DAILY EYEfil'iG EDITION
DAILY EVENING EDITION
TO ADVERTISERS.
Forecast for rnicrn Oregon by Ihe
lulled Mates Weather 'Utii
I Portland,
TiiniKht ami Friday unsettled;
probably showers, wanner.
The Kast OrexonlRU hsH the lnrgiit pain
rlrculatli:a (if auy piinr In oreioiti, csut of
Portland, aid uver twice the circulation la
leudletua 01 auy other newspaper.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 27
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY. SEPTEM?" VVl5
NO. 8501)
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NEW POSTOFFICE
TO BE LI 22ND
Definite Date is Fixed aud Grand
Officers of Oregon Masons Will
Conduct the Ceremonies.
TWEEDY ANNOUNCES PLANS
Frank A. Miller of Alltany, Grand
Master of tho Oregon Jjudge, Has
Aci-cpted hii Invitation to He; Iros-t-iil
Event VU lie. Mttli F.lalKi
rnt Affair for ivndlcton.
The cornerstone of Pendleton's new
.fi'doral bulMIng, now under course
CORNERSTONE 0
of rnm.tr union, will be laid on Wed- forwarded by special train. It Is fed .n the Gcrman-Amerlcun sltua
ncsdav iiftprnoon. September 22, and claimed Villa's officers are responsl- ,;,, ,. ifl ft conference, between
11m giunu uiiicrin in uio ureKun i
sons will conduct the ceremonies. This ,
was tho announcement made this'
morning by Postmaster T. J. Tweedy,
who lias been making the arrange
mcnts.
He has secured permission from tho
postmaster general to hold the exer
cise and to permit tho Masonic or
der to assume charge. Prank A Mil
ler nf Alhanv crrnnil mflMtor n fh I
Oregon lodge, bos already accepted
an Invitation to be present and most
of the other grand offlccri are ex
pected.
The exact hour of the ceremonies
has not yet been decided upon An
hour that will permit school children
to attend will be chosen.
Postmaster Tweedy and a commit
tee of local Masons will placo a metal
box In the cornor stone and In this
hm will be placed a panorama of the
Round-up, Borne Happy Canyon mon
ey, copies of the local newspapers and
other things -which will become cher
ished relics by the time the building
has become so old that It will have to
be torn down.
The following letter from the office
of the postmaster general gives offl-j
c.ai permission ror tne exercises:
Acknowledgement Is made of your
communication of the 21st Instant, re-
niloutlnir thn n Itf h rtfltV ha nll'dn fl.A
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(rand master of the grand lodge of
Ancient. Free and Accepted Mason because of the extreme dryness few
or" Oregon to perform the ceremonies or birds and deer have been killed
at the laying of the cornerstone of: this year than Is customary. He
the federal building In Pendleton, thinks the rains will make better
Oregon. Your statements have been hunting
o(ed.
T)i. department will Interpose no
objection to having the cornerstone
ftin-ii1 with ceremonies arnroorlate to
the occasion, providing the fnlted
ci. i.. u invnii-e In no exnensn there-
'by and that nothing Is placed on tho
cornerstone except that shown In the
full size detail drawing showing the
cornerstone, ti print of which is In
the possession of the superintendent
of construction. This permission Is
also contingent upon the contractors'
making no objection thereto, and
-that other nnd responsible organiza
tions wishing to participate shall be
permitted to do ao.
Should It be desired to place a box
In said corner stone, no objection will
be mnde thereto, provided that the
box nnd the placing thereof compiles
with such requirements as may be
Imposed by tho superintendent or
.construction, nnd that the cutting or
he necessary hole shall be done by
the contractor without expense to the
t'nittd States.
City Must Publish
Budget of Expenses'
Prci aratlori (if the budget upon
"whli h the city tax levy for the coming
year Is already under way, Recorder
'Flu Gerald being engaged In getting
'together data upon tho expenses of
operation. This preparation Is being
misde much earlier than usual this
Vear because of the new law which
i.riiin V'he council to publish Its
IniilJTt. t for the Information of the
public.
