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; DAILY EM EDITION DAILY EVEfiliiG EDITIO.'I ! to aivi-:utiseks. Forecast for tanrrn Cregtw lijr the I nitrd Mates Veathor ulnorvi at Portland. Th Knit Oregon liin has the largwit patfl clmiiatitm ttf any pmr In Orejoi, Mint of I'ortlmjtl, ard over twice the rirculatluo Id i'enUletoD 01' tuj other oewspaper. Fair ti.nljcht and Saturday. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 27 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGU? 5l5 it. NO. 8579 -' - .. .. , .,7 OF TORPEDO WAS FLASH III ITER This, Declare Survivors of the Arabic Was the Only Intimation Given of Submarine's Attack. HQ ONE SAW UNDERSEA BOAT p riciitii cmcrgenty uperaimg Koom in Barn ij 1. UL ! - r-rrrT 1. -"i 1 1 11 ii -ii mi iwn m .mt,1M ' 7r3T, 77 ( , " , " 1" 1 f X ; Deadly lysine, Was On U Way He fore IHs'inrt'rs Had Tlmo t Pre pare to Ivc'aiMS from Dwmod Ves ni Two Llfelioats Capsize After llclng Lnunclicd liscniK) Is Told. OUEENSTOWN. Aug. 20. Not a single survivor of the liner Arabic Who has been interviewed, saw tlie submarine which ent the Arabic to the bottom. Several saw the boat which torpedoed the British steamer lum-lcy nearby und believe It was the fame vessel which dealt tha Arabic Its denth blow, but all agreed that the first warning of their own dis aster was the sighting of a white streak In the wuter marking the track of a torpedo. The calm which prevailed and the order which was maintained by Cap tain Finch and his crew impressed all the passengers, especially several who had been In other disasters and saw lives lost owing to panic. The passengers and the mem bers of the crew who were drowned were said to have been In two boats which capsized upon striking the water. Some of the crew also are belloved to have been blown to pieces by the explosltlon of the torpedo. Joseph Q. Delorrlmer, a lawyer of Montreal, sonln-law of the Canadian minister of marine, told a thrilling story of the Arabic rolling over on the last boat which was launched and throwing the occupants Into the water. "Most of the passengers were on deck or at breakfast when the Arabic was hit,'" said Delorrlmer. "I'osnibly CO were still In their berths. About o'clock we saw a submarine ap proaching a vessel which wo found out ufterwards was the Dunsley. There was a faint sound of an explo sion and wo took It for granted thei Iiunhley had been torpedoed Are Lost in St Louis in Big Flood . tt"r' ' r - " S y ;y.:,-.r-'X:;w-.- r- ... ...... .:, . ..... .v........ ....... " t Behind the lines In the Meuse ;lifl-ed lefoe the wounded men are mov-icer. Many wounded soldiers owe tr'ct manv barns and farms have been ed to the large hospitals in the cities. converted Into temporary hospitals The picture shows a French general where urgent operations are perform-j attending to the wounds of an offi- their lives to the quick aid rendered at these hospitals so near the firing line LAST FORTRESS OF VISTULA DEFENSES TAKEN BY GERMANS 15 minutes later we had our explo sion. The Arabic stopped almost Im mediately. The ship rocked and then began to keel over. Most of the pas se -lifers and crew took to the boats speedily, though without show of a panic. I was among the last to en ter one of the boats. It had not clear ed the side of the Arabic when the vessel rolled over. She struck us and we were thrown Into the water. 1 thought all was over. I do not know what happened to the others who wero In the boat but when I came up someone In a sinking lifeboat threw me a hawser. I tied It around a raft which was floating nearby and clung to It until I was picked up, ex hausted. I saw 10 boats pull nway from the Arabic. One filled with wa ter soon after clearing the liner and sank." Stella Carrol, a professional sing er, said the women aboard the Arabic wero particularly calm and displayed great self-control. ISiaUJN, Aug. 20. Six gwnrals and H5.IMNI ltuin trooiis woro tak. en ulK'ii Xovo Oeonriowxk wa n' luml, tile war office announced. ItKKLlY, Aiiff. 20. Six grnaralu of Novo Oeorglewsk, the fortress went of Warsaw, by the Germans was officially announced today. It is be lieved at least 40,Ono Russians were About ! captured and It is likely that numer ous cannon were lanrn. Novo Oeorglewsk is 20 mile west of Warsaw and Is the last Vistula fortress held by the Russians. The Germans have now made a sweep of the entire line, reducing Kovno, Os trolenka, Loima, Novo (leorgle.'.sk, Ivangorod and Lublin. The kaiser, it was announced, has departed for .Novo Georgiewsk to congratulate persgnally General Von Heteler upon the capture of the for tress. The siege of Novo Georgiewsk was In progress more than a week. It was a fortress of the first class and of the greatest strength. Napoleon elected the main defenses In 1807 and the Russians improved them. The garrison left behind by Grand Duke Nicholas to defend the fortress numbered between fifty and seventy- five thousand men. It was held for the purpose of blocking the Teutonic ailvance after the fall of Warsaw. 