r.--- ' -v-p I DAILY EVENING EDITIOII DAILY EVENING EBITIOII Forfiiwt for Fa-tern Orrgrm hjr tl t'alU'd State Weather ohwrvcr at Portland. TO ADVERTISERS. Tb Kost Oregonlsa has the lirgest paid rlrrnlatlun of uy psper Id Oreiioa, east of 1'oTllyDil, rJ over twice the circulation la fMutletua 01 in; other oewipstier. Fair tonight and Wed-tesdajr. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 2G DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1915. NO. 852.3 BATTLE or in EINS AUSTRIANS SHELL POSITIONS Protected by Artillery, Italians Cross River at Several Points and Strike at Railway. FIGHT IS RAGING FURIOUSLY Austrian llalUrlt Bombard lite Ital ian Unni With tlie Utmost VUtor Alter Klowe Kiutnffcnit'iit, It"aiih Suenml Id Getting to Outskirts of (inidlw. HOME, June 8. The Utile of Isonio had begun. Protected by a heavy artl'lery fire, the Italians crossed the Isonio river at several points today and are strik ing at the railway leading to Trieste. Austrian batteries, mounted In de fences running from Toliolno toward the ea, are bombarding the Italian line along the river with the utmo.it vigor. Two Hersnglicrl regiments suc ceeded In crossing the river on the outskirts of Gradisea after two day' I battle. This advance greatly Imperils1 the Austrian positions at Gradisea. Klmr Narrowly Kw-nprft. . MILAN', June 8. The king of Italy' narrowly escaped death while In thOj trenches on the Austr'an rrontier when a shell from the enemy's guns exploded within 60 yards of him, dls. patches declared The king was Mn perturbed as the shell exploded, throwing up a great clou 1 of dust from the hole It tore In the ground. The king Is the popular hero of the army, lie Is living the lite of the or dinary soldlcT at Trentlnc and Is fte quently on the firing lino. MRS. MARTHA ANN FORTH IS OEAO AT THE AGE OF 64 ItESWENT OK UMATILLA UOVMV FOR 22 YEARS PASSES SUDDENLY AWAY. Wit llartha Ann Forth, for 22 cara a resident of Umatilla county, died a few minutes after midnight at the old Forth homestead near Pilot Hock Junction. Her death follows that of her husband by a period of i Utile over 13 months. The funeral, will be held tomorrow afternoon at "?.o at the Christian church In this city. Asthma, of which deceased had been a sufferer for years, was the j cause nf death. The end came rather unexpectedly as her condition had not I been considered serous enough to cause such an expectation. She was aged 64 years, six months and eight days. Deceased Is survived by seven chil dren as follows: Mrs. J. K. Sharp of: Pendleton. Mrs. 0. F. Huttirfleld and Mrs. C. K. Collins of Portland, Mrs. A I Ilurton of McFnll. Missouri, Mrs W. D. Thomas of Canada and Cieorge and Harry Forth of Pendleton. The bouquets you throw at yourself may turn Into boomcrnnfs. 125,000 Pounds of Wool at Echo Bought; Price is said to he Above Recent Offers Indicating the wool market Is grow. Ing stronger In eastern Oregon comes the report of the sale of 125,000 pounds of Echo wool to a Boston firm at an advance over the prices offered at the recent attempt at a sales day at Echo. The wool sold was by Antnne Vey and Joe Monesso and was bought bs Crlmmliis & Pierce. The price was not made public owing to an agree Captain, Wife and Daughter and 14 of Crew Drown When Belgian Steamer is Sunk LONDON, June 8. Captain Width, his wife and daughter and 14 mem bers of the crew of the Belgian steam er Menapler were drowned when the vessel was torpedoed and sunk In the North sea by a German submarine, dis patches stated. Five members of the crew were rescued by a passing vessel. Three Norwegian iloamois, the Party of 8 From New Jersey May be Here for Round-Up letter received asking mit DETAILED INFORMATION or the mo snow. j From far away New Jersey there U prntnl.se of attendance by" a party of eight at the coming Hound-up, ar.d I). Douglas, Jr., has written here for detailed Information as to Hound-up dates, etc. The letter was sent to Postmaster Tweedy and Is as follows: Montclalr, N. J., June 3, 1915. , Dear postmaster: i 