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II .sialic ft pieTOed 11 Bsnt mi the Zota-Lypa river, xunurd twelve miles on . The llus Feuton line They ad ihe upper strypa Th Kussiana ornaMitf thi imiiK ..r the z.iuu uiBintji s-.iii iiwst of Stunlsluu. The UuaslunH ap proachlni HkltU wrtoual) threaten Bothmer! rlnlit flank and tear. DO lean the advanoa is speedily ohaakad the AlMtriMM miMt continue to re treat to the QDlata l-lpu river, a re Unmenl on nearly a thirty flva milt wide front. The Auatrlana have al mtMM enlll elv ri used lOUtbOMI it i neat the CarpathhMM. '..I UMtttttlM BUUCfW ROME, Aug. It. The Italians have raptured severnl sections of Austrian t ranch ei won of 9w Qrado and foBf' tratl hundred ptlauners. Ilea lighting is going on before the Austrian trenches east of iorit. Two hundred and Iwentj five pris oners have been taken. The Austrians unsuccessful! dam- omtrated uttmpttng to divert Italian troops at Monte I'lnii. Foreaine t'o lomeim and the Monte Clmone regi ons. faMMjieUna Ui Puniifa l.nglaiul HKIll.lN. Itadlo to Hayvllle. Aug. 16. It In officially announced that Zeppelins n ill puniah Kngland ! cauae the crew of the ItritiKh vessel Hnr.ilong killed OoiHUUI aubmarine sHib ts Hereafter Boppolini will not cODAtdoi Chilians lives when throw ing bombs on towns. Tbe government ill-closed lis pu Kitlon In giving the Reichstag llala long i itsc in the w hite book It con tained the official ttrltisb and Her man documents. The final report aald 'The Herman govei nmenl hiu docllned t" retaliate for the British Seanu n s crimes li shooting Hrltlsli war priaonen bui Urmntn airhipi win convince the lOnglish poople thai OontWiy ia able to atone for th cruelties perpetuated against th" llarn'on's officers, and crew. In ev ery airship throwing dettructivi bomba oil UnVlOn and other defended towns Bnflaild shall rember the Baraiong taae." HK'IblN. Aug n It Is admitted ihe BrttWl gained a foothold on 0'r nion front llnea at Thlepval and ponrierw last night. Bothmer rc- joilsed strong Russian atacks between ZboroW, Koiilnchy and BUM Iemberg The Russians suffered heavily. At tacks fulled between Rup and Ura- berka. ivincb win at Verdun. I'ARIH. Aug. It. It Is announced a lrenrh grenade attack captured Gor man Verdun trenches on a three hundred yard front to a depth of one hundred yards near Saint Fine I'hu- pel. The official Statement tayi several I Herman counters were Immediately I i nulsod. The Hermans shelled I neurj in the Vaux-Chapitre sector, i The Hermans last night penetrated a Prench aatleni northwest of Boaulnel and north of Alsne. A French coun ter regained the territory. French ar- ; tlllery Is active on the Somme front.; LONDON, Apg. 11!. It ts nnnounc e.l Ihe British entered (lelinaii trench, es on the Molniitt farm northwest t POXlefaS tad captured eleven prison, rrs They repulsed two small rnld- nm i.iirtlns In Tho lnnr two ilnvs tin, llritisr have recaptured nearly all the i lies the Hermans took Saturday. NEWS SUMMARY General. Hallway managers offer concession. New Teuton line pened. Troops held lm k from border. Local. California librarian noinrH U study I'matilla system. Mr-'. Jennie Long, llci-miston. dies, Wheat recovers on local market i matiila forests to is- improved, Mexican visitors (ells of conditions III south. RUSSIAN HRUST RAW MANAGERS ACCEPT EIGHI Nil DAY PRINCIPLE BUT OVERTIME IS PROBLEM Conference With WilsonResults in Partial Concession President May Appoint Board to Investigate. 1 PRACTICAL BASIS FOR SETTLEMENT SEEMS ALMOST ASSURED M AMIX.T(X, Aug. 15. The I I i da., principle, However, the brnUiernoodi evocative iurd went to eight hour da question ii mi obviousl) Um White House u( three o'clock tola pari cif the overtime question thai confer with Wilson. ThSJ will rejOOtve the i. nm.xi i.e handled ;j. prob- the railroad managers' propoafll, hem." WASHINGTON, Aug. lu. Wilson consulted with the railroad managerf i ni mmi) nomocs ami wnni mr IIWII 10 a, ccpi I lie jrarai lliuoiiic 'l in eight hour duy. The (tematid, if the n I a er- j tim. pay i. mi Affer the aonfarOtlOa Wilson made a statement an follows: "The president spent an hour and a half this morn ing with representatives of the rail way managers. After the conference he said il was impossible to report re- I sells. All he i candid, hones ; ireaains abou tlenient." I A railroad 0 I House -aid could ear Wil that discussion wm a practical bai Iclal lcayinu t b Ve acoep the p,,,. Ht - WHEAT PRICES TAKE T Wheal is again on Ihe upward climl and it would not he surprising if the price would Is lis high as last Sat urday within the next day or an. The Farmers" drain Agency are today of-J ferine 11.01 a bushel for dub. Chlca go has almost recovered the loss 01 yesterday, Flour on the local market jumped - cents a sack yesterday, local mer chants selling at tl.lt the suck. This i: more than :n cents less than the high water mark of the year however. Verj little wheat is being sold lo ,i:i on the local market. Betting Odds Mow 4 to 5 for Hughes CHICAOO, Aug. II.