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DAILY EVEIiliiG EDillOii r'nrmwl fur I Mlcrn Orciron hf th initial Maim Weather iMw-rw at Portland, DAILY EVEIil'iG EDITIO'I to advertisers. T!ie Kmt Oregonlan hi the largest pIO clrriilatluu of any pnper hi Oregon. eat of Portland, aid over twlee tli iinuliltD In Pendleton 01 aujr other Dewapaoer. F.ilr tonight an I Sunday. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUG y $ 1915. NO. 8580 VOL. 27 j ..- - ?' d it s I ORME D ARMY OFFICERS DRINK KAISER'S TOAST United States Regulars Respond to "'Germany Over All" and "Ger many Forever" in Grill Room. INCIDENT CAUSES CRITICISM Act In Direct Violation of RcruIii Hoiih of tlm V. S. Army Declare Senator Chamberlain Who Will ining Matter Itcforo the Sccretury of war at WaelilnRton. PORTLAND, Aug. 21. "Such an act, If committed, Is a direct violation of ihe regulations of the United Suites army." This was the declaration of SenRtor Chamberlain, following the receipt of a communication from George Shep herd, a Portland attorney, charslng that two United Slutcs army officers In uniform, whose names he had been told were Captain Waldron and I.lectenant C.ardner, stationed at Fort Ftevens, drunk to the toasts "Deut achland uberallcs" (Germany over all) and "Germany forever," with former . subjects of the kaiser In a grill at Astoria lo.it evening. The senator ytited that Shepherd's letter will be forwarded to the secretary of war. In his statement. Shepherd relates: that Iho two officers sat at a table Hith the pro-Germans and whe.i the tonstu were proposed drunk heart llv with noise and much consumption of beer. Shepherd's letter Is witness ed by E. W. Wright, manager of the Port of Portland commission. Port land men and other witnesses who heard the toast, are Indignant WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. Acting Secretary of War lireewenrldge re fused to discuss the charges that two United Staes army officers In uni form drunk the toast "Deiitschland Uber Alles" In Astoria. He said he, could not take up the matter until the charges had been brought to his attention. He had heard nothing, he said, excepting through the press. In military circles, It was declared un officially. If the charges are verified the officers involved will be due for a reprimand or worse. LATE BULLETINS Anderson Wins. FXGIN. Ill,, Aug. 21 -Gil Ander son, driving ft Sluts, won the Klgln rational trophy race. W'nr Imn Pncl. 1'F.fU.IN, Aug. 21. The Rclchetag V-aMcd unanimously a war loan of two and a half billion dollars. Goodrich Appointed. SAI.EM. Ore., Aug. 21 The gov ernor appointed Rny Goodrich of Kunene regent of the University of Oregon, to succeed the late S. H. friendly. Taft Is at Holso. HOISE, Aug. 21 Ex-PreIdenl Taft spent a quiet day as the guest of Calvin Cob, publisher of the Idaho S'otepman. His only public appear ance will be at the Commercial club reception this afternoon. He leaves for Portland tonight. IHng lU-frfcroraUtr Cars Hero. Refrigerator cars on the O. W. R. & N. lines are now being Iced In Pen dleton, the Improvements made re cently by the Pendleton Ice & Cold Storage Co. enabling the company to get that business. Before, the com pany had not been equipped with nn elevator. Between ten and 20 caV are Iced here dally, most of them con taining fruit from the Mllton-Free-w-ater country. The local concern also furnishes Ice for the cars shipped from the west end of the county. In the fair exchange no one secures much of a bargain. NEWS SUMMARY General. Uniformed officers of tiie Vn!tl States army drink to pro-German toUHt. Matter will Iw brought before war department. Administration awaltfl complete de tails of Arablo dlHastcr before an nouncing course to be taken. fiemuui RalUo squadron makes daati llttS ilie Gulf of Riga In effort to overwhelm the Russian fleet. Load. Sunt. SwartxlBnder says agency will quit Irrigating rather than curtail Fendlcton's water supply. . nig atiibblo fire threatens grain about Athena. Husband, an Invalid, do-lares wife would cast hint off. Hilly Farrrll wins from Tommj Clark In sixth round. Nepliew of Mrs. Vert victim of war. Belgian Searchlight on Battlefield r ' - ' -,' ' A - I' Ad , ' - I 1 C -2?. -Ji ; I V.. inawi, a r V,m , ihit i ti in n mi i When the darkness of night steals over the German trenches and there Isn't a sound to mark their location, this Helglan searchlight mounted on an automobile runs along a hillside l!OMi:, Aug 21 I nun- .evclie- moot prevailed In Honw today as