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page Tnnrir DAILY EAST 0REG0N1AN, PENDLETONOREGON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1915. EIGHT PAGES DAILY EVENING EDITION Forecast for F astern Oregon by (h United Statm Weather Otwrrirr al Portland, daily Eve;i:;s editigii TO ADVERTISERS. Tbc Rut Oragoolaa haa the largeat pala circulation of any paper In Oregon, eaat of I'ortlaud, aed over twice tin circulation la r'anilletoo ol any other newapaper. Tonight fair, cooler; Sat urday fair. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PA PES VOL. 27 DAILY EAST OREGOXIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1915. NO. 8.-.S3 ii mm ORDERS 10 GIVE WARIGS FIRST Germany's Policy Was Never to Torpedo Passenger-Carrying Ships Unless All Had Time to Escape. ARABIC CASE IS CLEARING ! I Explanation Hollered Already to Ho in Hand of th State Department at Washington Full satisfaction to America U Promised by Gorman , Ambassador. i ! . WASHINGTON, Aug 27 It was Hover Germany's- policy to tornedo ptuuwnirer - carrying merchnntshlps without warning. Submarine com- mandeni always have been Instruct- ft to permit those aboard to escape before sinking such vessels. If any commander did otherwise he acted contrary to orders. , These representations It waa learn ed on unquestionable, though unoffi cial, authority, will be Included In Jrlln's Bhowlng to the United States' contention over Germany's submarine warfare. Assurances are understood to bo SUBMARINESHAD forthcoming, or already have been cmpI,.t,,y destroved. Major Whlt submHted, In answer to the Amerl- npy tne commandlng officer of the can demand as to tne metnoas em ployed In Gtrany's auftmarlne war fare. It Is practically certain that ln foratlon to this effect has reached the state department. With the situation growing out of the sinking of the Arabic greatly cleared It was admitted that the state department Is receiving con siderable "confidential Information" regarding Germany's submarine ac tivities, from Ambassador Gerard The ambassador's formal report. giving the first outline of Germany's posltlon was received last night and advices today were understood to give assurance that no fear need be en- tertalned for American Uvea owing to submarine attacks. H was natural- ly asked, In view or uermanys rep- resentatlons. If the submarine com manders were not ordered to sink unarmed passenger-carrying ships without warning how It happen ed In a number of cases notably the Lusltanla's that the disasters uC curred under such circumstances. This question has not been answered. The only obvious explanation Is that the commanders exceeded their au thorlty. Vnn nernatorff called at the state department today and gave assur- (Yesterday's Market.) ances that "full satisfaction" will be TACOMA, Aug. 26. Wheat accorded the United States If the Bluestem. 95c: fortyfold, 9tc; club. submarine commander who torpedoed the Arabic exceeded his Instructions. I ! ASSESSOR STRAIN NAMED TO REPRESENT UMATILU&N WILL ATTEND CONFERENCE AT , KAI.EM OS Sl'lMEOT OF O.-C. LAND GRANT. Assessor C. P. Strain has been nam ed by County Judge Marsh to repre sent Umatilla county at the confer ence to be held in Salem September General. 16 on the subject of the Oregon-Cal- wife and children of General Pcr Uornla land grant. This conference t ),I1K i,rn to death In fire Is called by Governor Wlthycombe Commanders of German submarines and will consider how the best Inter- rnvU1 orders to give a.HseiiK(r-cr-ests of the state may be served by d's-, rylnjr vessels warning before sinking position of tho grant lands. Umatll-1 tliem. In county is allowed but one delegatoj lYtntgrad railway b threatenl by while western Oregon counties hav-1 ,nv(inj ,rve f (jernians. Ing grant lands are allowed five dele-. gates each. Mr Strain Is greatly Interested tn Tw,v BS mm,h wa(rr Mllg .i,.. the subject of the land grant and sd n(w mI(. oW yHU.m hopeful a line of action may be fjl , Varrt.n whls tnml A, Mosler lowed that will build up the state n ,,, normal school fund through procecli Isrij u(ll(.nay