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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 191? 'f ,
VOL. 27.
NO. 8639
COUNTY- OFFICIAL PAPER ' VMo '- COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
E
FIERCER FIGHT
Heavy Difficulties Met by Invaders
in Serbian Alps Says
From Berlin Quarter.
Report
WOMEN FIGHT WITH MEN!
Despite opiKhtttiiin Main Drive of;
Austro German Proceeding; Ser
Man ( HplMtfrififeon OoUapslnglliil
(far 1n imjiortant victory Near
KUtl,
BBRUK, Oct. 29. "Fiercer than
Belgium " was the semi-official de
scription of the resistance the Ten-1
ton Invaders In Serbia are meeting
Though It Is said the central alUeti
are progressing more rapidly thanj
WSJ expected, the difficulties are tre-1
mendous They are In the Serbian
A in. whore (he nrivnnen la .Mll.
ly arduous The Serbians are fight-i
In madly, with women and children
participating. Sniping and 'bush
whacking are Incessant. It la of
ficially claimed the Serbians' resist
ance is collapsing, however The
main drive is west of Lanovo toward
Kragujevar. Heavy fighting la In
progress (,n the heights southeast of
Svliajec.
HuIkhi-k Are Victorious.
BERLIN, Oct. it 'The Bulgar
ians victoriously entered the Pi rot
fortress today," said a Sofia official,
report. Pirot Is on the Nish-Constan-1
tlnople railroad between Nlsh and
Sofia The victory Is Important.
.IOIIN W CON81DINE
SAYS HE IS BROKE
SEATTLE. Oct 2 -John W. Con
ldlne. theatrical manager and re
puted millionaire, swore In the ruper
lor court he Is broke. Consldinc was
SERBS HAVE MAD
THAN BELGIANS
being examined as to his ability to
satisfy a $2500 judgment. He s.iidj of course, one-half of the world
he is reponslble for between e'ght I believes the other half is bluffing,
and nine hundred thousand owned by Even the scientist will never be
Sullivan ;md Conaldlne and a private able to tell how long he is going to
debt Of thirty thousand. 'be dead.
SPECIAL ELECTION
NECESSARY TO
Despite the law passed by the l ist
lemslalure. providing that the tax levy
of a county, dlatrlct or city can not
be Increased more thnn six per cent
over the levy of the year prior, with
out the sanction of the voters at an
election, there Is a possibility that
the eleven mill city levy, proposed by
the council will not have to he sub
mitted to the voters.
There Is a section of the same law
which provides that the act shall In
no way limit the amount of anv levy
ne, cssnrv to he made for the purpose
of paying any bonded debt or out
atandlni warrant. Included In 'he
council budget la $12,000 for inter
est on the bonded Indebtedness and
this w' uld amount to a two mlli tax.
Hon ever, as practically the same
amount was rnlsed last year for the
same purpose In the general tax. It Is
doubtful whether a separate tux for
this purpose could be levied this year.
The loophole, however, appears In
i be provision for excluding the tax
in rover outstanding warrant from
the general levy
The finance committee of the
Council estimate that there will be
deficit of between $8000 and $10.
000 on Jannnry 1 and to cover this
amount a tax of more than a mill
Premiums Announced for Hog
nd Dairy Show at Hermiston
(Special Correspondence.!
HERMISTON. Ore., Oct. 29. The
premium list and rule for the third
anniinl Hennlston Hog and Dnlry
Show, have been bailed OKtftncI
premiums equal to those offered .it
the larger stork shows of Its kind. I
The program for the two dnys la its I
follow;
Friday, Nov 5, 10 n. m student'
Judging contest. A compttltlve 0 IB"
test between teims from high schools
of eastern Oregon.
1:80 p. m. Hog Judging nnl deni-1
on tratlon wl'h explanation of points
desired by breeder.
3 30 p. m. Auction sale of reg
Wered hogs. A sale of Dnrnc Jersev
en, 1 Poland China bogs conducted by
Gcr-e A. Cue of North Yakima
BRIO IS BUSY
FORMING NEXT
T
'Candidates for Posts in Ministry
Called for Discussion With Prem
ier This Afternopn.
SERBIA ADMITTED DOOMED
Allies Muy Make Desperate EDort to
Check ,iiMtr'-Teutons Before They
I teach ( on-ianUnopIo l'lglitiiiif
WIJI Not Be s.ncii- in Serbia.
