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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 27
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 26, 1915,
NO. 85:7
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BERLIN DISLIKES
STAND TAKEN BY
STATES
Appear to Regard Note as Demand
That All Submarine Warfare Be
Abridged.
EXPECT FURTHER DEBATE
Gwinaa NortaMTn VnnlnKuly
OIUkjho Granting- American I'osi
liuo; slmw KurprL-w America Falls
to Grawp (ivruuin viewpoint In llio
Matter.
HEHLIN, July 26. The German
people unanimously approve edltorl-
u 1 In Iierlln newspapers condemning
the new American note. Conventr
Hon with representative men In all
walks of life were elicited and there
is a feeling of surprise that the t'nit
ed States fulled to grasp the Germun
viewpoint ai to submarine warfare
There Is greater aurprlso at the word
ing of the communication. The Ger
man people wont sanction an
abridgement of submarine warfare.
however much they desire the friend
ship of the United States.
Despite the air of finality about the
American noto, the belief prevails ne
gotiations have not come to an end
The prevailing sentiment now is In
favor of a friendly reply from the
foreign office reasserting the Ger
man viewpoint Leading papers unite
in declaring that submarine warfare
must Dot be abandoned. Surprise it
expressed that the United States
should refuse to accept Germany's
suggestion for safeguarding Ameri
cana by having them travel in espe
cially narked ships. All declared the
Amerlcsn demand should be opposed.
BRITISH SUBMARINE
DESTROYS 4 TURKISH
SHIPS III iBA
FOB SECOND TIME ENGLISH DIV
ER RUNS PAST DEFENSES
AT DARDANELLE.
ATHENA, July 26. Two Turkish
gunboats, a transport and an ammuni
tion irteumer were sunk by a British
submarine in the Sea of Marmora,
dispatches state. The gunboaU and
ammunition steamer were sunk near
Constantinople wharves. j
One shot from the submarine dam
aged the wharf at Tophane, a su
burb of Constantinople, where an ar
senal and barracks are located. This
is the second time since the attack on
the Dardanelles began that a British
submarine has slipped by the forts
and throuirh the minefields Into the
ytea of Marmora to attack Turkish
shipping.
ENGLISH STEAMER
SUNK BY SUHMA1UNE
LONDON, July 26. The BritUh
steamer Grangewood was sunk by a
submarine off the Shetland Islands.
The crew landed at Berwick today.
Ill RUl
Oil LOW
In order to demonstrate the vir
tues of the Franklin motor and nlr
cooling nppnratus, Walter McCor
niach. proprietor of the Pendleton
Auto Co , and Harold Smith, and one
other driver will leave Pendleton next
ftundav morning for San Francisco
with the Intention of making the en
tire distance on low gear and with
out once stopping their engine. The
test Is one of the severest ever un
dertaken and. if successful, will give
the local men and their car advertise
ment all over the United States.
Right now they are bUHlly engaged
In equipping their car for the trip.
They will fit out so that cooking and
.sleeping can be done in the car and
so that there will be no possible ex
cuse for stopping, barring an acci
dent. The three men will alternate
... .. .hul an that thev can travel
night and day. Mr. Smith, who has
just recently returned rrom sn amo
trip to California and back will t
the pilot
nor. tnnvlnir. tho gear bog on the
Franklin will be sealed so that it will
ho Impossible to travel except on the
low. The seal will not be broken
until San Francisco Is reached. By
mean of telegrams, the men will
keep the local people Informed of
ihlr success nlong the rond.
UNITED
H. C. Frick, Said
to be Forming
New Steel Trust
v-gci AW V M I I
HC.
Trick.
CLEVELAND, July 26 Charles
M. Schwab Is slated for the presi
dency and Henry Clay Frick Is report
ed to be pulling wires that will give
the country a second great steel com
bine. Included In Its organisation, in
Important roles, will be, perhaps, as
many as half a dozen Cleveland,
ToungMtown and Pittsburg iron and
rteel magnates.