95 Per Cent of 1915 Crop is Harvested WHEAT YIELD FOR VMATILLA COINTY WILL BE 4,000,. 000 Ill SIIELS. Practically 95 per cent of the 1915 crop of grain in Umatilla county has been harvesu'j, according to the es timates of local dealers, and. with ac curate returns in from all, sections, the Indications are that the wheat crop will be approximately 4,000,000 bushels or about 15 per cent below normal. The big wheat belt has all been cut and the only districts where TEHKIITC It I SH KI l's CITY DOO I'KltSO.YS MAUOONKD IX TIIEIU IIOMICS. ST. LOI'IS, Aug. 20. Ten arc be lieved to liaie iieriliLand 5110 are iiiaroonixl In their homes or Mrandod In street ears in St. l,nls and .sur rounding UTrlUiry as a result of a terrific rain stornf lat, nitht mid to day. GALVESTON, Aug. 20. It is now estimated that upwards of 200 have perished in the entire Texas storm district. Retween 14 and 20 have been lost here. The total property damage probably will reach fifty million dol lars. 200 Believed LmL DALLAS, Aug. 20. With the actu al recovery of scores of bodies and the unverified reports that others have been found, in addition to the miss ing, indications were that the Texas storm toll will exceed 200. Estimates of property damage are speculative but it is believed the damage will am ount to more than fifty million dol lars Reports established that 101 are known to have perished. One hun ared and fifty-five are missing. It Is feared half of these are dead. With the abatement of the storm relief measures are being pushed. St. Louis Flooded. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 20. -Heavy rains last night and today flooded the southwest residence section of St Louis. In some places the water was said to be six feet deep. Several families, marooned in upper stories of their homes were rescued by police and firemen. Some carlines were washed out A great expanse of land on the outskirts waa flooded, under mining clubhouses, country homes of wealthy families and farm dwellings. NEWS SUMMARY General. Ketxirts indicate that at leant two American have been lost ln the Ara ble disaster. Last fortress along: A lstula defense lias been captured by the Germans. Ten persons lost in St. Louis floods. harvest operations are still under wayi are in the foothills and in the light j ' Shortage in Overflow Dae to Large Amount ot Water Used at Umatilla Agency MM IS KILLED AT JUNCTION ENGINE STRIKES HIM While at work on the Twohy Bros, excavating contract at Pilot Rock Junction, M. Frank Jones, 60 years old, was Instantly killed this morn ing at 11:45 when an engine pushing a "dorter" or dirt spreader, backed Into him. The wheels pf the car pa&sed over his head, almost sever ing It. Coroner J. T. Brown was apprised of the tragic accident at once and went after the body shortly after noon, returning .hout 1 o'clock. As far as he could ascertain, the man had been working on the tracks tamping tlea when the accident oc curred. The brakeman on the engine states that, ai the engine passed by him on a parallel track, he yelled to Jonea telling him that he would nack the engine up. hit track. The man called back "All right," he said F.vldently, the man's back was to the engine when he was struck. The engine was stopped at once before It had passed over the body. Little Is known of the man beyond the foot that he came up to work on the terminal from Portland. His home Is believed to have been In Now York and his fellow laborers de clare his appearance Indicated that he had known better days. Is the sprinkling of a law a domes tie use of water or is It Just straight out-and-out Irrigation? Tills is a question arising from the discovery that the shortage in the oveiflow of the gravity water system lies in the drawing of water from the pipe lines for watering the lawn at the Umatilla agency. In return for right of way across the government land, the city ater commission agreed to permit the gov ernment to tap the pipe line and take water for domestic purposes. The wuter coniisslon construes domestic purposes to include only household and barnyard uses while the agency officials construe the phrase to in clude the watering of the lawns about the agency. The agency has a large lawn and Clerk Barbour, who Is acting super intendent during the absence of Supt. Swartzlander, states that six sprinklers are being run more or lo.s continuously to keep this lawn gre?n Supt. Frank Hayes of the water de partment, was out at the agency yes terday and roughly computes the wa ter used daily In Irrigating the agency lawns nt from 125.000 to 150,000 gal lons every 24 hours. This accounts for the shortage in the overflow and: to be shipped this year besides the the consequent lack of water for use. large amount which will be kent for LoxaL "mot Ilia harvest 95 per cent over. top will be 4.000.000 bushels. land