Innsmtich ns the tax lexy will not
be made until December, the budget
will not be published for some time
yet. Ilowevor. It seems certain that
the city levy will be higher thi for
the twist few years because of the
elimination of liquor licenses ns n
source of revenue.
Hvrlng the last year, this liquor li
cense money secured by the city am
ounted to 118.430. 13 saloons, four
.drug stores and three restaurants con
tributing. In 1914 the operating expenses of
the city amounted to J57.134.6S and
the cost of betterments was $37,880.
18. The tnx levy of nine mills yielded
nlv 111.721.25. The same levy
woiild vleld more this year because
of the increase In the property valu
ation but. despite that fact, the lovy
will undoubtedly be Increased, In the
view of the city officials.
omikc strikes Town.
ROME. Sept. 11. Acqulla was sha
ken by n violent earthquake last night
but no deaths were reported.
I S. DEMANDS THAT
lEM HELD IN
IKICO EE LET GO
PitisoxKit is i acinu death
1J-XS $10,000 RAXSOM IS
PAID.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13. The ad
ministration today nmdo demands on
the Mexican authorities for the re
lease or Kdward Leddldge. an Amer
cun, purchasing agent for the Mexi
can railroad who is held prisoner by
Mexican bandits In Chihuahua, after
being taken from a train and threat
ened with death tomorrow unless a
10,000 ransom la paid. According to
Kl 1'aso advices Leddldge Induced the
bandits tu release two of his friends
and take him as a substitute. Tho
raillim mmu-v it Hu,i , wn
,(0 f0r i)e hold-up
CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL
HUNTING, FAILS TO APPEAR
uoth will 111; Ri:yiiui:i to
COME IXTO COl'HT TO AX
SU'KIt ALLEGATIOXS.
Charged with hunting without a II-1
cense, John Rothrock of Athena and
I'aul Wilder of Pendleton, both young'
men, were arrested last week by
Game Warden George Tonkin and
were cited to appear In the Pilot
Rock Justice court Saturday after
noon. When the case came up, the
defendants failed to appear and re
port was made to Justice of the Peace;
Mi-Reynolds that the young men had 'arbitration proposal,
remained away upon the advice ofj The second German note on sub
Glen Rust. 1 marine warfare referred to the Or
Some evidence was taken In the ; (iUna attack. It was announced today,
case and when the young men are, ,ro)at,lv will be made public
picked up they will be required to shortly.
answer tor their alleged misdemeanor j
and for their failure to appear In
rourt u 1g gnld th(,y ara Btl hunt.
lng in the mountains,
Game Warden Tonkin returned Frl-
.1.... Iwl., Hi.nnnl, k A .nlllh
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j of the countv and reports that.
Stciimcr Is Sunk.
PARIS, Sept 13. A dispatch from
Algiers says the steamer Vllle de
Mostaganem was sunk by
from a German submarine.
gunfire:
Sixteen j
members of the crew, three of them :
wounded, have been picked up. '
Allan Liner Sunk by
PC,
Tho Hesperian.
The Hesperian, the Allan line
steamer, on her way from Liverpool
In Montreal with many passengers
and n crew among whom were two
or three Americans, was sunk by a
German torpedo a few days after Ger
man Ambassador von Bernstorff gave
his word that no more liners would
be sunk without warning. The offi
cers nnd passengers on the Hesper
ian say no warning was given.
The map shows the operations of
the German submarines around the
British isles.
liiimnese Trs Ousted.
NORFOLK. Va Sept. 13 There
are no Japanese on any of the ships
of the Atlantic fleet now engaged In
target practice off the Virginia capes.
Naval officers say there are no Jap
anese In the navy at present.
Their elimination has been brought
about since It was discovered that
many of the little brown men who
shipped as stewnrda and mess attend
ants for officers were really training
to command Rhlps of the mikado's
navy. Naval officers also say that
they observed during target practice
of American ships, the Japanese re
mained on deck or ns near the guns
as possible.
