East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, August 12, 1916, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EVENING EDITION 1 DAILY EVENING EDITION To ADVERTISER WKATHKH The Kant Oii'onlan tin tin- larjfni bona flilc uml yiinrii!ilf'l paid circulation of any piju'r in On'ijun, flint of i'ortlaud and L far the lartct'ttt circulation Id I'endleioD uf j rifWHpeper. VKsTKItH AY'S WKA Mlt'lt DATA CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEB VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12. 1916. NO. 8HSf) - ,!- BRITISH CENSOR BLAMED FOR LOSS OF $100,000,000 TO U.S. TRADE Charged That Cabled Russian Orders Were Stolen and Delayed-England Makes Indignant Denial CH1CAUO, Aug. II!. A. 8. l'ost i.lkuf, president of the Internatlonul Manufacturers' Bales company, i barged that British censors cable delays have . iuse i American flrmi to loHe a hundred million dollarii ot Russian trude In eight nionthH. He declared the llntlsh censor haa gar. hied Russian orders. He also Inti mated that the censor purposely al tered meesages to prevent Americans irom getting trade. The Internation al Manufacturers Sulcs Company In cludes fifty firms with a total capital of four hundred million. WASHINGTON. Aug. 11, Th stats I department hus revealed that Britain I indignantly denied stealing the cabled Russian orders for American firms, i'.very American complaint was tlior- oughly Investlgs ed that Cable It was a rsquentt rrtgin ,1c in Hussla and England. Britain has a right to delay mes sages on account of war exigencies. international law experts said Britain was still wit I in lor rights If she ac tuals halted all such Cablegrams. One laWyol bsHsved that America could only declare tin' act unfriendly Ths Stale department experts believed tin' governmsnt could strongly protest if i ht , trge was proven. F T Secrecy Surrounds Reported Federal Investigation Into the High Prices. HURLEY MAKES A DENIAL Cbalrmaa "f idcral Trade Commis sion Deriare I'm- I- N'i Being Mad,- Mtoinev ciynen is Ixtoklng Into I UUIIOr 01 Market Manipulation i autfng W heat .lump. II il'.M Ami probf is already sffsetlv flour and livestock prlci rtitli elined, Chairman Hurley of the fed eral trade commission, flatly denies making an Investigation. District At torncy Clyna Is protdng the chnrg thai market . manipulation caused th v iii .a Jump. MADE BY HUGHES IN gPBBOfl AT HELENA, CANDI DATE ' Ll.s ADMINISTILV TION tNETFTCIENT AND StOltrS M'AIMM). IIKLKNA. Aug. 12. Hughes hurl ed "pork" charged against McAdoo. He declared the administration oust ed Henry T. Clapp. assistant apprais er of merchandise at the Port of New York and gave the Job to Daniel Finn, a Tammany leader. He called the administration Inefficient Hughes may go to Mutte to descend i he Leonard copper mine 2800 feet dasp and i ddress the miners. Saturday Fails to Produce Wheat Drop CHICAGO. Aug. the Knst OltgOnian) ces today. Open, nigh Hapt, II. 11.41 tHtC $1.46 11.47 2. tttpeclal to Rangs of pri- IOW, i 'lose. 1.41 Vk IL43 11.444 S1.46M, Portland. PORTLAND, lre.. Aug. 12. -(Specl-:,:i Club ll.lt; bluestem I1.1TH, Liverpool $. is- itn. UVBRPOQU Aug. 11. Wheat .-pot No. I Manitoba. Its Id ($2 pat nusliel , No 2 red western winter, :.;s Id. WHEAT AND SHOW A TENDENCY SLlGH DROP AUTO TRAVELS 2063 Ml. WITHOUT PUNCTURE Mr. and Mr. R. D. Sayres, Stanley Sayres and Mis Madeline Garner Home. After traveling 2u63 miles without Van a lire puncture, Mr. und Mrs. H U. Sayres, srtamey Sayres and Madeline Uarner of Dayton, Wash, returned last night from an extensive tUtomobUf trip through Washington. 