DAILY EYEi:i::3 ECITIOII daily eyei:i::3 ecits::i Fniwjn fnr f -Msm Onwnn by U) United SwtT W fmthr observe M Portland. r 3 TO ADVERTISERS. fa Bast Oregontaa bu the largest said clrrnitttoa of any paper to Oregon, tut of ronton), and ever twice lb circulation la rwOaM t eoy otbtr aewspeper. Fair tonight and Wednesday. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PA PIS VOL. 26 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1915. NO. 8487 ALLIED FORCE IS nrani of TURKISH VILLAGE Enos is Occupied by Landing Party on Sunday in Combined Move ment Against the Dardanelles. ATTACK IS BEiSS PRESSED Mmk- to Reduce the Edifications! of the Ottomans Along the Straits Inhabitants of Enos Allowed 14 Iloiua to Leave. ATHENS. April !7. Th allied troops which were sent ashore for a land attack on the fortifications of the Dardanelles, occupied Enos on Sunday, It was reported here. The "Turks wers declared to have with drawn to the Interior of the peninsu la. The Inhabitants of Enos have been ordered to leave within 24 hours. Ev j ery Indication III the dispatches Is. that the Anglo-French naval and land forces are now pressing the at tack upon the Turkish stronghold. SPRINKLING THE STREETS SHOULD NOT BE DELAYED COMPLAINTS ALREADY KFJNtt HEARD FROM RESIDENTS OVER THE DUST. Complaints are being made partic ularly by parties on the South Hill and upon the North Hill that street sprinkling Is being too long delayed this year. In many places the streets -arc very dusty and passing autos make dust rteeMn clouds. The following letter upon the sub Ject has) been received by the East Oregon from W. M. Blakely. Editor East Oregonlan: I am not a chronic kicker, but I want to call attention to the condition of South Main street between Railroad and High. We wers told last year that there was a scarcity of water which at times was true. We bonded the city laM year to get more-and better water. No" we of tne South Main street ask our water committee to do something for Us In the way of sprinkling. Hoping this will meet with favor. W. M. BLAKELY. C. C. Connor of Helix was here yes terday en route home from a trip to the east end of the county. JUNIOR HIGH ADVOCATED RELIEVE With the attendance at the public ,'hnola nf Pendleton Increasing at such a rate as to make an additional building Imperative tn the near fu ture the subject of a Junior high school Is being frequently discussed by members of the school board and at the various parent-teachers' meet ings. A Junior high school Is an -mterme dlate school between the grade schools and the high school. It 1 used to accommodate the seventh, eighth and ninth grades and will therefore serve to relieve congestion In the ward schools and In the reg ular high school. It Is urged ln behalf of the Junior high school plan that It l economy and la also very beneficial from an educational standpoint. The plan Is extensively follewed In the east and several northwest towns have taken tip the plan, among them being Lew Iston, Idaho, and McMlnnvllle, Ore gon. Such a school was planned for Walls, Walla and would have been built had not the high school bonds been voted down. IAntlcn Favosa Plan. Superintendent J. S. Landers Is an advocate of the Junior high school plan and at a meeting of the Haw thorns school Parent-Teachers' asso ciation last Friday evening gave an extended talk upon the subject In his discussion ot the subject Fri day evening Superintendent Landers said In part: At the present time, all the rooms of the grade schools In the city are filled, and over three hundred stu dents are enrolled In the high school. If the school population should In crease during the coming year as It has in the past two years, the district will be under the necessity of provid ing additional school facilities to ac comodate the children of the commu nity. In fact, the school board has already begun the consideration of the construction ot a new school Farmers Will Meet at Helix Saturday and Hear Speakers AFFAIR WIIJ, BE ALL DAY iTllKIUNJ I'HOMINKXT MEN TO UK PRESENT. There will be a Farmers Union gathering of unusual Intercut at He lix Saturday, the occasion being a joint meeting of the Farmers' Mu tual Warehouse people and the Helix local Farmers' I'nlon. In addition a meeting of the executive board of the county union will be, held for the purpose of determining the place for the annual picnic. The Helix meeting will