1 went to one of Proctor' theaters In Newark, N. J, yesteiday and M a Pendleton, Oregon, Hound-up. I never saw such a show In my life. I would like to see the real thing. Can you help us? There Is a party of eight going to the world's fair and wa will be In Oregon In August. Will you be so kind as to let us know when they have the fair and how to get there from Portland. If I can do any thing here for you I would be de lighted. I Hoping to hear from you by return mall, I am Yours tru'y, D. DOUGLAS, JH- E ONE FOURTH or KM I IPTS FROM forest sKiivu i: is duk UMATILLA. Umatilla county Is In line to secure what may be a considerable sum of money from receipts of the forest ser vice for charges on land located In this county. County Judge Marsh recently took the subject up with the district forester In Portland asking us to what money If any Is due the county. Today be received a reply from Charles H. Klorey, acting district for ester, saving that under the law each county Is entitled to one fourth the gross receipts of the government from forest purposes In tlw county. Th's money Is to be expended for roads and schools, under the direction of the county court. In addition there Is a general law that requires the expenditure by the furest service of 10 per cent of its gross receipts on roads within reserves. In his letter Mr. Flory suggested that the matter be taken up w th Su pervisor W. W. Cryder and Judge Marsh will comply w ith the suggestion. How much money Is due the countv under the Sir, per cent requirement Is as yet unknown. Under the lit per cent requirement the forestry people have already expended l'.H.r,0 on roads in reserves. In Umatilla county. It Is the belief of Judge Marsh that the forestry money will be expended by the court on mountaneous roads. The fact the county has money due from the forestry fund wat brought to Judge Marsh's attention by E. K. Cleaver, It Is easy for a man to be popular If he Is easy. ment to keep the figures private but It Is known on good authority that the sale price was In advance of what was formerly offered for the wool. At the sale attempted at Echo May 25 a price of 18 7-8 cents was offered for the Vey wool and refused. A price of 17 1-4 was offered for the Monesse wool. The sale of this Echo wool Is of un. usual Interest In view of the sale set for Pilot Hock June 10. Trudvang, the Gllttertlng and the bark Superb have been sunk In the Past 24 hours by submarines. Sur vivors of the Menapler were landed at Margate today. They declared the torpedo tore the vessel to pieces and! It sank In loss than a mlnuto. The! body of the captain's wife was re covered. The crew of the Norwegian steamers were rescued and landed at various Prlllsh ports. I COUNTY T El SUBSTANTIAL SUM on lid wm Pope to Preside at Congress - - - . m '' '' : '.-V 1 j I ' " ' ' " " ' i IS v -'.ir - 1 v . ? - ' tl 1 : --.VV , : 'tei g immsr-- POm BENEDICT XV. KoMIC, June S. The Vatican intends to propose a peace congress soon looking toward bringing the war to at. end, according to the Ciornnlu U'Kalia. Pope lienedict, it is stated, will Propose that he preside over the con gress in person. DBREGON DEFEATS FORCES OF VILLA 61 WASHINGTON, June 8. Reporting from Vera Cruz, American Consul Sllltman declared the reports of Ger eral Ohregon's victory over General Villa and Angeles at Leon seem to be confirmed. General Obregon, he said, occupied Leon. It Is rumored Obre gon lost un arm In the engagement, which lasted five days. Fighting throughout northern Mex ico with varying results was reported In consular dispatches. Famine con ditions at some places are becoming extremely serious. At other points an Improvement is noted. KING CONSTANTS HAS AN EVEN CHANCE OF RECOVERY ATHENS, June 8 It Is reported that King Constantino has more than an even chance of recovery. An offi cial bulletin stated he showed .slight Improvement. People who suffer In silence always like to boast about It later. PENDLETON CHAUTAUQUA DATES JUNE 22 TO 28 INCLUSIVE IN FIGHT T LEON BRITISH SUBJECTS