- Jimmy Olearj Chicago! king galnbler, bus switched the presidential election odds. They were formerly even, but now he Quotes Hughes as a favorite, four to five. Socialist and prohibitionists are a thousand tn one. California Librarians Here, Inspect Local Building and Investigate Library System I For the express purpose Ol learn ling the methods by which Pendleton was able to secure from the Curneglc corporation funds for the building of lived within a radius of five miles ot ; central county library building. Miss Hermtaton was largel responsible for Jessie Herrman, county librarian of Ihe favorable action or the corpora San Diego. California, and Mrs. Bes- Hon. is Twaddle, librarian of Tulare California has the county llbrarj county, California, were In Pendleton system but works under a different over night, leaving ror Portland or. law thnn I lie Oregon law, the ladies Xo. 17 today. .slated, in California the libraries They state that Pendleton is the are supported by u county lax, not to first city thus to receive financial exceed one mill, the board of super support from the Carnegie corpora-1 visors of the county, equivalent to tion and they hope to profit from our county court, directs the library Ihe precedent established. Boih had and hires a librarian for a period ot applied three years ago for appro- five years. Such librarian, however, priatlous bad been for a county building but Blot with the answer that "ll ''" "'' " extended only to munici- Mil 1 ..u ... wn.r.l ...... iliverio.i . """ . .7 I iroiu Its lornier policy in CMcnuing aid to Umatilla county, the California librarians expect to renew their Ap plications. Both ladles were much Impressed with the new central building Just now being completed, declaring that from a standpoint or architectural beauty and service It Is the best building they have ever seen for the money Invented. Miss Herman slated (hat she once worked in a $75,110" building much Inferior to the Pendleton building. The California librarians were also "iin h surprised I. i earn ib.it the arnegie commission had approprla ted J.MUin for a building in HermtstOfl II town ot i! procedure wi I) population. Such u i also a new precedent, I rhs in. maneis conference ended at jtin forty. WUaon sees the aviployea at three ihi aXtarnoon It in under- , nigod the president may appoint a to investigate the eight hunr . ,;,r, da principle. In accepting the eighl hour day the railroad managers would expect the president to tlmr- OUtThl invcstiLate before them to put it into effect. M ll. NTOl'HAUK WOI I. II SOT IIR sliilM lis WASHIXHT" iX. Aug. 13.- 1 (larretaon of the conductors I erhood declared that If a strike wan White I called Tnited States transportation elghtlwould paralysed within one min- ute alter the order was leaned. Mails I nn . ement would the strikers would not be reavonttble i r mail stoppage. "It's the railroads who have the, mat) carrying contracts. I see no reason wh we must supply men fori this The roads must attend to it Industrial iMfaaslly Is tho excuse fori every kind ol injustice and oppres don't sion. Whenev money kings rant ti claim are must continue In the old slate on account of ndustrlal neces- llty. Wheat Jumps Six Cents in Chicago Portland Higher! j CHICAGO. ng. 15. (Special) i fter a low opening wheat jiimH-d from five to live and live eighths rents higher, The Russian surplus Is over estimated three hundred million bushels. This is believed to have caused the .tuiiio. 0HICAGI Bast Orefoi day: open Sepl. tt.lt Dec, J1.3P ruuTi.v chill Club :b. High Is'V si i si.sr, 1.4fi" Jl.:ts Portland. I 'lose. 'MJ M I ! tney ueciared iney were intormeu thai the reclamation service's report showing that a populalon of 1650 must pass the state civil service ex BJnlaaiOM given by a special state li brary board and must hold a 11 hraiian's certificate The salary of the librarian is governed by the size of the county and ranges from J160U to JUuiiii. In California, they stated, the contract Idea, by which Joint city and county libraries are operated, has been abandoned. Miss Hdrrman stated tb.u her coun ty voted a lull mill tax last year, making JlCOOd uvallable for library purposes. Mrs Twaddle stated that last year there was J18,000 available for library purposes in Tulare coun ty but tho lull mill tax was not ne cessary. Both have between 75 and 100 branch libraries under their di rection. They are enthusiastic In their belief in lITe county library sys tem and were much Impressed with Hi development of the system in county. this ft u Where Austrians are Pushed Back 1 ipst 0 mk HCBk WS rDr.rT. Vx This map shows the famous Isonzo isirid wnere tne Italians have made "nderful Prasi Mfainat the Austri - ois in me past lew days. Horizia. Mont,. Sabotino, Podgora. and Monte San Mlchele all Important points are now In the hands of the Italians. To the south and reaching toward the coast, between Isonzo and Trieste, Colonel in Carranza Forces to Talk on Mexican Problems On an educational tour in behalf ofi Ihe liberal partv of Mexico Col. T. P. Leddwldge, agricultural engineer, cap tain of artillery under Madero and col.! onel of engineers in the present Car ranza army is here today. He is to ! make a public speech in front of the! city hall at t . clock this evening audi at