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n.nm ftnnnrtvuxt dcxtim PTflN OREGON SATURDAY OCTOBER 2 IftIS PAGE THREE DAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING ESiTION IWa'Jl tor Eastern Oregon b th Carted Stair Weather Chaw i at at Portland. TO ADVERTISERS. The Eut Oregonlsn bas the largest paid circulation of any paper In Oregon, eut ot I'ortlaod, srd over twice tbe circulation la l'endletoo of to other newepaper. Fair tonight and Sunday. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 27. DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1915. NO. 8616 a 99 9 1 MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED DIE IN SOUTHERN STORM Reports Indicate Large Toll of Lives Has Been Taken in West Indian Hurricane Along Gulf. THOUSANDS WITHOUT HOMES 1 trlli f Boats Are Being Hushed tn the Stricken Districts Many Per sons Itcported Marooned In Trec Top Propeit Damago In south -ern Louisiana la flO.OOO.uOO, NEW ORLEANS, Oct 2 More than D00 persona dead and ?00 wounded stood an the appalling es timate In the recent West Indian hurricane In Louisiana and M,- . ; Pt)l. reports tabulated Indicated. Th death Hat at New Orleans Is pluce.l at 22. Two hundred and eight are reported dead along the Mississippi from Myrtle tirove to nurmas. Hun dreds still are marooned In the Cloud ed sections along the coast Boats have gone to their rescue. Thre hundred are marooned at Empire. Louisiana. More than 150 schooner are reported ashore between (liilf Port and New Orleans The esti mates of property damage vary. Ten million dollars alone Is estimated In southern Louisiana. Four houses are reported to be the only structures left at Empire near the Dnulloth canal. In these the remnants of a village of 200 are Jam med, anxiously awaiting the coming of a rescue boat. From rolnta at aonie distance from the city, came re. ports that many are marooned In treetops. Relief boats, loaded with food supplies, nurses and doctors have gone to aid the stricken districts In Louisiana and Mississippi. The plan. If possible. Is to take care of the situ ation without appeal for help from outside. New Orleans Is handling Its own situation admlrahly and the work of clearing up the debris Is progres sing rapidly. Wire service Is now practically normal with the outside world. 10 HOLD I ALONG EASTERN LI sl.AV CAVALRYMEN ARE It I ItHITF.I) To in : OOTIWO UP THE ENEMY. PETBOGRAD, Oct 1. Through' noting n few advances for the eneni the I it' -t war office statement Indl- j rated the Russians are still holdlm their own In the struggle with th Austro-Germans on the eastern front i A repulse of German attacks In the Mi: lesion is claimed. The strug i gle at many po'nts Is at close rat'ue Slav cavnlrvm-'n are cutting up th I enemy Furytilci ReraaJed b) neath. KANSAS CITY, Oct 2. Frauds In CoTStOI duplicate deeds of trust an the (ot.imisslon of other forgeries by l'hei dcu Peltzer, killed by a fal from his office wlrdow Wednesday . UUM 10 light. Tlie authorities be lieve ih alleged swindles total ball a nVIIton dollars. Itlillil (.ItooM OF 2 DAYS Alt RESTED AT HUNTINGTON lli'NTINGTON. Oct. 2. To meet, love, wed and be separated from her husband Just two days after the mar rlage ceremony, was the varied ex perience of Miss Evangeline Thayer, now Mrs. W. T. Patton of Hunting ton, i While UK Miss Thayer called hW a physician and Patton, representing himself to ! member of the pro rMlfcn from Portland, respnndel. In pa) for services he asked his pa tient's hand Instead and his request was granted. The wedding was u week from the first meeting I At the very outset of the honey moon, advices were received by Mnr shal Hnnnnn from the Salem peni tentiary, that Parton was a paroled convict and Joseph F. Keller, parole officer, nrrlved shortly to take the bridegroom to Salem, Patton having been arrested In the meantime for ' fnTgerrei Alleged to have been com mltted In Huntington and Welser. I steamer Is Abandoned. SEATTLB. Oct. 2. The steamer Grayhound has been abandoned off Cane Flattery in a sinking condition, i The crew was taken off In safety by! Kins. Alfonso of Spain Inspecting the steamer Hllonlan. The Hllonlan lUB turret on the Spanish battle heard the Oraywood's signals nf dls- shlp Alfonso XIII nt Bilbao recently, tress. A wireless from the Hllonlnn So far the Spanish government has reported the wreck. been ex'.remely fortunate in avoid- Map of Allies' Drive on the Western Front OTC ANTWERP jfJOOS 9 BRUSSELS 1 'wwr ucmau " A) rzRjxe V rTr i f Hooge, the northern Tlritlsh attack. 