KILLED !N BATTLE IE WASHINGTON, June 8 S. B. Jones, an Englishman, killed, and Thomas Mallard, his wife and baby and A. T. Graves, British subjects, were probably fatally wounded Satur day at Tuxpam, Mexico, iccording to advices received by the state depart' ment. All were shot while Ueeing for shelter during a fight between Car ranzistna and Vlllistas who captured Tuxpam. All the men were connected with the Tuxpam oil Industry. Man of 74 Wants Place to Live and Work at Odd Jobs Who has a place for a man 74 years of age, willing to work and of good repute but unable to stand hard manual labor T County Judge Marsh is endeav- orlng to find a home for such a man. He has been living in one of the small towns of the coun- ty and through his plight has sought aid of the county. He will not go to the poor farm. saying he will die first. He Is able to do work of most any sort save hard labor. He is an Indian war veteran. Anyone hav- ing a place for such a man will please Inform the county judge BETWEEN FACTIONS H OPPOSI TONE OF NOTE TO EOTO BE SENT GEIIiJ,''3,INET Secretary of State Consider juiiiuci iu ociiiii a niianei tu uc an Ultimatum. WISHES MODIFICATION MADE Xote Das IVem txm.rt'd and WU1 Go h)rward Tomorrow, According A mjlillW'tlt llo.ln In ltAkalf .1. . ' ui uiu President WIlMon I Surprised at Aiuiiuie of Mr. Bryan. WASHINGTON, June S. At the conclusion of the cabinet meeting thl afternoon President Wilson cau-sed Secretary Tumulty to announce the rejoinder to Germany was complete and that "it Is hoped" the note will go forward tomorrow. But the cabi net is not unanimous In its approval of the communication. Secretary Bryan left the White Jlouse after the ses sion determined to fight for a modi fication of the note up to tha minute of Its being cabled to Berlin. It is un derstood the note as it nov stands warmly reiterates the rights of the United States under the International: laws as set forth In the prv.ous com-j munication Bryan believes the L'nit-I ed States to lie on record as favoring arbitration. If this be so lie considers it a mockery to forvcird a lejoinder which he considers to be an ultima-! turn. ' I Although a majority of the cabinet' is understood to be agrfinrt Bryai., ! he carried the fight of persuasion ; from the cabinet room to the Univer-! sity club where all the members lunched together. The position taken' by Secretary Bryan came as a com-1 plete surprise to the president. He was Known to favor arbitration but' heretofore has stopped short In , his fight for this principle when a ma jority' (if the cabinet disagreed with him. The president expect-rt hio c- tion to be the same In the present in- j stance. As a matter of fact, he pre"-) ient told callers before the session o the cabinet that the members were unanimous in approval of the new j note to Berlin. The delay of Bryan in arriving for the mee'ing was the first intimation that there was a dis-1 agreement as to the position this gov ernment should take in mect'ng Ger-; many's answer to the Lusiiania noti j WASHINGTON. June R. President ' Wilson presented his latest not.'? to Germany, finally revised, to the cabi net today and unanimous approval, it is understood, was piven tVe rejoin-! der After being held u; since Fri day, while the president went over the communication determined it should, be correct even to the most minute tail, it was stated, following the Cfh. inet meeting, it will nov go forward, in the "immediate future." j During the discussion of the ans wer to Berlin's note re;;-ding the Lusitania, Secretary Bryan Is under-! stood to have desired su. h a moclif 1-, cation as wnuhi insure a co- tinuation of negotiations should Germany re ject the principles set forth by the United States. He was overruled but endorsed the general term of the re Joinder. I inn Altitude Maintained. The note, as now framed, is under stood to take no backward ?lep from the firm position previously imllcat ed. The rights of the United states un der international law are firmly slat ed. The principle