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, . iC.' ? . 1 leiliill d.'.!ly eve:::::3 eeitio:i daily eve:::::3 eeitio:i Forecast for l.tern tHrrinm hf the I niled htata Weather oharner at Portland. TO ADVERTISERS. Th F.Mt Oregoalan haa the largeat paid tlrcolatloa of any paper In Oregon, eaat of I'ortluDil, ai d our twice the circulation to feodletun 01 auf ottier Dewapaper. ate Jj Unaettled tonight and Thiirsdij; prohahly showers; cooler. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. ZH DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1915. NO. 8340 CHICAGO STRIKERS BACK AT WORK OTEH SETTLEMENT (l Agreement is Reached Between the Employers and Employes of the Surface and Elevated Lines. TO ARBITRATE DIFFERENCES Mayor Thompson Will Act As Third Member of Board Whlcii Will Hold Hearings to Adjust Question o( Wage Non-union Men Quit and Strikebreaker Suit Away. CHICAGO, June 16 The street car and elevated railway strike was called oft at 5 o'clock this morning, 14,000 motormen, conductors and oth er employes returned to their posts. Official said full service wilt be re sumed on the elevated and surface lines by noon. An agreement was reached between strike leaders and officials of the em ploying companies following an all night conference at the offices of Mayor Thompson. The strlkera ag'reed to return to work at the old wage scale but any change In wages which the negotiations may result In, will date from June 1- Both sides will name un arbitrator within three days. The mayor will bo the third member of the arbitration committee which will settle the dispute. Company of ficials iind strikers were given a week to prepare their case and unlimited hearings will then be conducted. Officials of the elevated lines took off the non-union men today when the union employes threatened to mil the strike on again. in reaching nn agreement with the strikers, the company conceded the following points: That the question of officials' salaries should be sub mitted unreservedly to arbitrators; no men shall be employed for single trips; a full day of 10 hours must be completed within 12 consecutive hours; at least half of the runs must be straight runs and $3 shall be paid for night work of six hours or less. Early today surface and elevated companies halted the Importation of 3000 strikebreakers who were speed ing from eastern points. They also paid off 6000 others, brought to Chi cago since Sunday nnd placed them aboard trains to return to cities from which they came. ITALIANS HALTED II ADVANC AUSTRIAN SEAPOR T Strong Defenses Bring Invading Army to Standstill in Attempt to Invest City of Trieste. GORIIZ STRUGGLE CITIffUES Itnllun licet Sales I'nder Sealed Or ders and Great Entliuslaain Is Shown in Rome as Battle cruisers 1'ut to Sea Archbishop Says Kites for Victory. ROME, June 16. Powerful de fensive works erected by the Austrl- sns have halted the Italian advance upon Trieste from Monfalcone, it was officially announced. Until the works are reduced, the progress of the Invading army Is ex pected to be slow. Fighting about Goritz continues with unceasing fury. ROME, June 16 The Italian fleet sailed under sealed orders from Ta- tanto last night. The archbishop of; the ancient St. Cutuldo pronounced the patriotic School Directors Repudiate View of Landers Case Taken By Certain Local Newspaper Emphatically repudiatincr the view nf the PenrUrt thk une that Superintendent J. S. Landers Wfl fnrfPfl nut nf Vila nn. i tin. v-., u i j i ... V" uuaru oucause 01 nis support 01 prohibition or be cause of hia choice for governor the members of the local school board today issue a signed statement upon the subject. In ad dition E. L. Smith, the sole democratic member of the board, makes a personal statement contradirtino- th san politics entered into the affair. The two statements are as follows: Tlie Hoard's Statement. it ought not to be necessary for the school board to supplement Its statement of June 18th, but In view of the attitude of the newspapers and lest our silence be Misconstrued, we desire to say that we are not respon sible for the Interpretation placed by any newspaper on the board's action In accepting the resignation of Mr. Landers. unfortunately we have over the editorial columns of either of our local papers. We have said