DAILY EVENING EDITION
DAILY EVENING EDITION
forecast fur DuAcra Oregon by the
(nltcd State vv . -in,. r nLmrt
at Portland.
TO ADVF.HTLSEHS.
The Eaat oregonlan h the largest paid
I Irrulatlun of any paper In Uregon, aaat or
Portland anil over twice the circulation In
I'eudleton of any other newapaper.
Tonight and Wednesihiy rain; cold
er tonight, fresh southwesterly
winds. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 27.
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEy
1915.
NO. 8660
jfp
SIGNS POINT TO
AGREEMENT OVER
WAR IN BALKANS
Greece is Believed to Have Given
Assurances That She Will Notj
Interfere With the Allies.
NEW PROPOSALS ARE MADE
Member 0 IT! wall Cabinet Will
4tulii Meet With King t'oiwtantliic
Hellenic Fiirpire Thought Rata
grooi to iiMiui oft" Policy
No Greek Shlw Oclard, lUlKirtcd
LONDON) Nov. 23. Greece Is be-llev.-d
to have yielded aufflclently to
the allies' demands to obviate the
necessity for coercing her. This con
clusion Is baaed on an official denial
that any Greek shlpa have been selx
ed or held In llritiah porta or that n
blockade of Greece bus been estsh
Uahed. Authorities aaaume that if
Orate a had not at least promlaed to
refrain from Interference with the
allleji In the Halkana. the atep of
llixkadlng her an-' selling her ahlpi
would have been taken
ATHENS, Nov. 23 - Armed with
fresh arguments as to why it will be
hnt.lAu for f lrt.ite to resist the al-
IU a.m,.nrf. Ii.nv. Cnchln nf the
k ....i.im, .in ..-,., btim
French cabinet will again meet Kl.ig
'onrtantlne. Arrangements for
conference were completed . toduy.
Coahtn Inspected the situation in Sa
iontka and conferred with the Ser
bian war minister, and is now ready
lo make a final appeal to Greece to
om.t. needed aid The allies do not
lnslt on direct participation
but
taad pat for assurances of a "hands
off" policy on the par; of Greece, no
maltir how the Halkan fighting de
m b H
TUNNEL GUARDED BY
POLICE WHO FEAR A
PLOT 10 BLOW IT UP
I
HI Ns BENEATH CAPITOL AT
WASHINGTON LETTER TIPS
OFF OECTCIAIal
W ASHINGTHN.
ov. II, Extra
railroad tunnel
I i l,. . guarded the
whkh runs beneath the capltol and
01 a- the congressional library and
Be Bati and house office buildings to
lhe :ent million dollar union sta
tion. Juat wkhat caused the extra
prat autlons is known only In general
way but persistent rumors inuicawo
the Baltimore and OMa railroad had
received letters Indicating a plun was
a fool to blast the tunnel and destroy
the buildings around the pla.a. Hu
wnntendent Keppel of the terminal
company said that a watch had Iwen
established to be "on the safe side."
Hallway tracks throughout the east
arc guarded against bomb deslruc-
Cyclones Leave
Trail of Death
Through Sicily
isiiis VI, so DEVASTATE HI
.OV AND DEATH TOI I. I
STILL I NKNOWV
i; 'ME. Nov. 23. Cyclones and
widespread floods in Sicily are re
ported to have killed many. Casual
lies are reported particularly heavv
in Ucata, Wires are down anil de
talll r lacking.
Italian Confesses Crime of
Burying His Victim Alive in
Grave Dug in Cellar of Home
B ATA VIA, tit T.. Nov. 23. -That (
be brat UltSl Matronl. in, Into send-'
i onst iousness is months ago, and bur
ied the body alive, was the confes
sion of Tony Hollvlo, It, according lo
Hie police. With a show of brutality
unusual in the history of crime in New
York. Hollvlo disregarded his victim's
i rles and hurriedly placed him In n
grave, beneath his cellar. Matronl was
lhe stepfather of Hollvlo's young wife
and she confessed Matronl wron -ed
hr. lhe day before she married
POLICE BAFFLED
IN ATTEMPTS TO
UNRAVELMURDER
Trunk Mystery at Poriland Remains
Unsolved--Difficulty is Found in
Identifying Slain Man.
MAY HAVE BEEN GEO, ROGERS
Theory Tlmt Murdered Man Wu
Fukcim- farm Hand 1- Again n
rtved said u Have, i-rt Place
With sTtMi ijisl Month Sonr.ii
Goes on for George ItartholnmcH.
