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DAILY EVENING EDITIOH TO ADVERTISERS. Th Rut Orrgonlan haa the largest paid circulation of any paper Id Orexou, eait of Cortland, ard over twlct th circulation la I'endletoo oi any other newepapar. Forecast for lasiem Oregon bt the I lilted state father ntwrrirr I Portland. Fair tonixht and Hat ui day. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 27 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1915. NO. 81)03 DAILY EM) EDITIfl'l ......jw.,..,,-,, ,, -Tt" . . OPEtllfiG DAY OF ROUND-UP TO BE MADE A HOLIDAY Mayor Dyer Issues a Proclamation Calling on Businessmen to Close Stores for Afternoon. SCHOOL CHILDREN 60 FREE Sessions W ill bo Dismissed bo all Stu di'iilH Slay Attend Plan Ik to Make the t)MnT, Which Will bo Pendle ton und liiM'llla County Day, llle Arfalr. Thursday, September 23, the first day of the Round-up will he Pendle ton and I'maUlla county day at thi big frontier festival and, to the end of making that day a notable and con spicuous 'One Acting Mayor John W, Dyer today officially proclaimed the day a holiday and requested all busi ness to be suspended during the af ternoon. Because of the fact that the largest crowds from outside points come In for Friday and Saturday, there are more good seats to be had on Thurs day by the home people, though for that matter there Is very little dif ference between one seat and an other. The fact remains, neverthe less, that the biggest part of the au dlence for the opening exhibition be longs to Pendleton and L'matllla coun ty and the directors this year are making a special effort to make this day better than any opener yet held. All of the school children of the -county will be admitted free to the l'leachers on that date and they are Urged to attend. The Tendleton schools will dismiss on all three days It; plenty of time to permit the pupils to go to the park. The Pendleton merchants In past .ars have followed the policy of clos ijrur from 1 o'clock until & on Round tip'diiya, but the necessity of return ing at 5 o'clock caused many of the clerks and employes to miss some of the most exciting events. It la to Klve them an opportunity to see the entire show and to attend Happy 'Canyon at night that the mayor Is 'retjuestlng nil business to suspend for the full half day. Most of the mer chants are heartily In favor of the I'toclamatlon. ' VILLISTAS RAID FARMS ON AMERICAN SIDE OF BORDER WASHINGTON'. Sept. 17. Villlstfts ire raiding ranches near Torreon, .tate dep.irtmet advices said todav. .filter evacuating Musquix, the aol- riitira, fleeing toward Chihuahua, :(itripjd American ranches. No Am- c-icuna were harmed Senator l iff Is Defeated. BALTIMORE. Sept. 17. State 'Controller Harrington decisively de f"uted United States Senator Lee for the democratic nomination for gover nor at the state primaries. Ovlngton E. Weller, chairman of tho state road commission, was the republican choice for the nomination for governor. Here is One Way Your Friends May See the Round-Up As In the past the East Ore- gonlan will cover the Round-up next wrek In first class man- tier and the Round-up Issues of this paper will constitute a splendid souvenir to send friends and relatives, Not only will the events of next week b given In full, with all the results, but there will be much inforri'Htlon of ' Interest regarding psst championship performance'. Each day the paper will consist of 24 pages or more and there will be In- terestlng lllus'ratlons galore. The East Oregonlan does not publish a more souvenir section to be used throughout the en- tire week, on the contrary an entirely different paper is-pub- 4J lished rach dn. Hence It la well to subscribe for the series. We do not make cheapness of publication the first consldcra- tlon but omit nothing In the way of expense or labor to make the Round-up editions complete and attractive, If you wish to send a paper to friends durlii the Round-up the Knit Oreionian Is the paper you want. The cost of the complete series Is 25 cent and this covers mailing and postage. Send or Phone your orders. Main 1 THE MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION Whereas, the directors of the Northwest Frontier Ex hibition association have designated Thursday, Septem ber 23, as Pendleton Day at the sixth annual' Round-up, and Whereas, it is meet and proper that the citizenship of Pendleton and Umatilla county should support in every possible way the festival which has won a national re nown and which has proved an asset to the city of in estimable value, and Whereas, every man, woman and child in the city should be given a free opportunity of witnessing at least one production of the 1915 exhibition, and preferably that one which has been prepared for Pendleton Day, Now, therefore, I, John W. Dyer, acting mayor of The City of Pendleton, by virtue of the authority in me vest ed, do hereby request and recommend that all business be suspended on Thursday, September 2fi from the hour of 12 o'clock noon and that all stores, offices and mills close their doors at that hour and keep them closed until the following morning, and I, hereby, further request and recommend that all citi zens make of Thursday, September 23 a holiday and that they lend their presence toward making of Pendleton Day at the Round-up a notable and conspicuous occasion. Dated this seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifteen. Signed. JOHN W. DYER, Acting Mayor of The City of Pendleton. Stefansson Party is Safe in North OTTAWA, Sept. 17. Vilhjalmur Stefansson. the Arctic explorer, Is tafe. The navy department today re ceived a messige from him dated August 31. Tho Stefansson expedition was last heard from In April last year and was generally believed to have been lost. NEW YORK, Sept. 17. Secretarj Henry L. Brldgeman of the Peary H IS or MEN AGAINST CITIES 400,000 TROOPS ENDEAVORING TO TAKE VILNA, DVINSK AND RIGA. BERLIN, Sept. 17. Continuing his forward progress. Von Hlnden burg today captured Widay, south of Dvinsk. PETROGRAD. Sept. 17. Von Hill denburg is hurling 400,000 men, sup ported by heavy artillery, against the Slavs in an attempt to capture Vilnn, Dvinsk and Riga. It was officially admitted today the assaults had forc ed retirements In this region and about Tlnsk but It was stated that elsewhere the Oermans had been de feated. Eleven hundred prisoners were taken Wednesday. 1K I Hero of Eire. KELSO, Was':., Sept. 17. Mr, and Mrs. George Hanson and children were rescued from a fire at their home on Clark creek, about nine miles west of K.'lso. by their dog. The house was wrarped In flames, when ihe continued scratching against tho door and the barking of their dog aroused them to their danger. The faithful animal kept up the noise un til the family was aroused. . The hoo.se ar.d all Us contents were completely destroyed. The loss Is nearlv $2000, with Insurance on the l ouse and Its contents of 11150. Charlemagne was the first person I tn nMiimo the title of kaiser. Pendleton is Being Dressed in Gay Attire Day by day Pendleton Is assuming more of a festal air in preparation for the sixth annual Round-up week. The official decorators this morning began stretching the streamers of flags and pennants across the streets ni:d almost every business house has donned gny decorations. Already there are many out-of-town people In the city and by' Sunday there will be hundreds of others. Cowboys and cowgirls are commenc ing to gather and the tryouts at the park every afternoon are attracting big audiences. All Indications point to another mopster crowd from over the northwest to be In Pendleton next week when, for the sixth successive year, the thrilling frontier exposition which has won a national reputation ol being the greatest of all outdoor shows, Is staged. Arctic club, received today from Hugh Lee, fornur member of Peary's expedition, now in Nome, a cable gram snylng tl-nt Stefansson is aafe at llalllie ?elanc. west of Herschell Mand, at the mouth of the Macken 3ie river. The explorer wintered at T,ankshead. After his ship Karluk was crushed In the Ice 18 month ago, Stefansson bought the steamer Polar Pear and plana to continue his north ern exploration FIRE ACROSS LI MEM HERS OF TROOP O ENGAGE IN EXCHANGES WHICH EAST HALF HOUi. BROWNSVILLE. Sept. 17. Mexi can soldiers, eo.renched at Matamo las, fired Into Brownsville today. 