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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 23. 1915.
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Announcement of Ruler's Visit Taken
to Indicate Russians Being Pre
pared for New Move.
WEATHER HALTS OPERATIONS
Navs, However, In Readiness to
Ijiuu h New offensive. As Soon As!
. ItiUtM Cease ICuxriiui Aerial Ac-
tlrltic Are Troiibllnjr Germans
Along the Vistula Hlvcr. I
FETROGRAD. April 23. Cxar,
Nicholas has arrived at Lemberg, en
route to the front to inspect the Rus
slnn lines In Oallcla and the Carpa
thians. With this announcement It
was accepted the Russian forces aro
being prepared for a new offensive
against the Austrlans and Germans
on the southern front, to be launch
ed as soon as the weather settles. Be
cause of melting- snow and spring
rains the campaign generally remains
lit a standstill. J
PETROGRAD, April 23 Aerial
activity on the part of the Russians
Is reported In an official announce-,
. ment from the war office which ac
counts for an attack upon German
(transports and other vessels along
the Vistula. A Russian dirigible
the statement asserts, dropped bombs
on German transports near Plock,
causing heavy damage, Bombs also
were dropped on German supply
boats on the Vistula and several
were sunk. Two other dirigibles
bombarded a German station st
Mlawa and an aerodrome at Man
n Iky, doing considerable damage.
Pendleton Without
Current When Wire
Disabled by Blast
SERVICE IS CUT OK COMMISSION
FOIt AIIOCT HOI It THIS
AFTF.KXOON.
Pendleton was without electric
current for about an hour this after-j
noon, the trouble being due to the
fiict 400 feet of the company's trans-J.
mission line went Into the Walla
Walla river. The mishap was due to
a blast, according to announcement
made. i
Owing to the luck of electric power j
it was necessary for the East Orego
nlan to bring- Its steam plant Into op-1
eration, thus causing some delay in
the publication of the paper today. I
96TH ANNIVERSARY OF
ODD FELLOWS OBSERVED 1
BLOOMSRURQ, ra., April 53. InJ
commemoration of the 96th annlver- j
sary of the birth of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, upwards of
25,000 members of that organization !
gathered here today to celebrnte. i
They represented practically every
ledge that Is a member of the North- (
eastern Pennsylvania association. i
While, thousands of spectators lin- j
td the sidewalks, the Odd Fellows pa-
raded over three and one-half miles
of gayly decorated streets, to the mu-1
sic of about thirty bands. The town
appeared In a beautiful array of dec-j
orations, as every building In the bus.,
lness section, and practically every
residence In the town, was decorated.
At ten o'clock in front of the Court i
House, Mayor Oscar Lowenberg, made
the address of welcome to the Odd,
Fellows and handed over the key of!
the town, which was accompanied by
J. W, Strlch, of Sunbury, who made
the responsive speech, and one of the
greatest days In Bloomsburg's history!
was In full swing.
The real feature of the day took
place Immediately after the parade,
when the thirty bands, composed of
about 860 pieces, massed, and under
the leadership of Lynn L. James, di
rector of the BloomRburg Citizen's
band, marched down Main street
playing "Onward Christian Soldiers.''
MOSLEM ATTACK ON THE
BRITISH IS REPULSED
SIMLA, April II. An attack of,
4000 Moslems upon the British pa-i
trol at Mafiskor was officially rev
ported. The Moslems were defeated
and driven off with a loss of 1G0
killed and wounded.
Dr. Patten Resigns.
SAN FRANCI8CO, April IS. The
resignation of Dr. John A. Patten as
'cnairman oi tno uook comniiueo ui
the Methodist book concern Is In the
hands of the committee, In annual
meeting here. In tendering his resig
nation Dr. Patten, who is a patent
medicine manufacturer of Chattanoo
ga, Tenn., stated he did so because at
tackt made upon him In medical jour
nals might embarrass the church. (
GUM
CMS
VERDICT RETURNED
FOR DEFENDANT IN
BIO DAMAGE SUIT
L. E. Twitchell Who Sought $30,000
for Injuries to His Son Who Was
Hurt in Accident When the Boy's
Bicycle and Automobile of W. L.
