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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 26
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1915.
No. 2520
IMPERIAL VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, IS SHM1EN BY QUAKE
LEMBERG IS TAKEN
BY TEUTONIC ARMY
Capital of Galicia Falls Into Hands
of Austro Germans After Violent
Fight of Several Days.
RUSSIANS ARE SWEPT BACK
Klav arc Out of Gulhiu According to
Vienna and Danger of Invasion of
Hungary la Fast Kaiser Witnesses .
the Final Hushes of Victorious Teu
tons. VIENNA. June 23. I-emberg, the
capital of (.iullclu has fallen.
"Our second army has conquered
Lcmber after violent fighting," the
war office announced. The capture of
Lemberg marks the completion of the
second phase of the Austro-German
rampaiKn, begun this spring with the
object of relieving Hungary from the
danger of an Invasion through the
Carpathians and sweeping the Russl-( Mexico appear to be Improving, there Terrific fighting Is reported In pro
ima clear of (lallcla. was little ms from the Interior to gre.ss at several points across France,
The Kaiser witnessed the final rush- encourage optimism as to early peace, through Flanders and on to the sea.
es of the victorious Teuton armies. It Admiral Howard sent a message to The Germans assumed the offen
was announced a large amount of In,, mivy department that Mexican slve In the Vosges. They succeeded
booty was taken. It Is probable that soldiers are now fighting the yaqul In driving the French from one line
the small force of defenders left be- indlnns, and the landing of marines of trenches and occupied positions
hind to cover the Russian retreat was nnj bluejuckcts owing to the Indian over a front of 200 yards. In a
annihilated or captured. uprising, now apparently Is unneces- strong counter attack the French
The fall of Lemberg was nioinen- nary. Consul Panada at Vera Cru drove the enemy out and recaptured
tarily expected the lust 26 hours. For reported the railroad to Mexico City the trenches. North of Arras the
two days the Russians had been turn- has been cut In new places In the last' Germans were repulsed In the last as
tng their efforts toward getting all few days of fighting. Nineteen per- suult, it was announced,
their, men, guns and munitions out of sons were killed Monday, he says,'
the city. The retreat was cut off to
the north by the capture of Ravaru-
ska and the Germans gaining control
of the railroad leading northward
from I-embcrg. The only avenue fof
withdrawal was over the railroad
leading to Brody, east of Lemberg,
and on the Russian frontier. A com
paratively small force remained west
of the city to contest the final rush
of the Auatro-Germana and cover the
Tetreat of the main Russian army.
BERLIN. June 23 Sixty thousand:
Russians have been captured by the
Austro-C.ermana since June 12 In the
.Lemberg drive, an official statement
announced. Nine cannon were taken, field, counsel for Harry Thaw, when ra,e arrangements have been made to
Reliable Information that Lemberg Thaw himself was called as the first keeP ,ne president Informed of all In
had fullen reached Rerlln last night, witness In the sanity trial before a tcmatlonal developments while he Is
though It was not confirmed until to- Jury In Justice Hendrlck'i court. 01 Cornish, New Hampshire. The
day. There Is great Jubilation. The Thaw was on the stand 20 minutes! President will leave tonight for a va
Russlans retreated In the greatest dls- He was plulnly nervous and seemed to cation at the "summer capital- last
order, according to the Cologne Ga- sink into the witness chain His first ln unt" Jul' 6' As 11 was evldent
aette.
Iinlinn Repulse Austrian.
ROME. June 23. The Austrian
fortress of Malborget Is now sur
rounded and Is being subjected to a
heavy Italian bombardment. It was
officially reported the Italians re
pulsed 30.000 Ausitiians north of
Gorlts.
(Staff Correspondence.)
HF.KM ISTON, Ore., June 23.
Members of the national legislative
icommlttee from Washington, on a
tour of the reclamation project un
der the supervision of the govern
ment, arrived In Hermlston on sched
ule time this morning and finished
their trip over the project here.
With the exception of Charles R.
Davis of Minnesota, who wan Indis
posed and could not venture out, all
tho members of the committee made
a tour of the project this morning, be
ing taken over the route In 10 auto
mobile which were furnished by Her
mlston residents.