PARIS, OCT. 29, (BULLETIN".)
BRIAND HAS COMPLETED THE
NEW FRENCH CABINET SELEC
TIONS. PRINCIPAL MEViiKUS
WILL HE BP AND. CAMLON, DE
rivBTCtNBT, V'VIANI, GAL,.fc.N:
I.acaze. R.BOr, DOVMEROIT
AND PAINLE B
PARIS, on. 211 Yri-tldo nrland,
who will form the new French oab.
"H' "- - meeting of ..
did to for late this nfterimon.
Serbia In Boomed.
PARI8, Oct. 2 Serbia seems
ucomed. The Invasion of the terri
tory by the Teutons and Bulgarians
proceeded remorselessly. The allies
are preparing a tremendous attempt
to stop the onward movement before
It can reach Constantinople but Indi
cations point to this struggle occur
r'r.g on either Pnlgarian or Turkish
soil, after the Teutons pass through
Serbia.
l(o- claim Victory.
PETROCRAD. Oct. 29. An offi
cial statement claims Russian advan
tage In the Dvlnsk region. It Is
claimed that In the fighting around
Onrbunovka the (lermnns were forc
ed to fight by their officers and were
slaughtered In great numbers In an
attack. The artillery fighting con
tinue at the Rlgt. Pripet and Sty?
regions
MAY NOT BE
APPROVE BUDGET
and a half will be necessary. The law
permits an Increase of six per cent
which on nine mills would be a lit
tle more than half a mill If a mill
and a half Is permitted for the pur
pose of paying outstanding warrants
and a hHlf mill Increase Is permitted
In the general levy, then the council
will be within its rights In levying an
eleven mill tax without submitting It
to the voters.
City Attorney Charles Carter Is to
day studying the law for the purpose
of giving an opinion In the matter.
If he decides that an eleven mill
levy must be submitted to the voters,
it will probably be placed upon the
ballot at the December election as
the law provides that a levy may be
voted upon at a general or special
election.
Section 8 of the act In question
reads as follows: "This act shall in
no way limit rhe amount of any levy
necessa ry to be made for the purpose
of paying any bonded debt or out
standing warrants heretofore lawful
ly Issued, Judgment or the Interest
thereon against the state, or any
county, city, town, school district,
port or other taxing district, or for
special assessments for local Improve
ments.'1 7:30 p. m. Address by Hon. Ginnt
It. Dlniick. prominent Poland China
breeder.
Address by George A. Cue, Holsl. ln
breeder, and othi r prominent live
s' ock authorities
Saturday. Nov. th, 10 n. m. -Inspection
of exhibit" of the West I'ma.
tllln County Industrial School Fair.
11 a. 111. -Competitive school pa
rade. Open to all schools up to and
Including eighth grade An event In
which great Interest Is being taken
and rivalry will be keen.
1:00 p. m - Judging dairy animals
The Judre, In miking awards, will
r ve his reason'' for the decisions -in I
answer any qu?sllon
FRENCH CABINE
TWENTY-ONE DIED
IN
PEAHODY, Mam., Oct. 29. Tven-ty-on
childish v let ims of the pa
lochia school fire are awu'.tlng bu
rial. Following a careful check it Is
believed one other body is In the de
bris. Crepe-decked doors throughout the
city bespoke the most pitiful child
tn,gdy In the history of Massuehu
Heits. State Investigators are trying
If ,llspOV-r lh rlorln .if Hi. tiro
They blame the local officers for the
tact that there were no fire escapes
on the school and that the doorf
opened inward.
BATTLE IMPENDS
AT DOUGLAS, ARIZ
DOUGLAS, Ariz, Oct. 29. Fight
ing between Carranzistas and Villlstas
at Agua Prleta Is expected momen
tarily General Funston's force is
prepared to resist any attempt by
belligerent." to use American soil dur
ing the battle
der that no bullets shall lie fired Into
American territory.
Ircrlmr for Battle.
EAGLE PASS. Texas., Oct. 29
Twenty-six carloads of Mexican cav-: lay with 90-pound steel, replacing t x
alry horses, sixteen carloads of mu-'isting 80-pound steel, cost $190,000.
union wagons and an armored n otor' Gibbon to Duncan, nine miles, re
car left today b.v train for Douglas, lay with 90-poutnd steel, replacing ex
Arizona, where a battle between Vil- istlng sO-pound steel, cost $50,000.
