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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 27.
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 19? ,
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NO. N82
TEUTONS DRIVE
MOVING THROUGH ;
MORAVA VALLEY
Allies Offer Cyprus to Greece to j
Obtain Aid--Reply Awaited With1
Interest.
DIPLOMATS LEAVE NISH
Blood) itraistamv offered by Ser
bians Hut Indications PotBl to BMC-
fur Germans, Austrian atul
Iflgail Railroad in objective.
PARIS, pot 21 Von Mackensen's
forces uro still hammering their way
through the Muruvu valley, Serbia,
toward Constantinople. They now
are proceeding u little faster. Every
wlieio on the northern frontier there
is more or louts fighting, but the main
drive hi in the Mora v a valley. Von
Macktnsen U reported to be heavily
reinforced. The .Serbian are Inflict
ing heavy losses on the invaders but
the Serbs are also being mowed
down In choriuuu numbers. Hun
garian forces are across the Serbian
frontier at many points. The main
object in to cut the Salonika railroad,
Serbia's means of communicating
with the outside world and of re
ceiving aid.
Salonika dispatches said the Bul
gars are still on the offensive though
repeatedly repulsed. Whether they
have taken Vrnnla as reported, or
not, It was In the Serbs' hands at
latest accounts. North of Vranla ths
Uulgars held the railroad to Nlsh. In
the extreme northeast the Austrian I
and Hulgarlans are still struggling In
difficult mountains toward effecting
a Junction A response Is anxiously .
awulted to the allies' offer to cede
the Island or Cyprus to Greece if shej
will Join them.
Offer to Groooe.
LONDON, Oct. II. Great Britain
has made a formal offer of the Island
of Cyprus as soon as Greece under-,
lakes to Intervene In the war on the.
side of the allies. The Dally Tele-,
graph makes this ununounoement
Oct Out of Msli.
LONDON, Oct. 21. "The diplomat
ic corps at Nlsh have left for Cacak
entente ministers stopping at Craje-
o, according: to an Athens dispatch.
MOONSHINE DEAL
tOKT SMITH. Ark.. Oct. 21. Nine
cars and three days In Icavenworth
enltentlary plus a 133.000 fine was
n posed upon John t'ashar. I Kansas
Ity distiller, who pleaded guilty to
n indictment In the government's
illllon dollar "moonshine consplr
c " rase, rashar was connected with
distillery here Which, It Is claimed
id business after being sealed by the
1. 1 eminent, without paving the pro-
per revenue
ed guilty- t
given sentel
and one da
Four others who plead
the same charge were
es varying from one year
in Leavenworth penitcn-
fine of 11(1011 to six
Jail and a fine of tiooo.
CARRANZA PLANS TO
OBEY CONSTITUTION
WILL REMAIN AS ' "CHIEF EXEC'
t riVE" til' dbfActo gov
ernment l-tHl TEAR,
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.- Although
Carransa has received American rec
ognition, Mexl' o is to have no actuai
president for a year, according to re
liable Information. Carranza will re
main as "chief executive" of the de
facto government, so us to quality us
a candidate for the constitutional
presidency when the general election
Is held. If he assumed the "pro
visional presidency" and was so rev
ognixrd he would be disqualified as
a presidential candidate. Heports
point to the early extinction of the
Vllln movement
lilrl Shot as S,p.
UONDON, Oct. 21. The report of
brand Whitlock. envoy to Belgium re
garding his efforts to save Kdlth Ca
vell. shot ut Brussels as u spy, to be
made public. Friday, "will strike n
note of horror throughout the world"
the luillv Mall derlared.
MILLION DOLLAR
BRINGS JAIL TERM
GERMANS BEATEN
BACK IN ATTACK
ON WEST ERONT
Repeated Attempts to Pierce French
Lines at Rheims Repulsed by
Artillery.
GERMANS 6AIN IN THE EAST
Russians line liadly in Riga Region
Hut to Southward Have Advantage
In t ainpalgn Merlin Announces
Gains In Serbia.
PARIS, Oct. 21. The Germans'
tremendous efforts to pierce the
French lines east of Rheims failed
pitifully, the war office declared.