Thompson Collided, Loses Out in
Circuit Court-Motion for New Trial
Will be Filed.
"For the defendant," was the read
ing of the verdict returned this morn
ing by the jury In the 130.000 damage
suit brought against W. U, Thompson,
president of the American National
Hank, by L E. Twitchell for hU son,
Sharon Arnold Twitchell. The ver
dict was signed by ten of the twelve
Jurors, the other two refusing to
sign.
The Jury reached a verdict about
13:30 last night after deliberating fol
more than two hours but, after being
signed. It was sealed and not opened
In court until 9 o'clock this morning.
There were many In the court room
when County Clerk Sallng read the
words that told that the Jury had de
cided that the banker was not llHble
for the injuries sustained by the boy
in the accident
The ten jurors signing the verdict
were U. Neuman. foreman, Ralph
Folsom. J. D. Wallace, C. H. Myera,
Sidney Dennis, A. C. Hemphill, J. W.
Crow, A. L. Grover. G. W, Reddow
and U. G. Horn. The two who re
fused to make the verdict unanimous
were J. H. Coffman and R. G. Still,
both of Milton.
Jury Divided.
The Jury did not reach its iverdict
without much discussion. Though no
official reports are made of the jury's
deliberations, from authentic sources
it has been learned that when the
f.rst written expression was made
soon after the Jurors had retired to
DM OF SERBIA IS 10 FORM
NEW NATION FOR Mi SLAVISH
PEOPLE IN THE BALKAN STATES
BY HENRY WOOD, UNITED PRESS
STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
(Copyright 1915 by United Press.
(Copyright In Great Britain.)
NISH, Serbia, April 10, via Saloni
ka and London, April 23.) A new
Slavish nation to include Serbia,
Cretla. Slavonla, Bosnia, Herzego
vina, Dalainatia. Istrla and the an
cient Servian empire beyond the
Danube, is the. hope and ambition of
the Serbian leaders. And when the
present war is settled the Serbian
leaders will demand that the powers
settle for all time the great Balkan
questions so that they may build up
their devastated country and resume
their place In the family of nations.
This was the plan and hope express
ed today by the prince regent of
Serhln, Alexander, In his first public
utterance since the war began. He
received me In the five room cottage
set apart for his convenience at Kra
gmyevats, the general headquarters
of the Serbian army, and recited for
the United Press details of the great
campaign the little Serbian army has
been able to wage against the might
of Austria. For a time the prince
was the interviewer, asking anxiously
regarding my observations In France
and questioning as to the probability
of Italy's entrance Into the war..
When he discussed the work of his
,iops the prince waxed enthus
iastic. It was plain that he was
proud of the manner In which his
soldiers have twice thrown back the
entire weight of the Austrian army,
and he was glad to tell of the fight
ing. Soldlor Invincible.
' "The moral force behind the sol
dier fighting for home and country
makes him Invincible over the sol
dier whose only force Is that Inspired
by military discipline and organisa
tion," he said. "It is that which has
enabled Serbia twice to defeat Aus
tria, and It U that which will enable
her to continue victorious to the
end. Soldiers of an agricultural
country like Serbia, where every cltl
sen owns his own farm or home, are
more to be reckoned with than the
soldier who fights merely because
he Is ordered to do so. The poorest
peasant In our army fights with grim
determination and defies death to
save the little patch that is hli and
their room, it showed six for the
Plaintiff, three fur the defendant and
three blanks. A second ballot taken
Immediately showed the Jurors even
ly divided. Then it was that the dis
cussion is said to have begun, the Jur
ors going thoroughly over the evi
dence, examining the maps, the bi
cycle and other exhibits before taking
any more ballots. After this dis
cussion of the evidence, It is said it
only took them two ballots to reach
the verdict returned. An attempt was
made to make it unanimous, it Is said,
but fa. led.