2 Here the British captor miles of trenchea. limit oil s al td five Km I. The British capture of Hill 70, Ing. now entirely In French hands, a mile from Lens, threatens the 6 -Perthes, middle of the Cham Oerman occupation of that town. pugne line, along which the French i I.... - captured by the British. 1 .uitured ffttei miles of trenches nuipjcn PAprcQc kit md wuiwnuv i nuiLHU nun i uu PROTEST ON MEAT CARGOES VT VI' K DEPAltTMEXT COXSlDl Itfi MITTF.H REGARDING F( LAND'S ACTION. CHICAGO. Oct. 2. Attorneys for the (jhlcugo nackers formalin asked ' the state department to protest ugainst Great Britain's detention ofi meat cargoes, valued at twelve) mi ion dollars under prise court iro-i oeedinus. The Kovernmeut will whether to grant the de clde Mat i luest. kill ERIE, cause bis Two. Then BolcMta. 'a., Oct. Angered wife refused him nu be- ney. . Chaili lanson. 49. a sallwr. killed j her and u woman ended his own life. servant and thn King Alfonso I IBM '1-4:::v'' .v-'ASw:;-. . .. . .... i ut twelve miles from Lille, the Important city of Northern nee held of the Germans. Sou. torn, after months of fight- andy and john will M fr I TTrt Dnnnitm IfP ! iwi uu iu rwnnuujL I XT.W YORK. Oct. t. Andrew Car. a r u - .,,1 jneg.e and John I.. Riefeller will, I not go to the poorhouse Just vet. Both! admitted they owned five million dnl lars worih of DMMaml property In thii- city, so they went up at the head of 'he classes of the rich on the 1914 pr,r"1"1 ,ax which shows a total ll'f s .1,1... .nil,. lie. khiat DronmM fOJJtTUUak ore.. Oct. -Joic: "wan. 13. a de khand. fell Into th ICahflnbU ot the 'slerstate bridge ano .I tlrowued. Hoc mm Is Willed. FRESNO. Cat, net. .'.Miss l ie Anvkriiln tm ..t m ar was ; her j .lor killed in a collision hciw-en (brother's automobile and a i stage. Visits His Navy 1 Ing being drawn into the war. but a campaign for preparedness has been ipasurated and the king Is person ally Inspecting several branches of the military and nuvul forces. most JI! Banquet to Round Up Workers Proves a Great Success inqcalified srppoitr is PLEDGED TO PKWDIiRTOJTH I HOXTIIIl SHOW. R jolclng In the great success of the Kound-up and Happy Canyon en tertainments last week, a hundred men of Pendleton and Umatilla conn- ty last night gathered about the ban iuet board In th. Hotel Pendleton1 dining room and pledged themselves, , . T . p . to a united effort to bring continued -""'J 10 "j Lce Udie. success and permanency to the city' great frontier festival. The banquet rriiTjrRW" REPRESm m shows and to the other men who had aided materially in making the Round-up a success. The banquet was an elaborate af fair, perfect In Its appointments, de tails and conviviality. "Mine Host" Fred Bloch personally supervised the service. One of the features of the evening was the singing of Miss Do ris Heber. the 'Queen Doris of the Kound-up." She sang several beau tlful selections, gracefully moving among the banqueters the while, and was recalled again and again by the outbursts of applause. Finally led the famous "Tipperary" song and the whole room joined In. Bert Jerard played her accompaniments and later he and R. E. Chloupek sang the official Round-up song. "Let 'cr. Buck." J Roy Raley, first president of the Round-up. acted as toastmasteri and Introduced more than two dozen' speakers who were limited to a min ute and a half each. The directors of the Round-up responded with ex nrensinn nf I hanks for the SUnnnrt of . . . the people of Pendleton in