sections where the grain Is' Frank Jones, laborer, killed at Pi threshed from the stack. In the , Roek Junction. Holdman country there is still some j Walter Osilvy lodged ln jail by stacked rain and a very little in the sheriff on complaint of Stuliblefield Pilot Rock section. AffPncT nsos dty wntep ,(r Grain dealers base their estimates ; Ins lawns, holdin? such use to be do of the crop upon their warehouse re- niestic. ceipts nnrl upon reports brought in I from farmers. While some yields! have been up to normal, the major ity have shown a falling off as com pared with two years ago when the same land, was cropped. Some of tha dealer's place the shortage at from 10 to 15 per cent and some from 15 to 20 per cent. The is 15 barley crop is not as large as in normal years for the reason that less ncreace was sown to this grain. In oiiulity the barley is uni formly good and the yields have been normal, the barley having been so far along when the damaging winds came mat it suffered little if at all. It is estimated that thei will be between 150,000 and 175.000 sacks of hartev German Chancellor Assailed If. In filling the swimming pool, ho states. Chairman Brown of the water com mission declares the commission had no Intention of giving the govern ent water for use In lawn irrigation. Such a construction placed upon the agreement would permit the agency home consumption. (Continued on pat flTJ.) WALTER GG1LVY IS LODGED IN B COUNTY OFFICIALS Walter Ogllvy, who is alleged to have terrorized the residents of Cali fornia Gulch, Is today an Inmate of the county Jail, Sheriff T. D. Taylor and Deputy Sheriff J. H. Estcs hav ing brought him down last night at 10 o'clock. He will be given a hear ing within a few days on a complaint sworn to by James Stubblefleld and It is probable that he will be placed under bonds to keep the peace. The sheriff and his deputy left Fendieton yesterday afternoon by auto for the Ogllvy homestead but their pproach was heard by Ogllvy and he dodged them by hiding be hind brush alongside the road. He then came on to Pilot Rock and was arretted on the return of the offi cers. He offered no resistance. Stubblefleld, who works for the Ogilvy estate, came down yesterday and made out the complaint early In the morning, County Judge Marsh Is suing It In the absence of the Justice oi tne peace, stuoblerield accuses Ogllvy of leveling a gun at him and threatening to shoot him. According to Stubblefleld's story, he l ad Just ridden down from the mountains to the Ogllvy home at the time when Elsie Ogllvy was scuffling with her brother to keep him from carrying out a threat to commit sul fide. Stubblefleld says that at tight ot him, Ogllvy leveled his rlflo and declared he Intended killing him. Frightened, Stubblefleld pleaded with him not to shoot. "Let me talk to (Continued on page five.) Report of Sale Was Bearish Effort Local gralnmen and others famil iar with the wheat business here de ny the truth of a report published in Tortland this morning that 20.000 bushels of club wheat sold here yester day at 88 cents. No such sale occur red and It Is asserted wheat cannot be purchased here for that figure. The story is regarded as a pure fab rication intended to bear the market and get farmers to turn loose their grain. Most Inrnt mnn u.it.i in holding for a price of 81 for club No' soii.ng whatever Is underway here Portland. PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 20. (Spe cialsPortland prices today have been club 91 cents bid, 8 asked: Muestem 99 bid, 11.05 asked. Chicago. , CHICAGO, Aug. 20 (Special.) At the close today. September, 1.04 S-8 bid; Dec. J1.02 S-4 bid; May )1.02 3-4 bid. ToomA (Yesterday.) TACOMA, Aug. 19 Bluestem. 1.03; forty-fold, 99; club, 98; red fife, 9S. If " - AT 1 i ':M 2 AMERICANS BELIEVED TO BEVICTIMS PASSENGERS SAID TO HAVE PERISHED WHEN OCEAN LINER IS SUNK Names Not Found Among Those Saved Report From London Declares Search at Queenstown Falls to Reveal Two Americans in Those Landed at That Port American Consul is Making Investigation Outlook Is Regarded as Serious at Washington. LONDON, Aug. 20. That two Americans perished when the liner Arabic was torpedoed without warning by a German sub marine was practically accepted as true this afternoon. Hope has all but been abandoned that Mrs. Josephine Bruguiere of New York, and Dr. Edmund Wood of Janesville, Wis., are safe. thorough search at Queenstown failed to reveal a trare of them. It is believed thev Were drowned when nn nf thA hnafa lowered from the Arabic capsized. American Consul Frost at Queenstown, officially reported today that they are the only Americans missing. White Star officials reiterated that their accounting of the passengers and crew showed 32 missing. Of this number six are passengers, the remainder members of the crew. A naval at tache of the American embassy has gone to Queenstown to aid the consul in obtaining affidavits from American survivors. An