CRISIS AVERTED
OF
LOSS OF ARABIC
Amicable Understanding Has Been
Reached Between Secretary Lans
ing and German Ambassador.
ARBITRATION PLAN ACCEPTED
Ifl QUESTION
Negotiations Are Kept Secret Hut It Is Race wireless station at midnight and
Relieved That Satisfactory Conclii- is believed also to have been intercep
Moil lias Keen Reached With lit-1 ted by the Italian liner Ancona. Ru
gnrd to the Matter That Threatened mors were current todav that a r;er-
to Cause Ilrvak.
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j Secretary fjinsing and Ambassador
1 Von liernstorff. according to most re
J lluble information. The I'nlted Press
I Informant declared the matter Is now
j "in Von Bernstorff's hands to be
; taken up."
I What the understanding was or
I what was meant by "In Von llern
I stoiff's hands" was not explained.
but it Is believed a crisis has been
avoided, at least for the present
After the conference was over,
both Von Hernstorff and Lansing de-
clined to' discuss the case. The am-
bassador said he had no appointment
i'h the president. Prior to meet-
lng with the ambssador. I.ansinp
went to the white house where he had
a 40 minute conference with Wilson.
Although the secretary declared no
Arabic policy had been determined,
it was reliably reported the adminis-
(ration would consent
to Germany's
WASHINGTON. Sept. 13. From
reliable sources it became known to
day that James F. Archibald, tho
American correspondent involved
with
.
Ambassador Dumha in the anti-
American munition plan, will be ar
rested by the government on his ar
rival in America.
CHICAGO. Sept. 13. Captain Von
Papen. military attache of the Ger
man embassy at Washington who was
involved in the plot to cripple Ameri
can munition plants was here today
on the way to Yellowstone Park. He
said he and Prince Hatzfeldt are on
a vacation "seeing America." He
refused to see callers.
Torpedo, and Map of
in f.WSi
;-B.l-l -A
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SHIPS HUSH TO AID
OF STEAMER WHICH
IS
SANTA AXXA HAS 1700 ITALIAN'
RESERVISTS AMI PASSKX-
GERS ABOARD.
NEW yoitK, Sept. 13. Several
shii)a are believed today to be going
full speed toward the steamer Santa
anna, the "hoodoo ship," afire In mid-
ocean with from 14 00 to 1700 Italian
reservists and 40 other passenge
including wom.en and children
aboard. A distress call from the
Santa Anna was cinjL'ht at thn Citim
man spy may have started the fire.
ITALY CALLED HOI
TO JOIN THE COLORS
MOVK IIFIJKYEI) TO SIGXIFY
PI.AX TO HI-XP AUSTRIA
AND GKRMAXY
I With the exception of the Washing-
GENEVA, Sept. 13. The belief: ton school, all of the schools had a
that Bulgaria may aid Austria and j marked .increase In opening day at
Germany was strengthened today by tendance. The Washington was 29
the news that Bulgarian reservists in' short of the first day in the 1914 fall
Italy have been recalled to the colors.
German newspapers hinted that Bul
garia will abandon her neutrality
soon.
David Harris Is Dead.
OREGON ClTYY, Ore.. Sept. 13.
David Harris, who has lived in Bea
ver creek since 1S6, died at his home
here He leaves one son. W. F. Har
ris, and four grandchildren.
Local.
School ieiis with larg-es first day
enrollment in history.
McAtco announces his candidacy for
councilman. ,
Snow In mountains ami heavy rains
In different arts of counties.
Xew federal building will be dedi
cated on Sept. 28,
General.
Crisis is aw-rtcd in German affair.
Allies neaoilate for Immense loan.
Buliritriniis ordered to Join colors.
May mean entrance of war on side of)
Germany.
German Operations
j NEWS SUMMARY j
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Largest Attendance in History cf
Local Insti'utions Marks Opening
-Total is 1019. '
SUPERINTENDENT IS PLEASFD
Xo I'niiMial ( oiiioMion In Any nf the
' Rooms According to l!eKrts To
day Uncolii School Has Mt Re
markable Cain. Registration Show
lnj 245 Over 19 I.at Year.
