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DAILY EVENING EDITION foreran for rMmi Oregon by the nltcd Stale Bmihrr oiiti.t .,, Portland. DAILY EVENING EDITION TO ADVERTISERS. Tb Rut Oregonlan has th largest pld circulation of 1117 paper In Oregon, east of Portland and over twice the circulation In I'enilleton of any other newapaper. Rain tonight and Tuesdas wain er tonight, strong southerly lnd. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL 27. DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER, 15, 19)5. NO. 865.1 SERBIA TREATED TO SAME METHOD AS WAS BELGIUM Little Nation is Being Crushed Under Iron Heel of German Militarism Says Minister to France. OLD AND INFIRM ARE KILLED lrHi Recede Orders to Slay lletp IrMH Women and Children la Charge Made Aid of America Will Soon be Needed to Helteve Distress Am one (he IVoplc . 1 Mile' Nov. 15. --That Serbia ll beliif crushed wantonly under the Iron ii 1 of Oerman militarism, aa wiu Ili'lKlum, was the claim of Ser bian Minister Veanltch. We have proof that OUT enemies wiah to stamp - out. Massacres of Inoffensive country folk who were non-combatants were actually com manded by the Hermans. Troops Here ordered to kill prisoners and finish the wounded. The orders were executed mercilessly Helpless wom en, children and decrepit old men Kara slaughtered." If hundreds of thousands of lives are not sacrificed America must DOHM Serbia's aid. The minister de clared At least hulf a million home-l-ss. hungry fugitives are fleeing to Montenegro. Albania and Greece, he aid, "They are ton poor to care for these n fugees." the minister continued. "Boost It will be iis cold as a New Eng land midwinter. Typhus is sure to break out along with other diseases c-iiuM-d b exposure, privation and ex ha Motion, Many refugees are from d latitat! rerenth swept by typhus. 'Ihc American relief commission has e nerouslv promised help, but I wish the world to know our need. The ba. Lies" suffering Is the hardest to bear " ALLEGED PLOTTER IS EXPECTED TO REVEAL SOME OE HIGHER-UPS liohKItT I'AY is ANGERED Vr TUB DESERTION OF WEAL THY FRIENDS. NEW YUKK, Nov. 16. Angered ovel the desertion of wealthy friends in his hour of trouble, Hobert Kay. the confessed anti-ally bomb plotter Is expected to reveal soon a complete lists uf "higher-ups" In the alleged i .ition-wide consplracv to halt muni tion exports to the allies. He has al uadv confessed many details of the work to rhlef Klynn of the United tfMotj secret service and these fact were given the federal marshall. That be was supplied plentifully with ir-rinr) was Fay's claim VINEYARDS ARE DESTROYED BY VOLCANO; PEOPLE FLEE MIME. Nov. 15. The Strom Is ill I - la ml vim-yards have been destroyed by an eruption of stromlsdl volcano ami Uie neighboring Island of I J part is In a panic. Huge blocks of Incan-ic-'iit lave are being hurled up from tin eaaler and ashes and cinders are i mi spread for miles around. To save firemen worrying hose high Inlo buildings a stanflplpe has been invented from which wnter can be turned on at any floor by valves at I he "tree! level. Baby Round-Up Scores Home Run With American-National League Stars Here Saturday Pendleton was mote entertaining than entertained Saturday when the American and National league All Stars played an exhibition game aft er witnessing a miniature Hound-up ion on lv local ojtlxena. The buck ing, bulldogglng and roping was much newer to the ballplayers than the article of baseball they played whs to local fans. The game was a southpaw engage ment between Big Jim Vaughn of the i hi. ago Cubs and Harry Harper, the 20-year-old Washington sldewhaelcr, and Vaughn had all the better of the argument. The Nationals, therefore, won an easy victory from the Ameri ca ns by a 7 to 9 ecor County Property is Assessed at 80 Per Cent of Value STATE HOARD Ol' EQUALIZATION MAKES TENTATIVE DE CISION IN MATTER. I'matilla county property has been asseased by Assessor ('. P. Strain at Ho per cent of Its real value, accord ing to the tentative decision of the stale board of equalization. An nouncement of this tentative decis ion was received by the assessor