1'he parly wenl to 1'ortlund lroni Pent I letun and witnessed the aula races. From Portland they motored to Tacoma to races, then to At Seattle th visiting Irien i' the automobile lympia and Scuttle mssed several days Leaving Seattle Spokane, I'umeroy Dayton, their for- ivres visited several the motored I Dayton. A home, the Mr res all the bad roads are not in Oregon lor several pise ol very bad highways WON en countered m Washington, The Kound-l'p is well advertised in that section und a large crowd can be ex pected from that state this year. "At almost every town." said Mr. S.iyiv.s "people attracted by our llotmd-l'p banners shouted "l.el 'er buck" a we passed." II DtiK CABANWS 111 I I SE8 TO POSTPONE IIEAIUMJ IX SAN I liANt 1st O OVTRAGE. SAN FltA.VClsCo. Auk 12. Israel Welnburg. alleged ' her. has asked Judge I'ubanlss to postpone his hear lr.g several weeks. Cabaniss continued Pleading! until Wednesday He re fused Anther delay. W. I. STEWART DEAD PEJTDLKTON MAN slniMlls Tt) IM.MCH8 or SKVKN MONTHS. Kolbi lonth an Illness of s Iter II Stewart, llgeil -.in 28.1 years, son ,,f Mr. and Mrs H. Stewart. I -1 " Oarden street passed away at his I home this morning at li:(o o'clock. .The deceased was born in Pilot Rock Nov. 20, 1117, and attended school there, Hi has been a resident of ; Pendleton tor the past II years. , "' Is survived b,v his parents, Air. and Mrs. H Stewart, four sisters. Mrs. Daisy Jenkins of Portland, Mrs I Qeorgta Davis of Portland, Miss ; Daphne and Miss Marie Stewart of Pendleton; and two brothers, Winn of Tacoma anil Carl of Pendleton ; Mrs. Jenkins arrived today from Port j land The funeral arrangements j have got been made but the body j will probably be taken to Pilot Root i for burial. Funeral services will be held to morrow evening at the Folsom chap el and Interment Will be made Mon day morning at Pilot n. ck. the birth pto.ee 0f uecensed Club Wheat Sels Locally at $1.05 Club wheal sold in Pendleton yesterday at a price of Jl j,,.t . bushel, several sales being re- ported at that price. It is under- stood the local mills have of- fered more for olub tint a state- mi ni from the Pendleton Roller mills Is thai 11.41 Is their quota' tlon today. 0 Thomas Robertson, rsprssen- Sentatlve of the Farmers Union i '.rain Agency, yesterday bought the T. .1. O'Hara wheat. 1500 sacks, al II. 0B, Aside from this some other sales are reported, but nol confirmed. .lack Me- Phall is said to have sold bis beat at 11,04, Sales of club at 11.01 are coming to light today, some of these purchases having a been made several tlas ago. Confirmation bus been re- celved here of a larire sale of club al 11.10 111 Walla Walla. the purchase there being by a mill. There Is very little activity In the local market today although the market has been firm. Some little lota at" being contracted today :'l a prlos which is report- eii to be between li and i .--- LOUR BOMBER'S PLEA DENIES RUSSIANS PURSU FLEEING TEUTONS Muscovites Have Advanced Twenty Miles in Four Days Capturing Twenty Villages. FRENCH PROGRESS AT S0MME Two German Aeroplanes Drop Bombs oh Hover inn .No Damage I- Done Geucrei French iiik) - Austral ians Repulse Attacks North of Pustercs Qefgaani Lose Heavily. ito.Mi:. Aug. iu. it is announced! the ItaUoMs won a battle south olj Goflta. They crossed the Yallons j mountains and Mornuil tin' western , Iom-s of lonl' Madlogvn. Tttey cap-! tpred Oppoehiasella, six slice south of (orlta. Two mill's southeast ol' san! i Martiiio Lei 'arso hum captured yes terday. PETROORAD, Aug. II li i.