THE BUtllACKS.
LONDON, April 13. French av
iators dropped bombs at Hamburg.
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Oermany, eterday, settinc the bar.i ,we,,l"'" rou"d of the scheduled 45 wo men.
racks on fire, according to unofficial round bout between Jack Johojon l"T 5 . "g at
reports.
Such an attack as reported would
DETERMINED CHARGES MAO:
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DYER HELD TO B THE
LETflN: SUPREME
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Retains Place as Municipal Head by Virtue of
His Office as Chairman of Council at Time of
Death of Mr. Matlock-AII Di3ubt Removed as
to Validity of Water Bond Issue.
SALEM, Ore. April 13. (Special ; the council nine the death, of tha bite
SIW in Aggressive Attempt at, For-J John Wr Der 18 th rightful mayor (Mayor Matlock.
uru .iioveiiM-nt ltu-ian Press on
In the CarMithlan Muuiitains.
mean that French aviators flew more
than 375 miles from 'he nearest
point in the French lines to Ham
burg. Such a raid Is unparalleled In
the history of aviation. If the report
la true and French aeroplanes were
over Hamburg, they might have
been within striking distance of Ber
lin.
h.'ltvla a-if that hltv )ilui-lr U'lllor
and Jess Wlllard at Havana, Cube.,-knooU(.d out JohnfKin In - the 26th
April 5. The picture shows Johnson round. (Photo copyright by Inlerna
snapplng Wlllard's head back with a' tfonal News Service. 1915.)
Ger-
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have
A "good man" Is one who man
ages to be occasionally what a good
woman succeeds In being all of the
time.
CONGRESSMAN HAWLEY TO
ATTEND CELILO 0PEN1JJG
WM L BE AT VM.VTILLA MAY 4
tXNt;KI-,SSMAN KIXNOTT IS
EXPECTED ALSO.
Congressman W. C. Hawley wilt bu
among the notables In attendance at
the celebration of the opening of the
Celllo canal at Umatilla on May 4.
In response to an Invitation sent to
him by Chairman J. F. Robinson -ot
the local committee on arrangements,
he sent the following acceptance last
night by wire: "Expect to be at
Umatilla Landing May 4 and other
places for canal celebration there
after. Thanks for courtesy." No re
sponse has yet been received from
Congressman Slnnott, who was also
Invited.
NEWS SUMMARY
General
French aviators) within few miles
from Berlin. Drop bomlaa on llam
trarf. BeLtdan. trying to drive Germans
back from the coast.
Germans start new offewalTe against
the ltnsslana.
Japanese die In coal mine) beneath
tb level of the Japan mo.
Loral.
John Dyer Is held to be rightful
mayor of Pendleton.
HtanflHd yonng woman shoots her
elf, perhaps fatally.
Grand Jury Investigating German
Hall shooUng affair.
J, a Monalutn, one of Hotel Pen
dleton proprietor, passes away.
(Vtngremman Hawley will attend
Celllo celebration.
BIG GUNS OF FLEET
BOOM IN PRACTICE
XEWPOItT .NEWS, Va., April 13.
Ilig guns from I'ncle Sam's dread
naughts shook the Virginia capes to
day. The Atlantic fleet is at prac
tice. Sailing yesterday from Tangle?
Bay, the big fleet Is banging away at
targets and holding fleet battle prac
tice. Secretary of the Navy Daniel
and other Washington officials are
expected to visit the fleet during tho
three weeks' practice program.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
iid Dim oniif) qi mum
COMMISSION MEETS r,MIJ otinu HMMIU
AGAINST LGKDGN IN AUGUST
HT. 'LOUIS. April 13. The Mlsslss
ippl river improvement ewmmisMorr
met here today for the annual spring
session. Prominent congressmen in
terested in river Improvements an
among the commiss'on, which will
sail down the river to New
and hold hearings en route.
Another Sunday School Convention.
j GENEVA, Switzerland, April 13.
Germany i contemplating a great
I aerial raid on London by two sijuad-
Orleans ; r"ns fit 've Ze!'l''"n8 each according
to an interview with the secretary to
j Count Zeppelin published by the
on.stanee Nachricsten today. The
STOCKTON' Cal., April 13. With ; ral(' wm Probably be attempted in
several thousand delegates fromj AuKUFt- according to the published in
throuKhout the state in attendance, j ,ervl'",v- The German air fleet now
the California state Sunday sclio: , comprises 1366 units. Including nine
convention met here. A monster p'l-i dlrgibk-s. the count's secretary is
raJe Is planned for tomorrow. tjUnted as stating.
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PETROGRAD. April 1 i. A new
German offensive accompanied by re
newed bombardment of the fortress
f Ossnwetz and Rtrontt infantry at
tacks and the use of floating fire
rafts and incendiary bombs, has been
launched at Suwalki southward tow
ard the Vistula, according to semi
official dispatches. Near Jedvabno
the Germans have delivered several
determined charges against the Rus
sian trenches.