.Motion for New Trial.
Soon after the verdict had been
read In court, Judge Bennett for the
plaintiff asked for and was granted
30 days In which to prepare and file
a motion for a new trial and 60 days
to prepare and file a bill of excep
tions. By their verdict the ten jurors de
clare that Mr. Thompson was not
guilty of responsibility ' for the un
fortunate accident. They absolve
him of the charge of driving his au
tomobile carelessly and negligently,
exonerate him of the accusation
that he was exceeding the speed lim
it and was on the wrong side of the
street, and practically say that he
did everything In his power to avert
the collision. Their verdict does not
necessarily ' mean that they convict
the boy of carelessness, it being
(Continued on Page 5)
pis country's. Fighting like this he!
invinciDle. I personally am an
ardent admirer of military discip
line and organization, but I cannot
deny that the real source of strength
of the Serbian army is In Its patriot
ism. "While we have defeated the en
emy twice I do not believe that a
third attempt to overwhelm us will
be made at present. It was the plan
of the Austro-Gennan staff to send
mother great combined army through
Serbia, and, if victorious, to Influ
ence Bulgaria to Join in the fighting
and march to the relief of Turkey.
Fortunately the success of our Rus-1
slan allies has made It necessary for
th
enemy to withdraw this nrmv
from our northern boundaries.
Losses Are Ijirge.
"I do not believe that either Aus
tria or Germany will now be able to
mass another expedition against us.
"But we won't remain idle. Al
though our losses have been terrific
and our nation Is now being swept by
a fatal epidemic of typhus, our army
is still Intact. It Is as courageous
and determined as ever, and is ready
to come to the assistance of our all
ies when they need us.
e hope to contribute our full
share toward the general struggle
for the emancipation of the oppress
ed European peoples and for the re
forming of the territorial limits of
Europe along nationality lines."
"Is Serbia especially interested In
this latter phase of the war?" r ask
cd.
Yes, it Is," the prince replied, with
oven greater emphasis than beforo
This means more to us than any
other thing. This war, which began
for the maintenance of our Inde
pendence, has now become also a
war for the liberation and unity of
our brethren the Serbians, the Croa-
tlans and the Slavonians, who still
are under Austrian domination.
"We hope that when peace comes
we will have established the right of
the Serbians, Croatian- and Slavon
ic. 000,000 Slavs In this territory,
ians for an Independent state in Bos
nia, Horcegovlna, Croatia, Dalamatla.
Slavonla, Istrla and the old Serbian
empire beyond the Danube, all of
which Austria now Voids. There are
(Continued from page 4.)
SILVER DOLLAR 1,1
SIT SAVES LIFE
LOCAL ii
Joe Hayes Struck Just Over the
Heart But Bullet is Prevented
Reaching Vital Spot.
ASSAILANT IS UNDER ARREST
George Akley Allege Ho Fired In
Keif Defense Hays ami Anotlu-r
Indian Said to Have Ordered Meal
and TlU'll Refused to pay How
Followed, Declares Akley. ,
Joe Hayes, well known local Indian
buckaroo, was saved from death last
evening by his last dollar. A bullet
fired from a revolver by George Ak-
ley, proprietor of a local tamale
house, entered his clothing Just over
the heart but flattened itself against
a sliver dollar In the shirt pocket of
the Indian. .
Akley, who was arrested immedi
ately afterwards, alleges that he fir
ed in self-defense. Hayes and an
other Indian, Patrick Isadore, came
to his place on Cottonwood street yes
terday afternoon about 3:30. accord
Ing to his story, ordered and ate one
of his Mexican preparations and then
refused to pay for the same. This
caused a row, he said, which led to
the two Indians starting to attack
him. Hayes, he declared, drew a bot
tle of liquor from his pocket and
started to strike him with It while
Isadore drew a knife and advanced
upon him. He retreated to a cor
ner of his room, he says, took a .32
calibre revolver from a trunk and
fired at Hayes from his hip.