Three attemupta were made along a
live mile front following heavy bom
bardments. The artillery shot the
Germans down before they reached
the French entanglements. German
night attacks at Hols Glvenchy, also
cast of Moncel. were repulsed.
Fighting ''Continue-i."
LONDON. Oct. 21. Gathering
new strength, the German Invaders
nre pressing the fighting In the Riga
region. A Petrograd statement said
the fighting "continues" In the re
gion of Mitau and the road south
west rrom Riga, while on the Dvlnsk
front southeast nf Riga the Germans
are on the offensive The attacks,
the statement claimed, were repulsed
In the south the fighting Is to the
Slavs' advantage. They continue to
pursue the Teutons, who are in a dis
orderly rout on the Styr left bank.
German Make Gains.
BERLIN, Oct II. The Bulgarian
Invaders of Serbia have reached the
Sajooar-Knajaievac railway, It is of
ficially announced. The German cap
ture of the rtvlna bank from Borow
Itz to Hersmuende, southeast of Riga
is claimed.
Serbian Town Taken.
PARIS. Oct. 21. The Bulgari ,
have occupied Radii. evatx. Serbia.
The Inhabitants are taking refuge In
Rumania Radujernti Is close to the
Junction of Serbia. Bulgaria and Ru
mania. WOMEN INJURED WHEN
FERRY STAMPEDE OCCURS
t K tW N FHRRY OR ISHED
INTO PI Kit IN FOG V ITH si -
HIOI 8 Rl si l l's
NEW YO UK. Oct. 21. Trampled
l y horses on the lower deck and
thrown Into panic, more than fifty
were Injured when a Lackawanna
railroad ferry crashed through the
fog Into a pierhead. More than 550
were aboard, mostly women. Scream
ing with terror, they were landed
safely though not before they were
caught in a stampede of horses and
a Jam 'of automobiles on the lower
deck.
UK. (.1 s To DEFEND
PACIFIC COAST PORTS
WASHINGTON, Oct 21. -The Pa
cific coast army forts will glisten
with big guns under the plana for
coast defense's, it is officially An
nounced. The installation of many
fourteen and sixteen Inch guns is
planned In California for the ports
and big batteries will be added to
i'uget Sound. The plans call for the
completion of the enlargements in
the next four years.
Australian bower birds construct
galleries under hanging branches,
which they adorn with highly-colored
feathers, rags, shells. bones, etc.
These bowers are used for mating In
the branding season.
Naval Officials
Talked With Paris
by Wireless Phone
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.
Navy department experts last
night attempted the most In-
spiring feat of wireless tele-
plionv en record when thev 4)
sought to talk across the oce. 4)
an to Purls, From the Arling- 4)
ton station here, wireless offl- 4)
clttis talked "at" the Eiffel 4
tower station In Purls, where a
receiver was installed. While 4)
there were no transmission sets
In the tower Ibe authorities are 4
confident tljelr chat reached 4)
the French station and they will 4
soon receive a cablegram con-
firming the conversation
AMERICAN
, , , . .
iNi cupc Htirrmtt gate
New pictures arriving from Haiti, bags defending the gate at Cape Haitian. The figure in while. is the
chronicling events In connection wilh ! Haitian, against a rebel attack Notei'a,,er of tne Haitian rebels, the man
the American occupation of the! the machine gun firing through the s'gnlng ,he document te jl' Ixm'
, , , . . of the L. S. marine corps, and dl-
black republic. loop hole in the stone wall at the ben,m) h,m Ueu( f.(jl w&,.
The large picture shows American j left. The insert shows the formal , ler, commanding the American ex
marines, entrenched behind sand signing of the peace pact at Cape, pedltlonarv force to Haiti
PRESIDENT URGES NATION
TO SHOW THANKFULNESS
por 'peace wrni world
WASHINGTON', Uct. .21. Calling
upon the nation to observe Thanks
giving day November 25, President
Wilson has issued a proclamation
characterizing the past year as one of
special blessings in which the country
has maintained peace, yet asserted Its
rights without a bleach of friend
ship. The proclamation said In part: "It
has been the custom of our people to
turn In the fruitful Autumn of the
year in praise and thanksgiving tu
Almlghti
God for his man blessings
COURT DECISION IN
APPLICABLE TO
Ai Salem this week a writ of man
damus to compel the Multnomah
county commissioners to place the
city of Portland in a separate road
district was denied y the supreme;
court on the ground that an act pass
ed by the last legislature affer chap
tor 127 of the 1915 session laws had
become a law, look precedence. This
decision, according to County Judge'
Marsh, will have the same effect in
Pendleton as in Portland and means
that as heretofore this city will not
have to pay a road tax as a separate
district.