- an nounced ihnt General Letehlsky I crossed the Zlota Bistritsa river near I Btanlslau, pursuing the retreating j Teutons Russians have reached the Nadvorna region twenty two miles I sou t heal t of Btanlslau The Teutons j resisted weekly and abandoned sever al cannons. Two separate Russian armies an' approaching Halitz. The j RuaStani advanced twenty miles in: j tour days, capturing twesty villages.1 1'AKIS. Aug. II. It is announced! the French have repulsed attack OB I both sides of the Somme at Hem Juarry, Lamaiaonotte and Fieury. The' French mount in the sectors progressed south to Thia-I There were artillery combats Vaux. Ohapltre and Chenolsl LONDON, Aug. 12. Two Uennan aeroplanes dropped r.mr bombs oil Hover this afternoon General Kronen announced there was no dam age. Kaig reported the Australians! bad reptilsed attacks north of I'o-j ill n s. The Hermans lost heavily. I '.Kit UN. Aug. 12. It is admitted the Flench penetrated the woods, northwest of Hemin. There were ter- rlfb allied attacks north of the Som me The Qermans repulsed Haurepai attacks, CALLED BY DEATH Mils. KLia KOI M V. '"I P UJSE U M P1VE O'CLOCK I 1ST EVENING. ilrs. diss Roumagoux, aged M years, well known Pendleton woman, died last nighl at .". o'clock at the home. 42i Marls street. The deceased was born October I, i Mil ai Montreal Canada. She came west in 1SS1 and was married to Francis RoumagOUX. She has resided at Nye and Pendleton for a number of years. Mrs. RoUmagOUS is survived by seven children -Mrs. Herl Reeder. Vic tor Roumagoux, Mrs. Thos. (!. Blliott of Nye. Oregon Arthur Koumagoiix of Huntington, Mrs. Pearl Kmory. tlrace Houmagoux and Felix Kouma goiix; two sisters and two brothers ot Montreal. Canada. She was a mem ber of Daphne circle V. of W. and the Lady Maccabees. The funeral services will be held at the Catholic church Sunday at 1:30 p. in. Interment will be made in Ol nry cemetery. BOYS LEAVE SCHOOL Possi: IS PURSUING EBOAPCD NMATO OP TRAINTNO SOHOOIi. BALBM, Aug. li.- fcwald Snyder and Quy Haynes have fled from the training school. They SSXlgpsfl from a field A posse Is pursuing. NEWS SUMMARY Qeneral. M.-diaiion for trainmen rails. Pennsylvania trolleys collide. Itritlsh censors ntvu.sed. Local, Nov Range l lv built. Mm. RMsa Roumagoux ami Waller Htewart pa.ss away. ( lull wheal quoted al 4 LOS today. Pooastrll teals of prospcfttj in east No rl-' In local Hour nt once. TOM Murphy Injured at natjitorliim ACROSS BISTRITZA Girl Troopers Train asm happen liate. as I calamity kCw c und ires Three FORK Aug. U, Should you! of Captain Lucius Higgins of the o lie so unfortunate or fortu-I Nlnth ''oast Artillery. The battalion to i. injured in any public irillrd " Uin"'r in vari"us Hr i mories in New York and is now under in New l ork y ou mav re- .,, uu .,, n....i, tk i..,H..n,,nM nsciousness with a pretty id figure administering first ment. PLOT FOB CARRANZA-AMERICAN E (WEBB M I Ll.K R.) KI. PASO. Aug. 12. A g.) official said wealthy Mexic; were plotting a Carransa rupture. They want trransas ertiir. and Intervention. Several mysterious strangers reportedly plotters agents have conferred with influential Mgl - i. . t- , . . . cans here Federal secret service of- .., r -..-hi ,,, . in lals are watching the suspects. The official : owning millions id: Many Mexicans f acres now residing ! In bog Angeles and San Amman are backing (he projected revolution. They must destroy the Carranza regime or lose their wealth. They're proceed ing cautiously by first undermining loyalty to Carranza garisons. Colonel Mariano Tames, of the Juarez garri son, came here to meet the plotters ls.yal CarranslStas discovered their plans and forced a flight." American customs riders and army outposts arc closely watching the border to pre vent the Smuggling of revolutionary ammunition. RUPTUR RUMORED Twelve Killed, Scores Injured in Head-on Trolley Collision JOHNSTOWN, 1M.. Vug. 12 Twelve nor.- kiliitl and si.ns were injiinil when trolleys on (he Southern Cambria Traction lim- .