be an all day affair and lunch will be served by the ladles at noon. Among the prominent speakers upon the pro- ram Bre ,he f,"owll,g- Prof. Hector McPherson of O. A. C. will speak upon "Rural Credits and Farm Marketing" George A. Olsen of W. 8. C. who will speak upon 'The Best Kinds of Grain to Orow in the Inland Empire " W. W. Harrah. who will talk on "Good Roads." C. A. Barrett who will speak upon the same subject. A musical program will be given under the direction of Carl Engdahl end Mrs. Howard Drew. FIGURES SHOW GAINS FROM OPEN RIVER WORK PORTAGE ROAD AT OELIIO WAS X)NSIDERAI1LE FACTOR IX REDUCTIONS. Some facts as to what the Improve ment of the Columbia river has meant In the way of freight rate re ductions In the past are contained In an Interesting story by Marshall N. Dana In the Sunday Journal. Re garding the effects of the Cascade ca nal and locks of the portage road at Cecllo. the story says: Unquestionably the portage rail way laved consumers and shippers more through reduction of freight rates than they ever realised or ap preciated. Cascades canal and locks were opened In 189. The railroad then charged 7 l-l cents a hundred weight to carry salt in carload lots to The Dalles, and 87 1-2 cents hundredweight to Umatilla, 90 miles further. The rate per hundredweight in less than carload lota was 16 cents to The Dalles and 60 cents to Umatli lar The same disparity applied In the shipment of sugar, canned goods, loose wool and other commodities. After the portage railway was opened the rate on salt to Umatilla was re duced from 27 1-2 cents to 21 cents hundredweight, sugar from 5 1 cents to 35 cents, canned goods from 51 cents to 36 cents, grain from IS cents to 13 1-4 cents. SCHOOL HERE TO CONGESTION building to meet the constantly grow ing population of the city. Should It become necessary to pro vide a new building, as Is expected at the present time, It Is' well to con sider carefully what kind of a build Ing will best meet the needs. Anoth er ward school would only provide ac comodations for a few years for the growth in the grades. It would not meet the demands made by growth In the high school. Continued increase In the high school for two years, sim ilar to that of the past year, will overfill the present building. Econ omy suggests the planning of a build ing which will relieve both the high school and the grades. A building suitable to accommodate a Junior high school fulfills this requirement- A Junior high school Is an organ isation Including three classes or years' work, consisting of the two upper grades of the grammar school, and the first year of the high school, that la the Seventh, eighth and ninth grades If such a central school were established in Pendleton, It would draw the seventh and eighth grades from each of the ward schools, thus taking from them from 20 per cent to 25 per cent of their enrollment. This would be equivalent to a six room school for the grades. Then, the present buildings would be able to accommodate the grades for some. years. This Junior high school would' also take the freshman class, always numerically the largest class, from the high school building, thus reliev ing It from 25 per cent to 25 per cent of Its enrollment. Thus, the one school takes the place ot a new grade school and an addition to tho high school. The principal advantage arising from the Junior high school Is not In the relief or enrollment offered to the grade and high school buildings. (Continued on Page Two,) II KGPiTTKE IS CALLED Prominent Local Business Man Suf fers Stroke Last Evening and Passes Away Early This Morning. Stricken with apoplexy yesterday evening, Henry Koplttke, president of the Pendleton Ice ft Cold Storage Co. and lor more than a quarter of . century a resident and harness man of this city, died at I: JO this morning without regaining consciousness. He had been In his usual good health and spirits yesterday, had eaten a hearty supper and stepped out upon the porch of his home, 31 West Webb street, when without warning the stroke came. The news of his sudden death was a shock to the community this morn ing for his friends In. the city were numerous and among them he was regarded with the highest esteem Deceased was almost (0 years old, having been born In Germany on Oc tober 14 1855. HA pamA in Amitrtca BUI when about 20 years old, settling first Uo, Hotel, was given the In Wisconsin