this morning. This NO per cent ratio is the same us that of last year, and is higher thi n the ratio allowed to the ma jority of counties. After the state ment of the assessable wealth of each county Is In Its hands, the state board of equalisation determines how near the actual value each assessor has asseased property. Having de cided on the ratio for each county, j the board places a full value on -ill' of the property In the state and I uses this as a basts for apportioning! the state tax among the various 1 counties GREAT NEGRO EDUCATOR IS DEAD AT SOUTHERN HOME HOOKER T. WASHINGTON Si C (i IIIS TO NEK HOI'S BREAK- i DOWN. TL'SKEGEE, Ala., Nov. 15 Book-j er T. Washington, foremost teacher j and leader of the negro race, died early yesterday at his home nero. ! near the Tuskegee Institute, wnere he was founder and president Hard ening of the arteries, following a nervous breakdown, caused deatn four hours after Dr. Washington ir rlved from New York. Although he had been railing In health for several months, the negro, leader's condition became serious .only las', week, while he was in tlM east It was then realized the ena was near, but he determined to mako Hi- long trip south. He had laid often "I was born In the south,; have lived all my life In the south, and expect to die and be burled !r. the south." IH-ath soon Follows Arrival Home. Accompanied by his wife, his sec retary and a physician, Dr Washing ton left New York for Tuskogee at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon. He teached home Saturday midnight and died at 4:40 o'clock Sunday morning. His last public appearance was at the National Conference of Congre gational churches in New York, where he delivered a lecture October If, A widow, three children and four grandchildren survive. John H. Washington, a brother, is superin tendent of industries at Tuskegee In stitute. The funeral will be held at Tusk gee Institute Wednesday morning Footprints for identifying babies it, nraetleed in Chicago maternit- hos I pltal NEWS SUMMARY ' General. Serbia Is meeting the same fate an Itclglum declares Serbian minister. VeiCH will soon be In the bands of the FVenrti Is belief. Assistant postmaster Is reinstated by President Wilson following form er's critlci-tni of latter'- marriage. Local. Hrlg S. Y oung, supreme dianccllor or K. of P. presented with Indian robe while here. National defeat Americans before 1000 .people here. Woolnien's convention is advanced week. Elks coming In sicclal train from Walla Walla Thursday. Umatilla count) procrty assessed at HO it oral of Its vsliic. Harper was not alone responsible for the defeat. His teammates made seven very ordinary errors behind him, the very kind that Pilot Hock and Pendleton and Athena sometimes make, and one of the Americans pulled a bonehead by walking off his base Just as sometimes happens in the brush around here. The Nationals put up a very much superior game than their opponents. They gave Vaughn errorless support and wielded their wnrclub right lustily In his behalf. They began scoring In the first and put one over In each of the next three Innings In (Continued on Pago Seven ) ADMINISTRATION MAY SECURE NEW POINTS IN CASE Conflicting Evidence in the Torpedo ing of the Italian Liner Ancona May Force Action. DELAY IS BOUND TO OCCUR j Vienna Ainliar-sadors at Rome and Will (jet at Facts After Due lime. Is the llellef at Washington Aus tria Assumes lrsionsMllty for the Disaster. WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. The ad ministration apparently faced today the problem of getting new eidence of Its own concerning the torpedoing of the Ancona with the loss of Am crican lives as Austrian and Italian! versions of the affair conflict. Aus tria claimed It followed International! law In the procedure but Italy did not: hold this view. In view of the Aus-j trlan acceptance of responsibility, the) suggestion that Germany was the real! offender was swept away. The ad- ministration Is resigned to the delay' in determining the exact facts, be- I.e. m. that Ambassadors Page at Home and Penfield at Vienna, will get at the true state uf