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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 27.
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1915.
NO. 8636
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GREECE MAY GET
INTO WAR AFTER
PREMIER IS OUT
Zatmis is Reported Today to Have
Resigned His Position in Cabinet
--Report Not Confirmed.
WAR PARTY MAY CONTROL
Humor. If True Moons That Greeks
WW Join the Allies and March
Again the Bulgarians in the Bal
kan On other Hand, Diplomatic
iir.uk Is Hinted.
HOME. Oct 26 Premier Zalmltj
of the Greek cabinet has resigned,
according to rumors. If true. It I
in. i the war party ha triumphed
and that Greece will Immediately
join Ihe allien The Grecian legation
had no confirmation of the report.
LONDON. Oct. 26. The Central j
news hinted at a diplomatic break
between Oreece and the allies ua a
Doaalblllty If lireece Interferes with
the nllled operations In the Balkan
The note from Ihe allies' representa
tives which wus handed to Premier
Zalmls contained this Intimation, an ' from dag (.crman government. ., pro
Athens message, to ih- Central Newt, test with a demand for a dintoiial
said
1A.
ROM E. Oct. 26 Making a second.
raid within two days. Austrian bird- NEW YORK, Oct. 26. The feder
inen threw several bomha up"n Ve- al government took charge today of I
nice yesterday Slight Injuries to sev-1 the bold plot In which Robert Fr.v.
eral persons are reported, but other-,fl former German army lieutenant,
wise the fire was Ineffective. confessed he had planed to blow up
ships bound from America to allied.
LONDON. Oct 26 -Speaking la porta.
!he commons, Foreign Minister Oreyj Fay and his relative "WaTtef
laid the allies' offer of the Island of I Bcholts, were turned over to the fcd-
iVprus to Ol-eece for participation i eral authorities on representations of I
in the win had lapsed because Greece eMef nymi nf lhe rlted States'
hnd not seen her av dear to help itsartt service. Attorneys for rull
Serbia. .-? ' " Rneche another alleged conspirator. I
refused to waive rights He will
10 AMSTERDAM. Oct. tl - Italian' Olive a hearing before the federal j
aviators bombarded Trieste Sunday. ! court of N'ew Jersey.
killing (wo and wounding twelve, ac
cording to an official Vienna report
BERLIN. Oct. 26 The allies'
bombardment of Dcdcagatch destroy
ed most Of the town. Resides the o-
dlrr killed. 25 yvomon and children
are known to have perished, accord
ing lo n Sofia admission. It Is he.
Ileved more are hurled In the rulnsi
3 MEMBERS OF THE
WATER COMMISSION
WILL BE ELECTED
FACT MIST Not BE IiOST Bittf
OF IN tXM JfCILM NI(
RACE.
p.. sc chief Interest centers In
the election of a mayor and four coun-'
cllmen at the coming election, the
public has almost lost sight of the fact
thai three water commissioners arc
to be i hose n at the same time. Com
missioners C. P. Strain. V. Stroble and
S II KoCormmMfe are all appoin
tees and by the provisions of the,
charter, hold only until the people I
iiiai house successors at the next j
regular election.
(inly one of the three men, Mr.
Stroble, has signified a willingness to.
Continue in office. Petitions for his
nomination will probably be clrculat-'
ed soon. Mr. Strain announced to-
dav that he would not circulate any
. - - .-"date for ImCOXnm season
"ted' if "hl: pso j M.tmw xlisSs.
wtin I WM aipofnton. li ine peo
nU npf fit tn retain me In office I Wttfc
' . ... K.i Bmulrl mthpr ! Tl,fl nd Riime of the urnmmiir
avBvuraa i n " ' -
net -erve.
1 'en r.ilssloner McCormmach etated
today that he is not a candidate to
ineeeed himself and does not feel
that he l the best man for the place
because of the fact that he is absent
from the city so much of the time.
However, he would not any that he
would refuse to qualify If elected.
NEWS SUMMARY
General.
Food problem in Germany grow
more serious dally.
Knplnnatlrma may be demanded o
1. crman over .lamian romuuuw
plot,
(.reeve may go In wlUi allies.
Ivooal.
School board and hanks to teach
punUs thrift
CnstUlte Indian playing on Car
lisle team.
Contest over quarter setloii Inter
rwki (anokineo.
