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a DAILY EVENING EDITIO'I DAILY EVEIUK6 EDITIO'I Forecast for Eastern Orrgon fcy tb I nltrd State Uralhrr lllnrnn at Portland. F)ir tonight and Tuesday; warmer Tuesday. . TO AD V ERTISERS. Th Rut Oregonlid till the largest pld tlrmlatlua of but paper In OreKon, aut of I'vrllKBd. ard over twice the circulation la Pendleton at' any other newipaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 26 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1915. - NO. 8527 a GERMANY CHARGES ALLIES USE FLAG OF UNITED STATES Illegal Procedure Alleged to Make it Impossible for Submarines to Conduct Search. EMBLEM IS USED AS SHIELD QtXiet Neutral Ha Avon-ed to Be rd Also by EnjrlLsli on British Ships tombing the Sea for Gor man rndcmm craft 1iargt" Will Figure in Mote. WASHINGTON, June it. Serious charges of ahum of the American flag by the allies have been made to the atatc department by Germany, It was learned. The charges filed cov ered at least six Instances In which the use of the flag was abused with in the past two months. A report has been asked from the American embassy at London but nothing yet has been heard from Ambassador Tage. It la learned authoritatively that Germany has cited cases of the fly ing of other neutral flags by disguis ed British ships combing the seas for Herman submarines. These charges, It was expected, will figure in Germany's reply to the president's latest noto regarding sub marine warfare. The position will be taKcn that with the allies using such methods It Is Impossible for sub marine commanders to observe the nrilnnrv usmires and onerate In ac cordance with International rules of visit und search before sinking sus pected vessels. Germany's accusa tions are expected to figure also In the note which the Vnlted States will direct to Kngland, regarding Inter ference with neutral commerce. NEWS SUMMARY General. Attempt Is made to blow up armor flllnl wltli troops In Canadian city. Slav armhn have, begun retreat from lumber. leU sentence of Leo Frank Is com muted by governor of Georgia. Germany cliargea alllr with misuse of I'nlted States flag. Local. l'rnd Irion rliatiuiuium en.i to morrow. lrof. lenders make another an. hit to hoard. Ijaiimlrymen of nation boost for Round-up, lvmllcuui defeated by Tfcrmlston 4 to S. Retiring Superintendent Says Board Chairman Last Spring Warmly Praised Efficiency of His Work. In th following letter written from Corvallls where he Is now teaching in a summer school at the Oregon Agricultural College, Supt. J. S. Lan ders answers the statement' made bj the school board members last Wed nesday: Corvallls, Ore., June 19, 1915. Kdltor East Oregonlan:--Slnce tho school board did not desire to accept the committee's Invitation to a public discussion of the relations of the hoard to myself, I had hoped that there was to be no more "statements." Rut In your Issue of last Wednesday, June Id, I notice whnt the Tribune rails their final, statement. May I ask the courtesy of your columns for a "final" word In explanation, "lest mv silence be misconstrued?' It Is with regard to the latest ex cuse given by the board as to the severance of our relations In tha school, that I wish to speak. You remember, Mr. Editor, the agility of the Irishman's flea, that was so hard to locate. "Now I have him, bejab her' now I don't have html" Tha Intellectual hopscotch 1n which the hnnrri have engnged Is certainly hard to follow. Last fall very soon after the meeting of the board in wntcn to sccent the resignation but In which one member said "Now next spring (after the election Is nil over, Mr, Kdltor) you can go." Harry Ulckers, whose office Is In the room where tho school board hold their mnntinM. said to a group of men: "The board Is going to lot Landers out and put Hampton in; tney are 1. LANDERS REPUES 10 LAST WEDNESDAY'S BOARD STATEII Boats on the Upper Columbia Carry on Flourishing Trade EVERY KTKAMKIt LOADED TO CAPACITY, IK LARES I M A TII.LA RESIDENT. The steamers on the upper Colum bia are doing a flourishing business, according to H. N. Dryer of Umatilla who Is here on a short trip. "Last evening the J. N. Teal and the Inlund Empire were at Umatilla together at 6:30, the Teal bound up stream and the Inland for Portland," says