The Austro-German forces defend
ing the Carpathians now are practi
cally broken, It was declared. With
the principal heights dominating all
Passes in control of the Russians the
worst of the fighting, which has been
extremely desperate and bloody Is
over. -Vast Russian forces are on the
verge of sweeping down the southern
slopes Into Hungary proper. It l
predicted that within a week the Rus
sian advance guards will be seen on
the Hungarian plains.
BERLIN, April 13. Their offen
sive broken the French are being slow
ly driven out of the forest of Le Pre
tre northwest of Point-a-Mousson,
the jr office announced. A fierce
day and night attack against the
French lines, it was stated are forcing
the enemy gradually to yield ground
held in the wooded section. A few
feeble French attacks elsewhere in
the Saint Mihlel triangle have been
repulsed.
Swollen streams In Alsace having
begun to recede the French have at
tempted an offensive movement in
that region. The attacks were repuls
ed however. Another report of the al
lies using asphyxiating bombs was
made In an official announcement. It
was stated -such bombs were thrown
into German trenches east of Supples.
The situation In the ea-stern front was
declared unchanged.
or Pendleton by virtue of his office The cane was brought ahout by the
as cnairman or tne city council. at the ; question raised by the company which
lime of the death of Mayor W. F. j purchased the last water bonds as to
Matlock. This, virtually, is the decis-ithe legality of the claim of John I'yer
ion of the supreme court today in af- to the office of mayor and his right
firming Circuit Judge Phelps In the ; to sign the bonds. The question was
case of the State of Oregon ex. rel! raised because the city charter does
Robert F. Kirkpatrick vs. John Dyer. - not specifically provide for the flilln
The court holds that the charter :f the office In the event of the death
contemplates the office of mayor shall. of the elective mayor,
at all times be filled; that the council j To teL tho matter, the council ap
is commanded to elect a chairman of i Pointed R. F. Kirkpatrick mayor by
the council who shall be chief execu-, resolution and he brought quo war-
BERLIN, April IS. German avia
tors dropped bombs on the Belgian
towns of Poperinghe. Hazebrouck and
Kossel, occupied by the British, it was
announced. The extent of the dam
age is unknown. The French report
that allied aviators have dropped
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1 Brugges was officlaly denied. Onlv
11 were dropped and no damage was
done, it was stated.
Sunday School Workers Convene.
BATON ROGUE. La., April 13.
Practically every Louisiana Sunday
school was represented today in the
Sunday school convention which met
here.
tlve of the city In the absence of the
mayor and that on the death of the
mayor this officer becomes mayor
"And it follows, that John W. Dyer Is
rightfully mayor and Robert F. Kirk
patrick Is not entitled to the office
reads the opinion.
"In the opinion of Justice Harris,
the court held that the language "if
the mayor be from any cause unable
to act." contained In the Pendleton
charter. Is bread nought to. cover
any possible contingency, the sub.
stance of that section is that In such
cases the chairman of the council
ranto proceedings to oust Dyer as a
usurper. The legal proceedings were
friendly. City Attorney Cartur repre
sentlroi Dy and J. A. Fee acting for
Kirkpatrick. Judge Phelpa riud In
favor of Dyer and an appeal was taken
to the supreme court. Tho ease was
argued three weeks ago,
Th decision of the supreme court
not only places the bond lssi upon
sound basis but it makes all of the ac
tions of the council since the death
of Mayor Matlock valid. Had Dyer
teen ousted from office, the bending
company would probably have refused
shall have and lerslse the- powers) to accept the water bonds but the val-
and perform all the duties of mayor,
It is therefore concluded that Dyer
is entitled to office.
The court follows the Dver find
ings in affirming the decision against.
idity of some of the street improve
ment bonds would have been ques
tioned; and the legality oii-orMoan.
ces passed would hay likewise
been 1b Question. The counnil fop th
W. L. Bowlby who claimed ordinance. Paat few months has held up all im-
reguiaung pawnbrokers and second! Portent business awaking the out
hand dealer Invalid: because Dyer- come of the mayoralty case,
was not legally acting as mayor' The decision in the Kirkpatrick.
when he signed it. Bowlby had. been-Dyer case also decided the case
convicted of violating the ordinance, j brought by W. L. Bowlsby, second
hiwd dealer, against tr.t city. Bewls-
The decision of the supreme court j by was sentenced for a violation of an
has been awaited with, muclt anticlpa-J ordinance regulating pawnshops and
tion by the city authorities and the which was signed by Dyer as mayor,
outcome of tbe case is very pleasing He attacked the legality ef the erdl
to them inasmuch as It removes all I nance on the gruunds that Dyer waa
doubt as to the validity of the last not the rightful mayor. Bowlsby was
water bond issue and other acts ofi sentenced to tear days in Jail.
STANFIELD GIRL ATMS TO
END LIFE Bf SHOOK IS AT
HOSPITAL CRITICALLY WOUNDED
"No one will know why I did it" Boy4,n were caded; a tut found upon
was the statement made by Miss Al- j examination that the bullet had en-
mina Prieenltz of Stanfield. who shot llreQ Jusl Mtow tn heart and above
JOHN c. mum PASSES
AWAY AFTER LONG ILLNESS
herself yesterday noon and w ho is ly-
t(e stomach. They will perform an
OXK OP THE PrtOPKIETORS OF
HOTEL PENDLETON' DIES
AT HOSPITAL HERE.