Pendleton boy with marine nl
Haiti.
EXPLANATION TO
BE DEMANDED IN
T
Sharp Representations Will be Made
Germany as Result of Admitted
Conspiracy in This Country.
GOVERNMENT TAKES UP CASE
oriner Lieutenant tn kuiner's Army
Turned oyer to Federal Authorl,-.
lien W Await Further Action Kay !
Alleged to Have rn!irH.sci Plot to
lllou Up ship at Sea.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. sharp
ri-prcM-uiations to (k'rman wftli a
tleniaml for an explanation, loomed
a a poSMIBfe result of tin- udiuitted
eoiiMiariiey on the port of Robert I "ay
:t Moat up nlil) bound to allied
port. The situation Is premium tilth.
Ihe possibility or another diploma tiO
difficulty, in tletv of Fay's statement
to New York office i that the Gor-l
man secret service appro w- his
plans, Fat's statement Hint he wnsj
Hill mmMuJ with funtl to carry
out ii- work wi be Investigated. .
should it prove Ihat these funds came
of .crmany's assistance in the
rill follow, officials said
plan.
The court proceedings iit WeehiiHj
ken lasted :t few minutes. Flynn
served Fay and Scholtz with warrants!
charging violation of federal statutes;
In their attempts to destroy ships at
sea. They were taken to New York.'
The search for Mux Hrcltung In con-
i nectlon with the alleged plot was
i continued. Dr. Herbert Klnnzlc Is I
j Still being held.
Detectives said thai Paul Scih, nj
I government witness, Informed HMffl
! Fuv had threntened to destroy one of
I the largest chemical plants in this
j COUDtlT so ns to Interfere with the
i reduction of munitions.
WASHINGTON, i it 1. II. Cenceul-
! ing the real purpose of his visit be-1
I hind u statement that It concerned
labor legislation. President (lumpers
of the American Federation of Labor
laid before President WluMSJ today
'. "f "e" f0' of ,
iigents to tie up the manufacture
ffig nit tORS. Asked about the plot.
Grrmpers answered. "I ennot tell yon
anithing further than that 1 talked
with the president regarding legisla
tion and labor matters.''
From another source It was learn
ed Ciompers not only gave the presl
dent information regarding the Fay
1 plot but told of the widespread ac
I tlvlties uf pro-German agents to ef
I feet walkouts in large munitions
I plants.
6RAMMAR SCHOOL FOOTBALL
LEAGUE SCHEDULES GAME
school football league will lie played
tomorrow afternoon al the Hound-up
Park between the Hawthorne and
Lincoln schools The west end school
put up 11 fine game against the In
dians of the agency last Wednesday
and the north side now has K. L
Boylen coaching them nnd a good
game is expected between the schools
The lineup for the game will her
Hawthorne Chllders, C; Fergu
son and Spider, guards: Follett and
Patton, tackles; Morse and Stevens,
ends; Thompson, quarter; Ferguson
and Smith, halves; Straughn. Ml.
Lincoln Rigger, c; Embysk and
Dags, guards; Wilson and Benney,
tackles; Rugg and Struve. ends;
Allen, quarter; Fell and Thompson.
HaW Ngon
full.
The game will be called at 4 P, m
Residents Flee Mexico.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. Fearing
a bombardment by General Villa, res
idents of Agua Prleta fled across the
border to Douglas. Arlaona. according
to state department advices. The of
ficials fear trains moving 5000 Car
ruiiirtstas from Kanle Pass might he
.itlacked b raiders, so Anieticuu sol
diers are patn lllng the railroad.
MUNITIONS PLO
Panama Canal Traffic Absolutely Shut Off by Slid'
1 J
Hon Earth
Varrou channel arnfch , ,!
These photographs show Ihe stu
pendous work ahead before Panama
canal cm ugaln be opened to navi
gation Thousands of tons of earth
aflil louse rock slid down from Gold
Bill a( ihe left as shown in the upper
When United States murines land
ed on the Island of Haiti September
:M. to restore order. Pendleton
bo ('iM-potal Thomas F. Million, a
relative of Col. J M. Bentley. was in
Ihe thick of the fighting with the
rebels.
This morning the East Oregoninti
received from Corporal Million the
following letter accompanied by a
picture shewing the rebel dead and
I list of the wounded American ma
rines Cape Haitian. Haiti. Oct. IS. Itlt.
