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DM EVEIIIIiG EDITION Y zrA'- DAILY EVENING EDITIOH Forecast fur Eastern t'rei.'on bf the United Mates Weather lwrirr at Portland. F:i!r tonight anil Wednri1ay; warmer Wednesday. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 27 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, , SEPTE.ER 14, 1915. NO. 8600 tov. ' 1 ), ffXQsV ) L&br& C (fit The K.st Oregonl.n has the l.rg.t p.ul i 1 l ImtQlO JJ V T .A. 111 It rortland, and over twice the cin-ulstloo Is rendition 01' dt other newii.Mer. ll M C mtSZ---cl S 52.MI-WEKf N Vjf " I" HTO--H,, inn , l l H' ll rnr, I ll" rOUNTY OFFTriAI. PAPER ' - - r isTy PETROGRAD LINE CUT:SLAVS WILL EVACUATE VILNA German Forces Reach Railway and Hasty Retreat of the Russians From City is Necessary. BATTLE AT RIGA CONTINUES Fiu;a;ciiiciit (irons .More Furious Dully Teutons arc Again Attempt ing U Cross the Dvlna Ither Near Linden Artillery lire Protect DukIics of tlio lnfuiitry. PKTItooilAD, Sept. 1 4. The eva cuation of Vtlna Ih destined to follow the Teutonic cutting of th Vllna- 1'ctrournd line. It was seml-offlclnlly utated tiulay. (ierman forces have, reached the railway between Vilna1 and Dvlnsk and now one German force Ih sweeping eastward to the north of Vllna, while another In mnk Iiik n eastward dash from Orany. The Russian retirement probably will be necessary within 10 days. The 'luitile to the southeast of Riga dally Is growing more furious, field Marshal Von Hlndenburg has rein forced General Von Heseler In the latter's efforts to shatter the Dvlna front from Dvlnsk to within 30 miles of Riga. Teuton hordes attain are at tempting to cross the Dvlna, near Linden, under curtain of a terrific artillery fire. Engagements of the bitterest sort are raging from east of Grondo to Gallcla but without result. The Rus sians continue to gain victories ar ound T.irnopol. The Austrlans In the extreme southeast have suffered heav llv In efforts to make counter moves iiralnst the onslaught of the Slavs. BERLIN, Sept. 14 Field Marshal Von Hlndenburg'a armies are advanc ing between Dvlnsk and the VHIJa river despite furious resistance, It was officially announced. ROUND-UP STOCK HAS AN ADDITION IN THE FAMILY Dumba Grins After Interview With Lansing j - r I III1.MIIII'.'?C u I,W .11.1.1 .n, ,. f-' ;,. 7,.'. -i,,.. If. $ 7 " ' L MI j"..-, V. i; : i ..-I H am u i i! - ' M 1 , 'Jfj I . -fix it" 'i I i " i i ' 1 .'.- i e - . n v i . r "., i I ' I 9 4 i s,. - 11 I hi fx I ( ' H ll 1 ' I ' i"8' . ' ' '':) '-'!' ''it'." St : ' h i - I ; 1 i , Mirfl , , ' '.r-"ii S .J V ARBITRATION OF ARABIC PROBLEffl HOT ACCEPTABLE i Question of Separation for Lives Lost in Sinking of Liner is Not One for The Hague. i BERLIN BEPLnS AWAITED WESTWARD IJOPARADE TO BE mm THIS TIKE BOMB PLANTED YEAR itlAN ! 1914: THE CAUSE OE EIRE Administration SetUod Down lo Waiting: Gam Only a Complete Disavowal of tlio Act of German Hiibimiriuo Will Nuilsfy Anierlia Action Sii.si)eiMled for Time Being. I'LAvs ii vi: iii r.v ( oii'i.in ki HV ( I.AI Di: lKM.i. TIIK xkw Dir.ixTor.. The Westward llo parade, always the most spectacular part of the Kound-up, will this year eclipse all previous attempts at pageantry here. This was the announcement today of Claude I'enland, the new parade di rector, and he has his plans all com peted for the big Saturday morning feature of the Round-up. i One of the most unique features of lllr u or I.INFK lYMf.MT FOIt SKVK. IIO! Its V. OI!E ( ONT I J l J.I X (i IJI.AZK. XEW YORK, Sept. 14 That a time bomb, concealed in a trunk on the Fahre liner S'anta Anna, caused a fire aboard In mid-orean. which Im perilled the lives of more than 1S00 passengers, was one theory the of llclals held today. This was strength ened by the fact that the fire, it was liarned. started Sunday night In bag gage in the steerage and raged for . iur me yueen of the Kound-up. I I "111 be in the shape of a gigantic sad dle, made of beaver board and pat- Itemed exactly along the lines of the Reports firsi nri ui. i o. i .hat President Wilson favorably Ia:t(.s. The business men ' of the city considering arbitration of the question have contributed the fnnria fr.r tha WASHINGTON, Sept. ioe paraoe mis year will be the float seven nourg before it was controlled. because of Italian reservists aboard. Captain Pavey had searched the ves sel before departure, but nothing was found. COUNTY LIBRARY of reparation for the lives lost In the- torpedoing of the liner Arabic, were There construction of this float. oenieu touay. Arbitration is not an issue and was not discussed in the liern.storff-Lansing conference yester day, it was stated. Only a disavowal of the act of the submarine will sat isfy America. The administration has settled down to a waiting game. Lansing's I views will be forworded to Berlin von r.ernsiorir. ivo action is pos siDie until Berlin replies. will be four band.