4 troop of c.walr,' immediately was dis patched to Investigate. American toldlers and MeMcans are reported to have fought a battle at Sebastian last night but detail.? are lacking. Amer ican officers have been ordered to prevent all Mexicans capable of bear ing arms from crowing the river. Lotor members of Troop C were filed upon from the Mexican side. The Amer'cans siowly retreated from the river, sending volleys across tho line. The excl.anges lasted half an hour. One Mexican was killed and ftur others wounded. West Ijeads With Roads. OAKLAND, Cal., Sept. 17. James II. MacDonald, who was for 18 years Connecticut state highway commis sioner, said at the convention that the state of California, Oregon and Washington lead the union In the matter of good roads. "Tho Columbia highway in Oregon and the roads of the Siskiyou Pass in California." he said, "more than equal the famous roads of Europe, as well as the famous palisades drive along the Hudson. This wonderful road progress has all been made in the past 10 years." for Round-Up The tryout at the park y,.Ur,luv afternoon afforded a great deal oi entertainment and amusement for those who went down. About a di en of the backers were tried out and ihnwed In great form. Brown Eyes, Izee, McKay, Angel and a good many ( noire whose names ure well known. proved themselves as hard to ride as ever. There were a good many throws recorded but Henry Warren, who Is a rider of no ordinary ability, made a brilliant ride on the back of Angel. This redoubtable booker is a little fat yet for real, hard plunging but yes terday gave the Montana buckan o an awful shaking. Jess Woodall, an other Montana cowboy, Kot his head In the way of a flying hoof and suf fered a cut in the center of the fore head. However. It did not piove serious. 7 ACT OF BRITISH COURT DOES NO T PLEASE AMERICA Administration is Prepared to Make Vigorous Protest Against Con fiscation of Foodstuffs ! DIPLOMATIC MOVE PENDING Decision is of greatest Importance An Affecting Public Sentiment In the Mutter o Negotiations for a Modification of British Blockade of Ocrman l'ot. WASHINGTON, Sept. 17. Grave displeasure over Great Britain's con fiscation if fiLeen million dollars v.-orth of Amfrlcan meats under i rize court proceedings pervaded the administration today. Officials ad mitted the Biitlsh decision was of the greatest dlfplomatlc importance ts affecting pulllc sentiment In the matter of negotiations for a modifi cation of British blockade against Oermany. While diplomatic action depends on the shippers' technical legal course In the jnflscation matter, the administration la prepared to n.ake a vigorous protest to England 'it the pr,.per time. CHICAGO, Sept. 17. (The big pack ing houses which suffered from the British prixe court's confiscation of valuable meat cargoes, planned today to make an early protest to the Brit ish privy council against the decision. They expect to follow this with an in sistent demand that the state depart ment protest the decision upon the ground It was a violation of interna tional law and a blow at the freedom of the Be as. Thirty four shiploads of American meat 0 ave been seized by the British sineVlast fall. ' " NEWS SUMMARY General. France prepares to continue the war another year. Act of British prize court In con fiscating American cargoes i dis pleasing to administration. Protest may tie made. John D, Rockefeller refuses to en ter into loan to allied nations. Conferences at Berlin may settle questions now In dispute. Local. Mayor proclaims first day of Round-up a holiday: will be Pendle ton and l'matllla county day. Pendleton to give Proctor public reception next Tuesday. Ire-ltound-iip crowds arriving; city In gala attire. Former local girl, returned from Germany, says Germany will fight to last. American 1 It x . -v ' - w V i ' f Vs ssa'!a..Jrgs . , , fi t If tgx-'' N (A j V 1 f .ir . il , C : , wa"'-'!, - .. : "" 1 -:,-? - i! I Is n - 4 i . ... , "" vr3l f. Here are the four British members, Ihe steps of the private library of J.j On the upper steps are Sir H. Rab oi the allies' l.mk'mr commission.!