-.Hided head-on scvcrai miiis, iU,riii r here, due car was miming away, tutomobtlce rushed sorgeons ami nmv. to the soaws Thooaands gathered at the depot awaiting news from friends and rtlallna Fire engines carried the Injured hem, Women tainted on tin- stranf at the Kighl of the Mood) Injnred aboard the rtretrnefc. The dead an : Joseph liibhictt, wile and stm l innk. Rrw Kibblclt. David Di-iiou. Mr-. Doajaaaln RlbMci John I sails -on ami wife; tin. ionium Angus Varuer, Mtstonaaa Taylor Thomas ami one unidentified. ?J for First Aid v f I I . - - . .. jm u.i.u ,1. 1,1 .! .. , HT- lliail UOHIll includes not only first aid work, but! Signalling and target practice. The ,. -i. ,v: ...... ..... . ... I battalion includes a company of ca- embers ot the Wo- valry. self ueienss art I he primary object of the organiza uction in first aid. lion is to render aid in case uf war. I at Bugenol Beach , but the battalion is ready for service' camp is in chargfl in any kind of a public calamity. BORDER Price of Flour Here Depends on Wheat Price Millers Say While there is no immediate raise contemplated in the price of local flour no assurance is given that the prices will not be given a decided hoovt upward In the near future It M' Cr0m'n,m' manr ot "A I dleton Holler Mills, this morning de-. , A .. . U1, . ,, , i I dared that while he could make no. . . ... . !4 Unite statements as to the future Ulat alwolutely If the present prices "f wheat takes a Jump there will nave to be a corresponding raise In' the price ..f flour. "The price of flour," said Mr. Ci nunelin. all depends on the prlce: of wheat. We follow the Portland, market closely but Keep a little be-, low their mark. One thing sure. It wh.at keeps going up flour will be a high price " Fred Walters of the Walters Mill market h dd up for any length of must command a higher' Mediation Is ran In Railroad Dispute Arbitration Suggestion Meets With Strong Opposition From Brother hood; Roads are Determined not to Recede. . L. Smith Waxes Happy as Market fC PPfyt f.n rWClVltJ AN NOW ItltllAK EVEN ON 65. UOO m sllKLs BE BOUGHT 1 BAR A(.o. !aml railroad.- -Jiying lw di-in-. to BMM E. L. Smith Is making ready to them tM'for' a trlk- Is ordered. On uuote the old familiar adage aboujl acowiit of He threateiiing sltuatiou the "he whu laughs last." In remalnx-d lu his office, alutiutoning .-hortly after the outbreak of the ,b u"l cek-cnd holiday. European war when wheat prices were ballooning into rarified altitudes,, EW VOItK. Aug. 12. Federal he contractsd w.th Wyrick Bros for' Mediator Martin knapp has fornullv their 1I1S crop agreeing to pay J1U0 """ that mediation lia failed 'fit ,Mltl tl... milNUljl . i.i.l I'. i ftw- ner l.ushe tor evan busne ol cluo wheat they raiied. After the crop of last year was harvested Wyrick Bros, turned over fij.OUU bushels to Mr. Smith and he paid them 165.000, despite the pruui so. mai no laugu can ue mo.c motnber ((f tllo Uri)tH.rnoM ably less than one dollar a bushel. UoBcagtre board said: "W- wlU never Mr. Smith stili has the 65,000 bush. ' consent to arbitration. The cards are elg" on hand and he is taking conaid- too easily stwkcd. We ol. il ei able gratification out of the preseir.t '. enough by aci-enting mediation." state of the market He has not sold' A prominent railroad official said: yet am., having held thus long, in-yUjrc public thinks the railroads, ley tends holding somewhat longer for a tend to recede from their MMltlon to Meighan w ho is visiting her parents, prevent a walkout. That t not true, than a grin. If the men refuse arbitration the He figures that today he can break. J ",u,,lr w1 ,,M" (treated stHke in even upon his buy. To break eveni" history. he must get about 11.07 cents a Af,,er 'he Brotherhood executive bushel for his wheat, he figures, as he has paid out i00 for insurance and at six per cent, is out about 13900 , h. ,, " . . V! . . ' ..... ., I bltratlon. Thev will meet mediators interest on the noney he had tied . , . .. . . ... tomorrow