Mr. Dryer. The Inland carried a heavy cargo, Including three car loads of hogs from Lewiston. The passenger list was 60. Going up stream the Teal carried a cargo of 300 tons of freight and 100 passen gers. "Though It was not expected th passenger business Is proving heavy and profitable. On Its last trip up stream the Inland Empire carried 130 passengers. "The company Is now refitting the steamer Twin Cities so as to make a first class passenger boat of It. That bout together with the Teal will be, the passenger boats and It Is the in- Kmplre lno an oil and stock boat When the full service is established there will be an every other dai steamer service out of Umatilla each way.' NEXT ANNUAL MEETING OF FARMERS ONION AT WEISER STATU EXIXTTIVE HOARD DE CIDES PLACE- AT GATHER ING HERE SATURDAY. Through action by tho state execu-j live bourd or the f armers' union ior Eastern Oregon and Southern Idaho at the annual meeting of the board held here Saturday it was decided to hold the next annual convention of the organisation at Veifer, Idaho, December 7. Ym lulls towns asked for the com ing convention of the farmers, am ong them being Corvallls, Condon, Baker, and Pendloton. The consider ation that caused the meeting to be given to Weiser Is the fast no ses sion of the association has yet been held In Idaho. The board Saturday received re ports from the legislative committee of Idaho and Oregon and adopted the same. Other business transact ed consisted In the payment of bill nnd the handling of routine affairs. j The meeting of the executive board was held at the local Farmers' Union' f.ffice on Court street apd the follow-j ing members of the committee were; present: J. P. Hrown. Arlington; F. i A. Pykes, Milton; W. W. Hurrah, Pen-i illeton; J. P. Atkinson, IJoyd; K. R. j Hoop. Fairfield. Idaho, nnd W O. Parks, Elgin, Oregon. not going to have Landers going round making prohibition speeches." Now. the board says prohibition Is not the reason; they have no objec tion to my talking prohibition from the pulpit. Ilefore tne election last fall, who ever heard of any member of the board, except Mr. Drown pos sibly, ndvocatlng temperance or pro hibition Now, it seems there is no seat too high or too prominent on the water wagon for them. In tho conference with Mr. Brock last fall, referred to In the previous statement, In which he was acting as chairman of the board, In addition to the conversation on the prohibition addresses, he said that certain peo ple had been much hurt by my part In the Hulgin meetings, that the hoard had considered asking my res ignation. Now, they have no objec tion whatever to any religious views I hold; and it was not on account of religion that they let me out. Ac cording to one member In public, meeting, they even refused to elect a teacher because he was not a mem ber of any church. Thla was Mr. Taliman's statement before the com mittee. Now, tha excuse they offer for let ting me out "had to do solely with school management," Mr. Hrock'a Inst statement. Yet this spring, 1n a parent-teachers' meeting In which he and I appeared on the program, he went out of his way to speak of the efficiency of Pendleton schools as due to the work of Prof. Landers; to praise the work so warmly as to mnko It difficult for me to follow him on the program. Again, at the close of the meeting In which teachers were elected this spring, ho and an other member, told me my work was (Continued on rnge ) Ml POSITIONS or 8 Austro-German Armies Will Soon Enter Galician Capital Last Line of Russians Being Stormed. KAISER IS ON THE SCENE Troops of Uie (Yar Are Retreating Rapidly, leaving Small Force to Cover Position Until Main Body Gets Away Heavy Guns and Mu nitions Hurried .Wrong Border. RERUN, June 21. Ravaruska, an Important railroad center, command ing IjPinherjr, lias been captured by the left ng of Von Maekenxeu's AuMtro-Gemian Army, it was official ly announced. Ravaruska Is SO miles northwest of the Galician capital. BERLIN, June 21. Lemberg Is about to fall. Before the eyes of the kaiser the victorious Austro-German armies soon will enter tha Galician capital. It la expected. Austrian troops are storming the last line of the Russian defenses, 11 miles from lemberg, according to the latest reports, and the Slav for ces ore