where he worked In a l"",lnu"n interne of 100 fine and sawmill. He afterwards secured a eo8U or 20 da' ln Hl or- position as gardner and in all spent y- CoL RaIey "nd w- Peterson, three years In Wisconsin before mak-,at once rved notice of appeal to the Ing his way to California to work on'c""ult f,ourt' a cattle ranch about thirty miles' uNo effort " made b' to south of Sun Francisco. I n"w the defendant not guilty or to , least a doubt as to his guilt They Four or five years were .pen In ,,,rmlUpd ,ne te8tlmony of tne c, that way and on expiration of that , g0 , wthout ouegtlon and r"uu ,"",ru v.'"wo '"", for jpar lie wtm enipiuyea ln brickyard. He then returned to theiUll(le(1 , th, CMe , Pacific coast .taking up his home at court, Co,, Kalev dld move that h Dayton, Wash., where he was again CBM concernln(r Jack Jeett tne employed In a brickyard. After a ,erk) bc Alammi for lack of evl- unri penua no went to. vt alia vtaua and soon afterward to Grangevllle, where he acted as steward of a cook house run In connection with the con struction of the O. R. v N. Ilrres. He was filling this position when me roaa was duui mio renoiewn in 1882. He. Was Uia OWner Of tWO teams by this time and utilized them In the construction work. After the road was completed be used his hv this Mn- o n 4 ..tHJ teams in hauling wheat and other, work in and near this city through the following winter. Subsequently he engaged In freighting from Uma tilla to Pendleton for more than a year and in fact devoted all of his time to freighting for a period of two years. With the capital he had thus ac quired, he opened a feed store in Pen dleton, conducting a feed yard and chop mill ant eventually extending , the scope of his business to ous.ness to include pald a 75 fine. His own admission1 He acquired land at,, ,.j .iirto th cmirt nlavoii fuel and Ice. Menrham and cut off the timber fofpiirt ln tne outCome of the case.' wood. He also opened a general store Mr9 Pear, Mltuggans a,as None Wit- at Meacham which Is still there. For, a number of years C. F. Colesworth' was associated with him In his busi ness enterprise but In the late nine ties they dissolved partnership. From then until 1907 he ran his business alone but ln the latter year sold a half Interest to Earl Glllanders who had been in his employ at Meachani since 1900. Soon after the new part-, the women t and Ben Corbett. both' Having made a live map of the hcrship was formed they acquired , caugnt ln the rald; were sentenced to Oregon trail from Pendleton to Baker the Ice and cold storage plant here; ,n Jay, , i&n on vagrancy charge. ; and having aroused the La Grande and have since conducted It alongj Tne cases against Will Myrlck, Ru- and Baker people to cooperate with with their wood and coal business. by Le Rov and Teddy Stewart were this city and Umatilla county in lm They had only recently completed ex-l riigmicj upon motlon of the city at proving the roads and marking them tensive Improvements to their plant. torney for lacl ot evidence. Eva with sign boards, the party of local In 1886. Mr. Koplttke was married to Miss Susanna Stubenbort of this city and unto them six children were born, only two ot whom survive, Ed na, the wife of Louis Sutton of this city and Letta, who Is at home. Mr. Koplltke's wife also survives him. He was a member of the local lodges. Knights of Pythias. Red Men, Mod ern Woodmen and Fraternal Order of Eagles and was also a member of the Lutheran church. Beginning life as a poor boy, confronted with many obstacles, he had risen by reason of his Industry, thrift and honesty until he occupied a creditable position In the business world ot his adopted city at the time of his death. The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at Folsom's undertaking parlors. While Mr. Koplttke was a member; request of the family that the Knights of Pythias take charge of the serv ices. Members of the other lodges, however, are asked to attend the fu neral. The burial will be in Olney cemetery. MAY WHEAT DROPS THREE CENTS IN CHICAGO PIT PORTI,AND PRICES ALSO SHOW DECLINE TODAY; CLUB QUOTED AT SL2. CHICAGO, April 27. (Jeclal) May wheat closed today at a dollar sixty one; July at a dollar thirty five and three eights; September at a dol lar twenty five and three eights. PORTLAND, Ore.. April 17. (Special) Portland wheat prices to day have been, club a dollar twenty six; buestcm a dollar