n LOCAL MAN HAS INVENTION TO MAKE GO-CARTS SAFER APPI.I XN'CF, LIFTS I1AI1Y III G C1ES I P AND IMJWV CI IUI 1NGS IX STREET. In the windows of the Rrown fur niture store today is a baby go-cart to v hli h Is attached an appliance for letting the cart down a curbing or ITALY ID lie NEAR BREAK raising It without the necessity of Mrs. Arthur Grimes, 64 yeara old, stopping or without danger to the oc- was burned to death yesterday af rupant. It is the invention of C. E, ternoon when her clothes Ignited Roosevelt of this city and h is ap- from biasing coal oil. Her husband, plying for a patent upon it. who came to her rescue and tried to The attachment Is In the shape of a extinguish the flames, was severely n pair of runners, the lowest point of burned about the face and hands but which Is about an Inch above the hia injuries will not Prove serious. He tread ofMhe wheels. As the wheels leave the curb the weight of the cart I? trnwn upon the runners and tha cart descends gently without a jar. The same principle applies In raising the cart. Mr. Roosevelt has been working upon the device for some time, his Ideas being born of observing tha in convenience to which mothers are put In raising nnd lowering their carts on the paved streets. Mr. Roosevelt's Invention Is also arranged A . AU. rtnn t .... tipping backwards. Those to whom It ha. been demonstrated are satisfied that the inventor should find a ready mar ket for It. NEPHEW OF LOCAL PEOPLE DIES AT THE BATTLE FRONT LIEUTENANT GEORGE S. WILKIE, RELATIVE OF VERTS, SUC CUMBS TO WOUN D. The peril of war was brought home to one Pendleton family today when Mrs. John Vert received a message telling of the death of her nephew. Lieut. George S. Wllkle, in a hospital at Rouen, France. He died from wounds received during the fighting In the trenches and his death occurr- wl about August 6. . Rouen la near Havre. The dead lieutenant was a brother of Miss Ethel Wllkle who visited here and Is nlso a brother of Alexander Wllkle of the Oregon Mortgage Com- pany of Portland. Treat my time as your own. That Is to tieat It the same way ns you do your own time In your own office. i a safe distance and spies out the enemy to soldiers of the allies. It has been used very successfully in night attacks during the latter part of the war. ri-nll of the strained relation with Tin-ley. It is generally believed war uith Turkey U imminent. Woman Burned to Death by Blazing Oil MRS. ARTHUR GRIMES OF VIN CENT, 01, VICTIM OF TRAGIC ACCIDENT. VINCENT, Ore.. Aug, 1. (Special) js j.ast years of age. The tragedy occurred at 2 o'clock when Mrs. Crimes tried to extinguish the oil which had caught fire from the stove. Mrs. Grimes had been do ing the washing and was using coal oil to soften the water. She placed the tank of water on the stove to heat and It was while she had gone into the yard that the oil Ignited. When she came into the house the liquid was ablaze and she tried to ex tinguish it. In doing so, the flaming altered about, much of it patching her clothing which ws soon In flames. Her screams aroused the neighbor hood but those living nearby thought the noise came from children play ing. Mr, Grimes, who was In another room, hastened out and tried to smother th flames with a blanket He was unsuccessful. With her clothing now blazing fiercely, Mrs. Grimes ran Into the yard and rolled over and over In the grass. Men from near-by stores presently ran out with fire-extinguishers and the flames were put out. So badly burned, how- ever' wa Mrs- fNimes that she died ,hl'ee hours '"ter. Mrs. Grimes was one of the oldest Inhabitants 6f the valley. She was born In 1851. Besides her husband, she Is survived by three sons, Tom. Roy and George Grimes, and by a daughter Mrs. B. Boosy of Mill Creek, The funeral was held this afternoon with D. C. Sanderson of Freewater conducting the ceremonies, The tragedy has plunged the nei- ghborhood Into sorrow as Mrs. Grimes was beloved by a large num- ber of people. Folks that never do any more than they get paid for never get paid for any more than they do. GERMANS TRY TO 111 NAVY Ifi BALTIC One of the Grealest Battles cf the War May Have Already Been Fought in Gulf of Riga. NO WORD FROM PETROGRAD London Admiralty Is Aaltlng De tail With Anxiety As Intimations Have lUM-n Ifcivcd Tliat Teutonic Siiadron Has Made a Dash Asuiii-st tJ'e Itiisslan nect. LONDON. Aug. 21 One of the greatest naval battles of the war may have been fought yesterday In the Gulf of Riga. At the admiralty (fl'lces, details are being anxiously awaited, as It was evident from a Pet rotrad official statement the German Fialtic squadron made a determined effort to overwhelm the Russians guarding the Gulf of Riga and so to the support of the Germans attacking Riga fiom the land side. PETROGRAD, Aug. 21. Russian anti-aircraft guns shot down a Zep pelin, heavily laden with bombs and headed for Vilna, It was announced The crew was captured. r.ERLIJf .Aug. 21. Germany will, imnone heavv indemnities against her, .. 