affairs. LONDON, Nov. 15. What has hap In ned to one boatload of survivors liom the Italian steamship Bosnia, torpedoed by an Austrian submarine, is still in doubt. Some reports said three lifeboats were accounted for but there are fears for the fourth.. The announcement of the sinking yes terday did not state the location, but it presumablx was in the Mediterran ean. THANKSGIVING DAY SET HY GOVERNOR SALEM. Ore.. Nov. 15 De claring that for Oregon and the United States the year 1915 has "been full of blessings of peace. In welcome contrast to the great war which has ravag ed so many of less fortunate countries of the world." Gover Withycombe designated Nov 25th as Thanksgiving day Lind and Silliman Confer With Carranza fSF njkjw -gjagjBj, $ PH9Mas igaBmYnVBnw. JuW'''E, nV Left to right Gen. Obragon, who left the same night to direct the campaign at Agua Prteta against Villa; John W. Roberta, special cor respondent of the international New? Clew to Alleged Robber YA Kansas Train is F MfC iere j The two young men who stole the I Maxwell auto from Q. C. Schneller of I WallH Walla on Nov. lu are suspect I ed of being connected with the rob bery of the Missouri. Kansas & ; Southern Railway train at Parsons, Kansas on October J. and efforts arc now being made to trace them, chief j Alex Manning of Pendleton got the ' clew which started a vigorous search I for the young criminals. The clew upon which Chief Man ning bases his theory is the fact that Uiey carried a book of lOu $20 trav- tiers' cheques of the American Lx- l-ress Co. A number of these books j wl re stolen In the Kansas train hold- I up and tne American express Co. is : offering 11061 reward for the appro, j hi nsion of the culprits The car was stolen In Walla Walla -n the -Oth and on the same evening the men drove the car Into the City Oarage and presented an American Express traveler's cheque, asking that It lie cashed. The request was re- Beautiful Indian Robe is Gift to Pythian Official sl PREME t'HANt I I.I.OH YOIXG AND WIFE REMEMBERED HY LODGE HERE. When they left for Portland after an enjoyable visit in Pendleton, Su preme Chancellor Young and Mrs. Young carried with them a souvenir In the form of a beautiful Indian robe from the local mill. The robe was the gift of local Pythlans and was presented to the supreme chancellor at the close of an address given by Mr Young at the Presbyterian church J. H. Gw'.nn served as spokesman Tor the lodge men. The visiting o " '' proved him self a speaker or much force and (harm. His talk was upon general fraternal lines with particular ref erence to the growth and progress of the Knights of Pythias Judge S. A. Lowell served as chairman at the church meeting. After the open meeting had been e. included. Supreme Chancellor Young was the ituesi at a smoker held In the I. n o F hall. Man Pythlanl were present from other tOWm of the county and a half doz en boxes of fine Milton apples, ae-; companied by a barrel of cider and, cigars constituted the refreshments for those present. ; service; Consul John B. Silliman, Gen. Augdlllar and John Und. This picture was taken Just atter John Land, the former personal rep resentative of President Wilson In ve on to Echo ar check at the not cashed, and spending the it the edge of town, presented themselves before the American Express agent there at I o'clock on the morning of the 11th and cashed the check. From him they inquired the way to Grass Valley and it is presumed the are headed ! for California. 1 Chief Manning was in Portland on I the 10th and on his return home he learned of the case. The description of the two men tallied with the men In the train robbery but the series number of the check book did not tally. However, Local Agent Parlett states that It would have been pos sible for them to have made an ex change. Chief Manning notified the American Express office at Kansas City and that office immediately In structed Agent Parlett to look up the case. No further trace of the autolsts has been found, however. Walla Walla Elks Will Visit Here on Special Train DELEGATION WILL OOME TOj PENDLETON TH l "R8DAY WITH DEGREE TEAM. . In a special