-' In ;he farade. eight stage coaches, six emi grant wagons, chuck wagons, freight ers, a pack train, hundreds of Indi ans in their finery, and hundreds of cowboys and cowgirls besides many other features. OBUMKELLER'S STRING IS HERE FOR THE ROUND-OP BUILDING TO BE E1ADEHRE PROOF Additional $10,0CO is CblainedFrcm the County Court in Order to Carry Out Arrangements. TOTAL COST TO EE $35,000 Bidi for Construction Are Being Call- in ior ana ork Will Soon lie Well Tinier Way Excavating Is Bring Done by Warren Construc tion Co. free of Charge. I' M SHOULD GET BETTER Mils. TTtACEY IS THE PROUD PARENT OP ONE IICNDIIED POO D SON. I Born, ton. to Mrs. Traces', a 100 pound Tlie Austrian Ambassador. This Is a photograph of Dr. Kon- stantln T. Dumba, ambassador from Austria, as he left tha state depart ment In Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 7, after his Interview with Secretary of State Lansing. The Austrian, who went to the secretary to explain his letter to Premier Hurlan, offering to tie up American munitions plants, noes not show th.'it he was irreatlv No such Item appeared in the dally . troubled as a result of the talk, press when the Important event " - curred some three or four months' ago at the McComas ranch on McKay creek, but It's true, nevertheless. Both mother and colt are doing well. Of course. Mrs. Tracey. Is a mare.! Anybody who knows anything about' the Itntiml-up bucking stock knows! that she Is one of the meanest brutes j that ever shook off a huckaroo. They may nut know her by that name ex actly. She was only christened that last night. Heretofore, she has been known ns Miss Tracey, but of course that Is obviously Inappropriate now. The husky colt was born to Mrs. Tracey while she was In the winter pastures on McKay creek. But Mrs. Tracey proved to be about as good a e(i wjth a mother as she Is a riding pony. SheiKean said He had said In the letter which was taken from Archibald In England that he could tie up the Bethlehem and other middle western plants If enough money was forthcoming. He asked the premier to use the wireless to inform him If he should go ahead The prospect of his dismissal by the president either did not worry him greatly or he felt that there would be no such outcome after he had seen the secretary of state. TURKS RETREAT AND German Money and Influence Attempt to tie up Shipping HAN KKAXt'IS'-O, Sept. 14. Vice President John Kean of the Long shoremen's Union, expressed the be lief today that German money and Influence has sought to bring about a gigantic dock strike to tie up At lantic und Pacific shipping. Com menting on the claim of President Gompers of the American Federation of Ijihor. that a German plot exist ing of a new agreement ut Seattle. He also quoted President O'Connor of the National Union, Buffalo, as saying he had received a direct of fer from German agents If he could aid in calling a Longshoremen's striKe. neglected her orrsprlng something onably have tried to prevent the sign scandalous and If It hadn't been for' Light foot, the little animal w ould have fared badly. Indeed. As It was Light foot, one of the. worst of the Kound-up outlaws, Just naturally ad opted that colt and became Its pro tector. Wherever the colt went, there also went Llghtfoot and more than one horse felt his heels and teeth while In the discharge of his self-Imposed duties. This at least. Is the tale told by the man who watched over the herd during the past year, and certain It Is that the colt and Llghtfoot are Inseparable at the BOSTON. Sept. 14. The executive board of the Boston Central ljihor million dollars behind it, i Union will start proceedings in the al derman agents unquesti leged German plot to Instigate a PATH SAYS ATHENS I-OXDOX, Sept. 11. The alll vd forces have resumed ham mering at the Dardanelles by land aud sea, Athens dispatches say. Two British cruisers have wrwked the batteries