Pendleton has been exempt from
load taxes through a provision in
the city charter although until this
provision had been brought to light
the city had been paying this tax.
There Is Borne confusion in the minds
of county authorities because of u
MCond law which was filed with the
Mcrttnry of state making a road dis-
trlct division but making no provi
Wheat Market is
Slightly Down Today
Chicago, oct. 21. (Special) At
the close today. Dec. 11.03 1-8 bid;
May g 1.04 1-4 asked.
Portland
HOUTIiANI). Ore., Oct. 21. (Spe
cial I Today's prices at the Mer
chant's Exchange, club 94 hid. 9o
asked; bluestem 97 bid. 9M asked.
Liverpool ( Yesterday.)
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 20 Wheat
spot No. l. new Manitoba, lis 4 1-14;
No. 2. new, lis S l-2d; No. 3. new.
lis 3d: No. 1. northern luluth.lls
1 0d ; No. 2 hard winter. 12s 3d.
In American terms the top prices
In IJverpool, cash. Is SITS !-." per
hushel.
KxptOatofl In larK
PAK1S. Oct. 20. -Fifty bodies were
i vered soon after a factory explo
lion in a populous nunrfer of the city
President Polncure has visited the
OCCUPATION
StGNim fLACt PACT
and mercies to us as a nation. The
year that is now drawing to a close
since we last observed our day of na
tional thanksgiving has been, while
a year of discipline because of mighty
forces of war and changes which dis
turbed the wurld, also a year of spe
cial blessing for us. Another year of
peace has been Vouchsafed us; an.
other year in which not only to take
thought of our duty to ourselves and
mankind, but also to adjust ourselves
to many responsibilities thrust upon
us by war which has involved almost
the whole of Europe,"
ROAD CASE IS
PENDLETON ALSO
sions for putting incorporated cities
into separate road districts. Justice
Bean, who wrote the decision de
clarea that where two acts are In
conflict "the latter expression of the
legislature must prevail." The court
held that chapter 194 did not limit
the commissioners of Portland in
making the division Into road dis
tricts and that they could make such
division as seemed suitable to them
Chapter 127 of the 1915 session
laws provides for dividing the coun
ties into road districts in October and
m ikes incorporated cities districts by
themselves Chapter 194. Which sub
stitutes September for October as the
time for making the road district di
vision, contains no provision for cit
ies as separate road districts The
latter Is the one which the supreme
court holds will take precedence
There was only a matter in time of
less than an hour in the filing on
the same date of these laws.
The first farm paper Was prime, 1
n England in I s 1 and dignified It-
) ;
ith the title. Collection of Let-
om ibe Improvement of Hus
handrv and Trade.
NEWS SUMMARY
General.
Germans saj they will soon fight
F-Jigland in carncM
MUe offer Cyprus for aid of
Green-.
Germans lieatcn hark lu western
fighting.
resident issues Tbanksgh ihi pro.
I'lsmstlon.
LorwL
Jew brk'k building may he con
stnuicd In Garden street near Vita.
Comntervial aKsvootalion aprort-au-s
aioo for maintaining automobile
"trails."
Pendleton is not seouiato roiul dl--
trht Aorordliis to opinion of s;(e su
prrme enure
OF ' fi
.1
WILL LOAN MEXICO
TfN mN'
NEW ORLEANS, La.. Oct, 21
New Orleans bankers announced last
night that as a result of the recogni
tion of the Carranxa government thev
closed contracts to lend 110,000,000
In gold to the Mexican administra
tion. It also was announced that ar
rangements had been made to han
dle the entire Mexican sisal crop
through New Orleans; that the sisal
operators of Yucatan and Campeche
were to erect a million dollar manu
facturing plant here for the purpese
cf handling their raw product and
that .Mexican capitalists vv.-re to es
tablish a new trami ortatkM line op
erating six steamships between tiW
Orleans and Me-ic;n gulf ports.