This second steel trust will not be
as large as the United States Steel
corporation, but It will approach It so
closely In magnitude of operations
that there will not be much advan
tage accruing to the present "leading
Interests" In the trade.
The companies named as definitely
linked up for the greatest industrial
merger since the United States Steel
Corporation was formed In April,
1901, Include:
Hethlehem Steel company, of which
Charles M. Schwab Is president and
directing genius.
Colorado Fuel & Iron company,
owned by the Rockefellers.
Jones & Laughlln Steel company.'
Pittsburg, known as the greatest cf
all Independents.
Crucible Steel company of America,'
once owned In Pittsburg, but whose'
control In the post few months drift
ed to Walla street.
Lackawanna Steel Company, Buf
falo, controlled by the Vandcrbllts.
Horace E. Andrews and interests
Identified with PIckands, Maher
Co., of this city.
Pennsylvania and Cambria Steel
Companler. control of which rests
with the Pennsylvania railroad, whose
holdings have been placed under op
tion to William H. Donner, president
of the company and close personal
friend of Henry C. Frick, capitalist,
banker, promoter, coke king and
Btrong advocate of a second "steel
trust."
"The test will be a terrific one for
the motor," declared Mr. McCorm
mach this morning, "as no car has
ever traveled such a distance with the
engine running at such speed. Trav
ellng from here to San Francisco on
low will ho equivalent to running
4000 miles on high at 45 miles on
hour without stopping and this Is
something no car has ever done. I
do not consider the trip will be a
tost for the air cooler as that has
been proven before."
FIRST NEWS WAS SHOCK
TO WASHINGTON OFFICIALS
WASHINGTON, July 26. Wash.
Ington had a panicky hour when word
of the torpedoing of the Leelanaw
was received from London, It was
like a blow between the eyes. At first
the sinking looked like an answer to
the American note to Germany. Later
ndvlces stated tho submarine com
mander had scrupulously observed tho
formalities of visit and search and
pave the crew time to take to their
boats. Officials made no attempt to
hide their relief.
GAR TO SAN FRANCISCO
AND WITHOUT SINGLE STOP
1200
HEN THE
Terrible Scenes Reenacted When
Electric Employes Report at Work
Today; Missing Comrades.
INSPECTORS ARE BLAMED
Suites Attorney summon Inspector
lb-fore Grand Jury Hays t'?n
Prove Officials Iti-tomled Boat Am
l'n,-f Over Four Hundred Still
MIsMing,
Known dead, S2Q. 4
Aliasing, 456. 4
Tickets sold, 2403. .
Over 400 bodies believed un-
der hull. 4
Entitnated death list over
1200 4
CHICAGO, July 26. The first act
ual responsibility for the overturning
and sinking of the Eastland with a
loss of more than a thousand was ta
ken this afternoon. While thousands
of dollars poured Into funds to aid
the stricken families of the victims
divers were searching the waters of
Chicago river and the hull of the
streamer for bodies, States Attorney
Hoyne called Charles H. Westcott of
Detroit, before the county grand jury.
Westcott is the supervising federal In-
pector who Issued the license per
mitting the Eastland to carry 2506
passengers. Hoyne maintained that
neglect on the part of Inspectors Is
responsible for the disaster. He Is
prepared, he said to present evidence
Bhowlng the Eastland was considered
unsafe by government inspectors.
Federal agents received a telegram
from Attorney General Gregory to
make a thorough Investigation of the
catastrophe, to determine whether
the United States law were vlolatod.
Meantime the grlef-strlcken families
are aided by the city and county au
thorities in arranging funerals.
The horrors of the disaster were
lived over again today when the
heartsick survivors dragged them-'
selves to benches and desks of 'the
Western Electric company's plants at
Hawthorae and Cicero streets at the
usual time. The officials explained
the employes were told to report In
hope they could thus tabulate those
who had gone aboard the steamer
which plunged more than a thousand
excursionists to death.