From Hermlston, tho party went
to tho diversion dam west of here,
visited tho third unit and slopped at
the place of p. W. llotklns. , The party
then went on to the Cold Springs res
ervoir, slopping at tho William Leath
ers place, where a drop of 6S feet
would furnish power for pumping wa
ter to Irrigate a sixth unit of the pro
ject, ono of the Improvements being
urged upon the legislators. A stop
was also mndo at the Henry Rommer
er place nnd the party then went
over to the south end and visited the
place of J. S. McNaught. The ranch
owned by Ilort Nation was next visit
ed, followed by a stop nt the Trlndle
ranch. Theso last two ranches are
n the land of tho Western' Land and ,
PROJECT SETTLERS PRESENT
ARGUMENTS FOR BETTERMENT
TO NATIONAL LEGISLATORS
Irrigation company's project on whlchlbt tho settlers maintain that tho ca-
urea a reservoir Is being advocated
nnd It Is hoped that this matter will
be given favorablo attention by tho
visitors.
I
(lull Is 05.
CHICAGO, June 23. The
close of July wheat was 103 6-8;
Sept, 101 7-8 and Dec. 105 ask.
PORTLAND. Ore.'. June 23.
Club H; bluestem 97.
;
LANDING OF MARINES IN
MEXICO IS NOT NECESSARY
MEXICAN" SOLDIERS ARE ENGAO.
THE YAQII INDIAN'S
AT (il'AYMAS.
WASHINGTON. June 23 While
miditlmis on the western coast of
when Zapatistas fired upon a Vera
crux truln.
HARRY THAW CALLEO TO THE
STAND IN HIS OWN EEHALF
WITNESS SEEMS XEIIVOI'S AT
FIRST BIT sSOOV GAIN'S COM
POSURE. J
new YORK, June 23. A complete
surprise was snrun. hv John Taneh-i
(answers were scarcely audible but he
regained his composure within a short
time and replied to all questions
clearly and distinctly. Thaw describ
ed his sensational flight from Mattea
wan and told how the New Hampshire
commlslson had adjudged him sane.
Thaw was not cross-examined, but
dismissed from the stand subject to
being recalled.
The party then returned to Her-,
nilston nnd at 12.30 o'clock luncheon
was served at the Newport residence
and a meeting followed at which E. ,
P. Dodd presided and presented the
arguments to the legislators.
There were three principal argu
ments the settlers through their
spokesman presented to the commit
tee members. All look toward the
Improvement of the project and the
betterment of those who are making
their homes there. First presented
was (he question of nn adequate tele
phone system on the project. The
present arrangement was declared to
be highly Inefficient despite the fact
the cofct Is high and more or less of
ft burden to the settlers for the rule
of having to pay In advance tho an
nual charges nt the rate of 12 a
month a total of 124 for the year.
The new telephone system as advo
cated Is wanted to extend so as to In
cludo Irrlgon.
Tho second proposition of the set
tlers Is the question of Irrigating
what Is known as the sixth unit of
the project, comprising 3000 acres ly
ing between the feed canal and tho
A line. This large area can bo water-!
ed through the season from the canal!
by pumping, the power' to be gotten1
from a S3 foot drop nt the William
Leathers Place. It would also he
necessary to enlarge tho feed canal
nnl needs to he enlarged anyway.
A third proposition which was sub-
(Continued on page six )
FRENCH PRESSING
111 ALSACE AID
OCCUPY
ONE TO
Successful Advance is Being Made
by Gauls Against the Germans in
Southeast War Zone.
FLANDERS FIGHTING SEVERE
Tenrlflp Strtigglp Is Going on at Sev
eral Points In Northern France
(iennuns Gain Utile Advantage Itut
In Counter Attacks French Retake.
Lost (iron ml.
PA It IS, June 23. The French are
successfully pressing their advance In
Alsace. Semlernach. on the east
hank of the Fecht river, has been
occupied. It was officially announced.
RUMORED THAT WILSON WILL
APPOINT LANSING TONIGHT
WASHINGTON', June 23. I-ansing
was formally commissioned secretary
of state this evening, sui-ceedlng Bry
an. WASHINGTON. June 23. It wes
rumored that President Wilson will
announce the appointment of Lan
sing as permanent secretary of state
before leaving for Cornish tonight.