which have been shclUug the allied trenches at the southern tip of the Gallipoll Knlnsula, from across the strait. Then moving In closer, they hurled shells at the Turkish left wing. Constantinople dispatches, how ever say the Turks repulsed the attacks and drove off the war ships. LONDON, Sept. 14. Focha, near Smyrna, Is in flames, according to WAI.I.l WALLA STOCKMAN BHIXGS HOUSES Foil EltOX TIEIl SHOW. With 25 bucking horses, 15 saddle norses, two relay strings and two I hucklng burros. George Drnmhollor CARE DECLARES LECTURER rS! t I mke ready for the Round-UD. The bucking horses and .saddle ponies have been leased by the Round-up for the I annual exhibition and the relay strings will be entered In tha contests ; to take their chances with the many night at other strings entered. intensely urumneiier. who was one of the FOOD IS THE El EL EOIt MAX'S EN E1USY AXD SHOULD BE WELL SELECTED. Dr. House's lecture last the Methodist church was interesting and most practical. Speak, original boosters of the Round-up, will on -now to tspeea Yourself Up,", onng a number of cowboys with him he said: "We are not at our best ! for the show here. Among the num we can get only about one third of 'wr will he Alan Drumheller, a relay ability to work. To bring ourselves rider and broncho buster of the first p to our best we must look after rank cur eating; the care of our bodies H:s bucking horses are, for the more. Hold to the fact that your most part, those formerlv owned hv mouth Is a reseiving room, and there the Rodeo association of which j n ' the food is to be well masticated. Raley was the directing head. Among! Warren ziome oeon e fi-er itia hod that ha mem nrn m.h -m . ' " - ------- - iwiumi norses as have teeth In the stomach by the way Speedlmll. Cyclone and Gavlatto. they swallow their food whole. And The two burros he brings will make some times the peptic canals tn-ast tivt bnekfna; urros for thr. Rnuad-ut. think that! an earthquake has taken this year. Livestock Director Thomp flace upstairs by the way the two-by- eon also announced that he has five fours and brick and mortar come bucking bulls and a bucking steer to tumbling down. Then remember that take part In the excitement, your stomach is a mixing room, i where the gastric Juices prepare the Toe new county library, when built will be a fire-proof structure, the action of the court late yesterday afternoon In providing for the addi tional funds necessary assuring this. From the Carnegie corporation $25, 000 was received but this was not deemed suffiicent to build as large a structure as needed and yet construct it of fire-proof materials. The court will contribute $10,000 in addition so that the building will coot In all $35 000. The' Umatilla county library board, which includes the members of ths court, met yesterday at the office of County Judge Marsh and considered the proposition of providing the suf ficient funds. Through tne gift of $25,000 from Carnegie, the county has been saved a considerable part of the expense Members of the board have from the beginning wanted a substantial fire proof building that would stand well the wear of years. The county court food for intestinal life. And If the stomach is not carefully looked after and kept strong In Its muscles, weak ness and distress comes In. The mind also must be developed. LOSES RUSSIAN COMMAND Athens dispatches today. The infer-For "as a man thinketh so is he ence was that the Turkish troops, j "ecognisa your materlal-mlnd, mem convinced the Dardanelles is about to ' rv- Imagination, reason and will. All fall, are retreating and burning coast ' tile'se form th? basis of sreat mental towns in their path. Classes Organized Kill SCHOOL RAPIDLY GETS DOWN TO STUDIES FOR THE NEW YEAR. power. Now organize them by edu cation and training. A huge pile of ore must be organized into an engine r a bridge before it comes to its vorth. 