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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 27
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1915.
NO. 8573
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Y0U1 AMERICAN
IS MURDERED BY
ORDER OE VILLA
.Companion of Mickey McGuire, Said
to Have Been Killed in Aeroplane
Accident, Makes Statement.
Fighting Russians
.REBEL CHIEF TREACHEROUS
Aviator Hired Out Ut Mexican ut $500
Week Hut Fall to Collect Money
When Ho Tells Villa He Will
Quit Unices Payment ut Made, Vil
la's Men Shout llliu Down.
NEW YORK, Aug. 13. Mickey Mc
Uuire, a young American who was re
ported killed when an aeroplane ho
Was piloting fell 6000 feet at Chlhua
huu, was really murdered by Villa, ac
cording- to William Mattery, who also
served In the Mexican army. In
signed story In the Tribune, Mattery
declared McGulre's death was not due
to an accident and that later Villa let
out a report that he (Mattery) alao
had been killed In a fall. He then
sentenced Mattery to be shot but the
latter escaped,
"Villa's agent hired us at New Or
leans," said Mattery. "We received
12000 In advance and were promised
1600 a week each fur services as avt
ators. After we had been with Villa
six or seven weeks and were unable
to collect our money, Mickey told Vil
la that unless he was paid he would
quit. Villa laughed. As Mickey
'Started toward his machine 20 rifle
bullets hit him In the head and back."
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. Through
Bias Lombardo, his foreign minister,
Villa announced his willingness to el
iminate himself as a factor In Mexican
uffulrn, but so qualified the announce
ment by denouncing the "clentlflcos"
that many believed his statement
practically nullified itself.''
S. P. Claiming
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RAID EAST COAST;
6 PERSONS KILLED
LONDON, Aug. 13. Zeppelins
raided the east coast of England last
night for the second time this week,
the admiralty announced. Tie dead
Inilmlej four men and two women
und the injured three men and eleven
women and nine children. All were
civilians. Two Zeppelins participat
ed In the raid. The locality of the
laid was not given. One of the dir
igibles was believed to have been
damaged when the raiders were en
gaged by a British aeroplane flotilla
Am a result of today's raid" 22 have
been killed and 3? wounded within
four days by Zeppelins. Fourteen
civilians were killed and 14 wound
ed In a raid Tuesday. British Flight
Lieutenant Lord was also killed
pursuing the Zeppelins with an aer
oplane squadron.
Water Shortage Will Not
Interfere With Crops Here
uenerai Von Ruelow alone with
general on Hindenburg. are resnon
sible for the defeats of the Russians
on the eastern front. Hindenburg
recently relieved Hueiow In the Bal
tic provinces in a drive which may
have Petrograd as its objective.
MEN SAID TO BE HOLDUPS
ARE LODGED IN CITY JAIL
That the water shortage In eastern
Oregon, of which State Engineer Lew.
is has Just sent out warnings, will not
interfere with Umatilla county crops
to any considerable extent is the state
ment made today by L. A. Relneman,
county water master. In other ports
of eastern Oregon the shortage is seri
ous, he reports, but this county has
been very fortunate.
The Butter Creek country alone is
the sufferer in this county, he states.
The shortage of water in Butter and
Vtillow creeks has already been felt
The farmers along those streams se
cured a good first crop but the second
crop was short and there will be no
third crop at all, he says.
The government project about Her
mlaton will finish the Irrigating sea
son with a reservoir about a third full
of water, he reports, and settlers of
the Furnish project will not be in-
jurea. ine f urnish reservoir was
emptied on August 3, Mr. Reineman
states, but despite this fact the water
users have been left in good shape.
The water master declares the users
of water from the Umatilla river have
had more water than ever before, due,
he thinks, to the supervision In dis
tribution. He declares the I-'matilla
water system is going to work out as
one of the best systems in the state.
In he east end of the coutny the
crops are coming on fine. Mr. Heine
man reports, and there will be suffi
cient water for their needs. The worst
shortage was in April but the two
heavy rains In July helped out the sit
ution wonderfully. Last year was
drier for the east end farmers than
this year, he states.