Today brought an end to the sum
mer vacation for the girls and boys
of Pondleton, the public schools open
ing for the fall term this morning at
o'clock.
I The resumption of studios t iday
j was marked by the largest opening
: day ;,ttendance in the history of the
; .schools. In the three grade schools
and the high school. 1019 pupils had
registered by noon today, 36 more
than had registered on the first day
a year ago. This Increase will be
considerably greater before the week
ends.
term, the attendance
this
TTI rtl I Fl tr
reaching 246 whereas
year ago it
was 275. The Lincoln school on the
north side made the most remarkable
gain, Jumping from 199 on the first
day last year to 24 5 today. The Haw
thorne school showed a gain of seven
this morning, the registration being
283 against 276 last year. In the
high school the big opening day mark
of last fall was topped this morning
by 10, the enrollment being 243, 135
of whom were girls and 110 boya.
. Acting Superintendent A. C. Hamp
ton is well pleased with the manner
in which the schools opened this
morning. Afl of the teachers were
Iiresent with the exception of Miss
Gertrude Davidson, teacher in the
sixth grade in the Hawthorne school.
Miss Davidson's mother Is ill and,
until she can report, Mrsi E. E. Gelss,
wife of the principal of the Washing
ton school, will have charge of her
rnim.
This morning was taken up with the
registration of pupils and the an
nouncement of textboos. To pre
vent congestion at the bookstore, dif
ferent hours were assigned to differ
ent schools and. even under that ar
rangement, the store ha been crowd
ed all day. Class work was started!
at the high school this afternoon and
in some of the grades.
There is no unusual congestion in
any of the rooms. aiTordin to first
reports. The most cniwdcd conditi
on reported is in the first grade at the
Hawthorne school where 59
pupil:
are enrolled. The third grade of the
Lincoln is a little crowded but the
superintendent and principals antici-
caie no tnmoie in reliemi; the con-'
dition.
TO BE GENERAL 111
1 here was a seen Inch fall of snow
(iintiiiir to wonl mvivod this after
General rains and lower temnera-i
BACK TO SCHO
TODAY FOR TERM
tures are reported from all sections , They are rushing roughshod over le McAtee. well know n local mem
of the county during the past 48 I 'heir fellows, and are not much more 1 'r of the firm of Hale A Mc Ai. c to
hours. In some sections the rains as- j r;iinjr files and crosscut saws, day announced his candidacy for
turned the proportions of heavy; '1'no m:ln ",10 Kr'rs and is beloved, is councilman from Hi,, fourth ward to
storms hilc In the mountains the; n,;m wno on the key makes l succed Charles A I'ole. whose ti-rm
first snows of the season are reported, i n's "'c helpful, good and inspiration- , expires the first of tin- year. Mr.
Here In Pendleton, the rains ves-!1 ' I McAtee has beer, ur...i In s , m...iv
Icr.iav came In Intermitted ,h : This :'f'ernoon the subject is of hi,s friends to ,,,(,, (,.- i -.- e ihat
and in all, only 20 of an inch fell. '
North of the city In the vicinity of,
Helix and Juniper and east near cay-'
use. heavy rains fell last evening. L. I
K. Penlarld reports an unusually hard
lain near Helix and it extended as
lar down as Havannah. No damage,
however, was done and the moisture ;
i will be very welcome to the farmers
I and to the travelers of the roads. Mr.!
i enianj made an examination of the
soil near Helix yesterday before the'
last storm and found the ground
moist down three Inches.
Auto travelers coming over the
mountains yesterday report a light
snow near Mencham and Kamela and
the thermometer has been so low In ',
Pendleton all day that fires have
been necessary. j
The rains are appreciated by all'
:.nd there Is a general hope for more
this week to Improve the condition!
of the roads before the Rouinl-un.