train the Walla Walla Elks will Invade Pendleton next Thursday evening to pay a neighborly visit to local lodge No. 288 This was the definite 'word received yester day from the Walla Walla lodge 287 by Secretary Thomas Flu Gerald. The train has been provided for and already 7 Elks have signed up. More than 100 are expected to make the trip. The Walla Walla lodge will bring its degree team along with It and will exemplify the work of the lolge nt a class initiation. After the for mal meeting a social session wil be enjoyed with the Pendleton Elks as hosts. The special train of three coaches will leave Walla Walla Thursday ev ening at 5 o'clock, arriving here at 7. The return trip will he made aft er the lodge meeting. PORTLAND TEAM ol T BAM I'KAXCISCO. Xov. 15. Port land was voted out of the Coast la-ague by the directors this after noon because the railroad rates are mi high if the Southern Pacific will grant reduced rates, which seems Improbable, l-ortlanil will be rein stated. Mexico, and U. S. Consul John E Silliman, has conferred with General Cnrrantu at Piedras Nogras on Nov I, and had conveyed the wlhhes ot this county to Carranra for success In hs administration. fused. The c.up 4 and presented a garage there. It v. the two men. afte night in their car Two New Gangs at Terminal Are Put on This Morning MEN WILL HE HAULED OUT TO .11 ACTION IN AUTO mCCKS BACH DAY. Two new crews of men were put to work this morning at Pilot Ruck junction where construction on the new terminal for the O.-W. R. A N is being rushed to completion. IT. F. Ogle, formerly of the War ren Construction company, has charge of the ditch gang. Arrange ments have been made to have the laborers hauled back and forth In auto trucks each morning and even ing. Most of the new men are local laborers, although It was necessary to get some from outside. There are 15 men comprising the two ganga One Is composed of bricklayers and the others will help do the excavat ing for the new terminal. REINSTATEMENT Of POSTAL EMPLOYE IS BY ASSISTANT POSTMASTER IX ILLI NOI8 TOWN CRITICISED ENGAGEMENT. WASHINGTON, Nov. IE The re-j iitstatement of Assistant Postmaster Burkitt. of Winnetka. 0L, removed liecause he criticised the president's ' engagement, was ordered by the pres ident. The president was distressed! at the dismissal and acted quickly, while the postofflee department, it Is understood. Is reported to supiort the dismissal on other Monads. WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. Unless there are other reasons than an al leged criticism of the president's en gagement. George Burkltt, will be re instated as assistant postmaster at Winnetka, 111., under direct orders from the president. The fact Burkitl was dismissed because he commented the president "should wait a year be fore remarrying" came to the atten tion of the White House last night Today the president ordered Burle son to reinstate Burkitt if the criti cism is the only reason for his re moval. In announcing the president's course. Tumulty commented: "This is a free country." Burkitt's superior had called atten tion to alleged demerits against him but made a particular issue of Burk. itt's statement. This statement, j Burkitt admitted but professed he 1 mean no disrespect. His superior ! charged him with disloyalty. In tn- nouncing the reinstatement instruc tions the White House said it knew nothing of the charges. Burleson ! was ass- I if he ordered the discharge and replied he knew nothing of the case. Local Wheat Moving at Advanced Figures Though comparatively little local wheat has been sold as yet there were s number of sales last week and to- i day. prices going as high as 93 or I 94 cents, if current reports are cor- reel. On the basis of today's bids al I'ortland wheat is worth 83 cents here and VJ 1-1' is openly offered. II m said 4 cent wheat reported sold was f. o. b. I'ortland. PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. 15. j Merchant's Exchange prices today I club S3 bid. 94 1-3 asked: bluestem li bid. 9S asked. Chicago. CHlCAtlO. Nov. 15. (Special i the close today, Dec. 11.41 t-. 