insisted upon by the United States, that American citi zens have the right to travel uron the seas In safety, Is still adhered to. The torpedoing and sinking of mer chantmen without first rbservlng the rules of visitation and search is I.eld to be a violation of the inurnatlrna! rules of warfare and the determina tion of the United States to protect Its citizens Is reiterated. GRAND JORY INVESTIGATES OGILVY MURDER THURSDAY, . elow, reelected city commissioner by The grand jury will Invest'gate the a majority of 96S at yesterday's elec Ogilvy double murder on Thursday of ti,,n- complete count this afternoon this week, District Attorney steiwer! established. having summoned the witnesses fcr A. L. Barbur was re-elected city that day. The grand jury convened aud. tor overwhelmingly. Measures this morning and is now considering, for annexing St. Johns and Linton to several other criminal matters which have accumulated since the April term. The grand jury is composed of the Ing opening of shops, stores and gro followlng men: R. H. Wilcox of Pen-lceries on Sunday and providing for dleton, H. R. Van Slyks of Freewater.j municipal free collection of garbage Grant Steen of Milton, Rlctnrd Mor-jwere defeated, as was the ordinance rison of Weston, W. M. McBrldo of authorizing the purchase of five thou Athena, George Rugg of Pendleton sand additional water meters, and J. T. Haun ot Freewater. j The complete returns show neither The peoplo of tho southend of the county in particular will await the ro-1 Port of the grand Jury upon the case. They are deeply aroused against Leo; Dale, the alleged niurd-rer and are eager to earn what an official investi-' gatlon will bring to light BRYAN RESIGNS Washington, junk . presi- dknt wilson annoi nc td but- AX'S KES1GNATION WAS AC WASHINGTON, June 8. SfXTRE- ITAHV mtvtv nnuinvrn ivu LOWING THE STORMY SCENES ,.,,r, . SION AT WHICH WILSON'S RE- JOINDER TO GERMANY WAS DIS CUSSED TODAY. BRYAN DISAGREED WITH THE PRESIDENT AND OTHER MEM BERS OF THE CABINET AS TO THE I1SITION THE UNITED STATES SHOULD TAKE. LIBRARY BOARD FINDS IT - HAS LEGAL TITLE TO STRIP Discovery of the fact that Jackson street east of Main Is ten feet nar- rower than the same street west of Main has materially altered the situa-' tion confronting the library board j Instead of being placed In the posi tion of applicants for a portion ot the street in order to secure suffi cient ground room for the library building as planned, the board now has legal title to the i.ecessa:y ground. Acting Mayor John Dyer and othe's, while looking up the status of the city property, found that JacUson street east of Main had been opened at a different time and that the remain-j der of that street and that, at the' time of dedication, it was specified j that the street should be 60 feet' wide. This makes it ten feet narrow er than was thought. j The city officials secured deeds fiom the original holders of the land1 and District Attorney Steiwer held that the city V title was food. The ; district attorney was present last ev j ening at a joint meeting of the coun-' cil and library board with Messrs.' Greuiich and Alexander, v ho own the! residence property across the street j from the library site, and expressed ' his formal opinion on tha validity olj the city's title. Judge Lowell, repte-; senting the two property orners, tool. i a contrary view, declaring his opin-i ion ttuu the street had betii so loni; consideied full width from end to; end and had been so used a. a street that the original owners had lost title to it. ! The meeting was a very friendly af fair last evening and an amicable set-1 tlement will result. The library board; originally asked for the vacation of! a -t) foot strip of the street but la'er decided a seven foot strip would an- swer. The extra ten foot strip thus gives the board three more than Is absolutely necessary. Mefsis. C.reu- lich and Alexander both expressed themselves as having no wish to stand in the way of the Improvement and though no final action was ta- ken, it