PORTIAND. Ore., Nov II TIM
trunk niynlery la atlll unsolved. lie-)
spite the efforts of the police, the
Identity of the murdered man has
not been estublbhed definitely, nor
has any trace of George Barlholo-,
mew alias Hil Hopkins, the allegd
"layer, been foun ' Captain of De
tectives Bttty atlll bellevea the dead
man's name was John Llnnd, The :
possibility that he was George Bog-!
era. a farmhand who left Eugene :
with 7o last month, again was en-!
tertnined.
PORTLAND, ore., Nov 23. The
victim of the trunk murder in Port
land last Friday night, who until
Sllmlil v Wa" believed t
have been
I John
Linnd of Hoston. may be a
tnaa who mu known In
Oregon
H''rrx ""H"1'''- h" Wl the ranch o'lfor his action in refusing to perform
v. ow.a..,., iirm r.ugnic inroiij
carrylsw about $700 In accumulated
"P
Mr, cnaren, according to infor
matioii received from Kugem-
ves-
" ' u aiuu.eu me prim -
notograpna or tne victim as pul- physical handicap the babv bov would
lished und Is reasonably certain thej.,.,,,. up , iInl.ril(, und ,,,.,,.
man Is Kogers who worked for hire ubl. criminHi und decided ,
two yeurs. nature take its course, resuliing in
ItoM.m Thitiry stipiiorUil. lhe infant s death, rather than to op-
Mr S,-haren'B belief bears out lhejeratP Medical authorities and socio
dispatches ffom Boston that John , ofUas all over the country have made
I land is ullve back there. the doctor s course of action a live
"The picture of the trunk victim; Isaac for discussion.
eartalnly does look like Hoger?," aatd I ,
Mr. Schuren
The victim of the murder appeared
to have used second-hand clothes and
I It is possible he purchased the coat
from the tramp who stole the living
I John I.innd's coat In Hoston,
Furthermore Mr. Scharen believes;
that lingers was Hajoalntad With a
George Bartholomew, who two veirs
i ago inn a restaurant in Eugene ar.u i
whose whereabouts Is not known at
trie present time by restaurant men
In Kugene
Bartholomew i iK-scHbi.
Bartholomew Is described by Ku
gene men as a huge, blackhalred In
dividual with a double chin. His
portillness, nis iiat-iootea. awaw.iru
It
P-shouldered walk and his large
watery eyes are his striking charac
j tetistica that tally with those of the
man sought by the Portland police
j He Is said by Eugene restaurant mm
to have been the victims of immoral
I habits.
(Continued on page five.)
Wheat Mart Remains
Unchanged Today
Poll
lial i
loday. Muaatt
1TLAND, .lie Nov. 23. tSp?
Merchants Exchange prices
!2 hid.
bid. 97
1-2' a.ked:
isked
Chicago
CHICAGO N'nv 2.1.
At the i lose today, Dec.
bid, May 11.06 1-8 askeii
Special. I'
ll. 03 .1-1
Liverpool,
LIVERPOOL, N'oV II, When
Spot No 2 Manitoba 12s 6 l-2d:
No. S, I2s 4 l-2d; No. hard winter,
old. 12s Id; No. 2 Chicago, new, lis
2d.
in American terms the highest
price now QUOted In Liverpool if
11. Sn per bushel.
Bolivia
This led to the attack in
Matroni.
The police dug out the
the spot Hollvlo pointi d Dt
As Hollvlo drugged his
body from
i to them
victim to
regained
lhe cellar grave. Mutroni
coiiHcioiisneas.
"Tony, Ood save me" he
"I couldn't see his face
shrieked.
In the
dark" the police quoted Hollvlo as
saying. "Hut I threw a big stone on
top of his head and Jammed him
down until he quit yelling. Then 1
threw in some dirt and stones on hlni
cud pounded the ground down hard.'
Allowed Infant to Die
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OA Vr HASeUtSN
CHICAGO, Nov. 23. Approbrlum
and nraixe have been heaned nn Ihn
, n..ua ..t 1 .. li ........ , fcrita. rt
...... .., n, . . ' . . 1 . . w. . 1 .n. 1 . 1. .
the German-American hospital hers
xn ,,.ratloi! which might have saved
1 ,h Mf f x llay ,,, joB i(,iiinger.
I the deformed Infant of Mis. Anna Hid.