affidavit from Captain Finch also will be taken and these reports will be placed before Ambassador Page for the prepara tion of official dispatches to Washington. All survivors agree the Arabic was torpedoed without warning. Captain Finch said uie urst intimation ot danger came when he sighted the white track of a torpedo headed toward the big liner. OUTLOOK DEEMED DANGEROUS WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. The administration is keeping an open mind regarding the sinkintr of the A rahie" Nnrhino- will be said or done officially, it was stated, until thp fart nro nil in The outlook is deemed extremely serious. Personally, officials said, they had no doubt so far as reports indicate that the sinking of the Arabic with Americans aboard could only be deemed as 'deliberately unfriendly" in accord anrn with the warning given Germany in the last American note. lne lact that two Americans are missing and presumably have perished is calculated to so arouse nublic barrass the administration's policy of coolness and deliberation. This is not saying the British version that the Arabic was tor pedoed without warning will be accepted. It was remarked that the administration preferred the testimony of Americans, though the stories of the latter so far agree that the liner was not warned, it was suggested that Captain Finch might have attempted to escape, which might offer a justification for the s'nking. ' FOUR MORE VESSELS SUNK LONDON, Aug. 20. On the heels of the submarining of the Arabic, German submarines have disDlaved almost unprece dented activity in the past IS hours. Reports that four vessels have been sunk and one damaged reached here today. Six, in addition to the Arabic were sent to the bottom vesterdav. The largest ship reported torpedoed and sunk today was the lute Star freighter Bovic. The Levland liner Nicosian was torpedoed and damaged but made port. The British steamer New York City was torpedoed and sunk. All aboard were saved. Other vessels reported destroyed were the Spanish steamer Pena Castillo and the Glasgow steamer Baron Irskine. Three men from the Castillo were saved. Two of the crew of the steamer Dunsley, torpedoed shortly before the Arabic, were drowned. The rest of the crew was landed today. Tivernool. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 19. Wheat spot. jno. z, us 8 l-2d; No. 3 8 l-2d; No. 1 northern Duluth, 7d. In American terms the price Is tl 70 per bushel. VV BlTMMANN HOLLUt. LONDON. Aug. 20. Berlin news papers, copies of which have reach ed London, Indicate the opposition to the Imperial chancellor, Dr. Beth mann von Hollwcg. Is steadily grow ing in Germany. A movement head ed by such liberal leaders as Basser menn, Stresemann and Fuhrmann are keeping up an almost Incessant lis, attack on the chancellor, Insisting Its! that he Is not sufficiently radical In his iew and Is Inclined to abandon real German Liverpool j the extreme aims of ' policy. RUUFTIN " LOXDOY, Aug. VS. American Consul Frot at Qneiistown, re ported tills afternoon tlut Sir. and Mr. Rurgew. J. K. Kellet and Miss T. Moore, American passengers on the Arable, are missing. Ho previously had re ported Mrs. Brnguicre ami Dr. Womb as the only AmerlcHuf unaccounted for. If tfi Utter four have been lost It would ap Pear that all tlie passengers mlss- iiij "re Americans. QFEF-XSTOWX, Au(f. 20 Mrs. Josedilne Uurgolere perish ed on tlie Arabic. Her son IjouN who was with her, confirmed this tonight. Ho told of his mother's struggles In the water after the Arabic went down. NEW YORK, Aug. 10. Metropoli tan newspapers of the east, In edito rials, view the situation caused by the torpedoing of the Arabic as extreme ly serious and that full Information should be awaited before action Is taken. The opinion generally was ex pressed that Germany could not ex pect to maintain friendly relations with the I'nlted States and conttnuu such attacks upon ships Americans. UMATILLA COUNTY MAN TO HEAD ORDER OF REDMEN During the next term, a Umatilla county man, J A. Donivan of Ifur mifton. and a member of the Pen dleton tribe, will be the head of ta Order of Kedmen In Oregon. Hi ti tle is grand sachem and he was cho sen to the office at the state meet ing recently held at Tillamook. An other Umatilla county man, 11 II. McReynolds, of Pilot Roek, was giv en an Important appointive office. Members of the local delegation returned from Tillamook this morn ing and report a very enjoyable meeting. One of the speakers during the session was Fred O. Downs of Boston, the great sachem of the. or der. He Is a very capable sp.ik,-r. H. H. McReynolds and J. M. llov er attendrd the convention from Pi lot Kock. RHOsh Submarine Ar"unL LONDON, Aug. 20 British sub marine E-ll, en route to the Hilllo went aground yesterday off riiil'i hr.ni Island, the admiralty announced. Kif- carrying teen of tho crew are mlium- and fif teen were Kived. ! t t 1 i 1 1 !! j 4l i . ! ' i '