The sisal hemp crops of the states
of Yucatan and Campeche, wilh an
annual valuation of approximately
f 1 25.000,000 would he handled
through New Orleans. The Fegula
dora Del Mercado De Henequin. an
organisation of the sisal growers op
erating under the supervision of the
Yucatan state government, would OS
tablish the manufacturing plant to
handle a portion 01 the raw product
The loan contract was signed by S l
Wexler and Lynn H. Dlnkins. presi
dent of the interstate banking and
trust company, as representing the
syndicate.
Dr. Victor A. Rendon and Julio
Rend on, representing the sisal grovv
v rs. with the assistance of Genera!
Salvador Alvaradao. governor of Yu
catan, who advised with them with
cable mare arrangements for han
dling the sisal crop
Sisal, valued at tl5.00rt.O0o. would
be kept In atoragV :n the new ptite
owned warehouse and ship tertninaUl
at all times. It was said.
The $10 000 000 n gold will be paid
out In exchange for warehouse cer-
tiflcates on sisal stored here.
LOST MILLION WHEN
CAUGHT SHORT WITH
BETHLEHEM STOCKS
NEW YORK, Oct. 21 War stocks
went to new records today, smashing
the pinnacle prices attained at the
recent bull movement Bethlehem
led. going to 599 S-S, an advance of
70 7-8 on two sales. Bethlehem
stood at 5SS at the close
PITTSBCRG. Oct. St. The ex-'
planatlon of ihe sudden advance l.jj
Bethlehem iteel was given here whe.i
it was learned a noted millionaire
and former partner of Carnegie. wa
caught ten thousand shares short and;
offered as high as six hundred at prl-1
vare sales He lost a million dollars i
Idaho Mn tppoinied
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. Presi
dent Wilson has appelnted Ben 1,
Gray of liailev Idaho, us register
the land office there repiacln. John
Willi;, ins resigned
1H1N OFFffll SAYS REAL
WAR AGAINST ENGLAND STARTS
i 1 AFTER EASTERN DRIVE COMPLETE
11
Claims Teutons Now Have Sufficient French
and Russian Territory to Make Satisfactory
Peace With Those Countries-England Pessi
mistic Over Failures and Wrangling.
BERLIN, Oct. 21. Germany is confident of blasting her
, way through Bulgaria to Turkey soon. Then the campaign
J against England will really start, 'in a few more weeks," a
. high official of the foreign office said, "the way will be opened
through Serbia to Bulgaria and Turkey where great quantities
of food and raw materials are stored. We will then have all the
I cotton and wool required, so wont need America's. When com
munication with Bulgaria and Turkey is established the war
against England will really begin. We have enough of
, France and Russia already to guarantee a satisfactory peace
:with them. Our success in the Balkans means menacing the
British empire. Once the way to Constantinople is open to us,
we can strike the Suez Canal and Egypt." Couit E.ventlow
in the Tages Zeitung emphasized similar views.
To Send 400,000.
LONDON, Oct, 21. At least 100.-1
M lYanco-IJritish troops will be sent
to help the Serbians arH ,,, invade
Turkey and iiulbaria, it is reliably
l"arned.
Vranla Is Taken.
l.OXDOX, Of 21 The Bulgarian
are reitorted to have captured Vranla.
BERLIN, Oct. Jl. "But by spring1
we snail probably have peace." This
remark of one of the most highly
placed and prominent atate officials
may he taken as indicative of thej
view on the probable duration of tho!
war held In German government!
quarters, or at any rate In certain In
fluential circles of the government.
The person quoiel occupies a posl-
f'nn n'hirh in.ln MHnk t. ki
- ite-i ii "cijui iu ma:
opinion on the subject and the re
mark was made incidentally during!
Commercial Club to Cooperate
in Keeping Auto Trail Open
The Pendleton Commercial Asso-i
ciation yesterday afternoon at a
meeting held in the association
rooms at 4 o'clock voted the apprj-;
priation of tluo toward maintaining
the signs which blaxe the Blue ard
Black automobile trails through Per.-;
dleton.