' I linger, who n
her consent t
the
Doctors actli
llaiselden was
.,., nvnced that with its mental und
Heavy Rains West
of Cascades Hold
Up Train for East
WESTERN OHK;o STOItM-
SWEPT AND WILLAMETTE
HIYKH Is RISING,
Kxtrurodlnary rains west of the
Cascade mountains last night caused
eastbound train No. 6 to be two and
a half hours late arriving In Pendle-
I hlo Oil... ...I 1 , ......
' " '
'i nun Tg-ri 'i i. mtri nrir
the downpour was the hardest. The
track was not washed out anywhere
but mud was washed upon the track
In some places and slow stravelllng
was necessar.
PORTLAND, ore.. Nov. 23 All
j western Oregon was storm swept
I yesterday. Rain Ira torrents and
I winds approximating the velocity, in
some sections, of a gale, wete report
ed Another day of heavy rain like
esterday and Sunday will precipitate
the flood danger in we.-tcrn Oregon,
particularly In the WlllamHte val
ley The I'nlted States weather bure iu
last night announced that the ground
had absorbed the heavy downpi .irs
of the last several das, but that the
limits of absorption had been reach
ed Klvers and streams throughout the
western portion of the state, ind es
pecially In the Willamette valley have
begun to rise preceptlbly, and the
Willamette river in Portland is ear
ning evidence of the rise throughout
the valley.
tlama ami Mm Francisco Talk.
ATLANTA, da., Nov. 23. Opening
of telephonic communication between
Atlanta and San Francisco will be
marked hv a conversation over the
wire lieiween Governor Harris and
Govern r Johnson.
NEWS SUMMARY
l.eiieral.
HCrta still hold Monastir.
Greece believed lo have agreed In
u measure to ilctiiiuuN of the allies.
Turks repulse llrltl-b cicdltlon In
Asia Minor.
Loral,
liieips afflrssatl n Tarltrchetl-
ThoattBSoa rase bj -npreme i-oiirt.
.ludti Marsh liiuK nun ailam in
(alfi nila turning to hanl siirfoii'.
IVirnirr K'slilciil aHfS in o
Wallla
S-hiiI PSSSsaS w la- taken a'
oaata,
TURKS HURL THE
BRITISH TROOPS
BACK AT BAGDAD
.
expedition Into Asia Minor, With
Ancient City asObjective, Report-
ed tO Have Met Defeat.
'
ALLIED PLAN FRUSTRATED
iniiMtrtant Railway Threatened for a
Tlmt' Hut Ottoman Honk's suvr
lias) out WTil b Ten dona Hone to
. - - - 11 . ...... - -. i , t
i.w. - msI i .
Sand Troops for Offensive Move-
mcnt Dito Kg.pt
BERLIN. Nov. . Ucr beating
I their way across Asia Minor to with
j in striking distance- of Rnsvta.i nrtt.
Ish troops have been repulsed by the
Turkish hordes. The Brlt.sh mm.
dltliin .' 1 .... .
dltlon started several weeks ago. bnt!
Ha extent of the Teutonic vict;ry
came to light today. One hundred I
and seventy thousand men constitut- i
ed the British f. rces. In it we-e!
many ( anadians, Australian" and In
dians. Making their way from Kgvpt
they came within 10 miles of th
ancient city and threatened to de
stroy the Important railway line on
which the central allies relied for an
offensive movement into Egypt aft
er joining hands with the Tuikh- in
Constantinople. Several severe en
gagements followed, then the Turk's
forces swept the invaders back 30
miles, Insuring the safety of uag
dad. The campaign which has
is believed to have been
gigantic plan, including
march across Persia for
thus failed
part of a'
Husslur. j
junction !
with the other allied forces In Bag-
dad. The Russians, however, failed
to accomplish their part of the pro-,
gram The German view Is that the'
allies are now pIsTytog their last card I
in trying to land enough forces In
Greece to menace German comma-!
mentions with Constantinople
Chicago n.,1.1- "Meanest Thug."
CHICAGO, Nov. 23 Chicago de
veloped the meanest and one of Uta
boldest thieves In the world when a
man knocked down and robbed Mrs i
Frank Kennedy of the "tag day" I
bank In which she was collecting j
money for the blind of the city 1 he '
robbery occurred In front 'of the j
Sherman house, while hundreds were
within a lew feet of the woman
Even Toy Dog Has Skating Craze
m i pa
-
WWm
H asl"?- siasssssisiiiivvsssssssssssssi.ssssss mmmmm m
ffirrr
GOR.OOJV AND
Of course iuu know that the skat.
Ing crate has struck the country.