and now repeat em phatically that such action was not Induced by his activities for the pro hibition cause. To that statement we will add and with eiual emphasis, that such action van not on account of his activities along any other political line, or for Cathedral, I t,r aK'nst any candidate for political allocution! ""' If Mr. Landers was a polltl- and resent any attempt t0 deprive Mr. Landers or any other democrat of his political privileges. Long before tn campaign w tinder way last fall Mr. Landers and the board had reach ed an agreement for the termination of his services art the close of the school year. Therefore, as a democrat, I re pudiate the suggestion by whomso ever made, that Mr. Landers lost his no control position by reason of his political calling for victory. Great throngs lined the harbor front as the fleet de parted. Chautauqua To be Held on Round-Up Grounds This Year IXK'ATIOX OFFERS MU II KOOM IXIIt TEXTS A XI) C.VMPIXU PURPOSES. WHEAT IT TODAY IX CHICAGO PIT CHICAGO, June 16. (Sped- al) An advance of two cents In By action of the Chautauqua com mittee taken this morning It la an nounced that the Round-up grounds will be used as a place for holding the chuutauigua this year. It Is argued in behalf of using the park for the pur pose that no other location offers so much room for tents and camping purposi's, such sanitary conditions and all around requirements. Inquiries from six different sources have been received regarding the chance for securing camping grounds at the Chautauqua. The selection of the Round-up park for the meetings will provide accommodations for all faith. Nothing can be farther from the truth. E. L. SMITH. Pendleton Invites County Towns to be Here on July 12th chi partisan we did not know It. We neither knew nor cared whom he favored for office. Not a word of a political nature ever passed between us. No person knows better than Mr. Landers himself that he was not In any way restricted in action or in speech with respect to h)s political or' club; personal preferences. The objection ' Tne Hun iHiiii .nr. utnuers nan to oo solely viih school management. His case was not unlike that of any other in structor in the schools, and the board In the exercise of its Judgment, and In the performance of its duties, con cluded that the best Interests of tho schools would be promoted by the ac ALL SWH'LU JOI.V IX PLANS TO WELCOME LIBERTY BELL XE.YT MONTH. A copy of the following letter ias been sent to each town in Umatilla county by the Pendleton commercial Mayor: Dear Sir: O".. July 12th, the liber ty bell wffl 'pass through Pendleton one.. (- Ik. 1 v,e. w, be held h;Ve in holr ofjCHARGE OF LARCENY MADE nia utt-iuuiuuie it'iic. 01 me revolu tion. The railrads will make such ar New Pastor of the Christian Church Here for Reception RJA. H. H. HI HIU T.L WttL RK AT FAItEH F.I.L TO KEV. T. F. WEAVER TOMORROW. Here for th purpose of attendtsg the farewell rception to be giv tomorrow evening to his predecessor, Kev. T. F. Weaver, the Rev. H. H Hubbell, pastor of the Christian ohurch at Corvallls, ami who is to esme here soon, arrived this morning from the valley town. H will remain tmtll after the receptiom. tomorrow night and then m back to Corvallls to finish his work there which re quires his services until- September 1. Mr. Hubbell has been in charge ol the Christian churett. at Csrvallis fof sewn years. During hia time there the church membership' oas been doubled and Mr. Hubbell kas had a strong following especially among the young men of the agricultural college. He has also been known as a live worker for Corvallls with the result he nas strong friends among the bus inessmen not affiliated with church work. Governor James Withycombe Is a member of Rev. HubhelTs church la Corvallis and while here last week was first Informed that Mr. Hubbell Is t come here. The governor spoke In the highest praise of his work at Corvallls and regretted bis departure from that town. The new pastor-to-be of the local cnurch has a family consisting of a wife and three children. The familj will come here to live with him li September. REEK REPORTED TO HAVE INVADED PART OF ALBANIA Troops Under Command of Cousin of Premier Venizelos Have Occup ied Village of Gramse. WAR PARTY DEMANDS ACM American Cargo Is Kejit. LONDON, June 