DAILY EVENING ft HON Forecat for KaWrn Ornrm hy the I'nltcd Siats Wcwther Obeevvrr I Portland. DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISERS. The ICait Oregonlan haa the largest paid circulation of any paper In Oregon, Ml it of Portland ami orer twice the circulation In Pendleton or an other newapaper. Generally fair tonight ami Friday. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 27. DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 19? , .' i 1 Ji Ji 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