is probable a settlement sat- bfactory to all will be ma le. Acting Mayor Dyer has been mak- ing out a deed conveying the library site from the city to the county inas - much as the library ta to be a county institution. Ordinance Providing Water Meters is Defeated; Jitney Regulation Law is Adopted PORTLAND. Ore., June S. George, i-UKcr was eteciea cuy commissioner oy a majority ot 2--'o. ana i . a. nig-i Portland also passed. The ordinance regulating the Jitneys was passed. An ordinance prohibit of the successful candidates for coin- missioner were elected on the first choice of the votes, although Raker fell but SilS votes short of havlns a clear majority of all the first choice votes. He was easily elected on sec ond cho i ENGLISH LOSS IN GALLIPOLI FIGHT Dispatches to Constantinople From Scene of Battle Declare Field Covered With the Dead. FRENCH PRESSING UPON LENS Gsul Occupy Another Croup of Houses In Fighting EaM of 8ouch Sugar Mill, Driving Germans Oat at the Point of the Bayonet Sllgtit t.ains Made In Hills. CONSTANTINOPLE, June 8 Dis patches Indicate the allied losses In the recent attempts to storm the Gal lipoli defenses are much heavier than at first reported. Several thousand British dead were declared to havj I been found on the field In front of the Tiii-bfct, rf.sitina Tti Turku n ltu capturea li macnine guns ana sup plies of munitions. ATHENS. June 8. Forty thousand wounded Turkish soldiers and 2M German officers, now in Constantino ple, are in urgent need of medical at tention, according to advices here Hundreds of these Wn. wounded In the Dardanelles fighting, are dying daily owing to a lack of care whilt an epidemic of typhus anA smallpox Is declared to be sweeping the military hispitals. Hospital facilities at Con stantinople are declared to be entirely Inadequate. PARIS. June 8. Still pressing for ward upon Lens, the French have oc cupied another group of houses east of the Souchez sugar mill. It was of ficially a nnounced. The Germans were driven out at the point of th bayonet and thrown back with heavy losses. . v Si ght gains were reported on the slopes east of the Lorette Hills and heavy German counter attacks were, repulsed. Three times during the niirht the Germans attempted to re take the positions captured by the French, the communique announced, but in every instance they were beat en off. In the "Labyrinth'' region, near Neuville, the ruined trenches are be ing piled high w th dead and wound ed. BERLIN. June S General Von Linaincen's forces have seized tho railway running from Stanislau b Lemberg at Buckaczowca, i"e war of fice announced. An official statement declared the Russians were defeated in that regmri and nearly ."000 cap tured. The seizure of the railway cut the principal communication between the defenders of Lember; and th Russians near the Bukowina frontier. ! ; 4 ; y ! DOWNWARD TREND STILL tXtNTINUES IN MHEAT PIT CHICAGO. June j -(Special.) At the close of the market to. day Ji n 3.4 was asked for July wheat. For Sept. deliver;- the closing price was Jl.08 J-4. PORTLAND. Ore. June . (Special.) Portland wheat quotations today have been club, 93 cents; bluestent 95 cents. To determine the reelection of iiig. i elow wtj u,t I'ceswiry t i count thn second and third choice ot.s. II;, closest opponent was William Adam, who fell 2633 Votes below H!Kelw nri the first choice votei, but gained on the second and third choices unt I in the final totals he is only m votes behind. Fourth In the race wa Communion, er W. I Brewster, who cume under tho wire with 5 o o 3 votes lens than Adams and 171 less than Hlgelow The vote against authorizing water meters was 3.733. The majority against clos.ng the stores on Sunday wag 12T33. The majority for rrguiat. Ing the Jitneys was 7 1 . .1 . Th vote In favor of annexing Limit m was for. :.20S, and against, li'di The vol favoring annexing St J-'hm was for, 3 " -7 5 . and against, CI.'."., Thn annen. ation of tlie two town Imreaw-n thn population of Portland 7 oioi nod lb 1 .' 9 .iiare miles.