16. Four hundred tons of copper on the steamer Za mora, from New York for Stockholm, which was thrown into prhse court, was requisitioned for the British gov ernment. ceptance of his resignation, which as rangements as to trains that the peo- we have said before filed. If this be treason, guilty. W. E. was voluntarily then we are BROCK. Chairman. J. T. BROWN. G. W. PHELPS. E. L. SMITH. Front E. L. Sniltlv. In addition to the above. I desire to Bay that I have been a life-long democrat, and probably belong to the "hide-bound" vnrletv rwininu- it who uesire to conic nere ana camp cannot he s-ihl that during the week. There is city water In the park, the sanitary conditions are good and electric lights are available. I have been In fluenced by any action of Mr. Ijinders Pie from all parts of the county will be able to attend and reach home the same day. Pendleton will probably proclaim a half holiday to enable its people to give fitting tribute to this, one of the nation s most levered souvenirs. AGAINST EX-DOG CATCHER Enlisted Men Sent to Annapolis. WASHINGTON. June 16. Secre tary Daniels announced the appoint ment of li enlisted men of the navy who will enter the naval academy as ",uo" J",,c" mAl r'.v-Tive men well known Pilot Rock livervman. took tho examinations under the law -hn h iattr t i ,i I'HAXK CAMPBELL ALLEGED TO HAVE STOLEN FROM PILOT HOCK MAX. Frank Campbell, one-time and very recently dog-catcher for the city of Pendleton, now finds himself In very much the same predicament as some of the dogs which he has caught. He is under attest and In Jail awaiting further action of the law on a charge of larceny from the person. According to the statement of the officers. Campbell stole some money, bout $2.50 from George McGaughey farliiumnrt 1 Called I'pon Co Carry Out Program Following Keetertioa f Former Premier to Power King CoiKtantlne Is Said to Have Suffer ed Rciafsei ROME, June 16. Greek forces have invaded Albania, according to reports from Scutari. Troops commanded by a cousia of Former Premier Ventaelos occupied Gramse, It was said. ATHENS. June 16. The newspaper Hestia, the organ of the war party. called upon the government to convoke parliament to carry' out the war pro gram approved by the people in re turning Former Premier Venizelos to power in Sunday's election. King Constantlne has suffered a re lapse. SPECIAL HIT IS ALLEGED TO HAVE BEE!! WAN SPY New York Tribune Declares Dr. Ger hard got Information on Prepared rtess of United States. IS FRIEK9 OF BEFJSTCRFF MOTHER CANNOT DEFRAUD DAUGHTER SAYS DECISION JUDGE PHELPS RILES FOR PLAINTIFF IX WTLIJAMS. MCRRAY CASK. July wheat featured the mar ket today. At the close July stood Jl.Oi 5-8; Sept. $1.02 1-4. PORTLAND, Ore., June 16. (Special) Portland wheat pri ces today have been, club 88c; blucstcm 91c. Hen Hutches Turtles. SMITH, La.. June 16. A remark able Instance of filial devotion in the lower animals has Just come to llfjht here. Lcm Macey had an old Rhode Island Red hen named Salry. which insisted upon setting all the time Lcm dug out a turtle's nest and found about 20 eggs. He took the eggs home, made a nice nest and put Salry on them. In due time Sairy hatched out 18 nice, healthy snapping turtles. - mining me st-L-ifiary oi me navy hotel miiKf i n I inmimcnTa an,,, oil,. " ' lu uuiice'irom the enlLsted personnel In behalf of democratic candidates. II to New Head of the Department of State Fifteen are Killed in Zeppelin Raid LONDON, June 16. Fifteen persons were killed and 15 wounded in a new Zeppelin raid on the east coast of England last night. The admiralty statement said "some fires were started." The admiralty supressed the exact scene of the raid. This is the heaviest loss of life resulting from a raid on Eng land thus far. Two Tornadoes Sweep South Dakota ABERDEEN, So. Dakota, June 16. Several persons were killed and $200,000 worth of damage was done last night by two distinct tornadoes which swept this section. A heavy hail storm accompanied the tornadoes, levelling crops and prost rating wires. The first tornado swept through the village of Brunt, injur ing several. The second struck north of Highmore. Second Wool Sale at Echo Satisfactory Prices Bringt 'V I In-'--" of ft - -i 1. ' - - - ... f ; ) j. "tt..