Ilstati and Carransistas threaten-. The aggregate distances to be cov-
! ered by these renewals is 106 miles.
American Soldier Killed. j W,hen thex work is -omPletd
tauvnunms.n rw . all O.-W, R. & N. company will have 90-
detarhment of the twenty-eighth ln -
fnntry was twice attacked by Mexi
cans early today. One Ameicar sol
died was wounded The Mexicans
suffered no casualties.
One American was wounded during
the first attack at Capete rench
north of Hidalgo. As a result of a
new raid another man hunt is under
way.
Robber Get aio.ono
CHICAGO, Oct. 29. Robbers earlv
oday dynamited two safes in the
'tar lian company office and escap
d with $10,000 in booty.
Wheat Up Several
Cents at Chicago
CHICAG
At the plot
May $1.04
29.
Dec.
(Special )
$1 02 6-S;
1-8.
Portland.
PORTLAND, Ore.. Oct, 29 (Spe
14.) At the Merchants' Exchange
no
rlul
uotatlons wer, announced on
ir 1
luestem.
asked.
No. 4 I
For bluestem 93
cents
bushel
cents
Five thousand j
'uestem sold at 95 i
Mvorpool (Yesterday.)
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 28 Wheat,
Spot, No. 2 Manitoba. 11 4 1 ;d; No.
3. lis 3 l-Id; No. 2 hard winter, old,
1-'s 3 I -Id; Chicago, new. Us 2d.
In American terms , highest
Uvorpol price is $1.78 4-5 p-'" bush-
America's Mightiest Battleship Prepares for Tests
jrr . '
J
NEW YORK. Oct. 29. The U. S. 'vessel afloat, has arrived at the
S. Nevada, the latest and largest ad- Brooklyn yards from the Fore River
dltlon to Undo Sam's ran ftghttnS, htp yards at Boston w here Mm wai
force now In Commission, and the j completed. She will soon atari .11
lirgest and most powerful flfhUng her official trial, when tcrta
0. 1 1 X N.
$320,000 MORE IN UMATILLA : 8K
00UNTY: BUSINESS IS BETTERi F0II1S
The expenditure of $800,000 In rail
renewals, t320,0OO of which is to be!
spent in Umatilla county. Is an-1
nounced by the O.-W. R & N. Co., I
the offlcers of whlch are very optl -
misuo over me business iuture mo
work planned In thLs county includes
j rail renewals between Echo and You -
kurn, between Pendleton and Glhb n
and between Gibbon and Duncn.
Some of this work, explained J. P.
O'Brien, vice president aid general
manager, will begin immediately and
probably will be ompleted before
the end of the present year.
Other work will be carried out
early In 1916.
improvements Are IJsted.
Following is a description of th
various units of the improvement, to
gether with the estimated cost of
each:
Troutdnle to Bonneville, 25 miles,
relay with 90-pound steel, replacing
existing 75-pound steel; costing $190,-
000.
I I 1 I . . 1 . . 1 ... i , . rinHA t - , aklMs)
with 90-pound steel, replacing exist-1
i Ing 75-pound steel: cost $290,000.
Echo to Toakum. 10 miles, relay
! with 90-pound steel, replacing exist-
'ing 80. pound steel; cost, $80,000.
j Pendleton to Gibbon, 25 miles, te -
!l"',,nd raiU OVfr its entlre Tlh
way between Portland and Hunting
ton. a distance of 405 miles, with the
exception of about 30 miles between
Im Grande and Huntington, which is
laid with 80-pound rails The track
HILLES OUTLINES
FOLLOWED BY Gl
NEW YORK. Oct. 29 The repub
lican forces are lining up for 1916
The national committee will mee. at
Washington December 14 to
select i
the convention city for next year and
dential campaign. Chairman Hilles! other administration measures. Hillej tea unloaded from Ion. It Is thought
has announced. He Indicated thejsald that although there Is a group j that both these 'ires originated from
main lines of the campaign to restore; of presidential possibilities, there tsja time fuse or bomb,
the republicans to power will be an; no outstanding leader.
J, P. MORGAN OPERATED
ON FOR APPENDICITIS
" .Company, ..f Wilmington, has sued
NEW YoKK, Oct. 29 J. P. Mor-the Hethlehem Steel company f"r
gan was operated on for appendicitis Ithre millions, alleging an infringe
The operation was successful. He Is, ment of three patents for producing
resting comfortably at his home
Physicians expect his early recovery.