8o the mind must be Rtrene-th- fOf Term's V0rk'ened' utilized- And use your own ! material. Do not ape, but be natur- J al. And forget not the spiritual part. To leave this out is to have an ar rested life. No one can. come to his best without this qualification. Tonight, the subject ff: "The Phy chulogy of the Boy and Girl," and ed ucators and public school superintend ents say It Is a most remarkable ad dress. The lecture this evening will begin at 7:30 o'clock to accommodate any who would like to attend the Ke ber recital at the Christian church. Longshoremen's strike here. Protest May be Made by the Kaiser Against Allies9 Loan Round-up corrals where they, brought Sunday. Events in the War One Year Ago Today WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. A seri ous new complication was Injected to day Into International relations: Shall the United States become the allies' "bankers?" Ttln nlinotlan 1,,n a faaaA an A fAalllt were1 - ... . , ... . , ,. loan which New York bankers are trying to arrange. It was reported Germany will protest aValnst the loan ns unneutral. An official of the Ithelms reoccupled by allies Germans hold strong position north of the Atsn and ClchUg continues all along the lino. retary McAdoo Is keeping the closest watch. Reports here are that Am erican bankers will sound out the administration before closing nego-t'atlons. MILWAUKEE, Wis.. Sept 14 Ger mans here will withdraw their savings from any bank entering Into the pro posed loan to the 'allies, according to a prominent banker, here today. It is treasury department Is informmnlly believed like action will be taken all meeting with the conferees and See- over the country. The high school term for 1915 and 1916 began yesterday. The morning was devoted to clas sorganizatlon and registration. By noon a total of 245 had been reached, a high mark for the beginning of the year. The larg est enrollment was in the freshman class. In which there were 85. Classes were organized this morn ing among the freshman and sopho- j 2 Klackmalloist Punished, more girls by Miss Ceclle Boyd, phy-i L0S ANGELES. Sept. 14. W. R slcal culture Instructor. The classes Stev"ns' an "orney. convicted will meet daily In the gymnasium for;momns a w,th nls law Partner, work, this being the only athletic) work taken by the girls at this time Crown prince's army drive back to the Orne. Berlin reports von Hlnden- burg his defeated the Russian unny of Vllna and the army of Grodno, with heavy losses. Thu Russian general staff declares, on the other hand that the Oer- man armies have been driven back across the border. Set- vlnns ui'.d Montenegrins Jom forces and are advancing nil 0 along the frontier. Are s.l.l to have 160,000 In Hung.ir. I 'a n-Americans to Meet. WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. A third Han-American conference, looking toward peace In Mexico, will convene Saturday In New Tork It was officially announced today. The Illness of Hra alllan Ambassador Dagama caused a postponement from Wednesday. Falls to Prevent Suicide. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 14. While Officer Sidney Hook raced on a mo torcycle to prevent R. 8. Joiner from killing himself, Joiner locked himself In a bathroom In his home and slashed his throat with a raior. Join er was despondent because of 111 health nnd Inability to obtain employment. Another Victim of Explosion. WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. Gun ner's Mate Ewell, not previously men tioned In the casualty list resulting from nn explosion aboard the United States vessel Decatur at Cavlte, P. I.. is dead from 5urns, the navy depart ment was advised. Alleged Fraud Involved $6,000.04)0. NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 14. Albert Lemnr and Edward Carrlere were In dicted by a federal grand Jury charg ed with using false bills of lading and jbuse of the malls. New York bank ers and brokers are said to have been their victims In a scheme, which, It Is reported. Involved $8,000,000. Eight girls have registered for tho normal work conducted by Miss Ar llne Cleveland. Three new faces were presented in the school faculty. Miss Anita Slater, a graduate of Pendleton high school of former years, has returned to take the place of Miss Gregory aa head of the English department. Mrs. Tucker comes from Montana to take the place of Miss Grigshy in the Latin depart ment and Miss Wilson comes as a graduate of the O. A. C. to assist Miss Hutler in the domestic science depart ment. With the large attendance at the beginning of the year the high mark of last year Is expected to be far surpassed. A total of 304 was regis tered last term, the highest on record. Tax on Heirs Is $900,000. ST. PAUL.. Sept. 14. The report thnt Minnesota hopes to collect a gi gantic Inheritance tax from the es tate of Frederick Weyerhaeuser, de ceased lumber king, was confirmed by the