To the Editor of the East Oregonian:
Dear Sir: Your paper has been j
much liked hy the 6th company ofi
marines here, as they have been
reading all about the Hound-up and,
the most of them want to see the!
next year's Round-up show and a fewj
want to make their homes In the
west
The marines did much good work
here September 21. 1 9 1 u. It was u
hot dav hut not too hot for the ma
rines. Forty -one men of the I. S. S.
Connecticut guard held about 406
rebels back from 8 a. m. till 11 a. m.
till the Uth, 11th and Mh compan
ies arrived on the firing line at 11 a.
m. There were ten marines wound
ed, none killed, and 63 rebels killed,
nnd nt 2:30 p. m. the 3rd battalion
of the 13th company opened fire on
the fort west of the town. They fired
six shots In the fort and killed 100
rebels. Total of the day's fighting.
10 marines wounded. 163 rebels kill
ed and about 500 wounded. Will
close this time
Yours truly.
CORPORAL THOMAS F. MILLION
I'. S. M C 5th Company., Cape
Haitian. Haiti.
Care Postmaster, New York. N. Y.
The miTiin Wounded.
The list of American wounded 1 as
follows: H. P. Young, private, 13th
company: V F Schropp, private 13th
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MAPI1MF POMPANY WAaINM
iiimiiiiL UUITII mil. Iinu 111 IIIL :
. RECENT EjGHTJG IN
slid Down from Gold HHI to tlie Left.
out PVff J liiiy Id Itcrmli rou Isiai piissan
DhOtO and compleftly Blot ked the: every dai from the mud rising In the
canal, which was 300 feet wide at; bottom due to thf pressure of the
this point. The lower picture show? ""ft ,ne side of the cut
.. , . . , , Th,i 'ength of the closed passage
the dredgers at work keeping clear ;V(v .t when Mt II opened to
the narrow passage which permits a, a width o ii. MsJ navigation will
row bout to get through. This fills be resumed
company; 0. w. strout. corpora! 11th
Company; J Coacy, private 13th com
pany; O. K. Jorden, private 13th
company; Vincent Gage, private. Con
necticut detail; li ( Slussener, Con
necticut detail; F. Rrandle. private,
Connecticut detail
The fighting occurred three miles
south of Cape Haitian.
Wheat Makes Slight
Drop in Chicago Pit
CHICAGO, Oct.
At the close today,
hid; May J1.02 3-4.
(Special!
SI. 00 i-S
Dec.
Portland.
PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. 28. (Spe
cial) Prices at the Merchant's Ex
change today, club Kg hid; asked,
bluestem. 9: bid. S3 M asked.
IJyrrpool (Yrwterday.)
LIVERPOOL. Oct. 16. Wheat
Spot No. : Manitoba, lis 5 Did; No
3, lis id; No. 2. hard winter, lis
3d: No. : Chicago new. lis Id.
In American terms the .Liverpool
prices for the highest grade of wheat
la 11. TR 1-5 per bushel'
Taken to penitentiary.
PORTLAND, Ore., net. 26, F. M.
Lemonn. former aaleamanager cf the
I'nlted States Cashier company, sen
tenced yesterday in the federal court
to one year and ten days on McNeil s
Island, waa takeu to the penitentiary
today.
An Obtshop n sister III.
KOrlTl.A.vu. ore., net :6. Arch- UNDON. Oct. !(. After u sever
tlshop Alexander Christie was ealed al days of confinement Premier As
to Austin Minn, because of the se- ,iuth was atle to attend a cabinet
rieus illness of his sister iesion.
I in.
-
Reichstag Will
Take up Matter
of Food Supply
CRISIS I ( ED in (,o ERN.MFNT
IS (.i;o IN(. Mori; SKRIOI s
DAILY.
COPENHAGEN, Oct.
With
Germany facing a food crisis, repre
sentatives of all parties in the Reich
stag are to meet tomorrow with
Chancellor Hethmann Von Hollweg
to discuss the difficult problem of
feeding Germany, according to con
rldentlal information from Berlin
Th s news is taken to Indicate an ex
tremely serious situation In view o'
Ihe allied reports of food riots In
German cities, coupled with the Ger
man admission the government has
taken over the problem 01 distribu
tion and price regulation.