1 A member of the Morgan firm Mid
the wound inflicted by Holt had
nothing to do with Morgan's condi
tion. r..-'Si:;;
..7-i..- :.; .tO
CO.
'..,ti BURN 00CK WITH
on these units Is on a roadbed that Is
almost level and in long tangents,
The few existing curves are slight,
The first work will be done on the
, Troutdale-Bonneville unit. This, to-
gemer wkb tne maiocKs-coyote ana
the Qlbbon-Duncan units will be dona
1 this year.
No Contracts to Be Let.
The Echo-Yoakum and the Pendle-ton-Gibbon
units will be done early
next year. None of the work will be
performed by contractors, the com
pany using Its own forces.
It Is understood that some of the
old 75-pound and 80-pound rails that
are to be removed will be used by
i the company on its new line being
built
across Central Oregon
irom
Vale. Some of this old steel has been
down only a few years and can
:
OS
utilized on those lines, where the
traffic Is not so heavv as on the main
line.
Some of the existing 80-pound rails
were laid as early as 1908, and at
that time were considered sufficiently
heavy to meet the traffic demands for
j an indefinite period.
j These rails not only are unable
j longer to bear the heavy service to
j which they are subjected, but th?y
have been relieved of a part of their
normal burden by construction . of
double tracks on those units over
which the traffic is heaviest.
As a part of the Union Pacific sys
tem, the O.-W R. & N. company is
destined eventually to be double
tracked over its entire length. The
Union Pacific now Is double tracked
from Omaha westward to Granger,
and the Oregon Short Line has mny
important units double tracked be
tween Portland and Huntington. More
than 100 miles of the O -W. R. & N.
main line between Portland and
Huntington is double tracked.
CAMPAIGN TO BE
P. NEXT SUMMER
attack on the tariff, charges tha
the democrats failed to keep then
economy and other platform pledges
including the single term. Critlcisn
0f tr(p administration's handling o
Mexico and European foreign af.'airs.
BETHI EH EM CO. I
M I D FOR
IMiilVi.lM.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. Oct. 29.
The Churchward International Steel
and hardening steel and in
ing munitions for the alii
The woman who really loves
husband can always discover
fault In the fit of his clothes.
her
any
speed and effbi.ncy will b
her.
Th N.- la u . ship of
thai
Iran
1 imiiiiiiinn ii 33Ma
liiii? 'i
-ii S 3
Million Dollar Loss From Incendiary j
Fire at Seattle Last Night-Spies:
are Susnected.
WAS THIRD TRIAL IN WEEK
longshoreman Who Acted Susple
lously Held As Suspect Possible
Japs Set Dock on Fire Because
Chinese Crews Used on Liners.
SEATTLE, Oct 29. An incendiary I
fire which practically destroyed pier j
fourteen and contents last night uid ;
damage of well over a million. It Is
I.-. . . jt rt .,,!,. , l. ... . ,.,..,
. .... . , ..
man. is neiu as a susptit ano is par.
Ing questioned by the police, i .ne
.. ..... . . ,
tneory is tnat German aympainizc-.u -. - - -
started the fire because a quartei of nuea, will make ample provision for
la million dollars worth of merchan-lt.
Idlso destined for Russian porti was: The budget as adopted last even
stored on the dock. Another is that, Ing totals $67,871.73. which is a llt
j Japanese might have caused the fire tie more than $4000 more than th
'because of hatred for the Chinese expense of the past year. However,
I crews on the Blue Filnnel liners, i the board must provide $6000 next
! which use the dock. The damage to
the pier is estimated at one hundred
thousand. The fire was the third
incendiary attempt on the dock this
week.
Wlllman. the man arrested, Is said
to have told R. D. Bradshaw, a dock
worker, that he would not be able
to work on dock fourteen last night
shortly before the fire. Wlllman
did not explain his remark Bradshaw
said, but he considered It Important:
enough to tell the police.