formor merchant, from the land. lis dead. - . -)nny oases being disposed of in Klmer IT. Slorle who is- connected circuit court, with the H ilt company in Walla Wal-' Colombia highway will mean ninny la Is In the city today. FRENCH AVIATORS RENEW RAIDS UPON GERMAN POSITIONS PAUIS. Aug. 27. French avintors renewed their rulds against the Ger man positions last night and today, attacking half a doicn railway sta tions and factories, tho war office an nounced. Tho raids principally were In the Wnevre region, and along the railway used by the enemy for trans portation of supplies. Much damage was Inflicted. In the land operations a series of l WIFE Al CHILDREN HT DEATH 1:1 FIRE OXK SON IS KAVKD HOUSE totally destroyed MY FLAMES. is! SAN FRANCISCO, A?. 27, Mrs. John J. Pershing, wife of Brigadier General Pershing of the United States army and her three daughters, Helen, 8, Ann, 6, and Margaret S, were burned to death early today v hen fire destroyed their residence at the Presidio. Warren Pershing. 6. was rescued by soldiers General Pershing is In command of troops on the llexican border. The residence was a wooden struc tllre ani waa a maM ot "ame before 'elng dLscovered. A general alarm was responded to by all the troops of ,1,c Tfst, but It waa too late to more tn:in rescue the boy. The -bodies of Mrs. Pershing and " daughters were found In a front! bedroom. So rapidly did the fire sweep the building that the four vie-1 tlms were k111"1 a ihpy B,P1,t- Thoi victims were not badly charred, how-; ever. Officers of the post believe, they were suffocated before the fire j reached the room. Mrs. Pershing was a daughter ot Senator Warrens of Wyoming. She married Fershing- at Cheyenne In 1905. The origin of the fire probably will never be known as the house was post, will order an Investigation. Wheat Bids Lower By 4 Cents Today Portland bid prices on club drop lied four cents today, making the bid price 85 cents. Pendleton dealers re ceived no prices today but were in formed the market waa weaker. There Is no bavin and no offers to sell nere yesterday's Liverpool quotatl- ong the mmt a, tne day previous, t,eI.e being a difference of 83 centj hctween the Liverpool price and the Portland bid price on club today. The Tacoma ciUD quotation yesterday was t c,,ni8, nine cents higher than to- dav'a bid price In Portland. The Chi cago market Is weaker today. Portland. PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. (Special i-Club 85 bid. 90 asked; bluestem 90 bid. 93 asked. Chicago CHICAGO, Aug. 27. (Special) At the close, Sept. 97 1-2; Dec. 95 1-2 )May J1.00 1-4. Tacoma. 94c; red fife, 89c. Export bluestem. 1.05; fortyfold $ 1.02 ; club, 94c; red fife, tl .00, IJvcrponl. (Yesterday's Market.) LIVERPOOL Aug. 26. Wheat ii. 2 Manitoba, lis 6 1-2 d; lis 4 1 -2d; No. 1 Northern Duluth, lis 5d. in American terms the Liverpool price is 1 1.68 per bushel. NEWS SUMMARY auto lutrtles to Koimd n. trenches were captured at Landers bach. Portions of the German po sitions on the crest of Sondernuch were also taken. This consolidates the French positions and renders them more difficult to attack. The Ger mans attempted an offensive In the Argonne district lust night about Au berlvl but were promptly hnlted. Can nonading continues about Arras and Rove and from Olse to the Aisne. Conqueror of Stronghold ft I I 1 3 . L ! 3 1 :2?t- w i : vo J General von Besseler, the com mander of the German forces which captured the Russian fortress 0fi Novo Geoiglevsk, is to receive the personal thanks of Emperor William for his success In reducing the great fortress and the capture of 85,000 Rnssian defenders, many guns and a great quantity of war materials. He will undoubtedly receive a handsome decoration. WOOD MUST EXPLAIN INVITATION TO T. R. WASHINGTON. Aug. 27. General Leonard Wood probably will be ask ed by the Wiir department to explain why he Invited Roosevelt to the mil itary instruction camp at Plattshure. New York, where the colonel nvjde a speech which was considered as practically condemning the presi dent's policy, it was learned. Secre tary Garrison