staging their now A number of the sneak- ers declared that there was a great deal of pessimism in the city befor i the 1915 show, people believing the Round-up was on the wane. Not 1 withstanding this, the-r said, the dl- r.,otrra sfnero the trrtmtvt all Aw vAf " lhni put on and drew larger crowds than . , , . . ear bfor'- remi,t ha been' he speakers declared, a wonderful rpvjva of gpMt enthlMla8ml which will be back of the directorate ' from now on The banquet lasted until 11:30 and good fellowship and Jofflty reigned' everv minute of the time The ban-1 quel was one of the most successful ffalrs of Its kino erer held here. BULGARIA Will JOIN IN ATTACK ON BALKANS PLN Is TO SQCEESE SERBIA II'.FN TURK'. IMMENi: ARMTXS l.w:uo.v i ici. a. rnnin a ioit t night Bolgarla will Join the Austro- Germans In a combined attempt tc j cut through the Balkans to Cowwrr.-, tinople. according to reliable Intor- mat ion. The plan is to squeeze ser bli between three armies. The Aus- j trr-Oermans would attack the west- Tn and the northern frontiers, while 1 the Bulgarians would hurl their for- CM from the east These could occn- py Macedonia, unless the aid of D ; ! Krd troops to the Serbians give? pomlse that these attempts will b , repelled. The allied capitals havt no further doubt of Bulgaria's Inten- j ' dons. They have accepted forelgr ! Minister Gray's statement of Teu- I tonic aid in Bulgaria s mobillzatlor as a certain forerunner of Bulgaria": entrance on the side of the centra power Wheat Market Has Upward Trend Today Five thousand bushels of bluestcm Bin reported fold in Portland today at 93 1-2 cents. The Portland blj for club Is again given at 88 cents. The -Pendleton price is stated at 75 cents but It is said a man wanting to sell may secure more. There It no business observable here. Tht Chlcugo ,i arket is up a cent and fivt eights today The Liverpool market has ugthl reac ,h d the 12 shilling mark, which means 11.73 per bushM ( lilcago. CHICAGO, Oct, 2 (Special) At l hi lose I elay Dec. 86 3-1; May 95 Portland. PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 2. (Spec ial) Bid pries, today, club SS tlueslem i3 1-2. Five thousam. bushels of blucstem sold at 93 1-2 cenrs. UvrriMKil (Yesterday.) LIVKHPOOL. Oct. 1. Wheat -Spot. No 1 Manitoba, 12s; No, J, 111 10 l-2d' No. 3.' I is lOd: No. 1 North ern Duluth. lis 5 l-2d; No. 2 rec Western Winter. K's 4d; No. bar: Winter, Us 11 1 -2d In American terms th Lkerpoo price for Spot No. 1 Is 11.73 OM bushel. E mis f:; hi i rn 'MOER CASE RogMar pane Qf jurymen jj v - 1 . ' naUStea in WOiK 01 beleCtlPg Defendant is Accused of hilling Mr. and Mrs. Charier Ogilvy at Their itanch on California Gulch Prin Hpal Evidence of the State Is Whol. ly Circumstantial. .Selection of the Jury to try Lee f,ae for the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ogllvy was commenced this morning, the case having been ad vanced on the calendar by reason of the settlement or continuance of other cases. By noon today the regular jury panel, drawn for this term of court had been exhausted and the case was postponed until Monday at which time a special venire of 15 wll be at hand. Eleven Jurors were passed for cause this morning by both the defense and state and six were excused for cause. When the twelfth Juror Is passed, there will still be eighteen peremp tory challenges which may be exer cised, the state having six and the de- - reus twelve in murder trial "'w" i " cn.enne. joseun mo.nsren. n- "'a,d''t, John Ranker. Jrnes King. Isy, C. E. 'Spence. George A. Hardy j and Earl Gillarrders. The six ex cused for cause were Brady Howdy- " ''harles Ely. Albert J. Smith. T . . harles Hoggard. James Hawker and j.m, VeNon J,unfs on- W. M Peterson is attorney for the defendant and Prosecuting Attorney .