WASHINGTON
June 23. Elabo-
complications with the allies as a re
suit of Interference with American
trade will reach a climax shortly, he
will he kept in close touch with the,
stale department,
Ellen Wilson MeAdoo, who Is shown
'"'re with her parents, the daughter
"r President Wilson, and Secretary of
the Treasury William (1. MeAdoo,
was born May 21, and this was her
f ist appearance before tho public
Both President Wilson's married
Newest Presidential Baby
SALEM MAN GETS CONTRACT
FOR PLUMBING AT HOSPITAL
SALEM. Ore., June 23 Joe
Bernard of Salem today was
awarded the contract for plumb
ing in the new wing of the East
ern Oregon Hospital for the in
sane by the state board of con
trol. WILL CONTESTANTS CLAIM
STURTEYANT INCOMPETENT
FRIENDS OF DECEASED C ALLED
AS WITNESSES AT TRIAL
OF C ASE.
In an effort to prove that A. J.
Sturtevant was Incompetent to make
a will in November, 1913, the contest
ants of the probated will are now In
troducing friends and business ac-
qaintances of the deceased founder of I
Pilot Rock In the case on trial before
County Judge Marsh.
The defendants. Mark Sturtevant,
his wfe and daughter. Fay, rested
their case yesterday afternoon with
the testimony of Dr. R. E. Hingo. one
of the witnesses to the will. He testi
fied that he made an extended exami
nation of the old man at the time and
found that he was mentally compe
tent to dispose of his property.
George Done. E. B. Casteel. Douglas
Belts. George Tonkin and Ben Ogle,
all of whom knew the aged man inti
mately, testified that, in their belief,
he was not competent to transact any
business for several years prior to his
death. W. L. Thompson, president of
the American National Bank, made
like testimony this afternoon and J. M.
Bentley was another called to make
simiar statements. Dr. I. V. Temple
testified that he treated Mr. Sturte
vant up until September. 1913 and
found him suferpv- from senile de
mentia of a progressive nature. Judge
Phelps testified to having assisted In
the drawing of a will In 1909 or 1910
for the deceased man and of having
refused to draw a later will because
he thought the old man was not com
petent at the time.
Story Is Retracted.
NEW YORK. June 23 The New
Vork Tribune retracted Its story pub
lished last week alleging that Dr.
Meyer Gerhard, a Red Cross agent,
was In reality ''Dr. Albert Meyer,"
representative of the Geman war of
fice sent to the United States to pur
chase -munitions. The Tribune ex-
pressed "regret at the distress caused
Ambassador Von Bernstorff" by the
publication of the story.
if "
V
O
V
daughters have now made
him
grandfather.
Mr. MeAdoo has other children,
most of them grown up. Ills daugh
ter, Miss Nona, has Just s returned
from Franco, where she worked as n
nurse In the American hospital.
GQUHGILMEH SP ''Many Buildings Destroyed
Ifl CITY 1 llui
City Charter Prohibits Members of
Council From Being Interested in
Any Contract.
WARRANTS TO ALL BUT ONE
On Jobs Exceeding $1000 Cvirocilinen
Claim They Have Kevcr LidGet
Portion of Small Business Only,
sajn Montgomery Alone Has Xo
Received Businosw.
In view of the recent comment
r roused over the sale of supplies to
the school district by directors en-
gaged in business, public attention
has also teen directed to the -city
council, and street charges have been
circulating to the effect that members
of the council have been violating the
law by selling supplies or doing work
for the city. To give the public a
talr understanding of the matter, the
kEast Oregonlan herewith publishes
the facts as ascertained:
Section 5 of article 13 of the char
ter of the city of Pendleton provides
that "no member of the common
council shall during his term of of
fice be Interested In any contract, the
expense of which are to be paid out
of the city treasury." This Is the
only section of the charter relating
to this matter and City Attorney Car
ter states that he knows of no state
law that goes further.
The warrant book of the city shows
that, since January 1, 1914, seven
members of the council or firms in
which they are Interested, have drawn
warrants aggregating $2418.35. How
ever, according to Acting Mayor Dyer,
Recorder Fits Gerald and City Attor
ney Carter none of the members of
the council have ever entered into any
contract with the city or have bid
upon any Job or contract. The same
section of the charter above referred
to, provides further that any Job or
contract, the cost of which shall ex
ceed 100. shall be let to the lowest
responsible bidder.