The bullet pierced the Indian'!
shirt on the left hand side at a point
probably a little below the heart
However, fired from the hip, the bul
let would have ranged upwards and
would doubtless have penetrated the
heart had It not struck the coin. The
force of the bullet striking the dol
lar made Hayes very sick at the mo-
ment and, thinking him In a dying
condition, the officers rushed him to
the hospital while they took Akley
and Isadore Into custody. They had
hardly locked the two men behind
the Jail doors until they were aston
lshed to learn that Hayea was seen
walking down the street. The doc
tors had found the flattened bullet
ind the bent coin and Hayes was
dismissed from the hospital with only
a hruise over his heart.
The Indian managed to elude the
officers for some time but flnallj
Sheriff Taylor and Officer Manning
corraled him near the old fair pavil
ion and placed him under arrest al-
Trado Expert Is Coming.
WASHINGTON, April 23. Edward
Ewing Pratt, chief of the bureau of
foreign commerce, will visit Portland
early in June to meet manufacturers
and merchants interested In foreign
trade.
THAW TO HAVE JURY TRIAL
TO DETERMINE HIS SANITY
NEW YORK. April 33. Supreme
Court Justice Hendricks granted Thaw
a trial by jury to determine his san-
ity, The trial was set for May 17.
This is the first real victory Thaw has
won since he was captured after his
escape from Matteawan. Thaw is
elated over the result.
2 NEUTRAL VESSELS
HELD UP BY ENGLAND
LONDON, April 23. The Norwe
gian steamer Mexican from Galves
ton with cotton, and the Danish
steamer Hammershus from Galves
ton for Christlania with cotton, have
l been brought Into the Clyde on In
structions of the government They
will be held awaiting orders as to the
disposition of their cargoes.
NEWS SUMMARY
General,
Allied aviators make raid on Ger
tan Zeppelin base at Ghent
Oar U on way to the eastern front J
to inspect linos.
Austin, Texas, Is swept by flood.
At least 60 persons have lost their
Uvea.
Local.
Ten of Jurors sign verdict exoner
ating Thompson of blame In auto ac
cident. Dollar coin saves life of .Indian;
stops bullet.
Preparations being; made for an
nual floral exhibit
Twilight baseball league Is organized.
AUSTIN, -iXAS, IS
SWEPT BY FLOOD;
60 PERSONS LOST
Several Hundred are Homeless and Property
Damage Estimated at a Quarter of a Million
Dollars Has Been Done-Rivers and Creeks
are Out of Their Banks and Hourly Reports
Tell of Further Loss of Life.
AfsTIX. Texas, April 23. The
militia was ordered out this .after
noon to prevent looting In the sec
tions of the city (rweirt by the flood.
Two houses, bobliiiig on tile sur
face of the waters, crashed Into the
bridge thin afternooj. It was then
seen several victims were trapped hi
the hoiue wlen the flood eanie. They
could be heard gcreamlng piteou-sly
for help. There Is danger of the big
reservoir breaking.
AUSTIN, Texas, April 23 From
40 to SO persons are dead, several
hundred are homeless and property
damage of a quarter of a million dol
lars has been done by a flood which
has enveloped Austin and vicinity the
past 24 hoUQi. Rivers and creeks
are on the rampage. Hourly re
ports bring news of further loss of
life. Housea with people clinging to
them are floating down stream. The
lowlands are Inundated and scores of
villages are partly under water.
Besides the flood, a tornado swept
Texas and Oklahoma, doing great
damage and causing loss of life.
For twelve hours firemen and po
licemen of Austin have been on con
stant duty in the Inundated districts.
Scores of Imperiled women and chil
dren, clinging for safety to branches
of trees or perched on roofs of
TWO ONE-LEGGED MEN
BUY SHOES TOGETHER
CLEVELAND, April 2S. The sor
did injustice of making. a one-legged
man buy a whole pair of shoes has
been evaded by Gottfreld F. Llebler,
deputy clerk of the municipal court
and James Canovan, elevator opera-1
tor at the new court house, iney met
twelve years ago. Canovan gets the
right shoe and L'ebler the left. When
their tastes don't Jibe they draw lots.