preparing to evacuate the city. Tralnloads of Russian wounded are being hurried from Lemberg toward the Russian border. Aviators also reported sighting long tains, bearing heavy guns and munitions, leaving the city for Russian territory. A general movement to dear the city o( all troops and guns except a small force to cover the Slav retreat, is re ported to be under way. The Russian positions 11 miles from the city, now being attacked, are on a strongly fortified ridge. Once this ridge is taken Ton Mackenzen's entire army Is expected to sweep over the plains before the city with out opposition. Marries Rose Irlneeiw. Clint Buzan of Portland, son of George Buzan and formerly of this city, was married last Thursday to .Miss Hazel Hoyt who acted as first maid to the Rose Queen at the Port land Rose Fest'val In 1914. Mr. and Mrs. Huzan will make their future home In Milwaukee. Oregon. a CI.IH WHEAT NOW 9.1 . CENTS IN PORTLAND CHICAGO. June (Spec- lal.) At the close of the wheat market today the following prl- v, res obtained: July, tl.02 1-t Sept. !3 1-2: Dec. 1,02 B-S. PORTLAND, Ore.. June 21. ' (Special Portland wheat pri- res today have been club, y3; liluestem, 96 cents. OUTSKIRTS ERG YIELDING Type of Shell Being Hurled , . . , ,.-. I I WW Ml Ml k ! I H.W 1 1 .IMHUw If-' in ;vV 'i : Tijf 1 H : i t J ; t 1 .. 3t v''vJ.'7 ; s $ A ,:, -;:cH Vi, V.... laainir.- -"i rifSaw-,.-.- sa.w-s-A.,-. J . - ' "-..-v- - - - -IZZ-S i GERMAN. 32 "CEHT1METI5&. SHELJ. Here Is the kind of shell the Austro. Gormnns are hurling ngnlnst tho Rus sian defenders of Lemberg, and the Attempt is Made to Blow up Armory in Canadian City DYNAMITE DISCOVERED IN TIME GERMAN SPIES HELD RE SPONSIBLE. WINDSOR. Ontario, June 21. One momu.ii and to men are believed In be reypoiurililtt for the edoaion of l)nuuiite hIiKU nreeked Uie Peubody oerull cimaiiy in WalktrrvilU. and to have placed a lieavy cliarxe of the came explosive to destroy tlie armory licre in which troops were quartered. Only Uie fact that lb rap on the fusu failed to work properly prevented an rxpliwilon in tJ" armory and tlie an nihilation of 200 soldiers. German 1 agents are auiiected. A suitcase con taining 28 sticks of dynamite and bearing a clockwork attachment was found in the armory early today. The cap had exploded but tlie mechanism was faulty and the dynamite failed to go off. I DETROIT, June 21 An attempt to blow up the armory at Windsor where troops are quartered was mado today simultaneously with an attempt on the Peabody overall plant. . Two hundred soldiers were asleep In the building at the time. The man on guard at 5 a. m. accidentally stum bled upon 26 sticks of dynamite, t . which was attached a fuse, partly burned. The authorities of Windsor believe German spies are responsible for the attempt and that they smuggled the explosive across the border from De troit during the night. The watchman of the armory heard a slight explosion shortly be fore five o'clock but was unable to locate the cause of It then. It Is now believed it was the ex plosion of the dynamite cap on the fuse and that it was Intended to set off the dynamite but failed to work properly. August Frank, 28, a German-Amer lunik, 13, a vi. I inaii-rtiiici - orr-.t. trinrt.nr t,,tr lean was as a suspect but he asserted he could nrnv. allhl HI. artl..n nrtli ! h,.nvrt Th. rwtiv.it .,ik. .in:1" hpir publications. The last Issue not believe he Is guilty. COUNTY SHOUiirGET MORE ADVERTISING AT THE FAIR Though Oregon is securing more advertisement than any other state at the Panama-Pacific fair, Umatllla county Is not receiving her share of It, according to Secretary C. K. Cran ston" of the Commercial association ho returned Suturday after spending s'x weeks in cliarse of the Eastern Oregon booth. He will cooperate with K. E. Cleaver, the county's rep lesentative, during the next few weeks In collecting a suitable exhibit to forward. Mr. Cranston declares that the uniqueness of the Oregon loiiUHi,? iKi-iner witn u.e splendid cxniutt l ii. u nas Kvureu n great ocal ot tne jiimh Mini i a.uenising tor th, Male. Other slates and countries i have spent much more money and! have done thiiiKs on a more elaborate scale but none are setting the value o" i heir money l;ke reron, he says. Mr. Cranston is to return to tlie fair in