that lime .ll give some hlghlv in-' ! is the hiah (', I'lateau. which of- i fens good defensive positions to the! The arork of clearing- it1 I Austrians. is under way. and now that an easv ! crossing of the river has been made possible for Italian troops they also can advance from Monfalcone on the road to Trieste, twenty- two miles ' tereaUag facts about Mexico and the struggle of the people for liberty. According to Col. Ledwidge he is one of a number of men now touring the Tnited States in behalf of the lib eral party, the purpose being to in- (Continued on Page 4.) SOME HARD NUTS TO CRACK -tdiw THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND MILITIAMEN F OF Umatilla Forests Will be Improved Some Improvements will be made in the I'matilla foresta this year, ac cording to officials of the Pendleton office The appropriation bill which baa just been passed provide for considerable money to be expended the Umatilla forests for Improve ment. Among the Improvements un der consideration is the construction of a cabin on Lookout mountain for rangers in summer time. Xotlce ot the appropriation reached the Pen- n office yesterday. CONVI MAKE ESCAPE FROM PRISON FLAX GANG SAUaf, Au. 15. Charles and .eoMibl Werter escaped the Oregon penitentiary flax fields at Miion Bottom tills morning. Armed guards arere all iwound, Imt tlie men HOddenlj dashed and vanished through the hrusJi. The guards fired. War den Mini,, received a report that ' Werner was wounded. This makes a total or efftht men esoaed from flax -niiiis this sununer. Assistant Librarian Resigns to Accept Portland Position! Having secured a position in the Portland public library. Miss Mariam Delano, for the past year assistant librarian of the I'matilla county li brary, has handed in her resignation to the library board and expects to leave for Portland Sepl. 7. Her moth er and father will accompany her. Miss Delano had been in the Port land library prior to coming to Pen dleton but, in returning, she secures a better position than that which she held formerly. Another former local library assist- HELD BACK OUTCOME ant. Miss Vida Smith who was herejlnere mc( orniick said Wilson might six months assisting In the catalogu- 2(cceDt one Invitation to speak on the ing of the books, was recently elected Pacific coast as the head of one of the Portland ' branch libraries. ROM BORDER PENDING RAILROAD DISPUTE War Department Fears Shortage of Supplies and Difficult Transpor tation if Strike Materializes. FUNSTON URGES THE DELAY Horde State-, Produce Uulo Food, stuffs Kxrept tUr Civilian Pop. ulaiion A Well As Troopa Would Ik- in Dancer Order Suspcnrton u Made Indefinite. WASHIXHTON-, Aug. 15 On ac count of the threatened railroad strike the war department has indefinitely suspended the order sending thirty five thousand militiamen to the bor der. It fears a possible shortage of supplies and the difficulty of obtain ing transportation. Funston urged the delay. Funston sent a message to the war department .-aying: "In view of the possibility of a general railroad strike. I desire to call the attention of the department to the difficulties of j mainta.ning food supplies not only of I the troops of our department but the Brown civilian population also. The border from'?tate produce little foodstuffs ex cept cattle. In view of the forego ing, It is desired that national guard organizations about to start for the border stations be retained In mobll i7.ation camia until the general strike question ts determined." TO CALL OFF HIS WASHIXaTOX. Aug. 15. Wilson has definitely decided not to go on a stumping tour. Chairman McCor mick said the president would accept occasional invitations to make speak ing trips. Wilson plans to go to the summer White House at Shadow Lawn, after congress adjourns. He receives dele gations from all parts of the country SEPTEMBER SECOND , WASHIXHTOX Aug. Septem- ber second has been definitely fixed as the date when W ilson receives his Official notification of nomination. The ceremony will be at Long Branch, j.. on tne lawn In front of 1 "summer White House." the George Baer Named Round-Up Treasurer Iteorge C. Baer. well known young I endleton business man was last night elected treasurer of the Rnund l'p association. Mr Haer succeeds William McKInne resigned Th new officer is one of Pendleton's prosper ous young busines. men being head of the OeorgC ('. Baer Hardware com pany. He has taken an active Part In so cial and fraternal affairs of the city end was a member of the Happ, Canyon committee from the Commer cial association last year. Mrs. Jennie Long of Hermiston Dies at Pendleton Hospital Mrs. Jennie I.i'.g aged Ii ,, ,r- t resident of Hermiston. SO Sped a i I at St. Anthony s hospital bi.st night j about o'clock The rtirreaosd a i born In Pennsylvania la 1174 gad j moved to a Grands with her In:-, 'band. James H. Long in MH7 Sh, Is aurvied b her hunhand arid ten children James. Blanche (VllllSRi Frank i'hris. Beulah Margaret Phil Hp. Anne and Kate. The funeral will be held hssnorroa i afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Cat ho be church The body will bi bttfled WILSON DECIDES STUMPING TOUR