said he was not pre pared to discuss the Incident The Great Storm at Galveston n ' ' ' s J m -rfv 11 C f "e-f - - i 1 4 f ' - . ':" ' ' n . - h 5 :! p $ k."je f - - I II ft,, ) The West Indian hurricane that ' millions. Only the strength of the tween the city and such a catastrophe swept the Gulf coast on August 16 sea wall, which was erected for Just as visited It during 1900. With true claimed a toll of more than two hut - such nn emergency, and which stood American spirit the Inhabitants art dred lives and entailed a property , fast in most places despite enormous already busy rebu'ldlng their dun damage that will run Into tens of pressure of wind and wave stood be-aged or destroyed homes. HEAD. OF STEAMSHIP PANY INDICTED III EASTLAND CASE (.HAND JURY (HA KG ICS' MAX SLAUGHTER AS RESULT OF VESSEL'S SINKING. CHICAGO, Aug. 27. W. K. Green-', baum, general manager of the Indi ana Transportation Company, was In dieted by the grand Jury on a charge of manslaughter growing out of the sinking of the Eastland with a loss of more than 800. Gretnbaum was In dicted on three counts, charging hlrn with overloading the Eastland and using' an unseaworthy boat. The grand Jury formally reported it would have ladikted two federal steamboat Inspectors and two check- nien if they had not been told they had no Jurisdiction in these cases. The Indiana Transportation Company chartered the Eaitland for the excur sions of the employes of the Western Electric company which resulted in the disaster. . CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE IS BUSY CLEARING UP CASES fiRANTLYG JIDGMEXTS AXI) OTHER BIKINESS OCCU PIES ATTENTION. The granting of Judgments and de- trees in default cases, the trying of, livorce cases, dismissing of settled j suits and hearing of arguments on de ! murrers and motions have fully occu- pied the time of Circuit Judge Phelps I since his return from his vacation. ! The most Important cases In which I default Judgments were granted were those of Frank W. Kettenbach vs.. W. H. Skinner, et al, involving the) foreclosure of a mortgage for $4500 on land near Hermlston and J. L Drumheller vs .Alaskan Copper Co.,K. carrying a foreclosure of a mortgage for $2200 on land near Stanfleld. There was a default and decree 1n the case of Ann Matlock vs. Lenore Swaggart et al, correcting a title, and a foreclosure in the case of French and Co., vs. R. R. Coster et at. Four divorces Were granted this i myirnlng and two yesterday afternoon i as follows: In the cases of Kather I ine Carllle vs. Lester L. Carllle; Alta M Hart vs. David E. Hart; Alpha , - Mechling vs Ormsby Mechllng; J. W.', Case vs. Lulu Grower Case: May Howard Burrus vs. Lulu Burrus; a 'd Llninger vs. Llnlnger. At the calling of the docket yester-; ! day afternoon the following cases I were anneunced as settled and order ! ed dismissed: Ike and Sam- Green- j hauin vs. Martin Anderson; William ! Porter vs. H F. Barbour; R. W. Avers vs. L. A. and Jennie Willian s; ! J. A. Hawkins vs lames McCane. The case of R. X. Stanfield vs the O. S. j ! L. was dismissed with prejudice. En try of a default and Judgment In the . case of American National Bank vs. i M. V. Turley was made. I. m - . - - lIMini lv- Hughes Not a Candidate II ! S V." if iS - Ail IS V ': 1 14 1 ) M i 0 I fc.....-n. ii ' I JUSTCS CHA5. E HUGHES Charles E. Hughes, Justice of the; j United States supreme court and for- bers of the bar association, reports , between Kovno. the fortress recently met- governor ot New York, neither j excellent grades and good roads. The-j elpture,f h- Von- M ickeii'en. snd 1 openly nor tacitly will allow his, trip is one to enjoy thoroughly, he Grodno is 50 miles north of the lat- ' name to be used in connection with states. l(,r fortress, which is now expected to i the presidential nomination for 1314. Because of the many autos coming, j fall any time. The railway to Pet ' He has emphatically refused to en- the Round-up directors are bestirring"' rograd, running through Vilna, Is but ter tue lusts. Me gives as nis riws'jua fur refusing the fact that he la a' member of the