- M.irmn nft.r ronfrennA with Hnton Smith "rd Raj.il B. niackett. row In this country to raise a huge war loan for the allies, descending Excellent Train Service is Arranged for Those Coming to the Round-Up Next Week An announcement of the addition il train service In and out of Pendleton during the Rourd-up was male here today by James L. Miller, traveling passenger agent for the O.-W. R. & N. Co. During the three days of the show he follow.'ng will apply: The Pilot Rock passenger will leave I Hot Rock eai.-h day at noon, arriv ing in Pendleto.1 at 1 p. m. The service will otneivvise be regular, ex cepting that a tpeclal will be run to Pilot Rock Saturday evening leaving here at 11:15. From T'matillu a steam train will te run In lieu i.' the motor. The train will run to Pendleton each fore noon on regular schedule. West lound train wilt leave at 6:45 each evening and on Saturday night (pecial will leave at 10:30. On the Spoke ne Pranch the even ing trains will leive each day at 6:30 Instead of 5:4 5. The westbound ser vice on this line will be regular. Sat urday evening a special will be run II MAY SETTLE TROUBLE BANKERS, BISINESSMEN AND' GOVERNMENT HEADS WILL GIVE THEIR MEWS. BERLIN, Sept 17 An Important scries of conferences designed to set- t'e tor the remainder of the war, an, mounting cost of hostilities. By pass the German-American differences, , ing a bill calling; 400.000 more of her vegan here today, following the re celpt of a lonr, communication from von Bernstorff. Bankers, business men and government department heads will be arked to express their v iews. F moils Mner Arrested. SPOKANE. Wash., Sept. 17. Wil liam C. ("Swlf'water Bill") Gate? who gives his address as the Western Hfmisphe.e, ar.d who has had one of the most spectacular careers in the riliilng history cf the northwest, was Eirested here on a warrant from Se- attle sworn to bv Mrs. Iola Beeme. Mis. Beene is grandmother of FreJ ; ccrload of pears ever shipped out of 'ittes. the 12 ytar old son of Gates, j Mosier probably will be loaded for She charges that Gates has neglected ' New York City and they have been to support the child. sold at a satisfactory price. They are. Gates s-i'd he had given Mrs. Beebe of the d'Anjou and Cornice varieties. I Itlween ?10,00rt and $12,000 for the The pears In the Mosier district are of the chi:d. ere just ripening and Manager Chat- Gates at one time owned rich min- field estimates that there will be 1000 ing properties in Alpska. He lost' bcxes more than last year. It is es rr.ost of his fortn:e In an unsuccess-1 tlmated that there will be 600 boxes ful water tran.-rortation company. It is significant that in the matter of tempering steel we are no further advanced than our ancestors of some 5000 years ago. Bankers Meet Foreign some of the moil noted financiers of this country. ?. vA' ; vrVt I I to Walla Walla leaving Pendleton at 11 p. m. On the main line, east of Pendle ton as far as Baker trains No. 17 and IS will take passengers at any station aurlng the Round-up. This will en rble those living at small stations to reach Pendleton on No. 17, a conven !ent train for 'hem. Saturday even ing No. IS will be held at Pendleton until 6 p. m. Sunday morning local train Jfo. 1 ' will carry speclf.l coaches for Hepp-I r.er and Condr.n people returning home. The Journal jpecial from Portland' will arrive hen at 6 a. m. Friday , morning. The train Is already sold( cut and will ctnsist of six aleepers, I tv.o diners, an observation car and a baggage car. It is announced that all regular trains In and out of the city during the Round-up w'll carry extra equip-, ment. j Baker people have formed a party of 50 to attend the Round-up and they will make the trip in two special cars. TO FIGHT ANOTHER YEAR AGAINST THE KAISER NO PROSPECT FOR. PEACE IS IN S1GHT MORE MEN CALED TO THE COLORS. PARIS, Sept. 17. France sees no prospect of peace, despite the heavily sons to the colors, the French Darlia- to be