-reiwer is handling it ror tne state. Reth questioned the jurors to great r'n7th as th knowledge of thej i"1'1- ,hplr Prejudice toward a man; wnn ctnnKs to excess, tneir acquain- 'ancesnip witn rne oeienaam anq rne "giivys ana tneir otner quamications or disiiuallflcations. Bale is accused of the murder of Charles Ogllvy and his wife at their ranch on California Gulch. The prin cipal evidence of the state is circum stantial though Mr. Ogilvy. before his j death, identified Dale as their assail- j ant. He is alleged to have shot Mrs. j Ogilvy first ami then her husband I and is said tn have been very Intoxl-: SPFMAI ui LUir win Mil cateo at tne time. He was arresteaw.ii he played In Philadelphia. tne following day tiy .-hertn Taylor while in bed In his cabin and denied; all knowledge of the crime. It is be-i lieved the defense will attempt to show that Dale was too intoxicated to be responsible for his acts. ANNAPOLIS CADETS ARE DSMISSED FOR HAZING WASHINGTON". Oct. 2. Six Anna polis cadets were dismissed and four suspended, while l"i were demoted as a result of a recent hazing investiga tion. Secretary Daniels announced. The dismissed Included Robert La motte of Washington state. Emlhquake Causes lMnie. LONDON. OH. 2. The SolwaJ djatricj was th'i'V.ii Into a panic ttvs nt rnlng when ait earthquake rocked It No damagi it reported The Folway district comprises lh counties of England and Scotland bordering on the Solway Firth. LIVES IN FIN Del CAVE: HE Is WEALTHY BAKER. Ore.. Oct 2. After living for the past 10 years as a hermit, his home a cave, sev en miles from Durkee. his only companion an ancient, battered violin, Cyrus Tedrow, srf year-' old, an Oregon prospector of the early days, has returned to civilization. Last night, accompanied bv his brother-in-law. W J. Har rison of Wichita. Kansas, and B. F. Frankiln of Baker, who hud gone out In search of hint the day before, the old miner arrived In Baker to take the train with Mr. . Harrison for Wichita, where he will spend the remainder of his days Practically destitute and un aware that he was the posses sor of an estate left him tn the east which would have kept him from want for the rest of his days, the cave hermit was un willing to ask for aid. and let ters from friends to his rela tives In the east were responsi ble for Mr. Harrison's visit to Baker 4) 1 4444 4) 4) 44444444i"r ISEW RUSSIAN WAR MINISTER General Polivanoff. General Polivanoff Is the new min ister of war for Russia who has been named to succeed General Sou- anomunoir The latter failed t provide proper munitions of war, and for that he was removed. FIRST GAME IN THE BIG LEAGUE SERIES P1II1.I)FXPH1. AND BOSTON WILL CLASH IX FORMER CITY THAT DATE. NEW YORK. Oct 2. The battl lines are drawn for th p.;i ..it.h Nationals and the Eoston America.it to meet October 8 at Philadelphia nh the world's championship at stake. The second game, on the 9tfc third and fourth games will be at Boston i.a the 11th and 12h If o fifth ga.ae is necessary to decide thf eries. t will be held at Philadel phia Siiould the series run to six lays, t.'ie game will be In Boston h.inu t ie struggle still be unsettlei the tiu-c of a co'r will decide the city i r the sventh l.aUle. If a game ;t ! ptrsip iif d. the teams wilt rer.au "here they are unili it ia played TNI MHlnrai commi-sion settled the lo. .i tit n of the first game bv toss of 3 coin Bnd Philadelphln won Tlie umpires rog the Natiori league will be Charles Rigler ant Bill Bill Klem. while for the Americum Kvan snd "Sltk" O'L .ushln officiate. The cost of the cor-1 rnsteooardl range from o-e tt In tire ,.-. , H - I ;irnnh;hT,er,0f;r8re, I adm with a three dollar rate for reservei .