October to take charge of the both again. fall of that city Is hourly exnected. i l..,w., i. th t,n,.i f i;,.n..ia .n,i'tho campaign of the Austro-German will be an Important strategic point In' BIG TEIT IS ' DIG PUT UPF 4 Round-Up Park Will be Scene of trie Week's Entertainments First cf Which Starts Tomorrow. MAGICAL FLOYOS 1ST NUMBER Tent to I Icing Erected Near tlie East Entrance of the Grandstand at the Park and Will Provide Excellent Itace for Shows Opening Address by Mr. Miller.. Members of the Chautauqua tent crew are now here erecting the big tent to be used for the programs to be held during the week. The tent Is being erected just ins'de the Round up arena and near the east entrance to the grandstand. The formal program opens tomor row evening with an entertainment by the Floyds of Boston. Preceding that feature of the program there will he an opening address by the superin tendent, Mr. Miller. LAONDRYMEN ENTHUSIASTIC OYER PENDLETON ROUND-UP PITIl.ICATION OF INDUSTRY CON TAINS FIVE-PAGE WRITE UP OF EVENT. The laundrymen of the nation have . cW w"h enthusiasm over the rnHeton Round-up. Judging from ,he Publicity which they are giving it of the American Laundry Journal which has a big circulation in the east, contains a five page, illustrated story of the Round-up and in It the Pendleton show is characterized as the greatest show In the world. The responsibility for this story rests with the Portland Laundry men's club, many of whom have been here for the local show. J. F. Rob inson, proprietor of the Domestic muny of this city, co-operated by securing photographs and a release of the copyright. Mr. Robinson re ceived a copy of the magazine this morning together with a letter from Secretary A. T. Callan of the Port land club stating that similar stories would appear In the next Issues of the National Laundry Journal, tha Tacific Laumlrvman and the Starch room. The Portland cluh Is using the Round-up as a means of arousing In tereat in the west for the forthcoming , national convention of laun.lrymen which will be held in Portland from July m to'22 ' 1'iiplN Pay Own Win. SEATTLE. Wash.. June 2 1. -Near-1, half of Seattle's hiah school chil ilnn are either helpinr support fam ilies or ate paying their own way to learning. at Lemberg armies in the eastern theater of war. LOCAL CHAUTA f;tland Writer is . rested in Russia Enterinq War Zone JOHN REED AND ROARDMAN ROHINSON, ARTIST. HELD FOR INVESTIGATION. WASHINGTON, June 21. John Reed of Portland, Oregon, a magazine writer, and Boardman Robinson, an artist, have been arrested at Kholm. Russia, supposedly for endeavoring to enter the war rone. The arrest of the Americans was reported to th state department in a message from Ambassador Mayrc in Petrograd. II ALLEGED OF II JOLIET, III, June JL Convlcta in the Illinois state penitentiary rioted in the main dining room at the noon hour, hurling imprecations against Joseph Campbell, suspected of the murder of Mrs. Odette Allen, wife of the warden of the prison who was found assaulted and burned to death in her bed. Ten others suspected of connection In the crime also were de nounced. Cursing and shouting, the convicts hurled chairs about and then started for the corridor leading to the section of the prison where the soli tary prisoners are confined. "We want Campbell, we will get that dirty traitor. Let's lynch him. and tear his body to pieces," they shouted. Hundreds of guards were hastily summoned and armed with clubs dashed Into the throng of prisoners, whacking heads right and left It took ten or fifteen minutes to quiet them. MILTON ALL STARS ARE DEFEATED BY PENDLETON MEMBERS FROM TWILIGHT LEAGUE TAKE GAME BY A SCORE OR TO 5. In a peppery game witnessed tjr 150 girls from the Girls' Conference and about the same number of boys, the Pendleton All-Stars from the Twi light League defeated the Milton All-Stars by a 9 to 5 score Saturday at Milton. The feature of the game was a fast triple play pulled off by the Pendleton, 1 infield; also three double plays. i Thompson for the locals struck ovt 11 men in the first six Innings, allow-: ing hut one hit during the game. I RANKER I.EAVES TO lii:GIN PRISON TERM. GENESEE. N. Y., June Henry Siegel, banker and "mer- chant prince.' left for Rochester to bepin serving ten months