1m fc. c 1 OVERWHELM SLAV reta-y Helfferkh declared In a speech with more than 300 aboard. In ad- in the Reichstag. He estimated the'ditlon, it was considered certain that ,.. i. ,h. hoiiirerenta , tntfll ' manv liners en route to American of J70.000.000 dally. j Tacoma Quotations Exceed Portland's LOCAL WHEAT MARKET DOR M AN I RrXAtSE OF REFUSAL OF FARMERS TO SELL CHEAP. That Portland wheat quotations Just now are a Joke is indicated by the fact there is a difference of not less than six cents between the Port- land and Tacorna Quotations for club. In Tacoma the club price yesterday was 97 and Portland bids were given at SI cent?. The Pendleton market continues dormant owing to the fact there is no wheat to be had at the prices offered. Portland. PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 21. (Special! Club SS bid, 97 asked; bluestem. f6 bid. Chicago. CHICAGO, Aug. 21. (Special) At the close. Sept. $1.02 5-S; Dec. $1.00 3-i: May $1.04 3-4. Tama (Yesterday) TACOMA, Aug. 20. Wheat Blue stem, Sl.iKl: fort.vfold, 9Sc; club. 97c: red fife. 93c. Car receipts Wheat, 21; oats, 1; hay, 6. Liverpool (Yesterday) LIVERPOOL, Aug. SO Wheat Spot. No. 2 Manitoba, lis 8 l-2d: No. 3. lis 6 l-2d; No. 1 Northern Duluth lis 6 l-2d. In American terms the Liverpool price is $1.70 per bushel. OFFICERS AND SALESMEN OF CASHIER CO GUILTY MF.X ARE FACING SEVERE JAIL SENTENCE OR I1EAVY FINE OR BOTH. PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 21. A juty In the federal court returned a verdict of guilty In the case of six former officers a.nd salesmen of the United States Cashier Company, who had been on trial several weeks charged with fraudulent use of the malls. The convicted men are: Frank Menefee, C. A. Campbell, F. M. I.emonn, O. E. Gernert, B. F. Bonnewell and H. M. Todd. The men face two years Imprisonment or a $10,000 fine or both. Motions for a new trial will be heard In 10 days. MAN GETS BURGLAR WHO MAKES WAY INTO STORE I DRAIN, Ore.. Aug. 11 -Henry Bnnman. who uleen. In V n Cool's i i general store here, was awakened byl''" by him to his superiors on the a burglar crawling through the tran- qu-stion oi oUJing me prouuii oi jhnson to teach in the East Side son ever the aide door. When the! tones which manufacture chlorine sohool uuian Downes Dobson to burglar struck the floor Mr. Rouman '.;. suoh " usei b' the Germans in ,pach ln di!rict $4 near Athena. Nel ordered him to put up his hands and the trenches about Ypres In April. In )te u c.rpen to teach in Fruitvale and baoked up the demand by a shot In! fact, his name runs all through the j A n,lwk, , tParh )n suth Toa. the floor from a small-sized gun. Mr. Bouman held the burglar until, time or ir. neinncn t. Aioeu to he could telephone Mr. Cool, who r-help the German cause ln the United rived shortly and they landed the States. It is broadly hinted in Wash burglar In Jail. Imr.cn that an investigation, which may result in a demand on the Ger- If the audience la real polite the man government for recall of several toke does not need to be such a good of those In the embassy may be one. ' made. tzlander Offers to btop Irrigating Agency Campus if so Requested If Major Swartzlander, agent on tee reservation, carries out his inten tionn, as announced to this paper this morning, there will be no trouble be- tween the city and the agency office . over Irrigating the agency campus. rlKation of the agency grounds Is tak The major stated he wished no con-' Ing 129,000 gallons of water daily, troversy with the city and so would He has verified his figures and says discontinue irrigation if asked to do his estimate is very conservative, so. j As the natatorlum holds but 23,- At the same time Major Swartz-' 000 gallons it may thus be seen that lander insists the agency has a right without the Irrigation at the agency to use water for this purpose and fur- there would be more than enough thermore Is not using enough waterj surplus water here to fill the swim- I tr, cau.se any shortage here. He al- ming