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OR Wh 13
LOST .iUSSIA
Siedlce Falls Before Bavarian Troops
After Speedy Campaign Slpvs
are Fleeing Toward East.
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VILNA WILL BE ABANDONED
l.rarwi puke Mcliolas . U-rHW't'-, I to
Have Notified Allies Tlmt City
Must He Given Up Itecause of the
Progress Made by the German
Political Offenders JTecd.
Two British
Vessels Sent
to the Bottom
ltVIMUAI SAYS STRIP IJfOl.l'D
KI rIKIl GKANT. OP
1874.
PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 13. Tlio
Southern Pacific company is claiming
a water frontage on the coast line of J
Lincoln county, Oregon, from Otter
Rock to the southern boundary of
the county, a distance In a bee lino of
30 miles. Within the district Is the
popular Newport Beach. The front.
nge is claimed under a grant made
by the state legislature In 1874.
Knowledge of the claim came to light
when the railroad presented the as
sessor of Lincoln county with plats
of the Newport beach for assess
ment purposes. The matter is now
in the hands of the attorney general
for a decision. The courts probably
will be called upon to adjudicate the
question.
In 1874 the legislature gave "all
the tide and marsh lands'' In what
vas then Benton county to the Wil
lamette Valley and Coast railway
company which was succeeded by
the Corvallls and Eastern, now owned
by the Southern Pacific. Part ot
Benton county and Lincoln county
are carved and the tide and marsh
lands involved extend along the coast
for the greater part of the county,
ijtwrence Nelson, a Huron wood-
hopper, better known as "Louis f-'lug'
was the victim of a "strnngnrm Job"
Wednesday night. He was waylaid
about 11 o'clock in front of the old
Field school on West Alta street by
two men, knocked down ar.U beaten.
Robbery was evidently the motive but
the footpads got little of anything.
Nelson was badly beaten up but
managed to cry out "police" until
passersby heard him. Officer Henry
Thompson was summoned and took
charge of the man.
Chief of Police Kearney worked on
the Job yesterday and at 6 o'clock in
the evening arrested two men who
gave the names of Jack Nolan and
Dick Harding. They have been iden
tified as the men seen with N"elson a
few minutes before the assault. They
ire now being held In the city jail.
51) Divers sunk by AIHeg
NEW YORK, Aug. 13. The cur
rent issue ot the Army and Navy
Journal asserts that about 60 sub
marines have been destroyed by the
allies since the beginning of the war.
CHICAGO WHEAT LOSES FEW
CENTS AT OPENING TODAY
OIIF.lt SHIPS LOST THROUGH
OPERATIONS OP GERMAN
SUBMARINES.
LONDON, Aug. 13 The British
steamer Summerfleld was sunk by a
submarine. The mate and the en
gineers wife were drowned. Seven
others of the crew were rescud and
landed. Two were injurd. The
'alrn liner Jacona and the British
steamer Ospeidkosprey also were vie
tims of a submarine.
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 13. The
Norwegian steamer Aura was sunk by
a submarine. It is feared the crew
has perished.
LONDON, Aug. 13. Driven ashore
on the Skjerries Islands, 60 mile?
west of Liverpool, the Swedish steam
er Kiruna Is hard aground. She will
probably be a total loss. The vessel
was en route from Philadelphia to
Stockholm.
LISBON, Aug. 13. The Portu
guese cruiser Republlca has founder
ed on the rocks off Erlcelra 22 miles
iiiMiunmi ui neie. cue in a lOiai rne 1-12 wis innnimrail
loss. The crew of 250 w-as rescued, day night.
CHICAGO, Aug. 13. Due to
stories of wholesale cancellation
of grain oMers by the allies,
September wheat lost a cent at
the opening and dropped an ad
ditional seven eights the first
15 minutes of trading. Decem
ber lost two cents the first 15
minutes on the exchange here.
5000 BUSHELS OP
SPOT AT $1.01
CHICAGO. Aug. 13. Close,
Sept. J 1.07 5-S bid; Dec. 1 1.04
1-4 ask; May, $1.11 5-8.
PORTLAND, Ore , Aug. 13.
Club $1.02 1-2; bluestem $1.06;
five thousand bushels of spot
club sold on the Exchange at
$1.04.