Teats streamed from tho faces ol
men and women alike as they en
tered the offices and workrooms
Hardly a department did not lose at
least several men und girls in tho
disaster. The twine room, in which
a score of girls chattered happily Fri
day is empty. This department and
sonic others were completely wiped,
out.
The workers, red-eyed and weep
ing, explained now more than ev
er they must continue to labor. With
others who helped toward the support
of families gone but few could af
ford to lose even a portion of their
wages others said, by hard work
they hoped to forget the terrible
sights witnessed when the steamer
plunged with Its precious freight to
(Continued on page eight.)
SHOOTING
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STANDARD Ol3 STRIKE
THOUGHT
ED
EASTLAND
SANK
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This picture shows the sheriff nd dreslng the Standard Oil strikers In front of the works it Rayonne. X. I whore one man was killed anl an of
fice fired In a riot. The sheriff nttempted to disperse the mob but was unsuccessful.
RUSSIANS PREPARE!;?! ,iAST STAND
BEFORE WARSAW
N TO FEEL
UEULIN, July 26. The Russians
are preparing to make a last stiind
before Warsaw. Grand Duke Nich
olas notified the allies Saturday he
Is withdrawing to the Bug the de
fenses north of the city following the
capture of Pultmsk and Hozan by
ORDER-IN-COUNCIL
KEI'I.Y COMES FROM ENGLAND
TODAY COl RTEOU8 BUT CON
CEDES NOTHING.
WASHINGTON, Jnly 26. Great
Itrltuin defender! the nrrier.lrt-council '
as being within Internatioal law In a
note received by the state depart
ment replying to the memorandum in
protest against the interference with
neotral commerce. That the docu
ment Is coutreous but concedes noth
ing Is learned unofficially and veri
fies through a reliable source.
UURMINT III
NEWS FROM
WASHINGTON, July 26w There is
no encouragement for officialdom in
the press reports of the unfavorable
reception which; the new American
note regarding submarine warfare
met in Germany, Reports of a vio
lent renewal of submarine attacks ia
which iseveral British vessels were
sunk, though no Americans were In
jured is regarded in some circles as
an official intimation the wishes of the
United States are not to be regarded.
Comment at Washington is not en
tirely pessimistic, however. Many
predict that Germany will soon get
over any annoyance at the peremp
tory nature of the note.
ARRESTED FOR BATHING
GIRLS GO TO JAIL HERE
Thoush their bonds were reduced
from $75 to 625. Julia Mills and Mry
Shelts. two of the girls arrested In
the east end' of the county and charg
ed with polluting Mill creek above
the Intake of the Walla Walla witer
system, were yesterday brought to
Pendleton by Constable Dyke of Mil
ton and turned over to Sheriff Taylor.
The are now In jail and, unless they
give bonds-, will remain there until
the September term of the grand Jury
Neither appears much concerned
over their arrest and detention.
They admitted to the officers that
they bathed in Mill creek but can't
see why that should mean that they
polluted the stream. The other two
bathers. I.ula Selts arM Silas Hunter,
gave bnds.
AND FIRE IN
t i i , A.
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SCENE , BaYoNNE, , N J.
Tf JANS SAY FOE
...IfiK IN FRANCE
Von Hlndenburg, an official .state
ment declared.
Berne dispatches from a Swiss cor
respondent with the German army
agrees the Russians are already de
feated and predict the allies will soon
feel the weight of a new German of
fensive in France.
OREGON NAVAL MILITIA
LEAVES FOR ANNUAL TRIP
CRUISER ALBA XV WILL MAKE
SAN FRANCISCO; THEN OFF
FOR TARGET PRACTICE.
PORTLAND. Ore., July 26. The
Oregon naval militia, one hundred
and forty-one strong left on its annu
al cruise aboard the cruiser Albany
this morning. Governor Withycombe
and Adjutant General White, accom
panied the militiamen as far as As
toria. The boys will visit the exposi
tion at San Francisco, then after some
maneuvers go to Port Angeles for tar.
get practice.