tank every other day. At prcs ; mits there are six three-fourth 'nch ent the flow is Just enough to meet h;.drants running most of the timei hut declares the amount of water Uoed is inconsequential to the city., Many Liners in War Zone or Due to be ACTIVITY OF SUHMARLVES IS ( U SING FEARS FOR THEIR SAFETY. NEW YORK, Aug. 21. Five pas- sengor-carrying liners, en route to European pom from the United State, are believed to be approaching or passing through the submarine none about England. These vessels wind. th. Rert s,, iw Tai.ian.i porta are In the region of the war zone and In view of the great activity dis- plaved by the submarines In the past 4S hours, considerable uneasiness Is felt m shinnlne circles. The Tidand Is expected to dock at Liverpool to- rtnv Th. White Star liner Baltic v.w vort nn Wednes- day. She Is still some distance from the war zone, but will come within the zone of submarine operations early next week The Scandinavian American liner Frederick VTII en route to Copenhagen and the Ameri can liner St. Paul and the Norwegian Amorican liner Kristianfjord are be lieved to be near the submarine zone if not in the midst of it. When Justice strikes, a lot of inno cent bystanding tenpins are often knocked over. Mentioned in German Plot CaiXitin Fnuu von Pnien. Captain Franz von Papen, military attache of the German embassy in Washington, has been prominently mentioned In conenctlon with the i siorv or ine uerman pun now ueum published. A rvew lone newspaper has presented wnat it cans a report remarkable story about the opera f : ' talt'i, SHUT " T- H rV S . r : lry v!!t...r " ... .T"' .cr .t., A Major Swamlandcr returned home this morning. Hayes TWnks Different. On the other hand Frank Hayes, water superintendent, Is positive In sup;t itlng his estimate that the ir all the regular needs of the city and keep the reservoirs filled. So there 13 no surplus for the natatorlum, HARVEST FIRE THREATENS TO BURN STACKED GRAIN One of the most serious harvest fires of the season in this county burned several hundred acres of stub ble on the Marion Hansell place near Athena yesterday afternoon and for a time threatened to spread into fields where a great deal of sacked grain stacked, , Tne f,re is sild t0 have Etarted 'rom a Passin ensine on tne R- & N- line about 2:3- The stubble iho anu uie names spreau ray- luiy. ine train stopped and sum- none a section crew by blasts from 'h e"Snine m!h'st' na"df "0nA and PfP'e trm Athena and Weston arrived by auto. Plows, "; and backfiring was used in " " and a halt More they were extin- fuished. Only by backfiring was the fire kPt from spreading to a corner- lnS field wh(,re lare quantity of ra,n was stacked. The "r burned over a half section ot bubble and some wheat left in the ',ea, Let's be of good cheer, remember ins that the misfortunes' hardest bear were those that never came. WIFE WOULD CAST HIM OFF IS THE HUSBAND'S STORY IIELIY FARMER FILES ANSWER TO DIVORCE COMPLAINT FILED BY MATE. Having worked for fourteen years for his wife, before marriage as a la - borer and since as manager of her property, having aided in increasing her fortunes until now the property in her name is valued at $35,000 and now- having reached a time when he is in danger of being a permanent in valid, his wife and her children by a previous marriage would cast him off. This in substance is the story re lated by Clarence W. Orton. Helix farmer, in his answer to the divorce complaint filed recently by his wife, Prudence Orton. Mr. Orton alleges that, he w orked for three years previous to their mar riage for his wife, accepting no re muneration except a living, that her property then was not worth more than $6500 and that he not only worked hard to help her clear it but advanced $930 in money. They wr,-e engaged at the time, he states, and were married in 1904. since then the farm holdings have increased until now they are worth $4 3,000 and in his wife's name are several lots and a house in Pendleton valued at $2000 besides personal property worth $2, 400. It has always been understood be tween them, he alleges, that they would share equally In the property. Recently, he declares, he has become afflicted with an ailment which phy sicians advise may leave him perma nently an Invalid. Knowing thh he charces. his wife's children have pois oned her mind against him and have induced her to try and cast him off so that he will not be a burden when he can no longer be an active help W. M. Peterson is his attorney. More Teachers Than Jobs- There are more teachers available in Umatilla county than there are po sitions, according to Supt. I. E. Young cw..,i.