BERLIN, Aug. 13. Siedlce, an Im
portant railway center midway be
tween Warsaw and Brest-Litovsk
has been captured, the war office an
nounced. Siedlce is now occupied by
the Bavarian forces who pursued the
retreating Russians from Warsaw.
Siedlce is 65 miles east of Warsaw.
Luko, captured by the Germans yes
terday, is 20 miles south of Siedlce.!
The announcement of the taking of
Siedlce by the Bavarians astonished
military critics, though the forces of
Prince Leopold were only 20 miles
west of the town two days ago. The
speedy capture of the town make? It
evident the Russians are retreating
with the utmost speed to the east.
The Bavarians have advanced over
miles a day since they captured
Warsaw.
GENEVA, Aug. 13. French papers
report the Grand Duke Nicholas hai
notified the allies it will be neces
report the Grand Duke Nicholas has
Vllna because of the progress made
by the Germans through the Cour
land and Kovno regions.
BERLIN, Aug. 13. All political
prisoners In Warsaw have been grant
ed amnesty by the Germans at the
suggestion of a cltiiens" committee.
Among the Russians liberated is La-,
bor Leader Meden, a semiofficial an
nouncement said.
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MEXICANS CLASH
Oil TEXAS FROfIT
Two Raiders Are jKilled in Today's
Fighting Along the Border--Arm-ed
Posses Seek Bandits.
FEELIISIS AT HIGH PITCH
Citizens still Are Armed But No
Signs of an Organized Outbreak
Against the Americana Have De
veloped Several sldrmlsb.es Re
ported .All Trains Are Guarded.
. WASHINGTON,
9Ms Geff.fxa&ecx puhstoHi
fiiRniuer general tunston, com
mander of the American troops at
the Mexican border, who is keeping
a careful watch across the Rio Grande
and International boundary during
the present crisis. In case force is
necessary to compel peace in Mexico,
Funston will be the man to lead the
troops Into that country.
NEWS SUMMARY
Reply Made to
Austrian Note
Austrian Submarine Sunk.
ROME, Aug. 13. Italian warships
sank the Austrian submarine TJ-3 in
the lower Adriatic yesterday, the min
istry of marine announced. The sub
marine carried a crew of 17. This is
the second Austrian submarine de
stroyed this week. The sinking of
TOMMY CLARK PREPARING
FOR BOUT WITH FARRELL
Trained down to weight for his ten
round bout with Billy Farrell of this
city in Athena on the evening of Au
gust 20. Tummy Clark, clever" Seattle
lightweight, arrived in Pendleton this
morning from Portland where he has
linen all summer. He will go on to
Athena this evening to finish his
training.
Clark is one of the cleverest
lightweights In the northwest, ac
cording to all accounts. He has
fought nearly all of the boys of his
weight about Seattle and Spokane,
Including Danny and Mikey O'Brien,
French Vase, Johnny O'Leary and
Chet Neff. He has never fought
Farrell as when the local boy left
Senttle he was not in the lightweight
division.
Last winter In Spokane, Clark
heat Joe Conley, the boy who came
here and posed as Frankle Conley
and who took such a beating at the
hands of Farrell. Accounts of his
five fights In Spokane lost winter
make it appear that he has a great
deal of cleverness. In Farrell ha has
both a clever defensive fighter and
. hard hitter to withstand.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. The re
ply to Austria's protest against the
shipment of munitions to the allies
was cabled Ambassador Penfield at
Vienna, by the state department lasr
night. It is known the note reiter
ates the position of this country, that
under he existing terms of interna
tional law all the belligerents are en
titled to purchase and transport mu
nitions, and that the rules cannot be
changed during the progress of tha
war.
In a communication to this coun
try, Austria maintained the shipment
of munitions to the allies, while the
central powers could not obtain war
supplies from the same source, was
not keeping the United States declar-j
ation of neutrality. J
General.
Southern Pacific claims rights to 30
miles of coast in Oregon
Important railroad town lu Baltic
province is sciied by Germans.
United States trooiis and Mexican
raiders clash on Ixrder. Two Mexi
cans are killed.