thirty. HOTEL Pill OVER $100 HUE W.R.Graham Gets Maximum Sentence-Appeal Will be Taken Others Caught are Convicted. Late this afternoon Mr. Gra ham paid his 1 1 00 fine after a futile effort to secure bonds men In the sum of $500, the am ount fixed by Judge Fltz Gerald when he served notice of ap peal. His payment of the fine means that he will not appeal the case. Having failed to find anyone to go Ms bonds at noon the police took him into cus tody and at 2:30, having found only one of the two necessary bondsmen, he paid his fine. Convicted ln police court yesterday afternoon of running a bawdy house, w. R. Graham, proprietor of their case without testimony or ar riimunt ll- holnor Avldsmt that U.. n dence. Judge Fits Gerald took the motion under advisement. The evidence of the officers who tcok part In the raid was supple- mented by the testimony of former and alI atate(l ,., thl. r,DUtation of! m,. k.1.1 ,v. 1 . Mr. Graham was bad. Following his conviction. Judge Flu Gerald fixed the defendant's bonds at 1500 and. unt noon th had not fur. ii,-j Otlu'in Convicted. A number of the others caught in the raid were also convicted after! trials. Sam Ortego, a Mexican, and Mrs. Ethel Sams, who were found In the Rame room, were convicted of lm moral acts and practices and each1 given 175 fine or 37 days in Jail. Botlv I are still In Jail. Ous Shubert was UVe'Kifie convicted after a trial and son, was convicted at the same time and s , 3ail for 3? day8 ,f sne does not succeed in raising 275. This morning Orvllle Banks ami Ruth Wilson were convicted of im moral acts and practices and the same sentences were Imposed upon Mipm Withpr has nnlri the fine vet. ' rh..,.. MaUEen, husband of one of Snyder, who put up $100 ball, forfeit- ed that amount by her failure to ap- pear in court. Violet Brooks, who pleaded- guilty yesterday morning, paid her 275 fine this morning. EAST AND MIDDLE WEST IN THE GRIP OF A HOT WAVE CHICAGO, April 27. Hot records for April were smashed today and the middle west Is due for another "Slzler," according to the weather bureau. Four persons have succumb- ed to the Intense heat since Sunday. UNION COUNTY PLANS TO VOTE $750,000 J01S FOR GOOD ROADS While at La Grande yesterday upon their Oregon Trail trip the local delegation of good roads workers learned that I n- Ion county Is preparing to vote bonds to the extent ot 1750,000 for the construction of perms- ' nent roads In that count)'. The , move has strong support and It Is predicted the bonds will car- ' ry. ' J. F. Robinson, chairman ot the Celllo celebration commit- tee, was also asked to make some reservations for La Grande 4 people on the Umatilla county j steamer to Celllo. He agreed to do so and has also had a request from a man at Nyssa, Idaho, who wishes to make the trip with the local party. Boylen & Stephens Sell Coarse Wool at Price of 25 Cts. OREGOX MARKET SLOW OWING TO LACK OF COMPETITIVE BUYERS. me sale of the Boylen & Stephens coarse wool to Mr. Livingstone, rep resenting the American Woolen Com pany, at a price of 25 cents per pound, constitutes the first Umatilla county wool sale of the season. At Arlington the firm of Wheel house & Horst has sold their coarse wool to the scouring mill at The Dalles for a price of 2 cents per pound. These sales while at prices far above last year's prices are not con sidered strong In view of the wool sit uation. It Is complained by sheep men that only one buyer is actually In the field, Mr. Livingstone, and hence there is no competition under way at present. In a special advice the Portland Wool Warehouse company says: The only weak spot ln the world today on wools Is located around Portland and the Pacific northwest and our edc' from the east denote a quiet market but a very strong one, tna'and dealers who have sold the cheap foreign wools that they purchased a while back, are looking around try ing to duplicate their purchases abroad and find themselves ln the po sition of a man who sells cheaper than he can buy. Our advices from every wool grow er In the state denote that what wool is sold is bringing extremely good prices, and if the price asked is not paid, the wool Is held. There are no sales that we know of outside of Ore gon and Washington that denote any thing less than 20c for fine wool, or 70c for clean. Even southern Cali fornia, which produces a wool ln the spring of only seven months' growth, averaged