-ens in ti Handstand and two lars 'or the Mcftchctm, Although tht billies favored the opening of tht series on Saturday with the chance oi Alexander p'ti-Mi,,- cn Monday aftci an over-Su'.::.' rrfl President eenei ' the N.Ui.). ,'' suggested 11 Mi President Johnson of the Americans agreed. Books to be Opened This Evening That All May Register loi Ai OF 1 1 lo VOTERS now u LISTS IAltr Dv Wttii HI I I ESOAY. Voters, who have difficulty pr. scnur.g themselves at the city hal during Iht daytime, may register thu evening If they choose as Clerk Ha! I lev wdl seep th.' books open from i O'clock until 10 The registration ha; been growing steadily all day and a' J o'clock this afternoon had reach. i 1140. However. I conservative est! mate places the nutnbr of voters Ir. j the city at 2000 and there are stll many who have not appeared The will have only until Tuesday to res later. : Women in England are wearing "Proud of him" badges. These bad 4ige are made of metal, enameled in : colors, with the design of the fnion Jack. They are Inscribed either "Husband with the colors." "Son wtrh 1 be colws." "Prother with the colors "E.ither with the t E WITH TRI COLOR IN VIMY Strategic Point is Being Approached Steadily Despite Heavy Resistance of the German Forces. HEAVY ASSAULTS RENEWED Sharp Sadden strokes 1 inut crtie Attacks But Another Kmaah of Terrific Force Is pending Artl fi ler y Battles Are Iucreastng In In tensity French Losses light. BERLIN, Oct. 2. British counter attacks north of I turn have failed a German official an nouncement claimed. IVi-nch attacks southwest of Anger, cast of Souchez and north of Ncuvillc have been repulsed. GENEVA, Oct . Italy N pre paring to send 200.00O MMM to the aid of Serbia when the ex pected Gcrman-Bulgar oft endive begins, according to Rome advi ces. AMSTEKD.M, Oct. J. A Co logne mesugc indicates that Austria has decided to send an ul timatum to Rumania, demand ing free passage of munitions to Turkey, PARIS, Oct. 2. The French have advanced further In the Artois and Champagne regions, renewing their assaults last night and early today, an official communique said. South west of Souchez the French forces progressed toward Vimy, the imme diate objective of the Artota battle On both the left and in the center In Champagne, the French progressed despite strong resistance and cap tured a salient near Lapine de Vede- granae. PARIS. Oct. . Sharp sudden strokes, whereby the allies are stead ily improving their positions In Ar tois and Champagne, temporarily have replaced the battering tactics which marked the beginning of the giant offensive on the western front. But another smash of terrific fores wIS not be long postponed. Artillery battles are increasing in Intensity, giving indication the allies are rip ping up German obstructions In prep aration for an infantry drive of the first magnitude The French losses have been extremeiy light, consider ing the nature of the fighting. LONDOVf. Oct. 2. The first week of the allies' offensive In France and Flsnders eude' with nearly a million nen battering in undiminished fury In Artois and Champagne. It another week ends, the grand assault may bring more millions Into in I fondly fight from Alsace to the sen. ine losses cannot be estimated. Tho .-.Hies decltre they have captiirel 160.000 Germans. Berlin reportel nearly 30.000 slain and mors than 12.000 prisoners and characterised the allies' losses as 'enormous'' Pari Kliim.t n,t ... v ... "I hi mww puiii. .is mty, n IT ' - FRENCH MM REGION ! " " . iTT ' , doi-!r"?h have alned on a flve m" vw,in,icirij occupying ljoos and important positions near t ,,, Nor.h of Loos they have lost some gains and their advance has been temporarily halted. Second--The Fren-.-h Itave captured Souehex anil V imy Heights and now oostiatM their progress In the Vlmv region, southwest of Lens. Strong coun'e ittacks h. e failed to regain Ins Nnd .ost by i t Germars Thlr The French have advanced a mile or two on the 15 mile front In Champagne At some points thsy e re within tw o miles of the Hasan -court railway German reinforce ments and vigorous counter attack! have checked the French In Cham Pagne. Fourth The German at tempt to halt the allies' offensive h creating a diversion In Argonn lm failed. NEWS SUMMARY (.oners I More than ino ierr,iut belle e u have ki-t their II ten In tialf stale French sr ti.torioiM st rvert: I .i nt. In lighting in Hander. Bulgaria will aid (rasany nr timtrls in drlrr through Uiei hbJIuum Ptcklnr of jurr to try I,. , ., begun inday. It. gt ir i I. ., tMM.k u lie kept op. en l n d III .