11.07 H l.lM-rpool. LIVKRPOOL Nov. 13. Wh A; May I beat inltoba! spot market easy; No. 3 lis 4d; No. 3. lis 3d: hard kkeajM i In American terms the highest Liverpool price, that for No. J hard winter, old. is $1.S0 per bushel. Convention of Wool Growers to be Held One Week Earlier In order to avoid conflict with th International livestock Sbow In j Portland next month, the annual convention of the Oregon Wnolgriw ers' association, scheduled for city on December I and 10. has been advanced a week on the calendar and will be held on December m i 4 This is the announcement receiv ed this morning by local sheepmen and the Commercial assortatiun VELES EXPECTED TO FALL BEFORE FRENCH ATTACKS Fierce Drives are Being Made on City Where Bulgarians are At tempting to Repulse Enemy. ALLIES 6AIN FOOT DY FOOT Struggle to Southern Serbia anili nes With rVsreeoese So Mauy Hulgan. Have Been Killed Thai Commanders Ask for Armistice to Bory Dead Serbs Gain Town. ATHENS. Nov. 15 Foot by foot the allies are gaining In the struggle in southern 8erbia Besides the prin cipal battle along the line through Veles to Tetovo, hot combats are ra ging at many places to the south west. The French are driving heav ily against Veles the fall of which Is expected hourly. So many Bulgar ians have been killed that Bulgarian commanders have a ked for an ar mistice to bury the dead. The French have inflicted heavy losses on th enemy at several points. In captur ing Tetovo the Serbs took 500 pris oners and quantities of munitions. Later reports declared the Bulgir again had invested the town Want Xo Interference. ATHENS. Nov. 15. The newspa per Hestia .-aid the British minister is about to present a demand that Greece guarantee not to oppose the allies in the Balkan campaign In mv circumstances. The allies want as surance that they will not be attack ked nor Interned In the event revers es compel them to retreat through Greece. The pressure on Greece admlttedlf was said to have grown strong on vlt sides. The allies, want authority so they can continue their landings unmolest ed and the king is reported to have agreed that this may continue as at the present. In the meantime repre sentatives of the central allies are bringing pressure to bear to thwart the allies' plans in view of the men ace that landings will hold for the Teutonic campaign In Serbia lYcncli Repulse Attacks. PARIS. Nov. 15. Though attaekd I by a tremendous force, the FYen:h line in the Artols and Champagne j regions has remained unbroken. tn official review of the past week j stated. The Germans lost 2000 in each unit engaged. Renewed vlo I lence along the western front was reported The Germans lost heav ily in a battle in the vicinity of the i Labyrinth and througti the Artols last nlgth. The Germans were re pulsed in the neighborhood of Butte Tahure in the Champagne fa southern Serbia the Bulgarian attack against the French along the entire Txxerna river line were repotted heavily. Fighting ia India BERLIN, Nov. IS. Fighting ea the Afghanistan-India frontier Is re ported to have begun. Thtn mark the beginning of a cam pairs against India by Afghanistan that was reported as imminent I! u bears claim Galas. LONDON. Nov. 15. A Rulgaxias official statement claimed that "ea ! eratlons on all fronts are derelopisg in our favor." Austrian, (.ain VtrCory. BERLIN. Nov. li The Austria' have cleared the west bank ' Uiver Htyr, according to an official announcement This Is regarded as - ' 'he most important triBtOf tss In Gallcla recently The war nffke announced the capture of ISM rr.-re Serbians In northern Sorbin, with II cannon. The Teut--ri- there ni naciously pushing the Invasion lnp announcement Gale I .i-i PORTLAND North Pacific i rale that has ren In some places. ortb Pa. Ifl. re., Nov. U being laehed hed 7? miles No distress t. ping has been reported. Th datet for the ISI.i -oriveni "t were set several months ago toSapg the dates of the livestock show wre known Pred ST. Falconer of Kntrr-pri.s.- and John H. Hoke of Medt. al Springs, prwsldenl and secretary re spectively of the woolgrowrrr organ nation, held a conferene In H.. Saturday and determined an making tht change