Making the trip overland from San
Francisco In a 1914 Hulck 7 path
finder car, C. A. McQee and Frank
Murray arrived here late yesterday
afternoon and made headquarters at
the Oregon Motor Garage while here.
"We left San Francisco Sunday
April 4," said Mr. McGee. "In the
Sacramento river canyon we found
tourist travel held up by It miles ot
new construction work north of La
Mornle. We had great difficulty get
ting over this road but the work will
be finished by May 16 and travel will, ever the Pacific Highway In western
then be good. The tourist will find
the trip srlll better after July 15.
"From Klamath Falls we ran to La
Pine a distance of ISO miles. It
would have been possible to have
gone to Bend a distance of 153 miles.
Our next stop was at Fossil and the
worst road we encountered In Oregon
was between Madras and Fossil.
"Kastern Oregon people wishing to
make the trip by auto to San Fran
cisco will naturally take the route
east ot the Cascade mountains, llqw-
Oregon will be good after July 15. On
the return home Oregonlans may en
Joy a fine change of route If they will
take the Placerville link of the Lin
Coin Highway to Ijtke Tahoe. They
will then travel north around Lake
Tahoe and continue north to Alturas."
From here Messrs McGee and Mur
ray will run to Spokane and thence
to Seattle. It Is possible they may
extend their trip to Vancouver, B. C,
They will return to San Francisco vis
the western Oregon route.
John C. Monahan. one of the pro
prietors of the Hotel Pendleton, died
last evening at 5: SO at St. Anthony '
l.ospital following an illness of sev
eral months. Hi was suffering from
enlargement of the heart and sever
al months ago his health began to de
cline. He went to southern Califor
nia in the hopes of Improving there
but sboitly after his return a few
eeks agt was forced to go to the
hospital where he has fulled gradual
ly. The body will be taken tomorrow
to Colfax, Washington, his old home,
where It wlll.be Interred. He is sur
vived by a son, who Is in Alaska, a
daughter, Erma, who Is a student In
St. Mary's academy. Walla Walla, and
a brother, Tom Monahan of Belling
ham, Wash. The daughter Is here
now and the brother will arrive this
evening. - I
Deceased was 51 years old. He
had had a great deal of experience In
the hotel business in the northwest
and had a large acquaintance. He
and his partner, Fred T. Bloch, were
at one time associated together In the
management of the Hotel Byron at
Hellingham and later went together
to the Hotel Oregon in Portland. For
the past ten year he had made Col
fax his home until last summer whei
he came here with Mr. Block upon
the completion of the Hotel Pendle
ten. H has property Interests, tn
Colfax, 1
operation this afternoon upon her.
ing in a serious condition this after- The yoaog woman la about 35 years
noon at St. Anthonys hospital. The aid. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C W.
above is all she would say to friends Prlegn'u wer cu-h regents of Stan
m her home town when she believed field and lately have been conducting
that the bullet would be fatal but to-'a boarding house. Yesterday both
day she has made a partial explanati- the father and. mother went to Her
on to attendants at the hospital. Thv. : miston, leaving the daughter in
however, will not make public her charce. At noon the voung lady serv
statements at th's time. ed the borders with dinner as usual
The young lady, in a critic cm- and while they were eating went up
dition, was brought up from Sji nfield stairs and shot herwelf.
last evening on the train and was I She had bn conscious all day at
taken to St. Anthony's hospital. Drs. the hospital
GRAND JURY TO INVESTIGATE
STABBING OF IN AT DANCE
Though no complaint has been fit. fight took place In the dirk outside
ed against the unknown man who se- the hall.
verely cat and stabbed Hellwtg Bred-' Ths eri"al condition of Bredlng
Ing In. fight at German Hall Sunday' lunoulTtr "'rnoo "b" """
I although Infection has developed In
morning, the grand Jury will make one of the wounds.
an Investigation of the affair which
will doubtless lead to the knowledge PRIZES TO BE GIVEN
of the assailant's name and probably! mo m-ic-r -r,r ...,.,
name and probably
an Indictment
Subpoenaes were isused this morn
ing for a half dosen or more of the
witnesses of the fight and they will
appear before the grand Jury In the
morning. Prosecuting Attorney Stel
wer haa talked with some of the
witnesses and none seem to know
the man who wielded the knife. The
best Information obtainable leads
him to believe the man was not from
this city but had been working or
some farm. A good many of the
witnesses are positive fhey would
know him If they saw him but some
are doubtful upon this point m the
DE3 MOINES, April 13. The low
State Bankers' association and the
faculty of Iowa Slate College at
Ames, are planning a corn growina;
contest In every one of the coun
ties In Iowa. It Is proposed to offer
county prlaes to the boys who grow
the most corn en an a'-re. the first
prliee to be trips to the Panama .Pa
cific exposition at San Pranrbx-o thl
fall, President It. A. I'euraon of the
Ames school ari l P. W. Hail, ew.r.
tary of the bankers, are mnklng th
arrangements. Nearly MO') bank
will assist In Ihe project.