IG0TIAT1S BEGUN
TO FLOAT LOAN FOR
AI.I.IKS S,KKklG TO OflTUV
1 ROM HALF TO RIM.IOX
IMH.LARS IIKRK.
NKW YORK, Sept. 13. With the
arrival of James J. Hill, negotiations
were started today for the world's
greatest loan, estimated from half to
one billion dollars, desired bv the
Kuropean allies. Hill strongly' i In
favor of the loan, maintaining that
If it is not made America may find her
banner crops a failure inasmnK a.
Europe without money could not:
purchase supplies from the American I
market.
The form of the proposed loan is'
unknown, but it was suggested a syn-
dicate compoed of bankers in all'
pans or the country be formed to
underw rite it and offer to the public
ooies at live per cent, secured by
France, Kngland and Russia.
WELL KNOWN PIONEER IS
FOOND DEAD IN HIS BED
'"'"U HAIMGAJIDXER OP
KtTIO WAS 73 YEARS OLD
A XATIVE OF GEHMAXY.
(Special Correspondence.)
ECHO, Ore., Sept. 13. Henrv
p , '
-u.8U.ucl, ,, nM uvea in tnn
vicinity since the early days and who!
, was one of the best known pioneers
a Of ttie COUntv. was fnnnH in Kwt
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thiH m,irnircr hv , TT
"a 1 " in jiii. ii iiau
retired last night in perfect health
but when called this mornln failed
to answer. Heart failure Is supposed
to have brought a quiet ending dur
ing during the night to a long and
active life.
Deceased was 73 years old. He was
a native of Germany but came to
America when eight years old. In
1S57 he crossed the Dlains to Oregon
and settled on the Meadows near this tne Russian war office claims to have
town and had been a continuous rest-' Sained an advantage by capturing
dent there ever since. He Is sarvlTed ! Dln-V met. S1 and "upplles. Obstl
by a widow, one son, OswaJk Baum- j ighting Is proceeding around RU
gardner, who was at home, fouri" The Germans are making three
daughters, Mrs. Harry' Rogers. Mrs. j Parate movements toward Riga,
Harry Dunn and Mrs. Ed Gnagauch, -
all ef Echo, and Mrs. Charles Baker
of Pendleton, and one brother, Jake
Baampardner o-f Pendletoni
'Symphony of Life"
Subject of Lecture
DR. IIOISK GIYF.S INSPIRING
TALK TOXK.HT HE WU.L
SPEAK OX HEALTH.
Dr. House spoke three times yester
day at the Methodist church, and
reached the climax last night when
he spoke on -Love " In some respects
bis afternoon lecture was most
uiiniue. Ihe Symphony cf Life. He
said:
"Every man's life
a
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Hi. I'll. Ul 91 'l I ll; ItlUU. ii mivuki ie Ol
t!l1 '''s, Every man sing-s a song of
ao'T"' klnd anJ the 50nS he sings gives
1 1 113 in wie nwm. nnr
I some men go up and why some men
I go down is known when we know- a
I man s song. The world is very quick
to sense a man. And a song witnesses
to the truth as nothing else In the
world. Profession is not so much as
practice. Some men pray on Sunday.
and prey on Monday and the rest of
the week. Two kin. Is ,if snno .nihr
to be avoided, the song that is set to
' rag time and the song that is off the
f key. Tills is a rag tilae age, hut the
music that lasts is the kind that has ,
; some great thought and purpose
i back of it. When men have no h:gh-
ler thought than a good time or just
nothing but the next party or the lat-!
est fashion, they both are singing to
the "ta-ra-ra-boom-de-aye." And
what a lot of people are off the key: I
"Jesus- Method of Healing." Tonight
one of the most practical lectures of
the course Is given: "How to Speed
Yourself t. or How to Get Health
and keep Health." Tomorrow after-
noon the subject is:
"The Drama of
the Human Face.'
Deer Hunter kills Friend.
VANCOrVKK. B. C. Sept. 13 C.