WHEAT MARKET SHOWS
FEW CHANGES TODAY
PORTLAND BIDS RAISED SOME
WHAT BIT ARE STILL LIFE
LESS; LIVERPOOL STRONG.
CHICAGO, July 26. (Special) At
the close of the market today the fol
lowing wheat prices prevailed: July,
11.11 2-4; Sept 11.06 1-2; Dec.
11.08 1-2.
Portland.
PORTLAND. Ore., July 26 (Spe
eial) Portland bid prices today have-
been, club, 85; bluestem, 9J.
Liverpool.
Closing: Wheat Spot, easy; No. 1
Northern Duruth. lis 7d; No. 2 hard
winter, lis 7d: No. 2 Manitoba, lis
9 l-2d; No. 3 Manitoba lis 7 l-2d.
In American terms the Liverpool
price Is now approximately 61.70 per
bushel. The- price is for spot wheat.
NEWS SUMMARY
General
EiiMlamt Yic-tims will number 1200.
Berlin receives American note with
disarovai.
Submarine sinks American ship but
allowed all to escape.
Great Brlla4n defends , Order-in-coiincil.
Kusedsit pn-are lat stand before
Warsaw.
Local.
Alleged iMilluters of Walla Walla
water in jail lure.
Ohmwiinis bather in Jalt to answer
several charges.
Sealer of weights and measures
clio-lting- np kwnan and tmleher. . .
Sntall town cannot give county fair,
bonrd decides.
Franklin car will try to snake Fris
so on tow gear.
NEW JERSEY STRIKE
, , c- . .J --JN
It?, l,1'! T CrTnii -T?';- .
OPENS
TO AID
AFFLICTED ONES
Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars
Available for Relief Wok-Electric
Co. Gives $100,000.
DIVER BECOMES DELERIOUS
Red Cross and Other Organizations
Cooperate for Relief and Burial
Work Effort to be Made to Raise
the Ship Though Marine Men Say
Impossible.
CHICAGO, July 26. Chicago has
opened its heart and purse to the
grief stricken sufferers of the East
land distster. The local branch of the
Red Cross, has 6300,000 at Its disposal
to aid the relief work. City Health
Commissioner Robertson has general
charge of the work with Ernest Bick-
nell of the Red Cross, acting in an
advisory capacity. A dozen special
committees are made up of nurses
and employees of the city welfare de
partment Scores of volunteers are
working under the direction of Rob
ertson. President Harry Thayer of
the Western Electric company, on ar
riving here from New York contrib
uted 6100,000 toward the relief work
of his company. Theatrical manag
ers and actors of Chicago expect to
add 650.000 to the relief fund through
a monster benefit performance Fri
day.
Divers Harrowing Work.
The number of dead recovered was
raised to 820 when the bodies of a
young girl, man aad boy were picked
up after coming to the surface. The
body of the man was taken from the
hull. Despite the belief In marine cir
cles it is impossible to raise the East
land, Coroner Hoffman has contract
ed with W. J. Wood, a naval archi
tect, .to attempt , to- lift the steamer
from the bottom of the river. Divers
working about 'the hull of the East
land were so affected by the terrible
sights inside the ship that arrange
ments were made for them to work In
shifts. Fifty divers are engaged and
will be kept at work until the last
body is removed'. Diver Reginald
Bowles was called away from the ship
during the morning, after working
forty hours. He was dazed, mutter
ing to himself of the terrors of the
hull when ordered to take a rest "Its
their faces." said Bowles. "They leer
at you, then slip away as if in a game
of tag." The faces of the babies are
calm. They died before they could
realize death was upon them. I found
one man on his knees with arms ex
tended upward, in prayer. There are
still lots of women down there with
babies clutched In their arms.''
NFZ PERCE rXDIAN
KILLED WTITI.E DRFXK
LEWISTOX; Idaho. July 26 Jas.