Dancing Is now as passe as pachesi
M other old fashioned games. To he
striril-. up to date, you
across the shlmmcrim:
gracefulness ot a swan,
sliatlns fad b.is bacontt
must glide
with the
In fact Hal
well estab-
F- Aw Z ,
is working West
SaysPortlandMan'
Mi: SHOl'LD BE PREPARED
FOR ERA OP At.KIf l l.Tl It
U, DEVELOPMENT.
That a great wave of prosperity has
struck east and is working Its way
westward ii n. contained
V T'TlZ
Oeorgs E. Hardy of Portland, who
has charge of arranging the program
I for the annual convention of the Ore
gon Irrigation Congress which Is to
be held at the Imperial Hotel in Port
land on Dec. 2S-30. Anticipating the
arrival of this greater prosperity, he
urges that the state should prepare
for an era of agricultural develop-
nient.
The reclamation of arid lands and
the drainage of swamp lands are sub
jects of vast importance in the state,
he writes. Hope of state or federal
aid is almost gone, he says, and it Is
up to the people to devise some other
means of developing these lands. The
I ii rigatii n district plan presents a pos-
sible solution, he says, and will be
aiscusseo oy prominent speaaers ai
, '.. u ,.
1111- iiiiiuiifi luiigirnn. ur i - - .nn
tillu county to be welj represented at
,h congress. Asa B. Thomson of
Ech" is l'resld,nt of the organization,
FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT
IS DEAD AT WALLA WALLA
GEORGE II. AKBOOAST, 78 SEARS
OLD. W Vn WELL KNOW N
IN l'KXDLETON.
George B. Arbogast. aged 76 years,
former well known resident of Pen
dleton, died yes'erdJy morning at the
nome of his daughter, Mrs. Ella
Stewart, 1129 Boyer avenue, Walla
WWla. He had not been In strong
health, owinir to hi; .iep fur nMnand
.ears past.
Mr Arbogast came to Pendieton.
,'rom Kansas and lived here for a
number of yean. About a year ago
he moved to Wall WhllM. He lea.c
two sons, P. L. of Freewater ani
henry, of Pendicler, besides his
d .uehter in Walla '..'alia.
The funeral will be held Wednes
day mornir.g at II o'clock from the
lesidence. Rec. H. K. Hichardson of
ficiating. Interment will be 'n
Mountain View cer.i-;ery.
Amtukc HO Miles an Hour.
WICHITA FALLS. Texas, Nov. 23.
The first portion of the army aero
corps trips from Fort Sill, Okla., to
Fort Sam Houston. Texas. ended
here. The fliers averaged 90 miles
an hour.
SACATHC DOG.
lished that Msa Kitty Qordol
tress has taught her prlre
I ullil ig, ' Pekoe' to skate
has a pair, or father two
French
"Pekoe"
pairs of
skates.
fastened lo till boots.
These
f. r ii
s. '
are tin
dog.
Yes -
SALONIKA REPORTS
SAY MONASTIR IS
HELD BY
Bulgarians Defeated In Attempt to Take CHy
Losses Estimated at 10,000 in the Attack
Made on Saturday.
Invading Foe Reported to Have
Been Driven Back Twenty Miles
Strip 30 to 40 Miles is Cleared in Southern
Serbia-British Troops Enter Monastir and
Mount Heavy Guns.
ROME; Nov. 23. The Serbian
liaw severely defeated the Bnl-gar-
at Komovo, according to
flhspalrfa,
ZURICH, Nov. 23. Italy has
decided to send an expedition to
the Balkan to help the allies,
according to a Home dispatch.
LUNDOX, Nov. II. Ten thousand
Pulgars were killed or wounded in the
tattle for Monastir, according to Sa
ionika reports which divulged for the
first time that instead of a reported
victory the Bulgars were repulsed in
the attack on Saturday.
Prllep. northeast of Monastir. is re
ported to be in flames, officials pre
sume the Bulgars fired the town in
reprisal for some Serb act. Driven
fiob Babuna Pass and Prilep. the
Serbs rallied before Monastir and with
leckless courage turned the tide of
battle The Bulgars retired five
miles. It is now believed Monastir
can hold out. British troops from Sa-1
W.L. THOMPSON WINS
OUTIN STATE COURT
OVER DAMAGE SUIT
SALEM, Ore., Nov. :3 (Special. )
The state supreme court today up
held Judge G. W. Phelps of Umatilla
county in the case of L. E Twitched
guardian ad litem for Sharon Arnold
Twitchell. V8 W. L Thompson by
affirming his judgment for the de
fendant. The case was one Involv
ing 130.000 for alleged personal In
juries sustained in a collision between
an automobile and a bicycle.