Two deliberate attempts to destroy
pier 14 by fire were made early last
Tuesday. Both fires were started In
piles of highly Inflammable rattan
stacked on top of rolls of white pa
per which occupied a floor spsct ofjat the Ligh school registered frm
50 square feet The rolls of paper! other district where there jure tnnd
with the rattan on top stood in the lard high schools will amount to $2.
center of the north end of the pier I (25. This make- an approximate to
of the wall. In the dry- rattan crump-! tal of $72.94 40 available fron. all
led newspapers had been placed In ; sourses of revenue. However, there
these the first fire as discovered at is certain to be a loss In the roilec-
1:12 o'clock In the morning. Thejtlon of taxes and there will be some
watchman summoned the fire depart-;
j ment but before the firemen arrived,
j he had extinguished the fire Wtth a
hose Firemen remained at the PrT
half an hour trying to solve the or-.
I Igin of the fire. They had Just re
turned to headquarters when a sec-
ond fire was reported, less than six
J feet from the starting place of the
i first The fire was more dangerous
than the first and burned through the
rattan, damaged the paper stock.
INJUNCTION GRANTED
AGAINST SUNDAY LAW
UNTIL APPEAL IS HEARD
PORTLAND. Ore.. Oct. 29. circuit
Judge Oatens has Issued a temporary
injunction against the enforcement
of the Sunday closing law until the
appeal of Dan Kellaher. grocer fined;
under it. is heard. November 6.
id
will not cvcetl nine miJK
nts consist of ten 14- City tot lev, may IH)t to
nd twenty-one -!,;, M,hiiilti.-d to otiTs for atjr' 1
Qneen RUtabeth, Kn. 1 (;rm! amt 1aaaHiia -
trdreadnaaabt, rarrka)(J9at this afatauxM,
! ? m ':! o.-w. i;. , wtH .,..! aajMM
SCHOOL LEVY TO
BE SAME AS LAST
YEAR, 9 MILLS
Board Adopted Budget Last Night,
to be Passed Upon at Meeting
Set tor NOV. II.
EXPENSES TO BE 567,000
I
Estimated Expense of Local Schools
Will Remain About the Same Bat
It Is Necessary to Provide id OOO
for sinking Fund for Bonds.
The district school tax levy for
Pendleton district No. 16 will he no
larger than last year and there Is a
possibility that it will be a half mill
less. The board at a soecial meet-
. fne nrinntori fk hi,Ho- aa a hflala for
o - - , i
me tax levy or next year and a nine
! mill Ur- ,fl.,h.r ufth ntha- , . .
year to place In a sinking fund which
will eventually cancel the bonded in
debtedness. There is a small In
crease provided in the teachers' sal
ary item because of extra teachers
employed. A cut of more than $2000
Is being made in the general expense
and over a thousand dollars in the
expense of furniture and fixtures.
A nine mill tax levy on $6,000,000
: worth of property will yield $34,000
providing there is no loss in collec
tion and no delinquent taxes. In ad
dition to this there Is $3076.40 avail
able now from the county fund. In
the- spring the $8 per capita on the
pupils, given by the state, will yield
$13,224 and the tuition from students
taxes delinquent, so that the full nine
mills ma" be necessary,
Tne board has called a special
school meeting 'or 3 o'clock or. the
afternoon of Wednesday. November
17. at the county court house at
which time the budget will be con
sidered further and the levy made.
An eight and a half mill tax may be
found adequate to meet the expense
of the coming year
The following is the budgt for th
ual expenses of last year.
Budget.
Supt. principals,
and teachers'
Last yr.
aries $33,000.00 $3'..r72.3
Furniture 57. 73 1.576 73
Engineer and
janitors 3.645.00 3. 510. 00
Fuel 3.000.00 2 25 07
Power and light 1,000 00 957.25
Clerk's salary 400.00 40') 09
Inter, on bonds 7.200.00 T,(M.$9
Sinking fund . . 6.000.00
Insurance 750.00 fSO 00
Truant officer . 100.00 100. 16
Water rent .... 200.00 16H SO
General expense
Including sup
plies for teach
ers and pupils
repairs, oper
ating expenses
and Incidentals 12. 000. no
H.2V1 I
j total $67,671.73 $63,214 24
LONDON MOURNS AT
SERVICE FOR NURSE
i crowd Hick
trlbut.'. The
Th' - '
r.'-ent,-, a 1
mutual
undrel n irst
and queen were
many notables were pr
In front seats -ix hui
from the front in n '.
bowed heads In tribal
an who served as nur.
10 men of the allied for
NEWS SUMMARY
Uttk
School Board adopt 'ndfjrl. ,., j