McConville, a Nes Perce Indian, was
instantly killed, being struck by a
Northern Paclfle passenger traiu at
a point about seven miles east of
here. After leaving North Lapwat,
Engineer John Jones was startled by
seeing a man suddenly arise from a
sitting posture right along one of the
rails. The brakes were applied, but
It was Impossible to stop the train
and the man was truck.
CHICAGO
PURSE
AfilERICAfi SHIP
TORPEDOED OFF
ENGLISH COAST
Steamer Leelanaw Was Searched and
Crew Allowed to Leave Before the
Vessel Was Destroyed.
CARGO OF FLAX THE CAUSE
German Submarine Hoidn l'p Ship
Carrying Supfwea to AnW Crew
Lands In Sarety at Kirkwall No
TroulHo With Germany Over Occur,
reoce.
LONDON, July 26. The American
steamer Leelanaw of San Francisco.
was torpedoed and sank off Kirkwall
shortly after daylight yesterday. Cap
tain Dell and members of the- chew.
Including many Americans, were land
ed at Kirkwall in their own boats.
Late dispatches Indicate the Leelan
aw was stopped by the submarine be
fore being sunk. When It was ascer
tained she was carrying tlaz the car
go was declared contraband. The
steamer's crew was ordered to tike
to the boats. The Leelanaw waa then
torpedoed.
If ' official reports bear out the
press dispatches as to the Leelanaw
having been visited and searched, as
required by international law, before
he waa torpedoed, the sinking of the
vessel won't precipitate a erisle be
tween' the United Statea and Ger.
many.
Flew Stars) and Strtpes.
NEW YORK. July 26. The steam
er Leelanaw waa flying the American
flag when torpedoed and sunk off
Kirkwall. It la stated at the officea of
the A. H. Bull company, agents for
the Harby steamship company, own
ers of the vessel, a cablegram re
porting 'that the Leelanaw waa tor
pedoed waa received by the company
at noon: AU were saved, the mts
sabe said.
WASHINGTON. July 26. A report
to the state department from the Am
erican consul at Dundee confirmed
the sinking of the Lelanaw.
"DEFINITE STEP" TO BE
TAKEN RESARDI! MEXICO
WASHINGTON, July . "Some
definite step'" is contemplated In Mex
ican affairs shortly, it is announced
by the state dtpartment Further
comment is withheld and officials will
neither deny or affirm that interven
tion Is the "step" referred to.
an fair
HOT PAY IF
ii
HELDIN SMALL TOWN
FAIR BOARD THEREFORE Wll.b
ISE MONEY FOR SlTPORt
LNG SF.VERAL SHOWS.
The belief that a successful county
fair could not be held outside of
Pendleton was one of the reasons be
hind the action of the new fair board
in deeldlng against a fair at Slip
field, according to statements mad
by members of the board following
their first meeting Saturday after
noon. The money appropriated by
the state for fair purposes would bo
better used in promoting sectional
fairs In different parts of the coun
ty, they decided.
Their action means that the 2:o
appropriation by tha st ite automat:
ally reverts to the county court re
apportionment to smaller fairs or to
swell the rf;-l fund. Th- f-ilr ho.t 1
recommended th.it 150 be appropri
ated to the V!n-'cnt anmi.,1 fi.r, !'
to the Hermlston he? an-t dairy sh.r
and that t."i"rt be s.-t aside im prem
iums to he given to the school chil
dren who exhibit In the Industrial de
partments at tre locil fulrs. The
board !-o recommenced that t-
balance be ghen to other fairs, if
sue he held, and favors an appri
rrlation to St. infield in the ovent th; t
residents of that town go ah-a I with
their preparations for J fair
Members of the new hoard etpree".
ed themselves a-4 of th opinion tht
a county fal, held In one of th sm.-i'l-er
towns of the countv, would not !
a puNitiK proptmlti'tn.
County Superintendent I. K I i
was named as president of the ft t
rard and .M.ij 'r l.i-e Mnorhou- hoi '
over as secretary. However M.njoi
M"or!ioiisp srite.1 tliis morning lb 'I
he w:II probably r-iign sown.
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