When the jury brought in a ver
dict for the defendant after the trial
in the local court, attorneys for the
plaintiff serves notice of appeal and
argument on this appeal was Bade
at the recent session oi the supreme
court in this city. The attorneys for
the plaintiff contended that Judscl
i Phelps had erred 'n refusing i juryi
challenge made upon the ground
that the juror was a patron of the
American National Hank of whi b
the defendant is president They al
so contended that, even though th
defendant used every possible effort
to avoid the accident after he had
discovered the boy. that he was neg
ligent in not huving observed the
i ben- tie-ore. These were the two
principal points in their argument.
Transports are
Forced to Quit
Landing Troops
LONDON. Nov 21. Tha; the al
lies are attempting to land great
forces for a tremendous nw offen
r:ve at the Dardanelles was lr 'test
ed by Turkish official statement.
This reported that several tr.ms'-erts
tried to land troops near Art Itursu.
but were driven off aa waa a torpedo
boat later Heavy artillery firing
v. as reported.
Mothers of Nation Will Make
Plea to Stop War in Europe
NEW YORK. Nov. 23 Cries ef ;he
nation's mothers feeling for the an-
g u Ish hum: e s m,. thers. soon will erh, i of the mothers ,,f the world, and di
In the white house in a peace plea ! rector ,,f th. movssneai Iieliew it
perhaps the greatest organised move-' will result in the greatest Isssfraph
ment ;hus far undertaken. The wo-' le bombardment the pre-ui. mi bus
men's peace party sent out to real-: ever experienced.
dents and vie
presidents of women':
clubs throughout the country 1"
telegrams in which thu urged th.
members to wire the White House to
plea that the president call a con-
SERBIANS
lenika arc awarming in. nig guns havs
: been mounted and the defense streng.
j thened.
ATHENS, Nov. 23 Repulsing the
Bulgars, the Serbs have regained the
I Veles-Prilep front in southern Serbia,
. said a Serbian official statement The
Serbs made a counter attack after a
' desperate rally before Monastir and
, drove the Bulgars hack 20 miles. This
tarttally restored the Serb line and
at places the right wing Is in touch
with the French before Veles. It also
clears a strip from 30 to 40 miles
wide in southern Serbia.
BERLIN, Nov. 13. The Austro
German invaders in Serbia have add
ed 95UO prisoners to the vast total,
it was officially announced. Fifteen
hundred were taken north of Mltro
vltza and northeast of Prlstina. The
remainder were taken during the
Bulgar advance southeast of Prlstina.
The Bulgarian invaders are advancing
victoriously southeast of Prlstina.
GERMAN ATTACHE IS
NAMED DIRECTLY IN
GERMAN SUPPLY PLOT
BOY-ED OF THE GKRItAM KM.
HASSV ALLKt.LD TO BATE
BEEN a CONNPiIt u v.
NEW YORK. Nov. 23. Naval At
tache Boy-ed of the German embassy
was named directly in the alleged
Hamburg-American line plot to sup
Ply German commerce raiders. With
a jury selected, Assistant Attorney
General Wood in outlining th
said Hoy-ed claimed that a fund of
mree quarters of a million had been
deposited with the firm of Essen st
KuIIenkamp. of this amount ll)0.-
' w; nt to San Francisco for
eoaat activities. A deposit was made
in August. M4, by a "higher-up'
whom Wood said the government wus
unable to identify.
WASHINGTON GRADE SCHOOL
TEAM FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS
'.KIDIUON (VAIUtlOBS i l LM
HONORS IU-X'.U sf. v It -TOIiloi
g HKASOIf,
The Washington grade sen ,. I fool
''sil team claims the championship
j .n the Pendleton grade league. The
team, captained by Balfe rir'ch has
j not been defeated during UN s i.,ti
I '-he last twn games won were from
, the Midgets by a to 0 scor, .in. I
! from the Hawtho-ne teap . 13 p. I
n " lArx 111 am. It la claimed hag
, i ( fused to play a scheduled
thus forfeiting it
The nine-up of the Washington
team is a- follows: Left end, F.
Snyder: let tackle. A. I'lrlch; lift
guard. Amoureaux; center, Heck,
right guard. Mculle- right tackle,
Hose, right end, Perkins; quarter,
N. Snyder, right half. Btaekard left
half. Newts, n fullback, it l lra. b,
subs Parkaa and 1 Hue.
ference of n-utrul nations t" savd the
war The pleas will h bj the Damt
Mrs Mem
oitrihuteil