better than 20 cents, and Is not a strictly A-l wool, as It generally has to be carbonized on account of the burrs. One large mill that Is buy Ing fine wool In Oregon and Wash- i Inrtnn fnr ls 1. reDorted to have paid 20c ln Nevada for the same n, i . nminA mnn on It ran . ... be readily seen that tne pncee paiu are not based on actual values In the eastern markets. The bugaboo about foreign woou arriving is getting rather old, as these wools have been coming In for the past 50 years In Just as large quantltlea, and we presume that they will be coming In for 60 years more The low prices paid out here are for the dealers, and the mills intend to pay the same price for fine wool, namely, 72c clean, and these wools have been bought here for 54c and 55c clean, and show a beautiul profit for somebody. PLAN TO MARK ROADS WITH SiSNS IS GIVEN APPROVAL LA GRANDE AND BAKER PEOPLE WILL COOPERATE IN LM VROVIXG HIGHWAYS. men who left here early yesterday morning arrived home Just before midnight last night. In the party were County Judge C. H. Marsh, Pres- ldent J. V. Tallman of the Commer clal Association, J. F. Robinson, pres ident of the Umatilla County Good Koads association. Dr. -M. S. Kern, secretary of the Umatilla County Au tomobile Club, and Walter McCorm mach, treasurer of the auto club, h Both in Baker and La Grande meet lugs were arranged for them and their explanation of their purpose was met with enthusiasm and prom- lses of support, judge r'ny ot tnion county and Judge Messlck of Baker county expressed themselves as very much In favor of marking the old Oregon trail. It was tentatively agreed by the representatives of the three counties that uniform signs, probably blue ones with white letter ing will be used to mark each cross read to tell the direction and dis tance and inform the traveler that he is on the trail used by the early lm migrants. The Umatilla county court has al ready made an appropriation for 500 metal sign boards and those to be placed on the Oregon trail will be different from others ln the county. The party left here by auto yester day morning at 5:30 and reached La Grande shortly after . An Impromptu meeting was called and at the con clusion the local men were Joined In their trip to Baker by J. G. Snod grass, president of the La Grande Commercial club, A. V. Andrews, sec retary of the Union County Auto Club, Pr. M. K. Hall and B. F. Lewis. On the whoU, trip tne distances from point to point were measured by the (Continued on page eight) Every man knows how different he would act If he were some other Individual. ALLIED LINES ARE HOLDING AGAINST THE GERMAN DRIVE Teutons Abandon Lizerne Before Attack of the Belgians, the Latter Losing Heavily-Every Piece of Available Artillery is Brought up by Allies and Battle is Raging Unabated-Canadians Forced to Retire From St. Julian. LONDON, April 27. Under the heavy guns of the enemy, accompanied by a fierce rifle fire, and over all hanging the deadly fumes of the German asphyxi ating bombs, the fighting in Flanders, in a supreme attempt of the Germans to break the allied line, continues today without a sign of diminution. The Belgians have recaptured the village of Lizerne on the main line of the German advance according to an announce ment issued from the press bureau. The Belgian losses were admitted to be extremely heavy but the Germans were also said to have suffered greatly and were finally repulsed. That fighting of the greatest violence has broken out at all points through Flanders was indicated by the press bureau an nouncement. Along a portion of the line held by the Canadians and the British, a general slackening in the fighting was reported in early dispatches but this was due to the fact both sides had turned attention to the redistribution of troops and reinforcing the present lines. It developed today that the rejoicing in London over the re capture of St. Julian by the Canadians was premature. The war office announced that St. Julian was retaken last night. Today it wa3 learned that the Canadians did recapture St. Ju lian but were forced later to withdraw closer to Ypres, being unable to maintain their position without enormous sacrifices. GASES CAUSE HAVOC PARIS, April 27. Stories of the terrible effects of the as phyxiating gases used by the Germans in their attacks in the vicinity of Ypres have been brought here by wounded soldiers arriving