The citv officials contend that such
supplies furnished the city by coun
cil members or such work done by
them for the city did not exceed in
cost $100 and that, hence, no con
tract was made. Under the city char
ter the only way in which the council
men could have been guilty of violat
ing the law would be to place a broad
construction of the word "contract.
The council as it is now- constituted,
has been acting since January 1, 1914.
and since then every member, witii;
the exception of Councilman J. E. I
Montgomery, has performed somoi
service or furnished some supplies toj
the city for which he received pay
ment. The warrant book shows only
(Continued on Paffo 6.)
'Luther p.urbank Day."
' S.W FRANCISCO, June L"? "Lu
ther Burbank Day" attracted thous
ands to the Panama Pacific Expositi
on. Every vis tor was ulvon. as a sou
venir, samples of seeds guaranteed to
produce several varieties of Burbank's
famous freak plants. Giant cherries,
plumcnts and thornless berries are
among the marvels Burbank's seeds
are expected to sprout.
Schools As a Petlivpogie Laboratory.
HATS C1TT, Kans., June 5. The
entire school system of this city has
been turned over to the Kansas state
normal school as a "Pedagogic Labor
atory." Among the innovations In
stalled are a freedental clinic, a free
medical inspection, social center, com
munity music, playgrounds and ath
letics. 4 j ,
NEWS SUMMARY
. i.eueiiu. j
Eurihqtiakc shakes Imperial Valley, i
California, nnd wrecks ninny building. ,
l.enilMTg I eaptuml by the Teuton-i
lo allies. The Husftiuns are retreating j
in disorder.
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of suite.
French are on Hie of fen-it p In 1-
saop. Setere fighting Is going on In
liander.
Local,
Congressional eommiltiH bear ar
guments for bettering project.
Famous Schumann quintet nt ( ball
taitqmi tills evening.
Hermlston hoys shot when they
cros settler's land to go swimming.
Council men sold supplies but not
by contrail to pity.
Contestant of Sturtevant will try to
show old iiuiii mentally IticomiH'tont.
AT
and Score of Persons are
Injured;no Deaths Reported
MANY HA VE NARRO W ESCAPES
Several Towns Suffer Severely From Three Dis
tinct Shocks Which Carry Down Wall of Stores
and Other Structures-Damage is Estimated
at Quarter of a Million Dollars-Many Panics
Ensue and People, Afraid to Enter Homes,
Sleep in the Streets.
ELCENTRO, Cal., June 23. Earth
quake shocks which rocked the Im
perial valley early today and last
night damaged the district possibly
a quarter of a million dollars and
partially destroyed many brick
structures and slightly injured a
score or people.
No lives were lost
in tne imperial valley. The earth- to have a circular motion and fly
quake did not cause any deaths at:lnS bricks literally sprayed in all dl
Mexicall, accordin to neron reetiona and were scattered broad
crossed the Mexican border today,
but a number of looters were report
ed shot there by troops.
The greatest damage at Elcentro
was done to buildings occupied by ous small panics. Two thousand con
the Ealdridge drugstore and Imperial! traband Chinese detained at Mexicall
Valley Press. Falling walls carried have disappeared. It is feared taey
down roofs and the wreckage presents took advantage of the excitement and;
a picture of utter ruin. The drug-' crossed the border into the .UnlteU
store was crowded when the wall of
the Security Savings Bank building
toppled over on it. Ensuing shocks
completed the destruction. No seri
ous Injuries were reported. A large
number of buildings were partially
wrecked.
S QUINTET
i
1 CHAUTAUQUA TENT TONIGHT
Todays Program.
Afternoon Prelude
. . The Schumann Quintet
"America of Today and Tomor-
row" Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis
Admission, 50 cents.
Evening Grand Concert. The
Famous Schumann String
Quintet.
Admission, 30 cents.
Thursday "Darling Day.''
Morning Junior Chautauqua.
Morning Lecture. "The Passion
Play of Oherammergau" ...
Mrs. A. L. A. Robinson
Afternoi n Prelude
Saxony Singers
Lecture, "American Ideals" ...
Mrs. A. C. Zehner '
Admission, 35 cents.
Evening Grand Concert '
Saxony Singers j
Lecture. "Our Town"
Nela Darling j
Admission. 35 cents.