-. , .a, , t Campbell got access to the room in the early morning, according to the story, and, thinking McGaugh ey to be asleep, drew his trousers from off the bed and extracted all of the money in them. McGaughey, was not asleep and recognized the in truder before he left the room. He Informed the landlord, who summoned the police. Campbell confessed and returned part of the money with a promise to get the balance. He will be given a hearing, however, before the justice of the peace. A mother may not defraud her daughter. Thjs, virtually, as the substance of the decision handed down this afternoon by Judge Phelps in ruling In favor of the plaintiff in the case of Winnie F. Williams vs. May Murray after testimony had been ta ken before him. According to the plaintiffs story, when she was divorced from her hus band last March, he gave to her title to the little home which they had just completed near the Walters mill. There was a mortgage of $950 against it and she needed f 162 to satisfy me chanics' liens and other debts against It. This, she states, she borrowed from her mother, Mrs. Murray, and to secure her gave her title to the property with the understanding that she would reconvey the property when the money was returned. Later. she declares she stood ready to return plete." the borowed money but defendant re-1 fused to return the title to the prop-, erty. Mrs. Murray claimed that her. Guaranteed. Safe Csadaart to Bcrlia As Emissary of Ccrmaa Ambassa dor In Reality He la Alfred Meyer, tiller of (iermaoy'a Army Supply Division, Says Xenspapcr. NEW YORK. June 1 The New Tork Tribune charged today that Dr. Meyer Gerhard, wha waa guaran teed safe conduct to Germany aa an emissary of Am bassador Von Bern storff, is In reaUty Dr. Alfred Meyer, privy councillor and chief of Ger many's army supply division. While ia this country he attempted to pur chase supplies and coJK-cted valuable, information regarding the military preparedness of the United States, the Tribune alleges. The Tribune' story carries the In ference that Von Bemstorff and at taches of the German embassy were parties to the deception. The charges made by the Tribune could not be confirmed. WASHINGTON. June H. -Possible, but improbable," was the ver dict of official Washington upon ths store published by the New Pork Tri bune, alleging that Dr. Meyer Ger hard, who visited the United State aa a Red Cross agent was in reality Dr. Alfred Meyer, chief of the sup ply division of the German army. Acting Secretary of State Lansing1 and Mr. Bryan disclaimed knowledge of the alleged facts contained In the Tribune's story Lansing intimated an Investiga tion might be made, but added that even though the charges were true, they constituted no violation of the law. Such deception would only b a discourtesy, it was stated. "At the request of Ambassador Von Bemstorff a letter was given Ger hard," said Landing, "stating he had been in this country as a red cross representative and desired to return to Germany. If Gerhard in reality was the purchasing agent and an In ve.ftigator for the German govern ment, the hoax, of which the admin istration was made the victim, is com. 'Continued on page eight.) NEW YORK. June 16. Attaches of the German embassy declared falsa the story printed in the Tribune. "The story is pure tommyrot," said Counsellor Von Haimhausen. MAOD-NED FATHER ATTACKS HIS DAUGHTER WITH HAMMER DOM10STIC TROniLE CAUSE WIFE ESCAPES MAX TI1EX CUTS OWX THROAT. WAR BULLETINS PORTLAND, Ore.. June 16. Mad ciened by domestic trouble, C. I. Dur barow, a paper hanger, struck his five-year-old daughter Ruth on the head with a hammer, fracturing her skull and then cut his own throat with a rasor. Father and daughter were removed to a hospital In a very critical condition. Preceding the at tack on the child, Durbarow struck his wife a glancing blow with the hammer, but she retained conscious ness and fled. She was not serious ly hurt. V-21 Sank I.tisitania. .statement of Captain Turner that only LOXDOX, June 16. Submarine 19 of the liner's 2J boilers were work-C-21 sank the Lusitania according toeing on the last trip. This was due. the Elsinnre. Denmark, correspond- j Rooth said, to an order to save oper ant of the Evening Star. j atins expenses, as there was a heavr "I have learned." the correspondent decrease in travel due to the war. cabled, "that