CONCRETE WORK IS BE6UN
ON NEW LIBRARY BUILDING
OLSON AND JOHNSON. CONTRAC
TORS. BEGAN POURING
THIS AFTERNOON.
Olson and Johnson started cor.. 1
Crete work on the public library build- 1
ing this afternoon when they began'
pouring for the concrete retaining
wall being erected on the side towards
the river. The contractors now have I
a crew of 17 men at work and the!
Job ,ll be carried through to com- I
pletion aa speedily as possible. The
work of excavating for the basement !
ia not entirely finished and the forms 1
for the basement cannot be built un
til this la done, according to Super
intendent Nelll.
At the state hospital the work on
the new wing ia progreaslng swiftly.
The outside plastering is all com
pleted and a start haa been made on
the Inside plastering. The roof la be
ing painted and two of the floors
have been tiled.
viuiUi Wc u he Out.
Wm of land
CLAIM INVOLVES A
QUARTER SECTION
TITLE TO VALI'ABLE LAND SKAR
MKACHAM TO BE SETTI.KD
BY P. S. OFFIOi;.
Much Interest is being taken by
stockmen of the county in a contest
claim to a quarter section of land
near Meacham, preliminary evidence
having been taken here yesterday be
fore Justice of the Peace Joe Parkes.
The ( ase was postponed yesterday aft
ernoon until Saturday that an addi
tional witness might ne called in for
the contestant. Circuit Court Re
porter Beckwlth took 160 pages of
testimony yesterday and this, with
the additional testimony expected to
he taken on Saturday, will be sub
mitted to the United States land of-'
flee at La Grande for adjudication.
The contest claim was filed last
June by Willis Burchltt. a stockman
of the Meacham country, against the
heirs of Durance C. Owen Owen is
alleged to have filed on the claim
in September. 1909. It Is claimed by
the contestant that the laws applying
tc ihe taking up of claims have not
been complied with. The defease, on
the other hand, avers that the land
is non-tillable and that all the regu
lations applying to grailng land have
been carried out and the land, there-
fore should revert to them,
Rurchitt claims there are 2d acres
of fertile soil on the claim, that '.his
has not been fenced nor cultivated,
nor have the defendants at any time
lived upon the land aa required by
law. Rogcoe I. Keator. attorney for
the contestant, attempted to estab
lish yesterday the alleged fact that
other stockmen, said to be friends of
Die defendants, were interested in thei
land and that one of them had made
an offer to spend 1. large sum of
money to keep the conteetant from
gaining possession of It. ' It was al
leged that the defendants srouM
therefore be able to clear a neat little
sum by selling the land later to these
stockmen for grazing purposes
lions and avers thne vvery rwaftlre
ment has been carrid out In accord-'
anc with law, that the land is not fit.
for cultivation but Is essentially e-rnz-!
ing lund only and that the contestant
Is Dying to ?et H for his own use. j
The witnesses called yestenlay hy'
thl contestant were Willis Purchltt.
YV. H. Deal k Keller. J. B. Mar
ple and Charlie Darr. The witnesses
put on by the defense were Jessie
Brunn. Dos Owing, Frank Roach.
Jim Roach, Ren Thompson, George
Spearman, Sarah McFarland and
Harney O'Gara. Raley and Raley 11 e
representing the defendants.
LATE B, F. M'ELROY WAS AN
EARLY DAY RESIDENT HERE
HELD POSITION As is SSOH
OP UMATILLA tot NTi
IN 1880.
B. F McElroy, wh.. died in Port
land Sunday, was an early day rest-'
dent of Pendleton and was assessor
of Vmatllki county in 1880. He came
here from California two years priori
to that time and was a Pendleton
resident for rj? years. While here he I
was engaged in farming though he
lived in town. f,
Ten ears ago Mr. McElroy moved
to Cambridge. Idaho. He was taken
,ck three years ago with Brights dis
ease and from that time remained an
invalid until his death. Children of
the deceased are Benjamin F. McEl
roy of Cambridge. Mrs, Grace Lea- '
VIR Portland. J. J. McElroy and Mrs j
Fay Klme of Westfall. Ore. A dau-1
ghter Ruth is dead.