-. ninMuiMKiofuui. I. r.. iounri.M . ftntj g finding no difficulty In fill- , mlph .-,. ..-,..' comraot!, were filed to(lay rurptta. kum. More than half of the schools In the county will start on Sept. , ac cording to Supt. Young The Pen dleton schools will start a week later J. A. Potter 111. J. A. potter, who lives at 210 South Main street, is reported to be confin ed to his home bv illness. ADMINISTRATION I OF SHIP'S LOSS Threatening as the Situation is Gov ernment Officials Confident That no Break Will Come. GERMAN SIDE WILL BE HEARD Unofficial Reports IndUntc That Lin er Was Torpedoed Without Warn ing Explanations From Berlin on This Point Are Ejpcctel British Admiralty Says "o Convoy. LONDON', Aug. 21. The liner Arabic was not being convoyed when Unedoel and sunk by a submarine, a statement Hw.srd by the prewt bu reau, and said to be authorised by the admiralty, said today. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2t. Threat ening as was the Herman-American situation today, officials were still hopeful the sinking of the Arable with the loss of two Americans would not lead to a break with Germany. Although unofficial reports now indi cate the Arabjc was torpedoed with out warning, explanations from Ber. lin are expected. The attitude of th administration is not irreconcilable, a high authority said, and while tha United States will not submit to a slap in the face, there Is no Intention of disregarding the German foreign office if it has anything to say. No further details of the sinking of the Arabic were received toaay. Stories of survivors, especially thosa of Americans, are expected momen tarily. The conviction is growing that the administration will not make up iU mind as to the action to be taken upon British reports alone, but will wait to hear from Germany as well. Unless Ambassador Gerard makes an early report It is likely President Wilson will ask him for a statement from the German admiralty. With AWAITS DETAILS to'this belief "tidily growing, there is no doubt the situation is regarded 'as serious, but some officials said, con fidentially, they believe a way will be found to avoid a break. If there was a substantial reason for this belief they did not reveal it. LONDON, Aug. 21. While the cas ualties surroun ling the attack on the Arabic are still shrouded in mystery, details of the sinking of the ship witli loss of American lives were promised today as soon as Captain Finch makes an official report. consul Frost at Queenstown has !finally confirmed the report that Mrs. ' Jo,ophine Bruguiere and Dr. Edmund i Zl 4 WeJVh. n'y American J""" sengers of the Arabic missing. White Star officials issued another state ment that only two Americans were missing. The statement declared 1J passengers in addition to the two Am. ericans were still unaccounted for. Forty members of the crew are miss ing. No dispatches have been re ceived indicating whether precaution! had been taken to guard against an attack upon the Arabic. I It Is not definitely known whether j the liner was convoyed from port but j It is generally believe,! no patrol ves sel was in the immediate vicinity ot the Arabic when she was sent to th bottom. The first of the survivors of the liner arrived fnm gueenstown today. Arrangements were made by Ambas sador Page to obtain affidavits from all American survivors and it will be upon the statement of thesmen and women, together with the official re port of Captain Finch, that the am bassador will base his official dls Patch to the president QUEENSTOWN, Aug 21 Tho coast patrol Adventuress arrived to. day with three lifeboats of the Arabic in tow. One contained the body of a w-oman. unidentified, and another the body of a mnn believed to have been a steward on the Arabic. NEW YORK. A ig !1.-Mrs. Mnrl on Vrugulere, da'urhter-ln law of Mr. Josephine Prugulere. who nerwhd when the Amble was torpedoed re ceived a cablegram saving the bod had been found. The bodv of her malJ a's hits been recovered. Mnr nlirr FiHIII HI M l " ""'! "'"w. NOT RETURN TO FRISCO SAN QI'ENTIV. Cat., Aug. 21 Abe Ruef, noted politician. pin, led from the state's prison on condition that he would not return to Han Frane'sro for three months. Ipt will be exiled In Mendocino county 'he first three month. When the humorist I short of Ideas a Joke on I ties tn'gfaph'r will generally make a hit. if I I