Zeppelins again raid coast of Eng.
land.
Young; American Is killed in Mexico
j b order of Villa declares companion.
Local.
AYatcr shortage will not affect Uma
tilla county says water master.
George Tonkin nanii'd deputy war
den of this county.
Work on connecting old reservoir
with overflow line begun,
upon his payment to each of his three
ed.
Norwegian isark Is Sunk.
CHR1STIANIA. Aug. n.xhe Nor
wegian bark Nordmand was torpedo
ed and sunk by a German submarine.
The crew landed here.
As a Britisher. Henry James will
he harder than ever to understand.
A Division of the 4th U. S. Artillery Which is Now on the Mexican Border
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Aug. 1J.
The peace appeal signed by the
Latin American envoys and
Secretary Lansing is ready for
transmission to the warring
Mexican factions. Lansing is
uncertain whether to send It be-
fore tomorrow. Despite the
hostility of Carranza, officials
express hope he will respond to
the plan agreed upon In con-
ference. It is believed Carran-
za has misunderstood the na-
ture of the communication and
may yet swing into line.
BROWNSVILLE. Aug. 13. Two
Mexicans were killed along the bor
der today in clashes with AmerlcAB
troops at Texana. One was shot near
Mercedes and the other near Lytte.
Although the feeling along the bor
der is still tense, there were no signs;
of an organized outbreak. Every
body continues to go armed. Posses
and soldiers are scouring the border
for trace of bandits.
Several skirmishes were reported
but no such extensive engagements
have received threatening letters
trains along the border are being
heavily guarded to resist attack. A
number of residents in border towns
have eceived threatening letters.
Governor Ferguson would not dis
cuss the possibility of the Texas mi
litia being ordered out. He admitted
the president had put the matter up
to him, but said no announcement
would be made until after a confer
ence between state officials and the
adjutant general.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 13. The
Carranzistas have disavowed respon
sibility for the border disturbances.
The junta announced the Carranrist
commander at Matamoras has noti
fied General Funston that he cou'.d
account for every soldier since, the
trouble began. The Matamoras com
mander ordered his men to cooper
ate with Funston in suppressing the
bandits.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 13. General
Funston has ordered troop K of the
Tenth cavalry from Fort Huachua a
tc Loklel, Arizona, the war depart
ment announced. Company K of the
Ninth Infantry, arrived at Klngsville,
Texas. Tuesday night and the remain
der of the third battalion of the n!nth
Infantry reached Brownsville yesterday.
George Tonkin
Appointed New
Deputy Warden
NEWS OF SEIJECTIOX DROUGHT
FROM SALEM BY MARION
JACK TODAY.
News of the appointment of
George Tonkin a the new deputy
game warden of Umatilla county was
brought back from Salem this morn
ing by Marlon Jack, who is a mem
ber of the state fish anil game com
mission, Mr. Tonkin wis named t'
succeed W. C. K. Pruitt who an
nounced hs resignation sumo tim
ago.
Mr. Tonkin h:in not yet sivii d.il
nite assurance thut he wUl pt
the position through his friends an
the Sportsmen in general ai urit.'t
him to take the i.fflee. He has I..-, n
in the fori'.siiy .,tv1(" tor the P!st
ft-w y. iif. atm a.i ranir in
l'masilla finest ju east of 1T.C
Hock. Trie. i" ii rnierrn the r.i.'nr
service he va one nf the M'h,ml u-
( l'i'vi..nr uf t'niit'Ua c.iuntv and t C
n numbt r tf war wa thf irite:i;ial
or Pilnt HiH-k .m b'ii!
The selection of Mr. Tonkin In
I'opnhir one wiCi the jorMmen ai
the know him to b honest, i-fft-cient
an! r,nipet..?it in evrv w-h t
perforin the dutl.s ut the of ( e
Marlni-s Mippr. Irtwinlcr.
W.VSHINGTti.V. Aug. 13. Amerl
(an marliiis aK-iln 'aiT etiiploved m
iiU'dling disorders at Pur' An Prire e
H.eoriling to revolt from Admiral
Ciiprtoii. o mention wa ma'ie of
casualties.
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