.
louay, me secona et tne cnauiau-;
qui. promises to eclipse yesterday ini
point of interest, for the famous Jealousy rrompt Murder
Schumann quintet will appear this RENO. New, June 23 Jealous 11.
evening in program. Thla musical or- A. Huntington of Litchfield. Callfor.
ganization is rated among the bestinia. shot and killed Mrs. Helen Gladw
of its kind on the entertainment plat-) Jolly, formerly of Los Angelas, and
form today and there is no doubt the; then suicided.
H. N. Dryer Contends Chief
Road Should be to Umatilla
Umatilla. Ore., June 23, 191"
r-ditor Last Oregonian: j
one ot the most potent arguments'
j for the connection of Pendleton and
nio east end ot tne county with the
Columbia river through a svstem of:
highways cm be seen from the Inter
, siing situation which has arisen '
with the renewed operation of the
(steamers wi the river from tidewater
m i.eisu.n. 11113 situation la not;
confined by any means to Umatilla
- -'" w ' -iimii.il ana y.inn 410 mine. -.. n.
Dulles, Kennewlck. Pasco and Lewi-! where the equipment up ke.-p an I in.,
ton, the natural ports of the rl' er: overhead Is low. It is not .inti.-ui- f.,r
above Portland, and their trlbutar) shippers of beavv freight In hu t
territory inland from each of them. qu.mtlle- to secure w and a lvinti
We continually see In the pens Heine : geous rates.
nof so generally appearing through-1 It also f..l,.w in i nitur.il rut..
j out the state felicitating the north) quen.-e tint the si, ii..n.lr an. tpj
j west upon tho advantage. which have! of st, .wiiers which, wi'l ply upon t
come to the Columbia basin through ' r.ver will be govern..,) .-ntirelt by tbe
i i .e completion m me f'ni, lot hs.
the suggestion that now w hat la net d.
ed Is low river rates and stifflcl.-t.t
steamers. While this bj a very nat
ural conclusion to the latmau, 't is
Perhaps the biggest single loss in
this town la the new Masonic temple.
Part of the floor fell and the build
ing split In the middle.
Many thoroughfares are obstructed,
by masonry from the partially wreck
ed buildings. At times the earth-
quake shocks, three in number, seem
cast.
All wires being down, tUe whol
Imperial valley was illuminated only
by moonlight and there were numer-
States.
Crossed wires caused fires at El
centre, Calexlco, B raw ley and Impe
rial. They were quickly controlled.
Hundreds, afraid to enter their
houses, slept on lawns or in th
streets. '
WILL BE AT
ibig brown tent at Round-up par
will be crowded to capaqity this even
ing.
The Magical Floyds last evening
presented their program to a largo
audience and every feat of this tal
ented couple was appreciated to th
utmost. Their tricks were baffling
and some of them seemed to go into
the supernatural, so impossible did
they appear to those not Initiated in
the art of magic. But Mr. Floyd in
sisted that his tricks were all done by
natural means the only secret about
I hem being to understand how they
are done, a statement with which,
his audience agreed. The trunk il
lusion was the crowning mystery of
the evening and bafiied everybody.
The mind-reading of Mohala w.u
a marvel in itself and kept the audi
ence entertained while she occupiie.I
the platform by her marvelous pow
er to read other people's mjn Is.
British Steamer Tor-iHtlonl.
LONDON, June 2 3. The British
steamer Belgrave was torpedoed off
Pembrokeshire by a German subma
rine. The crew- is believed UwL !:.-
j ports stated the Belgrave wad bein
towed to Broadhaven. bottom
up.
usually made
i'rs who ur
et or wn.-h
i.l; m.vi
rv wide rmi
posted upon the -us...
are -r't-g an r,
true situation by a v
in"
At the pie-, nt i.me fie e-
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limb, ,
in the
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very e-i.
steamer- i. ..
word 'tonnage''' Vth ',
tonnage ,ift.h i fr. ,.,
tlal. nt t..-..h.'.
a bum
where the ii....
s of tr,!i k.tiM
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keep are eliminate
i.l"
j offering ..r freight and
p.i.--ng.-f.i
in. I it also to be :m,
perators of these linea
me.J that t"
will do tli-li-
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