the order of merit re- Tooth said he believed that even at cent'y was bestowed upon Lieutenant the reduced speed the Lusitania wout.l Herslnc, commander of the U-Il by.be too fast fur submarines, the kaiser in recognition fur finking the Lusitania." ; t j typhus t miiiiwiri in Austria. , , . , ., I PARIS. June 16 Three hundred Had Faith in ship s Speed. ; any forty-two cases of tvphus had be. n LONDON'. June 16. Before the Lu- reported in Austria In the week ended, sitanit inquiry today. S. A. A. Booth, June 5. according to a dispatch re chairman of the board of directors of ceived by the Temps from Demo, the Cunard line, corroborated the Switzerland. NEWS SUMMARY (Special Correspondence.) ECHO, Ore., June U. A second large sale of wool was made here at prices satisfactory to buyers and growers. Those who told, with the amount nnd the price paid In each sale, were as follows: n. F, WlgloBworth and sons, fine wool clip, 40,000 pounds, at 18 1-8 cents. B. P. Doherty, fine wool clip, 87, 000 pounds, 17 1-4 cents. J. C. Cox, fine wool clip, 10,000 pounds, 18 3-4 cents. W. W. Howard, fine wool clip, 9. 000 pounds, 18 3-4 cents. B. P. Doherty, coarse, 14,000 pounds, 22 1-2 cents. The American Woolen company of Lawrence, Mass. ,antl the French Worsted Mills of Wonsocket, n. I., were the buyers. Ilobert Lansing. Robert Lansing,' counsellor of the. complications. Probably the most no department of state, has. succeeded table was for the Behring Sea corn Secretary William J. Bryan In charge mission In 1892-8 and In 1896-7. He of diplomatic affairs of the United! co,ln-""1 1 North Atlantic iisnerics impute in 1909 at The States during the crisis which may mean most In Its history. Mr. Lan sing, who has for some years prac tised law In Washington, was born In Waterton, N. T.. In 1864. Ho is not unfamiliar with Interna tional law, because he acted for the' Growth nnd United States in several international states." in Hague. He was counsellor for the United States In the British claims arbitration In 1912 and 1914. Mr. Lansing Is a writer of some au thority. Among the works of his pen are "Government. Its Oritrln. Form In the General. Greeks Inrado Albania. Italians are halted in advance on Trieste, Chicago strike is ended and men re turn to work. Special envoy of German ambassa dor declared to have been spy. Local. local pcoplo attending I Grande festivities. School hoard repudiates construc tion placed on action!) by local impor. Court refuses to allow mother to de fraud daughter. Former Imprlsoncr of docs Is now behind liars himself. Hov. Hubble, new Christian tuwinr fure- tnlted. arrives in lVnilloton to attend well rocoptitm to predecessor. Young Ladies Enthusiastic in Contest to Sell Tickets for the Local Chautauqua Intense enthusiasm Is being evi denced at two of Tendleton's leading merchandise establishments as the young ladles of the stores contend for honors In the "Chocolate Box Chautauqua Season Ticket'' competi tive contest. Much rivalry has devel oped within the last few days. Each morning finds the young ladies vying with one another to sell the greatest number of Chautauqua season tickets. Luring Prbio Offered. The girl selling the greatest num ber of tickets in either store Is to get one of the big boxes of "Chautauqua Chocolates" being given as a rrlzej ny tne, Chautauqua committee. stated one of the h!ue-yl mLwS from the People Warehouse today. "We are after those Vhautaunu Chocolates' and Intend to wi them." ''No Cliance." N ltiply. "No chance to Win 'em," retorted a petit littlo clerk from the Alex ander Department store. "Wo are going to wln ., all and ynU better watch out." To make good her In tentions she disposed of two of her tickets to a bystander. "With such enthusiasm as that !ri the air I could not help but get In, the game," stated the buyer. Committee I'leswl. e are Indeed ple.wd win, the Tne Work the vounir In.li.. .... ....... two stores are competing against each stated one of the Chautau.pi, cm other for total sales, also. The young mitteemen this morning. "The glib - " ui-neis, irre-iiiavn, entered the contest In th spective of her store, la t g..t nn! spirit and fire il,,l,i their lev " t" m,.ke the -h ..Hau-iua l,..r a real ' Just you watch us get th.it prize." U week of fun an I e,lu,Mti.,." r:.!ht I Ut