from the front Extreme cruelty is charged against the Germans who are alleged to have driven their bayonets through French soldiers rendered helpless by the deadly gases. As the fumes swept over the front trenches, French soldiers were rendered unconscious and although not wounded fell in their tracks. The Germans then leaped forward and without? opposition occupied the trenches, bayoneting the Frenchmen where they lay, according to the stories told here. (By Ed U Keen.) IiONDON, Ai1I 27. With line reinforced and consolidated, ertllleryj brought Into action with every avail- alile gnn nionnted, the French and British and Bcljrian forces In Flan ders are now not only holding their own again the terrific drive of the Germans, but actually have assumed the offensive and retaken lost ground. Tlie Germans have been forced to; examate two villages on the west, bank of the "ser canal, taken during, the sudden dash against the allied lines. The French have reoecnpled llctsas, a report from the Brttl.shj field headquarters announced. A Belgian statement reported the re-. capture of Llierne by the Belgians, and this confirmed an official state ment from Berlin admitting the Til lage had been evacuated. LONDON". April 27 The allies are checking the German drive north of For the supreme court session to be held here beginning the first Mon day in May, four Umatilla county cases have, been set for hearing. In addition to these two local cases In volving the mayoralty position were recently decided by the supreme court. The docket for the coming session as prepared by Major Lee Moorhouse, clerk of the court, Is as follows: No. 1 (609). Grant county B. C Trowbridge, applt., A. D. Leedy, at torney, vs. Earl V. Gillette, et a I, reaps.. M. F. Kercheiner, attorney. No. 2 (618). Malheur county R A. Stewart, resp., W. E. Lees and Mc Cullooh & Wood, attorneys, vs. John P. Erpeldlng, et at, applU., C. Mc Conaglll. attorney. No. 2 (619). Malheur county Union Credit Association, resp.. H. C. Eastham, attorney, vs. J. M. Carson, et a I, applts., Geo. E. Davis and J- W. MeCulloch, attorneys No. 4 (620), I'nlon county Petet Morgan, resp., Cochran ft Eberhard attorneys, vs. The Grande Ronde Lumber Co.. applt.. C. H. Finn. atty. No. 5 (621) Union county Town of Haines, Ore., resp., F. M Mitchell, attorney, vs. Eastern Oregon Ught ft P. Co, applt., John L. Rand and A A. Smith, attorneys. 4 UMATILLA COW CASES ON III COURT DOCKET WHEN SEK OPEN Hi; MAY THiRD a terrific rain of shells from Ypres. an official report from Field Marshal French said. French 'a for ces have reoccupled Hetsas and there la confidence that the attacks upon Ypres will be repulsed. The British offensive south of St. Julien Is pro gressing slowly. BERLIN. April 27. The aJmlsslon that the Germans had evacuated Ll zerne on the west bank of the Yser canal was made in an official state ment. It was denied that the French had retaken Hartmann-Sweilerkopf In Alsace. The statement declared that despite the evacuation of Lizerne the Germans are stiil holding Bridgehead on the Mt bank of the Yser. The losses of the British were declared tu have been "extraordinarily heavy." In view of the fact th.it a fish lays 7.000. 000 eggs a season It might lie a good Idea to employ a fish to set the pace for the hens. No. ( (621). Wallowa county Charles T Evans, resp., O. M. Cor kins, attorney, vs. Edgar Marvin, et al. applts, Thos. M. Dill, attorney. No. 7 (S23). Umatilla county Northwest SteH Co.. applt., Piatt ft Piatt, A. R. Wetxek, Raley ft Raloy. attorneys, vs. School District No. 16, rt-sp , Carter ft Smythe. attrnes. No. (624), Wallowa county Mary E. Dale, rvsp., Sliehun. ft 1'ooley. at torney, vs. Edgar Marvin." sheriff, et at, applts. Thos. M. Dill, attorney. No. J (6:') Wallowa county In the matter of the estate of Davf.l Dl gins, applt., S. D. Peterson. Geo. T. Cochran, attorneys, vx. Mxlftna A. DlKgins. et al, rsp A M. Kunneli. Sheahan ft Cooley, attorneys. No. 11 (62S), Baker county Klh. Chord, applt.. John L. Rand. attorav, vs Z. F. J. Ruber, resp , Clifford ft Corretl, attorneys. No. II (6i9), Hakr county Hat mils Johnson, ailrn , applt., ('. o. Illmlnian and Win. If. 'ck ird. Jr. attorneys, vs. Hot Pprlngs Mnd ft Imp. Co., T-t , Joseph J llnllner and William Smltn. attorneys. No. 13 130 , Malheur county--The State of Oregon, rp , W. It Brooke, dlst. atty., attorney, v. Urn. (Continued on page two