Bupreme court. Jus-j tice Hushes feels that members of; the court should be cut off entirely from politics although In the past any prominent memoers oi uw su preme bench, such as Justice Chase, have had presidential aspirations. SUPERINTENDENT ON WEST EXTENSION HAS REM I. DAVIS IS SUCCEEDED- KV THOMAS HAWTHORNE AC UMATILLA PROJECT. (Special Correspondence.) HERMISTO.W Ore., Aug. 27. E I. Davis, who has been superintendent of the work on the west extension of the Umatilla project. Wednesday re signed his position and Thomas Haw thorne, who has been engineer in charge, will assume the duties of su perintendent of construction as well .nnA K B-m-I- M-Ilt h. nii.hul aa late u " , ' ,L ' .,. is expected the main ditch will be completed before operations are sus pended this fall, thus leaving the building of the distributing ditches and the pipe line for next spring. Minors Strike. NEWPORT. Wales, Aug 27 Eight thousand coal miners in the district about Newport walked out as a pro - test against the arbitration aaxird In in the recent strike. Two thousand struck yesterday All the mine? In the Illaina and Monmouthsh ,re dis tricts closed today. -:i laxa-JtU'TJm? ": "V ,t '.aeC--'-' 'AUTOMOBILE PARTIES WILL COME HERE VIA i:oixd-ip will rmtw mint IHOM I'OltTIJXD AND WIL LAM KITE VAfXF.T. The opening of the Columbfa High nay will have a marked effect upon the attendance at the 1915 Round up ,ln the opinion of local people who have been In Portland and the Willamette valley during the past few v.-eelts. Any number of automobile parties are being rlanned for the trip to Pendleton because a good road all the way Is now assured. In former years autolsts have had to ship their cars to The Dalles and have found some bad roads at that This has kept many overland ex cursion parties away. This obstacle h'is practically been removed through the opening of the Columbia Hlgh-j way and, as September is one of thej best months for overland travel, a big procession of autolsts may be ex-! pected and prepared for. j S. D. Peterson of Milton, who took me nignway ir.p ma u, .iB inc... - the highway trip made by her mem bers of the bar association, reports inentseives io prepare auuiuui'di parking space and camping grounds, MANY SUBMARINES SUNK BY BRITISH DURING THE WAR LONDON, Aug. 17. For tire time since the German submarine war was inaugurated, the admiralty con j firmed reports that a large rurmber of the enemy sutimarmes hav beer. destroyed. Such reports as that' made public yesterday of Squadron Com mander Blgsworth sinking a subma rine by hurling Domba from air aero plane previously have been kept se cret for fear ot aiding the enemy. Particular stress is laid by the news-! papers upon the portion of yeeter-j' day's statement' osn the ad.mralW which confirmed the fact thafmanyl. submarines have been sunk. The ad-- mtratty said it not the poetic j Co announce xne in.ing wi ouum-1 rines when the Germans nae no j ether way of Iftwrnfng of theirr leas es! KSHOP BADLY WOUNDED: BY DISGRUNTLED PtHEST WINONA. Miim.. Aug. 27. Bishon-i j pAtrfck Heffron. of Winona, was shot tc by Father Aloysius Lesches. The sQootins occurred in the library ot the Catholic bisfUo's home. His core- dition is serious. The decision of Heffron not t.v send Father Leches to any further- ippointmentss is B lived to be tiiiy cause of the shoot ing. The priest is said to have ft regarded as unreliable by the bishop and his recent failures cause hint to ecide to withhold appointments. Physicians saiif they could not say iehether the bishop's wouotrs were 1 ctrtaln. It waa po'fied mil. Durii j like!" to prove fatal. LescltWK gener- j gaenaves jould s'ar ely rt-tase with lally was belie-pd demented: Follow- jut ending bis rcgiaie inasmuch a ing the shooting he barriesifed him- self in a room and thi f"Tce the door. pi llce had tn Gravity System Provides Nearly Double Old Supply Members of the city water comvss- how easy it is to waste Miter I do sinn are not afraid th supply of a-uot think it necessary t -r all I ti ter from the gravity system will ; spHnklers to be kept .inj; all th prove i?adeiiuate. They assert there ; time during the heat of tho day on will be an abundanr of water .f too o-ir parks When that h o n i much ts not wasted in neediest ina- w at.