G. Shnwcross arrived here with the
holy of his friend and fellow deer
hunter, Wilfrid Butcher, aged 31.
whom be killed on Nelson Island. 100
miles up the coast from Vancouver.
The two men. who were employed at
a quarry on Hardy Isand. went look
ing for deer.
Shawcnwis, armed with an automat
ic rifle of a type prohibited by the
came laws, saw the bushes move and
pumped three shots so rapidly that
all went through Butcher's heart.
Sh.iwcross was held to await
coroner's Inquest.
th!
ALLIES IN WEST
OPEN OFFENSIVE
on mm line
Two Million Shells Being Hurled at
Teutonic Enemy in Flanders in
Greatest Battle of the War.
FIGHT RAGES FOR 15 DAYS
Still Xo Sign of Abatement Violent
Knsngernonts Mark Every Point
Along F'ront Germans Attempt to
Take French Trendies But Are Re
pulxed at An Points.
PARIS, Sept. 13. Two million
: shells are being hurled across the
Franco-Flanders front, In what Is said
to be the greatest military battle of
the war. The struggle, starting sev
eral days ago, shows no sign of abate
ment. Sunday, the 15th day of renewed
activity, was marked by the greatest
violence at nearly every point of the
I battle line. An official communlau
today reported a French deluge of
fire had wrecked the German works
at Embcrmenll, Lentrey and Ancer
vlller. North of Souchez, the Teutons
are throwing hand grenades, and have
j sought to overcome the French but
j "U.B". -V V.C
n i..n.iioo m vi..
combats along the Somme and near
Pay. likewise are reported
LONDON, Sept 13. Slav forces
along the Xlemen river and to the
south have been forced to make a
slight withdrawal. It was maintained
the Russians continued to hold back
the enemy's offensive. A repulse of
the Teuton attacks on the lower Zel
winaka was claimed.
In the Tarnopal region, the strug-
i1 continues without abatement and
60 BUCKING HORSES ARE
HERE READY FOR ACTION
Fat and sleek and full of "vinegar
and pep." as a result of a year of lux
urious idleness, the 60 bucking horses
of the Round-up were brought In
from their pastures on McKay creek
yesterday and are now in the corrals
at Round-up park. Not a one but is
In prime condition for the big eon-
tests next week and the exciting work
of trying them out will begin at once
and continue everv afternoon.
Long Tom. Snake. Llshtfuot llot-
ym-',.., r.., ,... . ,
H'MIT- Jtll'l lilt" O M i llt'CI
were brought in and. with
Angel and Rambling Sain back and a
riniher of fj'rttt r.
ite new buckers al
ready contracted for. the Round-up
will offer to the cowboy contestants
this year the greatest assemblage of
.'Oiling .lvi:iri- .it.,.. ....iV.... 1
curra, mi.. m
News came today of another relay
: tring to take part in t!te contests.
Tie San Mateo. California, polo team.
enroute to Boise
to im-ft the pol
" u,at clt
will st..p off h
re
"'ul en'er a team In the cowboya re.
1:1V- The Boise polo team Is also
SFruii"S a string here.
IH- M A I tt N IN 1IF
TO SUCCEED CHARLES COLE
be has finally
coiis, r!
I to hue till
r i ooiieilrn in
e!eo!!on b.tv-
,i number of
M-rvc longer
t a e n-i'ini-i-d
n There itr
name put on th
I- i '.e
R is doubtful wheth
vie will stand for re
in e nr. him- ir ,
friend!
as Ois ricilt
council
d P-
on the t
Mr. M
Candida:.
te.
for
th- fo
n. -li-i .
three oth
one front
r colli. -Kni'-ii l
e.oh wiinl, the
be .le.t.ll.
l.-liin nf
e..-r and
''ouiicilmen Mei
Sielert expiring
i:
Wtuiit Market
CIIK'.MIO. Held. 13. Sept. M
. 9:1 3-4. Dec. 'I I t A J
5-4 !!; May 7 3 A; 5-4 II.
portTLAN'D. ore Sept 1.1
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