BLACK HAND GANG HELD
TO BLAME FOR OUTRAGE
ERIE. Ta., April 21. Blackhand
ers are believed to have exploded s
bomb which wrecked a two story
frame building early today, killing
Samuel Learnoff, 60, and fatally In
juring his wife and badly injuring 15
other persons. The building was de
stroyed. Billiards Darke. Sky.
REDDING, Cal., April 23. Hailed
by the supersttiously inclined as an
cmen of evil, a phenomenal flight of
buzzards occurred here.
The birds appearing along the Pit
river near Henderson at dusk, took up
quarters for the night in a towering
pine. Clustering close together the
tree sheltered 1T6 of them. This
morning they were on the wing early,
disappearing in the west like a rap
idity float ng black cloud.
DiiU-U shipping cut Off.
AMSTERDAM, April 23. The fol
lowing official statement was issued
here in behalf of the British govern
ment: "All shipping between Holland anJ
the United Kingdom is stopped for
the time being. No ships will leave
the United Kingdom for Holland aft
er today. Ships from Holland will
not be admitted to the United King
dom after today.
"It is hoped shortly to resume lim
ited cargo and passenger traffic.
Special arrangements have been made
for the transfer of malls."
SYRACUSE. N. Y., April 23. A po.
litical Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde In the
person of Barnes wa-s pictured bj
Roosevelt today.
On the stand for cross examination
by Attorney Ivlns, for Barnes, Roose
velt alternately made "speeches," en
gaged In spirited verbal passages with
his questioner and then presented his!
opinion of Fames for the Jury's con
sideration. The Colonel declared that
for years he tried to develop the good
tra ts of Barnes and make him a
"useful public citizen," but he had ab
andoned hope. He said Barnes had
two moral standards one for the pub
lie, the other for private life.
Without praising the republican
boss, but In a straight forward manner
ROOSEVELT P CTURES BARNES
AS POUM JEKYL ID HYDE
houses, were rescued during the
night.
So far as known Plpeman Thomas
Quinn is the only fireman who per
ished, although all risked their Uvea.
He aided some women marooned on
a housetop when he lost his hold and
plunged Into the flood.
Relief committees have been or
ganized at Austin and these are tak
ing charge of the work of aiding the
distressed.
Grave apprehension concerning the
situation at San Antonio is felt. Com
munication is Interrupted and the
damage In that part of the state is
rot known.
Last night nine inches of rain fell
In Austin in a period of six hours.
DALLAS, Texas, April 23. Reports
of lives lost and heavy property dam
age In great devastation of crops
poured in from districts In Texas and
Oklahoma, which were swept by a
cyclone aad flood In the past 24
hours. Lightning struck the main
Pierce-Fordyce oil warehouse here
end the building was burned. The
loss Is estimated at 1125,000. Ten
passenger and four freight train are
marooned between Chickasha and i.1
Reno, as the floods swept away many
bridges and rendered others unsafe.
Stepdaughter is
Going on Stage
-"JHi .VOCJtfSi
NEW YORK. April 23. Under her
maiden name of Dorothy Young the
daughter of George W. Young and
stepdaughter of Mme. Nordica, who
eloped with Roy Atweit two years
ago. is going on the stage. Her hus
band Is leading comedian in the com
puny Miss Young will join.
of fact way. the Colonel said Barnet
would be a real potential power It
only he could develop his "good side."
Ivins endeavored to show that
Roosevelt fell out with Barnes only
when they disagreed. Roosevelt in
sisted however, the "bad side" of his
enemy was uppermost insofar as po.
lltlcs were concerned. The witness
was led over the Dolltlcm hiirv .-.r
his term as governor of New York
and declared that while he knew a
combination of democrats and repub
licans had geen agreed upon at that
time, he could not prove It. At this
point the Colonel vigorously pro
claimed: "If they had done anything
I would have made the same fight
against them as 1 made later."