A. L. Meigs, representing the Auto-,
mobile Trail Blazing Association of
America, returned to the city yester
day after a trip through the Echo
country marking the way to the Co
lumbia highway, and in an address
before the members of the Commer
cial association outlined the plans
which are being carried out in all
sections of the country. He told the
advantages which Pendletonu will de
rive from being on the "trails" which
lead through here in a continuous
line from New York and other east
ern cities to Seattle, Portland and
points In California
Mr Meigs passed through Pendle
ton several days ago painting the di
rection signs on poles and buildings
n l. in the country, along the high
ways to be traveled so that auto tour
ists cannot go astray. The members
Of the Commercial association appre
ENGLAND PESSIMISTIC OVER POOR
RESULTS AND CONTINUED STRIFE
ent of the Evening Standard, com
menting on the present situation
We have lost faith in the ability o'
our statesmen and in the strategic
conduct of the war and In the will
ingness of the people to support the
war. three or four very serious ques
tions enter the minds of politicians
and public alike and threaten to
wreck the government; in France the
best known minister has resigned; In
Russia public opinion Is badly hak
Four great powers are
full of good will for one another, but
each has a law unto Itself.
"On the enemy's side we foono
unity of purpose, singleness of eon-
tro and constant willingness to sac-
rifles everything and take all risks
The Germans have been held he'e
and repulsed there but thev can
Claim that, whereas they have never
been badly beaten anywhere since the
iiattle of the Marne thev h.m- added
Poland to their conquests and threat
en to overrun Serbia."
The writer goes on to argue th;it
a dlscusslcn of certain future possi
bilities tn the Balkan situation.
Pressed to give a reason for his
opinion as to the time when the war
would end. the official replied that
he based his expectations largely "on
the sound business sense of the Brit
ish" which would lead them to move
for peace as soon as they saw noth
ing was to be gained by continuing
the war.
"We now hold In the wast," he
continued, "a strong fortified line en
closing the great conclave of French
and Belgian territory. We shall soon
have a similar line fortified In ths
east. Behind these two lines we
can sit tight and defy all efforts of
our enemies to break through.
"I have much confidence In ths
business tense of the British and
think that when once they have found
the Dardanelles cannot beforced. this
will lead them to take steps In ths
direction of peace."
ciate this work to such a degree
that, upon motion of W. L. Thomp
son, seconded by F. E. Judd. 1100
was unanimously voted. This monev
w ill be used to keep the signs in good
condition and to see that the roads
are likewise kept up to make thera
agreeable for auto traffic. A contract
between Mr. Meigs and the Commer
cial Association was signed to
the agreement.
bind
ANOTHER TRAIN HOLDUP
IN WILD AND WOOlVVsT
NEW YORK, oct. 21 Plying the
trade as in the day or western hold
ups, bandits early today attempted to
rob the West Shore "Silk Express '
carrying a small fortune in raw attk.
uauroad detectives .:rove them
off
with rifles while the robbers kept ui
a running light until thev dlsappr
ed in the underbrush. Posses
combing the underbrush about Rid
wood, New Jersey, seeking them.
IT
.ire with qmet determination,
The Teeling an. I ihiiui ..r
the
British public are thus portrayed ;,
mis men. ls..e ,,f TT,,(h
"The loai week In Londo,, hus ,
one of the most harrowing
gone through since the Mr bsgal
Not only has the military aitustlori
on the continent rttrtloged Ran
cause for alarm, not Mr hav..
Pelins dropped their MMttt . Owe
our doors, not only hav the .,,,
era eruakvd more mrlfirnnalj and
confidently than ever before but ws
have been threatened with sn acute
cabinet I rials and we have seen ft
ugly porter, i ,,f the resignation of the
French fornlgl minister
"At times like these one envies iht
oldlers lu the IrtatMS held tog.th
er and bra. ed to heroic MertfsMS b
the presence of the enemy b. ,
fa It of the quaking and xpinil
Ings at home and wrangling ner ih
best method of making war Th
longer the war lasts, th more ftM