-r i uasti d b, evai".r n Kation ami otherwise. In support of this view J. T. P.rown chairxian, cues tl.vit but a tew day;- ago the flon through the gate house - Chaplish. prtnr and i 1 1 r 'm at Thorn Hollow was t vis.0i'' g:t- plv. I am not s a' '" i rt tn-.i t ions. Under th eld pumpiag system possibly to do that w . u mu t!,., the city used a.bout a nu'.lion KalK-ns einiincs of the sw.-m " daily and at times during very warm: The Chaplls spring r. ferr-l to ! weather a million and a quarter. It I owned by the city an I w iir.-h isr-l is therefore tn be seen that the grav-ith a view ta as ,i tne 'h rn Hoi Ity system is providing far more n- b-w spr:t.e pr.a.-l -..!- -i .. It Ii ter than was to be hud under the I b rated two mlb-s ! . e Tb o n ll -i putnping plant. I tow Mr. Itrown tlilr- ' v '! I ou. "The city is using a half million j neoessari to ext. -ml the liro- f- r -nn i callons daily more than It did to! years to come, years ago." estimates Mr. Pr.mn j There Is no daoe.-r whib-v.-r tli "New parks take much water, so do new parkings along paved streets, there are many new homes and peo ple are using more water without knotting it because the pressure i greater than It was." More Water Available. We have a splendid water svstem thinks it will be unncf.-M.irv to cur. declares C. P. Strain, another member ' tail irrigation at this time It Is Ho of the board. The quality Is good and j supposition that after the hot weml i r we get almost twice as much as wa breaks away ther will be less Wntir formerly used. But it Is remarkable I used. R III DANGER ER0I1 9ERf.1Afi ADVANCE Fortress of Olita is Occupied and Only One Defense Remains Guarding Important Railway. ITS EVACUATION IS CERTAIN f ietrrat of tn- slats from Kovno IJlorsk L'nn W'fU Leave tho Way Soon Oiicn fbr Move Agsfast Rn. siaa Capita" Germans Making; I la pi d pmgrw Toward VUna, BERLIN, Aug. 27. The fortress of OiiU, one of the last of the two Russia strongholds defending the Waraaw-Petrogrid railway, has been occupied by the Germans. Thi n ouncesoent waa made by the war of fiee today. Grodoo Is the only Slav fortress , BOW hoiding ouL Olita la midway mites- east or tma ataxi vuna. The e-racuation of Grodno Is new certain aa a result of the Russian re treat from the remainder of the Kov- ' no-Lltovsk line. The forces which j captured Olita are now moving ea3t ward rigidly toward the Petrograd railway with the left wing In close PETROGRAO : tuch wirh the riht whig of the ar :my advancing on Vllha. firstij 200,000 Slavs Fall Captives to the Kaiser ACSTRdaC.ERMUX FmtCES ALSO TAE LARGE 3TOKBER Qp gyxOX. " BER2JN. Air S7. STore than ,fl Russian-" have been caprared by ,he Austr0.,SW7min fotTM Warsaw fell and the great sweep 'against: the BrcaV LitevsK line set in. t Several thousand cannon also have s' been tien. EJiough rifles nave fall ( en lnt, the h:ds of th Teutons to J supply several divisions. Irr Hhe op erations the Slavs have been driven back more than 100 milea on the-center The capture of Brest LltovsK has aroused the greatest enthusiasm In Berlin. Advfces Indicated a steady pursuit is being made of the rapWIy retreating Slav armies. AH the first line rtrtressesi and fortified position of tin enemy have now been , captur ed. HAITI EN PRESIDENT WILL ACCEPT DEMANDS ""KASHINi -TON, A e.g. 27. Thar Pr-eident lartiguentu w of the HU tiea governiment will Jcede to the demands or the Unit"d State for a pintectorut in Haiti is rwgiLwed a i the rebels would no r'5-a ap agiinst 5tim exct pt for tho pre4ys-o of Am erican n urines. ! It the denian l f -r u ,' - :n rr .. It is nee. sar ... g.-t n ' -' fr . wo niay eAsily er ..! a ; - t!t , city w,u (,aVe to r-,,rt t.. the old pumping plant In order to provld" enoiiKh water At the worn it will only tie ijeerssary to eurtall Irrijr.t tlon at times, as In done in Portland, or else limit the amount of w iter u-e. on the public parks. Mr Mrowt