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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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.
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