attorney genernl's office. It was said the amount the state might reallie approached $900,000, based on an estate of $30,000,000 In stead of $1,300,000 as reported by the executors To collect this amount, however. It will be necessary for the state to prove the report of the ex ecutors to the tax commission was $3S,000.000 below the actual value of the sstate. Charles S. McKelvey, of having used the mails to further a blackmailing scheme, was sentenced in the United States district court to serve six months in jail and pay a fine of $2, 500. McKelvey was ordered to pay a fine of $25"0. Both men obtained a 30 days' stay of execution. Stevens and McKilvey were convict ed of having written letters to a Mon rovia justice of the peace and an El Centro dentist in connection with rev elations involving young girl visitors to a hotel known as the Jonqulll. British l oss k 381.982. LONDON. Sept. 14. British casu alties for the first year of the war to talled 3S1.9SL', Under-Secretary Tcn nant announced in parliament today. Tile figures include 75.957 killed. 2'1.0iSS wounded and 54.9f7 missing. NEWS SUMMARY General. IVtrognwt-Vllna line cut by Ger mans. Arbitration not acceptable to V. S. hi Arabia question. Local. County court contributes toward making library building fire proof. Westward llo parade will be siec tucular paircant, Drumheller arrives with ,, horse for Round-up. P I - " J I - 1 lr 1 i . 1 ' 'iff. I' jt ! fr-; J W j i .ft y grj I. u titf ns tried to persuade the Carnegie, corporation to furnish additional funds for the purpose but without success and so have decided to pro vide the amount necessary to insure a first class building in every respect. The work of excavating Is now well under way and Is being done by the Warren Construction Co.. frea of charge. With all preliminary matters now settled, the bids of contractors will be called for Immediately an& i Is Aop ed that the building may i Wfl an early date. - J ' Turk May Close Pavilion. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14 Vash man Cardashian. Turkish commission er to the Panama-Pacific exposition, may shut up his country's pavilion within a day or so. Two reports are circulated. It was established that he was having an al tercation with exposition officials about finances and (It was reported that a recent speech in which he said Turkey, was bound to lose in the present war no matter who won had aroused the displeasure of his government. EGH3 VOTES TO BOND FCR NEW CITY HALL AND PARK (Special Correspondence.) ECHO, Ore.. Sept. 14 Echo will have a new city hall and a new Im proved city park. This was made cer tain yesterday when the majority of the citizens voted in favor of bonding the town for the two propositions. By a vote of 61 to 21. the measure to bond the town for $10,000 for a city hall was carried but the proposal to bond the town for $3000 for the pur chase and improvement of a city park carried only by the narrow margin of two votes, there being 4 5 ayes against 53 nays The bonds will bear six per cent Interest. The funeral of Henry Baumgard tier, the pioneer found dead In bed yesterday, will be held tomorrow morning. Gmnd Duke McJiolus. Grand D.ike Niehol ts, ,:omniander of the Russian armies against the Germans on the east front of the war. has been deposed by order of the csar and sent to command the Rus sian armies against the Turks. While it has been Impossible to learn all the facts about the case the belief is that the defeat of the Russians in 'Poland and the loss of Warsaw has forced the grand duke to get out. mericans Ordered to I.eaio. WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. Tlie gov. ernmment has ordered Americans to leave the troubled districts of north ern Mexico. Nog-ales dispatches say automobiles are taking Americans trora Sonora into Arizona. New Canadian line liendy. "TTAWA, ont.. Sept. I. - Tumi the entrance of the Montreal tunnel to Vancouver tho new transcontinent al line of the Canadian Northern Kail road. Is ready for traffic. Sir William M ickenle. pre.-iietit of' the Canadi.m Northern railroad, Is ready for traffic. Sir Willi. mi Mackenzie, president or the Canadian Northern railroad, has Just returned from a trip over the tin 111 his special train, being the first t' make the' run. NhoU Market. CHICAGO. Sept. 14. Sept, 101 3-8, Dec. 95 5-8; May, 99. POHTI.AXn, Ore.. Sept. II Club, HI; bluestem Sj.