for a further discussion. up. He does not figure anv lossi,.., .... . , , , . . ! Many believe a break is inevitable, trom storage as he says the Prem.umThe mpdiators howevpr. havp not ah. on old wheat will counterbalance that. jandoned hop rallroaaI( lnsil!t. STORM IS MEOFORD GALES AND RAIN CAUSE Otor DAMAGE OF PROBABLY FIVE PER CENT. 1 MKDFOHD. Aug. 12. Unusua j gales and rain damaged valley or 1 chards. Pears were shaken off th I trees, tlrain and cornfields wer ' sllgbtlj damaged. The loss is prob ably five per cant Progressive Leader Comes out for Hughes TOI'EKA. Aug. 12. -Henry J Allen, Wichita editor and progressive guber natorial candidate in 1V14. intends to campaign Maine for Hughes next month Allen is among the first na tional progressive leaders to urue the election of Hughes. Men Drink Whiskey and Then Drop Dead CHICAOO, Aug. 12. Tony Schreck, 2 it, and Herman Tolz- 2 7, entered a sa toon, ordered whiskey , drunk it and ' fell dead. The police are investigat- lag. Oregon Guardsmen Get Ready $ s s s s s s ? mm m ... For Rifle Practice Maneuver (By Richard Devlne, Pendleton Mi-iwe lltiaman with t"o E 2nd Idaho Infantry. NOOAUBft,, Ariz., Aug 12 this Is perhaps the rast time I shn'l have the opportunity to write you. snail enaeavor to tell all the news Of legitimate character that has come to my knowledge. At last we are preparing for th maneuvers and rifle practice at Fort Huachua (wg chu hop i which will btgtn about the lath of this month We ire to march to the range a ills. taitCC of about 8i miles, remain there about 10 days during which time rifle practice will take place. After which KBH KOBKi Aug. 12. Prnddcnt (iarrepion of the oonduilors brother hood announced this afternoon that the traiiuiit'ii would atfejA any intcr- (-nUn offrr Wilson might make. Tim ci' -ideiit i,u. not yet made an offer I crhcMMls inu'iub (I to delay the strike ! until they meet the pre--lde,it. WASHINGTON, Amt. VI. Presi dent WILwn ha wired the trainiiH ii . v 'mm, lutration has. now been - .i -t.tl. I lie Brotherhood rviHPi'aenta'jw cuUved into raecatfve anvaoa to oooaMav ilio proposal. The situation is utiieniv. OitnrwilJ. n leaders are deU'rmined not to yield. wiling i iVMtttni tarrt'iinn. ot in conductors, declared ihe train mu Uura i,. .1. i. .i iclinthni. .. . . ently demand arbitration. The Brotherhoods disfavor it. New Invention is Put on Market by Pendleton Citizen e. Rooseviar reti ens phom E.VSTKHN TRIP in in h;ki i Ol" QOCAKT DEVKK Having completed arrangements 'or the BgXAU-toctttra of his curb runner or go-cart glide. C. E. Roosevelt ar rived home yeste.day i,om Bay City, Michigan. The patent attachment will be manufactured by the Fulton Manufacturing Ca and marketed bv the Roosevelt Co-cart Company ot Bay City, he reports Many meal people are familiar with Mr. oosevelt's invention, which has for its purpose the lowering and ele vating of go-carts at curbs without any hesitation on the part of the per son wheeling the vehb He receiv ed his patent some time ago and the Fulton company was ga Impressed with the device that n agreement was reached whereby the company agreed to manufacture go-carts with he attachment and pay the local man a royalty. The east is enjoying a period of un precedented prosperity, according to Mr. Koosevelt "Wherever there la (Continued on Page Bight) will march back lo Vogale mi umplete marcn Of III gtllsS As a preparation we are at having practice mar. he., b- with about three mllm and Jlpment and gradually In- mg prese ginning I light e. ! creasing until w. march g the dlataacs and aaafpgseat re are prepared for the Mg lni, x iiutrfY- IT, gjagagV r the return lo KogatSS which ab. mi Hie ririsi hi .-. pi.Tn . i . I have r Doff nam . i lea what will lake pi a, the office ra of the region nt