in the Monroe county penitentiary ! for bank wrecking. He was convicted of wrecking the prl- i vate bank operated in connec- tion with one of his big depart- ; ment stores in New York. The greatest number of victims were working girls. PRISONERS AGIST SLAYER Voting is Lively to Select New member of School Board At 2 o'clock this afternoon in the I were cast and others were filing in. city council chambers, voting began 'The ballots are blank and it is nectw for the selection of a successor to W j sary for the voter to rt In tba E. Brock as a member of the Pendie- name of the person preferred for lb ton school board. The polls will be, position. Inasmuch as C p. Strriln is open until b o clock this evening. Voting began in a lively fash on de spite the fact that there is but one avowed candidate for the position During the first 20 minutes. !0 votej Forfeiture of Oregon Land to Government is Reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court WASHINGTON. June 21 The su premo court reversed the Oregon dis trict court's forfeiture to the govern ment of two million, three hundred thousand acres of land In western Oregon valued at between 50 and T5 minion uouars. granted tne Oregon and California railroad 60 years ao This railroad and Its successors. thsUan consurve FRANK'S SENTENCE HITEO;SERVES LIFE FOB Governor Slaton Announces Decision in Statement Which Declares He is Sure He Did Right. MAN GOES TO PRISM FARM Departure Is Rhrooded In MrsU7 Throngs Gather In Atlanta, mnd Po nce Are Kept Ready In CSmo of TrooMe (te Arrest Already Made Crowds Show Cgly Mood. ATLANTA, June 21. "I'm absolutely satisfied I did right,- said Governor Slaton in hi pre- llminary statement following; the commutation of the sentence of Frank. "All I ask la that the people of Georgia read my statement and consider calmly the reasons I have given for commuting this man's, sentence to life imprisonment. Feeling as I do about the case, I would be a murderer If I allowed this man to hang. It means I must live in obscurity the rest of my days, but I had rather be plow ing the fields than feel for the rest of my life that I had a man's blood upon my hands." ATLANTA, June 11. Frank will not hang for the murder of Mary Phagan. Governor Slaton has com muted his death sentence to life im prisonment. The noted prisoner arrived at th Middleville state prison farm at 4:3 o'clock this morning. Ha will b put to work on the farm as a lif prisoner tomorrow. The governor no tified Sheriff Mangum of the com mutation shortly before midnight The governor promised to issue a statement explaining his action. The departure of Frank wa shrouded In mystery. As the day advanced signs of possible trouble began to develop. The entire down town district was' congested. Crowd gathered In great numbers. Moun taineers from the home of Mary Pha gan disregarded orders to "keep mov ing" and five were arrested. It was evident that the failure of a hostile demonstration to develop was due to the slowness with which the news of the commutation spread. Ey 11 o'clock Marrieta and Forsyth, streets were packed with humanity. The citv hall and postoffice were filled with police ready to respond to. any call. ATLANTA. June SI. Chief of Po lice Beavers ordered 220 beer salootm and 20 clubs closed. He feared drink ing by the crowds filling the street might lead to violence. ATLANTA, June 21 are on the lookout for -The police big party re ported enroute to Atlanta from Cobb to take vengeance upon the governor for commut'ng Frank's sentence. lioard of Surveyor Apintxl. Judge Phelps has appointed Geary Kimhrell of this city and Lou Lair of Walla Walla to ass st County Surveyor Willard Bradley in making a survey of the property under dipute in tho Johnson-Dickerstm court controversy. They will go up tomorrow to do their work. the only avowed candidate. It Is con sidered likely that there will bo no contest though rumors have been clr. ciliated that a eleventh hour effort may be made to defeat him Southern Pacific, failed u all, ed, to dispose ot the lands (, w-ui.-r as provided In the grants. The court, however, granted an Injunction a,ilnt future violations of land 1 disposal through ronlrarts and - joined the railroad from the safe of timtwr on unsold lands until ronsriMt federal Intrro's.