The body was brought here for bur
ial and the service was held at 2
o'clock this afternoon from the FoL
scm chapel. Rev. H. H. Hubbell.
pastor of the Christian church, con
ducted the service.
EASTERN 0RE60N TO HAVE
DAY AT PRODUCTS EXHIBIT
NOVEMBER 5 IS DATE SET AT
PORT! .AND WHEN SECTION
WILL BE HONORED.
November S will be "Eastern Ore
gon Day'' at the Land and Produ.-ts
Show in Portland and thli section of
the state will be well represented
there Cmattlla county already has
an exhibit In place at the ahow. one
of the dupllcatea of tha exhibit sent
to the Panama-Pacific fair having
been sent down.
The o.-W. R. N. company an
nounces the following dates for the
sale of reund-trlp fare and a third
tickets October 18. November 4 ano
November 11 The return limit la
seven dais from the date pu
I hue
CARRANZA READY
WITH A MILLION
TO BUY LEADERS
New Chief Executive is Said to Have
Offered Villa Big Sum to Leave
Mexico Immediately.
AMNESTY WOULD COME LATER
Rebel 1 emler Would Be Allowed to
Return and Live In Mexico tn
Safety-other It evolutionary Ijoad
era Will Be Offered Money to
Hefp Influence General Villa.
EL PASO, Oct. J6 Carransa la
trying to buy off his ancient enemy.
General Villa, and his revolution, It
was learned from those close to tha
new chief executive Carranza wiU
offer Villa a Quarter of a million dol
lars to leave Mexico immediately. He
will assure, him amnesty latej- and
permit him to return and reside tn
Mexico in safety. Then he will offer
the other revolution. r le idera a lib
eral sum If after inducing Villa to
leave, they follow it was said Car
ranaa will not hesitate to spend a
million dollars In thli way.
ON FLANDERS FRONT
IS TWICE WOUNDED
- . ti
DILL DARBY, FORMER LOCAIi
MEATMAN, Is RECOVERING
I ROM HI LI.LTs IN BODY,
'Bill" Darbv. former mentciirrr a!
the Central market in Pendleton and
wno.r.as been fighting with rhe Ca
nadian troops tn France km ...
wounded twice, onee In the arm end
once through the thigh. However,
he is recovering and plucMly says ha
iii soon oe oacK a the 1
The flfst news that Darby had
beetl fcouh4l s received here to.
day by James Boddy, fflnd and fel
low workman of the wounded soldier.
On a card written from the Eng
lish hospital Darby said
"How is everything? I have Just
got back from the trenches. Had a
lively time but its H 1. I am wound
ed twice, in the arm and through the
thinh. but will soon be better and
back at the front. Will write again
soon. I am leaving here for home to
morrow. I haven't been home yet
They sent me straight to Franca
from Canada.
J. W. DARBY. C. E. F.
Warthingston W. Weedon. Northamp
shire. England.
Darby left here for Canada shortly
after the war started and Joined a
Canadian regiment, going to the
front.
BANKERS WILL HELP
TEACH THRIFT AMONG
PENDLETON STUDENTS
WILL COOPERATE WITH Sll(i.
BOARD IN SHOWING TOCTHB
HOW To BATH
A decision to eonBate iih
the
local banks in teachm thrift 1
h
school children, the voting of an r
propriatlon to enulp further th pla
grounds of the three ward B
and approval of the plan to send
students of the domestic science an I
agricultural departments to Dermis
ton to act as Judges at the Hog m 1
Dairy show were the principal ma'
ters that marked a special meetlnx
of the school board last evening
The thrift develnpmg plan re eii. i
hearty sanction from the beard Th
teachers and b'iard will encnurag
the pupils to ssve their peuni, an I
the banks will receive them ,, , ,,, ,
savings accounts for the pupils
The appropriation for the ola .
around apparatus amounted to tit
With this money the board will pur
chase rings, trapciee slides awing 1
and other equipment to make the
playgrounds attractive.
Eight girla from the dormwtlc sci
ence department will be sent to th
Hermtaton ahow to help in judging
the cookery and needlework and Die
boys from the stock-Judging u
will pas upon tha merits of the tta k
exhibited there. Th student hai
not yet bn named.
Th board also dlacuawd super
flcially the budget for th OggalnJ
lear and mi Thursday evening will
held another special meeting to go