aTtgnr-pfSTlrilsTi. ' " Officialdom today endorses the statement of Premier Asciuith of Eng land, that the struggle Is a bat tle of resources. Recent developments, including the German machine's fail ure to crush Russia, has convinced the French that the tide is about to turn in favor of Germany's enemies. The beDef is the war will continue at least another year. Mosier to Ship Pears. MOSIER, Ore., Sept. 17. The first of the d'Anjou and Cornice varieties. TOO Bosc and 400 Bartletts. A Roman legion was Iff cohorts to 600 men each, with a wing of 300 horse. Financiers ten Ilolden and Lord Reading, chief 1 Ji-'tice of England. JOHN D. REFUSES E III ALLIES' LOAN I King is Determined That None of His Money Will be Used to Help Prolong European War. TEMPTING OFFER IS MADE ( bancc to Enrich Himself Further U Turned Dovtn In Interview With the lolled ITvm, Mr. Rockefeller Declares He HtM Absolutely Da-id-ed Not to I'artii tixitc. (Copyrighted by the Vnlted Press.) CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 17. John D. Rockefeller, senior, has de finitely, positively and finally deter mined he will not take part In loan ing money to carry on the conflict In Europe. In an interview today It waa learned the oil king has been offered opportunities to enrich himself fur ther by subscribing to the allied loan but has absolutely refused. "Are you expecting a call from the commission of European bankers now In New Tork to negotiate a bil lion dollar war loan for the allies?" he was asked. "No." he replied emphatically. "I certainly am not expecting a visit from the commission nor do I ex pect them to ask me to participate In the loan. They know I would not consider it'" i Then, after a pause he added: "Both England and Russia have ask ed me for loans. They were refused." He was again meditatively silent for a moment, then exclaimed fervent ly: "This war is awful. Don't you think It's awful " UNO GRANT CONFERENCE WILL DO BUT LITTLE 60QQ ONLY THING ACCOMPLISHED IS ixvrrvnox to committee TO COME HKRK. SALEM Ore. pt 17. The morn ing session of tne land grant confer ence was consumed today In flghtlna; ever the method of the appointment 1 1 some members to the resolution committee AM set speeches were made and the resolutions will be pre sented this afternoon, after which the conference will adjourn. The concensus of opinion seems to b.'' that liitle good will be accom plished b.yond inviting the congres sional committee to come to Orefon tc investigate the disposition o' forty million dollars worth of rail tcad lands. Ertended litigation is probable ll aeMcn not acceptable to the Southern Pacific Is taken . Wheat Price up Two Cents Today Another advance In wheat prices Is shown today. Chicago quotations for September advancing a cent and a quarter while Portland bids are up two cents tn club and three cents on Muestem. On the basis of Portland bid prices club is now worth 7 cent Pendleton, but it is said no wheat caa be had for that price. Chk-ago. CHICAGO. Sept. 17. (Speclall At the close today Sept. $1.04 1-1; Dec. 9i 3-8; May 98 1-2 bid. Portland. PORTLAND. Ore.. Sept. 1 7 Spe cial! rortland bid prices today, dub S8; bluestetn 91. l.lerHl ( Yt-trrila v ) LIVERPOOL. Sept. lii.--Whe.it -Spot No, t Manitoba, lis II !-M V. . lis 111; No. .1. Ms :l l-M; v., t Northern Dultith 1 1" (.1. No h..r.l winter, lis 9 l-2d. In Atuerieiin tfroi fio1 ?Jv-i( -o l-rice for spot No. 1 h Ji.Tl p.-r br.shel. Norwegian Vessel si-.l. CHRIST! .S ND. Sept. 17 'orniati suhrti ir:ne o;ifi-.ii!o lon the Norwvsluti ,..mt Hfl.e. th" tloi lir steamer iiandutr 11 inst o from Arendal, Norway, for iMil.m-l. und took her t fl'Ttti-inv as a prlf. The same submarine set f!ro to tlit s, hooner W.insbr. also tio,io,I from a Norwegian port for EnKlatid, after I lacing the si huone r's crew on bosird a or vs ei;!:' n sailing vessel. I m tnlanifs Am I tiMrtbsl. A1ST1N Texaj, Sept. 1 7. - A thlr. H'foot rtro In the Colorado rlvr r nit mldt'.ight hir flooded farmlucl I clow the city fin! wrei-ked boats on lake Aua'ln. No r.-ooialtien Imv i ' -en rep rted. The flood aa dij li i tavy ra '. ASSISTAffC