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ALLIED AVIATORS
MAKE ATTACK 01
mm mm
German Shed at Ghent is Raided and
Two Dirigibles are Reported to
Have Been Destroyed.
F16HT STILL OH AT HILL 60
Force or tlie Kaiarr Are HaJtln
Desperate Attflmpta to Recapture
Important position Taken by the
Iti-lU-th F.nemy Said to Have Reea
Thrown Back With lma.
Trawler Torpedoed.
GRIMSBY, England. April 21.
The trawler St. Lawrence,
has been torpedoed and sunk
In the North Sea, It la learned.
Two of the crew were drowned.
Those who were rescued by
another trawler were landed at
Grimsby.
PARIS, April 2S. Official admis
sion that the allies were forced to re
tire north of Ypres was made tn
communique from the war office. The
French and British .were oompeUed to
withdraw in the direction or the Yee
canal, the statement said, owing to the
use of explosive bombs by the Ger
mans. The effect of the powerful
bombs was) felt for a distance of two
kilometers behind the battle line. La
ter, vigorous counter attacks resulted
In the recapture of part of the ground
which wax yielded and many prison
ers were taken. The Belgians re
pulsed an assault upon the chattenn
or Vloingne, on the Yser, Inflicting
heavy losses It was added.
LO.VDO V. .April S3. Two Seppe
Hns were sighted olT the Northnm
berland coast this afternoon. No re
ports were received of bombs drop
ped. It Is believed they were recon
noRcring. Fonr British aeroplans aro
said to have ascended to determine
whether the approach or the dirbrlMeK
means a Zeppelin raid Is about to ba
attempted and possibly an attack nit
the airships.
LONDON, April 23. An attack
upon a German Zeppelin shed at
Ghent by allied aviators during
which two and possibly more dirig
ibles are believed to have been de
stroyed was announced by Field Mar
shal French In his weekly report to
the war office. French confirmed
reports of desperate attacks the Ger
mans are said to be making in an at
tempt to retake Hill 0, an Import
ant height east of Ypres captured by
the British forces. The enemy was
thrown back with heavy losses, ha
stated. Denial was made of the
claims that the Germans had suc
ceeded In capturing the heights. In
the region of Labasse the Germans
ere attempting an offensive move
ment. They are employing sappim?
operations everywhere.
That Field Marshal French is now
gradually seasoning his army of
three quarters of a million men pre
taratory to a big drive to be launched
against the German line, is now ac
cepted. Unofficial dispatches indi
cate the Enwiish field foree i
rapidly approaching a stage where it
will be rt-ady for the supreme effort
to hurl the Germans back upon their
own frontier through Belgium.
i
Floral Association
Will Fix Date for
Annual Show Here
iFJrrrit; is cai.i.f.d for may
4 TO MAKE AHIIANGK
JIF.NTS Ft)U KV F NT.
Plans and arrangements for th
annual competitive floral exhibition
are now under way and a meeting of
the floral association will be ni ld on
May 5 to fix definitely tli date, for
the show. At the last meeting the
iidlowlng committee were appoint
ed to attend to the details of the ex
hibition: Committee on arrange
ments, Dr. E. J. Sommervllle, J. v.
Tallman, Mrs. W. H. McVormmuch,
Mrs. J. S. Furnish and Dr. I. U.
Temple; on publicity, Lee P. Drake.
Miss Edna Zimmerman and Royal
M. Sawtelle; on finances, Leon C
hen, Mrs. George Hurtmun, Jr , nl
Mrs, W. C. Kinney; on program, Mrs.
A. C. Hampton. Mrs. S. A. Iiwell and
Miss Grace Oliver; on prlies, Mrs. J.
L Vaughn, Mrs. C. K. Craruitori and
Mrs. James A. Fee; Judges, H. II.
Forshaw, Mrs. H. S. Garfield and
Mrs. Gideon Brown; on hull and ! -orations,
Mrs. John Stockman, chair
man with power to chuoM her own
assistants.